Friday, April 17, 2009

News Round-up: Otalia, Deidre Hall, YouTube

NY DAILY NEWS: LIGHT bride doesn't play it straight
Jessica Leccia on today's episode of GUIDING LIGHT: "Natalia tells Olivia that she loves her. She says she can't go through with the wedding because she doesn't love Frank like she loves Olivia."

Olivia is not surprised by this confession.

"They have both known without saying it for a while," says Leccia, adding that Natalia's confession "forces them to think about what this actually means. It gets the ball rolling. We know what Natalia says, but that doesn't mean she can live it."

What it does mean is don't look for an "Otalia" wedding any time soon.

For one thing, Leccia goes on maternity leave in June. (The show has been hiding her pregnancy.) More importantly, GL has been canceled, and filming wraps in August, barring a last-minute reprieve from a cable network.

"I've let the show know that I'd love to come back in time for the end, if there is an end," says Leccia.

Moms + Internet = Addiction?
Psych Central asks: Did we ever have a “Soap Opera Dysfunctional Addiction (SODA)?” And child neglect is indeed a serious problem, but not one you need to blame on any specific technology or distraction, is it?

Deidre Hall on Air America
The former DAYS OF OUR LIVES actress has been hosting CLOUT! all week and doing a great job. You can listen to audio here.

YouTube signs content deal with Hollywood studios
Google Inc's YouTube video-sharing site has signed content deals with several Hollywood studios, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Thursday. The two sources said on condition of anonymity that the studio deal involved Sony Corp and other parties. The move underscores Google's efforts to ramp up content on YouTube to attract more advertising dollars.

Swedish file sharers get jail time
The founders of infamous file sharing site The Pirate Bay have been found guilty of assisting copyright theft and been sentenced to prison time in a landmark decision announced in Sweden Friday morning.

1 comment:

  1. man, i just love jessica leccia. first, she used the word "scurrying" to describe how natalia fled from frank and the altar yesterday. i couldn't believe they made the poor pregnant lady run. then she says she is going to take a short maternity leave so she can come back to the show and otalia "before the end, if there is an end". oh, jess. we don't think there will be an end either.

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