Friday, May 29, 2009

News Round-up: Depaiva, Mathison, Shick, Ripa

INTERVIEW: OLTL's James DePaiva (ex-Max), Part 2
"If it wasn’t said outright, it certainly was implied that I was too old and made too much money. Would I say that it hurt? Absolutely. But I mean they did absolutely everything they could to diminish the value of the character. I had to sit there for a long time watching them drive him into the ground. And I’m the one sitting there facilitating this character I love, driving him into the ground. So that made the anger a lot worse."

Sharon kissed in the Nick of time on Y&R
Sharon accepts Jack's magnanimous offer to raise her unborn baby today on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, but then gets a shocking proposal from her true love, Nick.

"The minute she decides she'll stay put, he says he has made up his mind and he's done with Phyllis," says Sharon Case, who plays the confused and pregnant Sharon Newman. "And then he kisses her!"

Yard Sale Secrets with Cameron Mathison
Yard sale, garage sale, rummage sale or tag sale -- no matter what you call it, it can help you clear out the winter clutter and scoop up enough cash for a summer treat. Special correspondent Cameron Mathison of ALL MY CHILDREN tried one in his own home, and shared with GOOD MORNING AMERICA his secrets for making a sale fun and profitable.

Kelly Ripa Bulks Up Legal Forces to Take on Diet Company
Kelly Ripa is ripping a diet company for using her skinny self without permission. But despite some online reports that she had actually filed a lawsuit against the GuaranĂ -peddling Internet-based company, Ripa's rep says the former ALL MY CHILDREN star is just in threatening mode.

"Kelly's attorney did not file a lawsuit. A lawsuit was only threatened," Ripa publicist Stan Rosenfield tells E! News. "A cease and desist letter was sent on behalf of Kelly."

Going MENTAL for Marisa Ramirez (ex-Gia, GH)
Ramirez talks about her new character, Chloe, on FOX's MENTAL. "To be honest with you, there have been places in my life where I've had to visit family and friends in mental wards of hospitals, and those are the kind of memories you can never erase and never forget ,so that's always something that was always in my head and an image I would always refer back to."

Lionsgate Sells 49% Of TV Guide Network
Lionsgate said it will sell a 49% stake in TV Guide Network - which it recently acquired from Macrovision Solutions -- to JPMorgan Chase's private equity arm and TV producer Allen Shapiro for about $123 million in cash.

Under the terms of the deal, One Equity Partners, the global private equity investment arm of JPMorgan Chase, will become a 49% equity partner in Lionsgate's TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com. One Equity Partners retains the option of buying another 1% of TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com under certain circumstances.

STUDY: Broadband-media consumers fall into distinct categories
Far ahead of the tech-adoption curve is what the study terms "extreme techies": tech innovators at the forefront of adoption behavior.

Watching as much as 91 minutes of online video content in an average week, they represent 8% of the adult broadband population in the U.S., or 4.6 million viewers. A good majority watch TV online in addition to regular TV viewing (64%) and have specific targets for online video content (60%). They also own an average of four cross-platform devices, such as console gaming systems and cell phones, to view TV or movie content, with 38% also having connected TV sets to their computers.

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