Gay Kiss Boosts EASTENDERS's RatingsA kiss between two male characters helped the British soap opera EastEnders bubble to the top of its slot on Friday evening, drawing an estimated 7.9 million viewers on BBC 1.
The controversial kiss is part of a new story line for the long-running soap in which Syed Masood, a Muslim played by Marc Elliot, struggles with his sexuality and faith. During Friday’s episode, Masood kissed openly gay character Christian Clarke, played by John Partridge.
Josh Duhamel more than just a pretty face
"I learned early on from the first one that I had to be more concerned with reacting to stuff," he says about Transformers, "and concentrate on remembering my lines while the bombs are going off in my face," he said.
Alexa Havins' TURBO DATES
Independent web and mobile TV service Babelgum announced the debut of two series on its Comedy Channel today. Award-winning comedic web series TURBO DATES is now playing exclusively on Babelgum. Created by Jocelyn Stamat, formerly of Chicago's Second City and a graduate of Harvard Lampoon, TURBO DATES was co-written and co-directed by Terry Rossio. The series was produced by Los Angeles-based digital production company Fun Little Movies. With a total of ten episodes for its first season, the show features familiar Hollywood faces as part of the ensemble cast like PROJECT GREEN LIGHT's Kyle Rankin, Alexa Havins from ALL MY CHILDREN, Whitney Cummings who was named one of Variety's top comics to watch and many others.
INTERVIEW: DAYS' Arianne Zucker (Nicole) and Eric Martsolf (Brady)Zucker: "Eleven years of doing things that are very irrational. You have to find ways to love your character. If you don’t, then it shows."
Martsolf: "Since I’ve come on as Brady it was clear that through his rehabilitation, which has all been unseen, that somehow truth became really important to him. In order to be rehabilitated that way you have to be really honest. Being in this place made him want to help his friend, which through the weeks, developed into real feelings for this girl. I think the fans thought it kind of came out of the blue, but if you look at the circumstances and what he went through mentally, the connection to her makes sense. She wants that perfect picture. Brady wanted to tell her it ain’t that perfect. Take another look at it."
David Leisure joins DAYS cast
David Leisure, last seen as Y&R's Roger, to join the cast of DAYS as the new district attorney. "He'll have a few cases on his plate," says Executive Producer Ken Corday.
Catherine Wadkins to guest on DAYS
Catherine Wadkins, last seen as crazed widow Mary Bishop on GENERAL HOSPITAL back in 2004, is headed back to daytime as yet another — you guessed it — crazed widow. Wadkins is slated to appear on DAYS OF OUR LIVES on August 3 and 4, after her character's husband, Carlo, turns up dead. She'll share scenes with Jay Kenneth Johnson's Philip.
Second season of POOR PAUL starts Tuesday
POOR PAUL is a 2009 Webby Award Honoree and stars Kevin G. Schmidt (Noah, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS), Samantha Droke, Wes Whitworth (who replaces Nicholas Braun in the role of Clyde) and Zack Bennett as Paul; with Palmer Scott and POOR PAUL director Sean Michael Beyer as Mr. Ted.
New episodes will be released Tuesdays at 1 p.m. EDT / 10 a.m. PDT, beginning June 23 at http://www.PoorPaul.com as well as YouTube.com and KoldCast.TV in HiDef.
New TV Soap interviews
Michael Fairman has published several new interviews from Australis's TV Soap including Galen Gering, Daniel Goddard, Joshua Morrow and Sharon Case, and Susan Flannery and Brad Bell.
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