Thursday, July 2, 2009

News Round-up: Batley, Otalia, Soap Stars on Stage

Soap Stars on Stage
Brian Scott Lipton takes a look at 10 soap opera veterans who can be found trodding the theatrical boards around the country this month. The list includes Jennifer Landon, Richard Shoberg, Charles Shaughnessy and Robert Newman.

Mourning Sickness – plot or ploy, it’s just sad
"That glacial soap movement soon turned into something just short of continental drift. OTALIA became the melodramatic Pangaea. De-sexualizing this couple out of whatever corporate pressure you are under anesthetized the pace. And now you are impregnating or simulating the impregnation of Natalia as a logistical answer to Jessica’s maternity leave?"

BEING ERICA: A Sudsy Import with a Time-Travel Twist
All this week, TVWeek.com is turning the spotlight on some of the small screen's most promising new series, young shows with breakout potential. They tell you what the critics are saying, what episode you simply can't miss and what to expect when new episodes return. Today's pick is SOAPnet's BEING ERICA.

Loui Batley set to quit HOLLYOAKS
According to Digital Spy, the 22-year-old actress, who plays Sarah Barnes in the show, will leave before the end of this year. Batley was reportedly overheard confirming her departure from HOLLYOAKS at a party in London recently, saying that her exit storyline would be shocking.

Ovarian cancer survivor Sandra Bricker and two others co-author Christian book
Bricker 15 years in Hollywood as a publicist for soap opera stars, she said. At the time, she thought those friendships were "really solid and deep until I met people here [in Tampa] who are really solid and deep. It's a good lesson to learn."

1 comment:

  1. hank you for continuing to highlight blogs that vocally complain about this "development" in the Otalia s/l. I hope I can read something from you soon and I REALLY want to read something from JLH as well. Details on what she was smoking when she came up with this particular beat would be really appreciated (so I can avoid those substances, of course. They do NOT bring happy results)

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