Wednesday, September 30, 2009

News Round-up: Dano, Goldin, GL Breast Cancer

INTERVIEW: Former soap star Linda Dano
Dano appeared on "Brandon's Buzz" Tuesday night before her return visit to QVC at 1 a.m. ET this morning. She'll be on QVC again at 10 a.m. ET.

LIQUID SOAP Goes Live
The much-anticipated first episode of Bath Spa University's new online soap opera will be webcast on www.liquidsoap.tv at 12 noon on Monday 12 October.

Set entirely in the toilets of the cafe at First Central University, LIQUID SOAP will reveal the hilarious world of gripping micro-dramas that are played out daily in this intimate location. Episode One, Fumbling In The Ruck, kicks the series off in typical no holds barred style - one of the First Central University rugby team seems to be having a crisis of sexuality but the question is, which one?

INTERVIEW: AMC's Ricky Paull Goldin (Jake)
"All of us in this business have a bit of the gypsy in us.
I mean honestly, what show can you get nowadays, in this life, and stay on one show anyway? And by the way, if I were to quit the show I would have had to get on a plane to LA to get another job. So really, c’mon! I feel as long as you are shooting in New York you are getting away with something. You are pulling
a fast one, because you get to be in Manhattan, one of the best and most expensive cities in the world, and doing a show. There are a lot of new shows coming to town. UGLY BETTY moved there last year, and I believe there happens to be ten shows that shoot in New York now. It just happens that ALL MY CHILDREN is not going to be one of them now."

GL stars, Panera team up for breast cancer awareness
Six GUIDING LIGHT stars will kick off Breast Cancer Awareness Month tomorrow with appearances on KDKA's "Pittsburgh Live" and at local Panera stores.

Actors Daniel Cosgrove (Billy), Karla Mosley (Christina) and Lawrence Saint Victor (Remy) will be at Panera stores in Oakland from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m., Penn Center from noon to 1:30 p.m. and Monroeville from 1:45 to 3 p.m.

Actors Frank Dicopoulos (Frank), Zak Conroy (James) and Kurt McKinney (Matt) will be at Panera stores on McKnight Road, Ross, from 10:30 to 11:45 a.m., in Pine from noon to 1:30 p.m. and in Cranberry from 1:45 to 3 p.m.

All six stars will appear together from 3 to 5 p.m. at the Falconi car dealership in Moon.

Internet influences film audiences
If marketing mavens want to reach younger moviegoers when promoting their films, they need to embrace social networks or risk being ignored.

That was the overall message of Moviegoers 2010, the first report on moviegoing habits produced by Stradella Road, the entertainment marketing firm founded by former New Line Web guru Gordon Paddison that hopes to assist film marketers in determining how to reach consumers over the next decade.

The study found that teens and twentysomethings are especially focused on being able to customize entertainment and are quick to share their opinions with others digitally -- especially as usage of the Internet, mobile devices and DVRs has become more widespread. An estimated 94% of all moviegoers are now online.

EDITOR'S NOTE: The daytime television soaps need to consider the same concepts and the influence of the internet on potential viewers.

Death of the daytime soaps
Tracy Williams writes: "Get the defibrillator! Call the Priest! Warm up the fat lady! The days of our lives as we know it are heading down the path of conclusion... housewives have left the building and the shrinking audience of daytime television is draining the life of what my grandmother referred to as her 'stories.'"

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