Tuesday, August 31, 2010

NEWS: Mick Lally, Michael Riley, Final ATWT, Emmys Split?

Actor Mick Lally dies aged 64
Famous for his role as Miley Byrne in the Irish soap opera GLENROE, he recently voiced a character in the Oscar-winning animation The Secret of Kells. Lally play Miley Byrne on the soap for its entire 18 year run.

Radio Disney G.M. Michael Riley Tapped to Head ABC Family
Riley has been named President of ABC Family, succeeding Paul Lee, who was named ABC Entertainment Group President July 30. In this role, Riley will report directly to Anne Sweeney, co-chair, Disney Media Networks & president, Disney/ABC Television Group, who made the announcement.

Final scene of AS THE WORLD TURNS
The cast and crew packed into the Brooklyn soundstages of CBS' AS THE WORLD TURNS on June 23 to watch longtime stars Don Hastings (left) and Kathryn Hays tape the last scene of the soap's 13,858th — and final — episode. (After 54 years on the air, the series signs off Sept. 17.) "It's like we did that scene with everyone's arms around us," recalls a choked-up Hays, who has played matriarch Kim Hughes since 1972. "It was absolutely incredible."

Will Primetime Emmys split into two shows next year?
The major TV networks have broached the idea with the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences of expanding the number of networks that share in the rotation of the Primetime Emmy awards show to include cable networks and possibly to split it into two separate shows, one for broadcast and another to air on cable or pay TV.

Lindsay Lohan: 'I was irresponsible'
"I want my career back," Lindsay Lohan told Vanity Fair in an interview conducted last month shortly before she began to serve her jail term. "I know that I'm a damn good actress, and it's been my passion since I was a child, and I know that when I care about something, I put 100% and more into it."

Y&R's Eric Roberts to guest on CHUCK
"Shooting an episode of CHUCK. Not allowed 2 disclose story-points,so u'l have 2 guess what I'm playing until it airs."

Eric Roberts on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS when he has the time
"I’m on a soap opera. I play a killer attorney [Vance Abrams]. It’s a lot of fun. I get to play the part when I have time."

1 comment:

  1. Very sad news about Mick Lally. As an Irish lass, I watched many an episode of Glenroe in my youth and relationship between Miley and Biddy. He'll be sadly missed.

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