Friday, December 16, 2011

NEWS ROUNDUP: Michael E. Knight In "Erection" Play, Anne Marie Howard, Jeff Branson, Julie Mond

ALL MY CHILDREN's Michael E. Knight and DEVANITY's Robin Riker are among the cast of "The Cost of the Erection"
Knight and Riker will star in Blank Theatre's production of Jon Marans' "The Cost of the Erection," beginning Feb. 4, 2012, prior to an official opening Feb. 11, at Blank's 2nd Stage Theatre.

Directed by Blank founding artistic director Daniel Henning, the limited engagement will continue through March 18. The cast also includes Kal Bennett and James Louis Wagner.

THE ARCHERS: Characters healthier than in real life
Even though Archers' listeners have heard characters killed by tractors, falling off roofs and dying in burning stables as well as by suicide, a report in the British Medical Journal says that overall, life expectancy and health in the Archers is lower than in real life.

UK Christmas Day Ratings war Betting: Will Eastenders be taken Downton? (Doctor) Who Knows?
Sky Bet has installed DOCTOR WHO as the 6/4 favourite to pull in most viewers, which would see the BBC prevail once again as the top channel on Christmas Day.

Using Soap Operas, Cooking Classes To Fight Diabetes
When researchers tried to introduce a healthier diet and lifestyle to a group of adults at risk for developing diabetes in Lawrence, Massachusetts, a primarily low-income city that’s 60% Latino, and where only about half the population is fluent in English, they tried to meet people just where they were.

That meant screening a “telenovela,” a Spanish soap opera, about a diabetic mom named Martha and her at-risk daughter Sandra, that detailed the fears and challenges of the disease while introducing healthier food choices and busting pervasive misconceptions.

Anne Marie Howard: Crying Teeth
"I'm an actress, and when we met I was playing Nicole Love on the soap opera, ANOTHER WORLD. During our first few months together, my contract ended and a new job opportunity came up that I couldn't refuse. I would be taking over the role of Kimberly Brady-Donovan on DAYS OF OUR LIVES. Only this NBC series taped in Burbank, California. Peter and I dated for three months before I left for the west coast. It was a whirlwind romance, with endless bottles of Clos du Bois Chardonnay and expensive dinners at the best restaurants. He asked me to marry him during one of these meals, in-between our entrées and dessert. We had a lot of fun, flying back and forth, planning our wedding. Six months after we met, we were married at one of our favorite restaurants in Manhattan."

Which VAMPIRE DIARIES Original Is Coming Back with a Vengeance?
"We haven't seen the last of Rebekah," executive producer Julie Plec tells TVGuide.com. "The fact that Elena killed Rebekah is going to come back to bite her in the butt."

TV Guide Network Becomes More 'Network,' Less Guide
The cable network, which started as scrolling TV listings “barker” channel, Prevue Channel, has gradually been reformatting itself to become a “full-screen” entertainment TV network that eschews its TV listings heritage in favor of conventional programming. Based on its negotiations with cable and satellite operators, more than 75% of TV Guide Network’s total distribution (80 million households) will be carrying the full-screen version of the channel, dropping its listings scroll altogether, by the end of this year.

Jeff Branson leaving THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS
Hot on the heels of Sean Kanan's (Deacon) announcement that he's being written off until the spring comes word that Jeff Branson (Ronan) will also be making another Genoa City exit.

Former GENERAL HOSPITAL actress Julie Mond joins HOUSE
Mond will play a nun who Chase treats when she comes into the clinic.

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