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Usher Drama Series Inspired By His Music In Works At UCP

Per the official logline, the Untitled Usher Project?is a series about Black love in Atlanta and individuals looking to find a place to call home. The series will explore music, style, sex, romance and secrets that threaten to tear relationships apart.

Usher will executive produce the series with Selwyn Seyfu Hinds (Washington Black) and attorney/producer Kenny Meiselas via his KMei Productions. UCP, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.

“My 30-year catalog has resonated with so many people no matter where they were in their lives,” Usher said in a statement. “I’m happy to be working with UCP to bring the music to life. I hope the series resonates with you the way my music continues to.”

Usher is coming off his halftime performance at Super Bowl LVIII. He recently wrapped his two-year Las Vegas residency and is set for his next tour, Past Present Future, which kicks off August 20 in Washington, D.C.

Trailer for the Hunting Housewives.

Daytime Emmys Eliminate Outstanding Younger Performer Category, Split Up Daytime Host Race

That means no more awkward competitions between kids and young adults. This year was particularly odd, since McCoy, 20, was competing against two boys — Henry Joseph Samiri, 10, of The Bold and the Beautiful and Cary Christopher, 7, of Days of Our Lives.

Other changes announced by NATAS include merging Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Non-Fiction Series and Outstanding Writing for Daytime Non-Fiction Special into Outstanding Writing for a Daytime Non-Fiction Program. The Daytime Program Host category has also been split into two categories – Daytime Personality Daily, and Daytime Personality Non-Daily.

“Programming is always changing, and NATAS continues to adapt its competition rules to reflect these shifts in the television landscape,” said Adam Sharp, President of NATAS. “We’re looking forward to gathering again at the 51st Daytime Emmys to celebrate all the nominees and the entertaining and enlightening programs they create.”

The Call for Entries for the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will open Feb. 1.

Hosts, Co-Hosts, and Correspondents from Entertainment News and Legal/Courtroom Programs (e.g. the judges and bailiffs) are now eligible within the Daytime Personality – Daily or Daytime Personality – Non-Daily category depending on airing/streaming schedule. They also remain eligible in their respective Program categories but cannot win two Emmy statuettes for the same function, e.g. if a Program wins Outstanding Program and the Hosts win Outstanding Daytime Personality, the statuette defaults to the Host entry. Hosts from the same Program will be included in a single entry with all Hosts, Co-Hosts, Anchors and Correspondents on the same submission and the reel must contain footage that highlights all entrants.

For Daytime Hosts, the Talk Series Host and Culinary Host categories remain unchanged.

In terms of those who petition for off-list credits, Late Credit additions are still permitted, as per the parameters above, but ONLY for on-list credits. Off-list credits must be submitted at the time of entry to allow for Awards Administration to seek a full petition if warranted. Off-list credits cannot be submitted late.

For categories identified as Music Categories (these are Music Direction and Composition and Original Song in the Daytime Emmys), nominees will be required to provide complete publishing information and sign an additional NATAS-issued licensing agreement allowing NATAS to use the music featured in the Ceremony Clip(s). The information will be distributed to nominees only. Failure to provide adequate information AND proper contact information for a legally authorized signer will result in a different clip being selected or replacement of the music with rights-cleared music at NATAS’ discretion.

NATAS will be offering weekly webinars every Tuesday at 3 PM ET/12:00 PM PT during the entry process to explain the process and answer questions. After the submission window is completed, the administration team will send out further information regarding Zooms dedicated entirely to judging.

Tuesday, February 6, 2024
Tuesday, February 13, 2024
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Tuesday, March 5, 2024

The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy timeline:

February 1, 2024 – Open for submissions/Judging Sign Ups
February 22, 2024 – Entry Deadline
March 7, 2024 – Late Entry Deadline
March 21-April 11, 2024 – Judging for all Entries
Week of April 15, 2024 – Nominations Announced
Five business days after nominations announcement: Gratis credit card changes deadline and program deadline

Entry fees for program categories are $425 with a late fee of $500. Performer, host and craft category fees are $350 with a late fee of $400. Additional details for the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be announced in the coming weeks/months.eo

ABC Releases Trailers For ‘The Rookie’ & 'Not Dead Yet'

“Have you told your friends that you see ghosts?” So begins the Season 2 trailer for Not Dead Yet, starring Gina Rodriguez as Nell Serrano, a broke and newly single self-described disaster who is working to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago. Not Dead Yet Season 2 premieres February 7 on ABC. Watch the trailer below.

‘SNL 1975’ Movie Finds Its Gilda Radner, Jane Curtin & Laraine Newman

On October 11, 1975, a ferocious troupe of young comedians and writers changed television forever. SNL 1975 is the true story of what happened behind the scenes that night in the moments leading up to the first broadcast of NBC’s SNL. It depicts the chaos and magic of a revolution that almost wasn’t, counting down the minutes in real time to the infamous words, “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!”

The screenplay is based on an extensive series of interviews conducted by Reitman and Kenan with all the living cast members, writers and crew. Reitman, Kenan, Jason Blumenfeld, Erica Mills and Peter Rice are producing.

Best known for her role in the Apple series Dickinson, Hunt most recently was seen in the Sony’s 3000 Pictures and Netflix adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover, opposite Emma Corrin and Jack O’Connell, and in the Amazon Studios drama Master, directed by Mariama Diallo. Hunt next will be seen in the four-part Western film Horizon: An American Saga co-written, produced, directed by and starring Kevin Costner.

Fairn most recently starred opposite Martin Freeman in BAFTA-nominated The Responder for BBC One. Up next, she will star in Sky Atlantic and AMC’s Mary and George, opposite Julianne Moore, and in Jack Thorne’s feature film Joy, alongside Amanda Posey and Finola Dwyer.

Matula starred in the Fox comedy LA To Vegas ,which was produced by Steven Levitan and co-starred Dylan McDermott, and appeared in Lifetime‘s UnReal. On the feature side, she worked with Stephen Merchant in MGM’s Fighting with My Family, opposite Florence Pugh, Vince Vaughn, Nick Frost and Dwayne Johnson, and last year starred in the independent comedy feature Tappawingo, opposite Jon Heder.

Hunt is repped by UTA, United Agents and Viewpoint. Fairn is repped by Joshua Woodford at Hamilton Hodell. Matula is repped by Innovative Artists and Ethos Entertainment..

‘When Calls The Heart’: When To Expect Premiere Of Hallmark Drama’s 11th Season

As Hope Valley enters the 1920s in the new season, schoolteacher Elizabeth Thornton (Erin Krakow) embarks on a fresh start – with new romance, new challenges and new style. She and Mountie Nathan Grant (Kevin McGarry) navigate their growing romantic feelings while also leaning on each other for support as they face new parenting obstacles. Newly elected Governor Lucas Bouchard (Chris McNally) must confront his past in order to embrace his strengths and lead Hope Valley into the future. Retired Mountie Bill Avery (Jack Wagner) and newspaper reporter Rosemary Coulter (Pascale Hutton) team up to unravel a mystery putting their entire community at risk.

The season premieres on April 7. There were be 12 episodes.

“If there’s anything we can take away from the success of When Calls the Heart, it’s that these stories, these characters and essentially their lives resonate and they matter deeply to so many of our viewers,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, EVP Programming. “Eleven seasons is a celebration of the kind of heartwarming content that we strive to bring to the fans every year.”

Season 10 secured Hallmark Channel’s title as the most-watched entertainment cable network on weekends throughout its 12-week run among key demographics. It also delivered the most-watched entertainment cable program every Sunday among Women 18+.

“Time has flown by since the end of season 10, and I cannot put into words how thrilled I am for the premiere of Season 11 of When Calls the Heart,” said series star and executive producer Erin Krakow. “It’s such a warm feeling to know that we have the loyalty, love and longevity to make it this far and that is a true testament to our viewers. I’m beyond proud and grateful to our hardworking crew, writers, producers, cast and Hallmark Channel for their vision and support.”

Annie Awards Nominations

Archer
Episode: Keys Open Doors
FX Productions
Aisha Tyler (Character: Lana Kane)

Craig Before The Creek
Episode: Craig Before The Creek
Cartoon Network Studios
Vico Ortiz (Character: Serena)

Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur
Episode: Moon Girl Landing
Flying Bark Productions / Disney Television Animation
Diamond White (Character: Lunella Lafayette / Moon Girl)

Solar Opposites
Episode: The Re-Visibility Bouillabaisse
20th Television Animation
Dan Stevens (Character: Korvo)

The Velveteen Rabbit
Episode: The Velveteen Rabbit
Magic Light Pictures in association with Apple
Alex Lawther (Character: Velveteen Rabbit)

Gina Rodriguez Rom-Com Trailer

In the above trailer for the upcoming Netflix rom-com, “New York sportswriter Mack (Rodriguez) has spent years devising successful hook-up ‘plays’ with best friend Adam (Wayans Jr.) and their crew. While it has led to countless one-night stands over the years, following their playbook comes with a strict set of ground rules — chief among them: you can’t build a relationship from a play,” reads the official synopsis.

“When Mack unexpectedly falls for her latest target, charming war correspondent Nick (Ellis), she begins to rethink the game entirely,” the description continues. “As the lines between work, fun, friendship, and romance begin to blur, Mack must learn what it takes to go from simply scoring to playing for keeps.”

Players premieres Wednesday, Feb. 14 on the streamer.

Lifetime Movie Net Releases Q1 Movie Slate

The Wrong Life Coach will premiere on January 11, and is executive produced by Vivica A. Fox, who stars alongside Eric Roberts, Tracy Nelson, Michael Paré, Jackée Harry, Morgan Bradley and Allison McAtee. Roberts, Paré, Harry and Nelson also star in the Valentine’s themed Tall Dark and Dangerous, set for February 8th, with Matthew Pohlkamp and Vanderpump Rules‘ Tom Sandoval.

Here’s a breakdown of the films:

Dying For Fame (January 4 at 8pm ET/PT). Starring Dylan Raine, Amelie Anstett. A career-driven tabloid reporter Anna (Raine) is assigned to write a profile about popular influencer Juliet (Anstett). During their time together, Anna discovers that many of Juliet’s fans aren’t real. After she is confronted, Juliet reveals a different story about a stalker who has been tormenting her for months but Anna ultimately decides to proceed with the fake fans story.

The Wrong Life Coach (January 11 at 8pm ET/PT). Starring Vivica A. Fox, Morgan Bradley, Allison McAtee, Michael Paré, Tracy Nelson, Eric Roberts, Jackeé. Harry When Jordan (Bradley) gets a new boss, Tara (Fox), the job becomes more than she bargained for. Jordan enlists the help of a life coach named Liz (McAtee), but unfortunately, Liz has some sinister plans of her own including sabotaging Jordan’s new job with Mr. Gordon (Roberts). Hybrid produced.

A Party to Die For (January 18 at 8pm ET/PT). Starring Jonetta Kaiser, Kara Royster, Jermaine Rivers. Sadie (Kaiser) works in a luxury boutique store but is ready for a change in her life when she meets socialite Jessica (Kara Royster). They become fast friends but when they attend an after party at a new friend’s house, the night goes terribly wrong, and someone ends up dead. Tubi co-prod.

Crowdsource Murder (January 25 at 8pm ET/PT). Starring Nicole Weber, James Hyde, Francesca Barker McCormick, Clark Moore, Lexi Minetree. After her daughter Shannon (Minetree) is injured in an accident, her mother Monica (Weber) is encouraged by her friend Rebecca (McCormick) to start a crowdsource fund to pay for the hospital bills. But when a handsome stranger, Noah (Hyde), donates more and more money to the fund, she begins to question his motives.

Sabotaging the Squad (February 1 at 8pm ET/PT). Starring Meyon Jacobs, Lauren Mayo, Olivia Buckle, Brittany Goodwin. Missy (Jacobs) is ready to take over as head coach of daughter Arielle’s (Mayo) cheer squad but unfortunately, the other cheer moms are resistant to a change in regime, especially Darlene (Buckle), who has been vying for the top job ever since becoming interim coach. With the help of her friend and assistant coach, Gemma (Brittany Goodwin), Missy focuses on getting her cheerleaders ready for competition. But as strange things begin to happen that sabotage all her efforts and one mom ends up dead, Missy fights to clear her name while keeping her squad competition ready before anyone else dies.

Tall, Dark and Dangerous (February 8 at 8pm ET/PT). Starring Jamie Bernadette, Matthew Pohlkamp, Michael Paré, Tracy Nelson, Tom Sandoval, Eric Roberts and Jackeé Harry. As Valentine’s Day approaches, Alice (Bernadette), a successful real estate attorney, decides to try out the dating app Be My Valentine where she finds her seemingly perfect match, Chris (Pohlkamp). But Alice soon realizes that her “Valentine” is an imposter who stole the identity of his former roommate Jason (Sandoval) in order to insert himself into her life, fooling her boss Ed (Roberts) and even her parents.

She’s Obsessed with My Husband (February 15 at 8pm ET/PT). Starring Alissa Filoramo, Matthew Pohlkamp, Aryè Campos, Taylor Castro. Violet (Filoramo) has carried a torch for Garrett (Pohlkamp), the love of her life, ever since they dated in high school. Now twenty years later, Violet has moved in next door to Garrett and is determined to destroy his marriage and take her “rightful” place as his wife.

The Ex-Obsession (February 22 at 8pm ET/PT). Starring Chaley Rose, B. J. Britt, Anthony Dalton II. Happily married to her husband, John (Britt), Kim (Rose) is shocked to learn John’s new co-worker is her ex-boyfriend Grant (Dalton II). Unwilling to spoil John’s excitement, Kim and Grant decide to keep their history a secret. But when John sees Kim and Grant out together one day, he becomes consumed by jealousy and confronts Kim. Co-prod with Tubi.

Lonely Crime Fanatic (February 29 at 8pm ET/PT). Starring Brenna Skalski, Ian Reier Michaels, Alexandra Ponce, David Alan Hurt. Romance sparks when a true crime fan meets her favorite podcast host, but things soon turn strange as his fascination with her turns into obsession.

Danger on Party Island (March 20 at 8pm ET/PT). Starring Lindsey Dresbach, Adam Harper, James Bobo, Kate Dailey. After the death of her sister, Mel (Dresbach) travels to an infamous party island to collect her estranged sister’s body. With the reluctant help from local bar owner Jever (Bobo), Mel begins to unravel the circumstances of her sister’s accident and starts to believe she could be next.

My Father’s Murder in Greece (March 21 at 8pm ET/PT). Starring Cass Huckabay, Maeve Quinlan. When Allie’s (Cass Huckabay) father George takes her on a celebratory trip to Greece to uncover her family’s roots, she never expected her father would be murdered. Allie must uncover long-kept family secrets if she’s going to bring the killer to justice.a

Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Nominations

DAYTIME TELEVISION GAME SHOW OR TALK SHOW

BEST MAKE-UP

The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge
Moira Frazier, Denise Baker, Ryan Randall, LaLisa Turner

The Bold and the Beautiful
Christine Lai-Johnson, Hajja Barnes, Briana Garcia, Daniela Delgado

The Boulet Brothers’ Dragula
Swanthula Boulet, Dracmorda Boulet

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Chanty LaGrana, Gloria Elias-Foeillet, Valente Frazier, Monica Boyd Lester

The Young and the Restless
Stacey Browning, Jamie Kelch, Robert Bolger, Riley Nightingall

BEST HAIR STYLING

The Big Nailed It Baking Challenge
Moira Frazier, Denise Baker, Ryan Randall, LaLisa Turner

The Bold and the Beautiful
Stephanie Paugh, Alexis Reyes, Danielle Dubinsky, Karlye Buff

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Roberto Ramos, Corey Morris, Tara Copeland, Adam Long

Snake Oil
Crystal Broedel, Karen Stein

The Young and the Restless
Lauren Mendoza, Justin Jackson, Michelle Corona, Diana Santana

Soap opera vet added to the Young and the Restless

2023 The Year That Was

Categories includes High, Lows & Wishes for each soap, Best Psychopath Tale, Most Unbelievable Endgame and Most Toxic Excuse For A Love Story.

Read our take on the year here: Here!

Adain Bradley Returns to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

Bradley first appeared on B&B as Maya’s cousin, Xander, back in June 2018. Hired as an intern at Forrester Creations, Xander sparked a romance with fellow intern Emma, but his obsessed ex, Zoe Buckingham, showed up and did whatever she could to steal him away. Later, Xander found himself wrapped up in the baby switch storyline when he discovered that Liam and Hope’s daughter was still alive and being raised by Steffy, but Thomas threatened him to keep quiet. Xander hasn’t been seen since August 2019.

Since his exit, Bradley has appeared in episodes of THE 100 and ALL AMERICAN as well as starred in the 2021 horror reboot Wrong Turn. The actor also played Mel Akuda in a couple of episodes of FOX’s FANTASY ISLAND series which starred his former B&B co-star, Kiara Barnes (Zoe)!

What brings Xander back into the Forrester orbit? Might he be wanting to spoil Thomas’ newfound happiness with Hope by not only dredging up the past about Baby Beth but also Emma’s death? You’ll just have to stay tuned to find out!

‘The Bold & The Beautiful’ Shocker: Daytime Emmy Nominee Krista Allen Has Left The CBS Sudser

Up for her first Emmy after joining the sudser in 2021 as a replacement for Hunter Tylo, Allen will be attending the ceremony as an out-of-work actress. That’s right, soap fans: Allen says she was told in October that her contract wouldn’t be renewed; she hasn’t appeared in an episode since Nov. 8.

“The craziest thing is right before I got dropped, I did the cast photo shoot, and then the next week they called and said, ‘we’re not going to keep your third year and thank you very much, you were wonderful and thank you, goodbye,” Allen tells Deadline. “And I was like, what?”

“I think the hardest thing for me has been trying to stay quiet. I haven’t known what to say. And then when I got dropped, I was like, ‘oh, okay, is the show going to announce this?’ But they never did. And then on December 10, just recently, it was Taylor’s two-year anniversary [of being back on show], and I came back to Twitter for the first time since June to engage with fans again, just to say thank you because there were so many congratulations and people saying, ‘I can’t wait to see you back on screen’ and ‘when are you coming back?'”

A spokesman for the show tells Deadline they do not comment on the status of casting. An insider revealed, however, that Allen was offered the chance to recur and she declined.

A rep for Allen countered by saying his client was offered the opportunity to say three lines for an episode “after a couple months of nothing.”

Both Allen and her myriad fans started to notice a change in her character’s presence on the show shortly after she received her supporting actress nomination in April. Getting recognized by NATAS was an impressive feat for Allen, who was tasked with replacing the popular Tylo as the psychiatrist who stole Ridge Forrester’s heart (Tylo left the show in 2019). Taylor’s romance with Ridge was constantly tested by Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang); the love triangle turned into one of the daytime drama’s biggest story lines.

“There was a lot of pushback early on from fans who said, ‘we do not want her recast. Please don’t.’ I understood because she had been their person,” says Allen, who got her start in the soap world by playing Billie Reed on Days of Our Lives from 1996 to 1999. “So that was really hard for me at the very beginning, just stepping into that and knowing what I was up against. But somehow the fans accepted me and it became this beautiful love affair with the fan base as this new Taylor. So when the Emmy nominations came out and I was nominated, I was blown away. It was my first year as a recast. It was kind of like against all odds.”

A month later, something had changed, she recalls.

“I just wasn’t being written,” Allen recalls. “I just wasn’t in the scripts and there’re only a couple of weeks ahead in the writing, so I was like, what is going on? So I just waited. And the fan base was going insane during this time because the character of Taylor was needed on the show. There was a lot of stuff going on and people were starting to tweet about it. They were starting to say, where is Taylor? And there was hashtags and all of this stuff trending on Twitter. ‘Where is Taylor? Bring back Taylor, bring back Krista.’ The show just said that my character wasn’t really needed.”

“My agent had called and I had kind of inquired, but nobody was giving me any information, and so was just, I was like, you know what? Everything’s going to be fine. Things come and go and everything is cyclical,” continues Allen. “I just figured that that was the situation, but then I was dropped, so that was it.”

Allen says she only appeared in about 20 pisodes between the time she got the nomination and the day she was told she was off the show. There were no big goodbyes. The only cast member she heard from was Kimberlin Brown, who texted earlier this week to wish her good luck at tonight’s ceremony.

“I don’t think anybody [on the show knows] because I would imagine if anybody knew that my contract was dropped, I would’ve heard from everybody. But I didn’t text everybody. I’ve been in a place of not knowing what to do or say. That’s really the truth of it. And here we are on this amazing day, and I am so excited. And tomorrow I take off. I’m moving to Atlanta, Georgia. It just seemed like the perfect time to go. It’s turning the page on this really interesting chapter, and now we’re going to the next one.”

Allen has no idea if her role will be recast, but she hopes it will. “I think Taylor is needed. She was so missed whenever Hunter didn’t come back. The most ironic part of it is that it’s like a real life soap opera. This is the Friday cliffhanger!”i.

2023 Daytime Emmy Winners

Rome Flynn Joins NBC’s ‘Chicago Fire’ For Season 12

He will portray Jake Gibson, a quietly confident former amateur boxer with a dark past. The physically fit and fearless Jake earns a spot on Truck 51’s radar thanks to a heroic act.

The addition of Flynn to the Wolf Entertainment/Universal Television drama follows the news of Alberto Rosende and Kara Killmer’s exit. They will both make their final appearances in Season 12; Rosende following the premiere with Killmer’s final episode airing being kept under wraps. The series returns on January 17.

Most recently, Flynn starred in Gloria Calderón Kellett’s With Love from Prime Video and the sports family comedy Fantasy Football for Paramount+. The Afro-Cuban actor is best known for his work as Gabriel Maddox in the Shonda Rhimes series How To Get Away With Murder and his portrayal of Zende Forrester Domínguez in the CBS soap The Bold and the Beautiful. Additional TV credits include ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, Netflix’s Raising Dion and Dear White People also from the streamer.

PERFORMERS AND PRESENTERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 50TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS

The show, hosted by ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT’s Nischelle Turner and Kevin Frazier, includes a historic reunion, as actor Shemar Moore will present the Lifetime Achievement Honor to Susan Lucci. Moore famously presented Lucci with her landmark first Daytime Emmy Award in 1999 after she had been nominated in the lead actress category 19 times for her portrayal of Erica Kane in “All My Children.” At the time of opening the envelope, Moore famously exclaimed, “the streak is over!” in what is frequently cited as one of the greatest awards show moments in history.

In addition, Grammy Award-winning, Emmy-nominated superstar Jennifer Nettles will perform “Life is Sweet” for the In Memoriam segment, which pays tribute to the stars and contributors in the field of daytime whom we lost this past year. The song originally premiered on the Daytime Emmy-nominated television show “American Anthems” and is also nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for original song.

Presenters for the evening will include icons of daytime as the show pays tribute to 50 years, including Lauralee Bell (Y&R), Peter Bergman (Y&R), Michael Damian (Y&R), Don Diamont (B&B), Mary Beth Evans (“Days of Our Lives”), Akbar Gbajabiamila (THE TALK), Drake Hogestyn (“Days of Our Lives”), Finola Hughes (“General Hospital”), Amanda Kloots (THE TALK), A Martinez (“The Bay”), John McCook (B&B), Melody Thomas Scott (Y&R), Heather Tom (B&B), Donnell Turner (“General Hospital”), Kym Whitley (“The Bay”) and Laura Wright (“General Hospital”). Maury Povich and Connie Chung will make special appearances to present the Gold & Silver Circle honorees and the In Memoriam tribute, respectively..

‘Cruel Summer’ & ‘Good Trouble’ Canceled By Freeform

We hear Good Trouble will be given the opportunity to film some additional scenes for a supersized series finale episode to properly wrap up the series. Season 5B premieres on January 2.

The series were Freeform’s last remaining scripted originals following the November cancellation of animated comedy Praise Petey.

Set in an idyllic waterfront town in the Pacific Northwest, the final chapter of Cruel Summer followed the rise and fall of an intense teenage friendship. Approaching the story from three different timelines surrounding Y2K, the season twisted and turned as it tracked the early friendship between Megan, Isabella and Megan’s best friend Luke, the love triangle that blossomed, and the mystery that would impact all of their lives going forward.

The series starred Sadie Stanley, Lexi Underwood, Griffin Gluck, KaDee Strickland, Lisa Yamada and Sean Blakemore. Paul Adelstein and Braeden De La Garza recurred.

Cruel Summer hailed from studio eOne and was created by Bert V. Royal. Elle Triedman served as showrunner. Executive producers includedTriedman, Bill Purple, Tia Napolitano and Iron Ocean Productions’ Jessica Biel and Michelle Purple. The series was produced and distributed internationally by eOne.

The Fosters spinoff Good Trouble followed the 20-something residents of the Los Angeles co-living space, The Coterie.

In what now will be the final season, the roommates are set to face their toughest obstacles yet as they’re confronted with evolving relationship challenges and new career opportunities. Through highs and lows, romance and heartbreak, The Coterie crew will lean on each other while they navigate the next stage of adulthood.

The series stars Cierra Ramirez, Tommy Martinez, Emma Hunton, Sherry Cola, Zuri Adele, Josh Pence, Bryan Craig and Booboo Stewart. It is executive produced by Joanna Johnson, Christine Sacani, Greg Gugliotta, Jennifer Lopez, Benny Medina, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Cierra Ramirez. Johnson also serves as showrunner.&

Winsor Harmon Opens up About Returning to B&B

“They didn’t tell me anything,” Harmon admitted to Soap Opera Digest. “[But] it was great timing for me because I was set to do an independent film, which just completely fell apart with the writers’ strike. I had really been looking forward to doing this movie. It was going to be about a five-month shoot and the writers’ strike just killed it, so the B&B gig was just a perfect timing thing, where it was like one door closes and then all of a sudden another one opens.”

Once back at the B&B studio, the actor found himself overwhelmed by the shooting schedule. “I was nervous about being able to retain all of this information,” he confessed. “Getting on set, getting your blocking, knowing your cues when there’s a bunch of people in the scene. I was used to doing three pages a day for the last six years and you forget how grueling the daytime schedule is. I mean, it’s by far the hardest medium out there. So when I got the first seven scripts and was looking at all of them, I was like, ‘My God.’ But you just gotta take your MCT brain octane fuel oil and start studying!”

It also helped that there were plenty of familiar faces at the studio to welcome him back to the soap. “It was great,” Harmon declared, “because I walked straight into makeup and there were some new faces but [makeup artist] Christine Lai was still there and so were the guys in the control room, and of course seeing [Katherine] Kelly [Lang, Brooke] and the actors, there was no anxiety or anything like that. It wasn’t like going to a new show and being there for the first time and being nervous. I fell right back into it and it was great seeing [supervising producer] Ed Scott again. I’ve always loved working with Ed.”x

One-on-One with Vincent Irizarry

Vincent made his daytime debut as “Brandon / Lujack Luvonaczek Spaulding” on CBS’s Guiding Light in 1983. Vincent received his first Daytime Emmy nomination for the role in 1985. In addition to his role as Lujack, Vincent went on to play Dr. Scott Clark on Santa Barbara, Nick McHenry back on Guiding Light, Dr. David Hayward on All My Children, David Chow on The Young and the Restless and Deimos Kiriakis on Days of Our Lives.

Vincent has also starred in several TV movies and mini-series, such as Jackie Collins' Lucky Chances (opposite Sandra Bullock), Left to Die (opposite Barbara Hershey), and Lying Eyes, to name a few. His feature work has been opposite Clint Eastwood, (Heartbreak Ridge), Sissy Spacek (Marie: A True Story), and Worth, opposite Jeffrey Johnson, Eric Roberts, and Corey Feldman. His most recent Primetime work has been Guest Starring roles on NCIS:LA, Homeland, and Wild West Chronicles.

Talk Show Appearance

Monday, Nov. 27

The leading men of THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL including Lawrence Saint-Victor, Scott Clifton, Tanner Novlan, Matthew Atkinson and Joshua Hoffman

Wayne Brady Involved in Car Accident, Physical Fight with Other Driver

Law enforcement tells TMZ ... Wayne was driving down Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu Sunday night when another car hit him.

We're told Wayne and the other driver, a 51-year-old man, pulled over and things got heated ... in the form of an intense argument escalating into a physical altercation.

Cops say Wayne called 911 after the fight, and the other driver got back in his car and took off down PCH. We're told Sheriff deputies ultimately found the guy and ended up arresting him for battery, DUI and hit-and-run.

Wayne's got a rep for being one of the nicest guys in Hollywood -- outside of that hilarious "Chappelle Show" skit -- so it's pretty incredible someone allegedly got physical with him.

We're told the fire department responded to the scene, but Wayne was OK and didn't need to be taken to a hospital.

Sources close to Wayne tell TMZ ... he's banged up and sore the day after the incident, and will be taking it easy for the time being.

Ingo Rademacher Says He’s Had “Mental Health Struggles” Since His Firing From ‘General Hospital’

In an Instagram post that features a picture of Rademacher in an ice bath, the former soap actor said he really “identified as my character on General Hospital for decades and I could’ve been there and would’ve been there for many more decades to come.” Rachemacher played Jasper “Jax” Jacks on General Hospital since 1996.

That all changed in 2021 when Rademacher – a vocal critic of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and mandates – refused to get the mandatory injection and was dropped from the ABC drama as a result. Shortly thereafter, the actor slammed the Disney-owned network with a wide-ranging civil rights lawsuit on constitutional grounds. At the time, Disney had one of the strictest vaccine mandates of any Hollywood studio and most major corporations.

The lawsuit was resolved in June when a Los Angeles Superior Court Judge agreed with ABC in that the actor’s opposition to the vaccine was based on health reasons rather than his religious leanings.

Rademacher told his followers that he’s appealing.

“I’m a lot better now but the first year was rough,” Rademacher wrote on IG.

Read his entire statement below.

ingorademacher (https://www.instagram.com/ingorademacher): The Plunge ice water therapy has helped keep me sane. I apologize for not having posted much in the last year and a half. To be completely honest, for the first time in my life, I’ve been faced with some mental health struggles, that’s not something I’ve ever had to face before. I’m a lot better now but the first year was rough. Being ousted at the show for my political views, my case against ABC/Disney is now in the appeals process. Having to pack up my family from a life that we loved, questioning our move to FL. Having to take the kids out of a great swim team. Taking them away from their incredible jujitsu family and Professor in LA.

On top of that, I really identified as my character on General Hospital for decades and I could’ve been there and would’ve been there for many more decades to come. This isn’t a boo-hoo me post it’s just honest. It’s where I’m at. Struggling with being not that motivated also comes with the added bonus of extra weight(getting fat)

I weighed in at 222 pounds a few weeks ago and I should be around 190. Actually 185, let’s not try to soften the blow ?????. Yep. Hard for me to actually say that because it’s embarrassing. Especially for someone who puts a lot of emphasis on fitness. Anyway, I hope to be more vocal again soon. I’m more motivated now. Stay tuned. More to come.

The 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards - Dec 15, 2023

Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress Susan Lucci, who was previously announced, will receive her Lifetime Achievement Honors at the gala awards ceremony. The nominations were announced in April and can be found here.

“We are pleased to set this new date with CBS for the Daytime Emmys to celebrate our golden anniversary,” said Adam Sharp, president and CEO of NATAS, adding, “We know the loyal fans of daytime television have waited patiently to properly honor and recognize all of the deserving nominees and we look forward to the celebration we have all been waiting for.”

The Daytime Emmy Awards have recognized outstanding achievement in television programming and crafts since 1974, honoring work in a variety of categories, including daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, hosting and legal/courtroom programs. In 2021, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and the Television Academy jointly announced plans to realign the Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards to be organized by content genre, as opposed to program airtime. In addition, in recognition of the marked increase in content and entries for children’s programming, 2022 marked the first annual Children’s & Family Emmy® Awards, with relevant categories separating from the Daytime Emmys into their own competition and ceremony. All awards are judged by a pool of peer professionals from across the television industry.

THE 50TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS is produced by NATAS and Associated Television International (ATI), which produced Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies on The CW in 2009 and on CBS in 2010, 2011, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Adam Sharp and Lisa Armstrong are executive producers from NATAS, while David McKenzie is executive producer from ATI..

Ladies of the ’80s: A Divas Christmas Brings Morgan Fairchild, Loni Anderson and More Icons Together on Lifetime — Watch Trailer

Premiering on Saturday, Dec. 2 (8/7c), the Lifetime original movie Ladies of the ’80s: A Divas Christmas brings together five of the decade’s most iconic actresses — Loni Anderson (WKRP in Cincinnati), Morgan Fairchild (Falcon Crest), Linda Gray (Dallas), Donna Mills (Knots Landing) and Nicollette Sheridan (Knots Landing) — for a special holiday event. And now, we’ve got ourselves a trailer!

The women star as “five soap opera divas readying for a reunion show who take on playing cupid during Christmas to bring together their director and producer as they all learn the meaning of true Christmas spirit,” per the official release. The movie also stars Travis Burns, Taylor Ann Thompson, Christopher Atkins, Patrika Darbo, Alec Mapa and Mills’ real-life daughter Chloe Mills.

“The opportunity to bring together Donna, Morgan, Loni, Linda and Nicollette — five powerhouse women into one holiday movie — has been like finding the perfect gift under the Christmas tree,” executive producer Larry A. Thompson says in a statement.

NATAS Reveals Dates For Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle, Children’s & Family Emmy Awards

NATAS-produced Emmy Award ceremonies include The Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle Emmy Awards Luncheon (12:00 noon, Dec. 16), the second Annual Children’s & Family Creative Arts Emmy Awards Dinner (8 pm PT, Dec. 16), and the second Annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards and Trustees’ Gala (5 pm PT, Dec. 17).

All three Emmy celebrations will be held at the Westin Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. NATAS will kick off the weekend with a private luncheon to honor its 2023 Daytime and Children’s & Family inductees into the Gold & Silver Circle honor society on Thursday, Dec. 14.

Maury Povich, who was previously announced as a Daytime Emmys Lifetime Achievement Honoree, will receive his award at the Daytime Creative Arts & Lifestyle ceremony.

The Daytime Emmy nominations were announced In April while the Children’s & Family nominations were announced Nov. 2. The 50th Daytime Emmy Awards, as well as the Creative Arts & Lifestyle ceremony, were previously scheduled for June but were postponed because of the strikes.

No date has been set yet for the Daytime Emmys on CBS.

“We are pleased to honor once again the writers, performers and other creators that inspire and entertain audiences of all ages,” said Adam Sharp, President and CEO, NATAS. “We look forward to a fun-packed weekend that underscores the amazing scope of content making a difference in viewers’ lives.”

‘The Bay’ To Release 18 New Episodes Starting This Month

The series is an independent multi-camera drama and is produced under a non-struck SAG-AFTRA contract which has allowed the series to continue production and self distribute new content.

The final four new episodes of season 7 will air Popstar! TV starting November 14 at 4 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT with encore presentations at 9 p.m. ET and 9 p.m. PT. Replays of Season 7 will follow in its entirety every weekday up to the debut of 14 all-new episodes of season 8, beginning Monday, December 11, and will include The Bay’s 100th episode special on, December 14.

Previously on The Bay, several chore characters found their lives hanging in the balance after being kidnapped and brought to a non-disclosed location in Puerto Rico by the nefarious Adam Kenway (Daytime Emmy-winner Kristos Andrews). With help in Bay City from the Police Commissioner Lex Martin and former Police Detective Nardo Ramos (Daytime Emmy-winners Tristan Rogers and A Martinez), vigilantes Pete Garrett (also played by Andrews), Caleb McKinnon (Daytime Emmy-winner Mike Manning), and R.J. Garrett-Foster (Najee DeTiege) set out to a remote island to find and rescue their abducted family members Vivian Johnson-Garrett (Daytime Emmy-winner Karrueche Tran), Daniel Garrett (Daytime Emmy-winner Eric Nelsen), and Tamara Garrett (Celeste Fianna). But will they arrive in time?

Back in Bay City, psychic medium and southern belle Sofia Madison (played by the late Jacklyn Zeman, in her Emmy nominated role) taps into socialite and town matriarch Sara Garrett’s (Daytime Emmy-winner Mary Beth Evans) coma to discover she’s being visited by the spirit of her deceased husband, Lee Nelson (Joe Lando) and haunted by the ghost of her late grandfather, the corrupt Senator Red Garrett (Golden Globe-winner and Oscar-nominated special guest star Bruce Davison), whose spirit is said to have cursed the town after his drowning in the bay 30 years prior.

In December, the series will introduce billionaire Sir Thomas Kenway (played by special guest star Maxwell Caulfield), the father of Adam Kenway. Returning series regulars include Brandon Beemer, Alicia Leigh Willis, Matthew Ashford, Taylor Stanley, Carlo Mendez, Kiara Liz Ortega, and Dante Aleksander.

The Bay received three Daytime Emmy nominations this year for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, Outstanding Writing and for Outstanding Directing. It is written and produced by Daytime Emmy-winners Gregori J Martin and Wendy Riche and is owned by the independent production company LANY Entertainment, in association with She Mogul Media.

Filmed at ATI Studios in Burbank, a segment of season 7 of The Bay was shot on location in Puerto Rico. Ninety-two episodes of THE BAY are currently available on Tubi, Prime Video, and Popstar! TV, with several episodes also available for streaming on Peacock and The Roku Channel.

Fans can also #BingeTheBay on demand on multiple streaming platforms in early 2024.

Jennifer Finnigan Pays Tribute to Her Friend Matthew Perry

“Oof,” she wrote. “Matty P. We were children here. You had come by to visit me and Maeve Quinlan (ex-Megan, B&B) while I was doing a photo shoot with our buddy Tucker Photos. As you drove to my house, the paparazzi followed you up my driveway. You were so apologetic. Even at the height of your incredible fame and career, you were kind and respectful, had such a good heart, and man, you always made us laugh so damn hard.

“And then about a year after this pic, you introduced me to my amazing husband, Jonathan Silverman,” Finnigan continued. “Almost 20 years ago now. And for that, you will always be a part of our story. We will always be grateful to you. Even though life went by and we didn’t see each other on the regular, every year we would text you on our anniversary and thank you. And you always responded with a ‘Best thing I ever did,’ or something of the sort.”

Finnigan and Silverman were married on June 7, 2007, in Greece, and the couple welcomed their daughter, Ella, on Sept. 29, 2017.

“So thanks, Matty,” she concluded. “Thanks for making the world laugh, thanks for the wonderful memories, thanks for perhaps one of the most successful introductions of a couple in this crazy town. Our hearts are heavy. We love you. Keep makin’ ‘em laugh up there.”

Soap Opera Digest Is Ending Its Weekly Print Edition

Staffers were informed of the decision Friday, according to sources. A spokesperson for a360Media, the company that owns the brand, confirmed that the weekly edition is being discontinued. The company plans to continue publishing special print issues of Soap Opera Digest four times per year.

“Soap Opera Digest, like many other brands, is adjusting its print frequency and shifting more resources to digital to better accommodate its audience,” the a360Media rep said in a statement to Variety.

Soap Opera Digest was first launched in 1975. Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp bought the publication in 1989 for $70 million before selling it two years later, per the New York Times, and it has had a succession of different owners ever since.

In its heyday, the magazine had a circulation of 1.5 million in 1991, according to the Times. But the reach of its print edition, as with many magazines, has sharply fallen off in the decades since.

According to its website, Soap Opera Digest is “the leading magazine reporting on the soap opera industry for over 40 years,” serving up “behind-the-scenes scoops and breaking news to passionate soap fans every week.” The mag also has included special editorial features on beauty, fashion, parenting, and health and fitness.

Soap Opera Digest has been available in print and digital subscription plans, priced at $45.97 for six months (26 issues at $1.77 apiece) or $69.97 for one year (52 issues at $1.34 apiece).

A360media houses a media portfolio of celebrity, entertainment and women’s lifestyle brands including Us Weekly, Star, InTouch and Life & Style. The company claims that it is the largest print publisher in the U.S., both in retail sales and units sold, with its titles representing about one-third of all magazines sold at retail.

A360media was formerly known as American Media Inc., which had been the owner of the National Enquirer (involved in the “catch and kill” scandal involving Donald Trump and which Jeff Bezos accused of an extortion attempt). In 2020, AMI was acquired by Atlanta-based logistics firm accelerate360, which sold off the National Enquirer, Globe and National Examiner tabloids earlier this year.

Marie Osmond on Guest Starring on 'The Bold and the Beautiful' and Fulfilling Her Bucket List

Marie Osmond says she is checking off major items on her bucket list, including an upcoming arc on The Bold and the Beautiful, which has been a dream come true.

"I am having the best time," Osmond, 64, told ET during a recent sit-down. "I can't even tell you how much fun."

The singer and actress said she has been on a kick to check off as many items from her bucket list as she entered her sixties and released a hit album, Unexpected, which hit shelves in 2021.

"It, like, debuted at number one and I said, 'Oh my gosh, I need to start doing, like, fun, crazy things. So I started this bucket list,'" the Donny & Marie star said.

Alongside feats like skydiving, going to Iceland and climbing Mount Sinai? Appear on a soap opera -- something Osmond said she has "been wanting to do forever."

“Years ago, I talked to [television producer] Brad Bell and he said, 'You know, we should do a soap with you or something like that,'" Osmond explained, adding that she was ecstatic when the call finally came in.

"Brad called and I said, 'Are you kidding? Yes,'" she continued.

The Hollywood icon is playing a wealthy countess who "thinks the world revolves around her" and has a "serious attitude," in a three-episode arc during a special crossover between The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless, which begins on Oct. 25. Osmond’s first appearance will occur on Oct. 27.

As for what it’s been like to step into the countess’ world, Osmond said that the diva character is "fun to play" and described her role as almost indescribable.

"She only goes to exclusive showings and she only wears originals. And so of course, she knows rich. And I don't know how to describe that person that lives on a yacht and travels the world and really needs her ego put in check," the singer said.

A longtime fan who began watching The Young and the Restless as a teenager, Osmond said she was overjoyed to have the opportunity to join the soap opera world for a day and to get a front-row look at the "gracious" actors who welcomed her onto the show.

"I watched them and their work ethic is insane. It kind of reminds me, like, back in the day with variety. Because you only had, like, one shot ... to keep the time. You know, you can't get behind," she said of her The Bold and the Beautiful co-stars.

"The way they get their scripts, and the speeches, they have to know them within a day. It's just really impressive. They worked really hard," she continued.

Soap stars Tracey Bregman, Kate Linder, Josh Hoffman and Thorsten Kaye echoed Osmond’s sentiments, telling ET that they would have loved to see her stick around a little longer.

As for a potential return to the soap opera world, Osmond -- who called herself "not an actress" while talking with ET -- said that she would love to try her hand at script advising and that it’s part of her mantra to always stay open to new possibilities.

"Look, I'm probably not the best in the world, but at least I'm trying and it's fun and I love pushing myself to try new and different things. I think it's so important," she said.

"I would rather try and fail than never try and that's kind of been my attitude through my whole life,’ Osmond added.

She's also not giving up on that bucket list of hers. The singer told ET that she has more things planned for this year, but that her fans will have to watch her social media pages to see what comes next..

Dishing with Digest - 10/20/23 - Rena Sofer

Darin Brooks Clarifies B&B Status

(Doesn’t mean its the end, just… bye for now…)

Honestly, I have to thank the big man, Brad Bell, for having me, you seriously changed my life man! Love and appreciate you, always! The experiences, the trips, the memories, the friendships… All will forever hold a special place in my heart!!

To the Spencer men, Scott and Don, you’re like family to me in real life so I’ll see ya soon (off set) Haha To all the cast and crew, too many people to mention but just know… I LOVE YOU ALL and thank you for everything!!! A HUGE Thank you to @cbstv for letting me be apart of your daytime family!!

And to the many, MANY fans around the world watching this show… THANK YOU!! For always watching and enjoying what I LOVE TO DO!! You all touched my heart just by tuning in everyday and being apart of our Bold and Beautiful family!!

Time to see what’s around the bend…

B&B’s Camelia Somers Pens Tribute To Grandmother Suzanne Somers

Holiday Movies with Soap Stars on Hallmark, Lifetime, Netflix and Others

SWORN JUSTICE: TAKEN BEFORE CHRISTMAS - BET+
Release Date: Thursday, Nov. 16
Cast: Mishael Morgan, Leland B. Martin, Vivica A. Fox , Melyssa Ford and Preacher Lawson
Premise: On Christmas Eve, a hardened detective and her DA boyfriend are both informed that each other has been kidnapped. As the world closes for the holiday, they are locked out of their computers and phones and must follow the demands of the menacing voice giving them orders. This leads to a snowy night of cat-and-mouse thrills as the two fight for their survival.

SO FLY CHRISTMAS - BET+
Release Date: Thursday, Nov. 23
Cast: Tichina Arnold, Tami Roman, Robert Christopher Riley, Laurissa Romain, Jackee Harry, Tommy Davidson and Michael Colyar
Premise: After being stood up at the altar on Christmas Eve, Wyvetta loses her love on her favorite holiday. To show solidarity, Wyvetta’s best friend, Dione, suggests that the two of them renounce love. Things become complicated when Dione falls for a mild-mannered record store owner and tries to keep it under wraps.

CHRISTMAS RESCUE - BET+
Release Date: Thursday, Dec. 14
Cast: Robin Givens, Raven Goodwin, Donny Carrington, Catfish Jean, Mario Van Peebles, Cameron Bailey and Samantha Neyland Trumbo
Premise: A man abducts the love of his life from her holiday-themed wedding in a desperate last attempt to win her back.

‘TWAS THE TEXT BEFORE CHRISTMAS - Great American Family
Premiere Date: Saturday, Oct. 21 at 8 pm
Cast: Merritt Patterson and Trevor Donovan
Premise: An unexpected text message sent to the wrong number sets into motion a Christmas tradition with a new family over three separate years.

A CHRISTMAS BLESSING - Great American Family
Premiere Date: Sunday, Nov. 12 at 8 pm
Cast: Lori Loughlin, James Tupper and Jesse Hutch
Premise: A TV chef is divinely inspired to take over her late aunt’s charity with help from a new friend and handsome business associate next door.

A PARIS CHRISTMAS WALTZ - Great American Family
Premiere Date: Sunday, Nov. 19 at 8 pm
Cast: Jen Lilley and Matthew Morrison
Premise: In this sequel, a novice dancer pairs with a professional to enter a renowned dance competition… in Paris!

A ROYAL CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY - Great American Family
Premiere Date: Saturday, Dec. 23 at 8 pm
Cast: Brittany Underwood and Jonathan Stoddard
Premise: In search of her big break, a reporter arranges a Christmas interview with a European Prince visiting the States. Will the reporter’s big story become her love story?

CHECKIN’ IT TWICE - Hallmark Channel
Premiere Date: Friday, Oct. 20 at 8 pm
Cast: Kim Matula and Kevin McGarry
Premise: A journeyman hockey player falls for a real estate agent in a career crisis when he’s traded to her hometown, then moves into the cottage in her hockey-loving family’s backyard.

WHERE ARE YOU, CHRISTMAS? - Hallmark Channel
Premiere Date: Saturday, Oct. 21 at 8 pm
Cast: Lyndsy Fonseca, Michael Rady, Jim O’Heir and Julie Warner
Premise: When Addy wishes for a year without Christmas, she wakes up in a world of black and white. She must work together with the town mechanic to restore Christmas.

UNDER THE CHRISTMAS SKY - Hallmark Channel
Premiere Date: Sunday, Oct. 22 at 8 pm
Cast: Jessica Parker Kennedy and Ryan Paevey
Premise: Kat is an esteemed astrophysicist, who is scheduled for her first trip into space next year until an accident grounds her. While on leave, coming to terms with the reality that her dream of being an astronaut is over, she volunteers at the local planetarium. There, she is paired up with by-the-book David to work on an exhibit opening right before Christmas. Will the stars align to bring these two together at the holidays?

MYSTIC CHRISTMAS - Hallmark Channel
Premiere Date: Saturday, Oct. 28 at 8 pm
Cast: Jessy Schram, Chandler Massey, Patti Murin and William R. Moses
Premise: Juniper travels to Mystic, Conn., during the holidays to work at the rehabilitation center and aquarium. She reconnects with Sawyer, the owner of the pizza shop.

JOYEUX NOEL - Hallmark Channel
Premiere Date: Sunday, Oct. 29 at 8 pm
Cast: Jaicy Elliot and Brant Daugherty
Premise: When a romantic painting of a Christmas market captures the imagination of copy editor Lea, she is sent to France with pragmatic reporter Mark to uncover the mystery behind the artist.

THE SANTA SUMMIT - Hallmark Channel
Premiere Date: Sunday, Nov. 5 at 8 pm
Cast: Hunter King and Benjamin Hollingsworth
Premise: It’s time for the annual Santa Summit, in which revelers put on Santa suits and hop around designated locations in town to eat, drink and be merry. Three best friends decide to go together: Jordin, a recently dumped art teacher looking to cut loose; Ava, a shy woman hoping to run into her crush; and Stella, a Christmas cynic with no interest in the Santa Summit whatsoever. At the start of the night, Jordin meets and bonds with Liam, but doesn’t get his name before getting separated and lost in a sea of Santas. As the night progresses and hijinks ensue, amidst the chaos, celebration, and a sea of Santas, they all find what they’re looking for: Christmas spirit, potential romance, and a strengthened bond of friendship.

A MERRY SCOTTISH CHRISTMAS - Hallmark Channel
Premiere Date: Saturday, Nov. 18 at 8 pm
Cast: Lacey Chabert and Scott Wolf
Premise: When estranged siblings Lindsay and Brad Morgan travel to Scotland at Christmas to reunite with their mother Jo, a big family secret is revealed.

HAUL OUT THE HOLLY: LIT UP - Hallmark Channel
Premiere Date: Saturday, Nov. 25 at 8 pm
Cast: Lacey Chabert, Wes Brown, Stephen Tobolowsky, Melissa Peterman, Ellen Travolta, Seth Morris and Jennifer Aspen
Premise: As the holidays approach, Emily and Jared are looking forward to celebrating the holidays together again — this time as a couple. Emily, now embracing Evergreen Lane’s uniquely festive spirit, is ready to work with Jared, Ned, Mary Louise and Pamela to make this year’s Christmas celebrations the best yet… even if being the HOA president’s girlfriend doesn’t stop those dreaded decorating citations. When a house on the block goes up for sale, it causes quite a stir with residents. When the soon-to-be neighbors turn out to be holiday royalty, it looks like this year’s competition is about to heat up. As the welcoming committee prepares for the new arrivals, only one thing is certain – this Christmas, Evergreen Lane is going to sleigh!

A BLITMORE CHRISTMAS - Hallmark Channel
Premiere Date: Sunday, Nov. 26 at 8 pm
Cast: Bethany Joy Lenz, Kristoffer Polaha, Jonathan Frakes and Robert Picardo
Premise: Lucy Hardgrove is a screenwriter who lands the job of a lifetime when she’s hired to pen the script for a remake of the beloved, holiday movie classic, His Merry Wife!, which was filmed in 1947 at beautiful, historic Biltmore House. When the head of the studio isn’t satisfied with the ending Lucy wrote because it deviates from the original’s feel-good conclusion, he sends Lucy to Biltmore Estate for research and inspiration. While there, she unwittingly discovers the ability to travel to the 1947 set of His Merry Wife! through the help of an hourglass. While on set, she and Jack Huston, one of the film’s stars, spend time together and become close. But her sudden appearance has set off a chain of events that put the production in jeopardy. Before she can return to the present, Lucy must make things right or threaten to alter the future forever.

CHRISTMAS WITH A KISS - Hallmark Channel
Premiere Date: Sunday, Dec. 3 at 8 pm
Cast: Mishael Morgan, Ronnie Rowe Jr. and Jaime M. Callica
Premise: A woman returns home to help with her family’s Christmas Carnival and romance ignites. A photo journalist curates a surprise reunion.

CHRISTMAS ON CHERRY LANE - Hallmark Channel
Premiere Date: Saturday, Dec. 9 at 8 pm
Cast: Catherine Bell, James Denton, Jonathan Bennett, John Brotherton, Erin Cahill and Vincent Rodriguez III
Premise: A young couple preparing to welcome their first child; an empty-nester and her fiancé ready to start a new chapter; and a couple who unexpectedly have the chance to expand their family on Christmas Eve celebrate the holiday as they navigate these turning points in their lives.

MYSTERY ON MISTLETOE LANE - Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Premiere Date: Thursday, Nov. 9 at 8 pm
Cast: Erica Cerra and Victor Webster
Premise: New to town, Heidi Wicks and her kids discover a Christmas mystery in their historic home. Local handyman and historian David helps along the way, finding his own surprising connection.

A WORLD RECORD CHRISTMAS - Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Premiere Date: Thursday, Nov. 16 at 8 pm
Cast: Nikki DeLoach, Lucas Bryant and Aias Dalman
Premise: Charlie is an autistic boy determined to set a Guinness World Record by stacking 1400 Jenga blocks. His mother Marissa and stepfather Eric encourage him to reach for his dream and they all celebrate when he gets the good news that he’ll have get his chance on Christmas Eve. In the spirit of the holiday, they organize a fundraiser giving the townspeople an opportunity to donate and decorate a Jenga block, with the proceeds going to benefit kids with autism. Charlie’s journey to setting the Jenga world record gives them all the chance to learn more not just about themselves, but about what family really means.

HEAVEN DOWN HERE
Premiere Date: Thursday, Dec. 14 at 8 pm
Cast: Krystal Joy Brown, Tina Lifford, Juan Riedinger, Richard Harmon and Phylicia Rashad
Premise: Inspired by Mickey Guyton’s song of the same name, Heaven Down Here tells the story of four disparate people who find themselves stranded in a local diner on Christmas Eve when a snowstorm hits the town. Imami is a widowed mother of two who’s having trouble making ends meet and reluctantly agrees to work the Christmas Eve shift, where she clashes with her boss Dan, who doesn’t exactly embody the Christmas spirit. Felix is a local pastor desperately trying to secure food for parishioners while his faith is challenged by his alienation by his son. Clara is a hospice nurse with an obstinate patient and whose daughter is moving away, causing her to question her place in this world. Throughout the evening, these four bicker, bond and unwittingly provide each other with the answer to their respective prayers.

A CHRISTMAS FREQUENCY - Hulu
Premiere Date: Wednesday, Nov. 1
Cast: Denise Richards, James Hyde, Ansley Gordon and Jonathan Stoddard
Premise: Richards stars as morning radio show host Brooke Walkins, who is not only secretly separating from her husband Todd but hemorrhaging ratings on her show. When she finds out the show is being axed, Brooke’s producer Kenzie Parker has the bright idea of setting up the host with a series of blind dates live on air to help Brooke find someone to take to the company’s Christmas party. But things take an unexpected turn when Kenzie finds out Ben, a guy she’s interested in, has applied to date Brooke. As Ben proves a hit with listeners, Kenzie finds herself having to choose between her heart and her job.

LADIES OF THE ’80S: A DIVAS CHRISTMAS - Lifetime
Premiere Date: TBA
Cast: Loni Anderson, Morgan Fairchild, Linda Gray, Donna Mills and Nicollette Sheridan
Premise: The movie follows five soap opera divas readying for a reunion show who take on playing cupid during Christmas to bring together their director and producer as they all learn the meaning of true Christmas spirit.

BEST. CHRISTMAS. EVER! - Netfilx
Premiere Date: Thursday, Nov. 16
Cast: Heather Graham, Brandy Norwood and Jason Biggs
Premise: Every Christmas, Jackie sends a boastful holiday newsletter that makes her old college friend Charlotte feel like a lump of coal. When a twist of fate lands Charlotte and her family on Jackie’s snowy doorstep just days before Christmas, she seizes the opportunity to prove her old friend’s life can’t possibly be that perfect.

HOW TO FALL IN LOVE BY CHRISTMAS - Roku
Premiere Date: Friday, Nov. 3
Cast: Teri Hatcher
Premise: A beloved writer-turned-CEO must save her company by writing a column on her falling in love by the holidays – which is complicated by the handsome photographer who has been assigned to the piece.

YULETIDE THE KNOT - Uptv
Premiere Date: Sunday, Dec. 3 at 7 pm
Cast: Mary Antonini, Peter Porte, Kelley Jakle, Kelsey Scott and Melissa Peterman
Premise: When small town wedding planner Rachel is faced with planning her biggest Christmas wedding yet for an out-of-town influencer couple, she is thrown an unexpected surprise when the bride’s manager turns out to be Logan, her first love and high school sweetheart. He reminds her what it is to love, and through rediscovering the magic of Christmas, she rediscovers a part of her heart she closed off long ago.

Marie Osmond Is Bold & Beautiful! See the Entertainment Legend Make Her Soap Star Debut

PEOPLE can exclusively confirm that the singer and actress, 63, will make her soap opera debut on The Bold and the Beautiful on the Oct. 27 episode of the CBS series’ five-part event, beginning Oct. 25.

Osmond will play the wealthy Countess Von Frankfurt, who will bring “excitement in the air” when she travels to Los Angeles to see the new collections that fashion house Forrester Creations owners Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) and his father Eric Forrester (John McCook) have in store, during what the CBS describes as a “highly-anticipated fashion showdown.”

Also appearing on the long-running show for the first time is Young and The Restless star Kate Linder as Esther Valentine, whose dream has always been “to own a Forrest Creations Original,” according to a logline from the network.

Esther will be the guest of her Y&R costar Tracey Bregman’s Lauren Fenmore, a department store owner and buyer who “arrives in Los Angeles from Genoa City having received two ‘golden tickets’ to the exclusive fashion show where Ridge and Eric each premiere their own couture designs,” the logline states.

Osmond’s debut on The Bold and the Beautiful has been a long time in the making, as she was set to star in the CBS soap back in 2011.

Adam Gregory, who played Thomas Forrester from 2010 to 2014, confirmed her appearance to Entertainment Tonight at the 2011 Daytime Emmy Awards in Las Vegas.

The former Donny & Marie host added: “That's right, you only have One Life to Live and All My Children asked me to do a soap, so I'm doing The Bold and the Beautiful, 'cause I'm bold, and he's beautiful."

Although she couldn’t spill the details about her role, she revealed to HitFix that she would be “mixing it up a little.”

“He married my best friend’s daughter, so we’re like family,” Osmond said of her character filming scenes with Gregory, 35.

Of her decision to join the series, she explained at the time, “You’ve got to have a little fun. At least that’s what my brother Donny says.”

The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays at 1:30 p.m. ET on CBS and is available for streaming on Paramount+. M

Rena Sofer returns to ‘General Hospital’ as fan favorite Lois after more than 25 years

“She said, ‘Happy birthday, Mrs. Ned Ashton, from me, the other Mrs. Ned Ashton!’ And then she turns and she goes, ‘Help me out, boys,’” Sofer recalled in a recent interview.

The scene was memorable (and even parodied in the 1996 movie “ The Great White Hype ”), but Sofer’s portrayal of Lois Cerullo — a fast-talking Brooklyn girl, with long nails and a thick accent, who wears her heart on her sleeve — made her a fan favorite. Sofer reprises the role for a limited run on Wednesday. The episode was originally slated to air Tuesday.

“My husband and I are planning a move to the East Coast and, you know, I just thought, when I moved here, one of my first big jobs was ‘General Hospital,’ and it just felt very full circle for one of my last jobs in Los Angeles while I live here to be ‘General Hospital’ and doing this character that I love so much.”

Sofer recognizes how special it is for an actor’s work to resonate with people.

“I played Lois for just under three years and I still have people walking up to me saying, ‘Lois is my favorite.’ I’m proud of who she is. I’m proud to have played her. I just love Lois,” she said of the character she began playing in 1993. “If Lois were a real human being, I would hope she’d want to be my friend.”

Returning to set after more than 25 years away was “really weird,” an odd mix of familiarity with essentially being new.

“Just walking around the halls, I’m looking at the names on the dressing rooms and so many I remembered and so many I had no idea. I felt like a fish out of water. But it was also the same building. So it was a little discomforting, but it was also a little deja vu,” she recounted.

One name she obviously is very familiar with is Wally Kurth, who still plays Ned on the show. Sofer and Kurth were married for a short time after meeting on “General Hospital.”

There was this moment of, ‘Is it going to be OK? Am I treading on his space?’ Because this is his home. This is not my home. I’m being allowed to be here as a guest,” Sofer said.

“But, you know, Wally is so open-hearted and so kind and decent and I think he’s so excited to have Lois be part of his storyline in the same way that I’m so excited to be part of the show again,” she added.

Their daughter Rosabel even wants to come home from college to see her parents on set together (as of last week, Sofer was still filming).

“Any children of divorce who get to see their parents actually enjoy being in the same space with each other, I think it’s like a celebration, you know?” Sofer said. “I’m like, ‘If that’s what it takes for you to come home — because she never comes home — then we are both in for it. We will both pay for your flight to come home.’”

All it took to slip into the character was to pick out Lois’ signature nails: “I put the nails on, I was done. The nails are such a part of who she is.”

Executive producer Frank Valentini brought in a nail artist to work with Sofer to create nail designs to match Lois’ outfits.

“We sat for like three-and-a-half hours and we designed nails and it was a blast. And then you put on the outfit with the matching nails and it was like, ‘Oh my God, here she is,’” Sofer said. “It was perfect.”

Sean Kanan and Annika Noelle Live Chat 10/13/23

In 2021, Sean won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series as the Executive Producer and Creator of Studio City (Amazon Prime), for which he was also Emmy nominated in the categories of Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Writing Team.

Annika received her first Emmy nomination in 2020 in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for her critically acclaimed performance on B&B as a heartbroken young mother who tragically loses her infant daughter and then is miraculously reunited with her eight months later.

Thorsten Kaye and John McCook Livestream Conversation 10/11/23

In story, B&B viewers have seen that Eric's health has taken a turn for the worse, just as he is set to do battle with his son, Ridge, as to who can design the best fashion line as they head towards their Forrester Creations fashion show.

Eric is determined that nothing will stop him from proving that this will be his 'final' and best line, ever. Ridge is determined to show why he is at the top of his game.

Daytime Emmy-winner John McCook has been with the CBS daytime drama series since its beginnings in 1987. He previously appeared on The Young and the Restless as Lance Prentiss. Thorsten Kaye joined the series in 2013, having previously appeared on All My Children, One Life to Live and Port Charles.

Lifetime To Air ’80s Themed Holiday Movie With Loni Anderson, Morgan Fairchild, Linda Gray, Donna Mills & Nicollette Sheridan

As the tentpole for its holiday movie slate, Lifetime will air Ladies of the 80’s: A Divas Christmas, a festive romp starring Loni Anderson (WKRP in Cincinnati), Morgan Fairchild (Falcon Crest), Linda Gray (Dallas), Donna Mills (Knots Landing) and Nicollette Sheridan (Knots Landing).

Filmed earlier this year, the movie follows five soap opera divas as they reunite to shoot the final Christmas episode of their long-running sudser. The producer, Alex (Travis Burns) and director Nell (Taylor Ann Thompson), who happen to be old college friends, do their best to keep things on the rails but as the ladies come together, old rivalries resurface that threaten to tear the production apart. With the show nearly canceled before it even begins due to the ladies’ famous diva behavior, they reluctantly agree to set aside their differences and past secrets to “act” as if they all still love each other. When old sparks reignite between Alex and Nell, the ladies become eager to play cupid and conspire to bring the couple together.

Naturally, they all learn the meaning of Christmas at the same time.

Eighties’ heartthrob Christopher Atkins, along with Patrika Darbo, Alec Mapa and Donna Mills’ real-life daughter, Chloe Mills, also star. The movie’s theme song Ladies of the 80’s was written by Song Writer Hall of Fame’s Steve Dorff and Michael Jay and is performed by 80’s pop sensation Tiffany (I Think We’re Alone Now).

“The opportunity to bring together Donna, Morgan, Loni, Linda and Nicollette, five powerhouse women into one holiday movie, has been like finding the perfect gift under the Christmas tree,” said executive producer Larry A. Thompson (Liz & Dick, Amish Grace).

An airdate will be announced in the coming weeks, along with the rest of the channel’s It’s a Wonderful Lifetime holiday movie slate.

Ladies of the 80’s: A Divas Christmas is executive produced for Lifetime by Thompson. Christie Will Wolf (Christmas on Candy Cane Lane, The Art of Passion) directs from a script by James Berg & Stan Zimmerman (The Golden Girls, Gilmore Girls) with Robert G. Endara II and Ed Polgardy producing..

Writers On Daytime Soaps Return To Work After Strike

Deadline has learned that union scribes are back in the room at ABC’s General Hospital and CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful. The soaps never stopped churning out scripts after the WGA hit the picket line in May. But instead of WGA writers, GH, B&B and the others had to rely on financial core (fi-core) writers and other non-members to keep the drama going.

Fi-core scribes are those who resigned their WGA membership while benefiting from the guild’s contracts with the studios. Producers and executives also helped with the writing in some cases.

“The shows don’t stop,” Days of Our Lives head writer Ron Carlivati said in an interview from the picket lines earlier this summer. “They replaced us in 2007 when I worked at One Life to Live, and I can only assume they’re replacing us right now. I’m being replaced on day one by other people.”

During the 2007-08 WGA strike, a total of 28 writers went fi-core per the guild; almost all of them worked on daytime dramas. There were eight soaps at the time that kept going during the work stoppage.

The SAG-AFTRA’ strike does not apply to SAG-AFTRA members working on soaps. Those actors are employed under the SAG-AFTRA National Code of Fair Practice for Network Television Broadcasting (aka Network Code). It is different than the film and TV collective bargaining agreement that SAG-AFTRA is currently negotiating with the AMPTP.

Negotiated between SAG-AFTRA and the Big 4 broadcast networks as well as other producers, the National Code covers soaps as well as morning news shows, talk shows, variety, reality, game shows, sports and promotional announcements. The current Code agreement, reached a year ago, goes through July 2024.

Joe Lando Is Recovering From Surgery

“Happy total knee replacement Monday,” Lando joked. “And no, Dr. Quinn didn’t do the surgery. She’s more of an open heart specialist.”

The former star of DR. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN shot his video while lying in the recovery room with quite a lot of commotion going on around him. “Just had my knee replaced,” he explained. “And I’m laying in recovery. And there’s some trouble breathing. But I think I’ll get over it. I’m really, really high right now.” He then panned his phone over to show a couple of nurses at the nearby nurses station and added: “There’s the wonderful ladies that are taking care of me. I’ll keep you posted. Bye!”

While most patients can go home the same day following knee replacement surgery, the at-home recovery can take several weeks. While high-impact exercise like jogging should be avoided, lower-impact activities like walking, swimming, and biking are okay. Lando is an avid cyclist, so hopefully, he’ll be back on his bike before too long!

B&B Alum Katrina Bowden is Engaged to Adam Taylor!

Bowden and Taylor, the bassist for the reggae/pop group Iration, spent her Sept. 19 birthday exploring Rome before heading to the seaside city of Portofino on Italy’s Amalfi Coast. In a follow-up to their exciting engagement news, the glowing bride-to-be went into further detail about how her longtime boyfriend proposed. “Adam rented a boat for the day,” she shared. “We found a small, totally empty beach, anchored, and swam ashore with a dry bag to hang for a while.”

That’s when Taylor got creative to surprise his lady love. “He set up a mini tripod to take a photo of us since all we have are selfies so far,” Bowden explained. When Taylor returned to his girlfriend, he got down on one knee instead of standing by her side “and gave me the most special, surprising, beautiful moment.”

The romantic proposal brought the actress to tears. “I cried like an absolute loser. Also, the ring blinded me, so my eyes were in pain,” Bowden wrote, adding the laugh-out-loud emoji to her confession.

All in all, the future Mrs. Taylor concluded, it was the “happiest, most perfect day of my life.”

Bowden made her B&B debut as Flo in January 2019. She was involved in multiple front-burner storylines until she last appeared in July 2021, shortly after getting engaged to her high school boyfriend, Wyatt. Although Flo was mentioned in a June 2022 episode, it’s been years since Bowden was seen on the soap — but she’s presumably still engaged to Wyatt since there’d been no mention of the couple having split. Hopefully, Bowden and Taylor won’t have quite as long an engagement!

Please join us in congratulating Bowden and Taylor on their engagement, and we wish them all the best as they begin their life together!

WGA Strike To End At Midnight

‘The Wiz’ With Wayne Brady Sets Broadway Opening Date For April

The musical will feature Wayne Brady in the title role. The Broadway dates and venue were announced today by producers Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland, Ambassador Theatre Group, Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker.

The limited engagement on Broadway follows a pre-Broadway national tour that launched in Baltimore yesterday with a sold-out show (and five standing ovations). Baltimore was the site of the musical’s original world premiere nearly 50 years ago.

In addition to Brady as the Wiz, the Broadway cast will feature Nichelle Lewis as Dorothy, Deborah Cox as Glinda and Melody A. Betts as Aunt Em and Evillene, Kyle Ramar Freeman as the Lion, Phillip Johnson Richardson as the Tinman, and Avery Wilson as the Scarecrow.

Featuring a book by William F. Brown and a Tony Award-winning score by Charlie Smalls (and others), the creative team also includes director Schele Williams (The Notebook, revival of Disney’s Aida), award-winning choreographer JaQuel Knight (Beyoncé’s “Single Ladies,” Black is King), additional material by writer and TV host Amber Ruffin (The Amber Ruffin Show, Late Night With Seth Meyers), Joseph Joubert (music supervision, orchestrations, & music arrangements), Allen René Louis (vocal arrangements, music arrangements), and music director Adam Blackstone (Dance Music Arranger).

The Wiz design team will include scenic design by Hannah Beachler, costume design bySharen Davis (Ray, Dreamgirls), lighting design by Ryan J. O’Gara, sound design by Jon Weston, projection design by Daniel Brodie, wig design by Charles LaPointe and make-up design by Kirk Cambridge-Del Pesche.

Usher To Headline Super Bowl LVIII Halftime Show In Las Vegas

The NFL tweeted promo videos of Kim Kardashian and player-turned-coach Deion Sanders confirming the news with the singer.

Super Bowl LVIII will take place in Las Vegas on February 11. Eight-time Grammy winner Usher previously appeared as a halftime show guest in Super bowl XLV that was headlined by The Black Eyed Peas.

Among Usher’s nine Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles are Burn, Love in This Club, My Boo and U Remind Me.

“It’s an honor of a lifetime to finally check a Super Bowl performance off my bucket list. I can’t wait to bring the world a show unlike anything else they’ve seen from me before,” Usher said in a widely syndicated statement. “Thank you to the fans and everyone who made this opportunity happen. I’ll see you real soon.”

Usher follows Rihanna’s 2023 halftime show, which marked her return to live performing after five years. She performed a career set of hit singles and also revealed she was pregnant. Rihanna’s Super Bowl followed performances by Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, 50 Cent, and Kendrick Lamar at the big game.

Jay-Z’s Roc Nation has produced the show since partnering with the NFL in 2019.

“Usher is the ultimate artist and showman. Ever since his debut at the age of 15, he’s been charting his own unique course. Beyond his flawless singing and exceptional choreography, Usher bares his soul,” Jay-Z said in a statement. “His remarkable journey has propelled him to one of the grandest stages in the world. I can’t wait to see the magic.”

Last year’s Super Bowl halftime performance by Rihanna was the first sponsored by Apple Music.

William deVry & Teri Hatcher Star in a Romantic New Holiday Movie!

The movie centers around ex-TV host and socialite Lex (Hatcher) finding herself sharing a luxury chalet with her son, ex-husband, and his new girlfriend. But after a problem with her reservation, the only way she can stay in the chalet is to work there. However, she soon finds herself documenting this new stage of her life for a rapidly growing group of online followers and also sparking romance with the chalet’s owner, Eric, played by deVry.

After a brief appearance as Tim Dolan on PORT CHARLES in 2002, deVry became well known to daytime viewers as the villainous Michael Cambias on ALL MY CHILDREN from 2003-04, earning a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actor for his work. He then moved over to CBS to take over the role of Storm Logan on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL from 2006-08. In 2013, deVry began playing Derek Wells on GENERAL HOSPITAL, a character who was soon revealed to be the presumed-dead Julian Jerome. Loyal fans were saddened when the soap killed off the character in 2020.

In addition to his work in daytime, deVry has appeared in primetime shows like INSECURITY, NIKITA, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, HEMLOCK GROVE, CASTLE, and NCIS: LOS ANGELES.

There is currently no official release date for Christmas at the Chalet, but it’s more than likely to be sometime in December in time for the holiday season. There is also no information as to where this production from writer Julia Cranney and director Lucie Guest will air, but it’ll probably be Lifetime.

Hallmark Announces 40-Title Holiday Movie Slate Not Impacted By Strikes

Even though the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes impacted TV and film productions, Hallmark anticipated the labor dispute by getting a head start on production in Canada. “Christmas is a year-round business at Hallmark, so we were able to mitigate early in the year understanding that the strikes were unfortunately imminent,” Lisa Hamilton Daly, EVP of programming at Hallmark Media, was recently quoted as saying. “We’re grateful to meet all our goals for a full, all-new holiday slate and to bring our viewers the content they love most to celebrate the season.”

Holiday programming kicks off Friday, Oct. 20 with the channel’s Countdown to Christmas and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries’ Miracles of Christmas.

Among the actors set to headline Hallmark’s movies include Lacey Chabert (A Merry Scottish Christmas, Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up); Benjamin Ayres, Katherine Barrell, Catherine Bell, Jonathan Bennett, Krystal Joy Brown, Warren Christie, Cindy Busby, Erin Cahill, Paul Campbell, Nikki DeLoach, James Denton, Brooke D’Orsay, Jaicy Elliot, Brennan Elliott, Tyler Hynes, Dan Jeannotte, Hunter King, Bethany Joy Lenz, Luke Macfarlane, Chandler Massey, Niall Matter, Barbara Niven, Ryan Paevey, Janel Parrish, Brendan Penny, Kristoffer Polaha, Michael Rady, Marcus Rosner, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Jessy Schram, Kimberley Sustad, Andrew Walker, and Victor Webster.

Here’s the full slate for Hallmark Channel:

Friday, October 20: Checkin’ It Twice starring Kim Matula and Kevin McGarry. A journeyman hockey player (McGarry) falls for a real estate agent (Matula) in a career crisis when he’s traded to her hometown and moves into the cottage in her hockey loving family’s backyard.

Saturday, October 21: Where Are You, Christmas? Starring Lyndsy Fonseca, Michael Rady, Jim O’Heir, Julie Warner. When Addy (Fonseca) wishes for a year without Christmas, she wakes up in a world of black and white. She must work together with the town mechanic (Rady) to restore Christmas.

Sunday, October 22: Under the Christmas Sky starring Jessica Parker Kennedy, Ryan Paevey. Kat (Kennedy) is an esteemed astrophysicist, who is scheduled for her first trip into space next year until an accident grounds her. While on leave, coming to terms with the reality that her dream of being an astronaut is over, she volunteers at the local planetarium. There, she is paired up with by-the-book David (Paevey) to work on an exhibit opening right before Christmas. Will the stars align to bring these two together at the holidays?

Friday, October 27: Christmas by Design starring Rebecca Dalton, Jonathan Keltz. A fashion designer (Dalton) gets accepted into a Christmas challenge to create a new holiday-themed collection and not only finds the inspiration for her next line but decides to redesign her approach to what’s most important in life.

Saturday, October 28: Mystic Christmas starring Jessy Schram, Chandler Massey, Patti Murin, William R. Moses. Juniper (Schram) travels to Mystic, Connecticut during the holidays to work at the rehabilitation center and aquarium. She reconnects with Sawyer (Massey), the owner of the pizza shop.

Sunday, October 29: Joyeux Noel stars Jaicy Elliot, Brant Daugherty. When a romantic painting of a Christmas market captures the imagination of copy editor Lea (Elliot), she is sent to France with pragmatic reporter Mark (Daugherty) to uncover the mystery behind the artist.

Friday, November 3: Flipping for Christmas starring Ashley Newbrough, Marcus Rosner. It’s almost Christmas when busy realtor Abigail (Newbrough) agrees to help her sister with the “simple flip” of a recently inherited home. Unfortunately, co-beneficiary Bo (Rosner) has other plans in mind.

Saturday, November 4: Never Been Chris’d starring Janel Parrish, Pascal Lamothe-Kipnes, Tyler Hynes. Home for the holidays, BFFs Naomi (Parrish) and Liz (Lamothe-Kipnes) reconnect with high school crush Chris Silver (Hynes). A complex love triangle forms, forcing them to take stock of their lives and find the value of friendship.

Sunday, November 5: The Santa Summit starring Hunter King, Benjamin Hollingsworth. It’s time for the annual Santa Summit, in which revelers put on Santa suits and hop around designated locations in town to eat, drink, and be merry. Three best friends decide to go together: Jordin (King), a recently dumped art teacher looking to cut loose; Ava, a shy woman hoping to run into her crush; and Stella, a Christmas cynic with no interest in the Santa Summit whatsoever. At the start of the night, Jordin meets and bonds with Liam (Hollingsworth), but doesn’t get his name before getting separated and lost in a sea of Santas. As the night progresses and hijinks ensue, amidst the chaos, celebration, and a sea of Santas, they all find what they’re looking for: Christmas spirit, potential romance, and a strengthened bond of friendship.

Friday, November 10: Everything Christmas starring Katherine Barrell, Cindy Busby, Corey Sevier, Matt Wells. Lori Jo’s (Busby) love for Christmas takes her on a road trip to Yuletide Springs with her roommate Tori (Barrell), where Christmas is celebrated year-round, to participate in a longstanding town tradition to honor her late grandmother. Along the way, the friends meet Carl (Sevier) and Jason (Wells), and the foursome make stops during their journey to enjoy more small-town Christmas attractions. But when a series of events puts a damper on their plans, a little Christmas magic may put this trip back on the right path.

Saturday, November 11: Christmas Island starring Rachel Skarsten, Andrew Walker. When a snowstorm diverts Kate’s (Skarsten) first private flight en route to Switzerland to Christmas Island, she must team up with an air traffic controller (Walker) to secure her dream job as the family’s pilot.

Sunday, November 12: A Heidelberg Holiday starring Ginna Claire Mason, Frédéric Brossier. Heidi Heidelberg (Mason) receives the dream opportunity to sell her beautiful, handmade glass ornaments at the prestigious Heidelberg Christmas Market in Germany. While there, she meets Lukas (Brossier), a local artisan who helps her reconnect with her lost heritage.

Friday, November 17: Navigating Christmas starring Chelsea Hobbs, Stephen Huszar. Recently divorced Melanie (Hobbs) and her son Jason visit a remote island for Christmas, only to find themselves running a real working lighthouse where she connects with the curt but cute owner (Huszar).

Saturday, November 18: A Merry Scottish Christmas starring Lacey Chabert, Scott Wolf. When estranged siblings, Lindsay (Chabert) and Brad (Wolf) Morgan travel to Scotland at Christmas to reunite with their mother Jo, a big family secret is revealed.

Sunday, November 19: Holiday Hotline starring Emily Tennant, Niall Matter. After leaving London, Abby (Tennant) connects with an anonymous caller while working at a cooking hotline. The caller is single dad “John” (Matter) who Abby unknowingly has become smitten with in real life.

Thursday, November 23: Catch Me If You Claus starring Italia Ricci, Luke Macfarlane. Avery Quinn. (Ricci) is an aspiring news anchor who’s finally getting her big break on her station’s Christmas morning newscast. But that’s put in jeopardy when she captures an intruder in her home wearing a red suit claiming to be Chris (Macfarlane), Santa’s son, who is on his first mission. A night of adventure ensues as they find themselves being pursued by the police as well as some shady characters. Along the way, they connect over living in the shadow of their parents and inspire each other to go after their dreams.

Friday, November 24: Letters to Santa starring Katie Lecler, Rafael de la Fuente. When young siblings receive a magic pen from Santa that appears to be granting wishes, they request a Christmas gift they want more than anything – for their separated parents (Leclerc, de la Fuente) to reunite.

Friday, November 24: Holiday Road starring Sara Canning, Warren Christie. When bad weather leaves each of them stranded at the airport for the holidays, a tech entrepreneur (Christie), a travel writer (Canning), a devoted mother (Enid-Raye Adams) and her son (Kiefer O’Reilly), a stubborn senior (Trevor Lerner), an enigmatic woman with a hint of mystery (Brittany Willacy), a couple traveling from Hong Kong (Sharon Crandall, Ryan Mah) and a social media influencer (Princess Davis) all agree to rent a shared van to embark on a road trip to Denver. When their unexpected journey brings them into uncharted territory, they navigate a series of misadventures together and form a deeper bond that just might change the trajectories of each of their lives. Inspired by true events.

Saturday, November 25: Christmas in Notting Hill starring Sarah Ramos, William Moseley. Famous soccer star, Graham Savoy (Moseley), has always been too busy for love, but when he comes home to Notting Hill for Christmas, he changes his mind after meeting Georgia (Ramos) – a visiting American and the one person who has no idea who he is.

Saturday, November 25: Haul Out the Holly: Lit Up starring Lacey Chabert, Wes Brown, Stephen Tobolowsky, Melissa Peterman, Ellen Travolta, Seth Morris, Jennifer Aspen. As the holidays approach, Emily (Chabert) and Jared (Brown) are looking forward to celebrating the holidays together again, this time as a couple. Emily, now embracing Evergreen Lane’s uniquely festive spirit, is ready to work with Jared, Ned (Tobolowsky), Mary Louise (Travolta) and Pamela (Peterman) to make this year’s Christmas celebrations the best yet – even if being the HOA president’s girlfriend doesn’t stop those dreaded decorating citations. When a house on the block goes up for sale, it causes quite a stir with residents. When the soon-to-be neighbors turn out to be holiday royalty (Morris, Aspen), it looks like this year’s competition is about to heat up. While there, she unwittingly discovers the ability to travel to the 1947 set of His Merry Wife through the help of an hourglass, where she meets one of the film’s stars, Jack Huston (Polaha).

Sunday, November 26: Our Christmas Mural starring Alex Paxton-Beesley, Dan Jeannotte. Olivia (Paxton-Beesley) is a single mom who returns home for Christmas. Her mom secretly enters her into a mural contest; she wins but partners with teacher Will (Jeannotte) to create a Christmas masterpiece.

Sunday, November 26: A Biltmore Christmas starring Bethany Joy Lenz, Kristoffer Polaha. Lucy Hardgrove (Lenz) is a screenwriter who lands the job of a lifetime when she’s hired to pen the script for a remake of the beloved, holiday movie classic, His Merry Wife!, which was filmed in 1947 at beautiful, historic Biltmore House. When the head of the studio isn’t satisfied with the ending Lucy wrote because it deviates from the original’s feel-good conclusion, he sends Lucy to Biltmore Estate for research and inspiration. While there, she unwittingly discovers the ability to travel to the 1947 set of His Merry Wife! through the help of an hourglass.

Friday, December 1: My Norwegian Holiday starring Rhiannon Fish, David Elsendoorn. JJ (Fish), grieving the loss of her grandmother and seeking dissertation inspiration, stumbles upon an unexpected holiday destiny. Meeting Henrik (Elsendoorn), a Norwegian from Bergen, their connection deepens when he discovers she has a troll figurine from his hometown. To explore the troll’s history and her grandmother’s ties, JJ agrees to join Henrik on a journey to Norway. In Bergen, they’re drawn into Henrik’s family Christmas and wedding traditions, with his sister’s wedding the day before Christmas Eve. JJ embarks on a holiday adventure, uncovering the troll’s origins and finding her own path to healing, love and family.

Saturday, December 2: A Not So Royal Christmas. Starring Brooke D’Orsay, Will Kemp. Tabloid journalist Charlotte (D’Orsay) attempts to land an interview with a reclusive Count. In response, the royal family has a groundskeeper (Kemp) pose as the Count since the real one fled years ago.

Sunday, December 3: Christmas with a Kiss starring Mishael Morgan, Ronnie Rowe Jr., Jaime M. Callica. A Mahogany Presentation. A woman (Morgan) returns home to help with her family’s Christmas Carnival and romance ignites. A photo journalist (Rowe) curates a surprise reunion.

Friday, December 8: Magic in Mistletoe starring Lyndie Greenwood, Paul Campbell. Harrington (Campbell) is the author of a popular book series but commercial success has left him a bitter recluse. As he returns to his hometown for an annual Christmas festival celebrating his books, he’s joined by April (Greenwood), a publicist for the major publishing house he works with. April is there for damage control after Harrington’s recent comments on social media have ruffled some feathers. But as she gets to know him better, hope springs that April can unlock Harrington’s guarded heart and help him rediscover the spirit of the holiday.

Saturday, December 9: Christmas on Cherry Lane starring Catherine Bell, Jonathan Bennett, John Brotherton, Erin Cahill, James Denton, Vincent Rodriguez III. A young couple preparing to welcome their first child (Brotherton, Cahill); an empty-nester (Bell) and her fiancé (Denton) ready to start a new chapter; and a couple (Bennett, Rodriguez III) who unexpectedly have the chance to expand their family on Christmas Eve celebrate the holiday as they navigate these turning points in their lives.

Sunday, December 10: Round and Round starring Vic Michaelis, Bryan Greenberg, Rick Hoffman. Rachel’s (Michaelis) stuck in a time loop, reliving the night of her parents’ Hanukkah party. Can Zach (Greenberg), the “nice boy” Grandma’s trying to set her up with, help her make it to tomorrow?

Friday, December 15: The Secret Gift of Christmas starring Meghan Ory, Christopher Russell. Bonnie (Ory) is a personal shopper who helps her new, widowed client Patrick (Russell) reconnect with his young daughter. Though Bonnie and Patrick’s ideas of shopping couldn’t be more different, she is determined to get Patrick and his daughter everything on their wish list.

Saturday, December 16: Sealed with a List starring Katie Findlay, Evan Roderick.This holiday season, festive Carley (Findlay) sets out to conquer her list of abandoned resolutions from last year. Aided by coworker Wyatt (Roderick), she finds love and the confidence to chase her dreams.

Sunday, December 17: Friends & Family Christmas starring Humberly Gonzalez, Ali Liebert. Daniella (Gonzalez) has recently moved to New York to pursue an art career and decides to stay in town to share the holidays with her circle of artist friends, instead of going home to see her sweet, if overbearing parents. Amelia (Liebert) is a talented entertainment lawyer trying to stay focused on her work after a broken engagement. When Daniella and Amelia are set up by their parents, they agree to pretend that they are dating, to appease them for the holidays. However, as they spend time in eachother’s worlds, they soon build a connection that is deeper than either of them could have hoped for.

Rena Sofer Returning to 'General Hospital' as Lois Cerullo After Leaving Soap 26-Years Ago

Rena Sofer — the 54-year-old actress who won an Daytime Emmy for playing Lois Cerullo, the effervescent, fast-talking, long fingernail wearing, Italian bella donna with the thick Brooklyn accent — is returning to the beloved ABC soap opera after a 26 year absence, the network has confirmed exclusively to PEOPLE.

It's a big treat for viewers, who will remember Lois as one-half of one of the soap world's most popular supercouples of the '90s, alongside Wally Kurth's Ned Ashton. The character was played by Daytime Emmy winner Lesli Kay from 2005 to 2005.

Sofer, who taped her first scenes this week, will be on-air come October.

Lois' reappearance comes at a time when Ned, her ex-husband, is suffering from amnesia — which is nothing but bad news for his current wife, Olivia (Lisa LoCicero), especially since he thinks he's Eddie Maine, Ned's alter ego who was a leather-loving rock star (literally) 30 years ago. Back in 1993, Lois immediately took a liking to Eddie after seeing him perform with his band, The Idle Rich. She went on to work as his manager, not knowing at the time that Eddie was actually the wealthy Ned Ashton by day and Eddie by night.

The two eventually fell in love and got married. But being a soap opera and all, the happily ever after was just a blip on the screen because he was also forced to wed Katherine Bell (Mary Beth Evans), who was blackmailing Ned's family, the Quartermaines.

After finding out that her Eddie was a bigamist, Lois popped out of Katherine's giant birthday cake and greeted her with "Happy Birthday to Mrs. Ned Ashton, from the other Mrs. Ned Ashton!" And that was the end of Lois and Ned's marriage, at least for a little while.

Ned did everything in his power to win Lois back, and he eventually succeeded. He proposed, she said yes, and they got married. But they hit a rough patch when she gave him an ultimatum — their marriage or his loyalty to his family and its business, ELQ — and he chose the family business.

Lois left town in 1997with a broken heart and headed back to her hometown of Bensonhurst, New York, where she gave birth to their daughter, Brook Lynn (currently played by Amanda Setton).

Fast forwarding to show's recent storyline, Ned — who now goes by the surname Quartermaine — is married to Olivia but that marriage isn't doing well because of Ned's amnesia. Although they have agreed that they're better off as friends, Olivia is truly falling in love with him.

Needless to say, this is the perfect time for Lois to pop into the picture.

Soap fans began to speculate — or maybe it was just wishful thinking — that Sofer would return to GH when she left her role as Quinn Fuller on The Bold and the Beautiful after nine years. The actress — who off-camera, shares a daughter with Kurth, whom she was married to from 1995 to 1997 — has also had memorable roles on Melrose Place, Seinfeld and Two and a Half Men.

Lois' presence could turn both Olivia and the Quatermaine family's worlds upside-down depending on how Ned/Eddie reacts when he sees her.

Will Lois just pop into town to check on her daughter and then pop right out? Or is there more to her stay? Will the amnesiac Ned think that he is still married to — and therefore, still in love with — Lois, leaving Olivia outta luck? ABC is remaining tight-lipped about the upcoming storyline.

Sofer's return isn't the only big news coming out of General Hospital. John J. York (Mac), 64, announced Wednesday in a video posted to his social media accounts that he is in treatment for two blood and bone marrow disorders, which he was diagnosed with in December 2022.

“Over the past many months, I’ve had three bone marrow biopsies, many chemo treatments, I have another one coming up in a couple of weeks, and I’m closing in on a blood stem cell transplant,” York said.

He added that he will be out at GH for at least three or four months as treatment continues.

Disney Entertainment TV Studios Suspend Deals With Producers, Including Yara Shahidi, Justin Hartley & Billy Porter, Will Pay Assistants Amid Strikes

I hear the bulk of the pacts with non-writing producers across Disney TV Entertainment divisions are impacted, including deals at Disney Television Studios’ 20th Television and ABC Signature, FX Productions and Disney Branded Television. The move involves producers who are not performing services due to the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes.

According to sources, Disney will pay for the suspended term deals to provide salaries for their assistants through the end of 2023 and for their development executives through the first week of October.

I hear the list of suspensions include deals with Not Dead Yet star Gina Rodriguez and ThIs Is Us alums Justin Hartley, Milo Ventimiglia and Mandy Moore at 20th Television, Yara Shahidi (grown-ish) and director-producer Marc Webb (Rebel) at ABC Signature as well as The Bear executive producer Hiro Murai, Pose alum Billy Porter and Stacey Sher at FX Productions. Producers are still being notified; we will update the list if more names surface. Reps for Disney declined comment.

The expansive overall agreement of one of Disney TV Studios’ highest-profile non-writing producers, Warren Littlefield, remains ongoing for the time being as he is still working on the upcoming fifth season of FX’s Fargo, I hear.

Disney joins Warner Bros. Television, NBCUniversal Studio Group and CBS Studios, which all implemented rounds of deal suspensions over the past week.

WBTV’s list of suspensions included marquee names such as Greg Berlanti, Bill Lawrence and Mindy Kaling. The NBCUniversal studios — both film and TV — suspended the pacts for all non-writing producers who no longer can render services as a result of the ongoing strikes, including Lorne Michaels’ Broadway Video and Dwayne Johnson’s Seven Bucks Prods. CBS Studios put on pause several deals with with non-writing producers, including Phil McGraw and his production company Stage 29 and DeVon Franklin and his Franklin Entertainment. The studio also will continue to pay salaries to assistants associated with the suspended term deals through the end of 2023.

TV studios initiated the first wave of suspending overall and first-look deals –- primarily with writers — in early May, just days into the WGA strike. There have been more rolling suspensions over the past couple of months as more producers wrapped work on shows amid an industry production shutdown.

The new wave comes as the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes are stretching into the fall and no time table has been set for the studios and the writers to resume negotiations. In a departure from the 2007-08 writers strike, there have been no deal terminations yet.

CBS UNVEILS PREMIERE DATES AND MILESTONES FOR THE #1 LINEUP IN DAYTIME

The longest consecutively running game show in television history, Emmy Award-winning THE PRICE IS RIGHT, is back for its 52nd season on Monday, Sept. 25. There are even more chances to “Come on Down” as the show welcomes a full studio audience for the first time since 2020 and moves to a new state-of-the-art facility, Haven Studios in Glendale, Calif. Drew Carey returns for his 17th season as host, along with announcer George Gray and models Rachel Reynolds, Manuela Arbeláez, Amber Lancaster, Alexis Gaube, James O’Halloran and Devin Goda.

LET’S MAKE A DEAL marks its 60th anniversary on television when the new season premieres on Monday, Sept. 25. To celebrate Wayne Brady’s 15th anniversary as host, the first episode kicks off with a $15,000 giveaway for one lucky contestant. The celebration continues all season long with Wayne’s signature improvisational and musical stylings, the show’s trademark games, and of course, the dreaded Zonks. In honor of both anniversaries, there will be special surprises for contestants to play and win throughout the entire season. The show also features announcer Jonathan Mangum, model Tiffany Coyne and musician Cat Gray.

Daytime’s #1 drama, the Emmy Award-winning THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, begins its 51st year on television this fall, returning Tuesday, Oct. 3 as CBS’ longest-running scripted series. This season, Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) fights to protect his legacy at all costs while an unexpected adversary challenges Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott). Viewers will be treated to returns from fan-favorite characters Mamie Johnson (Veronica Redd), who has unfinished business with rival Jill Abbott (Jess Walton), and Danny Romalotti (Michael Damian), who finds himself caught between ex-wives Phyllis Summers (Michelle Stafford) and Christine “Cricket” Blair (Lauralee Bell, celebrating 40 years on the series). And Jack Abbott’s (Peter Bergman) vow renewal with Diane Jenkins (Susan Walters) will be the perfect setting for romance, intrigue and family drama.

The 37th season of THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL premieres Thursday, Sept. 21, with Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) learning that Deacon Sharpe (Sean Kanan) has gone to great lengths to prove his love for her. A new intern at Forrester Creations, fashion student Luna (Lisa Yamada), has arrived with a mysterious past. This season, viewers will also learn if Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) will continue to pursue Thomas (Matthew Atkinson), a man dedicated to only her, or reunite with her husband Liam (Scott Clifton), who also admits to unrequited feelings for his ex, Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood), who is currently estranged from her husband whom she loves, Finn (Tanner Novlan). Eric Forrester (John McCook) faces a health challenge he chooses to hide that may end his illustrious career. Yet, he’s determined to create his final fashion collection with the help of his grandson R.J. (Joshua Hoffman), much to the consternation of Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye), culminating in a stunning Forrester fashion challenge between father and son filled with gamesmanship, heartbeat and high stakes. And, a shocking secret engagement will lead to either scandal or happily ever after for one couple.a

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Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Welcomes a Beautiful Baby Boy!

In a post on Instagram, the B&B star shared the wonderful news that she and her husband, Elan Ruspoli, met their fourth son late last month. Set to the instrumental song “Magic Moments” by Austin Farwell, Wood shared an image of her sitting in a white bathtub, cradling her newborn. “August 27th, our baby boy Valor James Ruspoli was born,” she captioned the sweet snapshot. “Our hearts are so full.”

Wood also acknowledged all the well wishes she and her partner have received over the past few weeks as her due date approached. “Thank you for all the messages. Just been taking this time to slow down and soak in this moment,” she added, concluding little Valor’s birth announcement with the hashtag “grateful heart.”

The actress announced back in April during an appearance on THE TALK that she and Ruspoli were expanding another child and later opened up about how they have always wanted a large family. Valor — which means bravery or courage — joins big brothers Rise (4), Lenix (2), and Brando (1).

While Wood’s maternity leave actually began several weeks ago, due to the lead time of when the soap tapes episodes to when they air, the actress will make her final appearance — for the time being! — on Thursday, Sept. 7.

In storyline, Steffy recently walked out on Finn after finding out that he was still in contact with his mother, the dangerous Sheila Carter. She and their kids were staying at the Forrester mansion, but she agreed to return home after Finn promised to have nothing more to do with Sheila. Stay tuned to see what happens next that will take Steffy away from Finn again!

And in the meantime… welcome to the world, Valor James! It is so nice to meet you!

B&B’s Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Goes on Maternity Leave

That day is nearly upon us now as Soap Opera Digest is reporting in their new issue that Wood’s last airdate before her maternity leave will be on Thursday, Sept. 7.

The actress first joined the cast of B&B in 2008 when Steffy was aged to an adult, and has only taken a short break from the soap from 2013-15. Well, that is, aside from her previous three maternity leaves in 2019, 2021, and 2022!

Wood and her husband, Elan Ruspoli, have three children together, four-year-old Rise, two-year-old Lenix, and one-year-old Brando. She announced that they were expecting their fourth child together during an appearance on THE TALK on April 17 and later opened up about how she and her husband have always wanted a big family like this.

Steffy recently walked out on Finn and took the kids to go stay at the Forrester mansion after she found out he’d had interactions with his mother, the dangerous Sheila Carter. After he agreed to have nothing more to do with Sheila, Steffy forgave him and agreed to come home. But while Finn may try to keep his distance, Sheila is bound and determined to be a part of her son’s life.

So it looks like Steffy will be leaving Finn once more and he won’t be able to work on repairing his marriage until Wood’s maternity leave comes to an end! (Hopefully, Sheila won’t be able to get her claws too deeply into him before that happens!) We’ll just have to wait and see what happens… and for the photos of Wood’s beautiful new baby!

Bold and the Beautiful Casts Cruel Summer’s Lisa Yamada as a Fashion Student With a Secret

TVLine has learned exclusively that the long-running CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful has cast Cruel Summer vet Lisa Yamada in the new, contract role of Luna, a college student in fashion design who arrives at Forrester Creations “surrounded by mystery” and harboring a (hopefully suuuuper-soapy) secret.

Yamada began taping Bold and the Beautiful episodes last week, and her first airdate is currently scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 13.

The Bold and the Beautiful, now in its 37th season, airs weekdays on CBS, at 1:30 pm ET.

In addition to her Cruel Summer role as musician Parker Tanaka, Yamada’s previous TV credits include the South Korean YA/zombie series All of Us Are Dead (which streams on Netflix), Hulu’s Little Fires Everywhere and episodes of Never Have I Ever, Promised Land, All American and Man With a Plan.

Bob Barker Dies: ‘The Price Is Right’ Host And Animal Activist Was 99

“It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker has left us,” publicist Roger Neal said in a statement Saturday. No cause was given.

The Price Is Right franchise began in 1956 as a television game show hosted by Bill Cullen and was revamped in 1972, when Barker became host. Drew Carey has hosted the program since 2007.

The game show had already been canceled by two networks before finding a home at CBS in 1972. Barker’s charm helped revive the sagging show, and it continues to air to this day.

Barker spent more than half a century on TV, taking over as host of the popular game show Truth or Consequences in 1956 and retiring from The Price Is Right in 2007.

At The Price Is Right show’s 50th anniversary special in 2021, Barker paid tribute to the game.

“The show has the most enthusiastic and fun audience that one could ever ask for,” said Barker. “They truly were and are the heart and soul of the show …. It was an incredibly memorable ride. Congratulations to The Price is Right on 50 historic years. Here’s to 50 more!”

Going on 70,000 contestants have played The Price Is Right since its revamp debuted on September 4, 1972, and 2 million-plus have been in its studio audience. The first prize ever offered on the show was a Chevy Vega worth $2,746 — some 8,400 car giveaways have ensued.

Robert William Barker was born in Darrington, Washington, on December 12, 1923. At age 6, he was moved to a Sioux Indian reservation in Mission, SD, with his mother, after his father died in a workplace accident.

His mother, Matilda, a schoolteacher, remarried and moved again to Missouri. After a two-year stint in the Navy at the tail end of World War II, Barker returned to Missouri to attend Drury College, now Drury University, and graduated with a degree in economics.

From there, Barker landed a job at a radio station in Florida. In 1950, he moved to California to start his own radio program, The Bob Barker Show, in Burbank.

His smooth delivery soon caught the eye of television producers. He landed his first game show in 1956, NBC’s Truth or Consequences. He hosted that show for 18 years until it went off the air.

Barker transitioned to The Price Is Right, which became the longest-running daytime game show in TV history in 1990, until his retirement.

Beyond game shows, Barker also applied his emcee skills to pageants. In 1967, he began a 20-year run as emcee of the Miss Universe and Miss America pageants, and in 1969, he started a similarly long run as the host of the New Year’s Day Tournament of Roses Parade.

Barker was given an Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement.

He also made a famously riotous cameo in the 1996 film Happy Gilmore, where he beat up Adam Sandler’s title character on a golf course.

A longtime animal rights activist, Barker ended each episode of The Price Is Right with the plea: “Help control the pet population. Have your pets spayed or neutered.”

Barker’s wife, his high school sweetheart, Dorothy Jo Gideon, died in 1981. They married in 1945.

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals issued a statement on Barker’s passing.

“Bob’s influence on the entertainment industry is indisputable, but what mattered to him most was using his voice and prominent position to protect animals. Of course, everyone is familiar with his “spay and neuter your pets” sign-off on The Price Is Right—a show where he refused to allow fur prizes—but he was also one of the first stars to go vegetarian, more than 30 years ago.

“He joined PETA in urging families to stay away from SeaWorld, demanded the closure of cruel bear pits masquerading as tourist attractions, implored Hollywood to take action to protect animals used in film and TV, and, as a Navy veteran, called for the end of military medical drills on live animals.

His generous donation allowed PETA to open its West Coast headquarters, the Bob Barker Building, in 2012, and it stands as a testament to his legacy and profound commitment to making the world a kinder place. To us—and to so many animals around the world—Bob will always be a national animal rights treasure.”

Six-Time Emmy Award-Winning Actress Heather Tom to Visit The Locher Room

Prior to joining The Bold and the Beautiful, Heather spent three years starring as “Kelly Cramer Buchanan” on ABC’s One Life to Live, and 13 years starring as the tempestuous “Victoria Newman” on CBS’s The Young and the Restless. In 2020, she tied the record for the most Emmys won by an Actress in a Daytime Drama Series. In 2012, she set the record, which she still holds today, as the only female actor in television history to win an Emmy in all three performer categories: Younger, Supporting and Lead Actress. To date, Heather has received 19 Emmy Award nominations; nine for her role as Victoria Newman, two for her role as “Kelly Cramer Buchanan,” and eight for her role as “Katie Logan.”

In 2016, Tom joined the DGA and began directing. She participated in CBS’s coveted Diversity Directors Internship program. She has since directed episodes of The Bold and the Beautiful, The Young and the Restless, Good Trouble and Dynasty. Additionally, she has directed the video short, Bigfoot’s Love Slave, and the short films, Blink and Serenity.

In addition to her roles in daytime, Heather made her Broadway debut in 2004 and has appeared in several hit primetime series.

Wayne Brady Comes Out As Pansexual & Explains How He Came To Terms With It: “I’m Doing This For Me”

“I am pansexual,” Brady said in an interview with People. “Bisexual — with an open mind.”

Brady said he had been doing research and wasn’t sure if he could determine if he was bisexual “because I had to really see what that was, especially because I really have not gotten a chance to act on anything.”

“So, I came to pansexual because — and I know that I’m completely messing up the dictionary meaning — but to me, pan means being able to be attracted to anyone who identifies as gay, straight, bi, transsexual or non-binary. Being able to be attracted across the board,” he added. “And, I think, at least for me for right now, that is the proper place. I took pan to mean that not only can I be attracted to any of these people or types physically, but I could be attracted to the person that is there.”

According to WebMD, pansexuality “is the romantic, emotional, and/or sexual attraction to people regardless of their gender. Like everyone else, pansexual people may be attracted to some people and not others, but the gender of the person does not matter.”

Mandie Taketa, Brady’s ex-wife, was the first person the television personality told and she said it was “great” as she “knew coming out would help him be happier.” Brady’s daughter Maile also said “Okay” after her father came out to her.

“I’m still coming together. But If I’m healthy, then I can go onstage at Let’s Make A Deal and be the best Wayne Brady that everybody wants and expects,” Brady also said in the interview. “I can be the best dad that Maile needs. I can be the best friend to Mandie, the best son to my mother, and one day, the best partner to someone, because I’m doing this for me. Not dating yet though! [Laughs] I am single, but it’s not about being with someone right now. I’ve got some work to do still. Then, Wayne as a single, open-minded pansexual can make a decision and be free and open to other people.”

One Life to Live Tribute to Andrea Evans 8/9/23

On a special day and time, Wednesday August 9th at 4PM ET/1PM PT, One Life to Live stars, Erika Slezak (ex-Viki), John Loprieno (ex-Cord) and Fiona Hutchison (ex-Gabrielle) will share their memories of working with Evans and more. In addition, look for more former castmates and friends to join in our tribute.

Don't miss this very special event as we honor Andrea Evans only on The Michael Fairman Channel.

‘Spy Kids: Armageddon’: First Look Photos & Teaser Trailer For Netflix Reboot With Gina Rodriguez & Zachary Levi

Robert Rodriguez, who created the original franchise, is behind the reboot of the new film that introduces the next generation of spies with Everly Carganilla as Patty Torrez and Connor Esterson as Tony Torrez.

The preview shows the kids receiving a message from their mom, played by Gina telling them “something has gone terribly wrong.” Now it’s up to the kids to save their parents from a failed mission.

“When the children of the world’s greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful Game Developer unleash a computer virus that gives him control of all technology, they must become spies themselves to save their parents and the world,” reads a logline for the film premiering on September 22.

Racer Max co-wrote the film which also stars Billy Magnussen, Everly Carganilla and DJ Cotrona.

David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger produced for Skydance, while Elizabeth Avellan and Max also produced. Spyglass’ Gary Barber and Peter Oillataguerre executive produced.

Hulu Orders Reality Show That Follows Wayne Brady’s Extended Family

The season will consist of eight episodes. No premiere date is set.

The unscripted show will follow Brady, who is still best friends with his ex-wife and business partner, Taketa. Together, they co-parent their 20-year-old daughter, Maile Brady, a student and aspiring artist, as well as running their production company.

Jason Fordham, Taketa’s life partner of 12 years, handles the family’s cinematography and post-production, and they recently expanded their already-blended family with the birth of their son, Sundance-Isamu.

Hulu promises the new series will “offer an intimate look into his blended family’s personal life – revealing unexpected points of view and values that most people — including his own family — have a hard time understanding. People see their social media posts from vacations to dancing in TikToks, but what’s behind the joyful 15 seconds of fun? Their real life is not always as easy and as simple as it seems.”

The untitled project will be produced by Fremantle, A Wayne & Mandie Creative, and executive produced by Brady, Taketa, Shahram Qureshi and Rachel Tung.

Currently, Fremantle is in production on the 15th season of Let’s Make a Deal, for which Wayne has won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host. The company’s other series include America’s Got Talent, which has remained the No. 1 show of the summer in total viewers since premiering in 2006, and American Idol.

This past year, Fremantle also brought Password back to TV with host Keke Palmer and recurring celebrity contestant Jimmy Fallon.

Hallmark’s ‘When Calls The Heart’ Awarded SAG-AFTRA Interim Agreement

The series, which stars Erin Krakow, is one of a number of a TV series to land an interim agreement from the actors guild following similar arrangements for Apple’s Tehran and faith-based series The Chosen.

The move will allow Season 11 of the series to film ahead of the premiere of Season 10 on July 30.

SAG-AFTRA has now granted 68 projects interim agreements to shoot during the strike including movies such as Glenn Close’s The Summer Book and A24 films Mother Mary and I Dream of Unicorns.

Inspired by Janette Oke’s book, When Calls the Heart has been a ratings hit for the channel. It tells the story of Elizabeth Thatcher (Krakow), a young teacher who moves to small coal-mining town in Western Canada. Season 9 saw Lucas Bouchard (Chris McNally) propose to her with the help of her son Jack.

Pascale Hutton, Jack Wagner, Kavan Smith, Kevin McGarry, Andrea Brooks, Martin Cummins, Loretta Walsh, Amanda Wong, Johannah Newmarch, Viv Leacock, Natasha Burnett, Ben Rosenbaum, Hrothgar Mathews, Jaeda Lily Miller and Hyland Goodrich also star.

It is produced by WCTH 10 Productions with Krakow, Susie Belzberg, Michael Shepard, Eric Jarboe, Jimmy Townsend, Brad Krevoy, Brian Bird, Michael Landon Jr., Vicki Sotheran and Greg Malcolm as executive producers.

Rodney Van Johnson Returns to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

In its newest issue, Soap Opera Digest is reporting that Van Johnson will be back on B&B in the episode scheduled to air on Friday, July 21. There are no details yet as to how long this run will last. Last time around it was only a few episodes as Russell represented Sheila at her hearing.

Back in January, Sheila managed to get off on attempted murder charges because she’d gotten Bill to blackmail Steffy and Finn into refusing to testify against her so the case was dropped. However, it was later revealed that Bill was running a long con to get Sheila to confess to murder on tape so they could put her away for life and be rid of her once and for all. So when Russell appears again as Sheila’s attorney, will he be able to get her released again?

Best known for playing T.C. Russell on the NBC soap PASSIONS, Van Johnson has also played Sebastian Dupre on ABC’s PORT CHARLES and Trey Stark on CBS’ THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS. In addition to his work in soaps, the actor also starred as Cipher in season one of the syndicated drama series PENSACOLA: WINGS OF GOLD. He can also be seen in episodes of shows like THE JAMIE FOXX SHOW, MAD ABOUT YOU, GIRLFRIENDS, and WITHOUT A TRACE as well as movies like One Fine Christmas, The Magic, and Holiday Hideaway.

Given the charges against Sheila, Russell will certainly have his work cut out for him. So stay tuned to see how things play out and if the attorney can get Sheila released from prison again. (And also if she can stay out of prison this time around).

Y&R Alum Joins Bold & Beautiful

Stars Remember the Late Andrea Evans

Erika Slezak (Viki, OLTL): “I am absolutely shocked and devastated by this news and I send love and deepest sympathies to Steve and Kylie — they were her whole life. Andrea and I worked together for so long — on her first day at work, she was living one block away from me and I walked her to work. She was just a child — never been to NYC — so sweet and kind and loving — amazing that she played such a complicated, confused, and selfish character so well. When she and Steve got married and then got Kylie, it seemed her life was finally complete. She was so happy. So very, very sad.”Eileen Davidson (Ashley, Y&R): “So very sorry to hear of the passing of Andrea Evans. I loved working with her and such a wonderful person. Prayers to her family.”Robin Strasser (Dorian, OLTL): “This is sad to hear. My memories of Andrea Evans are of a woman who was super smart and energized, a heat-seeking missile. That’s a compliment! You knew when you worked with her, it’d be like going head-to-head with a champion. I admired her daring. I hate the disease that took her.”“Working with Andrea Evans was one of the highlights of my acting career,” he told People. “From the day that she first welcomed me to the set of OLTL through the final reunion episodes that we shot when the show was ending, Andrea continued to be a generous, blissfully comedic, and insightful scene partner. I think my finest memory of performing with Andrea was not standing in our bathing suits in the Iguazu Falls in Brazil but working on the Banner newspaper office set on rolling chairs in a playfully choreographed love scene that was directed by legend David Pressman. It was one of my earliest appearances on the show. The magic in the room was palpable, and it offered promises of the great fun that was to be created and enjoyed in the years that followed. We will all miss Andrea and her mischievous looks towards camera at the end of the scene.”“I am so sorry to learn of Andrea Evans’ passing. Andrea was already a huge star when my career began at OLTL. She was always kind, gracious, and so fun to work with. A daytime legend who will be missed very much. My sympathies to her friends and family.”“Heartbroken! Andrea was my TV mom but became my mom! I will miss her beautiful, infectious positivity! I was blessed by this beautiful soul! I hope you are enjoying the Disneyland of the sky! Save a seat for me on Winnie the Pooh! I will forever love you, Mom!”Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis, GH): “I’m so sorry to hear about Andrea Evans. Kim Zimmer (Reva, GUIDING LIGHT; Echo, OLTL), Andrea, and I came to NYC via Chicago per ABC Daytime Television back in the day together. Lovely woman. Donated to cancer foundation today. We’ve got to fund the hell out of these organizations so they can kill cancer and not our friends.”“We lost Andrea Evans. She was wildly responsible for showing me that working in daytime doesn’t have to feel like work at all. I will miss the sparkle in her eyes when she smiled, which was seemingly all the time. Rest in peace, Andrea, and thank you for all you gave.”Melissa Archer (Natalie, OLTL): “This is heartbreaking news. Andrea was a kind woman, fun to work with, and such a pro. I feel so fortunate that I was able to play with her on OLTL and THE BAY. Sending love to all our soap family and Andrea’s real family. World lost a good one.”McKenzie Westmore (Sheridan, PASSIONS): “RIP Andrea Evans! My heart is broken.”

Andrea Evans Dies: ‘One Life To Live’, ‘The Young And The Restless’ Actor Was 66

Her death was announced by casting director Don Carroll.

Following her signature role on One Life To Live, Evans went on to play Patty Williams on CBS’ The Young and the Restless, Tawny Moore on CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful, Rebecca Hotchkiss on NBC’s Passions and Patty Walker on Amazon Prime’s The Bay.

Born in Aurora, Illinois, Evans had appeared in beauty pageants and regional theater when she appeared as an extra in Brian De Palma’s 1978 horror classic The Fury. That year she also appeared in miniseries The Awakening Land, and soon drew the attention of legendary soap casting director Mary Jo Slater, who tapped her for the coveted role of Tina Lord, One Life To Live‘s answer to All My Children‘s Erika Kane.

Evans’ bad-girl portrayal was a quick success with viewers, and she remained in the role until 1981, when she left to portray Patty Williams on The Young and the Restless from 1983 to 1984. She returned to One Life in 1985, and was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 1988.

Two years after her Emmy nomination, she abruptly quit the show and remained out of public view for almost 10 years, only later revealing the cause: She had been the victim of a stalker.

In a 2008 People magazine interview, Evans said she abandoned her career and New York City when the stalker’s actions grew increasingly violent. She revealed that in 1987 she’d been accosted in the lobby of One Life to Live’s Manhattan studio by the stalker and that the man soon thereafter slashed his wrists on the front steps of the studio. Taken to a psychiatric hospital, the man listed Evans as his next of kin, and began sending her death threats written in blood.

A few years after the incident, the man was detained outside the Secretary of State’s office in Washington, D.C., carrying a meat cleaver and a picture of Evans, according to People. The fear, she said, “forever changed me.” She eventually began accepting acting roles, but remained terrified of participating in public events.

She returned to One Life To Live and her most famous role in 2008 and again in 2011, saying, “It’s time to give the audience what they want. And it’s time for me to get closure on why I left in the first place.”

Evans received her second Daytime Emmy nomination in 2015 for her performance in the web series DeVanity.

Primetime credits include Circus of the Stars and Hollywood Squares. She had recently completed work on her forthcoming memoir My One Life To Live.

In addition to her professional ventures, Evans devoted considerable time to various animal rescue organizations and for City of Hope.

She is survived by husband Steve and daughter Kylie.

Tyler Perry Sets Meagan Good, Debbi Morgan & Five Others To Star In Prime Video Pic ‘Divorce In The Black’

The film follows Ava, a young bank professional who is devastated when her husband Dallas abandons a marriage she is determined to fight for. But then fate intervenes, revealing Dallas’ wicked deeds that have trashed their marriage, and once upon a time sabotaged Ava’s destiny to be loved by her true soulmate. Deadline understands that Hardrict will be playing Dallas, though no further character details have been disclosed.

In addition to Perry via Tyler Perry Studios, producers include Tyler Perry Studios’ Angi Bones and Will Areu, as well as Dianne Ashford.

Most recently reprising her DC role of Super Hero Darla in Shazam! Fury of the Gods, Good is also known for turns in films like Day Shift, Think Like a Man and its sequel, Don Jon and Stomp the Yard, among others. The actress toplines Prime Video’s comedy series Harlem and has also been seen on shows like Prodigal Son, Star and Californication, to name just a few.

Currently starring as Coach Marcus Turner on The CW’s All American: Homecoming, which has been renewed for a third season, Hardrict also has on his resume shows like The Chi, S.W.A.T. and The Oath. He appears in the Sundance 2023 films To Live and Die and Live and Young. Wild. Free. and also boasts big-screen credits like City of Lies, All Eyes on Me, American Sniper and Warm Bodies.

Anderson played Rocky, the father of a young Dwayne Johnson, on NBC’s Young Rock, appearing prior to that on MacGruber and other series, as well as in films like Harriet.

Polidore has also been seen on All American: Homecoming, as well as on series like Snowfall, Black Lightning and Wicked City.

Most recently appearing on shows like Blue Bloods and City on a Hill, Wallace has also been part of American Soul and other series. Among his other upcoming projects is the indie drama Shelter Me with Nick Nolte and Jacqueline Bisset.

Appearing in films like For Colored Girls, How Stella Got Her Groove Back and Wag the Dog, Lawson counts amongst his recent TV credits shows like The Ms. Pat Show and Grey’s Anatomy.

Seen on shows like Power, Power Book II: Ghost and The Defenders, Morgan’s film credits include Coach Carter, Love & Basketball and Eve’s Bayou.

In addition to Black, White, & Blue, which tells the story of a woman who loses her husband at the hands of a police officer, Perry has coming up the Netflix films Six Triple Eight and Mea Culpa, having released such recent efforts as A Jazzman’s Blues, Tyler Perry’s A Madea Homecoming and A Fall from Grace to that platform.

Good is repped by Gersh, Atlas Artists and Yorn, Levine, Barnes; Hardict by Buchwald and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Anderson by Gersh and Silver Mass Entertainment; Polidore by AEFH and Elevate Entertainment; Wallace by Stewart Talent and Artist International Group; Lawson by AMT Artists, Alta Global Media and attorney Larry Turner; Morgan by PH Entertainment Group; and Perry by WME and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole.

2024 Hollywood Walk Of Fame Honorees

In the category of Television: Ken Jeong, Eugene Levy, Mario Lopez, Jim Nantz, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Michael Schur, Kerry Washington and Raúl De Molina and Lili Estefan, co-hosts of the television show "El Gordo y La Flaca" (double ceremony)

In the category of Recording: Glen Ballard, Toni Braxton, DEF LEPPARD, Charles Fox, Sammy Hagar, Brandy Norwood, Darius Rucker, Gwen Stefani and Andre "Dr. Dre" Young

In the category of Live Theatre/Live Performance: Jane Krakowski and Otis Redding (posthumous)

In the category of Radio: Angie Martinez

In the category of Sports Entertainment: Billie Jean King and Carl Weathers

Dates have not been scheduled for these star ceremonies.

Recipients have two years to schedule star ceremonies from the date of selection before they expire.

Upcoming star ceremonies are usually announced ten days prior to dedication on the official web site www.walkoffame.com.

B&B Alum Ronn Moss Releases His New Album!

Although best known to soap fans from his 1987-2012 run as Ridge Forrester on B&B, Moss is also a singer/songwriter and formed the band Player back in 1976 with Peter Beckett, J.C. Crowley, and John Friesen. They had a number-one hit with the 1978 tune “Baby Come Back” and were considered one of the top new artists of the year.

Outside of soaps, Moss has appeared in episodes of SIX FEET UNDER, FAMILIE, and THE BAY, and outside of Player, has released multiple solo albums starting with 2000’s I’m Your Man. The actor/musician is currently touring Italy to support his newest album, Surprise Trip Love.

You can find Moss’ new record wherever you stream music, and you can check out a live performance of his single, “Just a Little,” from Italian television right here!

B&B’s Annika Noelle Ends Engagement

Noelle, who is extremely private about her off-camera life, had never named her fiancé, but had written an essay for Glamour magazine back in October 2021 during National Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month sharing that the couple suffered a pair of miscarriages within a matter of months. Now, it seems as if the distress and grief of those losses led to the end of their relationship.

“Happy Father’s Day,” Noelle wrote to her former fiancé and the father of her two angel babies. “While we never got our chance to hold our rainbow, for a brief moment in time, we held each other. And even though we could no longer bear the weight of the losses, you have left a lasting impression on my heart. Thank you.”

In the baby loss community, a “rainbow baby” is the term for a healthy child born after a miscarriage, stillbirth, or death of a fetus or infant, signifying the hope and joy of parenthood after a period of grief and sadness. Based on Hope’s moving post, she and her partner supported one another through those dark times, but their paths ultimately diverged.

Hope’s Instagram post was flooded with notes of support and encouragement from her followers who wished her well as she courageously moved on with her future while treasuring the memories of her past. Former B&B co-star Courtney Hope (now THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS’ Sally) sent Hope “so much love” while TV aunt Jennifer Garies (Donna) wrote, “You will get your rainbow one day!”

Please join us in sending our love to Noelle.

Why Soap Actors Will Keep Working If There Is A SAG-AFTRA Strike As Scripts Continue To Be Written

However, SAG-AFTRA’s film and TV contract, which expires June 30, does not apply to SAG-AFTRA members working on soaps. It means those cast members will have to continue to work even if their guild goes on strike after the membership voted overwhelmingly for strike authorization ahead of SAG-AFTRA’s current negotiations with the the studios’ collective bargaining representative the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. And, with the four daytime dramas — The Young and the Restless (CBS), The Bold and the Beautiful (CBS), Days Of Our Lives (Peacock) and General Hospital (ABC) — continuing to churn out scripts amid the WGA strike using fi-core and other non-member writers, those shows appear positioned to continue production without interruption for the foreseeable future.

Soap actors are employed under the SAG-AFTRA National Code of Fair Practice for Network Television Broadcasting (aka Network Code). It is different than the film and TV collective bargaining agreement that SAG-AFTRA is currently negotiating with the AMPTP. Negotiated between SAG-AFTRA and the Big 4 broadcast networks as well as other producers, the National Code covers soaps as well as morning news shows, talk shows, variety, reality, game shows, sports and promotional announcements. The current Code agreement, reached a year ago, goes through July 2024.

Daytime soaps tape well in advance, which allowed the shows to stay in originals for weeks after Covid shut down all Hollywood production in March 2020. For instance, Days of Our Lives is six months ahead.

In addition to the episode stockpile, the series remain in production and continue to generate new scripts. They are penned largely by financial core (fi-core) writers, who have resigned their WGA membership while benefiting from the guild’s contracts with the studios. Others, such as producers, assistants and executives, also are involved in writing in some cases.

During the 2007-08 WGA strike, a total of 28 writers went fi-core per the guild; almost all of them worked on daytime dramas. There were eight soaps at the time that kept going during the work stoppage.

The four current daytime soaps are all in production and currently working on new scripts, I hear.

Some of the dozens of soap writers who claimed fi-core status in 2007-2008 remain active. Additionally, the WGA has listed four writers who have gone fi-core this year, three of whom — Sheri Anderson, Michael Minnis and Mark Pinciotti — are daytime scribes. (The fourth is feature writer Matthew Sand.)

“The shows don’t stop,” daytime veteran Ron Carlivati, head writer on Days of Our Lives and a striking WGA member, said in an interview from the picket lines a month ago. “They replaced us in 2007 when I worked at One Life to Live, and I can only assume they’re replacing us right now. I’m being replaced on day one by other people.” He told Vulture that DOOL was going to run out of scripts he and his team had written before the strike “in a few weeks.”

After the strike is over, returning WGA soap writers will have to adjust their storytelling to accommodate the plot developments introduced during their absence.

Amid the nail-biting final days of SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP negotiations, with a potential strike looming, all daytime dramas except The Young and the Restless are taking extended summer breaks; The Bold and the Beautiful and General Hospital are going on monthlong production hiatus in July, while Days of Our Lives‘ three-week hiatus starts this weekend, I hear. Regardless of what happens between SAG-AFTRA and AMPTP, the casts will be expected to report back to work once those breaks are over.

Lawrence Saint-Victor Interview 6/16/23

The trip marks a first for the show in its 36-year history. These episodes will start airing June 16 through Monday, June 26th. The Eternal City and its stunning architectural beauty will be the setting for seven episodes of a magically romantic storyline. The episodes also feature a glamorous haute-couture Forrester Creations’ ‘Hope for the Future’ fashion preview and a surprise performance by legendary operatic tenor Andrea Bocelli.

Thomas Forrester (Matthew Atkinson), Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton), Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye), Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang), Hope Logan (Annika Noelle), Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor), and Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) arrive for their Italian adventure, but with romantic sights and locations across the city, the feeling of love is very much in the air. As preparations are underway for the Hope for the Future preview, fashion icon Hope Logan (Annika Noelle) gears up to showcase the elegant new fashion collection at the historical Piazza Navona. The magic of the moment could either break or fulfill the promise of true love.

Globally-renowned Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli makes a guest appearance airing Monday, June 26th. Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang), with the help of her friend, wife of Andrea Bocelii, (Veronica Bocelli as herself), arranges to surprise Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) with a special live performance of Bocelli’s famous hit song, “A Te.” Their daughter Virginia Bocelli also appears in the episode as herself.

Andrea Bocelli to Appear on 'The Bold and the Beautiful' Episode Filmed in Rome

Ciao bella! The Bold and the Beautiful is returning to Italy.

PEOPLE can exclusively confirm that famed opera star Andrea Bocelli is set to appear on the June 26 episode of the CBS soap opera, which was filmed in Rome.

In the upcoming episode, “Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) arranges with her friend, Andrea's wife, Veronica Bocelli, to surprise Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) with a special performance of his popular song, ‘A Te,’” according to the network.

Veronica Bocelli and the couple’s daughter Virginia Bocelli will also both appear in the episode.

In addition to the musician’s appearance on the series, cast members Matthew Atkinson (Thomas), Scott Clifton (Liam), Annika Noelle (Hope), Lawrence Saint-Victor (Carter) and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy) traveled to Rome to film episodes, airing from June 16 to 26.

According to the network, “The City of Eternal Love and its stunning architectural beauty will be the setting of a magically romantic story, the preview of Hope Logan’s (Noelle) elegant new fashion collection is a triumph, but the magic of the moment could either break, or fulfill, the promise of true love.”

The episodes mark the first time that The Bold and the Beautiful has filmed in Rome. The soap opera previously had Italian shoots in Lake Como (1997), Venice (1999), Portofino (2002) and the region of Puglia (2012).

"We love working in Italy. We've been to Portofino, Lake Como, we've been down to Puglia, now in Rome. It's really a dream come true,” executive producer Bradley Bell told the Associated Press last month. “This is a story about eternal love and where else should we be in the world but Rome telling stories of eternal love? So it's a very appropriate and special backdrop."

Wood also opened up about her personal connection to Italy, sharing with the outlet, “My husband's Italian and I have three little boys who are Italian, half Italian. So Italy just has a place in my heart.”

She added: “But just the energy here, obviously the architecture, the food, I could go on and on. But we're very lucky to be filming here, the City of Romance, with a lot of fun storylines coming up."

The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays at 1:30 p.m. ET on CBS and is available for streaming on Paramount+.-

Wayne Brady Set For Broadway’s ‘The Wiz’ In Title Role

The casting comes after the recent news that Kyle Ramar Freeman cast been cast as the Lion, Phillip Johnson Richardson as the Tinman, and Avery Wilson as the Scarecrow. Additional casting, including for the character of Dorothy, will be announced in the coming weeks

Brady will play the Wiz on Broadway in Spring of 2024, and in San Francisco (January 16 – February 11, 2024) at the Golden Gate Theatre, and Los Angeles (February 13 – March 3, 2024) at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre. Mingo Jr. will portray the Wiz on this fall’s National Tour in Baltimore, Cleveland, Washington, DC, Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Greenville, Chicago, Des Moines, Tempe, and San Diego.

The Wiz will launch its national tour this fall in Baltimore, MD, home of the 1974 world premiere of the original musical.

Today’s casting was announced by producers Kristin Caskey, Mike Isaacson, Brian Anthony Moreland and Ambassador Theatre Group. Kandi Burruss and Todd Tucker also recently joined the producing team.

ABC Triumphs Against Lawsuit Filed By Ingo Rademacher Over Mandatory Covid Vaccination

A detailed ruling is expected in next several weeks from the very busy Judge Stephen Goorvitch. Rademacher’s attorney had no comment when contacted by Deadline. However, based on precedent, it is very likely the actor will appeal.

Weeks after Rademacher was pink slipped from General Hospital for not getting the Covid-19 vaccination, the actor in December of 2021 slammed the Disney-owned network with a wide-ranging civil rights lawsuit on constitutional grounds. At the time, Disney had one of the strictest vaccine mandates of any Hollywood studio and most major corporations.

Rademacher had been a vocal critic of COVID-19 vaccine efficacy and mandates.

“ABC’s actions are blatantly unlawful,” proclaimed the complaint filed in LA Superior Court by the law firm of JW Howard Attorneys, LTD. “ABC does not have the authority to force a medical treatment to its employees against their will … These actions constitute religious discrimination and violate Mr. Rademacher’s rights under state and federal law.”

In March of this year, Rademacher’s attorneys filed paperwork opposing ABC’s motion to toss the case out. Rademacher alleged he was really canned because folks on the show objected to him voting for Trump in 2020 and decrying the “false hope” of getting the jab.

“ABC had a duty to accommodate Ingo,” insisted the filing by lawyers Scott J. Street and John W. Howard over their client’s religious exemption request over corporate Covid vaccine requirements. “Instead, it put him through a sham process that was designed to fail, and which was meant to cover up the real reason for Ingo’s termination: his political views.”

Rachemacher had played Jasper “Jax” Jacks on General Hospital since 1996.

James Gunn’s Superman Search Includes Former ‘Bold and the Beautiful’ Star Pierson Fodé

He added, “We have some really great choices, which I’m excited about.”

Could former “The Bold and the Beautiful” star Pierson Fodé be on Gunn’s list? I hear that the 31-year-old actor could be in the running for the coveted role. Sources tell me that Fodé sent in a self-tape, which included a montage of footage showing his very Clark Kent-like childhood on a farm in the small town of Moses Lake, Wash. I’m told Gunn liked what he saw.

Just take a look at his shirtless shots on Instagram. Hello, Superman!

Fodé has some superhero cred – he appeared in a 2020 episode of “Supergirl.”

A rep for Fodé did not comment. Gunn’s rep referred questions to Warner Bros. The studio’s policy is not to comment on “Superman: Legacy” stories. An insider says no casting decisions have been made.

Fodé is known for his work as Thomas Forrester on “The Bold and the Beautiful” from 2015 to 2018. His credits also include “The Man From Toronto” with Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson, Facebook Watch’s “The Real Bros of Simi Valley” and the real-life college football drama “It’s Time.”

Fodé will next be seen in “Based on a True Story,” the new dark comedy series from Peacock starring Kaley Cuoco and Chris Messina. He also recently signed on to play a camp counselor in the coming-of-age thriller “Marshmallow,” directed by Daniel Delpurgatorio and written by Andy Greskoviak.

Daytime Emmys June Awards Postponed Due To WGA Strike

“We look forward to our community gathering together as one to celebrate our Golden Anniversary and all of the talented nominees and honorees at a later date,” the NATAS statement said.

Meanwhile, NATAS said today that the 44th annual Sports Emmys will go on as planned Monday at Lincoln Center in New York as they are not televised.

The Daytime Emmy Awards have recognized outstanding achievement in television programming and crafts since 1974, honoring work in a variety of categories, including daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, hosting, and legal/courtroom programs.

ABC’s General Hospital leads the 2023 Daytime Emmy nominations with 19 noms, followed by fellow long-running soaps CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful (14) and The Young and the Restless (13) and NBC/Peacock’s Days of Our Lives (11). All also are vying for the marquee Daytime Drama Series prize along with Popstar TV!’s The Bay, which received three noms.

The Kelly Clarkson Show leads the talk field with 11 noms, with fellow syndies The Drew Barrymore Show and freshman The Jennifer Hudson Show next with seven and six, respectively, all including Daytime Talk Series.

‘Not Dead Yet’ Renewed For Season 2 By ABC

From creators David Windsor and Casey Johnson (This Is Us, The Real O’Neals), Not Dead Yet is based on Alexandra Potter’s 2020 book Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up. It follows Nell Serrano (Rodriguez), a broke and newly single self-described disaster, working to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago. When she lands the only job she can find – writing obituaries – Nell starts getting life advice from an unlikely source.

Johnson and Windsor executive produce with Rodriguez, Dean Holland, Wonderland Sound and Vision’s McG, Mary Viola and Corey Marsh. The series is produced by 20th Television, part of Disney TV Studios.

Dishing with Digest 5/5/23 Annika Noelle

Talk Show Appearance

May 2, 2023

Gina Rodriguez

2023 Daytime Emmy Nominations

Daytime Emmys: ‘The Young and the Restless’ Leads In Early Nominations

This means that game shows have now migrated to the Primetime Emmys; meanwhile, children’s and family programming categories have already been removed from both shows and relocated to a new Children’s & Family Emmy Award competition and ceremony, the first of which took place this past December. Also, instructional/how-to programming is now considered strictly the purview of the Daytime Emmys, regardless of daypart. Among other changes this year, informative and entertainment talk show categories have merged into “daytime talk series,” while informative and entertainment talk show host fields are now “daytime talk series host.”

Here are this year’s Daytime Emmy nominees:

Outstanding Daytime Drama Series
“The Bay” (Popstar! TV)
“The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)
“Days of Our Lives (NBC/Peacock)
“General Hospital” (ABC)
“The Young and the Restless” (CBS)

Outstanding Daytime Talk Series Host
Drew Barrymore, “The Drew Barrymore Show” (SYNDICATED)
Kelly Clarkson, “The Kelly Clarkson Show” (SYNDICATED)
Tamron Hall, “Tamron Hall” (SYNDICATED)
Kelly Ripa, Ryan Seacrest, “Live with Kelly and Ryan” (SYNDICATED)
Sherri Shepherd, “Sherri” (SYNDICATED)

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actress
Sharon Case as Sharon Newman, “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
Melissa Claire Egan as Chelsea Lawson, “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
Finola Hughes as Anna Devane, “General Hospital” (ABC)
Michelle Stafford as Phyllis Summers, “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
Jacqueline MacInnes Wood as Steffy Forrester, “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)

Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama Series: Actor
Maurice Benard as Sonny Corinthos, “General Hospital” (ABC)
Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)
Billy Flynn as Chad DiMera, “Days of Our Lives” (NBC/Peacock)
Thorsten Kaye as Ridge Forrester, “The Bold and the Beautiful” (CBS)
Jason Thompson as Billy Abbott, “The Young and the Restless” (CBS)

(More to come on Wednesday.)

THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Going On Location to Italy Again!

The Hollywood Reporter Roma broke the news that B&B will be shooting for three days between Monday, May 15, through Wednesday, May 17 in locations like the Piazza Navona, Piazza di Spagna, and the Colosseum. While no storyline information is available, the actors heading overseas will include Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke), Thorsten Kaye (Ridge), Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy), Annika Noelle (Hope), Scott Clifton (Liam), Matthew Atkinson (Thomas), and Lawrence Saint-Victor (Carter).

With that group, it would seem likely that a Forrester fashion show is being set up in Italy. Also part of these special location episodes will be the Italian actors who provide the foreign-language voices when B&B is dubbed into Italian to air in that country. So keep an eye out for them!

B&B is an international success, and has gone on location to various countries around the world during its 36 years on the air including Monaco, Australia, and of course, Italy. Previously, the soap has shot in Venice, Lake Como, and Portofino, with their most recent visit being back in May 2012 when Puglia provided the backdrop for all the drama surrounding Hope and Liam’s wedding.

Given B&B’s shooting schedule, these episodes in Rome should air sometime in June… in the United States, anyway. Unfortunately for the soap’s Italian fans, they are currently watching storylines from 2022 unfold on their screens and won’t get to see these shows until next year!

B&B’s Henry Joseph Samiri Broke His Arm

In the first photo Samiri shared, he’s sitting in the doctor’s office having his left forearm encased in a cast. And in the second, he’s all smiles as he holds up his cast on one arm while holding a stuffed lizard in the other. In his hashtags he assured fans he was “#notscared.”

While the talented young performer didn’t reveal exactly how he injured himself, his hashtags also included “#parkour,” “#life,” and “#stunts.” Just five days earlier, Samiri shared a slow-motion video where he was doing a backflip on a trampoline and is coincidentally wearing the same exact T-shirt he’s wearing at the doctor’s. Maybe he should stick to acting and leave the stunts to the professionals?tagram

Samiri joined the cast of B&B as the newest Douglas Forrester in 2019, and while appearing on the soap has moonlighted on other series like 9-1-1: LONE STAR, AMERICAN HORROR STORY, HACKS, and CSI: VEGAS. His most recent role is playing Jasper in the Freeform mystery series THE WATCHFUL EYE.

Kimberlin Brown (Sheila) offered love and support to her pint-sized co-star. “You’ve got this, big guy!” she commented on his post. “You’re going to be good as new before you know it!” And fellow child actor Judah Mackey (Connor, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS) declared: “Wishing you a speedy recovery!”

We’re sure everyone joins us in wishing him the same! Get well soon!

Denise Richards confirms her ‘RHOBH’ return

Denise Richards confirmed that she’s returning to “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” as a “friend of” the cast.

“I have filmed some episodes,” the actress, 52, told Variety on Thursday, elaborating that she’s participated in “a lot of stuff” with her former co-stars.

Richards — who quit the reality series in 2020 after wrapping Season 10 — said her experience this time around has “been fun.”

“I’m a big fan of the show,” the “Wild Things” star added.

Fans went wild last month when Richards appeared to be at a filmed cast dinner alongside fellow alum Camille Grammer, who has not yet commented on her potential involvement in the show’s 14th season.

Returning “Housewife” Sutton Stracke recently told Page Six about the aforementioned “weed dinner,” describing the get-together as a “fun, interesting ride.”

She added that it’s “nice” to have former diamond-holders — including Kyle Richards’ sister Kim Richards — return to the Bravo program in any capacity.

It doesn’t seem coincidental that Denise’s comeback coincides with Lisa Rinna’s exit.

The former soap opera star announced her departure from “RHOBH” in January after eight consecutive seasons.

“This is the longest job I have held in my 35 year career,” she said at the time. “And I am grateful to everyone at Bravo and all those involved in the series.”

Rinna’s decades-long friendship with Denise — whom she introduced to the group — crumbled after the former perpetuated a rumor that the latter had secretly hooked up with Brandi Glanville.

Denise — who was married to husband Aaron Phypers at the time, and still is — has repeatedly denied that a sexual encounter with Glanville ever took place.

Jimmie Walker to Guest Star on B&B

Walker is best known for his role as JJ in the comedy series, Good Times that aired on CBS in the mid to late 70’s.

Walker is set to appear on May 3 and 4 episodes.

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Expecting Baby No. 4!

‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ Celebrates 9,000 Episodes With Cameos By James Corden, Lil Nas X

The CBS sudser will celebrates its 9,000th episode on April 18 with a special standalone episode centering on Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood), the CEO and leader of the couture fashion house Forrester Creations.

On April 19, Lil Nas X and James Corden will guest-star in a scene alongside B&B’s Annika Noelle (Hope Logan) and Sean Kanan (Deacon Sharpe). Lil Nas X will make his acting debut as a waiter in the Italian restaurant Il Giardino.

Corden will play a bumbling busboy.

Corden’s appearance follows a recent “Carpool Karaoke” segment with Lil Nas X, which aired on The Late Late Show in March and taped, in part, on the B&B set with Noelle and Sean Kanan.

The Bold and the Beautiful is the most-watched U.S.-produced daytime drama series in the world. The show debuted on March 23, 1987, and is currently in its 36th season.

It airs on CBS at 1:30 PM / ET and 12:30 PM / PT and is available for streaming on Paramount+. It is produced by Bell-Phillip Television Productions, Inc. Bradley P. Bell is the executive producer and head writer.

Soap Faves Win Indie Series Awards

Talk Show Appearance

Monday, April 17

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) discusses the shows upcoming 9,000th episode

Mario Lopez's L.A. Home Sells for $4.5 Million

Real estate sources tell TMZ ... the longtime TV host and actor just closed the sale of his Glendale estate this week for a total of $4.55 million. The reason he was looking to get rid of it, we're told, is because he bought another mansion in L.A. last year for way more -- worth around $9.4 mil.

You'll recall ... ML's been working to get this Glendale property off his hands for a minute. He first listed it back in August for $6.5M ... but then took it off the market around the holidays, as there didn't appear to be many takers at the time. In January, he relisted the place ... only then, for a little cheaper.

Two things to take away from that ... one, it speaks to the real estate environment right now. Properties simply aren't selling like they were a few years ago during the pandemic -- when interest rates were super low -- and potential buyers were running around snapping up homes. Now, things have slowed down quite a bit ... and buyers are more picky.

The second thing is that this is a great deal for whoever purchased Mario's pad -- because, obviously, it's a beaut. BTW, Mario's not stressin' about a couple million ... he's loaded and bought the house in 2010 for just under $2M.

We've told you about this house before. It's an 8-bed, 8-bath palace that's on the outskirts of L.A. -- away from all the madness -- but with all the same luxury. There's an old Spanish aesthetic built into the architecture ... but the inside is about as modern as you can get.

The main house -- and its two-bedroom guest house -- sits on over half an acre and comes with its own private gym, dance studio, pool, outdoor kitchen, cabana and bocce ball court.

The listing was held by Daniel Sanchez of Dilbeck Real Estate. Congrats to all involved.

‘Amber Brown’ Comedy Series Canceled By Apple TV+ After One Season

The Boat Rocker-produced Amber Brown, which also stars Darin Brooks and newcomer Liliana Inouye, was written and directed by Bonnie Hunt, who also served as executive producer and showrunner.

The series stars Rose as the title character, an everykid who is going through what children of divorced partners experience, and making sense of her new family dynamic through her sketches and video diary. Drew plays Amber’s mother; Brooks plays Sarah’s boyfriend, Max; Inouye plays Amber’s friend Brandi Colwin.

Bob Higgins and Jon Rutherford executive produced for Boat Rocker.

Alley Mills guests on Fantasy Island 4/17/23

Cast: Roselyn Sánchez as Elena Roarke; Kiara Barnes as Ruby Akuda; John Gabriel Rodriquez as Javier

Guest Cast: Alley Mills as Vivan Hutchinson; Dan Lauria as Lou Hutchinson; Brandon Scott as Seth Rose; Devika Bhise as Natalie Rose; Adriana de Persia Colon as Hostess

CBS To Air Daytime Emmys Through 2024; Sets Date for 50th Annual Ceremony

In the meantime, it has set the date for this year’s milestone ceremony; the 50th annual event will air live on Friday, June 16 (9-11:00 p.m. ET) on CBS and stream live on Paramount+.

This year marks the 17th time CBS has broadcast the Daytime Emmys, more than any other network.

The ceremony will take place at the Westin Bonaventure Los Angeles. Nominations and additional information will be available in the coming weeks.

“We are thrilled to be back with our incredible broadcast partner CBS for two years,” said Adam Sharp, president and CEO of NATAS. “In commemorating the show’s golden anniversary this year, we look forward to honoring and celebrating the beloved world of daytime television.”

“CBS has a storied history in daytime and we are delighted to continue having the Daytime Emmys on the network for the next two years,” added Mackenzie Mitchell, VP specials, music and live events, at CBS. “We look forward to celebrating the show’s 50th anniversary and highlighting the best that daytime has to offer.”

The Daytime Emmy Awards have recognized outstanding achievement in television programming and crafts since 1974, honoring work in a variety of categories, including daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, hosting and legal/courtroom programs. In 2021, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and the Television Academy jointly announced plans to realign the Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards to be organized by content genre, as opposed to program airtime.

In addition, in recognition of the marked increase in content and entries for children’s programming, 2022 marked the first annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, with relevant categories separating from the Daytime Emmys into their own competition and ceremony. All awards are judged by a pool of peer professionals from across the television industry.

The 50th Annual Daytime Emmys is produced by NATAS and Associated Television International (ATI), which produced Daytime Emmy Awards ceremonies on The CW in 2009 and on CBS in 2010, 2011, 2020, 2021 and 2022. Adam Sharp and Lisa Armstrong are executive producers from NATAS, while McKenzie is executive producer from ATI.

Lil Nas X and James Corden on B&B

Gina Rodriguez Developing Series Adaptation Of Sonoro Podcast ‘Princess Of South Beach’ For Netflix

Deadline understands that the streamer has optioned the podcast and Jane The Virgin star Rodriguez will executive produce the project under her I Can & I Will Productions banner alongside Sonoro, and iHeart’s My Cultura Network. Rodriguez is not currently attached to star in the series.

Additionally, the scripted podcast series has been renewed for a second season, set to premiere this fall.

Princess of South Beach is iHeart’s My Cultura Network’s top performing title and was nominated for Best Fiction Podcast at the Ambies last year. The second season will be released in both English and Spanish and will be marketed to audiences globally. It will feature some of the first season’s biggest stars, including X Mayo, Gina Torres, Raul Esparza and Danny Pino.

Princess of South Beach follows Maria del Carmen and Gloria, twin sisters who were separated at birth and raised in dramatically different ways — one in a convent and the other in the lap of luxury. When a freak accident kills Gloria, Maria del Carmen assumes her identity and uncovers that Gloria’s rich family isn’t as picture-perfect as they seem. The bilingual series pays homage to beloved telenovela tropes and adds modern twists. It stars Rachel Zegler, Raul Esparza, Gina Torres, Danny Pino and Sheryl Rubio.

Season 2 will see Raul and Estrella set off on a road trip to figure out the whereabouts of Estrella’s long-lost high school sweetheart, Gabby, and in turn, uncover the dark past behind Esteban Calderon.

Camila Victoriano and Joshua Weinstein will executive produce season two on behalf of Sonoro, and Gisselle Bances for iHeart’s My Cultura Network. Romero served as a writer and director on Season 1 and will return in both capacities in the second season.

Gina Rodriguez gives birth, welcomes first baby with husband Joe LoCicero

The actress, 38, has given birth to her and husband Joe LoCicero’s first baby.

The “Jane the Virgin” star was spotted taking a stroll in Los Angeles with the newborn strapped to her chest in a carrier on Saturday, according to pics obtained by Page Six.

The new mom kept it casual in a black T-shirt, sweatpants and Nike sneakers, while the infant was snuggled under a blanket adorned with farm animals.

Neither Rodriguez nor her husband have announced the birth of their baby and have not revealed the infant’s sex or name.

Page Six has reached out to Rodriguez’s reps for comment but did not immediately hear back.

The Feb. 11 outing came seven months after Rodriguez revealed her pregnancy news.

“This birthday hits different,” she captioned a July 2022 Instagram video with the actor.

The couple, who met while filming “Jane the Virgin” in 2016, concluded the PDA-filled footage by showing off a positive pregnancy test.

LoCicero, 36, smiled in the video as his wife teared up.

“Anyone can want you,” a voice narrated the social media upload. “But love his different when someone actually values you.”

The duo’s former co-star Jaime Camil commented, “My heart is bursting for you two.”

Rodriguez’s other celeb pals shared their support. “OH MY GOSH!!!!!! Congratulations!,” Jordin Sparks gushed, while Nikki Reed wrote, “Loving you big time Mama.”

That same day, LoCicero called Rodriguez his “goddess” via Instagram.

“Wherever you go my heart follows,” the MMA fighter captioned his touching tribute at the time. “Happy Birthday.”

He and the Golden Globe winner got engaged in July 2018, tying the knot in May of the following year. Actor Justin Baldoni officiated the pair’s outdoor nuptials.

To celebrate their third anniversary in May 2022, Rodriguez shared sweet Instagram snaps.

“Three years of marriage to my best friend,” she wrote at the time. “You are home.”

Barbara Crampton Interview 3/22/23

Barbara made her television debut on Days of Our Lives as Trista Evans. She went on to play Mindy Lewis on Guiding Light and Maggie Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Barbara’s career as an iconic figure in the horror/thriller genre has spanned four decades and continues to gain momentum. Currently she is producing and co-starring with Heather Graham in the horror thriller Suitable Flesh. Barbara produced and starred in Jakob’s Wife. Other recently completed features include Run Hide Fight, King Knight with Aubrey Plaza, Superhost and Sacrifice, a thriller shot in Norway.

This year, Barbara will appear in Larry Fessenden’s new film Blackout, Onyx The Fortuitous and the Talisman of Souls which premiered at Sundance 2023, and the thriller Last Stop in Yuma County. On television, Barbara guest starred on the last season of Channel Zero: The Dream Door, on season 2 of Creepshow and in an episode of the highly acclaimed series Into the Dark: Culture Shock.

In addition, Barbara writes a column for Fangoria magazine entitled Scene Queen, for which she won two “Rondo Hatton Horror Awards” in 2020 and 2021.

Barbara made her film debut in 1984’s Body Double. The cult classic Re-Animator, in which Barbara portrayed the leading role of Megan Halsey, continues to be a huge fan favorite. Other films she has starred in include From Beyond, the original and remake of Puppet Master, You’re Next, and We Are Still Here.

Thorsten Kaye Returns to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

Ridge hasn’t been seen on screen since the Dec. 26, 2022, episode of B&B but now Soap Opera Digest is reporting that the character will be back on Wednesday, March 15! Kaye took over the role of Ridge Forrester from original portrayer Ronn Moss back in 2013. The actor had previously starred as Ian on PORT CHARLES and Zach on ALL MY CHILDREN before joining the cast of B&B.

After learning of Thomas’ manipulations, Ridge and Taylor’s wedding never happened, and both Taylor and Brooke decided that they might be better off without the guy so Ridge left town to do some soul-searching. And boy, has the guy missed a lot while he was away!

Upon his return, Ridge might be pleasantly surprised to find that Brooke and Taylor have basically become BFFs, but he’ll be absolutely appalled to learn that Bill and Sheila are together! Plus, he might have a little something to say about Thomas wanting to come back to work for the family business.

Kaye’s return should kickstart some more drama on B&B and set up the next phase of the storylines. Not to mention that Ridge and Brooke’s son, RJ, is coming back home next month! It wouldn’t be the same if his dad wasn’t there!

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So mark your calendars for Ridge’s return and stay tuned to B&B because you never know what twists and turns could be right around the corner!

The Price Is Right, Y&R, B&B To Move Productions As Television City Renovations Displace Several Long-Running Series

Hackman Capital Partners, which bought Television City for $750 million from CBS Corp. in 2019, is planning a $1.25 billion renovation of the landmark complex. In addition to The Price Is Right, it has been housing CBS’ The Late Late Show with James Corden, which is ending its run this spring, as well as The Young and the Restless, The Bold and The Beautiful, Dancing with the Stars, American Idol and Real Time with Bill Maher, which are solidifying moving arrangements.

“In light of Hackman Capital Partners’ plans to undergo a major renovation at Television City, the time has come to move television’s longest-running game show, The Price Is Right, into a new home,” said Suzanne Lopez, COO of Fremantle. “While we bid a fond farewell to this cultural landmark, we are excited to say that we will be moving into a brand-new, state-of-the-art facility at Haven Studios. We can’t wait to have our fans “Come On Down” to this new facility when we begin production on the next season this summer.”

Hackman’s plan for Television City would raise the number of stages to at least 15, from eight, along with production support facilities and offices for rent. The four original stages built by CBS at the campus’ launch in 1952 would be preserved, along with other historical design elements created by Los Angeles architect William Pereira. At the time of the 2019 sale, CBS remained a tenant, keeping its Television City-based productions in place.

The Price Is Right, created by Bob Stewart, Mark Goodson and Bill Todman, premiered on September 4, 1972. Bob Barker hosted the program from its inception until his retirement in 2007, when current host Drew Carey took over. The show’s prime Los Angeles location at Television City, next to top tourist attractions the Original Farmers Market and The Grove, have made it a regular stop on out-of-town visitors’ itineraries. (An earlier version of the show, hosted by Bill Cullen, aired from 1956-65 on NBC and later ABC.)

Fremantle’s other CBS daytime game show, Let’s Make a Deal, which is taping in Sylmar, CA, also will relocate to Haven. The current revival has been hosted by Wayne Brady since its 2009 launch.l

‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ Has Found Its Next Ridge “RJ” Forrester Jr

Joshua Hoffman (Shameless) will take over as the son of Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Ridge Forrester (Thorsten Kaye) on the CBS daytime sudser.

RJ was last seen in 2018 as he went away to boarding school in Europe. He’s now returning to Los Angeles as a young man with a burgeoning career, but becomes entangled in the drama of his famous fashion family.

Hoffman, whose credits include stints on Code Black, Criminal Minds and Girl Meets World, begins taping on March 14. His first air date is April 21.

Hoffman is the fifth actor to play the role of RJ but the first to play him as an adult. RJ was previously played by child actors Anthony Turpel, Mace Coronel, Jack Horan and Ridge Perkett.

Dishing with Digest - 3/3/23 - Barbara Crampton

Joe Lando - One on One 3/8/23

Joe booked his first big break as Jake Harrison on One Life to Live. His popularity soared after appearing on The Oprah Winfrey Show twice, and soon Hollywood came calling and he was offered the role of mountain man Byron Sully, starring opposite Jane Seymour on the CBS prime time hit Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman. The show sold in over 100 countries around the world and still maintains a loyal following 25 years later.

Since then, Joe produced and starred in 22 episodes of the critically acclaimed series Higher Ground for the Fox Family Channel. He also starred in more than a dozen independent films and has recurred on JAG, Wildfire, Melrose Place, Hit the Floor, Summerland, 1-800 Missing, and Secret Circle. Most recently, he can be seen as Jane Seymour's love interest in Lifetime’s highest-rated holiday film A Christmas Spark, and the feature film Night Train, now playing in theaters and streaming.

Joe also appeared on Guiding Light as Macauley West in 1993 and recently appeared on The Bold and the Beautiful as Judge Craig McMullen.

Crystal Chappell and Michael Sabatino Interview 3/2/23

Michael gained fame when he first appeared as Chip Roberts on the hit prime-time series, Knots Landing. Besides his role on Days, Michael is known to daytime audiences for his roles on The Bold and the Beautiful as Anthony Armando, on All My Children as Dr. Jonathan Kinder, on Sunset Beach as Phillip Vargas, on Passions as J.T. Cornell, on Guiding Light as Vince Russo and on Crystal’s series Venice as Alan Anders.

Crystal made her daytime debut as a day player on All My Children before landing a short-term role on Santa Barbara. She spent three years playing Carly on Days before moving over to One Life to Live where she played Maggie Carpenter. She joined the cast of Guiding Light as Olivia Spencer in 1999 and remained with the show until the last episode aired in 2009. On Guiding Light, Chappell and Jessica Leccia were paired together creating the uber popular same sex pairing of, OTALIA. Crystal went on to win the Daytime Emmy-Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress for her role in 2002. She also played another Spencer, Danielle on The Bold and the Beautiful in 2012.

In addition to her roles in front of the camera, Crystal has created, Executive Produced and directed the Emmy Award-winning Venice: The Series and Beacon Hill.

Together they are the proud parents of two sons Jake and Dylan. Jake and his wife Grace welcomed their first grandson Zeke in 2021.

‘When Calls The Heart’ Renewed For Eleventh Season By Hallmark

Both seasons will be 12 episodes long.

“When Calls the Heart has continued to be a standout amongst our Hallmark catalog, and we’re thrilled that we’re able to bring more stories of faith and community to the homes of millions of viewers,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, EVP Programming. “The uplifting nature of the show paired with the love and positivity in the storytelling makes for a very heartwarming television experience, and it’s only going to get bigger and better in Season 11.”

The ninth season of hit drama culminated with a season high, with the final episode ranking as the most watched in Households (2.6 million) and among Women 18+ (2.3 million) and Total Viewers (3.1 million) on a Live+3 basis. The program also ranked as this year’s most-watched original scripted series on ad-supported cable in Households (2.4 million) and among Women 18+ (2.2 million) and Total Viewers (2.9 million). After 12 episodes, the season also reached over 8.6 million unduplicated/unique Total Viewers.

“I am beyond excited for Season 10 of When Calls the Heart to premiere July 30,” said Erin Krakow, series star and executive producer. “This season is full of beautiful moments and exciting twists and turns. I can’t wait for the Hearties to see what we’ve created for them. And I’m so thrilled, proud, and grateful to Hallmark that the show has been renewed for Season 11. We have so many more stories to tell. With our amazing cast, crew, and brilliant writers, there will be no shortage of romance and new adventures for the residents of Hope Valley. Having the Hearties continue this journey with us has meant the world and we are thrilled to share what’s in store these next two seasons.”

Scott Clifton Announces He and Wife Nikki Have Separated

Clifton shared the sad news with Soap Opera Digest, expressing in a statement: “My wife, Nikki, and I have decided to separate. Actually, we have been separated for some time now. She remains my best friend in the world, my partner in crime, and my closest confidant, and the decision has only deepened the love and respect we have for one another.

“Our choice was born of a commitment to one another’s happiness and, above all, giving our son, Ford, the best life we can,” Clifton continued. “We are grateful for everyone’s support and ask that you please respect our privacy as we navigate whatever the future may hold.”

The couple celebrated their 10th anniversary back in October. They were married on Oct. 20, 2012, shortly after he joined the cast of B&B as Liam Spencer. The actor had previously played Dillon Quartermaine on GENERAL HOSPITAL and Schuyler Joplin on ONE LIFE TO LIVE. They welcomed their son, Ford, on May 6, 2016, and the adorable little boy will be turning 7 this spring.

Our thoughts are with the Clifton family during this difficult time and we wish them all the best as they continue to work together to co-parent Ford.

Ian Buchanan - The Interview 2/17/23

Ian is well known to daytime audiences for creating the role of Duke Lavery on ABC’s General Hospital. He went to on to play Dr. James Warwick on The Bold and the Beautiful, Lord Sheraton on Days of Our Lives, Joshua Temple on Port Charles, and Dr. Greg Madden on All My Children. In 1997, Ian won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor for this role on The Bold and the Beautiful; the first actor to ever win for the popular soap.

After leaving General Hospital in 1989, he appeared on prime time in It’s Garry Shandling’s Show, Twin Peaks and Columbo: Columbo Cries Wolf before returning to daytime in 1993 with B&B.

Ian appeared on numerous hit series including The Larry Sanders Show, Quantum Leap, The Nanny, NYPD Blue, Nash Bridges, Charmed, Alias and Nip Tucked to name a few. He appeared on film playing Jodie Foster’s Realtor in Panic Room as well as many others.

Gina Rodriguez Inks Overall Deal With 20th Television

Under the pact, she will develop, direct and executive produce new series across all platforms through her production company I Can & I Will, run by executive Molly Breeskin. Rodriguez and Breeskin will continue to follow the company’s mission statement to create art that tells stories from the unheard and unseen, to discover and expose new talent, and to increase empathy and understanding for all communities.

“Gina is a true multi-hyphenate, an extremely talented performer who’s as adept at directing and producing as she is in front of the camera,” said 20th Television president Karey Burke. “She has an incredible eye for IP, an optimistic and uplifting point of view, and a unique ability to spotlight underrepresented voices and stories in a broad and ambitious way.”

Best known for playing the title role in Jane the Virgin, for which she won a Golden Globe, Rodriguez will next be seen in Robert Rodriguez’s Spy Kids reboot and Players, both for Netflix. She recently appeared in Netflix’s Lost Ollie and Amazon’s I Want You Back and is heard in the title role of Netflix’s Carmen Sandiego animated series as well as in the streamer’s Big Mouth.

I Can & I Will produced two seasons of Disney+’s Diary Of a Future President, for which Rodriguez directed the pilot and co-starred as the future president. With her family, she established the We Will Foundation to champion underprivileged youth through arts, education, scholarship funding and financial literacy.

“At I Can & I Will, we are constantly working to expand the narrative of underrepresented communities and I am over the moon to join forces with the incredible leaders at 20th in that mission,” said Rodriguez.

She is repped by WME and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

Morning Show Appearance

AIRING Feb 7, 2023

Gina Rodriguez

Tracey Bregman Interview - Celebrating 40 Years as Lauren Fenmore on The Young and the Restless

Tracey joined the cast of The Young and the Restless in January 1983. From September 1995-1999, Tracey starred as Lauren Fenmore on "The Bold and the Beautiful" before returning to "Y&R" in September of 2001. Tracey received her first Emmy award for her work on "Y&R," as Outstanding Younger Actress In A Daytime Drama Series," in 1985 and was nominated again for the award in 1987. In both 2006 and 2008 Tracey received nominations in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for her role on "The Young and the Restless.". In 2016, she received her first nomination in the Outstanding Lead Actress category.

Tracey's first break came when she landed a three-day role on the daytime drama series "Days of Our Lives." It turned in a two-and-a-half-year stint. Tracey's other television credits include lead roles in the ABC after school specials, "The Girl With E.S.P.," and "Three On A Date." She had guest starring roles in the Movies of the week, "Fair Weather Friend" and Lifetime's "Sex and Mrs. X" She also guest starred in the primetime television series "The Fall Guy," "The Love Boat," "Gavilan," and "Fame" and was a series regular on the NBC show, "Second Family Tree."

Her feature film credits include lead roles in "Misogynist", "Happy Birthday To Me," "The Funny Farm." "The Concrete Jungle" and "Blue Devil, Blue Devil."

Tracey has been passionately involved in branding and has been the spokesperson for a vegan make-up brush line "Advanced Beauty Tools," and was the face and spokesperson of Jabot Cosmetics for Sony Pictures/CBS-TV/Fushion Brands all on HSN. Tracey has also been designer and spokesperson for the Tracey Bregman Collection of jewelry on The Shopping Channel in Canada.

Tracey currently serves as the spokesperson for the uber-popular, Pilates Pro Chair.

Talk Show Appearance

Tuesday, Jan. 24

Actress Tracey Bregman (CBS’ THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) (n)

Talk Show Appearance

Monday, Jan. 16

actor Lawrence Saint-Victor (CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL)

Watchful Eye Trailer

Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards Nominations

Best Make-up

“The Bold and the Beautiful”
Christine Lai-Johnson, Hajja Barnes, James Elle, Dan Crawley

“The Boulet Brothers Dragula: Titans”
Swanthula Boulet, Dracmorda Boulet

“I Can See Your Voice”
Tonia Green, Christina M. Jimenez

“The Kelly Clarkson Show”
Chanty LaGrana, Valente Frazier, Gloria Elias-Foeillet, Jessica Reyes Paccitti

“The Young and the Restless”
Patricia Denney, Stacey Alfano, Kelsey Collins, Robert Bolger

Best Hair Styling

“The Bold and the Beautiful”
Stephanie Paugh, Karlye Buff, Alexis Reyes, Danielle Dubinsky

“The Kelly Clarkson Show”
Tara Copeland, Roberto Ramos

“The Talk”
Jasmin Robles

“The Young and the Restless”
Lauren Mendoza, Justin Jackson, Michelle Corona, Guilherme Schoedler

ABC Argues Ingo Rademacher’s COVID-19 Vaccine Refusal Wasn’t Based on Religion

ABC is asking an L.A. judge to toss Ingo Rademacher’s lawsuit over his firing from General Hospital for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine, arguing that the actor’s beliefs aren’t religious in nature and he was likely going to be written off anyway.

Rademacher was fired from the long-running soap in November 2021 after refusing to comply with the network’s vaccine mandate. The following month, he sued the network. His claims include religious and disability discrimination, invasion of privacy, and political retaliation, all of which ABC argues don’t survive legal scrutiny.

In a motion for summary judgment filed Dec. 28, ABC’s lawyer Steven Marenberg says the vaccine policy was the result of “an extensive deliberative process at Disney,” which included a process for evaluating religious and medical exemptions on a case-by-case basis.

Rademacher submitted a vaccine exemption request because of his “deeply and sincerely held moral belief that my body is endowed by my creator with natural processes to protect me and that its natural integrity cannot ethically be violated by the administration of artificially created copies of genetic material, foreign to nature and experimental.”

The network says the actor stonewalled the employee relations department during the review process and refused to give details about his religious views, claiming the questioning was discriminatory and a violation of his civil rights.

“Although Rademacher provided little information to ABC in the interactive process, what limited information he did provide revealed that his opposition to vaccination was rooted in secular, philosophical/moral beliefs,” writes Marenberg in the filing, which is embedded below. “To summarize succinctly, at no point did Rademacher mention that his beliefs are based on, related to, or even loosely connected to any religious text or teaching.”

The network also argues his statements reflected objections that were “rooted in health or efficacy concerns, not religion” and the beliefs he did cite during his deposition were merely “lifestyle choices.”

“Rademacher’s testimony confirms his ‘religion’ is not comprehensive in nature, but focused instead on the issue of not altering one’s/his immune system and ‘do[ing] the right thing’ or simply being a ‘good person.’ Nor does it contain most (if any) formal signs of traditional religions,” states the filing. “Rademacher further testified that no one else can join his religion — which has no name — for one, simple reason: ‘There’s no religion to join.'"

ABC also says Rademacher did reference one book, The Revelation of Ramala, during his deposition, but the actor also said he hadn’t read it since he was a teenager and didn’t own a copy at the time of his religious accommodation request.

“Importantly, even momentarily assuming Ramala somehow supports a contention that Rademacher subscribes to a bona fide religion (it does not), it is undisputed that Rademacher never provided anything about Ramala to ABC during the accommodation process,” writes Marenberg. “He cannot dispute ABC did not have access to this information when it considered his exemption request.”

Even if he could establish grounds for an exemption, ABC says it could not have provided an accommodation without undue hardship given the nature of Rademacher’s job “as an unmasked and non-distancing actor.”

With regard to his invasion of privacy claim, ABC argues that fails because he can’t show the policy forced him to disclose private medical information or receive unwanted medical treatment.

“Rademacher’s ‘forced vaccination’ theory fails because the Vaccine Policy does not force him to consent to vaccination. Rather, the Vaccine Policy conditions Rademacher’s continued employment on vaccination. He can choose not to be vaccinated, and work elsewhere. Thus, the ‘right’ that is burdened by the policy is not Rademacher’s ‘right to object to compulsory medical treatment’ but rather, his ‘right’ to employment at ABC — a private employer — which is not a legally protected privacy interest,” argues Marenberg. “Rademacher’s ‘forced disclosure’ theory independently fails because he cannot demonstrate a reasonable expectation of privacy as to his vaccination status. Here, the uncontroverted evidence shows that Rademacher voluntarily and repeatedly disclosed his vaccination status to others (and did not keep his status secret) and also discussed his opposition to the vaccine on social media both prior to requesting an accommodation and after his termination. Rademacher did not conduct himself ‘in a manner consistent with’ an actual expectation of privacy.”

The network argues that his disability discrimination claim fails because the actor admitted he does not have a disability and he failed to raise the issue with the Department of Fair Employment and Housing as required, and the political retaliation claim fails because the person who denied his exemption request had no information about his political beliefs — but, even if it had been a factor, casting decisions are protected by the First Amendment.

ABC also notes that Rademacher’s character Jasper “Jax” Jacks was not featured on the series for several long stretches — including a three-year period beginning in 2013 and, most recently, a two-year absence from March 2017-2019 — which is common in soap operas.

At the time he was terminated, Rademacher was under a three-year deal, which Marenberg argues was not “assured” since ABC had the right to cancel the contract in six-month increments as long as it gave the actor six weeks’ notice. It also required him to comply with ABC’s policies.

“ABC picked up Rademacher’s taping cycles in September 2019, March 2020, December 2020, and then again in June 2021. However, by July 2021, as Chris Van Etten, the Co-Head Writer, was preparing to lay out long-term story plans (a process that is usually done every six months or so), he identified Jax as among several characters who would be or might possibly be written off the show,” writes Marenberg in the filing. “At that time, Jax’s role in the ongoing storyline was negligible and Van Etten did not see a role for Jax going forward.”

Joe Lando Returns to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

Lando first appeared on B&B back in September 2018 for a couple of months when he presided over Katie and Bill’s custody argument over their son, Will. Soap Opera Digest is reporting his first episode is scheduled to air on Monday, Jan. 9.

Although perhaps best known for playing Byron Sully on the popular primetime series DR. QUINN, MEDICINE WOMAN, Lando made his daytime debut back in 1990 playing Jake Harrison on ONE LIFE TO LIVE, creating a very popular supercouple with co-star Jessica Tuck (Megan). He also appeared as Macauley West on GUIDING LIGHT, an ex-cop who got involved with Mindy Lewis. In recent years, Lando could be seen in TV movies like A Very Charming Christmas Town, Paloma’s Fight, and A Christmas Spark.

Now, the last time around, Judge McMullen allowed himself to be… persuaded by Ridge into making sure he decided the custody case in Katie’s favor. This time, he’ll be dealing with Sheila’s fate, so it’s entirely likely justice may not be served for the villainess. Will Lando’s judge do the right thing or will Sheila be set free once again?

Stay tuned to B&B to find out!

Rodney Van Johnson Cast on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

“I was offered to come play in their sandbox,” he told Soap Opera Digest in their new issue, “which is just amazing!”

Van Johnson is probably most recognizable to soap fans for playing T.C. Russell on NBC sudser PASSIONS, although he also played Sebastian Dupre on ABC’s PORT CHARLES and Trey Stark on CBS’s THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS, so he’s hit every network!

In primetime, the actor has appeared in shows like GRACE UNDER FIRE, THE JAIME FOXX SHOW, MAD ABOUT YOU, GIRLFRIENDS, and WITHOUT A TRACE. More recently, he could be seen in TV movies like One Fine Christmas and Holiday Hideaway.

With her life of crime, Sheila has always been in need of a good attorney. And Van Johnson’s character might have an easy time defending her if Steffy and Finn really do end up caving to Bill’s blackmail and refuse to press charges against Sheila for shooting them. And with Joe Lando returning as Judge McMullen to preside over the hearing, there could definitely be some shenanigans!

Stay tuned to B&B to see how it all plays out!

Mario Lopez & Ana Gasteyer To Host 2023 Rose Parade On NBC

This will be NBC’s 96th year broadcasting the Rose Parade, beginning on radio in 1927 and then televising the annual event beginning in 1954.

As previously announced, former Arizona congresswoman and gun violence survivor and prevention advocate Gabby Giffords will serve as the 2023 Grand Marshal of the parade, which is themed “Turning the Corner.”

The parade begins with a B-2 Spirit flyover and features floral covered floats, performers, marching bands, equestrian teams and more.

The Rose Parade is produced by LX.TV, a production unit of the NBC Owned Television Stations.

Two-time Emmy winner Lopez is host of Access Hollywood and Access Daily with Mario & Kit. He’s known for his starring role on the hit teen series Saved By the Bell and appeared and produced two seasons of the Saved By The Bell reboot for NBC’s Peacock. Lopez, who is under an overall development deal with NBCUniversal, recently appeared on NBC’s This is Us and CW’s Jane the Virgin.

Saturday Night Live alumna Gasteyer plays Katherine on the NBC comedy American Auto, which begins its second season Jan. 24. She was also recently seen in Dolly Parton’s Mountain Magic Christmas on NBC and Peacock.

The Bay Interview - Season 7 with Brandon Beemer, Celeste Fianna, Mike Manning and Eric Nelsen

Season 7 of The Bay premiers on Monday, December 19th. Season 7 kicks off into high gear right where season six ended. The drama recently completed shooting its milestone 100th episode, which will be released in early 2023. Viewers can watch the series weekdays at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT on Popstar! TV, with encore presentations at 8pm ET/5 pm PT and 11pm ET/8pm PT.

The series shoots in Burbank and on location throughout Southern California. This season, the cast flew to the Caribbean and shot on location in beautiful Puerto Rico. The soap takes place in a town cursed by the spirit of a murdered Senator played by Golden Globe winner and Special Guest Star Bruce Davison. The residents of Bay City struggle after a shocking cataclysmic event leaves everyone wondering who lives and who dies.

Season 7 stars Kristos Andrews and Karrueche Tran as super couple Pete and Vivian Garrett; Mary Beth Evans as Sara Garrett; Tristan Rogers as Commissioner Lex Martin; A Martinez as Nardo Ramos and my guests today, Brandon Beemer as Evan Blackwell, Celeste Fianna as Tamara Garrett, Eric Nelsen as Daniel Garrett and Mike Manning as Caleb McKinnon.

‘The Bay’ Announces Season 7 Premiere Date; Milestone 100th Episode To Air In 2023

The sudser recently completed its milestone 100th episode, which will be released in early 2023. Viewers can watch the daytime drama series weekdays at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT on Popstar! TV.

“Growing up watching American daytime dramas in a Latino household where telenovelas were also a big part of our upbringing, I’ve always wanted to combine these two worlds and feel our creative team really helped accomplish that in these latest episodes,” said Gregori J. Martin, series creator, director, and showrunner.

“The huge success of The Bay is attributed to Gregori’s inspired vision, his genuine love of the soap opera genre and his inherent understanding of serialized storytelling. The Bay always delivers intimate dramatic stories, romance and mystery while exploring the complexity of the human condition. I’m always excited to dive into writing with Gregori because of his fearless and bold approach to traditional soap storytelling,” added co-writer and executive producer Wendy Riche (General Hospital, Port Charles).

The multi-camera serial drama is recorded at Associated Television International Studios in Burbank and on location throughout Southern California. The series also shot in Puerto Rico this season. The soap takes place in a town cursed by the spirit of a murdered Senator (Golden Globe winner and Special Guest Star Bruce Davison). The residents of Bay City struggle after a shocking cataclysmic event leaves everyone wondering who lives and who dies.

Season 7 stars Daytime Emmy winners Kristos Andrews (Survive the Game) and Karrueche Tran (Claws, Bel-Air) as super couple Pete and Vivian Garrett; Daytime Emmy-winners Mary Beth Evans (Days of Our Lives) as Sara Garrett; Tristan Rogers (General Hospital) as Commissioner Lex Martin; A Martinez (Longmire, Santa Barbara) as Nardo Ramos; Eric Nelsen (1883, All My Children) as Daniel Garrett; and Mike Manning (This is Us, Days of our Lives) as Caleb McKinnon. Andrews will be doing double duty as Pete Garrett’s diabolical twin brother Adam Kenway, a role that garnered him a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Drama Series in 2021.

Other returning series regulars are Jackie Zeman and Alicia Leigh Willis (General Hospital), Brandon Beemer and Matthew Ashford (Days of Our Lives), Celeste Fianna (The Raven), Najee De-Tiege (Power Rangers: Samurai), Taylor Stanley (Another World), Dante Aleksander (yA), Carlo Mendez (Parks and Recreation, 90210) and this seasons newcomer Kiara Liz Ortega (Panama).

Guest stars include Bianca D’Ambrosio (Call Jane) and Chiara D’Ambrosio (Bandit), Réal Andrews, Cari Shane and Alexia Robinson (General Hospital), Daniel Covin (All My Children), Ciara Hanna (The Bold and the Beautiful), Txunamy Ortiz (Riverdale), Joe Lando (Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman), Stephen Schnetzer (Another World), John Aprea (The Godfather II & III) and multiple Latin Grammy winner Draco Rosa.

The Bay is produced by the independent film and television production company LANY Entertainment in association with SheMogal Media and is distributed exclusively internationally by GRB Entertainment. Since its inception, the serialized crime romance has garnered 23 Daytime Emmy wins out of 56 nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Popstar! TV also will air encores of The Bay at 3 p.m. ET/12 p.m. PT on Popstar! TV.

Ashley Jones guests on So Help Me Todd 1/5/23

GUEST CAST includes: Clayton James (Chuck Grant), Thomas Cadrot (Chet Venables), Eliza Coupe (Veronica Caron), Ashley Jones (Kathleen Baylis).

Patrick Duffy Compares 'The Bold and the Beautiful' Return to 'Dallas' : 'A Real Clash of Titans'

While speaking to TV Insider ahead of the soap opera's new episodes — one of which aired on CBS Wednesday afternoon — Duffy, 73, compared his experience of coming back to the show to his other iconic soap opera, Dallas.

"It's what we would have done as the season-ender," said Duffy, who is reprising his role as the Logan family patriarch Stephen on The Bold and the Beautiful, and also portrayed Bobby Ewing on Dallas.

"This is like the Oil Baron's Ball fight, where everybody [destroys] the room, or everyone ending up in the swimming pool at Southfork," he added to the outlet. "It's a real clash of titans."

Last month, PEOPLE exclusively revealed Duffy's return to The Bold and the Beautiful, confirming that the actor was already filming for his two-episode stint which aired on Wednesday and Nov. 28.

In the case of art imitating life, Duffy will also be joined by his real-life girlfriend actress Linda Purl. The actress — who's been featured on shows like Happy Days and The Office — is set to play Duffy's love interest on the show.

Viewers can expect family tensions to rise with the return of Stephen, who is the father to Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), Donna (Jennifer Gareis), and Katie (Heather Tom).

Despite the new conflicts arising between the family, Duffy said his character Stephen will continue to focus on his role as a doting dad.

"Stephen's primary goal, no matter what happens, is the welfare of his three daughters," Duffy explained, per TV Insider. "The way I played that scene was 'I'm here for you and he isn't. Feel the difference between somebody who really does care for you and this person that's putting you through this angst once again.'"

When it comes to his behind-the-scenes experience with the crew upon his return to the set, Duffy said the love they had for each other remained the same since he left the show over a decade ago.

"Back in the day, whenever I would walk into makeup, they would just squeal 'Daddy! Daddy!' and give me a hug," Duffy said with a laugh. "So I stepped into the makeup room, and it hadn't changed. Kelly saw me in the mirror and went 'Daddy!' And in comes Heather and it's 'Daddy's here!' And Jennifer comes in… They're like schoolgirls and it's so refreshing."

Duffy joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful in 2006 and played the character for five years until 2011. Stephen was previously portrayed by actor Robert Pine from 1998 to 2001.

The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays at 1:30 p.m. ET on CBS.

Patrick Duffy's B&B Return

Beginning with the CBS soap’s Nov. 23 episode, Duffy will reprise his role as Logan family patriarch Stephen Logan, which he played from 2006-2011. Dad will pay a surprise visit to his daughters Brooke, Donna and Katie when he introduces them to his new girlfriend Lucy (portrayed by Duffy’s real-life-love, The Office alumna Linda Purl). “Stephen soon learns of Brooke and Ridge’s marital issues and offers his support,” per the official synopsis.

Check out a first look at Duffy’s return and his reunion with his TV daughters above.

Hogan's Heroes Star Robert Clary, aka Corporal LeBeau, Dead at 96

Born in France, Clary was actually sent to a Nazi concentration camp as a teenager during World War II because he was Jewish. He survived, though, which he credited to his ability to entertain the German troops by singing and dancing. After the war, he recorded music and appeared on Broadway before landing the role of LeBeau on Hogan’s Heroes, which debuted on CBS in 1965.

The sitcom, ironically, was set at a prisoner-of-war camp in Nazi Germany during World War II; LeBeau explained that he had no problem with the premise because there was “a world of difference” between the show’s POW camp and the real concentration camp where he was held. Clary’s LeBeau and his fellow POWs — including Bob Crane’s Colonel Hogan and Richard Dawson’s Corporal Newkirk — schemed to help the Allied war effort by outsmarting their German captor Colonel Klink with the help of the complicit Sergeant Schultz, who was often won over by LeBeau’s cooking.

Clary starred as LeBeau in all six seasons of Hogan’s Heroes, which wrapped up its CBS run in 1971. Clary later appeared on the daytime soap Days of Our Lives as Robert LeClair, with additional roles on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful.

Denise Richards Road Rage Incident Ends in Gunfire ... Truck Carrying Actress Takes Fire

Denise was headed to Popsicle Studio L.A. Monday -- with her husband, Aaron, in the driver's seat. We're told Aaron was having a tough time finding the place, and the driver behind them was getting irritated, shouting at them while trying to squeeze in front of them.

Aaron let the guy pass, but the other driver wasn't done ... he shot at the truck, hitting the back end on the driver's side. Fortunately, no one was injured.

Denise was unnerved, sobbing as she arrived on set. Someone from production saw the bullet hole on the truck and called 911. It's unclear if cops came or took a report.

Denise powered through the emotions of it all and worked for 12 hours ... Aaron stayed with her the whole time. When she was ready to leave, an off-duty cop who was on set escorted Denise and Aaron back to the freeway, where they made their way home.

It's interesting ... Denise's character in "Angels Fallen: Warriors of Peace" is a weapons expert ... her costar Korrina Rico posted a pic with the (fake) stash behind them.

BTW ... maybe it's fallout from the "Rust" tragedy, but the same day producers held a gun safety meeting for everyone on set.

Scary times.

‘Whose Line Is It Anyway’ To End Run On CW, Says Star Colin Mochrie

Whose Line Is It Anyway? will wrap its 12th and final season this spring on the network. Longtime star Colin Mochrie tweeted that they will begin shooting the last season in January.

Currently in its 11th season, the improvisational comedy show is an adaptation of the British show of the same name. It originally aired on ABC and ABC Family from 1998 to 2007 before a revival was picked up by the CW and began airing in 2013.

Whose Line stars Mochrie, Wayne Brady, Ryan Stiles and Aisha Tyler. Executive producers are Dan Patterson and Mark Leveson. It’s from Hat Trick Prods. and Warner Bros. TV.

The cancellation of Whose Line comes less than a month after Nexstar Media Group completed its acquisition of the network. It joins series such as Stargirl, The Flash, Riverdale and Nancy Drew, which are also wrapping their runs on CW.

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Pierson Fode, Nicky Whelan, Jessica Serfaty, Max Amini Join ’72 Hours’

Directed by Christian Sesma, the film stars Cam Gigandet and Sam Trammell as two brothers, one an international money laundering criminal and the other an FBI agent, who give up their differences and unite to rescue their family by pursuing a risky extraction deep in kingpin territory.

The project comes from producing partners David Wachs and Ojan Missaghi under their Toric Films banner (Day Labor, Out of Hand), in association with Beacon Media. Toric Films will be bringing the feature to the American Film Market.

Sesma and Sean Crayne co-wrote the original screenplay which is based on a story by Roberto Sanchez (2 Fast 2 Furious).

Production is slated to start this month.

Pierson Fode is repped by Josiah Akinyele at Innovative Artists and Ryan Daly at Zero Gravity Management.

Children’s & Family Emmy Award Nominations

OUTSTANDING GUEST PERFORMANCE IN PRESCHOOL, CHILDREN’S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM
Olivia Colman as Sarah Nelson, Heartstopper
Chris Diamontopoulos as Owen Quinn, Ghostwriter
Sharon Lawrence as Susan, Punky Brewster
Randall Park as Dr. Choi, Doogie Kamealoha, M.D.
Gina Rodriguez as Grown-Up Elena, Diary of a Future President

OUTSTANDING VOICE PERFORMANCE IN AN ANIMATED PROGRAM
Eric Bauza as Bugs Bunny/Marvin the Martian/Daffy Duck/Tweety, Looney Tunes Cartoons
Grey Delisle as Lola/Lana/Lily/Meryl/Cheryl/Scoots/Mopes/Mrs. Bernardo, The Loud House
Mark Hamill as Skeletor, Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Tom Kenny as SpongeBob SquarePants, SpongeBob SquarePants
Frank Welker as Himself/Fred/Scooby, Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?

CUE THE CONFETTI! IT’S TIME TO CELEBRATE WITH THE 96[TH] MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE NOV. 24 ON NBC AND PEACOCK

The 96th edition of the parade will bring the nation together with a dazzling lineup featuring giant character helium balloons, fantastic floats, showstopping marching bands, high-spirited performance groups, whimsical clowns, music stars and the one-and-only Santa Claus.

For decades, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been one of the nation’s most anticipated and watched holiday celebrations. “TODAY’s” Savannah Guthrie, Hoda Kotb and Al Roker will be back to host the Emmy Award-winning celebration.

The magic comes together with Macy’s signature ingredients. This year’s parade will feature more than 5,000 volunteers, 16 giant character balloons, 28 floats, 40 novelty and heritage inflatables, more than 700 clowns, 12 marching bands and 10 performance groups and an array of musical stars.

“The Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade is an iconic event where the streets of New York come alive with vibrancy, pure elation and an excitement that the holiday season has arrived,” said Jen Neal, Executive Vice President, Entertainment Live Events, Specials and E! News, NBCUniversal Television and Streaming. “We feel honored to share that joy with our NBC audiences and look forward to bringing this wonderful tradition to the entire country.”

“Since its first march in 1924 and through the decades, Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has served to bring joy to the millions who gather nationwide each year to experience it with friends and family,” said Will Coss, Executive Producer of Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. “This November, as we once again set the stage for the start of the holiday season, we are thrilled to showcase another spectacle full of magic and wonder that will help create everlasting memories with loved ones during this special time of year.”

Stars on Parade: The holiday season’s biggest stage for entertainment is the Macy’s Parade and this year a host of stars will join the lineup to celebrate with the nation. Joining the festivities will be Paula Abdul; Big Time Rush; Cam; Jordan Davis; Blue’s Clues & You! host Josh Dela Cruz; Gloria, Sasha and Emily Estefan; Jimmy Fallon and The Roots, Fitz and the Tantrums; Kirk Franklin; Mario Lopez and family; Ziggy Marley; Miss America 2022 Emma Broyles; the cast and Muppets of Sesame Street®; Sean Paul; the cast of Peacock’s Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin (Adam Devine, Sarah Hyland and Flula Borg); Joss Stone; Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue; Jordin Sparks; Dionne Warwick; Betty Who; and Santa Claus. The treats keep coming when the stars of Fraggle Rock: Back to the Rock on Apple TV+, appear throughout the broadcast; join Uncle “Travelling” Matt as he goes on an epic journey away from Fraggle Rock friends and family to learn the meaning of the “Macy’s Thanksgiving Day” holiday and the impossible to answer question: “What is a parade?” Additional talent to be announced.

Broadway’s best shows will also perform for the national broadcast audience. The show will kick off with a spectacular opening number from Lea Michele and the cast of Broadway’s Funny Girl. Additional Broadway performances will include showstoppers A Beautiful Noise, Some Like It Hot, and in celebration of its 25th Anniversary Disney’sThe Lion King. Rounding out the theatrics will be the iconic Radio City Rockettes®.

Ballooning Icons: Conceived during the Parade’s infancy, the giant character balloons have become a signature of the annual celebration. Since 1927, the world’s most popular characters have been transformed into high-flying art in the sky. Originally inspired by marionettes, the Parade’s balloons first debuted as upside down puppets filled with air which were carried down the Parade route on sticks. The design later evolved to include helium, making them high-flying giants. Over time Macy’s artists innovated creating several types of inflatables including balloonheads (inflated heads sitting atop of a costumed participant), balloonicles (hybrid inflatables with vehicles inside) and most recently, trycaloons (tandem tricycles with an inflated balloon character).

New giants joining the line-up this year include Bluey by BBC; Diary of A Wimpy Kid®by Abrams Books; DINO and Baby DINO by Sinclair Oil; and Stuart the Minion from Illumination.

Making return appearances to the skies above New York City are giant balloon favorites including Ada Twist, Scientist by Netflix; Astronaut Snoopy by PEANUTS Worldwide;The Boss Baby from DreamWorks Animation; Goku by Toei Animation; a Funko Pop!-inspired Grogu™ by Funko and in partnership with Lucasfilm; Chase from PAW Patrol®by Nickelodeon; Pillsbury Doughboy™ by Pillsbury™; Red Titan from “Ryan’s World” by Sunlight Entertainment and pocket.watch; Ronald McDonald® by McDonald’s®USA; Papa Smurf from The Smurfs™ by Nickelodeon; Pikachu™ & Eevee™ by The Pokémon Company International; and SpongeBob SquarePants & Gary by Nickelodeon.

The inflatable lineup also includes a new balloonicle of Striker, the U.S. Soccer Star by FOX Sports. Returning inflatables include Sinclair’s Baby DINOs, the Go Bowling™balloonicles; Hot Air Dolly by Universal Orlando Resort, Smokey Bear by the USDA Forest Service; and Macy’s very own special reindeer Tiptoe and Toni the Bandleader Bear.

Floating Fantasy: The Parade’s signature floats transport spectators to magical worlds. These creations take a theme to new heights bringing magic to the streets of New York City and into homes nationwide. Conceived and crafted by the incredible artisans of Macy’s Parade Studio – a design and production facility that includes carpenters, engineers, electricians, painters, animators, balloon technicians, sculptors, metal fabricators, scenic and costume designers – this year’s line-up of floats showcase the animated theatricality that the Macy’s Parade has become world-famous for.

This year five new floats will debut in the Turkey Day celebration. The floating wonders along with their scheduled performers include Baby Shark by Pinkfong and Nickelodeon (Ziggy Marley); Geoffrey’s Dazzling Dance Party by Toys“R”Us (Jordin Sparks); People of First Light by Macy’s; Supersized Slumber by Netflix (Ballet Hispánico); and The Wondership by Wonder (Cam).

The returning float roster and its scheduled performers include 1-2-3 Sesame Street® by Sesame Workshop™ (The cast and Muppets of Sesame Street); Big City Cheer by Spirit of America Productions (Miss America 2022 Emma Broyles); Big Turkey Spectacular by Jennie-O (Paula Abdul); Birds of a Feather Stream Together by Peacock® (Adam Devine, Sarah Hyland and Flula Borg); Blue’s Clues & You! by Nickelodeon (Josh Dela Cruz); The Brick-changer by The LEGO® Group (Fitz and the Tantrums); Celebration Gator by the Louisiana Office of Tourism (Trombone Shorty and Orleans Avenue); Christmas in Town Square by Lifetime® (Kirk Franklin); Colossal Wave of Wonder by Kalahari Resorts and Conventions (Sean Paul); Deck the Halls by Balsam Hill® (Gloria, Sasha and Emily Estefan); Elf Pets® by The Lumistella Company®; Everyone’s Favorite Bake Shop by Entenmann’s®; Fantasy Chocolate Factory by Kinder™ (Big Time Rush); Harvest in the Valley by Green Giant® (Jordan Davis); Heartwarming Holiday Countdown by Hallmark Channel (Joss Stone); Her Future is STEM-Sational by Olay (Betty Who); Macy’s Singing Christmas Tree (Macy’s Choir); Magic Meets the Sea by Disney Cruise Line (Captain Minnie Mouse and Friends); Santa’s Sleigh (Santa Claus); Snoopy’s Doghouse by PEANUTS Worldwide; Tom Turkey (Mario Lopez and family); Toy House of Marvelous Milestones by New York Life (Dionne Warwick); Winter Wonderland in Central Park by Macy’s (Jimmy Fallon and The Roots.)

Strike Up the Band: Bringing the beat to the holiday revelry will be a selection of the most gifted marching ensembles. Joining the line-up are Benedict College (Columbia, SC), Bourbon County High School (Paris, KY), Carmel High School (Carmel, IN), Clovis North Educational Center (Fresno, CA), Delfines Marching Band (Veracruz, Mexico), Macy’s Great American Marching Band (United States), NYPD Marching Band (New York, NY), The Queer Big Apple Corps (New York, NY), South Dakota State University (Brookings, SD), Tarpon Springs High School (Tarpon Springs, FL), University of Missouri(Columbia, MO), and Vandegrift High School (Austin, TX).

Performance Spotlight: Taking entertainment to the next level will be the Parade’s beloved performance groups who bring joy to the masses. This year’s lineup will feature performances from the dazzling dancers of Ballet Hispánico, the hilarious Big Apple Circus, the rhythmic movement of Boss Kids, the artistry of the Fusion Winter Guard, two-steps and high kicks from the Kilgore Rangerettes, the puppeteering skills of Phantom Limb, the iconic stepping of The Sigma Gamma Rho Centennial Steppers, the energetic moves of the St. John's Dance Team, and the exuberance of Spirit of America Cheer and Spirit of America Dance Stars.

Dorothy Lyman guests on Blue Bloods 11/4/22

GUEST CAST: Derek Gaines (Bugs), Robert Stanton (Connor Kelly), Dorothy Lyman (Elizabeth).

Patrick Duffy Is Returning to' The Bold and the Beautiful' for Show's 36th Season

PEOPLE can exclusively share that Patrick Duffy is filming now to reprise his role as the Logan family patriarch for a two-episode stint on the long-running CBS soap opera that will air Nov. 23 and Nov. 28.

In case of art imitating life, Duffy will be joined by his real-life girlfriend actress Linda Purl. The actress — who's been seen in shows from Happy Days to The Office — is set to play Duffy's love interest on the show.

Viewers can expect family tensions to rise with the return of Stephen, who is father to Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), Donna (Jennifer Gareis) and Katie (Heather Tom).

Duffy joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful in 2006 and played the character for five years until 2011. Stephen was previously portrayed by actor Robert Pine from 1998 to 2001.

In 2020, Duffy confirmed to PEOPLE that he was in "an incredibly happy relationship" with Purl.

"I never thought for a minute this would happen again," he said. "I never thought I'd feel this way again."

The Dallas actor was married for more than four decades to late ballet dancer Carlyn Rosser before she died of cancer in 2017.

Duffy and Purl were casual friends years ago, but they lost touch over time. During the pandemic, they both happened to be on a group text chain with other friends, and as the weeks passed, eventually the conversation dwindled down to just the two of them.

At that point, "I loaded up my car and drove 20 hours and ended up on her doorstep just to see if it was real," Duffy told PEOPLE in 2020. "We haven't been apart since."

When it comes to his connection with Purl, Duffy said he knows his wife would want him to find joy.

"I feel quite honestly, that it is keeping with the desires of my wife, the fact that we are intended to be happy," he says. "So when it's offered, think about it, do whatever you do, but don't let it pass you up if it's the right thing."

The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays at 1:30 p.m. ET on CBS.

Wayne Brady To Host American Music Awards

“I’m ecstatic and honored to host this year’s AMAs. As a musician and music lover, it’s amazing to be part of a night where music fans make their voices heard!” said Brady in a statement. “It’s a big show, so I’m bringing it all…The funny, the music and the moves!”

“Wayne Brady is undoubtedly one of the most talented people on earth and we are thrilled to have him host this year’s AMAs,” said executive producer and showrunner Jesse Collins. “Viewers should expect an incredible night of music, comedy and fun!”

Brady follows a long line of comedians who have emceed the AMAs. Previous hosts have included Cedric the Entertainer, Jimmy Kimmel, Eddie Murphy, Tracee Ellis Ross and Norm McDonald. Last year, the job was done by Cardi B.

The 2022 American Music Awards winners are voted entirely by fans. Nominees are based on fan interactions – as reflected on the Billboard charts – including streaming, album and song sales, radio airplay, and tour grosses. These measurements are tracked by Billboard and its data partner Luminate, and cover the eligibility period of Sept. 24, 2021, through Sept. 22, 2022.

The 2022 American Music Awards are produced by dick clark productions and Jesse Collins Entertainment. Jesse Collins is showrunner and executive producer. Dionne Harmon, Jeannae Rouzan-Clay, and Larry Klein are also executive producers.

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A BIG FAT FAMILY CHRISTMAS (Hallmark) 12/2/22

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Austin Stoker Dies: ‘Assault On Precinct 13’ & ‘Roots’ Actor Was 92

Stoker reportedly died peacefully and surrounded by his loved ones due to renal failure. The actor is survived by his wife of over 40 years, his daughter Tiffany, his son Origen and his two grandsons Marcus and little Austin.

Born and raised in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, Stoker began acting at the age of 11. When he was 16, he joined The Whitehall Players and four years later he would travel to NYC when he joined the dance troupe Holder Dance Company.

Stoker would later be drafted by the U.S. Army and following his service was honorably discharged. He would continue preparing himself as an actor and one of his first television credits was in the series Mod Squad in 1969. He would go on to have television roles in series like Love, American Style (1970), Men at Law (1971), Monty Nash (1971), Love Thy Neighbor (1973), McCloud (1974) and Kojak (1974). Stoker would also land film roles in Battle of the Planet of the Apes (1973) and Horror High (1973).

In 1975 he starred opposite Pam Grier in the film Sheba, Baby. The same year he would lend his voice to the Return of the Planet of the Apes animated series. The following year, he would star in one of his most memorable performances in John Carpenter’s Assault on Precinct 13 where he played Lt. Ethan Bishop, a cop who was put in charge of a decommissioned L.A. police station.

Other television shows Stoker participated in included The Six Million Dollar Man (1975), the 1977 ABC mini-series Roots where he played Virgil Harvey, The Incredible Hulk (1979), Lou Grant (1977), Falcon Crest (1989), among others.

In the early 90s, he joined the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful where he portrayed the character of Mitchell Owens. His last acting credit is in the 2022 film Give Till It Hurts where he played Reverend Bishop.

Alley Mills Cast on GENERAL HOSPITAL!

Mills is probably best known for her role as Norma Arnold, the mother in the primetime series THE WONDER YEARS, which she played from 1988-93. But soap fans — at least the CBS ones — will also recognize her from her long-running role of Pamela Douglas on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL. She joined the cast of the CBS sudser back in 2006 and has been making appearances on both a contract and recurring basis since then.

ABC is remaining tight-lipped about what role Mills will be playing on GH, but perhaps she might factor into Carly’s storyline down in Florida? The soap has already cast Linda Purl as Peyton Honeycutt, a woman from Carly’s past who is causing her grief in the present. So Mills could either be on Peyton’s side… or take Carly’s. Of course, with all the storylines going on right now, Mills could be slotted into any one of them!

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Betty White's belongings being auctioned for the public to take home

Taking place both online and in-person, the auction at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills from Sept. 23 to Sept. 25 also includes her dining room table, a blue ceramic horse, and her leather baby shoes. The list goes on.

More personalized items include White’s oil painting of herself as a young woman, monogrammed towels, and some handwritten personal notes from famous names like Lily Tomlin and Alex Trebek.

White’s diamond wedding band and the wedding band her third and last husband, Allen Ludden, wore are standout items. Ludden was noted for having worn the band around his neck with a chain for three months to remind White about his many wedding proposals to her, and it worked. They were married until he died in 1981.

White died in December 2021 at 99 after a remarkable television career that lasted over seven decades, with beloved roles on “The Golden Girls,” “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and many more.

Not all her belongings will be sold. Many items were donated to the National Comedy Center in September and are on show at its museum in Jamestown, New York. Visiting fans can see White’s five Emmy statuettes, including one for “The Golden Girls” in 1986 and another for “Saturday Night Live” in 2010.

Visitors can also see on display her tracksuit from “Hot in Cleveland,” her sweater from “The Golden Girls,” and hand-annotated scripts.

Maitland Ward: It felt like Dylan Neal was ‘grooming’ me on ‘Bold and the Beautiful’

But the actress, now 45, alleges to Page Six in an exclusive new interview that she believes her once guileless fixation on earning Neal’s approval was actually by his design.

“Looking back now, it was kind of a grooming situation,” she claims. “And not necessarily for him to ever, like, actually have sex with me or anything — but to do things to lead me on and become very attached to him and only him.”

Ward elaborates that she “didn’t see that” at the time.

“I thought it was like, ‘Oh, he really likes me, he thinks I’m so great.’ He was very much a pull-and-push kind of person,” she alleges. “He would lure me in and we’d do fun things together and then he would push me away and be like, ‘What are you doing? Why are you like this?’”

The new author details her experience with Neal, now 52, in her memoir, “Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me from Hollywood.”

After securing the role of Jessica Forrester on “The Bold and the Beautiful” at age 16, Neal, then 24 — who played heartthrob Dylan Shaw — immediately charmed her with his charisma and good looks. While their characters embarked on a forbidden romance on-camera, Ward allegedly found herself in a more complicated dynamic with Neal behind the scenes.

“It was such a strange relationship and it was my first time in Hollywood. I got the show on my second audition and he was older than me, but he came off as like he just wanted to be this big brother figure — but in an inappropriate way that I’m looking back on now,” Ward claims to Page Six.

“And I didn’t realize it at the time. I always thought there was something weird about me or I was bad.”

The “Boy Meets World” alum — who, in recent years, has found success as an adult film actress — claims that Neal was “very punishing to me if I ever stepped out of line in any way” and “wanted to be a guide for me in my career.”

As depicted in “Rated X,” Neal — who was dating his now-wife Becky Southwell at the time — allegedly went so far as to suggest how Ward should appear when her character lost her virginity on the soap opera.

“Dylan took my on-screen virginity … and it was something he talked about — no, more like bragged constantly about — and prided himself in,” she writes in the book.

“‘Big day,’ he said with a smile as I walked onto the set where it would happen — his college dorm room, after a party where we would both get caught up in something we weren’t supposed to. He kept commenting to hair and makeup how I was too done up, and I didn’t look sweet enough or innocent. ‘It’s her first time; you don’t want her to look like she gets around.’”

The makeup artist pulled Ward aside to ask how she felt about potential changes. While the ingenue appreciated that her bright lipstick made her feel “womanly,” she conceded to Neal’s concerns and accepted a toned-down look for the crucial scene.

“They changed me so I would be more comfortable, which made Dylan more comfortable instead,” she writes.

To Ward’s surprise, her mother and father — stalwart Christians from suburban Long Beach, Calif. — were at ease with Neal’s increasing influence in their daughter’s life.

“My parents were comfortable with him. He was always respectful and dropped me off on time — though they never demanded a strict curfew if I was with him,” she writes. “I was surprised at how much they trusted him. My parents rarely trusted anyone, especially boys, with their daughter.”

Ward’s mother once told her that she “[didn’t] have to worry about” her daughter “being up in Hollywood alone” as long as Neal was around.

But mom and dad didn’t know the full scope of the pair’s relationship, Ward tells Page Six.

“He’d be very reprimanding, I guess, of anything I did. [He was a] reward-and-punishment-driven kind of person at the time. I wasn’t emotionally ready at all for that,” she claims.

“I was just new to Hollywood and I was like, ‘Wow, this sexy co-star of mine,’ and I was just so enthralled with this whole fairytale idea of it all. He really played into that because I was so young. I don’t know why he didn’t recognize that.”

Ward felt “mixed signals” from Neal amid allegedly intoxicating romantic interactions. She was terribly confused by the vacillation of adulation and censure.

“He really got off on me just worshipping him and the more he pulled me in and enticed me and we did very suggestive things,” she claims. “It was definitely not a platonic situation there. But he would then push me away and he would be very moody with me. So I was very reliant at work on his moods.”

Ward writes in her tome that a wakeup call came during a press interview that Neal encroached on.

“Once, Dylan sat in on an interview that I had with one of the soap magazines. He helped me answer all the questions, which I thought was cute, but the journalist later said how uncomfortable he felt for me having to sit there under Dylan’s watch while he gave what should’ve been my answers,” she recalls.

“‘It’s like he thinks he controls your mind and your thoughts,’ the journalist said, and it rattled me how disturbed about it he was.”

Shortly after, Ward realized that Neal was “responsible for my every move,” she writes. “Good or bad, they were his. And I gave that power to him so he would like me better.”

The return of Neal’s girlfriend, Southwell, who had been on an extended educational sabbatical in Japan, made it easier for Ward to distance herself from him.

Ward eventually departed “The Bold and the Beautiful” in 1996 — the same year Neal tied the knot with Southwell. (The couple, who share two children, is still married.)

“The show ended and he ended up getting married and we never spoke. I remember seeing him … right before I got ‘Boy Meets World.’ I saw him at an audition and he acted like he didn’t know me, really,” she tells Page Six. “And I haven’t spoken to him since.”

Ward, who went on to marry Los Angeles real estate agent Terry Baxter in 2006, hasn’t reestablished communication with Neal since releasing “Rated X” — but wonders if she might hear from him soon.

“I have a lot of questions for him, actually. Especially at the time, because he would be great. Like, he’d go to my school plays and he would take me places. We went on a motorcycle ride together that was quite romantic and then he pushed me away at the end, making me feel weird,” she alleges.

“It was like I wanted to fall into this thing that we were doing, but then I’d feel like, ‘Oh my God, he’s rejecting me. He doesn’t like me or anything like that.’ It was just an interesting situation that, I don’t know, I just think he liked him to be the hero for me.”

A rep for Neal did not immediately respond to Page Six’s request for comment.

“Rated X: How Porn Liberated Me from Hollywood” is in stores now.

Talk Show Appearance

Friday, Sept. 23

actor Sean Kanan (CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL)

Mario Lopez guests on Family Guy 10/2/22

Voice Cast: Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Quagmire, and Tom Tucker; Alex Borstein as Lois Griffin; Seth Green as Chris Griffin; Mila Kunis as Meg; Patrick Warburton as Joe; Arif Zahir as Cleveland

Guest Cast: Mario Lopez as himself

Mario Lopez guests on Family Guy 9/25/22

Voice Cast: Seth MacFarlane as Peter Griffin, Stewie Griffin, Brian Griffin, Quagmire, and Tom Tucker; Alex Borstein as Lois Griffin; Seth Green as Chris Griffin; Mila Kunis as Meg; Patrick Warburton as Joe; Arif Zahir as Cleveland

Guest Cast: Mario Lopez as himself.

‘Dancing With The Stars’ Announces Season 31 Cast, Including First Ever Drag Queen Plus Selma Blair, Cheryl Ladd & More

Actor and Performer D.J. “Shangela” Pierce, who was the first contestant to compete on three separate seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race, will dance with Gleb Savchenko when the former ABC competition show makes its debut on Disney+ Shangela’s participation marks the first time a drag queen has ever competed for the mirror ball trophy.

Joining Shangela in the ballroom is Wayne Brady, the host of CBS’ Let’s Make a Deal, along with a platinum recording artist, a Real Housewife, a Bachelorette and an OG angel of Charlie’s, among several other famous (or should we say infamous?) celebrities. The entire cast was announced this morning on Good Morning America in anticipation of the show’s Sept. 19 premiere on Disney+.

And the season 31 teams are:

Fitness model and actor Joseph Baena, son of Arnold Schwarzenegger, with partner Daniella Karagach
Selma Blair with partner Sasha Farber
Let’s Make a Deal host Wayne Brady (The Bold & The Beautiful) with partner Witney Carson
Good Morning America contributor and WABC-TV New York’s weather anchor Sam Champion, with partner Cheryl Burke
TikTok star Charli D’Amelio with partner Mark Ballas
Heidi D’Amelio (The D’Amelio Show) with partner Artem Chigvintsev
Country star Jessie James Decker with partner Alan Bersten
Actor Trevor Donovan (90210, Days of Our Lives) with partner Emma Slater
Actor Daniel Durant (CODA) with partner Britt Stewart
Teresa Giudice (The Real Housewives of New Jersey) with partner Pasha Pashkov
Vinny Guadagnino (Jersey Shore) with partner Koko Iwasaki
Cheryl Ladd (Charlie’s Angels) with partner Louis van Amstel
Actor Jason Lewis (Sex and the City) with partner Peta Murgatroyd
Drag queen superstar Shangela with partner Gleb Savchenko
Platinum recording artist Jordin Sparks with partner Brandon Armstrong
Gabby Windey (The Bachelorette) with partner Val Chmerkovskiy

The pairs will be judged by Len Goodman, Carrie Ann Inaba, Bruno Tonioli and Derek Hough. Season 19 winner Alfonso Ribeiro will join Tyra Banks as a co-host.

Dancing with the Stars, which is produced by BBC Studios Los Angeles Productions, received a two-year pickup and will become the first live series to debut on Disney+.

B&B’s Sean Kanan Crosses Over To Y&R

‘The Bay’ Heading To Peacock; Upcoming Season Featuring Maxwell Caulfield, Stephen Schnetzer, Joe Lando & More

The multi-camera serial drama is currently in production on 20 all-new episodes that will be released later this year, marking the completion of its 100th episode. Today, the cast and crew will commemorate the milestone while on location in Sun Valley, CA.

Filmed on location in Puerto Rico and Los Angeles, the new episodes star Daytime Emmy winners Kristos Andrews (Survive the Game) and Karrueche Tran (Claws, Bel-Air) as super couple Pete and Vivian Garrett, as well as Daytime Emmy winners Mary Beth Evans (Days of Our Lives) as Sara Garrett, Tristan Rogers (General Hospital) as Commissioner Lex Martin, Eric Nelsen (1883) as Daniel Garrett, and Mike Manning (This is Us) as Caleb McKinnon. Andrews will be doing double duty as Pete Garrett’s diabolical twin brother Adam Kenway, a role that garnered him a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Drama Series in 2020.

Returning series regulars for the upcoming installments include Najee De-Tiege (Power Rangers: Samurai), Celeste Fianna (Bandit), Jackie Zeman (General Hospital), Alicia Leigh Willis (The L Word), Matthew Ashford and Brandon Beemer (Days of Our Lives). Daytime Emmy winner A Martinez (Longmire), as well as newcomer Kiara Liz Ortega and Carlo Mendez (Parks and Recreation) are also series regulars this season.

Special guest stars appearing this season include Maxwell Caulfield (Dynasty), Stephen Schnetzer (Another World), and the returns of Joe Lando (Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman), John Aprea (The Godfather II & III), and Bruce Davison (Ozark).

Also, guest starring is Latin Grammy Winner Draco Rosa, Ciara Hanna (Power Rangers: Megaforce), Alexia Robinson, Real Andrews (General Hospital), McKenzie Westmore (Passions), Precious V. Mayes (The Magic), Breana Raquel (Purple Hearts), Txunamy Ortiz (Class of 1970), Mariann Aalda (The Blacklist), Dante Aleksander (The Raven), Bianca D’Ambrosio (Call Jane), and Daytime Emmy winner Chiara D’Ambrosio (Slapface).

Created and directed by Daytime Emmy winning producer and director Gregori J. Martin, The Bay is produced by the independent film and television production company LANY Entertainment in association with SheMogul Media. The series is written by Martin and multiple Daytime Emmy winner Wendy Riche (General Hospital), who also serves as Executive Producer.

With a total of 23 Daytime Emmy wins and 56 nominations, The Bay is also available on PopStar! TV, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi in the US, Channel 10 and Ten Play in Australia, SABC in South Africa, and others. The series is distributed internationally by GRB Entertainment.

CBS Daytime Announces Fall Premiere Dates; ‘The Young & The Restless’ Hits Milestone

The sudser from Bell Dramatic Serial Company and Sony kicks off its milestone year on Friday, Sept. 30 as CBS’ longest-running scripted series. Debuting a new logo in honor of the milestone, Y&R will celebrate its five decades all season with return appearances of fan favorites. There’s also a special crossover episode planned with The Bold and the Beautiful on Sept. 26, which marks the start of B&B‘s 36th season.

It’s a big year for B&B, too: the most-watched U.S.-produced daytime drama series in the world will air its 9,000th episode on April 14, 2023.

The Price is Right, network TV’s No. 1 daytime series, will be back for its 51st season on Sept. 19, and marks Drew Carey’s 15th anniversary as host of TV’s longest-running game show. Several episodes of The Price is Right at Night are also planned throughout the season.

Let’s Make a Deal returns for its 14th season on Sept. 19, with Emmy Award-winning host Wayne Brady kicking off “Fabulous Car Week.” Players have the chance to win a quarter of a million dollars of luxury cars, and the new season will also see the return of an audience favorite, Mega Money Mondays, where one lucky contestant is guaranteed to win $10,000. More Let’s Make a Deal primetime specials are slated for this season, too.

Y&R is executive produced by Anthony Morina while the co-executive producer and head writer is Josh Griffith. B&B is a Bell-Phillip Television production and Bradley P. Bell is the executive producer and head writer.

The Price is Right is produced by Fremantle and Evelyn Warfel is the executive producer. Let’s Make a Deal is produced by Fremantle and John Quinn is the executive producer.

Lifetime Adds Three Holiday Movies; Includes Reunion Of ‘Dr Quinn, Medicine Woman’ Stars Jane Seymour & Joe Lando

A Christmas Spark follows a widow (Seymour) who has lost her zest for life and given up on ever finding love again. She reluctantly takes on the job of directing the town’s Christmas pageant and soon finds herself falling for her leading man (Lando), the town’s most eligible bachelor.

A Christmas Spark is produced by Lighthouse Pictures and is being distributed by Sony Pictures Television. Braxton, Stephen Bulka and Jamie Goehring are executive producing. Rhonda Baraka directs from a script by Eirene Tran Donohue.

Gospel artist Kirk Franklin is also returning to executive produce and star in his second holiday movie for Lifetime, Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas. The film will feature Naturi Naughton (Power, Power Book II: Ghost) and Luke James (Star, The Chi). It’s about an estranged mother and daughter (played by Naughton and Lorea Turner) who are caught in a snowstorm that forces them to take refuge inside a church where parishioners are reeling from the cancellation of their annual holiday concert. The spirit of the season takes hold as Journee and Nia weather the wintry storm together with the other churchgoers, including Adam (Luke James) a handsome youth pastor, and a heavenly music teacher (Franklin), who motivate the mother and daughter to reconcile their differences through music, faith and love.

Kirk Franklin’s The Night Before Christmas is produced by Swirl Films and Big Dreams Entertainment. Franklin, as well as Tracy “Twinkie” Byrd, Eric Tomosunas, Angela Plasschaert, Leslie Greif and Alex Kerr serve as executive producers. Tailiah Breon directs from a script by Tara Knight.

Jodie Sweetin will kick off the holidays at Lifetime with her movie Merry Swissmas on November 5. It also stars Tim Rozon (Schitt’s Creek). Alex (Sweetin) has wonderful memories of Christmas with her best friend Beth (Mikaela Lily Davies), until Beth started dating Alex’s ex, Jesse (David Pinard). Because she has missed the last few Christmases with family due to her demanding job as an architect, Alex is excited to spend the holidays with her mother Caroline (Jane Wheeler), who is opening an inn in Switzerland.

Merry Swissmas is produced in association with Reel One Entertainment for Lifetime. Executive producers include Tom Berry, Barbara Fisher, Kenneth Hirsch, Laura Francis, Serge Desrosiers and John L’Ecuyer, who also directs from a script by Lauren Balson Carter.

These films join previously announced Santa Bootcamp starring Rita Moreno and directed by Melissa Joan Hart, Steppin’ into the Holidays with Mario Lopez and Jana Kramer, A New Orleans Noel starring Patti LaBelle and Keshia Knight Pulliam from EP Whoopi Goldberg, and A Country Christmas Harmony with Brooke Elliott.

Airdates will be announced this fall.

Netflix Fall & Holiday Film Slate with Former Soap Stars

Luckiest Girl Alive (10/7, theaters 9/30)
Luckiest Girl Alive centers on Ani FaNelli, a sharp-tongued New Yorker who appears to have it all: a sought-after position at a glossy magazine, a killer wardrobe, and a dream Nantucket wedding on the horizon. But when the director of a crime documentary invites her to tell her side of the shocking incident that took place when she was a teenager at the prestigious Brentley School, Ani is forced to confront a dark truth that threatens to unravel her meticulously crafted life. Based on the book Luckiest Girl Alive by Jessica Knoll.
DIRECTOR: Mike Barker
WRITER: Jessica Knoll
PRODUCERS: Bruna Papandrea, Jeanne Snow, Erik Feig, Lucy Kitada, Mila Kunis
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Jessica Knoll, Lisa Sterbakov, Shayne Fiske Goldner, Steve Hutensky, Mike Barker
CAST: Mila Kunis, Finn Wittrock, Chiara Aurelia, Scoot McNairy, Thomas Barbusca, Justine Lupe, Dalmar Abuzeid, Alex Barone, Carson MacCormac with Jennifer Beals and Connie Britton

The School For Good And Evil (10/19)
Best friends Sophie and Agatha find themselves on opposing sides of a modern fairy tale when they’re swept away into an enchanted school where young heroes and villains are trained to protect the balance of good and evil. Based on the bestselling book series by Soman Chainani
DIRECTOR: Paul Feig
WRITERS: David Magee, Laura Solon, Paul Feig
PRODUCERS: Joe Roth, Jeffrey Kirschenbaum, Jane Startz, Paul Feig, Laura Fischer
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Stephen Jones, Zack Roth, Patricia Riggen, Soman Chainani
CAST: Charlize Theron, Kerry Washington, Laurence Fishburne, Michelle Yeoh, Sofia Wylie, Sophie Anne Caruso, Jamie Flatters, Kit Young, Sir Ben Kingsley, Patti LuPone, Rachel Bloom, Peter Serafinowicz, Rob Delaney and Mark Heap

Falling For Christmas (11/10)
A newly engaged, spoiled hotel heiress gets into a skiing accident, suffers from total amnesia and finds herself in the care of a handsome, blue-collar lodge owner and his precocious daughter in the days leading up to Christmas.
DIRECTOR: Janeen Damian
WRITERS: Jeff Bonnett, Ron Oliver, Janeen Damian and Michael Damian
PRODUCERS: Brad Krevoy, Michael Damian
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Amanda Phillips, Eric Jarboe, David Wulf
CAST: Lindsay Lohan, Chord Overstreet, George Young, Jack Wagner, Olivia Perez

The Noel Diary (11/24)
When best-selling author Jacob Turner (Justin Hartley) returns home at Christmas to settle his estranged mother’s estate, he discovers a diary that may hold secrets to his own past and that of Rachel (Barrett Doss) – a beautiful young woman on a mysterious journey of her own. Together, they embark on an adventure to confront their pasts and discover a future that’s totally unexpected. Based on the book The Noel Diary by Richard Paul Evans
DIRECTOR: Charles Shyer
WRITERS: Charles Shyer, Rebecca Connor, David Golden
PRODUCERS: Timothy O. Johnson, Stephanie Slack, Margret H. Huddleston
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Justin Hartley, Norman Stephens, Andrew Gernhard
CAST: Justin Hartley, Barrett Doss, Bonnie Bedelia, James Remar, Essence Atkins

Dishing with Digest - 8/26/22 - Rena Sofer

Moonshine Renewed

Dishing with Digest - 8/19/22 - Naomi Matsuda

Talk Show Appearance (Repeat)

Wednesday, August 24

Actors Katherine Kelly Lang, John McCook, Don Diamont and Jack Wagner discuss the 35th season of CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL (OAD: 3/21/22)

Rena Sofer Leaves B&B

Soap Stars guest star on repeats of The Talk on CBS

Tuesday, August 16: Actor John McCook (CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) (OAD: 5/27/22)

Wednesday, August 17: actors Peter Bergman and Susan Walters (CBS’ THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) (OAD: 4/18/22)

Thursday, August 18: actors Lawrence Saint-Victor and ThorstenKaye (CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) (OAD: 1/17/22)

‘Cobra Kai’ Season 5: Sean Kanan Returns To ‘Miyagi-Verse’

“As Terry Silver [Thomas Ian Griffith] calls upon some old friends to put the Valley in a stranglehold, Daniel and Johnny are going to need all the help they can get to stop Cobra Kai in its tracks,” teased executive producers Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg about the new season at Netflix’s Tudum on Tuesday.

Mike was a villain in the third Karate Kid film but foes have become friends in the past. For example, Chozen Toguchi (Yuji Okumoto) is now working with Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) to stop the bad guys. Would be a nice twist to see Mike ally with Daniel-son but everyone will have to wait and see when Season 5 premieres on September 9.

Kim, however, has already been revealed to be part of Terry’s expansion of the Cobra Kai dojo. She bad.

The new season picks up following the shocking events of the All Valley Tournament that saw Terry cheat his way to a championship with Tory Nichols (Peyton List) taking the top spot. Her happiness was short-lived, however, after learning she didn’t win fair and square but what she will do with the knowledge that Terry’s cheating won her the championship—if anything at all—is as yet unknown.

Cobra Kai is written and executive produced by Heald, Hurwitz, and Schlossberg via their production company, Counterbalance Entertainment. Will Smith, James Lassiter, and Caleeb Pinkett executive produce for Westbrook Entertainment along with Susan Ekins in association with Sony Pictures Television. Macchio and William Zabka also serve as executive producers.

Trailer for Lost Ollie

Gina Rodriguez announces pregnancy on 38th birthday

“This birthday hits different.” the “Jane The Virgin” star captioned an Instagram clip composed of snaps of the actress kissing her husband, Joe LoCicero, with one photo of Rodriguez holding up a positive pregnancy test as her hubby smiles wide.

“Anyone can want you. But love his different when someone actually values you,” a deep voice narrated over the clip.

Several celebrity friends congratulated the pair, including “Orange is the New Black” alum and mother-of-one Danielle Brooks, who wrote, “Welcome to the club mama!!!.”

“Yaaaaaay my love!! So much love for you THREE,” Brittany Snow added, while Selenis Leyva commented, “This is exactly the type of happiness i saw for you ! Te adoro hermana!!!!! Congratulations to you both.”

(Video) Rodriguez and LoCicero, 35, met on the set of “Jane the Virgin” in 2016 when he guest-starred on the CW show. The pair confirmed their engagement two years later and were married by 2019.

The actress recently opened up to Rachel Bilson and Olivia Allen on their podcast, “Broad Ideas,” about her battle with Hashimoto’s disease — a disorder that affects one’s thyroid and leads to hormonal and physical changes.

“I got an actor’s curse because it directly affects your metabolism, you know, you’re not producing the hormone that your body needs,” she said.

Rodriguez continued, “So you, at times, it can feel like you have a loss of communication with this thing, that spacesuit that you’re in, and you’re just like, ‘Why don’t I have a grasp on shifting what this physical being is?’”

‘The Wilds’ Canceled By Prime Video After 2 Seasons

The Wilds, one of the last shows developed and produced by the late Jamie Tarses, was an important series for Prime Video and Amazon Studios. It was part of the very first batch of YA pilots ordered by Amazon Studios soon after Jennifer Salke took the reins as part of an expansion in that arena. It was the first YA series to premiere on Prime Video and the first to go to a second season.

Prime Video remains committed to young-adult content with a slate that includes recent breakouts The Summer I Turned Pretty, The Boys Presents: Diabolical and Invincible as well as the upcoming series Shelter, based on the first novel in bestselling author Harlan Coben’s Mickey Bolitar trilogy.

The Wilds, whose plot had drawn comparisons to Showtime’s Yellowjackets from the start, generated a lot of buzz when it launched December 11, 2020, earning a swift renewal. Reaction to the teen drama has been more subdued since its return this past May.

Season 2 of The Wilds continues to follow the harrowing ordeal of eight teenage girls stranded on a deserted island under mysterious circumstances. The new season also focuses on a new group of survivors, all boys, who find themselves in the same perilous situation. Both groups are forced to navigate emotional and physical obstacles in the face of their extreme circumstances.

The cast of the series includes Rachel Griffiths, David Sullivan, Troy Winbush, Sophia Ali, Sarah Pidgeon, Jenna Clause, Erana James, Mia Healey, Helena Howard, Reign Edwards and Shannon Berry. Joining as the second group of survivors in Season 2 were Zack Calderon, Aidan Laprete, Nicholas Coombe, Charles Alexander, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Reed Shannon, Tanner Ray Rook and Alex Fitzalan.

The Wilds was created by Sarah Streicher who executive produced alongside showrunner Amy Harris, the late Tarses of Fanfare, and Dylan Clark for Dylan Clark Productions. The series was co-produced by Amazon Studios and ABC Signature, part of Disney Television Studios.

Heather Graham, Judah Lewis, Barbara Crampton Lead Erotic Bodyswap Horror Based On H.P. Lovecraft Short Story; Crampton Joins Producer Amp As VP

Directed by Joe Lynch (Mayhem) and loosely based on Lovecraft’s short story The Thing On The Doorstep, the film is an erotic body-swapping horror, in which a psychiatrist played by Graham becomes obsessed with a young client with multiple personalities.

Also starring are Bruce Davison (X-Men), Johnathon Schaech (That Thing You Do!), and scream queen Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator).

The film, which recently finished shooting in Mississippi, is produced by Crampton, Bob Portal, Inderpal Singh and Joe Wicker for genre specialist producer and seller Amp, in association with Mississippi-based Eyevox Entertainment. Brian Yuzna (Re-Animator) serves as an executive producer, as does Joe Lynch, alongside Rick Moore for Eyevox, and James Norrie and Nina Kolokouri for Amp. Amp is handling worldwide sales.

Dennis Paoli, who wrote the screenplays for Lovecraft adaptations Re-Animator and From Beyond, penned the screenplay. The project completes a full circle for Paoli with Crampton, who made her name as an actress in those movies, which were directed by the late Stuart Gordon.

Crampton, doyenne of genre cinema, has also joined Amp as Vice President of Production and Development.

The new untitled H.P. Lovecraft picture is the third production that Crampton has worked on at Amp. The first, vampire movie Jakob’s Wife, premiered in the Midnight section of SXSW 2021, and was released by RLJ Entertainment in 2021. Crampton subsequently acted as executive producer on Rebekah McKendry’s Glorious, a supernatural horror starring Ryan Kwanten and J.K. Simmons, which premiered at the 2022 Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal and is released on Shudder on August 18.

Barbara Crampton said: “We’ve been so fortunate to work with top talent both behind and in front of the camera on our recent films. At Amp it’s about developing not only memorable, thought-provoking material for an audience, but also fresh and unusual enough to attract the very best creative collaborators. I was ecstatic when first the formidable Joe Lynch, then Heather Graham signed on – her natural charm is always in evidence, but we get to see a different untapped side of her abilities here. I’ve been thrilled to be invited to join seasoned pros at Amp, and we are only getting started.”

Joe Lynch commented: “When I read Dennis Paoli’s adaptation of the story, I felt like there was a fantastic opportunity to update and subvert Lovecraft’s often old-fashioned sensibilities in a way that felt modern, relevant and even dangerous, with a pinch of 90’s neo-noir and a dash of eroticism to spice up the stew. Working with Amp and such a fantastic cast – including Heather, Judah, Barbara, Bruce and Johnathon – we’re so excited that this sexy, funny, scary film isn’t just a modernized love letter to Lovecraft, but the kind of provocatively entertaining “sin-ema” I believe audiences are salivating for!”

Heather Graham is repped by RMS Productions, Paradigm, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes. Judah Lewis is repped by Buchwald, Untitled Entertainment, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes. Bruce Davison is repped by Chris Roe Management, and TalentWorks.

Johnathon Schaech is repped by LINK Entertainment. Joe Lynch is repped by Anonymous Content. Barbara Crampton is repped by AEFH, Silver J Management, and Mark Temple.

Jack Wagner speaks out after son Harrison’s death

“Thank you all so much for the love and kindness that you’ve sent. I can’t tell you how much it’s meant to me,” the “General Hospital” alum said Friday in a video of himself about to board a flight to Vancouver.

Wagner, 62, went on to add that he was getting ready to start filming season 10 of the Hallmark series “When Calls The Heart” and promised to share some behind the scene footage.

“Hopefully it will make you laugh and we can enjoy it together,” he added, “and again thank you so much for the love and support you’ve sent me,…huge…sending it right back to you, so we’ll be in touch.”

Last month, Wagner’s 27-year-old son, Harrison, who he shared with ex-wife Kristina, was found dead in a parking lot in North Hollywood.

His devasted parents revealed that their son “lost his battle with addiction.”

To honor his memory, they have created The Harrison Wagner Scholarship Fund. according to a message on the New House Life Recovery Community website.

“We are heartbroken that he ultimately lost his battle with addiction,” a statement read on the website, “and we hope that Harrison’s memory will live on through this scholarship and will help other young men get help for their addiction that would not otherwise be able to afford it.

“Harrison was a bright, exuberant young man whose smile lit up any room he was in. He has left behind many men and family members who loved him deeply.”

Harrison had struggled with addiction and, according to his father, had gone missing for nearly a week after relapsing in July 2016.

“I’m going to ask those who want to share their fears, addictions & struggles to do so w me via Twitter. We can face them 2gether, I’ll start,” the actor tweeted in 2016.

“I fear for my youngest sons safety,” he wrote in another tweet. “Harrison has struggled w drugs & alcohol just as I did when I was younger. He’s relapsed & is MIA 5days.”

Talk Show Appearance

AIRING Jul 29, 2022

actress Jacqueline MacInnes Wood; actor Tanner Novlan

Lionsgate TV, Paramount+ Develop Series Based On ‘Warrior’; Gavin O’Connor To Direct, MMA Icon Daniel Cormier & Gina Rodriguez Circling

O’Connor has created the drama with Adair Cole, who’ll also be EP and showrunner. O’Connor plans to direct and be showrunner on all 10 episodes. Now that Paramount+ has signed on, they are writing the treatment and scripts. O’Connor is looking to cast the final two fighters, and the characters that surround them as they chase their dreams.

The series is much different from the original film. Its connective tissue is MMA, and the heart, desperation and demons that compel fighters to excel in the cage. The film starred Tom Hardy, Joel Edgerton and Nick Nolte. The latter trained his two sons and was an awful father who created grudges between the brothers that get settled in the ring in a drama that was as much about family, faith and dysfunctional upbringings as fighting. O’Connor said he was content to leave the story as a one-off but changed his mind because of Cole, a relative newcomer to the writing game.

“Over the years, I’d been approached by Lionsgate to do Warrior as a TV series and I honestly was never interested,” O’Connor told Deadline. “Over the pandemic, I was in a different frame of mind and they said, “Someone came in with an interesting take, Adair Cole,” and I listened to it and liked it. There was some really interesting stuff in there. I started sketching out characters, expounding what he had and gene splicing things and I called him after the holidays and said, ‘I’m in. I think I want to do this.’ We started figuring out the characters. The thing I said to Adair and Lionsgate which wasn’t in the pitch, is that this is about the life fight.

“I didn’t want to make something on fighting in a cage,” he added. “That wasn’t the movie I made, it’s about a life fight. We will have two women and two men, we’re going to follow them through 10 episodes and hook the audience into their journeys and they’re eventually going to face each other. Like in my movie, I tried to challenge the audience: Where are your loyalties? Where do your sympathies lie? Who are you rooting for? If I hook the audience into the stakes of each character’s life outside of the cage, what I call the life fight, then people are going to be invested in the stakes. That’s the heart and soul of the show.”

O’Connor said the writing with Cole is going well, and they’ll open a writers room with a few scribes that reflect the sensibility of the characters.

“It’s really ambitious, part family drama, sports saga, definitely social commentary, in each character’s life fight,” he said. “We’re dealing with mental health, grief, poverty, drugs and gambling. If we get it right, we’ll be celebrating each character’s journey to redemption against astronomical odds they have to overcome, inside the cage and outside it. It’s a big swing, emotionally and physically, but deeply intimate with the characters.

O’Connor said one of his fighters will be played by Cormier, who recently retired after winning the light heavyweight and heavyweight belts. Fresh from an agonizing and losing bout his wife had with cancer, the character is not only left as a single father, but with huge debt from all of the medical treatments his wife underwent in a futile effort to save her. And while Gina Rodriguez is best known for Jane the Virgin and the Miss Bala remake, O’Connor said she is a badass at heart.

“Gina Rodriguez will play a girl named Jessica Flores,” he said. She’s married to a Muay Thai fighter, her father is a very well known boxing referee, and she’s been training as a fighter and grew up in combat sports. I didn’t have the role for her written when she said, ‘I’m in. Acting and fighting are my two favorite things. I’m in.’ Her journey is about self-worth, a girl who doesn’t think she is worthy of anything good happening. To get her hand raised in the ring represents her feeling worthy.”

O’Connor is WME and Yorn Levine Barnes, Cole is MXN Entertainment and Johnson Shapiro Slewett, Rodriguez is WME and Jackoway Austen Tyerman, and Cormier is WME and Zinkin Entertainment.

Mario Lopez Teams With Menudo Productions To Spearhead Menudo Revival

Auditions for talent between the ages of 12 and 16 will begin online this July, followed by live auditions in various cities starting in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on September 17. Lopez will spotlight weekly highlight videos on Menudo streaming platforms for fans to discover, comment, and share their favorite contestants. Entrants will be able to upload their video auditions to a Menudo audition app when Lopez announces the kickoff of the auditions in two weeks.

The project, dubbed Menudo: A New Beginning, comes 12 years after the Latin boy band disbanded. Menudo Productions purchased rights to the Menudo brand in 2016.

From its beginning in 1977 to 2009, Menudo dominated the Hispanic pre-teen and teen markets, sold more records than BTS and One Direction combined, broke concert attendance records, and set the standard for all Boy Bands that followed. It launched the careers of Grammy winner Ricky Martin and singer-songwriter and producer Robi Draco Rosa, among others.

“Like so many people across the globe, I grew up as a huge Menudo fan,” said Lopez. “I am so excited and honored to be part of bringing this iconic Latin boy band back to the world!”

Menudo’s formula of introducing a new talent as older talent graduates from the group distinguishes Menudo from other boy bands; Unlike previous group incarnations, the new Menudo members will be sharing in all concert, merchandise, and music revenue. Menudo’s Miami-based management and coaching team will consist of seasoned and vetted professionals, according to the press release.

“By utilizing social media, the Metaverse, and A.I., Menudo will connect with fans in ways unimaginable just a decade ago,” added Menudo Productions CEO Paul Tarnopol. “More importantly, our management team is committed to the safety, well-being, and financial security of each-and-every member of Menudo; This is what we mean by “A New Beginning.”

Industry veteran Angel Zamora, overseeing the project, said, “Working with Mario Lopez, Paul Tarnopol, and Menudo’s completely new management team to discover and develop the next generation of superstars is the honor of a lifetime.”

Dishing with Digest - 7/1/22 - Ken Hanes

‘Lost Ollie’: Netflix Limited Series Featuring Mary J. Blige, Jonathan Groff & Gina Rodriguez Premieres in August

Directed by Oscar winner Peter Ramsey and created by Shannon Tindle, Lost Ollie is an epic adventure about a lost toy who braves the many dangers of childhood as he searches the countryside to reunite with the boy who lost him; and the story of the boy who lost more than a best friend.

Lost Ollie is inspired by the book Ollie’s Odyssey by author and illustrator William Joyce. Shawn Levy and Josh Barry are executive producing for 21 Laps Entertainment along with Emily Morris as co-executive producer. Brandon Oldenburg and Lampton Enochs also executive produce.

The limited series also stars Kesler Talbot.

Mario Lopez guests on Celebrity Family Feud 7/17/22

Team Salt-N-Pepa, playing for Feeding America:

Cheryl “Salt” James
Sandra “Pepa” Denton
Christopher “Kid” Reid
Christopher “Play” Martin
“Doug E. Fresh”

VERSUS

Team “The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder,” playing for A Place Called Home:

Keke Palmer
Kyla Pratt
Soleil Moon Frye
Paula Jai Parker
Alisa Reyes

GAME 2

Team “Bel-Air,” playing for Lupus Foundation of America:

Adrian Holmes
Coco Jones
Jordan L. Jones
Cassandra Freeman
Olly Sholotan

VERSUS

Team “Saved by the Bell,” playing for Make-A-Wish Foundation of America:

Mario Lopez
Dexter Darden
Haskiri Velazquez
Josie Totah
Alycia Pascual-Peña

Ratings: Daytime Emmys Audience Grows, Stanley Cup Final Tops Friday

Leading into the kudoscast, Come Dance With Me‘s finale (2.3 mil/0.2) drew its second-best audience of the season while flat in the demo.

ABC’s broadcast of the Stanley Cup Final Game 5 (3.4 mil/0.8) dipped a bit from Tuesday’s prelim numbers but still dominated Friday in the demo.

Elsewhere, Fox’s Friday Night SmackDown (2.1 mil/0.5) ticked down week-to-week… The CW’s Dynasty (450K/0.1) is up sharply, so I am thinking “preemption in some markets.”

‘Spy Kids’: Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi, Everly Carganilla And Connor Esterson Starring In Reboot For Netflix, Skydance And Spyglass

Rodriguez will write, direct and produce the next film, which will introduce the world to a new family of spies. Racer Max will co-write the pic. The film marks Rodriguez’s second family film with Netflix following the success of the 2020 family action film We Can Be Heroes.

This latest Spy Kids chapter is set after the children of the world’s greatest secret agents unwittingly help a powerful game developer unleash a computer virus that gives him control of all technology, leading them to become spies themselves to save their parents and the world.

David Ellison, Dana Goldberg and Don Granger will produce for Skydance, which will oversee development and production. Elizabeth Avellan and Max will also produce. Spyglass’ Gary Barber and Peter Oillataguerre will executive produce. Nick Nesbit will be Netflix’s creative lead on the film.

Rodriguez most recently landed a starring role in the ABC’s single-camera comedy Not Dead Yet, which just got picked up to series. She also was tapped to lead the Amazon series Last Known Position. All three of these projects should keep her busy for some time. She was most recently seen in Amazon’s I Want You Back as well as Awake. She is repped by WME and attorneys Karl Austen and Peter Sample.

Netflix’s expanding slate of all-audience movies also include Shawn Levy’s time-travel spectacle film The Adam Project, also partnered with Skydance; family comedy Yes Day starring Jennifer Garner, Edgar Ramírez and Jenna Ortega; the upcoming fantasy adventure Slumberland, directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Jason Momoa; Enola Holmes 2, starring Millie Bobby Brown back as the clever and fearless detective; and the fantasy The School for Good and Evil, starring Charlize Theron and Kerry Washington.

Levi is set to reprise his role as the titular character in New Line’s Shazam!: Fury of the Gods which bows in December. He was most recently seen as Kurt Warner in the biopic American Underdog. He is repped by UTA, Untitled Entertainment and McKuin Frankel Whitehead.

Carganilla was most recently seen in The Afterparty, The Haunted Man and The Chair. She is repped by Coast to Coast Talent and DR Entertainment.

In addition to Spy Kids, Skydance’s slate with Netflix includes the upcoming Heart of Stone starring Gal Gadot and mega-hits The Old Guard and 6 Underground.

Spyglass successfully relaunched the horror franchise Scream last year and is in production on its next installment. Later this year, its revival of Hellraiser will debut on Hulu.

Denise Richards joins OnlyFans one week after daughter Sami Sheen’s debut

Denise Richards joined OnlyFans just one week after her 18-year-old daughter, Sam “Sami” Sheen, made her debut on the NSFW site.

The former “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” star shared a video to Instagram Thursday in which she could be seen walking barefoot along a beach while wearing a white dress. The straps of her dress had fallen down her shoulders, accentuating her cleavage.

“Ready…here we go,” Richards, 51, wrote before adding the hashtag “#onlyfans” and directing her 1.4 million followers to the link to subscribe to her content for $25 a month.

The actress’ new business endeavor comes after Sami, whom she shares with ex-husband Charlie Sheen, joined the adult site, which is often used to post nude or partially nude photos and videos at a premium price.

The high school dropout, who turned 18 in March, shared a picture on June 13 that showed her peering at the camera from a hot tub while wearing a black bikini.

Despite their strained relationship, Richards has been a vocal supporter of her daughter, telling Page Six exclusively at the time, “Sami is 18, and this decision wasn’t based on whose house she lives in. All I can do as a parent is guide her and trust her judgment, but she makes her own choices.”

However, the news did not sit well with Charlie, 56, as he blamed his ex-wife for their eldest daughter’s account, which goes for $19.99 a month.

The former “Two and a Half Men” star told Page Six, “She is 18 years old now and living with her mother. This did not occur under my roof.”

He added, “I do not condone this, but since I’m unable to prevent it, I urged her to keep it classy, creative and not sacrifice her integrity.”

But the “Wild Things” star defended her daughter once more days later, alluding to the Playboy spreads she has done over the years and arguing that Charlie “shouldn’t be” judging Sami for her choices.

Richards and Charlie were married from 2002 to 2006 and also share daughter Lola, 17. The former model is now married to Aaron Phypers.

ASHLEY JONES Soap Star's Divorce Finalized ... With Restraining Order on Top

A judgment's been entered in her divorce from Joel Henricks, and according to the docs, they hammered out child custody issues earlier this month ... and also figured out how they're dividing up all their assets.

The one complicating issue is Ashley accused Joel of beating her and causing a spiral fracture in her hand. As a result, she also asked to extend her restraining order against him through Feb. 20, 2023 ... and the judge granted it.

According to the divorce judgment, obtained by TMZ, Ashley will have physical custody of their 6-year-old son, Hayden, 3 days a week plus alternating weekends. Joel gets him for 4 hours each Tuesday and Wednesday and alternate weekends.

Ashley gets to pick Hayden's school next year, but has to pay 100% of the tuition. She'll also have her son with her for Mother's Day and her birthday every year. She and Joel will alternate custody, annually, for holidays and school breaks.

The divorce does not include child support or spousal support, but the exes agree they'll each cover all expenses incurred while they have Hayden.

As for division of property ... each keeps their personal bank accounts, Ashley gets a 2017 Mercedes-Benz GLE -- while Joel gets a 2014 Mercedes-Benz CLS 550 and a 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 truck.

TMZ broke the story ... Ashley filed for divorce and got a restraining order against Joel back in September 2019, about 3 years after they tied the knot.

‘When Calls The Heart’ Renewed For 10th Season By Hallmark

“When Calls the Heart continues to push the limits as to what we can achieve with this show,” said Lisa Hamilton Daly, Executive Vice President, Programming, Crown Media Family Networks in a statement. “There are many more stories still to be told about the lives of the beloved characters in this series and we cannot wait for everyone at home to tune in to see what unfolds.”

The ninth season of hit drama When Calls the Heart’s ratings culminated with a season high, with the final episode ranking as the most watched of the season in homes (2.6 million), and among women 18+ (2.3 million) and total viewers (3.1 million) on a Live+3 basis. The program also ranked as this year’s most-watched original scripted series on ad-supported cable in homes (2.4 million), and among women 18+ (2.2 million) and total viewers (2.9 million).

After 12 episodes, the season also reached over 8.6 million unduplicated/unique total viewers.

“We are also excited to welcome to the family our new showrunner, Lindsay Sturman, who brings her immense talent to the show,” remarked Laurie Ferneau, Senior Vice President, Development, Crown Media Family Networks in a statement.

“I am thrilled that When Calls the Heart is coming back for a tenth season,” said Erin Krakow, series star and executive producer. “With our amazing cast, crew, and talented writers, we can look forward to more adventures, laughs, tears, and stories of romance throughout the community of Hope Valley. We are so excited for all the viewers, especially the Hearties, to continue this journey with us!”

Brad Krevoy, Brian Bird, Michael Landon Jr., Lindsay Sturman, Eric Jarboe, Jimmy Townsend, Erin Krakow, Susie Belzberg, Michael Shepard, Vicki Sotheran and Greg Malcolm are executive producers. Derek Thompson, Elizabeth Stewart, Peter DeLuise, Neill Fearnley and Amanda Phillips serve as co-executive producers. Vicki Sotheran and Greg Malcolm are producers.

PRESENTERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 49TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS

The talented stars scheduled to present at the ceremony include Krista Allen, Camila Banus, Drew Barrymore, Tracey Bregman, Sean Dominic, Scott Evans, Galen Gering, Deidre Hall, Tamron Hall, Tanisha Harper, Christian Le Blanc, Cameron Mathison, Natalie Morales, Deborah Norville, Tanner Novlan, Jerry O’Connell, James Reynolds, Suzanne Rogers, Lawrence Saint-Victor and Laura Wright.

‘Jane The Virgin’ Star Gina Rodriguez Set To Lead Amazon Missing Plane Thriller Series ‘Last Known Position’

Last Known Position charts the fallout of a brand new state-of-the-art American commercial jetliner vanishing on its maiden voyage over the Pacific. The ensuing air crash investigation discovers evidence of a creature of the deep that may have been responsible.

Premiering in late December 2021, the podcast was created by writer Luke Passmore (Archenemy) and directed and executive-produced by John Wynn (The Rising Hawk). Passmore is attached to adapt and executive-produce the series.

Along with Gina Rodriguez and Luke Passmore, executive producers for the series will be Rob Herting, Sandra Yee Ling, and Michele Zarate on behalf of QCode; Brian Kavanaugh-Jones, Fred Berger, Justin Levy and Jeremy Platt on behalf of Automatik; and Molly Breeskin on behalf of I Can and Will Productions.

The eight-episode first season of the podcast also starred James Purefoy, Manny Jacinto, Olivia Cheng, Ashley Bell, JR Bourne, Travis Joe Dixon, Matthew Henerson, Jessica Oyelowo, Venk Potula and Giovanna Quinto. It’s not clear yet whether any of those actors will be back for the TV update.

Among QCode podcasts to be picked up for series or film adaptation to date are Gaslight (New Regency), The Edge of Sleep (New Regency), Ellen (New Regency), From Now (Amazon Studios), Dirty Diana (Amazon Studios), Carrier (Amblin Partners), The Left Right Game (Amazon Studios), and Blackout (Chernin Entertainment).

Rodriguez is represented by WME and Jackoway Austen Tyerman Wertheimer Mandelbaum Morris Bernstein Trattner & Klein. Passmore is represented by Grandview and Myman Greenspan Fox Rosenberg Mobasser Younger and Lighter. Wynn is represented by Gersh and Grandview.

Courtney Eaton & Thomas Mann To Topline Brittany Snow’s Feature Directorial Debut ‘September 17th’ For Yale Entertainment; Gina Rodriguez, Joel McHale Also Set

The recently-wrapped September 17th centers around Riley (Eaton), who has recently been released from rehab after struggling with her addictions to food and body image. She soon meets Ethan (Mann) and finds herself navigating the line between unconditional love and a new addiction. Francesca Reale (Stranger Things), Jennifer Westfeldt (Younger), Ekaterina Baker (The Card Counter) and Kathryn Gallagher (You) round out the cast of the pic based on an original story by Snow, who wrote the script alongside Becca Gleason.

Jordan Yale Levine and Jordan Beckerman are producing under their Yale Entertainment banner, alongside Lizzie Shapiro (Shiva Baby) for The Space Program. Exec producers include The Space Program’s Gus Deardoff, Michael J. Rothstein, Eric Broughton, Patrick Heaphy, Jeff Tussi, Kyle Stroud, Jason Kringstein, Matthew Helderman, Luke Taylor, Russell Posternak and Clay Pecorin.

Eaton is an Australian actress who made her screen debut as Cheedo the Fragile in George Miller’s Academy Award-winning Mad Max: Fury Road, alongside Charlize Theron—most recently portraying teenaged Lottie in the acclaimed Showtime drama series Yellowjackets, which has been renewed for a second season. The actress has also been seen in Alex Proyas’ fantasy pic Gods of Egypt and Steven C. Miller’s thriller Line of Duty, among other projects.

Mann is best known for his leading role as Greg in the coming-of-age dramedy Me and Earl and the Dying Girl alongside Olivia Cooke. He’ll next be seen in A24’s comedy Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, having previously appeared in such films as Project X, Kong: Skull Island, Halloween Kills, It’s Kind of a Funny Story, Beautiful Creatures, The Stanford Prison Experiment and The Highwaymen. The actor has also been seen on such series as Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty, Moonbase 8 and Fargo. Other upcoming projects include the rom-com About Fate with Emma Roberts, and the comedy Cora Bora led by Hacks breakout Megan Stalter.

Rodriguez is best known for her turn as the titular character on The CW’s Jane the Virgin and has also been seen in such features as I Want You Back, Kajillionaire, Miss Bala, Annihilation and Deepwater Horizon. She was set in March as the lead of ABC’s pilot Not Dead Yet, and will also soon appear on the shows Lost Ollie (Netflix) and Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (Apple TV+) along with the films Players and Like It Used To Be.

McHale is an Emmy-nominated actor, comedian, writer and producer best known for his portrayal of Jeff Winger on NBC’s Community, and for hosting the satirical weekly show The Soup for E! between 2004 and 2015. Recent film credits include Queenpins, Becky, Game Over, Man!, A Futile and Stupid Gesture and Assassination Nation. He’ll also soon be seen in Eli Stern’s comedy California King with Victoria Justice and Jimmy Tatro.

Other upcoming projects from Yale Entertainment include the recently-wrapped thriller The Kill Room, starring Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Joe Manganiello and Maya Hawke, and writer-director David Duchovny’s adaptation of his novel Bucky F*cking Dent, in which he’ll also star.

Eaton is represented by ICM Partners, Authentic Talent and Literary Management and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; Mann by UTA, Industry Entertainment and Hansen, Jacobson, Teller; Rodriguez by WME and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; McHale by UTA and Johnson Shapiro Slewett & Kole; Reale by Gersh and Atlas Artists; Westfeldt by Innovative Artists and Vault Entertainment; and Gallagher by Gersh and One Entertainment.

Harrison Wagner Scholarship Fund

To donate to the fund, please follow this link by clicking here. If you have a loved one that is need of the care that New Life House offers but could not otherwise afford the program, please give us a call at 888-357-7577 to learn more about our program.

All funds donated to the Harrison Wagner Scholarship Fund will be used to directly help young men pay their rent or a portion of their rent who could not otherwise afford their care at New Life House.

CBS Brings Back Iconic ‘Feel The Heat’ Daytime Campaign From 1985

Beginning tonight, the network is bringing back its iconic “Feel the Heat” campaign from 1985 that featured the Robert Palmer song “Some Like It Hot”over scenes of CBS soap stars canoodling, hugging and, ahem, taking showers.

The new, pastel-colored promos use the same song and have the same feel. They will promote the CBS sudsers The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, as well as The Talk, The Price is Right, and Let’s Make a Deal.

The idea to dust off the old campaign came from CBS Entertainment President Kelly Kahl.

“He stumbles upon things and we share with each other. Kelly was cracking up looking at the old spots from daytime, and so I asked why can’t we bring that back in some way?” said President and Chief Marketing Officer Mike Benson. “Nostalgia is really resonating with audiences today. People want to go back in a time that they remember when life was different and simpler.”

Shortly after launching the campaign in the ’80s, CBS began its winning streak in daytime. Benson hopes the Palmer tune will keep CBS Daytime in the winners circle by bringing back memories for soap fans. “When you use music in your marketing, it’s a shortcut to emotional engagement, especially to audiences who remember songs like that,” he said.

Here’s the original spot that also includes lots of death stares from angry divas and … lightning! Nothing says heat in daytime better than thunder and lightning. (1985 Promo)

'General Hospital' soap star Jack Wagner's son Harrison, 27, found dead in Los Angeles parking lot

Harrison was pronounced dead on scene at 5:14 a.m. in the 11200 block of Chandler Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley suburb of North Hollywood. The cause of death is currently under investigation and listed as "deferred."

The coroner's office told Fox News Digital: "Deferred means that after an autopsy, a cause of death has not been determined and the medical examiner is requesting more investigation into the death, including additional studies. Once the tests/studies come back, the doctor evaluates the case again and makes the cause of death determination."

"Focus. YOU are left with YOU and your thoughts," he captioned his final Instagram post on May 22.

Jack Wagner's son Harrison was found dead in a Los Angeles parking lot on Monday. He was 27.

Earlier in the year, Harrison shared a photo posing with his famous father on social media, and captioned the image, "like father, like son."

Fox News Digital has contacted Wagner's representatives for comment.

He struggled with drug addiction in the past, but it's unclear if substance abuse played a part in his death. Jack previously spoke out in fear for his youngest son's addiction issues after he relapsed in 2016 and went missing for one week.

"I’m going to ask those who want to share their fears, addictions & struggles to do so w me via Twitter. We can face them 2gether, I’ll start," Jack tweeted at the time.

"I fear for my youngest sons safety. Harrison has struggled w drugs & alcohol just as I did when I was younger. He’s relapsed & is MIA 5days."

He gave fans a hopeful update the following day when he announced Harrison had been in contact: "He’s 21 & in charge of his life, ty for the lv & prayers, please continue to share your struggles, it helps us all."

The 64-year-old actor is known for his roles on "Melrose Place," "The Bold and The Beautiful" and "Santa Barbara."

Harrison's mother, Kristina Wagner, is also an actress, and met Jack while working together on "General Hospital." The couple privately married during a ceremony in Lake Tahoe, Nevada in 1993, but divorced years later in 2006.

Jack and Kristina also have a son named Peter, and Jack has a daughter, Kerry, from another relationship.

Following Jack's divorce, he was in a longtime relationship with Heather Locklear beginning in 2007.

The couple, who worked together on "Melrose Place" in the '90s, became engaged in 2011, but called off their nuptials only three months later. She was previously married to Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora.

KEVIN FRAZIER AND NISCHELLE TURNER TO HOST THE 49TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS

As hosts of the six-time Daytime Emmy Award-winning show ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT, Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner have established themselves as accomplished journalists covering the stories that most impact the entertainment industry. Frazier is a multi-faceted journalist, producer and entrepreneur who has interviewed Hollywood’s biggest stars and traveled the world covering exclusive stories. Turner, who also hosts SECRET CELEBRITY RENOVATION on the Network, is an award-winning journalist, a regular contributor for CNN and made television history in 2021 when she became the first Black woman to host ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT in the show’s 41-year history. Together, Frazier and Turner are the first Black duo to host an entertainment news show.

The Daytime Emmy Awards have recognized outstanding achievement in television programming and crafts since 1974, honoring work in a variety of categories, including daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, hosting and legal/courtroom programs. In 2021, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and the Television Academy jointly announced plans to realign the Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards to be organized by content genre, as opposed to program airtime. In addition, in recognition of the marked increase in content and entries for children’s programming, 2022 will mark the first annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, with relevant categories separating from the Daytime Emmys into their own competition and ceremony.

In addition, the Creative Arts and Lifestyle Emmy ceremony will stream Saturday, June 18, (LIVE online, 9:00 PM, ET/6:00 PM, PT) at watch.TheEmmys.tv and via The Emmys apps for iOS, tvOS, Android, FireTV and Roku (full list at apps.theemmys.tv).

Betty White L.A. Home Sells Goes for More Than Asking

The 5-bedroom, 6-bathroom Brentwood property was listed at $10.575 million and sold for $10.678 million. The backyard comes complete with a swimming pool and beautiful views of The Getty Museum.

Sources connected to the sale tell us there were several offers on the home, and while it's not yet clear who the buyer was, we're told it's not another celebrity.

As we reported, those interested in the home first had to be prequalified, and were not allowed inside ... so almost safe to say it could be torn down for a new build.

Betty spent most of her life there, first moving in in 1968 -- and living there until her death on New Year's Eve 2021.

The home was full of history, and it was said Betty and her late husband, Allen Ludden, spent many nights in the guest house playing charades with friends like Jimmy and Gloria Stewart, and Dinah Shore.

Dishing with Digest - 5/27/22 - Tanner Novlan

Talk Show Appearance

Friday, May 27

Actor John McCook (CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL)

ABC New Series Teaser Trailers: ‘Alaska’, ‘The Rookie: Feds’, ‘Not Dead Yet’

ALASKA, Drama (Video)

Produced by 20th Television, a part of Disney Television Studios. From writer-director-executive producer Tom McCarthy and executive producers Hilary Swank, Melissa Wells, Bert Salke, Kyle Hopkins and Ryan Binkley.

THE ROOKIE: FEDS, Drama (Video)

Produced by eOne and ABC Signature. From writer-executive producer Alexi Hawley and executive producers Mark Gordon, Niecy Nash-Betts, Mark Gordon, Nathan Fillion, Michelle Chapman, Bill Norcross, Corey Miller.

NOT DEAD YET, Comedy (Video)

Produced by A+E Studios and 20th Television. From writer-executive producer David E. Kelley, executive producer and showrunner Dana Calvo and executive producers Michael Connelly, Ross Fineman, Barry Jossen, Tana Jamieson.

‘Fantasy Island’ & ‘Lego Masters’ Move From Summer To In-Season At Fox; Will Arnett-Hosted Series Gets Celebrity Special

The low-cost drama and the Will Arnett-hosted unscripted series were previously set to launch on May 31. However, this morning with the reveal of Fox’s latest slate, the two shows are being pushed to later in the season.

“There’s some great moments where you start to see what you’ve got in the can and they came in so good,” Fox Entertainment CEO Charlie Collier said, speaking on its pre-upfront call. “We’re so blessed to have such a hefty returning slate and great choices to make.”

Michael Thorn, President of Entertainment at Fox, added, “Fantasy Island is really a stand out for us and we’ve lined up some incredible guest stars for this season. It’s really fun and escapist and we can’t wait to have that back on our air.”

Separately, Lego Masters is getting its own celebrity spinoff – Celebrity Lego Masters: Holiday Bricktacular is being launched as a “multiple-night event” on the network.

The move is more surprising for Fantasy Island.

The series, which was created by Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain and comes from Sony Pictures Television, Gemstone Studios and Fox Entertainment, launched its first season in August 2021 and was seen as a low cost opportunity for scripted in the summer.

The reboot of the classic series, which ran between 1977 and 1984, was renewed in November following strong ratings.

It stars Roselyn Sanchez and Kiara Barnes and takes place at a luxury resort, where literally any fantasy requested by guests is fulfilled, although they rarely turn out as expected. Delving into the “what if” questions — both big and small — that keep us awake at night, each episode will tell emotional, provocative stories about people who arrive with dreams and desires.

Sanchez plays Elena Roarke, a descendant of the iconic Mr. Roarke, who set aside her own ambitions, and the love of her life, to uphold her family’s legacy. Barnes plays Ruby Akuda, a young woman with an old soul who arrived on Fantasy Island with a terminal illness and was given a new lease on life as Roarke’s right hand.

The series also aired a two-hour holiday special – Welcome to the Snow Globe – in December.

In season two, the transformations continue when two former high school losers come to the Island hoping to make their onetime classmates envious of their new lives. Also, three friends attempt to find out what happened to a fourth companion, who mysteriously vanished decades ago; and an empty-nester couple arrives to determine whether or not to divorce.

Last year, Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn told Deadline Fantasy Island was its “first real, recent attempt at a cost effective” drama series and said the network was “really high on it”.

The move of Lego Masters, which was renewed for a third season in December, is slightly less surprising given that the Arnett-hosted series has moved around the schedule. The first season aired in February 2020 and the second season premiered in June 2021.

The show sees pairs of Lego enthusiasts facing off in brick-building challenges.

Based on the hit British reality-competition series of the same name, Lego Masters is produced by Endemol Shine North America, Tuesday’s Child and Brad Pitt’s Plan B.

The network said that the second season was summer 2021’s joint number entertainment series among teens and was the number one most co-viewed broadcast unscripted series of the summer, averaging 4.2M total multiplatform viewers.

Executive producers include Arnett, Pip Wells, Endemol Shine North America’s Sharon Levy, DJ Nurre and Michael Heyerman, Tuesday’s Child’s Karen Smith and Steph Harris, Plan B’s Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, and Jeremy Kleiner and Jill Wilfert and Robert May from the Lego Group.

Fox has a number of other non-scripted series that are still planned for the summer including the return of So You Think You Can Dance, which launches May 18, Don’t Forget The Lyrics! and Beat Shazam on May 23, and MasterChef on May 25.

Comedy ‘Not Dead Yet’ Picked Up To Series At ABC

The Disney-owned network has picked up Hilary Swank-fronted drama Alaska (fka Alaska Daily News), The Rookie spinoff The Rookie: Feds and comedy Not Dead Yet to series.

It comes on a busy day for the network ahead of its Upfront presentation next week; it renewed Big Sky for a third season, A Million Little Things, for a fifth season, and comedies The Conners, for season five, Home Economics, for season three and The Wonder Years, a second season as well as a slew of unscripted renewals.

Alaska, which scored a pilot order in September, stars Swank as Eileen Fitzgerald, a recently disgraced reporter who leaves her high-profile New York life behind to join a daily metro newspaper in Anchorage on a journey to find both personal and professional redemption.

It comes from Spotlight and Stillwater director Tom McCarthy and is produced by 20th Television.

It also stars Jeff Perry as Stanley Cornik, Matt Malloy as Bob Young, Meredith Holzman as Claire Muncy, Grace Dove as Rosalind “Roz” Friendly, Pablo Castelblanco as Gabriel Martin, Ami Park as Jieun Park and Craig Frank as Austin Greene.

McCarthy, who wrote and directed the pilot episode, and Swank exec produce alongside Melissa Wells, Bert Salke and Anchorage Daily News’ Kyle Hopkins and Ryan Binkley.

As we signposted, The Rookie spinoff is also making it to air. The series, known as The Rookie: Feds, stars Niecy Nash-Betts as Simone Clark, the oldest rookie in the FBI Academy.

It was introduced as a two-part event during the fourth season of the show, where Officer John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) and the L.A. division of the FBI enlist the help of Simone Clark when one of her former students is a suspect in a terror attack.

The series also stars Frankie Faison as Christopher “Cutty” Clark and Felix Solis as Special Agent Matthew Garza.

It was created by Alexi Hawley and Terence Paul Winter, who exec produce alongside Mark Gordon, Niecy Nash-Betts, Nathan Fillion, Michelle Chapman, Bill Norcross and Corey Miller.

Entertainment One (eOne) is the lead studio and will distribute internationally. It is a co-production with with ABC Signature. Finally, the network has picked up comedy Not Dead Yet.

From The Real O’Neals creators David Windsor and Casey Johnson, the series stars Gina Rodriguez. Based on Alexandra Potter’s Confessions of a 40-something F**k Up, it sees the Jane The Virgin star play Nell Stevens a broke and newly single self-described disaster, working to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago. When she lands the only job she can find – writing obituaries – Nell starts getting life advice from an unlikely source.

This Is Us alum Windsor and Johnson, who landed a pilot order in February, created and exec produce alongside Rodriguez, Wonderland Sound and Vision’s McG, Mary Viola and Corey Marsh.

The pair wrote the pilot episode, which was directed by Dean Holland. It comes from 20th Television.

Robin Givens Mockumentary ‘The Nana Project’ Adds Sierra McCormick, Morgan Fairchild, Katie Sarife & More

Set primarily at Timeless Acres Retirement Home, the film follows a documentary crew who develop an interest in one of its star residents—feisty chess master Helen “Nana” Lewis (Ruehl). With the help of her friends Jennifer (Whelan), Francesca (Fairchild), Jack (Todd), Esther (Tilton), Kitty (Beth Broderick), Gladys (Margaret Avery) and Lisa (Hiraizumi), Nana begins training for an upcoming chess tournament. She plans on dominating the competition but her real plan involves reuniting her estranged grandsons, Andrew (Gould), a dedicated veterinary student, and Cody (Peltz), a flashy male model and influencer. Olivia d’Abo (The Wonder Years), Eddie Steeples (My Name is Earl), and Mike Manning (This Is Us) will round out the cast.

Eric Ulloa (Jekyll and Hyde), Anthony Del Negro (The Girl in the Window) and 12-time Tony Award winner Carl Moellenberg (Wakefield) wrote the script. The latter is also producing on behalf of Flamingo Films alongside Del Negro, with production set to kick off later this month.

McCormick is represented by Management Production Entertainment and Innovative Artists; Todd by manager Jeff Goldberg and Defining Artists Agency; Sarife by Link Entertainment and Innovative Artists; Hiraizumi by Link Entertainment; Fairchild by Pinnacle Theatrical Talent; Whelan by Luber Roklin Entertainment and Innovative Artists; D’Abo by APA; Steeples by Jackson Entertainment Management and Del Shaw Moonves; Broderick by Mavrick Artists Agency; and Avery by Ideal Talent Agency.

Soap opera star undergoes surgery after nasty horseback riding accident

The “Bold and Beautiful” star revealed she was out for a 40-mile horseback ride in Malibu on Saturday when she got off her horse, tripped over a rock and twisted her ankle.

“At around 16 miles I got off my horse to walk down a steep and very rocky trail to give her a break,” she wrote in a lengthy Instagram caption alongside photos and videos of the venture. “At the bottom of the trail I tripped on a rock and my left foot took the pounding. My ankle and foot dislocated off to the left at a 90 degree angle to my leg.

“I pushed it back into place. It was so gross but I had to do it.”

With the help of her friends and a driver passing by who called 911, Lang, 60, was taken to the hospital and learned she’d broken three bones in her ankle.

The actress showed her broken ankle in a series of snaps on Instagram.

“Had surgery late that night and now have rods, pins, and screws in my ankle,” she wrote. “No weight bearing on my foot for 6 weeks.”

The actress, who made her debut as Brooke Logan on the long-running soap back in 1987, was optimistic she would be back at work soon.

“I will still go to work later this week and try to heal quick so I can do all the things I love to do,” the mother of three said. “I am still in the hospital today and trying to have a smile on my face. I am not a happy camper when things slow me down like this.

“And there is always a lesson to learn. Not sure what that lesson is yet but will have the time to contemplate #staypositive”

Michael E. Knight Interview 5/12/22

Knight, just returned to his role as lawyer Martin Grey on General Hospital, and will share his thoughts on working in story with Lynn Herring (Lucy), Genie Francis (Laura), Jeff Kober (Cyrus), and James Patrick Stuart (Valentin) and more.

ll My Children fans loved Michael's performances through the years as Tad Martin, where he became a multi-Daytime Emmy winner and synonymous with the ABC daytime drama series. After AMC came to its conclusion on network television and online with Prospect Park, Knight returned to soaps in 2015 in the recurring role of Dr. Simon Neville on The Young and the Restless.

Peter Gadiot & Kim Matula Join Mike Daniels’ NBC Pilot Based On Dutch Series ‘Adam & Eva’

The project, described as a funny and heartfelt drama, chronicles the epic love and lives of two complete strangers, Adam (Rappaport) and Eva (Chando), whose multiple run-ins begin to defy coincidence, leading both to believe in fate. The show breaks the mold by pairing a serialized, stand-up-and-cheer romantic comedy with the wildly diverse and often unexpected human stories of anyone who finds themselves six degrees from Adam and Eva.

Gadiot will play Felix, an ambitious fine art and fashion photographer whose depth and talent are an irresistible draw for Eva. Matula portrays Monica, a Midwestern transplant who tries to make the best of a bad situation when her mistakes in love come home to roost.

Series regular cast also includes Kevin Iannucci and Bethany Brown.

The Dutch series, which drew critical acclaim and ran from 2011-16, starred Teun Luijkx as Adam and Eva van de Wijdeven as Eva.

The adaptation is produced by Universal Television in association with 6107 Productions, David Janollari Entertainment and Willy Waltz International.

Gadiot, most recently seen in Yellowjackets, previously co-starred in USA’s Queen of the South as James Valdez. Other credits include Tut, opposite Ben Kingsley, Matador, from executive producer Robert Rodriguez; and Once Upon a Time in Wonderland. On the film side, Gadiot worked with Wes Anderson and Roman Coppola in the short film Prada Candy. He’s repped by Gersh, Industry and Hansen Jacobson

Matula co-starred in the Fox comedy series LA to Vegas. Other TV credits include The Resident, Leverage: Redemption, 9-1-1, The Sex Lives of College Girls and American Crime Story: Impeachment. Feature credits include Fighting With My Family, Dawn Patrol and the upcoming Tapawingo. She’s repped by Christina Gualazzi and Innovative Artists.

'Saved By The Bell’ Canceled At Peacock After 2 Seasons

Deadline understands that the cast and crew were told yesterday.

It comes only a month after the reboot of the classic NBC comedy won Outstanding Comedy Series at the GLAAD Media Awards.

The second season of the show dropped in November after the first season reportedly performed well for the streaming service.

In the reimagined series, when California governor Zack Morris gets into hot water for closing too many underfunded high schools, he proposes they send the affected students to the most well-funded schools in the state – including Bayside High. The influx of new students gives the privileged Bayside kids (who never have a problem that can’t be solved in 22 minutes) a much-needed dose of reality.

The new class features Belmont Cameli, Dexter Darden, Mitchell Hoog, Alycia Pascual-Peña, Josie Totah and Haskiri Velazquez with Elizabeth Berkley Lauren and Mario Lopez reprising their roles as Jessie Spano and A.C. Slater. John Michael Higgins also stars as Principal Toddman.

The show addressed many important topics such as race, inclusion, class and education.

It came from writer and exec producer Tracey Wigfield with Franco Bario and Peter Engel also exec producing. Universal Television produced.

“We are so proud to have been the home of the next iteration of Saved by the Bell for both new and OG fans. Saved by the Bell has been a cultural mainstay for more than 30 years and the new series, led by Tracey Wigfield’s superfan enthusiasm and signature witty humor, seamlessly continued the show’s legacy, all while allowing more audiences to feel seen. We’re grateful to Tracey, Franco Bario, our partners at UTV, the beloved cast, and the fans who have continued to champion one of the most iconic shows of all time,” said a Peacock spokeswoman.

Second Season Of Emmy-Winning ‘Studio City’ Drops On Amazon Prime

“I am unbelievably proud of Studio City and what we accomplished during season one,” said Kanan. “It was a project that, with the hard work of an ensemble of talented creatives, came to fruition and won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series. We are excited to bring you season two.”

The first 11 episodes of the digital drama dropped in 2019 and continued into 2020. It tells the story of Sam Stevens (Kanan), a long-time soap opera actor starring in the number two most-watched daytime drama, Hearts on Fire, as he struggles to keep his top spot on the show while attempting to break into feature films and navigate his complicated personal life.

Kanan worked on the digital series while maintaining his day job — playing Deacon Sharpe on B&B since 1990.

In addition to Kanan, the cast of season two includes Carolyn Hennesy, Tristan Rogers, Anna Maria-Horsford, Juliet Vega, Philip P. Bruenn, Justin Torkildsen, Natalie Burn, Erin Soto, Lilly Melgar, Will Roberts, and Scott Turner Schofield. Rogers, a longtime soap star, won his first Emmy in 2020 for playing Doc on the digital drama.

Season two consists of six episodes and was shot at Kevin Hart’s studio in Van Nuys and a private residence in Malibu.

Studio City was created by Kanan and Jason Antognoli. Timothy Woodward, Jr. serves as showrunner and director. Sean Kanan, Michele Kanan, and Timothy Woodward, Jr. serve as writers and executive producers.

“THE 49TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS” TO BE BROADCAST FRIDAY, JUNE 24, ON CBS

The ceremony is set to take place at the Pasadena Civic Center in Pasadena, Calif. Nominations will be announced Thursday, May 5. Additional information will be available in the coming weeks.

The Daytime Emmy Awards have recognized outstanding achievement in television programming and crafts since 1974, honoring work in a variety of categories, including daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, hosting, and legal/courtroom programs. In 2021, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and the Television Academy jointly announced plans to realign the Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards to be organized by content genre, as opposed to program airtime. In addition, in recognition of the marked increase in content and entries for children’s programming, 2022 will mark the first annual Children’s & Family Emmy Awards, with relevant categories separating from the Daytime Emmys into their own competition and ceremony. All awards are judged by a pool of peer professionals from across the television industry.

The 49TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS is produced by NATAS and Associated Television International (ATI), which produced Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies on The CW in 2009 and on CBS in 2010, 2011, 2020 and 2021. Adam Sharp and Steve Ulrich are executive producers from NATAS, while David McKenzie is executive producer from ATI.

Betty White L.A. House Up For Sale

Betty's 3,029 square foot home in Brentwood, CA is listed for $10.575M. It has some great views of the famed Getty Museum ... with a massive backyard outfitted with the obligatory SoCal swimming pool.

Betty spent many years here -- she moved there in 1968. She lived there with husband Allen Ludden because it was central to a bunch of studios on the Westside of L.A. Betty stayed put after Allen died in 1981 ... in fact, she lived there until she died in the home last New Year's Eve.

There's also a guest house, where Betty and Allen enjoyed playing charades with friends like Jimmy and Gloria Stewart, Dinah Shore and Burt Reynolds.

If you're a lookie-loo, don't bother ... the only people who can tour the home are prequalified buyers and will be given no interior access to the home.

As we reported, a buyer has already laid claim to Betty's home in Carmel, CA, where Betty also spent lots of time. That house is incredible, with views of the famed Monterey Peninsula. It was listed at $7.9 mil, and a bidding war hiked the final price to $10.7 mil.

Betty wanted to live out her final days in the Carmel home, but had to live in the L.A. house for medical reasons.

Marlene Okulick of Sotheby’s International Realty – Pacific Palisades Brokerage -- has the listing on the Brentwood property.

Rome Flynn guests on Grey's Anatomy 5/5/22

Guest starring is Debbie Allen as Catherine Fox, Kate Walsh as Addison Montgomery, Skylar Astin as Todd Eames, Rome Flynn as Wendell, Alex Landi as Nico Kim, Jaicy Elliot as Taryn Helm, Greg Tarzan Davis as Jordan Wright, Zaiver Sinnett as Zander Perez and Meryl Hathaway as Tovah Freedman.

‘Fantasy Football’: Omari Hardwick, Kelly Rowland & Rome Flynn Board Sports Comedy From Nickelodeon And Awesomeness Films

Fantasy Football follows 16-year-old Callie Coleman (Martin), who discovers that she can control her professional football player dad Bobby Coleman’s (Hardwick) prowess on the field through EA Sports’ Madden NFL. Rowland is playing Callie’s mother, Keisha Coleman, with Flynn portraying Bobby’s rookie archival, Anderson Fisher. Elijah Richardson, Hanani Taylor, Abigail Killmeier, Tyla Harris, Isac Ivan and Tony Gonzalez will round out the cast.

Fantasy Football is the third film to enter production under Awesomeness and Nickelodeon’s live-action film studio head Syrinthia Studer, following The J Team, starring and executive produced by JoJo Siwa, and the upcoming Honor Society, starring Angourie Rice and Gaten Matarazzo. Emmy winners Dan Gurewitch & David Young wrote the most recent draft of the script, which was based on an original screenplay by Richard T. Jones & Jeremy Loethen and Tim Ogletree.

LeBron James, Spencer Beighley and Jamal Henderson are producing for the SpringHill Company, with Marsai Martin and Joshua Martin of Genius Entertainment and Timothy Bourne. Carol Martin and Jamila Jordan-Theus are exec producing for Genius Entertainment. Studer, who serves as EVP of Nickelodeon and Awesomeness Films, is overseeing the project with Nickelodeon’s Director of Development, Jessica Smith. NFL Films and EA Sports are also on board to provide the sports expertise necessary to the film’s production.

“I am so excited to be working with such a talented and supportive group,” said Cropper. “Fantasy Football is a culmination of the adrenaline of the NFL and the fun of EA Sports’ Madden NFL, with the heart of a father-daughter relationship. As the father of a teenage daughter, I can’t wait to sit down and watch this with her.”

Hardwick starred as James “Ghost” St. Patrick on Starz’s hit series Power and recently appeared on the Netflix series Pieces of Her, with Toni Collette. The actor’s film credits include Army of the Dead, American Skin, Sorry to Bother You, Shot Caller, For Colored Girls, The A-Team and Miracle at St. Anna.

Rowland is an actor and Grammy-winning musician (of Destiny’s Child fame) whose film credits include Black Is King, Bad Hair, Think Like a Man and Freddy vs. Jason. She’s also been seen on such series as L.A.’s Finest, A Black Lady Sketch Show, American Soul and Empire.

Flynn is a Daytime Emmy winner who has been seen on such series as Grey’s Anatomy, The Rookie, Raising Dion, With Love, Dear White People, How to Get Away with Murder and The Haves and the Have Nots, among others. His film credits include 1/2 New Year and A Madea Family Funeral.

Gonzalez is a former Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons All-Pro tight end, who currently stars as Desmond Porter on Spectrum Originals’ new drama series Long Slow Exhale.

Hardwick is represented by WME and Sloane, Offer, Weber & Dern; Rowland by Gersh and Roc Nation Management; Flynn by Innovative Artists, Weiner Dale Management and Meyers & Downs; Richardson by CESD and Terrific Talent; Taylor by AEFH; Killmeier by Savage Agency and Treadwell Entertainment Group; Harris by Alexander White Agency and Authentic Talent and Literary Management; Ivan by Stellar Talent Agency; and Gonzalez by SMAC Entertainment.

Robert Pine & Constance Towers guest on 9-1-1: Lonestar 5/2/22

Cast: Rob Lowe as Owen Strand; Gina Torres as Tommy Vega; Ronen Rubinstein as T.K. Strand; Sierra McClain as Grace Ryder; Jim Parrack as Judd Ryder; Natacha Karam as Marjan Marwani; Brian Michael Smith as Paul Strickland; Rafael Silva as Carlos Reyes; Julian Works as Mateo Chavez; Brianna Baker as Nancy Gillian

Guest Cast: Barry Corbin as Stuart Ryder; Jackson Pace as Wyatt; Robert Pine as Walter Strand; Constance Towers as Helen

Dishing with Digest - 4/15/22 - Ashley Jones

Siena Goines & Dan Martin guests on NCIS: Hawaii

GUEST CAST includes: Mahina Napoleon (Julie Tennant), Dan Martin (Paul Johnson), Siena Goines (Marci).

Obba Babatundé recurs on S.W.A.T. 4/24/22

RECURRING CAST: Obba Babatundé (Daniel Sr.), Ryan Hurst (Terry).

Betty White Memorabilia Up For Auction Over 1,500 Unique Items!!!

The items are going on the block in September, courtesy of Julien's Auctions in Bev Hills, and the treasure trove includes signed scripts, wedding bands and her popular outfits.

The collection will be displayed in various countries around the world before ending up at Julien's ... countries like Chile and Ireland. The collection will also make its way aboard the Queen Mary 2's Transatlantic Voyage.

The auction house says, "We are honored to work with her Estate in this exclusive presentation of these precious artifacts and personal mementos from her storied life and career which will be offered for the first time at auction to the public, museum curators and her legions of fans worldwide."

As you know, Betty was about to celebrate her 100th birthday when she died of a stroke on New Year's Eve 2021 at home in LA. After her passing, Betty's team released a pre-recorded video of the actress thanking her fans for all the money raised for animals through the #BettyWhiteChallenge.

Prime Video Releases Tense Trailer For ‘The Wilds’ Season Two; Introduces A New Group Of Test Subjects On The Island

The Wilds is created and executive produced by Sarah Streicher alongside showrunner and executive producer Amy Harris. The late Jamie Tarses of FanFare, and Dylan Clark of Dylan Clark Productions also serve as executive producers. The series is co-produced by Amazon Studios and ABC Signature, part of Disney Television Studios.

The Wilds is part survival drama, part Lord of the Flies, where a group of teenage girls from radically different backgrounds after an airplane crash leaves them stranded on a deserted island. The show explores the past and present struggles of these young women, offering up a vivid portrayal of what it means to grow up female in our time.

At the end of season one, the girls found out they are part of a social experiment and still haven’t found a way off the island yet. In season two, survival hangs in the balance as the group unravels what’s happening to them and why. This season ups the drama and keeps you guessing, with the introduction of more test subjects—another island of teenage boys—who must also fight for survival under the watchful eye of the experiment’s puppet master.

Watch the trailer above to see what The Wilds has in store!

‘How to Get Away With Murder’ Alum Rome Flynn to Recur on ‘Grey’s Anatomy’

According to ABC’s description of Wendell, the character is “a typical younger sibling with a mischievous sense of humor — he’s hoping to impress Winston with his new sales rep role at a medical technology company.” The logline of Thursday’s episode suggests that the physician shortage at Grey Sloan Memorial, prompted by the pandemic, is starting to become a true crisis — though it’s unclear whether “Grey’s Anatomy” viewers will learn more about Winston’s recently revealed expertise about snakes (or how Wendell might feel about snakes).

After making his television debut on CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” from 2015-2017, and winning a Daytime Emmy for younger actor in a drama series, Flynn has recurred on the final season of Netflix’s “Dear White People” as David and on Season 2 of the streamer’s “Raising Dion,” which dropped in February. Flynn is also an R&B singer.

As Gabriel on “How to Get Away With Murder,” Flynn played the son of Sam Keating (Tom Verica) who was also a law student of Annalise’s (Viola Davis), and became enmeshed in the twisty, murderous doings of ABC’s #TGIF show until its conclusion. Additionally, he was a series regular on Gloria Calderón Kellett’s comedy “With Love,” which premiered on Amazon Prime Video in December.

Flynn is represented by Weiner Dale Management, Innovative Artists, Emily Downs at Meyer & Downs and imPRint.

Gina Rodriguez To Headline ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Not Dead Yet’

In the project, based on Alexandra Potter’s Confessions of a Forty-Something F**k Up, published in 2020, broke, newly single and feeling old, Nell Stevens (Rodriguez) – a self-described disaster – works to restart the life and career she left behind 10 years ago. Moving back home to Pasadena – a world where everyone seems to have a better life than she does (kids, careers, happy marriages, etc.) Nell can only afford to share an apartment with a stranger who monitors how much electricity she uses and pesters her about her recycling habits (which lately include a lot of empty White Claws.) A once successful journalist, Nell put her career on hold to help her fiancé get his restaurant off the ground. Following their break up, she takes the only job she can get – writing obituaries – which at first seems like a step backwards but ultimately may be exactly what she needs to move forward.

Johnson and Windsor, who wrote the script, executive produce with Wonderland Sound and Vision’s McG, Mary Viola and Corey Marsh. 20th Television is the studio.

Rodriguez is best known for playing the title role on the hit series Jane The Virgin, for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy. Her upcoming projects include Netflix’s film Awake and Netflix’s miniseries Lost Ollie.

Rodriguez founded I Can and I Will Can Productions, whose mission is to create art and tell stories from those who are traditionally unseen and unheard. The company is behind Diary of a Future President, the series which Rodriguez directed, produced, and appeared in as the future president. It ran on Disney+ for two seasons. Rodriguez is repped by WME.

Texas Battle guests on Magnum P.I. 4/8/22

GUEST CAST includes: Christopher Thornton (Kenneth Shammy), Domenick Lombardozzi (Sebastian Nuzo), Tiffany Hines (Lara), Texas Battle (Oscar Woods).

Betty White’s beloved California home she built with husband asks $8M

Her beloved Carmel, Calif., home that she built with her husband more than four decades ago has hit the market for $7.95 million.

This seaside spread was where she hoped to live her final days — but instead, she passed away in her Los Angeles home.

“She never wanted to leave her home in Carmel, but was forced to for at-home care,” a source previously told The Post. “Los Angeles was more accessible.”

“If she had it her way, Betty would’ve lived and died in that home [in Carmel]. It’s the home she shared with her husband, it’s where she felt more comfortable.”

White, who passed away in December — one month shy of her 100th birthday — purchased the plot of land with her husband Allen Ludden for $170,000 in 1978 (roughly $772,000 in today’s dollars), to build out their dream oceanfront home.

Standing on a cliff, they designed a three-story, four-bedroom wood and glass home of more than 3,600 square feet. They completed it in 1981.

As fate would have it, Ludden died after a battle with stomach cancer, spending only a few nights in the newly finished home.

Located in the upscale and relaxed seaside community of Carmel-by-the-Sea, each room features panoramic ocean views of the Point Lobos Nature Reserve, Ribera Beach, and Monastery Beach.

Nicole Truskowski and Zak Freedman of Truszkowski Freedman & Associates of Sotheby’s International Realty have the listing.

“As revered as Betty White’s public image was in real life, she was a private person. Betty’s home in Carmel was her special sanctuary and it was one of her favorite places to recharge and rejuvenate,” Truszkowski told The Post.

“Spending time in Carmel was one of Betty’s favorite things to do,” Truszkowski added. “She enjoyed many treasured moments with her family and close friends. The home embodies the spirit of Betty and Allen, it was eloquently understated with the focus on nature and the natural beauty surrounding the home.”

Designed by architect Richard Hicks, the home comes with several outdoor decks and walking trails.

Features include wall-to-wall carpets and wood panels throughout. On the lower level is a full-floor primary suite with a fireplace and a sitting room.

“Here, paradise is yours,” the listing states.

Max Gail & Robert Pine guests on Magnum P.I. 4/1/22

“Remember Me Tomorrow” – Higgins is in a complicated situation when 12-year-old Ella (Hala Finley) asks for help cracking a triple homicide that involves her mother. Also, Magnum bonds with Bob (Max Gail), a terminally ill veteran, while volunteering with the No Veteran Dies Alone Program and attempts to reunite him with his estranged family, on the CBS Original series MAGNUM P.I., Friday, April 1 (9:00-10:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+*.

GUEST CAST includes: Betsy Phillips (Suzy Madison), Max Gail (Bob Braddock), Robert Pine (Danny).

B&B Special Episode Date Change

Talk Show Appearance

Monday, March 21

actors Katherine Kelly Lang, John McCook, Don Diamont and Jack Wagner discuss the 35th season of CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

Winsor Harmon & John McCook Interview

On Thursday, March 24, 2022 The Bold and the Beautiful will air a special stand-alone episode in honor of their anniversary.

The Bold and the Beautiful premiered on March 23, 1987 and is the most-watched U.S. produced daytime drama in the world. The series is broadcast weekdays (1:30 PM-2:00 PM, ET/12:30-1:00 PM, PT). It is a Bell-Phillip Television production. Bradley Bell is the executive producer and head writer.

Kin Shriner Interview 3/21/22

In 1997, Kin joined the cast of the General Hospital spin-off Port Charles bringing the character of Scotty along with him. In addition to Scotty, Kin has played roles on Texas (Jeb Hampton), Rituals (Mike Gallagher), The Bold and the Beautiful (Dr. Brian Carrey), The Young and the Restless (Harrison Bartlett) and As the World Turns (Keith Morrissey).

Vincent Irizarry Has Emergency Surgery

The man then proceeded to beat his wife unconscious. Vincent was rushed to the ER and had to be treated for his head wound, injuries and tests run. Unfortunately, that fluid has increased substantially over the last 3 months requiring emergency head surgery this Friday morning.” Glisson then posted a photo of the soap vet, with an update on his recovery.

“Vincent’s surgeon performed the procedure early this am skillfully but finding a bit more than he expected,” she wrote. “But he has been watched and tested all day and thankfully fluid has not increased again. They will keep him there and be watching for that or any complications and observing his condition before sending him home. Otherwise Vincent has been awake all day talking, eating and being his ever charming self even with his head bandaged and tubes coming out all over him! On behalf of Vincent, Thank you for all the love and well wishes. It is not overlooked or taken for granted. He is as always grateful.” We are wishing Vincent a very speedy recovery!

Rome Flynn guests on The Rookie 3/13/22

Guest starring is Tru Valentino as Aaron Thorsen, Tamala Jones as Yvonne Thorsen and Rome Flynn as Morris Mackey.

“Real Crime” was written by Bill Rinier and Paula Puryear, and directed by Rob Seidenglanz.

Anna Wood & Delon de Metz Among Four Cast In NBC Drama Pilot ‘Unbroken’ From Shaun Cassidy

Written and executive produced by Cassidy, in Unbroken, three dynastic ranch families on the central coast of California make love and war in a passionate struggle to survive, ultimately setting the stage for a group of fiercely determined young women to win big for all at the National Championship of Rodeo.

Wood will play Joss, a fearless survivor and self-sufficient woman who lives a nomadic life with her young daughter.

Adeliyi is Ndidi “Dee” Stanton, a first-generation Nigerian-American who worked in the hospitality industry before meeting her future husband, a rodeo cowboy in her hometown of Omaha. She then travels with him to the California coast to raise a family.

Payton portrays Ella, the vibrant and creative winemaker at the ranch. Ella is the glue who has worked diligently to hold her family together since her mother’s passing.

De Metz plays Cole, the young man who runs the trail-riding operation at the ranch and is still searching for his true place in the family.

Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, is the studio.

Wood most recently co-starred in the CBS military drama The Code with Dana Delaney and Phillipa Soo, as well as supernatural thriller Falling Water for USA Network. She’s repped by UTA and Liberman Zerman Management.

Adeliyi stars alongside Aml Ameen and Alfre Woodard on the BET and CBC 1920s civil rights miniseries The Porter. Other recent television work includes recurring roles on Starz’s American Gods and comedy series Workin’ Moms. Adeliyi is repped by Shortlist Artist Management, Affirmative Entertainment, and Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver Thompson.

Payton currently recurs on CBS’ United States of Al and NBC’s Chicago P.D. She can also be seen as a series regular on the Peacock series Code 404. Payton is repped by Holly Shelton Management and SMS Talent.

De Metz’s recent credits that include CBS’ Zoo and Scorpion as well as Netflix’s The Kominsky Method. He was also part of the cast of the indie film The Space Between. He’s repped by Robert Stein Management, AKA and attorney Stewart Brookman.

Hughes has directed the pilots for Netflix’s Resident Evil, ABC/NBC’s Motive, USA’s White Collar and Fairly Legal. Her episodic directing credits include Apple TV+’s Shantaram, Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, Epix’s Berlin Station, AMC’s Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul and HBO’s Hung. On the feature side, her film The Journey Is the Destination premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival. Hughes is repped by Gersh, the Arlook Group and Schreck, Rose Dapello Adams Berlin & Dunham.

‘BMF’: La La Anthony Upped To Series Regular, Kelly Hu, Christine Horn Also Cast In Starz Series

Anthony will reprise her role as Markisha Taylor, who will have an expanded storyline in the second season. Markisha is the smart, sophisticated and street savvy wife of a powerful Detroit dealer. Despite the risk, Terry begins to pursue her relentlessly and they develop a friendship.

Hu will play Detective Veronica Jin, a smart, complex and tough cop out on the streets. Jin’s emotional journey is both universal and unique as she is a product of the American Dream shaped by her Chinese immigrant parents, but unique because Jin becomes the only Asian American, female detective in the murder capital of the world in the ‘80s.

Horn will portray Mabel Jones, a trusted friend and neighbor to the Flenory family. Despite her vivacious facade, the Flenory’s will discover there’s more to Mabel than what meets the eye.

The three join returning cast including Demetrius “Lil Meech” Flenory Jr., the son of Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory; Da’Vinchi, Russell Hornsby, Michole Briana White, Myles Truitt and Steve Harris. Snoop Dogg, Arkeisha “Kash Doll” Knight, Wood Harris and Serayah recur in the series.

BMF is inspired by the true story of two brothers who rose from the decaying streets of southwest Detroit in the late 1980’s and gave birth to one of the most influential crime families in this country.

The series is executive produced by Jackson, alongside Huggins. Heather Zuhlke joins as an executive producer on Season 2 with Anthony Wilson and Anne Clements who are both set to return to executive produce. BMF is produced through Jackson’s G-Unit Film and Television in association with Lionsgate Television for Starz.

‘Carl Weber’s The Black Hamptons’ Limited Series Set For BET Bow

The show is a new family drama set in the quaint town of Sag Harbor, known as “The Black Hamptons,” in Long Island, NY. From luxury communities to historic beachfront enclaves, the story will follow the brewing feud between the ‘Brittons’ and the ‘Johnsons,’ where the difference between old and new money is very apparent.

The cast includes Lamman Rucker, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Elise Neal, Brian White, Karon Riley, Mike Merrill, Blac Chyna, Aaron Spears, Daya Vaidya, Cameo Sherrell, Franklin Ojeda Smith, Jordan Smith, Jennifer Freeman, and David Andrews. The series will make its BET debut in Summer 2022.

“We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Tri Destined Studios and Urban Books Media on a new addictive limited series,” said Maureen Guthman, SVP, programming content strategy, BET. “BET’s ongoing commitment to telling compelling dramatic, character-driven original stories, anchored in the Black experience continues to propel our diverse storytelling to new heights.”

“We are honored and grateful to BET and Paramount Global for another opportunity to bring the rich culture, political power, generational wealth, intellect, and global influence of The Black Hamptons to our audience,” said Tri-Destined EP and showrunner Nikaya D. Brown Jones. “With all of the twist and turns of a Carl Weber novel, we share a glimpse into the world of affluent African American families owning companies, inventions, and miles of beachfront real estate and their influence on the world.”

“This may be the funnest project I’ve ever worked on. Every day is fun in the sun. I am very grateful to BET for seeing the vision,” said EP, writer and showrunner Carl Weber.

Trey Haley (The Family Business, Always A Bridesmaid The Man in 3B) will serve as director and co-executive producer for Tri Destined Studios. Grammy award-winning producer Rico Love serves as music supervisor.

Bill Burr’s Comedy ‘Old Dads’ Adds ‘The Wilds’ & ‘Snowfall’ Actress Reign Edwards

Burr co-wrote the movie and is currently directing the movie in Los Angeles.

Burr’s All Things Comedy is producing alongside Ben Tishler, who co-wrote the script with Burr, as well as Monica Levinson and Mike Bertolina.

Edwards stars in the Amazon series The Wilds, which has its second season premiering May 6. She is also known for her recurring role over four seasons on FX’s Snowfall. Other credits include CBS Films’ Hellfest, Blumhouse’s Into the Dark and CBS’ MacGyver. She earned three Daytime Emmy nominations for her role on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Edwards will next be seen starring in Wayfarer’s experimental film Love You Anyway opposite Charlie Gillespie.

She is repped by Hyperion, Nils Larsen of Integral Artists, and Yorn, Levine, Barnes, Krintzman, Rubenstein, Kohner, Endlich & Gellman.

Rome Flynn guests on The Rookie 3/6/22

Guest starring is Brent Huff as Officer Smitty, Brystal Cone as Nurse Lisa, Tru Valentino as Aaron Thorsen, Kanoa Goo as Assistant District Attorney Chris Sanford, Michael Trucco as Assistant District Attorney Sean Del Monte and Rome Flynn as Morris Mackey.

“Hit List” was written by Elizabeth Davis Beall and directed by Robert Bella.

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‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ Renewed Through 2024 By CBS

“For 35 years The Bold and the Beautiful has been a cornerstone of our #1 Daytime lineup,” said Margot Wain, Senior Vice President, Daytime Programs, CBS Entertainment. “Congratulations to our talented cast and crew, as well as Bradley Bell, who have made this show a creative and ratings success, and thank you to B&B’s dedicated fans, whose passion for these characters and stories is unrivaled.”

The renewal will bring B&B on par with the other CBS daytime soap, The Young and the Restless, which has a four-year renewal through 2024.

“35 years ago, I would have never imagined what was in store,” said Bradley P. Bell, Executive Producer and Head Writer of The Bold and the Beautiful. “Since our premiere in 1987, it’s been a fantastic journey and incredible experience for all of us. We would not be here if not for the invaluable support of CBS and our millions of fans around the globe for their loyalty and support.”

Since its premiere on CBS on March 23, 1987, The Bold and the Beautiful has won 100 Daytime Emmy Awards and is the most-watched U.S.-produced daytime drama in the world, airing in 100 countries, with millions of viewers around the globe, according to CBS.

On Thursday, March 24 at 1:30 PM ET/12:30 PM, PT, B&B will air a special standalone episode dedicated to Brooke Logan and five of her true loves. Former cast members Jack Wagner, who played Nick Marone from 2003-2012 and Winsor Harmon, who played Thorne Forrester from 1996 to 2016, return for the episode. John McCook, Don Diamont (Bill Spencer) and Thorsten Kaye (Ridge Forrester) are also featured.

Created by the late William J. Bell and his wife, Lee Phillip Bell, The Bold and the Beautiful has been written and executive produced by their son Bradley since 1992, and features two original cast members, Katherine Kelly Lang, who plays Brooke Logan, and John McCook who portrays Eric Forrester.

The Bold and the Beautiful produced by Bell-Phillip Television Productions, airs weekdays at 1:30 PM ET/12:30 PM PT on CBS. Bradley P. Bell is the executive producer and head writer.

“THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL” CELEBRATES ITS 35TH ANNIVERSARY, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, ON CBS

The CBS Television Network also announced today that the series has been renewed for two more years, through the 2023-2024 broadcast season.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, created by the late William J. Bell and his wife, Lee Phillip Bell, has been written and executive produced by their son Bradley since 1992, and boasts two original cast members: Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan) and John McCook (Eric Forrester).

“For 35 years, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL has been a cornerstone of our #1 daytime lineup,” said Margot Wain, senior vice president, daytime programs, CBS Entertainment. “Congratulations to our talented cast and crew, as well as Bradley Bell, who have made this show a creative and ratings success, and thank you to B&B’s dedicated fans, whose passion for these characters and stories is unrivaled.”

“35 years ago, I would have never imagined what was in store,” said Bradley P. Bell, executive producer and head writer of THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL. “Since our premiere in 1987, it’s been a fantastic journey and incredible experience for all of us. We would not be here if not for the invaluable support of CBS and our millions of fans around the globe for their loyalty and support.”

On Thursday, March 24, (1:30-2:00 PM, ET/12:30-1:00 PM, PT) THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL will air a special standalone episode dedicated to Brooke Logan and five of her true loves. Fan favorites and former cast members Jack Wagner, who played Nick Marone from 2003 to 2012, and Winsor Harmon, who played Thorne Forrester from 1996 to 2016, return for this can’t-miss episode. John McCook, Don Diamont (Bill Spencer) and Thorsten Kaye (Ridge Forrester) are also featured.

Throughout its long history, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL has racked up many impressive stats. Here is a look at 35 years by the numbers:

8,734 episodes

393,750 pages of dialogue memorized by the cast

100 weddings…including a few that were cancelled and interrupted!

23 babies born on screen

1,700 sets created by the art department

1,793 cans of hairspray and 415 tubes of lipstick used by B&B’s Emmy Award-winning hair and makeup departments

100 Daytime Emmy Award wins; 306 nominations

The show has shot in 14 cities in 11 international countries.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL is broadcast weekdays (1:30-2:00 PM, ET/12:30-1:00 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network. It is a Bell-Phillip Television production. Bradley P. Bell is the executive producer and head writer.

Obba Babatundé recurs on S.W.A.T. 3/6/22

RECURRING CAST: Obba Babatundé (Daniel Harrelson, Sr.), April Parker Jones (Winnie), Otis “Odie” Gallop (Sgt. Stevens).

Lifetime Greenlights Holiday Movies Starring Mario Lopez, Jana Kramer, Brooke Elliott, Patti LaBelle & Keshia Knight Pulliam

Patti LaBelle and Keshia Knight Pulliam (Married at First Sight: Afterparty) will star in New Orleans Noel, which also features Tim Reid and Brad James, Pulliam’s real-life husband. Pulliam also executive produces alongside Whoopi Goldberg (Caught In His Web). Mario Lopez and Jana Kramer will star in and executive produce the dance-centric pic, Untitled Mario Lopez/Jana Kramer Holiday Movie (wt), which also stars comedian Cheri Oteri and Lopez’s wife, Courtney Lopez; and Drop Dead Diva alumna Brooke Elliott returns to Lifetime to headline and executive produce A Country Christmas Harmony with her Sweet Magnolias co-stars, Brandon Quinn and Danny Pintauro. Here are complete details for the three films, provided by Lifetime.

A New Orleans Noel

Grace Hill (Pulliam) and Anthony Brown (James) could not be more different. Despite having gone to college to study architecture together, their lives took them on completely separate paths. However, when they’re both hired to work together on the home of Loretta Brown (LaBelle)—a New Orleans praline icon —the two find themselves working together at Christmas…and butting heads over more than just architecture. When Anthony and his family discover that Grace will be celebrating Christmas alone, they invite her to take part in their traditions and their celebrations. Soon, fiercely independent Grace begins to learn the importance of family and community, while modern Anthony learns to embrace tradition and the magic of Christmas. But when Grace is offered a new job far away from New Orleans she’ll have to decide if she’ll leave, or follow her heart.

Tim Reid stars as Marcel Lirette, a handsome, retired friend who moves back to town after years away and catches the eye of Lorretta.

A New Orleans Noel is produced by Evergreen Films with Daniel Lewis, Rick Carter, Whoopi Goldberg, Tom Leonardis and Keshia Knight Pulliam serving as Executive Producers. Script by Angela Tucker and Alys Murray and directed by Angela Tucker.

A Country Christmas Harmony

Before Chrissy Kessler’s (Elliott) meteoric rise to fame, the country music superstar was just a small-town girl with dreams of the big time. Now, with her record sales on a rapid decline, Chrissy is strong-armed by an unrelenting record executive to return to the hometown she left behind to perform a live Christmas concert. Accompanying her on this journey is her longtime supportive assistant Eugene (Pintauro). Luke Covington’s (Quinn) quiet life is suddenly disrupted when he runs into Chrissy, his ex-girlfriend and former country music duo partner, who disappeared on him to pursue her solo career, all those years ago. After a tempestuous rainstorm forces the ex-sweethearts to seek shelter in Luke’s ranch home, the two realize that the only way they’ll survive the holidays is with the other one’s help.

A Country Christmas Harmony is produced by MarVista Entertainment and The Ninth House. Megan Ellstrom, Larry Grimaldi, Hannah Pillemer and Fernando Szew executive produce for MarVista Entertainment and Autumn Federici and Jake Helgren produce for The Ninth House. Elliott also serves as executive producer. Gary Entin and Edmund Entin write and direct.

Elliott is repped by Innovative Artists, Vault Entertainment and Gochman Law Group. Quinn is repped by Joel King at Pakula King. Pintauro is repped by Jeremy Katz at The Katz Company.

Untitled Mario Lopez/Jana Kramer Holiday Movie (wt)

Former Broadway star, Billy Holiday (Lopez), returns to his hometown for Christmas after being abruptly fired as the host-producer-judge of the hit TV series “Celebrity Dance Off.” While there, he encounters Rae (Kramer), the charismatic owner of the local dance studio, where Billy’s 12-year-old nephew is her standout student. This Christmas Rae is planning a dance recital fundraiser with the goal of taking her students to see a Broadway show in New York City. Billy volunteers to help Rae with the recital by reviving the town’s traditional Christmas Eve show which was once a showcase for local talent. With Billy’s knack for producing and Rae’s knowledge of all things local, their collaboration clicks, and romantic sparks start flying!

Cheri Oteri stars as Dallas, Billy’s high-powered, fast talking Hollywood agent and Mario’s real-life wife, Courtney Lopez stars as Joanna, the charismatic host of “Celebrity Dance Off” who has just replaced Billy as executive producer and head judge.

Untitled Mario Lopez/Jana Kramer Holiday Movie (wt) is produced by Via Mar and Roberts Media, LLC. with Jeff Stearns, Mark Roberts, Mario Lopez and Jana Kramer serving as Executive Producers. David Kendall directs from a script by Aliza Murrieta and Peter Murrieta.

William deVry guests on NCIS: Los Angeles 3/20/22

GUEST CAST includes: Duncan Campbell (NCIS Special Agent Castor), Benjamin Papac (Gabe Dawson), William deVry (Navy Captain Lombardo/XO).

REMARKABLE MILESTONES: The Bold and The Beautiful

‘The Wilds’: Amazon Sets Season 2 Premiere Date

The Wilds will return to the streaming service on May 6. Season 2 will continue to follow the harrowing ordeal of eight teenage girls stranded on a deserted island under mysterious circumstances. The new season will also focus on a new group of survivors, all boys, who find themselves in the same perilous situation. Both groups will be forced to navigate emotional and physical obstacles in the face of their extreme circumstances.

Set to return are Rachel Griffiths, David Sullivan, Troy Winbush, Sophia Ali, Sarah Pidgeon, Jenna Clause, Erana James, Mia Healey, Helena Howard, Reign Edwards and Shannon Berry. Joining as the second group of survivors are Zack Calderon, Aidan Laprete, Nicholas Coombe, Charles Alexander, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Reed Shannon, Tanner Ray Rook and Alex Fitzalan.

The Wilds is created and executive produced by Sarah Streicher alongside showrunner Amy Harris, the late Jamie Tarses of Fanfare, and Dylan Clark and Brian Williams for Dylan Clark Productions. It is co-produced by Amazon Studios and ABC Signature, part of Disney Television Studios.

Critics Choice Super Awards Nominations

BEST ACTRESS IN A HORROR MOVIE
Barbara Crampton – Jakob’s Wife
Rebecca Hall – The Night House
Anya-Taylor Joy – Last Night in Soho
Thomasin McKenzie – Last Night in Soho
Agathe Rousselle – Titane
Millicent Simmonds – A Quiet Place Part II

BEST ACTOR IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE
Mahershala Ali – Swan Song
Timothée Chalamet – Dune
Leonardo DiCaprio – Don’t Look Up
Tom Hanks – Finch
Dev Patel – The Green Knight
Ryan Reynolds – Free Guy

BEST ACTRESS IN A SCIENCE FICTION/FANTASY MOVIE
Cate Blanchett – Don’t Look Up
Jodie Comer – Free Guy
Rebecca Ferguson – Dune
Mckenna Grace – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Jennifer Lawrence – Don’t Look Up
Alicia Vikander – The Green Knight

‘9-1-1’ Casts Bryce Durfee

Dishing with Digest - 2/18/22 - A Martinez

Hector Elizondo & Anna Maria Horsford recur on B Positive 3/10/22

RECURRING CAST includes: Hector Elizondo (Harry), Jane Seymour (Bette), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Ludlum).

Anna Maria Horsford & Hector Elizondo recur on B Positive 2/24/22

RECURRING CAST includes: Hector Elizondo (Harry), Jane Seymour (Bette), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Ludlum)

Anna Maria Horsford & Hector Elizondo recur on B Positive 3/3/22

RECURRING CAST includes: Hector Elizondo (Harry), Jane Seymour (Bette), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Ludlum)

Talk Show Appearance

Fr 2/11: Gina Rodriguez

Kelly Kruger and Darin Brooks Welcome Second Baby, Daughter Gemma Wynter: 'Couldn't Be Happier'

The couple welcomed their second baby together, daughter Gemma Wynter Brooks, on Saturday, Jan. 29, in Los Angeles, PEOPLE can exclusively announce. Darin, 37, and Kelly, 40, are also parents to 2-year-old daughter Everleigh Jolie.

Baby Gemma weighed 9 lbs, 13 oz. and measured 21 inches at birth.

"We are just overjoyed! We couldn't be happier! We always wanted a sibling for Everleigh because I have my older brother and Kelly has an older brother and two stepsisters," Darin tells PEOPLE. "So we were so excited to be able to give Everleigh a sibling and when we found out it was a girl, it was perfect because Everleigh is just so awesome, caring, strong and such a personality."

"I can't wait to see her little personality and who she becomes," adds Kelly. "Becoming a mother for the second time is definitely more emotional because we now know what to expect with everything. It's truly such a miracle and such an incredible journey."

As for the meaning behind the newborn's moniker, the couple says Gemma and Wynter were "both our two top first names" and the baby's full name was eventually decided by their daughter Everleigh.

"We decided to use both because when we asked our daughter, Everleigh, what name she liked for baby sister, Gemma or Wynter, she would always say 'Gemma Wynter.' So we said 'why not just do what Everleigh wanted to name her baby sister, Gemma and Wynter?' So it's actually kind of sweet that she now played a big part in naming her baby sister!" they explain.

Darin and Kelly first shared the news of their pregnancy exclusively with PEOPLE in August.

"We are so excited about baby No. 2! We told our daughter Everleigh as soon as we found out, and since then she asks to kiss my tummy every day. It's the sweetest thing," said Kelly, an actress and founder of Madison Charles oils.

"My first trimester was definitely not the same this time around. Laying down and binge-watching TV doesn't work when you have a 1-year-old running around," she added. "It was definitely much more challenging. Plus we just moved! It has been a lot, to say the least, but we are so grateful."

At the time, Darin, who stars in the Apple TV+ series Amber Brown, said his wife had been a "real champion" throughout this pregnancy.

"There was a lot more morning sickness with this pregnancy and a lot less sleep," said the Daytime Emmy winner. "The first time around she was away shooting a movie so I didn't get to see the first trimester struggle, but watching her go through it this time she's been so strong handling it all and it's been amazing to see. We are so excited about this new addition."

The couple, who have co-starred together in The Bold and the Beautiful and Blue Mountain State, tied the knot on March 21, 2016, in Hawaii.

Kim Matula guests on The Resident 2/15/22

Cast: Matt Czuchry as Conrad Hawkins; Bruce Greenwood as Dr. Randolph Bell; Manish Dayal as Devon Pravesh; Malcolm-Jamal Warner as Dr. AJ Austin; Jane Leeves as Dr. Kit Voss; Morris Chestnut as Dr. Barrett Cain; Jessica Lucas as Billie Sutton; Anuja Joshi as Dr. Leela Devi.

Guest Cast: Michael Hogan as Dr. Albert Nolan; Tasso Feldman as Dr. Irving Feldman; Denitra Isler as Nurse Ellen Hundley; Jessica Miesel as Nurse Jessica Moore; Vince Foster as Dr. Paul Chu; Miles Fowler as Dr. Trevor Daniels; Remington Blaire Evans as Gigi Hawkins; Scott Cohen as Dr. Robert Porter; Kim Matula as Scarlett Wexler; Mehdi Barakchian as Will Wexler; Jordyn Aurora Aquino as Charli Martinez; Veanna Black as CT Tech Gail; Rudy Roushdi as Uber Driver; Crystal Lo as Mother; Tom Nancy Warner as Surgeon; Raphael Sbarge as Lt. Governor Beaumont.

SPECIAL GUESTS AND STARS UNVEILED FOR NBC’S ‘CELEBRATING BETTY WHITE: AMERICA’S GOLDEN GIRL’

The special airs Monday, Jan. 31 at 10 p.m. and will be available the next day on Peacock.

Co-stars, friends, admirers and those who shared special moments with White recount their favorite memories and reveal untold stories to commemorate the life and legacy of the trailblazing television star. The telecast will include clips and never-before-seen footage that best capture White’s irreverent tone, spirit and impeccable comedic timing that are a hallmark of her decades-long career.

White was an Emmy, Grammy and SAG Award winner as well as being a tireless advocate for animals. With breakout performances in “Mary Tyler Moore” and “The Golden Girls,” she starred in two of the most popular comedies of all time and had hundreds of TV credits.

“Celebrating Betty White: America’s Golden Girl” is from Emmy-Award winning Brad Lachman Productions and is executive produced by Brad Lachman and Bill Bracken, and produced by Matt Lachman.

Brian Gaskill Interview 2/3/22

Brian graduated from the prestigious Acting Conservatory at Suny Purchase in 1993 and upon graduation performed in The Lion in Winter at The Cleveland Playhouse. His co-star, Tony Award-winner Elizabeth Franz convinced Brian to head west to LA where he soon broke into television on Aaron Spelling’s Melrose Place spin-off Models, Inc.

He next landed his first daytime role of Bobby Warner on All My Children. After leaving AMC and appearing in several prime-time series he returned to daytime in the role of Rafe, a vampire slaying angel, on Port Charles. His other daytime roles include Oscar Marone on The Bold and the Beautiful, BJ Greene on As the World Turns and Dylan Lewis on Guiding Light.

Brian wrote, starred in and co-directed a 20-minute short film title, The Speech. He also co-wrote an original song for the short. In addition, he wrote a second short film called, The Audition. Both shorts are available on YouTube.

Brian recently designed the artwork for fellow daytime actor Jon Hensley’s upcoming new album, Sing Out Revolution and co-wrote the title track.

Robin Givens guests on Queens 2/8/22

Guest starring is Robin Givens as Robin.

Musical performances include “Remorse” by Naturi Naughton.

“Let the Past be the Past” was written by Njeri Brown & Jordan Reddout and directed by Ruba Nadda.

Hector Elizondo & Anna Maria Horsford recurs on B Positive 1/27/22 9:00pm

RECURRING CAST includes: Hector Elizondo (Harry), Jane Seymour (Bette), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Ludlum).

Hector Elizondo & Anna Maria Horsford recurs on B Positive 1/27/22 9:30pm

RECURRING CAST includes: Hector Elizondo (Harry), Jane Seymour (Bette), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Ludlum).

Betty White’s Final Message Thanks Fans For Support Of Her Animal Welfare Challenge

White died at age 99 on Dec. 31, 2021, but fans apparently have honored her final wish to support animal welfare.

“Good morning! As we continue to see number coming in from all over the world — it’s just absolutely amazing how much money all of you raised for the animals through #thebettywhitechallenge. She could never have imagined such an outpouring of love and would have be so grateful to everyone. When we recorded her special message to fans who attended the movie, we also recorded one that we had planned to put on social media on her birthday. She was using the occasion of her 100th birthday to celebrate YOU – her fans. She knew how lucky she was; she felt the love, and she never took it for granted. I think it’s appropriate to post today as a thank from Betty and the animals.”

BETTY WHITE HONORED AND REMEMBERED BY STARS IN NEW NBC HOURLONG PRIMETIME SPECIAL

“Celebrating Betty White: America’s Golden Girl” airs Monday, Jan. 31 at 10 p.m. ET/PT on NBC and will be available to stream on Peacock the following day.

Friends and stars will pay tribute to America’s comedy sweetheart in the special. The hour will include clips that best capture White’s irreverent tone, spirit and impeccable comedic timing that are a hallmark of her decades-long career.

White was an Emmy, Grammy and SAG Award winner as well as being a tireless advocate for animals. With breakout performances in “Mary Tyler Moore” and “The Golden Girls,” she starred in two of the most popular comedies of all time and had hundreds of TV credits.

“Celebrating Betty White: America’s Golden Girl” is a Brad Lachman Production and is executive produced by Brad Lachman and Bill Bracken.

Talk Show Appearance

Monday, Jan. 17

actors Thorsten Kaye and Lawrence Saint-Victor (CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) (n)

B&B Dedication To Betty White

Linsey Godfrey Returns to DAYS OF OUR LIVES!

Godfrey joined the cast of DAYS back in October 2018 and got Sarah Horton mixed up in all kinds of drama. But just as her romance with Xander was taking off and they were planning to be married, the character was written off the soap. Godfrey last appeared in March 2021, but fans can expect to see Sarah back in Salem again the week of Jan. 17!

Xander had been led to believe that Sarah had dumped him for Rex, not realizing that it was really Kristen in disguise manipulating both men. In fact, Kristen drugged Sarah and had her shipped off to DiMera Island in a crate!

But when Rex returned to Salem and Xander saw Sarah wasn’t with him, he grew suspicious and began questioning everything that had happened. That is very bad news for Gwen, who is now dating Xander and definitely does not want his ex back in the picture!

Godfrey made her daytime debut over on CBS sudser THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL, playing Caroline Spencer from 2012-18. During her time on that soap, she earned three Daytime Emmy Award nominations, and in 2019, earned another for her work on DAYS.

So brace yourselves for some dramatic confrontations, shocking revelations, and more Emmy-worthy performances as Godfrey brings Sarah back to Salem!

Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Awards Nominations

The Bold and the Beautiful
Christine Lai Johnson, James Elle, Hajja Barnes

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Chanty LaGrana, Valente Fraizer, Gloria Elias-Foeillet

The Young and the Restless
Patricia Denney, Kathy Jones, Robert Bolger, Stacey Alfano

DAYTIME TELEVISION - Best Hair Styling

Dr. Phil Show
Mimi Vodnoy Love, Annette Jones

The Bold and the Beautiful
Lisa Long, Danielle Spencer, Lauren Salas, Stephanie Paugh

The Kelly Clarkson Show
Roberto Ramos, Tara Copeland

The Young and the Restless
Lauren Mendoza, Justin Jackson, Miriam Flowers, Michelle Corona

Gina Rodriguez directs & Evan Parke guests on Good Sam 1/19/22

GUEST CAST includes: Marium Carvell (Nurse Donna Williams), Evan Parke (Byron Kingsley)

WRITTEN BY: Jen Klein

DIRECTED BY: Gina Rodriguez

Betty White Died Of Stroke Suffered Six Days Before Her Death

The certificate, posted by TMZ, showed that White’s cause of death was a “cerebrovascular accident,” also known as a stroke, caused by blot clots and broken blood vessels that result in loss of blood flow to part of the brain, which in turn damages brain tissue. The risk is increased by several factors including older age.

TMZ cited sources saying that White had been “alert and coherent” following the stroke. According to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons, symptoms could include dizziness, confusion, disorientation, memory loss, abnormal or slurred speech, and loss of balance and coordination.

White, who most famously starred in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and The Golden Girls, died peacefully at her home in Brentwood on New Year’s Eve. Tributes poured in from all corners of the entertainment industry and beyond including from President Joe Biden and Michelle Obama.

All the major news networks covered her passing on New Year’s Eve day, and NBC News broke into regular programming for a special report.

White, a multiple Emmy Award winner in a career that spanned eight decades, died 17 days from her 100th birthday, which was to be marked by a one-night-only nationwide Fathom Events screening of a feature documentary celebrating her career. Organizers have changed the name from Betty White: 100 Years Young to Betty White: A Celebration and will move forward with the event.

‘The Young and the Restless’ Star Sheds Los Angeles Mansion for $6.2 Million

Ms. Thomas Scott, who for decades has played Nikki Newman on the long-running soap opera “The Young and the Restless,” owned the home in the Beverly Hills Post Office neighborhood with her producer husband Edward Scott, property records show.

(Photo) The seven-figure sale price on the residence was just shy of its most recent ask of $6.19 million, underlining the strength of the high-end home market in the affluent area.

During the third quarter of 2021, the single-family home sector saw its median prices jump more than 30% to almost $3.1 million from the same time last year, according to data from Douglas Elliman.

The Scotts purchased the home in 2001 for $2.3 million, property records show.

Nestled within a guard-gated community at the top of Mulholland Drive, the more than 6,000-square-foot Tudor-style mansion struck a chord with its buyer pool, according to listing agent Elizabeth Scott of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties.

(Photo) “There was an interesting shift in aesthetic preference while on the market,” she said via email. “Initially, everyone wanted to make major changes to the home. Suddenly, people were loving it the way it was. We ended up selling with multiple offers.

“English Tudors may be making a comeback,” she said.

Boasting wooden beams, vaulted ceilings and wood paneling, the five-bedroom home “offers luxury and convenience with quality and detail to impress,” according to the listing.

(Photo) There’s a newly renovated chef’s kitchen with a walk-in pantry, an underground wine cellar and tasting room, a gym and a guest suite with its own separate entrance and private living space—ideal visitors or extended family.

The home also boasts expansive views of the mountains, city lights and ocean, but it’s the main bedroom suite that has the best views in the house, along with vaulted ceilings, dual walk-in closets, a fireplace and dry sauna, the listing said.

(Photo) Outside, the estate has an infinity edge pool, an outdoor gourmet kitchen and a grassy lawn.

Launched in 1973, “The Young and the Restless” aired its 12,000th episode on Dec. 1, 2020, and Ms. Thomas Scott—who could not immediately be reached for comment—has been a cast member for more than 40 years.

Debbi Morgan guests on the season finale on Our Kind of People 1/25/22

Cast: Yaya DaCosta as Angela Vaughn; Morris Chestnut as Raymond Dupont; Joe Morton as Teddy Franklin; Nadine Ellis as Leah Franklin-Dupont; Lance Gross as Tyrique Chapman; Alana Bright as Nikki Vaughn; Rhyon Nicole Brown as Lauren Dupont; Kyle Bary as Quincy Dupont

Guest Cast: Debbi Morgan as Aunt Piggy; L. Scott Caldwell as Olivia Dupont; McKinley Freeman as Nate; Nicole Chanel Williams as Taylor

Betty White will have private funeral, star didn’t want ‘fuss over her’

Jeff Witjas, the star’s longtime rep and friend, told People Wednesday, “The arrangements are being handled privately and that was Betty’s wish.”

It is unknown when the ceremony will take place, and whether any of “The Golden Girls” alum’s celebrity pals will be in attendance.

White died on Dec. 31 at age 99 of natural causes at her home in Brentwood, Calif. — just a few weeks shy of her 100th birthday on Jan. 17.

“Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” Witjas said in a statement last week.

“I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don’t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband, Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again.”

Witjas also told People that any fans who wish to honor the trailblazing TV star could do so by donating to some of her favorite organizations.

They include: The Los Angeles Zoo, Tree People, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Wildlife Learning Center, Actors and Animals for Others, The Aquarium of the Pacific and Guide Dogs For the Blind.

“If someone has a desire to do something in her honor, you can support or donate to one or more of her favorite charities or even donate to a local animal charity of your choice,” Witjas said.

In 2012, White revealed the advice she learned from her animals on how to live a rich, full life in an interview with Katie Couric.

“I’m not preaching, but I think maybe I learned it from my animal friends,” the “Hot in Cleveland” star said at the time. “Kindness and consideration of somebody besides yourself, I think that keeps you feeling young. I really do.”

Although White was passionate about animals, her true love was always her late husband, Ludden.

The Hollywood icon’s friend and “Mama’s Family” co-star Vicki Lawrence told Page Six this week that she was told the “very last word out of her mouth was ‘Allen.’”

Witjas did not immediately return Page Six’s request for further comment.

Sarah Joy Brown Interview 1/13/22

Sarah's career began at the prestigious Los Angeles County High School for the Performing Arts and she graduated from both LACHSA’s Theatre Department and Alexander Hamilton’s Academy of Music. Sarah launched her professional career on her nineteenth birthday when she was cast as the series lead on children's series V.R. Troopers which aired in more than thirty countries around the world.

Two years later, Sarah won the lead role of Carly on General Hospital. In five years on GH, Sarah was nominated for four Emmy awards and won three. Since leaving, Sarah has appeared on multiple hit television series and became a series regular on Cold Case. She followed Cold Case with a co-starring role in the blockbuster comedy "Big Mommas House" starring comedy legend Martin Lawrence.

In 2008 Sarah returned to General Hospital in the newly created role of Claudia Zacchara for which she was nominated for another Emmy. In 2015 Sarah was nominated for an Emmy for her starring role in the independent web series Beacon Hill. Sarah currently stars on the Emmy winning series, Studio City, on Amazon Prime, for which she was again nominated for an Emmy in 2021.

Sarah transitioned into directing during the summer of 2021 when she agreed to direct and edit ten episodes of a streaming audio drama from Violet Hour Media, the leading Horror Podcast network. The series is titled Red Ridding Hoods and is currently available across all audio streaming platforms.

Cassandra Creech is joining The Bold and the Beautiful

Betty White Hometown Honors Her with Own Day ... On Her Birthday

"Betty White Day" will be recognized in Betty's hometown on January 17, which would have been her 100th birthday.

The president of the Village of Oak Park, Vicki Scaman, tells TMZ ... despite moving to California as an infant, OP residents have been grateful that over the course of her life Betty spoke very highly of Oak Park. She continued to visit relatives there years after heading west.

We're told that since she passed away, folks in Oak Park have been vocal about wanting to honor Betty, and that surely will be happening now. A few days before Betty's birthday, Village Prez Scaman will read a proclamation for "Betty White Day" during a memorial for community members in Oak Park.

For Betty's special day, the Oak Park small business community is banding together to offer discounts to customers and "Betty White specials." For example, Mickey's Restaurant will be offering a special consisting of a hotdog, fries, and diet coke -- one of Betty's favorite meals, and Turano Bakery is planning to make a giant birthday cake. Scaman tells us cutouts of Betty will cover walls in the downtown area.

The celebration will continue with a Betty White mural contest, in which the winning mural will be painted downtown. And, there's a bonus ... most everyone in town will already be off from work as BWD happens to fall on a national holiday -- MLK Jr. Day -- this year.

Betty died on New Year's Eve at 99, apparently of natural causes. And now, her legacy will live on in Oak Park, which plans to make BWD an annual event.

Betty White’s cause of death revealed, agent denies she got booster days before

“Betty died peacefully in her sleep at her home,” the agent, Jeff Witjas, who was also White’s close friend, said in a statement to People.

Witjas also shot down a debunked report that claimed White had just gotten a COVID-19 booster shot on Dec. 28.

“People are saying her death was related to getting a booster shot three days earlier, but that is not true. She died of natural causes,” he told the magazine. “Her death should not be politicized — that is not the life she lived.”

The cultural icon was a Hollywood fixture for more than eight decades and became a household name thanks to her roles in “The Golden Girls” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show.”

News of the 99-year-old’s death on Dec. 31 broke after LAPD officers responded to a 9:30 a.m. call at her home in Brentwood, Calif.

Witjas later confirmed that his beloved client had died, telling People on New Year’s Eve, “Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever.

“I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don’t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband, Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again.”

The eight-time Emmy winner’s death came shortly after she spoke to People for an issue celebrating what would have been her 100th birthday.

White told the outlet that she was “in such good health,” later quipping, “I try to avoid anything green. I think it’s working.”

Fans and friends alike paid tribute to the late entertainer, who held the record for the longest TV career in Hollywood.

President Biden and first lady Jill Biden also expressed sadness over White’s passing, with the POTUS calling her “a lovely lady.”

“That’s a shame,” he told reporters. “Ninety-nine years old. As my mother would say, God love her.”

“Who didn’t love Betty White?” the first lady chimed in. “We’re so sad.”

Vicki Lawrence reveals co-star Betty White’s ‘sweet’ last word before death

Vicki Lawrence – who worked with White on “Mama’s Family” – exclusively told Page Six that she contacted co-star and pal Carol Burnett as soon as she heard the tragic news.

“I texted Carol and said, ‘This just sucks. I hate this. It’s just horrible to see the people you love so much go away,’” Lawrence, 72, recalled.

“Carol wrote back and said, ‘I know, I know. I spoke to Betty’s assistant, who was with her when she passed, and she said the very last word out of her mouth was ‘Allen.’”

Lawrence continued, “How sweet is that? I said, ‘That is so sweet. God, I hope that’s true. For all of us, I really hope it’s true, a lovely thought.’”

White died on New Year’s Eve from natural causes, just weeks away from what would have been her 100th birthday on Jan. 17. She was married to Ludden from 1963 until his death in 1981 at the age of 72 from stomach cancer.

Recalling what it was like to work with White, Lawrence told Page Six it was always a joy.

“Well, you didn’t really work with her, you just had a good time. Carol called it ‘playing in the sandbox,’ and I think that’s exactly what it was,” she shared. “Betty was just the perfect playmate. And I have to say this, she was incredibly professional. I don’t remember her ever not being prepared or ever messing up her lines.”

However, Lawrence does remember one specific time when the always punctual White was an hour late to set.

“This was before cell phones, and everybody was beside themselves because Betty was never late,” she remembered. “And she walks in, in a dither, and says, ‘I’m so sorry, but I was driving here and these two golden retrievers come running out into the intersection and they’re obviously lost. I had to pull over and get them.’”

Lawrence said that White got the golden retrievers and returned them to their home “because that’s what Betty would do.”

Lawrence also told Page Six that White was a rare breed in the entertainment industry.

“Show business can be so disappointing when you meet people, but Betty was such a lovely lady, and I loved hearing her talk about early, early Hollywood,” she explained.

“I was reading the other day, when she first started on television, there were only a thousand people in LA that had a TV. Like, holy s–t, that’s just insane! I feel like our number one television historian has just left us, you know? For her to reach that many generations, and be just as adored every generation, [is incredible].”

On top of her incredible talents and work ethic, Lawrence said White was also wickedly funny off-camera.

“Oh God, she was so bawdy! She was such a naughty girl,” she exclaimed. “She had such a raunchy sense of humor.”

Despite Lawrence confessing to Page Six that she knew White’s death “was coming,” she said she’s still devastated by the loss of her former co-star and close friend.

“I saw that notification [about White’s death] on my phone and I thought, ‘Well, this is just the f–king exclamation point at the end of the worst year,’” she recalled. “It was like, ’And furthermore, Betty’s gone. That’s just goddamn perfect.”

Page Six has reached out to White’s rep for comment.

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‘Saturday Night Live’: NBC To Air 2010 Episode With Betty White Tonight In Tribute

White became the oldest person to host the late night comedy show at 88, when she hosted in 2010. She appeared in every skit, with the episode drawing over 12 million viewers.

White hosted the late-night variety comedy series after a huge Facebook campaign urged NBC to invite her to headline the show.

It was David Matthews, of San Antonio, TX who launched the Facebook page “Betty White to Host SNL (please?)!” after the comedy legend appeared in a popular Snickers Super Bowl ad. Less than two months later, several hundred thousand fans of White had signed the petition, and it was announced that she would be hosting a special Mother’s Day episode on May 8, 2010.

The special episode brought back former cast members Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Molly Shannon, Maya Rudolph, Ana Gasteyer and Rachel Dratch.

The encore telecast will air tonight at 11:30 pm ET/PT following a vintage SNL episode at 10 PM.

White died Friday at her Los Angeles home, just a few weeks before her 100th birthday.

Betty White Documentary Screening To Salute 100th Birthday Will Go On As Planned

“Our hearts mourn today with the passing of Betty White,” producers Steve Boettcher and Mike Trinklein said in a statement on the Fathom Events page promoting the screening, which was to include the showing of the doc and live footage of what would have been White’s 100th birthday party.

“During the many years we worked with her, we developed a great love and admiration for Betty as a person, and as an accomplished entertainer,” they added. “We are thankful for the many decades of delight she brought to everyone. Betty always said she was the ‘luckiest broad on two feet’ to have had a career as long as she did. And honestly, we were the lucky ones to have had her for so long.

“We will go forward with our plans to show the film on January 17 in hopes our film will provide a way for all who loved her to celebrate her life—and experience what made her such a national treasure.”

The documentary includes highlights from White’s unprecedented TV career, her telling inside stories about her life, and clips of the funniest moments from such shows as The Golden Girls, SNL, Hot in Cleveland, The Proposal and The Mary Tyler Moore Show among others.

Ryan Reynolds, Tina Fey, Robert Redford, Lin Manuel-Miranda, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Leno, Carol Burnett, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel, Valerie Bertinelli, James Corden, Wendy Malick and Jennifer Love Hewitt are among those featured to talk about White’s iconic career.

Here’s the trailer, and check the Fathom site for tickets participating theaters: Video.

Betty White, a TV Fixture for Seven Decades, Is Dead at 99

Her death was confirmed by Jeff Witjas, her longtime friend and agent.

Ms. White won five Primetime Emmys and one competitive Daytime Emmy — as well as a lifetime achievement Daytime Emmy in 2015 and a Los Angeles regional Emmy in 1952 — in a television career that spanned seven decades, and that the 2014 edition of “Guinness World Records” certified as the longest ever for a female entertainer. But her breakthrough came relatively late in life, with her work on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” from 1973 to 1977, for which she won two of her Emmys.

As Sue Ann, the host of a household-hints show on the television station where Ms. Moore’s character worked, the bedimpled Ms. White was annoyingly positive and upbeat, but also manipulative and bawdy — the sexpot next door, who would have you believe she slept with entire Army brigades during World War II.

Mary Tyler Moore and Betty White in a scene from “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in 1975.

Once, when someone asked her how she was feeling, Sue Ann replied cheerfully: “I didn’t sleep a wink all night. I feel wonderful.”

She won another Emmy in 1986 for an entirely different kind of character: the naïve, scatterbrained Rose on “The Golden Girls,” which revolved around the lives of four older women sharing a house in Miami. Whereas Sue Ann knew everything there was to know about getting a man into bed, Rose got to the same place innocently, and by being just a wee bit off center.

Ms. White was the last surviving member of the show’s four stars. Estelle Getty died in 2008, Bea Arthur in 2009 and Rue McClanahan in 2010.

Ms. White won her final Emmy in 2010 as outstanding guest actress in a comedy series for hosting the Mother’s Day episode of “S.N.L.” She followed that appearance with a regular role on yet another sitcom, “Hot in Cleveland,” and then with a book contract and her own reality show. She was bigger than she had been in decades. But she didn’t see her resurgence as a comeback.

“I’ve been working steady for 63 years,” she said in an interview for the ABC News program “Nightline” in 2010. “But everybody says, ‘Oh, it’s such a renaissance.’ Maybe I went away and didn’t know it.”

Ms. White was over 50 and already a television veteran when she first appeared on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” but her work there elevated her career to a new level.

A comedy about a young, single television news producer in Minneapolis, “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” was one of the most popular sitcoms of its day or any other, thanks to smart writing, Ms. Moore’s charismatic presence and a high-caliber supporting cast. Even in the company of scene-stealing actors like Ms. Moore, Edward Asner and Valerie Harper, Ms. White’s Sue Ann stood out.

The character, introduced in the show’s fourth season, was conceived as cloying, calculating and predatory, her deviousness always accompanied by a charming smile. The producers wanted a “Betty White type” to play the role, but they did not immediately ask Ms. White because she and Ms. Moore were close friends and the producers were afraid there would be damage to the friendship if she didn’t get the role, or didn’t want it.

“They went through about 12 people and couldn’t find anybody sickening enough,” Ms. White told Modern Maturity magazine in 1998, “so they called me.”

Betty Marion White was born on Jan. 17, 1922, in Oak Park, Ill., the only child of Horace and Tess (Cachikis) White. Her father was an electrical engineer, her mother a homemaker. When Betty was a toddler, the family moved to Los Angeles, where she grew up.

At Beverly Hills High School, from which she graduated in 1939, she appeared in several student productions and even wrote her class’s graduation play, in which she had the lead role. During World War II she served in the American Women’s Voluntary Services and drove a “PX truck” delivering soap, toothpaste and candy to soldiers manning the gun emplacements the government had established in the hills of Santa Monica and Hollywood.

She also met and married a P-38 pilot, Dick Barker. That marriage lasted less than a year; when Ms. White wrote an autobiography, “Here We Go Again,” in 1995, she mentioned the marriage but did not mention his name.

Toward the end of the war she became involved in the Bliss-Hayden Little Theater, run by two Hollywood character actors, Lela Bliss and Harry Hayden, and designed to give young people a chance to perform in front of an audience. Her first performance there was in “Dear Ruth,” a comedy about a girl who pretends to be her older sister. It was seen by Lane Allen, an actor turned agent, who encouraged Ms. White to pursue an acting career. She and Mr. Allen were later married, but that union also ended in divorce.

Ms. White began her radio career by saying one word on the popular comedy “The Great Gildersleeve.” The word was “Parkay,” the name of the margarine sponsoring the show. That led to bit parts in 1940s radio staples like “Blondie” and “This Is Your F.B.I.”

She broke into television in 1949 on a local talk show called “Al Jarvis’s Hollywood on Television.” When Mr. Jarvis left the show, she succeeded him as host.

She had a few television shows of her own in the 1950s, including two sitcoms and a variety show (which she produced herself, and on which she drew both praise and criticism for featuring a Black tap dancer, Arthur Duncan, as a regular, a highly unusual move for the time). But none of those shows stayed on the air for long, and by the early 1960s she was best known as a very busy freelance guest. Game shows were her specialty: She appeared on “To Tell the Truth,” “I’ve Got a Secret,” “The Match Game,” “What’s My Line?” and, most notably, “Password,” whose host, Allen Ludden, she married in 1963.

Ms. White and Mr. Ludden remained married until his death in 1981. They had no children together, but she helped him raise his three children by a previous marriage, David, Martha and Sarah.

Information on survivors was not immediately available.

After “The Golden Girls” ended its seven-year run in 1992, Ms. White remained a familiar and welcome presence on television. She reprised the role of Rose Nylund on a short-lived spinoff, “The Golden Palace,” and made guest appearances on “Ally McBeal,” “That ’70s Show,” “Boston Legal,” “Community” and many other series. From 2006 to 2009 she had a recurring role on the daytime soap opera “The Bold and the Beautiful.” Ms. White, who was inducted into the Television Academy Hall of Fame in 1995, continued acting on television well into her 90s.

She occasionally showed up on the big screen as well, most recently in “The Proposal” (2009) and “You Again” (2010). She was given a lifetime achievement award by the Screen Actors Guild in 2010.

In 2018 she was the subject of a PBS documentary, “Betty White: First Lady of Television.” The title, she joked, might have meant that she was the first woman ever on television.

But the most surprising, and high-profile, role she played in her later years was host of “Saturday Night Live” in May 2010, a booking that came about largely because of a spirited social-media campaign. Ms. White’s appearance — in which she gleefully participated in sketches suffused with the show’s trademark irreverent, often off-color humor — gave “S.N.L.” its highest ratings in a year and a half.

That same year she also returned to prime-time series television as one of the stars of the TV Land sitcom “Hot in Cleveland.” Her performance on that show as a feisty caretaker earned her yet another Emmy nomination. (She lost to Julie Bowen of “Modern Family.”) “Hot in Cleveland” ran for five seasons.

In 2012 “Betty White’s Off Their Rockers,” a hidden-camera show in which older people play pranks on younger people, made its debut on NBC. In addition to being the host, Ms. White was an executive producer.

In 2011, she published two books. The first, “If You Ask Me (and of Course You Won’t),” was a collection of essays and anecdotes about her life and career. The second, “Betty & Friends: My Life at the Zoo,” was about her love of animals and her long association with the Los Angeles Zoo.

Ms. White had a longstanding interest in animal welfare. In the early 1970s she produced and starred in a syndicated talk show, “The Pet Set,” in which celebrities talked about their pets. She also devoted time and money to organizations like the American Humane Association and the Fund for Animals. In 2006 she was honored by the Los Angeles Zoo, which named her “ambassador to the animals” and unveiled a plaque in her honor.

“Being remembered for Rose and Sue Ann and the others would be wonderful,” Ms. White told The Chicago Sun-Times in 1990. “But I also want to be remembered as a lady who helped the animals.”

As late as 2019, Ms. White was still doing voice-over work, most notably as a toy tiger named Bitey White in the animated film “Toy Story 4.” One of her last in-person appearances was on the 2018 Emmy Awards telecast. She had been planning to celebrate her 100th birthday, on Jan. 17, with a one-night-only film to be shown in select movie theaters.And she had just given an interview to People magazine in which she talked about her life as she turned 100.

“It’s incredible that you can stay in a career this long and still have people put up with you,” she told the assembled TV luminaries, who gave her a prolonged standing ovation. “I wish they did that at home.”

Betty White Dies: Legendary ‘Golden Girls’ Star and Multiple Emmy Award Winner Was 99

“Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” Witjas said in a statement. “I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don’t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again.”

Although White is most notably known for playing sweet and naive Rose in The Golden Girls from 1985-1992, her career began more than four decades prior in her adopted home of Los Angeles. But the road to becoming a star would be paved with challenges for Betty Marion White Ludden, the only child of Christine Tess White and Horace Logan White, born in Illinois in 1922."

White seriously explored an acting and modeling career after high school before putting it all on hold to serve in the American Women’s Voluntary Services stateside during World War II. Not only did she drive supplies to a temporary camp in a PX truck up to the Hollywood Hills, but she also shared her talents as an entertainer by cutting a rug at dances with military enlistees ahead of their deployment.

When the war ended in 1945, White married U.S. Army Air Force pilot Dick Barker whom she met while volunteering. She moved to rural Ohio (population 800) where she and Barker lived with his parents on a chicken farm. The marriage ended after 8 months, according to Newsweek.

Amid the booming Golden Age of Hollywood, White returned to Southern California and set her sights on becoming a film actress before pivoting to radio after she was rejected multiple times for not being photogenic enough. No job was too big or small for White, who played bit parts on hit shows like Blondie (based on the comic strip) and This Is Your FBI, including reading commercials (her first spoken line on the air was an ad for Parkay), singing, and creating sound effects for little to no pay.

White tied the knot a second time in 1947, but her marriage to theatrical agent Lane Allen ended in divorce after two years. She knew she’d made a mistake when Allen asked her to leave show business.

She made the right choice for herself and her big break came in 1949. White joined the variety series Hollywood on Television opposite host Al Jarvis which earned her a Best Actress Emmy nomination in 1951. She stayed with the show after Jarvis and his replacement Eddie Albert departed, becoming one of the first women to host a TV show solo.

Simultaneously she produced (under her Bandy Productions banner) and starred in the comedy series Life With Elizabeth, which also boasted a female director, Betty Turbiville, a rarity at the time. White portrayed the titular character, a married suburbanite settling into life with her husband Alvin (Del Moore) that ran for 65 episodes from 1953-1955.

Her work both in front of and behind cameras helped paved the way for other women who followed and cemented her legacy as an industry pioneer. And she also used her power to make Hollywood more inclusive by hiring Arthur Duncan, an African American performer, as a regular on her NBC variety show The Betty White Show in 1954 though the decision brought much controversy.

When viewers demanded Duncan be removed, White was steadfast. “I said, ‘I’m sorry. Live with it,’” she recalled of the incident in the PBS documentary, Betty White: First Lady of Television. Due to her refusal to replace Duncan and multiple time slot changes, the show was canceled by the end of that year.

White met the love of her life, TV show host Allen Ludden, in 1961 on his game show Password when she was a guest. Feeling like a failure because she was a divorcee twice over, she turned down Ludden’s two proposals before finally saying “I Do” two years later. The two were married until his death from stomach cancer in 1981 and never remarried.

After appearing on a multitude of talks shows and more game shows, White made her big-screen debut in the 1962 political drama Advise & Consent in the role of Senator Bessie Adams of Kansas. It would take two decades for her to do another film though reviews of her performance were positive.

In later years she appeared in Lake Placid, The Story of Us, Bringing Down the House, The Proposal, and as a voice actor in The Lorax and Toy Story 4.

But it was on TV where White shined the brightest. In 1973, she joined her good friend Mary Tyler Moore in The Mary Tyler Moore Show playing perky Sue Ann Nivens for 46 episodes.

“Sue Ann was a huge career mood change,” White says of the character she lovingly refers to as the “neighborhood nymphomaniac” in her 2011 book If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t). “The Mary Tyler Moore Show aired for seven years altogether. I came on in the fourth season, in what was to have been a one-shot appearance. The most episodes I ever did during one season was 12 of 22—the other seasons, I did only 5 or 6 episodes. But people still remember Sue Ann. She was such a mess!”

She won her second and third Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Sue Ann and a Grammy Award in 2011 for Best Spoken Word Recording for the audio version of the bestselling book. Across her eight decades-long career, White was honored with a total of 8 Emmy Awards including the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015.

The Golden Girls came knocking in 1985 landing the role of sex-crazed Blanche Devereaux in a comedy series that followed four widows sharing their lives and a home with an obscene amount of wicker in sunny Miami. White would go on to play Rose, the role originally offered to Maude’s Rue McClanahan. The pair swapped at the suggestion of the pilot’s director Jay Sandrich—and the rest is history.

White played Rose from 1985 to 1992 when the show ended after Bea Arthur, who played Dorothy Zbornak, announced her departure. Rose reappeared in The Golden Girls short-lived spin-off series The Golden Palace alongside McClanahan and Estelle Getty.

Guest appearances in various other popular shows followed including The Practice, The John Laroquette Show, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Boston Legal before joining TV Land’s Hot in Cleveland in 2010.

Throughout her life, White was a passionate animal lover that advocated for beasts large and small. She supported various charitable organizations the benefitted the animal kingdom like the Morris Animal Foundation, Farm Sanctuary, PAWS/LA, and SPCLA, among many others.

White tweeted for the final time about her upcoming milestone just days ago.

Beloved TV Funny Lady Betty White, Star of The Golden Girls, Dead at 99

“Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” said Jeff Witjas, White’s agent and friend, in a statement to People on Friday. “I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don’t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again.”

In this week’s People cover story celebrating White’s approaching centennial (she was to turn 100 on Jan. 17), the icon said, “I’m so lucky to be in such good health and feel so good at this age. It’s amazing.”

The Oak Park, Ill., native — best known for playing mantrap Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1973-77) and ditzy Rose Nylund on The Golden Girls (1985-92) — got her big break on the small screen in 1949, when she began co-hosting Al Jarvis’ live variety show, Hollywood on Television. Just two years later, she was nominated for her first Primetime Emmy Award and co-founded her own production company, which, a year after that, created Life With Elizabeth, a syndicated comedy showcasing one of her Hollywood on Television characters.

Though White broke into feature films in 1962 and went on to appear in successful movies such as Lake Placid (1999) and The Proposal (2009), it was on the small screen that she found her greatest successes — often just by being herself. During her almost two-decade run as the hostess of the Tournament of Roses Parade, she became a fixture on both late-night talk shows and daytime game shows — in particular Password, whose host, Ludden, she married in 1963.

After winning back-to-back Emmys in 1975 and ’76 for her portrayal of “The Happy Homemaker” on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, White starred in her own sitcom, the short-lived Betty White Show, and began a 10-year stint as the hostess of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. In 1983, she became the first woman to win a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Game Show Host (for Just Men!) and started recurring on Mama’s Family as Ellen Harper Jackson, the snooty character she’d originated on The Carol Burnett Show.

When The Golden Girls ended its run in 1992, White — who’d won the 1986 Emmy for Outstanding Actress in a Comedy Series and earned six more nominations for her work as sunny Rose — joined Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty on the short-lived spin-off The Golden Palace. But, whether she had a regular role, White never seemed to slow down. Between guest spots on everything from The John Larroquette Show (which netted her another Emmy in 1993) to Bones (2015), she tackled recurring parts on Boston Legal (2005-08) and The Bold and the Beautiful (2006), and scored another Emmy for hosting Saturday Night Live (2010).

That same year, White turned a one-off appearance in the pilot for Hot in Cleveland into a five-year run as bawdy Elka Ostrovsky. As if that wasn’t enough, from 2012-14, she also hosted and executive-produced Betty White’s Off Their Rockers, which allowed seniors to prank young whippersnappers, and earned a Grammy for the spoken-word recording of her best-seller, If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t).

Among her other accolades are a Lifetime Achievement Award (presented at the 2015 Daytime Emmys), a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame (right next to Ludden’s) and inclusion (as of 2014) in the Guinness World Records book as the record-holder for Longest TV Career for an Entertainer (Female).

Throughout her life and career, White — who had no children (but was stepmother to Ludden’s three kids from his first marriage) — was a staunch animal-rights activist. Not only was she a sponsor of both the Farm Animal Reform Movement and Friends of Animals, but she wrote Betty White’s Pet-Love: How Pets Take Care of Us, and donated all the proceeds from her clothing line and 2011 calendar to animal charities.

In recent years, People’s cover story reported, White had been living a “quiet life” at home of crossword puzzles, playing card games, watching Jeopardy! and continuing her animal welfare advocacy. Longtime Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek, prior to his own passing in 2020, said of his possible successor as host, “It’s probably going to be a woman, she’ll have to be bright, she’ll have to have a good sense of humor… Uhhhh, let’s see…. Betty White is my choice.”

Betty White, ‘Golden Girls’ Star and TV Legend, Dies at 99

The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a death investigation on the 500 block of N. Carmelina Ave. in Los Angeles at 9:30 a.m. Friday morning. White would have celebrated her 100th birthday on Jan. 17. White is believed to have died Thursday night at her Brentwood home.

White’s agent and close friend Jeff Witjas confirmed her death to Variety. “Even though Betty was about to be 100, I thought she would live forever,” Witjas said in a statement. “I will miss her terribly and so will the animal world that she loved so much. I don’t think Betty ever feared passing because she always wanted to be with her most beloved husband Allen Ludden. She believed she would be with him again.”

Witjas emphasized that White had not been ill but had been extremely cautious during the COVID-19 pandemic. She spent most of the past two years at the home she loved with her many pets. She had round-the-clock caretakers in her final years, Witjas said.

White’s work schedule had slowed considerably as she reached her late 90s. She told Variety in an email Q&A in 2020 that her career blossomed in the early days of TV because she was fascinated by the medium. “I just love to work and the word ‘no’ did not exist,” White told Variety.

The approach of White’s 100th birthday sparked numerous tributes and appreciations of her long run in the industry. Just this week, White graced the cover of People magazine. “I’m so lucky to be in such good health and feel so good at this age,” White told the magazine. White was also the subject of a recent book by Variety alum Ray Richmond, “Betty White: 100 Remarkable Moments in an Extraordinary Life.”

White, who played Sue-Ann Nivens on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” in the 1970s and Rose on “The Golden Girls” from 1985-92, was a staple on TV for more than 60 years, having started as the sidekick on a local Los Angeles daytime show that kept her on live TV five hours a day, five days a week.

The energetic blonde with the honeyed voice and girl-next-door beauty was one of the rare performers to remain as popular into her nineties with new generations of viewers — thanks to reruns of “Golden Girls” — as she was in her sitcom heyday.

In her 80s, White was still stealing scenes in film comedies such as “The Proposal,” “You Again” and “Bringing Down the House,” as well as making regular appearances on late night talkshows, where she delighted audiences with her quickfire repartee with Jay Leno, Craig Ferguson and other hosts.

Her well-reviewed turn alongside Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds in 2009’s “The Proposal” boosted her profile, and suddenly she was everywhere: starring in the well-received Super Bowl commercial spot for Snickers and hosting “Saturday Night Live” after a fan campaign to land her the job started on Facebook (White had actually been offered the gig years before but turned it down).

She was hired by producers of “Hot in Cleveland” for a guest shot in the pilot but was quickly pressed into service as a series regular. “Cleveland” was an instant hit thanks in no small measure to White’s star power. She earned SAG Awards for her work on the show in 2011 and 2012 and her 17th career Emmy nomination.

The hits she had in the series department were giant ones and made her a household name. Her characters on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show,” a homemaker with a rather saucy reputation, and on “Golden Girls,” a rather befuddled simpleton, were part of television history. Both programs brought her Emmys, two for “Moore” and three for “Golden Girls.”

Born in Oak Park, Ill., she moved with her family to Los Angeles, where her acting aspirations began at Beverly Hills High School. Shortly after graduation, she made her professional stage debut as part of the Bliss Hayden Little Theater, of which she was a member for several years. She also did guest stints on radio shows such as “Blondie,” “This Is Your FBI” and “The Great Gildersleeve” before branching into early television. White made her first screen appearance, however, in the 1945 educational short “Time to Kill,” promoting the benefits of the G.I. Bill.

In 1953 White landed her first sitcom, “Life With Elizabeth,” which was short-lived, as was daytime talkshow “The Betty White Show” in 1954, “A Date With the Angels” in 1957 and comedy variety skein “The Betty White Show” in 1958.

She then drifted into gameshows, including “To Tell the Truth,” “I’ve Got a Secret,” “Match Game,” “Password” and “What’s My Line?” White was also a regular on the nighttime “Jack Paar Show” and the syndicated woman’s daytime show “Girl Talk.” During that time she had her own radio show on CBS, “Ask Betty White.”

White had worked with “Password” host Alan Ludden and was appearing in summer stock with him in 1962 in “Critic’s Choice” when they became romantically involved; they married the next year. (White had been briefly married to Frederick Barker and to Lane Allen but had been single since 1949). They would co-star for years in summer stock in productions such as “Brigadoon,” “Any Wednesday” and “Guys and Dolls” as well as on TV on “Password.”

In 1971, White, an animal lover, had a talkshow called “The Pet Set,” about celebrities and their pets. (She later wrote the book “Betty White’s Pet Love.”)

White was a friend of Mary Tyler Moore when Moore’s producers were looking for a regular like Cloris Leachman. The character of Sue Ann was created with White in mind but offered to several actresses before the producers decided to go with White (who claimed, perhaps rightly, that for a time her gameshow persona was so ingrained in everyone’s mind that she was ignored for other acting jobs). The character of the Happy Homemaker, who always had sex on the brain, was an instant success and brought her back-to-back Emmys as supporting actress in 1974 and 1975.

After the Moore show ended, another series was developed for White in which she co-starred with Georgia Engel. “The Betty White Show” debuted in 1977 but was cancelled after half a season. She returned to gameshows as well as miniseries and TV movies like “The Best Place to Be,” “This Ring,” “Before and After” and “The Gossip Columnist.”

In 1983 she hosted another gameshow, “Just Men.” The show was panned but brought her another Emmy. She had a recurring role in “Mama’s Family,” a spinoff of a regular skit on “The Carol Burnett Show” in which Rue McClanahan also recurred.

Though she was originally slated for the role of the promiscuous southern Belle on “The Golden Girls,” she chose instead to play Rose, the slightly akilter but sweet-hearted character in the series targeted at an older demo (McClanahan got the Belle role). It was a huge hit running into the early ’90s and added two more Emmys to White’s shelf. She carried on for another season in the spinoff “The Golden Palace” and then segued into a regular role on Newhart series “Bob” and 1995’s “Maybe This Time.”

Television movies and regular guest appearances on shows as diverse as “St. Elsewhere” and “Suddenly Susan” kept White constantly in front of the camera, as did the occasional TV movie like “Weekend in the Country.”

In 1999 an appearance in David E. Kelley’s monster crocodile movie “Lake Placid” renewed attention on White: She lampooned her love of animals by playing a smiling but foul-mouthed woman who protects the predator that’s dispatching humans.

She was a television phenomenon in the 2000s, guesting as herself on “Ugly Betty” as well as in animated form on both “The Simpsons” and “Family Guy” and providing voices for many animated films and TV shows.

White recurred on soap “The Bold and the Beautiful” from 2006-09, on “That ’70s Show” and as Catherine Piper both on “The Practice” and on “Boston Legal.” In 2010 she became the oldest person ever to host “Saturday Night Live.”

In January 2012 the NBC special “Betty White’s 90th Birthday: A Tribute to America’s Golden Girl’’ was the most-watched program on the night. White hosted and produced the hidden-camera reality show “Off Their Rockers” in 2012-13, earning two more Emmy nominations.

Her most recent book, “If You Ask Me (And of Course You Won’t),” was published in 2011. She won a Screen Actors Guild life achievement award in 2010.

Ludden died in 1981, and White never remarried.

The Good The Bad & The Ugly: The Best & Worst of '21

Debbi Morgan guests on Our Kind Of People 1/11/22

Cast: Yaya DaCosta as Angela Vaughn; Morris Chestnut as Raymond Dupont; Joe Morton as Teddy Franklin; Nadine Ellis as Leah Franklin-Dupont; Lance Gross as Tyrique Chapman; Alana Bright as Nikki Vaughn; Rhyon Nicole Brown as Lauren Dupont; Kyle Bary as Quincy Dupont

Guest Cast: Debbi Morgan as Aunt Piggy; L. Scott Caldwell as Olivia Dupont; McKinley Freeman as Nate; Nicole Chanel Williams as Taylor.

Denise Richards goes maskless on plane, hides under ‘huge winter coat’ instead

Denise Richards bucked the CDC on a recent flight, opting to use her “huge winter coat” as a mask instead of, well, a mask — and for some reason, informing her fans of the situation.

“Anyone that is upset that I [am] not wearing a mask I’m hiding under a hoody amd [sic] a huge winter coat,” the 50-year-old wrote over a since-expired selfie on her Instagram story Sunday.

“Please. Thicker than any mask!!!!!!” she added.

Even though Richards has had no problem wearing a mask on a plane in the past, the selfie in question displayed her full, uncovered face.

The “Real Housewives of Beverly Hills” alum has posted several snaps of herself sporting proper face masks in various settings over the course of the pandemic, so it’s unclear what prompted her to make such a bold (and scientifically incorrect) statement.

Current CDC guidelines — for Richards, or anyone else — state:

All passengers on public conveyances (e.g., airplanes, ships*, ferries, trains, subways, buses, taxis, ride-shares) traveling into, within, or out of the United States (including U.S. territories) as well as conveyance operators (e.g., crew, drivers, conductors, and other workers involved in the operation of conveyances), regardless of their vaccination status, are required to wear a mask over their nose and mouth.

Fans did not hesitate to drag Richards through the social media mud for her post.

“There seems to be no sign of intelligent life anywhere,” one person tweeted, using a .gif of Buzz Lightyear from “Toy Story.”

“We would’ve had no idea she was flying if she hadn’t said so. Hashtag attention-seeking,” another pointed out.

Others chose more forceful language, with one suggesting Richards was “not a thinker” and another taking things a step further and calling her “f–kin moron.”

One day before flying Richards shared on Instagram that she had wrapped her “last shoot of the year” in Oklahoma City.

The Nana Project’: Mercedes Ruehl, Nolan Gould & Will Peltz To Star In Mockumentary From Director Robin Givens

The film is set primarily in Timeless Acres Retirement Home and follows feisty chess master Helen “Nana” Lewis (Ruehl) and her estranged grandsons, Andrew (Gould) and Cody (Peltz). With the support of Nana’s resident friends, the family embarks on a road trip to support her rise to state championships.

Givens’ latest feature was written by Eric Ulloa (Jekyll and Hyde, Nickelodeon/Noggin’s Meet the Alpha Beats), Anthony Del Negro (The Girl in the Window) and 12-time Tony Award winner Carl Moellenberg (Wakefield). The latter is also producing on behalf of Dominion Pictures alongside Zach O’Brien, Shane O’Brien and Del Negro on behalf of Stargazer Films.

Givens recently directed episodes of The CW’s Riverdale, along with the TV movies The Jenkins Family Christmas and Ann Rule’s A Murder to Remember. Her recent credits on the acting side include Steven Soderbergh’s upcoming crime drama KIMI, The CW’s Batwoman (in which she plays Jada Jet) and The CW’s Riverdale.

Ruehl earned her Oscar and Golden Globe in 1992 for her supporting turn as Anne in Terry Gilliam’s The Fisher King. The actress has also appeared on the film side in Hustlers, Last Action Hero, Lost in Yonkers, Another You, Married to the Mob, Big and Radio Days, among other titles, appearing on the TV side in Bull, Power, Frasier and more.

Gould is a four-time SAG Award winner best known for his turn as Luke Dunphy in ABC’s Modern Family. He’s also featured in series including Sofia the First and Good Luck Charlie, along with films including The To Do List and Friends with Benefits.

Peltz has previously appeared in films including 13 Minutes, Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, Men, Women & Children and Unfriended, as well as such series as Manifest and Euphoria.

Givens is represented by A3 Artists Agency and Kaplan-Stahler Agency; Ruehl by Sue Leibman of Barking Dog Entertainment and Peikoff-Mahan; Gould by Artists & Representatives, MC Talent Management, The Brand Partners and Myman Greenspan Fox; Peltz by Innovative Artists and Management Production Entertainment.

Betty White’s 100th birthday coming to theaters for one-night-only event

The iconic star of both the big and the small screens will hit triple digits, turning the big 1-0-0, next year. Fans will able to celebrate the joyous occasion with her in a special one-night-only theatrical event.

“Betty White: 100 Years Young — A Birthday Celebration” will be distributed by Fathom Events and will be shown in 900 cinemas nationwide on Jan. 17, 2022.

Tickets will go on sale on Dec. 17.

The show will take a gander at the much-loved actress’ life behind the scenes, as well as her relationships with her friends and staff and her efforts as an animal advocate.

The “Golden Girls” star’s 100th birthday bash will also be in the show, with a guest list that includes the likes of Ryan Reynolds, Tina Fey, Robert Redford, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Leno, Carol Burnett, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Kimmel, Valerie Bertinelli, James Corden, Wendie Malick and Jennifer Love Hewitt.

Highlight reels from her illustrious career will be featured in the show, along with footage from her appearances on “Saturday Night Live” and her roles on “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” and “Hot in Cleveland.”

“Who doesn’t love a party?!? This one is gonna be great,” White said in a statement.

Filmmaker Steve Boettcher added, “We didn’t want this day to pass without bringing together all the people that love her, from her co-stars and friends to her many millions of fans of all ages, to celebrate her 100th birthday with an entertaining and loving look at what makes Betty a national treasure.”

White’s legacy on “The Golden Girls” will further be memorialized in the upcoming fan convention.

The Golden-Con: Thank You for Being a Fan event will be held in Chicago April 22-24.

“We’re creating a space where fans can celebrate all the things they love about the show: friendships, laughter, families of choice, Scandinavian nitwits, sexy Southern belles, stern substitute teachers and Sicilians,” event producer Zack Hudson told Edge Media Network in October.

When The Post asked White’s reps if she plans on attending the inaugural Golden-Con, her spokesman Jeff Witjas said: “No she is not. At 99 and about to be 100 [on Jan. 17], Betty no longer travels by air.”

‘The Golden Palace’: ’90s ‘The Golden Girls’ Spin-Off Series Headed To Hulu

The Golden Palace, a 90s spin-off series of The Golden Girls, will stream exclusively via Hulu starting Jan. 10. The streamer is releasing Palace in celebration of franchise star Betty White’s 100th birthday just 7 days later.

Though it only ran for one season, The Golden Palace is a treasured follow-up of the original series that has mostly been unavailable to stream. It’s set after the events of the Golden Girls series finale that saw Bea Arthur’s departure as Dorothy Zbornak after marrying Blanche’s (Rue McClanahan) uncle Lucas (Leslie Nielson).

The new series reunited White’s Rose Nylund with Dorothy’s mother Sophia Petrillo (Estelle Getty), and Blanche as they’re amid mayhem while moving out of the Miami residence they shared for the titular Art Deco hotel in South Beach they invested in and would manage. Series costars include Don Cheadle, who played hotel manager Roland Wilson, and Cheech Marin as co-chef Roland Wilson.

Palace, created by Susan Harris, aired its only season consisting of 24 episodes from 1992-1993 before it was canceled by CBS.

The entire The Golden Girls series is available to stream via Hulu now.

Anna Maria Horsford & Hector Elizondo recur on B Positive

RECURRING CAST: Hector Elizondo (Harry), Jane Seymour (Bette), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Ludlum).

Fired ‘General Hospital’ Actor Ingo Rademacher Says Conservative Co-Stars Stayed Silent: “It’s Not Public Support, So Is It Really Support?”

The GH cast “kind of knew that the mandates were coming a few months ago because Disney had already started mandating for their theme park employees,” Rademacher said during the taped interview for Tucker Carlson Today on the Fox Nation streaming site, adding that although he received private support from some cast members and crew, a unified stance could have resulted in cancellation.

“Let’s say everybody was standing up for me,” Rademacher said, “if we were all linking arms together and said, ‘We’re not taking this vaccine,’ Disney would have just canceled the show. That’s what I believe. We’re kind of that show over here on the side that has a slot. We’re always walking on thin ice.”

Rademacher offered no evidence to support the speculation about possible cancellation. Only two cast members – Rademacher and Steve Burton – were fired over their refusal to get vaccinated.

Rademacher went on to offer boilerplate anti-vax phrases – “This is about basic human rights and the medical freedom to choose” – and said, “Taking this vaccine goes against everything I believe in and how I live my life.”

“Western medicine has its place, I think, but we try to avoid it as much as possible because it’s not preventative, so we use alternative medicines in the entire family,” the actor said.

At one point, Carlson referred to Disney as “corporate monsters.” Fox News requires its employees to be vaccinated or submit to daily testing.

According to the Centers For Disease Control: “COVID-19 vaccines are effective at protecting people from COVID-19 and help keep adults and children from getting seriously sick. COVID-19 vaccines can reduce the risk of people spreading the virus that causes COVID-19. Getting everyone ages 5 years and older vaccinated can help the entire family, including siblings who are not eligible for vaccination and family members who may be at risk of getting very sick if they are infected.”

“People are going to try to paint me as this right-wing conservative nut which couldn’t be further from the truth,” Rademacher said. (The actor has come under social media fire in the past for referring to Covid as the “Chinese coronavirus,” his refusal to “call a transgender an empowered woman,” and admonitions to “stop [talking] about racism…it’s 2020 and it’s only the media that won’t shut up about it.”)

Rademacher declined to specify which General Hospital cast members supported his decision (“There are a lot of conservatives on the show,” he said), but added, “It’s not public support, so is it really support?” As for the lawsuit he filed against ABC earlier this week, Rademacher said he was introduced to his attorneys at JW Howard Attorneys by Robert Kennedy Jr., and that he was being supported in the legal battle by Kennedy’s Children’s Health Defense and PERK, the organization that’s involved in various other similar lawsuits.

Rademacher was asked by Carlson about the “very unhappy person” in the GH cast who has been outspoken in criticism of the actor, an obvious if unnamed reference to Nancy Lee Grahn. “A complete bigot,” Rademacher responded without explanation, quickly adding, “I love her. I love her work and advocate for her freedom to speak.”

Grahn, with whom the onetime Jasper “Jax” Jacks has exchanged back-and-forth swipes on social media over the mandate, wasn’t impressed with the Carlson booking, tweeting earlier, “When u get hoisted by ur own petard (dragged mercilessly 4 being indefensibly racist, transphobic & anti science) by EVERY major media & social platform who overwhelmingly disapproved of you, you go on #tuckercarlson.”

Rademacher’s firing and lawsuit has brought the soap veteran considerable attention in recent weeks. Last night during his Late Show monologue, late night host Stephen Colbert skewered the actor, referring to the longtime GH cast member as a “random collection of consonants.”

“Sorry, buddy,” Colbert joked, “but you have to follow the medical advice – you’re on General Hospital, not General Stuff I Read On Facebook.”

To explain Rademacher’s claim that the vaccine mandate violates his religious freedom, Colbert quoted from the lawsuit, saying, “my body is endowed by my creator with natural processes to protect me.”

“Now, a lot of people say Ingo Rademacher is being ridiculous,” Colbert continued before launching into a mock-soap opera plotline: “Unless…that’s not Ingo Rademacher! It’s Ingo Rademacher’s twin brother Vigo Rademacher, who just woke up from a coma…”

After unspooling a string of unlikely soap storylines – coma, amnesia, attempted murder – Colbert came to his point: “Or maybe, in just one final twist, none of that is true and Ingo Rademacher is just a stupid dingus. That makes more sense. That’s the one.”

Ingo Rademacher Gets Roasted By Stephen Colbert, Tapes Appearance With Tucker Carlson

First, Colbert. Referring to the longtime GH cast member as a “random collection of consonants,” Colbert chastised Rademacher for the lawsuit. “Sorry, buddy, but you have to follow the medical advice – you’re on General Hospital, not General Stuff I Read On Facebook.”

To explain Rademacher’s claim that the vaccine mandate violates his religious freedom, Colbert quoted from the lawsuit, saying, “my body is endowed by my creator with natural processes to protect me.”

“Now, a lot of people say Ingo Rademacher is being ridiculous,” Colbert continued before launching into a mock-soap opera plotline: “Unless…that’s not Ingo Rademacher! It’s Ingo Rademacher’s twin brother Vigo Rademacher, who just woke up from a coma…”

After unspooling a string of unlikely soap storylines – coma, amnesia, attempted murder – Colbert came to his point: “Or maybe, in just one final twist, none of that is true and Ingo Rademacher is just a stupid dingus. That makes more sense. That’s the one.”

Watch the monologue above, with the Rademacher jokes arriving at the 6:43 mark.

The former GH actor no doubt got a friendlier reception yesterday when he taped a segment for Fox Nation’s Tucker Carlson Today, which is expected to air on the streaming site at some point today. “Our conversation was pretty interesting,” Rademacher teased on Instagram. “We talked about everything from farm life in Australia to GH to family and my lawsuit against ABC. One of the nicest people I’ve ever met.”

Rademacher’s former castmate, the pro-vaccine Nancy Lee Grahn, with whom the onetime Jasper “Jax” Jacks has exchanged back-and-forth swipes on social media over the mandate, wasn’t impressed with the Carlson booking, tweeting, “When u get hoisted by ur own petard (dragged mercilessly 4 being indefensibly racist, transphobic & anti science) by EVERY major media & social platform who overwhelmingly disapproved of you, you go on #tuckercarlson.”

A teaser for Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

Emmys: Primetime & Daytime Awards Get Realigned Based On Genre Not Airtime; Dramas, Talk Shows & Game Shows Impacted

Moving forward, the competitions will be organized solely by content genre as opposed to the current method, which separates programs based on program airtime. The changes, which will be included in the Call For Entries put out in January, will result in digital daytime dramas as well as other daytime programs, including some talk shows and game shows, potentially moving to the Primetime Emmy Awards.

Criteria such as how a show is filmed (on sound stage or on location, using one or multiple cameras) and how frequently it airs (daily or weekly) would determine whether a program stays in the Daytime Emmy race or switches to the Primetime one. (Despite the fact that a large portion of the TV content is consumed time-shifted on-demand, the two competitions will keep their Primetime/Daytime monikers for legacy reasons.)

Here are some of the changes by genre:

Daytime Dramas: Daytime Drama categories will remain in the Daytime competition and be redefined as “any multi-camera, weekday daily serial, spinoff or reboot.” Programs for ages 15 and under will be represented in the recently announced Children’s & Family competition.

The other daytime scripted dramas, most notably streaming/digital series like The Bay, previously awarded in the Daytime Limited Drama category, will transition to the Primetime competition. A series like Days Of Our Lives: Beyond Salem, which streams on Peacock and would’ve moved to the Primetime Emmys will instead be eligible for the Daytime Drama series field at the Daytime awards alongside the mothership Days Of Our Lives soap. (For more on that, read Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Category Could Have Rare 5 Nominees After Classification Change)

Talk Shows: Talk shows will be separated by format and style characteristics between the Daytime and Primetime Emmys. Most current daytime talk shows will remain in the Daytime Emmy competition based on them featuring interaction with the audience, including giveaways, as well as segments from other daytime genres, including crafting and cooking. Meanwhile, a daytime talker like The Ellen DeGeneres Show, now in its final season, could relocate to the Primetime Emmys as it resemble late-night talk show with a monologue, celebrity interviews and virtually no traditional daytime segments like cooking.

The Morning Show and Spanish-Language Morning Show categories will leave the Daytime competition; they will be eligible in the NATAS-administered News & Documentary Emmys or the Daytime competition’s Talk Show categories, depending on show format. While the news-heavy first two hours of NBC’s Today have competed in the Morning Show category, Today with Hoda & Jenna had been running in the Talk Show Informative Daytime Emmy field. Going forward, morning shows, will be part of the News & Documentary Emmys if they tend to be more news-driven, and of the informative talk show category at the Daytime Emmys if they skew more toward entertainment.

Game Shows: Game shows and Instructional & DIY programming categories will remain divided by airtime for the 2022 competitions, while the Academies look to a genre-based alignment for the 2023 competition year. Because daytime and primetime game shows are very similar, the organizations may look at frequency of airing (daily vs. weekly) and regular run vs. limited event like Jeopardy Tournament of Champions to make the distinction.

“NATAS and the Television Academy each pride ourselves on celebrating and honoring the best television has to offer, and with the evolution of our industry, it was critical to update our competitions to meet current trends in both content and viewing habits,” said Adam Sharp, President and CEO, NATAS. “These changes will allow each Academy to honor an undivided scope of achievement in our respective fields of television excellence.”

Emmys: Outstanding Daytime Drama Series Category Could Have Rare 5 Nominees After Classification Change

For seven years now, there have been four nominees in the top category, matching the number of daytime soaps left on the air: ABC’s General Hospital on ABC, CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless and NBC’s Days Of Our Lives. The last time there were five entrants in the field was 2013 when One Life To Live made a final appearance post-cancellation.

That could change in 2022 as the Daytime Drama category has been redefined as open to “any multi-camera, weekday daily serial, spinoff or reboot.”

Under the existing rules, limited series Days Of Our Lives: Beyond Salem, which streams on Peacock, would’ve qualified for the Daytime Limited Drama category, which in the new setup would move to the Primetime Emmys. Now, as a spinoff from DOOL, Beyond Salem would be eligible for the Outstanding Daytime Drama series category where it could face mothership DOOL if the producers choose to submit the digital offshoot.

While we have five eligible shows in the top Daytime Drama category for the first time in almost a decade, we may not end up with five nominees even if all five are submitted.

“Our nomination procedures allow for fewer than five nominees in categories with a low number of entries,” NATAS’ President and CEO Adam Sharp said. “This is so you don’t have categories where every submitter is automatically guaranteed a nomination.”

For instance, in the early 2000s, when there were still more than four daytime dramas on the air, the nominees in the Outstanding Drama Series category were often four.

“The number of submissions was still low enough to consider limiting the number of nominees to fewer than the typical five depending on the score distribution” Sharp said.

Additionally, “we last year implemented a ‘minimum viability score’ for nomination,” he said. “Under this new policy, an entry needs to achieve a minimum average score to even be eligible for nomination, even if they would otherwise be in the top five of the category (or fewer in a small category). This is why we had one category last year with only two nominees. They were the only ones who were over this viability threshold, even though there were more than five submitters in the category.”

Chad Duell and Courtney Hope Split Up

Fans grew suspicious on Dec. 13 when they noticed that both Duell and Hope’s Instagram accounts had seemingly been scrubbed of photos of the other. While neither actor has publicly addressed the split, the news was reported by Soap Opera Digest.

Duell and Hope were introduced by his former GH castmate Bryan Craig (Morgan), and the couple began dating and then moved in together to share a beautiful home. Five years after they first began dating, Duell popped the question in a romantic beachside proposal on Valentine’s Day 2021. “Forever with this man is a dream come true,” Hope said at the time of their engagement.

The couple tied the knot on Oct. 23 in an elaborate gothic-themed wedding where they wore red and the guests donned gothic and steampunk outfits to celebrate the union in a unique atmosphere. “Thank you so much to everyone who came out last night to celebrate with [us]!” Hope declared. “And thank you guys for committing so hard to our goth theme! The amount of black nail polish, guy-liner, chokers, corsets, and canes were more than we could’ve asked for!”

Unfortunately, just over a month later, Duell and Hope have quietly gone their separate ways. No details regarding the reason for the split have yet been revealed.

‘General Hospital’ Vet Ingo Rademacher Hits ABC With “Religious Discrimination” Suit Over Covid Vaccine Mandate

“ABC’s actions are blatantly unlawful,” proclaims a jury trial seeking complaint filed today in LA Superior Court by the law firm of JW Howard Attorneys, LTD. “ABC does not have the authority to force a medical treatment to its employees against their will,” the filing goes on to say (read it here). “These actions constitute religious discrimination and violate Mr. Rademacher’s rights under state and federal law.”

Long story short, if you’re not the biggest fan of the goings on of Port Charles, New York, the House of Mouse has one of the strictest vaccine mandates of any Hollywood studio and most major corporations. Now facing political challenges, to put it politely in Florida, Disney made having vaccination mandatory in late July for salaried and non-union hourly U.S. employees who worked at it is studios, networks, theme parks, and more.

A GH regular on and off since Bill Clinton was POTUS, Rademacher sought a religious exemption from the vaccine mandate from his corporate overlords. After sitting down with the actor who played Jasper Jacks for decades, ABC decided on November 5 to deny Rademacher his desired exception .

Less than month later, the actor and his character were gone from the small screen. Rademacher had already been on the outs with some of his cast mates for remarks he made on social media earlier this year about on transgender people – comments he later edited and apologized for.

If you aren’t getting where this is all coming from, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ names are bandied about the suit filed Monday. Terms like “bodily integrity” and the right to “informational privacy” are in there too. In the end, Rademacher wants “ABC’s Covid-19 mandate declared unconstitutional” and he’s seeking compensatory damages for all the wages he’s lost out on for being shown the GH door.

Though they will likely react in the LASC docket soon enough, ABC parent company Disney did not respond today to request for comment from Deadline on the Rademacher suit. TMZ first reported the filing.

Also worth noting that while President Biden’s vaccine edict is being bogged down in the courts across the land, the New York Supreme Court turned down emergency requests by Empire State healthcare workers for a religious exemption from state requirements to vaccinate against Covid-19. A federal appeals court in New York previously denied the workers’ requests.

‘Diary Of A Future President’ Canceled After Two Seasons By Disney Plus

“Just found out that [“Diary of a Future President”] is not moving forward with a season 3 at Disney+,” Peña wrote. “Of course, we would love to continue telling this story, but I am filled with so much gratitude for the 2 seasons that we did get to make.”

She then went on to thank cast and crew. Her full statement is below.

We have reached out to Disney Plus for comment.

The coming-of-age series, loosely based on the life of creator and executive producer Ilana Peña, followed Elena’s adventures as she navigates the ups and downs of middle school on her journey to become the future president of the United States. Viewers also get an inside look at the young Miamians home life alongside her mom Gabi (Selenis Leyva), a busy attorney with a budding office romance (Michael Weaver), and her older brother Bobby (Charlie Bushnell), who is coming to terms with his sexuality.

On My Block‘s Jessica Marie Garcia also starred as Gabi’s work colleague Camila.

The series hailed from exec producer Gina Rodriguez, Peña, CBS Television Studios and I Can and I Will Productions.

Dishing with Digest - 12/10/21 - Krista Allen

Hector Elizondo & Anna Maria Horsford recur on B Positive 1/6/22

RECURRING CAST includes: Hector Elizondo (Harry), Jane Seymour (Bette), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Ludlum).

Eddie Mekka Dies: ‘Laverne & Shirley’ Actor Was 69

His November 27 death was announced on Facebook by longtime friend Pat Benti, who did not disclose a cause of death but noted that Mekka “passed away peacefully.”

Michael McKean, who co-starred on Laverne & Shirley as Lenny Kosnowski, remembered Mekka in a tweet: “A sad goodbye to Eddie Mekka this morning. A genuinely good guy and purveyor of cheer whenever things got cheerless. Value these people. RIP, Eddie.”

Born Edward Rudolph Mekjian in Worcester, MA, Mekka had attended the Berklee College of Music and had earned a Tony Award nomination for his leading role in the 1975 Broadway musical The Lieutenant when he moved to Los Angeles and soon landed roles on two Garry Marshall-created sitcoms: Blansky’s Beauties and Laverne & Shirley.

Blansky’s Beauties, the 1977 series starring Nancy Walker, was not a success, but Mekka’s supporting role on Laverne & Shirley from 1976-83 brought him national recognition and his signature role. As the kind-hearted Carmine — known affectionally as The Big Ragoo (sometimes spelled Ragu) — Mekka was part of the sitcom’s primary romantic relationship. His on-and-off relationship with Shirley and his loyal friendship with both Williams’ character and Penny Marshall’s Laverne, provided the series with one of its most significant supporting players.

Mekka’s Carmine was a part-time boxer with dreams of becoming a dancer and singer — ambitions that provided an showcase for Mekka’s musical theater talents and background. In the final episode of the long-running series, Carmine lands a role in the Broadway musical Hair.

Laverne & Shirley was an out-of-the-box smash after premiere in January 1976 on ABC. The characters had appeared briefly on Happy Days — another Garry Marshall creation — but made enough of an impression to lead their own series. Fronted by Marshall and Williams, the midcentury-set sitcom about a pair of workers at the Shotz Brewery in Milwaukee would finish as the No. 3 series in all of primetime for the 1975-76 season, far outpacing Happy Days.

Mekka appeared in all but a couple dozen of the series’ 178 episodes.

Although his Laverne & Shirley character would prove to be Mekka’s most recognizable role, the actor also appeared on such ’70s and ’80s series as Moonlighting, Family Matters and The Love Boat and had guest roles on shows well into the 21st century, including Children’s Hospital, The Young & The Restless and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

Film credits include Beaches (1989), A League of Their Own (1992), Dickie Roberts: Former Child Star (2003), Dreamgirls (2006) and Hail Mary! (2018).

Information on survivors was not immediately available.

Debbi Morgan guests on Our Kind Of People 12/7/21

Cast: Yaya DaCosta as Angela Vaughn; Morris Chestnut as Raymond Dupont; Joe Morton as Teddy Franklin; Nadine Ellis as Leah Franklin-Dupont; Lance Gross as Tyrique Chapman; Alana Bright as Nikki Vaughn; Rhyon Nicole Brown as Lauren Dupont; Kyle Bary as Quincy Dupont

Guest Cast: Debbi Morgan as Aunt Piggy; L. Scott Caldwell as Olivia Dupont; McKinley Freeman as Nate; Nicole Chanel Williams as Taylor.

Toni Braxton & Angie Harmon Lifetime Movies Round Out Casts With Eddie Cibrian, Kelly Hu & Kristoffer Polaha

Eddie Cibrian (Northern Lights, CSI Miami) has joined the first installment of Braxton’s Fallen Angels, while Kelly Hu (List of a Lifetime, Scorpion King) joins the cast of the second film. Both films are based on the Hollis Morgan mystery book series by author R. Franklin James.

Cibrian stars as Avery Mitchell, Hollis Morgan’s (Braxton) charismatic boss, while Hu will make her debut in the second installment as the mysterious Joelle. Both productions have started filming and will premiere in 2022. Additionally, Harmon’s Barstow (working title) movies has added Kristoffer Polaha (Jurassic World: Dominion, Wonder Woman 1984) as Elliot, a mysterious stranger with a troubling past.

In the first installment of Fallen Angels Murder Club (wt), members of the Club must have two things in common – a love for books and have a criminal record. Hollis Morgan (Braxton) meets both requirements. Left holding the bag in an insurance fraud scheme concocted by her ex-husband, Hollis served her time and now hopes the court will pardon her conviction so she can return to law school and fulfill her dream of becoming a lawyer. But when a member of her book club is murdered in a scene straight out of the previous night’s novel, Hollis once again becomes the subject of police scrutiny. Refusing to get stuck with another bad rap, Hollis sets out to investigate her fellow club members and after a second book-inspired murder, she races to identify the killer before she becomes the next victim.

Cast also includes Keith D. Robinson (Dreamgirls, Saints & Sinners), Lisa Berry (Working Moms, Supernatural), Yanic Truesdale (Gilmore Girls), Kaitlyn Leeb (Spinning Out), Humberly Gonzalez (Ginny & Georgia), Rainbow Sun Francks (Umbrella Academy), Henderson Wade (Dear White People, Riverdale), Rob Stewart (Killjoys, Suits, Nikita), Raoul Bhaneja (Blind Spot, Clarice, The Lost Symbol) and Shawn Ahmed.

The Fallen Angels Murder Club films fall in line with Lifetime’s Broader Focus initiative which supports the hiring of women in key production roles. The movies are produced for Lifetime by Brain Power Studio and executive produced by Beth Stevenson, Nancy Yeaman, Toni Braxton and Rhonda Baraka. The films are written and directed by Baraka.

In Barstow (wt),Harmon stars as Hazel King, a single mother determined to shield her daughter from the life she once had while protecting and defending those who can’t protect themselves. Plucked off the streets of Las Vegas at 15, Hazel was trained as a hit woman until a surprisng pregnancy drives her to leave it all behind. Living as a single mother running a diner in Barstow with her teenage daughter, Hazel’s past eventually catches up with her and she’s pulled back in for one more hit.

Additional cast include Lauren Richards (Venom, Doom Patrol), George Paez (Curb Your Enthusiasm, Mom), Tim Granaderos (13 Reasons Why, T@gged), Gabriel Rodriguez (The Suicide Squad, Chicago P.D.), Casey Mills (Catrachos and Kings, Ozark), Ben Cain (Cruel Summer, Panic), Anthony Reynolds (Dopesick, I, Tonya) and Nelson Bonilla (Ozark, The Haunting of Hill House).

The Barstow movies are produced for Lifetime by Untitled Entertainment and executive produced by Angie Harmon, Michael Rosenberg, Laura Notarianni, Stan Spry and Eric Scott Woods. The first film is written by Tom Evans and directed by Howie Deutch.

‘With Love’ Trailer: Amazon Serves Romance With A Side Of Drama This Holiday Season

Season 1 follows the Diaz siblings, Lily (Emeraude Toubia) and Jorge (Mark Indelicato), who are on a mission to find love and purpose. Lily recently split with her longtime love and is keeping the faith that a special kind of spark awaits her. Plus, she has the support of her Latino family who are determined to find her the perfect match. What could go wrong?

Jorge has seemingly found his person but will he and Henry (Vincent Rodriguez) be able to compromise?

The duo cross paths with seemingly unrelated residents during different holidays throughout the year: Christmas Eve/Nochebuena, New Year’s Eve, Valentine’s Day, the Fourth of July, and Dia de los Muertos.

Costars include Rome Flynn, Desmond Chiam, Isis King, Todd Grinnell, Constance Marie, Benito Martinez, Andre Royo, Renée Victor, and Pepe Serna.

All episodes are written and executive produced by Calderón Kellet. The pilot episode is directed and executive produced by Meera Menon. With Love is produced by Kellett’s production company, GloNation and Amazon Studios.

Watch the trailer in full above.

Denise Richards Boards Thriller ‘Among The Ashes’

The film shot on location in Youngstown, Ohio follows a housekeeper who accepts a promising position at the home of a wealthy family, only to realize that someone may be hiding a deadly secret. Not knowing who to trust, she must solve the mystery while avoiding impending deadly consequences.

Paris Jones, Cindy Castro DiRusso and Brandon Villano are producing, with Youngstown Pictures president Melanie Clarke-Penella exec producing alongside Minoff and Lauren Pannunzio. Mind The Gap’s Giulia Prenna is handling sales for the film, which is slated for release early next year.

Richards currently stars as Shauna Fulton on CBS soap opera The Bold & The Beautiful. She was recently seen in the film Timecrafters and will next appear opposite Joan Collins and Jane Seymour in the medieval drama series, Glow & Darkness, from Alejandro Guillermo Roemmers and José Luis Moreno.

The actress made her big screen debut in the cult classic Starship Troopers, garnering international recognition for her role opposite Pierce Brosnan, as Bond girl Dr. Christmas Jones, in The World Is Not Enough. She has also appeared in such films as Love Actually, Scary Movie 3, Drop Dead Gorgeous and Wild Things, appearing on the TV side in Paper Empire, A Girl Is a Gun, Vanity, Twisted, Blue Mountain State, Two and a Half Men and more.

Richards is repped by A3 Artists Agency and Vault Entertainment.

Arlene Dahl Dies: ‘Journey To The Center Of The Earth’ Star Was 96

Her son, actor Lorenzo Lamas, posted the news on social media but did not provide details.

“Mom passed away this morning in New York,” Lamas wrote. “She was the most positive influence on my life.” See his full post below.

Dahl was born on August 11, 1925, in Minneapolis. By the time Dahl landed her signature role as Professor Carla Göteborg in Henry Levin’s Journey to the Center of the Earth, she already had appeared in more than 20 features — from 1947’s My Wild Irish Rose to 1957’s She Played with Fire. Her credits from the era also include The Bride Goes Wild — her first film under an MGM contract — The Outriders, The Diamond Queen, Inside Straight, Reign of Terror and Sangaree.

She then played the female lead opposite James Mason and Pat Boone in Journey to the Center of the Earth. Based on the Jules Verne novel, the film follows a group tracing an explorer’s trail down an extinct Icelandic volcano in 1880.

Dahl appeared on multiple TV soap operas including All My Children and One Life to Live and guested on such popular series as Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island and Love, American Style. She also played different characters on multiple episodes of Burke’s Law in the mid-1960s.

She had three runs on Broadway — all in different decades: Mr. Strauss Goes to Boston (1945), as Roxane opposite Jose Ferrer’s Cyrano in Cyrano de Bergerac (1953) and Applause (1972).

Early in her career, Dahl appeared on popular radio series including The Bob Hope Show, Martin and Lewis and Lux Radio Theater.

In the early 1950s, she launched a syndicated beauty column called “Let’s Be Beautiful,” which would run for more than two decades. She later started Arlene Dahl Enterprises, which specialized in lingerie and cosmetics, and became a widely syndicated astrology writer in the 1980s. Her work was featured daily in major newspapers including the Los Angeles Times, and she would pen more than two dozen books on astrology and beauty.

She was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1960.

Dahl was married six times, including to Argentine actor Fernando Lamas. Along with her son Lamas, she is survived by a daughter, Carole Delouvrier; another son, Stephen Schaum; nine grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

Here is Lamas’ tribute to his mother:

“Mom passed away this morning in New York. She was the most positive influence on my life. I will remember her laughter, her joy, her dignity as she navigated the challenges that she faced. Never an ill word about anyone crossed her lips. Her ability to forgive left me speechless at times. She truly was a force of nature and as we got closer in my adult life, I leaned on her more and more as my life counselor and the person I knew that lived and loved to the fullest. My sympathies go to her loving husband @marcrosennyc who, for the last 37 years, made her life so wonderful and joyous. Love you mom forever #ArleneDahl #Moviestar #legend #mom #RIP

Dishing with Digest - 11/26/21 - Jennifer Gareis

Hector Elizondo & Anna Maria Horsford recur on B Positive 12/9/21

RECURRING CAST: Hector Elizondo (Harry), Jane Seymour (Bette), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Ludlum).

Hector Elizondo & Anna Maria Horsford recur on B Positive 12/2/21

RECURRING CAST includes: Hector Elizondo (Harry), Jane Seymour (Bette), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Ludlum).

Obba Babatundé recurs on S.W.A.T 12/3/21

RECURRING CAST: Obba Babatundé (Daniel Harrelson, Sr.)

Debbi Morgan guests on Our Kind Of People 11/30/21

Cast: Yaya DaCosta as Angela Vaughn; Morris Chestnut as Raymond Dupont; Joe Morton as Teddy Franklin; Nadine Ellis as Leah Franklin-Dupont; Lance Gross as Tyrique Chapman; Alana Bright as Nikki Vaughn; Rhyon Nicole Brown as Lauren Dupont; Kyle Bary as Quincy Dupont

Guest Cast: Debbi Morgan as Aunt Piggy; L. Scott Caldwell as Olivia Dupont; Melissa De Sousa as Alex Rivera; McKinley Freeman as Nate; Nicole Chanel Williams as Taylor

Kimberlin Brown Interview 11/22/21

In her role of “Sheila Carter,” Brown debuted on The Young and the Restless in 1990 and crossed over to The Bold and the Beautiful in 1992. For the next three decades, Brown has played “Sheila Carter” on both shows. Brown’s recent credits include the film Five Hour Friends, co-starring Tom Sizemore, American Hero, and the award-winning short The Necklace.

Brown’s career began when she was discovered by famed modeling agent Nina Blanchard. She soon began acting in films such as Who’s That Girl with Madonna, 18 Again with George Burns, The Opposite Sex with Courtney Cox, and Eye of the Tiger, with Gary Busey. Brown guest-starred on many episodic prime-time television serials, including Matt Houston, TJ Hooker, Diagnosis Murder, and Six Feet Under. Her other daytime drama credits include long-time roles on One Life to Live, Port Charles, and All My Children.

Brown is the recipient of two Soap Opera Digest Awards for Outstanding Villain/Villainess for her role as “Sheila Carter” on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Brown enjoys skiing, boating, golfing, shooting, gardening, and most importantly, spending time with family. She spends her free time actively involved in charity work, including The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and Susan G. Komen Foundation through American Airlines Celebrity Events and The Blue Angels Foundation, supporting our country’s veterans. Most notably, and demonstrating her true hands-on spirit, she has twice been a bone marrow donor. She has never met either recipient but has been told they are both doing well.

Canadian Comedy ‘Moonshine‘ Returning For Season 2

Allan Hawco (Republic of Doyle) is joining the cast of the series, which is produced by Six Eleven Media and Entertainment One. Picking up where the first season ends, season two will include dance routines, dirty bingo, snow crab-jacking and a high stakes turf war with a band of outlaw bikers. Fate will manifest very differently for the entire family, with characters fighting their destiny tooth and nail as Lidia goes to extremes to save the business from financial ruin.

Returning are Jennifer Finnigan (Salvation), Anastasia Phillips (Reign), Emma Hunter (Mr. D), Tom Stevens (Wayward Pines), Alexander Nunez (Avocado Toast), Corrine Koslo (Anne with an E), Peter MacNeill (This Life), Erin Darke (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel), Farid Yazdani (Suits), Allegra Fulton (The Shape of Water), James Gilbert (Salvation), Celia Owen (A Small Fortune), and Calem MacDonald (Umbrella Academy).

Guest starring in season two will be Jonathan Silverman (Weekend at Bernie’s), Shelley Thompson (Trailer Park Boys), Jonathan Torrens (Mr. D), Leigh Ann Rose (The Young and the Restless), Ernie Grunwald (Call Me Fitz), Joe Cobden (The Sinner), and Kirstin Howell (Diggstown).

Production on the eight-episode season two recently wrapped in Nova Scotia, it will premiere on CBC in 2022. The first season is now available on CBC Gem. Moonshine is distributed internationally by eOne.

“Moonshine is a passion project, and I’m thrilled by this early vote of confidence from CBC,” said showrunner, creator and director Elwood. “I’ve never worked with such a brilliant cast, and the more we scratch the surface of this band of eccentric characters, the more I fall in love with them. I can’t wait to show the world how their stories evolve and learn that we all have a little Finley-Cullen magic in us – whether we want it or not.”

Executive producers include Six Eleven Media’s Charles Bishop and Jocelyn Hamilton for eOne. For CBC, Sally Catto is General Manager, Entertainment, Factual and Sports; Trish Williams is Executive Director, Scripted Content; Sarah Adams is Executive in Charge of Production; and Gosia Kamela is Executive in Charge of Production, Drama.

The series is produced with the assistance of the Government of Nova Scotia, Nova Scotia Film and Television Production Incentive Fund. Additionally, funding comes from the Canada Media Fund, Ontario Film and Television Tax Credit and the Canadian Film or Video Tax Credit.

“With a narrative expertly crafted by Sheri Elwood, we’re so proud of Moonshine’s ability to captivate audiences with its motley crew of characters navigating family dynamics, set against a stunning Nova Scotia landscape and timeless soundtrack,” said Jocelyn Hamilton, President, Canada, eOne Television. “The pedigree of talent behind and in front of the camera is remarkable, and we’re looking forward to delivering another stellar season of this show to Canadian audiences next year.”

“We are hard at work to deliver another exciting season of Moonshine for CBC and we’re delighted to be able to shoot in our home province of Nova Scotia with our incredible cast and crew led by the incomparable Sheri Elwood,” said Charles Bishop, CEO and Executive Producer, Six Eleven Media.

Ingo Rademacher Out At ABC’s ‘General Hospital’, Last Airdate Set

The reason for his departure has not been disclosed, but the actor, who joined the daytime serial in 1996 in the role of Jasper “Jax” Jacks, has been criticized by some castmates in recent weeks, first for opposing a Covid-19 vaccination mandate and, more recently, for his comments on transgender people.

Rademacher said in an Instagram video earlier today that he would address his status with the soap soon.

The actor drew criticism yesterday from castmates Nancy Lee Grahn and transgender actor Cassandra James, both of whom objected to Rademacher’s Instragram post in which he re-posted a tweet from a conservative commentator who used the word “dude” in reference to Rachel Levine, the U.S. assistant secretary for health and first transgender four-star officer.

In her tweet yesterday, Grahn indicated that Rademacher was no longer part of the GH cast.

It remains unclear exactly when Rademacher’s departure was first settled, but it seems to have been in the works prior to his weekend Instagram post about Levine, and was more likely connected to his opposition to the the vaccine mandate.

In a new Instagram video this morning, Rademacher apologized for not deleting the word “dude” from the re-tweeted photo, and apologized to James specifically. “Cassandra, I apologize to you sincerely,” Rademacher said. “I think you’re an absolute talent and you’re very beautiful as well. I don’t think a transphobic man would say that. I think you’re absolutely gorgeous, I really do.”

Shortly thereafter, James tweeted, “While trans people are subjected to physical violence every day I spoke up to call out something more insidious. Transphobic memes and ‘jokes’ perpetuate the myth that trans people are anything less than infinitely resilient and utterly brilliant.”

James then tweeted, “I am so moved by the enormous amount of love and support I am seeing online from the fans and many members of the General Hospital family. Thank you.”

In addition to the post about Levine, Rademacher doubled down on his previously stated anti-vaccine mandate stance, posting an Instagram message yesterday stating, “I will stand with you to fight for medical freedom.” In an Instagram Story post, Rademacher wrote, “If we don’t send a strong message to the Biden Administration to reverse course immediately where do you think this ends guys? With Booster No. 25? Nope. Vaccine passports and more segregation is on its way right now. Wakey Wakey.”

Rademacher’s anti-mandate stance became widely known in August when costar Steve Burton tested positive for Covid-19 and said he contracted the virus at work. GH’s Grahn called on SAG-AFTRA to address the issue of working “on a set with unmasked, unvaccinated actors.”

When the hashtag #FireIngo subsequently began to trend, the Australian actor lashed out on Instagram at the “morons,” “dictators,” and “horrible, horrible” people calling for his firing.

‘General Hospital’s Ingo Rademacher Apologizes To Transgender Co-Star, Calls Cassandra James “Absolutely Gorgeous”: “I Don’t Think A Transphobic Man Would Say That”

In a new Instagram video, Rademacher, who might have already exited the soap, addresses a report in Deadline today that two of his General Hospital co-stars, including trans actor Cassandra James, had issued strong condemnations of Rademacher’s Instagram post over the weekend that copied a tweet in which a conservative podcaster labeled Levine a “dude.”

The original tweet from podcaster Allie Beth Stuckey mocked the notion that Levine could be considered “an empowering woman” while Winsome Sears, Virginia’s recently elected Republican lieutenant governor, who is Black, could be called a “white supremacist.”

Rademacher now says he retweeted the image to point out the “hypocrisy of the Left Wing media,” but that he should have crossed out the word “dude” from the original post, adding, “I don’t think its okay to call a transgender an empowered woman because where does that leave women?”

In a direct apology to GH‘s James, Rademacher says, “Cassandra, I apologize to you sincerely. I think you’re an absolute talent and you’re very beautiful as well. I don’t think a transphobic man would say that. I think you’re absolutely gorgeous, I really do.”

Later in the video, Rademacher recounts how he and his wife allowed their son to wear a Disney Princess dress when he was three “because he wanted to look pretty. I don’t think a transphobic dad would buy his son a Disney princess dress.”

As for his current job status with General Hospital, Rademacher says he will comment on that shortly.

‘General Hospital’ Actor Ingo Rademacher Blasted By Castmates For Transphobic Tweet

One of his co-stars even says that Rademacher is no longer with the venerable soap.

Rademacher, whose opposition to the Covid-19 vaccine mandate was unpopular with at least some co-stars, again drew their ire this weekend by reposting a tweet on his Instagram account calling Rachel Levine, the U.S. assistant secretary for health, a “dude.” The Biden-appointed U.S. assistant secretary for health was recently sworn in as the first transgender four-star officer.

Last night, two of Rademacher’s General Hospital castmates – trans actor Cassandra James and longtime GH star Nancy Lee Grahn – blasted Rademacher for the post.

“I am aware of a transphobic post shared by a fellow General Hospital actor,” tweeted James, who plays Dr. Terry Randolph on the soap. “Shame on you. You have some serious unlearning and education to do. I feel deeply disappointed that such a public display of ignorance could come from our GH family.“

“Misgendering trans folks is violence and if you come for one of us, you come for all of us,” James continued. “The cis world doesn’t get to decide which of us is valuable. I am so proud of the fans for always holding us to a high standard, for calling out transphobia and violence.”

Grahn then tweeted, “The fellow actor, #IngoRademacher, is mercifully no longer a part of the #gh cast. Transphobia & misgendering are disgusting & should be unacceptable in any industry, including soaps/acting. I stand with my costar @cassandrajames_ & the trans community.”

It was unclear whether Rademacher’s alleged departure from the show followed or was preceded by his post about Levine.

Although Rademacher has not as yet directly commented on his status with the show, the actor seems to have doubled down on his anti-vax mandate stance, posting an Instagram message yesterday stating, “I will stand with you to fight for medical freedom.” In an Instagram Story post, Rademacher wrote, “If we don’t send a strong message to the Biden Administration to reverse course immediately where do you think this ends guys? With Booster No. 25? Nope. Vaccine passports and more segregation is on its way right now. Wakey Wakey.”

Rademacher’s anti-mandate stance became widely known in August when costar Steve Burton tested positive for Covid-19 and said he contracted the virus at work. GH’s Grahn called on SAG-AFTRA to address the issue of working “on a set with unmasked, unvaccinated actors.”

When the hashtag #FireIngo subsequently began to trend, the Australian actor lashed out on Instagram at the “morons,” “dictators,” and “horrible, horrible” people calling for his firing.

Deadline has reached out to Rademacher and a General Hospital spokesperson for comment on the actor’s job status at the soap.

Hector Elizondo & Anna Maria Horsford recur on B Positive 11/18/21

RECURRING CAST: Hector Elizondo (Harry), Jane Seymour (Bette), Ben Vereen (Peter), Priscilla Lopez (Meredith), Jim Beaver (Spencer), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Ludlum), D.B. Sweeney (Bert).

‘The Wonder Years’ Co-Stars Alley Mills & Dan Lauria Reunite For Off Broadway’s ‘Morning’s At Seven’

Mills, who stars on CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful, joins Lauria and other Morning’s At Seven cast members Lindsay Crouse, Alma Cuervo, Tony Roberts, John Rubinstein, Keri Safran, Jonathan Spivey and Patty McCormack (the latter most famously remembered as evil little Rhoda Penmark from 1956’s The Bad Seed).

The original Wonder Years mom was cast in the role of Arry after Ivey left the production due a torn tendon. (Nancy Ringham was a temporary replacement until Mills could join.)

“We are thrilled to have Alley Mills join our Morning’s At Seven family,” said producer Julian Schlossberg in a statement. “In the theatre, anything can happen, and often does. When the production suddenly lost Judith Ivey due to a leg injury, we delayed our opening to accommodate the sudden change in cast.”

Mills, said Schlossberg, “is no stranger to television audiences or the L.A. stage (or Dan Lauria, one of her Morning’s At Seven co-stars and her TV husband from The Wonder Years). She is a welcome addition to our incredible ensemble.” Wonder Years ran on ABC from 1988 to 1993.

The play is currently in previews at Off Broadway’s Theatre at St. Clement’s through Jan. 9. Opening night is Monday, November 15.

First produced on Broadway in 1939, Morning’s At Seven is set in a small midwestern town in the early 1920s and focuses on four aging sisters who must confront longstanding rivalries. The comedy was revived in New York in 1980 in a production starring Nancy Marchand, Maureen O’Sullivan, Elizabeth Wilson and Teressa Wright, and in 2002 with Elizabeth Franz, Julie Hagerty, Buck Henry, Piper Laurie, Christopher Lloyd, Estelle Parsons and Frances Sternhagen.

Patrick Mulcahey Interview 11/11/21

Patrick has written for Another World (briefly), Texas, Guiding Light (twice), Loving, Santa Barbara, General Hospital and The Bold and the Beautiful, two short-lived primetime series, and two Movies of the Week. Patrick earned his first Emmy win at Guiding Light working where he was working side by side with Douglas Marland until Douglas left the show. 40 years after his start at Search for Tomorrow, Patrick left The Bold and the Beautiful at the end of 2019 and in his post-soap pandemic shutdown life, he’s writing plays nobody’s seen (no eyeballs in shutdown theaters), submitting to contests nobody’s heard of (won three of them, though), and enjoying the wilds of the North Cascade Mountains in Washington state, where he lives quietly and happily with his husband, who’s also named Patrick Mulcahey, to the amusement of everyone but the TSA. (In Patrick's words)

‘Fantasy Island’ Renewed For Season 2 By Fox

The renewal announced today follows strong ratings for the contemporary version of the classic 1977-84 series, from writer-producers Liz Craft and Sarah Fain. This past summer, the reboot starring Roselyn Sanchez and Kiara Barnes ranked as the No. 1 new scripted program among adults 18-49 and was Fox’s most streamed new drama series since 9-1-1: Lone Star in January 2020.

Fantasy Island takes place at a luxury resort, where literally any fantasy requested by guests is fulfilled, although they rarely turn out as expected. Delving into the “what if” questions — both big and small — that keep us awake at night, each episode will tell emotional, provocative stories about people who arrive with dreams and desires.

The series stars Sanchez as Elena Roarke, a descendant of the iconic Mr. Roarke, who set aside her own ambitions, and the love of her life, to uphold her family’s legacy. Barnes plays Ruby Akuda, a young woman with an old soul who arrived on Fantasy Island with a terminal illness and was given a new lease on life as Roarke’s right hand.

Fans won’t have to wait until next summer for more Fantasy Island, however. Fox has ordered a special two-hour holiday episode, “Welcome to the Snow Globe,” which will air at 8 p.m. Tuesday, December 21. Lindsay Craft, Eddie Cahill and Mackenzie Astin will guest star. In the episode, a businesswoman’s (Craft) fantasy of a perfect Christmas and meeting “Mr. Right” (Cahill) tests Roarke in unexpected ways. Meanwhile, Mr. Jones (Astin) faces his past, while a new Secret Santa tradition has Ruby and Javier (John Gabriel Rodriguez) looking to the future.

Fox has been a fan of the drama since its premiere, and the renewal is not unexpected. In an interview with Deadline in September, Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn described Fantasy Island as its “first real, recent attempt at a cost effective” drama series.

Fantasy Island hails from Sony Pictures Television, Gemstone Studios and Fox Entertainment.

“We’re really high on it, and it’s been exciting for us to cross-pollinate some of the stars that we have in other series and do other exciting turns on Fantasy Island,” said Thorn. “We definitely see a potential second season and it’s something that we’re talking about now. We’re very pleased with the show and Liz and Sarah did a very good job,” he said at the time. Said Thorn: “Thanks to the fantastic Roselyn Sanchez and charming Kiara Barnes and the captivating stories that tapped into the core tenets of emotion and aspiration, Fantasy Island was the perfect wish fulfillment and escape we all needed this summer. Liz Craft, Sarah Fain and everyone at Sony and Gemstone did an excellent job on this series and, like all good things, it left us wanting more. We’re so happy to have Elena Roarke, Ruby Akuda and everyone on Fantasy Island open their world again for a brief visit this winter and for a longer stay next year.”

Added Marie Jacobson, EVP of Gemstone Studios: “We are thrilled to be back for a Season 2,” sLiz, Sarah, Roselyn and the whole Fantasy Island family reimagined this storied IP and gave it just the modern female flair it needed to resonate with audiences around the world. We’re so proud of the show and grateful for our stellar partners at Fox.”

‘Saved By The Bell’ Trailer: Bayside High Rivalries & Romance Loom In Season 2

Returning series stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Tiffani Thiessen, Lark Voorhies, Elizabeth Berkley Lauren, and Mario Lopez are reunited at their old haunt and things are looking like they could get romantic again for Berkley Lauren’s Jesse Spano—who is currently going through a divorce— and her high school love A.C. Slater (Lopez).

Bayside High is set to face its biggest rival Valley High at the California School Spirit Competition and both teams are determined to walk away victorious. But there are distractions taking over even the smartest and most focused of the group.

Daisy Jimenez (Haskiri Velazquez) continues to be hard at work helping to keep the student body interested in important issues but when a classmate catches her eye (Matt Sato), will she follow her heart or her brain?

And Lexi Haddad-DeFabrizio (Josie Totah) is walking into junior year focused on getting a second kiss from her new boyfriend Jamie Spano (Belmont Cameli). What’s taken them so long?

Love looks to be in the air for Devante Young (Dexter Darden) and Aisha Garcia (Alycia Pascual-Peña) as well—just not with each other. And there’s no doubt Mac Morris (Mitchell Hoog) is currently on the prowl for his next girlfriend.

Lauren Koslow Introduces Son

Debbi Morgan guests on Our Kind Of People 11/16/21

Cast: Yaya DaCosta as Angela Vaughn; Morris Chestnut as Raymond Dupont; Joe Morton as Teddy Franklin; Nadine Ellis as Leah Franklin-Dupont; Lance Gross as Tyrique Chapman; Alana Bright as Nikki Vaughn; Rhyon Nicole Brown as Lauren Dupont; Kyle Bary as Quincy Dupont

Guest Cast: Debbi Morgan as Aunt Piggy; L. Scott Caldwell as Olivia Dupont; Melissa De Sousa as Alex Rivera; McKinley Freeman as Nate; Nicole Chanel Williams as Taylor

The Bold and the Beautiful recasts Dr. Taylor Hayes

EW has learned exclusively that veteran TV actress Krista Allen will assume the iconic role starting on Dec. 10. She fills the very big stilettos left behind by Hunter Tylo, who played the part of the psychiatrist who stole Ridge Forrester's heart from 1990 to 2019. Taylor's romance with Ridge was constantly tested by Brooke Logan (Katherine Kelly Lang); the love triangle turned into one of the daytime drama's biggest story lines.

An insider tells EW that the show reached out to Tylo about reprising the role but was unsuccessful.

After Tylo left B&B in 2019, the show tried to explain Taylor's absence by saying she was doing missionary work in another country. But she missed huge moments in the lives of her children: her son Thomas (Matthew Atkinson) had brain surgery, and her daughter Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) was popping pills. More recently, Steffy got married to — and had a son with — Dr. John "Finn" Finnegan (Tanner Novlan). Fans were left wondering, where's ma?

Allen got her start in the soap world: From 1996 to 1999, she played Billie Reed on Days of Our Lives. She went on to appear in shows like CSI, The X-Files, and Baywatch, as well as Two and a Half Men and Monk. More recently, she costarred on 9-1-1 and in the TV movie I Almost Married a Serial Killer.

Allen is scheduled to start taping episodes of B&B in Los Angeles on Oct. 28. Her first scenes will be with her daughter and ex-husband Ridge (Thorsten Kaye), who's been with Brooke for some time now. Could it be time for a change?

The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays on CBS.

GH’s Chad Duell And Y&R’s Courtney Hope Wed

‘DI Hillary Greene’: Beloved UK Book Series To Be Adapted For The Screen By Southwell Neal Entertainment

Southwell Neal Entertainment has optioned the film and TV rights to the 18-book series, which follows the brilliant cold case detective’s exploits alongside former LAPD detective John Sullivan and has sold more than 2M copies worldwide.

Southwell and Neal are the writers and execs behind Hallmark’s Gourmet Detective series, which also stars Fifty Shades of Grey actor Neal in the lead role of Henry Ross.

“We are thrilled that Faith has entrusted us with bringing Hillary to the TV screen and know that her millions of loyal readers will be joined by even more TV viewers,” said Neal.

Joffe Books publishes the DI Hillary Greene novels and Southwell Neal was represented in the deal by Darren Trattner from Jackaway Tyerman in LA.

Hector Elizondo & Anna Maria Horsford recur on B Positive 11/11/21

RECURRING CAST include: Hector Elizondo (Harry), Jane Seymour (Bette), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Ludlum).

Y&R And B&B To Air On Pluto TV

It's a Wonderful Lifetime Movie Schedule with former soap stars

Friday, Nov. 12
An Ice Wine Christmas
Stars: Roselyn Sánchez, Lyriq Bent
Logline: "One of Philadelphia's top sommeliers, Camila (Sánchez) goes home to the magical vineyards of Evergreen, N.Y., to take part in the town's annual Ice Wine Christmas Festival and harvest. While there, Camila spends time with her mother, Sunny (Maria del Mar), and sister, Beth (AnnaMaria Demara), who manages the local winery for Camila's former ice wine mentor, Henry (Richard Fitzpatrick). But Camila discovers changes are coming as Henry plans to retire, scaling down the Christmas festival. Beth also recently hired wine specialist Declan (Bent), who plans to take the operation to full-year production. Believing in the importance of preserving the magic of 'Christmas in a bottle,' Camila shares with Declan her passion for Christmas and what an authentic ice wine harvest can bring."

Saturday, Nov. 13
A Picture Perfect Holiday
Stars: Tatyana Ali, Henderson Wade, Dina Meyer
Logline: "Fashion photographer Gaby Jones (Ali) is eager to make a name for herself and finally gets her chance when she lands a coveted job at a magazine. Encouraged by an editor (Meyer) to attend the annual Christmas photography retreat in the small town of Pine Falls to ramp up her skills, Gaby reluctantly signs up despite not being a huge fan of the holidays. When she arrives, she learns her rental has been double-booked with wildlife photographer Sean (Henderson Wade) but soon discovers there's more to a photo than what you see through the lens. As the two fall for each other, their life choices start to get in the way and the two must decide if they're willing to take a risk in order to share a picture-perfect holiday together."

Friday, Dec. 3
A Christmas Dance Reunion
Stars: Corbin Bleu, Monique Coleman
Logline: "Successful attorney Lucy Mortimer (Coleman), along with her mother, Virginia (Kim Roberts), returns to the Winterleigh Resort to help celebrate the hotel's final Christmas season. Once there, Lucy is reunited with the owner's nephew and her childhood Christmas Dance partner, Barrett Brewster (Bleu). Though the resort has fallen on hard times and has stopped most holiday events, Lucy leads the charge in recreating the beloved Christmas traditions, including the popular Christmas Dance, to bring together new families and new hope to the resort. Now, Lucy must decide if she's willing to take a risk on love and partner up once more with Barrett for what could be the last Christmas Dance."

Thursday, Dec. 9
A Fiancé for Christmas
Stars: Marie Osmond, Amanda Payton, Adam Gregory
Logline: "Perpetually single Sawyer (Payton) makes a fake wedding registry, hoping a shopping spree with a scan gun will be the ultimate retail therapy. But when the registry is discovered and the whole town throws her a surprise bridal shower, she's too embarrassed to tell the truth. Instead, she finds a fake fiancé to help her navigate through the lies and holiday festivities. However, as real feelings develop between Sawyer and her fake fiancé, they may turn into the real deal after all."

Friday, Dec. 10
Holiday in Santa Fe
Stars: Mario Lopez, Emeraude Toubia, Aimee Garcia
Logline: "Casa de Milagro is a family-owned business that makes holiday ornaments and décor, inspired by Mexican Christmas traditions. Their award-winning designs, created by matriarch Milagro Ortega, are highly sought after each holiday season. Siblings Tony (Lopez) and Magdalena (Garcia), with help from their dad (Efrain Figueroa), run the shop in Santa Fe, but when their beloved Milagro unexpectedly passes, the family struggles to find its heart. With Milagro gone, Belinda Sawyer (Toubia), an executive at one of the largest greeting card and holiday décor chains, sees an opportunity to acquire the company. When sparks fly between Belinda and Tony, Belinda realizes there is more to Casa de Milagro than meets the eye."

Saturday, Dec. 11
The Holiday Fix-Up
Stars: Jana Kramer, Ryan McPartlin, Maria Menounos
Logline: "When Sam (Kramer), the designer behind a popular home renovation show, returns to her hometown during the holidays to help renovate the Bell Harbor Inn, she gets paired with Coop (McPartlin) as her lead contractor. The only problem -- he's the guy who broke her heart and she's the one who got away. Sparks fly as they work closely to get the renovations done in time for the inn's annual Christmas Eve Harborfest. Will they be able to fix the mistakes of their past to build a future together?"

Debbi Morgan guests on Our Kind Of people 11/9/21

Cast: Yaya DaCosta as Angela Vaughn; Morris Chestnut as Raymond Dupont; Joe Morton as Teddy Franklin; Nadine Ellis as Leah Franklin-Dupont; Lance Gross as Tyrique Chapman; Alana Bright as Nikki Vaughn; Rhyon Nicole Brown as Lauren Dupont; Kyle Bary as Quincy Dupont

Guest Cast: Debbi Morgan as Aunt Piggy; L. Scott Caldwell as Olivia Dupont; Melissa De Sousa as Alex Rivera; McKinley Freeman as Nate; Nicole Chanel Williams as Taylor

Hallmark 2021 Christmas Movies With Former Soap Stars

Friday, Nov. 5
Open By Christmas
Time: 8 p.m. ET/PT on The Hallmark Channel
Stars: Alison Sweeney, Erica Durance, Brennan Elliott
Logline: "When Nicky finds an unopened Christmas card from a high school secret admirer, she and her best friend Simone search to find and thank the anonymous author."

Saturday, Nov. 6
Next Stop, Christmas
Time: 8 p.m. ET/PT on The Hallmark Channel
Stars: Lyndsy Fonseca, Chandler Massey, Lea Thompson, Christopher Lloyd
Logline: "Angie wonders what her life would be like if she had married a former boyfriend who became a famous sportscaster. She takes the train home to spend Christmas with her family and inexplicably finds herself 10 years in the past. With the advice of the train's enigmatic conductor, Angie has the chance to revisit that Christmas and learn what -- and who -- is truly important to her."

Date TBD
Christmas at Castle Hart
Stars: Lacey Chabert, Stuart Townsend
Logline: "Brooke Bennett goes to Ireland for Christmas to search for her Irish roots. While there, she meets Aiden Hart, Earl of Glaslough. Mistaken for an elite event planner, she's hired to host his castle's epic Christmas party."

Date TBD
The Christmas Contest (working title)
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, John Brotherton, Barbara Niven
Logline: "Exes Lara and Ben compete in a Christmas contest to win money for the charity of their choosing. The city watches them battle and choose what is more important, victory or love."

Date TBD
The Christmas House 2: Deck the Halls (working title)
Stars: Robert Buckley, Ana Anyora, Jonathan Bennett, Sharon Lawrence, Treat Williams, Brad Harder
Logline: "The Mitchell brothers compete to see who can create the best Christmas House."

Date TBD
The Nine Kittens of Christmas
Stars: Brandon Routh, Kimberley Sustad, Gregory Harrison
Logline: "Cat lovers Zachary and Marilee are thrown back together at Christmas when they're tasked with finding homes for a litter of adorable kittens."

Gina Rodriguez To Voice Barbara Gordon In Spotify’s DC Podcast Series ‘Batman Unburied’

Jane the Virgin and Diary of a Future President star Gina Rodriguez will join the cast to voice Barbara Gordon.

The actor, who has featured on Netflix’s animated series Big Mouth, will play the daughter of former police commissioner Jim Gordon and star detective for Gotham PD. Throughout the series, Barbara will grapple with her own ethics, as she tries to keep within the lines of police work yet is finding herself drawn to Batman’s self-styled method of justice.

She said she was excited to be going on this “sonic adventure” with the “iconic” role.

She joins a cast that already includes Winston Duke as Bruce Wayne and Jason Isaacs as Wayne’s loyal butler and right-hand man, Alfred.

Rounding out the cast of David S. Goyer’s take on the Caped Crusader is Sam Witwer (Supergirl) as Gotham’s cannibalistic serial killer, The Harvester, Emmy Raver-Lampman (The Umbrella Academy) as Kell, a sultry medical student helping Bruce while hiding a few secrets of her own, Jessica Marie Garcia (On My Block) as Barbara Gordon’s partner Renee Montoya – she’s smart enough to pick up Barbara’s bullshit, but begrudgingly puts up with her shady behavior and Jim Pirri (Penguins of Madasacar) as Arnold Flass, a corrupt cop who uses his badge for his own person gain.

Hasan Minhaj stars as The Riddler, Lance Reddick is Thomas Wayne, Toks Olagundoye is Martha Wayne, John Rhys-Davies is Dr. Hunter, and Ashly Burch is Vicki Vale.

The series, which marks one of the highest profile scripted podcasts to date, is a psychological thriller that takes listeners deep into the mind of Bruce Wayne introducing a slew of dark twists and turns with a number of classic Batman Super-Villains.

When audiences meet Bruce Wayne he is a forensic pathologist, working in the bowels of Gotham Hospital and tasked with examining the victims of The Harvester, a gruesome serial killer preying on Gotham’s citizens. Not only will the Super-Hero be forced to face his own mental demons, but he will also have to overcome them in order to save the citizens of Gotham as his alter-ego Batman.

Writers include Eric Carrasco (Supergirl), Saladin Ahmed (Foundation), Rebecca Klingel (The Haunting of Hill House) and Stranger Things writers’ assistant Graham Westerson.

Batman Unburied is exec produced by Goyer, Keith Levine and Gracie Wheelan for Phantom Four, Liz Gateley and Elena Blekhter for Spotify, and Peter Girardi and Shaleen Desai for Blue Ribbon Content. Alex Kemp directs with Wolf at the Door doing physical production.

Anna Maria Horsford & Hector Elizondo recur on B Positive 11/4/21

RECURRING CAST includes: Hector Elizondo (Harry), Jane Seymour (Bette), Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Ludlum).

Talk Show Appearance

Tuesday, Oct. 19

Actors Kimberlin Brown and Sean Kanan (CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) (n)

‘Saved By The Bell’: Peacock Sets Season 2 Return; Original Cast Reunites For Real In Teaser

Next season — made up of 10 episodes that run 30 minutes each — will also see the students as they prepare to compete in the Southern California School Spirit Competition. Daisy (Haskiri Velazquez) is determined not to get sidetracked by “Bayside nonsense,” but when a cute new student is elected student council VP, she finds herself in way over her head.

Mac (Mitchell Hoog) sees the competition as a way to finally step out from his father’s shadow. Jamie (Belmont Cameli) leans on Lexi (Josie Totah) in the wake of his parents’ divorce while Lexi struggles to be a more understanding girlfriend; Aisha (AlyciaPascual-Peña) seeks a new outlet after football is canceled; DeVante (Dexter Darden) finds love with a rich Bayside girl, and Slater (Lopez) and a newly single Jessie (Berkley-Lauren) grow closer despite their tumultuous romantic past.

Dustin Diamond and Dennis Haskins are the only original cast members that didn’t appear in Season 1. Diamond, who was in talks to appear in Season 2, died of cancer in February.

Losing a Child in the Limelight

By Annika Noelle - October 12, 2021

The dark screen loomed above me as I craned my neck to see. Searching for any sign of movement or flicker of life, I was answered only with stillness and quiet. My lungs slowly filled, trying to stop the tears from escaping the corners of my eyes, as I breathed through the awkwardness of being exposed in every possible way. The ultrasound technician looked down on me with both gentleness and the steely resolve of someone who has had to deliver bad news far too often: “I’m sorry, there doesn’t seem to be a heartbeat.” And just like that, I had lost my second child in a matter of months.

The nature of a soap opera can be a grueling one. With a continuous narrative, the cast and crew work year-round producing more than 200 episodes annually. In a single day a show may film up to four episodes while ideally getting it all in only one take. Meanwhile, it is being broadcasted to millions of homes worldwide. They say if you can handle this format, you can handle anything. And I believe it because I had just come off an eight-month-long baby loss storyline that felt like I had run a marathon.

At the time I had never experienced a pregnancy before. I was grateful for the artistic challenge and threw myself into the story with everything I had, researching placental abruption, stillbirth, and pregnancy loss. I knew people in my own life who had gone through the trauma of losing a child, and I wanted to do them justice. It had to be honest. It had to be real. But what it entailed was months and months of grief on camera that slowly started to seep into my life off camera. While I walked away from that storyline with my first Daytime Emmy nomination, it left a psychological mark that was difficult for me to recover from…if only I knew what cruel irony lay ahead.

My dream of welcoming our baby into the world was slowly becoming more of a lucid nightmare.

As a woman, I never imagined having a child to be a difficult feat. From a young age we are told how easy it is to get pregnant, even with a condom, while on birth control, and pulling out—don’t forget about the precum! I took the responsibility of it seriously and had been so careful for so many years of my life. I never thought that when I actually wanted it to happen, it wouldn’t.

When my fiancé and I found out I was pregnant, we were simultaneously overjoyed and terrified. These would be our first steps together on the journey of parenthood. Immediately my shopping carts became full of baby books and my browser tabs full of information from bassinets to doulas to red-light baby dream machines. The following weeks became a flurry of doctor appointments, blood work, and ultrasounds, all squeezed around my busy filming schedule. It was results came in that everything began to unravel.

I lost her at 10 weeks.

My dream of welcoming our baby into the world was slowly becoming more of a lucid nightmare. The doctor recommended an in-office D&C (dilation and curettage) so I wouldn’t have to experience the worst of it on set: “You’ll be drugged so you won’t feel much, if anything, slight cramping.” Unfortunately, like most things when it comes to women’s health, that was not true. As drugged as I may have been, something went awry. I felt it all. And I remembered everything. The image of myself desperately trying to crawl away from the pain as the nurses tried to coax me back down to the edge of the table, my nonsensical pleadings, and the ever-echoing noise of that damned exam table paper.

After I took time to heal emotionally and physically, I was determined to try again. I was told the chances of us experiencing another pregnancy loss were slim to none, but sadly, our second attempt unraveled into sorrow and heartache as well. We lost him at eight weeks. And all the while, I was filming.

Nobody knew. I came up with excuses for why I couldn’t wear white pants or felt nauseous on set. Fans and news articles speculated whether I was pregnant or just gained weight during quarantine. And once again the storyline called for ceaseless tears when I felt like I had no more to give. I guess looking back at it now, I was scared to jinx anything. I didn’t want people to know and have things not work out. And yet I wish I had because I would have given anything to have the understanding and support of the cast and crew. I felt so alone.

If there is one thing I’ve gained from my loss, it is a voice I’m no longer afraid to use.

The secret was isolating, yet the shame was debilitating. I felt like I had failed at something that should be easy. But as time marched on, I was surprised by a new feeling bubbling underneath the sorrow: an ancestral rage toward the burden of womanhood. And as I slowly began to open up about my loss to a select few, I was shocked by how many people had experienced it as well. I began to realize that the support I was craving could be found in the collective experience of women. And the more I opened up about it to men, they gained a deeper understanding. Suddenly my shame was replaced with power. I had been through hell and back and was still standing. To go through what I went through and still show up on set, to get through the day and not crumble, is a feat. I never want to hear anyone question a woman’s strength ever again.

Anyone who follows me on social media can tell you I’m a deeply private person. But if there is one thing I’ve gained from my loss, it is a voice I’m no longer afraid to use. Especially at a time when women can be criminally charged for pregnancy loss, are losing autonomy over their own body, and the United States ranks last overall among industrialized countries in maternal mortality, our voices need to be heard. It is a disservice to keep the experience of women in the shadows of silence. I hope we can continue to give ourselves permission to share these experiences so that, one by one, our voices can grow from a murmur into a resounding chorus. In doing so, we can feel a little less alone and a whole lot more brave. Because we need each other. And I got your back.

Annika Noelle is an actor on The Bold and the Beautiful. Follow her on Instagram @annikanoelle.

Givens Joins New Head of the Class

The forthcoming multi-cam series follows a group of overachieving high school students who meet their greatest challenge — a teacher (played by One Day at a Time‘s Isabella Gomez) who wants them to focus less on grades and more on experiencing life.

Now known as Darlene Hayward, Givens’ character is a single parent to one of the students. “She’s still Darlene Merriman, but her last name has changed,” the actress tells the site. “She’s become a lawyer, she’s a single mom and very close to her son and very much a mama bear. She’s Darlene Merriman, all grown up.”

The new Head of the Class (premiering Thursday, Nov. 4) comes from writers/executive producers Amy Pocha and Seth Cohen (American Vandal) and EP Bill Lawrence (Ted Lasso).

‘The Junkyard Dogs’: First Look At Denise Richards & Patrick Muldoon In U.S. Comedy

The film, penned by Jacob Cooney — who also directs — and Jamie Sykes, follows a dog named Houdini who is a master escape artist and must team up with his neighborhood puppy pals to prevent their block from being robbed by a duo of bumbling thieves.

Richards plays Monica Sullivan, a single mother of two. Muldoon plays Shane DeSoto, Monica’s fun loving fiance. While focused on their upcoming wedding, they discover that both of Monica’s children and her precocious pup are devising a plan to stop the thieves before their neighborhood falls under siege.

Chad A. Verdi, Chelsea Vale, David Gere, Chad A. Verdi Jr. and Paul Luba are producing. Filming is underway in the U.S.

Verdi Productions is financing, and VMI Worldwide is handling worldwide sales. The film is scheduled for a day and date domestic theatrical release in mid-2022 through VMI.

Producer Chad A. Verdi told us: “Denise is a wonderful, brilliant actress that brings her A-game to set every day. Patrick is as funny off set as he is on set — a very gifted actor to say the least.”

Louise Linton, Pierson Fodé, William Baldwin to Star in Murder Mystery ‘Out of Hand’

Linton, who recently starred in her directorial debut “Me You Madness” and is married to former U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, will star in “Out of Hand” alongside Pierson Fodé (“Man From Toronto”) and William Baldwin.

Brian Skiba (“The 2nd”) is directing the project for Toric Films. Filming is currently underway in Los Angeles and Lake Tahoe, Calif.

“Out of Hand” is about a woman in the center of a thriller about passion, manipulation and deceit, and is described as being in the vein of “Basic Instinct” meets “Cape Fear.” The film tells the story of a professor of literature and psychology at Berkeley, Dr. Valerie Cross (Louise Linton), and her oppressive lover, David (Pierson Fodé), who become suspects in the vicious murder of one of her female students.

Sean Crayne wrote the original screenplay.

Producing partners Ojan Missaghi and David Wachs of Toric Films are producing “Out of Hand.” The film’s executive producers are Gurpreet Chandhoke and Dr. Donald Basile.

Louise Linton is known for films such as “Cabin Fever,” “Intruder” and “Scavengers,” and she’ll next appear in “Serial Daters Anonymous” in 2022. Her film “Me You Madness,” a comedy which she wrote, directed and starred in alongside Ed Westwick, was released by STX in February 2021 and will premiere on Peacock later this month.

Pierson Fodé is known for playing Thomas Forrester on “The Bold and the Beautiful” and is a two-time Daytime Emmy Award nominee for his work on the soap opera. He’ll next be seen in the Kevin Hart and Woody Harrelson film “Man From Toronto.”

William Baldwin is best known for “Backdraft” and recently starred in “The Rebels of PT-218” and the upcoming family drama “Dakota.”

Brian Skiba’s film “The 2nd” with Ryan Philippe was a hit when it debuted on Netflix, and his next film “Pursuit” for Lionsgate stars John Cusack and Emile Hirsch.

Katrina Bowden Joins Crime Drama ‘Dead Wrong’

The crime drama watches as the bizarre get-rich-quick scheme of a narcissistic man ignites a chain reaction that overwhelms the lives of his now-suicidal wife, her nymphomaniacal younger sister, an alcoholic lawyer deep in debt from gambling, a Brooklyn-born bookmaker/pimp and his Welsh strongman, a rural ex-con seeking redemption from his angelic wife and a hard-nosed insurance investigator.

Bowden will portray schemer Billy’s loving and supportive wife Barbara, who has selflessly subjugated much of her life in favor of his schemes and fragile emotional well-being.

Ken Clark is exec producing the film, which will shoot in Los Angeles, alongside Rich Simeone.

Bowden is another SAG Award winner best known for her turn as Liz Lemon’s assistant Cerie in NBC’s 30 Rock. She can currently be seen opposite Jean Smart and William Shatner in Giorgio Serafini’s Senior Moment, and in Alexa Ranarivelo’s Born a Champion, appearing in the latter sports drama opposite Dennis Quaid. She’s also appeared on the film side in Scary Movie V, American Reunion and Sex Drive. Additional TV credits include The Bold and the Beautiful and Public Morals.

Bold & Beautiful Return

The actor announced the news on Wednesday, tweeting, “I’m baaaaack! Tune in tomorrow… and see what daytime’s baddest bad boy has in store for the Foresters.”

Kanan previously starred on B&B from 2000 to 2017. Check out a photo from his return above.

Michael Lowry Interview 10/14/21

BIG BROTHER 23 Winner To B&B

Charlie Sheen no longer has to pay Denise Richards child support

The “Two and a Half Men” actor’s request to stop support for his two children with Richards — Sami, 17, and Lola, 16 — was granted in court on Monday, per a minute order obtained by Page Six on Tuesday.

“I think what transpired today is extremely fair,” Sheen told Us Weekly as he left the courthouse. “It speaks to not just today, but it speaks historically to that same fairness.”

Sheen, 56, first filed to change his support payments in December 2019.

It was noted during the hearing that Richards, 50, did not file any opposing paperwork, per US Weekly. The outlet also reported that Sheen’s attorney argued his client had 100 percent custody of the teenagers since April.

An insider told Page Six on Tuesday that Richards wasn’t present in court “because she is working out of state, which Charlie was well aware of.”

“Denise was never served this court date. [Charlie] did this on purpose,” the insider claimed. “He filed two years ago and he kept pushing the court date. Denise kept asking when the date was and he blew her off. He pushed it off because he didn’t want records of the child support he was paying Brooke [Mueller] to impact the case after he agreed to pay them both the same amount of child support.”

The source further alleged that Sheen hasn’t paid Denise in “at least” four years. “No child support at all,” the source said. “He owes her.”

Page Six has reached out to Sheen’s rep for comment.

Sheen and the former “RHOBH” star were married from 2002 until 2006. The actor also has twin sons, Bob and Max, 12, with his ex-wife Brooke Mueller, and an older daughter, Cassandra Estevez, 36, with Paula Profit.

Page Six reported last month that Sami claimed she moved out of her mom’s “abusive household” last year. However, a source told us at the time that Sami was not being “abused” in any way — she was just subject to normal rules.

“Denise set normal rules that any parent would be setting,” the source said. “She’s a mom and a parent and there are rules. She didn’t want to follow the rules. Charlie didn’t support implementing Denise’s rules. He has a different way of parenting and Sami decided to live with her dad.”

“Denise loves her daughter very much and she’s saddened by the situation,” the source concluded.

An additional source told Page Six that Richards never had “a falling out with her daughters” and that she cares for them “deeply.”

“Charlie condones behavior that he shouldn’t and sets no rules. Sami prefers no rules,” the source alleged. “Lola doesn’t live there permanently. She goes back and forth. Lola lives with Denise. When Denise is filming Lola stays with her dad and sister.”

Meanwhile, Sheen told us (via his rep) at the time, “Sam’s amazing. I love her and all my children unconditionally. We’re having a ball. GED here we come!”

Obba Babatundé recurs on S.W.A.T

RECURRING CAST: Obba Babatundé (Daniel Harrelson, Sr.), David DeSantos (Rodrigo Sanchez)

Debbi Morgan guests on Our Kind of People 10/19/21

Cast: Yaya DaCosta as Angela Vaughn; Morris Chestnut as Raymond Dupont; Joe Morton as Teddy Franklin; Nadine Ellis as Leah Franklin-Dupont; Lance Gross as Tyrique Chapman; Alana Bright as Nikki Vaughn; Rhyon Nicole Brown as Lauren Dupont; Kyle Bary as Quincy Dupont

Guest Cast: Debbi Morgan as Aunt Piggy; L. Scott Caldwell as Olivia Dupont; Nicole Chanel Williams as Taylor

Michael Tylo Dies: ‘Guiding Light’, ‘The Young And The Restless’ Actor Was 73

His death was announced by the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, where Tylo was a film professor. A cause of death was not disclosed.

“Michael Tylo was a beautiful and caring human being — he was so special,” said Nancy Uscher, Dean of the College of Fine Arts, in a statement on the university’s website. “He was an exemplary friend, colleague, teacher, and artist. He had such a distinguished and rich career, but he was humble about his accomplishments. He loved his family dearly and lived a joyous life, but he left us way too soon. We will miss him greatly, but feel deep gratitude about all that Michael contributed to the College of Fine Arts, UNLV, and the world.”

Tylo broke into the soap world in 1980, with a short-term casting on Another World. In 1981 he began a three-year run on Guiding Light (he briefly returned in 1996), with his dashing Quinton Chamberlain eventually pairing with Lisa Brown’s Nola Reardon in what would become one of the series’ most popular romantic couples.

He took on an equally meaty role of soldier-of-fortune Matt Connolly on ABC’s All My Children in 1987, plunging into major storylines involving, among others, the show’s star Susan Lucci.

The late 1980s also brought appearances on primetime programs Lonesome Dove and A Man Called Hawk, and in 1989 he returned to daytime with a brief run on ABC’s General Hospital. In 1990 he became a cast member on the TV series Zorro, and in 1992 joined CBS’ The Young and The Restless. In 2000 he had a brief run on The Bold and The Beautiful, and in 2003 he accepted a position with UNLV as a visiting professor in theater and film. He later became the school’s assistant dean for the College of Fine Arts and taught acting.

On Wednesday, The Young and The Restless tweeted its condolences, writing, “Our deepest sympathies to the family and loved ones of Michael Tylo who graced #YR with his talents as Blade and Rick.”

Tylo is survived by wife Rachelle, daughters Kollette, Izabelle and Katya. He was preceded in death by Michael Tylo Jr., his son from a previous marriage to The Bold and The Beautiful actress Hunter Tylo. Michael Tylo, Jr., known as Mickey, drowned while having a seizure in 2007.

Our deepest sympathies to the family and loved ones of Michael Tylo who graced #YR with his talents as Blade and Rick. https://t.co/sttd5qwodD pic.twitter.com/cEGTEqW2Ae — Young & The Restless (@YRInsider) September 30, 2021

It is with tremendous sadness that the College of Fine Arts and Dean Nancy Uscher share the passing of beloved film professor, Michael Tylo. Read More: https://t.co/lnGCQwb6WA pic.twitter.com/N5BtfZ7GmQ — UNLV Fine Arts (@UNLVFineArts) September 29, 2021

Anna Maria Horsford recurs on B Positive 10/21/21

RECURRING CAST: Anna Maria Horsford (Mrs. Ludlum)

Darin Brooks Co-Stars In Apple Comedy Series ‘Amber Brown’ From Bonnie Hunt Based On Children’s Books

Amber Brown is described as an unfiltered look at a girl finding her own voice through art and music in the wake of her parents’ divorce. Rose plays Amber Brown, an everykid who is going through what many children experience, and making sense of her new family dynamic through her sketches and video diary. Drew plays Amber’s mother Sarah, a good, caring mom with strict rules. Brooks plays Sarah’s boyfriend, Max; Inouye plays Amber’s friend Brandi Colwin.

Bob Higgins (Dino Ranch) and Jon Rutherford (A Tale Dark & Grimm) are executive producing for Boat Rocker.

Danziger’s award-winning Amber Brown middle-grade book series has been published in 53 countries with more than 10 million copies in print.

Drew is best known for playing Dr. April Kepner for nine seasons on ABC’s Grey’s Anatomy, a role she reprised on the show last season. She most recently has been recurring on Freeform’s Cruel Summer. Drew is repped by Innovative Artists, Vault Entertainment and Morris Yorn.

Rose, who recurred on ABC’s The Rookie, is repped by Osbrink Talent Agency and Morris Yorn.

Passing of Film and Theatre Professor Michael Tylo

A native of Detroit, Michael Tylo came to UNLV as a visiting professor in theatre and film in 2003 after a long and distinguished stage and screen career as an actor and director that included motion pictures, television series, and major roles in popular soap operas. He served as an assistant dean for the College of Fine Arts and taught acting for UNLV Film. He performed with students at the Nevada Conservatory Theatre and in Stealing Las Vegas, a feature film produced by UNLV and Roger Corman.

Among his numerous soap opera roles, he was best known for his portrayal of Quinton Chamberlain on Guiding Light. He played the role from 1981 to 1985 and again from 1996 to 1997. He was half of the very popular supercouple Quint and Nola, with the role of Nola played by actress Lisa Brown.

Tylo also appeared on the soap operas All My Children (as Matt Connolly), General Hospital (as Charlie Prince), and The Young and the Restless as Blade Bladeson and Rick Bladeson. He also made a brief appearance in The Bold and the Beautiful (as Sherman Gale). In addition to soaps, Tylo has done several movie and television roles, including two seasons as Alcalde Luis Ramon in Zorro and as Dee Boot in Lonesome Dove.

For more details on his storied career, look for Michael Tylo on imdb.com.

"Michael Tylo was a beautiful and caring human being — he was so special," said Uscher. "He was an exemplary friend, colleague, teacher, and artist. He had such a distinguished and rich career, but he was humble about his accomplishments. He loved his family dearly and lived a joyous life, but he left us way too soon. We will miss him greatly, but feel deep gratitude about all that Michael contributed to the College of Fine Arts, UNLV, and the world.

Information for services forthcoming.

Denise Richards To Star In Family Comedy ‘The Junkyard Dogs’ From Verdi Productions

The film penned by Cooney and Jamie Sykes follows a dog named Houdini who is a master escape artist, and must team up with his neighborhood puppy pals to prevent their block from being robbed by a duo of bumbling thieves.

Richards will play Monica Sullivan, a single mother of two who discovers, while focused on her upcoming wedding, that both her children and her precocious pup are devising a plan to stop the thieves before their neighborhood falls under siege. Chad A. Verdi, Chelsea Vale, David Gere, Chad A. Verdi Jr. and Paul Luba are producing. Verdi Productions is financing the film, with VMI Worldwide handling world sales. Pic is scheduled for a day and date theatrical release in mid 2022 through VMI Releasing.

Richards is an actress, businesswoman, philanthropist and New York Times bestselling author who can currently be seen portraying Shauna Fulton on CBS soap opera The Bold & The Beautiful. She was recently seen in the film Timecrafters and will next appear opposite Joan Collins and Jane Seymour in the medieval drama series, Glow & Darkness, from Alejandro Guillermo Roemmers and José Luis Moreno.

Richards made her big screen debut in the cult classic hit Starship Troopers, garnering international recognition for her Bond Girl role opposite Pierce Brosnan, as The World Is Not Enough‘s Dr. Christmas Jones. The actress has also appeared in such films as Love Actually, Scary Movie 3, Drop Dead Gorgeous, and Wild Things. She’s also appeared on the TV side in Paper Empire, A Girl Is a Gun, Vanity, Twisted, Blue Mountain State, Two and a Half Men and more.

Richards is represented by A3 Artists Agency, Miles Anthony Associates, Vault Entertainment, and Del, Shaw, Moonves.

B&B’s Henry Joseph Samiri Reveals His Exciting New Role!

Andrea Londo (Narcos), Warren Christie (The Village), Kelly Bishop (Gilmore Girls), Amy Acker (The Gifted), Jon Ecker (Firefly Lane), Lex Lumpkin (All That), Henry Joseph Samiri (The Bold and the Beautiful) and Aliyah Royale (The Walking Dead: The World Beyond) star in the untitled pilot.

The one-hour drama, which was known as “The Nanny” in development, is described as a Hitchcockian contemporary thriller that follows a young woman as she is thrust into a world of old money and deadly secrets.

The Untitled Julie Durk Project is written by Durk, who exec produced feature film You’ve Got Mail, and comes from ABC Signature and Ryan Seacrest Productions. Durk, Ryan Seacrest, Nina Wass and Andrea Shay exec produce.

Londo plays Elena, who at first seems like just a wholesome, friendly young woman trying to get a job as the live-in nanny to a wealthy widower and his young son at the Greybourne. But she’s not the wide-eyed innocent she seems to be. Once Elena is ensconced in this world, she’ll discover she’s not the only one with dark secrets or a hidden agenda.

Christie plays Matthew, a self-made architect dealing with tremendous sorrow over his wife’s death. That’s one of the reasons he’s determined to do everything he can to help his young son be a happy little boy again, including hiring a new nanny. But to his surprise, he has instant chemistry with Elena.

Bishop plays Mrs. Ivey, an imperious woman used to ruling the roost and getting her way through a potent combination of wealth, power and sheer force of will. Acker is Tory, a woman who always has resented her younger, effortlessly graceful late sister. She takes an instant dislike to the fresh-faced, eager young nanny hired by her handsome brother-in-law. Although she’s married, she obviously has eyes for Matthew, inserting herself into his life and the life of her young nephew whenever she can.

Ecker plays Scottie, Elena’s boyfriend, sexy, seemingly a bit unpolished but not to be underestimated as he’s very sharp and always playing the long game. Lumpkin plays Elliott, a teenager who lives in The Greybourne with his wealthy, accomplished parents. Samiri plays Jasper, Matthew’s son, a shy, sad child who’s still reeling from the recent death of his mother. He has trouble trusting anyone, but we see the smart, funny, independent kid he really is when he starts to open up to Elena, who makes him laugh and feel safe again.

Royale plays Ginny, a cool, stylish young woman with dyed magenta hair who works alongside Elena as a nanny at The Greybourne.

Jeffrey Reiner (Dirty John) will direct the pilot.

Durk is represented by APA and Authentic Management and Reiner is represented by WME.

Londo is represented by Principal Entertainment LA and The Gersh Agency, Christie is represented by A3 Artists Agency, Play Management, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman., Bishop is represented by A3 Artists Agency and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Acker is represented by APA, Anonymous Content, and Harris Hartman. Ecker is represented by The Kohner Agency. Lumpkin is represented by A3 Artists Agency, Crackerjack Mgt and Schreck Rose. Samiri is represented by Coast to Coast Talent Group, DR Entertainment and Schreck Rose. Royale is represented by A3 Artists Agency, Dream Talent Management and Meyer & Downs LLP.

Fran Bennett, Actress and Longtime CalArts Voice and Acting Teacher, Dies at 84

Known for her booming voice, Bennett was a member of the Linklater Voice faculty at CalArts from 1978 until her retirement in 2014. She also served as head of acting and director of performance from 1996 to 2003.

“Fran’s voice was unmistakable. She never shied away from using it. And she taught so many throughout the years to find and free their own,” Dean Travis Preston of the CalArts School of Theater said in a statement.

“Before there were diversity committees and personnel at CalArts, there was Fran. She unceasingly championed students, artists and innovators of all backgrounds and demanded that leaders do more to serve the left out and kept out.”

Born on Aug. 14, 1937, in Malvern, Arkansas, Bennett earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Wisconsin.

She studied voice under Scottish actress Kristin Linklater at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis and movement with Austrian actress Litz Pisk in London, then returned to the Guthrie to spend 12 years as its voice and movement director.

Bennett made her onscreen debut on the CBS soap opera Guiding Light in 1965 and went on to appear on Roots: The Next Generations, Lou Grant, St. Elsewhere, Cagney & Lacey, Dynasty, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Quantum Leap, In the Heat of the Night, Becker, Community and Scandal.

In 2019, she portrayed Mother Jefferson on The Jeffersons segment of Live in Front of a Studio Audience.

Her film résumé included Promises in the Dark (1979), Wes Craven’s Newest Nightmare (1994), Foxfire (1996), Leave It to Beaver (1997), 8MM (1999), The Next Best Thing (2000), Jessabelle (2014) and the upcoming The Manor.

For the stage, Bennett was a member of the classical theater company Antaeus, a founding member of the Los Angeles Women’s Shakespeare Company and an Ovation Award and NAACP Theatre Award winner.

Denise Richards 'Saddened' by Daughter's 'Hell House' Claim, Source Says: She 'Set Normal Rules'

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills alum's eldest Sami, whom she shares with ex-husband Charlie Sheen, alleged in TikTok uploads last week, as reported by Page Six, that she moved out of Richards' home and in with Sheen, complaining about being "trapped" at her mom's place. (The posts have since been made private.)

"Now," she wrote, per the outlet, "finally moved out of the hell house, had a spiritual awakening, own 2 cats, happy single, full of self love, and dropped out of high school :)"

Charlie, 56, said via his publicist Jeff Ballard, "Sam is amazing. I love her and all my children unconditionally. We're having a ball. GED here we come."

A source tells PEOPLE that Richards, 50, "set normal rules that any parent would be setting," but Sami was defiant.

"She's a mom and a parent and there are rules. [Sami] didn't want to follow the rules," says the source, adding, "Charlie didn't support implementing Denise's rules. He has a different way of parenting and Sami decided to live with her dad."

"Denise loves her daughter very much and she's saddened by the situation," the source adds.

Richards shares daughters Sami and Lola Rose, 16, with ex-husband Charlie, and the actress later welcomed daughter Eloise Joni, 10, in 2011. Charlie has three other children from other relationships: Cassandra, 36, and 12-year-old twin sons.

In 2019, Richards, who's married to Aaron Phypers, told PEOPLE, "I think that my daughters will tell you that I'm a strict parent." She previously revealed she had installed security cameras outside her home to prevent Sami from going out to meet with boys without permission.

"I definitely have rules and boundaries, and there's consequences," she continued at the time, adding that doesn't let her daughters "do whatever they want."

Back in March, Richards celebrated Sami's birthday on Instagram by writing, "Can't believe my beautiful baby girl is 17!!!! Time flies by so fast, so amazed the beautiful young woman you've become," alongside a photo of her.

"Although a part of me would give anything to have those years back when you were little. I cherish those precious moments," she added at the time. "I love you so much Sami girl. I'm so proud of you. You're beyond beautiful inside and out and so compassionate. I love you my Sami. Happy Birthday."

Usher, Priyanka Chopra & Julianne Hough Set For ‘The Activist’, CBS Competition Series From Global Citizen

The Activist is a competition series that features six inspiring activists teamed with three high-profile public figures working together to bring meaningful change to one of three vitally important world causes: health, education, and environment.

Activists go head-to-head in challenges to promote their causes, with their success measured via online engagement, social metrics, and hosts’ input. The three teams have one ultimate goal: to create impactful movements that amplify their message, drive action, and advance them to the G20 Summit in Rome, Italy. There, they will meet with world leaders in the hope of securing funding and awareness for their causes. The team that receives the largest commitment is celebrated as the overall winner at the finale, which will also feature musical performances by some of the world’s most passionate artists.

The series is produced by Global Citizen — the international education and advocacy organization working to catalyze the movement to end extreme poverty that produced the recent Vax Live: A Concert to Reunite the World — CBS and Deviant Media.

“The Activist is a first-of-its-kind competition series that will inspire real change, as the series progresses from the United States to Rome for the Activists’ final challenge at the G20,” said Hugh Evans, CEO and co-founder of Global Citizen. “The audience will see the Activists’ passion and commitment for their causes tested as they petition world leaders to take urgent action to resolve the interconnected crises we face.”

Added Jack Sussman, EVP Specials, Music, Live Events and Alternative Programming at CBS. “Combining philanthropy and entertainment, The Activist is a ground-breaking series poised to inspire viewers,” We’re thrilled to have Usher, Priyanka, and Julianne as part of the series, guiding our CBS audience through the journeys of passionate changemakers from around the world.”

Michael Rapino, CEO at Live Nation Entertainment said: “The Activist will spread awareness about society’s most urgent issues while also giving every viewer the opportunity to be part of the solution – an unprecedented example of how entertainment can change the world. Combining competition and compassion, these essential causes will take center stage, as the show proves that there are no issues we can’t solve when we work together and demand change.”

‘Fantasy Island’: Fox In Talks Over Season 2 Renewal Of Summer Series

The network is considering a second season of the summer drama series, which is a reboot of the 1977 original.

Fox Entertainment President Michael Thorn told Deadline that as its “first real, recent attempt at a cost effective” drama series, the network and producers Sony Pictures Television are “really proud of it”.

Thorn said that the series, which premiered to a 0.4 in 18-49 and 1.97M viewers, “held its own this summer”. “We’re really high on it and it’s been exciting for us to cross pollinate some of the stars that we have in other series and do other exciting turns on Fantasy Island. We definitely see a potential second season and it’s something that we’re talking about now. We’re very pleased with the show and Liz [Craft] and Sarah [Fain] did a very good job,” he said.

Roselyn Sanchez stars as Elena Roarke, a descendant of the original series’ enigmatic Mr. Roarke, in the series, which premiered on August 10.

Set at a luxury resort, where literally any fantasy requested by guests is fulfilled, although they rarely turn out as expected. The resort is run by Elena Roarke (Sanchez) who set aside her own ambitions, and even the love of her life, to uphold her family’s legacy. Sophisticated, insightful and always charming, Elena’s calm exterior masks the challenges of the responsibilities she has assumed as steward of this mysterious island.

Kiara Barnes plays Ruby Okoro, a young woman with an old soul who arrives on Fantasy Island with a terminal illness, and is given a new lease on life there, while heavily recurring John Gabriel Rodriquez plays pilot Javier, who also is the head of island transportation and a jack of all trades.

The reboot keeps the semi-anthological format of the original Fantasy Island with three main characters played by Sanchez, Barnes and Rodriquez, who live/work on the island with new guests arriving in every episode.

From writer-producers Craft and Fain, it is produced by Sony Pictures TV and its Gemstone Studios label, which co-produce with Fox Entertainment.

The original 1977 series, created by Gene Levitt and executive produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg, starred Ricardo Montalbán as Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as his assistant Tattoo as they grant guests so-called “fantasies” on the island for a price.

Yaya DaCosta debuts & Debbi Morgan guests in 'Our Kind of People' 9/21/21

Cast: Yaya DaCosta as Angela Vaughn; Morris Chestnut as Raymond Dupont; Joe Morton as Teddy Franklin; Nadine Ellis as Leah Franklin-Dupont; Lance Gross as Tyrique Chapman; Alana Bright as Nikki Vaughn; Rhyon Nicole Brown as Lauren Dupont; Kyle Bary as Quincy Dupont

Guest Cast: Debbi Morgan as Patricia “Aunt Piggy” Williams; L. Scott Caldwell as Olivia Dupont; Nicole Chanel Williams as Taylor Woods; Raven Goodwin as Josephine

‘The Croods: Family Tree’ Series To Air On Hulu & Peacock; Trailer, Premiere Date Unveiled

The Croods: Family Tree continues the ever-evolving story of the Croods and the Bettermans as they learn to live together on the most idyllic farm in prehistory. The journey from sparring rivals to unlikely friends is fraught with hilarious misadventures as the two families slowly overcome their differences to turn a tree house divided into a tree home united.

Kelly Marie Tran returns as the voice of Dawn, alongside new addition Amy Landecker as Ugga. as Dawn. Cast also includes Kiff VandenHeuvel (This Is Us) as Grug; Ally Dixon (The Interview) as Eep; AJ Locascio (Voltron Legendary Defender) as Thunk; Artemis Pebdani (Big City Greens) as Gran; Darin Brooks (The Bold and the Beautiful) as Guy; Matthew Waterson (Tales of Arcadia) as Phil; Amy Rosoff (Scandal; Criminal Minds) as H.

Mark Banker (Go, Dog. Go!) and Todd Grimes (The Epic Tales of Captain Underpants) serve as executive producers and showrunners.

The most recent TV iteration of The Croods was the 2D-animated Dawn of the Croods, based on the 2013 animated film The Croods, which ran for four seasons on Netflix from 2015-2017.

Watch the trailer here.

‘B Positive’: Linda Lavin, David Anthony Higgins, Darryl Stephens Upped To Series Regulars; Six Set To Recur

Created by former Mom co-executive producer Marco Pennette inspired by personal experience, B Positive is about a therapist and newly divorced dad (Middleditch) who is faced with finding a kidney donor when he runs into a rough-around-the-edges woman from his past (Ashford) who volunteers her own. Together they form an unlikely bond and begin a journey that will change both of their lives. Izzy G, Sara Rue, Kether Donohue and Terrence Terrell co-star.

Lorre, who serves as executive producer, highlighted several big changes that will be happening in the new season. “Having donated a kidney and saved a man’s life, Gina (Ashford) has learned that happiness is in the giving, not the getting,” said Lorre. “She puts this principle to work by trying to improve the lives of the elderly residents of Valley Hills, the assisted living facility where she’s been working. In the meantime, Drew (Middleditch) is struggling with a strange new feeling. Post-surgery, he’s convinced he’s in love with Gina. It’s complicated.”

Lavin’s Norma is a sharp-tongued resident at Valley Hills, as well as a mother figure to Gina. She’s in a longstanding feud with her daughter and in denial about personal health issues.

Higgins’ Jerry is Drew’s friend from dialysis and a dentist. A sweet guy with a big heart, as well as heart problems.

Stephens is Gideon, Drew’s former dialysis nurse who now works with Gina as the Head of Nursing at Valley Hills. Always has an ear to lend, but not without a little attitude.

Elizondo recurs as Harry, a gruff, no-nonsense resident at Valley Hills, fighting to keep his terminally-ill wife, Meredith, comfortable.

Seymour is Bette, an aging beauty who is incapable of coming to terms with her senior status.

Vereen plays Peter, a brilliant, retired professor struggling with a failing memory.

Weston portrays Meredith, dealing with her terminal illness as best as she can while trying to help her husband, Harry, move.

Beaver is Spencer, former NYPD transit cop, was a 9/11 first responder. Politically and socially, he finds it difficult to behave appropriately.

Horsford plays Althea Ludlum, the no nonsense administrator of Valley Hills. She’s a thorn in Gina’s side, but Gina needs help running the place.

Jim Patterson serves as executive producer and co-showrunner alongside Pennette. The pair EP alongside Lorre and it is produced by Warner Bros Television in association with Chuck Lorre Productions.

Lavin is repped by Innovative Artists. Stephens is repped by Metropolitan Talent Agency & Steven Simon/Landis-Simon Productions and Talent Management. Elizondo is repped by Gersh and Mark Teitelbaum at Teitelbaum Artists Group. Seymour is repped by Innovative Artists and attorney Paul Mayersohn at Surpin, Mayersohn & Coghill, LLP. Vereen is reppd by Pamela Cooper. Weston is repped by Innovative Artists and Framework Entertainment. Beaver is repped by Artists & Representatives.

‘The Christmas Promise’: Torrey DeVitto, Dylan Bruce, & Patrick Duffy Leading Hallmark Holiday Film

DeVitto will portray Nicole in the film, a woman who learns to deal with grief with the help of her grandfather (Duffy) and a carpenter named Joe (Bruce), who she hires to renovate the home she was to share with her fiancé.

The Christmas Promise, for Hallmark Movies & Mysteries, begins production this week in Vancouver. It will premiere on the network as part of its “Miracles of Christmas” programming though no premiere date has been announced as of yet.

It’s the third film from producing partners Kathy Kloves and Risa Shapiro, following the successes of their previous Hallmark films Love At First Glance and It Was Always You, both scripted by Kloves. The Christmas Promise is also produced by Sunta Izzicupo and Front Street Pictures Inc. Fred Gerber directs from an original script by Kloves.

DeVitto starred as Dr. Natalie Manning in Chicago Med for six seasons before hanging up her scrubs. Prior TV credits include Pretty Little Liars, Army Wives, and The Vampire Diaries. Up next for DeVitto is the film Skelly, opposite Brian Cox and John Palladino. She is repped by Gersh and Insight.

Bruce is most notably known for his portrayal of Chris Hughes in CBS’ As The World Turns and Paul Dierden in the sci-fi hit Orphan Black. He most recently appeared in Magnum P.I. for CBS and the 2020 film Search and Destroy. He is repped by Buchwald, Michael Bruno Group, and Morgan Myers-Cavanagh at Pacific Artists Management.

Duffy is a veteran actor who famously portrayed Bobby Ewing in both the original Dallas and its modern-day adaptation for TNT. His extensive credits include roles in Knots Landing, Step-By-Step, The Bold and the Beautiful, All Rise, and NCIS. He is repped by Pakula/King & Associates and Shelter Entertainment Group.

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Lifetime Sets Premiere Dates For Fall Movies With Jill Scott, Heather Locklear, Shannen Doherty, More

Full Fall schedule and descriptions below. All times at 8pm/7c.

Sept 6: Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace
(Sydney Morton, Jordan Dean)

Sept 18: Imperfect High
(Sherri Shepherd, Nia Sioux)

Sept 24: Dying to Marry Him
(Only on Lifetime Movie Club)

Oct 2: The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story
(Tom Everett Scott, Anwen O’ Driscoll, Charisma Carpenter, EP Nancy Grace)

Oct 9: Dying to Belong
(Shannen Doherty, Favour Onwuka, Jenika Rose)

Oct 10: List of a Lifetime
(Kelly Hu, Sylvia Kawn, Shannen Doherty, Patricia Velasquez)

Oct 16: Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
(Heather Locklear, Natasha Bure, EP Meghan McCain, Kris Carlson)

Oct 17: Fighting for Her Life

Oct 23: Switched Before Birth
(Justina Machado, Skyler Samuels, director Elisabeth Rohm)

Oct 24: The Fight That Never Ends

Oct 30: Torn From Her Arms
(Judy Reyes, Gloria Reuben, Fatima Molina)

Nov 6: Highway to Heaven
(Jill Scott, Barry Watson)

Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace
Premieres September 6 at 8/7c

Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace explores what really happened inside the palace that drove Harry (Jordan Dean) and Meghan (Sydney Morton) to leave everything behind in order to make a future for themselves and their son Archie. The movie will detail Meghan’s growing isolation and sadness, their disappointment that “The Firm” was not defending them against the press’s attacks and Harry’s fear that history would repeat itself and he would not be able to protect his wife and son from the same forces that may have contributed to his mother’s untimely death. Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace will examine the dynamics between Will and Harry, Kate and Meghan, and Harry with Will and Charles, that lead to the ultimate break from the royal ties.

Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace is executive produced by Merideth Finn and Michele Weiss. Menhaj Huda will direct from a script by Scarlett Lacey. A+E Networks holds worldwide distribution rights to the three-film Harry & Meghan franchise.

Imperfect High
Premieres September 18 at 8/7c

Imperfect High is the story of Hanna Brooks (Nia Sioux), the new girl in town who is looking to find her place and fit in at Lakewood High School, which was rocked a couple of years earlier by the shocking drug overdose of a popular student. Hanna suffers from an anxiety disorder and the move to a new school is especially stressful for her. While trying to fit in with the “it” crowd, she finds herself pulled between two boys – a bad boy with a heart of gold, and an alluring, popular rich kid who is not as straight of an arrow as he seems. Her relationship with them sweeps her into a dangerous situation that her mother Deborah (Sherri Shepherd) must fight to save her from. Ali Skovbye (Firefly Lane) also stars.

Imperfect High is produced by Tina Pehme and Kim C. Roberts of Sepia Films for Lifetime. Sheri Singer is the executive producer, and Siobhan Devine directs from a script written by Anne-Marie Hess. The film reunites the producers and writer of Perfect High.

Dying to Marry Him
Premieres September 24 only on Lifetime Movie Club

Starring Anna Marie Dobbins and Andrea Hickey. No longer recognizable, Amy returns to her hometown and becomes the wedding planner for her first love with her mind set on getting him back no matter what the cost.

The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story
Premieres October 2 at 8/7c

Based on actual events, The Good Father tells the story of Dr. MacNeill (Tom Everett Scott) and the incredible life he led with his former beauty queen wife, Michele (Charisma Carpenter) and their eight children. A pillar of the community, he was respected and loved by all especially by his daughter Alexis (O’Driscoll) who adored him and even wanted to follow in his footsteps to become a doctor. But everything soon changes after Dr. MacNeill convinces Michele to have plastic surgery, ultimately leading to her drowning while on prescription medication. Just a few short weeks after his wife’s suspicious death, Dr. MacNeill brings home Gypsy Willis, a new live-in “nanny” for his children but who is in actuality his mistress. Shocked by her father’s actions, Alexis begins to question everything she has known about him and discovers the depth of his lies, including his bogus medical credentials, falsified military records, and that the man and good doctor she once revered, was capable of murder.

The Good Father: The Martin MacNeill Story is produced by Good Doctor Films Inc. for Lifetime. Nancy Grace and bestselling author Josh Sabarra executive produce alongside Howard Braunstein. Annie Bradley directs from a script written by John Fasano and Abdi Nazemian.

Dying to Belong
Premieres October 9 at 8/7c

A remake of the classic 1997 film, Dying to Belong tells the story of journalism major Olivia (Onwuka) meets Riley (Rose), a shy freshman who suffers from anxiety, they become fast friends. Riley, whose mother Katherine (Doherty) was a legacy Pi Gamma Beta, decides to rush in hopes of following Katherine’s footsteps and is ecstatic when Olivia joins her. Sensing the opportunity to go undercover to write a story about hazing practices, Olivia soon discovers there are deadly secrets involved in being part of the “sisterhood.”

Dying to Belong is produced by Pink Buffalo Films and Wishing Floor Films with Danielle von Zerneck (The Christmas Set Up) executive producing, Gail Harvey (Gone Mom: The Disappearance of Jennifer Dulos) directs from a script from Caitlin D. Freyers (Wynona Earp). Shawn Angelski (Story of a Girl) also serves as executive producer.

List of a Lifetime
Premieres October 10 at 8/7c

List of a Lifetime follows Brenda Lee (Kelly Hu) who is diagnosed with breast cancer, is prompted to look for the daughter she gave up for adoption decades ago. After finding Talia (Sylvia Kwan) and sharing her devasting news, Talia convinces Brenda to make a bucket list of everything she wants to do, promising to help her complete everything on the list. While keeping Brenda a secret from her adoptive parents Diana (Shannen Doherty) and Marty (Jamie Kahler, How I Met Your Mother), Talia grows closer to the mother she never knew. Meanwhile, Brenda discovers a meaningful relationship with Talia she didn’t know she needed, and a reason to fight for her life.

Patricia Velasquez stars as Brenda’s best friend, Meg while Jane Sibbett stars as Brenda’s oncologist, Dr. Elizabeth Boyer. Jim Klock (Underground Railroad) also appears in the film as Brenda’s supervisor, Kevin and Chad Lindberg (The Fast and the Furious) plays Brenda’s boyfriend, Mike.

List of a Lifetime also falls under Lifetime’s Broader Focus initiative which champions women in key production roles. The movie is produced by Ninth House Films and MarVista Entertainment and is directed by Roxy Shih and written by Jessica Landry. Producers for The Ninth House are Autumn Federici and Jake Helgren while Marianne C. Wunch, Hannah Pillemer and Fernando Szew executive produce for MarVista Entertainment. The film also included a diverse predominately female crew with Daphne Wu as the director of photography, Hanuel Kim as the gaffer and many others.

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff
Premieres October 16 at 8/7c

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff is about Kristine Carlson (Heather Locklear) and her husband Dr. Richard Carlson (Jason MacDonald) had an amazing life with their two daughters. But when Richard tragically passes away, Kristine is knocked off balance. Comfortable with living in Richard’s shadow, she is now forced to navigate the unchartered territory of becoming a single mom while dealing with pressure to become the new face and voice of the Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff brand. Looking deep inside herself, Kristine comes to understand the true essence of emotional authenticity and not sweating the small stuff, which leads to the resilience and confidence needed to carry on the legacy of the beloved brand.

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff is produced for Lifetime by The Johnson Production Group and Teitelbaum Artists. Maura Dunbar (The American Bible Challenge, What Should You Do?), Mark Teitelbaum (Superior Donuts, The Crazy Ones) and Meghan McCain (The View, Moms) are executive producers. Ellen S. Pressman will direct from a script written by Shannon Bradley-Colleary.

Fighting for Her Family
Premieres October 17 at 8/7c

Inspired by a true story, Devina has always wanted to be a mother and after years of trying and many miscarriages, Devina and her husband, Rick, have all but given up–until Devina discovers she’s pregnant again with a healthy baby girl. Adding to her stress is Devina’s mother, Ani, who is against her being with Rick, let alone having his child. When Devina collapses midway through her pregnancy, she is taken to the hospital and discovers she has a life-threatening blood disorder. Now, with every day possibly being her last, Devina is determined to see the pregnancy to term and deliver her miracle baby. Will Devina’s baby girl survive and have a mommy waiting for her when she arrives? Starring Aisha Kumari, Adam Huss, Alice Amter

Switched Before Birth
Premieres October 23 at 8/7c

Switched Before Birth follows Olivia Crawford (Skyler Samuels) and her husband Brian (Bo Yokely), who after multiple miscarriages, numerous failed IVF trials and stretching themselves to the limit financially, finally receive the joyous news that she’s pregnant with twins. While going through her latest round of IVF, Oliva meets and becomes fast friends with Anna Ramirez (Machado), who is struggling to have a child after years of focusing on her successful restaurants. When Anna becomes pregnant as well, the ladies celebrate and begin to prepare for their babies. Olivia is also there for Anna when she suffers a devastating miscarriage and struggles to move forward while her marriage to restaurateur Gabe Ramirez (Yancey Arias) crumbles. When Olivia and Brian finally welcome their twins Olivia’s life feels complete, but the happy couple’s world is turned upside down when they discover that not only are the babies not twins, but one of the babies is also biologically Anna and Gabe’s that was implanted into Olivia by mistake. Now pitted against each other, Olivia will do anything to keep the baby that she carried, while Anna will stop at nothing to bring her son home.

Switched Before Birth is produced by Big Dreams Entertainment and Swirl for Lifetime. Leslie Greif, Laurie Pozmantier and Stacy Mandelberg serve as executive producers and Elisabeth Rohm directs a script from Kelly Fullerton. Eric Tomosunas also serves as executive producer and Alex Kerr and Ron Robinson serve as producers.

The Fight That Never Ends
Sunday, October 24 at at 8/7c

Leon Watkins (Allen Payne) runs a community helpline in South Central LA, where anyone in need of help is welcome. One of his most frequent visitors is local gang leader, John Wesley Hunter (Robert Ri’chard), otherwise known as “Joker” to the streets. After a day of hustling and almost losing his life in a shoot-out, Joker goes to the one place where he knows he can get help. All in a typical day’s work for Leon until an unlikely woman, Joanne (Christa B. Allen), shows up insisting on aiding him in his fight for his community. This unlikely team defies social constructs by working together to actively fight oppression and gain nation-wide recognition for a hidden reality of many. Along their way they experience the deep-seeded hatred that has plagued America, great love, and tragedy as they leave behind a legacy.

The Fight That Never Ends is inspired by Joanne Beck’s story, who also serves as a producer alongside Dahlia Waingort. The film is produced by Electric Entertainment and Brandani Productions, in association with Sunset Pictures, and is directed by Preston A. Whitmore ll.

Torn From Her Arms
Premieres October 30 at 8/7c

Torn From Her Arms is based on a true story, originally covered by the OZY editorial team. Amidst the ongoing crisis at the U.S. border, the timely film depicts the harrowing true story of a mother and daughter who must find their way back to each other after being separated. Judy Reyes (Devious Maids, Claws) takes on the role of Thelma Garcia, a Texas Immigration lawyer who works tirelessly to reunite the pair, and Gloria Reuben (Mr. Robot, ER) portrays Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist ProPublica reporter, Ginger Thompson, who broke the story. The movie follows Cindy Madrid (Fátima Molina, Who Killed Sara?) and her six-year-old daughter, Ximena (Camila Nuñez), who fled violence in El Salvador for safety in the U.S., only to be separated at the border as a part of the Administration’s Zero Tolerance Policy. Detained in detention centers in different states, Cindy and Ximena endured inhumane living conditions and inadequate medical care, but that was nothing compared to the emotional toll of being apart. Their story would gain national attention when a whistleblower leaked a gut-wrenching audiotape of six-year-old Ximena crying for her mother. The onslaught of media attention incited by Ginger’s story alerted the nation to the cruelties being committed against undocumented immigrant families at the border.

Torn From Her Arms is produced by OZY Media and Motion Picture Corporation of America. Executive producers are Brad Krevoy, Linda Berman, Carlos Watson, Lindsay Rodger, Amanda Phillips, Eric Jarboe and Steve McGlothen. Alan Jonsson Gavica directs from a script written by Tawnya Bhattacharya and Ali Laventhol. Originally covered by Ozy’s reporting arm, Torn From Her Arms marks Ozy’s first foray into scripted programming and an expansion of its television catalog.

Highway to Heaven
Premieres November 6 at 8/7c

A contemporary take on Michael Landon’s iconic 80s television series Highway to Heaven, Lifetime’s new event movie series follows Angela Stewart (Jill Scott), an angel who is sent back to earth to help others in need. In the premiere movie, Angela takes on the role of a temporary school counselor and finds herself working alongside junior high school principal Bruce Banks (Barry Watson) as she intervenes in the lives of a troubled student Cody (Ben Daon), his father Jeff (Robert Moloney) and his aunt Vanessa (Victoria Bidewell), who are grieving the tragic loss of Cody’s mother, Melissa (Ashley Ross).

The first movie in the Highway to Heaven event movie series is produced by Rain Productions and Propagate for Lifetime. Jonathan Baruch and Rob Wolken executive produce for Rain Productions; Ben Silverman, Howard T. Owens, Gregory Lipstone and Rodney Ferrell executive produce from Propagate; Howard Braunstein is executive producer; Jill Scott and Shawn Gee also executive produce. Stacey K. Black directs from an original script by executive producer/writer Cathryn Humphris and award-winning playwright Angelica Chéri. Cindy Landon and Wayne Lepoff are executive producing on behalf of Michael Landon’s estate.

Mario Lopez says a family reality show ‘might be in the works’

“Access Hollywood” host Mario Lopez exclusively told Page Six on Wednesday that his family is weighing their options in the reality TV space.

“It’d be kind of fun to do something with the kids, where maybe they’re more of the focus,” the 47-year-old shared. “There might be something in the works a little later on, but we never say ‘no’ to anything.”

When pressed for details, Lopez demurred: “We can’t really [say] because we don’t really know what’s going on, but we’ll tell you as soon as we can.”

Lopez and his wife, Courtney Mazza, have been married for eight years and share three children: 10-year-old Gia, 7-year-old Dominic, and 2-year-old Santino.

Leading up to the birth of Gia, Lopez and Mazza, 38, allowed cameras to follow them on their journey into parenthood on VH1’s “Mario Lopez: Saved By The Baby” in 2010.

And while their second stint on reality TV shapes up, the Lopez-Mazza family is busy with a different project: a special “back to school” shoe line for DSW.

“We just want to make sure the kids look good and feel good because it’s so important for them and their confidence and also for the family itself,” Lopez said, adding that his eldest was “very opinionated” during the process and was “the quarterback of the team.”

Mazza — who will also be joining her hubby on the air next week as a fill-in co-host for “Access Hollywood” — shared how the couple balances a work-play dynamic.

“Well, he couldn’t be any busier, but we make it a point to make time for us,” she explains. “We take little trips, we lock our door after a certain time so we don’t get disturbed.”

The former actress, who also co-hosts their radio show, “On Air With Mario Lopez,” added, “We are together a lot, so the time apart is good because then it makes us miss each other and then we come together during these times.”

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Karla Mosley Welcomes Her Second Child!

The soap vet — who recently filled in as THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS’ Amanda and previously played GUIDING LIGHT’s Christina — announced around Mother’s Day that she was expecting again and that her family would welcome the new addition in early July. Well, that timeframe came and went, and Mosley was still pregnant! But on August 4, the actress revealed in a cryptic Instagram post that she had indeed finally given birth!

“Current Mood: I’d Rather Not. And yes, pictures coming soon,” Mosley wrote in her post, including a mother and baby emoji. “But for today… see caption above.)” The tired mom also included the hashtags “#4thTrimester” (referring to the post-partum period of a woman’s pregnancy) and the clever “#TheBirdHasLanded.”

While Mosley didn’t reveal any other details about her second child — like whether she welcomed a boy or another girl — she did share some more info in her replies to posters. She promised one commenter that she’d be posting pictures “in, like, a day” and that her sweet baby’s arrival “just took a little longer than was originally planned.”

Another well-wisher wrote, “I’m glad she finally made it,” indicating that Aurora has a little sister to dote on. And even though Mosley replied in the comments of the thread that she was “So. Tired,” she looked positively radiant in the photo she shared!

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Y&R and B&B Reach Largest Weekly Audiences In Six Months

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS with 3.52 million viewers and THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL with 3.07 million viewers both reached their largest audiences since the week ending February 12, 2021.

Source: Nielsen, Live-Plus-Same-Day Ratings for the week ending Aug. 6, 2021.

Roselyn Sanchez & Kiara Barnes debut in Fantasy Island 8/10/21

Cast: Roselyn Sanchez as Elena Roarke; Kiara Barnes as Ruby Okoro

Guest Cast: Bellamy Young as Christine; John Gabriel Rodriquez as Javier; Rick Holmes as Landon; Brittnee Garza as Tanya; Sophie Leonard as Crystal Joe at 10; Brian Tester as Matteo; Maria Gabriela Gonzalez as Isla; Ricardo Laboy as Axel; Ubi Catasus as TV Station Floor Manager; David Moses as Old Mel; Adain Bradley as Mel; Stephanie Berry as Older Ruby; Hiram Delgado as Noah.

Debbi Morgan guests on FANTASY ISLAND 8/24/21

Cast: Roselyn Sanchez as Elena Roarke; Kiara Barnes as Ruby Akuda

Guest Cast: Debbi Morgan as Eileen; Cliff Chamberlain as Charles; Mieko Hillman as Theodora; Rodrigo Rojas as David; Katira Maria as Satnam; Kamori Clark-McGoey as Young Theo; John Gabriel Rodriquez as Javier

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B&B’s Kimberlin Brown Returns! And Is Finn’s Mother!

Imagen Awards Nominations

Best Actor – Television (Comedy)

Michael Cimino, Love, Victor
Hulu; Hulu, 20th Television, Temple Hill

Gabriel Iglesias, Mr. Iglesias
Netflix; Hench in the Trench Productions and Fluffy Shop Studios for Netflix

Mario Lopez, Feliz NaviDAD
Lifetime; A Hartbreak Film, ViaMar Productions and Roberts Media Production for Lifetime

Xolo Maridueña, Cobra Kai
Netflix; Sony Pictures Television for Netflix

Best Supporting Actor – Television (Comedy)

Ser Anzoategui, Vida
Starz; Big Beach and Chingona Productions in association with Starz Originals

Cristo Fernández, Ted Lasso
Apple TV+; Apple / Doozer Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television and Universal Television

Harvey Guillén, What We Do In The Shadows
FX; FX Productions

Mario Lopez, Saved by the Bell
Peacock; Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group, in association with Big Wig Productions

James Martinez, Love, Victor
Hulu; Hulu, 20th Television, Temple Hill

Oscar Nuñez, Mr. Iglesias
Netflix; Hench in the Trench Productions and Fluffy Shop Studios for Netflix

‘Fantasy Island’ Adds guest stars Eric Winter, Debbi Morgan & Leslie Jordan

Fox’s follow-up to the classic ABC anthology doesn’t premiere until next month, but we’ve already started getting wind of who has lined up to have their wishes granted on the magical dramedy starring Roselyn Sánchez as Elena Roarke — grand-niece of Ricardo Montalban’s Mr. Roarke. And now, TV Insider can exclusively confirm three more tourists heading for the island.

Call Me Kat‘s Leslie Jordan, a longtime equal-rights advocate who blew up on Instagram in 2020 with his hilarious lockdown posts, will drop in on the eighth episode as the ghost of a shady art dealer named Jasper that gets 24 hours back on Earth to reconnect with the protégé he may have given misguided advice to.

All My Children vet Debbi Morgan (Power and Fox’s upcoming People Like Us) shows up in episode four as Eileen, “a delightful free spirit with elegance, charm and the confidence of someone who has always been the most beautiful and entertaining person in the room.” Unfortunately, Eileen also has a strained relationship with her daughter, which she hopes to mend while vacationing in paradise.

And finally, Roselyn Sánchez’s real-life husband, Eric Winter of The Rookie, is due to have us swooning in episode six as Brian, an athletic and competitive survivalist who dares the island to put him through the “ultimate mental and physical challenge.” Fans of the couple will be aware that Winter was in Puerto Rico with the family while Roselyn began filming, so ya had to know this one was coming. Sánchez even told TV Guide Magazine that she was going to make sure he showed up, which is proof positive that she really is a boss!

The three actors join a number of already-announced guest stars on the reboot. Fantasy Island will be welcoming Prodigal Son‘s Bellamy Young and Bold and the Beautiful‘s Kiara Barnes in the premiere, followed by Dave and Odette Annable (he of Yellowstone, she of Walker) and the give-it-to-us-now reunion of Melrose Place alums Daphne Zuniga, Laura Leighton, and Josie Bissett.

Fantasy Island, Series Premiere, Tuesday, August 10, 9/8c, Fox.

B&B’s Katherine Kelly Lang Stars In New Film

Alley Mills of ‘The Wonder Years’ teams with Redwood City filmmaker

Without agent involvement. Working for a very small day rate. She even dug into her own closet for “costumes” to keep the cost down.

Alley Mills, famous as Norma Arnold in the beloved show, “The Wonder Years,” is also playing the part of a mother in Gapastione’s first full-length feature film, which is about suicide and the impact on those left behind.

“I lost my husband last year, so it’s the first thing I’ve said ‘yes’ to, just because it’s kind of about that,” Mills says. “And I also loved that he’s a pastor. That kind of piqued my interest.”

Mills was in Redwood City in June filming scenes with Allison Ewing, her “daughter” in “Last Chance Charlene.” Both characters are grieving the loss of Mills’ “son” Dominick, who died by suicide nine months earlier.

Gapastione got his script before Mills thanks to a mutual friend, Jeremy Valdez, who appears with her on the long-running “The Bold and the Beautiful” soap opera. Gapastione was looking to cast the part of “Lorenna.” Readily acknowledging how big the favor was, he asked Valdez if he’d approach Mills. (Valdez plays “Raul” in the film.)

“The business is really all about those relationships,” Gapastione says. “If I had sent my script cold, who knows where that would have gone. … But because she knows Jeremy and loves Jeremy, she said she’d read it. She read it within two days and got back to me.”

A Call to Remember

Just as Gapastione was getting ready to go to bed one night, in fact, Mills texted him and asked, “Are you a night owl? You want to talk about the script?” The telephone conversation went past midnight.

“It was so cool,” Gapastione says. “We instantly connected. We’ve been chatting for two months straight, texting, calling. I mean she really did a lot of digging into this character, both she and Allison.”

Gapastione had been on the staff at Peninsula Covenant Church in Redwood City for 20 years when he took the proverbial leap of faith in 2018 to follow his dream. The Redwood City resident, who had directed tons of short films and was well-known in the local creative community, founded a nonprofit called BraveMaker, which encourages and promotes filmmaking and other arts. Some BraveMaker team members are working on the production.

Gapastione, 46, had long wanted to write and direct a movie about suicide because of the profound impact on him after a family member took her life. He wrote “The Thorns We Live With,” which has a bigger cast and was budgeted at over $3 million. Fund-raising was slow. To get a feature film under his belt, Gapastione finally decided to explore the same issues but with a smaller budget.

Much.

“Last Chance Charlene,” which he wrote in six weeks, has a $55,000 budget, though it would be about $15,000 higher were it not for donations of crew meals, lodging, the use of locations and so on. Filming has gone ahead, although about $20,000 still needs to be raised to complete it, and more fundraising is likely for post-production costs like sound design and composing.

Among the locations, Gapastione filmed at Cyclismo Café, in an office building at 500 Arguello St. and at three Redwood City homes (including his own).

A Movie Set at Home

He needed a location for the mother’s house and asked Eileen Clark, who he’d known from church, if she’d be willing to let him use her Emerald Hills residence. “It was actually so much fun,” she says. “Everybody was so respectful of my house.” People coming inside had to wear booties.

Because Mills’ character has been grieving her son’s death, the house needed to be messy, but Clark keeps a tidy home. “It was the weirdest feeling because I kept wanting to go around and pick up after them,” she says.

When it came to housing, the undemanding Mills was happy to stay at Clark’s home. “How am I going to get my house ready for a star,” she fretted, but when Mills arrived, “from the minute she walked in, she was like my best friend. We had such a good time together.”

Mills was married for 30 years to the actor, comedian, writer and producer Orson Bean, who died in February 2020 at the age of 91. He was crossing the street to join her at a theater where she had volunteered to usher and he was struck by two cars.

“He was ready for another 10 years,” she says. “Easily.”

With Covid restrictions, the only acting she’d done since then was a Zoom production of Truman Capote’s “A Christmas Memory” in December. Since her husband’s death, “different things have meaning to me and I can pick and choose what I damn well please. And I read this and thought, ‘I want to do it.’”

Lorenna—the mother she plays—has been a church secretary for 23 years. The Charlene of the movie, who is a screenwriter, is undone by the loss of her brother and separates from her husband. On top of that, Lorenna’s pastor tells her that he can’t honestly say in the memorial service that Dominick went to heaven.

“So I’m in the midst of a faith crisis too,” Mills says of her character, who is running on fumes. “It’s like everything at one time. And then trying to get my daughter back on her feet cause she’s not on her feet. She’s left her husband and she’s just flailing.”

Mills, who is a Christian and attends church, says her character doesn’t solve her faith issues by the end of the movie, “but you get the feeling she will.”

The Lead Role

The Charlene character’s frenetic pace masks a wound-up woman who hasn’t come to terms with her brother’s suicide and how to make sense of life. Gapastione had originally planned the central character to be a man, but had worked with Ewing before and decided to revise it as a female story and cast her. She has had lead film roles before but not with as much dialogue to learn as comes out of the mouth of the verbal Charlene.

A San Mateo resident, Ewing also grew up loving “The Wonder Years” and was “freaking out” when she found out that Mills would play her mother. “I told everyone. I shouted it from the rooftops. I got to spend some time with her yesterday (reading and blocking.) And then to work with her? I have to pinch myself.”

Cameron James Matthews, 32, plays “Dino,” a character who helps Charlene see a way to deal with life’s challenges. “He’s definitely a glass half full type of guy, all about optimism and like I’m sure he smells the flowers and looks at rainbows on his free time. He’s a guy who likes to have a smile on his face and tries at every moment to put smiles on other people’s faces as well.”

A Sacramento native, he lives a nomadic actor’s life and has done both film and television and is in a movie called “Notorious Nick,” which is to come out in the fall. It’s more than a walk-by part. “You don’t gotta stop the film and rewind and zoom to see me,” he says.

Ideally, Gapastione would like to get the film edited in time to apply in September for the Sundance Film Festival, but he also dreams of a hometown movie premiere next February. He shot the film using industry-standard cameras so it could be shown on all the streaming platforms.

A father of three girls one of whom just graduated from the eighth grade, this is a heady time, and Gapastione cried the first day of filming. “I just lost it because I’ve been waiting so long for it to get here. It feels so good to see it all coming to light and all the people come out to help. … When we rolled Scene 68 today, I thought, ‘I’ve never had a Scene 68.’” He laughs. “There’s 78 scenes in this film and, yeah, it’s a pretty cool dream.”

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CBS DAYTIME RATINGS FOR WEEK ENDING JULY 2, 2021

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS with 3.37 million viewers and THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL with 2.97 million viewers both reached their largest audiences since the week ending February 12, 2021.

Source: Nielsen, Live plus Same Day Ratings for the week ending July 2, 2021.

‘Batwoman’: Robin Givens Joins Season 3 Of CW Drama As Series Regular

Givens, a new series regular on the DC drama, will play Jada Jet. A powerful CEO for Jet Industries, Jada isn’t bossy: she’s the boss. Passionate and hard working, a woman who has worked her way through life’s ups and downs to climb her way to the top — all while being extremely protective over her impetuous son. A woman with a deep past that forced her to give up her first-born child, Jada is a woman with a good heart, but will do whatever it takes to protect her family.

In the June 27 Season 2 finale, Ryan Wilder (Javicia Leslie) has fully taken up the mantle as Batwoman with Kate Kane leaving Gotham in a search for her long-missing cousin Bruce Wayne (aka Batman). It also was revealed that Ryan’s biological mother, who was believed to have died in childbirth, is actually alive.

In addition to Javicia Leslie as Batwoman, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang, and Camrus Johnso also star; original cast member Dougray Scott recently left the series. Batwoman is produced by Berlanti Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.

Givens is currently recurring in the upcoming HBO Max series Head of the Class, reprising her role as Darlene Merriman from the original series. In the followup series, Darlene is Terrell’s (Brandon Severs) mother.

Previously, Givens recurred as Sierra McCoy on the CW’s Riverdale, also from Berlanti Prods. and WBTV, and directed a couple of episodes of the hit series. She also directed the 2021 feature film Favorite Son. Her film credits include Head of State with Chris Rock, Tyler Perry’s The Family That Preys and the upcoming Last Looks with Mel Gibson and Charlie Hunnam. Her recent television work also includes a recurring role on ABC’s The Fix and a series regular role on OWN’s Ambitions. Givens is repped by A3 Artists Agency.

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Kiara Barnes’ Last Air Date on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Revealed

Barnes first joined the cast of B&B back in July 2018, and her three-year run is now coming to an end as the actress has been cast on FOX’s upcoming primetime reboot of the TV classic FANTASY ISLAND. The show actually reunites her with another B&B alum as you can see in the trailer below — Adain Bradley, who used to play Xander opposite her on the CBS sudser!

Although Zoe came to Los Angeles still obsessed with Xander, she eventually found herself falling head over heels for Carter Walton. Well, until Zende Forrester caught her eye and her flirting with him nearly ruined everything! Of course, in the end, it was Carter who really blew things apart when he took comfort in Quinn’s arms, and it’s likely the reveal of that dirty secret that will inspire Zoe to leave Los Angeles and all the Forrester drama behind!

FANTASY ISLAND premieres Tuesday, Aug. 10, on FOX, so be sure to tune in to watch Barnes as Ruby Okoro, a woman transformed by the powers on the island and now lives there working for Elena Roarke, a descendant of the original series’ Mr. Roarke, played by the iconic Ricardo Montalban. (Trailer)

Morgan To Recur on 'Our Kind of People'

TV Ratings: Daytime Emmys Slip, Olympic Trials Dominate Friday

NBC’s coverage of the latest U.S. Olympics trials dominated Friday in both measures, with the 8 o’clock hour doing 4.1 mil/0.6 and the 9 pm portion rising to 4.4 mil/0.8.

Elsewhere:

FOX | Friday Night SmackDown (1.9 mil/0.5) was steady.

ABC | Emergency Call (2.9 mil/0.3) was steady.

THE CW | Charmed (390K/0.1) and Dynasty (240K/0.1) each dropped some eyeballs.

Daytime Emmy Presenters, Special Appearances & On-Air Categories Annouced

The 48th ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY® AWARDS will feature talent appearing from the Emmy stage in Los Angeles, individual show studios and homes to accept their awards. Kathy Lee Gifford, Ken Jeong, Martha Stewart and Robin Roberts will make special appearances and pay tribute to legends Regis Philbin, Alex Trebek and Larry King. Also, Diamond White from THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL is scoring and singing the song for the “In Memoriam” segment.

Presenters scheduled to appear include:

Al Roker (“Today Show”)

Amy Robach, T.J. Holmes & Dr. Jennifer Ashton (“GMA3: What You Need to Know)

Bryton James and Brytni Sarpi (THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS)

Deidre Hall (“Days of Our Lives”)

Donnell Turner and Cynthia Watros (“General Hospital)

Drew Barrymore (“The Drew Barrymore Show”)

Giada De Laurentiis (“Giada at Home 2.0”)

Gloria Estefan (“Red Table Talk: The Estefans”)

Heather Tom (THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL)

Jackée Harry and Robert Scott Wilson (“Days of Our Lives”)

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood and Tanner Novlan (THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL)

Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest (“Live with Kelly & Ryan”)

Kelly Thiebaud (“General Hospital”)

Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner (ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT)

Mario Lopez (“Access Hollywood”)

Michelle Stafford (THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS)

Nate Burleson (CBS SPORTS and “Extra”)

Rachel Lindsay (“Extra”)

Sean Kanan (“Studio City”)

Tamron Hall (“Tamron Hall”)

Categories scheduled for the CBS broadcast include:

Outstanding Drama Series

Outstanding Limited Drama Series

Outstanding Game Show

Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program

Outstanding Morning Show

Outstanding Informative Talk Show

Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show

Outstanding Entertainment News Program

Outstanding Daytime Special Event

Outstanding Daytime Non-Fiction

Outstanding Special Performance by a Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Outstanding Special Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Outstanding Younger Performer in A Drama Series

Outstanding Guest Performer in A Drama Series

Outstanding Culinary Host

Outstanding Game Show Host

Outstanding Informative Talk Show Host

Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host

Outstanding Writing Team for a Drama Series

Outstanding Directing Team for a Drama Series

Additional winners will be announced on Twitter (@DaytimeEmmys) beginning at 5:00 PM, ET/2:00 PM, PT. Awards for Daytime Children’s Programming, Animation and Daytime Lifestyle Programming will be presented in separate ceremonies in July.

The Daytime Emmy® Awards have recognized outstanding achievement in daytime television programming since 1974. The awards are presented to individuals and programs broadcast between 2:00 AM and 6:00 PM, as well as certain categories of digital and syndicated programming of similar content. This year’s awards honor content from more than 2,700 submissions that originally premiered in calendar-year 2019, judged by a pool of 1,000 peer professionals from across the television industry.

The 48TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY® AWARDS is produced by NATAS and Associated Television International (ATI), which produced Daytime Emmy® Award ceremonies on The CW in 2009 and on CBS in 2010, 2011 and 2020. Adam Sharp and Steve Ulrich are executive producers from NATAS, while David McKenzie is executive producer and director from ATI.

The Bold and the Beautiful first look: Meet the grandparents of Finn and Steffy's child

EW can exclusively reveal that Ted King and Naomi Matsuda have been tapped to play the parents of Dr. John "Finn" Finnegan (Tanner Novlan) on The Bold and Beautiful. King plays Jack and Matsuda is Li.

Jack and Li are coming to town to meet their soon-to-be-born grandchild - the son of Tanner and fan favorite Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood). Viewers will soon learn about Finn's very dramatic backstory.

King, a General Hospital vet, and Matsuda (Tori from Days of Our Lives) began taping June 9. King will appear as Jack first, on July 30, and Matsuda will debut as Li on Aug. 2.

Finn's role was created before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down all production last March. Since B&B was the very first scripted series to resume work, Novlan was among the first back on set in June. He's now been on the CBS series for a year as the love interest to the character played by Wood, who just earned her fifth Daytime Emmy nomination. She's already won once.

And if you don't watch B&B but think Novlan looks awfully familiar, it's probably because you've seen him as the bad actor in those knee-slapping Liberty Mutual Insurance commercials.

The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays on CBS.

Soap Vet Carrie Genzel’s New Gig

Soap Star Don Diamont Judge, Plz Protect Me From Alleged Stalker!!!

The veteran daytime TV actor -- famous for his 'Bold and the Beautiful' and 'Young and the Restless' roles -- was just granted a temporary restraining order in L.A. County Superior Court ... after he claimed some guy showed up on his front steps earlier this month.

According to the docs, obtained by TMZ, Diamont claims 37-year-old Quincy Adams has been harassing him and his family for months ...dating back to early January, when DD alleges the dude started making wacky accusations.

Don alleges Adams took to YouTube and leveled a number of outlandish claims ... saying Diamont was a Satanist and responsible for COVID, 9/11, and the Iraq war. Perhaps most absurd of all, Diamont says the man claimed to be bound to him in some way before birth.

Yeah, we know ... it's out there. That's what Don thought at first too, but he says he grew even more concerned when he saw Adams online, saying he knew where Don lived. He claims Adams also contacted family members.

It all came to a head on June 2, when Don says his wife called him to say Adams had shown up at their front gate. Don says he rushed home, and arrived to find the police handling Adams -- but says the whole sitch gave everyone a scare.

Now, he's asked for a judge to step in with a legal forcefield -- and he got it. The court granted him the TRO, ordering Adams to steer clear of him and his family.

Unlike his soap operas, this nightmare is no dream sequence for Don.

Gina Rodriguez Set To Make Directorial Debut On Untitled Ryan Garcia Pic From Endeavor Content

“I grew up in a boxing family and loved watching sports dramas with my dad. The philosophies of fighting – working hard, staying focused, being honest, fighting fair but to win – has stayed with me,” said Rodriguez. “On behalf of myself and my production company I Can and I Will, I couldn’t be more excited to partner with Ryan Garcia on this film. He is not only an outstanding athlete and champion, but a true advocate of normalizing and furthering conversations on mental health. His bravery has inspired me, and I am honored to have his trust to direct this film and guide his first foray into the arts. In One Community, Endeavor Content and WME, I have found empowering partners who are driven to tell stories that bring love, tolerance and healing to the world. I am humbled by their support, in addition to that of my incredibly talented friend and fellow artist Bernardo Cubria who will be leading us in creating a script that celebrates both the sport and our community. We cannot wait to share this story with audiences worldwide.”

In the vein of films like Rocky and Creed this inspiring sports drama follows a Mexican-American boxer, Alex Guerrero (Garcia), whose struggles with mental health rival his toughest bouts in the ring. After a chance encounter with a World Champion propels him into the spotlight, he must prove to himself and the world that he has what it takes to come out on top.

“I am very excited about the opportunity to work with Gina, Bernardo, One Community, and Endeavor Content on this project,” said Garcia. “My goals have always been to prove myself in the ring and to also continue to share my story in hopes that it will inspire others. Boxing will always be at the forefront of my career and I cannot wait to return to the ring very soon as a stronger and healthier KingRy.”

One Community and Endeavor Content are financing development. Molly Breeskin will oversee the project for Rodriguez’s I Can and I Will Productions. It will shoot mid-next year so as not to interfere with Garcia’s fight schedule.

“Ryan is an incredible fighter and remarkable human whose relentless focus and dedication has made him a superstar in the ring, but even more impressive is his desire to use his platform to help others by sharing his own struggles with anxiety and depression. Gina and Bernardo’s vision for this story spoke to us immediately and we are so excited to work with this incredibly inspiring team,” said Scott Budnick, CEO One Community.

The project is sure to become one of the hottest properties on the market as it is set to break barriers with a Latinx presence in front and behind the camera.

“We are thrilled to continue our partnership with Scott Budnick’s One Community and are galvanized to amplify Latinx stories and emerging Latina filmmakers with Gina Rodriguez’s vision and leadership behind the camera,” said Cristina Garza, SVP, Development and Production and Negeen Yazdi, SVP, Development and Production, Endeavor Content. “Boldly portrayed by Ryan Garcia, who mirrors his own journey to bring fictional boxer Alex Guerrero to life, this empowering story is one rarely covered in films, which makes it all the more impactful.”

Garcia started boxing at age 7 and was a 15-time national champion. Since joining the Golden Boy stable in 2016, Garcia has steadily made his case as one of the best and most exciting up-and-coming boxers by defeating fighters such as Romero Duno, Francisco Fonseca, Carlos Morales and Jason Velez. His most recent match against Olympic Gold Medalist, Luke Campbell was a true display of perseverance as Ryan hit the floor for the first time in his professional career to come back and defeat Campbell with a gut-wrenching punch to the body in the Seventh round.

At 22, Garcia has an undefeated professional record of 21-0, 18 by way of knock out, currently holds the WBC Interim Lightweight title and trains under world renowned trainer, Eddie Reynoso and his father, Henry Garcia. In addition, he has amassed over 13 million followers across social platforms bringing new audiences to the sport.

Rodriguez is best known for playing the title role on the hit series Jane the Virgin, for which she won a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Television Series Musical or Comedy. Her upcoming projects include Netflix’s film Awake and Netflix’s mini series Lost Ollie.

One Community was represented in negotiations by attorney Dan Stutz. Rodriguez and her I Can and I Will Productions are repped by WME & attorney Karl Austen. Garcia is repped by WME and advisor Guadalupe Valencia.

John Gabriel, Actor on ‘Ryan’s Hope,’ Dies at 90

Gabriel’s death was announced on Instagram by his daughter, actress Andrea Gabriel (Lost). “It is with an unspeakably heavy heart that I share the news of my father’s passing,” she wrote. “John Gabriel was my hero, my role model, and my champion, but above all, my daddy. … I will love you forever.”

No details of his death were immediately available.

Gabriel appeared in the John Wayne starrer El Dorado (1966) — and co-wrote the film’s title song with Nelson Riddle — and had a recurring role as WJM-TV sportscaster Andy Rivers on CBS’ The Mary Tyler Moore Show.

He played The Professor on the original pilot for CBS’ Gilligan’s Island, filmed on the Hawaiian island of Kauai in November 1963, but Russell Johnson wound up with the part when the show made it to the air the following September. (Two other actors, Nancy McCarthy and Kit Smythe, were dumped as well.)

“It was the first time in my adult life that I remember weeping,” he once said. “And I think part of that has to do with the fact that I built this thing up to such a degree it was going to be my breakthrough.”

Gabriel portrayed Seneca, chief of staff at New York’s Riverside Hospital, on Ryan’s Hope from 1975 through 1985, then returned as the show was wrapping up in 1988-89. He received an Emmy nomination for outstanding actor in a daytime drama series in 1980.

At the start of the show, Seneca had come to New York in pursuit of his wife, Nell (Diana Van der Vlis), who had left him. After he participated in her mercy killing, he married attorney Jill Coleridge (Nancy Addison Altman), who had defended him in the murder trial.

Gabriel was born on May 25, 1931, in Niagara Falls, New York. His parents owned a grocery store. He acted in plays at UCLA and, after a stint in the U.S. Air Force, was signed to a contract at 20th Century Fox, where he was given small roles in the 1958 films The Young Lions and The Hunters.

He appeared on such TV series as Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye, 77 Sunset Strip and The Flying Nun and worked on Broadway in The Happy Time — as Robert Goulet’s standby — and Applause before landing on Ryan’s Hope.

‘With Love’: Rome Flynn, Isis King, Todd Grinnell, Desmond Chiam Join Gloria Calderón Kellett’s Amazon Series

Created and written by Calderón Kellett, With Love follows the Diaz siblings, Lily (Toubia) and Jorge (Indelicato), who are on a mission to find love and purpose. The Diaz siblings cross paths with seemingly unrelated residents during some of the most heightened days of the year — the holidays.

Flynn will play Santiago Zayas, a modern Afro-Cuban American Mr. Darcy. Well educated and prefers books to TV. A man of few words, but lots of heart for the right person.

King will portray Sol Perez, Lily and Jorge’s cousin on their mom’s side. They are a trans non-binary oncology resident who is finally opening themselves up to love with a handsome doctor they work with.

Grinnell is Dr. Miles Murphy, a reconstructive plastic surgeon with a good heart who has eyes for Sol Perez.

Chiam plays Nick Zhao, Jorge’s best friend and roommate. This hottie has never taken love seriously until now.

All episodes will be written and executive produced by Calderón Kellet. The pilot episode will be directed and executive produced by Meera Menon. With Love is produced by Kellett’s production company, GloNation and Amazon Studios.

Flynn portrayed Gabriel Maddox on How To Get Away With Murder and will next be seen in Dear White People and Raising Dion. He’s repped by Margie Weiner Management and Innovative Artists.

King has played pivotal roles in the Emmy-winning Netflix series When They See Us, as well as Generation Q, Equal, Good Trouble, The Bold and the Beautiful and Shameless. King is repped by Amsel, Eisenstadt, Frazier & Hinojosa Talent Agency and Pink Hammer Entertainment.

Grinnell’s casting reunites him with Calderón Kellett, with whom he worked on One Day At A Time, starrring as Schneider in Norman Lear’s critically acclaimed reboot. He recently completed production on the features The Time Capsule and Paradise Cove. He’s repped by The Gersh Agency, Gartner Group Entertainment and attorney Erik Hyman at Paul Hastings.

Chiam can currently be seen as Dovich in the Marvel series The Falcon and Winter Soldier. Before that, he was the male lead on ABC summer series Reef Break, recurred on Now Apocalypse for Starz, and had a supporting role on Disney feature Magic Camp. Desmond is repped by The Rosenzweig Group, Gersh and attorney Jonathan Shikora.

B&B’s John McCook Returns To Y&R

Ingo Rademacher Welcomes Daughter

Hallmark Sets Christmas In July Slate With ‘Crashing Through The Snow’, ‘The Christmas Ring’ & More

The annual summer movie celebration will kick off Friday, July 9 and will run until Sunday, July 31. Crashing Through The Snow will make its Hallmark debut Friday, July 10 at 9 p.m. The film centers on Maggie (Acker), who joins her ex-husband Jeff (Kristian Brunn) and his girlfriend Kate (Brooke Nevin) for a Christmas getaway in Aspen, where she meets Kate’s brother, Sam (Warren Christie).

Crashing Through the Snow is from Through the Snow Pictures Inc. Stan Spry, Eric Woods and Ryan M. Murphy are executive producers. Anthony Fankhauser is co-executive producer.

This year’s lineup will also include a 2020 Movie Marathon, Soap Sunday and Countdown to Christmas Greatest Hits, which will feature holiday movies including The Christmas Ring and Crown for Christmas.

See highlights from the Christmas In July lineup below.

2020 Movie Marathon (Saturday, July 10-Sunday, July 11)

Popular Christmas movies from 2020 will air from morning till night, including the original movie premiere of “Crashing Through the Snow,” (Saturday, July 10, 9 p.m., ET/PT).

Soap Sunday (Sunday, July 18)

Holiday films featuring soap stars will air throughout the day and into the night, including Cameron Mathison, Chaley Rose, Rome Flynn, Alison Sweeney, Jesse Metcalfe, Fiona Gubelmann, Bethany Joy Lenz, Victor Webster, and more.

Countdown to Christmas Greatest Hits (Saturday, July 24-Sunday, July 25)

Celebrate some of Hallmark Channel’s Christmas hit films of the past. Highlights include:

“Crown for Christmas” (Saturday, July 24, 7 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Danica McKellar (“Matchmaker Mysteries,” “Love and Sunshine,” “The Wonder Years”), Rupert Penry-Jones (“MI-5”)

“The Most Wonderful Time of the Year” (Saturday, July 24, 9 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Brooke Burns (“Christmas Connection,” “Melrose Place”), Henry Winkler (“Barry,” “Happy Days”), Warren Christie (“If I Only Had Christmas,” “Motive”)

“Christmas Under Wraps” (Sunday, July 25, 7 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Candace Cameron Bure (“If I only had Christmas,” “Full/Fuller House,” “Christmas Town”), David O’Donnell (“A Christmas in Vermont”) “The Nine Lives of Christmas” (Sunday, July 25, 10 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Brandon Routh (“The Rookie,” “DC’s Legends of Tomorrow,” “Superman Returns”), Kimberley Sustad (“Sense, Sensibility & Snowmen,” “Morning Show Mysteries”)

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries (Friday, June 25-Thursday, July 8):

Hallmark Movies & Mysteries presents a Christmas gift of themed nights of Yuletide favorites to enjoy:

Blake Shelton Night! (Monday, June 28)

Blake Shelton proves that he’s more than just an award-winning musician by showing his skills at executive producing the following:

“Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas” (6 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Megan Park (“My Christmas Love,” “The Secret Life of the American Teenager”), Josh Henderson (“Dallas,” “Desperate Housewives”)

“Time for You to Come Home for Christmas” (8 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Alison Sweeney (“Murder, She Baked,” “Days of Our Lives”), Lucas Bryant (“The Angel Tree,” “Love Song”)

“Time for Us to Come Home for Christmas” (10 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Lacey Chabert (“The Christmas Waltz,” “Party of Five”), Stephen Huszar (“A Homecoming for the Holidays,” “My One & Only”)

Holiday Jam Session! (Friday, July 2)

Christmas films featuring music will include:

“Our Christmas Love Song” (6 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Alicia Witt (“Cybill,” “Nashville”), Brendan Hines (“Scandal”)

“The Christmas Bow” (8 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Lucia Micarelli (“Treme”), Michael Rady (“Two Turtle Doves,” “Love to the Rescue”)

“Christmas at Graceland” (10 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Kellie Pickler (singer/songwriter), Wes Brown (“Check Inn to Christmas,” “90210”)

Salute to Christmas! (Saturday, July 3)

A Yuletide salute to those who bravely serve our country. Some of these films include:

“The Christmas Doctor” (6 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Holly Robinson Peete (“Christmas in Evergreen: Tidings of Joy,” “American Housewife”), Adrian Holmes (“Arrow”)

“USS Christmas” (8 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Jen Lilley (“Angel Falls: A Novel Holiday,” “Days of Our Lives”), Trevor Donovan (“Nostalgic Christmas,” “90210”)

“Deliver by Christmas” (10 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Alvina August (“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,” “Nancy Drew”), Eion Bailey (“Switched for Christmas,” “Once Upon a Time”)

Family on the 4th! (Sunday, July 4)

Family Christmas movies also part of the annual event are:

“A Blue Ridge Mountain Christmas” (6 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Rachael Lee Cook (“Cross Country Christmas,” “Perception”), Benjamin Ayres (“Cranberry Christmas,” “Saving Hope”)

“Holly & Ivy” (8 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Janel Parrish (“Pretty Little Liars”), Jeremy Jordan (“Supergirl”), Marisol Nichols (“Riverdale”)

“The Christmas Ring” (10 p.m., ET/PT)

Stars: Nazneen Contractor (“Star Wars Resistance”), David Alpay (“The Vampire Diaries”)

LEAFS CURSE: 'FIRE EVERYBODY!'

Dishing with Digest - 5/28/21 - Jacqueline MacInnes Wood

LEAFS AND HABS SAGA: Dominic Zamprogna & William deVry dissect rivalry

Maitland Ward writing juicy memoir about life since Disney

The 44-year-old actress’ debut book, “My Escape From Hollywood: Why I Left to Become a Porn Star,” will be published by Simon & Schuster’s Atria books division in 2022.

Ward told The Post the “steamy, no-holds-barred memoir” will have “tell-all stories of everything” during her days on “Boy Meets World” and classic soap opera “The Bold and The Beautiful,” as well as her shift from mainstream to high-end XXX site Deeper.com, which scored her several Adult Video News awards.

“I originally wrote some sample chapters, really funny stuff from the porn industry, like what I experienced,” she told The Post. “It feels like a ‘Sex and the City’ kind of thing. I think it’s going to be very conversational.”

The lusty littérateur also said she’s been writing it all herself, with “no ghostwriters or anything.”

But Ward said support from fans — in particular, women — has been a big motivator to tell her story.

“Young women are so excited about just me being sexually unapologetic,” she said. “That’s what I was most taken aback [by] in this whole journey, of how supportive millennial women have been to me.”

Her memoir isn’t the only exciting thing coming, either. In April, Ward told The Post she’s making a return to mainstream television, starring in and producing a new comedy series called “The Big Time,” centering around a “world-famous adult superstar.”

But she has no plans to stop making porn — or showing off for OnlyFans subscribers.

“I want to slay both industries,” Ward said. “I love and embrace both. Me being bold and free in my sexuality and so out there with it has really given me that power. When I was like this innocent flower, I was letting everyone else dictate what I should do or what I should be.”

Talk Show Appearance

Monday, May 17

actress Denise Richards discusses her new film “Timecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate’s Cove” and CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful’

Obba Babatundé recurs on S.W.A.T 5/19/21

RECURRING CAST includes: Amy Farrington (Piper Lynch), Obba Babatundé (Daniel Harrelson, Sr.), Deshae Frost (Darryl).

NBA Star Kevin Garnett, Justin Baldoni Developing Feature Based On Hoop It Up Basketball Tour

Garnett, who acquired the tour in 2019 via his Big Ticket Sports LLC label, is producing the pic under his California-based production company Content Cartel with Baldoni on behalf of his shingle, Wayfarer Studios.

Grown-ish writer Lance Holloway penned the script. The teen coming-of-age sports drama is inspired by some of the most classic streetball tales and will channel the legacy of the Hoop It Up tournament and its place in the ethos of basketball culture, using the game’s grassroots approach as a vehicle to encourage diversity through competition and camaraderie, producing a lasting impact on the surrounding community.

Steve Sarowitz and Andrew Calof of Wayfarer Studios will serve as executive producers.

Garnett, who played a fictionalized version of himself alongside Adam Sandler in the 2019 crime Uncut Gems, has recently teamed with Village Roadshow Television and Sandler’s Happy Madison Productions to develop Lo Lifes: Stealing The American Dream, a scripted series based on the story of the 1980s Brooklyn street crew.

Baldoni recently directed Clouds for Disney+ and is set to direct a film adaptation of Katie Khan’s novel Hold Back the Stars for Lionsgate.

Betty White Staying Busy During COVID-19 ... But Loneliness Was a Real Thing

Betty's been keeping herself busy at home reading, watching TV and doing crossword puzzles ... so says her rep, Jeff Witjas. We're told there's one thing the pandemic has severely affected in her life ... her ability to regularly interact with friends face-to-face.

We're told, however, she still pens plenty of letters, makes phone calls and has limited visits with friends and loved ones through the window of her home.

Betty has always been a champion for animals, but currently has no house pets, so that's an empty spot in her life ... especially for a senior who is isolated from friends and family. She does, however, have a couple ducks on her property that we're told walk up to her door every day to say hello.

As for whether or not 99-year-old Betty's been vaccinated, Witjas is mum, saying it's a personal matter.

We're told it's unclear if and when Betty will ever return to work. But, after a Hollywood career that's spanned 60-plus years ... a break is well-deserved.

As we first reported .... Betty took COVID seriously during the pandemic. She rarely left her home. Someone did her grocery shopping and ran errands for her, so she rarely left the house.

When Calls the Heart Renewed for Season 9 at Hallmark Channel

Hallmark Channel has renewed When Calls the Heart for a ninth season, it was revealed during Sunday’s Season 8 finale. The announcement was made by series star Erin Krakow.

“Who knew even an extra-long season would fly by so quickly?” she said. “But don’t worry: When Calls the Heart will return next year for another all new season at Hallmark Channel. I can’t wait.”

In Sunday’s finale, Elizabeth finally realized who she is supposed to be with, as the town rallied together to say goodbye and good luck to one of its own.

“We are proud to have When Calls the Heart as a central part of our programming,” Michelle Vicary, EVP of Programming at Crown Media Family Networks, said in a statement. “It continues to captivate audiences with its amazing cast and storylines of love, community and optimism, and we are excited to continue the journey in Hope Valley for Season 9… The series has become appointment viewing on a highly competitive Sunday night [and] continues to climb in ratings year-after-year and is one of the top-rated shows in cable!”

Before When Calls the Heart returns in 2022, Hallmark diehards can look forward to the returns of Good Witch (which is back with Season 7 on Sunday, May 16) and Chesapeake Shores (which kicks off Season 5 on Sunday, Aug. 15). The latter will bid adieu to original cast member Jesse Metcalfe, before introducing iZombie vet Robert Buckley as a new series regular.

Karla Mosley Expecting

Oscar Nominee Directs B&B

Kimberlin Brown Back to B&B?

Mondays With Mindy | Season 4, Episode 3: Tracey Bregman

TV couple Gretta Monahan and Ricky Paull Goldin flip 5 Hamptons houses

They just closed on their latest: a classic saltbox-style home at 1553 Noyac Path in woodsy Noyac, NY, about 5 miles west of Sag Harbor.

Saltbox homes were common in places like the Hamptons and throughout New England in the 17th and 18th centuries.

This one, however, was built in the woods in 1996.

It was last on the market for $995,000 — down from its $1.2 million ask in 2018. Monahan and Goldin snapped it up for $930,000 on April 14, according to property records.

(Photo) The 1,800-square-foot home features four bedrooms and two bathrooms on 1.84 acres.

This year, the couple have purchased three homes and are in contract on two more.

(Photo) They recently sold 50 Manor Lane for $1.51 million — well over its asking price of $1.29 million — and 177 Bridies Path for $2.03 million, over its $1.99 million ask.

They are working with Douglas Elliman agents Nicole and Zachary Tunick to buy and sell these properties.

The listing brokers for the Noyac home were Jake Sinacori and James Giugliano, of Nest Seekers International.

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Returns to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

Sitting in a car with her hair done up in big waves and wearing a denim jacket over a black, lace-trimmed tank, Wood gave the camera a sultry stare as she revealed that she was reporting for duty. “Guess who’s back at Bold and Beautiful?” she teased. “This lady.”

On B&B, Wood’s pregnancy was incorporated into her character’s storyline in a Who’s The Daddy tale, as the Forrester exec fretted over whether she was carrying the baby of her current beau, Finn, or if she’d gotten knocked up as a result of a one night stand with former flame Liam. While a paternity test indicated that Liam was the father, it was later revealed that the results had been switched, and Steffy was, in fact, carrying Finn’s child. In a grand gesture, Finn rushed to propose to Steffy before she left town for Paris and shared with her that they were going to be parents. After Finn and Steffy explained the good news to her daughter, Kelly, an elated Steffy and her toddler did eventually head to Paris. Those scenes, which aired on March 11, marked Wood’s last appearance. But because the actress pre-taped scenes ahead of her maternity leave, Steffy’s storyline continued to air well after her portrayer had delivered her son.

Since the birth of little Lenix, Wood has been enjoying some family time. She’s shared some adorable photos of the newborn bonding with his big brother, 2-year-old Rise, and the family’s dog, Ja’ime. And the actress was even able to indulge in a child-free weekend with her husband, Elan Ruspoli, when the two headed to Miami to celebrate her April 17 birthday.

Although Wood did not indicate when she’d be back on screen, given the soap’s production schedule, it’s likely that Steffy will return to Los Angeles sometime next month. At least being out of the country means Steffy is in the clear as a suspect in Vinny’s hit-and-run death, so hopefully, it will be smooth sailing for Steffy and Finn as they plan their wedding. Unless the police start eyeing Finn as a possible killer! Stay tuned to find out!

Talk Show Appearance

Fr 5/14: Denise Richards

‘The Walking Dead’ Adds Jacob Young

Dishing with Digest - 4/23/21 - Patrika Darbo

Anne Heche & Ashley Jones recur on All Rise 5/3/21

RECURRING CAST: Anne Heche (Corrine Cuthbert), Mitch Silpa (DDA Clayton Berger), Ashley Jones (Wendy Gessner), Josh Henderson (Collier Owens), Douglass Bennett (Shayne Monroe), Ahmad Dugas (Bailiff Douglas).

Ashley Jones recurs on All Rise 4/26/21

RECURRING CAST: Ryan Michelle Bathe (Rachel Audubon), Samantha Marie Ware (Vanessa “Ness” Johnson), Shalim Ortiz (Joaquin Luna), Nicholas Christopher (David Sanders), Ashley Jones (Wendy Gessner), Nev Scharrel (Nicky Gessner), Ahmad Dugas (Bailiff Douglas).

‘Fantasy Island’: Kiara Barnes Joins Fox Reboot As She Nears ‘The Bold & The Beautiful’ Exit

Actress-singer Barnes has been tapped for Fantasy Island as she is finishing her last year on CBS’ long-running daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful, Deadline has learned. Barnes, who has played Zoe Buckingham since 2018, will be wrapping production on the soap soon.

The reboot is keeping the semi-anthological format of the original Fantasy Island with three main characters, two played by Barnes and Rodriquez, who live/work on the island and new guests arriving in every episode.

The original series, created by Gene Levitt and executive produced by Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg, starred Ricardo Montalbán as the mysterious Mr. Roarke and Hervé Villechaize as his assistant Tattoo as they grant guests so-called “fantasies” on the island for a price.

The new Fantasy Island will be run by Elena Roarke, a direct descendant of Mr. Roarke.

Barnes will play the warm and wise Ruby Okoro, a young woman with an old soul. She arrives on Fantasy Island with a terminal illness, but Roarke and the island give her a new lease on life.

Rodriquez will play the rugged, handsome and charismatic Javier, Fantasy Island’s head of transport — a pilot, mechanic and jack of all trades. While the island provides Javier refuge, as with everything else it offers, it may come at the price of a reckoning.

There is no direct version of the Tattoo character in the reboot.

The Fantasy Island reimagining, written and executive produced by Craft and Fain, delves into the “what if” questions that keep us awake at night. Each episode will tell emotional, provocative stories about people who walk in with a desire but end up reborn to themselves through the magical realism of Fantasy Island.

Barnes recently starred in the Lifetime original movie The Wrong Wedding. She also stars on the UMC show Stuck With You, which is headed into Season 2. She is repped by Zero Gravity Management, Aperture Talent Agency and attorney Melanie Frank.

Rodriquez, who has done guest starring/recurring stints on NCIS, Young and Hungry, The Fosters and Rosewood and was a series regular in the NBC pilot Miranda’s Rights, is repped by Haven Entertainment.

Karla Mosley Steps In At Y&R

George Clooney, Noah Wyle, Julianna Margulies & Anthony Edwards Join ‘ER’ Cast Reunion For ‘Stars In The House’

The ER reunion episode is set for Thursday, April 22 at 8pm ET.

The episode, another in the series’ popular TV cast reunions, will benefit Waterkeeper Alliance, the global clean water nonprofit. The idea for the benefit reunion came from actress Gloria Reuben, who portrayed ER‘s physician assistant Jeanie Boulet and now serves as the President of Waterkeeper Alliance.

Also joining the virtual reunion: Laura Innes (who played Kerry Weaver), Alex Kingston (Elizabeth Corday), Goran Visnjic (Luka Kovac), Paul McCrane (Robert Romano), Ming-Na Wen (Jing-Mei Chen), Laura Cerón (Chuny Marquez), Yvette Freeman (Haleh Adams), Conni Marie Brazelton (Connie Oligario), and CCH Pounder (Angela Hicks).

ER, which ran on NBC from 1994-2009, was a cornerstone of the network’s Must See TV Thursday night programming, scored 22 Emmy Awards out of 124 nominations and launched the careers of Clooney, Wyle, Margulies, Visnjic and others.

Stars in the House, created and hosted by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, has raised more than $823,630 to benefit The Actors Fund’ Covid relief efforts, and over $203,337 for other charities, since its first show following the Broadway pandemic shutdown in March 2020.

“I am absolutely thrilled to be reuniting with my ER family for a cause that is so close to my heart, and so grateful to Seth and James for allowing us to use their incredible platform to do so,” said Reuben. “I’ve been involved with Waterkeeper Alliance for fifteen years, representing over 350 community-based Waterkeepers around the globe, and the work that they do is beyond comparison. We must continue to fight for clean water not just on Earth Day, but all year round!”

The ER reunion episode will stream exclusively on People’s social platforms Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube, as well as on PeopleTV’s Facebook and Twitter, and on the Stars In The House YouTube channel and StarsInTheHouse.com. Viewers will be able to ask questions live, and donate to Waterkeeper Alliance.

Recent Stars in the House TV reunion episodes have brought together the casts of The West Wing, Grey’s Anatomy, Thirtysomething, Little House On The Prairie, The Waltons and many others. The series also reunites film and Broadway casts.

Ashley Jones and Alicia Leigh Willis Star in ‘Saving My Daughter’

Jones recently took to Instagram to post a behind-the-scenes photo of her holding the movie’s clapperboard on the set in Peachtree, Georgia. “Anyone remember the Lifetime movie I made last year in Georgia in the height of the pandemic?” she asked. “Well, a name change later, Saving My Daughter airs on April 16!”

The actress, who is an aspiring director, also expressed her gratitude to the movie’s director, Michael Feifer, for allowing her to shadow him during filming. “Thanks for letting me learn from you and ask a million questions,” she wrote.

In addition to Jones and Willis, Emily Skinner from Disney Channel’s ANDI MACK also stars in Saving My Daughter. According to a synopsis for the movie, Joanna’s life was turned upside down when her 3-year-old daughter, Chloe, went missing for six months. When Chloe goes missing again 15 years later, Joanna finds herself wondering if her daughter left on her own accord… or if she was kidnapped yet again by the woman who abducted her all those years before. The movie’s poster gives top billing to Jones (who plays Mandy, presumably the woman behind Chloe’s kidnapping) with Willis (as Joanna) and Skinner (as Chloe) right behind her in the second and third spots.

Willis also teased the upcoming movie on her Instagram, posting a scene shot of Joanna and Chloe on the teen’s graduation day. “Loved working with this superstar!” she raved of Skinner, who appeared in a 2011 episode of DAYS OF OUR LIVES as a classmate of Ciara’s.

Saving My Daughter will premiere on Friday, April 16, at 8 p.m. ET on Lifetime Movie Network, so be sure to set your DVRs!

The Good Fight: Wayne Brady Joins Season 5 as Love Interest for [Spoiler]

TVLine has learned exclusively that the Let’s Make a Deal emcee will join the Paramount+ legal drama’s upcoming fifth season in the recurring role of Del Cooper, a comedian-turned-executive at a top streaming service who intersects romantically and professionally with the lawyers at the firm. (Have a theory about which cast member Brady is being paired with? Hit the comments!)

“We can’t imagine anyone better suited than Wayne to capture Del’s wit, confidence, and charm,” exec producers Robert and Michelle King tell TVLine in a statement. “We’re huge fans, and are thrilled to have a part worthy of his enormous, varied talents.”

Brady is The Good Fight‘s third new Season 5 cast addition, joining Homeland vet Mandy Patinkin and Aussie actress Charmaine Bingwa. The trio will help fill the void left by original series regulars Cush Jumbo (Lucca) and Delroy Lindo (Adrian), both of whom will exit the Good Wife spinoff in Season 5’s opening episode.

Ashley Jones guests on All Rise 4/12/21

GUEST CAST includes: Louis Herthum (Sheriff Wayne McCarthy), Nev Scharrel (Nikki Gessner), Ashley Jones (Whitney Gessner).

THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Bloopers

Daytime Emmys: CBS & NATAS Ink Two-Year Broadcast Deal For Awards Show

With CBS also set to television the Primetime Emmys this year, it will mark the first time since 2008 that one network will broadcast both trophy shows in the same year. CBS, which will televise this year’s Daytime Emmys for a 15th time — more than any other network — most recently aired both in 2005.

The net and NATAS said additional information about the 48th annual Daytime Emmy Awards broadcast, set for June 25, will be announced in the coming months.

The 2021 Daytime Emmys is produced by NATAS and Associated Television International, which produced the ceremony from 2009-11 and again last year. Adam Sharp and Steve Ulrich are executive producers for NATAS, while David McKenzie is executive producer and director for ATI.

CBS also aired the 2020 Daytime Emmys, which were handed out virtually after the in-person ceremony was scrapped as the coronavirus pandemic took hold. The then-co-hosts of The Talk — Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood, Eve, Carrie Ann Inaba and Marie Osmond — hosted the ceremony.

Before the Daytime Emmys’ return to CBS last year, the ceremony had been streaming on online platforms since 2015, when it aired on Pop TV.

NATAS and the Television Academy said in November that the children’s programming categories are moving from the Primetime ceremony to the Daytime Emmys for 2021.

Michael Lowry Joins the Cast of DAYS OF OUR LIVES!

According to Soap Opera Digest, Lowry’s new character will interact with Jan, Belle, and Shawn… but how? During Lindell’s last appearance on DAYS as Shawn’s nutty ex back in November, Jan managed to prevent the love of her life from remarrying Belle by taking the bride-to-be hostage. But she didn’t stop there. The troubled woman forced Shawn to marry her instead, with Marlena presiding! When Shawn refused to kiss his bride, Jan claimed that she’d shot and killed Belle, leading John to snap and choke her unconscious! The character has been in a coma ever since, and since Jan had never actually applied for a marriage license, Shawn was free to reunite with Belle, who had somehow ended up in Philip’s bed that night!

Jan’s name has been dropped here and there in recent weeks, and it’s a safe bet to say that she’s going to have an axe to grind with the Brady and Black families once she awakens from her latest coma! Might Dr. Snyder be another pawn in Jan’s plans to claim Shawn for herself?

As for Lowry, DAYS marks the actor’s fifth soap opera. He’s best known for playing Jake Martin on ALL MY CHILDREN from 1996-2001, and he’s also had stints as Les Sweeney on AS THE WORLD TURNS from 2004-’05, Dr. Hillman on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL in 2006, and Ross Rayburn on ONE LIFE TO LIVE from 2009-’10.

Stay tuned to see what havoc Jan will unleash on Shawn and Belle this time around, and look for Lowry’s DAYS debut on Friday, April 2.

Y&R and B&B To Be Interrupted for CBS News Coverage on March 25

So East Coast viewers might get anywhere from one-half to three-quarters of the way through Y&R before the news breaks in with coverage of the press conference. And it’s unlikely that CBS will air any of B&B on the East Coast. However, because it isn’t being interrupted in all time zones, it’s unlikely that the network will simply preempt the show to air the following day. East Coast fans are probably going to have to watch online or via their cable company’s on demand channel in order to keep up on the drama.

When Women Invented Television by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

This non-fiction book is released March 23, it’s about four female television pioneers including Irna Phillips (creator/writer GL, ATWT, AW, Days, etc.) and Betty White (Ann, B&B).

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“Leaps at the throat of television history and takes down the patriarchy with its fervent, inspired prose. When Women Invented Television offers proof that what we watch is a reflection of who we are as a people.” —Nathalia Holt, New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls

New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia Jennifer Keishin Armstrong tells the little-known story of four trailblazing women in the early days of television who laid the foundation of the industry we know today.

It was the Golden Age of Radio and powerful men were making millions in advertising dollars reaching thousands of listeners every day. When television arrived, few radio moguls were interested in the upstart industry and its tiny production budgets, and expensive television sets were out of reach for most families. But four women—each an independent visionary— saw an opportunity and carved their own paths, and in so doing invented the way we watch tv today.

Irna Phillips turned real-life tragedy into daytime serials featuring female dominated casts. Gertrude Berg turned her radio show into a Jewish family comedy that spawned a play, a musical, an advice column, a line of house dresses, and other products. Hazel Scott, already a renowned musician, was the first African American to host a national evening variety program. Betty White became a daytime talk show fan favorite and one of the first women to produce, write, and star in her own show.

Together, their stories chronicle a forgotten chapter in the history of television and popular culture.

But as the medium became more popular—and lucrative—in the wake of World War II, the House Un-American Activities Committee arose to threaten entertainers, blacklisting many as communist sympathizers. As politics, sexism, racism, anti-Semitism, and money collided, the women who invented television found themselves fighting from the margins, as men took control. But these women were true survivors who never gave up—and thus their legacies remain with us in our television-dominated era. It's time we reclaimed their forgotten histories and the work they did to pioneer the medium that now rules our lives.

This amazing and heartbreaking history, illustrated with photos, tells it all for the first time.

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Video Chat: The Bold and the Beautiful - Celebrating 34 Years

The Bold and the Beautiful premiered on March 23, 1987 and is the most-watched U.S. produced daytime drama in the world. The series is broadcast weekdays (1:30? PM-2:00? PM, ET/12:30-1:00? PM, PT). It is a Bell-Phillip Television production. Bradley Bell is the executive producer and head writer.

Video Chat: The Bold and the Beautiful - Celebrating 34 Years 3/22/21

The Bold and the Beautiful premiered on March 23, 1987 and is the most-watched U.S. produced daytime drama in the world. The series is broadcast weekdays (1:30 PM-2:00 PM, ET/12:30-1:00 PM, PT). It is a Bell-Phillip Television production. Bradley Bell is the executive producer and head writer.

Henry Darrow Dies: ‘The High Chaparral’, Emmy-Winning ‘Santa Barbara’ Actor Was 87

His death was announced on Facebook by his former publicist Michael B. Druxman. A cause was not specified.

In addition to The High Chaparral, Darrow is best remembered by daytime viewers for his Daytime Emmy-winning 1989-92 role in NBC’s Santa Barbara.

Already a familiar presence on television by the mid-1960s through appearances on series including Wagon Train, Stoney Burke, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea and The Wild Wild West, Darrow scored his signature role on The High Chaparral opposite Leif Erickson, who played a wealthy Arizona ranch owner in the 1870s married to the Mexican daughter of a rival rancher. Darrow played the bride’s brother, called Mano, who joins his sister (played by Linda Cristal, who died in June) on the High Chaparral ranch.

Born Enrique Tomás Delgado Jr. in New York City, Darrow returned with his family to Puerto Rico in his teens, later moving to California to study acting at the Pasadena Playhouse.

Despite his numerous appearances on television in the early ’60s, Darrow’s role on The High Chaparral was prompted by the actor’s stage role in Ray Bradbury’s The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit, co-starring F. Murray Abraham. Bonanza producer David Dortort caught the performance and cast Darrow in his new project, The High Chaparral.

After Chaparral, Darrow went on to roles in The New Dick Van Dyke Show and Harry O starring David Janssen, on which he played detective Manny Quinlan in the first season. He appeared regularly on episodic TV throughout the next several decades, including primetime appearances on Quincy M.E., Benson, Hart to Hart, T.J. Hooker, Dallas, Scarecrow and Mrs. King, The Golden Girls, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Voyager and One Tree Hill, among many others.

Darrow began a long association with the character Zorro in 1981, voicing the title role in the CBS animated series The New Adventures of Zorro. He returned to the franchise, if not the title character, in 1983’s CBS series Zorro and Son and the 1990-93 Zorro on the Family Channel.

On daytime TV, Darrow appeared on Santa Barbara from 1989-92 and The Bold and the Beautiful from 1998-2001. He won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 1990 for his Santa Barbara role of Rafael Castillo.

Darrow published his memoir, Henry Darrow: Lightning in the Bottle, in 2012, the same year he received the Ricardo Montalban Lifetime Achievement Award at the ALMA (American Latino Media Arts) Awards.

Details on survivors were not immediately available.

Gina Rodriguez, Damon Wayans Jr. & Tom Ellis To Topline Netflix Rom-Com ‘Players’

The Sleepover and Pitch Perfect 3 director Trish Sie is attached to direct the feature from a script by Whit Anderson, who has written for shows like Ozark and Marvel’s Daredevil.

The plot follows Chicago sportswriter Mack (Rodriguez) who has spent years devising successful hook-up “plays” with best friend Adam (Wayans Jr.) and their crew, but when she unexpectedly falls head-over-heels for one of her targets (Ellis), they all must learn what it takes to go from simply scoring to playing for keeps. Rodriguez and Molly Breeskin will serve as executive producers under their I Can and I Will Productions label alongside Ross Girard for Campfire and Dan Clarke.

Rodriguez, who starred in Netflix’s Someone Great which she also served as a producer, has an upcoming project slate that includes the Amazon features I Want You Back and comedy-adventure Lost and Found as well as Netflix family series, Lost Ollie. She is repped by WME and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

Wayans Jr., who co-starred the Netflix original film Love, Guaranteed, was recently seen opposite Kristen Wiig and Annie Mumolo in Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar and appears in the Anthony Russo and Joe Russo-directed crime drama Cherry, which will debut this week on Apple TV+. He is repped by WME.

Ellis, repped by CAA and Anonymous Content, has starred as Lucifer Morningstar for six seasons of the Fox/Netflix series, Lucifer. He also appeared in the 2019 comedy film Isn’t It Romantic.

DAYS’s Godfrey Opens Up About Mental Health Struggle

‘Lost Ollie’: Jonathan Groff, Mary J. Blige, Gina Rodriguez Among Six Cast In Netflix Family Series

Created, adapted and executive produced by Tindle, Lost Ollie follows a lost toy, searching across the countryside for the boy who lost him, and the story of the boy who lost more than a best friend.

Groff will voice Ollie, a handmade toy rabbit stitched together from odds and ends. Ollie has a pure spirit with a heart of gold and never ruins a chance to make friends. He’s been best friends with Billy since forever, until one day he ends up in a resale shop with no way home. Though he’s often afraid of the unknown, Ollie puts on a brave face and sets off to find Billy, meeting other toys to help him along the way.

Blige will voice Rosy, a raggedy teddy bear stitched together from other toys. Rosy is a fearless warrior who is deeply passionate with inspiring confidence. While unsure of Ollie at first, she becomes an important ally as she joins them on their journey.

Nelson will voice Zozo, a clown doll who is an old toy and an even older soul. Zozo is a true gentleman with a good sense of humor, and after meeting Ollie and hearing his story, he agrees to help Ollie on his journey.

Rodriguez will play Momma. Billy’s mother Sharon is a loving woman who inspires creativity and imagination in her son. She makes sure to cherish their time together, teaching Billy all the things he’ll need to know to find happiness in the future.

Johnson will play Daddy. Billy’s father James is overworked and stressed, doing his best to take care of Billy and his wife, Sharon. Sometimes that stress leads to being short with Billy, but he’s doing all he can to make a good life for his son. Talbot will play Billy, a young boy with a mind bursting with creativity. He shares a magical bond with his toy Ollie, a homemade rabbit made by his beloved mother, who joins him on all of his adventures. When Ollie gets lost, Billy embarks on a mission to find him.

The series will be executive produced by Shawn Levy and Josh Barry from Stranger Things producer 21 Laps Entertainment, with Emily Morris serving as co-executive producer. Brandon Oldenburg, CCO of Flight School Studio & Lampton Enochs will also serve as executive producer with Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) creating CGI characters for the series.

Levy and his 21 Laps Entertainment recently signed a first-look deal for features with Netflix and extended the company’s TV overall deal. 21 Laps is one of Netflix’s most prolific producers, with numerous series in production and more than 15 additional series and films in active development. In addition to Stranger Things, 21 Laps’ Netflix series include the popular docuseries Unsolved Mysteries and upcoming fantasy epic Shadow and Bone, which premieres April 23.

Kelly Hu To Star In Ninth House Feature ‘Breast Cancer Bucket List’

Roxy Shih, who recently directed Whose Child for Ninth House Films, will direct from a screenplay by Jessica Landry.

Patricia Velasquez, and Sylvia Kwan will join Hu.

The film follows Brenda Lee (Hu) who is diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer. Facing her own mortality, Brenda is determined to track down the daughter Talia Carroll (Kwan) she gave up for adoption as an infant. Brenda’s best friend, Meg (Velásquez) is by Brenda’s side every step of the way on her search to find Talia. Talia, having been afforded a privileged life by her adoptive parents, is initially hesitant to connect with the stranger who appears on her doorstep identifying herself as her biological mother, a moment Talia has been longing for her whole life. Talia decides to let Brenda into her life, and the mother/daughter duo embark on a journey to accomplish each and every thing on Brenda’s bucket list…no matter how wild.

Hu starred as Lady Deathstrike in the X-Men franchise and The Sorceress in The Scorpion King opposite Dwayne Johnson. Her television credits include LA’s Finest, Arrow, The Orville, Warehouse 13, and Dietland. She can currently be seen starring in the Netflix feature, Finding ‘Ohana directed by Jude Weng.

Velasquez is an award-winning actress, author and supermodel. Her film credits include The Mummy, The Mummy Returns, and The Curse of La Llorona. Her television credits include Arrested Development, Rescue Me, The L Word, and Ugly Betty. She recently wrapped production on Free Dead or Alive/Malignant and Brut Force.

Kwan most recently starred as Mabel Tseng on Grey’s Anatomy. Her previous television credits include NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and 90210.

Ninth House Films is a full service production company co-founded by Autumn Federici and Jake Helgren. Ninth House Film’s most recently produced Dashing in December which aired on The Paramount Network in December. They are currently in post production on Whose Child, a socially conscious film about domestic child abuse starring Anna Schafer.

Hu is repped by A3 Artists Agency, Mainstay Entertainment, and Meyer and Downs. Velásquez is repped by Untitled and Insurge, Kwan is repped by A3 Artists Agency, Marque Entertainment, and Defining Artists Agency. The Ninth House is repped by Bradley Garrett, Esq. Shih is repped by Seth Nagel.

Video: Conversations with Alan - Black History Month

Joining me for this conversation are Amelia Marshall and her 23-year-old son Marshall Schaffer, Karla Mosley who is raising two-year old Aurora and Lawrence Saint-Victor who is raising two-year old Christian.

Amelia Marshall played Gilly Grant, Karla Mosley played Christina Moore and Lawrence Saint-Victor played Remy Boudreau on Guiding Light. Lawrence can currently be seen weekdays playing Carter Walton on the CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful.

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Gives Birth to a Beautiful Baby Boy!

As she prepared for the birth of her second child, Wood shared a gender reveal video on Feb. 15 where she whipped off pink and blue wigs to finally reveal that she was expecting another baby boy. She and husband Elan Ruspoli already have one son, Rise Harlan, who will be turning two on March 4 this year.

(Photo) The comments were immediately filled with well-wishes from fans and friends alike. Wood’s B&B castmates like Katrina Bowden (Flo), Tanner Novlan (Finn), Delon DeMetz (Zende), Ingo Rademacher (ex-Thorne; now Jax, GENERAL HOSPITAL), Jennifer Gareis (Donna), and Ashley Jones (Bridget) shared heartfelt congratulations. Former B&B star-turned-THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS newcomer Courtney Hope (Sally) offered congrats, as did Y&R’s Lauralee Bell (Christine) and Melissa Ordway (Abby).

Wood is currently on maternity leave from the soap where her character of Steffy Forrester still has yet to give birth to her second child. Although the mom-to-be thinks that Liam is her babydaddy, there are hints that someone — Vinny — might have tampered with the paternity test results to give Thomas a chance with Hope. So you’ll just have to keep watching B&B for Wood’s return to the screen to find out if Finn really is the father of her baby!

‘Raising Dion’: Rome Flynn, Aubriana Davis, Tracey Bonner & Josh Ventura Join Season 2 Cast Of Netflix Superhero Drama

Returning as series regulars are Alisha Wainwright, Ja’Siah Young, Sammi Haney, and Jazmyn Simon. Ali Ahn and Griffin Robert Faulkner have been upped to regulars for Season 2.

Based on the comic book by Dennis Liu, Raising Dion follows the story of Nicole (Wainwright), who raises her son Dion (Young) after the death of her husband, Mark (Michael B. Jordan). The normal dramas of raising a son as a single mom are amplified when Dion starts to manifest several mysterious, superhero-like abilities. Nicole must now keep her son’s gifts secret with the help of Mark’s best friend Pat (Jason Ritter) and protect Dion from antagonists out to exploit him while figuring out the origin of his abilities.

Daytime Emmy winner Flynn will play Tevin Wakefield, a former long-distance runner and Olympic track coach who becomes Dion’s trainer and mentor. He is protective yet playful and develops a close relationship with both Dion and Nicole.

Davis will portray Janelle Carr, a 15-year-old girl who has been labeled destructive and dangerous. Janelle’s mother brings her to Biona in hope of managing her “behavioral issues” once and for all. As she forms a bond with Nicole and Dion, Janelle begins to feel heard and valued for the first time in her life.

Bonner will play Simone Carr, Janelle’s mother, who is frightened for her daughter’s future and just wants her to live a normal life.

Ventura is David Marsh, the new VP Operations for Biona, who hopes to rekindle his personal relationship with Suzanne Wu (Ahn).

Raising Dion Season 1 was one of the 10 most popular series on Netflix in 2019 and the most popular Kids & Family series release of 2019.

Carol Barbee serves as showrunner. Jordan and Kenny Goodman executive produce with Dennis Liu and Grant — who also direct — Michael Green and Macro’s Charles D. King, Poppy Hanks and Marta Fernandez. Raising Dion is produced by Super Spring Productions.

Flynn, who won an Emmy for his work on The Bold and the Beautiful, played the role of Gabriel on ABC’s How to Get Away With Murder. He is repped by Innovative Artists, Margie Weiner Management and Emily Downs at Meyer & Downs.

Davis is repped by Osbrink Talent Agency and People Store. Bonner is repped by Stewart Talent and Jackson Entertainment. Ventura is repped by Atlanta Models and Talent and Authentic Talent & Literary Management.

‘Dear White People’: Rome Flynn Joins Netflix Series As Recurring For Fourth & Final Season

Based on Justin Simien’s acclaimed debut indie feature, Dear White People is set against the backdrop of a predominantly white Ivy League university where racial tensions bubble just below the surface. The satirical series — which picks up where the 2014 Sundance hit left off – follows a group of Winchester University’s students of color as they navigate a diverse landscape of social injustice, cultural bias, political correctness (or lack thereof) and activism in the millennial age.

Flynn will play David, opposite Antoinette Robertson.

He joins returning stars Marques Richardson, Logan Browning, Brandon P. Bell, Robertson, DeRon Horton, John Patrick Amedori and Ashley Blaine Featherson.

Simien created the series, serves as writer, co-showrunner and executive produces alongside co-showrunner and executive producer Yvette Lee Bowser.

In addition to Dear White People, Flynn also has been cast in a just-announced key recurring role in Netflix’s Raising Dion. He’s perhaps best known for the role Gabriel on ABC’s How To Get Away With Murder. Flynn is repped by Innovative Artists, Margie Weiner Management and Emily Downs at Meyer & Downs.

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Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, Gina Rodriguez, Scott Eastwood & More Star In Amazon Rom-Com ‘I Want You Back’

Jami Gertz, Jordan Carlos, Midori Francis, Mason Gooding, Isabel May, and Luke David Blumm round out the cast as production is slated to commence next month in Atlanta. The film follows Emma (Slate) and Peter (Day) who thought they were on the precipice of life’s biggest moments – marriage, kids, and houses in the suburbs – until their respective partners dumped them. In their thirties and terrified that they have missed their shot at happily ever after, Emma and Peter are horrified to learn that their partners have already moved on. With no prospects on the horizon and the threat of dying alone hanging over their heads, they hatch a desperate plan to put an end to their exes’ new relationships and win them back.

Peter Safran and John Rickard of The Safran Company are producing the project with Aptaker and Berger of The Walk-Up Company. Executive producers are Day, Adam Londy, and Bart Lipton.

“It’s a dream to be able to bring Isaac and Elizabeth’s brilliantly authentic vision to the world! It will surely capture the hearts of our Prime Video customers,” said Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon Studios. “We couldn’t be more excited to see this amazing ensemble come aboard this fun and witty story that audiences will fall in love with.”

Orley, who will mark his second directorial outing, said “I immediately fell in love with Isaac and Elizabeth’s funny, heartfelt script and I am so honored that they, along with the amazing team at Amazon are allowing me to bring their timeless love story to life and that I get to do it with such an incredible group of actors.”

“We are beyond thrilled to be in business with Jen and her team at Amazon Studios to make a fresh romantic comedy full of heart,” said Emmy-nominated writers Aptaker and Berger, who are also currently writing a new film based on Meg Wolitzer’s latest novel, The Female Persuasion, starring Nicole Kidman, for the studio. “Alongside our partners at The Safran Company, we have assembled a phenomenally talented cast of comedy all-stars and have the wonderful Jason Orley at the helm to tell this story of passion, heartbreak, and the lengths people will go to in the name of true love.”

Day is repped by WME and 3 Arts Entertainment; Slate by WME, Linden Entertainment, and Morris Yorn Barnes; Rodriguez by CAA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Eastwood by UTA, LBI Entertainment, and Goodman, Genow, Schenkman; Jacinto by CAA, Alchemy Entertainment, Principals Talent, and McKuin Frankel; Backo by A3 Artists Agency.

Conversations with Alan - Black History Month 2/24/21

Joining me for this conversation are Amelia Marshall and her 23-year-old son Marshall Schaffer, Karla Mosley who is raising two-year old Aurora and Lawrence Saint-Victor who is raising two-year old Christian.

Amelia Marshall played Gilly Grant, Karla Mosley played Christina Moore and Lawrence Saint-Victor played Remy Boudreau on Guiding Light. Lawrence can currently be seen weekdays playing Carter Walton on the CBS daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful.

Soap Stars Courtney Hope and Chad Duell Share Intimate Details of 'Romantic' Oceanfront Engagement

The Young and the Restless star Courtney Hope and General Hospital actor Chad Duell are living out a real-life love story.

This week, the couple announced that they had gotten engaged after five years of dating. Speaking exclusively with PEOPLE following news of their engagement, the actors open up about the surprise Valentine's Day proposal and what they're looking forward to in the future as husband and wife.

"In the morning, Chad gave me a dozen roses and a big teddy bear, and told me he was taking me on a picnic for lunch and giving me a present there," Hope, 31, tells PEOPLE. "When we got to Malibu I saw we were going to Point Dume, which I love. We walked on the beach and he had us scale some rocks for our picnic. I ate like, two bites of my food and I could tell he was ready to give me my present, so I stopped eating. He read me the most beautiful poem, because I love poetry, and I started choking up."

"He then told me to close my eyes and turn the other way 'cause he had to 'set something up,'" Hope recalls. "Then he comically fumbled behind me to distract me from what he was really doing — and when I turned around, he was on his knee!"

Looking back on the milestone moment, "I was very excited," says Duell, 33. "I had a strong feeling she'd say yes, but I was naturally a little nervous. I also just really hoped she liked the ring."

For Hope, the proposal was unexpected, but "better than I ever imagined!"

"He's so romantic, so when he planned a picnic I wasn't too thrown off," she adds.

On Monday, the lovebirds revealed the news on their respective Instagram accounts.

"Yesterday was a good day.... Forever with this man is a dream come true @duelly #umHellYes," Hope wrote alongside a series of photos from their engagement day.

"I'm one lucky dude.. #shesaidyes #engaged," Duell, who has played Michael Corinthos on General Hospital since 2010, wrote alongside his post.

With a wedding on the horizon, the duo, who started dating in 2016, tells PEOPLE they are beyond "excited" for the next chapter.

"I am so excited for so much about our future," says Hope, who plays Sally Spectra on Y&R. "Just getting to create memories forever, our future children and family, the places we'll travel and all the laughs we'll have makes me so thrilled to think about. I enjoy every day with him, so each present moment is beyond fulfilling."

"It's fun to say fiancée and plan a wedding," says Duell. "It's a whole new step and a lot of excitement for our future. I get to call her my wife! I'm excited for a lot: our future kids, new adventures, a new home and having my best friend to grow old with."

Hope is also loving her new piece of jewelry. "I can't stop staring at my beautiful ring and we're having fun with all the fiancé lines," she says.

"It's a blast to be getting to spend forever with my best friend," adds Hope.

‘Karate Kid III’ actor hints at ‘Cobra Kai’ comeback

Speaking on “FanRoom Live,” Sean Kanan — who memorably played bad guy Mike Barnes in “Karate Kid III” — hinted that he might be appearing on the Netflix hit.

Co-host Jae Benjamin asked Kanan, “What’s the future hold for Mike Barnes?” to which Kanan, “If I were to guess, [I’d say] you haven’t seen the last of Mike Barnes!”

When Benjamin pressed him on whether that meant he’ll be appearing on the fourth season of “Cobra Kai,” Kanan played coy.

“I didn’t say that exactly,” he said, “I said you probably havent seen the last of him.”

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Chad Duell and Courtney Hope Are Engaged!

(Photo) On his own Instagram, Duell shared some similar pictures and wrote: “I’m one lucky dude.” And his fiancée commented: “I love you so much!” And naturally, their co-stars were quick to join the fans in congratulating the happy couple on their big news. GH’s Laura Wright (Carly) wished her TV son all the best along with Katy MacMullen (Willow), Josh Swickard (Chase), Eden McCoy (Josslyn), Sofia Mattson (Sasha), and Johnny Wactor (Brando). Hope’s Y&R castmate Michael Mealor (Kyle) and former THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL rival Katrina Bowden (Flo) shared the love as well.

Hope and Duell first met back in 2015 when they were introduced to each other by his TV brother, Bryan Craig (ex-Morgan, GH). They hit it off immediately and found they had quite a lot in common. Back in 2018, they were still just enjoying each other’s company and not really thinking about marriage. “If we’re going to spend the rest of our lives together,” Hope told Soaps In Depth at the time, “why rush it?”

We’re so happy to see that Duell has put a ring on it and we can’t wait to hear all about the plans for the wedding and the honeymoon!

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Marvel's Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur series will star Diamond White as lead

The show will be based on the Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur comic series that debuted in 2015, in which Lunella opens a time vortex that sends a 10-ton T. rex named Devil Dinosaur into present-day Manhattan. Lunella's superpower allows her to team up with the dino, voiced by Fred Tatasciore from Marvel's Avengers Assemble series.

The show's executive producer Laurence Fishburne will also bring to life, in a recurring voice role, The Beyonder, who in the comics often plays a role in Marvel's cosmic stories. This show will be Fishburne's latest collaboration in the Marvel universe, following his role in 2018's Ant-Man and the Wasp and (in what feels like another cinematic lifetime) in 2007 voicing the Silver Surfer in Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer.

The cast reveal also includes Alfre Woodard (Marvel's Luke Cage) as Lunella's grandmother Mimi; Sasheer Zamata (Saturday Night Live) as Lunella's mom, Adria; Jermaine Fowler (Superior Donuts) as Lunella's dad, James Jr.; and Gary Anthony Williams (Disney's Doc McStuffins) as Lunella's grandfather Pops.

The show is set to debut on the Disney Channel. Development on a Moon Girl project by Disney Television Animation was teased back in 2018 and made official during 2019's D23 event. It is being produced by Fishburne and Helen Sugland's Cinema Gypsy Productions, who are known for ABC's Black-ish and spinoff series Mixed-ish and Grown-ish, along with Steve Loter (Disney's Kim Possible). The show's production staff also includes Rodney Clouden (Futurama), Jeffrey M. Howard (Planes), Kate Kondell (The Pirate Fairy) and Pilar Flynn (Elena of Avalor).

Amazon Studios Sets ‘Lost And Found’; Gina Rodriguez, Zachary Levi Star For Director Steve Pink

Rodriguez is producing with Molly Breeskin under their banner I Can and I Will Productions.

Rodriguez most recently starred in Kajillionaire for Focus Features, the Netflix rom-com Someone Great and Scoob! Her past past films include Deepwater Horizon, Ferdinand, Annihilation and the Miss Bala remake. She voices the title character in the Netflix animated action-adventure series Carmen San Diego and is producer of the Disney+ series Diary of a Future President.

Levi starred in Shazam! for Warner Bros/New Line and has a sequel in the works. He’ll next be seen in the Richard Linklater-directed Apollo 10 ½: A Space Age Adventure, and Jon Gunn’s Unbreakable Boy, and will play Hall of Fame QB Kurt Warner in American Underdog: The Kurt Warner Story. Levi is also attached to star opposite Cole Sprouse in Pink’s Undercover.

Pink most recently directed episodes of Cobra Kai for Netflix and Wayne for Amazon. He recently wrapped The Wheel, a micro indie film he shot during the pandemic. He and Levi were slated to shoot the movie Undercover last summer in Cleveland for Lionsgate, until Covid hit and put the movie on the shelf. The two of them began to discuss the kind of films they loved and they found a mutual desire to recapture the spirit of the romantic action adventures from the ’80s. Rodriguez is a close friend of Levi, and they sparked to working together again. Pink and writing partner Morris kicked around ideas and all of them sparked to this one.

Pink is repped by UTA, and Morris Yorn; Levi is UTA, Untitled and McKuin Frankel; Rodriguez is CAA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman; Morris is Adam Kolbrenner’s Lit Entertainment Group.

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Kelly Kruger Teases Her Return to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

Kruger is also familiar to soap viewers for her role as Mackenzie on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS, where she has continued to sporadically appear since exiting full-time back in 2003. (She made her last appearance in Genoa City in January 2019.) The actress — who is married to B&B’s Darin Brooks (Wyatt) and mom to the couple’s adorable little girl, Everleigh — first took on the guest role of Eva during the soap’s 2014 Paris remote, and has made a handful of appearances ever since. So what brings Eva to Los Angeles? Kruger is remaining tight-lipped. “Any guesses on story?” she mused. “What would you love to see happen for her?”

While Kruger didn’t dish any storyline deets, she did share a behind-the-scenes peek at her better half’s dressing room, which she was using while she was working at the studio! “We do our own hair and makeup for safety reasons now, hence the mess of a makeup counter,” the actress confessed, sharing a sans-makeup selfie as well as a second photo of her final makeup look. “And don’t tell Darin how much I mess up his dressing room when he’s not here!”

The actress made her last B&B appearance back on November 2, when Eva met with Donna at the Forrester Creations office to discuss how big of a hit the Hope mannequin was with customers in Paris. While there’s no word as to how many episodes in which Kruger is scheduled to appear, tune in on Friday, Feb. 12 to see what brings Eva back to the canvas this time!

“THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL” POSTS LARGEST AUDIENCE IN NINE MONTHS

Source: Nielsen, Live + Same Day Ratings for the week ending Jan. 29.

GH’s Ingo Rademacher Expecting Third Child

Obba Babatundé & Chris L. McKenna recur on S.W.A.T. 2/24/21

RECURRING CAST includes: Obba Babatundé (Daniel Harrelson, Sr.), Chris L. McKenna (DEA Agent Simons).

Don Diamont's Bill Visits Y&R!

Garret Dillahunt, A Martinez, Keir O’Donnell & Moses Ingram Join Michael Bay’s ‘Ambulance

The four join current cast members Jake Gyllenhaal, Yahya Abdul-Mateen II and Eiza Gonzalez in a feature that’s based off the original Danish Film Ambulancen. While the plot is being kept under wraps, the pic is expected to be in the spirit of such 1990s action pics Speed and Bad Boys. Chris Fedak wrote the original script. Bay, James Vanderbilt, Bradley Fischer, Will Sherak and Ian Bryce are producing. Michael Kase and Mark Moran will executive produce. Deadline first reported about the Bay project with Gyllenhaal in talks.

Universal is distributing the movie with Endeavor Content packaging of the project.

Dillahunt recently wrapped Zack Snyder’s upcoming Netflix film Army of the Dead and stars in AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead as a series regular. In addition, he starred opposite Viola Davis in Steve McQueen’s film Widows and appeared in television series including TBS’s The Guest Book, Amazon’s Hand of God, and Hulu’s The Mindy Project.

Martinez recently appeared in the series-long role of Jacob Nighthorse on Netflix’s Longmire, as well as recurring roles on The Bay and Queen of the South. He has also appeared in films including The Cowboys, She-Devil and Powwow Highway.

O’Donnell recently starred in Hulu’s Into the Dark and Project Blue Book for History Channel. His recent TV credits include Legion, Fargo and Ray Donovan, and his feature credits include Wedding Crashers, The Break-Up and American Sniper, among others.

Ingram recently made her television debut in Netflix’s limited series The Queens Gambit as chess champion Beth Harmon’s best friend and fellow orphan, Jolene. In addition, Ingram is set to play the role of Lady Macduff in A24’s Macbeth opposite Denzel Washington.

Dillahunt is repped by APA and D2 management; Martinez is repped by Teitelbaum Artists Group and David Shapira & Associates; O’Donnell is repped by Silver Lining Entertainment; Ingram is repped by Innovative Artists, Authentic Talent & Literary Management and Fox Rothschild.

Betty White Turns 99, Basks In Outpouring Of Social Media Affection And Slates ‘Pet Set’ Release

To put the cherry on the cake, White’s long-unseen series, Pet Set, created by and starring the television icon, will make its debut on digital platforms and DVD on February 23.

The star-studded 39 half-hours feature fellow animal-loving icons, including Carol Burnett, Mary Tyler Moore, Doris Day, Burt Reynolds, Jimmy Stewart, Shirley Jones, James Brolin, and dozens more.

The showed aired in syndication from 1971-1972 and was produced by White and her husband, Allen Ludden. It was canceled when its main sponsor, the Carnation Company, decided to direct its advertising budget exclusively to commercials rather than programming.

The talk show had four segments. White would bring out a guest star to showcase their pets, talk about the animal, then transition to a segment on a select species. The show would then feature an animal expert, then conclude with White and sometimes her guest stars outside with a wild animal, among them a 500-pound Bengal Tiger, a Black Bear, and an Asian Elephant.

“If I haven’t told you already, I will now. The Pet Set is one of my favorite shows,” said White. “I’m thrilled it’s going to be seen again after all these years.”

MPI Media Group has teamed with Darren Wadyko Media and Betty White via her Albets Enterprises banner to release the long-lost 1971 series. It will be available on Apple TV, Google Play and Prime Video during its initial rollout, with more platforms expected later this year.

For the uninitiated, White’s career started in the test days of television and has brought her multiple Emmy Awards, thanks to her work on such classic TV as The Golden Girls, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and Hot in Cleveland, as well as countless game and talk show appearances.

The new DVD special features include a behind-the-scenes look at the series, original promotional spots, the featurettes Betty White: Game Show Goddess and Betty White: Queen of Television, Betty’s Photo Album, and her public service ads.

Betty White and Albets Enterprises are repped by APA.

Some celebrity shout-outs to White on social media:

I still get warm when I see this look. Happy 99 baby. You are a testament to living life on your own terms. Sending you a great big socially distanced kiss. I love you @BettyMWhite pic.twitter.com/DWM9tTthIm
— Ed Asner (@TheOnlyEdAsner) January 17, 2021

"Butterflies are like women – We may be delicate but we can fly through a hurricane" -Betty White
Today is the day a giant was born. Happy Worthday @BettyMWhite pic.twitter.com/oWD3gyC1Cu
— Regina King (@ReginaKing) January 17, 2021

Wishing the incomparable Betty White a very happy 99th birthday! ?? What's your favorite Betty White role, friends? pic.twitter.com/vUfzO7BiiE
— George Takei (@GeorgeTakei) January 17, 2021

Happy birthday to my pal @BettyMWhite The sweetest, dearest kindest and funniest person I’ve ever had the good fortune to work with. #HappyBirthdayBettyWhite pic.twitter.com/q3dx41UQMU
— Craig Ferguson (@CraigyFerg) January 17, 2021

Happy birthday, @BettyMWhite! You’re a miracle in every way.
— Ellen DeGeneres (@TheEllenShow) January 17, 2021

Today is the anniversary of birth for Muhammad Ali & Cus D’Amato. Also happy bday to @MichelleObama , @jakepaul , Steve Harvey , @RayJ , Betty White & @JimCarrey
— Mike Tyson (@MikeTyson) January 17, 2021

Betty White bloopers are the best bloopers ?? #HappyBirthdayBettyWhite https://t.co/jzm2g1Ydmc
— Valerie Bertinelli (@Wolfiesmom) January 17, 2021

Happy birthday to the late #MohammadAli, @MichelleObama, and #BettyWhite (99 years young today!).
Each is a leader and an inspiration who inspire us all to work toward our dreams and never give up.
— Billie Jean King (@BillieJeanKing) January 17, 2021

Video: The Doctors Cast Reunion #3- 1/15/21

Retro TV airs The Doctors weekdays at 12 noon and at 7:30 p.m. EDT/PDT (see listings at MyRetroTV.com) and streams online at 4 p.m. EDT weekdays at MyRetroTV.com and on the Retro TV Roku channel. Episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series and exclusive interview content is available on-demand at WatchTheDoctors.com, Roku and App Stores.

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Stars Of ABC’s ‘All My Children’, ‘One Life To Live’ & ‘General Hospital’ Reunite For Streaming Concert Benefit

ABC Daytime: Back on Broadway will gather musical performances by soap stars including Susan Lucci, Anthony Geary and Eva La Rue during the seven annual benefit concerts staged in New York from 2005-11. The daytime actors will revisit the performances in new interviews as part of the special.

The special will stream free of charge on February 11. See viewing options below. The lineup of performers includes Bobbie Eakes, Melissa Claire Egan, Vincent Irizarry, Eva La Rue, Susan Lucci, Cameron Mathison, Eden Riegel, Chrishell Stause and Walt Willey (from All My Children); Kristen Alderson, BethAnn Fuenmayor, Kathy Brier, Kassie DePaiva, David Gregory, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Catherine Hickland, Mark Lawson, Hillary B. Smith, Jason Tam and Brittany Underwood (One Life To Live); and Bradford Anderson, Brandon Barash and Anthony Geary (General Hospital).

“There are no fans like ABC Daytime fans,” said Lucci in a statement. “Their love and support continue to astonish us. We can’t wait to share these special performances with them and help raise money for so many in need during this difficult time.”

The concerts were staged at New York City’s Town Hall, and included production numbers, Broadway show tunes, ballads and comedy skits. The concert series began in 2005 as a one-night-only benefit to mark the 35th anniversary of All My Children, but fan support prompted ABC to stage the annual event for another six years. Over its seven-year run, ABC Daytime Salutes Broadway Cares raised $1.85 million.

Tom Viola, Broadway Cares Executive Director, said, “We are so thankful to the stars from ABC Daytime for joining us again as we relive moments from this delightful tradition, while helping to provide lifesaving medication, healthy meals and emergency support to those struggling during this ongoing pandemic.”

This free streamed event can be viewed beginning Feb. 11, 8 pm ET, here, as well as on Broadway Cares’ YouTube channel, across ABC Owned Television Stations’ 32 connected TV apps on Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Roku and each of the eight station’s websites around the country, including abc7ny.com in New York; and on Good Morning America’s Facebook page.

While the stream is free, donations will be accepted for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, with all proceeds to provide people affected by HIV/AIDS, COVID-19 and other critical illnesses with healthy meals, lifesaving medication, emergency financial assistance, housing, counseling and more. The donations also support and champion organizations focused on social justice and anti-racism.

The Doctors Cast Reunion #3- 1/15/21

Retro TV airs The Doctors weekdays at 12 noon and at 7:30 p.m. EDT/PDT (see listings at MyRetroTV.com) and streams online at 4 p.m. EDT weekdays at MyRetroTV.com and on the Retro TV Roku channel. Episodes of the Emmy Award-winning series and exclusive interview content is available on-demand at WatchTheDoctors.com, Roku and App Stores.

Antonio Sabáto Sr. Dies: Actor In ‘Grand Prix’ And ‘Escape From The Bronx’ Was 77

His son said that the elder Sabáto was hospitalized in California on Jan. 4. “My papa/dad is in intensive care with covid in California,” he wrote. “Lord keep him surrounded by angels and pure God’s love and strength within.”

The elder Sabáto started his acting career in 1966 in the Italian film Lo scandalo. Later that year, he starred in Grand Prix, an American film with an international cast of actors. The film won win three Academy awards.

Sabáto starred in everything from the spaghetti western One Dollar Too Many to science fiction projects like War of the Robots. When he finally move to the US in the 1980s, his films included 1997’s High Voltage. His final credit came in a seven-episode stretch of the television series The Bold and the Beautiful in 2006.

In addition to his son, Sabáto is survived by a daughter, Simonne.

CBS DAYTIME RATINGS FOR WEEK ENDING JAN. 1

THE PRICE IS RIGHT (two) with 5.18 million viewers reached its largest audience since the week ending May 22, 2020 and THE PRICE IS RIGHT (one) with 4.55 million did the same since May 29, 2020.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL scored a nearly three month high with 2.92 million viewers (largest viewership number since week ending October 9, 2020).

LET’S MAKE A DEAL (one) attracted 2.66 million viewers (best since November 20, 2020), while LET’S MAKE A DEAL (two) with 3.14 million viewers reached its largest audience since week ending November 27, 2020.

Source: Nielsen, Live plus Same Day Ratings for the week ending Jan. 1.

B&B/Y&R Crossover Scoop!

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Dawn Wells Dies Of Covid-19: Mary Ann On ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Was 82

Wells, who was Miss Nevada in the 1959 Miss America pageant, beat out 350 actresses for the role of Mary Ann Summers. She also appeared in more 150 series and several movies during her career as well as on Broadway.

Wells’ naive country character on Gilligan’s Island was juxtaposed with that of Tina Louise’s Ginger, a sultry movie star. The rather-stereotyped dueling characters fueled a debate that continues among fans today: Mary Ann or Ginger. They and three other passengers (Jim Backus, Natalie Schafer and Russell Johnson) set sail on a “three-hour tour” on the USS Minnow, captained by the Skipper (Alan Hale) with his First Mate Gilligan (Bob Denver). But the weather started getting rough, and the seven became castaways — albeit with clean clothes every week. With Wells’ passing, Tina Louise is the only cast member who is still alive.

“There hasn’t been a Mary Ann on the air for I don’t know how long,” Wells told the TV Academy Foundation in a 2008 sit-down for “The Interviews” video series. “There hasn’t been a good girl over 14, and Mary Ann was very much that. The Mary Ann-Ginger issue is always there. You had to be a real man to understand Ginger, and Mary Ann would’ve gone to the prom with you and been your best friend. A lot of guys would come up to me and say I married a Mary Ann. She had the values.”

Despite its longevity in syndication, Gilligan’s Island was only a moderate hit for CBS during its initial three-year run from 1964-67, airing on a different night and time each season. It premiered on Saturdays in September 1964 following The Jackie Gleason Show and finished tied for 18th in the three-network final season ratings.

It actually lost ground in Season 2, airing on Thursdays between The Munsters and My Three Sons and ranking 22nd in primetime ratings for 1965-66. Its final season aired at 7:30 p.m. Mondays.

But when its reruns hit local-station airwaves, Gilligan’s Island became one of the biggest syndication hits of the late-’60 and 1970s, spawning animated daytime series on ABC from 1974-77 and another called Gilligan’s Planet on CBS from 1982-84. Wells reprised her Mary Ann role for both, along with three reunion movies in the late-‘70s and early ‘80s.Born on October 18, 1938, in Reno, NV, Wells began guesting on such popular drama and Western series as Bonanza, Maverick, Cheyenne, 77 Sunset Strip and Wagon Train in the early 1960s. She continued to work consistently in more than a dozen guest roles before scoring the Mary Ann role. She appeared in a handful of smaller movies in the mid-’70s before doing the Gilligan’s Island toon series and movies, then went on to guest on such hits as Columbo, Roseanne, Baywatch, ALF and others.

She continued to work sporadically in TV through the 2010s.

In addition to acting, Wells was a producer, author, journalist, motivational speaker, teacher and chairwoman of the Terry Lee Wells Foundation, focusing on women and children in Northern Nevada. She also ran her Film Actors Boot Camp for seven years in Idaho.

Wells is survived by her stepsister, Weslee Wells. No services are scheduled at this time.

The Locher Room's 100th Episode Welcomed Cast from The Bay

The season finale of The Bay will air Tuesday, December 29th at 3 p.m. EST on PopStar TV. thebaytheseries.com/

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The Wilds Renewed for Season 2

Announced on Instagram Saturday by the show’s cast, the story follows a group of teen girls from different backgrounds who must fight for survival after a plane crash strands them on a deserted island. “The castaways both clash and bond as they learn more about each other, the secrets they keep and the traumas they’ve all endured,” according to the official synopsis. Oh, and one more rather ominous twist: “The girls did not end up on this island by accident.”

The cast includes Sophia Ali (Grey’s Anatomy), Shannon Berry (Australia’s Offspring), Reign Edwards (MacGyver), Helena Howard (Quibi’s Don’t Look Deeper), Erana James (New Zealand’s Golden Boy), Jenna Clause, Mia Healey and Sarah Pidgeon, while Rachel Griffiths (Brothers and Sisters), David Sullivan (Sharp Objects) and Troy Winbush (Scandal) are among the grown-ups.

The Wilds was created by Sarah Streicher (Daredevil), who also serves as executive producer on the Amazon Studios/ABC Signature co-production alongside Amy B. Harris, Jamie Tarses and Dylan Clark.

Stars Participate In Charity Holiday Reading

Guiding Light - A Very Special Deck the Zoom

School closures, job disruptions, and health risks are causing millions of Americans to turn to food banks for much-needed support right now. You can help families impacted by COVID-19 in our community by supporting our partner tonight. www.feedingamerica.org/coronavirus.

Joining The Locher Room for this very special holiday show are Grant Aleksander (Phillip), Laura Bell Bundy (Marah), Bryan Buffinton (Bill), Ellen Dolan (Maureen), Jean Carol (Nadine), Beth Chamberlin (Beth), Crystal Chappell (Olivia), Kassie DePaiva (Chelsea), Frank Dicopoulos (Frank), Beth Ehlers (Harley), Judi Evans (Beth), Jamie Goodwin (Johnny), Melissa Hayden (Bridget), Liz Keifer (Blake), Harley Jane Kozak (Annabelle), Jessica Leccia (Natalia), Joy Lenz (Michelle), Rachel Miner (Michelle), Karla Mosley (Christina), Michael O'Leary (Rick), Robert Newman (Josh), Saundra Santiago (Carmen), Peter Simon (Ed), Tina Sloan (Lillian), Nancy St. Alban (Michelle), Paul Anthony Stewart (Danny), Krista Tesreau (Mindy), Jerry verDorn (Ross), Michael Woods (Jim), Yvonna Kopacz-Wright (Mel) and Kim Zimmer (Reva).

www.feedingamerica.org/coronavirus.

When Calls the Heart Sets Premiere Date for Supersized Season 8

The cable network has announced that When Calls the Heart Season 8 will premiere on Sunday, Feb. 21, at 9/8c. What’s more, Hallmark has ordered two additional episodes, expanding this season’s count to 12 episodes — the most since Season 1. (Subsequent seasons ran anywhere from seven to 10 episodes a piece.)

Viewers will get their first taste of Season 8 when Hallmark re-airs the 2019 Christmas movie, When Calls the Heart: Home for Christmas, on Friday, Dec. 25. In addition, Season 7 will be available to stream on the Hallmark Movies Now subscription service, beginning Dec. 26.

When Calls the Heart wrapped production on Season 8 on Nov. 17, amid on the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. “It’s hard to describe the emotions I’m feeling,” series star Erin Krakow said on Instagram. “Pride, happiness, relief, longing… it’s always bittersweet.

“This season more than ever, our WCTH family took excellent care of each other and I’m so grateful,” she continued. “That said, despite the pandemic, things really didn’t feel THAT different. And that’s because we’ve ALWAYS cared for each other. Fewer hugs this season, but still so much love! I just love our cast [and] crew, and I’m already sad to have left our sweet little Hope Valley bubble. So I sincerely hope we’ll all be back together soon filming more WCTH!”

In addition to When Calls the Heart‘s eighth season, Hallmark Channel viewers can look forward to additional seasons of fellow original series Good Witch (which was previously picked up for Season 7) and Chesapeake Shores (which was renewed for Season 5).

Denise Richards blames Charlie Sheen divorce for damaging career

The exes were married from 2002 to 2006, during which they welcomed daughters Sam and Lola, now 16 and 15, but their split was a nasty affair, with Richards obtaining a restraining order against Sheen amid allegations of death threats.

The pair has since made amends, but for a long time, Richards had trouble accepting the negative impact the divorce drama had on her profession.

“I obviously went through a very public divorce,” she said. “It was hard for me to comprehend that my public divorce affected my work. I didn’t understand it at the time because I thought, ‘How come? That’s my private life. It shouldn’t affect my work.’ But it did.”

Richards shot to stardom after roles in movies such as Starship Troopers, Wild Things, and as Bond girl Christmas Jones in The World Is Not Enough, but she struggled to adjust to life in the limelight.

She told People: “It’s not something you can really prepare someone for.

“When I would do interviews, I was very private, which I’m sure people now would find hard to believe because I’ve done reality shows and I’m on Instagram and stuff.

“When I started out, they wanted to imagine the actor in that role. And we would do our best to keep it and keep our private life private. It was a hard thing to navigate and I’ve made a lot of mistakes.”

However, Richards, who is also mother to adopted daughter Eloise, nine, is grateful to have a direct link to fans via social media, because it’s allowed her to set the record straight on false tabloid reports.

“It’s hard being misunderstood and having stuff that is not true out there,” explained the actress, whose marriage to Aaron Phypers was recently rocked by rumours of a same sex tryst with fellow The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Brandi Glanville, who claimed the ladies hooked up during a night out in Santa Barbara, California in April, 2019.

“My older daughters, they’re teenagers now and I can’t keep stuff away from them at all. They will hear everything. I miss the time when I was able to shelter them from the negative publicity around our family, quite frankly.”

Richards has continued to deny the lesbian love claims, and exited the Real Housewives franchise in September after two seasons on the show.

Wayne Brady To Star In Blended Family Comedy Based On His Life In Works At CBS From Tracy Poust & Jon Kinnally

Brady is collaborating on the project with his ex-wife, Mandie Taketa, as well as veteran Will & Grace writer-producers Tracy Poust and Jon Kinnally.

Written and executive produced by the quartet, I hear the untitled comedy is about a divorced couple who successfully co-parent in a blended multiracial family. CBS Studios is the studio.

In an interview with Access Hollywood, Brady spoke how his personal experience being part of a blended family during the pandemic helped shape the idea for the series.

He said that he has been spending a lot of time with his ex-wife, her boyfriend and their daughter while in quarantine. “It’s been natural for us, we didn’t need a quarantine to do this, we’ve been doing it for Maile’s whole life,” Brady said. “Now we have a sitcom that we are working on with our friends who were the showrunners over at Will & Grace, Tracy and Jon. We’re writing a script about our life as a blended family, we call ourselves the ‘core four.’”

Long-time friends Kinnally and Poust first began to work together in the mid-1990s in New York when they did a live, weekly soap opera show at an East Village club. They started writing some of their own material and soon formed a small comedy sketch group. In 1997, they reunited in Los Angeles where they worked odd jobs while doing sketch comedy at the Arcade Theater and writing sitcom spec scripts. In 1998, one of their specs found its way to David Kohan and Max Mutchnick, creators/executive producers of then-newly picked up series Will & Grace. Kinnally and Poust – a gay man and a straight woman in real life, just like the title characters on the NBC sitcom – were offered staff writing jobs and went on to work on Will & Grace for the show’s entire 8-year original run, rising to executive producers/showrunners on the final two seasons. The two also returned for the Will & Grace revival on NBC as executive producers. Kinnally and Poust’s series credits also include 2 Broke Girls and The Crazy Ones.

Brady hosts CBS’ daytime gameshow Let’s Make a Deal, which will air a primetime special Dec. 22. As an actor, he recently did stints on CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful and The Neighborhood, the CW’s Black Lightning and ABC’s Mixed-ish.

Mario Lopez Stirs Up ‘A Recipe For Seduction’ As KFC’s Colonel Sanders In New Lifetime Mini-Movie

On Monday, Lifetime turned heads when it announced an unusual casting for an even odder title. The network shared a poster on Twitter promoting its new “original mini-movie,” A Recipe For Seduction. The attached image sees the the Saved by The Bell star as a ripped version of the iconic fast food personality.

“Mark your calendars because Lifetime and @KFC have partnered for a Lifetime Original Mini-Movie you don’t want to miss,” the tweet read.

Set to premiere on Lifetime on Sunday at 12 p.m., A Recipe For Seduction takes the television commercial to a new level. The Lifetime original mini-movie follows a young heiress as she struggles to pick between a rich suitor selected by her mother and the new house chef, Harland Sanders who brings more than his 11 herbs and spices secret recipe to the table. In Lifetime fashion, things take a turn for the dramatic, with the heiress’ mother and the disappointed suitor seeking to take out the KFC mascot himself.

To accompany the head-turning poster, Lifetime also shared a trailer for the mini-movie, presented by KFC. See the trailer: here.

Video: Daytime Cares: A Live Event

Hosted by Daytime Emmy Award Nominee Arianne Zucker (Days of Our Lives) and daytime actor Shawn Christian (formerly Dr. Daniel Jonas on Days of Our Lives) The event will feature daytime TV talent from NBC, CBS and ABC, as well as Broadway stars, a Celebrity Chef and Grammy-award winning artists Lisa Loeb and Gloria Gaynor. Ari & Shawn will be joined by The Locher Room host Alan Locher.

The following daytime talent is scheduled to appear:

Lamon Archey (Eli DOOL), Peter Bergman (Jack, Y&R), Galen Gering (Rafe, DOOL), Katelyn MacMullen (Willow, GH), Martha Madison (Belle, DOOL), Sofia Mattson (Sasha, GH), Michael Mealor (Kyle, Y&R), Marci Miller (Abigail, DOOL), Wes Ramsey (Peter, GH), Lawrence Saint-Victor (Carter, B&B), Crishell Stause (ex-Jordan DOOL), Sal Stowers (Lani, DOOL), Jason Thompson (Billy, Y&R), Cynthia Watros (Nina, GH) and Laura Wright (Carly, GH)

Daytime Cares is a TV community spotlighting non-profit organizations offering Covid19 support and resources.

https://www.daytimecares.com/

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'Laverne & Shirley' Star David Lander, 'Squiggy' Star, Dead at 73

David's wife, Kathy, tells us he died Friday at around 6:30 PM at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in L.A. as a result of complications from multiple sclerosis, which he battled for 37 years. Kathy, their daughter Natalie and her husband were at David's bedside when he passed.

David had his sights set on acting at age 10. He studied at the High School for the Performing Arts, Carnegie Tech and NYU.

He had a great career, but the pinnacle was absolutely "Squiggy," which he played during the show's run from 1976 to 1983. The yang to his ying was Lenny, played by Michael McKean.

The 2 guys actually met at Carnegie University in Pittsburgh ... that's where they developed the 2 characters.

They both appeared in Steven Spielberg's "1941," and in Kurt Russell's, "Used Cars."

They also voiced an animated TV series, "Oswald," which ran for 2 years beginning in 2001. Their voices brought the penguin cousins Henry and Louie to life.

David was 73. RIP.

Erica Pelosini Leeman Tapped as Executive Consultant for ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’

“It’s funny, since I moved to Los Angeles, everybody was telling me you should do something related to Hollywood,” said the stylist, who relocated from New York. She’s originally from Italy, living between L.A. and Paris.

Her first step into that world came after her friend Darren Star — creator of “Beverly Hills, 90210” and “Sex and the City” — was casting for his most recent project, Netflix’s “Emily in Paris.” He asked Pelosini Leeman to make a cameo as a VIP fashion influencer on the series.

“He’s like, ‘I want you to dress yourself, because I want you to bring your fashion sense,’” she recounted.

It was a similar story for “The Bold and the Beautiful,” though show creator Bradley Bell asked Pelosini Leeman to dress the entire cast. Working with award-winning costume designer Glenda Maddox, Pelosini Leeman has been overseeing wardrobe and styling in her new role.

She’s mixing couture from the likes of Chanel and suits from Canali with fast-fashion brands like Topshop, describing the style as a reflection of her own: a blend of L.A. casual and Italian glamour.

“It’s very exciting, because it’s a challenge, and I have to think out of the box,” Pelosini Leeman said of dressing actors and representing their characters, which is a change from her past fashion styling work. “It’s been so fun. This is something I always love, to tell a story.”

Soap Alums Star in Romantic New Holiday Films!

Known for creating original content based on best-selling romance novels, PassionFlix has added Quickies to their catalog of full-length features. About 20 minutes long, these short films pack all the punch of a contemporary love story but in a binge-able running time.

First up in PassionFlix’s very merry offerings this month is Mosley’s short film, A Holiday Lift. Premiering on Friday, Dec. 11, the Quickie is based on the novella by popular author Corinne Michaels. The B&B alum stars as Holly opposite Blake Cooper Griffin as Dean, rival co-workers who get trapped together in their office building’s elevator during a snowstorm. “All kinds of fun things coming up this holiday season!” the actress shared on Instagram.

Meanwhile, GH‘s McLaughlin plays Archer, the romantic hero, in The Package. Based on the short story by K. Bromberg, The Package will premiere on Christmas Eve, Thursday, Dec. 24! Another short film set in an elevator (what is it about being trapped in an elevators that sparks romance?), Heather Grace Hancock’s Jules is having the worst week of her life when she finds herself stuck with a handsome stranger… and their packages accidentally get swapped. Sharing the promo for The Package‘s premiere date on his Instagram stories, McLaughlin cheekily put a reindeer antler sticker above his head.

For a sneak peek of the Holiday Quickies PassionFlix has lined up this December, watch the video below. To subscribe to the streaming site, visit PassionFlix.com! (Video)

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Daytime Emmys And Rest Of NATAS Awards Shows To Stay Virtual For 2021

NATAS was among the first awards shows to shift to virtual ceremonies as the coronavirus pandemic took hold in the spring. Its marquee Daytime Emmys were presented in primetime on CBS in July, while the others were livestreamed on the organization’s dedicated platform.

“The current timetables articulated by manufacturers project mass availability of vaccinations for the entire U.S. population by mid-summer 2021, potentially permitting a return to more traditional in-person ceremonies later in the fall,” NATAS chairman and CEO Adam Sharp said today. “However, we have determined that delaying our 2021 events to possibly allow for a compressed calendar of in-person Emmy ceremonies late in the year would result in unacceptable delays to our awards cycle for 2022.”

Three time frames are currently being considered for the 48th annual Daytime Emmys ceremony next year, which could take place over either two or three nights across a potential combination of dates on Friday, June 25, Saturday, July 17 and/or Sunday, July 18. The final entry deadline will be February 17, with nominations to be announced sometime in May or June.

The 42nd annual Sports Emmys are set for Tuesday, June 8, 2021, with nominations coming at the end of April. The 42nd News & Documentary Emmys are set for Tuesday, September 21 (for news categories) and Wednesday, September 22 (for Documentary categories), with noms coming at the end of July. The 72nd Tech & Engineering ceremony will be held during the NAB Show on Sunday, October 10.

Sharp said additional details including rules and category descriptions, early deadlines and entry fees are coming later on.

“Despite being born of unintended necessity, our 2020 ceremonies proved to be among our best,” Sharp said today. “We hope to build on this creative success in making the 2021 virtual gatherings even more inclusive and engaging celebrations of excellence. Looking ahead to 2022, we’ve already started booking venues and can’t wait to welcome you back in person!” This year’s Daytime Emmys ceremony was originally scheduled over three nights in June in live ceremonies at the Pasadena Civic Center. It went virtual because of the pandemic and was presented as a two-hour broadcast June 26 and averaged 3.1 million total viewers and a 0.3 demo rating.

Daytime Cares Plans New Virtual Event On December 5

B&B’s Denise Richards Reunites On-Screen With Patrick Muldoon

‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ Adjusts Production, Continues Taping After Positive COVID-19 Test

The positive result triggered procedures set by state/county and industry protocols, including contact tracing, and everyone who had interacted with the infected individual was asked to self-isolate.

The daytime drama, produced by Bell-Phillip Television, has a scheduled two-week Thanksgiving production hiatus starting on Monday. I hear the show combined the scenes scheduled to tape today and tomorrow into one day; they are being shot today with the remaining crew before The Bold and the Beautiful goes on a break tomorrow. A number of shows have been able to remain in production after positive COVID tests, most recently The Kelly Clarkson Show and the upcoming American Music Awards. Amid a resurgent infection rates nationwide, most series record positives as part of rigorous testing procedures.

The Bold and the Beautiful in June became the first U.S. broadcast series to return to production on stage, following strict COVID-19 safety protocols. It initially went on a brief hiatus after one day of production on June 17 to switch labs over what the producers called multiple “false positives.” Taping resumed on June 24. A staffer for the show tested positive in late July. As a precaution, the studio then moved up the show’s dark week for that month and added a second dark week.

New B&B episodes shot during the pandemic have been airing on CBS since July 20.

Michael Graziadei guests & Obba Babatundé recurs on S.W.A.T. 11/25/20

RECURRING CAST: Obba Babatunde (Daniel Harrelson, Sr.), Deshae Frost (Darryl)

GUEST CAST includes: Michael Beach (Leroy), Michael Graziadei (Mitch), Joyce Guy (Jillian).

Patrick Duffy gushes over new girlfriend Linda Purl

The “Dallas” star — who lost his wife of 34 years, Carlyn Rosser, to cancer in 2017 — started dating actress Linda Purl four months ago.

The clearly besotted Duffy, 71, told Page Six he doesn’t feel like teenager in love but rather a “knowledgeable teen.”

“We’re not covering any ground that has not been trodden in both our lives for years and years,” he explained of his relationship with the “Happy Days” actress.

“For me, it’s not a do-over, it’s a do-again because the first one was perfect and this one is also perfect. We get a do-again, but we’re not teenagers so we kind of enter it knowing what’s expected and what to give and to respect each other’s history and individualism. It’s worked out, I can’t tell you how happy I am.”

The actor says that his Buddhist faith helped him deal with his wife’s passing and also with the brutal murders of his parents in 1986 during an armed robbery of a tavern they owned in Boulder, Montana.

“Fundamental to all Buddhist philosophy is the eternity of life,” he explained, adding that his wife introduced him to the religion.

He has chanted twice daily for 49 years, and says: “It’s impossible to separate the philosophy of Buddhism from my life. But just so people know, just because I chant ‘Namu My?h? Renge Ky?’ doesn’t mean I don’t like polishing off a bottle of wine or red meat.”

And that also includes celebrating Christmas.

“I have always been a Christmas fanatic, I was from year one. When my wife and I were first married, living in New York in the ’70s, we were so poor we would wrap our Christmas presents in the Sunday funnies because at least it was colored paper. We never gave up on the holiday.”

Duffy loves the holiday season so much he’s starring in the Lifetime Christmas movie “Once Upon a Main Street,” revealing that whenever he’s offered a Christmas movie he doesn’t even really read the script.

“I know what it is, I respect them, I respect them and their audience and when the phone rings I say, ‘Absolutely,'” he said.

Video: The Bay Season 6 Chat

William DeVry Wraps As Julian on General Hospital

Reign Edwards, Charlie Gillespie Starring in Wayfarer Studios Drama 'Love You Anyway'

The project is part of the Six Feet Apart Experiment created by Wayfarer’s Justin Baldoni, the filmmaker behind the Disney+ drama Clouds. The initiative challenged storytellers to look past the social isolation of COVID-19 and use the current circumstances to fuel the film project.

In Love You Anyway, the evolving formats of home video chronicle the life of a young girl, Mackenzie (Edwards), from birth to womanhood as she experiences the highs and lows of life alongside her childhood best friend, Lucas (Gillespie). As Mackenzie's struggle with depression worsens over the years, she’s forced to find the will to fight alongside the people who love her most.

According to Wayfarer, the film hopes to show how mental health issues develop and evolve, and ultimately how they are dealt with and conquered through love and support. Matz and her cinematographer, Andrés Aragón, are shooting much of the film on iPhone, stemming from a desire to be authentic with the formats and the moments seen in the film. Wayfarer said the filmmakers believe this form of capture will lead to raw performances, filmed by the actors themselves, that remain true to the moments of connection, relationship and individuality that people have saved on their phones.

“With this story, my main concern was always remaining authentic to the experiences of young people growing up, falling in love, and learning to live with the challenges they face,” said Matz. “In Mackenzie’s journey specifically, I wanted to create a means of understanding mental health in a way not often seen on the screen. I hope that this story can show mentally healthy people the complexity of depression as well as showing those with depression that there is a future for them in this world.”

Gillian White (The Oval) is also on board as Mackenzie’s mother, while others castmembers inlcude Akira Akbar, Ryan McCartan and Anna Grace Barlow.

Part of the Six Feet Apart Experiment involves having first-time directors paired with established filmmakers. Matz, who is 23 and graduated from Biola University’s Cinema and Media Arts program last year, is being mentored by Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah, the directors behind Bad Boys for Life.

Edwards will be seen this December as one of the leads of Amazon drama series The Wilds and is also part of the cast of FX’s Snowfall. Other recent credits include horror pic Hellfest and a recurring role in MacGyver. She is repped by manager Nils Larsen of Integral Artists, Hyperion and attorney Alex Kohner of Morris Yorn.

Gillespie is enjoying a breakout moment thanks to his work in Netflix’s popular YA series Julie and the Phantoms. He is repped by Luber Roklin, Atlas Artists, Vanderwerff Talent and Meyer & Downs.

The Bay Season 6 Chat 11/13/20

Video: The Bold and The Beautiful Chat

Patrick Duffy and ‘Happy Days’ actress Linda Purl are dating

Patrick Duffy, best known as good brother Bobby Ewing in “Dallas,” has fallen madly in love with “Happy Days” actress Linda Purl.

“I’m in an incredibly happy relationship,” he recently gushed to People. “I never thought for a minute this would happen again. I never thought I’d feel this way again.”

The 71-year-old actor was married for more than forty years to ballet dancer Carlyn Rosser, who died of cancer in 2017.

“My wife and I, in 48 years we were always together,” said Duffy, who shared sons Padraic, 46, and Conor, 40, with Rosser.

Purl, 65, has been married four times. Her first marriage was to Desi Arnaz, Jr., and she has one son from her third marriage.

The grandfather of four was getting accustomed to his life as a widower until quarantine unexpectedly brought him a new love.

The pair had been casual friends but lost touch over time. During the lockdown, they happened to be on a group text chain with other friends that eventually whittled down to just the two of them.

At that point, “I loaded up my car and drove 20 hours and ended up on her doorstep just to see if it was real,” said Duffy. “We haven’t been apart since.”

The Bold and The Beautiful Video Chat 11/5/20

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‘Creepshow’ Season 2 Rounds Out Cast; Barbara Crampton, Ali Larter & Several Others Set For Shudder Anthology Series

Production on the six new episodes is under way in Atlanta for a 2021 premiere.

Created and EP’d by showrunner Greg Nicotero (The Walking Dead) and based on George A. Romero’s 1982 movie, Creepshow shattered records for the AMC Networks streamer when it debuted in October 2019.

Shudder announced details last month about four of Season 2’s segments, which will be directed by Nicotero. Anna Camp and Adam Pally will star in the two-part “Shapeshifters Anonymous,” which follows an unlucky soul who finds himself in need of a werewolf support group. Keith David, Ashley Laurence and Josh McDermitt lead “Pesticide,” in which an exterminator makes an infernal bargain. And “Model Kid” is about a 12-year-old monster fan who turns to hand-built model kits to escape his unhappy reality.

The series is produced by the Cartel with Monster Agency Productions, Taurus Entertainment and Striker Entertainment. Nicotero exec produces alongside Brian Witten, Stan Spry, Jeff Holland, Eric Woods, Robert Dudelson, James Dudelson, Jordan Kizwani and Russell Binder. Co-EPs are Geoff Silverman, Anthony Fankhauser, Julia Hobgood and Marc Mostman.

On Thursday, Shudder will premiere an animated Creepshow Halloween special based on two stories by Stephen King and his author son Joe Hill.

Kelly Kruger Returns to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

When the actress teased back at the end of September that she was going back to work for the first time since the birth of their daughter, Everleigh, she was posing at the CBS studio which could have meant she was returning to THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS as Mac again. However, it was her other CBS Daytime role she was stepping back into! “Guess who’s popping into B&B on Nov. 2?” Kruger teased. “Eva is making an appearance! Stay tuned… Maybe Wyatt should be her type after all? What do you guys think?”

Kruger made her debut as Eva on B&B back in August 2014 where she oversaw a Parisian photo shoot for Forrester. She’s made subsequent appearances in the years since, most recently in 2017 for the big Spectra/Forrester swimwear fashion showdown in Monte Carlo. Be sure to check out the Monday, Nov. 2 episode to see what Eva is up to this time! Although it’s unlikely to be a romance with Wyatt, that would certainly make shooting any kissing or love scenes easier on the soap since Kruger and Brooks are married in real-life so no doubles or mannequins would be required!

Natalie Hall & Tracey E. Bregman in A VERY CHARMING CHRISTMAS TOWN

PREMISE: City girl and travel and lifestyle blogger, Aubrey Lang (Natalie Hall), goes to the little town of Solvang for her next holiday vlog piece after it’s voted Most Christmassy Town in the USA. She soon meets Sawyer Larsen (Jon Prescott), a local community coordinator and chocolate shop owner assigned to show her around the small town. At first, the unlikely pairing is at odds but soon start to fall for each other amidst the twinkling lights of the romantic little Danish village.

PREMIERE DATE: Sunday, Nov. 8 (8/7c) on Lifetime.

Ryan McPartlin & Patrick Duffy in ONCE UPON A MAIN STREET

PREMISE: Amelia Lewis (Vanessa Lachey) is super excited when she buys an available storefront, planning to open a year-round Christmas shop. But her celebration comes to a screeching halt when she discovers that Vic Manning (Ryan McPartlin) has also bid on the property. Amelia and Vic have the same idea, get to the seller—Elder Dubois (Patrick Duffy) in the next town—and convince him to sell his space to them. Despite the holidays, Elder is down in the dumps. It’s the first Christmas without his wife, and he’s in no mood to chair the decoration committee for the “Battle of the Main Street” yearly holiday competition with the neighboring town. Hoping to win favor with Elder, Amelia and Vic volunteer to take over his duties. After continually bickering and trying to one-up each other, the two combatants learn to work together and even get the merchants on Main Street to put aside their differences for the greater good. Everyone, including Amelia and Vic, realize that compromise is the key that leads to a happy—and romantic—ending.

PREMIERE DATE: Sunday, Nov. 29 (8/7c) on Lifetime

Debbi Morgan in MERRY LIDDLE CHRISTMAS WEDDING

PREMISE: Lifetime’s first-ever Christmas sequel to last year’s hit movie, Merry Liddle Christmas, Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding once again follows Jacquie Liddle (Kelly Rowland), as she and Tyler try to plan their perfect destination Christmas wedding. Naturally, Jacquie’s plans go awry when her boisterous family intervenes in her planning and her snooty wedding planner quits in protest. While nothing goes as initially planned, Jacquie and Tyler get a Christmas wedding more memorable than they could have ever dreamed.

PREMIERE DATE: Saturday, Nov. 28 (8/7c) on Lifetime.

Mario Lopez in FELIZ NAVIDAD

PREMISE: David Morales (Mario Lopez), an Arizona high school principal and single dad, has lost the holiday spirit after also losing his wife a few years ago during the Christmas season. Now, David will do anything to avoid Christmas so he moonlights as a delivery driver during the holidays. But this year David’s 14-year-old daughter, Noel (Paulina Chavez), and his live-in sister, Marissa (Marycarmen Lopez), are determined to bring the yuletide spirit back to the family and, with a little luck, also help David find love again via online dating. So when Sophie (AnnaLynne McCord), a witty musician and customer on David’s delivery route, swipes right on him, something magical happens between them. Directed by Melissa Joan Hart.

PREMIERE DATE: Saturday, Nov. 21 (8/7c) on Lifetime

The Doctors Reunion 10/23/20

Retro TV airs The Doctors weekdays at 12 noon and at 7:30 p.m. EDT/PDT (see listings at www.myretrotv.com) and online at 4 p.m. EDT weekdays and streaming at myretrotv.com and on the Retro TV Roku channel.

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B&B Marks New Milestone

Anna Maria Horsford Guests on The Connors 11/4/20

The series stars John Goodman as Dan Conner, Laurie Metcalf as Jackie Harris, Sara Gilbert as Darlene Conner, Lecy Goranson as Becky Conner-Healy, Michael Fishman as D.J. Conner, Emma Kenney as Harris Conner-Healy, Ames McNamara as Mark Conner-Healy, Jayden Rey as Mary Conner and Jay R. Ferguson as Ben.

Guest starring is Katey Sagal as Louise, Anna Maria Horsford as Nicole and Evelina Fernandez as Juanita.

“Plastics, Trash Talk & Darlene Antoinette” was written by Dave Caplan and directed by Jody Margolin Hahn.

Kiara Barnes Sings “I’m Just Fine” on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

Although the British accent Zoe was using when she debuted on B&B in July 2018 was fake, her singing voice is very real. She released an EP called Sirens to the Moon back in 2018, and under the name of “Kiki Barnes,” released a single, “Cowboy Princess, in August 2020. You can listen to it on iTunes, Spotify, and other streaming music sources… or you can just click play on the YouTube video here.

“I’m Just Fine” was written by Barnes specifically for B&B, which means that she could find herself nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Song in next year’s ceremony! We’ll be sure to let you know when it becomes available for download and streaming like her previous tunes, so be sure to check back for updates!

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Is Pregnant Again!

In the playful Instagram video, the actress sits down in a chair while wearing a blue tracksuit and holding a pair of sequined high-heeled boots. As the song “All-Stars” by Martin Solveig featuring ALMA plays, she looks sad until she tosses a boot up in the air and as she raises her leg towards it as it falls, there is a flash edit to show Wood now wearing the sexy boots with a white blouse tucked up to expose her already growing baby bump! By her hashtag on the post, she’s at 23 weeks, which means we can expect her to give birth sometime in February!

Wood announced her first pregnancy in a unique fashion, revealing it to everyone in the B&B cast and crew when she was filming a lingerie show for an episode. She and Ruspoli welcomed their first child, Rise Harlen Ruspoli, on March 4, 2019. The soap didn’t write Wood’s first pregnancy into Steffy’s storyline as she had just given birth to Kelly the previous year.

Stay tuned to see if B&B writes in Wood’s real-life pregnancy for Steffy or if she has to hide behind bulky coats and purses for a few months!

CBS DAYTIME RATINGS FOR WEEK ENDING FRIDAY, OCT. 9

THE TALK reached 1.62 million viewers – also its largest audience in over five months (since the week ending April 24).

Source: Nielsen, live plus same day ratings for the week ending Oct. 9.

Chris L. McKenna & Obba Babatundé Recur on S.W.A.T. 11/11/20

“Stakeout” – The SWAT team acts as a domestic surveillance unit for the CIA to confirm whether an international crime lord has resurfaced in Los Angeles after being off-grid for years. Also, Tan’s mother, Chan Fei (Susan Chuang), is a victim of racial discrimination, and Hondo encounters his ex-girlfriend Nichelle (Rochelle Aytes), for the first time since their breakup, in the second part of the two-hour fourth season premiere of S.W.A.T., Wednesday, Nov. 11 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

RECURRING CAST:
Bre Blair (Annie Kay)
Obba Babatundé (Daniel Harrelson, Sr.)
Deshae Frost (Darryl)
Rochelle Aytes (Nichelle)
Susan Chuang (Chan Fei)
Chris L. McKenna (DEA Agent Simons)
David Gautreaux (Edward Yannick).

Bold and Beautiful's Karla Mosley Confirms Exit, Played Daytime's First Regular Transgender Character

“A bittersweet #FBF as we say so long for now to this iconic character,” Mosley shared Friday on Instagram (below), celebrating Maya’s arc as “an openly Trans supermodel, mother, formerly incarcerated and unhoused power player.

“Because of her,” the actress continued, “we saw the first wedding and series regular spot for a Trans character on US TV… and the first Black family in the history of @boldandbeautifulcbs. Thanks for your love and support over the years!” When Mosley made her B&B debut in 2013, ex-con Maya came to town looking for her daughter who was put up for adoption. In April 2015, in the midst of success as a supermodel (as well as a romance with the most eligible Rick Forrester), Maya made history when she was revealed to be transgender, first as the target of a blackmail plot by her own sister.

Maya thus made history as U.S. soaps’ first transgender regular character, whereas The City‘s Azure (played by Carlotta Chang) and All My Children‘s Zoe Luper (Jeffrey Carlson) only recurred.

Populating Maya’s landmark B&B family were sister/blackmailer Nicole (played by MacGyver‘s Reign Edwards), parents Vivienne (The Last O.G.‘s Anna Maria Horsford) and Julius (S.W.A.T.‘s Obba Babatundé), cousin Alexander (Adain Bradley) and half-sister Sasha Thompson (Swedish Dicks‘ Felisha Cooper).

Prior to joining B&B, Mosley’s TV credits included Hart of Dixie, Angel From Hell, Guiding Light (where she played Christina Moore) and the kids show Hi-5.

Karla Mosley Announces B&B Exit

Soap star Jacqueline MacInnes Wood lists Hollywood Hills treehouse

Clad in concrete and stained wood, the contemporary home is tucked behind gates with multiple outdoor spaces overlooking the canyon below. There’s a balcony with a sauna, as well as a tile lounge with a waterfall and fireplace.

The couple touched up just about everything during their four-year stay, adding wide-plank hardwood floors in the living spaces, splashes of marble in the kitchen and designer finishes in the bathrooms.

An open floor plan combines a living room and dining area, and other highlights include a media room and spacious office. Throughout the interior, walls of glass bring in treetop views.

Elsewhere are three bedrooms and three bathrooms in about 1,700 square feet. The primary suite adds an island with built-in drawers, dual closets and a steam shower.

Wood has received four Daytime Emmy nominations for her role as Steffy Forrester in the CBS soap opera “The Bold and the Beautiful,” and won an Emmy in 2019. A native of Canada, the 33-year-old has also appeared in the films “Skyrunners” and “Final Destination 5.”

The pair paid $1.48 million for the home in 2016, according to the Multiple Listing Service.

Jordan Cohen of RE/MAX One holds the listing.

CBS Press Release: COURTNEY HOPE JOINS THE CAST OF “THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS”

Sally will arrive in Genoa City looking to make a fresh start, while doing her best to keep her colorful past a secret. She comes to town with an agenda and some surprising connections to key players, including Lauren Fenmore (Tracey Bregman).

“We really enjoyed Courtney’s work on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL,” said Josh Griffith, co-executive producer and head writer, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. “Sally Spectra is a colorful character that fans love watching. We are excited for her to stir things up in Genoa City and join our talented cast.”

Courtney Hope originated the role of Sally Spectra on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL in 2017. Sally Spectra last appeared on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL in August 2020 when she left town after her scheme to win back her ex Wyatt went bust.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS stars Marla Adams, Lauralee Bell, Peter Bergman, Donny Boaz, Eric Braeden, Tracey Bregman, Sasha Calle, Sharon Case, Doug Davidson, Sean Dominic, Melissa Claire Egan, Cait Fairbanks, Camryn Grimes, Mark Grossman, Amelia Heinle, Elizabeth Hendrickson, Bryton James, Tyler Johnson, Christel Khalil, Hunter King, Christian J. Le Blanc, Kate Linder, Beth Maitland, Michael Mealor, Mishael Morgan, Joshua Morrow, Melissa Ordway, Greg Rikaart, Brytni Sarpy, Melody Thomas Scott, Michelle Stafford, Jason Thompson, Jordi Vilasuso and Jess Walton.

The series is broadcast weekdays (12:30-1:30 PM, ET/11:30 AM-12:30 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network and is produced by Bell Dramatic Serial Company in association with Sony Pictures Television. Anthony Morina is the show’s executive producer. The co-executive producer and head writer is Josh Griffith.

CBS DAYTIME RATINGS FOR WEEK ENDING OCT. 2

THE TALK also reached 1.54 million viewers – its largest audience in five months (since the week ending May 1).

Source: Nielsen, live plus same day ratings for the week ending Oct. 2.

NBA Superstar LeBron James Buys Lee Phillip Bell’s House

Although the deal was extensively reported in July, it’s only today — fittingly, near the end of a fantastic Lakers season — that LeBron James has finally closed on his $36.8 million residential upgrade in the 90210, a multi-structure compound packing fantastic views and a storied, only-in-Hollywood pedigree.

Built in the 1930s, the colorful Mediterranean-esque villa was owned for years by Charles Boyer, an Oscar-nominated leading man actor of that era who starred in a number of black-and-white classics, among them “Conquest” and “Algiers.”

In the late ’40s, Boyer and RKO Pictures, one of the big five Hollywood studios at that time, terminated the actor’s contract. As part of an unusual settlement negotiation, the studio agreed to buy out Boyer’s interest in his 2.5-acre estate; because RKO was owned at that time by Howard Hughes, the reclusive billionaire became the technical owner of the Boyer residence, though he never lived there. Instead, Hughes leased the palatial property to his ex-flame and longtime confidante Katharine Hepburn, who occupied the mansion during the height of her career.

At some point after Hepburn moved out, the property fell into the hands of non-famous owners, where it remained until 1986, when soap opera pioneer Lee Phillip Bell and her business partner husband William J. Bell (“The Young and the Restless,” “The Bold and the Beautiful”) bought it for $2.9 million, as per tax records. The couple significantly upgraded and restored the tired lady to her former Golden Age glory during their many years of ownership, and they expensively landscaped the grounds with mature trees and formal gardens.

Bill Bell died in 1995, though Lee Bell continued residing at her beloved 90210 home until her own death this past March. Back in June, her lovingly maintained estate crash-landed on the market for the first time in decades with a $39 million asking price — the $36.8 million James paid represents a 6% discount.

Secured by a celebrity-worthy collection of cameras and one of L.A.’s most massive driveway gates in existence, the compound is accessed via a epic long brick driveway flanked on either side by mature cypresses. The driveway eventually dead-ends at a commodious motorcourt that’s accented by a stone fountain and ringed by a dozen mature palm trees.

The lavish interiors include a sunlight-flooded living room with a vaulted ceiling and exposed ceiling beams, an ethereal dining room set beneath a huge skylight — perfect for gazing up at the heavens while enjoying a chef-catered meal — and a carpeted library with built-in bookcases for real books. The cozy movie theater includes a fireplace for sophisticated ambience, one of seven in the main mansion.

Elsewhere on the property are two detached guesthouses, multiple al fresco dining and entertaining areas, and a lighted tennis court with viewing pavilion. At the far rear of the complex, soaring views of the entire L.A. skyline take center stage as they sweep over Benedict Canyon to the Pacific Ocean and Catalina. The oval swimming pool — a gorgeous remnant of the property’s Golden Hollywood history — adjoins a poolhouse and is watched over by a giant gold Buddha.

James also continues to own two separate mansions in L.A.’s posh Brentwood neighborhood. The first was scooped up for $21 million in 2015 and has remained vacant for most of the time since. The second estate, the NBA superstar’s current main residence, is sited on plum hillltop and was purchased for $23 million in 2017.

Jeff Hyland and Rick Hilton of Hilton & Hyland held the listing.

Video: Guiding Light - Reunion - Maureen Garrett , Rick Hearst and Amelia Marshall

Guiding Light - Reunion 10/2/20

Video: The Doctors - Reunion

Retro TV airs The Doctors weekdays at 12 noon and at 7:30 p.m. EDT/PDT (see listings at www.myretrotv.com) and online at 4 p.m. EDT weekdays and streaming at www.MyRetroTV.com and on the Retro TV Roku channel.

Talk Show Appearance

Mo 9/21: Denise Richards

Dishing with Digest - 9/18/20 - Tanner Novlan

‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ Casts Diamond White In Key Role

White will tape her first episode Friday. It will air November 2.

The Bold and the Beautiful has been back in production for three months. The daytime soap returned on the air with all-new episodes, taped during the pandemic with COVID safety protocols, on July 20.

White is probably best known for her role as Lala on Fox’s Empire. She also has been recurring on Netflix’s Dear White People, did an arc on ABC’s Fresh off the Boat and was part of the voice casts of Sofia the First and The Lion Guard. She is repped by Mitchell Gossett at Industry Entertainment and Pedro Tapia at CESD Talent.

Produced by Bell-Phillip Television, with Bradley Bell executive producing, The Bold and the Beautiful is set in Los Angeles and tells a story of high fashion, glamour, honor, romance, passion and, most importantly, family.

CBS DAYTIME RATINGS FOR WEEK ENDING FRIDAY, SEPT. 11

Source: Nielsen, live plus same day ratings for the week ending Sept. 11.

The Bold and the Beautiful's Denise Richards Exits Real Housewives of Beverly Hills After 2 Seasons

A representative for Richards confirmed to Variety that Richards will not return next season, following a season that saw her fighting with nearly all of her castmates after rumors spread of a sexual entanglement between Richards and former RHOBH star Brandi Glanville. (Richards has staunchly denied the rumors.) The current Season 10 of Real Housewives of Beverly Hills airs Wednesdays at 9/8c on Bravo, with Part 2 of the (virtual) reunion airing this week.

Richards — best known as an actress from her starring roles in films like Wild Things, Starship Troopers and The World Is Not Enough — joined the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills cast in 2018, making her debut in Season 9. Richards also joined the cast of the CBS daytime soap The Bold and the Beautiful last year as single mom Shauna Fulton.

She’s just the latest Real Housewives cast member to jump ship: RHOBH star Lisa Vanderpump said goodbye to the franchise last year after nine seasons, and Real Housewives of New York‘s Dorinda Medley announced last month she’s leaving the show after a six-season run.

CBS DAYTIME RATINGS FOR WEEK ENDING SEPT. 4

Source: Nielsen, live plus same day ratings for the week ending Sept. 4.

Kevin Dobson Dies: ‘Knots Landing’ and ‘Days Of Our Lives’ Star Was 77

The United Veterans Council of San Joaquin County announced the actor’s death on Facebook. Dobson, who died on Sunday, served as chairman of the San Joaquin County group.

Dobson was born in New York on March 18, 1943. Before pursuing his acting career, the New York native first worked multiple positions for the Long Island Railroad. After working as brakeman and conductor for the transportation system, he worked as a waiter.

The actor’s first big break into the industry was as Govorner Harrison Brooks in the TV series One Life to Live in 1968. The television appearance was the first of many roles Dobson would hold throughout his decades-long career. After his breakthrough, Dobson starred in a handful of other TV series including The Doctors, The Rookies, Emergency! and Stranded.

As the actor became a more regular face to the TV space throughout the late 60s and early 70s, Dobson landed a series regular role as Detective Bobby Crocker in Kojak. As Detective Bobby Crocker, Dobson starred alongside Telly Savalas, who played the titular Lieutenant Theo Kojak. Additional co-stars were George Savalas, Mark Russell and Dan Frazer.

In 1982 Dobson took on a new series regular role as Mack MacKenzie in CBS’ popular drama Knots Landing. In the Golden Globe-nominated show Dobson acted with Michele Lee, Nicollette Sheridan and Ted Shackelford.

While he’s most known for his TV work, Dobson also starred in a number of films as well. He played Ensign George Gay in Jack Smight’s Midway, Bobby Gibbons in All Night Long and Donald Shawnessy in She’s No Angel.

Among his most recent credits are Dark Power, Days of Our Lives, Hawaii Five-0 and House of Lies. In Days the actor played Mickey Horton, following John Clarke and John Ingle.

Dobson set to appear the TV series 12 to Midnight, which will premiere in 2021.

Survivors are Dobson’s wife Susan and their children Mariah, Patrick and Sean.

Denise Richards on Filming B&B Love Scenes with Husband Aaron Phypers: 'It's Been Fun'

During a virtual chat on The Kelly Clarkson Show on Thursday, the 49-year-old Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star told host Kelly Clarkson how the long-running soap opera is going about safely filming amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Revealing that she and the rest of the cast get tested "two to three days a week," Richards added that the cast must also stay within eight feet of each other. The actors have been asked to have their "husbands or significant others" fill in for any scenes that involve human contact, including "love scenes."

"So my husband has stepped in, which has been fun," she revealed of her Aaron Phypers, whom she wed back in 2018. "I'm really grateful that Aaron is able to come, and it's been fun for all of us to see everyone's husbands and wives on set."

During their chat, Clarkson, 38, described the experience as "cooler" for Richards "because you're not pretending," before the reality star said the experience onset with her husband has "been really fun."

"And then when it's any other actor and we're within eight feet of each other, we have to have a mannequin," she revealed. "So the mannequins are eye-line and then the other actors are off-camera reading lines for us."

Richards added: "It's been a lot of work, but it's been so great, and I'm so grateful that we're even able to be back in production because a lot aren't."

B&B was one of the first productions to resume during the COVID-19 outbreak.

“It’s important to move forward and move on. And we have to get back to work,” Richards told The Associated Press in July.

According to the AP, crew members all wear masks, and anyone that has to be in close proximity to the actors must also wear a face shield.

A designated individual is also present on the set to ensure that safety guidelines are followed. Richards said that the person is "watching to make sure that even with a mask, we are staying 8 feet from each other. They literally will measure it."

Daytime Ratings: Young & Restless' Viewership Nosedives Upon Return as All 4 Soaps Hit Series Lows

After airing repeats for three-plus months due to the coronavirus shutdown, Y&R returned with original episodes the week of Aug. 10. However, a sizable chunk of the show’s audience was not there to greet it.

As first reported by Daytime Confidential, Y&R averaged a series low 2.7 million viewers for its first full week back with new episodes — down more than 1 million viewers vs. the CBS sudser’s last full week of original episodes in late April.

Y&R‘s sister soap, The Bold and the Beautiful, — which returned with fresh episodes in mid-July — also sank to a series low for the week of Aug. 10, averaging 2.4 million viewers (down from 3.3 million when it left the air in April). ABC’s General Hospital has taken less of a hit since coming back on the air earlier this month. Its most recent tally of 1.9 million viewers (also a series low) was down from 2.1 million for its last full week of new episodes in May.

Meanwhile, NBC’s Days of Our Lives — which shoots eight months in advance and therefore never ran out of fresh material — has not been spared either: Its total viewer tally dipped to a series low 1.6 million viewers for the week of Aug. 10.

The Bold And The Beautiful’ Back In Production After Going Dark For 2 Weeks Following A Positive COVID Test

I hear that after the break, the daytime drama returned to production at Television City and has been taping since. The Bold and the Beautiful‘s broadcast schedule is not being affected.

As Deadline reported last night, three staffers at Television City in the Fairfax District of Los Angeles had tested positive for COVID-19 as revealed by the LA County Department of Public Health in its daily release of pandemic data.

In a statement to Deadline this morning, Television City owner Hackman Capital Partners confirmed the three positive COVID-19 cases.

“The three employees are CBS corporate employees who are separated from, and not tied to, any production,” the company said in a statement. “No productions have been shut down in connection with this isolated incident.”

The Bold and the Beautiful, which in June became the first U.S. broadcast series to return to production on stage, following strict COVID-19 safety protocols, is one of several shows based at the sprawling complex. Two other major ones that are currently in production, CBS’ The Young and the Restless and The Late Late Show with James Corden, have not been impacted, sources said.

The development is indicative of the “new normal” of a stop-and-go production during a pre-vaccine coronavirus pandemic.

The Bold and the Beautiful initially went on a brief hiatus after one day of production on June 17 to switch labs over what the producers called multiple “false positives.” Taping resumed on June 24, and new episodes shot during the pandemic have been airing on CBS since July 20. €.@

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Television City: COVID-19 Cases Reported At Los Angeles Studio Complex

The current list, last updated on Wednesday night, has three confirmed staff infections at Television City’s address of 7800 Beverly Blvd. The iconic studio complex is listed as “CBS,” stemming from the facility’s longtime name, CBS Television City. It was renamed after the network sold the property to Hackman Capital in 2018.

CBS still leases sound stages and offices in the complex, including for late-night talk show The Late Late Show with James Corden, which returned to the studio ten days ago after months of remote broadcasts. It is not impacted by the outbreak, sources said.

CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful, which was among the first productions in the U.S. to resume production after the coronavirus-related shutdown, has been taping at Television City for over a month. It had to shut down after its first day back to switch labs over multiple “false positive” test results but has been in production since. It is unclear whether the long-running soap has been affected by the outbreak.

Courtney Hope Joins THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS!

Hope made her daytime debut in January 2017 when she joined B&B as Sally Spectra, and although she was written out in March 2018, she was back just a few months later to continue telling her story. Unfortunately, on Aug. 3, 2020, the actress reported “an abrupt ending to a monumental journey,” as she announced her exit from the soap. But luckily for her fans, it seems that the talented actress has been snatched up by sister soap Y&R!

(Photo) Friends and fellow soap stars filled up Hope’s Instagram comments with congratulations. “Ah! Yes, girl!” cheered Katelyn MacMullen (Willow, GENERAL HOSPITAL). “You’re so talented, keep on shining!” To which Hope’s boyfriend, GH star Chad Duell (Michael) jokingly replied, “Don’t tell her what to do.” Laura Wright (Carly, GH) offered “Congratulations! Woo hoo!” and B&B’s Lawrence Saint-Victor (Carter) simply commented with a series of fire emojis that really says it all.

Unfortunately, while CBS has confirmed the casting, at this time there is no information available as to who Hope will be playing on Y&R or when her first airdate might be. So stay tuned for updates!

Ashley Jones and Alicia Leigh Willis Star in ‘Double Kidnapped’

(Photo) “Take a close look,” the actress continued. “How do you know these girls? Throwing back to our intense scenes on our last night on set working with favorite Michael Feifer.”

Willis gets top billing as Joanna in the film’s IMDb page, with Jones right behind, playing Mandy. Skinner, who plays Chloe in the film, may be best known for her roles as Amber in ANDI MACK, Chloe in CROWN LAKE, and Diana in TOTAL ECLIPSE. The movie is directed by Feifer and written by Michael Perrone.

CBS DAYTIME RATINGS FOR THE WEEK ENDING FRIDAY, AUGUST 14

Source: Nielsen, live plus same day ratings for the week ending Friday, August 14.

Kate Linder Invites You to a Virtual Tea Party With Y&R Stars

Linder will be joined by co-host Christian LeBlanc (Michael) and Y&R co-stars Tracy Bregman (Lauren), Sharon Case (Sharon), Mark Grossman (Adam), Elizabeth Hendrickson (Chloe), Bryton James (Devon), Beth Maitland (Traci), Brytni Sarpy (Elena), and Michelle Stafford (Phyllis). The Q&A session with the stars will be free for everyone to watch but fans can support March of Dimes Canada in two ways. First, you can donate $20 by midnight on Monday, Aug. 31, and submit your question to the actor of your choice. Second, there is an online auction for exclusive items that begins on Monday, Sept. 7, and ends one hour after the event concludes. You can find all the details at the link to the event above.

Originally, this year’s OpportuniTea event was to be held in Calgary in April and rescheduled to the fall due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic. The in-person event has been tentatively moved to Spring 2021, but you can still enjoy this virtual fan event in October… and you don’t have to worry about traveling to Canada! (marchofdimes.akaraisin.com/ui/OpportuniTeaOnline2020)

B&B Alum Wins Pageant

GH Favorites Debut Thrilling New IGTV Series

Says Hughes, who both stars in ENTER EXIT and directed it, “Literally the day we shut down [production at GH], I texted [her friend and television scribe] Matt [Boren] and said, ‘Let’s do something! Let’s figure out the camera stuff — what do you want to do?’ I started to think about, if you’re in lockdown, what would be a narrative where you could act in a vacuum, basically? I first started thinking about what my character would be — a retired [government] agent. And then there’s some reason that I’m retired. And I started to think about stationary shots and walking into your closeup and all those kinds of things. I left [the rest] with Matt; it was basically, ‘Whatever he writes, we’ll do.’ And I just sort of concentrated on how, feasibly, we could do it.”

Picks up Boren, “Finola called and I am pretty sure I cut her off and said, ‘Yes!’ right after she said, ‘What do you think about a show for Ian and me…’ I am saving the bigger story for a new book of mine, but in a nutshell, Finola and Ian were everything to me growing up in Framingham, Massachusetts. I started watching GH the very day Finola premiered as Anna Devane. My imagination and life were forever changed from that moment — Devane scar and all. Finola and Ian as Anna and Duke truly lit my creative spirit and while there is so much that falls between me meeting them at a fan club luncheon in New York City and now, I will say they are two of my dearest friends and we have all wanted to collaborate for a long time. The pandemic — brutal as it’s been — carved out space and time for us to just jump in. I love writing for actors and Finola and Ian are two of my all-time favorite actors, so writing for them is something (don’t tell them) I’ve done in my journals since 1985.”

According to Boren, it was a no-brainer to incorporate additional GH talent. “Finola and I have such a shorthand creatively. And we both love and admire the soaps and soap actors. I always want to create opportunity for actors who are on/ have been on soap operas because I know that they not only work harder than most but that there is so much talent there — look no further than the soaps to find your actors.”

Boren describes the series as, “in a sense, a local detective thriller that starts out small — and understandably so as season one takes place during the pandemic. However, what we seed throughout these first 11 mini-episodes hints at a show that longs to be on a much larger, more global scale. We were absolutely inspired by ’80s GH — the WSB, the espionage and larger than life stories that were so thrilling, and through Devane/Scorpio/Lavery/Donnelly/Jones, so grounded. Throw that in with some KILLING EVE, X-FILES and (this will make sense down the line) STRANGER THINGS and you have a recipe that might be pages away in our cookbook.”

The first of ENTER EXIT’s 11 mini-episodes drops August 10. To check it out, visit Hughes’s Instagram page here.

‘Bold And The Beautiful’s Courtney Hope Exits: “Abrupt Ending To A Monumental Journey”

She wrote on Instagram today:

“An abrupt ending to a monumental journey,” Hope wrote on Instagram. “The last three years have been amazing, and though I do not know what the future holds this chapter of Sally has sadly come to an end.

“I love my @boldandbeautifulcbs cast and crew and will miss everyone dearly, but await the day we may all play again,” she continued. “Some things are out of our control, and I thank the fans for your support through it all!

“Until then, I revel in new beginnings and everything the future has in store.”

Hope ended the unexpected announcement with the sign-off, “Love you all, Sally Spectra out.”

As reported in Soaps.com, the announcement follows criticism by many viewers who were disappointed with Sally’s storyline just before the coronavirus-related production shutdown when it was revealed that the character was faking her terminal illness. In Hope’s final episode Monday, Wyatt (Darin Brooks) asked Sally to go away for a while and leave him and Flo (Katrina Bowden) alone after she repeatedly had begged both for forgiveness.

The Bold and the Beautiful resumed production in late June, and new episodes began airing July 20.

B&B's Courtney Hope Out!

Jacqueline Scott, Actress in 'The Fugitive' and 'Charley Varrick,' Dies at 89

Scott died Thursday at her home in Los Angeles after a battle with lung cancer, her son, Andrew, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Scott's characters also were married to small-town sheriff Jimmy Stewart in Firecreek (1968) and Dennis Weaver's salesman in Steven Spielberg's Duel (1971), and on the 1963 Twilight Zone episode "The Parallel," she was the wife of an astronaut (Steve Forrest) who finds things amiss after he returns home after orbiting the Earth.

In addition to Charley Varrick (1973), the down-to-earth actress appeared in three other films for director Don Siegel — Death of a Gunfighter (1969), starring Richard Widmark and Lena Horne; Telefon (1977), starring Charles Bronson and Lee Remick; and Bette Midler's Jinxed! (1982), his last movie.

Scott showed up as Richard Kimble's (Janssen) married sister, Donna, on five episodes of ABC's The Fugitive, including the 1967 series finale, "The Judgment: Part II," watched by a then-record 78 million viewers.

The Fugitive was a Quinn Martin production, and Scott also appeared in other dramas for the company, including The F.B.I., The Streets of San Francisco, Cannon and Barnaby Jones.

She also worked on eight episodes of Gunsmoke, five of Have Gun — Will Travel and three of the original Perry Mason.

Born on June 25, 1931, in Sikeston, Missouri, Scott appeared in tap-dance competitions starting when she was 3. She came to New York and appeared in the original 1955-57 Broadway production of the courtroom drama Inherit the Wind, then worked for William Castle in Macabre (1958).

Scott's résumé also included the films House of Women (1962) and Empire of the Ants (1977) and the TV shows 77 Sunset Strip, Bat Masterson, Route 66, The Virginian, The Untouchables, The Outer Limits, Mission: Impossible, Police Woman and Cold Case.

"I wanted to play all different characters. And I got to do that," she told Rick Armstrong in a 2016 interview for his Classic Film & TV Café blog. "Once I'd be the good girl and once I'd be the bad girl. … One director, Leo Penn — who is Sean Penn's father — would call me for anything. We had worked together when we were kids in New York, and he was fabulous.

"Sometimes, there would be a part that people didn't think I could do. And Leo would say, 'Well, it's the last minute and I don't have time to mess around meeting actors I don't know. I want Jacqueline.' He'd push me for the part — and the producers would be happy he did."

Her husband, former TV writer and press agent Gene Lesser — they met on the set of Macabre and married in 1958 — died June 23 of natural causes in their L.A. home at 94. In addition to their son, survivors include granddaughters Arianna and Valerie and daughter-in-law Sue.

Dishing with Digest - 7/31/20 - Rick Hearst

Lawrence Saint-Victor On Contract At B&B

Video: As the World Turns - Reunion 7/30/20

Video: Guiding Light - Reunion

Emmys 2020 Nominations

(former soap stars in bold)

GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA
Cicely Tyson, How to Get Away With Murder
Laverne Cox, Orange Is the New Black
Harriet Walter, Succession
Cherry Jones, Succession
Alexis Bledel, The Handmaid’s Tale
Phylicia Rashad, This Is Us

LEAD ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Anthony Anderson, black-ish
Don Cheadle, Black Monday
Ted Danson, The Good Place
Michael Douglas, The Kominsky Method
Eugene Levy, Schitt’s Creek
Ramy Youssef, Ramy

GUEST ACTOR IN A COMEDY
Adam Driver, Saturday Night Live
Luke Kirby, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Eddie Murphy, Saturday Night Live
Dev Patel, Modern Love
Brad Pitt, Saturday Night Live
Fred Willard, Modern Family

SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A LIMITED SERIES OR MOVIE
Uzo Aduba, Mrs. America
Toni Collette, Unbelievable
Margo Martindale, Mrs. America
Jean Smart, Watchmen
Holland Taylor, Hollywood
Tracey Ullman, Mrs. America.

As the World Turns - Reunion 7/30/20 Lesli Kay and Kristina Romero

How 'The Bold and the Beautiful' Is Following COVID-19 Precautions as It Returns to Production

"We started a month before we got back, putting in plexiglass between the directors and producers, reorganizing our whole stage," B&B executive producer Brad Bell tells ET's Matt Cohen. "We're limiting the number of people on stage to a very low number, and then when the actors come and their masks come off, that's when we go on high alert... We're filming two shows a day, and we're feeling very comfortable, very safe."

Bell explains that the biggest changes to the show have included physical health and safety measures -- like regular temperature checks and the presence of on-set health care coordinators -- as well as rethinking the way they structure scenes. Large group scenes are out for now, with most scenes involving just one or two actors, the use of mannequins and other aids to keep sight lines consistent, and some unique production tactics to keep the performers safe during intimate scenes.

"We're having [the actors] act while looking at something that's very close," he describes. "It brings their voice down, brings their eyes to the right spot. And then when you edit both sides together, you've got a very intimate scene."

For actual kissing scenes, the show has even had actors' spouses stand in for tight, intimate shots. "We are wigging them, we're matching wardrobe and makeup. Once in a while, if you look closely, you'll see a sideburn is a little longer, when they get in tight on that kiss," Bell reveals. "But that may be part of the fun of watching these shows, is trying to catch us as we're trying to pull a fast one with these romantic scenes."

Even Denise Richards, who joined the series last year as Shauna Fulton, has had husband Aaron Phypers stand in for a love scene on the show.

"We were asked if our significant other would step in," Richards explains. "Otherwise I have to have my love scene with a mannequin, which is fine, but I'd much rather my husband."

While the B&B stars are certainly having to adjust to their new normal, they're thrilled to do whatever it takes to be back in the world of the Forresters.

"It can be a little difficult at times, when you want to go to reach to touch someone," admits Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, who stars as fashion executive Steffy Forrester on the long-running series. "But we are actors and you morph and you make it work... I know it sounds so weird and crazy, but these things happen all the time on set. I mean, look at CGI, you have to act [opposite something that's not there]. We have to fake things all the time. So it can seem weird, but everyone's really professional."

"I wish we said physical distancing [instead of social distancing], because I don't want to forget about being social and chatting with people, even though we are away from each other," she adds. "The cast and crew, I've been on the show since 2008, and they are my second family, so it is important for me to be with my family and be present for them -- the community is so important."

The newest member of the B&B family is Tanner Novlan, who joins the show this week as Dr. John "Finn" Finnegan, a potential new love interest for Steffy. And while he's new to the show, he has a bit of a leg up: His mom is a "huge" fan of the show -- she named their dog Thorne! -- and his wife, Kayla Ewell, is a Bold and the Beautiful alum!

"It has just been an added bonus to have a veteran like her to be able to run lines with or have some sort of idea," Novlan says of having a family connection to the show. "But everyone at Bold is so comfortable and so, so giving. It's such a family, and [Jacqueline's] the best, she's awesome to work opposite of."

"We haven't shot any [intimate] scenes yet," he notes, "but it kind of works for me at home, because if I ever want to schmooze on my wife, I can just say, 'Hey, honey, I need to rehearse with you -- this is protocol!'"

For now, the show is doing its best to stay safe while still providing fans with the entertainment they love.

"We feel like we're TV pioneers and we're all in it together," Bell says. "You would think there might be moments of awkwardness, but there really isn't. We're just all in it together. We're TV people and we're happy to be making TV again."

The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays on CBS

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Video: Guiding Light - Reunion 7/17/20

Download the Emmys App to Watch Past, Present, and Future Shows!

“Television programming and its underlying technology have each gone through immense change over the more than seven decades the Emmys have recognized excellence in both facets of our industry,” said Adam Sharp, NATAS President & CEO. “Our awards have adapted through each of these transitions. Working with Vimeo, we now bring our celebration of this dynamic community of creators to all of the devices the audience uses to watch the television programming they love.”

The platform will allow fans to watch behind the scenes interviews, clips of memorable moments, and past Emmy ceremonies. Plus, you’ll be able to watch the upcoming shows live as they happen, because this year’s Daytime Emmys were split up into multiple shows to separate out the categories. Here’s what’s coming up:

Sunday, July 19, at 9 p.m. ET: The 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards – Digital Dramas
Sunday, July 26, at 8 p.m. ET: The 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards – Children’s, Lifestyle, and Animation
Tuesday, August 11, at 8 p.m. ET: The 41st Annual Sports Emmy Awards
September 2020: The 41st Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards

The app is completely free and all you have to do is sign up. Watch The Emmys is available on the web, as well as for iOS, Android, Amazon FireTV, and Roku.

Hallmark Renews ‘Home & Family’, ‘Good Witch’, ‘Chesapeake Shores’, Sets Date For Christmas Kickoffs

Crown Media also announced the first 18 of 40 Christmas movies planned for the company’s two flagship networks, Hallmark Channel and Hallmark Movies & Mysteries. In the works are projects with the likes of current network regulars Ashley Williams and Kimberly Williams-Paisley on a two-part movie about real sisters, with each of them playing the lead in one of the films. The company is also developing projects with Holly Robinson Peete and Tamera Mowry-Housley.

Both Hallmark Channel’s “Countdown to Christmas” and HM&M’s “Miracles of Christmas” movie blocks will kick off October 23, Crown Media said, the former with 23 new original films and the latter with 17 originals.

The announcements come as Hallmark Channel in April renewed its original series When Calls The Heart for an eighth season, after finishing its seventh season (its first without Lori Loughlin.)

The Emmy-nominated Home & Family will return hosts Debbie Matenopoulos and Cameron Mathison to the show, which features celebrity interviews and tips on cooking, DIY, gardening, wellness and more.

Good Witch stars Catherine Bell, who has portrayed the lead character Cassie Nightingale for the past 13 years. Family drama Chesapeake Shores is based on Sherryl Woods’ bestselling novels and stars Jesse Metcalfe, Meghan Ory, Treat Williams and Diane Ladd.

Hallmark Channel also said it is bringing back its pet-centric specials American Humane Hero Dog Awards (on October 19) along with Kitten Bowl VIII and American Rescue Dog Show set for February 2021.

Here are the 18 holiday movies announced today:

Hallmark Channel’s Countdown to Christmas:
• “A Royal Holiday”, starring Laura Osnes, Aaron Tveit and Krystal Joy Brown
• “Jingle Bell Bride”, starring Julie Gonzalo and Ronnie Rowe
• “A Christmas Tree Grows in Brooklyn”, starring Rochelle Aytes and Mark Taylor
• “If I Only Had Christmas”, starring Candace Cameron Bure
• “Deliver by Christmas”, starring Alvina August and Eion Bailey
• “On the 12th Date of Christmas”, starring Mallory Jansen and Tyler Hynes
• “Christmas Waltz”, starring Lacey Chabert
• “Christmas in Vienna”, starring Sarah Drew and Brennan Elliott
• “Christmas in Evergreen 4”, starring Rukiya Bernard and Holly Robinson Peete
• “Chateau Christmas”, starring Merritt Patterson and Luke Macfarlane
• “Cross Country Christmas”, starring Rachael Leigh Cook
• “Christmas Carnival”, starring Tamera Mowry-Housley
• “When Calls the Heart Christmas 2020”, starring Erin Krakow, Pascale Hutton, Jack Wagner, Kavan Smith, Chris McNally, Kevin McGarry, Paul Greene, Andrea Brooks and Martin Cummins

HM&M’s Miracles of Christmas
• “Christmas Tree Lane” starring Alicia Witt and Andrew Walker
• “Holly & Ivy” starring Janel Parrish, Jeremy Jordan, and Marisol Nichols
• “The Christmas Bow” starring Lucia Micarelli and Michael Rady
• “Cranberry Christmas” starring Nikki DeLoach and Benjamin Ayres
• “Christmas Doctor” starring Holly Robinson Peete.

Guiding Light - Reunion 7/17/20

‘The Bold And the Beautiful’ Sets Return Date With Original Episodes On CBS

The new episodes will feature two new cast editions, Tanner Novlan, who will play Steffy’s (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) doctor — and love interest — John “Finn” Finnegan, while Delon de Metz joins as Zende Forrester Dominguez, Eric Forrester’s (John McCook) grandson.

This marks character Zende’s return to The Bold and the Beautiful. The role, originated by Daniel E. Smith in 2001, was most recently played by Rome Flynn from 2015-2017. Novlan will make his debut on July 23. De Metz’s first episode air date is TBD.

The Bold and the Beautiful on June 16 became the first U.S. broadcast series to return to production on stage, following strict COVID-19 safety protocols. But the show went on a brief hiatus after one day of production to modify its testing protocol after what the producers described as “several false positives.” Following a switch to a new lab, The Bold and the Beautiful resumed production on June 24 and has been taping ever since. Some of the precautions include actors’ real-life partners serving as stand-ins in love scenes.

Along with fellow CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful had about 4-6 weeks worth of episodes in the can when the production shutdown began on March 17. The last original episode aired in April and, beginning April 27, both shows started airing repeat episodes curated into theme weeks. The Young and the Restless is slated to return to production tomorrow; ABC’s General Hospital is eying July 20 to resume taping; NBC’s Days Of Our Lives will be back on stage Sept. 1.

Produced by Bell-Phillip Television, with Bradley Bell executive producing, The Bold and The Beautiful is set in Los Angeles and tells the compelling story of high fashion, glamour, honor, romance, passion and, most importantly, family.

The first episode back, airing July 20, explores the latest drama surrounding the Forrester family. Katie (Heather Tom) fills in Carter (Lawrence Saint-Victor) on how Quinn (Rena Sofer) sabotaged Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) and Ridge’s (Thorsten Kaye) reunion party. Then, Zoe (Kiara Barnes) and Carter discuss her whirlwind romance with Thomas (Matthew Atkinson), how he was exposed for his manipulations and lies at their wedding, and how Hope (Annika Noelle) and Liam (Scott Clifton) were able to overcome everything and reunite. Finally, Zoe and Carter learn about Sally’s (Courtney Hope) illness and what Wyatt (Darin Brooks) and Flo (Katrina Bowden) did when they found out.

William DeVry & Rebecca Staab Chat 7/10/20

Bold & Beautiful Recast: Delon de Metz Is the New [Spoiler)

TVLine has learned exclusively that Delon de Metz (Zoo) is joining the cast of CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful as the new Zende Forrester Dominguez. The character, who is the adopted son of Kristen Forrester and Tony Dominguez, was previously played by Daytime Emmy winner Rome Flynn from 2015-2017. Daniel E. Smith originated the role in 2001 before exiting the following year.

(Photo: Tanner Novlan) In other B&B casting news, Tanner Novlan — arguably best known as the dude from the Liberty Mutual commercials — has been tapped to play the new role of Dr. John ‘Finn’ Finnegan, a love interest for Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood). First airdates for de Metz and Novlan have not been set. (Video: Liberty Mutual Ad with Tanner Novlan)

As previously reported, B&B last month became the first scripted series to resume production on U.S. soil following Hollywood’s months-long coronavirus-imposed shutdown. B&B and its sister soap Young and the Restless (the latter of which is slated to resume production next week) ran out of fresh episodes in May; both shows have since been filling the void with theme weeks of reruns.

CBS has yet to announce when B&B will be back on the air with original episodes, but sources say it could be as early as later this month.

B&B Announces New Theme Week: Summer Escapes

Another palace for the king: LeBron James buys Beverly Hills mansion: sources

The home at 9955 Beverly Grove Dr., belonging to the estate of “The Bold and the Beautiful” co-creator Lee Phillip Bell, was being marketed at $39 million. It’s unclear what James is paying for the 13,000-square-foot property, which sits on a 2.5-acre plot and boasts seven fireplaces, a pool house with two baths, lighted tennis court, and screening room.

Bell, who also co-created “The Young and Restless,” spent decades as a popular daytime talk show host on WBBM radio in Chicago. Her estate officially put the home on the market April 30 with Jeff Hyland and Rick Hilton of Hilton & Hyland. Messages left with Hyland on Friday were not immediately returned.

This is the third L.A. County mansion purchase for James, who signed as a free agent with the L.A. Lakers in the summer of 2018. Before signing with the Lakers from the Cleveland Cavaliers, James bought two homes in Brentwood for $23 million and $21 million each.

James is a three-time NBA Champion, four-time Most Valuable Player, and widely considered the best basketball player since Michael Jordan. He’s continued to play at an MVP level in his 17th NBA season, and the Lakers are a title contender when the season resumes next month in a quarantined Orlando enclave.

James’s four-year, $154 million contract with the Lakers expires in 2022. A source said that James was looking to further establish his Los Angeles foothold, and had also been looking at Beverly Hills land owned by the estate of Paul Allen. Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos signed a contract to buy that parcel for $90 million in February, only to later back out of the deal.

It’s unclear who is representing James on the purchase. Santiago Arana of The Agency has worked with James on past deals, and a message left with Arana Friday was not immediately returned.

Talk Show Appearance

Tuesday, July 7

Actress Denise Richards (CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL)

Tonya Pinkins Joins Soap Stars for Online Reading of One-Act Plays Presented by The National Arts Club

As a television writer, Sickles has received five consecutive Writers Guild of America Awards for the daytime drama General Hospital, as well as seven Emmy Award nominations for that series and One Life to Live. His plays have been performed across the United States as well as internationally, and his work recognized with numerous awards including the New York Innovative Theater Award and the Beverly Hills Theater Guild/Julie Harris Playwriting Award.

Director Brekeller has worked extensively in the soap opera world on both coasts, winning multiple Daytime Emmy Awards, most recently in May 2019 as part of the directing team at CBS's The Young and the Restless. He received a 2016 New York Innovative Theater award for Outstanding Direction of Sickles' Composure at the Workshop Theater.

The Plays

The Greater and Lesser Edmunds: Gideon is meeting his half-brother Augie. They have met only once before, at their father's funeral...a father who kept two families at the same time. Gideon thinks he knows what Augie wants. Gideon is wrong.

Persephone: Helena gave up her daughter Persephone at birth. Today, they meet for the first time. It is going really well. Or at least it was...

New Podcast Soap Opera Series FOREVER AND A DAY

The series was created by Casey Hutchison (of The Chat Podcast), who also serves as Co-Head Writer and Co-Executive Producer, alongside two time Capital City Web Award nominee Candice Mack (of Soap Party 411 and Take2Radio). Other individuals on the writing team include multi Daytime Emmy, Producers Guild, and Writers Guild of America award winner/nominee John F. Smith (formerly of The Bold and the Beautiful and The Young and the Restless), multi Daytime Emmy and Writers Guild of America award nominee Thom Racina (formerly of General Hospital, Another World, Days of Our Lives, Generations, Santa Barbara, Search For Tomorrow, The Young and the Restless, and One Life To Live), and web soap opera pioneer, multi Indie Series, Capital City Web award nominee, LA Web Fest award winner, Karolina Sivas (of Broken At Love). Capital City Web Award winner James Lott, Jr. (of JLJ Media) and multi Daytime Emmy Award nominee/one-time winner, Sally Sussman Morina, serve as consultants.

The cast of 20 characters includes many well known faces as well as on-the-come-up stars. The series has brought five time Daytime Emmy Award nominee, Beth Ehlers out of acting retirement. Ehlers is best known for her role of Harley Cooper on CBS' former soap opera Guiding Light. Quinn VanAntwerp, known to Broadway audiences as Bob Gaudio in the Tony Award winning production of Jersey Boys has also signed on to be a lead in the series. The soap opera will also star Matthew Preston (of Inside Amy Schumer and 5 Dias), one time Capital City Web Award nominee and web series trailblazer Dorell Anthony (of Pride: The Series, and General Hospital), Tony Moore (of AfterBuzz TV's Dishin' Days), Jeanne Young (of Home Free and Jolted 1&2), Brandon Larkins (of Monogamy, Chronicles of Jessica Wu, and Cougar Town), Elizabeth von Isser (of Amazed By You and That 80s Guy), Brett Lawrence (of West of The Sun), Lacreita Lyon (of Afterbuzz TV), Renee Suran (of Broken At Love and Circle of Love), Tyler David (commercial actor), Khalia Davis (of 3rd Generation Female Gangsta), Kristina Sullivan (of Shenanigans), Michael Carr (of Sometimes At Night and The Gag), Benjamin Bryant (of The Brink With Benjamin Bryant), Veronica Dang (of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and The Following), and Teri Limmer. Co-Head Writer and Co-Executive Producer will also star in the series along with Script Editor and Script Writer, Karolina Sivas.

Guiding Light - General Hospital Reunion 7/10/20

Soap Alum Become Parents Again

Ratings: First Daytime Emmys Telecast Since 2015 Draws 3 Million Viewers

CBS’ The Young and the Restless led the soap opera pack with eight total wins, including for Outstanding Drama, followed by sister sudser The Bold and the Beautiful and ABC’s General Hospital with four wins apiece. Going by network, CBS topped Friday night’s ceremony with 15 total wins.

Friday’s presentation was hosted by the ladies of The Talk. Additional categories, including many from the digital drama arena, are being held for additional virtual ceremonies taking place on July 19 and 26.

Elsewhere, Fox’s Friday Night SmackDown (2.2 mil/0.5) and The CW’s Masters of Illusion (795K/0.1) were both steady, with the former landing in a three-way tie for the night’s best demo rating…. ABC’s 20/20 (3.5 mil/0.5) delivered Friday’s largest total audience.

Jaime's Happy Hour: Denise Richards

New B&B/Y&R Theme Weeks Announced

‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ Reveals COVID-19 “False Positives”, Return To Production Delayed By A Day Over Health Department Testing Questions

“The Health Department had some additional questions about the lab TV City provided The Bold and the Beautiful with last week, which produced several false positives,” a spokesperson for the series said.

B&B producer Bell-Phillip Television has changed labs and has resolved all problems, according to the company. “We have not had, nor do we have, any positive COVID-19 cases and are not ‘shut down’, but we needed an additional day to provide them with requested information,” the spokesperson said.

The plan is for shooting to resume tomorrow, Wednesday, June 24.

As Deadline reported, The Bold and the Beautiful last Wednesday became the first U.S. broadcast series to return to production on stage, following strict COVID-19 safety protocols.

But in what may be indicative of the “new normal” of a stop-and-go production during a pre-vaccine coronavirus pandemic, the show went on a brief hiatus after one day of production “to modify our testing protocol to better accommodate the large volume of testing needed,” the B&B rep said at the time.

As we reported earlier today in a story about the intricacies of COVID-19 testing that have emerged as a main hurdle in the path to production restart, it is believed that there were a number of positive or inconclusive test results for the B&B cast and crew last week, which were deemed unreliable.

That created a chaotic situation, which led to the production pause for testing to be sorted out. According to sources, the production used less invasive saliva tests last week; it has since switched to the nasal swabs that cause quite a bit of discomfort but are considered a lot more accurate.

Testing Emerges As A Main Hurdle To Production Restart Amid Pandemic

And yet, in the current final stage of setting guidelines to get cameras rolling again, testing surprisingly has become one of the biggest stumbling blocks in reaching a consensus between studios and the Hollywood guilds and unions so production can resume.

The issue is not whether there should be testing — both sides are in agreement on that — but how exactly it should be implemented, including frequency and type of tests used.

The problem was exposed when The Bold and the Beautiful last week restarted production but was forced to temporarily shut down after one day of shooting to adjust testing protocols. There has been speculation there were a number of positive or inconclusive test results that were deemed unreliable, creating a chaotic situation that led to the production pause for testing to be sorted out. Shooting is slated to resume today.

The major Hollywood studios, unions and guilds collaborated on the June 1 White Paper for reopening in a pre-vaccine environment, which emphasized “regular, periodic testing” with protocols to be developed by employers “in conjunction with, and approved by, the Unions and Guilds.”

The unions and guilds on June 12 released their detailed safety protocols. The DGA led the union effort to create the guidelines, based in part on models by Columbia University’s Jeffrey Shaman regarding the effectiveness of various testing protocols. The models show reduced risk of acquiring infection on set with weekly testing, further risk reduction when testing every three days, and its elimination with testing daily.

As a result, DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE and the Teamsters require that, in addition to every member of the cast and crew being tested for active COVID-19 infection before their first day of work, for performers “a higher testing frequency of at least three times a week at minimum for them as well as those with whom they come into close contact.” (Those working in production offices with physical distancing and PPE are required to be tested at a minimum of once a week.)

The very high frequency of testing requested by the guilds, combined with the myriad largely unproven tests available (many of them of questionable accuracy), has created a sticking point in the studios’ negotiations with the unions and the guilds, with some studio sources indicating that the extensive testing requirements may not be feasible.

When the coronavirus started spreading, the Food and Drug Administration used its emergency powers to OK scores of quickly devised tests based mainly on small, often inadequate lab studies because the need was so great. Sifting through all the options is creating a challenge for Hollywood.

The nasal swab test is considered the most accurate, but it also is the most invasive as it activates a person’s lachrymal and gag reflex. It is very uncomfortable, as best described by Anna Davis Abel in a video featured on John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight; in it, she says, right after being tested, that “they just pulled out my brain out through my nostril,” and compares the sensation to her brain being impaled. (You can watch it below at the 6-minute mark.)

A far more palatable option is a saliva-based test. While there have been some promising lab results about that type of test, those are considered less accurate than the nasal swab ones.

I hear The Bold and the Beautiful, whose experience restarting production is now being studied by other shows to help avoid potential pitfalls, used saliva tests, which triggered the confusing results. I hear the show has since switched to nasal swab tests.

With questions surrounding the accuracy of testing — a recent study of five commonly used coronavirus tests revealed detection in the range of 60%-80% of infections — there is uncertainty about return-to-work safety protocols, built on the premise that “Testing is the key to the resumption of production,” as the DGA, SAG-AFTRA, IATSE and the Teamsters put it in their proposal.

Unless the pandemic starts slowing down, which does not appear to be in the cards for Los Angeles in the coming months, the casts of TV series and the crew closest to them may have to be subjected to painful nasal swab tests multiple times a week every single week to help keep the set safe and production going.

Daytime Emmys Sets Presenters, Announces On-Air Categories

CBS announced the line-up today, along with the categories to be presented on-air. (See the complete list below.)

Joining the previously announced hosts Sharon Osbourne, Sheryl Underwood, Eve, Carrie Ann Inaba and Marie Osmond will be presenters and performers including Gayle King (CBS This Morning), Kelsey Grammer (Light as a Feather), Melody Scott Thomas (The Young and the Restless), Kathie Lee Gifford (Today Show), Cookie Monster (Sesame Street), Scott Evans (Access Hollywood), Patrika Darbo (The Bold and the Beautiful), Kevin Frazier (Entertainment Tonight), Wayne Brady (Let’s Make a Deal), Michael Strahan (Strahan, Sara & Keke), James Reynolds (Days of Our Lives), Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (The Bold and The Beautiful), Maurice Bernard (General Hospital), Kelly Ripa and Ryan Seacrest (Live with Kelly and Ryan), Nate Burleson (Extra), Sunny Hostin (The View) and Eric Braeden (The Young and the Restless).

This year, awards in the leading categories will be presented virtually, with recipients and other guests appearing from home. Additional categories will be announced on the Daytime Emmys’ social media accounts simultaneously with the CBS broadcast, with some immediately following the broadcast and others streamed in separate virtual ceremonies on July 19 and July 26.

The 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be broadcast Friday, June 26, 8-10 PM ET/PT) on CBS.

Categories scheduled for the CBS broadcast include:

Outstanding Drama Series

Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actress in a Drama Series

Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Outstanding Entertainment News Show

Outstanding Writing Team for a Drama Series

Outstanding Digital Drama Series

Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show Host

Outstanding Game Show Host

Outstanding Game Show

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

Outstanding Entertainment Talk Show

Outstanding Informative Talk Show

Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series

Outstanding Legal/Courtroom Program

Outstanding Special Class Special

Outstanding Culinary Series

Outstanding Morning Show

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Dwayne Johnson To Host Global Citizen’s ‘Global Goal: Unite For Our Future – The Concert’; Jennifer Hudson, Billy Porter, Charlize Theron And More To Appear

The Concert will feature performances from Jennifer Hudson, Shakira, Chloe x Halle, Christine and the Queens, Coldplay, J Balvin, Justin Bieber and Quavo, Miley Cyrus, Usher and Yemi Alade. In addition, there will be appearances from Billy Porter, Charlize Theron, Chris Rock, David Beckham, Derrick Johnson, Diane Kruger, Forest Whitaker, Hugh Jackman, Ken Jeong, Kerry Washington, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Olivia Colman, Opal Tometi, Salma Hayek Pinault, Antoni Porowski and more.

“Global Citizens around the world are calling for systemic change, change that brings about justice for everyone, everywhere, regardless of where they were born or the colour of their skin,” said Hugh Evans, co-founder and CEO of Global Citizen. “If we are to end COVID-19 for all, we need our world leaders to commit the billions of dollars needed to develop and equitably deliver testing, treatments and vaccines. Global Goal: Unite for Our Future – The Concert will bring the centuries-old concept of music as a motivator for change and unity, together with science and data, to honour the problem solvers – including doctors, scientists, lab workers, essential workers and human rights advocates – who are racing to not only create the cure for COVID-19, but also to ensure that it’s available for everyone who needs it.”

Johnson said of his role as host: “I’m proud to join Global Citizen and the European Commission to host the Global Goal: Unite for Our Future concert. The event aims to lift up the global community that is tackling equitable access to healthcare, and other enormous injustices facing our world. This critical moment in history requires all of us – so let’s join together to chart a better future, for everyone.”

The Concert will air on broadcasters across the globe including ARD, Canal+ Group, RTVE in Europe, Bell Media, CBC, Citytv, and Global TV, in Canada, NBC and iHeartMedia in the U.S., Grupo Globo in Brazil, MultiChoice Group and SABC in Africa, Fuji TV and Star India in Asia, and Channel Nine in Australia. The Concert will also be streamed on global platforms. The virtual broadcast will celebrate innovators, scientists, health workers, activists and organizations working to develop and distribute COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines to everyone, everywhere who need them.

The Concert follows Global Goal: Unite for Our Future—The Summit, a global pledging moment where world leaders, corporations and philanthropists will announce new commitments to help develop equitable distribution of COVID-19 tests, treatments and vaccines, as well as rebuild communities devastated by the pandemic. The Summit will feature panel discussions and interviews moderated by journalists Katie Couric, Mallika Kapur, Morgan Radford, Isha Sesay and Keir Simmons. Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Miley Cyrus, Angelique Kidjo and Ken Jeong will join the conversation as well as experts including Brittany Packnett Cunningham, Melinda Gates, Dr. Vin Gupta, NAACP President Derrick Johnson, Executive Director of UN Women, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, Eddie Ndopu, Abiola Oke, Kate Upton and Justin Verlander.

Producers of Global Goal: Unite for Our Future include: Michele Anthony of Universal Music Group, Declan Kelly of Teneo, Live Nation, Scooter Braun and SB Projects, Adam Leber on behalf of Maverick, The Lede Company, Roc Nation and Derrick Johnson on behalf of NAACP. The Summit is produced by Michael Dempsey. The Concert is produced by Hamish Hamilton and Done + Dusted.

Usher calls for Juneteenth to be a national holiday in op-ed

Juneteenth, which falls on June 19, commemorates the end of slavery in the U.S.

“Recognizing Juneteenth as a national holiday would be a small gesture compared with the greater social needs of black people in America,” the singer wrote. “But it can remind us of our journey toward freedom, and the work America still has to do.”

Usher, 41, shared that during the 2015 Essence Music Festival, he wore a shirt that crossed out Fourth of July and replaced it with Juneteenth, in an effort to educate others that black people weren’t necessarily free in America as of July 4, 1776.

“For me, wearing the shirt was an opportunity to inform others who may not necessarily know the history of black people in America, and who are not aware that Juneteenth is our authentic day of self-determination,” he said. “It is ours to honor the legacy of our ancestors, ours to celebrate and ours to remember where we once were as a people. And it should be a national holiday, observed by all Americans.”

Juneteenth has been celebrated as an official state holiday in Texas because, as Usher explained, that is where Union Gen. Gordon Granger arrived by boat to announce to slaves that the Civil War had ended and they were now free on June 19, 1865 — even though President Abraham Lincoln had issued the Emancipation Proclamation two and a half years prior.

The R&B star said although he wants the US to recognize Juneteenth as a national holiday, he is not necessarily asking for it to be a day off from work.

He said, “We could observe it, as many black Americans already do, by celebrating both our first step toward freedom as black people in America and also the many contributions to this land: the construction of Black Wall Street; the invention of jazz, rock n’ roll, hip-hop and R&B; and all the entrepreneurship and business brilliance, extraordinary cuisine, sports excellence, political power and global cultural influence black Americans have given the world.”

Usher said he is “humbled” by the platform he has been given because of his musical talents, and so he was compelled to speak out given the country’s current climate.

“As an artist, it is my duty to reflect the trying times in which we live,” he said. “My heart is shattered by the ongoing injustices in this country, incited by its long history of racism that has led to deadly outcomes for too many of our people. This country must change.”

On Thursday, Sen. Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Sen. Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Sen. Kamala D. Harris (D-Calif.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) announced that they are introducing legislation to make Juneteenth a federal holiday. On Wednesday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Juneteenth will be recognized as an official holiday in New York state.

Lee Phillip Bell’s Golden Age Estate Seeks A-List Price

The longtime residence of the late soap opera icon Lee Phillip Bell has come up for sale, carrying an attention-grabbing, if perhaps not entirely surprising, $39 million pricetag. Well-maintained, with exquisitely curated grounds, the multi-structure estate sprawls across 2.5 acres of hilltop land in the prime lower Benedict Canyon area of Los Angeles, lording over the surrounding neighbors and offering views to the Century City and Downtown L.A. skylines.

Originally built in 1934, the property was owned in the 1940s by Academy Award-nominated actor Charles Boyer, a Hollywood leading man of the era who starred in a number of black-and-white classics, including “Gaslight,” “Algiers,” “Conquest,” and “Love Affair,” to name but a few.

In the late ’40s, Boyer sought to terminate his contract with RKO Pictures, one of the big five studios of Hollywood’s Golden Age. As part of the unusual settlement negotiations, the studio agreed to purchase his sprawling estate in the so-called Beverly Hills Post Office neighborhood. At that time, RKO was owned outright by eccentric business magnate Howard Hughes, so Hughes essentially became the home’s new owner, though his name never appeared in property records.

So the midcentury gossip goes, Hughes kept the high-maintenance property vacant for a few years, until his ex-flame and longtime confidante Katharine Hepburn went sniffing around L.A. for a suitable house to rent. It was Hughes who encouraged her to lease the former Boyer compound, which she happily agreed to do, settling into the property sometime around 1951 — right around the time she filmed the iconic “The African Queen,” which brought her a fifth Best Actress Oscar nomination.

Over the ensuing decades, the house passed to less notable owners. In 1986, it was sold for $2.9 million to pioneering soap opera creator William J. Bell and his business partner wife Lee, who created a decades-strong television empire with the “The Bold and the Beautiful” and “The Young and the Restless.” Bell lived in the house until his 2005 death; his wife continued residing there until her own passing earlier this year.

The sprawling property is comprised of a substantial main house, two detached guesthouses and a poolhouse, plus a full-size tennis court with viewing pavilion. Protected by massive gates, the brick driveway is lined on both sides by rows of Italian cypresses so perfectly trimmed, they’d impress even a stickler like Hercule Poirot. Towering palms ring the property, and the entire lot is landscaped with formal gardens and stone fountains.

Inside the red tile-roofed main house are no fewer than seven fireplaces, per the listing, including one in the cozy screening room. High ceilings and walls of glass lend the place a welcome airiness, while views drink in much of the L.A. basin and the Pacific Ocean.

A substantial stone patio has plenty of space for alfresco backyard entertaining, and steps down to an almost perfectly oval swimming pool, still equipped with an old-timey diving board and stepladder. Beyond that lies a cabana, with two baths and convenient changing facilities.

Astute real estate watchers will recall this is not the first time Bell’s name has come up in recent months — back in April, her vacation home in the exclusive Malibu Colony came to market with a $21.5 million ask. That property, one of the few oceanfront houmes in the community with its own private swimming pool, remains available with an unchanged pricetag.

Jeff Hyland and Rick Hilton of Hilton & Hyland hold the listing.

Dishing with Digest - 6/19/20 - Thaao Penghlis

Wayne Brady feared police response to his daughter setting off home alarm

The comedian told “Access Hollywood” that when Maile was 14, she accidentally locked herself out of the family’s Malibu home, setting off an alarm that warned “armed” responders of an intruder on the premises.

“I freaked out,” Wayne, 48, said. “I was so worried that my daughter could not explain in the heat of the moment, ‘Yes, it’s my house.’ Was she going to let these officers in?”

The concerned father said he told his daughter, “Get out of the house right now and run around the corner and down the street about half a mile. Go to your mama’s house.”

Wayne said Maile — who is now 17 — did not understand at the time why her father was so panicked. He explained his concern was rooted in a past experience where he was locked out of a former home in Sherman Oaks, Calif., and had to prove he owned it.

“The fear that these people would hurt me as I’m outside my own house — because it’s not unprecedented — so I knew that I could handle that because I was a man, but I was fearful for my little girl,” he said.

Wayne said he sat down with Maile after the incident to explain why he reacted the way he did.

The “Whose Line Is It Anyway?” star added, “It’s a conversation that I’m glad I had because every young black person that we send out into the world, guy or girl … we need to arm each other with knowledge because it’s just necessary.”

Daytime Emmy Broadcast Sets ‘The Talk’ Panel As Hosts

The awards will be presented virtually on Friday, June 26 on CBS, with leading category recipients and special guests appearing from their homes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Additional categories will be announced simultaneously on Twitter, with others presented in a separate ceremony in July.

This year marks the 14th time CBS has broadcast the Daytime Emmys, more than any other network. The show will be produced by NATAS and Associated Television International, which produced the 2009 Daytime Emmys on the CW as well as the most recent CBS broadcasts of the event in 2010 and 2011.

ABC soap General Hospital leads all shows and CBS and Amazon Prime Video top all networks in nominations. For a complete list, go here.

The 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards is set for Friday, June 26, 8 p.m. ET/PT, on CBS.

‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ Production ‘Paused’ to Expand COVID-19 Testing

The show returned to production today in Television City Studios, however, production has been halted to “better accommodate the large volume of testing needed,” per a spokesperson for the show’s producer Bell-Phillip Television.

“We have paused very briefly to modify our testing protocol to better accommodate the large volume of testing needed. Safety remains our top priority as we continue to move forward with the production of the Bold and the Beautiful. B&B filmed with cast and crew today and it was a successful first day back at work,” read the statement.

Shooting on the daytime drama is set to resume Tuesday, June 23.

“The Bold and the Beautiful” is one of the very first series to start shooting again, and other productions likely have much to glean from its immediate need for more coronavirus testing. Given the show’s production schedule, it could potentially be on course to start airing new episodes in July.

Some of the safety precautions the show is taking include testing cast and crew frequently while shooting, having an on-set coordinator who to oversee safety for the cast and crew, requiring the cast and crew to wear masks when they’re not on camera, and staggering the amount of people on set. The guidelines fall in line with Los Angeles county and city requirements, and were approved by the guilds and Television City owner Hackman Capital Partners.

Production on Season 34 had previously shut down in mid-March, along with every other scripted and unscripted series across the country, and the show has been airing reruns since the final episode it still had in the can aired on April 23.

“The Bold and the Beautiful” has been on the air since 1987, and was renewed through 2022 back in May.

“I am thrilled to dive into years 34 and 35 of ‘The Bold and the Beautiful,’” executive producer Bradley Bell said at the time it was renewed. “We are grateful to Amy Reisenbach and everyone at CBS for their incredible commitment to the series. Of course, many thanks to our loyal fans who motivate us every day with their unending passion and enthusiasm.”

‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ using blowup dolls for sex scenes in new episodes

The quirky, imaginative steps are being taken to adhere to state, county and industry protocols regarding COVID-19 — as “B&B” became the first US broadcast series to go back into production Wednesday at Television City in LA.

“When we were reviewing the scripts we started taking out all the romantic scenes and [the scripts] just fell flat,” the show’s executive producer/head writer Bradley Bell tells The Post. “We put our heads together trying to figure out a way to make these scenes work without breaking the eight-foot [distancing] rule … and we brought out a doll we used years ago as a corpse.

“We posed it and it was very convincing,” he says. “It’s a great doll and we’ll be using her with hair and makeup as a stand-in to match some of our leading ladies.”

Bell says there’s only the one doll — for now.

“We’re going to see how it works,” he says. “We may be investing in more dolls and male dolls. We’re searching Web sites and combing Hollywood to see what’s available — so we may be employing a lot of dolls in future love scenes.”

“The Bold and the Beautiful,” which is known for some of the more racy scenes in daytime, will also use the spouses of some of the show’s actors in some scenes, Bell says.

“We had the idea that, if [the actors] can’t touch one other and you can’t seem them in a tight embrace then that’s a real problem,” he says. “So we thought to reach out to some of the husbands and wives of the actors and ask them if they would be body doubles in the kissing scenes. Some of them were interested; we’ve had stunt doubles before but this is the first time we’ve had kissing doubles.

“They’ll be tested [for COVID] and we’ll make sure it’s safe and the husband and wife are comfortable kissing,” he says, “and so we may have some very hot kissing on the show. With camera tricks and editing, it will appear as though it’s our leading man with his leading lady.”

Bell says the show last filmed on March 13. “At that point we thought it might be a few weeks. We had no idea,” he says. “I was always in communication with the production team and the cast and along the way I was writing memos saying, ‘It looks like we’ll be back May 1’ then it was ‘May 15’ then ‘June 15’ and now our day has finally come.”

“We’re taking every precautions and making sure we adhere to all the guidelines of the state, county and [the industry unions] DGA and SAG-AFTRA,” he says. “We’ll have a limited number of people on the stage at any time and we’ve reconfigured our control booth. We’re separating the directors, who will all be six feet apart with plexiglass between them and we’ve moved our lighting crew to an auxiliary room and separated them with plexiglass.

“All the actors are wearing masks unless they’re shooting scenes,” he says. “They will always be a minimum of eight feet apart. We’ve gone through all the scripts and have trimmed some scenes. There won’t be any group scenes and the majority [of scenes] will be with two actors and occasionally one actor.

“We’re exercising extreme caution.”

Bell says the episodes will pick up immediately following the cliffhanger that aired in mid-March, when Flo (Katrina Bowden) was captured by Sally (Courtney Hope) and held captive while Sally was trying to seduce her boyfriend, Wyatt (Darin Brooks).

“Our current plan is to [eventually] mention the pandemic but not to dive into the full story,” he says. “I think we’ve all lived it. We’ve always been about fantasy and escapism. It’s what we do. We provide our audience with a half hour of romance and fun — and we also bring some heat and steam.

“We’re going to keep the fires stoked here at ‘The Bold and the Beautiful.’ “

'Bold & the Beautiful' Boss on Resuming Production: "We're Ready to Go"

Just five days after the state of California and Los Angeles County lifted restrictions on film and TV production, CBS' daytime drama The Bold and the Beautiful will resume filming on Wednesday.

"We feel we're ready to go," executive producer and head writer Bradley Bell told The Hollywood Reporter. "Safety is our utmost concern and will be as we return to production."

Like hundreds of other productions, The Bold and the Beautiful shut down in mid-March as the coronavirus pandemic led to stay-home orders for nonessential businesses. The show (which CBS recently renewed through 2022) eventually ran out of pre-taped episodes, and CBS has airing themed weeks of repeats for the past eight weeks.

Bell spoke to THR Tuesday afternoon as the show gets ready to return to filming about how the long-running soap will adhere to safety guidelines amid the coronavirus pandemic — everything from dividers in the show's control booth at Television City to having the real-life partners of actors acting as "love-scene doubles." He also discussed the preparation for resumption of filming, including reworking some scripts, with the goal to have new episodes on the air in a few weeks.

How long were you getting ready to go back to work, prior to the lifting of restrictions on production on June 12?

We've been preparing for this over the last month, month and a half. We knew the day would come, so we've been modifying our spaces, modifying our studio, our booth, staying up to date on what the most important health and safety protocols are. We feel we're ready to go. Safety is our utmost concern and will be as we return to production.

What kinds of modifications have you made?

We've been working with a group called Reel Health, and they provide great COVID response services. We've been looking to them to guide us through a safe path back to production. We've been doing testing — everyone has been tested. Actors will be tested at least once a week, maybe multiple times a week. All production personnel will be tested on Mondays, and we'll be filming Tuesday through Friday.

In terms of the booth and control room, we have plexiglass between the director, the AD, the [technical director]. We've spread out all of our production people so they're at least six feet apart and divided by plexiglass. We've moved the lighting department to an auxiliary area where they have more space. We're limiting the number of people on set at any one time, and keeping the actors eight feet apart at all times — which will be tricky, especially during love scenes [laughs].

Right. Daytime drama is built on intimate and close-contact scenes. How do you plan to handle that?

We'll really rely on our directors to employ all techniques. [Actors will] shoot eight feet apart, following all the safety standards, but use the tricks of the business. We'll shoot one side of the couple in a romantic scene alone in the room, but looking at a spot very close to them, and then shoot the other side alone. When we edit it together, it will look like they're nose to nose.

Does that then increase your post-production time?

It will increase post-production. We're also bringing in, in some cases, the husbands and wives of the actors as stand-ins for their [characters'] significant others. So if you see hands touching faces in close proximity from a wide shot, instead of a stunt double we'll have a love-scene double, where it will be the husband or the wife doing the actual touching. Then when we edit it together, it will look like our couple on screen.

And we'll probably also be using some of the classic, old-fashioned tricks of soap opera, where when things heat up, we pan to the fireplace or pan to a candle to indicate things are getting hot [laughs]. All in all, I think a lot of it will be done with the eyes and the voice, and there can still be love in the air and romance on the screen from a safe distance.

You're following safety guidelines set by the industry and the guilds. Are you adding additional layers for safety beyond that?

We are adhering to all the guidelines from the state and the DGA and working closely with SAG-AFTRA to make sure we meet all standards and being extremely cautious on every level. We have our own protocols in place, and they're very conservative. We're just making sure that we employ all safety standards the industry sets, and our own as well.

What kind of conversations have you had with your cast and crew in the time you've been off? Are people ready to get back to work?

The vast majority of our cast and crew are eager to get back to work. They've been waiting for the world to open up, and now that restaurants are able to function, and salons, and businesses of all types are able to go back if they meet safety regulations, we feel we're safe to go. Everyone's excited and ready to start filming again.

How soon are you looking to be back on air?

We'll start filming tomorrow. We have our first scene scheduled for tomorrow, and then back at it Thursday and Friday and into next week. We've eaten up our pad — usually at this time we have a month or a month and a half between tape and air. That's disappeared now, so I think after a week or so of filming we're going to turn it around and be on the air within a few weeks. It'll be quick.

Can you give a sense of how the logistics of production will work? Will have you have fewer cast and crew on set than you normally would?

We're counting the bodies on the stage at any period of time and limiting that to a specific and low number. Anyone who's on the stage — hair and makeup, lighting, props — they'll all have their designated areas and have to stay in those areas, and keep six feet from everyone, wearing masks of course. The actors will be wearing masks other than during their scenes.

Are you filming scripts written before things shut down?

We have a stockpile of scripts. We've gone through them all and taken out some of the group scenes. We've kept the scenes down to two or four people. Some of the scenes where we had child actors, we've written them out for the time being, just for another level of security. But hopefully we have stacks of good drama on the page, and the audience, we're hoping they'll watch and say, "How did they do it? They look like they're nose to nose and right next to each other." But they'll be eight feet apart at all times.

Will you incorporate stories about the pandemic into the show? Or do you want it to be separate from the real world?

At this point, we may make mention of the pandemic. But my feeling is it's covered on every other channel and all news channels. We've always been about providing some escapism. We're telling stories about families and romance, love stories and staying clear of diving into the pandemic.

I would imagine you feel some sense of pride to be the first production in L.A. to go back into the studio.

We've always prided ourselves on being a very nimble production company. We've shot all over the world, we're doing 250 episodes a year. So this is another challenge, and one we're proud to meet and anxious to pull off successfully.

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Bold and the Beautiful Is First U.S. Series to Resume Production Following Three-Month COVID-19 Hiatus

“The health and safety of our cast and crew are of foremost importance to us,” a B&B rep tells TVLine. “We will be following all protocols set forth by the State, City, Television City, and the various guilds.”

It remains unclear when exactly new episodes of B&B will resume airing on CBS, but sources say it could be as early as July.

Last week, L.A. County issued its “Reopening Protocol for Music, Television and Film Production,” laying out policies designed to protect employee health and measures to ensure physical distancing. Among the new safety measures: All cast and crew are required to wear cloth face coverings whenever they are in contact with others, unless — as in the case with actors — the production activity does not allow for the wearing of a face covering.

Due to the COVID-19 production shutdown, both B&B and fellow CBS sudser Y&R ran out of new episodes in April. CBS has been filling the void with theme weeks of reruns from both shows.

Last month, CBS officially confirmed that B&B had been renewed for two more years, through the 2021-22 TV season.

‘The Bold And the Beautiful’ Returns To Production With COVID-19 Safety Protocols In Place

The Bold and the Beautiful, which was recently renewed through 2022, began official pre-production today. However, its producers at Bell-Phillip Television, who had been hopeful for a June production restart, started to plan a return since the series shut down in mid-March with the cast, crew and staff’s health as main priority.

The show’s filming will follow COVID-19 safety protocols set by LA County, the City of Los Angeles and Television City’s owner Hackman Capital Partners, and its resumption became possible after the producers reached agreements with the Hollywood guilds.

The cast and the crew were tested for the coronavirus today, with regular testing a key part of the new protocol. Everyone will work shorter days with staggered call times and smaller amount of cast on set at one time. To accommodate that, some of the scripts that had been already in the can were reworked.

Additionally, The Bold and the Beautiful has hired a COVID-19 coordinator who will be on set at all times, insuring that the production follows the safety guidelines. I hear all cast and crew members will be required to wear masks at all times except for actors when they are filming a scene.

Along with fellow CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful had about 4-6 weeks worth of episodes in the can when the production shutdown began on March 17. The last original episode aired in April and, beginning April 27, both shows started airing repeat episodes curated into theme weeks.

The Bold and the Beautiful is a Bell-Phillip Television production. Bradley Bell is the executive producer.

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FAMILIAL FEUDS AND BITTER BUSINESS BATTLES ARE AT THE HEART OF THE MATTER AS “THEME WEEKS” CONTINUE ON CBS’ DAYTIME DRAMAS JUNE 1-5

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS from Sony Pictures Television, now in its 47th season (and 31st straight as the most-watched daytime drama), will focus on the series’ beloved and legendary family the Abbotts, including Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, Marla Adams as Dina Abbott Mergeron, Eileen Davidson as Ashley Abbott, Beth Maitland as Traci Abbott, Michael Mealor as Kyle Abbott, Jason Thompson as Billy Abbott, Jess Walton as Jill Abbott, and Jerry Douglas as Abbott family patriarch John Abbott. The series airs weekdays (12:30-1:30 PM, ET/11:30 AM-12:30 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL from Bell-Phillip Television, which is celebrating 33 years on the Network, will recall debates, disputes and dissent with “Classic Clashes” next week (1:30-2:00 PM, ET/12:30-1:00 PM, PT).

Storylines for Y&R’s “The Abbotts” episodes are as follows:

On Monday, June 1, family and friends gather to witness the nuptials of Traci (Beth Maitland) and Brad (THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL’s Don Diamont), while Katherine (Jeanne Cooper) and Dina (Adams) plot against Jill (Walton), and Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) struggles with her drinking. The episode originally aired Jan. 11, 1991.

On Tuesday, June 2, Jack (Bergman) smells success as John Abbott (Douglas) regains control of Jabot, and Victor (Eric Braeden) and Ashley (Davidson) make amends. The episode originally aired Sept. 17, 1999.

On Wednesday, June 3, Jack (Bergman) proposes to Phyllis (Michelle Stafford), and tensions rise between Traci (Maitland) and Ashley (Davidson). The episode originally aired Sept. 10, 2001.

On Thursday, June 4, as the family mourns the loss of John Abbott, Kevin (Greg Rikaart) and Michael (Christian Le Blanc) help Gloria (Judith Chapman) fight for her place among the Abbotts. The episode originally aired August 24, 2006.

Finally, on Friday, June 5, Dina reminds the Abbotts of the true meaning of Christmas, Kyle (Mealor) and Lola (Sasha Calle) celebrate their first Christmas as a married couple, and Billy (Thompson) keeps a secret from his family. The episode originally aired Dec. 24, 2019.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL’s “Classic Clashes” storylines include:

On Monday, June 1, the battle between long-time nemeses Stephanie Forrester (Susan Flannery) and Sally Spectra (the late Darlene Conley) heats up when Sally, irate over a disparaging interview Stephanie gave to a trade paper regarding the quality of Spectra Creations, confronts Stephanie at her home. As they hurl insults back and forth, the spat quickly turns comical, with Sally ending up in Stephanie’s pool. Meanwhile, Sally's husband, Clarke (Dan McVicar), flirts with Stephanie’s daughter, Felicia (then played by Colleen Dion-Scotti), making her a business proposition that’s hard to refuse, and Macy (Bobbie Eakes) and Jake (Todd McKee) begin to explore their burgeoning feelings for one another. The episode originally aired Feb. 19, 1992.

On Tuesday, June 2, the sinister Sheila Carter (Kimberlin Brown) threatens to kill Stephanie (Flannery) for keeping her from Eric (original cast member John McCook), while Ridge (then played by Ronn Moss), Brooke (original cast member Katherine Kelly Lang), Eric, Dr. James Warwick (Ian Buchanan) and Lauren Fenmore (THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS’ Tracey Bregman) attempt to talk her down. Meanwhile, Taylor (Hunter Tylo) and her father, Jack Hamilton (Chris Robinson), try to make sense of why Ridge married Brooke so soon after he thought Taylor died. Darla (Schae Harrison) brings Sally Spectra (Conley) a new hairdresser, Gladys (the late Phyllis Diller), who reveals that Taylor is still alive! The episode originally aired June 7, 1995.

On Wednesday, June 3, decades-long rivals Taylor (Tylo) and Brooke (Lang) fling accusations, past hurts and wedding cake at each other during Hope (Annika Noelle) and Liam’s (Scott Clifton) wedding reception. Caught by their daughters, Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Hope, Taylor and Brooke are made to go back into the ceremony and face their families, each of whom has something to say about the situation. The episode originally aired August 22, 2018.

On Thursday, June 4, enraged that Brooke (Lang) is at her family’s Big Bear cabin to seduce her youngest son, Thorne (then played by Winsor Harmon), Stephanie Forrester (Flannery) arrives during a raging storm to confront the woman she feels is destroying her family. Frightened by Stephanie, Brooke attempts to reason with her, but soon realizes that Stephanie means her serious harm. Meanwhile, an angry Kimberly (Ashley Cafagna) arrives at the Forrester Mansion to confront Brooke but instead finds Rick (then played by Jacob Young), who has feelings for the beautiful model. The episode originally aired August 3, 1999.

Finally, on Friday, June 5, in what was the most anticipated episode of 2019, Douglas reveals to Liam (Clifton) that Phoebe is Beth. Liam races against time to save Hope (Noelle) from Thomas (Matthew Atkinson) and tell her the truth. Liam and Thomas have a battle of epic proportions on the rooftop of Forrester Creations, which results in Hope learning the truth: that her beautiful baby Beth is alive and that her family can be reunited. Heartbroken, Flo (Katrina Bowden) attempts to convince Wyatt (Darin Brooks) not to leave her over her part in the baby Beth scandal. Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) assures Steffy (Wood) that she is Phoebe’s mother and that she has nothing to worry about. The episode originally aired August 5, 2019.

‘Love, Victor’ Trailer: First Extended Look At Hulu’s ‘Love, Simon’-Inspired Series

Inspired by Becky Albertalli’s novel, Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda, the series follows Victor, a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city and exploring his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him navigate the ups and downs of high school.

Michael Cimino stars along with Ana Ortiz, James Martinez, Isabella Ferreira, Mateo Fernandez, Rachel Naomi Hilson, Bebe Wood, George Sear, Anthony Turpel and Mason Gooding.

This Is Us executive producers/co-showrunners Isaac Aptaker and Elizabeth Berger, the film’s original writers, serve as executive producers alongside Brian Tanen, Jason Ensler, Isaac Klausner, Marty Bowen, Adam Fishbach, Wyck Godfrey, Pouya Shahbazian and Adam Londy. 20th Century Fox Television serves as the studio.

The series will premiere with all 10 episodes on June 19 on Hulu.

Watch the trailer above.

Betty White 'stays safe and healthy' amid pandemic

The former Golden Girls star’s fans have repeatedly shared their concerns for the actress since the COVID-19 outbreak hit America hard in February, insisting the 98-year-old is a national treasure who should be protected.

The fears reached a high recently following errors surrounding reports about the death of soul singer Betty Wright, with some people incorrectly suggesting White had passed away.

On Monday, White’s rep issued a statement via the Today show, revealing the actress is doing well in self-isolation with her ducks and insisting everyone is being very careful to make sure Betty stay’s safe and healthy.

“No one (is) permitted in except those who must,” a statement read. “(She) has helpers who are great with her. The only guests she has are a family of ducks. Betty has a beautiful backyard with a number of wild animals visiting. Two ducks always come by to say hello. They waddle up to her glass door and look in.”

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CELEBRITY GUEST STARS AND NEFARIOUS VILLAINS TAKE CENTER STAGE ON ANOTHER EXCITING “THEME WEEK” FOR CBS DAYTIME DRAMAS MAY 25-29

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS from Sony Pictures Television, now in its 47th season (and 31st straight as the most-watched daytime drama), will feature a look back at some of the most evil schemes to ever take place in Genoa City on “Villains Week.” The series airs weekdays (12:30-1:30 PM, ET/11:30 AM-12:30 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL from Bell-Phillip Television, which is celebrating 33 years on the Network, will remember some of the most famous faces to ever greet the Forresters, Logans and Spencers during “Celebrity Week” (1:30-2:00 PM, ET/12:30-1:00 PM, PT).

Storylines for Y&R’s “Villains Week” episodes are as follows:

On Monday, May 25, the walls close in on the nefarious David Kimble (Michael Corbett); Traci (Beth Maitland) keeps a secret from Brad (Don Diamont); and Nina (Tricia Cast) comes out of hiding. The episode originally aired Oct. 7, 1991.

On Tuesday, May 26, Isabella (former cast member Eva Longoria) and Christine (Lauralee Bell) settle unfinished business, while Paul (Doug Davidson) and Michael (Christian Le Blanc) unravel a mystery. The episode originally aired August 14, 2003.

On Wednesday, May 27, Kevin’s (Greg Rikaart) revenge plot takes a dangerous turn, while Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) and Sharon (Sharon Case) fight for the spotlight at the Newman Ranch. The episode originally aired Oct. 10, 2003.

On Thursday, May 28, Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) makes a surprise appearance during Lauren (Tracey Bregman) and Michael’s (Le Blanc) honeymoon, while John (Jerry Douglas) learns the truth about Gloria’s (Judith Chapman) past. The episode originally aired Dec. 15, 2005.

On Friday, May 29, Lauren (Bregman) and Michael (Le Blanc) see double as they come face to face with Lauren's imposter, while Kevin (Rikaart) races to save Jana (Emily O'Brien) from Ryder (Wilson Bethel, CBS’ ALL RISE). The episode originally aired April 27, 2010.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL’s “Celebrity Week” storylines include:

On Monday, May 25, Rick (Jacob Young) rallies an influential friend, Los Angeles Dodger Kiké Hernandez, to assist him in making one of his wife Maya’s (Karla Mosley) life-long dreams come true. Shot on location at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, when Karla Mosley actually performed as Maya, singing the national anthem before a game. The episode originally aired Sept. 12, 2016.

On Tuesday, May 26, C.J. (Mick Cain) becomes jealous when Amber (Adrienne Frantz) invites her new friend, Raymond (Grammy Award winner Usher), to perform an original song at Insomnia. Though Amber is pleased, C.J. is chagrined when Raymond dedicates his song to her. Meanwhile, Lauren (Tracey Bregman) gleefully tells Sally (Darlene Conley) that Eric (original cast member John McCook) and Stephanie (Susan Flannery) are history. The episode originally aired June 11, 1998.

On Wednesday, May 27, Stephanie (Flannery) is angry with Ann (Betty White) when she finds out she isn’t looking for her own house. Ann admits she wants to stay in the Forrester guest house because she wants to be a part of the family. Stephanie is upset and wants to send her back to Chicago, but Eric (McCook) refuses. Pam (Alley Mills) gives Eric the comfort that Stephanie denies him, leading Ann to believe that Eric’s relationship with Pam is the reason he wants them to stay in Los Angeles. The episode originally aired Feb. 27, 2007.

On Thursday, May 28, intern and aspiring fashion designer Beverly (played by Gina Rodriguez in her first role) stands her ground when Forrester Creations designer Amber (Frantz) issues her a “friendly warning” to stay away from Rick (Jacob Young). In Cabo, Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) urges Thomas (then played by Adam Gregory) to commit to Hope (then played by Kim Matula) while trying to keep Liam (Scott Clifton) from finding out that Hope is staying at the same resort. The episode originally aired Dec. 28, 2011.

On Friday, May 29, after his meeting with Bob Barker (Barker, playing himself), Liam (Clifton) interrupts a contentious exchange with his brother, Wyatt (Darin Brooks). Wyatt follows Liam, determined to continue their argument, and makes a negative first impression on Barker. In return, Barker leaves a lasting impression on Wyatt when, in an homage to his role in “Happy Gilmore,” he punches Wyatt as Liam watches in amusement. Just shy of his 90th birthday, Barker did not use a stunt double. The episode originally aired August 28, 2014.

‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ Renewed Through 2022 By CBS

Now in its 33rd year, the afternoon series routinely wins its time period and averages over 3.2 million viewers every day. Picked up for Seasons 34 and 35, The Bold and the Beautiful joins CBS companion The Young and the Restless, which in January was renewed through 2024.

“For over three decades, The Bold and the Beautiful has been a cornerstone of the CBS Daytime lineup,” said Amy Reisenbach, EVP Current Programs, CBS Entertainment. “The show has been a creative and ratings success due to the supremely talented cast, writers and producers that Brad Bell has assembled. Of course, none of this would have been possible without B&B’s dedicated fans, whose passion for these characters and stories is unsurpassed. We are delighted to be able to continue to offer them a daily look into the romances and rivalries between the Forrester, Logan and Spencer families.”

The news of The Bold and the Beautiful renewal comes amid a coronavirus-related Hollywood production shutdown that has suspended filming on all daytime dramas. Along with Y&R, The Bold and the Beautiful had about 4-6 weeks worth of episodes in the can when the production shutdown began March 17. The last original episode aired last month and, beginning April 27, B&B started airing repeat episodes curated into theme weeks.

“I am thrilled to dive into years 34 and 35 of The Bold and the Beautiful,” said executive producer Bradley Bell. “We are grateful to Amy Reisenbach and everyone at CBS for their incredible commitment to the series. Of course, many thanks to our loyal fans who motivate us every day with their unending passion and enthusiasm.”

As Deadline reported last week, The Bold and the Beautiful production company is currently getting ready to resume production in June if safety guidelines are met in compliance with state and city regulations.

The Bold and the Beautiful, the most-watched U.S. produced daytime drama in the world, is set in Los Angeles and tells the compelling story of high fashion, glamour, honor, romance, passion and, most importantly, family. It is a Bell-Phillip Television production. Bell is the executive producer.

Cast members include (alphabetically): Matthew Atkinson, Kiara Barnes, Katrina Bowden, Darin Brooks, Scott Clifton, Don Diamont, Jennifer Gareis, Courtney Hope, Thorsten Kaye, Katherine Kelly Lang, John McCook, Alley Mills, Annika Noelle, Denise Richards, Lawrence Saint-Victor, Henry Joseph Samiri, Rena Sofer, Aaron D. Spears, Heather Tom, Jeremy Ray Valdez and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood.

Daytime Emmys to Air on CBS in June; Winners, Guests Appearing Remotely

According to CBS, the broadcast will only include leading categories, with recipients and special guests appearing virtually from home. Additional categories will be announced on Twitter (@DaytimeEmmys) during the broadcast, while others are being held for a separate ceremony happening in July.

This announcement marks a major win for the Daytime Emmys, which have been relegated to an online live stream for the past four years. The ceremony last aired on television in 2015 via Pop TV.

Nominations in key categories will be announced during on Thursday, May 21 during The Talk (CBS, 2 pm), with the rest being posted on ETOnline.com.

“As a leader in daytime, we are thrilled to welcome back the Daytime Emmy Awards,” Jack Sussman, Executive Vice President of Specials, Music and Live Events, said in a statement. “Daytime television has been keeping viewers engaged and entertained for many years, so it is with great pride that we look forward to celebrating the best of the genre here on CBS.”

“The Daytime Emmys are coming home,” adds Adam Sharp, President & CEO of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “For generations, daytime television has been a source of comfort and continuity that’s never been more important. We’re delighted to join with CBS in celebrating the programs and professionals who never cease to brighten our days.”

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Fred Willard Dies: Actor On ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’ And ‘Fernwood 2 Night’ Was 86

“Fred was one of the busiest comedic actors in a career which lasted over 50 years,” Eisenstadt said in a note. “He had recently completed his Emmy nominated recurring role on Modern Family and can be seen later this month in his recurring role as Steve Carrell’s dad in the Netflix series Space Force. Jimmy Kimmel had Fred recur on his show on an average of every two weeks doing comedic sketches until the stay-at-home order began. Fred truly enjoyed every role and gave each performance his own special spin. He was truly a comedic genius.”

Emmy-nominated for three consecutive years for his role as father-in-law Hank MacDougall on TV’s Everybody Loves Raymond. He was also Emmy-nominated for his role as Frank Dunphy, father of Phil, on Modern Family.

A versatile comic actor, Willard was also station director Ed Harken in the two Anchorman films, and was a voice star in the animated film WALL-E in 2008.

Willard was a longtime collaborator with writer-director Christopher Guest, appearing in several of his mockumentaries. He was an Air Force Colonel in This Is Spinal Tap, announcer Buck Laughlin in Best in Show, manager Mike LaFontaine in A Mighty Wind and newsmag host Chuck Porter in For Your Consideration.

He was also seen in Wizards of Waverly Place, in Buck Henry’s First Family, as Basil St. Mosely inThe Wedding Planner and in Family Matters, among many other shows.

Perhaps Willard’s biggest role came In 1977, when he appeared on the much-touted late-night syndicated comedy Fernwood 2 Night, playing co-host and sidekick Jerry Hubbard opposite Martin Mull as Barth Gimble on the faux talk show. The series was produced by Norman Lear and Alan Thicke was a spinoff of Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman. The show was rebranded as America 2-Night in its second season. He collaborated with Mull in several more TV projects and the 1988 film Portrait of a White Marriage.

Born Frederick Charles Willard in the Shaker Heights section of Cleveland, Ohio, Willard saw his die when he was 12. He was sent by his mother to military school in Louisville, Kentucky, and then he served in the US Army for two years, being stationed in Germany.

After that, he moved to New York and studied acting, forming a comedy act with fellow student Vic Greco. They toured US clubs and appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1963 and The Steve Allen Show, both huge cultural achievements for their time for a comedy team.

After they split, Willard joined Second City in Chicago, and later was a cofounder of improv group Ace Trucking Company.

He moved back to television in 1966, becoming a regular guest star on such shows as Get Smart.

In the 1980s, he was one of the hosts on the NBC reality show Real People, executive produced by George Schlatter; and hosted a 1978 installment of Saturday Night Live, an appearance remembered as a store clerk in a venue that only sold scotch tape.

In film, he appeared in Fun With Dick and Jane (1977), How to Beat the High Cost of Living (1980), Permanent Midnight (1998), Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999), Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle (2004), Monster House (2004), Epic Movie (2007), Max Rose (2013) and Fifty Shades of Black (2016), among others.

His playwright/TV writer wife, Mary, died in July 2018. His daughter, Hope, issued a statement noting, “My father passed away very peacefully last night at the fantastic age of 86 years old. He kept moving, working and making us happy until the very end. We loved him so very much! We will miss him forever.”

‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ Producers Hopeful For June Production Restart But A Lot Needs To Fall Into Place

As return to work became a moving target, The Bold And The Beautiful producers have continued to update their cast and crew while preparing for an eventual filming restart.

I hear the soap’s cast and crew this week received a new memo, informing them that The Bold and the Beautiful production company is currently getting ready to resume production in June. Sources stressed that this is just a projected start date and, while the producers are making preparations, the situation remains fluid. Official safety protocols endorsed by the Hollywood unions, as well as guidelines set by CBS Television City, where the series is shot, the city of Los Angeles and the sate of California need to be in place for any filming plans to move forward.

Along with fellow CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless, The Bold and the Beautiful had about 4-6 weeks worth of episodes in the can when the production shutdown began on March 17. The last original episode aired last month and, beginning April 27, both shows started airing repeat episodes curated into theme weeks.

The Bold and the Beautiful is a Bell-Phillip Television production. Bradley Bell is the executive producer.

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CBS DAYTIME SALUTES CLASSIC CHARACTERS AS “THEME WEEKS” CONTINUE MONDAY, MAY 18

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS from Sony Pictures Television, now in its 47th season (and 31st straight as the most-watched daytime drama), will offer a close-up of the Winters family, featuring episodes with the legendary Kristoff St. John as family patriarch Neil Winters; Shemar Moore (CBS’ S.W.A.T.) as his brother, Malcolm; Bryton James as Neil’s adopted son, Devon Hamilton; Victoria Rowell as his wife, Drucilla Winters; Tonya Lee Williams as sister-in-law Dr. Olivia Barber; and Christel Khalil as Neil’s daughter, Lily Winters. The series airs weekdays (12:30-1:30 PM, ET/11:30 AM-12:30 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL from Bell-Phillip Television, now in its 33rd year on the Network, celebrates the one and only Brooke Logan (original cast member Katherine Kelly Lang) with an entire week of great romance, greater rivalries and a few scandals, on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, May 18-22 (1:30-2:00 PM, ET/12:30-1:00 PM, PT).

Storylines for Y&R’s “Winters Family” episodes are as follows:

On Monday, May 18, Kristoff St. John makes his Y&R debut when Drucilla (Victoria Rowell) crosses paths with a newly hired Neil Winters (St. John) at Jabot. Katherine (Jeanne Cooper) receives disturbing news about Brock (Beau Kazer), and Olivia (Tonya Lee Williams) and Nate (Nathan Purdee) share a difference of opinion. The episode originally aired Feb. 13, 1991.

On Tuesday, May 19, Neil's (St. John) estranged brother, Malcolm (Shemar Moore, in his first appearance on Y&R), arrives in Genoa City; Cricket (Lauralee Bell) faces a tough battle in court; and Victor (Eric Braeden) takes a leap of faith to help Hope (Signy Coleman). The episode originally aired May 6, 1994.

On Wednesday, May 20, the Winters family comes to Devon's (Bryton James) rescue; Kevin (Greg Rikaart) turns over a new leaf; and Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) makes a confession to Bobby Marsino (John Enos). The episode originally aired Feb. 9, 2005.

On Thursday, May 21, Neil (St. John) searches for Lily (Christel Khalil) and Daniel (Michael Graziadei) in California with Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) and Nick (Joshua Morrow), while Drucilla (Rowell) stands her ground with Malcolm (Moore) back home, and Michael (Christian Le Blanc) learns of Ashley's (Eileen Davidson) connection to Tom Fisher (Roscoe Born). The episode originally aired June 29, 2005.

On Friday, May 22, Neil (St. John) and Drucilla's (Rowell) adoption of Devon (James) is official; Jack (Peter Bergman) and Ashley (Davidson) plot to keep Gloria (Judith Chapman) in line; and Jill (Walton) searches for answers about her past. The episode originally aired Dec. 7, 2006.

Then, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL’s “The One, The Only Brooke Logan” storylines include:

On Monday, May 18, after their fairytale wedding, Eric (original cast member John McCook) whisks Brooke (original cast member Katherine Kelly Lang) away on their honeymoon in a beautiful hot air balloon and then on a romantic ride through the Southern California desert on horseback. Eric winds down their magical day by surprising his new bride with a lavish desert oasis where they will celebrate being Mr. and Mrs. Eric Forrester. Meanwhile, Ridge (then played by Ronn Moss) attempts to convince Stephanie (Susan Flannery) to let go of her animosity towards her ex-husband's sexy, young wife and get on with her life. The episode originally aired Jan. 9, 1991.

On Tuesday, May 19, after a run-in with Taylor (Hunter Tylo) over Ridge (then played by Moss), Brooke (Lang) concocts a plan to shock both Taylor and Stephanie (Flannery) at the press conference announcing Forrester Creations' newest line, "Brooke's Bedroom." With the help of Lauren Fenmore (Tracey Bregman), Brooke surprises the Forresters and the press, by appearing in sexy lingerie on top of a bed in the Forrester Showroom. Watching on the Fashion Channel from home, Taylor, Ridge's current wife, is mortified when Brooke describes the line as the "legacy of Ridge Forrester and Brooke Logan." The episode originally aired Dec. 11, 1998.

Then on Wednesday, May 20, in B&B’s special 5000th episode, Brooke (Lang) waits outside the Forresters’ Big Bear cabin for Ridge (then played by Ronn Moss), reluctant to go in by herself given her history with Stephanie (Susan Flannery). Once inside, a temporary truce is called and the four original B&B characters, Brooke, Ridge, Eric (McCook) and Stephanie, share memories of their personal and professional ups and downs through the years, including the first time Brooke met the Forresters in 1987. The episode originally aired Feb. 16, 2007.

On Thursday, May 21, Brooke (Lang) and Nick (Wagner) exchange vows with one another in a beautiful park in front of the ocean before sailing away to their honeymoon on Nick's boat at sunset. Jackie (Lesley-Anne Down) worries that Brooke's daughter, Bridget (Ashley Jones), still has feelings for Nick. The episode originally aired July 7, 2006.

Rounding out the week on Friday, May 22, Eric (McCook) gives Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) a rundown of what Brooke (Lang) has been up to since he’s been gone, but is careful not to mention Bill Spencer (Don Diamont). In an epic and romantic reunion, Brooke imagines seeing Ridge at the water staircase only to realize that it isn't a dream and he’s standing before her holding a single rose. The episode originally aired Dec. 19, 2013.

Kelly Hu, Randall Park, Lisa Ling, Kal Penn And More Join Act To Change’s Virtual Anti-Racism Event

May marks Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and specifically, May 18 marks the second annual AAPI National Day Against Bullying and Hate, which is the birthday of Vincent Chin, who was murdered in an anti-Asian hate crime in 1982. With the COVID-19 pandemic, there has been a surge of anti-Asian hate crimes. Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council’s Stop AAPI Hate has received more than 1,900 reports of hate crimes against Asians since March. “United We Stand” is a call for communities to stand together against violence, xenophobia, and racism.

“Our mission at Act To Change is to protect and empower youth within our diverse AAPI communities, including Asian American, Pacific Islander, Sikh, Muslim, LGBTQI, and immigrant youth,” said actor, author, and Act To Change co-founder Maulik Pancholy. “Act To Change puts together an annual national AAPI Day Against Bullying and Hate to stand in solidarity and recommit to our movement. Sadly, COVID-19 has only exacerbated the xenophobia and racism that AAPI communities have always faced. It’s inspiring to see leaders and individuals from all over the country stand with us, honor the legacy of Vincent Chin, and pledge today and everyday, to stand up against bullying and hate.”

Nearly 200 organizations and more than a dozen cities across the country have partnered with Act To Change on AAPI National Day Against Bullying and Hate. Click here for more details and to register for “United We Stand”.

Below is the list of participants for the virtual event:

Maulik Pancholy, actor, author, and co-founder of Act to Change
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and First Lady Chirlane McCray
Congresswoman Grace Meng (NY-06)
Tan France, TV personality, Queer Eye
John Cho, actor
Lisa Ling, journalist
Kal Penn, actor, comedian, and former associate director of the White House Office of Public Engagement
Randall Park, producer, writer and actor, Always Be My Maybe and Fresh Off the Boat
Hudson Yang, actor, Fresh Off the Boat
Padma Lakshmi, food expert, author, and TV host, Top Chef
Helen Zia, author and activist
Poorna Jagannathan, actor, Netflix’s Never Have I Ever
Punam Patel, actor, Netflix’s Special
Michelle Lee, editor in chief of Allure
Celia Au, actor, Wu Assassins
Lawrence Kao, actor, Wu Assassins
Bing Chen, chairman of Gold House, general partner of AUM Group
Jose Antonio Vargas, founder of Define American
Kelly Hu, actor

‘How to Get Away with Murder’ star Rome Flynn fields moms in his DMs

“Parents reach out to me like, ‘This is my daughter. She just graduated from college. These are her grades. This was her minor,’?” the 28-year-old told Page Six. “And the kid of the mom doesn’t even know their mom is trying to set them up. They’re really embarrassed.”

Meanwhile, his own mom won over his “Murder” co-stars with her cooking. “My mom’s a chef. I brought her on set with me and she made food for everybody,” he said. After that, “Viola [Davis] — all she did was ask when is my mom coming back to cook again.”

Flynn released his new single, “Keep Me in Mind,” last month and has been working on music since the show wrapped in February. Fans had been expecting a two-hour episode to end the series, but Flynn said, “It’s 43 minutes long. I haven’t seen it yet. I want to have this live experience with everybody else.”

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‘THE STORY OF SOAPS,’ A TWO-HOUR TELEVISION EVENT

“The Story of Soaps” explores how no genre of television has laid deeper roots into our cultural consciousness and serialized storytelling than the soap opera. In today’s shifting television landscape, “The Story of Soaps” traces how female creators migrated from radio to television to become the dominant force in daytime for more than three decades. Today, that legacy is alive and well all over prime time and reality, and much of what propels modern television traces its roots back to those first sprawling, steamy storylines. “The Story of Soaps” takes an extensive look at this iconic, impactful genre and the cultural phenomenon its massive impact has had on the world at large.

“The Story of Soaps” brings together an impressive company of experts and familiar voices to help illustrate this remarkable story (listed alphabetically by first name):

Abigail De Kosnik, author

Agnes Nixon, creator of “All My Children”

Alec Baldwin, actor

Allan Sugarman, co-founder of Soap Opera Festivals Inc.

Andy Cohen, creator

Angela Shapiro-Mathes, executive

Brad Bell, executive producer

Bryan Cranston, actor

Carol Burnett, actor

Chandra Wilson, actor

Chris Van Etten, writer

David Jacobs, creator

Deidre Hall, actor

Denise Richards, actor

Donna Mills, actor

Drake Hogestyn, actor

Eddie Mills, actor

Eileen Davidson, actor and reality star

Erika Jayne, “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills”

Erika Slezak, actor

Finola Hughes , actor

Genie Francis, actor

Greg Vaughan , actor

James H. Brown, writer

Jill Farren Phelps, executive producer

John Aniston, actor

John McCook, actor

John Stamos, actor

Jon Hamm, actor

Jonathan Murray, executive producer

Joyce Becker, co-founder of Soap Opera Festivals Inc.

Kate Coyne, editorial director, entertainment, PEOPLE

Ken Olin, executive producer

Krista Smith, consultant

Laura Wright, actor

Lorraine Broderick, head writer

Marc Samuel, actor

Marc Cherry, creator

Mark Teschner, casting director

Mary Crosby, actor

Maurice Benard, actor

Melody Thomas Scott, actor

Shelly Altman, head writer

Susan Lucci, actor

Susan Sullivan, actor

Vivica A. Fox, actor

Yhane Smith, creator of “Harlem Queen”

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Passions Reunion Chat 5/12/20

Confirmed to attend are cast members Juliet Mills (ex-Tabitha), James Hyde (ex-Sam), Marianne Muellerleile (ex-Norma), Kim Ulrich (ex-Ivy), McKenzie Westmore (ex-Sheridan), Lindsay Hartley (Theresa), Charles Divins (Chad), Brook Kerr (ex-Whitney), Andrea Evans (ex-Rebecca), Silvana Arias (ex-Paloma), Heidi Murray (ex-Kay), Erin Cardillo (ex-Esme) and Phillip Jeanmarie (ex-Vincent/Valerie). Additional attendees will be announced closer to the reunion date.

The reunion will take place on Tuesday, May 12 at 2:00 p.m. EDT/11:00 a.m. PDT on the Soap Opera Royalty YouTube channel.

‘Love in the Time of Corona’: Freeform Orders COVID-19 Scripted Comedy From ‘Good Trouble’ EP Joanna Johnson & Anonymous Content

The four-part romantic comedy takes a look at the search for love, sex and connection during this time of social distancing.

The series will follow several interwoven stories with an ensemble of characters who are sheltering in their homes, some of whom are wondering if a hook-up with a roommate can ever be casual, while another is kicking herself for deciding to isolate with an ex.

Love in the Time of Corona will be filmed using remote technologies while using homes of the talent as the backdrop to the stories.

It is the latest scripted series to be produced under the COVID-19 production shutdown, including Jenji Kohan’s Netflix series Social Distance, Jeff Pope’s British series Isolation Stories, which will air on BritBox, and the season finale of CBS’ All Rise.

Love in the Time of Corona, which will premiere in August, is exec produced by Johnson, Good Trouble EP Christine Sacani and Anonymous Content’s Robyn Meisinger.

“This is the perfect show for a generation who is learning to love and be loved in a time when the entire world is telling them to stay six feet apart,” said Lauren Corrao, executive vice president, Programming and Development, Freeform. “Although the constraints have been difficult during this time, immense creativity has flourished and we could not be more grateful that Joanna brought this series to Freeform.”

“Love is a basic and central need,” added Johnson. “Finding it in the time of Corona may pose unique challenges, but it won’t stop us from forging great love stories, inspiring grand romantic gestures and profound acts of kindness.”

Jamie Lee Curtis & Betty White To Star In Lifetime Original Movies; Net Sets Third Harry & Meghan Film

How We Sleep at Night: The Sara Cunningham Story is one of a number of original television movies for the A+E Networks brand, which also includes a third movie about Harry & Meghan, a holiday movie with Betty White, and another project with journalist Robin Roberts.

How We Sleep at Night is a passion project for the Halloween star, who optioned rights to Cunningham’s memoir last year. Sally Robinson will write the script and it will be distributed by Sony Pictures Television.

White joins with an untitled holiday movie for the network’s It’s a Wonderful Lifetime slate. The Golden Girls star will play a sassy drill sergeant of a Christmas bootcamp.

Other stars lined up include Kelly Rowland, who will star in and exec produce a sequel to Merry Liddle Christmas called Merry Liddle Christmas Wedding. Melissa Joan Hart will direct Feliz NaviDad, reuniting her with Mario Lopez, who is set to executive produce and star as a single dad whose daughter tries to help him find the holiday spirit after the passing of his wife.

It is also returning with another movie in the Harry & Meghan franchise. Harry & Meghan: Escaping the Palace (working title) will follow the couple’s controversial conscious uncoupling from the crown after the birth of their son Archie. The script is being written by Scarlett Lacey and executive producers are Merideth Finn and Michele Weiss.

Roberts, who is already making Stolen By My Mother: The Kamiyah Mobley Story for the network, is to team up again with the network for A Home of Their Own, another project under the Robin Roberts Presents banner. The movie and accompanying documentary reveal the true story of Jolene Schlander and Calvin Wield, who turned their lives upside down to foster children of opioid addicts, to join their own kids, all under one roof. Produced by Rock‘n Robin and Lincoln Square Productions, executive producers are Roberts, Linda Berman and Yvonne Chotzen. The script is written by Maria Nation.

The new titles come as Lifetime will premiere 50 new movies between May and the end of 2020 and follows previously announced titles including Salt-N-Pepa and Wendy Williams biopics, and the V.C. Andrews Ruby Landry Movie Series.

“The legacy of Lifetime Original Movies is undeniable, as we celebrate the 30th Anniversary of the pop culture phenomenon this year,” said Amy Winter, EVP, Head of Programming, Lifetime and LMN. “With everyone’s lives radically shifted in the past weeks, what has remained constant is Lifetime’s ability to deliver top quality movie premieres like The Clark Sisters to our audiences and provide them some much needed entertainment and escape. With over 50 more titles to debut between now and the end of the year, our storytelling ability is further strengthened by the incredible talent partners we have lined up.”

IT’S FIVE DAYS OF FOES AND FASHION AS “THEME WEEKS” CONTINUE ON CBS DAYTIME, MONDAY, MAY 11

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS from Sony Pictures Television, now in its 47th season (and 31st straight as the most-watched daytime drama), will offer up legendary grudges dating back to 1993 during “Rivals Week” May 11-15, (12:30-1:30 PM, ET/11:30 AM-12:30 PM, PT) on the CBS Television Network.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL from Bell-Phillip Television, which is celebrating 33 years on the Network, will roll out the prêt-à-porter and paparazzi from as far back as 1997 with “High Fashion and Hot Drama: THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL’s Fashion Week,” May 11-15 (1:30-2:00 PM, ET/12:30-1:00 PM, PT).

Storylines for Y&R’s “Rivals Week” episodes are as follows:

On Monday, May 11, Jill’s (Jess Walton) search for the truth leads to an epic confrontation with Katherine (Jeanne Cooper); Sharon (Sharon Case) worries about Grace’s influence on Nick (Joshua Morrow); and Michael (Christian Le Blanc) causes trouble for Victor (Eric Braeden) and Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott). The episode originally aired June 30, 1998.

On Tuesday, May 12, Victor’s (Braeden) foes are rocked by his shocking return to Genoa City. The episode originally aired Oct. 1, 1993.

On Wednesday, May 13, Nikki (Thomas Scott) declares war against Sharon (Case) at the Newman Ranch, and Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) and Nick (Morrow) deal with a tragedy. The episode originally aired June 15, 2012.

On Thursday, May 14, Victor (Braeden) takes on Jack (Peter Bergman) and Brad (Don Diamont) to regain control of Newman Enterprises; Ashley (Eileen Davidson) is caught in the crossfire of the Newman and Abbott rivalry; and Christine (Lauralee Bell) and Paul (Doug Davidson) prepare for parenthood. The episode originally aired June 21, 1999.

On Friday, May 15, Lily (Christel Khalil) gives Hilary (Mishael Morgan) a rude awakening; Sharon (Case) struggles with Mariah’s (Camryn Grimes) presence in Genoa City; and Nikki (Thomas Scott) and Paul (Davidson) are reminded of their past with Ian Ward (Ray Wise). The episode originally aired May 22, 2014.

Then, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL hits the runway with storylines that include:

On Monday, May 11, in the magical setting of Villa d’Este on Lake Como, Eric (original cast member John McCook) and Stephanie (Susan Flannery) worry that the delayed Forrester Spring Collection may be their last, and Brooke (original cast member Katherine Kelly Lang) attempts to calm a distraught Ridge (then played by Ronn Moss). Also, Sally (Darlene Conley) and Lauren (Tracey Bregman) cause a scene in order to crash the runway show, hoping to witness the demise of their rivals. The episode originally aired Oct. 29, 1997.

On Tuesday, May 12, as Aspen Fashion Week gets underway, Hope (then played by Kim Matula) says goodbye to Liam (Scott Clifton) as paparazzi swarm her with questions and call her a fraud. Unaware that his father’s plan to attack Hope is in progress, Liam and Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) talk about the memories they shared together in the beautiful mountainside town. The episode originally aired April 27, 2012.

Then on Wednesday, May 13, as Quinn (Rena Sofer) attempts to take the lead in final preparations for her fashion show, not everyone at Forrester Creations is on board. Wyatt (Darin Brooks) and Ivy (Ashleigh Brewer) encourage Quinn to move forward with her original plan for the show-stopper in spite of ruffling the feathers of Eric’s (original cast member John McCook) family. When Katie (Heather Tom) pays another visit to Eric’s home to thank him for his favor, he invites her to stay and watch the fashion show with him. As a sign of protest against Quinn, Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) decides to sabotage her presentation. The episode originally aired Nov. 11, 2016.

On Thursday, May 14, before walking down the aisle to become Mrs. Liam Spencer, Steffy (Wood) participates in a Forrester Creations photo shoot with her cousin Ivy (Brewer) in front of Australia’s magnificent Sydney Opera House. In spite of how difficult it will be to see Brooke (original cast member Katherine Kelly Lang) with Ridge (Kaye) at the ceremony, Bill (Don Diamont) assists his son Liam (Clifton) with some last-minute wedding preparations. The episode originally aired March 21, 2017.

Rounding out the week on Friday, May 15, stolen designs are in play as the Spectra fashion show is about to begin. Sally (Courtney Hope) feels pangs of guilt for betraying both Coco (Courtney Grosbeck) and Thomas (Pierson Fodé), while CJ (Mick Cain) arrives and reminds Sally about their deal regarding the sale of the building – if the show doesn’t go well, he will be forced to sell. Bill (Diamont) is less than pleased with the idea when Wyatt (Brooks) plays devil’s advocate, stating that the Spectra show could be a success. The episode originally aired April 14, 2017.

Daytime Cares: A Live Event Scheduled

The event can be viewed here and in addition to those mentioned above, will feature:

Lamon Archey (Eli, DAYS), Maurice Benard (Sonny, GH), Ian Buchanan (ex-Duke, GH et al), Crystal Chappell (ex-Carly, DAYS et al), James DePaiva (ex-Max, ONE LIFE TO LIVE et al), Kassie DePaiva (ex-Eve, DAYS et al), William deVry (Julian, GH), Chad Duell (Michael, GH), Andrea Evans (ex-Tina, ONE LIFE TO LIVE et al), Linsey Godfrey (Sarah, DAYS), Stacy Haiduk (Kristen, DAYS), Bill Hayes (Doug, DAYS), Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie, DAYS), Finola Hughes (Anna, GH), Michael E. Knight (Martin, GH), Kyle Lowder (Rex, DAYS), Katelyn MacMullen (Willow, GH), Sofia Mattsson (Sasha, GH), Eric Martsolf (Brady, DAYS), Robert Newman (ex-Josh, GUIDING LIGHT), Wes Ramsey (Peter, GH), James Reynolds (Abe, DAYS), Melissa Reeves (Jennifer, DAYS), Scott Reeves (ex-Steven, GH et al), Emme Rylan (Lulu, GH), Michelle Stafford (Phyllis, Y&R), Paul Telfer (Xander, DAYS), Heather Tom (Katie, B&B), Jordi Vilasuso (Rey, Y&R), Cynthia Watros (Nina, GH), Maura West (Ava, GH), Josh Swickard (Chase, GH), Kim Zimmer (ex-Reva, GUIDING LIGHT)

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Daytime Emmys Go Remote as NATAS Cancels In-Person Award Ceremonies

Originally scheduled to take place in Pasadena, Calif., from June 12 to 14, the Daytime Emmy Awards were postponed last month to a new, undetermined fall date. Now, as stay-at-home measures due to the coronavirus pandemic are expected to prevent large-scale gatherings for months to come, NATAS is mulling how and when to produce a remote streaming show for all of its various Emmy awards.

“The most important factors for us are twofold: To properly recognize the talents and achievements of those in our community and to do it in a safe way,” said NATAS president and CEO Adam Sharp. “With those things in mind, we recognize that putting a thousand people or more into a room anytime this year was not going to satisfy the second prong of that test. And so, it became, take the auditorium gatherings off the table and focus all our energies on priority number one, recognizing excellence.”

Much like NATAS’ New York chapter did last weekend with its own local Emmy awards, the Daytime, Sports, News & Documentary, and Technology & Engineering Emmys will be presented in a series of productions utilizing multiple remote video production technologies to feature nominees and presenters.

Before NATAS confirms a new date for the Daytime Emmys (which could wind up being sooner than the fall), the org is focused on announcing this year’s nominations. Those nods were originally slated to be revealed this week, but are now expected to be shared in mid-May. “We extended the judging window to give some of our judges a little bit more time to complete their work,” Sharp said. “Certainly, everyone’s life has been upended of late. Without a hard date we need to hit on the ceremony side, that gives us some breathing room in each of the competitions to make sure that the judging is as thorough and complete as we would like it to be — and not have to make compromises there just to keep to a calendar.”

Among this year’s other NATAS ceremonies, the 71st Technology & Engineering Emmys were originally slated for April 19 at the NAB Show in Las Vegas; now they’re expected to be announced in October. The 41st Sports Emmys, scheduled for April 28 in New York, will now be revealed in the fall; and the 41st News & Documentary Emmys, originally set to be held in New York this September, will still take place then — but via virtual means.

“Once we have the nominees identified so we have a better feel for who the players are and the nominees that we need to engage for each of these, then we’ll get a sense for the capacity and capability to do things live or pre-recorded and the different types of formats we can experiment with,” Sharp said.

Each ceremony or even categories may be handled a bit differently. In news, for example, much of the talent is already anchoring from home every day. The same goes for daytime talk shows that have adapted to remote production.

“So there’s certainly broadcast level infrastructure to have live connectivity to some of those folks,” Sharp said. In other cases, it might be pre-recorded elements, or video conferencing programs such as Zoom or Skype.

The tricky part, especially with the Daytime Emmys, will be to make sure any pre-recorded segments — such as winner announcements — don’t get leaked early.

“Security is a paramount concern,” Sharp said. “There have been sensitivities in the community in the past, for the live ceremony when members of the crew in previous years had had prior knowledge. In the last two years we had made several changes to how we produce the daytime show to dramatically reduce even that knowledge. That said, this is a very unique environment and a very unique situation. Across the board, everything has to be on the table in considering how to present a show that property celebrates the winners and is entertaining for the viewer. Once we have the nominees, I think we will have more of a direct conversation with them about different ideas and different approaches.”

With the shape of the Daytime Emmys still in flux, Sharp said it’s still too soon to discuss who might host — including whether Mario Lopez and Sheryl Underwood will return again in the role. But he did say there would be an opportunity to tighten the show up, given that some of it will likely be pre-taped.

“I think one of the elements of the creative discussion we’re having is going to be what elements do you try to do live, what elements do you pre tape, what are the pros and cons of each, hosting, what categories are grouped together, how you weave the different events together, what traditional elements stay or change,” Sharp said. “Even in-memoriams and lifetime achievements inherently take a different tone and different form in this environment.”

Sharp said it’s still unclear whether the Daytime Emmys will be split into three ceremonies, as originally planned this year, but he’s expecting the pace to be much quicker. “How long does it take someone to walk from their seat to the stage when their name is called? Multiply that by 100 categories, and all of a sudden you’re taking a lot of dead time out of the show,” he said.

Meanwhile, NATAS is still planning to launch a streaming service this year that will serve as the place to watch the Daytime Emmys and its other awards shows.

Originally set to be unveiled at the NAB show, in time for the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards, the over-the-top platform is now in final internal beta testing, Sharp explained. The service will launch with archives of past NATAS Emmy ceremonies and still carry this year’s events.

As for the financial hit of scrapping the in-person Emmy ceremonies, Sharp said it would sting, “but I wouldn’t say it’s a devastating one by any stretch. There are impacts on both sides of the balance sheet. Certainly, you’re giving up that ticket revenue, and you’re giving up some of that sponsorship and ad revenue, but you’re also freeing up a lot of costs: Production, food and beverage, printing for programs and tickets, and so on. We’ve also been very appreciative of our venue partners, who’ve been understanding of the situation. We are not left with massive contracts that we are unable to fulfill.”

Instead, Sharp calls the pandemic “the rainy day we were preparing for.” He also pointed out that the Daytime and Sports Emmys received the highest number of entries ever for their respective competitions, while the News & Documentary entry window is still open. “We’ll come roaring back too when the doors open again,” he added.

NATAS’ announcement is unrelated to its West Coast counterpart, the Television Academy, and its plans for the Primetime Emmy Awards, scheduled for September but likely to take a different form as well.

‘Menudo’ Boy Band Competition Series In The Works From Mario Lopez & Universal Television Alternative Studio

Universal Television Alternative Studio has acquired the rights to Menudo, an hour-long, weekly competition format that will search for and rebuild one of the most iconic boy bands of all time. Access Hollywood co-host Mario Lopez is set to executive produce the project. A network is not yet attached.

Menudo hails from Lopez and his Via Mar Productions, Emmy-winning The Voice producer Audrey Morrissey’s Live Animals, 3 Arts Entertainment and Foundation Management. Universal Television Alternative Studio is the studio.

“I grew up as a huge fan of Menudo and I’m thrilled to be a part of bringing this iconic band back to the world,” said Lopez.

In addition to Lopez, the project will be executive produced by Morrissey and Jayson Belt for Live Animals, 3 Arts’ Mark Schulman and Foundation Management’s Patrick Hughes, Paul Vasquez and Harvey Russell.

Menudo launched in 1977 by producer Edgardo Díaz, with original members, brothers Fernando and Nefty Sallaberry and Carlos, Oscar and Ricky Meléndez. The band reached the height of its success during the 1980s, becoming a starting point for the careers of both Ricky Martin and Draco Rosa, who were members around the mid-1980s. The band took a break in the late 1990s and rebooted in 2007, finally disbanding in 2009. During its run, the band spawned two feature films (Una aventura llamada Menudo and Menudo: La Película), as well as a TV series, a beauty pageant, dolls, trading cards, watches and even a board game. Their music is still listened to by fans worldwide today.

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DAYTIME’S TOP TWO DRAMAS CONTINUE WITH “THEME WEEKS” BEGINNING MONDAY, MAY 4 ON CBS

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS from Sony Pictures Television, now in its 47th season (and 31st straight as the most-watched daytime drama), will feature episodes dating back to 1981 that focus on the passionate relationship between daytime’s most iconic couple, Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) and Nikki Newman (Melody Thomas Scott), each weekday from 12:30-1:30 PM, ET/11:30 AM-12:30 PM, PT.

That same week, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL from Bell-Phillip Television, which recently celebrated 33 years on the Network, will air some of the most memorable and beloved marriages in the show’s history – some dating back to 1991 – all shot in extraordinary locations. “Epic Weddings Week” will air each day from 1:30-2:00 PM, ET/12:30-1:00 PM, PT. The romantic week starts off with the 1994 wedding of Brooke Logan (original cast member Katherine Kelly Lang) and will also feature some of the series’ most popular couples, including: Steffy Forrester (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Liam Spencer (Scott Clifton), Bill Spencer Jr. (Don Diamont) and Katie Logan (Heather Tom), Eric Forrester (original cast member John McCook) and Brooke Logan (Lang), and Liam Spencer (Clifton) and Hope Logan (Kim Matula, in a role currently played by Annika Noelle).

Storylines for the “Victor and Nikki” episodes are as follows:

On Monday, May 4, Nikki visits Newman Ranch for the first time as Victor tests their chemistry with help from Colonel Douglas Austin (Michael Evans). The episode originally aired Oct. 31, 1981.

On Tuesday, May 5, Nikki dreams of reuniting with Victor after Ashley (Eileen Davidson) is out of the picture, and Phillip (Thom Bierdz) makes plans for a future with Cricket (Lauralee Bell). The episode originally aired August 17, 1987.

Then on Wednesday, May 6, Nikki takes center stage at the Colonnade Room, Drucilla (Victoria Rowell) finds herself in trouble, and Sheila (Kimberlin Brown) distracts Scott (Peter Barton) from Lauren (Tracey Bregman). The episode originally aired June 2, 1990.

On Thursday, May 7, Victor and Nikki cannot deny their attraction, Nick (Joshua Morrow) and Sharon’s (Sharon Case) marriage is on the rocks, and Katherine (Jeanne Cooper) interferes in Jill’s (Jess Walton) relationship with Keith Dennison (Granville Van Dusen). The episode originally aired April 14, 1998.

Finally, on Friday, May 8, Victor and Nikki are remarried at the iconic Colonnade Room while Ashley (Davidson) struggles with a secret. The episode originally aired Sept. 5, 2002.

Then, as THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL comes down the aisle, storylines will include:

On Monday, May 4, Taylor Hayes (Hunter Tylo) desperately attempts to escape from Prince Omar (Kabir Bedi) to let Ridge (Ronn Moss) know that she’s alive, while Ridge and Brooke (Lang) have their epic first wedding in front of friends… and foes on the beautiful beach in Point Dume, Calif. The episode originally aired Sept. 30, 1994.

On Tuesday, May 5, Steffy (Wood) and Liam (Clifton) are wed in front of the iconic Opera House on the glorious Sydney, Australia harbor. While the ceremony progresses in front of family and friends, Wyatt (Darin Brooks) eases his sorrows over his brother’s marriage to his ex-wife with several drinks. The episode originally aired March 22, 2017.

On Wednesday, May 6, Katie (Tom), the only woman to have ever stolen Dollar Bill's (Diamont) heart, walks down the aisle to become Mrs. William Spencer, Jr., with her sisters at her side, at the San Fernando Valley home where she was raised. Legendary CBS star Patrick Duffy (“Dallas”) guest stars as Katie’s father, Stephen Logan. The episode originally aired Nov. 13, 2009.

On Thursday, May 7, Eric Forrester (McCook) and Brooke Logan (Lang) say “I Do” as Eric’s ex-wife, Stephanie (Susan Flannery), and Brooke’s true love, Ridge (Moss), watch without objection. Eric then takes Brooke on a romantic and surprise honeymoon in a magnificent hot-air balloon in Palm Springs, Calif. The episode originally aired Jan. 8, 1991.

Wrapping up on Friday, May 8: Having overcome astounding obstacles, Hope (Kim Matula, in a role currently played by Annika Noelle) and Liam (Scott Clifton) joyously say “I Do” in front of family, friends, and the many residents of the beautiful city of Puglia, Italy. Frustrated and brokenhearted, Steffy (Wood) updates Eric (McCook) and Stephanie (Flannery) on the dramatic events transpiring in Puglia. The episode originally aired June 26, 2012.

‘When Calls The Heart’ Renewed For Season 8 By Hallmark Channel

“From my heart, and home to yours, I am thrilled to announce the all new Season 8 of When Calls the Heart coming next year,” she said. “We can’t wait to see you back in Hope Valley.”

Season 7 was the first full season with Lori Loughlin, who was fired following her arrest in the nationwide college bribery scandal. Full House alum Loughlin and her fashion designer husband Mossimo Giannulli were charged in March 2019 with conspiracy to commit mail fraud and wire fraud, as well as money laundering, in the college admissions scandal. Both have pleaded not guilty. Loughlin’s character Abigail was written off the show at the end of season 6 when it was revealed that she had traveled “back east” to take care of her ailing mother.

When Calls The Heart has been a huge success for Hallmark Channel. As of April 19, the series was averaging 2.4 million total viewers with a 0.24 demo rating.

When Calls the Heart season 8 is slated to return in 2021.

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Bold and Beautiful: Malibu Estate of Soap Opera Creators Lands on Market

With Lee passing away in February at age 91, their prestigious property is now on the market for $21,500,000. The Bells purchased the white-shingled home with 60 feet of beach frontage in 1989 for $4,365,000.

The Bell children no doubt found inspiration in the home as well: Bradley Bell is the executive producer and head writer of "The Bold and the Beautiful"; William James Bell is president of the family’s Bell-Phillip Television Productions; and Lauralee Bell has played Christine “Cricket” Blair on "The Young and the Restless" since 1983.

However, you don't have to be a soap star, or even a fan, to admire this rare Malibu Colony classic. One of the few residences behind the posh gates of this exclusive community with a pool, it's the only one in the enclave on the market right now.

Sitting on nearly a third of an acre, the main house measures 3,295 square feet and has four bedrooms and three bathrooms. It comes with a two-story guesthouse.

The shingled facade and gabled roof present a Hamptons style, but the lush landscaping, grassy yard, and mature palm trees are all California paradise.

A white fence encloses the property, and out back are the lagoon-style pool and spa, as well as stairs leading to the beach.

Robin's-egg blue Dutch doors open to a white, beachy interior, with large picture windows providing gorgeous views at every turn.

Some of the loft-style rooms under the eaves also have exceptional views, as well as features like a fireplace or a chandelier.

Even the brick terrace has a remarkable ocean view. Just beyond the pool is a deck with stairs to the beach.

Malibu Colony is within walking distance to many of the best shops and restaurants Malibu has to offer.

The elder Bells each earned lifetime achievement awards from the Daytime Emmys and are responsible for the creation of "The Young and the Restless" in 1973 and "The Bold and the Beautiful" in 1987. Both soap operas still air daily on CBS.

Eva LaRue adopts late ex-husband John Callahan’s dog

“Welcome to the family Cali!,” the actress wrote on Instagram, posting a few selfies with her new four-legged friend.

She continued, “Wasn’t looking to add another thing that poops to the household, but she was John’s baby, and I know she’ll be just what God ordered to help us heal and vice versa.”

LaRue, 53, and Callahan, who tied the knot in 1996, famously played on-screen couple Maria Santos and Edmund Grey on “All My Children.” They split in 2005, four years after welcoming daughter Kaya.

Following news of Callahan’s death from an apparent stroke, several of the actor’s former co-stars, including Kelly Ripa and Sarah Michelle Gellar, posted tributes and offered condolences to his family. He was 66 years old.

Denise Richards fears children with Charlie Sheen could have daddy ‘issues’

The 49-year-old actress — who shares two teenage daughters with ex-husband Charlie Sheen — revealed that she’s concerned Sheen’s infamous past could have an impact on their girls.

“There’s a lot that the kids don’t know about their dad, and I want to keep it that way,” Richards said during a confessional on Wednesday’s episode of “The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills.”

Richards said she works to keep kids Sam, 16, and Lola, 14, from learning certain information about their father for fear they might develop “issues.”

“Even though he’s Charlie Sheen, that is still, to them, their dad,” she continued, alluding to his very public history with drugs, partying and women. “I never talk badly about him and I want him to be part of their lives because I met a lot of the women that Charlie entertained and a lot of them had father-daughter issues. And I do not want that to be our girls.”

The fired “Two and a Half Men” star, 54, and Richards were married from 2002 to 2006. In addition to Sam and Lola, Richards adopted daughter Eloise Joni in 2011.

Meanwhile, Sheen also shares daughter Cassandra Estevez, 35, with ex Paula Profit and twins Bob and Max, 11, with ex-wife Brooke Mueller.

Also during Wednesday’s episode, Richards discussed with husband Aaron Phypers, 47, that after she attempted to take Sheen to court over allegedly owing $450,000 in late child support, the “Anger Management” star publicly called her a “coward.”

“Now I have a hearing set for November. But I do not want to go through all of that. I just don’t,” she explained. “It’s not just a one-time thing where you just show up to court. It’s like an ongoing thing where you can have depositions, declarations from different people. And that’s something, you know, the girls are going to be able to hear.”

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Young & Restless, Bold & Beautiful Will Run Out of Original Episodes This Week — CBS' Backup Plan Revealed

The better news — particularly for soap nostalgia buffs — is how CBS plans to fill the 90-minute daytime void. TVLine has learned that beginning Monday, April 27, the network will dip into Y&R and B&B‘s collective 80-year library and present memorable theme weeks. Y&R will kick things off with a week of vintage episodes — some dating back as far as 1990 — centered on iconic Genoa City matriarch Katherine Chancellor (played by the late Jeanne Cooper).

Meanwhile, B&B in its first full week of reruns will feature encore episodes filmed on location in Monte Carlo (date range 2013-17), including two documentary-style episodes featuring behind the scenes footage (these Becoming Bold and Beautiful-branded installments previously aired on PopTV).

Cast members will provide bonus content with fresh commentary at the beginning and end of select episodes.

Ahead of next Monday’s themed-week launch, Y&R this Friday (April 24) will re-air an episode from 1996 that centered on Paul and Christine’s honeymoon (which was complicated by Phyllis’ presence). B&B‘s Friday episode will serve as an early kickoff to its Monte Carlo-themed week.

“It’s incredibly fun to offer fans an opportunity to look back at such memorable moments from Y&R and B&B,” said Amy Reisenbach, CBS’ EVP of Current Programs said in a statement. “Both of these shows have extraordinary legacies, and these specially curated episodes are only a small portion of what we hope to be able to present in the coming weeks.”

Details on additional theme weeks will be announced by CBS in the near future.

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‘Dallas’, ‘China Beach’, ‘Difficult People’ & Pop’s ‘One Day At A Time’ Actors Set For ‘Stars In The House’ Virtual Get-Togethers

The series, hosted by Seth Rudetsky and James Wesley, has been featuring TV reunions in recent weeks, with cast members from SCTV, Glee, Desperate Housewives and Taxi and more joining in the remote free-for-alls.

Next week will see the likes of Dallas‘ Patrick Duffy and Charlene Tilton (and others – see the complete line-up below) together again, China Beach‘s Marg Helgenberger and Dana Delany coming ashore, Difficult People‘s Julie Klausner, Andrea Martin and Billy Eichner making nice and Rita Moreno and Norman Lear heading up the One Day at a Time virtual get-together.

The episodes are available at the Stars in the House website and on YouTube.

Since the first Stars in the House episode on March 16, the series has raised approximately $209,600 to benefit The Actors Fund.

The schedule and guest line-up for next week’s Stars in the House are:

Monday, April 20, 8 pm ET: Difficult People cast members confirmed to show are Julie Klausner, Andrea Martin, Billy Eichner, James Urbaniak, Gabourey Sidibe, Derrick Baskin, Shakina Nayfack and Cole Escola.

Tuesday, April 21, 8 pm ET: One Day at a Time confirmed guests cast members Rita Moreno, Justina Machado, Todd Grinnell, Isabella Gomez, Marcel Ruiz and Stephen Tobolowsky, along with executive producers Norman Lear, Brent Miller, Mike Royce and Gloria Calderón Kellett.

Thursday, April 23, 8 pm ET: China Beach reunion episode will welcome Marg Helgenberger, Dana Delany, Robert Picardo, Jeff Kober, Nancy Giles, Concetta Tomei and Michael Boatman.

Friday, April 24, 8 pm ET: Dallas – and it’s not a dream. Patrick Duffy is confirmed, as are Linda Gray, Charlene Tilton and Steve Kanaly.

B&B Airs Encore Episode

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RECURRING CAST includes: Obba Babatundé (Daniel Harrelson, Sr.), Deshae Frost (Darryl).

Thorsten Kaye Explains Why He Loves Detroit

Kaye lived in Detroit during his 20s when he was in a classical repertory theater, and he loved the experience. “We did seven plays at the same time,” he recalls. “It was so hard, but looking back, you think, ‘That was awesome.’ I think my most fun time as an actor was the time when I was in Detroit.” For that reason, the city — and its NHL organization, which holds more Stanley Cup wins than any other U.S. team — continues to have a hold on Kaye’s heart!

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Daytime Soaps Surge: B&B, Days, GH and Y&R Experience Significant Ratings Boosts as America Quarantines

For the week of March 23, which is when much of the U.S. went into quarantine, CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful and ABC’s General Hospital posted their best numbers in two years. NBC’s Days of Our Lives, meanwhile, drew their strongest ratings in more than a year. And daytime’s top-rated soap, The Young and the Restless, surged to an 11-month high.

B&B, which celebrated its 33rd anniversary last week, averaged 3.66 million viewers, its best week since March 23, 2018. GH drew 2.57 million viewers, representing its strongest week since March 19, 2018. With 2.24 million viewers, Days enjoyed its highest-rated week since Feb. 18. 2019. Y&R drew 4.21 viewers, its best number since April 26, 2019.

As we recently reported, Days — which just months ago was dodging cancellation buzz — is in perhaps the best position of any TV series to weather the not-so-secret pandemic storm. The venerable NBC sudser, which earlier this month suspended production indefinitely, shoots a staggering eight months in advance. As a result, the soap has enough original episodes banked to last well until fall.

Y&R and B&B were four to six weeks ahead when production was suspended, which means their respective wells will run dry in early May. GH, meanwhile, had roughly two months worth of episodes banked when production was shut down, which takes the soap through the end of May.

The four daytime sudsers have not set a specific timetable for a resumption of production, although CBS will reportedly reevaluate Y&R and B&B‘s taping status in early April.

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CBS Soap Shocker as “Young and the Restless” Deposed from Number 1 Spot For First Time Since 1988

CBS’s “The Young and the Restless” has been the number 1 soap opera since 1988. It’s been an extraordinary run. But now it’s over.

For the week of March 16-20th, CBS’s “The Bold and the Beautiful” toppled Y&R and took the number 1 spot. Yes, that’s an old fashioned soap opera courtroom gasp you just heard.

“B&B” literally leap frogged over the show by adding 405,000 viewers from the prior week. “Y&R” lost 249,000 from the prior week but more importantly, 1,163,000 viewers left the show year to year.

Even more bad news: in the 18-49 category, “Y&R” fell to third place, behind “B&B” and “General Hospital.”

This is significant because the other two soaps, like “B&B,” added viewers that week, robustly. This was the beginning of the virus panic, with more people home during the day. But virus updates were also cutting into the schedule. Each of the shows was pre-empted at least one day by news, and cut into on other days by updates.

The trouble at “The Young and the Restless” is very bad. It has been for a couple of years, but it’s just gotten worse lately. There’s no central story. The main actors– Eric Braeden, Melody Thomas Scott, Peter Bergman, Eileen Davidson– are never on. Long term actors like Doug Davidson, who’s got the longest tenure– are complaining on social media about their absence. The audience has obviously responded.

Granted the soaps got a raw deal this winter with the whole impeachment business interrupting their schedule. But three of the four shows have clawed their way back. Only “Y&R” has drifted away, with the producers and writers refusing to listen to the audience.

This should be a wake up call to CBS and Sony TV. It’s time to restore “Y&R” to its root characters and stories, or the party is going to be over. It may already be over.

Numbers courtesy of Soap Opera News:

Total Viewers
1. B&B 3,620,000 (+405,000/+61,000) <——- first time #1
2. Y&R 3,445,000 (-249,000/-1,163,000)
3. GH 2,471,000 (+365,000/+130,000)
4. DAYS 2,089,000 (+242,000/-39,000).

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Betty White Chillin' In Quarantine ... Safe & in Good Health!!!

Sources close to the Hollywood legend tell TMZ ... Betty's in good health as she continues to self-isolate at her Los Angeles estate. We're told she has very limited in-person interactions, and she's only coming in contact with people being equally cautious of the virus.

Our sources say 98-year-old Betty's essential errands, like groceries, are being taken care of for her so she never has to leave the house.

As you know ... Los Angeles is under a "stay-at-home order" where folks are only supposed to leave their homes for limited exercise and essential business. We're told Betty is spending all of her time inside and relaxing through her quarantine.

Exactly the news we all wanna hear.

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Debbi Morgan Returns for POWER BOOK II: GHOST

This new sequel to the Starz series, POWER, will continue the dramatic stories of some of its most well-known characters, and Morgan will be reprising her role of Estelle, who she played on a recurring basis in the original series. GHOST will pick up the narrative immediately following the POWER finale as it follows Tariq navigating his new life, trying to rid himself of his father’s legacy while struggling to save his family. Check out this tease that Starz released to promote the new series: Video.

Although perhaps best known for her work in daytime, Morgan has an equally-impressive career in film and primetime with roles on shows like WHAT’S HAPPENING!!, BOSTON PUBLIC, CHARMED, and FOR THE PEOPLE as well as movies like Eve’s Bayou, The Hurricane, and Coach Carter. Now you can look forward to seeing the talented actress again in POWER BOOK II: GHOST, and we’ll be sure to let you know just as soon as an official air date for the premiere is announced.

Denise Richards suing former landlords, claims they leaked private information

The Bold & The Beautiful star, 49, has filed a countersuit against Anthony Ellrod and Christopher Masterson, who accused her and her husband, Aaron Phypers, of leaving their Calabasas, Calif., home a wreck when they moved out. In the court documents, obtained by Page Six on Tuesday, Richards says that she and Phypers, 47, were great tenants — and the landlords caused them emotional distress for publicizing their private information.

It is unclear what private information she is referring to, but all court documents are public information. Her former address, rent amount and other details are listed in the rental agreement, which was submitted as part of the lawsuit.

The couple, who tied the knot in September 2018, moved into the home in July of the same year. When they moved out, the landlords demanded $113,000 in damages — but Richards claims that “there are no actual damages and no actual violations of the agreement” between the two parties.

“Denise rented this place out for a short period of time for a family member,” an insider told Page Six, claiming: “It was in a state of disrepair to begin with, but now the present owners, who are two lawyers, are having trouble selling it — and it is also across the street from a residential treatment program.”

In her countersuit, Richards also claims the landlords made the contract with “an intent to defraud [her and Phypers].”

“Further, said conduct was despicable in that it was so vile, base, contemptible; miserable, retched, and loathsome that it would be looked down upon and despised by ordinary decent people,” she says.

Additionally, she claims that “a reasonable person in [her] position would consider the publicity highly offensive” from the landlords filing the suit. As a result, she said that she has suffered from “great mental and physical pain and discomfort, annoyance, distress, anguish, worry, anxiety, pain and suffering, and has lost wages and related benefits, past and future, all in the amount to be proven at the time of trial.”

Richards and Phypers are seeking damages and for their lawyers’ fees to be covered.

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2020 Daytime Emmys Ceremony Cancelled, Academy Mulling 'Alternative' Celebration of Winners

In light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, “There are just too many unknowns right now, not the least of which is whether we would actually be permitted to stage an event in June involving more than one thousand live participants,” National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences chairman Terry O’Reilly said on Thursday in a letter to NATAS members. “With deadlines to make significant financial commitments upon us, it seems irresponsible to move forward as we have in the past.”

In recent weeks, New York’s GLAAD Media Awards were cancelled while the Academy of Country Music Awards and Nickelodeon’s Kids’ Choice Awards were postponed.

NATAS president Adam Sharp and his team are working on “alternative ideas to celebrate those who would normally have received their Emmys at the Daytime Awards,” O’Reilly added. “Watch for details in the weeks to come.”

The 2019 Daytime Emmys were held in May at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium in Pasadena, Calif., and live-streamed via YouTube and EmmyOnline.tv. The last time the ceremony was broadcast on TV was in 2015, on Pop.

The cancellation of the Daytime Emmy Awards comes on the heels of NATAS already scuttling two other national events: the 2020 Technology Emmys Awards (which were to be held next month at the NAB in Las Vegas) and the National Sports Emmy Awards (which were scheduled for June in New York City).

Mackenzie Mauzy guests on NCIS: New Orleans 3/29/20

GUEST CAST includes: Callie Thorne (Sasha Broussard), Luke Slattery (Franklin), Mackenzie Mauzy (Emily).

Coronavirus Shuts Down Soaps: When Will Bold & Beautiful, Days, GH and Young & Restless Run Out of Episodes?

Daytime’s other three soaps, CBS’ The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful and ABC’s General Hospital have considerably less of a cushion. According to sources, Y&R and B&B were four to six weeks ahead when production was suspended this week, which means their respective wells will run dry in early May. GH, meanwhile, had roughly a month’s worth of episodes banked when production was shut down, which takes the soap through the end of April.

The four daytime serials have not set a specific timetable for a resumption of production, although CBS will reportedly reevaluate Y&R and B&B‘s taping status in two weeks.

Can soaps that are consumed on the daily sustain a prolonged outage? That question was first put to the test in 1995, when the months-long, live, daytime coverage of the O.J. Simpson trial pushed sudsers — back then, ABC, CBS and NBC each were home to multiple — off the air and eventually out of many viewers’ mindsets.

‘The Young And The Restless’ & ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ Suspend Production Amid Coronavirus Crisis

The shutdown is effective tomorrow, Tuesday, March 17, as both series are dark on Mondays. Currently, filming is suspended for the next two weeks.

The Young and the Restless is produced by Bell Dramatic Serial Company in association with Sony Pictures Television; The Bold and the Beautiful is produced by Bell-Phillip Television Productions. The duo joins ABC’s General Hospital, whose production was suspended at the end of last week.

The Young and the Restless was recently renewed for four more years, taking it through 2024; The Bold and the Beautiful is a year into a three-year pickup through 2022.

The Young and the Restless currently leads all other daytime dramas in viewers (4.11 million), women 25-54 (1.0) and women 18-49 (0.6). The Bold and the Beautiful has been recognized as the most-watched daytime drama in the world.

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Sports And Tech Emmys Postponed Due To Coronavirus; June’s Daytime Emmys Still On For Now

The organization said it will look to move both events to a later date this year, and comes as a reaction to the growing global coronavirus pandemic.

The Sports Emmys were set for April 28 in the Frederick P. Rose Hall at Jazz at Lincoln Center. Sports Emmy Award executive director Justine Gubar said the decision to postpone was “based on government guidance regarding events of 500 people or more during the continuing spread of the novel coronavirus.”

The Technology & Engineering Emmys dinner was scheduled for April 19 in Las Vegas as a kickoff to the National Association of Broadcasters’ NABShow 2020, which was canceled earlier this week. The plan is to reschedule the ceremony to correspond with NAB’s fall convention in New York.

NATAS president and CEO Adam Sharp said the organization is still moving forward with the Daytime Emmy Awards on June 12-14 in Pasadena, and the News & Documentary Emmy Awards in September in New York.

“We are closely monitoring public heath authorities’ guidance, seeking feedback from our awards communities, and evaluating the flexibility of our venue and production partners as we make determinations around these other events based on day-to-day developments,” Sharp said.

“In every case, the health and safety of our event attendees and staff will remain our paramount concern. We are particularly grateful to and proud of the thousands of NATAS members across America’s local newsrooms who are doing the front-line work of informing the public in this time of anxiety, confusion, and ever-changing information.”

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Antonio Sabato Jr. says his support for Trump cost him his career

The former General Hospital soap star claimed he said goodbye to his acting career the moment he voiced his support for Trump when he ran for the Presidency in 2016 during an new interview with Variety.

“It’s been terrible,” the 48-year-old, who now works in construction in Florida, said. “It’s mind-blowing. It’s a disgrace. It’s tough, because if you’re in that environment in Hollywood and you have something to say that they don’t like, they’re going to let you know.”

The star added he was, “talking to a distribution company about producing a film that was set to go, and they told me to my face, ‘We will never distribute a movie with you in it because of your affiliation with the president.’

“The reality is the power that makes movies happen in Hollywood–casting directors, producers, executive producers, directors–they’re all liberal. They hate anyone or anything who supports this president.”

When The Bold and the Beautiful star tried to get back with his former representatives, they apparently told him: “‘No, we’re not going to represent you.’

“Not a reason. Just no, plain and simple. They wouldn’t touch me because it would be too tough to get me a job,” he explained.

However, the actor has had some success, and is set to return to screens in the upcoming Christian movie One Nation Under God, alongside Isaak Presley, Kevin Sorbo, Herschel Walker, and Casper Van Dien, when it hits theatres over the summer.

Horror legend Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, You’re Next) has wrapped filming on her latest genre feature, Jakob’s Wife, after an under-the-radar shoot in Canton, Mississippi.

Jakob’s Wife was developed by AMP and Crampton from a script by Mark Steensland, Kathy Charles and Travis Stevens. The story, a supernatural horror, follows a woman in her late 50s who, after a chance encounter with ‘the Master’, discovers a new sense of power, a change that comes with a heavy toll.

Also starring are Larry Fessenden (Stake Land), Bonnie Aarons (The Nun), Robert Rusler (Weird Science), Sarah Lind (Edgemont), Mark Kelly (Fear the Walking Dead), Nyisha Bell, and Phil Brooks (Girl On The Third Floor).

Producers are Bob Portal and Inderpal Singh from AMP, alongside Barbara Crampton and Travis Stevens. The project was also fully-financed by AMP – the London and Los Angeles company is looking to ramp up production activity in 2020.

The film is a co-production with Mississippi-based Eyevox Entertainment, with Rick Moore from Eyevox serving as executive producer, alongside James Norrie and Nina Kolokouri at AMP. Co-producers are Joe Wicker, Morgan Peter Brown and Kim Barnard.

“I’m thrilled to be able to bring Jakob’s Wife to life with such highly experienced producing partners at AMP International. It’s been wonderful working closely with Bob Portal in developing this amazing project, and reuniting with two of my favorite colleagues in the business, Travis Stevens and Larry Fessenden,” commented Crampton.

“Since making We Are Still Here together, I’ve been looking forward to telling more scary stories with Barbara and Larry. Jakob’s Wife has been a chance for us to dig deep in to the lives of these fictional characters and test them in ways I think genre fans are going to love seeing,” added Stevens.

Producer Portal called the project “a wild ‘marriage’ of talent that’s created such a rollicking, smart, fun genre feast.”

Director Stevens previously acted as a producer on the 2015 Crampton-starring pic We Are Still Here.

AMP’s credits include Anna And The Apocalypse, and the Sam Rockwell-starring Blue Iguana.

Usher Dances His Way To Quibi Competition Series ‘The Sauce’

The new dance series will be hosted by brothers and Atlanta-based dancers Ayo and Teo as they explore the unique dance cultures in cities across the U.S., finding the freshest talent to compete head-to-head.

“Dance continues to drive much of our popular culture in increasingly more meaningful ways, and I can’t wait to help these young dancers express their extraordinary talent and vision,” said Usher. “I’m excited to be working with Quibi and The Front, who share my vision for cutting-edge, culture-forward content and have created an innovative platform to recognize incredibly gifted dancers from across the nation.”

Ayo and Teo went viral in 2016 when they shared their self-taught dance moves with the world. As a result, Usher invited them to participate in his music video for “No Limit”.

The Sauce joins the robust slate of unscripted series on the short-form streaming platform set to drop April 6. This includes a different kind of dance series called Floored hosted by Liza Koshy. The comedic dance competition series features two teams of skilled dancers as they take on an insane dance floor with a life of its own.

Krista Manis and Anna Pass will join Usher and Mavros as executive producers of The Sauce.

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RECURRING CAST: Louis Ferreira (Buck Spivey), Obba Babatundé (Daniel Harrelson, Sr.), Deshae Frost (Darryl).

GUEST CAST includes: Laila Ali (Laila Ali), Bill Bellamy (Jackie Shaw), Bailey Chase (Owen Bennett).

Lee Phillip Bell, TV talk show, soap opera pioneer behind ‘Young and the Restless,’ dead at 91

She and her husband William J. Bell conceived “The Young and the Restless,” which is approaching the half-century mark and is the No. 1-watched TV soap, and “The Bold and the Beautiful,” which will mark 33 years on the air this year, according to Eva Basler, a vice president of Bell-Phillip Television Productions, who confirmed her death..

Mrs. Bell was born in Chicago. Her father, west suburban business leader James A. Phillip, founded Phillip’s Flowers, which is still operated by family members, Basler said.

She was a warm and trusted TV personality on WBBM-TV for more than 30 years, starting in the 1950s.

“In those early days, I worked seven days a week, interviewing exciting people like Lucille Ball, Marilyn Monroe and Ronald Reagan on my talk show,” she wrote in a mini-memoir in the Chicago Sun-Times.

“Bill decided to leave advertising when he was hired by legendary television writer Irma Phillips, who created ‘Guiding Light’ and ‘As the World Turns,’ ” she wrote. “He stayed with her for 10 years, learning the industry and making trips to New York. Then he decided he’d create his own soap opera, and I thought it was a great idea because he’d be making more than $50 per week. That’s when he started ‘The Young and the Restless.’

“Bill used to create the grandest stories for the show,” Mrs. Bell said, “and he’d discuss them with me.”

After creating “The Bold and the Beautiful,” they moved to Los Angeles in the 1980s, Basler said.

Her husband died in 2005. She is survived by her children William James Bell, Bradley Phillip Bell and Lauralee Bell Martin and eight grandchildren.

Her daughter-in-law Colleen Bell became the U.S. ambassador to Hungary during the Obama administration and is executive director of the California Film Commission.

Services are pending.

Lee Phillip Bell Dies: Co-Creator Of ‘The Young And The Restless’, ‘The Bold And The Beautiful’ Was 91

Bell’s death was announced by her children, William James Bell, Bradley Phillip Bell and Lauralee Bell Martin. A cause of death was not immediately available.

An Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist, Bell also won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series as co-creator of The Young and the Restless in 1975 and was recipient of the Daytime Emmys’ Lifetime Achievement Award in 2007.

“Our mother was a loving and supportive wife, mother and grandmother,” the family said in a statement. “Gracious and kind, she enriched the lives of all who knew her. We will miss her tremendously.”

Born in Chicago, Illinois on June 9, 1928, Bell began a career in broadcast journalism her her hometown, hosting and producing her own show, The Lee Phillip Show, that ran on for CBS TV for more than 30 years. The afternoon talk show was notable for an early interest in social issues. Bell produced and narrated award-winning specials and documentaries on subjects including foster children, rape, children and divorce, and babies born to women in prison.

As host of the show, Bell interviewed Presidents Gerald Ford and Ronald Regan; and celebrities including The Beatles, Judy Garland, Clint Eastwood, Jerry Lewis, The Rolling Stones, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny and Oprah Winfrey, among many others.

Among her many awards were 16 regional (Chicago) Emmys. She won the Alfred I. Dupont/Columbia University Award for the 1973 special The Rape of Paulette, and in 1977 was the first woman to receive the Governors Award from the Chicago chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. In 1980, she was named Person of the Year by the Broadcast Advertising Club of Chicago and the Outstanding Woman in Communications by the Chicago YMCA. She also received the Salvation Army’s William Booth Award for her distinguished career in communications and social service.

In addition to her children, Bell is survived by daughters-in-law Maria Arena Bell and Ambassador Colleen Bell, her son-in-law Scott Martin and eight grandchildren.

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Karla Mosley Previews Her New Musical, ‘Found’

Mosley plays the role of Becka McNeil, a Los Angeles agent who tries to get the guys to turn their underground magazine that compiles these random notes and letters into something bigger, and in the process gets romantically involved with the founder, played by Jonah Platt. “The show is very much an ensemble show, so in addition to the ‘core four,’ there’s this amazing ensemble of people from the Groundlings and improv and all kinds of hysterical television shows. So there’s this whole other really funny and heartwarming and often heart-wrenching narrative going and they represent all of the ‘finds.’ They get to do a lot of the dancing. Unfortunately, I am sort of the ‘straight’ person and I’m sad about that because I love to dance. But I do get some really wonderful singing moments, so that’s great.”

The actress is thrilled to be back on stage again, admitting that it’s been a while since the birth of her daughter, Aurora, back in August of 2018. “The last full stage show I did was when I was pregnant with her,” Mosley recalled. “I haven’t done a musical since I can’t remember when. I did a Dreamgirls concert last spring, but that was a quick and dirty thing. The last time I did a fully staged, rehearsed musical was seven to 10 years ago. So it’s really fun!”

You can watch Mosley and the rest of the talented cast take the stage and act out the content of the weird, wonderful, funny, and heartbreaking real-life notes while telling their story at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. Found officially opens on Feb. 20 with performances running on weekends until Saturday, Mar. 23. Tickets for all shows are $35 and for more information and to purchase tickets, you can call 323-380-8843 or visit www.iamatheatre.com.

Katrina Bowden Reveals the B&B Scene Where She Couldn’t Stop Laughing

The more takes they did in an effort to get the wheelchair to spin smoothly, the more Bowden found the humor in it. “It was so funny to be turned around and have everyone staring at me and not laugh,” she said. “It was really hard to hold it together, and we were all cracking up by the end.”

Ashley Jones Returns to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

Jones took over the role of Eric and Brooke’s daughter in 2004 from Emily Harrison, who only lasted a few months in the role after Jennifer Finnigan had vacated it. She left in 2010, returned on a recurring basis from 2011-12, and continued to reappear for brief stints in 2013, 2015, and 2018, usually to visit for family events like holidays or weddings.

“I have a really deep affinity for B&B,” she previously admitted to Soaps In Depth. “And I always will. So any time they want to write for Bridget, those are my roots, so I would love to do that. And with Bridget, I think there’s plenty of story to tell.”

Before B&B, Jones appeared on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS as Megan from 1997-2000, earning two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Younger Actress in the process. Outside of daytime, the actress starred as Daphne on the second season of HBO’s supernatural drama TRUE BLOOD and appeared in numerous Lifetime movies like A Teacher’s Crime, Secrets From Her Past, and A Sister’s Revenge. In 2016, Jones was cast as Parker Forsyth on the ABC sudser GENERAL HOSPITAL, and she made sporadic appearances as that character until 2017.

There are no details regarding what brings Bridget home for another visit or how long she’ll be sticking around, so stay tuned to find out!

Daytime Emmys Find a New TV Home, as NATAS Launches Its Own Streaming App

The new over-the-top platform is expected to launch in the first quarter of 2020, several months before the Daytime Emmys take place. The service, which doesn’t yet have a name (but will likely include “Emmy” in its title), will be unveiled in time for the Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards in April, and the Sports Emmys in May, both of which are administered by NATAS.

But the real utility of the new streamer will come on June 12, 13 and 14, when the 47th Daytime Emmy Awards are held at the Pasadena Convention Center in Pasadena, Calif.

The Daytime Emmys used to be a broadcast mainstay, rotating between ABC, NBC and CBS in its heyday. But NBC dropped out after 2004, and ABC after 2008. The CW aired it in 2009, and then CBS aired it in 2010 and 2011. After that, HLN picked it up for two years, and Pop TV ran it in 2015 — the last time it was on linear TV. Since then, the Daytime Emmys has run on a mix of YouTube, Facebook, Periscope and something called KNEKT.

Now, with the new over-the-top app, NATAS president and CEO Adam Sharp said viewers would have a clear idea where to watch the Daytime Emmys and its other awards shows.

“We were making it available on PCs and mobile in a clunky way,” Sharp said. “But with the Emmys OTT app available on any platform, if you want to watch on your phone you can watch on your phone. You want to watch on your TV, you can watch on your TV. And really be accessible to the audience. Wherever they are consuming the shows, we’re on it.”

Sharp said NATAS is currently building out the OTT app in order to be available on web, mobile, and major settop platforms including Apple TV, Roku, Chromecast, Fire stick and Android TV.

Besides daytime, sports and tech/engineering, other Emmy awards shows that NATAS administers include News & Documentary, as well as regional awards in most of the country (except Los Angeles). The L.A.-based Television Academy, which handles the Primetime Emmy Awards, is not involved in this new OTT service, but has been briefed on it.

Sharp said the new service will also include past awards ceremonies, as well as clips from the NATAS archives. “Certainly on our social channels since the beginning of the year you’ve started seeing a couple of hints of that, some of these great moments being pulled from the Emmy archives like Ellen DeGeneres’ first win in daytime,” he said. “Or Rosie O’Donnell and Elmo bantering about wanting to rename it the ‘Daytime Elmos.’ Mr. Rogers doling out life lessons from the stage as he accepts his lifetime achievement award.”

NATAS is also producing original shorts, including its first entry, “Behind the Emmy.” “For this series of shorts we are combining backstage interviews, onstage acceptance speeches and some of the actual submitted content to really tell the story of the excellent creativity and production work that goes into winning that most coveted honor of excellence in television,” Sharp said.

The first installment, which posted today on NATAS’ social outlets, looks at PBS’ “Wildland,” a “POV” production that won a News & Doc Emmy last year. “The filmmakers literally learned to become fire jumpers in order to make this film,” he said. “Where they would jump into the burning region with the firefighters, actually help fight the fire, hold the hose, and then put the hose down, pick up the Red camera and start shooting some of it.”

The NATAS app will be free and, at least initially, not contain commercials. “It is going to be there as a resource,” Sharp said. “Long term, I think we certainly see opportunities for ad support and/or sponsor support. That is not in the plan for launch day. I think our focus right now is really on building the content and building the audience. Then we’ll look at the monetization path down the road. There are certainly opportunities for it, and it’s something where in the engineering we are baking in. Monetization is not the focus, at least for 2020.”

The 100 Spinoff Pilot Casts 'Rebellious' Musician, Pair of Competitive Siblings

An episode of the show’s upcoming final season (premiere date TBD) will take viewers back 97 years before the series began, offering a taste of what The 100‘s possible prequel series would offer. The backdoor pilot, as clarified by showrunner Jason Rothenberg on Twitter, is titled “Anaconda.”

Evans’ character, Callie, is described as “whip-smart and passionate with a rebellious streak to boot.” She’s big into fighting for the causes in which she believes, “but when the apocalypse devastates the world she had been working so hard to save, Callie must find a new purpose — and future — for all that remains of humanity.” Callie’s brother Reese, played by Bradley, has always been competitive with her, “but when the opportunity to finally prove his worth comes with an incredible cost, Reese must figure out what lines he is willing to cross to finally come out on top.”

Lastly, Howard is playing August, a “rebellious and passionate musician.” He’s also a radical environmentalist who believes in protecting the planet “by any means necessary.” For August, the apocalypse is particularly depressing, as he’s left to “figure out how to go on when everything he had been fighting for is gone.”

Evans and Bradley could become series regulars if The CW decides to order the prequel spinoff to series.

B&B Stars Pay Tribute To Orson Bean

Scott Clifton (Liam): “If you’re lucky in life, you meet one of those human beings so clearly operating on a different moral and intellectual level than the rest of us. Orson was one of them, and you knew it within seconds of shaking his hand. All my love to Alley Mills on this day of profound loss.”

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy): “We lost a GREAT one last night. Orson Bean was a magnificent man. Authentic, kind, always put a smile on my face. Please keep our dear friend Alley Mills in your prayers tonight. This is heartbreaking.”

John McCook (Eric): “Orson’s great joy for life inspired me. #orsonbean @orsonbeanofficial”

Lawrence Saint-Victor (Carter): “My heart broke at hearing about this awful tragedy. #RIP #orsonbean

You were always sweet and kind. There was always so much warmth and love whenever Alley spoke of you. My heartfelt prayers to Alley and the rest of the family.”

Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke): “It is incredibly sad and shocking to hear what happened to Orson Bean. He was walking across the street last night and was struck by a car. So devastating! My heart goes out to his wife, Alley Mills, and their family. Orson was such an amazing man! He was a brilliant actor! And sooo kind to everyone. Always so positive and energetic and charming. He still had so much life and love to give. We were just at the play Bad Habits 2 weeks ago laughing and enjoying both Alley’s and Orson’s amazing and funny performances. We had many laughs. I hope that you are happy up there dancing in heaven Orson! We will miss you. You are loved! And Alley, we are here for you always???????? #orsonbean“

Darin Brooks (Wyatt): “This is one of the many pictures I think capture these two perfectly… Alley and Orson always laughing and making other people laugh… he was one of those people who just genuinely seemed happy and full of life and freaking FUNNY man! And just a good, sweet dude all around… Genuinely thankful that you touched my life even for a brief moment in the 91 years you touched everyone else’s… All of our love, thoughts, prayers go out to you Alley and the rest of the family… Make em laugh up there… ??”

Rena Sofer (Quinn): “My heart is broken for my dear friend Ally Mills and her family. Orson bean was an incredible actor but I always knew him personally as Ally’s dear husband and love of her life. It was an honor to spend time with them and get a front row seat watching the joy they brought to each other. Ally, we love you and are here to love you through this heartache. My condolences to all of Orsons family and friends and all who loved him. On screen and off. #rip #orsonbean @boldandbeautifulcbs @cbstv #boldandbeautiful“

Kimberlin Brown (ex-Sheila): “I sit saddened and shocked by the loss of such an incredible man. Alley my prayers are with you and your family. Orson loved you all so deeply. A giant of a man. @boldandbeautifulcbs“

Reign Edwards (ex-Nicole): “Rest In Peace Mr. Orson Bean and thank you for all you gave to this world?? May God’s love encompass you, Alley and your family ?? thoughts, love, and prayers are with you Alley ??“

Don Diamont (Bill): “Orson Bean was one of a kind! I so enjoyed every opportunity to chat with this man. He was so engaging, brilliant, funny, and warm. My heart breaks for our dear Alley. Every time I saw her I would ask, “How’s my hero?” She couldn’t talk about her husband without smiling. We hold you in our hearts Alley. RIP dear Orson!??????”

Linsey Godfrey (Sarah, DAYS; ex-Caroline): “I had the pleasure of knowing Orson through Alley’s eyes. The kindest, funniest, most loving man. Together there were no two people more fascinating, funny or in love. My heart breaks for Alley and their family. ?? #riporsonbean I love you Alley Mills”

TVD Vet to Batwoman

The baddie will prey on Gotham’s residents in the Feb. 23 episode to sustain her need for human blood caused by a rare disease. The character has a history in the DC Comics canon, dating back to the ’80s, when Nocturna was introduced as a thief with light sensitivity. She later became one of Bruce Wayne’s love interests before she was reintroduced during the New 52 reboot as a vampire villain to Batwoman, with whom she would also have a romantic relationship.

Ewell most recently appeared on Roswell, New Mexico as Michael Guerin’s mother.

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Orson Bean Dies: TV, Stage And Film Comedian/Actor/Activist Killed In Accident At Age 91

Bean was struck by a car and killed while crossing Venice Boulevard in Venice at 7:35 PM. A “car coming westbound did not see him and clipped him,” Los Angeles Police Department Captain Brian Wendling told ABC7.

A second driver, who “was distracted by people trying to slow him down” then struck Bean, Wendling said.

Bean was crossing the busy street to get to the Venice Resident Theatre. His wife of 27 years, actress Alley Mills, was reportedly already at the location.

Both drivers remained at the scene and cooperated with police. Investigators have initially said they believe the crash was an accident.

Many remember Bean from his appearances on game and talk shows, making frequent appearances on The Tonight Show and other networks as a storyteller par excellence. He was also a game show staple (he was a frequent guest on To Tell The Truth and others).

But Bean was more than a glib guest. He also starred on and off Broadway, was part of many drama anthology shows, and once hosted his own CBS variety show, The Blue Angel.

There was also a politically active side to him. He was briefly blacklisted as a suspected Communist, and was a not-infrequent sight at political and environmental protests. He also founded the progressive 15th Street School in the 1960s, and once gave away his possessions to wander America in hippie-style fashion, exploring the turbulent times in a personal way.

For a time, he dropped out, moving to Australia and exploring the concepts of Austiran psychoanalyst Wilhelm Reich, writing a book about the experience. He returned to the US in 1971, but didn’t immediately return to show business. Instead, he followed a nomadic, hippie lifestyle, admitting in a memoir it was filled with psychedelic drugs, communal sex and other indulgences in a quest for self-discovery. He supported the family with commercial work and voice-overs in animated films.

By 1980, he decided to ramp up his show business activity. He again took to television movies, soap operas, game shows and film work. In his later career, he took recurring roles in such shows Murder, She Wrote, Normal, Ohio and Desperate Housewives. One highlight of his career was appearing in Being John Malkovich, a cult classic in which Bean was the owner of a mysterious company.

Bean was born Dallas Frederick Burrows on July 22, 1928, in Burlington, Vt.. After graduating from high school in 1946, he was drafted and served with Japan occupation forces.

Upon his discharge, he changed his name to Orson Bean and became a stage magician, working Boston-area nightclubs. Eventually, he evolved into comedy, and he began working bigger rooms in New York in a comedy era that saw such giants as Lenny Bruce, Mort Sahl and Woody Allen working.

From there, he evolved into television, becoming such a ubiquitous presence on The Tonight Show that he was often a vacation host for Jack Paar and Johnny Carson. In between episodic TV stints, he also appeared on Broadway in the 1955 comedy Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? and in the 1967 musical Illya Darling.

Bean lived in Venice for many years and married three times, the last to actress Alley Mills. Survivors include his wife and his four children. No memorial plans have been announced.

Orson Bean, of Dr. Quinn and Desperate Housewives, Dead at 91

An Army vet who was stationed in postwar Japan in the mid-1940s, Bean (born Dallas Frederick Burrows) began his entertainment career as a magician, before segueing into stand-up comedy. Starting in the 1950s, he was a regular panelist on To Tell the Truth. He also appeared on other game shows as well as Johnny Carson’s The Tonight Show (on which he would be a guest more than 200 times).

Bean’s TV acting credits include (but are by no means limited to) Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman and its spin-off Fernwood 2Nite, The Facts of Life, Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman, Normal Ohio, 7th Heaven and Desperate Housewives. Most recently, he appeared in a November 2018 episode of Superstore and the latest season of Grace and Frankie (which dropped Jan. 15).

Among his many stage credits, he earned a Tony Award nomination in 1961 for the musical Subways Are for Sleeping and enjoyed a long run in the comedy Never Too Late. His film roles included Being John Malkovich and The Equalizer 2.

Bean’s survivors include his third wife/Dr. Quinn co-star Alley Mills, whom he wed in 1993.

Orson Bean Dead at 91 Struck by Car

Law enforcement sources tell TMZ Bean was allegedly jaywalking in Venice Friday night when he was clipped by one vehicle and then struck by another. We're told Bean died at the scene and both vehicles stayed after the incident. Cops are currently investigating whether the collision was criminal or an accident.

Bean's career began in the 1950's ... he frequently made guest appearances on "The Tonight Show" with both Jack Paar and Johnny Carson.

Bean was a frequent guest on the game show "To Tell The Truth" and made appearances on versions of the show from the late 50's through 1991. He also made appearances on "Super Password" and "Match Game."

He also made regular appearances on TV ... with a role on two episodes of "7th Heaven" in 2003, "How I Met Your Mother" in 2007 and "Modern Family" in 2016. Bean was in the 2018 film "The Equalizer 2" as an elderly Holocaust survivor.

He has been married to actress Alley Mills (Pam on The Bold & The Beautiful) since 1993.

Orson was 91.

R.I.P.

Vincent Irizarry to grand marshal neighborhood Easter parade

The actor got his start in daytime television in the early 1980s with a recurring role in “Guiding Light.” Since then, he’s gone on to star in just about every soap opera you can think of: “One Life to Live,” “The Young and the Restless,” “All My Children,” “Days of Our Lives” and most recently “The Bold and the Beautiful.”

Irizarry is friends with neighbor Belynda Ortiz. When she told him about the parade, he expressed interest and agreed to serve as the grand marshal.

“It was that easy,” parade organizer Liz Simmons said.

Irizarry joins only a handful of celebrity grand marshals who have participated in the parade. In the past, Texas icon Kinky Friedman—a singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, defender of stray animals and former Texas Monthly columnist—led the parade route.

“It’s a show up and do-your-thing event,” Simmons said. “I never know what we’re going to get. There’s no rules. It’s very creative and totally fun.”

The parade, in its 15th year, will start at 3 p.m. April 12.

Teri Polo, William Baldwin, Mena Suvari, Robert Pine Star In ‘Fourth Grade B’

First Look! Kyle Lowder In Feature Film

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Katherine Kelly Lang Stars in ‘The Christmas Dance’

In addition to Karn, who viewers will recognize from his starring role on the long-running ABC sitcom HOME IMPROVEMENT, the movie stars Kristen Vaganos as Sarah. According to the plot description on the IMDb, “Traumatized by her past Christmas is not at the top of Sarah’s list this time of year. However, waltzing through life’s unexpected emergencies, she is taught the Christmas Dance.”

Lang also shared some additional photos from The Christmas Dance, which is currently filming, and you can see that one of the characters is in the hospital, so perhaps that’s one of “life’s unexpected emergencies?” At any rate, the B&B star seems to be enjoying her time working on the holiday film. “What a wonderful family we make in The Christmas Dance!” she exclaimed. “I love it when you are hired to play a part and have to instantly become a family. There is nothing better than working with people that are so genuine and lovely and talented and feel like a family right away! Thanks, family!”

Unfortunately, we’re going to have to wait until Christmas of 2020 to be able to watch the movie. But don’t worry, we’ll be sure to keep you updated on where and when you can watch Lang in The Christmas Dance just as soon as more information is released!

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GUEST CAST includes: Patrick Duffy (Retired Navy Lieutenant Commander Jack Briggs), Lyndon Smith (Navy Lieutenant Rebecca Weeks)

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“THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL” POSTS BEST WEEK IN TWO MONTHS

Source: Nielsen, live plus same day ratings for the week ending Jan. 10.

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Denise Richards Lands New Gig

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Guest Cast includes: Patrick Duffy (Retired Navy Lieutenant Commander Jack Briggs), Lyndon Smith (Navy Lieutenant Rebecca Weeks).

B&B's Scott Clifton Reveals Secrets of Liam and Thomas' Brutal Fight

While his bosses were initially skeptical, Clifton says they were generous enough to meet him halfway. “So that whole fight sequence was a negotiation, and bless their hearts, they were really cool to let us shoot it that way,” he said. “I’m proud of what we got to do there, and it was really fun.”

Talk Show Appearance

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THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL's Katrina Bowden Celebrates Her Anniversary

If there’s one thing you should know about the actress, however, it’s that she’s enticed by challenges outside her comfort zone. Now, not only is she happily settled in at B&B, she’s looking forward to the next chapter of Flo’s story. “I’m glad I took the chance, because it’s been amazing,” she said. “A year has gone by so fast!”

Though Bowden felt fairly confident once she accepted the part of Reese’s unwitting accomplice in the baby Beth saga, her first weeks on the job proved daunting. “It was overwhelming for me, because it’s different from any other medium I’ve worked in before,” she said. “It kind of felt like I was trying to keep my head above water for a little while. But after last year’s holiday break, I felt I was understanding it all better, and I felt like I was really getting into it. I started to think, ‘Yes, this feels right. This feels like something I could do long-term and really, really enjoy.’”

"She's iconic," Bowden said of her on-screen mom, Denise Richards (Shauna). "She's just so down-to-earth and normal and cool."

Being integrally involved in the show’s most prominent storyline of the year, Bowden was immediately thrown into scenes that were intense and emotionally fraught. “As an actor, you rarely get so much juicy stuff to work with,” said the actress. “That’s been the most fun part of all of this.”

That, and getting to explain to her friends outside of the soap industry the intricacies of her wild storyline. “There have been so many moments when friends ask me about it, and I say, ‘Well, okay… I helped steal a baby, but then it turns out the woman who had the baby is my cousin.’ When you’re in it every day, it just seems so normal, but when you take a step back and actually explain it to someone, it’s kind of funny!”

Once the Beth Secret finally broke wide open this summer, resulting in Flo’s confession and subsequent arrest, Bowden breathed a big sigh of relief. It had become more and more tricky for her to justify Flo’s actions the longer she stayed silent and let Hope grieve for her daughter. “I wanted to find some sympathy for Flo, to make her decisions and choices make sense to me,” she said, “so I had to keep finding new reasons to defend her. By the time [the truth] came out, I’d been thinking, ‘Okay, there’s really nowhere else for this to go.’ It felt like she had to fess up.”

"We had practiced a stage slap a few times, but in the heat of the moment, Annika [Noelle, Hope] kind of [really] slapped me, which apparently everybody does on this show!" Bowden said. "It was a great scene."

Flo avoided jail time as part of Ridge’s strategy to keep the spotlight off his own son, Thomas, and she earned some brownie points by coming forward to donate a kidney to her ailing Aunt Katie. Yet that doesn’t mean fans have fully forgiven the blonde for her deception earlier this year, and that’s a fact Bowden completely understands. “I mean, she did some pretty awful things, so I don’t blame people for not liking her,” she said, “but I hope that, in time, people can move past it. No one’s perfect, and not every character is perfect. But maybe she’ll do something endearing to change people’s minds. That’s kind of the fun of it.”

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Katherine Kelly Lang Celebrates the Opening of Her New Beverly Hills Boutique

The shop sells artisanal leather accessories made with heart from Tuscany, now available in the United States through the new Beverly Hills boutique and online at www.benheartusa.com. While Lang regretted that the special opening was invitation-only, she invited fans to stop by the store and check it out afterward. "I will be spending time in the store after the 17th so please come by and say hi and take a look around to see all of our goodies!" she urged. "Especially if you are still searching for amazing Christmas and holiday gifts! The online store will be up and running then too for those who can’t visit in person."

Lang was supported at the opening by her B&B friends and castmates like Courtney Hope (Sally), Don Diamont (Bill), Annika Noelle (Hope), Obba Babatundé (Julius), Jennifer Gareis (Donna), Katrina Bowden (Flo), and Kim Matula (ex-Hope).

There were also some THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS stars in attendance like Tamara Clatterbuck (ex-Alice) and Jessica Collins (ex-Avery), which led to the unusual site of Sharon Case (Sharon) being joined by two different Adams, Mark Grossman and Michael Muhney! "Good times tonight!" tweeted Grossman of the pics.

Join us in wishing Lang and her partners all the best of luck with their new business endeavor.

Kelsey Grammer, Thomas Jane, Denise Richards Join WWE Star Adam Copeland In ‘Money Plane’

Co-written by Lawrence and Tim Schaaf, the indie follows a professional thief (Copeland) who must rob an underworld criminal casino on an airplane to settle a debt with his ruthless employer (Grammer). While the heist unfolds in midair, the second man on the ground (Jane) uncovers a sinister double cross that threatens everything.

Richard Switzer and Tyler W. Konney are producing the pic with and executive producers Jason Cherubini and Alexander Ferguson. Taylor & Dodge is handling worldwide sales.

Copeland currently co-stars as Kjetill Flatnose in the History Channel series, Vikings. Grammer can next be seen on the big screen in Grand Isle opposite Nicolas Cage. Jane currently stars in Amazon’s The Expanse series. Richards’ recent credits include BH90210 and 1st Born.

Copeland is repped by OAZ and Abrams Artists; Grammer by UTA and Vault Entertainment; Jane by Paradigm; Richards by Abrams Artists.

Peloton Wife Movin' On Up ... Lands 'Bold & the Beautiful' Role

Sources familiar with the deal tell TMZ ... actress Monica Ruiz was recently offered a guest spot on a forthcoming installment of "The Bold & the Beautiful," which we're told she immediately accepted.

Our sources say Monica's getting paid a flat fee of $2,000 to star in the future episode, which we're told will air sometime in late January. Sounds like it's not gonna be too demanding because sources tell us everything for her shoot is being done in one day ... including rehearsals.

Monica's shooting on Tuesday, and although it's written as a one-off ... we're told if things go well and audiences love her, she could be brought back. There's always a way in soaps!

Snatching up viral stars is just kinda what 'B&B' does -- the Fiji Water girl also landed a guest role after her noteworthy appearance at the 2019 Golden Globes.

Anyway, it seems like the fallout from Peloton has been more positive for Monica than anything. You'll recall, she starred in another ad right afterward for Ryan Reynolds' gin company -- now she's got a shot at a full-blown series.

Monica should frame that saying about all publicity being good publicity. Her Peleton hubby probably disagrees, though.

Okay, he definitely disagrees.

Diary of a Future President

Heather Tom Directs DYNASTY

Tom may be best known to soap fans for her starring roles on multiple soaps — B&B's Katie, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS' Victoria, and ONE LIFE TO LIVE's Kelly — but she has begun making a name for herself as a director, helming her own short film, Serenity, as well as multiple episodes of B&B and an episode of Y&R.

DYNASTY is currently in the middle of its third season, with episode 9, "The Sensational Blake Carrington Trial" airing on Dec. 6. The series is scheduled to return on Friday, Jan. 17, with the ninth episode of this season, so if they don't skip any weeks, Tom's episode, "You See Most Things In Terms of Black & White," should air on Friday, Feb. 7.

Patrick Duffy, Alicia Coppola, Peter Macnicol Guests on All Rise

GUEST CAST includes: Peter Macnicol (Judge Albert Campbell), Patrick Duffy (Ed Parker), Alicia Coppola (Wanda Taylor)

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Don Diamont Dishes His THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Leading Ladies

He added that the same holds true for Heather Tom (Katie) and Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke). “Each one of them has a really great sense of humor and takes the work very seriously without taking themselves too seriously. There are more similarities between all three of them in that way than differences, I think.”

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Brat TV Winter Slate Includes New Series ‘Sunnyside Up’ Starring ‘Dance Moms’ Alum Nia Sioux

Sunnyside Up stars Sioux about four households and their teens on the same cul-de-sac. Kaycee Rice (World of Dance, America’s Got Talent) and Nina Lu (Bunk’d) co-star. It is joined in the lineup by Crazy Fast, which charts the rise of a new high school track and field team. Kamri Noel and Andrew Swilley star.

Crown Lake, which debuted this summer and is produced by Pretty Little Liars alum Sara Shepard, stars Francesca Capaldi (Dog With a Blog) and Kyla-Drew (Nick’s Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn).

Brat TV, which recently inked a deal with MGM TV to create YA content, averages more than 11 million visitors per quarter thanks to content like Chicken Girls and Total Eclipse that feature young digital stars.

‘The Bay’s Kristos Andrews, Vivica A. Fox & Michael Copon Set For ‘yA’ Spinoff In The Works By Lany Entertainment

Co-written by Martin and Riche, the coming of age young adult series will follow teens Frankie Sanders and Regan Sanders (played by twins, Bianca D’Ambrosio and Chiara D’Ambrosio) as they relocate to sunny California and a sometimes cruel new social environment of Bay City High. Crossing over from The Bay season 1 are series star Kristos Andrews as Pete Garrett, Vivica A. Fox (Empire, Independence Day) as Dr. Angela Foster, and Michael Copon (One Tree Hill, Power Rangers) as Officer Colton Kurosaki.

The series regular cast of the spinoff also will include Dante Aleksander, who plays Xander Castro, with newcomers Damoni Burkhardt, Logan Garretson, Brady Gentry, Tyler C. Lofton, and Bella Martinez. Several social media influencers will recur throughout the season, including Tessa Brooks as resident mean girl Evelyn, and Indiana Massara as troubled teen Lindsay.

Cast also includes Melrose Place alum Jamie Luner, Ian Buchanan (Twin Peaks), Galadriel Stineman (Until Dawn), Mark Famiglietti (Terminator 3), Eltony Williams (Tyler Perry’s If Loving You is Wrong), Jacob Young (Bold & the Beautiful), Fiona Hutchison (One Life to Live) and Alla Korot (Grimm), and as previously reported, Wanda De Jesus (Sons of Anarchy) and Devious Maids’ Gilles Marini.

Other season 1 recurring/guest stars include Kane Hodder (Friday the 13th) as the school security guard Pooch, Emmy winner Brad Maule (General Hospital) as Mr. Ford, Eileen Fogerty (Better Call Saul) as Principal Wu, as previously reported Mike C. Manning (Teen Wolf) as Mr. McKinnon, and Lane Davies (Santa Barbara) as Police Captain Johnson. Twins Chloe Frizzi and Sophia Frizzi (Young Judith, The Walking Dead) will appear in a flashback sequence as young Frankie and Regan. Additional cast members for this season to be announced.

Andrews also directs yA with creator and showrunner Martin. The Bay’s Wendy Riche, who co-wrote the 10-episode first season of yA with creator Martin, serves as executive producer along with Martin and Andrews. Riche also executive produced General Hospital and MTV’s Laguna Beach.

The series, which is currently being shopped, is in production with a release date scheduled for winter 2020.

Will Ridge Turn on Thomas? — B&B's Thorsten Kaye Speaks Out!

“In a way, Ridge probably thinks he deserves a kid who’s not perfect,” said his portrayer, Thorsten Kaye, who isn’t sure there could ever be a last straw where Thomas is concerned. “That’s an interesting question, and I don’t know the answer. You can’t escape your kid at the end of the day, and Ridge doesn’t want to. That love has to be unconditional. It’s what you sign up for as a parent.”

The compassion Ridge feels for his son has been at the crux of his conflict with wife Brooke, and Kaye believes his alter ego feels he still has a debt that he owes to his children. “That makes him kind of blind to some of the stuff that’s going on right in front of him,” the actor acknowledged.

In any case, Ridge’s problem is a good one for Kaye in that it’s given him lots of interesting new material to play, both with Ridge’s family members and his new admirer, Shauna! Having spent much of the previous year on the periphery of other people’s tales, Kaye is glad to be in the thick of things again. “Sometimes it feels like you don’t do as much anymore, but it turns out that our boss, Mr. Brad Bell, always finds a place for everybody,” he said of the show’s headwriter and executive producer. “So I’m glad it’s my turn.”

Ring in the Holiday With Your Favorite Stars And The Salvation Army

Soaps In Depth Podcast - 12/2/19 - Thanks For That

Dishing with Digest - 11/29/19 - Kyle Lowder And Arianne Zucker

Patrika Darbo To Appear In DOOL App’s “Last Blast Reunion”

Soaps In Depth - 11/25/19 - Vats All Folks!

Anna Maria Horsford on Mom 12/5/19

GUEST CAST: Anna Maria Horsford (Eve), Larry Joe Campbell (Mike).

Help B&B's Courtney Hope Win Best Performance at The Game Awards!

Control also received nominations in other categories, including Best Narrative, Best Art Direction, Best Performance: Matthew Poretta, Best Audio Design, Best Action/Adventure Game, Best Game Direction, and the big one — Game of the Year. Hope is up against Poretta for Best Performance as well as Ashly Burch, Laura Bailey, Mads Mikkelsen, and Norman Reedus. Control has already won the Critics' Choice Award at the Golden Joystick Awards this year.

The Game Awards will be held at the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles on Thursday, Dec. 12, where all of the winners will be awarded. However, B&B fans can help Hope take home her trophy by voting for her in the Best Performance category because audience votes are factored in to help determine the winners. Just click here to visit the voting section of The Game Awards website and help Hope win for her amazing motion-captured digital performance! You can see some of the results of her hard work in this trailer for the game: Video.

A MERMAID FOR CHRISTMAS Available Now!

Soaps In Depth Podcast - 11/18/19 - What’s Going On At DAYS?

Heather Locklear reunites with ex-flame Jack Wagner

The troubled star posted a photo on her Instagram Story of herself with Wagner on Saturday.

The two were unexpectedly having fun getting their hair dyed together after all Locklear’s recent trouble with drug abuse. Her current beau Chris Heisser was nowhere in sight.

Locklear wrote over the picture, “Look who I ran into!!”

The blond’s hair was wrapped in foil while it looked like Wagner had been working on his locks, too, as they were askew.

Locklear smirked with her arm around Wagner, flashing a thumb’s up. The actor gave an open mouthed grin during their joyful day.

She’s had tussles with her new lover Heisser, as Radar has reported.

However, the star and Heisser recently celebrated her daughter Ava’s birthday together.

Locklear, 58, and Wagner, 60, were briefly engaged in 2011, after falling in love on the set of Melrose Place. They eventually called off their nuptials for the sake of their kids.

The former Dynasty actress previously had divorced rockers Tommy Lee and Richie Sambora, the father of her daughter.

Make-Up Artists And Hair Stylists Guild Awards Nominees Set

The awards, which honoring achievements in make-up and hair styling in film, TV, commercials and live theater, will be bestowed at a gala January 11 at The Novo by Microsoft at L.A. Live.

DAYTIME TELEVISION – BEST MAKE-UP

Dr. Phil
Cool Benson, Alan Bosshardt, Christina Patch

Price is Right
Carol Wood

The Bold and The Beautiful
Christine Lai Johnson, Chris Escobosa, Stacey Alfano

The Real
Melanie Mills, Uzmee Krakovszki, Motoko Honjo-Clayton

The Young and The Restless
Patricia Denney, Kathy Jones, Laura Schaffer Holmes.

Soaps In Depth Podcast - 11/11/19 - November Sweeps

Obba Babatundé & Claire Coffee Recur ob S.W.A.T. 11/20/19

RECURRING CAST includes: Lou Ferrigno, Jr. (Rocker), Obba Babatundé (Daniel Harrelson, Sr.), Claire Coffee (Kira).

B&B Gets Visitors From SESAME STREET

CBS Will Pre-Empt Programming For Donald Trump Impeachment Hearing Coverage

CBS Evening News anchor Norah O’Donnell will lead coverage of the hearing and another one scheduled for November 15, with testimony from Marie Yovanovitch, the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine. CBS Evening News also will originate from Washington on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday of next week. The newscast is expected to move to Washington permanently by the end of the year.

CBS also said that it will provide coverage on CBSN, its streaming service, along with coverage on CBS News Radio and CBS Newspath. CBS This Morning also will feature interviews and analysis, with co-hosts Gayle King, Anthony Mason and Tony Dokoupil joined by 60 Minutes correspondent John Dickerson with historical perspective.

Others contributing to the network coverage include Face the Nation moderator and senior foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Brennan, chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett, chief congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes, political correspondent Ed O’Keefe and White House correspondent Paula Reid. Contributors Jonathan Turley and Kim Wehle will provide analysis.

First Trailer For A MERMAID FOR CHRISTMAS

Katrina Bowden To Star In Shark Thriller ‘Great White’

Bowden, who is best known for playing Cerie in Tina Fey’s NBC comedy, is starring in Great White, written by Michael Boughen (Tomorrow, When The War Began) and marking the feature directorial debut of commercial director Martin Wilson.

Produced by Thrills and Spills and Piccadilly Pictures with Michael Robertson and Neal Kingston producing after teaming on Black Water: Abyss.

Great White is inspired by true events and follows the story of seaplane operators and lovers, Kaz Fellows (Bowden) and Charlie Brody, played by Aaron Jakubenko, along with their passengers, Joji Minase (Tim Kano), his wife Michelle (Kimie Tsukakoshi) and cook Benny (Te Kohe Tuhaka), who take a flight to the picturesque Hell’s Reef. It isn’t long though before their idyllic trip turns into a living hell when they become abandoned miles from shore and in grave danger from what lurks just below the surface. Their only chance of making it out alive is to get to the beach, but with two Great White sharks hunting them, the odds are not in their favour.

Bowden said, “I am so excited to be back in Australia to shoot this film. It has been nine years since my last visit and this time around I am really getting familiar with beautiful Queensland. I feel very lucky to get the chance to work in Australia, especially on a film project I love so much that is unlike others I have done before. It is going to be a very fun adventure.”

Kingston added, “Ever since watching Jaws as a kid I realised the effect a shark film can have on a movie audience. The fear you feel in the cinema and again venturing into the water is real. Great White draws on that fear and together with great performances, delivers a real and relatable experience, hopefully to a whole new generation of cinema-goers.”

Altitude Films Sales has pre-sold to more than a dozen international territories and the film is slated for a 2021 release.

Soaps In Depth Podcast - 11/4/19 - Big Turning Points!

Daytime Emmys: Gender-Neutral Young Performer Category, More Inclusive Eligibility Among 15+ Changes for 2020

NATAS has announced a slew of changes and updates for the 47th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, which as recently reported will now be held across three nights, Friday, June 12 through Sunday, June 14.

The changes include but are not limited to:

* Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series replaces the Outstanding Younger Actor and Younger Actress in a Drama Series categories, as well as eliminates the gender of the category.

* All performers eligible for gendered acting categories are encouraged to enter the one they feel best fits their gender identity — as Asia Kate Dillon, a non-binary cast member of Showtime’s Billions, does by choosing to compete in the Supporting Actor category at the Primetime Emmys.

* These categories are now open to both Broadcast Dramas and Digital Drama entrants:
Outstanding Art Direction/Set Direction/Scenic Design
Outstanding Casting
Outstanding Costume Design
Outstanding Lighting Direction
Outstanding Multiple Camera Editing
Outstanding Music Direction and Composition

* Outstanding Makeup, Outstanding Costumes and Outstanding Hairstyling reels must now include only “everyday” makeup and hairstyling. Special event, Halloween, special effects, prosthetic or period makeup and hairstyling reels belong in a newly created Outstanding Special Effects Costumes, Makeup and Hairstyling category.

* Other new categories include Outstanding Young Adult Program (created for tween and teen viewers 12- 17 years old, and accepting Series and Specials) and Outstanding Picture Editing for an Animated Program.

* Outstanding Performer in a Children’s or Family Viewing Program has been replaced with two categories: Outstanding Principal Performance in a Children’s, Family Viewing, Young Adult, or Special Class Program, and Outstanding Limited Performance in a Children’s, Family Viewing, Young Adult Program, or Special Class Program (whereby Limited is defined as appearing in 25% or less of the total episodes for the season, appearing on screen in 25% or less of the entire Special, and/or onscreen Guest credit).

* Outstanding Musical Performance in a Daytime Program has been eliminated.

Daytime Emmy Awards Eliminates Gender Distinction From Outstanding Younger Performer Category

As gender identity becomes an ever-larger part of the conversation about inclusion, representation and diversity, the category of Outstanding Younger Performer in a Drama Series will replace the Younger Actor and Younger Actress categories, eliminating gender distinction from the nominations, Deadline has learned.

In addition, performers eligible in all Daytime Emmy acting categories will be encouraged to enter the category they feel best fits their gender identity. The Daytime Emmys will honor those category selections.

The changes come at a time when gender identity is being examined in the award show space. In 2017, the MTV Video Music Awards went gender-neutral with all their categories (and changed its “Moon Man” trophy to “Moon Person”). The MTV Movie and TV Awards also did away with gender designations.

In 2018, Billions actor Asia Kate Dillon, who identifies as non-binary and plays a non-binary character on the Showtime series, questioned the Television Academy’s gender-specific categories. They felt that there was not a space for them as a non-binary individual.

In other rule changes, Deadline has learned that the six craft categories previously exclusive to Broadcast Dramas will now include entrants from Digital Dramas.

Bid On A Behind The Scenes Experience At Y&R And B&B!

Soap Fave Welcomes First Grandchild

Gina Rodriguez HBO Max Movie ‘Bobbie Sue’ In The Works

“Giving a project like Bobbie Sue the reach and accessibility that HBO Max provides is what every filmmaker is looking for right now,” said De Line. “Gina Rodriguez and Charles Stone III both have an incredible talent for bringing rich characters, timely stories and authentic worlds to life.”

Pic will follow Bobbie Sue, who after being raised among four rowdy brothers in a blue-collar neighborhood, is a scrappy, headstrong young lawyer who lands a career-making case with an upper crust law firm, only to realize she’s been hired for optics and not her expertise. But after discovering her powerful client, a lifelong idol of hers, is trying to cover up exploiting workers within her company, Bobbie decides to take both her and the law firm on, caution and etiquette be damned.

Rodriguez wrapped Jane the Virgin back in July after five seasons and 100 episodes. She also stars for big Warner Bros. in the upcoming feature Scoob as Velma Dinkley.

Soaps In Depth - 10/28/19 - Daniel Goddard's Shocking Exit

B&B's Matthew Atkinson Reveals How He Gets His Thrills

'Space Force’: Noah Emmerich, Fred Willard & Jessica St. Clair Join Cast Of Netflix Comedy Series

Co-created by Carell and Daniels, Space Force is centered around the people tasked with creating a sixth branch of the armed services…Space Force. It stars Carell as Mark R. Naird, a General tapped by the White House to lead a new branch of the Armed Forces with the goal of putting American “Boots on the Moon” by 2024.

Emmerich plays Kick Grabaston, Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Mark’s (Carell) old boss and internal rival. Resentful that Space Force is not under his command, Kick takes every opportunity to dominate and undermine Mark.

Willard plays Fred Naird, Mark’s (Carell) father. Sharp as a tack but frail, Fred is caring for his senile wife and starting to make bad decisions, such as crawling under his house to check the pipes without telling anyone.

St. Clair plays Kelly King, a forthright civilian contractor helping Mark (Carell) build the new base in Colorado. She hates incompetence and children for the same reason.

In addition to star Carell, Emmerich, Willard and St. Clair join Space Force series regulars John Malkovich, Ben Schwartz, Diana Silvers and Tawny Newsome as well as fellow recurring players Jimmy O. Yang, Alex Sparrow and Don Lake. Paul King is directing two of the series’ 10 episodes, including the pilot.

Carell and Daniels, who serves as showrunner, executive produce with 3 Arts’ Howard Klein.

The Americans alum Emmerich is coming off a co-starring turn opposite Sacha Baron Cohen in the Netflix limited series The Spy. He also recently starred opposite Julianna Margulies in the Nat Geo limited series The Hot Zone. He is repped by Gersh and Brillstein Entertainment Partners. St. Clair has been recurring on ABC comedy series American Housewife. She is repped by UTA, Rise Management and Morris Yorn. Comedy veteran Willard is with Amsel, Eisenstadt.

Obba Babatundé Recurs on S.W.A.T 11/6/19

RECURRING CAST: Lou Ferrigno, Jr. (Rocker), Obba Babatundé (Daniel Harrelson, Sr), Gabrielle Dennis (Brianna Harrelson), Laura James (Molly Hicks), Otis “Odie” Gallop (Sgt. Stevens)

Major Daytime Emmy News Announced!

Soaps in Depth Podcast - 10/21/19 - What SHOULD Happen Next

Soap Stars On THE REAL

Talk Show Appearance

Monday 10/21: Galen Gering, Michael Mealor, Lawrence Saint-Victor, Donnell Turner, guest co-host Amanda Seales

Todd McKee Returns to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL as Jake Maclaine

McKee joined the cast of B&B back in 1990 as Jake, but before that, he was best known for playing Ted Capwell on the NBC sudser SANTA BARBARA, a role he portrayed from the soap’s premiere in 1984 until 1989. You might also recognize him in from primetime appearances in episodes of MELROSE PLACE, CSI, and 7TH HEAVEN.

Jake was the younger brother of Margo Maclaine, who was played by Lauren Koslow (now Kate, DAYS OF OUR LIVES). Although she wanted nothing to do with the sibling who had abandoned their family, Margo softened towards him when he confessed that their father had sexually abused him when he was younger. She attempted to heal the wounds between Jake and their father, Ben, but the patriarch flatly denied any abuse. Eventually, Margo recalled their uncle, Charlie, had been living in the house at the time and when she went to confront him, saved Jake’s life in the process.

Jake was a former tennis pro who was romantically tied to Felicia, Donna, and Macy. After he confessed to stealing the BeLieF formula to protect Macy, he and Margo returned to their home in Wisconsin. However, in 2007, Jake reappeared working as a “jack of all trades” at Forrester Creations, doing technical work and production for their various fashion shows and press events. Jake was seen for a couple of episodes in 2016, first coordinating a Forrester fashion show, and then helping Ridge by digging a massive heart in the sand to woo Brooke.

His most recent appearance was in July of 2018 when Jake was on hand to help keep the Hope for the Future show go off without a hitch... which, as typical for the Forresters, didn't end up happening! Stay tuned to see what Jake is up to this time around.

Watch Your Favorite B&B and Y&R Stars on THE PRICE IS RIGHT!

Matthew Atkinson (Thomas, B&B) - Thursday, Oct. 31, Friday, Nov. 8, and Tuesday, Dec. 17

Denise Richards (Shauna, B&B) - Monday, Nov. 4

Kiara Barnes (Zoe, B&B) - Tuesday, Nov. 5

Melissa Ordway (Abby, Y&R) - Thursday, Nov. 7, Monday, Nov. 11, and Friday, Nov. 27

Daniel Goddard (Cane, Y&R) - Wednesday, Nov. 6

Hunter King (Summer, Y&R) - Wednesday, Nov. 13

Michael Mealor (Kyle, Y&R) - Friday, Nov. 15

Soaps In Depth Podcast - 10/14/19 - The Week‘s Best… And Worst

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Opens up About Filming While Pregnant on B&B

Watch soap vets Donna Mills and Crystal Hunt in trailer for new sitcom Mood Swings

If you couldn’t tell, we’re dealing with sitcom logic here. That’s the setup of Mood Swings, a new series created by and starring soap opera vet Crystal Hunt (One Life to Live), premiering Oct. 24 on Christian studio Pure Flix‘s streaming platform. (They’re the company behind the God’s Not Dead films, among others.) The show also stars Hunt’s fellow soap stars Donna Mills (General Hospital) and Robin Riker (The Bold and the Beautiful), along with veteran, Oscar-nominated actress Dyan Cannon.

Mood Swings follows Farrah (Hunt) who takes on roommates to earn money to support herself and her eight-year-old son Ryder. Enter Coco (Riker), a disgruntled working woman, Dani (Bad Moms‘ Christina DeRosa), a Canadian-Italian “culinary wizard” and aspiring actress, and Emilia (Ballers‘ Sophia Gasca), a Dominican entrepreneur trying to secure U.S. citizenship. Comedic high jinks ensue.

Mills and Cannon play Farrah’s mom and aunt, respectively, with Jason Earles (Disney’s Hannah Montana) as her live-in, slacker handyman.

“We felt there was a need for a great female ensemble comedy,” Hunt said in a statement. “Right now, you can only watch reruns of shows like Golden Girls and Designing Women to enjoy a female-driven show. Our thinking was to embrace the legacy of these programs while adding a modern twist.”

Check out the Mood Swings trailer above for a taste of the show’s comedic stylings.

Dishing with Digest - 10/11/19 - Darin Brooks

Black Lightning Adds Wayne Brady as WWII Supersoldier 'Gravedigger'

TVLine has learned that the game show host and Emmy-winning Whose Line Is It Anyway? improv artist is set to play the DC Comics character of Tyson “Gravedigger” Sykes, who will first air in early 2020.

Black Lightning just this week kicked off Season 3, now airing Mondays at 9/8c.

“Gravedigger” is described as a World War II-era member of the U.S. military who became a “supersoldier” after a secret experiment gifted him with enhanced strength, agility, tactical genius and hand-to-hand combat expertise. After the war, Sykes defected to the country of Markovia rather than return to a segregated America.

Sykes’ aim to create a sovereign land for metahumans within Markovia will set him on a collision course with both the ASA and Black Lightning (played by Cress Williams).

Brady’s previous TV acting credits include Colony, How I Met Your Mother, Psych and Everybody Hates Chris.

THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Raises Awareness for Kidney Disease With Emotional Storyline

In the emotional storyline, Katie has found herself suffering kidney failure due to the anti-rejection medications she had been taking for her heart transplant. Surgeon and nephrology specialist Dr. Davis (played by guest star Tisha Campbell) reported that she would require a kidney transplant, and the family immediately got tested in the hopes that one of them could save Katie's life. The National Kidney Foundation is dedicated to the awareness, prevention, and treatment of kidney disease in the United States. Currently, there are 37 million Americans with chronic kidney disease.

Heather Tom Reveals How Her Son Found Out He'd Been Recast on B&B

But when Zane eventually spied the new Will (played by Finnegan George) when his mom was catching up on an episode, he was perplexed. “He was like, ‘But I’m Will! I’m Will!’” the actress recalled to Soaps In Depth. “I reached for the remote to turn the TV off, and I was like, ‘You’re right. You’re Will. You are Will. But a different Will.’ Then he turned to me and said, ‘Why did you fire me from my job?!’” Tom admitted it was one of those mom moments she wishes she could redo. “I scarred him for life,” she joked. “He’s going to be in therapy when he’s 35 saying that his mom got him fired from his first job!”

Obba Babatundé Recurs on S.W.A.T. 10/30/19

RECURRING CAST: Obba Babatundé (Daniel Harrelson, Sr), Deshae Frost (Darryl), Gabrielle Dennis (Brianna).

Soaps In Depth podcast - 10/7/19 - Hot (And Not) Plots

Heather Tom Reveals Her New Directing Gig

GOOD TROUBLE is a spinoff of THE FOSTERS that follows Callie and Mariana from that series as they head out to live their adult lives and see what the world holds for them. Like THE FOSTERS, GOOD TROUBLE is executive produced by Joanna Johnson, who B&B fans will remember from her stints as both Caroline and Karen Spencer on the soap.

"I'm very excited for my B&B sister-in-law to direct GOOD TROUBLE!" Johnson enthused on Twitter. "She's gonna kill it!" Some of Tom's other castmates past and present offered their support as well. "Get it, HT!" cheered Darin Brooks (Wyatt). "Congrats!" Lawrence Saint-Victor (Carter) and Ashley Jones (ex-Bridget) posted congratulations and Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke) added: "So awesome!"

From the cover of her shooting script, Tom is directing episode 15 of the second season, which premiered in June of 2019. Although no air date has been announced yet, given that the episode is titled "Palentine's Day," it's likely it will air sometime in February of 2020.

Wayne Fitzgerald, Master of Films’ Opening Moments, Dies at 89

Mr. Fitzgerald, a prolific designer of title sequences for film and television whose work included some of the most memorable opening moments those mediums have seen, died on Monday on Whidbey Island in Washington State. He was 89.

The death was confirmed by his wife, MaryEllen Courtney, who said his health had deteriorated since he contracted the flu last spring.

Mr. Fitzgerald, who lived on the island in the city of Langley, began designing opening titles in the 1950s, when not much thought was given to them. But during his career, and to a significant extent because of his career, those segments came to be regarded as something of an art form, a chance to impart information, set a tone, capture the attention of an audience still settling into seats.

“Title makers are moviemakers,” he told Variety in 1997, an indication of the seriousness with which he took his work. The sequences he imagined often took substantial effort to execute.

“He never worried about how he was going to pull off a piece,” Ms. Courtney, who worked with Mr. Fitzgerald for many years, said by email, “which led to some real innovation because he worked before computer graphics.”

She cited two examples: the 1990 movie “Total Recall,” with its arresting black lettering against a moving red background, and the soap opera “Guiding Light,” for which Mr. Fitzgerald won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1992, when that long-running show used an opening montage that suggested a lighthouse.

“‘Total Recall’ looks simple, but it was tricky to get that on film,” she said. “The turning light for ‘The Guiding Light’ took a garage full of early computers and three days to render. You could probably do that on an iPhone now.”

Wayne Richard Fitzgerald was born on March 19, 1930, in Los Angeles. His father, Raymond, was a milkman who for years distributed his wares from a horse-drawn carriage, and his mother, Mabel Wilma (Rundle) Fitzgerald, worked for a dairy farm and later ran a Comptometer, an early calculator, for an industrial company.

Mr. Fitzgerald graduated from the ArtCenter College of Design in Pasadena, Calif., in 1951 and went to work for Pacific Title and Art Studio, which made title sequences for movies — often, at the time, hand lettering them on glass plates.

“We used to wash the glass off and use it again for the next movie,” Mr. Fitzgerald told the Copley News Service in 2003. “So much for history.”

Hollywood was still dominated by studio titans, and title sequences were something of an afterthought, the film’s director having moved on to the next project by the time they were created. Title artists like Mr. Fitzgerald dealt mostly with studio executives like Jack Warner, the president of Warner Bros., who, Mr. Fitzgerald recalled in the Copley interview, liked the lettering to be very, very large.

“He said, ‘If I’m paying the stars all that money, I want their names up there big,’” he said.

In 1955 Saul Bass broke the mold with his title sequence for Otto Preminger’s heroin-addiction film, “The Man With the Golden Arm,” using a grotesquely deconstructed arm in the opening credits. Mr. Fitzgerald was among a group of title designers who followed Mr. Bass’s lead, although some of his early work went uncredited.

For “Pillow Talk,” a 1959 Rock Hudson-Doris Day comedy, he put the credits between two supine figures tossing pillows about. In 2000, when the Film Society of Lincoln Center presented a weekend-long program on film titles, it included “Pillow Talk” among the classics of the art form.

When the Film Society of Lincoln Center presented a weekend-long program on film titles, it included Mr. Fitzgerald’s title sequence for “Pillow Talk” (1959) among the classics of the art form.CreditUniversal Studios

It also cited Mr. Fitzgerald’s work on “Bonnie and Clyde” (1967), which opens with vintage Depression-era photographs to set the mood and time period for the story of the famous outlaws. It was one of a number of times Mr. Fitzgerald worked with the pioneering film editor Dede Allen.

“He believed the title should serve the overall story, not itself,” Ms. Courtney noted. “And, as Dede Allen said, he knew story.”

It was Warren Beatty, who played Clyde Barrow in that film, who suggested to Mr. Fitzgerald that he form his own company. He left Pacific Title in 1967 and did so. That move coincided with the fading of the last remnants of the old studio system and the emergence of cinema dominated by auteur directors.

Ms. Courtney said that Mr. Fitzgerald, who worked on hundreds of films and TV shows, would often be called in after a movie had been shown to test audiences, to set or reset the emotional tone.

“‘Crimes of the Heart’ is a great example,” she said, referring to the 1986 film version of Beth Henley’s play, a comic drama. “It starts with a murder and the audience was M.I.A. in the beginning because they were focused on that. Wayne did an animated falling heart. It was simple, but it told the audience not to take it so hard.”

He showed a whimsical touch on “Footloose” (1984), which opens with lots of feet: Two dozen pairs, one after the other, are shown dancing as the Kenny Loggins title song plays.

“He got a kick out of ‘Footloose,’” Ms. Courtney said, “He used footage from professional dancers, plus the grip in ratty tennis shoes, and Kenny Loggins, who was on set.”

Mr. Fitzgerald won two other Emmys: a Daytime Emmy in 1988 for “The Bold and the Beautiful” and a Primetime Emmy in 1987 for “The Bronx Zoo.” Both were shared with David Oliver Pfeil.

Mr. Fitzgerald’s first marriage, to Mary Dunbar, ended in divorce. In addition to his wife, whom he married in 1995 after 12 years together, he is survived by two sons from his first marriage, Eric and Mark; a stepdaughter, Courtney Nelson; a grandson; and two step-grandsons. A daughter from his first marriage, Ann Crenshaw, died in 2009.

Today the importance of title sequences has been well established. In the 1993 interview, Mr. Fitzgerald recalled his early days, when that was decidedly not the case.

“Even people in the industry would say, ‘What do you do for a living?’” he recalled. “I’d say, ‘I design titles,’ and they’d say, ‘You mean someone does that for a living?’”

‘Boy Meets World’ star Maitland Ward is doing porn now

Former “Boy Meets World” star Maitland Ward left family-friendly entertainment behind to launch a career in the adult film industry on the aforementioned porn website.

The 42-year-old redhead, who played Rachel McGuire on the wholesome ABC/Disney Channel sitcom, switched gears to star in her first full-length skin flick, “Drive.”

“I never knew there was anything in adults or porn or whatever that was this well done,” Ward told In Touch Weekly about her drastic career shift. “I read the script, and I was like, ‘This is really, really well-written.’ This has so many themes in this and just my character is so different than anything I have portrayed before.”

She announced her “Drive” role on Instagram, to the shock and awe of her fanbase, generating responses ranging from “is she a porn star?” to “from ‘Boy Meets World’ to ‘Boy Meats World.'” One fan even joked that Ward should film a scene with her former sitcom roomie Topanga (Danielle Fishel).

The film, directed by veteran porn actress Kayden Kross, casts Ward as an “innocent” woman who’s starting to come out of her shell — an apparent microcosm of the former Disney star’s career trajectory.

Ward starred in the final two seasons of “Boy Meets World,” which premiered on ABC in 1993, and later aired in syndication on the Disney Channel from 2000 to 2007 and again in 2014.

She made her debut in 1998 as Rachel, the roommate and consummate “friend-zoner” of lead characters Eric Matthews (Will Friedle) and Jack Hunter (Matthew Lawrence).

Now she’s shed the sitcom shackles entirely.

“I was just floored when Kayden came to me. I was like, ‘Wow, this is the kind of stuff that I want to do,’” Ward told In Touch. “Because I think it can be more mainstream, where people can enjoy the script and enjoy what is going on and is like, ‘Wow, this is a really hot sexual situation.’”

And while Ward says, “I don’t think my fans have seen me like this before,” her salacious Instagram selfies over the past 10 years suggest that a career in adult entertainment has been a long time coming.

“It’s been an evolution,” Ward told In Touch. “It’s all been my authentic journey because everything that I have done along the way is something I wanted to explore and do. I just did it publicly for my fans, that is the exhibitionist style of me.”

Sure, she knows there will be haters — but Ward doesn’t “give a f – – k” what people think, because “I want to be who I am. I just think as I have matured, too. I am who I am.”

Ward also appeared in “Home Improvement,” “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Rules of Engagement” and the 2004 Wayan Brothers comedy “White Chicks.”

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BIG BROTHER's Jessica Milagros Guests on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

"My strategy: To create a dramatic enough fall on BB21 to get me on B&B!" Milagros joked on Instagram, referencing a memorable moment from the reality series where she let out an over-the-top scream as she fell from a not-very-great-height onto a mat during a competition. "Seriously, I'm so thankful and blessed for the opportunity."

Last year, Tyler Crispen and Brett Robinson from season 20 of BIG BROTHER appeared in a scene to thank Quinn for her donation to their fundraiser, Jessica Graf, from season 19, made a few appearances as a waitress at Il Giardino, and season 18's Paul Abrahamian, Victor Arroyo, and Da'Vonne Rogers played cater waiters at Bill and Brooke's ill-fated wedding. BIG BROTHER isn't the only reality series to provide cast members for B&B episodes — Bikini Bar bartender Danny is played by Keith Carlos, the first male winner of AMERICA'S NEXT TOP MODEL!

While the soap hasn't said exactly who Milagros would be playing on the soap, she was posing in the pic with Jaqueline MacInnes Wood and Thorsten Kaye, so it's likely her character will be interacting with Steffy and Ridge at Forrester Creations. "Great job, Jessica!" Wood praised on Instagram.

Obba Babatundé on S.W.A.T 10/23/19

RECURRING CAST: Lou Ferrigno, Jr. (Rocker), Bre Blair (Annie Kay), Obba Babatundé (Daniel Harrelson, Sr), Deshae Frost (Darryl), Otis “Odie” Gallop (Sergeant Stevens)

Soaps In Depth Podcast - 9/30/19 - The Characters We Miss

‘Into The Dark’: Kerr Smith, Reign Edwards Among 6 Set For ‘Pilgrim’ Installment Of Hulu Horror Event Series

Into the Dark includes 12 feature-length episodes, released each month over one year and inspired by a holiday, featuring Blumhouse’s signature genre/thriller spin on the story. Marcus Dunstan directed “Pilgrim” and co-wrote it with Patrick Melton as well as Noah Feinberg. It will premiere on November 1.

“Pilgrim” is inspired by true events and follows Ms. Anna Barker, who invites Pilgrim re-enactors to her family’s Thanksgiving in an effort to remind them of their privilege and help them bond. When the “actors” refuse to break character, the Barker family learns that there is such a thing as too much gratitude.

Previous installments of Into the Dark include the April Fools’ Day-themed “I’m Just F*cking With You”; the Mother’s Day-themed “All That We Destroy”; July’s “Culture Shock” as well as “School Spirit”, “Pure”, “Treehouse”, “They Come Knocking” and “Down”.

Smith is repped by The Gersh Agency and Link Entertainment. Edwards is repped by Hyperion, Management 360 and attorney Morris Yorn. Giles is repped by Paradigm Talent Agency and Artists First. Henggeler is repped by The Gersh Agency and Teitelbaum Artists Group. Speights is repped by The Osbrink Agency and Untitled Entertainment. Corbo is repped by The Osbrink Agency and Eileen O’Farrell Management.

Darin Brooks and Kelly Kruger Welcome Daughter Everleigh Jolie: 'We Can't Believe She's Finally Here'

The couple welcomed daughter Everleigh Jolie Brooks at 4:13 a.m. on Sunday, September 22 in Los Angeles. Little Everleigh was born weighing 9 lbs. and 1 oz., and 21.5 inches long.

“It still feels so surreal, like one big blurry dream,” Kelly who is starring in No Place Like Home this fall, tells PEOPLE. “We’ve waited so long to meet our little girl and we can’t believe she’s finally here! She’s everything!”

“We keep looking at her in disbelief that we made her,” the new mom, 36, adds. “We look at her and try to figure out who she looks more like. She has my hair because I also was born with a ton, and she definitely has Darin’s height.”

Everleigh also has someone else’s looks — Kelly’s grandmother, Jolan!

“Jolie in French means beautiful, so we always knew that would be the name if we had a daughter one day. Then when we met her, she looked like and Everleigh and since it felt like forever from when we started trying to get pregnant to finally meeting her, the name just fit her perfectly,” Kelly says.

As for new dad Darin, the Bold and the Beautiful star is already over the moon.

“Long lean and with great hair — she’s already a supermodel!” Darin tells PEOPLE. “Everyone always says, ‘your whole life changes and she’s gonna be the apple of your eye and a daddy’s girl,’ but it’s true!”

“When she came out, I looked at her and that was it! She’s just amazing, and to think that we made her is just surreal! She’s half Kelly (hopefully with more of Kelly’s qualities) and half me,” Darin marvels.

But the actor wanted to point out that even though Everleigh is already a daddy’s girl, he’s not going to be spoiling her as she grows up.

“But let’s be clear, I’m not going to let her get away with anything as she gets older,” the Days of Our Lives alum says. “I’m not a pushover… she’s going to have to get a job soon.”

Kelly, however, wasn’t so sure about that. “Yeah, right. We shall see! She’s already got him wrapped around her little finger,” The Young and the Restless star says.

Both Kelly and Darin say that they are grateful for one another throughout the pregnancy — the pair told PEOPLE in April that they had been trying to get pregnant for about a year.

Kelly said that she leaned on her husband throughout labor — which lasted from Wednesday to Sunday! — and in the days that they’ve been home from the hospital.

“Throughout this entire pregnancy, through the labor (Wednesday—Sunday) and since we have gotten home with Everleigh, Darin has been unbelievable,” Kelly says, adding a shoutout to their “amazing doula Lori Bregman,” who she says “was also such a gift — so knowledgable and supportive. We got very lucky!”

Darin echoed Kelly’s words with some loving words of his own for his “rockstar” wife.

“Kelly has been truly a rockstar through all of this. She’s been thrown a lot of unexpected curveballs and I’m just so impressed with her and her strength and determination,” he says. “Trust me, I will make sure our little girl knows how special her mommy is.”

Darin also wanted to give a PSA about encouraging moms-to-be: “Also, a quick note, for anyone out there who sees a pregnant woman, try not to say, ‘wow you look huge!’ or ‘it looks like you’re having twins in there! When are you due?'”

Instead, the actor suggests to offer a simple compliment: “You don’t know what they’re actually going through! Just say, ‘you look beautiful! You look amazing!’ Because it truly is amazing what Kelly has gone through and did for us. I have a daughter now and with any luck, she’ll get everything, including her strength, from her mother!”

The couple celebrated their baby shower in July, and Darin commemorated the happy event with a joyful Instagram post, writing in the caption, “We had such a blast at our baby shower!!! Thank you to @camrich11 @sarahjeannetteruffino@cherisebangs @avenueluxe @grodanjand @susanbrooks6460 for all putting this on!! Seriously we love you all! We had good food, good drinks and great people!! We can’t wait for our little girl to join this world, especially this wonderful family!! ??”

On Monday, Kelly shared one last photo of her baby bump, on which she balanced a mug that read “Mom est 2019.”

“Gonna miss this table. Can’t wait to finally meet you baby Brooks ??,” she wrote in the caption.

CBS DAYTIME REACHES AMAZING MILESTONE – 33 YEARS AT #1

To frame this incredible accomplishment, the following events happened in 1986 – the first time CBS was #1 in daytime:

The CBS primetime schedule featured “Murder, She Wrote” and “Dallas.”

The space shuttle CHALLENGER exploded shortly after liftoff.

“The Oprah Winfrey Show” and “Pee-Wee’s Playhouse” launched on television.

The musical “Phantom of the Opera” first premiered.

The United States first celebrated Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.

Gasoline was $1.89 per gallon.

Emilia Clarke, Lindsey Lohan and Lady Gaga were all born.

Ronald Reagan was president.

CBS Daytime’s 52-Week Full 2018-2019 Broadcast Year Highlights

The Network had the #1 overall show in viewers (THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2) as well as both the #1 program in women 18-49 and women 25-54 (THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS).

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS has been the #1 daytime drama for 30 consecutive years and THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL is the most-watched U.S.-produced daytime drama in the world.

CBS Daytime finished the year first in viewers (3.58m), women 25-54 (0.8) and women 18-34 (0.3).

CBS had the top six programs in viewers:
1. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2 4.98m
2. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS 4.45m
3. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 4.39m
4. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 3.55m
5. LET’S MAKE A DEAL 2 3.17m
6. LET’S MAKE A DEAL 1 2.76m

CBS had four of the top five programs in women 25-54:
1. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS 1.1
2. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2 0.9
2. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 0.9
5. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 0.8

CBS had four of the top five programs in women 18-49:
1. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS 0.7
2. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2 0.6
2. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 0.6
2. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 0.6

CBS Daytime programs reached 105.5 million viewers (who watched at least six minutes), nearly 25 million more viewers than the second place network.

Source: Nielsen most current ratings 2018-2019 television year.

Debbie Allen & Obba Babatundé Recur on S.W.A.T. 10/16/19

RECURRING CAST: Debbie Allen (Charice Harrelson), Obba Babatundé (Daniel Harrelson, Sr), Deshae Frost (Darryl), Otis “Odie” Gallop (Sergeant Stevens)

B&B's Annika Noelle Reveals What She and Henry Joseph Samiri Have in Common

Considering Samiri is only five, Noelle is often gobsmacked by the library of songs he’s familiar with. “In between takes he’ll ask me, ‘Do you know this Metallica song? Do you know this Billy Idol song?’” the actress laughed. “His parents taught him well!”

Katherine Kelly Lang Teases What's Next for Brooke on B&B

By “everybody,” Lang specifically was referring to Brooke’s main squeeze, Ridge, who for months has refused to acknowledge that his son is basically a dirtbag. To say that their differences of opinion on the matter have put a strain on their marriage would be an understatement, but Lang appreciates the complexity of their conundrum. “This is a family issue, and that makes it different,” said the actress. “With a big blended family, you have to try to make everybody happy, but it doesn’t always work that way.”

Will Brooke and Ridge weather this storm swirling around Hope and Thomas? Lang thinks so. “They love each other so much that they usually come back together and everything’s fine,” she said. “They have the freedom to fight because they know how much they mean to each other.”

For as polite as Brooke has managed to keep things in her marriage, however, Lang yearns for more outrage and antipathy — not less. “I’m bored with Brooke being ‘civil,’” she admitted. “I want some excitement! Brooke has lately been a good wife and mom, and though she and Ridge have had their little spats here and there, I would love to see a little bit more craziness in her life!”

Lang would also welcome the return of Hunter Tylo, whose Taylor riled Brooke earlier this year by planting a kiss on Ridge! “Everyone always mentions to me how much they wish there were more scenes like that between Hunter and me, so who knows?” she said.

While some fans have criticized Brooke’s failure to get her troubled daughter into some much-needed therapy in recent months, Lang jokes that maybe her own iffy history with Taylor is to blame. “Brooke’s probably thinking, ‘Well, if all therapists are like Taylor, then we’re in trouble!’”

These days, Brooke much prefers to dispense her own sage advice to those she holds dear, which, given her prior history of impulsive behavior, is quite the change of pace! “I feel like she’s kind of getting back to who she originally was when she was young, before she got so stuck on Ridge and corrupted!” Lang laughs. “She’s getting back on track when it comes to doing what’s right. But I also miss the troublemaker Brooke. I do! So I’m torn!”

Saved by the Bell Revival Coming to NBCUniversal Streaming Service — Which Original Stars Will Be Back?

Original cast members Elizabeth Berkley and Mario Lopez will be back for the new episodes, which will hail from Tracey Wigfield (30 Rock, The Mindy Project). As for the plot, the revival will find California governor Zack Morris (!) in hot water for closing too many low-income high schools. When he suggests sending the affected students to the highest-performing schools in the state — including Bayside High — the influx of new students “gives the overprivileged Bayside kids a much-needed and hilarious dose of reality,” the logline reads.

Despite Zack’s presence in the show description, there’s currently no word on the potential return of his portrayer, Mark-Paul Gosselaar (who is about to star in ABC’s black-ish spinoff mixed-ish).

Saved by the Bell originally aired on NBC from 1989 to 1993, centering on a group of friends as they navigated life at Bayside. The cast included Gosselaar, Berkley (as Jessie Spano), Lopez (as A.C Slater), Tiffani Thiessen (as Kelly Kapowski), Lark Voorhies (as Lisa Turtle), Dustin Diamond (as Screech) and Dennis Haskins (as principal Mr. Belding).

The show spawned two spinoffs, Saved by the Bell: The College Years and Saved by the Bell: The New Class, as well as two TV movies.

Saved by the Bell‘s return will be part of a substantial library at NBCUniversal’s streamer — officially named Peacock — along with a Battlestar Galactica reboot from Mr. Robot creator Sam Esmail and the previously announced Punky Brewster revival, in which Soleil Moon Frye will reprise her iconic title role.

Also in the pipeline: a third season of the once-cancelled NBC sitcom A.P. Bio, a Demi Moore-led adaptation of the novel Brave New World and the second Psych movie, to name a few. NBCU also confirmed that Peacock will have exclusive streaming rights to The Office and Parks and Recreation.

Peacock will launch in April 2020, though a price has not yet been announced.

Soaps In Depth Podcast - 9/16/19 - Fix It!

Lawrence Saint-Victor's Loves B&B's Baby Boom

Saint-Victor’s son, Christian, was born last August, mere days after Karla Mosley (Maya) welcomed her little girl, Aurora. This spring, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy) delivered son Rise, while Darin Brooks (Wyatt) is getting ready for the September birth of his daughter. “We’re all kind of growing up and encountering the same things in life,” said Saint-Victor. “We’re going through all these stages together, and it’s a lot of fun. It’s really cool to share the parenting experience.”

Tisha Campbell Will Bold & Beautifully Guest Star On THIS Soap Opera

“The Bold and the Beautiful” airs weekdays on CBS.

Alley Mills Stars In New Play

John McCook Celebrates Daughter’s Wedding

Love Island's Kyra Green to Guest Star in The Bold and the Beautiful: 'I Was So Nervous'

PEOPLE can exclusively announce that Kyra Green, who recently competed on the inaugural American season of Love Island on CBS, will next appear on the network’s hit soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. She will guest star in one episode airing Sept. 20 and another airing Sept. 23.

Green, a 22-year-old musician from Harlem, New York, who lives in Los Angeles, tells PEOPLE the experience of being on set was “so rad.”

“Everyone, including the crew and actors, were beyond sweet to me,” she says. “I was so nervous since it was my first acting job since my Kidz Bop days when I was like 10.”

“I’ve always loved acting, so I’m so excited to be getting back into it,” she adds. “One of the coolest moments on Love Island was when I was able to host one of the game shows and I had lines!”

From left: Katherine Kelly Lang, Kyra Green and Thorsten Kaye (episode airs Sept. 20)

Green, who plays a model, says her parents are longtime fans of The Bold and the Beautiful and adds that her whole family “has always loved fashion.”

“I started doing fashion week in New York, London, Paris and Milan when I was 16, so it was cool to play that role on the show,” she says. “Especially since I’m more focused on my music now with my band 212Green.”

Kyra Green (left) and Mariana Vicente with Thorsten Kaye Photo (episode airs Sept. 23)

In addition to working with her band, since leaving the Love Island villa in Fiji, Green has been busy spending time with fellow contestant Cashel Barnett. She calls him her “first official boyfriend,” and the two even started a YouTube channel, Kyra Cash.

“It’s honestly been amazing,” she says. “We live so close to each other, and my biggest fear was that we wouldn’t feel the same or be the same in the outside world, but we’ve been able to be ourselves even more. Somehow we both managed to get even more goofy.”

According to Green, her siblings and friends are “obsessed” with her new man.

“He’s meeting my parents this month and then we’re taking a road trip to Sacramento to meet his folks,” she says. “Cash can make friends with anyone, though, so I wasn’t nervous about that — I’m more nervous to meet his family for sure! We’re both so close with our families, so it means a lot to the both of us.”

And as she readjusts to her life back home, Green says there’s one thing in particular she misses about Love Island.

“The real world can be overwhelming, in the villa you just have each other,” she explains. “No phones and no social media, which honestly is such an amazing feeling and so rare for our generation. I miss that the most, not being connected to my phone all day. I’ve tried to change my ways somewhat being back.”

The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays on CBS.

‘Little Fires Everywhere’: Obba Babatundé To Recur In Hulu Series

Developed and written by Casual‘s Liz Tigelaar, the series hails from Witherspoon’s Hello Sunshine, Washington’s Simpson Street and ABC Signature Studios. Little Fires Everywhere follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. The story explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in believing that following the rules can avert disaster.

Babatundé will play George Wright, a devoutly religious father of two who does his best to support his strong-willed daughter Mia (Kerry Washington) as she heads off to art school. But when his daughter’s decisions conflict with his morals, George finds himself having to make a choice that he was never prepared to.

Jade Pettyjohn (Lexie Richardson), Jordan Elsass (Trip Richardson), Gavin Lewis (Moody Richardson), Megan Stott (Izzy Richardson), and Lexi Underwood (Pearl Warren) also star.

Babatundé will be returning to Season 3 of the CBS drama series S.W.A.T. in his recurring role of Daniel Harrelson Sr., the father of Hondo (Shemar Moore). He also stars as Dean Fairbanks in Season 3 of Netflix’s drama Dear White People.

Babatunde’ won a 2016 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Guest Performer in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Julius Avant on CBS’ The Bold and the Beautiful and received a Supporting Actor Primetime Emmy nomination for his role in the HBO drama Miss Ever’s Boys. Babatundé is repped by Artists & Representatives.

Soaps In Depth Podcast - 9/9/19 - Breaking Up Is Hard To Do

Bold and the Beautiful's Ashley Jones Says Husband Beat Her, Files for Divorce and Restraining Order

Jones, 43, filed on Friday, just a week after she was granted a restraining order against Henricks.

According to the court documents obtained by PEOPLE, Jones says she and her son Hayden Joel, whom she shares with Henricks, fled their home on Aug. 17 as she was “afraid for my safety and the safety of our son.”

Jones alleges that since she left, Henricks has continued to “stalk and harass” her.

In the order, Jones alleges that Henricks has physically abused her and that it has gone on for many years, starting before they were even married.

Jones and Henricks wed in 2015.

“He calls me a whore and accused me of infidelity regularly, and been incredibly jealous of long-ago boyfriends with whom I have no contact,” Jones alleges in the restraining order filings.

The actress shared horrifying details of one incident, alleging that in 2016 Henricks “was drunk” and “twisted my hand and threw me to the ground.”

“Joel was trying to get my cell phone from me because I was recording him being belligerent and threatening me and beginning to get physical. I dropped the phone and Joel let me go. I left with Hayden, but Joel convinced me that he would not drink anymore, so eventually I went back,” she explains in the restraining order filings.

She also recalled another time in 2017 when Henricks allegedly “caused a spiral fracture in my hand. I had to have surgery.”

Jones alleges that Henricks has a “history of substance abuse, and continues to drink, use marijuana.”

In 2018, Jones claims in the court documents that Henricks began to “excessively” abuse alcohol and allegedly showed up “inebriated” to pick up his older son Huck, now 7, from his first marriage. The incident forced his ex-wife to request a DVRO, according to the documents.

Jones claims the drinking got so out of hand that Henricks would even drive with an “open container in his drink holder even while leaving work.”

She claims Henricks later became suicidal after “drinking copious amounts of vodka and mixing drugs.”

In July 2018, Jones says she found “Joel with a belt around his neck attempting suicide. He said he did not want to live. He had continued to drink heavily and to abuse prescription medication.”

Jones then went on to describe in detail what led up to her escape last month and what happened after she left.

On the night of Aug. 16, Jones alleges that Henricks came home in a rage, accusing her of having sex with someone in the bathroom of their home — which she denies.

Ashley Jones and Joel Henricks with their son Hayden Joel

“I was very confused as I was in the bathroom alone and had not been with anyone else. I have never been unfaithful to Joel,” Jones says in the court documents.

He told her he had a recording of it, which he played for the children.

The next morning is when Jones left.

On Aug. 18, Jones claims she found a tracking device on her car. Although she removed the device, Jones alleges that Henricks has continued to stalk her and track her every move.

Henricks has been ordered to stay at least 100 yards away from Jones.

Jones’ filing comes just a few months after she and Henricks celebrated Hayden and Huck’s birthdays with a joint Cars-themed party in June. Henricks did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

If you suspect domestic violence, call the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-7233, or go to thehotline.org. All calls are toll-free and confidential. The hotline is available 24/7 in more than 170 languages.

If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), text “home” to the Crisis Text Line at 741-741 or go to suicidepreventionlifeline.org.

Dishing With Digest - 9/6/19 - Vincent Irizarry

Vincent Irizarry takes a deep dive into his daytime journey, from GUIDING LIGHT’s Lujack to B&B’s Jordan, recalls a memorable encounter with Marisa Tomei, his prime-time successes and more with Digest’s Stephanie Sloane and Mara Levinsky.

CBS Head Of Daytime Angelica McDaniel Exits In Restructuring

Other networks have a similar streamlined executive structure. For instance, ABC’s Vicki Dummer oversees scripted current series across all dayparts.

“Angelica McDaniel championed our daytime series line up with creativity, passion and energy and broke new ground by helping launch the Network’s first daytime talk show in years while respecting the long history and tradition of the dramas and game shows,” Kelly Kahl, President, CBS Entertainment, said in a statement to Deadline.” We appreciate her many contributions and wish her well on her next endeavors.”

McDaniel was a rising star at CBS, landing a string of promotions over a short period of time. In her most recent post, McDaniel oversaw CBS’ daytime lineup, which recently marked 32 consecutive as #1 in daytime. It includes daytime dramas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, game shows The Price Is Right and Let’s Make a Deal and talk show The Talk.

McDaniel, who joined CBS in August 2010, previously served as SVP, Daytime, CBS Entertainment and VP, Current Daytime Programs, CBS, overseeing The Talk. McDaniel, who counted former CBS CEO Leslie Moonves among her biggest supporters, also oversaw the 2013-2014 season rebranding of CBS’ Saturday morning programming block to CBS Dream Team… It’s Epic!

“THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL” SCORES LARGEST AUDIENCE IN ALMOST FIVE MONTHS

Soaps in Depth Podcast - 9/2/19 - Fall Preview

Justin Torkildsen Was Back at THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

Longtime B&B fans will remember Torkildsen played Rick Forrester from 1996 until 2006. He took over for Jacob Young, and then Kyle Lowder took over for him. During his time on the soap, he was nominated twice for the Outstanding Younger Actor Daytime Emmy Award, taking home the gold in 2001.

"So I wandered into this place today," Torkildsen joked of the photo he took in the Forrester office. "Thank you, Cynthia Popp and Christy Dooley for the amazing time." And when Lang urged her TV son to visit more often, he replied. "Will do. See you soon!"

This, of course, sent B&B fans wishing the actor would return as Rick, since the character isn't currently on the canvas. Since leaving the soap, Torkildsen as appeared in a few indie films like Skeletons in the Desert and Knife to a Gunfight, but whether or not a return to daytime is in the cards, only time will tell.

Obba Babatundé Recurs On S.W.A.T. 10/2/19

CBS Sets Season-Premiere Dates For ‘The Talk’, Soaps & Game Shows

Marie Osmond is joining Eve, Carrie Ann Inaba, Sharon Osbourne and Sheryl Underwood on the panel of The Talk for its 10th season, which is set to bow at 2 p.m. Monday, September 9.

The Young and the Restless, which has been TV’s No. 1 daytime drama since the George H.W. Bush administration, kicks off its 47th season on Tuesday, September 3. It will see Victor Newman’s (Eric Braeden) rivalry with his son Adam (Mark Grossman) take a shocking turn, while Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) battles his dark side.

Meanwhile, The Bold and the Beautiful — which this month topped the soap opera demo for the first time in its long history — launches Season 33 on Monday, September 16. After an argument with Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) over Thomas’ (Matthew Atkinson) misdeeds, Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) spends the night with another woman. Also, tragedy strikes Katie (Heather Tom) and Bill (Don Diamont), and Shauna’s (Denise Richards) attempt to make peace with the Forrester family in the wake of Flo’s (Katrina Bowden) terrible deception backfires.

The Price Is Right, the Drew Carey-hosted dean of daytime game shows, comes on down for its 48th season starting Monday, September 23, as does Season 11 of Let’s Make a Deal, hosted by Wayne Brady.

“For more than three decades, CBS has been the undeniable audience favorite in daytime television,” said Angelica McDaniel, EVP CBS Daytime Programs. “From our iconic and exciting game shows, to the intriguing and compelling storytelling of our daytime dramas, our award-winning programming makes a clear connection with viewers every weekday, 52 weeks each year. And this fall, with Marie Osmond joining The Talk, we’ll have an exciting, warm and authentic new face at the table. We look forward to having viewers join us every day on CBS for a season full of entertaining, real and unforgettable moments.”

B&B Alum Anthony Turpel Lands New Gig

Vincent Irizarry Opens up About Joining THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

Though the Emmy winner is a well-established face in daytime, he starts every new character he plays with a blank slate. “Even though I’ve played a doctor before, it’s not like Jordan is going to be exactly like David, because the backstory always informs who the character is,” he said. “I never worry about having to bring something different [to my portrayal] — it all stems from who the guy is and where he comes from.”

Meanwhile, Irizarry is thrilled to be back working with former AMC colleague Thorsten Kaye (Ridge) and regularly bumping into old castmates from THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS, as the soaps tape across the hall from each other. “It’s like one huge repertory company with all of these shows at this point,” he mused. “I’ve been in this medium for nearly 40 years, so I’ve worked with so many people, not only the actors on the show but also people on the crew and production throughout all these years. It’s great!”

Stay tuned to see how Jordan impacts the canvas.

Soaps In Depth Podcast - 8/19/19 - When Bad Stories Go Good

Don Diamont Remembers His Craziest Scene Ever

But ever the professional, he decided to give it his all. “I was like, ‘All right, let’s jump in with both feet! Give me the chains! Give me the M.C. Hammer pants!’” Diamont said he’s not above making a fool of himself if need be. “At heart, I really am an idiot after all”, he laughed. “So while I was initially petrified of that scene, I decided, ‘Oh, to hell with it. I’m going to have fun!’ I have not thought about that scene in years!”

THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Reaches Record High Ratings!

After more than 8,100 episodes and 32 years on the air, The Bold and the Beautiful finally snared first place in the key soap opera demographic. The CBS daytimer hit a 0.9 among Women 25-54, beating longtime number #1 and sister show The Young and the Restless‘ 0.8 result.

In actually sheer audience, that’s 530,000 for B&B to 507,0000 for Y&R.

To make matters just that little bit sweeter for the William J. Bell and Lee Philip Bell created constant cliffhanger, B&B also came in first place among Women 18-49 for the second week in a row. After topping that secondary soap demo for the first time in its long run during the week ending on August 2, the LA-set series rose to 334,000 in the 18-49 demo, according to Nielsen. While both shows landed with a 0.5 rating, B&B had a 6% better demo viewership than usual winner Y&R – not a giant leap ahead, but a win is still a win no matter the margin.

Domestically, B&B has settled into a solid second place to the also Bells created Y&R. The 2018-2019 season saw The Young and the Restless get 3.1 rating to The Bold and the Beautiful‘s 2.5. ABC’s 56-year old General Hospital was next with a 1.7 and NBC’s Days of our Lives close behind with a 1.6.

However, globally, the saga of the fashion centric Foster family is actually number #1 when it comes to total sets of eyeballs, with an estimated audience of over 27 million. Of course, back here in the States, soap opera viewership has been on the decline over the past two decades as viewers expand their choices into the vastly shifting environment of more platforms and more options, such as DVRs.

Yet, with that, The Bold & the Beautiful pulled in 3.38 million viewers last week on the soon-to-be Viacom merged CBS. That’s the best the show has done since April. Perhaps most importantly in this era of overall decline in daytime and primetime, that week of August 9 viewership matches B&B’s result of the comparable week in 2018.

Bold & just a bit beautiful certainly.

Who Is Vinny on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL? — Meet Joe LoCicero

Vinny is the dealer who gave Thomas a little something he used to help drug Liam into losing control and sleeping with Steffy. The guy showed up again to deliver a present to Thomas and Hope to make their wedding night something special, but the groom never got a chance to use it as Hope quickly learned the truth about Baby Beth and Thomas' role in the deception!

LoCicero has a variety of credits on his IMDb page including playing an MMA fighter on KINGDOM and a stripper on JANE THE VIRGIN, which is where he first met Rodriguez, who stars in the CW dramedy. After falling in love after that meeting in 2016, the couple tied the knot in early May of 2019.

B&B fans may remember Rodriguez’s stint on the soap as Dayzee’s friend, Beverly, who was hired as an intern at Forrester Creations. After being accused of stealing Forrester designs to give to Jackie M Deisgns, Beverly ran away and Stephanie and Dayzee tracked her down to a housing complex for children aged out of the foster care system. Beverly hasn’t been mentioned since 2012, but since she was never written out of the show, perhaps she’s still working at Forrester? Hopefully, she’s at least been promoted from intern by now!

B&B's Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Reveals How Her Baby Boy Has Changed Her Life

Rise, now five months old, still loves to move and groove, and motion is sometimes the only thing that appeases him, admitted the actress. “My husband [Elan] tells me, ‘You did this to yourself, because you were dancing the entire time you were pregnant!’”

The baby may have inherited his mom’s dance moves in utero, but physically, he takes after his Daddy. “I feel as though I gave birth to my husband," Wood laughed. “He has Elan’s eyes, which are very distinct, but he has my nose. And there’s a dimple on his chin, which we actually think he got from my mom.”

Wood has been slaying motherhood judging by the high-style Instagram photos she occasionally posts with her son, but on the flipside, she admits she’s as dazed and confused (and covered in spit-up) as any new mother.

“Oh my gosh, of course," she said. “I’m figuring it all out. Lately, he has me up every hour at night.” When friends recently asked Wood what having an infant is really like, she responded with an apt metaphor. “I said, ‘It’s like when you have a night of drinking and you go home and then you wake up two hours later in a cold sweat, like, “Where am I? What’s happening?” That’s really what it’s like!’”

The actress jokes that being a onetime party girl of sorts has prepared her well for the sleep-deprived challenges of motherhood. “Thanks to my jet-setting ways, I’m like, ‘Okay, I can do this,’” she laughed. Wood also has plenty of help from her mother, Sandy, who lives nearby, as well as her hands-on hubby, who has taken to parenting with aplomb. “He’s been absolutely wonderful," said Wood. “Watching him cuddle up with Rise is such a beautiful sight. I’m very lucky.”

A self-described former tomboy, Wood admitted she was hoping for a son, even though she didn’t grow up among brothers. “I don’t necessarily know what to expect with a boy, but I’m very excited about it, and I feel like he’s going to bring me back to my own childhood.”

Wood knows she’s been lucky over these first few months to have escaped colic with Rise, who has a fairly zen personality. “He’s really chill," she said. “He laughs and smiles a lot, and is very observant. He can definitely sit with himself, taking everything in or talking to himself. He already seems so independent.” The adorable baby is also shaping up to be a little linebacker! “He’s quite big," Wood reported. “At 13 weeks, he was already in nine-month clothing!”

In the few short months since Rise has been in her life, the actress says she’s changed significantly. Her priorities, for starters, have come into laser-sharp focus. “He’s taught me patience, which I love.” She’s also learned to be completely present, be it with him or anyone else. “I’ve taken a digital detox, because I don’t like having the phone around him a lot," she said. “If I go out to dinner with my husband or friends, I try to be really there with them since that time is rare. It’s definitely taught me to be more in the moment.”

Though she’s already sporting bikinis again on B&B, Wood says fitness, too, has become more catch-as-catch-can. “I have a little gym set up in my back yard, so I bring Rise outside and let him lay on his play mat while I get in some squats. He loves watching me exercise, so it actually motivates me to do it. It’s definitely not how it used to be, but I’m making it work!”

B&B’s Richards To Continue On REAL HOUSEWIVES

‘Coming 2 America’ Sequel: Shari Headley Officially Returning

Wesley Snipes, Jermaine Fowler, Leslie Jones, Rick Ross, and KiKi Layne also co-star in the Craig Brewer-directed pic.

Slated to hit theaters December 18 of next year, the plot follows former Prince Akeem who is set to become King of Zamunda when he discovers he has a son he never knew about in America – a street-savvy Queens native named Lavelle. Honoring his father’s dying wish to groom this son as the crowned prince, Akeem and Semmi set off to America. Murphy is producing with Kevin Misher and Kenya Barris.

Headley credits include OWN’s The Haves and the Have Nots, Fox’s Star, and Sony’s Goosebumps 2: Haunted Halloween. She next appears in Showtime’s new dark comedy series, On Becoming a God in Central Florida, with Kirsten Dunst.

Soaps In Depth Podcast - 8/12/19 - Get These Characters A Story… Pronto!

Daytime Emmys to Combine Younger Actress and Actor Awards Into One Gender Neutral-Category in 2020

The National Academy of Television Arts (NATAS) is also expected to announce that coinciding with that change, the new category will include performers from both broadcast dramas and digital series.

The Daytime Emmys already keep things gender-neutral with its Outstanding Special Guest Performer category.

The young performer categories first debuted at the 1985 Daytime Emmys, at which time they were named the Outstanding Ingenue and Outstanding Young Man awards; Tracey E. Bregman (Lauren, The Young and the Restless) and Brian Bloom (Dusty, As the World Turns) were the inaugural winners. The gender-specific categories were later renamed Outstanding Juvenile Female and Outstanding Juvenile Male, before eventually adopting the Younger Actress and Younger Actor titles.

In 2012, the criteria for the two categories was tweaked, requiring that the nominated performer be aged 25 or younger.

This year’s winners in the separate categories were Hayley Erin (Kiki, General Hospital) and Kyler Pettis (Theo, Days of Our Lives).

The Television Critics Association Awards, held every August, are among the TV-industry accolades that similarly have gender-neutral categories (e.g. Individual Achievement in Comedy).

Dishing with Digest - 8/9/19 - Annika Noelle

Annika Noelle reflects on her 2019 journey as B&B’s Hope, and the emotional highs and lows of playing the baby switch saga with Digest’s Stephanie Sloane and Mara Levinsky. We also discuss the latest exits on DAYS and how they will affect the canvas.

Rena Sofer Couldn't Be Prouder of Daughter Avalon

Debate isn’t the only field in which Sofer’s daughter excels. “She’s this incredible over-achiever, whether it be getting black belts or playing on the tennis team or being an honors student. I had nothing to do with it — it’s just who she is, and she amazes me every single day.”

Will Sally and Wyatt Reunite on B&B? — Darin Brooks Speaks Out

Darin Brooks (Wyatt) knows there are a lot of viewers out there who were incensed when his alter ego basically dumped Sally for not telling him about remarks Thomas made to her in confidence. “There were a lot of Sally fans out there who thought, ‘Well, Flo has been keeping a secret, too’”, he said to Soaps In Depth.

Now that the show has broken this baby-swap storyline wide open, it will be interesting to see how the truth affects Wyatt. “It could go either way”, theorized his portrayer. “He sees Flo as the love of his life, the one that got away, but what he had with Sally was real, too. He definitely loved Sally, and he still does.”

Wyatt’s complicated feelings for both women will likely lead to some real soul-searching for the young man. “He’s been all in with Flo, and it’s sad knowing how this could end”, said Brooks. “But there’s good drama in that, and I can’t wait to see what happens.”

GH Alums Team Up For New Project

Denise Richards thanks fans after they point out enlarged thyroid

The former fashion model revealed that after appearing in the “RHOBH” Season 9 reunion episode, viewers were quick to point out that Richards’ thyroid didn’t look quite right.

“A few of you pointed out after the #RHOBH reunion that my thyroid was enlarged,” she wrote on Instagram on Sunday. “You were right, it was something I ignored until pointed out.”

She added, “I thank all of you who sent me messages. #Selfcare”

The 48-year-old TV personality is now taking steps to take care of her thyroid issue, revealing that she has stopped eating gluten.

“It’s amazing to me in a short time eliminating gluten from my diet how much my thyroid has changed,” she wrote, adding, “I had no idea how much our diet really can affect our body and for me how toxic gluten really is.”

Meet B&B’s “Secret” Cast Member

Adrienne Frantz Shares Good News About Her Hospitalized Father

Frantz's Y&R and B&B co-stars and friends like Kate Linder (Esther, Y&R), Tammin Sursok (ex-Colleen, Y&R), Ashley Jones (ex-Bridget, B&B), and Jacob Young (ex-Rick, B&B) joined the many fans in sending love and support in the comments on the Instagram photo of her father and her daughter, three-year-old Amélie.

After arriving at the hospital, Frantz snapped a photo of her dad in his bed and offered an update for fans and friends. "No news yet!" she reported. "Please keep praying for my dad, John Frantz! I'm here, Daddy! Not a good look on you! Please get up so I can kick your butt for freaking me out!"

Thankfully, a couple days later, on July 29, Frantz had some good news to share. "Looks like someone has an amazing guardian angel!" she exclaimed. "My dad is up! He is still in ICU but this is a start! I really thought this wouldn't happen! It has been a horrible few days! Thank you everyone for all of your wonderful prayers and support! Still have a long way to go but God blessed today! And thank you to all of the wonderful doctors and nurses who have been taking such great care of him! Lunch is on me tomorrow!"

Although Frantz has not yet explained what happened to her father to land him in the ICU, it's clearly very serious and we're glad for the good news that his condition is improving. We'll hold the entire family in our thoughts during this time and hope for further positive updates, which we will naturally continue to pass along.

Adain Bradley Previews What's Next for Xander on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

While Xander may be tormented by the fact that he’s part of the cabal keeping Beth’s existence under wraps, the storyline has been galvanizing in many ways for the character. “We’re seeing him changing a lot,” said Bradley. “He’s always been a nice person, but now he’s coming into his own and becoming much more confident in himself. I think fans are going to see a very resolute, stern Xander. He’s at his wits’ end with Thomas.”

Although Thomas is intent upon calling the shots where this secret is concerned, Xander’s not about to just back off and shut up. “He sees Thomas as the villain — a very bad guy,” said Bradley. “When I originally found out they were casting a new Thomas, I thought it could be a really interesting avenue for my character to go down. I didn’t know it would end up being this, but Matthew [Atkinson, Thomas] and I have gotten to really go at it — and we’re still going at it!”

As Xander tries to reason with the other secret-keepers in this storyline to come clean, Bradley appreciated getting to be the voice of sanity. “I feel like my character is almost breaking a fourth wall, in a sense, when he’s like, ‘Why does nobody understand how crazy this is?’ I get to say what the audience has been thinking for so long, but it’s a big responsibility for me, having this change and kind of being a big moral compass of the show.”

In May, Bradley celebrated his first anniversary with the soap, and he admitted that the time has flown by. “I was talking to my family the other day, and I said, ‘Wow, so much has happened in six months.’ They said, ‘Adain, you’ve been there a year!’ It kind of went really fast.”

Even now, Bradley continues to adjust to the fact that he’s airing every day in millions of homes. “Being recognized in the streets is still very jarring,” he admitted. “I’m a big basketball fan, so I’ll go to [an NBA] game and someone will walk up and say, ‘Oh my goodness, so nice to meet you!’ I’ll say, ‘Um… I’m not one of the players. What’s going on?’ And they’ll say, ‘No! B&B! I watch you every day!’ So I’m still getting used to that!”

Adrienne Frantz Requests Prayers for Her Father Who Is in the Hospital on Life Support

Frantz's Y&R and B&B co-stars and friends like Kate Linder (Esther, Y&R), Tammin Sursok (ex-Colleen, Y&R), Ashley Jones (ex-Bridget, B&B), and Jacob Young (ex-Rick, B&B) joined the many fans in sending love and support in the comments on the Instagram photo of her father and her daughter, three-year-old Amélie.

After arriving at the hospital, Frantz snapped a photo of her dad in his bed and offered an update for fans and friends. "No news yet!" she reported. "Please keep praying for my dad, John Frantz! I'm here, Daddy! Not a good look on you! Please get up so I can kick your butt for freaking me out!"

Although Frantz has not yet explained what happened to her father to land him in the ICU on life support, it's clearly very serious, but at least she is trying to keep her spirits up. We'll hold the entire family in our thoughts during this time and hope for some good news in the next update, which we will naturally pass along.

Denise Richards on BH90210

Tori Spelling broke the news of Richards’ casting with an Instagram photo and the caption, “Welcome to our @bh90210 family my friend @deniserichards.” Richards responded with, “Thank you for including me T… and having me [be] part of the BH90210 journey. Talk about everything comes back full circle. One of my very first jobs was #beverlyhills90210. Love all of you guys.”

Richards guest-starred in the original Beverly Hills, 90210 Season 2 finale as Kelly Taylor’s cousin Robin McGill.

Soaps InDepth Podcast - 7/29/19 - Tough Love

Talk Show Appearance

Tu 7/30: Denise Richards

Matthew Atkinson Reveals What Thomas Is Really up to on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

His portrayer, Matthew Atkinson, thinks Thomas’ ambitions started off with the best of intentions following Caroline’s death. “He was trying to stop his son from agonizing every night about his mother,” he explained to Soaps In Depth. “His mind is 100 percent set on making a good life for his son and getting him over that tragedy, which means steering him toward Hope.”

Having resorted to lies and forgery to convince Hope that her place is with Douglas (and ergo, his dad), Thomas sees all of his actions as justified. “Parents do whatever they can for their children, and I think that’s what’s led him to some dark places,” he said. “When you get a Forrester set on something, they don’t let go easily.”

Add to that the trauma Thomas felt growing up with a father who wasn’t always there, and Atkinson can begin to understand the rationale behind his character’s underhanded actions. “I think he still struggles with watching Ridge flip-flop between two women and what that ultimately did to his family when he was young,” shared the actor. “He wants to make sure his child and Steffy’s children each have two parents in the house, so the next generation can move forward in the best possible way.”

While Thomas’ behind-the-scenes manipulations have some viewers seeing red, still others are willing to put up with his antics if it means Steffy and Liam might finally reunite. “People seem to either hate or love what I’m doing,” said Atkinson, who isn’t fazed by the fan flak. “That doesn’t bother me at all. As long as I’m doing something intriguing — good or bad — then I’m having some fun and doing my job. Some fans might be upset about what Thomas is doing, but none of them has been mean-spirited.”

Say what you will about Thomas’ chicanery, but from an actor’s point of view, it’s always fun to take that plunge. “I relish it,” enthused Atkinson, who has also played his fair share of affable boy-next-door types. “In the past, I always booked roles that were the heart-of-gold sort of guy, so the fact that I get to explore a character that’s much darker and has an edge to him — I love that.”

As for whether or not Thomas is truly in love with Hope, the actor thinks it’s complicated. “Hope is someone he’s always loved, but that doesn’t mean he was always head over heels in love with her,” he said. “He’s had conversations with Ridge about this, where he says he doesn’t need some perfect romance. All he wants is a family, and he thinks these pieces fitting together can create happiness — regard- less of other people’s wants or desires.”

Thomas keeps up his nice-guy facade whenever he’s around Hope, but with each passing week, we’ve begun to see more of the wolf emerge from that sheep’s clothing. “He’s getting less apologetic and not hiding it so much anymore,” agreed Atkinson. “Now he’s starting to be more like, ‘It’s my way or the highway, and this is how it’s going to be, so come on, people! Let’s get on board with this!’” So far, at least, that mentality is paying off for him!

Another Y&R Return For Elizabeth Hendrickson

B&B and Y&R Stars Mourn the Death of Makeup Artist and Friend Jenna Wittman

The following day, B&B supervising producer Casey Kasprzyk shared the news of her passing. "Yesterday, the B&B family lost an incredible makeup artist and human being, Jenna Wittman. Our hearts are heavy, but we smile remembering her sense of humor, dedication to craft, and ability to make everything and everyone better. Halloween 2018 — she made me Steven Spielberg."

The comments to both of these social media posts were full of heartfelt messages of love and sympathy. "Mel, I'm thankful you could do this," Beth Maitland (Traci, Y&R) expressed. "My heart is broken, but I am grateful for peace… and no more pain. Love you!" Ashley Jones (ex-Bridget, B&B) added: "Decades-long friendships. She was one of a kind" followed by a broken-heart emoji.

B&B's Annika Noelle Reveals Why She's Not Crazy About Her Birthday

Case in point: Noelle spent her 21st birthday taking advantage of that legit ID in a less-than-outrageous way. “I believe I was at Benihana drinking a Scorpion Bowl with my mom,” she deadpanned. Of course, her mother has her own tradition for celebrating her daughter’s special day. “Without fail,” says the actress, “my mom will look at me and go, ‘You’re the best Christmas present I ever had!’”

Soaps Indepth Podcast - 7/22/19 - Thomas Must Be Stopped!

Mario Lopez Joins Access Hollywood

In addition to Access Hollywood, Lopez will preside over its daytime counterpart, Access Live, which will now be called Access Daily. Both gigs begin on Monday, Sept. 9. Lopez has also signed an overall development and producing deal for both scripted and alternative programming with Universal Television.

“We are thrilled to have someone of Mario’s caliber join our Access team,” Maureen FitzPatrick, a senior executive producer of both Access Hollywood and Access Daily, said in a statement. “Mario has grown up in the business and is able to offer our viewers a unique insight on the latest Hollywood headlines. Additionally, as a husband and father of three young children, he has a respect for the daytime audience who are looking for a break in their hectic lives with uplifting stories of everyday people transforming their lives and making a difference in their communities.”

Lopez’s move comes as Extra makes the leap to Fox-owned stations this fall with new host Billy Bush. (Yes, that Billy Bush.) As previously reported, Extra will be rebranded as Extra Extra and shift its focus to a mix of pop culture, sports and politics.

Irizarry Joins B&B

Irizarry makes his debut on the CBS soap on Monday, Aug. 26, and will play a pivotal role in the baby Beth/baby Phoebe storyline.

Irizarry’s many daytime credits include Days of Our Lives, The Young and the Restless, One Life to Live, All My Children (for which he won a Daytime Emmy in 2009), Santa Barbara and Guiding Light.

Mixed Martial Arts Pic ‘Mickey Kelley’ To Star Sean Patrick Flanery, Katrina Bowden, Dennis Quaid & MMA Fighters Renzo Grazie, Edson Barboza & Mickey Gall

Set in 1990, the film follows Mickey Kelley (Flanery), one of the first American black belts in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, who gets pulled away from everything he loves and into an unsanctioned MMA tournament, where his dreams of providing for his family come to a halt with a split-second decision. His life goes off the rails until years later he gets a shot at redemption.

Alex Ranarivelo (American Wrestler) will direct the pic, currently in pre-production. Flanery and Alex Ranarivelo teamed to co-write the screenplay, from a story Flanery created.

Supporting cast includes Maurice Compte (Narcos), Reno Wilson (Transformers) and Currie Graham (Pompeii). Ali Afshar and Ava Rettke are producing for Forrest Films. Executive producers are Forrest Lucas and Sean Patrick Flanery.

Said Ali Afshar, who runs Forrest Films with Forrest Lucas and Charlotte Lucas, “Forrest Films is drawn to material and stories that lead with the heart and tell a tale of perseverance through conflict and struggle. Mickey Kelley checks these boxes and even creates new ones for us that will differentiate and elevate the film in the marketplace. Sean really created a gripping story here and we’re excited to bring it to life.”

Forrest Films’ president of worldwide marketing and distribution Scott Kennedy added, “Commercially, Mickey Kelley stands out by offering a powerful combination of action and emotion that tugs at audiences throughout. We have a great cast that plays this dichotomy off beautifully.”

Forrest Films was launched eight months ago as a vertically integrated content company that releases, produces, finances and develops features. Upcoming releases include Bennett’s War starring country music star Trace Adkins (releasing August 30); the action/drama The Ride starring Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges; sports-themed Lady Driver; the romantic drama Roped; action/drama American Fighter; the thriller The Stand At Paxton County and comedy Wheels Of Fortune.

The company is supported by a media fund, backed by Forrest Lucas, founder and owner of Lucas Oil Products, Inc., Lucas Oil Production Studios, MAVTV and Lucas Oil Speedway.

The firm recently tapped former Warner Bros. svp of theatrical marketing/worldwide advertising services Lori Drazen to serve as svp of marketing; former Open Road marketing svp Liz Deutsch to serve as svp of in-theater marketing and promotions; and former Open Road vp Bryce Campbell to serve as svp of operations. These executives report to Scott Kennedy.

Prior to those hires, producer/writer/actress Christina Moore was promoted to executive vice president at Forrest Films, Ava Rettke was named director of development and production, and producer Hadeel Reda signed an overall production deal with an eye to producing three movies together over the next two years.

B&B Rena Sofer Admits She Doesn't Usually Get Recognized By Fans

Since joining B&B, a show with a huge international fan base, one might think Sofer is more likely to be mobbed when she travels abroad, but that’s not necessarily the case. “It’s never really a problem,” she admitted. “I don’t typically wear makeup when I travel, and I’m not one of those people who’s like, ‘Do you know who I am?’” Of course, when the actress is traveling to promote the soap she now calls home, it’s a whole different story. “When I went to Australia and Amsterdam, I did a lot of press for the show,” she said, “but otherwise, I’m really just all about being with my family.”

Matthew Atkinson Reveals He's Nothing like B&B's Thomas

Upon learning that the cheerleaders at his high school didn’t have any storage units in the locker room, Atkinson set out to remedy the situation. “I built them cubbies for my Eagle Scout project,” he recalled with a laugh. Hmm… perhaps Atkinson has more in common with ladies’ man Thomas than we thought!

Gina Rodriguez to Play POTUS in Her Diary of a Female President for Disney+

The recipient of a 10-episode, straight-to-series order back in January, the project follows Elena, a 12-year-old, Cuban-American girl (via the narration of her diary), as she navigates the ups and downs of middle school and her journey to becoming the future president of the United States.

Rodriguez, whose Jane the Virgin wraps its run later this summer, will fill the recurring guest-starring role of adult Elena, who is currently on the campaign trail, as well as direct the first episode. Newcomer Tess Romero will play tweenage Elena, who is described as “unabashed, semi-dweeby, ultra-observant” and wielding a “strong point of view.”

Other castings include Charlie Bushnell as Bobby, Elena’s sweet-faced but mischievous older brother; Selenis Leyva (Orange Is the New Black) as Gabi, Elena and Bobby’s intelligent and loving mom; and Michael Weaver (Here and Now).

Rodriguez will work alongside producing partner Emily Gipson on the series, with Robin Shorr (The Carmichael Show, The Middle) attached as showrunner. Series creator Ilana Peña (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) will pen the scripts.

Now in production in Los Angeles, Diary of a Female President is earmarked for a 2020 premiere on Disney+, which launches Nov. 12.

Denise Richards Dishes Michael Ryan's Appearance on B&B

When asked about Ryan's appearance on B&B, Richards was happy to chat about him, but not about the plot. "I don’t think I can say anything about it, because I was told not to reveal [the] story, but he’s a huge fan of the show and was very starstruck," the actress confided to Soaps In Depth. "Out of all the stuff I’ve ever been on, this was the one where he was like, ‘I have to come to set and meet everyone.’ So he was very excited, and his family back in Ohio are thrilled that he’s doing an episode of the show."

"So excited to have filmed scenes on B&B this week!" Ryan gushed on his own Instagram. "I’m an actor y’all!" As a huge fan of the show, this must have been a dream come true for him. So make sure to watch his daytime debut!

B&B’s Joe LoCicero Back for More

Soaps InDepth Podcast - 7/8/19 - Summer Preview & Predictions

B&B's Katherine Kelly Lang Confesses She Didn't Fit in Back in High School

When the school day ended, Lang finally felt in her element thanks to extracurricular activities. “I was always on some kind of team, be it gymnastics, diving, track, field hockey or softball,” she said. “Sports were my fun!” And judging from her continued activities, they still are!

NATAS Exec Revamp Includes Changes For Daytime Emmys

The moves include David Michaels exiting as SVP of Daytime Emmy Awards & Events and executive producer of the Daytime Emmys, a post he has held for nearly five years, and come after NATAS launched a probe last summer when the four network daytime dramas in a rare show of unity threatened to boycott the Daytime Emmys unless structural changes were made.

Steve Ulrich, the former NBC Sports exec who since 2010 has overseen administration of the Sports Emmy Awards, will now move to the newly created role of SVP Production & Events. He will oversee overseeing the planning and production of the Daytime, Sports, News & Documentary, and Technology & Engineering Emmy ceremonies, along with the the National Student Production Awards announcement and other NATAS programs and events.

In addition, Lisa Armstrong, who joined NATAS in February, will become Director, Production & Events.

Among the soaps’ demands last year during the boycott threat was for NATAS to “hire a team, separate from the competition executive(s), to produce and executive produce the actual awards show” after questions arose about voting and accounting practices and the way the competition is held.

The organization said the new structure will create greater independence and differentiation between the production of the Emmy ceremonies and the top-level administration of the competitions.

“This realignment allows our leadership team to think more strategically across all our programs as we work to serve this growing audience,” Adam Sharp, who took over as president and CEO in November, said today. “Further, it builds on efforts initiated last year to strengthen confidence in the Emmy Awards process by responding to concerns raised regarding common oversight of awards administration and production.”

Sharp also noted audience growth for NATAS events like the Daytime and Sports Emmys, both of which have seen boosts in social media viewership. The Daytime Emmys streamed live in May on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and emmyonline.tv.

Katrina Bowden Previews What's Next for Flo on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

Based on the pact that Flo made last month with Shauna and Zoe, it’s clear the women don’t subscribe to that old maxim “The truth will set you free.” Instead, they’ve come to the conclusion that the truth will make things much, much worse. That doesn’t mean Flo is struggling any less with her deception to keep her lips zipped. “She’s having a really hard time being around Hope — her cousin and friend,” said the actress. “She’s trying to keep it all under wraps and appease everybody and go on with her life while also holding onto this terrible truth. It’s really hard.”

That said, the summer won’t be all angst and no fun for the newest addition to the Logan family. Now that she and old flame Wyatt are officially a couple again, true moments of happiness will temporarily distract the blonde from the whopper of a secret she’s keeping under her hat. “There are going to be moments where she is a little bit more at ease as their relationship progresses,” said Bowden. “I think it will be fun for the audience to see the more playful side of Flo, which we haven’t gotten to see a lot of because she’s been so tormented” by everything she’s done.

Flo is also getting acclimated to having “moved on up” as a houseguest at the posh Forrester mansion. “She’s a little taken aback by it all, but she’s slowly but surely loving it,” Bowden said. “It’s kind of like a dream.”

The flip side of a dream come true, alas, is the nightmare that Flo fully expects to unfold if her dark secret ever surfaces. “Would the Logans want nothing to do with her, and would she get sent to prison, or would they forgive her and understand the terrible circumstances?” Bowden pondered. “Even in those moments where she’s having fun and letting loose, in the back of her mind, she still has that nagging reminder of the secret she’s keeping. So she kind of goes back and forth between feeling happy with this amazing new life but also feeling this deep regret at every turn and a desire to tell the truth!”

Soaps InDepth Podcast - 6/24/19 - The Stories Soaps Should Be Telling

This week, Charlie and Richard discuss the hot-button topics which soaps of the past turned into major storylines… and why today’s daytime dramas seem afraid to tackle them. From Erica Kane’s abortion on All My Children to Christine’s sexual assault on The Young & The Restless, social issues have given soaps some of their most powerful moments. We look at how today’s most buzzed about topics could be woven into your favorite shows.

Dishing with Digest - 6/21/19 - Courtney Hope

Rena Sofer Opens up About Reuniting With Her Ex-Husband

Sofer and Bookstaver had remained friends and co-parents (to daughter Avalon, 13) following their split, but latent sparks were reignited last fall.“He flew in from New York to be at my [December] birthday party for three hours, and then he flew back,” she recalled. “That was a big deal for me, because it kind of answered the question of, ‘Who’s going to have my back for the rest of my life?’ Here’s a guy who [was no longer obligated to] have my back anymore, and he still did!”

Though they had each attempted to move on following their divorce, that task proved easier said than done. “I tried to date, but I ended up just dating dogs more than anything,” joked the pup-loving actress. “I mean literal dogs, although I did date some ‘dogs,’ too!”

Having both come to the conclusion that the most important thing to each of them was still one another, the couple picked up pretty much where they’d left off. “We have not taken it slowly, even though we’ve tried to. That’s what happens when you’ve already been together for 18 years,” she said. “You’re like, ‘I know you! What are we waiting for?’ So we’re back together. He’s not my husband, but it feels too weird to call him my boyfriend, so I still call him my ex-husband, because I think it’s hilarious.”

Getting back to basics and figuring out who (and what) she loves over the past few years has led Sofer to discover something else that brings her great joy: woodworking! “When I got divorced and wasn’t working a lot over the past year and a half, I decided that I needed something for myself,” she explained. “I’ve always been the sort of handy person who can spend hours roaming through Home Depot, and I really liked the idea of working with wood. I just needed to find someone who could teach me.”

The actress signed up for classes at a local workshop, where she continues to drop in frequently to make beautiful artisanal cutting boards and wooden utensils. “It makes me happy to be creative,” she confided. “You’re making it the way people have made these things forever, and that’s interesting and meaningful to me.”

Sofer also found meaning in her life by hosting some houseguests … of the four-legged variety! Already the loving owner of pooches Iggy, Alpha and Mega, Sofer agreed to foster a pregnant dog late last year that was found on the streets. “I thought it would be the coolest thing ever, to watch a dog give birth and play with the puppies and take care of them until they could be given away,” she said.

Though her daughter joked that Sofer would adopt all of the puppies herself, the actress managed to limit herself to keeping just one, whom she named Marceline. The rest of the pups (including the mother) were given happy homes with Sofer’s friends and family members. Though having a house filled with energetic puppies required effort and patience, Sofer is grateful she was able to help. “The world can seem so cruel and unfixable to me,” she said. “It makes me feel powerless sometimes, but I realized all I can do is try to help a small corner of the world — my corner — and hope that light can expand a little bit.” Comic-strip creator Charles M. Schulz may have coined the phrase “Happiness is a warm puppy,” but Sofer’s living proof that it’s actually quite true!

2019 Teen Choice Award Nominations

Choice Comedy TV Actress
Candace Cameron Bure – Fuller House
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin
Kaley Cuoco – The Big Bang Theory
Nina Dobrev – Fam
Sarah Hyland – Modern Family
Yara Shahidi – black-ish

“THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL” POWERS INTO SUMMER ATTRACTING LARGEST AUDIENCE IN SIX WEEKS

Source: Nielsen, live plus same day ratings for the week ending June 14.

B&B Alum Addresses Medical Condition

Heather Tom Back To Y&R — To Direct!

'Jane the Virgin' star Gina Rodriguez struggled with suicidal thoughts

The Jane the Virgin star is known for her bubbly personality, but in 2017, she went public with her mental health problems in a candid video posted on Instagram, and now she is opening up further about the deep-rooted issues she has faced since her teens.

“I think I started dealing with depression around 16,” the 34-year-old told U.S. newswoman Kate Snow during a talk at The Kennedy Forum event in Chicago, Illinois last week.

“I started dealing with the idea of… ‘Everything is going to be better when I’m gone. Life will be easier; all the woes will (go) away, all the problems…’ Then I wouldn’t have to fail or succeed, right? Then all this surmounting pressure would go away. It would just go away.”

Asked to clarify if she was talking about suicide, Rodriguez replied, “Oh yeah… and I’ve felt that before, not too long ago, and it’s a very real feeling,” she said.

The newlywed was inspired to speak out about her own experiences to encourage her fans, particularly girls, to be more candid about their issues on social media, instead of trying to bury them, like she did during her youth.

Admitting that sharing her emotions was still “very new territory” for her, Rodriguez said, “It has to be a part of the conversations I have with these young girls. I can’t just tell them to go out and make their dreams come true and then to ignore everything else.”

The star also explained her anxiety is still something she has to keep in check, and one panic attack even forced her to halt filming on the fifth and final season of Jane the Virgin.

“There was a point where I couldn’t push through every single time anymore,” she recalled. “It came to a point – this was the first season that… I had to stop production. I just had a really tumultuous season.”

However, Rodriguez was finally able to voice her needs to the cast and crew, and she is proud not to have shied away from confronting her struggles head on: “I was unafraid, for the first time, to be like, ‘I can’t,’” she added.

The last season of Jane the Virgin debuted in the U.S. earlier this year.

Kristolyn Lloyd & Emily Swallow on Elementary 7/4/19

GUEST CAST includes: Rob Bartlett (Captain Dwyer), Emily Swallow (Bree Novacek), Kristolyn Lloyd (Janice)

B&B Casts New Role

Soaps InDepth Podcast - 6/10/19 - Grading The Soaps

Talk Show Appearance

Tu 6/11: Denise Richards

THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Nominated for Another Golden Nymph Award

B&B is nominated in the “Television/Soap Opera” category alongside India’s FROM YOUR HEART TO MINE and Turkey’s ELIF. But their incredible international ratings las led B&B to win this award the past 13 years in a row, so another win is likely, since the ratings are what determine the winner in this category! In fact, because of their international numbers, B&B has been recognized by Guinness World Records as the most popular daytime TV soap.

Cast members Scott Clifton (Liam), Annika Noelle (Hope), and Denise Richards (Sasha) will be traveling to Monaco to represent their show as guests of H.S.H. Prince Albert II from Saturday, June 15, to Tuesday, June 18. And for those B&B fans lucky enough to also be in Monaco at the same time, there will be a special meet-and-greet with the stars on Monday, June 17, at the Grimaldi forum. For information and tickets, you can visit www.tvfestival.com.

The Golden Nymph Award Ceremony will be held at the Grimaldi Forum on Tuesday, June 18, and we’ll be sure to let you know if (or when) B&B takes home the trophy a 14th time!

Soaps InDepth Podcast - 6/3/19 - Mixed Messages

B&B Stars Head To Monaco

Gina Rodriguez To Star In Mark Raso-Directed ‘Awake’ For Netflix

Rodriguez, who followed Jane the Virgin with the Sony remake of Miss Bala, here plays an ex-soldier with a troubled past who holds the key to a cure after a sudden global event wipes out all electronics and takes away humankind’s ability to sleep. Chaos quickly begins to consume the world and Jill may hold the key in the form on her own daughter. The question is, can Jill safely deliver her daughter and save the world before she herself loses her mind?

Paul Schiff is producing and Mark Gordon, Josh Phillips, Matt Jackson, Greg Poirier, Mark & Joseph Raso, Rodriguez, and Whitney Brown are exec producing. Joanne Lee is co-exec producer.

Raso’s film Copenhagen won Slamdance in 2014.

Rodriguez is repped by CAA and Karl Austen; Raso is with UTA and Kaplan/Perrone.

Facebook Video: Scott Clifton, Annika Noelle, and Matthew Atkinson

Dishing with Digest - 5/24/19 - Ingo Rademacher

GH’s Ingo Rademacher (Jax) talks about his recent Port Charles comeback, recalls his early years with Vanessa Marcil (ex-Brenda) and Maurice Benard (Sonny), his B&B stint as Thorne and more with Digest’s Stephanie Sloane and Mara Levinsky. We also preview the hottest summer stories and discuss the latest casting scoop.

Kimberlin Brown Reveals Secrets of the Epic Lauren/Sheila Feud on Y&R and B&B

Some would say that Lauren was the baddie in that case — and Brown agreed! — but then again, Sheila’s nemesis didn’t have homicidal tendencies that needed to be kept in check. “I almost drowned her [in a Jacuzzi when we crossed over to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL in the early 1990s],” the actress recalled in character. “There were also all the fights int he lab and the fights at the cabin… Even our small confrontations were something.” Even if it was as simple “as knocking a teacup out of somebody’s hand.”

Of course, for all the bitter words and threats that were exchanged between Sheila and Lauren, there were as many shared only with viewers. In Sheila’s case, that often meant being a version of Snow White’s Evil Queen. “There were so many shots that were superimposed, where you had to be so still while looking into the mirror and talking to yourself and then the mirror talked back as evil Sheila,” Brown laughed. “And Tracey [E. Bregman, Lauren] was a part of all of that. I relied on her reality to help my reality work as well.”

In fact, the actress maintained that Sheila and Lauren’s ongoing battle was “one of the most successful storylines in daytime.” Why? “Because Tracey and I believed what we were doing. We both came up with our own reality that made our characters so convincing in those storylines. I look forward to more of those days ahead.”

Behind the scenes, Brown and Bregman were much more friendly than their alter egos and remain so today. “We talk periodically, catch up on Instagram and that kind of thing,” Brown revealed. “I don’t live in Los Angeles, but when I’m in town [to shoot B&B, where Sheila makes appearances], we definitely run into each other in the hallway and scream and hug. I wish nothing but the best for Tracey, and I know that she feels the same.”

‘Bold & The Beautiful’ Producer Colleen Bell Named California Film Commission Boss By Governor

The announcement of the former The Bold and the Beautiful producer as overlord of the Golden State’s annual $330 million film and television tax incentive program comes less than a month after it was revealed that now-former executive director Amy Lemisch was exiting the job after 15 years in the job.

As well as her work over the years at Bell-Phillip Television Productions and for CBS, Democratic donor Bell was also President Barack Obama’s ambassador to Hungry from 2014-2017.

“I am looking forward to working in partnership with someone with Ms. Bell’s experience and qualifications as we strive to maintain California’s longstanding status as the home to the motion picture and television industry,” Thom Davis, chair of the CFC’s board of directors and IATSE VP, told Deadline on Thursday of Bell taking on the position, which has a salary of $170,004 a year. “Her prior experience in the entertainment industry will further strengthen the skills and expertise of the current California Film Commission staff, which includes several industry professionals.”

First appointed to a much leaner CFC by in 2004 Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, Lemisch held the executive director gig for a record tenure amid a tidal wave of change both legislatively and in the industry. In 2014, Gov. Jerry Brown, who had re-appointed Lemisch in 2010, signed a massive expansion that tripled the state’s $100 million tax incentive program, dumped the lottery system that had made it a mockery, and allowed tentpoles to get a piece of the allocations. That 2.0 program was re-upped for another five years by Brown in 2018 just before the election that saw his Lt. Governor Newsom win the governorship.

Bell won’t have a lot of time before getting into the thick of it, with the next application round for TV projects happening right now and ending tomorrow. On the feature film side, the next round of applications will be digitally submitted between June 17-21 this year.

Allocations for successful TV and movie projects are expected to be announced sometime in late June and late July, respectively.

B&B’S Steffy Returns!

VANESSA RAY AMONG COVER STARS FOR THE SPECIAL “BLUE BLOODS” ISSUE OF WATCH! MAGAZINE, ON NEWSSTANDS NOW THROUGH MID-JULY

It’s been exactly eight years since Watch! featured multiple covers of BLUE BLOODS cast members shortly after the end of the popular show’s freshman season. For the newest BLUE BLOODS issue, Moynahan, Wahlberg and Estes were once again photographed by David Needleman, and Vanessa Ray (who joined the series in season four as Estes’ character’s cop partner, who just became his wife in the high-rated ninth season finale) was a welcome cover addition.

When the cast members gathered for their shoots – Moynahan and Wahlberg one day, and Estes and Ray the next – their kinship was palpable. They were playful and supportive of each other and enjoyed reminiscing about fun/special times they’ve shared with their entire TV family. This fall, BLUE BLOODS’ Reagan clan will return for its 10th season, premiering with its 200th episode – and, as usual, Watch! will be along for the ride!

Wahlberg, styled by Watch! style director Sasha Charnin Morrison, was a bundle of positive energy and cheerful collaboration at the photo studio. While being interviewed by Fred Schruers during a break at the shoot, Wahlberg talked about the evolution of his BLUE BLOODS character, how he and Bridget have had a “parallel journey as friends and have been there for each other,” how Tom Selleck encourages the improvising Wahlberg does during the dinner scenes (“What a great thing that the head of the table trusts me. It means the world to me.”), and his continued appreciation for the role: “I never could understand when an actor would say they got burnt out on a TV show…We fight so hard to get these jobs. I worked for years just to get an acting gig, and I’m hearing of actors quitting shows because they’re bored. And I think, ‘What the hell are you talking about?’”

Moynahan’s modeling background was evident as she posed with a soulful vitality in an array of feminine formal dresses and tailored looks, also selected by Morrison. During her interview with Chip Brown, Moynahan discusses her childhood and early career, the inspiration for her second book, Our Shoes, Our Selves: 40 Women, 40 Stories, 40 Pairs of Shoes, a charity benefitting girls that’s receiving some of the book’s proceeds, and the boots that helped bolster her battered confidence 12 years ago, when she was the subject of a tabloid press frenzy. She also talks warmly of her BLUE BLOODS experience (“The show feels like family now”) and some of the particularly emotional moments the show and actors have tackled this past season. “There’s a level of vulnerability in some performances,” she says. “Vulnerability has a stigma of being weak, but it’s inspiring.”

Estes and Ray, both styled by Christina Pacelli, each got a kick out of the glamorous shoot and offered each other heartfelt compliments about how the other looked in various ensembles. Interviewed together by Jessica Shaw, the TV couple talked about their first auditions for their roles, their initial reactions to hearing their characters would couple up (Estes: “We were nervous about what it was going to mean once we were together”), how their off-camera conversations often make it into the scripts, having some street cred with New York City police officers (Ray: “It is fun to live in New York City and hear cops in a grocery store or something going, ‘Hey, Janko [their characters’ combined name from fans on social media].’ For them to recognize anything that we do is the best thing about this job.”), and how one day in the makeup trailer military veteran Tom Selleck ended up teaching Ray how to salute and stand at attention for her role.

Also, in honor of CBS’ THE 73rd ANNUAL TONY AWARDS® broadcast on June 9, writer Melissa Rose Bernardo provides a nostalgic Tony Awards Viewers Guide, which includes Tony Awards trivia, a look back at the top 10 favorite Tony telecast performances, five sensational song-and-dance moments by Tony hosts, a look at some of the most infamous Tony snubs – and 10 winning looks on past Tony red carpets.

Additional stories in the issue include:

Phil Keoghan, host of THE AMAZING RACE for 18 years, reminiscing about 30 seasons of racers and milestones for the show, which is currently in its 31st season.

ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT co-host Kevin Frazier relaying to Brantley Bardin how he couldn’t help feeling like a regular fan while spending time with a certain legendary musician, how he’s learned to face the fact that not every interview will be perfect nor will every star love chatting with him, and how lucky he feels to be married to someone who balances what he does. “I’m interviewing celebrities while she’s out there defending people [as a Los Angeles public defender] on the worst days of their lives.”

“24 Hours with…Heather Tom,” taking readers through a typical day for THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL star (who is also a rising TV director, interior designer, wife and mom).

A summer fashion guide based on the vastly different signature styles of the four female characters on Pop’s hit series SCHITT’S CREEK, plus separate stories on must-have colors and looks for the season.

CBS SUNDAY MORNING executive producer Rand Morrison talking about creating a blend of news, culture and quirky human interest stories. Says Morrison, “I love this show. It’s like being given a gift…We have 90 minutes. We can do almost anything, in a way that we can be proud of and our audience is happy with. We have 6 million viewers. So how can you complain?”

GOD FRIENDED ME star Suraj Sharma sharing how – and why -- he’s rediscovering the power of martial arts.

Novelist Mary Beth Keane talking about the inspiration for her newest book, Ask Again, Yes, and what she hopes readers will take away from it.

CBS Sports lead play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz and Kerry Haigh, the chief championships officer of the Professional Golfers’ Association of America, recalling highlights of past PGA Championships.

Sofia Pernas, star of CBS’ new globe-trotting adventure series BLOOD & TREASURE, revealing some of her favorites styles, designers, beauty products and accessories.

Also, CBSWatchmagazine.com continues to complement the print magazine’s articles while still showcasing its own unique content, including photos and videos that are original to Watch!

Days Of Our Lives and Bold & Beautiful Actress Linsey Godfrey on Abortion Bans

Soaps InDepth Podcast - 5/20/19 - Make a Wish

Denise Richards & John Schneider Join Teenage Cyber-Bully Faith Based Pic ‘Switched’

In the project, which is currently filming in Louisville, Kentucky, ultra-popular high schooler Katie Sharp (Madeleine Byrne) torments Cassandra Evans (Miya Horcher) until a nighttime prayer switches their bodies. As the complexity of their lives play out, each girl learns a lesson in empathy and love, while addressing issues of cyber-bullying and peer pressure.

The film co-stars Instagram and YouTube personalities Vanessa Merrill and Chelsea Crockett.

The film’s EP is Nicole Weider, founder of the faith based website Project Inspired, which mentors teenage girls dealing with issues like those addressed in the film. Switched is produced by Boylan, Graham, and Polnaszek for Mustard Seed Entertainment (Catching Faith, A Wish For Christmas).

Says Weider, “Our film is a fun, lighthearted faith based film that has a message of forgiveness and friendship with mainstream appeal. Best of all, Switched features women in the starring roles—it’s a film for everybody.”

Richards credits include The World Is Not Enough, Starship Troopers, Love Actually, and the TV soap The Bold and the Beautiful. She is repped by Abrams Artists, Link, and Del, Shaw, Moonves, Tanaka, Finkelstein & Lezcano.

Schneider is well known for his role as Bo Duke on CBS’ The Dukes of Hazzard which ran for 128 episodes. He also stars on OWN’s The Haves And The Have Nots. Schneider’s career as a country singer spans nine studio albums, a greatest hits package, as well as eighteen singles many of which reached the top of the Billboard country singles chart. He is repped by Maven Entertainment.

MTV Movie & TV Awards: 2019 Nominees

Katrina Bowden Defends THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL's Flo

By the time Flo started to pump the brakes on Reese’s plan, it was too late to back out without putting her own future in jeopardy. So, needless to say, the attraction and fondness that she once felt for Dr. Buckingham have given way to bitter anger and resentment. “She’s furious at Reese for bringing her into this mess,” said Bowden, “and she’s also really sick of Zoe telling her what to do every two seconds!”

Just when she was contemplating taking Zoe’s advice to leave Los Angeles and never look back, Flo bumped into her high-school sweetheart, Wyatt, thereby adding a whole new layer to Bowden’s storyline. “I wasn’t really surprised by that, because in my audition, I’d actually read with Darin [Brooks, Wyatt],” she revealed. “So I suspected something was going to happen there, but it’s all very interesting to get to learn about our families’ history.” Flo’s strong connection with Wyatt has put his relationship with current girlfriend Sally in serious jeopardy, of course. “Oh yeah — Flo’s still totally in love with him,” Bowden acknowledged. “He’s the guy she’s never gotten over.”

The recent arrival of Flo’s mother, Shauna (played by showbiz veteran Denise Richards), further cements Bowden’s place on the B&B canvas. “She was a single mom raising her daughter, so they have a very close bond and love each other a lot,” said Bowden, who added that it’s been a privilege getting to welcome Richards to the set. “I’m still very new, too, but it was nice to show her what I’ve learned so far. She’s awesome.” Since joining the show late last year, Bowden’s scenes have been full of angst, tears and drama, making her workdays intense, to say the least. “It’s draining but fun,” agreed the actress, who has no problem crying on cue. “I love those really intense, emotional scenes.”

Exactly how much empathy should we really feel for the former Vegas croupier? Given the Fulton ladies’ close bond with erstwhile bad girl Quinn, it’s easy to wonder whether they are truly on the up-and-up. As Flo searches for answers regarding the identity of her father, meanwhile, it’s anyone’s guess what she’ll ultimately do with that intel. Bowden doesn’t believe her alter ego is a gold digger but an opportunist... ? Maybe. “That’s a hard question to answer,” she reflected. “Not every single intention is pure with her. I think she is a genuinely good person, but she definitely is looking out for herself. She wants as much success as she can get, and she’ll take advantage of things that could potentially come her way. That’s all I can say!”

Linsey Godfrey Fires Back at Internet Haters

“Apparently my abs made a bunch of [jerks] question if I’m pregnant,” she shared, using much less polite language in her caption on the photo below. “So, dear rude Instagram users, [screw] you! Those are my ab muscles. Sometimes abs lay flat, sometimes they stick out, the other lines to the side are my hip bones. Asking a woman if she’s pregnant, which I am definitely not, is beyond rude an honestly stupid. The lighting in this pic isn’t the best, but I loved these photos of me and the love of my life sharing in a special moment together, but I ended up taking them down because of the [awful] comments and how people made me feel.”

Godfrey is speaking out in the hopes of making people confront why they feel comfortable saying things to people online that they would never actually say to their face. “When you make rude comments on people’s appearances, you do damage,” she declared. “I’m in a healthy place in my life with a healthy body. This is how my body is shaped and I feel great, so I don’t know what inspires people to be the absolute worst when making comments, but here we are. I only mention it because I’m not the only person people do this to, but I will be someone that speaks out against it.”

The actress had some support from fellow daytime stars, such as B&B’s Annika Noelle (Hope), who assured her: “You looked absolutely breathtaking. Don’t let other people’s unhappiness steal your shine. I adore you and you were gorgeous.” Also, GENERAL HOSPITAL’s Laura Wright (Carly) chimed in to add: “Yes! You are beautiful and sexy as hell!”

So maybe think twice before posting that comment on social media and consider how it will make the person feel when they read it.

Soaps InDepth Podcast - 5/6/19 - The UN-Emmy's

This week Richard and Charlie hand out awards in categories that the Emmy's seem to have ignored. Who will be Man-Ho of the year? Listen to find out.

‘Jane the Virgin’ star Gina Rodriguez and Joe LoCicero are married

“Jane the Virgin” star Gina Rodriguez married Joe LoCicero on Saturday, May 4, she confirmed on her Instagram with footage from her nuptials.

“‘With that one kiss we got 100 new family members’ my 9 year old niece, Mia ??Thank you to my mother in law for the wedding of my dreams. And the village that helped her!” Rodriguez captioned the video, noting that “Jane the Virgin” co-star Justin Baldoni and LoCicero’s brother, Michael, sang her down the aisle.

“… To my husband Joseph, I am yours forever.”

In the video, Rodriguez glows as she walks down the aisle in a silky white gown. Waiting for her is a teary-eyed LoCicero, looking handsome in a blue suit. It appears Rodriguez changed into another white dress for the reception that featured a sheer top.

Rodriguez confirmed her engagement to LoCicero in August, though it was speculated that he proposed in July after a large diamond ring appeared on her left hand. Rodriguez, 34, and LoCicero met on the set of “Jane the Virgin” in 2016 when he guest-starred on the CW show.

He also appeared in her recent Netflix movie “Someone Great.”

2019 Daytime Emmy Winners & Nominees

Talk Show Appearance

Monday, May 6

THE TALK’s Annual Daytime Emmy “After-Party” with exclusive appearances from many of the night’s biggest winners (n)

Talk Show Appearance

Friday, May 10

Actress and reality television star Denise Richards (CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL)

Video: Jacqueline MacInnes Wood and Heather Tom Facebook Live

Daytime Emmy Awards will be streamed online via EmmyOnline.tv, Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

View the Emmys LIVE on the following outlets
On The Web: https://t.co/fkRkAzzWOA
On Facebook: https://t.co/vjYx6XpMoY and https://t.co/6LROgKmPQU
On Twitter: @TheEmmys and @DaytimeEmmys
On YouTube: https://t.co/ekuwtmU4Sb
KNEKT TV network (https://t.co/wkmAIjJRNh)

— Daytime Emmy Awards (@DaytimeEmmys) April 29, 2019

Young and Restless, Bold and Beautiful Renewed at CBS for 2019-20 Season

“For almost a third of a century, CBS has demonstrated a remarkable legacy of success in Daytime,” said Angelica McDaniel, Exec VP of CBS Daytime. “Our programming continues to maintain a level of achievement unheard of in today’s television landscape, thanks to the passion and dedication of the extraordinary producers, casts, staff and crew on the shows, our studio partners, and most importantly, the fans. They have our deepest gratitude, and we look forward to entertaining them for many years to come.”

The 47-year-old Y&R has maintained its position as No. 1 soap for 32 years running. The upcoming season will mark leading man Eric Braeden’s fourth decade with the series. B&B, meanwhile, recently marked its 32nd anniversary.

Presenters Announced For The Daytime Emmys

Soaps InDepth Podcast - 4/29/19 - Love It/Hate I

This week, hosts Richard Simms and Charlie Mason discuss things some of the most hotly-debated soap plots currently unfolding on daytime... but with a twist. The plots they’re focusing on are ones that many people on platforms like Twitter and Facebook don't seem to like for one reason another… but Richard and Charlie do. What are they seeing that others aren't... or vice versa? From THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL’s Hope-obsessed Thomas to the dark fate which seems unavoidable for GENERAL HOSPITAL's Oscar and everything in between, it's a laugh-filled episode that will definitely have you taking side.

B&B’s Rena Sofer To Re-Wed

NATAS Explains Why Daytime Emmy Nominee Reels Weren't Made Public

“Looking at the original issue that brought up these protests and this investigation last year, where one entrant in the competition had gone on YouTube and pulled the reels of his competitors and, awards manual in hand, scrutinized every second of those reels and found potential violations that our staff in the vetting process and our judges in the judging process had missed; well, he only screened the categories that his show was competing in,” Sharp explained to Variety. “So the same way as you wouldn’t want a scenario where, in the middle of a trial all the evidence is put on the courthouse steps and the public can just come up and challenge whatever pieces they want and overrule the jury in the process, we determined that essentially handing these on-air raw submission materials over to competitors in a category would create the potential for abuse and the potential for an unfair imbalance.”

So the only options were to upload clip reels for every category or none of the categories, and because they simply didn’t have the resources or the rights to every clip, NATAS unfortunately had to choose the latter. All four daytime dramas threatened a boycott of the Daytime Emmys following the scandal last year, but as NATAS announced the changes they were making to the various processes, including nominating and voting, everything got back on track.

Although fans will not be able to see the reels for themselves this year to make predictions as to who will take home the Emmy, they can all tune in on Sunday, May 5.

GH’s William deVry Heads To Philadelphia For A Good Cause

Soaps InDepth Podcast - 4/22/19 - Fixer Uppers

On this week’s episode of the Soaps In Depth podcast, Charlie and Richard take a look at several characters who could stand to be pushed in a new direction. Can GH’s Drew go from out-man-out to Big Man On Canvas? What will it take for Y&R’s Cane to get his life back on track? Should B&B’s Quinn take another trip to the dark side? And can anyone make DAYS’ JJ smile? Plus, preview of the week’s hottest stories and more!

Tracy Melchior Previews Her New Role on GAMES PEOPLE PLAY

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY is based on the popular book, Games Divas Play, by Angela Burt-Murray and centers around a basketball wife trying to protect her family, a tenacious journalist struggling to rebuild her career, and a groupie who is looking to become a star. Laila, the struggling actress who signs on with Melchior’s character, will clearly do whatever it takes to make her dreams come true, but how far will she really go?

With her roles as Veronica on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS, Tess on SUNSET BEACH, Renée on PASSIONS, and Kelly on ONE LIFE TO LIVE, Melchior knows her drama, and promises soap fans that GAMES PEOPLE PLAY is right up their alley describing it as “a very sexy show with a MELROSE PLACE vibe.” Check out this preview of what viewers can look forward to!

GAMES PEOPLE PLAY premiers on Tuesday, April 23, at 10 p.m. ET on BET, so don’t miss it!

Dishing with Digest - 4/19/19 - Kin Shriner

Kin Shriner looks back on 40-plus years as GH’s Scott Baldwin, his roles on other soaps, his daytime pals, favorite memories and so much more with Digest’s Stephanie Sloane and Mara Levinsky. We also debate the pros and cons of ripped-from-the-headlines stories.

Talk Show Appearance

Monday, April 22

television host, actor and singer Wayne Brady (CBS’ LET'S MAKE A DEAL) guest co-hosts (n)

Soap Vet Patrika Darbo Talks New Film

To view the film, click here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuxP7L_LMWY

To learn more about the Easterseals Disability Film Challenge 2019, click here: disabilityfilmchallenge.com

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Catching up With GENERAL HOSPITAL's Sean Kanan

Likely, A.J. could have benefited from reading Kanan’s new book, Success Factor X (now available for pre-order at Amazon.com and other similar retailers). “My partner, Jill Liberman, and I went out to 50 interesting people and asked, ‘What is the best advice that you’ve been given about success or that you would like to share about success?’” he explained, adding that everyone from Mark Cuban to ALL MY CHILDREN’s Erica, Susan Lucci (amongst numerous other daytime stars), participated. “I learned that there are somewhat identical trails that many people take on the journey, even if they’re trying to accomplish something very different.”

Fans will get a chance to meet Kanan in person as he travels the country for a special book signing tour. He and Liberman will kick things off on Thursday, May 16, at the Barnes and Noble in Country Glen Center in Long Island, NY. There are also dates scheduled in New Jersey, Florida, and California, however Kanan has said he will not be appearing at the Thursday, June 10, signing at The Grove in Los Angeles. A full list of dates, times, and stores where the signings will be held is available on the Success Factor X Official Website, so click through to there for updated information.

The actor plans to use the book as a springboard for a nationwide speaking tour on the topic. And fans will now be able to recognize him in person again after he shaved his hair off for his upcoming film, Dark Stories, which is based on Verotik, the series of dark comics by rocker-turned-director Glenn Danzig. “I play a character named Sgt. Anders, who is the lead detective in a homicide investigation,” Kanan previewed. “I chose to play him with a gravelly voice — it was a real departure for me. I may keep [this look] for a while and see what other work I can do.”

In the meantime, Kanan is putting the finishing touches on THE BUBBLE, the single-camera dramedy he’s penned and is working toward getting produced this year. “It’s about an aging soap star who wants more from life, and it comes in the form of the 16-year-old daughter that he didn’t know he had,” Kanan said. “He’s thoroughly unequipped to be a father but decides to give it a shot and just can’t get out of his own way.”

Daytime Emmys Sets Mario Lopez & Sheryl Underwood As Hosts

“I am thrilled to have one of the most entertaining combinations in daytime television hosting our grand gala at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium,” said David Michaels, SVP Daytime at NATAS. “With their combined wit and charm, plus America’s favorite arbiter, Judge Judy, receiving this year’s lifetime achievement award as well as the best of Daytime nominated in all genres and a stellar list of presenters yet to be announced, it promises to be a memorable night for the daytime community.”

In addition to the hosts, Carolyn Hennessy will return as host of the Daytime Emmys’ livestream from the red carpet and backstage post-show interviews with the winners May 5.

The Daytime Emmy noms were announced March 20, with Days of Our Lives leading all programs with 27 noms. CBS leads all networks with 61 nominations. Amazon Prime Video tied Netflix for second this year with 49 noms apiece, followed by NBC (38), ABC (35) and PBS (31).

Kelly Kruger Expecting First Child with Husband Darin Brooks 'After About a Year of Trying'

Soap stars Kruger and her husband Darin Brooks, who wed in March 2016, are expecting their first child together, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal.

“After about a year of trying to have a baby, we couldn’t be more excited to be bringing our love into this world!” says Kruger, 34, who stars as Mackenzie Browning on The Young and the Restless.

“It still doesn’t feel real aside from the morning sickness, fatigue, crazy changes to my body and the fact that I sobbed on the airplane watching Instant Family — it usually takes a lot to make me cry,” Kruger admits. “I get so emotional when I think about the fact that I’m growing a little human in my body that’s half me and half Darin. I cry every time I think about it!”

Brooks, who is well-known as Wyatt Spencer on The Bold and the Beautiful, is also elated to enter the world of parenthood and has been astonished at his wife throughout her pregnancy journey thus far.

“Kelly’s been truly amazing through this whole process! She’s been filming and working through it all, which is incredible! And just the strength and energy she has had to be the bearer of this new little life form is inspiring!” he says.

Adds the dad-to-be, 34, “Pregnancy can have its challenges, for sure, but it’s definitely worth it! It has brought us closer together and we just can’t wait to meet the little me or Kelly!”

To celebrate their love and their little one on the way, who is due in September, the couple recently enjoyed a trip to Hawaii, where they documented Kruger’s growing baby bump with a beachfront photo shoot.

“Pregnancy has been an incredible journey so far and I couldn’t be luckier to have a husband like Darin to experience this with. He’s always been a caregiver and nurturer but since being pregnant, he’s just stepped up in a way I never expected,” says Kruger, who appears in Hallmark Channel’s upcoming film From Friend to Fiancé, premiering May 27.

She quips to PEOPLE, “Makes me want to be pregnant all the time!”

Though the couple doesn’t yet know the sex of their baby (they plan to find out), they are already over the moon about meeting their bundle of joy this fall.

Says Kruger, “We can’t wait to meet this little one and are enjoying every step of this process. Pregnancy isn’t easy, but we are so grateful to be experiencing it.”

Jack Wagner's When Calls the Heart Renewed for Season 7

“I am thrilled to announce When Calls the Heart Season 7, coming next year,” she said. “We can’t wait to get back to Hope Valley.” (TVLine’s Cable Renewal Scorecard has been updated to reflect the news.)

As previously reported, the popular period drama will resume airing new Season 6 episodes on Sunday, May 5 — the first since the show’s sudden hiatus in the wake of the college admissions scandal involving former cast member Lori Loughlin. A new installment will also air on Monday, May 6, after which the show will resume airing in its regular time slot on Sundays at 8 pm.

Loughlin, who was indicted last month in connection with a bribery scheme in which rich parents paid big bucks to get their kids into elite schools, was fired by Hallmark soon after the scandal hit, and the show took a break to explore its “creative options.” Since then, it has been reported that the upcoming episodes have been edited so as to remove Loughlin’s Abigail Stanton from any scenes.

There’s still no word yet, though, on whether Loughlin’s character will ultimately be recast or written out of the series entirely. When we recently polled fans of the show, 60 percent of you wanted to see the role recast, with just 27 percent preferring that the role be written out.

‘Into The Dark’: Barbara Crampton, Shawn Ashmore Among 6 Cast In Hulu’s “Culture Shock” Installment

The Into the Dark series includes 12 feature-length episodes, released each month over one year and inspired by a holiday, featuring Blumhouse’s signature genre/thriller spin on the story. The Culture Shock installment will premiere July 4.

Written by Efren Hernandez, James Benson and Guerrero, from a story by Hernandez and Benson, Culture Shock is a thriller that follows a young Mexican woman in pursuit of the American Dream, who crosses illegally into the United States, only to find herself in an American nightmare.

Blumhouse Television has upcoming The Loudest Voice, starring Russell Crowe, which will premiere on June 30 on Showtime. On the feature film side, Blumhouse Productions will release the thriller MA starring Octavia Spencer in late-May, and they recently announced that Elisabeth Moss has been cast in their upcoming Universal film, The Invisible Man.

Guerrero is repped by Carlos Bobadilla of Valor Entertainment and Verve. Higareda is repped by ICM. Cabral is repped by Paradigm, Atlas Artists and Morris Yorn. Ashmore is repped by Gersh, Paul Nicholls and JTWAMM. Crampton is repped by Michael Eisenstadt at AEFH and Josh Silver at Silver J Mgmt. Bratton is repped by Michael Eisenstadt at AEFH Talent. de Lara is repped by Vision Entertainment.

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Talk Show Appearance

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Jennifer Gareis Reveals That the Audition for Her B&B Son Took an Interesting Twist!

The remark left Gareis feeling a little perplexed until she finally became aware that they were looking to cast Donna’s long-lost son, Marcus! Texas Battle ultimately landed that role, but ironically, the audition process ended up taking an interesting twist! “Brandon Beemer initially auditioned to play my son, too,” she explained of the actor who’d wind up playing Owen, “and they thought I had a lot of sexual chemistry with him.” So ultimately, Gareis walked away from the process with both a new “son,” and a new “flame” to contend with!

Has Bill Really Changed on B&B? — Don Diamont Speaks Out

Bill’s pal, Justin, has openly balked at his buddy’s new m.o., knowing that it’s just not like him to have such a live-and-let-live attitude. “Justin used to always be on Bill’s case, [reprimanding him] for things he did that were wrong, but when Bill started acting nicer, Justin didn’t like that!” noted Diamont. Katie, on the other hand, appreciates what she’s seeing from her former spouse. With Bill recently deciding he wants her back — and Katie’s husband, Thorne, bowing out of their marriage — a reunion seemed inevitable. “He’s in a very introspective place, looking at his life and how much damage was done,” said Diamont. “He’s starting to see that [their relationship] could have been the greatest thing in his life, had he not behaved a certain way. His perspective has changed.”

Even when Katie and Bill are at each other’s throats, Diamont and Heather Tom (Katie) manage to make their scenes together electric. “I feel that as well,” he said. “There’s just something about Bill and Katie together, even when they’re fighting.” Of course, the actor gives ample credit to his co-star for keeping that spark alive. “Heather and I are very close friends, and we’ve been around each other since she was a teenager,” he explained. “We go way back, and I think it shows. We really like each other, and she is so specially gifted.”

Though Bill’s re-emerging feelings for Katie might be viewed as reboundish (given that he was obsessed with both Brooke and Steffy last year), the fact that it comes in conjunction with his trying to be his best self helps give credence to his romantic conversion. “It’s not just some ‘default,’” Diamont insisted. “Katie and Bill have a very special bond. There’s a ‘knowing’ there, about each other, that’s very unique.”

Not only does Katie recognize both the good and the bad within Bill, but she plays a strong role in keeping him on the right path. “Katie maybe knows him better than anybody,” mused the actor. “This isn’t a new side we’re seeing in Bill. It’s a side she knew he had in him. He can be the most loving, caring person and yet... not be. I think that will continue to be a battle for him. At the end of the day, Bill has to be Bill.”

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Scott Clifton Opens up About Liam's Pain

When will Liam and Hope discover that Steffy’s newly adopted daughter, Phoebe, is actually Beth, the baby they believe to have died? Clifton doesn’t have an answer to that, though he acknowledges that timing will make all the difference in how things play out. “When they reveal it actually matters, because it changes the nature of the conflict,” he explained. “The longer this baby is ‘Phoebe’ and not ‘Beth,’ the longer she is bonding with Steffy and Kelly. The more maternal Steffy feels, the less it’s going to matter, as far as she is concerned, that the baby is biologically Hope’s. Potentially, you have this conflict where Hope’s saying, ‘I’ve been robbed,’ and Steffy’s saying, ‘I don’t care; you can’t rip a baby away from [the only mother she’s known] at this point. Then you have the philosophical question, which is, ‘Who is really the baby’s ‘mother?’”

Though Liam is the child’s father, we’re not sure he’d have any definitive answer to that specific question, given how loath he is to take sides (or even decide which woman he really wants to be with). Does Liam’s waffling ever wear on Clifton? “It was uncomfortable the first year or two, but at this point, it’s part of the gig to have people constantly upset with me,” he confided with a good-natured laugh. “Yeah, it’s a little gross, but that’s the character. Liam tends to Forrest Gump his way through it, but he does love and deeply cares about both of these women. Once I got over the potential of being hated by [Hope fans or Steffy fans] at any given moment, I got really comfortable with who this character is.”

Whether he’s having a daughter stolen from under his nose or getting amnesia, one could argue that Liam has the worst luck on the planet. And though he tries to keep a stiff upper lip, Clifton is convinced his alter ego would give even the best shrinks a run for their money. “I wouldn’t say he’s well-adjusted,” said the actor, who thinks Liam’s issues primarily stem from his childhood, specifically, his mom’s death. “There are holes he’s constantly trying to fill. He couldn’t save her, so he tries to save every other woman in his life, and often, rescuing one woman is perceived as a betrayal of another. He’s neurotic, but he also cares about doing the right thing and just keeps messing up.” Needless to say, this latest grenade in his personal life isn’t going to help matters!

Soaps InDepth Podcast - 3/25/19 - What Will Happen Next?

This week on the Soaps In Depth Podcast, Charlie and Richard make a few fearless predictions about what will happen on the soaps in the weeks and months ahead. Plus, they discuss whether the all-important Sweeps ratings periods aren’t nearly as important as they once were.

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Catching up With GENERAL HOSPITAL's Sean Kanan

Likely, A.J. could have benefited from reading Kanan’s new book, Success Factor X (now available for pre-order at amazon.com and other similar retailers). “My partner, Jill Liberman, and I went out to 50 interesting people and asked, ‘What is the best advice that you’ve been given about success or that you would like to share about success?’” he explained, adding that everyone from Mark Cuban to ALL MY CHILDREN’s Erica, Susan Lucci (amongst numerous other daytime stars), participated. “I learned that there are somewhat identical trails that many people take on the journey, even if they’re trying to accomplish something very different.”

The actor plans to use the book as a springboard for a nationwide speaking tour on the topic. However, fans might not recognize him in person as he shaved his hair off for his upcoming film, Dark Stories, which is based on Verotik, the series of dark comics by rocker-turned-director Glenn Danzig. “I play a character named Sgt. Anders, who is the lead detective in a homicide investigation,” Kanan previewed. “I chose to play him with a gravelly voice — it was a real departure for me. I may keep [this look] for a while and see what other work I can do.”

In the meantime, Kanan is putting the finishing touches on THE BUBBLE, the single-camera dramedy he’s penned and is working toward getting produced this year. “It’s about an aging soap star who wants more from life, and it comes in the form of the 16-year-old daughter that he didn’t know he had,” Kanan said. “He’s thoroughly unequipped to be a father but decides to give it a shot and just can’t get out of his own way.”

Annika Noelle Opens up About Her Heartbreaking B&B Storyline

The actress, deservedly, has been hearing heaps of praise for her portrayal of Hope’s ill-fated delivery and its tragic aftermath. Noelle admitted she worked hard to make the scenes realistic, from the physicality of Hope’s labor pains to her anguish at learning of Beth’s “death.” After doing as much research as possible, however, she ultimately decided to trust her gut. “I took a step back from it and just let whatever was going to happen do so organically,” she explained. “Everyone on set was so respectful of the storyline, and it was a collaborative effort, from the writing and directing to the crew. Everything was aligned that day to let us reach those very hard emotional notes, and it wound up being a very beautiful thing. It was a kind of a kismet day where all the pieces just fell together.”

In portraying the heartbroken new mother, Noelle says she has felt a huge responsibility to make sure her performance was as authentic as possible for those who have really suffered such a loss. “I wanted to do the story justice. I didn’t want to let those people down, especially the people in my personal life who have been affected by something similar. Not for one second did I want my performances to feel ‘phoned in’ or not truthful.” Indeed, among the over whelming positive feedback the actress has gotten in recent weeks, she’s most gratified to have heard from women who have experienced a loss like Hope’s. “It was very touching that those women reached out to me to say that it felt respectful and genuine, and I want to say thank you to them and that I’m sorry for the loss they had to go through. I wish them all the love in the world.”

Dealing with the “death” of her daughter isn’t the only challenge Hope has found herself up against in recent weeks. The incident has put a strain on her marriage to Liam, despite their best efforts to lift each other up. “She’s struggling to come to terms with the fact that he does have a daughter, but she doesn’t. It’s two very different processes for how they deal with it, and we’re going to see whether they come together as a couple or whether this is going to push them apart.”

While Hope has no idea that her rival’s newly-adopted daughter is actually Beth, it’s been gut-wrenching for her to come to terms with Steffy’s latest blessing in the face of her own despair. “Yeah, it was difficult for her, so soon after the loss of her child, to hear that Steffy now has two beautiful baby girls,” said Noelle. “But she’s trying to show everyone that she’s fine, while internally, she is falling apart. That’s Hope. She thinks she needs to just rise to the occasion and be a functioning human being who can handle this.”

The fact that Steffy’s new daughter, Phoebe, is actually the daughter Hope thought she lost has all of the makings of a classic soap storyline, and Noelle says she’s relieved that Beth actually did survive. “I honestly have no idea how long they might hold this secret for. I’m literally in the same boat as everyone else, thinking, ‘What’s gonna happen?!?’ There are so many different paths they could take, so I’m certainly looking forward to what lies ahead.”

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Assures Fans Her Baby Boy and Pit Bull Get Along Great

“Pit bulls get such a bad rep,” Wood continued. “And sadly, people think they were bred to fight but in actuality, they were bred to watch over children. The 'Nanny Dog.’ If you wanted to keep your children safe, the pit bull was the most faithful and loving dog of any dog breed, especially with children. They are strong and loyal and love children. If your child had a pit bull dog as a pet, you felt that they were safe. So what happened?”

In addition to her pic of Rise and Ja’mie, Wood included a few photos from the Good Old Days of small children posing happily with pit bulls. A longtime advocate for the breed, she urges people to blame the owner, not the breed, when a dog does something bad. “Ironically enough, it is the wonderful qualities of the pit bull that have attracted it to the ‘criminal element,’ which have victimized this wonderful breed of dog,” she declared. “The pit bull breed is strong and very intelligent. They are loyal and courageous. Their main goal is to please their owner. Yes, they look tough, but again, they have not been referred to as the ‘Nanny Dog’ for almost 100 years for nothing! At one time, the pit bull dogs were the most beloved dogs in England and the United States.

In fact, back in December, shortly after Christmas, Wood stirred up some concerned fans when she posted a photo of herself in bed with Ja’mie cuddled up to her baby bump. “Did your dog know you were pregnant?” she asked. “This little girl does. She won’t leave my side. Guess she’s getting me ready for motherhood.”

Plenty of fans have expressed their worries about the pit bull and the new baby in the comments on Wood’s Instagram, but the actress is eager to reassure everyone that there’s nothing to worry about. And she’s got the super-cute pics to prove it!

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Welcomes Son Rise Harlen

The Bold and the Beautiful star welcomed her first child, son Rise Harlen Ruspoli, with husband Elan Ruspolithis link opens in a new tab on Monday, March 4, her rep confirms exclusively to PEOPLE. Baby Rise weighed 7 lbs., 13 oz., and measured 21½ inches.

“We chose Rise because to us Rise means growth, the simplicity of moving forward,” Wood tells PEOPLE of the inspiration behind her baby boy’s unique moniker. “We look to our son as an uplifting force toward positive change and a better world.”

The 31-year-old actress announced she was expecting in October with an Instagram videothis link opens in a new tab featuring her soap-opera character, Steffy Forrester, modeling in the Intimates Lingerie fashion show.

“The rumors are truuuuee!! It’s not just a burrito in my belly it’s a burrito AND A BABY!!!! Ya gurrrlls PREGNANT!!” Wood wrote. “So excited for this new chapter and SO happy I get to share it with all of you!”

Wood wrote she was hesitant to let Steffy strut her stuff on the runway due to her real-life pregnancy, but opted instead to “embrace it.”

Since then, the television star has chronicled her journey toward motherhood on social media, frequently sharing photographs baring her bellythis link opens in a new tab.

“Yes, I’m rolling around in flowers … No, I will not put clothes on … I’m in my 9 month of pregnancy and living my best life … okurr,” she wrote on Jan. 21 alongside a nude snapshotthis link opens in a new tab of herself covered only in blue flowers.

She revealed in November that she was expecting a sonthis link opens in a new tab with a sweet photo shoot featuring her and Ruspoli sporting blue outfits, and in December, celebrated with a lavish, Italian-themed baby showerthis link opens in a new tab.

Wood and Ruspoli, an agent, were engaged in November 2017 and eloped the following July, according to Entertainment Tonightthis link opens in a new tab.

“Biggest surprise of my life. IM ENGAGED!! Elan, you are my everything and I can’t wait to begin this new chapter with you,” she wrote on Instagramthis link opens in a new tab. “I feel like the luckiest girl in the world … I love you beyond words. My soulmate.”

Reign Edwards On MacGyver 3/15/19

“Seeds + Permafrost + Feather” – MacGyver and team are asked to solve a locked-door mystery when a man working inside a remote, ultra-secure international seed vault disappears, on MACGYVER, Friday, March 15 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.

RECURRING CAST: Levy Tran (Desi), Reign Edwards (Leanne), Tate Donovan (Oversight).

Kiara Barnes Reveals the Truth Behind Zoe's British Accent on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

While Barnes is obviously a natural at faking her British accent, she did admit to an unusual trick she has for getting back into it if necessary. “If I’ve been out of it a while,” the actress confessed, “I’ll watch episodes of THE GREAT BRITISH BAKE OFF.”

And as impressed as the B&B producers were with Barnes’ English accent, the true stamp of approval came from British-born co-star Adain Bradley (Xander). After she used the accent during her audition opposite him, he recalled how surprised he was to hear her real voice weeks later. “Her accent is really good!” he praised. Although since Bradley hails from York, England, Barnes has asked him for pronunciation tips from time to time. “She’ll say, ‘Does this sound right?’” he revealed. “I’m like, ‘I should be asking you for advice! Her accent is more convincing than mine!”

Soaps In Depth Podcast - 3/4/19 - Back from the Dead

As The Young & The Restless prepares to resurrect the supposedly-dead J.T. from his apparently premature grave, Richard and Charlie discuss the fact that more often than not, death is a temporary condition on soaps. They offer up their takes on the pros and cons of soap resurrections. Plus, a look at who could step into the role of Y&R’s Adam Newman, the Bold & Beautiful reunion that could use a bit more drama, the game-changing performance of one General Hospital actor and more!

Talk Show Appearance

Tu 3/5: Denise Richards

Talk Show Appearance

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Dishing with Digest - 3/1/19 - Katherine Kelly Lang and John McCook

Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke) and John McCook (Eric) look back on day one of B&B, and three decades of working together with Digest’s Stephanie Sloane and Mara Levinsky. We also discuss the latest casting news and B&B’s current storylines.

Annika Noelle Previews Hope's Future on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

The grieving young woman has found some happiness bonding with Steffy’s newly adopted daughter, Phoebe, not realizing that because of Reese’s cruel baby switch, she’s actually spending time with the baby girl she was told had died. However, since everyone who knows the truth about the infant has decided to keep quiet, it doesn’t appear that Hope will learn the truth anytime soon, so she will have to face her loss head-on.

“She’s really going through the seven stages of grief,” Noelle mused. “Some days she’s angry. Other days she’s in denial. There will be times when she feels an overwhelming sadness and other times where she’s just numb. Right now, she doesn’t even know what she’s feeling.”

But as Hope pushes Liam to leave her and make a family with Steffy, it seems as though things are definitely going to get a whole lot worse before they get any better. “I think it’s very natural for her to harden after something like this,” the actress admitted. “I’m still waiting in suspense for what lies ahead. Does she push the people she loves away? Does she turn to something else to make her feel something… anything? She’s lost in her own grief and despair, and we’re going to have to wait and see if she gets that light back or not.”

The CW Pilot ‘Glamorous’ Finds Its Gender-Nonconforming Teen Lead In Ben J. Pierce, Casts Pierson Fodé, Adds EP

Written by Jordon Nardino and directed by Eva Longoria, Glamorous centers on a gender-nonconforming recent high school graduate (Pierce) who lands the gig of a lifetime interning at a cosmetics company whose products he panned on YouTube.

Pierce’s Marco is an ambitious and creative gender-nonconforming teenager who uses makeup and fashion to let his queer self bloom. Fresh off his high school graduation, Marco’s life changes when an unplanned rant on YouTube bashing a cosmetics company for their shoddy products lands him a dream internship at the side of its founder and CEO, Madolyn (Shields). On his own for the first time, this is Marco’s chance to live, love and grow to understand what it really means to be queer.

Fodé will play Chad, an ambitious alpha male who works at the cosmetics company his mother founded, styling himself as her heir apparent. While openly gay, Chad is buttoned down and unsophisticated, with a personality and wardrobe that would be more at home on Wall Street than the beauty industry.

Nardino, Wayans Jr. and Longoria executive produce. Two Shakes VP Development and Production Kameron Tarlow is co-executive producer. CBS TV Studios, where Wayans Jr. and his Two Shakes are under a first-look deal, is the studio.

Pierce most recently was seen on Netflix’s Fuller House as its first openly gay character and on NBC’s Reverie. His debut single “Little Game,” a power anthem about gender roles and equality, reached viral success in 2014 with more than 15 million views.

Fodé’s credits also include the upcoming feature It’s Time.

“THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL” ATTRACTS LARGEST AUDIENCE IN 11 MONTHS

Source: Nielsen, live plus same day ratings for the week ending Feb. 22, 2019.

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Andrea Evans Opens up About Her #MeToo Documentary 'Rocking the Couch'

While it’s yet to be revealed what Patty will do with all that information, Evans is pretty sure that it won’t be anything good. “Typically, if I’m playing [someone], she’s probably not a very nice person,” the actress admitted with a laugh. “That seems to be my thing, so I think we’ll see some surprises from Patty!” The OLTL alum was very proud of the growth that Tina showed over the years, especially when she turned over her inheritance to Todd during that last return to Llanview. “She became a much fuller, more interesting person, and her heart came through in the end,” Evans recalls, “making her much more grounded in that she realized what’s important.”

What’s important to Tina’s portrayer is helping the entertainment industry grow in such a way that it becomes a better place for women. To that end, she’s been working as an executive producer on a project called Rocking the Couch, which is currently available to watch in the US and UK on Amazon Prime and internationally on Vimeo. “I started talking to my friends in the [biz] — everyone has #MeToo stories — and generously, several soap stars were willing to come on camera and share theirs,” she revealed. “Tonja Walker (OLTL’s Alex) gave some really heart-wrenching details.”

While many recognizable names contributed, Evans confided that “the most horrible stories are from those who are people trying to get into the business.” However, the jumping-off point for everything is a look back at the 1992 case in which talent agent Wallace Kaye was arrested for numerous sexual assaults. “I spent six months researching and tracking down everyone involved,” Evans says, “and was present for each interview. Now we have distribution, so we’re debating whether it’s going to be a stand-alone documentary or perhaps a docuseries.”

Evans had thought long and hard about allowing her teenaged daughter, Kylie, to join the project as a production assistant before eventually deciding, “If she wants to be in the entertainment industry, she has to know how to protect herself. And the only real way to know how to protect yourself is to be aware of the problem.”

Denise Richards Joins the Cast of The Bold and the Beautiful — All About Her Role

PEOPLE can exclusively announce that Richards is joining the cast of CBS’s The Bold and the Beautiful. The actress, who recently joined season 9 of the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, has landed the contract role of Shauna Fulton.

“Shauna is a fun-loving, hard-working single mother from Las Vegas who aspires to live life to its absolute fullest,” executive producer and head writer Bradley Bell tells PEOPLE. “She heads for Los Angeles when she learns that her daughter, Florence ‘Flo’ (portrayed by Katrina Bowden), the pride and joy of her life, is entangled in a complicated situation. However, Shauna’s involvement won’t stop there. She’s got a past and big secrets to spill.”

Richards begins taping Friday, and her first episode airs April 3.

Richards, 48, has appeared in a number of films and TV shows, including the 1998 thriller Wild Things and the sitcom Blue Mountain State. She was a Bond girl in 1999’s The World Is Not Enough and has guest-starred in Seinfeld, Friends and Beverly Hills, 90210.

Richards isn’t the only Beverly Hills Housewife to land a soap opera role: Her costar Lisa Rinna starred on Days of Our Lives. Rinna, 55, first joined the NBC daytime drama in 1992 and has re-appeared several times over the years. Plus, Kyle Richards had a three-episode arc on Days in 2013, and Erika Girardi has appeared on The Young and the Restless many times.

The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays (check local listings).

Tamar Braxton Lands Dream Role On ‘The Bold & The Beautiful’ After ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ Win

EW has learned exclusively that Tamar Braxton — who won the second installment of Celebrity Big Brother — will continue with tradition by appearing on the CBS sudser. Braxton will portray Chef Chambre in a scene with actors Don Diamont (Bill Spencer) and Heather Tom (Katie Logan), who are set up on a private dinner date by an anonymous cupid.

Even though it’s customary for BB winners to do stints on B&B, this gig is particularly special to Braxton. As a huge fan of the CBS soap, Braxton named her child Logan after Brooke Logan, the character originally played by Katherine Kelly Lang. That’s devotion.

Braxton will tape her episode of B&B on Feb. 20. It will air on March 28.

On Feb. 13, Braxton became only the second person to ever win a U.S. Big Brother season unanimously (after season 10’s Dan Gheesling). She beat out runner-up Ricky Williams.

“I can’t even really put it into words,” the reality TV personality told EW of her win. “It’s like the best day on top of the best feeling. I’ve been watching this show since Chicken George. And I can’t believe that I was actually blessed to be a part of it, let alone win. Like, that is crazy to me.”

The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays on CBS.

Soaps In Depth Podcast - 2/18/19 - A Reunion For Julian & Alexis?

This week on the Soaps in Depth podcast, Richard and Charlie ponder whether General Hospital’s Julian and Alexis can — or even should — find their way back to one another. Also on tap this week: How Days Of Our Lives has kept John and Marlena front-and-center, why Bold & Beautiful should let Hope go over the edge and a celebration of Melody Thomas Scott’s four decades as The Young & The Restless’ Nikki.

Courtney Hope and Darin Brooks Facebook Live

Rena Sofer Announces Reunion With Ex

GH's Jax Returns

Schae Harrison's Health Crisis — and How You Can Help

“Schae was formally diagnosed with Chronic Fibromyalgia and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome,” wrote Cathy Tomas, who set up the fundraising effort. “Her symptoms started almost two years ago but it took a lot of time and heartache before she got formally diagnosed. It’s been so hard for her and she had to quit her job on CASTLE because she couldn’t stand and work long hours. She is now sometimes in a wheelchair. She is on medication and getting treatments but because she can’t work, she’s run through her savings and is finding it hard to pay for medical expenses and for taking care of her son, Haven. She loves Haven more than anything and her heart is broken that he’s suffering because of her illness.”

Harrison reportedly filed a claim for social security disability two years ago but her case isn’t scheduled to be heard until April of 2019, so Tomas is hoping to raise $8,000 to pay her overdue bills as well as rent, food, utilities, and medications until the disability is approved. The fundraising is well on its way, and if you would like to donate even just a little bit, you can do so at the GoFundMe link above.

Longtime B&B fans remember Harrison as the ditzy and lovable Darla, a role she played from 1989 until 2006 when the character was killed off. Although she did make a handful of ghostly appearances in 2014 and 2015. The character was mentioned on the soap recently when Thorne brought up his late wife in a conversation with current wife, Katie.

Lauralee Bell To Star In & EP Lifetime Movie ‘Nightmare Tenant’

Bell, a Daytime Emmy nominee for her decades-long role on The Young and the Restless, plays Dr. Carol Allen, a kind-hearted Ivy League alum and single mom whose high-achieving and well-rounded daughter (Heather Hopkins) gets accepted into the same university. At her daughter’s suggestion, she takes in a hard-luck student so she won’t be living alone when her daughter starts college.

Rob Malenfant directs Nightmare Tenant, and Ken Sanders produced it in a reteaming with his Mistress Hunter star Bell.

Bell wrote, directed and produced mI promise, a 2014 Daytime Emmy-winning web series that follows a 16-year old girl who makes a critical error by texting and driving. It premieres this week on Amazon Prime. Her credits also include web series Family Dinner and Just Off Rodeo and the 2006 Lifetime movie Past Sins. Bell is repped by House of Representatives Denny Sevier and Focused Artists.

NAACP Image Awards Nominees

Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Chadwick Boseman – Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
Michael B Jordan – Creed II (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios)
Denzel Washington – The Equalizer 2 (Columbia Pictures)
John David Washington – BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features)
Stephan James – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture
Brian Tyree Henry – If Beale Street Could Talk (Annapurna Pictures)
Mahershala Ali – Green Book (Universal Pictures, Participant Media, DreamWorks)
Michael B. Jordan – Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
Russell Hornsby – The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox)
Winston Duke – Black Panther (Marvel Studios)

Outstanding Ensemble Cast in a Motion Picture
Black Panther (Marvel Studios)
BlacKkKlansman (Focus Features)
Crazy Rich Asians (Warner Bros. Pictures)
The Hate U Give (20th Century Fox)
Widows (20th Century Fox)

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series
Jay Ellis, Insecure (HBO)
John David Washington, Ballers (HBO)
Laurence Fishburne, black-ish (ABC)
Marcus Scribner, black-ish (ABC)
Tituss Burgess, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt (Netflix)

Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Limited-Series or Dramatic Special
Brandon Victor Dixon, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)
John Legend, Jesus Christ Superstar Live in Concert (NBC)
Michael B. Jordan, Fahrenheit 451 (HBO)
Russell Hornsby, Seven Seconds (Netflix)
Woody McClain, The Bobby Brown Story (BET)

Outstanding Directing in a Comedy Series
Donald Glover – Atlanta – FUBU (FX Networks)
Gina Rodriguez – Jane the Virgin – Chapter Seventy-Four (CW)
Hiro Murai – Atlanta – Teddy Perkins (FX Networks)
Ken Whittingham – Atypical – “Ernest Shackleton’s Rules for Survival” (Netflix)
Millicent Shelton – Insecure – High-Like (HBO).

Obba Babatunde In ‘Miss Havisham’

THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Casts Matthew Atkinson as the New Thomas!

Atkinson will be familiar to CBS Daytime fans from his stint as Austin Travers on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS from 2014-15. During his time in Genoa City, Austin started as a television cameraman before graduating to kidnapper, but his romance with Summer Newman hit the skids when he was unexpectedly found murdered!

Before joining Y&R, Atkinson had roles on JANE BY DESIGN and PARENTHOOD, and after leaving daytime, he could be seen in shows like YOUNG & HUNGRY, POWERLESS, and NCIS: LOS ANGELES. And now the actor is returning to daytime to bring Thomas back to B&B. The Forrester heir was last seen in the spring of 2018 when he returned to New York City to live with Caroline and their son, Douglas.

What brings Thomas back home again? And will he attempt to rekindle his relationship with Sally? Stay tuned to find out.

Kim Matula Previews Her New Movie, 'Fighting With My Family'

(Video) The film is based on the 2012 documentary The Wrestlers: Fighting With My Family, which depicted the career of professional wrestler Paige, who won the WWE Divas Championship in 2014. This version stars actress Florence Pugh as Paige, and the cast also includes Nick Frost, Lena Headey, Vince Vaughan and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson as himself! Kim Matula plays the character of Jeri-Lynn, and she shared a quick clip of one of her hilarious moments in the movie.

Matula got her big break when she landed the role of Hope Logan on B&B in 2010, earning a Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2014. While she left the soap in December of 2014, the actress did pop back for a couple brief guest appearances in 2015 and 2016, although the role was eventually recast with Annika Noelle in 2018 when the character was brought back full-time.

After leaving daytime, Matula found success in primetime with the role of Tiffany in the second season of Lifetime’s critically-acclaimed series UnREAL and in 2018 starred as Ronnie in FOX’s LA TO VEGAS. And now she’s hitting the big screen in Fighting With My Family! “An honor for me to play a small part in Paige’s career-defining moment, as well as bringing her family’s fascinating story to the big screen,” Matula expressed.(Trailer) Fighting With My Family, written and directed by British comedian Stephen Merchant (THE OFFICE), has already premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, but will be in theaters near you starting on Feb. 22. So make sure to check it out. And for a real taste of the whole movie, you can watch this official trailer first!

Reign Edwards Recurs on MacGyver 2/15/19

RECURRING CAST: Reign Edwards (Leanne), Levy Tran (Desi).

B&B's Katherine Kelly Lang Shares Her Experience on I'M A CELEBRITY... GET ME OUT OF HERE!

Based on the long-running British TV series of the same name, I’M A CELEBRITY... GET ME OUT OF HERE! sticks a group of celebrities into a special camp in the South African jungle where they compete against each other in challenges to earn meals and luxuries while also trying to avoid being voted off. And if at any point the experience gets to be too much, the contestant can quit by declaring: "I'm a celebrity... get me out of here!" Lang made her first appearance on the 17th day of this season, and joins Australian TV presenters, comedians, reality TV personalities, and former politicians. There is only one other American in the cast currently, former TODAY gossip correspondent Richard Reid. Watch the promo for her first appearance here: Video.

The grand prize for the celebrity who lasts the longest is a $100,000 prize donated to the charity of their choosing. In Lang’s case, it would be Breakaway from Cancer. “It’s personal for me because my father passed away from cancer when I was 13,” the actress confided. “They’re really amazing. They do so much for the people that are struggling with cancer. They’re very dear to my heart.”

(Video) Sadly, Lang didn’t last very long in the jungle, and was eliminated from the series after just one week in the competition. “I met some amazing people,” the actress tweeted afterwards, “had good chats, lots of laughs, lost 10 pounds — so hungry — challenged myself in trials, learned to live 24/7 with complete strangers, learned more about myself, brought awareness to Breakaway From Cancer… thank you for the opportunity!” In her exit interview, Lang grew emotional as she talked about the wonderful people she’d met there and admitted the first thing she wanted to do was take a shower!

(Video) The show also shared another clip where she expresses her disappointment at being eliminated but her joy at being able to eat real food again, especially the giant tray of tacos they served her!

Talk Show Appearance

We 2/6: Wayne Brady

Dishing with Digest - 2/1/19 - Heather Tom

Heather Tom (Katie) talks about on her soap past, her five Emmy wins, her B&B leading men, becoming a director and more with Digest’s Stephanie Sloane and Mara Levinsky. We also look at the actors who made the cut to receive Emmy pre-nominations.

Diary of a Female President, From EP Gina Rodriguez, Ordered to Series at Disney+ Streaming Service

Disney+ has given a 10-episode, straight-to-series order to Diary of a Female President, executive-produced by Jane the Virgin star Gina Rodriguez.

The project follows a 12-year-old, Cuban-American girl (via the narration of her diary) as she navigates the ups and downs of middle school and her journey to becoming the future president of the United States.

Rodriguez will work alongside producing partner Emily Gipson on the series, with Robin Shorr (The Carmichael Show, The Middle) attached as showrunner. Series creator Ilana Peña (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) will pen the scripts.

Though a specific premiere date has not yet been announced for Diary of a Female President, the Disney+ streaming service is expected to launch in late 2019.

The platform’s scripted lineup also includes two live-action Star Wars series — the Pedro Pascal-led Mandalorian and a Rogue One prequel — as well as a gender-flipped High Fidelity adaptation and multiple potential standalone series centered on characters from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, including Loki, Scarlet Witch, Falcon and Winter Soldier.

Sean Kanan Invites You to Dinner With Deacon and Amber!

B&B viewers remember Deacon as the biological father of Little Eric, who tried to seduce Amber away from Rick, and the two characters eventually reconnected years later on Y&R as Deacon blackmailed Amber into marriage. Thankfully, the actors are nothing like their troublemaking alter-egos, so the dinner should be a lot of fun!

Tickets are available now, but they are also limited. They will include a catered dinner, photo opportunities, a Q&A session, a surprise gift, and more. You can find more information on the Facebook Event Page and you can order tickets directly from Kanan’s official website.

GLAAD Media Awards Drop Soap Operas

Stars React To Their Daytime Emmy Pre-Noms

Daytime Emmys Unveil Peer-Judged Drama Pre-Nominations

Gina Rodriguez tearfully responds to 'anti-black' criticism

The 34-year-old actress hit headlines last year when she said in an interview with Net-a-Porter: “I get so petrified in this space talking about equal pay especially when you look at the intersectional aspect of it, right? Where white women get paid more than black women, black women get paid more than Asian women, Asian women get paid more than Latina women, and it’s like a very scary space to step into.”

Following the release of the interview, many people accused Gina of being “anti-black,” and promoting the Latina community at the expense of the black community, but the Jane the Virgin star defended herself during a chat on SiriusXM’s Sway In The Morning.

“I never said actresses. I wasn’t speaking about my industry. I always find it difficult to talk about equal pay as a woman who makes a substantial amount of money. As somebody who came from poverty to now the amount of money I get paid, it doesn’t feel right that I’m the one talking about it, because I’m so damn grateful,” Gina said.

“What I was saying, was that when we talk about equal pay, we have to talk about intersectionality because we all must rise. And so the backlash was devastating to say the least,” she continued, before breaking down into tears.

Attempting to compose herself, Gina then explained: “Because the black community was the only community I looked towards growing up. We didn’t have many Latino shows and the black community made me feel like I was seen, so to get anti-black is to say I’m anti-family.”

The screen star continued that she made the decision to step away from social media after the scandal, because she found the backlash so difficult to deal with.

“That was a really dark time for me… it made me get away from social media,” she went on. “What do you say sorry for cheating when you didn’t cheat?

“Right now we are living in a culture that is very very terrifying. You make or misstep or say something that’s (taken) out of context, and all of a sudden any work you’ve ever done is deleted.”

She concluded her interview by stating: “If I have hurt you, I am sorry, and I will always be sorry, but you have to know, until you know my heart, there is no way we can live off clickbait.”

American Actress Joining 'I'm A Celeb'

Sources within the South African jungle have confirmed that Katherine Kelly Lang from 'The Bold And The Beautiful' will be the next celebrity 'intruder' on Australia’s 'I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here'.

TV Blackbox claim the American actress, best known for playing Brooke Logan on the long-running soap opera since 1987, will be joining the reality show in the upcoming days.

Katherine Kelly Lang is no stranger to the Australian media. During her appearances on Studio 10, she performed in skits alongside Ita Buttrose, and took part in games involving pancake mixture being poured over her head.

It's safe to say that she is not afraid to get her hands dirty!

The 57-year-old has also expressed interest in temporarily relocating to Australia.

"I love the idea of having a place here," she told TV Week.

"We've looked around the Manly area and hopefully we can buy in the near future. But we couldn't live here full-time, because of my job on Bold."

Lang will be joining Love Island's Justin Lacko, MasterChef's Justine Schofield, Gogglebox duo Angie Kent and Yvie Jones, former X-Factor host Luke Jacobz, journalist Natasha Exelby, actor Tahir Bilgic, entertainment reporter Richard Reid, politicians Jacqui Lambie and Sam Dastyari, and AFL legends Shane Crawford and Dermott Brereton.

The Soaps In Depth Podcast #1: The Inaugural Episode

Fiji Water Girl Kellen Cuthbert Snags ‘Bold And The Beautiful’ Appearance

Kelleth Cuthbert, the Fiji Water Girl whose blue dress, coy smile and knack for being in strategic places captivated the online world on the 2019 Golden Globes red carpet, has been working on the soap opera The Bold and The Beautiful. Her appearance will air Feb. 6, according to reports.

Cuthbert posted a photo of herself on Instagram with some of the soap’s cast this week, captioning the shot, “Thank you to the lovely folks of @boldandbeautifulcbs for having me yesterday!” (Photo)

Details of her appearance or the possibility of an ongoing role were not revealed. Since the Golden Globes, Cuthbert and her water tray have become a favorite meme in social media.

Carol Channing Dead at 97

Channing’s publicist gave the following statement to BroadwayWorld:

It is with extreme heartache that I have to announce the passing of an original Industry Pioneer, Legend and Icon — Miss Carol Channing. I admired her before I met her, and have loved her since the day she stepped … or fell rather … into my life. It is so very hard to see the final curtain lower on a woman who has been a daily part of my life for more than a third of it. We supported each other, cried with each other, argued with each other, but always ended up laughing with each other. Saying good-bye is one of the hardest things I have ever had to do, but I know that when I feel those uncontrollable urges to laugh at everything and/or nothing at all, it will be because she is with me, tickling my funny bone.

Channing was best known for her stage work, which earned her three more Tony nominations (for The Vamp, Show Girl and Lorelei) in addition to her Hello, Dolly! win in 1964. She also received a Lifetime Achievement Tony Award at the 1995 ceremony. After gaining national attention for her theater work, Channing became the first celebrity to perform at a Super Bowl halftime show, taking the field at Super Bowl IV in 1970. TV audiences knew Channing as The Love Boat‘s Aunt Sylvia Duvall, who appeared numerous times during the series’ decade-long run. She also did voiceover work throughout her career, lending her pipes to an animated version of The Addams Family, as well as Where’s Waldo?, The Magic School Bus and an episode of Family Guy. Other TV work included The Bold and the Beautiful, Touched by an Angel and dozens of game show episodes in the 1970s and ’80s.

Channing’s most notable film role was Thoroughly Modern Millie‘s Muzzy Van Hossmere, for which she won a Golden Globe in 1968 and snagged an Oscar nomination for Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

Meet B&B’s Newest Guest Star

Florence on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL — Everything You Need to Know

Florence introduced herself to Taylor as the mother of the baby girl that Dr. Reese Buckingham is offering for Steffy to potentially adopt. She insisted that the father wants nothing to do with them and that she desperately needs the money. However, when Reese asked that his name be kept out of the arrangement, it became clear things may not be exactly as they appear.

Bowden is best known for playing Cerie Xerox, Liz Lemon’s assistant on 30 ROCK, and she also played Fortune on the TNT original series PUBLIC MORALS in 2015. She has also guest starred on primetime series like PSYCH, UGLY BETTY, and NEW GIRL. Bowden can also be seen in films like Tucker and Dale Vs. Evil, Piranha 3DD, and Framed By My Fiancé. B&B also won’t be her first appearance in daytime, as Bowden appeared in a couple episodes of ABC’s ONE LIFE TO LIVE as Britney back in 2006 when her career was just beginning to take off.

Gina Rodriguez reveals she exposed her butt during 'Jane the Virgin' audition

The TV beauty was dressed to impress for the screen test, but an unexpected wardrobe malfunction left her face red and her rear exposed.

“My most embarrassing moment during an audition was pilot season (of Jane the Virgin),” the 34-year-old tells Us Weekly. “The year I booked Jane, I ripped my pencil skirt down the back in the audition, no panties. It was awful.”

As Gina prepares to debut the fifth and final season of her hit comedy series this spring, her attention is turning to fiance Joe LoCicero, who she met on set and then reconnected with at her local boxing gym.

The star can’t wait to spend more time relaxing with her man at home.

“The ideal perfect date night (includes) bomb food, a movie and talking ’til it’s time to go to sleep,” she gushes, before admitting he has won the key to her heart forever by scrubbing her floors.

“The most romantic thing (my fiance) Joe LoCicero does is cleaning because he knows that my peace and balance come from everything being clean,” Gina smiles. “Cleaning my house is what I do to escape.”

The final season of Jane the Virgin premieres on March 27, but Gina has plenty of other career news to celebrate before that – the star’s new highly-anticipated action thriller Miss Bala, about a woman who takes on the bosses of a Mexican drug cartel to rescue her kidnapped friend, reaches U.S. theatres on February 1.

Nominations for the sixth annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards

DAYTIME TELEVISION – BEST MAKE-UP

The Bold and the Beautiful
Christine Lai Johnson, Chris Escobosa, Jennifer Wittman

The Price Is Right
Carol Wood, Jason Collins

The Real DaytimeMelanie Mills, Glen Alen Gutierrez, Motoko Honjyo Clayton

The Young and the Restless
Patricia Denney, Marlene Mason, Kathy Jones

DAYTIME TELEVISION – BEST HAIR STYLING

The Bold and the Beautiful
Lisa Long, Danielle Spencer, Danielle Dixon

The Real Daytime
Roberta Gardener-Rogers, Rachel Mason, Ray Dodson

The Young and the Restless
Regina Rodriguez, Adriana Lucio, Vanessa Bragdon

A First Look at Rebecca Budig's New Role on L.A.'S FINEST!

Once her arm was healed, Sofer shared a shot of the image that was designed by her daughter, artist Rosabel Rosalind Kurth, and then transformed into skin art by Los Angeles-based tattoo artist Daniel Winter. And each part of the detailed design carries a special meaning for the actress and mother. “I am the queen bee,” she explained. “And the MRA in my scepter are for my girls. The shoes show while I can be a woman in every sense of the word, I’ll also protect my family with everything I have. The crown says what I am: MAMA.”

Sofer has other tattoos that she has gotten over the years, but this one is extra-special and one that took extra planning. “I’ve thought about this for years so it wasn’t a snap decision, and while I’ve had many tattoos in my life, this is my most meaningful,” she expressed. “Thank you, Rosabel, for the amazing art, and Daniel Winter for the amazing work.”

Rosabel really is a very talented artist, and Winter did an incredible job translating it into a tattoo for Sofer. Of course, now we can’t help but wonder what kind of tattoos Quinn might get for herself!

Golden Globes Awards: 2019 Presenters

Also included in the second presenters batch are: Antonio Banderas, Kristen Bell, Emily Blunt, Steve Carell, Olivia Colman, Taron Egerton, Richard Gere, Danai Gurira, Nicole Kidman, Lucy Liu, Julianne Moore, Maya Rudolph, Megan Mullally, Chris Pine, Amy Poehler, Gina Rodriguez, Emma Stone and Rachel Weisz.

Today’s round of presenters joins those previous announced: Halle Berry, Chadwick Boseman, Sterling K. Brown, Jessica Chastain, Kaley Cuoco, Jamie Lee Curtis, Dick Van Dyke, Idris Elba, Harrison Ford, Johnny Galecki, Justin Hartley, Taraji P. Henson, Felicity Huffman, Allison Janney, Michael B. Jordan, William H. Macy, Chrissy Metz, Mike Myers, Lupita Nyong’o, Gary Oldman, Jim Parsons, Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Octavia Spencer, Ben Stiller, Lena Waithe and Catherine Zeta-Jones.

Sandra Oh and Andy Samberg will host the ceremony airing live coast to coast on Sunday, January 6, from 5-8 p.m. PT/8-11 p.m. ET on NBC from The Beverly Hilton.

THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS and THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Pay Tribute to Scha Jani

Part of the technical crew, Jani worked as a video operator, lighting director, and technical supervisor at B&B and as a video operator at Y&R. He began working in Genoa City back in 1984 and added B&B to his resume in 1987. Jani was also a video controller and operator for the CBS primetime reality competition show SURVIVOR. As part of the technical team, Jani earned 30 Daytime Emmy Award nominations for his work — and two Primetime Emmy nods — taking home 16 trophies over the course of his daytime career.

Our thoughts are with his family and loved ones during this difficult time.

Best & Worst of '18: The Good, The Bad & The Ugly

Including Highs & Lows from each soap, Wishes for the future, Best Newcomer and more.

Read it all here!

Usher Files for Divorce from Estranged Wife Grace Miguel

The "Let it Burn" singer filed docs -- obtained by TMZ -- in Atlanta Friday to call it quits on the marriage. The move is anything but surprising ... it was back in March -- on the heels of several allegations and lawsuits claiming Usher spread herpes -- the couple announced things were over.

The docs state December 24, 2017 as the couple's date of separation. They also say the two reached a confidential settlement agreement ... so it's all finished and just waiting on a judge to sign off.

In a joint statement, Usher and Grace said, "After much thought and consideration we have mutually decided to separate as a couple. We remain deeply connected, loving friends who will continue supporting each other through the next phases of our lives."

The two got hitched back in 2015 and did not have any children together.

PLAYER PRESS RELEASE: Beckett and Moss Settle their Trademark dispute!!

Ronn Moss and Peter Beckett announced that they have resolved their trademark dispute over the band’s name PLAYER

PLAYER is an American rock band from the 1970s which had several top 100 hits, 3 top 40 hits, 2 that were in the top 10 including their #1 single, “Baby Come Back”

In a joint statement, both artists have announced that they will be going in separate directions, but each agrees that the name “PLAYER” belongs to both of them.

That said, Beckett and Moss have agreed to allow each other limited use of the PLAYER mark going forward.

“So as to avoid any potential fan confusion, Beckett and Moss have agreed to add their own name in front of the PLAYER mark…i.e. Peter Beckett’s PLAYER and Ronn Moss’ PLAYER. Beckett and Moss each wish the other nothing but success going forward.”

Season 4 Of THE BAY Drops Today

Ingo Rademacher Announces B&B Exit

Jacob Young Opens up About Returning to GENERAL HOSPITAL as Lucky

Young joined the cast of GH as a recast Lucky in 2000, taking over for Jonathan Jackson. He played the role until 2003, taking home the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in 2002. Young went on to play JR Chandler on ALL MY CHILDREN before returning to B&B in 2011. However, in May of 2018, the actor announced that he was not renewing his contract with the CBS sudser to pursue other opportunities. “If B&B doesn’t have any stories for me to play and GH does, then I am more than willing to,” Young admitted before adding, “I don’t see myself going under contract.”

Having launched a talk show series on YouTube, a new album, and starred in a couple of TV movies, Young has definitely made the most of his available time and wants to continue to explore new paths. “It’s always a struggle,” he confided. “If there’s a storyline written on one of the shows, then I’m not going to be able to mostly likely be part of a film. So I don’t want to limit myself and I think that they understand that. But a lot of times they want you to sign a contract, so it’s a catch-22.”

However, a short stint would definitely be doable if it worked with his schedule. “Yes, absolutely,” Young concluded. “And I’m totally open to that. I think [GH executive producer] Frank Valentini is aware of that, too.”

Stay tuned to see if Young returns to either GH or B&B in the future.

Nash Grier, ‘Dance Moms’ Nia Sioux, D’Ambrosio Twins, & Nina Kiri To Star In Indie Film ‘The Code’

Co-produced by Origin Entertainment and Hacienda Film Co., the film is set in the distant future, in an age where humans have enjoyed centuries of peace, prosperity, and immortality due to a genetic modification called ‘The Code. In this utopian society, a small band of rebels — Suria (Bianca D’Ambrosio), Siona (Chiara D’Ambrosio), Medorin (Kiri), Sonitas (Sioux), and Gergot (Grier) — dares to question whether they want to live forever, launching a revolution of unparalleled proportions.

Filming is currently underway.

Grier is repped by UTA and Legacy Talent and Entertainment; Sioux by UTA and Monogram Management Group; D’Ambrosio twins by Snow Entertainment and The Savage Agency; Kiri by Gersh and Inphenate.

B&B’s Young Addresses Story Twist

B&B Airs 8,000th Episode

Jennifer Gareis Reveals Why She Returned to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

The actress later felt hopeful when her scenes at Katie’s wedding included a sentimental flashback of Eric and Donna’s relationship. “That wasn’t originally in the script,” she explained. Bell eventually revealed he wanted Gareis back on contract to help stir the (honey) pot where Eric and Quinn’s storyline was concerned. “It’s like the stars aligned,” she says. “The timing couldn’t have been more perfect.”

Gareis says it wouldn’t have mattered what storyline she was brought back in for, she was simply thrilled to be home again on the B&B set. “It’s the only job I ever really wanted, because it’s a good fit, from the people who work there to the schedule,” she noted. “Everyone seems to have the same thoughts there toward family and work/life balance.”

Though a lot of the cast has changed since Gareis was last on contract with the show in 2015, she never felt too out of sync with things because she’s done so much recurring work, popping in for holidays and weddings over the years. “If I hadn’t done that, it might have seemed like a bit of a shock, but I’ve been on set so many times in the past few years that it feels like I never stopped,” the actress revealed. On the home front, there have been adjustments to be made, of course. “The kids kind of got upset when I told them, ‘Mommy is going back to work,’ but [husband Bobby Ghassemieh] has really stepped up [to help with the kids], which is kind of cool. It’s been good for their relationship.”

Gareis’ B&B co-workers are thrilled to have her back in more ways than one. Having Donna once again in the mix means an uptick in storyline for John McCook (Eric), Rena Sofer (Quinn) and Alley Mills (Pam), all of whom will be interacting with the blonde, for better or (in Quinn’s case) worse! “I don’t think Donna is a homewrecker, but she doesn’t believe that Quinn is appropriate for Eric,” Gareis maintained. “Donna saw her dark side a long time ago, and even though Eric may be oblivious to it, Donna thinks that side of Quinn is still there.”

If so, things could end up getting pretty intense for the middle Logan sister, though Gareis predicts there will still be a lot worth chuckling over. After all, Donna’s comedic moments are fairly legendary. Remember, she’s been doused in goo and glitter, got an “ugly make-under” courtesy of Pam, and was strapped to a chair, covered with honey and left to tempt a hungry bear! “I love poking fun at myself,” says Gareis. “Those were some of the best scenes, and I can’t wait to get back to that. Of course, it could end up being Pam and Donna doing those sort of things to Quinn. Who knows?!”

Ashley Jones Returns to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

Jones took over the role of Eric and Brooke’s daughter in 2004 from Emily Harrison, who only lasted a few months in the role after Jennifer Finnigan had vacated it. She left in 2010, returned on a recurring basis from 2011-12, and continued to reappear for brief stints in 2013 and 2015. The last time viewers saw Bridget was in September of 2018 when she came home to attend the wedding of her Aunt Katie when she was tying the knot with Thorne Forrester.

Before B&B, Jones had appeared on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS from 1997-2000, earning two Daytime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Younger Actress in the process. After leaving B&B, the actress starred as Daphne on the second season of HBO’s supernatural drama TRUE BLOOD and appeared in numerous Lifetime movies like A Teacher’s Crime, Secrets From Her Past, and A Sister’s Revenge. In 2016, Jones was cast as Parker Forsyth on the ABC sudser GENERAL HOSPITAL, and she made sporadic appearances as that character until 2017.

While this will likely be just another brief stint over the holiday season, perhaps this visit will mix Bridget up in some big drama and she'll stick around. You never know!

30 Rock Alum Katrina Bowden Joins Bold and the Beautiful as Series Regular

The actress — who made her acting debut in 2006 via a multi-episode arc on ABC’s now-defunct One Life to Live — will play Flo, a character who shares a past with Dr. Reese Buckingham’s (Wayne Brady). Her first episode is slated to air on Jan. 14.

Bowden appeared in all seven seasons of 30 Rock as Liz Lemon’s assistant Cerie Xerox. Additional TV credits include guest stints on Psych, Ugly Betty and New Girl, as well as starring roles in the Lifetime movies I Killed My BFF and Framed By My Fiance. Earlier this year, she headlined the Hallmark pic Love on the Slopes.

B&B’s Adain Bradley Shoots First Movie

Dishing with Digest 12/7/18 - Rena Sofer

B&B's Rena Sofer talks about playing B&B's Quinn, her early soap roots on LOVING and GH, her prime-time past, some changes in her personal life and much more with Digest's Stephanie Sloane and Mara Levinsky. We also examine how it plays out when actors reclaim their roles, and discuss soaps' most romantic moments.

Will Rick Return to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL? — Jacob Young Speaks Out

Since leaving B&B, Young had launched a new talk show on YouTube, released a new album of music, and appeared in the Lifetime thriller Killer Vacation as well as Hallmark’s Christmas Made to Order. So the actor has no interest in going back on contract at this time. “I told them, if you have something for me to come in and play, I’d be more than happy to,” Young revealed. “I don’t want to just completely abandon the fans, and of course the character. I’m not holding my breath, so to speak, but if they need me, I’ll be there for them.”

And Young doesn’t need to sit around waiting for the phone to ring because he’s been keeping very busy exploring other career opportunities. “Exactly,” he declared. “My wife, she said the same thing. She said, ‘You know, you could be sitting around waiting for them to call you, but you’ve been busting your butt and getting out there and auditioning for everything you feel that you’re right for and I’m just really proud of you and happy that you’re doing that.’”

So while there’s no official plans to bring Rick back to B&B currently, fans can take heart that Young is willing to reprise the role if the soap has a juicy story for him to play… and if he can fit it into his busy schedule!

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Rena Sofer Celebrates Her 50th Birthday With an Inspirational Message to Fans (and an Awesome Party!)

The baby photo of herself that Sofer posted also had a special meaning to her. “When I was born, the last thing my mother wanted was to be my mother,” she explained. “This picture I posted was in her album. I had a name, but to her I was ‘It.’ She finally walked out when I was just about to turn two years old. Growing up without a mother can lead to a very lonely and isolating existence. You have no one to guide you or help you navigate the rights and wrongs of society and relationship. At least that is how it affected me.”

Though the actress admitted to struggling to decipher right from wrong, she knew she wanted to live the best life she could, and be the best person she could be no matter how difficult it was. “The last three years have been a huge fall and greatly challenging,” Sofer confided. “Extremely fulfilling, full of new friends and adventures and causes to be consumed with. And with that it has also been lonely and devastating at times. But I stand here today, feet firmly on the ground and I say, ‘I forgive you your trespasses, Rena. I love you Rena. You always try your best and when you fail, you always get up.’

“I am excited for this next half of my life,” Sofer concluded. “I see this birthday as a rebirth. I can build on the life I have with the tools I have spent 50 years cultivating. Try to live a life without judgement of myself and others. Realize it isn’t always about me and forgive myself when I forget that. Take responsibility for my actions. Be kind and generous and be part of the human race, and that means anything with a heartbeat. Be a friend to those who need me and cherish the ones who see my heart for what it is and love me. Open my heart to new love and rekindled love. Love my animals and show them patience and care. And for my three daughters, never leave them. Never turn my back on them. Be the mother to them I never had. So happy birthday to me! May I never stop learning and growing and loving. Here’s to the next 50 years!”

Y&R’s Kelly Kruger Launches New Line

Immunity: Perfect for the holidays! Especially if you’re going to be around large groups of people or on a plane. This scent is warm and spicy with notes of cinnamon clove and rosemary.

Just Breathe: This roller is magic if you’re someone who suffers from allergies, are congested, get headaches or just want to take a minute and breathe. Notes of peppermint and lavender will have you breathing deeply and clearly in no time!

Kelly’s Blend: This one changes monthly. This way I can share all my favorite blends! For the month of December you can expect a citrus/jasmine blend.

Sleepy Time: This one has been a lifesaver for me!! Not only does it help you fall asleep faster it also gives you a better night’s rest. Also great for stress and anxiety as well as Jet lag. The scent is warm vanilla with notes of lime and lavender.

Calm On Get Happy: This one will instantly uplift any mood! Just smelling directly from the bottle will brighten your day! You can expect soothing notes of jasmine and rose along with orange Ylang Ylang and much more! This blend has the most essential oils in it and is a great all-around perfume.

Jane the Virgin Spinoff Eyed at The CW

The untitled project is described as a soapy, telenovela-inspired anthology series that would feature a different book “written by” Jane every season, with star Gina Rodriguez narrating the episodes. The first installment, dubbed “Tar & Roses,” is set at the intersection of Napa Valley wine country and the San Francisco art scene.

Jane vets Valentina Garza and Brad Silberling will write and direct, respectively, with creator Jennie Snyder Urman, Rodriguez and Ben Silverman on board as executive producers.

Jane the Virgin returns for its fifth and final season next spring, airing on Wednesday nights once All American concludes its freshman run. In case you need a refresher of where the crazy action left off: Jane and Rafael were on the verge of getting engaged when he dropped a bombshell on her, opening the door to reveal… her dead husband Michael!

“It’s not a surprise twin, that I can tell you,” showrunner Jennie Urman told TVLine in a post-finale Q&A. But she wouldn’t confirm that the man we saw was exactly the Michael we remember, either: “That is… going to be answered in the beginning of the fifth season.”

B&B's Karla Mosley Reveals How Her Baby Girl Has Changed Her Life

With help from a team of doulas, Mosley gave birth to Aurora at home on August 17. “It was amazing,” she recalled. “No drugs, just surrounded by these four amazing women and John. It was a powerful experience.” The actress admits it felt a little surreal to hold her daughter in her arms for the first time. “It was almost like an out-of-body experience,” she noted. “Of course, I was so in love with her, but the emotion I felt even more was wonder. It was like, ‘Who is this person, and when are her real parents going to come pick her up?’ After about a week or two, it was like, ‘Okay... I think we’re in this for life, kid!’”

Of course, there were a few hiccups to be had in the early weeks — or “burps” may be the operative word! “The biggest challenge we had was probably gas!” Mosley quipped. “There were times when it would just be tears for three or four hours because her belly hurt so much. That was really tricky.”

Mosley and her family have been coping with a more serious heartache in recent months. Just prior to Aurora’s birth, the actress’ beloved niece, Lilia (daughter of Mosley’s younger sister, Alexandra) passed away at the age of 5 following a long illness. Her memorial service was held the same day Mosley gave birth. “It’s been a really challenging time,” she acknowledged. “I’ve certainly been thinking a lot about the connection between grief and joy and being able to hold both things at the same time, because we’re still grieving.”

In October, the actress traveled back to the East Coast to be with her mother and sister, a trip that was originally planned so that Lilia could meet her baby cousin. “It’s funny, because Lilia was obsessed with the moon. She’d always ask, ‘Where’s the moon? Where’s the moon?’ And Aurora’s name has to do with the sun... so I think there’s a connection between those two little spirits. Aurora is certainly helping us to heal.”

If anything, Mosley is reminded daily to appreciate life to its fullest, which may explain why she and John decided on a last-minute lark to attend a Beyonce/Jay-Z concert in Los Angeles in early October — with Aurora in tow! “We only live 10 minutes from the concert venue, so the day of, John said, ‘Let me just run to the box office to see if there are any tickets left,’” she confided.

He returned with tickets in hand. “We decided we would either succeed and it would be an amazing evening, or Aurora would melt down and we’d never talk about that night again,” Mosley recalled with a laugh. Turns out, the trip to see “Sasha Fierce” and her other half worked out beautifully! “Aurora wore noise-canceling headphones and slept through the whole thing. Now, not only do John and I have this very special memory, but Aurora will be able to say that Beyonce was her first concert!” In our book, those are pretty good bragging rights for a baby!

Talk Show Appearance

Wednesday, Dec. 12: Daytime Emmy Award-winning host (CBS’ LET’S MAKE A DEAL), actor (CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) and singer Wayne Brady and his daughter, singer and actress (CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) Maile Brady, perform together for the first time on television, singing “Mary, Did You Know?”

‘If Bobbie Talks, I’m Finished’: How Les Moonves Tried to Silence an Accuser

Saturday, April 28, 2018, was Marv Dauer’s 75th birthday. It was also going to be his comeback.

After more than three decades as a Hollywood talent manager, Mr. Dauer, tanned and silver-haired, had the aura of success: a house in the tony Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, a cherished collection of sports memorabilia, membership at a country club. People liked to say that Marv knew everyone.

In reality, his client list had dwindled to a few B-list actors. Casting directors ignored his emails. His finances were precarious. He had nearly lost his home to foreclosure.

But now Mr. Dauer had coaxed to his party someone who could change all that.

More than 100 friends, sports figures, casting directors, actors, golf and bridge partners — even kindergarten classmates from Austin, Minn. — had gathered to celebrate at a friend’s Los Angeles home. At a V.I.P. table were the biggest names Mr. Dauer could muster: the actor-turned-polemicist James Woods; former Senator Norman Coleman; and Bruce McNall, the former Los Angeles Kings owner who served time for fraud.

Then, at about 8 p.m., a star arrived: Leslie Moonves, the chief executive of CBS and one of Hollywood’s most powerful people. Mr. Moonves presented Mr. Dauer with a yellow tie embossed with the logo of the Masters golf tournament.

Mr. Moonves’s presence sent a powerful message: Marv Dauer was back. “I didn’t even know they were friends,” recalled Paul Ruddy, a casting director who was at the party. Jan Daley, a jazz singer and a former client of Mr. Dauer’s, said that when she saw Mr. Moonves she was convinced that “Marv had gone up a couple of notches since he managed me.” She rehired him days later.

Mr. Moonves had never attended Mr. Dauer’s previous parties. So what was he doing there?

Four months later, Mr. Moonves was pushed out by CBS’s board after 12 women told The New Yorker that he had sexually harassed or assaulted them. But those accusations didn’t directly cause Mr. Moonves’s fall. As Mr. Dauer says the mogul told him before and after the birthday party, only one woman could bring him down: “If Bobbie talks, I’m finished.”

1. ‘I wanted to use the baseball bat to knock his head off’

Mr. Dauer grew up in Minnesota, in a small town that was home to the company that manufactured Spam. He got a job in Los Angeles selling computer terminals to stockbrokers. But he craved proximity to Hollywood’s celebrities and beautiful women. In 1984, he enrolled in a class to learn how to be a talent manager. Soon he was prowling Hollywood parties for aspiring actresses whose careers he might manage. Mr. Dauer had “nothing but young girls around him,” Mr. McNall recalled.

Despite occasional successes, Mr. Dauer struggled to escape daytime television. In 1993, a casting director introduced him to an actress who looked like his ticket out: Bobbie Phillips.

Ms. Phillips was 25 and still thought of herself as a small-town girl from South Carolina, but something about her radiated star power. She’d done some modeling, posed for the cover of fitness magazines and made a couple of appearances on “Married … with Children.”

Mr. Dauer prided himself on selecting clients who, as he said in one of a series of recent interviews, “light up a room.” He signed Ms. Phillips after one meeting. She landed a small role in the 1995 film “Showgirls” and starred on the short-lived UPN drama “The Watcher.”

Mr. Moonves, the president of Warner Bros. Television at the time, had crossed paths with Mr. Dauer on golf courses and tennis courts. After a mutual friend introduced them, they had lunch, and Mr. Dauer arranged for Ms. Phillips to meet Mr. Moonves. Even as a top executive, he often signed off on who got which roles.

When Mr. Dauer told Ms. Phillips that he had set up the meeting, she wasn’t sure who Mr. Moonves was. Mr. Dauer impressed on her that he was one of the most formidable names in entertainment. He had just launched “Friends” and “E.R.” He could make her career.

On the afternoon of Tuesday, March 7, 1995, Ms. Phillips arrived at the Warner Bros. studio in Burbank. Mr. Moonves, married with three children, gestured for her to sit. “I’m going to set you up with John Levey,” he told her, referring to the casting director for “E.R.” As Mr. Moonves called Mr. Levey and left a message, Ms. Phillips noticed a baseball bat leaning against his desk.

In a recent interview, Ms. Phillips described what happened next. Mr. Moonves led her to an easel that showed the status of various Warner Bros. productions. She examined it, then turned to face him. “Look how hard you make me,” Mr. Moonves said. She saw that he had undone his trousers, exposing his erect penis.

“Be my girlfriend and I’ll put you on any show,” he said, in Ms. Phillips’s recollection — and then grabbed her by the neck, pushed her to her knees and forced his penis into her mouth.

Moments later, the intercom buzzed. It was Mr. Levey returning Mr. Moonves’s call. Fumbling with his pants, Mr. Moonves returned to his desk. “I have this great actress,” Ms. Phillips heard him say.

“I felt my blood rushing in my body,” Ms. Phillips recalled. “I was vibrating. I can still feel it.” She walked to the desk. As she grabbed the bat, her eyes locked on a photo of Mr. Moonves’s wife on a bookshelf. “All I could think,” she said, “was that I wanted to use the baseball bat to knock his head off.”

Mr. Moonves finished the call. “John wants to meet you,” he said. His relaxed demeanor stunned Ms. Phillips. She put down the bat, made up an excuse to leave and ran out the door.

“I strongly believe that the sexual encounter with Ms. Phillips more than 20 years ago was consensual,” Mr. Moonves said in a statement to The Times.

Later that day, Mr. Dauer called Ms. Phillips and asked how the meeting had gone. “Not very well,” she said. “I don’t want to talk about it.”

The next day, Mr. Moonves called and said he wanted to introduce Ms. Phillips to producers. When Mr. Dauer relayed the exciting news, Ms. Phillips replied: “Absolutely not. Keep him away from me.” She told Mr. Dauer that she would never speak to or work with Mr. Moonves again. She started crying.

“I didn’t want to push her, but she told me he violated her,” Mr. Dauer said in an interview. “He must have done something awful.”

Before the incident with Mr. Moonves, Ms. Phillips said, she had loved going to auditions. Now the prospect gave her anxiety attacks. She refused to attend meetings alone with studio executives. Once, before a movie screening, she was so scared of potentially encountering Mr. Moonves that she vomited in an alley outside the theater.

Ms. Phillips landed some minor roles, but her career never took off. She married, had a son, divorced and remarried. Her second husband, concerned about stress, reminded her that she didn’t need to be on camera. In 2003, she retired from acting and eventually moved with her family to the Toronto area.

2. A secret correspondence

Last fall, The New York Times and The New Yorker published exposés detailing allegations of sexual misconduct against the producer Harvey Weinstein, and all over Hollywood people started to wonder which powerful man would be next.

At CBS, rumors spread that Mr. Moonves had a #MeToo problem. In November 2017, a Times reporter, following up on a tip, called Mr. Dauer and asked about Mr. Moonves and sexual misconduct. Flustered, Mr. Dauer said he couldn’t talk but would call back.

He immediately thought of Bobbie Phillips.

By coincidence, the two had recently reconnected. Ms. Phillips had gotten back into acting and landed a role in a foreign film; Mr. Dauer had asked if he could try to get her parts in Hollywood.

On Dec. 4, six days after The Times contacted him, Mr. Dauer emailed Mr. Moonves: “Leslie — it’s very important you call me.” Moments later, Mr. Moonves was on the phone. It was the first time in years that the two men had spoken.

Mr. Dauer and Mr. Moonves have given different accounts of the conversation, but they agree on one crucial point: They discussed the possibility of getting Ms. Phillips an acting gig to keep her happy.

In the version Mr. Moonves provided to outside lawyers for CBS, Mr. Dauer told him reporters were calling about Ms. Phillips and that she was “making noises” and “always looking for work.” A spokesman for Mr. Moonves, Chris Giglio, said Mr. Dauer pressured Mr. Moonves to get jobs for Ms. Phillips and his other clients.

In Mr. Dauer’s telling, he was simply trying to alert Mr. Moonves about the media calls. In an interview and a sworn declaration, he said it was Mr. Moonves who broached the idea of doing something — finding her acting work — to “make amends” to Ms. Phillips. (Mr. Giglio denied Mr. Moonves ever said that.) Mr. Moonves told Mr. Dauer that he was bracing for an article about his sexual conduct.

“I think I’ll be O.K.,” Mr. Moonves said, according to Mr. Dauer’s sworn statement. “But if Bobbie talks, I’m done.” Mr. Moonves asked him to convince Ms. Phillips not to speak publicly. As the call ended, Mr. Moonves told Mr. Dauer never to contact him by email because his secretary might read the messages. He gave Mr. Dauer two cellphone numbers to use to text him.

A few days later, Mr. Dauer texted Mr. Moonves that the Times reporter had called again.

“No need to talk to them,” Mr. Moonves replied.

“I won’t,” Mr. Dauer agreed. It was the beginning of a monthslong cascade of hundreds of text messages, which were reviewed by The Times, and whose contents could determine whether CBS pays Mr. Moonves an exit package of $120 million — or nothing at all.

3. ‘I feel sick all the time,’ Mr. Moonves texted

After his initial phone call with Mr. Moonves, Mr. Dauer phoned Ms. Phillips. According to her, Mr. Dauer said he had “run into” Mr. Moonves, who had brought up the long-ago incident. Mr. Dauer told her that Mr. Moonves “feels horrible about what happened, and he has a young son, so please don’t ruin his life.” He added that Mr. Moonves “wants to make amends,” including by offering her work.

“It was shocking to learn that someone was reaching out to me who had so hurt me and so altered the course of my life and who I had tried so hard and successfully to put in my past,” Ms. Phillips said.

She was angry at Mr. Dauer for engaging with Mr. Moonves, but she assured him that she had no intention of speaking to journalists, and that she might even be willing to forgive Mr. Moonves. In 2012, her son had committed suicide, and she had spent years trying to heal. “A central teaching in my life is forgiveness,” she told The Times. “I told Marv to tell him I didn’t want anything,” she added. “I had already moved forward in my life, and did not wish to go backwards.”

After talking to Ms. Phillips, Mr. Dauer texted Mr. Moonves: “I just was on the phone with Bobby and I think you are going to be very very happy.”

With Ms. Phillips agreeing to keep quiet, Mr. Dauer tried to ingratiate himself with his powerful new friend.

“Time magazine just picked persons of the year — those that turned in sexual harassments,” he texted on Dec. 8, suggesting with a vulgarity that the world was messed up. He added: “There must be some doctors or peacemakers or military that Have contributed more to the planet than these women.” Mr. Moonves didn’t respond.

Mr. Dauer arranged for a former Los Angeles Dodger, Reggie Smith, to give Mr. Moonves’s son baseball lessons and an autographed ball. (Mr. Moonves didn’t acknowledge the gift until prodded. “Did Charlie like the ball?” Mr. Dauer asked. “Sorry. He Loved it,” Mr. Moonves texted.)

At the same time, Mr. Dauer missed few opportunities to remind Mr. Moonves that he was being hounded by reporters.

Dec. 13: “NY Times just called again. Obviously I did not answer the phone.” Mr. Moonves replied: “Thanks. Praying.”

Dec. 14: “There’s going to be a way to beat these bastards,” Mr. Dauer wrote. “Even I’m not sleeping too well.”

Dec. 18: “Just got a voicemail from The NY Times. Same lady. I wonder when they will realize I’m not speaking to them.” Mr. Dauer added that it was “about the 10th time they’ve called me.” Mr. Moonves answered: “This sucks.”

On Dec. 31, Mr. Dauer and Mr. Moonves met at Art’s Delicatessen, and the C.E.O. denied assaulting Ms. Phillips. Afterward, Mr. Dauer told Ms. Phillips, who was upset.

“I did not sleep as I am feeling anger that Moonves is not sorry — and is calling me a liar basically,” she wrote to Mr. Dauer in a Facebook message on Jan. 6. “He is not allowed to play the victim card here. I did not bring this up as you know. I simply responded that I believe in forgiveness and moving forward in life. But, I will not be made a victim again … I am doing my best to be a positive, forgiving person in my life. None of us are perfect. However, this does not sit well. I will go meditate and try to find my peace.”

The next day, Ms. Phillips watched the Golden Globes on TV. Oprah Winfrey took the stage and acknowledged the generations of women who had endured sexual assault. “They’re the women whose names we’ll never know,” Ms. Winfrey said.

“My God, this is me,” Ms. Phillips thought.

Later, Mr. Dauer texted Mr. Moonves that the speech had “made the natives restless.” He added: “My hope is when she is working all this will go far far away.”

“I feel very bad about the whole thing,” Mr. Moonves wrote back. “I feel sick all the time.”

“I know,” Mr. Dauer said.

“Is she ok for now?” Mr. Moonves asked.

“Yes. Absolutely,” Mr. Dauer typed. “I told her to be patient and she said terrific.” He added, “I certainly believe I can put this to bed.”

But Ms. Phillips was not O.K. Over the next two months, she suffered mysterious pains in her ear and jaw. She sought help from doctors and twice went to the emergency room. No one could diagnose her. Finally, a doctor asked if she had some kind of suppressed trauma. Perhaps stress was causing the physical symptoms.

4. Mr. Moonves dodges a bullet

As Mr. Moonves and Mr. Dauer texted back and forth, Michael J. Aiello, a top lawyer at the firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges, was investigating Mr. Moonves. He had been hired by CBS’s independent directors to look into the sexual assault rumors about Mr. Moonves — rumors that CBS believed were being pursued by, among others, the journalist Ronan Farrow in The New Yorker.

On Jan. 16, Mr. Aiello interviewed Mr. Moonves by phone. Mr. Moonves disclosed that a female television executive had filed a police complaint against him for sexual assault. He also said that there had been an incident with an unnamed actress — Ms. Phillips — in which he exposed himself and that she “ran out of room,” according to notes of the interview reviewed by The Times. When Mr. Aiello asked for more detail about that incident, Mr. Moonves said they had engaged in consensual oral sex. He did not explain why, if that were the case, she had fled.

Mr. Moonves said nothing about the possibility of CBS finding the actress a job.

Mr. Aiello advised the CBS board members that they had nothing to worry about with Mr. Moonves.

The next month, CBS showed a sudden interest in working with Mr. Dauer’s clients. According to Mr. Dauer, the network’s head of casting, Peter Golden, contacted him about possible roles for Ms. Phillips. She ended up auditioning for a new CBS series called “In the Dark.” Another client, Eva LaRue, read for a part on “Charmed.” Two others, Joshua Morrow and Philip Boyd, met with Mr. Moonves.

Mr. Dauer gave Mr. Moonves a prized possession: an autographed Babe Ruth photo. “I’m pretty sure it will be in safekeeping with your family for a long time,” Mr. Dauer texted.

On Feb. 16, Mr. Moonves seemed to dodge a bullet. The long-feared article by Mr. Farrow appeared in The New Yorker, but it was about President Trump’s alleged affair with a former Playboy bunny, Karen McDougal — not about Mr. Moonves.

Mr. Dauer texted Mr. Moonves that Ms. McDougal was an old friend. “I knew about the affair over a year ago,” Mr. Dauer wrote, “so you can tell I know how to keep my mouth shut.”

5. ‘You need to make some money’

By March, nothing of real value had materialized for any of Mr. Dauer’s clients. He intensified the pressure on Mr. Moonves in a text on March 27: “I heard from Bobbie today asking is there anything at CBS. I told her I would ask.” And: “I have made like no money for 36 months.”

“Tell her I am looking,” Mr. Moonves replied. “It’s pilot time and most things are shooting. When series begin she will get some guest star jobs and hopefully it gets bigger from there. OK?” He added, “I hope she is doing okay.”

“She’s doing better than me,” Mr. Dauer said.

“I will try to help. Let’s set your guys up” with Mr. Golden, the casting director, Mr. Moonves texted. “You need to make some money.”

“If I would not of hit a royal flush last year in Vegas,” Mr. Dauer replied, he would have lost his home.

For weeks Mr. Dauer had been badgering Mr. Moonves to come to his 75th birthday party. When he finally confirmed that he and his wife — Julie Chen, a host of CBS’s daytime show “The Talk” — would attend, Mr. Dauer was thrilled. “When you get to valet tell him that Marv Dauer said you are a VIP so your car will be parked very close and you can get out of there,” Mr. Dauer texted.

At the April 28 party, guests mingled in the backyard, where tables were piled with small cards on which people could write birthday messages for Mr. Dauer. When Mr. Moonves arrived, Mr. Dauer escorted him around, introducing him to impressed acquaintances.

At one point, Mr. Moonves chatted with Ms. LaRue, she recalled. “It’s been way too long since you’ve worked for CBS,” he told her.

Along with the Masters necktie, Mr. Moonves gave Mr. Dauer a handwritten note: “To a good man! Happy Birthday!”

“What a great party!!!” Mr. Moonves texted Mr. Dauer afterward. “We had a ball.”

“Thank you again so much for attending — I don’t know if there’s any way to express how grateful I am,” Mr. Dauer responded. He added that Ms. LaRue was excited “that you would like her back working on your network! After they announce the new pilots I will start looking for things and bother you.”

“I will help,” Mr. Moonves wrote.

6. ‘A big, friendly woman clad in overalls’

On May 14, CBS sued its largest shareholder, Shari Redstone, trying to weaken her control of the company. It was a declaration of civil war that meant Mr. Moonves’s conduct would face intense scrutiny from Ms. Redstone’s camp. That made it even more important to keep Ms. Phillips quiet.

A few days later, Mr. Moonves emailed Mr. Golden, the CBS casting director, regarding a new series, “Blood and Treasure,” about an art thief and an antiquities expert who pursue a terrorist. In the email, Mr. Moonves suggested that two of Mr. Dauer’s clients — Ms. LaRue and Mr. Boyd — could get parts. As for Ms. Phillips, Mr. Moonves texted Mr. Dauer that he was “looking into Blood and Treasure.”

A couple of months later, though, nothing had materialized. Mr. Dauer was losing patience. He and Mr. Moonves met again at Art’s Delicatessen, and Mr. Moonves reiterated that the oral sex had been consensual. “I was never a predator, I was a player,” he said, according to Mr. Dauer and a person close to Mr. Moonves.

Mr. Dauer warned Mr. Moonves that Ms. Phillips was “getting very angry,” according to the person close to Mr. Moonves. “It’s been eight months and you haven’t gotten anything for her.” After the meal, Mr. Moonves asked Mr. Golden, the casting director, to find Ms. Phillips a job, Mr. Moonves later told CBS’s outside lawyers.

On July 19, Mr. Farrow contacted CBS for comment. The New Yorker was preparing to publish an article in which six women — not including Ms. Phillips — accused Mr. Moonves of sexual misconduct.

One evening around that time, Mr. Dauer said, he was watching a Minnesota Twins game on TV when Mr. Moonves called and asked him to delete their text messages. Mr. Moonves added that he “was asking all of his other friends to do the same.” Mr. Dauer didn’t comply. The spokesman for Mr. Moonves denied that he asked Mr. Dauer to delete the messages.

The next week, while Mr. Dauer was on an annual fishing trip in Minnesota, he visited the Spam Museum in his hometown and bought T-shirts to give Mr. Moonves and his son. That week, a casting director contacted Mr. Dauer to say that CBS was interested in Ms. Phillips for a guest role on “Blood and Treasure.”

The role, however, turned out to be less than Mr. Dauer had envisioned. The character, Erica, was listed as “a big, friendly woman clad in overalls.” The job paid $1,500 for a day’s shooting. “I don’t quite know how to put this,” Mr. Dauer told The Times, “but let’s say that hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” Mr. Dauer told CBS that Ms. Phillips was declining the offer. (Ms. Phillips denied having been angry.)

Later that day, Mr. Moonves called Mr. Dauer, sounding frantic.

“They’re coming out with an article in The New Yorker,” he said, according to Mr. Dauer. Ms. Phillips “has got to take this job or I’m done.” A friend listened on speakerphone and confirmed the account to The Times.

Mr. Golden soon followed up, according to Mr. Dauer. “She’s got to take the role,” Mr. Golden said. He raised the offer to $5,000. Ms. Phillips said she rejected it.

Mr. Golden said he didn’t recall any phone conversation with Mr. Dauer and denied making an offer of $5,000.

“I didn’t care about this particular role, and yet top CBS brass suddenly are eager for me to accept it,” Ms. Phillips said. “It all seemed so baffling to me.”

The New Yorker article appeared the next day. “The moment I read that there were other women he had victimized, the light bulb went off,” she said. “I realized I had been manipulated beyond words and that his outreach to me was phony, an attempt to silence me. This all caused me incredible pain, both physical and emotional, as I had to grapple with the fact that I had allowed the same monster to victimize me twice, in the 1990s and once again some 20 years later.”

7. The final days

CBS’s board convened on July 30, three days after The New Yorker article was published, to consider Mr. Moonves’s fate. Despite the women’s on-the-record accounts, Mr. Moonves insisted that any sexual encounters had been consensual.

Mr. Moonves’s boardroom support ran deep. “I don’t care if 30 more women come forward and allege this kind of stuff,” one director, Arnold Kopelson, remarked to his colleagues. (Mr. Kopelson died in October.) CBS hired two law firms to investigate, but Mr. Moonves kept his job.

On Aug. 11, Mr. Dauer and Mr. Moonves spoke again. The C.E.O. reiterated: “If Bobbie talks, I’m finished,” according to Mr. Dauer.

The next week, Mr. Moonves was interviewed by lawyers for the CBS board from the firms Covington & Burling and Debevoise & Plimpton. He said the encounter with Ms. Phillips had been consensual. “Oral sex just came about,” he told the lawyers. “I didn’t ask her for it.”

Only in a follow-up interview two days later did Mr. Moonves divulge that he had sought roles for Ms. Phillips and had asked Mr. Golden for help. He said he’d been worried that she might go public. “I realize the circumstances were not great,” he said to the lawyers. “I thought it was relatively minor.” Mr. Moonves also said that he and Mr. Dauer had talked every now and then, but “it wasn’t a lot of contact.”

During a later interview, Mr. Moonves acknowledged that seeking a job for Ms. Phillips was “inappropriate.” When a lawyer asked if he had tried to get work for Ms. LaRue, he responded: “Absolutely not.”

Upon learning that Mr. Moonves had tried to find a job for an accuser, the CBS board held an emergency meeting with their lawyers. The focus was on Mr. Moonves’s relationship with Mr. Dauer. Until that point, the lawyers had recommended keeping Mr. Moonves as C.E.O. Now their view was shifting. Nancy Kestenbaum, a Covington & Burling partner, told the CBS directors she had serious concerns about his candor and judgment. “This is a deal-breaker,” she said. The lawyers recommended Mr. Moonves be put on leave.

Before the board acted, Ms. Kestenbaum tried to corroborate Mr. Moonves’s account. On Aug. 26, she called Mr. Dauer and then sent him two text messages. He ignored them. “Don’t talk to them,” Mr. Moonves told Mr. Dauer, according to Mr. Dauer. The spokesman for Mr. Moonves denied that he said that.

It was their last conversation. On Sept. 9, CBS’s board forced Mr. Moonves to step down. Mr. Dauer never got to deliver the Spam T-shirts.

8. ‘I wouldn’t even know how to blackmail someone’

Whether Mr. Moonves was honest with CBS’s investigators could determine whether he collects a $120 million severance payment. If he was fired for cause, CBS doesn’t have to pay him anything. Under his contract, failing to cooperate fully in a company investigation constitutes “cause.”

One fact that could influence that determination: CBS lawyers recently discovered that Mr. Moonves deleted many text messages with Mr. Dauer from his iPad, according to a person familiar with the internal investigation.

Mr. Dauer still had them.

Ms. Phillips has hired a lawyer, Eric M. George, to pursue claims against Mr. Moonves and CBS, including that he caused her emotional distress by dangling job possibilities to keep her silent and defamed her by insisting the encounter was consensual. Mr. Moonves “reopened these wounds, causing medical injuries and effectively ending her acting career,” Mr. George said in an interview.

In a mediation proceeding, Mr. George said he was seeking $15 million for his client. Negotiations with Mr. Moonves’s lawyers collapsed. Mr. George told The Times that Ms. Phillips was weighing her options.

Mr. Dauer said he had recently signed “some terrific young girls,” but that he no longer managed Ms. Phillips or Ms. LaRue. “I don’t know how I got in the middle of this,” he said. “All I know is that I’m a key witness with $120 million at stake. I can’t even imagine a sum of money like that.”

“I had no idea how big this would be,” he continued. “A friend of mine said maybe I should take a trip, get out of town. And another friend asked me, ‘Has the head of a dead horse shown up in your bed yet?’”

Without prompting, Mr. Dauer denied that he had attempted to blackmail Mr. Moonves. “I wouldn’t even know how to blackmail someone,” he said. “Not in my wildest dreams. Yes, I did try to get my clients parts. That’s my job. That’s what managers do.”

Another BIG BROTHER Star Comes to B&B

Wendie Malick & Patrick Duffy in American Housewife 12/12/18

“American Housewife” stars Katy Mixon as Katie Otto, Diedrich Bader as Greg Otto, Meg Donnelly as Taylor Otto, Daniel DiMaggio as Oliver Otto, Julia Butters as Anna-Kat Otto, Carly Hughes as Angela and Ali Wong as Doris.

Guest star Wendie Malick returns as Kathryn. Patrick Duffy guest stars as Marty and Milo Manheim as Pierce.

“Saving Christmas” was written by Jeremy Hall and directed by Jennifer Arnold.

Jacob Young Previews His 'Killer' New Movie Role

In the thriller, premiering Friday, Nov. 23 at 8 p.m. ET on Lifetime Movie Network, Young and Havins play Jake and Lindsey, a couple who have been together for years, ever since he learned his wife had cheated on him. When Jake discovers Lindsey is pregnant, he offers to marry her as soon as his divorce is final and whisks her off to New Mexico for a “babymoon.” However, when an accident nearly takes Lindsey’s life and she suspects Jake’s soon-to-be-ex wife, Gwen, the mystery deepens. Gwen insists there was never any affair, and Jake just likes to sleep with pretty young women but when they get too close, he takes them on vacations from which they never return! But is Jake the dangerous one, or might it be Gwen, out for revenge?

Young was excited to sink his teeth into a darker role, one where his character could be a cold-blooded killer! “Nice guy is okay,” he admitted, “but when you have one that’s stirring up the pot and creating all the animosity with all the other characters, it sure is a lot more fun!”

Babe met a tragic fate on AMC, but will Havins’ character in Killer Vacation also come to an unfortunate end? Is she really involved with a serial killer? Young appreciated the tightrope he had to walk as an actor playing Jake so he’s suspicious without giving away the ending of the story from the start. “I think you just gotta really start to believe your own lie,” the actor mused. “You want to make sure that whatever you’re saying is as genuine as you believe it to be.”

Before you tune in, get a taste of the mystery in this special preview! (Video)

Be sure to tune in to the Lifetime Movie Network to see the two AMC actors reunited on screen again in Killer Vacation.

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RECURRING CAST: Reign Edwards (Leanna Martin).

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GUEST CAST: Anna Maria Horsford (Ms. Ferguson), Shea Buckner (Daniel).

CBS DAYTIME SHOWS WERE UP LAST WEEK

LET’S MAKE A DEAL (one) attracted 2.93 million viewers, its largest audience since the week ending April 6, while THE PRICE IS RIGHT (two) attracted an average of 5.20 million viewers – that show’s best viewer number since the week ending April 20.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, which is approaching its 30th straight year as the #1 daytime drama, scored 4.19 million viewers last week, the show’s largest average weekly audience in five weeks (since week ending Oct. 12).

Finally, THE TALK hit a two-month high last week with 2.37 million viewers, the show’s most watched week since Sept. 21.

Source: Nielsen, Live plus Same Day Ratings for the week ending Nov. 16.

Daytime Emmys: Network Soaps Lift Boycott Threat But Others Will Shun Awards Over NATAS’ Response To Snafus

“The four daytime dramas are in receipt of NATAS’ internal investigation report and recommendations moving forward,” a spokesperson of the four series said in a statement to Deadline. “As a group, we are not in agreement with all of the conclusions that NATAS reached. However, in the spirit of working with NATAS and the TV Academy on improving the integrity of the Daytime Emmys, we have lifted our boycott. We look forward to meeting with NATAS to discuss their findings and our concerns in greater detail.”

While the network daytime dramas will participate in the Daytime Emmys despite reservations about the findings in the report, willing to give NATAS another change, others are fed up. Michael Caruso, executive producer of Amazon’s soap opera Ladies of the Lake, says he will not participate in next year’s awards.

The report concluded its procedures were so “sloppy” and inconsistently applied that they may have given the “appearance of favoritism,” but it found “no evidence of voter fraud or panel tampering,” and no evidence NATAS staff “intentionally rigged the competition results.”

In response, NATAS has made numerous changes to its rules and procedures to correct past “missteps,” and has vowed to be more transparent going forward. That’s apparently good enough for the network soaps, who’d threatened to boycott if changes weren’t made to ensure “a competition free of bias, perceived collusion, and personal agendas.” But many involved in digital soaps want to see even more changes — and corrections of past mistakes.

“I have a show that’s eligible this year, but I’m not participating because NATAS has not fixed any of the issues in the digital awards categories,” Caruso told Deadline. “Our simple requests have either been ignored or denied, and I do not feel that this judging process is a trustworthy one.”

“This is not a snap impulse decision,” he added. “This is the result of years’ worth of their questionable behavior, and because my interactions with NATAS have been overwhelmingly negative.”

Caruso is not alone is his displeasure. Crystal Chappell, star and co-creator of the streaming series Venice, says she’s through with the Daytime Emmys too. “I won’t be participating in the future because of their lack of transparency,” she said.

The “clusterf*ck,” as Caruso describes it, began shortly after the 2018 awards show when NATAS rescinded the Emmy it had presented three weeks earlier to Patrika Darbo for her guest appearance on Amazon’s The Bay. Turns out, they say, she wasn’t eligible to compete in the category because she’d appeared in a prior season.

After meeting on May 22, the Awards Committee determined it would give Darbo’s Emmy to Jennifer Bassey, who finished second in the voting, for her guest-starring role on the web series Anacostia. According to an “independent review” commissioned by NATAS, “One or more NATAS staff members conveyed to Ms. Bassey’s representatives in a phone call that she would be awarded the Emmy Award before any award determination was publicly announced.”

But then the Awards Committee determined that she hadn’t been eligible either, and refused to give her the Emmy after she’d been told she’d won. In the end, no award was given in the category.

Darbo, a co-governor of the Performers Peer Group at the Television Academy – which oversees the Primetime Emmys – is also raising questions about the independence of that review, which was co-authored by attorney Kevin M. Goldberg.

Goldberg, it turns out, serves on the executive committee – and was the immediate past chair – of the National Press Foundation, which recognizes and encourages excellence in journalism through its own annual awards show. Serving alongside him on that foundation’s board of directors is Adam Sharp, president and CEO of NATAS, which commissioned the report Goldberg co-wrote.

“It’s a conflict of interest,” Darbo told Deadline. “How can it be an independent investigation when friends are checking up on friends, and the hens are being guarded by the foxes?” She also believes, in the interest of transparency, that this connection should have been disclosed.

Darbo says she isn’t concerned about having had her Emmy rescinded, and acknowledges her producers inadvertently submitted her “in the wrong category, so I should not have won the Emmy.” But as a governor of the TV Academy, she said, “The performers elected me to take care of them, and that’s what I’m doing.”

Goldberg’s report was presented to the NATAS board of trustees on November 2 “in a spirit of transparency,” Sharp said in a November 8 letter. “It bluntly sums up its assessment of NATAS’ management of the 2018 Daytime Emmys in one word: ‘sloppy.’ It levies criticism where criticism is due. And it rightly identifies many ways in which we must do better.”

In the wake of the debacle, NATAS has changed its eligibility rules to prevent a recurrence of the problem, much of which stemmed from confusion – in the age of streaming shows – about just what constitutes an “episode” or a “chapter” of a program. Sharp has said the rules have now been updated in several awards categories “to eliminate opportunities for confusion,” with particular attention being paid to “the requirements in the performer categories – which are at the heart of much of the concern we heard – and we will more specifically define terms such as ‘episode’ where relevant.”

Many involved in the mess, however, believe NATAS hasn’t gone far enough to investigate or remedy the problem that occurred at the last awards show. “The report was an attempt to try and straighten out the problems,” Darbo said, “but I believe that if you’re doing an investigative report to find out the problems, you should do a thorough report.”

The same eligibility-rules confusion that existed in the digital guest-starring and supporting actor categories, she said, may have been present in the digital best actress, best actor and best supporting actor categories, as well. The investigation never looked at that.

“There were winners from each of those categories from The Bay,” she said, “and if those categories weren’t investigated, how do we know that they truly won? Did they have extra episodes submitted and call them ‘chapters’ too? Four errors in one category (guest actor) and two errors in the supporting actor category, don’t you think they should have looked at every category?”

The call for entries for the 46th annual Daytime Emmy Awards was November 12, and Sharp told Bassey that “We hope you will once again join in the competition.” Given the foul-up, he also offered to provide her with “monetary credit for this year’s competition in the amount of your entry fees for the category in 2018.”

One of the other areas of dispute was the report’s findings on the eligibility of nominees in the supporting actor digital category, which was won by Eric Nelsen for The Bay. Under the rules, submissions for consideration could not contain material from more than four episodes of a program. According to the report, the show’s submissions for Nelsen and Brandon Beemer – another nominee from The Bay – “were eventually found to contain materials from more than four installments.”

Even so, Nelsen was allowed to keep his Emmy, which has led Bassey to threaten to sue NATAS on the basis of sex discrimination. In a November 5 letter to Goldberg, Bassey’s attorney, Leon Friedman, said that “Five episodes were submitted on behalf of Eric Nelsen even though the requirements limit the submissions to four episodes. Yet, Mr. Nelsen was allowed to retain his Emmy award. Apparently, the basis for distinguishing between Jennifer Bassey on the one hand and Eric Nelsen on the other was that Mr. Nelsen was a man and Jennifer Bassey was a woman. The submissions for both performers exceeded the requirements of the rules, yet only Ms. Bassey was disqualified.”

California law, he continued, “is extremely strict in prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender in all fields. Since an award of an Emmy is an important factor in determining future employment in the entertainment field, the failure to make such an award because of a candidate’s gender, falls within a prohibited category. We believe that NATAS must take affirmative steps to correct this situation. Do the right thing and award Ms. Bassey her rightful award.”

The report, however, “Did not find any evidence to support a claim that NATAS or any of its staff members intentionally discriminated against any nominee or winner on the basis of race, gender, or age.”

It did, however, find “many instances in which circumstances and NATAS staff decisions gave rise to, at minimum, the appearance of impropriety and favoritism, which have caused observers to believe the awards competition and the resolution of the awarding of Emmy Awards (in the guest-starring and supporting actor digital categories) was not conducted in an impartial manner.”

Chappell told Sharpe she is also concerned that gender discrimination may have played a role in denying an Emmy to Bassey.

“I know that these mistakes are not the fault of the actors but the fault of each production team that submits but, nevertheless, once you head down the slippery slope, we’ve lost all integrity in the Emmy itself,” she said. “If nothing is done, it would appear that the Academy has a bias for a particular show and is treating women differently than their male peers. I know that is not you. As a woman who has reinvented herself, marched for women’s rights/LGBTQ rights, I would find doing nothing to be the worst possible decision and devastating to my relationship with the Emmys.”

The report chalked up the disparate treatment of Bassey and Nelsen to confusion over what constitutes an “episode” of a streaming show. “NATAS staff provided differing rationales for inconsistently applying the Episode Rule” in those two categories, the report said. “First, The Bay is distributed in what its producers have referred to as ‘chapters,’ with multiple ‘chapters’ released simultaneously.”

In the submissions for his category, Nelsen and Beemer appeared in more than four “chapters,” but NATAS staff explained to investigators that “it could be argued that chapters released simultaneously could be considered one episode. As such, NATAS staff stated they believed there is a good faith reasonable argument that Mr. Nelsen and Mr. Beemer may not have, in fact, violated the Episode Rule.”

This distinction between episodes and chapters – and allowing different eligibility rules based on someone’s interpretation of what an episode is, was widely mocked by those calling for change. “It’s not an even playing field,” Darbo said. “There are no chapters in television, only episodes.”

Chappell agreed. “There are no ‘chapters’ in television,” she said. Indeed, even The Bay’s website refers to its installments as “episodes.”

“Chapters,” scoffed Sonia Blangiardo, creator and executive producer of the web series Tainted Dreams. “That’s a big insult. Even Amazon says ‘episodes’ per season. There’s no such thing as chapters. It’s false and a little disheartening moving forward with these rules.”

Even the NATAS-commissioned report found “sound countervailing arguments” against such a distinction in interviews and documents reviewed. “Such materials and interviews cited industry practice and union agreements that universally refer to installments of a program as episodes, and The Bay also promoting its program as being released in episodes, not chapters.”

Even so, the report stuck by NATAS’ decision to rescind Bassey’s guest star Emmy and to let Nelsen keep his supporting actor award. “Ms. Bassey’s program, Anacostia, was released in episodes, and she appeared in two episodes in her submission, in excess of the one episode limit under the Episode Rule. As such, NATAS staff stated Ms. Bassey unquestionably violated the Episode Rule. NATAS staff stated it was therefore logical to not award Ms. Bassey an Emmy Award because her submission irrefutably violated the Episode Rule in (her category); but allow Mr. Nelsen to keep his Emmy Award because of the reasonable argument his submission did not violate the Episode Rule in (his) category.”

“At times,” the report found, “the producers of The Bay have described the release of installments of The Bay as ‘chapters’ instead of ‘episodes.’ Such a characterization gives rise to the argument there are alternate interpretations of the Episode Rule with regard to its application in determining whether Mr. Nelsen’s and Mr. Beemer’s submissions did or did not violate the Episode Rule’s cap of four episodes of a program that may be included in a submission, an argument NATAS has deemed to be reasonable.”

If nothing else, the snafu has gotten the attention of NATAS, which this month promised to provide additional resources to the Daytime Emmys; to better articulate and make public its core policies and procedures; and to apply its rules “consistently and transparently.”

Perhaps most important, Sharp has vowed that NATAS “will seek to work more closely with the Television Academy” after all four network daytime soaps – The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless – came together demanding changes in the voting and accounting practices for the awards and the way the competition is held.

In addition to all the other changes that have been made, Sharp has said that “Recognizing that participants in the Daytime Emmy competition may be more likely to be members of the Television Academy than of NATAS, we hope to better engage our sister Academy in our processes as representatives of their members. These efforts could include:

• More consciously prioritizing Television Academy membership as a criterion for judging participation.

• Requesting that the Television Academy reinstate sending emails to their membership encouraging participation as Daytime Emmy judges.

• Inviting a representative of the Television Academy and its members to begin participating again in our Daytime Emmy nomination cut-off calls.

• Inviting a representative of the Television Academy to review questioned submissions, observe backstage operations, and/or be present for the application of statue bands at the Daytime Emmy ceremony.

“We appreciate that the missteps of this and of past years may have impacted your confidence in the Daytime Emmy Awards,” Sharp told many of those who had complained, “and we are absolutely committed to earning back your trust. We believe that through these and other improvements, we will once again meet the expectations you and other participants rightfully have of us.”

Betty White, Rita Moreno, Byron Allen Among NATPE Tartikoff Honorees

The 16th annual Tartikoffs will be handed out at NATPE’s conference in Miami in January. They are named for the late NBC Entertainment chief who assembled the network’s top-rated programming lineups in the 1980s.

Conference organizers said the award recipients are recognized “for exhibiting their extraordinary passion, leadership, independence and vision through their diverse work in being a part of the creation and distribution of content for the world’s traditional and digital marketplaces.”

Moreno is an “EGOT” winner (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony) as well as a Kennedy Center honoree who stars in Netflix’s One Day at a Time. White, 96, is a seven-time Emmy winner whose career resurgence this decade has included hosting Saturday Night Live and starring on TVLand’s Hot in Cleveland. Winkler, still known for his 1970s role as Arthur “The Fonz” Fonzarelli on Happy Days, won his first Emmy last September for his supporting turn on HBO’s Barry.

Allen is founder, chairman and CEO of Entertainment Studios. Along with its film division and digital activities, the company is an active producer and distributor, syndicator and ad-sales outfit across 41 TV shows. Akil is a writer-producer of shows such as The Jamie Foxx Show and Moesha who went on to create Girlfriends, its spin-off The Game and BET’s Being Mary Jane. Greenblatt was chairman of NBC Entertainment from 2011 until earlier this year. He also ran Showtime and was a top executive at Fox.

Karla Mosley Returns to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

Maya Avant Forrester was last seen in August still working at the family company, although she was often seen seated at desks, wearing baggy clothes, or carrying large bags to disguise her baby bump since Mosley’s real-life pregnancy couldn’t be written into Maya’s storyline since the character is unable to have a baby of her own. Unfortunately, there has been no word from B&B as to whether Rick will be returning alongside his wife, as Jacob Young is on recurring status with the soap and off working on other projects.

Mosley has been keeping very busy raising newborn Aurora — check out some of her cutest baby pics in the special gallery below!

If Mosley is just now back on set, you can expect to see Maya back on screen in December, so she can be part of the holiday celebrations.

Robin Givens' Ambitions

Ambitions is described as a multigenerational family saga centered around one woman — Givens’ Stephanie Carlisle, a lawyer and the wife of Atlanta Mayor Evan Lancaster (Ray Donovan‘s Brian White) — who, having recently relocated and intent on revitalizing her marriage, finds herself going head-to-head with some of the most powerful and deceitful players in the city.

The cast for the drama, on track for a 2019 premiere, also includes Essence Atkins (Marlon), Kendrick Cross (Saints & Sinners), Brely Evans (Being Mary Jane) and Erica Page (Ozark).

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RECURRING CAST: Reign Edwards (Leanna Martin), Lance Gross (Billy)

Former Pittsburgher, 'Bold and the Beautiful' soap star, Rena Sofer discusses impact of synagogue shooting

“He basically said, ‘Are you OK?’ I said, ‘I’m fine, why?’” recalled Sofer, known for her role as the intense and enigmatic Quinn Fuller Forrester, a jewelry designer, on the CBS soap opera “The Bold and the Beautiful.”

The friend broke the horrific news.

Back in Pittsburgh, where Sofer spent many of her formative years as part of the local Jewish community, a gunman stormed into Tree of Life synagogue and murdered 11 people in a hate crime – the worst attack on Jews in American history.

“When we hear about these shootings and we hear about these mass murders going on, we feel humanity,” Sofer said. “When you all of a sudden hear about it in your home, it becomes deeper and a lot more of an intense feeling.”

Sofer – daughter of the late Martin Sofer, a Conservative rabbi - was born in California. When her parents divorced, Rena Sofer moved with her father and brother, David, to Teaneck, N.J., in 1970; when she was 5, they moved to Western Pennsylvania. They lived in Ambridge, Beaver County; there, Rabbi Sofer led Beth Samuels Jewish Center, after the Aliquippa Jewish Center merged into the congregation.

Every day, the rabbi drove his kids into Squirrel Hill, where Rena attended Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh and Yeshiva Achei Tmimim Schools. She lived here through the end of seventh grade, when her family moved back to New Jersey. A New York agent discovered Sofer when she was a teenager, and she worked in modeling before turning to acting.

The daytime TV veteran won a Best Supporting Actress Daytime Emmy in 1995 for her former role as Lois Cerullo on “General Hospital.”

Memories of her long-ago childhood in Pittsburgh may have grown fuzzy, but Sofer maintains a soft spot and strong fondness for the region. Sofer no longer has family here, but she has friends who still have family living in the region. Pittsburgh often has been called one of the safest cities in America, she said, and that makes the Squirrel Hill shooting even more shocking.

“The thing about Pittsburgh is, I got to grow up in a place when I could run outside as a child, go to a park, and go run a few blocks down the street,” said Sofer, who has appeared in many primetime shows, including “NCIS” and “Ghost Whisperer.”

“For that kind of violence to happen in that kind of community is so repelling for the people in Pittsburgh,” said Sofer, who also has acted in movies including “Keeping the Faith” and “Traffic.” “Those people are about safety and about goodness and about community.”

One of the most poignant things about the shooting, many say, is that some Jewish medical professionals treated gunman Robert Bowers at Allegheny General Hospital. Nurse Ari Mahler wrote a public Facebook post about how he treated Bowers like any other patient, even as he yelled “Death to All Jews!” The post went viral and has more than 265,000 likes.

The medical team’s actions show what Judaism is all about, Sofer said.

“Jewish people throughout history have been persecuted … and face constant hatred and attacks,” she said. “Yet, we’ve always strived to be part of society.”

Jewish law is “very, very clear that you do everything you possibly can to save a human life. … The only time you don’t is when your life is in danger,” Sofer said. “The saving of anyone else’s life becomes more important than religion, than politics, than anything else.”

Sofer’s Jewish faith remains a big part of her life; her younger daughter, Avalon, just had her bat mitzvah at their synagogue in the Los Angeles area. Her older daughter, Rosabel, is in Vienna on a Fulbright Scholarship; she is studying anti-Semitic art.

Rabbi Sofer, who died in 2011 at age 86, attended Yeshiva University in New York and earned doctoral degrees in Jewish history and the Hebrew language. He served in the Israeli War of Independence in 1948. Rena Sofer’s father was quiet and private, and not a very political person – but, she said he would have mourned deeply after the shooting if he were alive.

“He gave himself for his community,” she said. “Beyond that … I would hope that maybe (the shooting) would have impassioned him to be more of an activist in his community as opposed to just a spiritual leader.”

One of Sofer’s favorite poems – “For Whom the Bell Tolls,” by John Donne – describes her feelings about the Pittsburgh tragedy. The verses – including “No man is an island, entire of himself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main” - remind us that we are all connected as human beings, she said.

The American gun-violence epidemic is out of control, and elected officials must do something to reduce it, said Sofer, who criticized President Trump for nationalist rhetoric that divides people. Nobody wants to take all guns, but we need more restrictive gun laws to, for instance, make it harder for dangerous people to get weapons, she said.

“I feel like the thing that I’m taking the most from Pittsburgh is … it’s incredibly clear that we in this country are in a place where it’s in our hands,” Sofer said. “We have the power to be able to stand up and say no.”

Hopefully, the Pittsburgh synagogue tragedy teaches us “that we are all Americans, and we have to be there for each other,” she said. “It’s OK to have different ideals … but it’s not OK to destroy each other and kill each other.”

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Daytime Emmy Completes Internal Review; Procedural Changes Promised

NATAS President Adam Sharp Explains How the Daytime Emmys Are Going to Change

Rules will be clarified to explain exactly what constitutes an episode, something that has come into question with the emergence of digital series. “The report rightfully recognized that we need to go through every word and every comma of our guidelines to make sure that these are absolutely crystal clear and that they are rules that judges can reasonably administer,” Sharp said.

With digital drama categories now part of the Daytime Emmys, there has been tremendous growth in both entries as well as the audience for the ceremony, so additional staff will be hired for the team. Core policies and procedures will be better articulated and made public. Following the competition, a Transparency Report will provide a summary of how the rules were employed and enforced. NATAS will also be working more closely with the Television Academy during the entire process.

Sharp hopes that the changes being implemented to the Daytime Emmy procedures will satisfy everyone and the four soaps will not boycott next year’s ceremony. “We’ve had some productive conversations with the soap producers,” he revealed. “Some of the signatories of that letter were interviewed by the investigators. So we are looking forward to having them in the show for May.”

These changes will also be applied to more than just the Daytime Emmys. “We intend to implement these actions everywhere they are relevant in our organization,” Sharp promised. “That includes the sports Emmys, the news and technology Emmys, the documentary Emmys. It doesn’t matter what Emmy it is, it’s still the same statue. It’s still the same mark of excellence.”

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Dishing with Digest - 11/2/18 - Linsey Godfrey

Linsey Godfrey chats with Digest’s Stephanie Sloane and Mara Levinsky about her new role as DAYS’s Sarah, leaving B&B, her romance with Breckin Meyer and so much more! Plus, we discuss the benefit of bringing back connected characters vs. introducing new families.

Antonio Sabato Jr. Running Low On Campaign Funds in Bid For Congress

We dug through Federal Election Commission filings and discovered, since the start of last year, Antonio's campaign in California raised only $312,906.34 ... and Antonio has burned through most of the cash with less than two weeks until Election Day, because he's only got about $40k in his coffers.

Making matters worse for Antonio, we've discovered his campaign has over $44k in debts and loans ... meaning, the Republican candidate is taking this red thing way too seriously.

The bad news for Antonio keeps coming ... he and his election committee are being sued by a political consulting firm, which claims Antonio owes them over $34k. We're told Antonio personally signed the contract with the firm.

Antonio's funding is lagging far behind Democratic opponent Julia Brownley ... during the same period, she's raised more than $2.4 million and spent around $1.3 million.

We'll spare you the math headaches ... Antonio's opponent raised over $2 million more and outspent him by over $1 million.

It's tough to win elections when you're that far behind in terms of funding.

Eva Longoria and Gina Rodriguez to be honored at 2018 ALMA Awards

Wilmer Valderrama will host the celebration of Latino achievements in American entertainment and media.

Activists Samantha Fuentes and Jamie Margolin also will be honored. Fuentes survived the Parkland, Florida, school shooting, and Margolin founded the Zero Hour movement to address climate change.

Rodriguez, star of TV’s “Jane the Virgin,” will share the awards spotlight with the show’s cast.

The Nov. 4 ALMA ceremony is airing live at 8 p.m. Eastern on sibling TV channels Fuse and FM. Performances by Ally Brooke and Amara La Negra will be featured.

In a statement Friday, host Valderrama said Latino achievements and contributions need to be spotlighted more than ever at what he called a “critical” time.

The ALMAs — American Latino Media Arts Awards — are back after a three-year hiatus in time for the 50th anniversary of UnidosUS, previously known as National Council of La Raza.

UnidosUS is the nation’s largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy organization. In 1995 it created the ALMAs as a way to promote fair, accurate and balanced portrayals of Latinos in the entertainment industry.

Fuse Media made a multi-year agreement to become the exclusive multiplatform media home of the ALMAs.

Dishing with Digest - 10/26/18 John McCook

B&B patriarch John McCook talks to Digest’s Stephanie Sloane and Mara Levinsky about his 31-plus years as Eric, his Y&R memories and more. Plus, we reveal what’s in store for November Sweeps.

CBS ANNOUNCES PARTICIPANTS IN ITS “2018-2019 DIRECTORS INITIATIVE”

“This initiative is all about access to decision makers who can ultimately provide opportunities to advance our participants’ careers,” said Tiffany Smith-Anoa’i, Executive Vice President, Entertainment Diversity, Inclusion and Communications, CBS Entertainment. “Another rewarding aspect about this community we are building is that many of our participants will gain experience by shadowing directing alumni of previous Director Initiative programs, who are eager to share their insights.”

This year’s participants are listed below.

Lionel Coleman (Drama Director) cut his teeth at CBS News, learning the language of storytelling, before becoming a DGA commercial director. There, he began to build a point of view around what Eudora Welty called “the still moment,” that fleeting, nearly uncapturable now. Whether he’s documenting the aftermath of an earthquake from an open helicopter, directing celebrity athletes for brands like Nike, Ford and Adidas, or filming the moment a life is brought into the world for Huggies, Lionel is working to capture performances that make us human. His documentary projects include “Castaways,” a web series featuring inmates training unwanted dogs for reintroduction or adoption, and various branded content films for Gatorade, Huggies and Wilson Tennis.

Cellin Gluck (Drama Director) has had his hand in directing four successful feature films for the Japanese market. His most recent, “Persona Non Grata,” with a five-month nationwide run in Japan, was seen by over one million people. Starting as an assistant director on such films as “Black Rain,” “Internal Affairs,” “Noriega” and “Contact” while concurrently producing and later directing commercials for Japan and China, Cellin co-directed “Oba the Last Samurai” (adapting the screenplay from a novel of the same name) after directing the Japanese remake of “Sideways.” He is an active member of the DGA’s Asian American Committee.

Anne Hamilton (Drama Director) directed her feature debut, “American Fable,” in 2016, which premiered at the SXSW Film Festival. It was acquired by IFC Midnight for a theatrical release and went on to win many awards. RogerEbert.com praised Hamilton’s film as “an extremely impressive debut,” and Variety hailed it as “a passport to bigger things for its gifted young director.” Before becoming a filmmaker, Hamilton graduated from Stanford with a degree in philosophy and Yale Law School. Currently, she is a member of the DGA Women’s Steering Committee, Film Fatales and Women in Film.

Heather Tom (Drama Director) is a five-time Emmy Award-winning actress and has directed on CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL for the past three years, recently receiving an Emmy nomination for Best Directing Team. Her award-winning short films “Serenity” and “Bigfoot’s Love Slave” have played numerous festivals across the globe. Heather is presently developing multiple projects for film and television, ranging from traditional episodic and a digital series titled “Blink,” for which she recently shot a pilot, to the feature film script “The Last Knight in Camelot,” named a 2018 PAGE Award Finalist. Heather is an advocate for women’s rights and was a featured speaker at the 2004 Democratic National Convention kick-off event. She worked on both Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama’s 2008 campaigns, and is involved with Planned Parenthood, Feminist Majority, She Votes, and Rock the Vote.

Past participants of the CBS Directors Initiative include Zetna Fuentes (MADAM SECRETARY, “Zoo,” JANE THE VIRGIN), Laura Belsey (NCIS: NEW ORLEANS, BULL, CRIMINAL MINDS), Lily Mariye (CRIMINAL MINDS, NCIS: LOS ANGELES, MACGYVER), Kevin Berlandi (BULL) and Jennifer Derwingson (NCIS: NEW ORLEANS).

The CBS Directors Initiative also hosts various events throughout the year for all directors looking to gain access to CBS producers and showrunners.

For more information about CBS Diversity & Inclusion, please visit: https://www.cbscorporation.com/diversity/.

Wayne Brady has joined The Bold and the Beautiful

Visit The Set Of Y&R And B&B!

Who Is Detective Sanchez on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL? — Jeremy Ray Valdez Speaks Out

Alex threw himself into the mystery of who shot Bill, and weeded his way through plenty of suspects before coming up empty. In the end, the police didn't get their man — or in this case, woman — as Taylor revealed herself as the guilty party. However, Bill agreed to keep the truth under wraps so Steffy wouldn't lose her mother (and would be indebted to him). Now, Det. Sanchez is working a new case as Bill clings to life after falling off a balcony, attempting to determine if it was an accident, or if Ridge deliberately pushed his bitter rival!

The storyline of Bill's shooting and Det. Sanchez’s involvement in it was what really intrigued Valdez and inspired him to read for the part. “As an actor, you’re always looking for interesting work,” he explained. “That’s what I was attracted to, as well as the chance to show up every day and tackle something new and difficult. Even on feature films, you may be on set for a couple of months, but it’s still not as intense as this. I can honestly say that I show up to work every day and have fun. We get the job done, but it is very fun.”

As Alex got to know all the Spencers, Forresters, and Spectras to try and figure out who tried to kill Bill, Valdez also had to learn their complicated histories. “I spent a lot of time asking other castmembers a lot of questions because there is a lot of backstory,” the actor confessed. “So I did have to do a lot of research about that and get caught up. There’s a lot that’s happened in B&B history!”

Molly Shannon, Glynn Turman, Debbi Morgan Join Marlon Wayans’ Netflix Comedy ‘Sextuplets’

Michael Tiddes (A Haunted House) is at the helm, directing from a script by Mike Glock, Rick Alvarez, and Wayans. The plot centers on Alan (Wayans), a man embarking on a personal journey to meet his birth mother before the arrival of his first child. When Alan meets his brother, Russell, he discovers that he was born a sextuplet and decides to seek out his four other siblings (all played by Wayans).

Wayans and Alvarez are producing the pic, which is shooting in Atlanta, with Nathan Reimann.

Shannon is repped by Framework Entertainment and UTA; Turman by Marni Rosenzweig at The Rosenzweig Group and SMS Talent; Black by UTA and Schachter Entertainment; Morgan by PH Entertainment Group.

Rena Sofer Opens up About How Her Dogs Brought Her Love After Her Divorce

Sofer said the bond really formed after her divorce from Sanford Bookstaver a few years ago (with whom she remains friends). “I think I just needed that feeling of unconditional love, and they gave that to me,” she reflected. “Somehow it changed everything.”

Of course, any of Sofer’s future suitors won’t make the cut if the pups don’t approve, especially because Alfie and Mega sleep in her bed, one on each shoulder. “Which takes anyone who’s allergic to dogs completely off the table, dating-wise,” said the actress.

When Sofer first discovered Alfie, he had an injured leg that required several surgeries, and the actress knew because of that cost he might not have been adopted by anyone if she didn’t step in. “I think he’s appreciative,” she admitted, “and I ended up getting his sister, too, because they are inseparable. He’s just super sweet, and she rules the roost. But they’re best friends.”

B&B Stars Reunite On Stage

'The Bold and the Beautiful' Star Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Is Pregnant

The Bold and the Beautiful star is expecting her first child -- and only ET was there as she broke the news to her castmates.

MacInnes Wood announced her engagement to Elan Ruspoli in November 2017, and they decided to elope in July. Now, she's five and a half months pregnant, but her co-stars had no idea until she decided to share the news during a recent day on set.

A scene called for the actress to walk down the catwalk in skimpy lingerie, which MacInnes Wood thought would be the most bold -- and beautiful -- way to announce her pregnancy. "I just wanna let you all know: your girl is pregnant!" she yelled. "I am pregnant!"

The announcement came as a big shock to Courtney Hope. "I'm so surprised. I had no idea. And it's super weird because I work with her all the time," she confessed. However, Bold and the Beautiful executive producer and head writer Brad Bell was given a head's up.

"She told me about a month ago, and she told me in person [and] came up to my office," he told ET. "I'm thrilled. I'm a father of four kids myself, and she's just fallen in love with her husband and now she's falling in love again with a child. It's just a wonderful, wonderful thing."

MacInnes Wood couldn't be more excited to be a mom. "I am still shaking, my hands are shaking, my body is shaking, but it's such a surreal, beautiful moment and I am happy to do it with people that I love," she shared.

The actress doesn't yet know if she's having a boy or a girl, but either way, she's excited to get some parenting advice from others on set. "I'll probably go to Katherine Kelly Lang, John McCook... there is a lot of people here that I know are going to give me really good advice," she said. "There are people that I can lean on."

The pregnancy won't be written into the show, as MacInnes Wood's character, Steffy, recently had a baby. "[You're going to see] Steffy holding things, Steffy behind desks," she joked of how the soap opera will handle the obstacle. "Whatever work wants to throw at me, I am game."

"[I'm excited about] how much love I am going to give," she gushed. "I feel like I am a happy, positive person, and its the most beautiful, yet scary new chapter because of the amount of love that I am going to give this child."

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Is Pregnant

Wood shared the news with her B&B castmates while filming a lingerie fashion show for an upcoming episode. As she strutted down the catwalk in one of Steffy's lingerie ensembles from her Intimates line, Wood announced to the cast and crew: "I just wanted to let you all know... that your girl is pregnant!" So when you watch that episode, just remember that Wood was already a few months gone when she shot it!

The mom-to-be confided to Entertainment Tonight that they're going to find out the sex of the baby very soon. "We're gonna do a gender reveal in like, two weeks from now," she said. "I'm feeling boy, but my husband's feeling girl. So... we'll see!"

Seeing as how Steffy gave birth to her and Liam’s daughter, Kelly, earlier this year, Wood is getting plenty of experience with newborns. Although real-life childbirth will definitely be a very different experience than what the actress went through on-camera for the soap!

Best wishes to the expectant parents, and we can’t wait to see the baby when it’s born — with parents like this, he or she is going to be absolutely beautiful!

Aaron D. Spears Promises His New Primetime Gig Doesn't Mean He's Leaving THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

THE ROOKIE stars soap alum Nathan Fillion (Joey, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) and had its series premiere on Oct. 16. However, Spears will not be appearing until a little ways into the season. “My character, Ronald Campbell, comes to life in episode five,” the actor teased on Instagram. At this time, ABC has not officially announced an air date for the fifth episode of the series, but we’ll be sure to let you know when they do.

Spears first joined B&B as Justin back in September of 2009 and has bounced between being a contract and recurring player on the soap. And he has also moonlighted in film and primetime during his time on B&B, with an ongoing role on BEING MARY JANE as well as guest appearances on shows like CASTLE, THIS IS US, and NCIS: LOS ANGELES. Obviously, Spears was able to squeeze a quick appearance on THE ROOKIE into his busy schedule!

Although with Bill constantly in need of someone to pull his fat out of the fire, niece Emma experiencing all kinds of drama working at Forrester, and ex Donna back in town, Justin should have plenty to do in upcoming episodes of B&B so fans shouldn't worry about Spears going anywhere anytime soon!

‘Miss Bala’ Trailer: Jane’s Got A Gun

Rodriguez, in the role Stephanie Sigman portrayed in the original, stars as an American recently arrived in Tijuana who is kidnapped by a cartel and drawn into the dangerous world of cross-border crime. She must use all of her cunning, inventiveness and strength she never knew she had to survive the ordeal. It’s a different kind of strength, to be sure, from what she exhibits on the CW’s flagship dramedy, but judging from this first look she is up to the task as she tightrope-walks between the gang and the feds, all with the singular goal of protecting her family.

Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer adapted the screenplay for the PG-13 pic, which also stars Ismael Cruz Córdov and Anthony Mackie. Kevin Misher and Pablo Cruz produced, and Mauricio Katz, Naranjo, Hardwicke, Dunnet-Alcocer, Samson Mucke, Arturo Sampson, Andy Berman and Jamie Marshall are executive producers.

Check out the trailer above.

Big Brother's Tyler & Brett as soap hunks on The Bold and the Beautiful!

Yep, as previously reported, Big Brother 20 fan favourites Tyler Crispen and Brett Robinson have been tapped to appear on Emmy-winning soap and the world’s most watched daily series, The Bold and the Beautiful, to play their most challenging roles to date: themselves!

A stretch, we know!

Usually, former BB players hop over to B&B for a cameo but as glorified extras — think: waiter or human props — but Crispen and Robinson proved to be such a hit on the TV social experiment that B&B rolled out the red carpet for their entertaining and charming real-life personas.

The sexy and witty duo — who steamrolled through the BB game in large part due to their alliance Level Six — will appear on the sudser Wednesday, October 24.

Here’s an exclusive first look at the new soap stars sandwiching Daytime Emmy winner Rena Sofer, who plays reformed vixen Quinn Forrester. (No blindsides occurred during the taping — that we know of!)

The brodudes will also appear opposite B&B newcomer and reality TV alum Keith Carlos, who won America’s Next Top Model.

The Toronto Sun recently spoke with Crispen, who won America’s Favourite Player and came in runnerup on the reality TV finale, and Robinson, who was an AFP finalist, about their bromances, regrets/triumphs and life post-Big Brother for an upcoming print and online edition — so stay tuned for that.

As for more acting, both Crispen and Robinson say they are game for whatever the world has to offer.

Sorry, Kaitlyn — it looks like these boys may earn a Daytime Emmy Award before you!

“THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS” POSTS OVER FOUR MILLION VIEWERS - LARGEST AUDIENCE IN OVER A MONTH

THE BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL scored 3.34 million viewers, its largest audience since the week ending August 24.

Source: Nielsen, Live plus Same Day Ratings for the week ending Oct. 5, 2018.

Rena Sofer Proves It's Never Too Late to Follow Your Dreams

“As my 50th birthday fast approaches I have been thinking about my life,” Sofer continued. “What am I doing? What am I here for? What inspires me? What do I still want to learn and achieve? One thing that really hit me hard was I love to work with wood. I have always had a passion for interesting wood furniture and art pieces. I never thought I could really do it. I was simply scared. Of what? I don’t really know.”

Interestingly, Sofer found inspiration very close to home — in her own children, Avalon, Meghann, and Rosabel. “I looked to my daughters and saw how incredibly artistic they are and in so many different ways,” she explained. “I felt inspired by them and thought I can’t stop myself anymore. Maybe that’s what turning 50 is all about! Maybe that’s what it’s about for me.

“I have another — hopefully — half a life ahead of me so I want to accomplish something now that feeds my soul. I raised — and am still raising — amazing girls, women, and now it’s time for me. Lots of learning ahead of me and I’m so excited.”

Sofer used her Instagram to post photos of her first projects she created and her pride shone through. “Here are my first cutting boards and woodturning bowls,” she shared. “And I had the time of my life making them! I will share more in the future and I hope I can inspire those out there who think, ‘I can’t do this’ or ‘I’m too old to start’ to get out there, like me, and discover what you love. What scares you. And face it head on.”

That’s some beautiful work, and we look forward to seeing more creations in the future.

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Looks Back on 10 Years as Steffy on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

The news meant Wood would need to hustle back to her native Canada in order to get her work-visa paperwork lined up to start the job in less than a week. A whirlwind, to be sure, but by the time she was back in Los Angeles for her first day on set, she was feeling calm, confident and totally in control. “I was nervous but not as much as you’d think,” she admitted. “What made me most nervous was the fact that my first scenes were with [Hunter Tylo’s] Taylor and [Ronn Moss’] Ridge. I grew up watching B&B, so I knew these faces.”

It wasn’t until the following week that Wood finally started to feel that dreaded sense of doubt kick in. Learning her first day’s scenes had been easy because she’d had more than a week to memorize them, after all. “They were the same scenes I’d auditioned for, so I felt good,” she explained. “But then they gave me about eight or 12 scripts for the following week, and it was just like, ‘Holy... !’ I had to keep my head above water.” Thrown into a storyline that involved both a romance with Marcus (played by Texas Battle) and ongoing hostility with Brooke, Wood felt as if she’d been chucked into the deep end of a pool and didn’t know how to swim! “I think I blacked out for, like, three months after that,” she laughingly recalled. “There was a lot going on and a lot that I was learning about myself as an actress. That’s when I got nervous.”

It’s been 10 years since then, and while in many ways, it seems like just yesterday, Wood acknowledged that if she were to look back at those early scenes, she’d probably have some critiques. “Absoutely,” she says, “but I also know not to be too hard on myself.” While she learned how to master lots of material in a short amount of time, the actress says the show still keeps finding ways to outpace her. “We’re working at an even faster speed now, if that’s even possible,” she says, noting that it’s the biggest change she’s noticed with regard to the gig since she started. “I would kill to have the days like we used to!”

When she debuted on the show, the actress was a 21-year-old with a blank-canvas future and no strings attached. Today, she’s a more grounded businesswoman who recently got married to Elan Ruspoli. “I’m such a different person than I was then,” she says. “It feels so long ago, and yet it’s gone by so quickly.”

Though Wood took a hiatus from the show from 2013-’14 to travel the globe as host of the E! travel series PARTY ON, she’s continued to get her wanderlust sated on B&B, calling the travel opportunities one of the biggest perks of the gig. At the same time, she’s equally content in her adopted city of Los Angeles with the sort of consistent schedule most actors can only dream of. “This is where I want to be,” says the newlywed. “I feel very fortunate, humbled and honored to live in this beautiful city and still get to film all over the world. We have one of the best shows on the planet!”

Ten years in, Wood still loves coming to the set and laughing it up with her co-stars, and she’s grateful to viewers for going the distance with her as well. “The fans have been so loyal and dedicated, even during the two and a half years I was gone. It’s such a wonderful feeling to have people go through my ups and downs, both as an actress and as Steffy. They’ve been there, and it’s really humbling.”

Obba Babatundé on S.W.A.T. 10/11/18

GUEST CAST includes : Nikiva Dionne (Nia Wells), Joseph Lee Anderson (Tony), Obba Babatundé (Daniel Harrelson, Sr.)

Maile Brady Appears as Tiffany on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

Maile will be playing Tiffany, a friend of Emma’s, and she’ll likely get an earful from Em about her boyfriend, Xander, getting a little too close for comfort with his ex, Zoe. And this means that Maile will be sharing scenes with fellow soap newbie Nia Sioux, who joined the cast of B&B back in April of 2018 as Forrester intern Emma.

While B&B marks Maile’s official television acting debut, she did appear as herself in a 2006 SESAME STREET video alongside her famous dad as well as in a 2012 comedy short called It Has Begun: Bananapocalypse. She also joined her father on stage at the 2018 Daytime Emmy Awards when he took home the trophy for Outstanding Game Show Host for LET’S MAKE A DEAL. And according to her Instagram page, the aspiring singer has an EP scheduled for release in February of 2019!

Maile is currently scheduled for just this one episode so far, but who knows what the future might hold? Emma is having a lot of boy problems lately, and could certainly use a friend in whom she can confide on the regular! So stay tuned to see if Tiffany returns for more episodes.

B&B Alum Back To Broadway

Video: Thorsten Kaye and Ingo Rademacher

BIG BROTHER's Tyler and Brett Cast on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

On the recently-concluded season of BIG BROTHER, Crispen actually came in second place to winner Kaycee Clark, and orchestrated a last-minute blindside that evicted his friend and alliance-mate, Robinson, out of the house. There has been no further information revealed about when Crispen and Robinson will be on B&B, or what roles they might be playing, but they’re likely to just be cameos, as it has been for the previous guest stars from BIG BROTHER.

Longtime CBS Daytime fans known that at the end of every summer, when BIG BROTHER concludes, a handful of familiar faces from the reality competition will make appearances on the network soaps, usually B&B. Last year, Jessica Graf and Josh Martinez both made separate appearances on the show, and the year before that saw Paul Abrahamian, Victor Arroyo, and Da’Vonne Rogers playing catering staff at Bill and Brooke’s ill-fated wedding.

When we have more information regarding Crispen and Robinson’s appearances, we’ll be sure to let you know.

B&B Alum Marries

Universal Sets Film Comedy Vehicle For ‘Jane The Virgin’ Star Gina Rodriguez

Rodriguez broke out starring as the title character in the series Jane The Virgin, and her first major studio starring role will be for Columbia Pictures in the Catherine Hardwicke-directed remake of Miss Bala, the 2011 thriller about a beauty pageant contestant who witnesses drug related murders and is conscripted to do the bidding of a drug cartel. Rodriguez has also been generating projects as producer, wrapping Someone Great, another star vehicle. She will also lend her voice and produce the animated series Carmen Sandiego, which will be released by Netflix in January. Rodriguez and Emily Gipson will produce for their I Can & I Will Productions.

St. Clair and Parham are the co-creators and stars of the USA comedy series Playing House. Along with scripting, they will be executive producers.

Universal exec veep Erik Baiers is overseeing. St. Clair and Parham are repped by UTA, Rise Management and Morris Yorn Barnes; Rodriguez is represented by CAA and Jackoway Austen Tyerman.

Lifetime Decks Its Halls With 23 Holiday-Themed Movies & More Cheer

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas as the A+E Networks-owned net unveils its telepic slate billed as It’s a Wonderful Lifetime. After kicking off November 21 with a week featuring five nights of premieres, each ensuing week of the holiday season will feature new movies every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Check out the full lineup with descriptions and premiere dates below.

“It’s a Wonderful Lifetime is back in a major way with more hours of holiday programming than we have ever had before,” said Tanya Lopez, EVP Movies, Limited Series and Original Movie Acquisitions at Lifetime and LMN. “By stacking our originals with beloved stars from some of the most iconic television shows we grew up with, we are tapping into the nostalgic feelings of familiarity and comfort that everyone wants for the holidays.”

Some of this seasons movies feature reunions of cast members from such popular bygone TV series as The Cosby Show, A Different World, 7th Heaven and Sister, Sister. Also on tap is the previously announced hourlong special ‘Tis the Season: A One Tree Hill Cast Reunion, in which cast members Hilarie Burton, Tyler Hilton, Danneel Ackles, Antwon Tanner and Stephen Colletti from the 2003-12 WB/CW series regather for an evening that also will include a few surprise special guests.

Among the stars set for Lifetime’s 2018 holiday movies are Toni Braxton, Melissa Joan Hart, Megan Hilty, Tia Mowry-Hardict, Sarah Drew, Marissa Winokur, Loretta Devine, Cheryl Ladd, June Squibb, Sharon Lawrence, John Schneider, Jason London, Tiya Sicar, Diane Ladd, Towanda Braxton, Conchata Ferrell, Gloria Reuben, Rachel Boston, Patricia Richardson, Caroline Rhea, Michael Gross and Melissa Gilbert.

Here is the full slate of original holiday fare from Lifetime, including premiere dates, followed by its acquired films:

It’s A Wonderful Lifetime Preview Special
November 17th at 10 p.m.
Hosted by Melissa Joan Hart

What if Lifetime never made Christmas movies? In this special, hosted by Melissa Joan Hart, we will be taken on a journey that explores how terrible life would be without Lifetime Christmas movies to bring us holiday cheer. Melissa will be visited by the “host” of Lifetime Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and along the way, she will preview the 14 exciting movies that are coming to Lifetime this holiday season. Once this special is over, you won’t be able to imagine a world without the magic of Lifetime Christmas. It’s A Wonderful Lifetime Preview Special is produced by A+E OriginalsTM. Steve Ascher, Kristy Sabat and Allie Breslin serve as executive producers. Brie Miranda Bryant executive produces for Lifetime.
My Christmas Inn
November 21st at 8 p.m.
Starring Tia Mowry-Hardict, Rob Mayes, Jackée Harry, Tim Reid & Erin Gray

With the holiday season in full swing, Jen Taylor (Tia Mowry-Hardict) is about to score a big promotion at the San Francisco ad agency where she works. But her life is unexpectedly turned upside down when she inherits a cozy inn in Alaska from her aunt. When she goes to inspect the property and meets handsome town attorney Steve Anderson (Rob Mayes), she’s surprised to find that nothing is what she expected. The small town community is full of fun and festive Christmas traditions and soon, Jen starts wondering if the inn might just be the place she belongs, and if Steve could be the Mr. Right she has been waiting for. My Christmas Inn is produced by HYBRID, LLC.

The Christmas Contract
November 22nd at 8 p.m.
Starring One Tree Hill Alums Hilarie Burton, Robert Buckley, Danneel Ackles, Antwon Tanner
And Jordan Ladd, Cheryl Ladd, Bruce Boxleitner, Jason London, Hunter Burke, Teri Wyble & Ritchie Montgomery With Special Musical Appearance from Tyler Hilton

It’s Jolie’s (Hilarie Burton) first time going back home to Louisiana since her devastating break up with Foster (Hunter Burke). Seeing him is inevitable as their parents run the town’s annual Christmas Market together, but when she discovers Foster is bringing home a new girlfriend, Jolie cannot bear the thought of going home alone and seeing them together. Her best friend Naomi (Danneel Ackles) suggests that Jolie bring her flaky brother, Jack (Robert Buckley), home for Christmas as he has no plans this year. Jolie, a professional web designer, is hesitant; so, Naomi, a lawyer, creates a Christmas contract to give them both something they want—a buffer for those awkward moments around Jolie’s ex and a website to help sell Jack’s upcoming novel. Unbeknownst to them, the Christmas contract proves to be so much more than what they signed up for. The Christmas Contract is produced by Active Entertainment. Ken Badish and Daniel Lewis serve as executive producers. Monika Mitchell serves as director with a script by Cassie Doyle.

‘Tis the Season: A One Tree Hill Cast Reunion
November 22nd at 10 p.m.
Featuring Hilarie Burton, Tyler Hilton, Danneel Ackles, Antwon Tanner & Stephen Colletti

The Tree Hill Ravens are back together to celebrate the Christmas season on Lifetime. In this special one-hour reunion, Hilarie Burton, Tyler Hilton, Danneel Ackles, Antwon Tanner of The Christmas Contract and Stephen Colletti of Hometown Christmas, reunite for a special evening that will include a few surprise special guests. ‘Tis the Season: A One Tree Hill Cast Reunion is produced by A+E OriginalsTM. Steve Ascher, Kristy Sabat and Allie Breslin serve as executive producers. Brie Miranda Bryant executive produces for Lifetime.

Poinsettias for Christmas
November 23rd at 8 p.m.
Starring Bethany Joy Lenz, Marcus Rosner, Lauren London,
Sharon Lawrence & John Schneider

It’s just weeks before Christmas when Ellie (Bethany Joy Lenz) gets a call to return home to help her father (John Schneider) on the family’s poinsettia farm. The family business is on the line to deliver tens of thousands of plants for the town’s annual parade. The problem is – the poinsettias have yet to turn red! As Ellie searches for the solution, she is reminded of where her heart truly lies as she falls in love with both her roots and a local botanist (Marcus Rosner). Poinsettias for Christmas is produced by Annuit Coeptis Entertainment, Inc. Christie Will Wolf directed from a script written by Barbara Kymlicka.

Every Day is Christmas
November 24th at 8 p.m.
Starring Toni Braxton, Gloria Reuben, Towanda Braxton & Michael Jai White

Inspired by the Charles Dickens classic “A Christmas Carol,” shrewd money manager Alexis Taylor (Toni Braxton) gets the holiday visit of a lifetime. A self-proclaimed workaholic who “humbugs” love, Alexis ends up embracing the spirit of Christmas when her past, present, and future collide, forcing her to risk the one thing money can’t buy: her heart. Every Day is Christmas is produced by Brightlight Pictures. Kevin Leslie is producer. Toni Braxton, Craig Baumgarten, Kenneth Crear, Shawn Williamson, Jamie Goehring, and Jonathan Shore executive produce. David Weaver directs from a script by Karen Schaler.

Jingle Belle
November 25th at 8 p.m.
Starring Tatyana Ali, Cornelius Smith Jr., Loretta Devine, Valarie Pettiford, Obba Babatunde, Keshia Knight Pulliam & Tempestt Bledsoe

Every year, Isabelle (Tatyana Ali) and her high school sweetheart Mike (Cornelius Smith Jr.), rocked their small town’s annual Christmas Eve Pageant with a sweet Christmas duet. But after graduation, Isabelle left to study at Juillard in New York – leaving Mike behind. Years later, when Isabelle returns to her hometown to write music for the annual Christmas Eve Pageant, she is shocked to learn that Mike is the one directing the show. Can Isabelle and Mike put the past behind them and reunite on stage for another show-stopping duet? Jingle Belle is produced by Hybrid, LLC.

A Very Nutty Christmas
November 30th at 8 p.m.
Starring Melissa Joan Hart, Barry Watson, Marissa Winokur, Conchata Ferrell & Rizwan Manji

Hard-working bakery owner Kate Holiday (Melissa Joan Hart), has more cookie orders than she has time to fill this holiday season, and when her boyfriend suddenly breaks up with her, any shred of Christmas joy she was hanging onto, immediately disappears. After Kate hangs the last ornament on the tree and goes to bed, she awakens the next morning to a little bit of Christmas magic. She gets the surprise of her life when Chip (Barry Watson), a handsome soldier who may or may not be the Nutcracker Prince from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, appears in her living room. A Very Nutty Christmas is produced by Hartbreak Films. Paula Hart and Melissa Joan Hart executive produce. Colin Theys serves as director with a script written by Juliet and Keith Giglio.

A Twist of Christmas
December 1st at 8 p.m.
Starring Vanessa Lachey & Brendon Zub

In the frenzy before Christmas, two single parents— busy working mom Abby (Vanessa Lachey) and her son, and overwhelmed lawyer Ryan (Brendon Zub) and his daughter, accidentally mix up their toys at a crowded department store. As a result, both of their Christmases appear to be ruined. Although the two can’t stand each other, the only way to get things back on track is to help each other salvage their holiday plans – not realizing they’re falling for each other in the process. A Twist of Christmas is produced by Lighthouse Pictures. Jamie Goehring, Shawn Williamson and Nancy Bennett executive produce. David Winning serves as director with a script written by Brian Sawyer and Gregg Rossen.

The Christmas Pact
December 2nd at 8 p.m.
Starring Kyla Pratt, Jarod Joseph, Kadeem Hardison & Jasmine Guy

Can best friends fall in love? That’s the question next door neighbors Sadie (Kyla Pratt) and Ben (Jarod Joseph) will answer as they keep the spirit of Christmas and the magic of their childhood pact alive! When they were eight years old, they planted a scrawny 3-foot tall Christmas tree behind their church and the Christmas Pact began. But as life gets in the way the pact is threatened to be broken. Ben and Sadie need some Christmas Magic to recommit to each other and promise to keep their special holiday traditions. With each Christmas that passes by, Ben and Sadie’s Christmas tree grows taller and stronger; and so does their love. The pact bearing fruit to the magic of Christmas and the undeniable answer. Yes, friends can fall in love! The Christmas Pact is produced by Annuit Coeptis Entertainment. Executive Producer Timothy O.Johnson, Marita Grabniak directs from a script written by Damon Hill and Blaine Chiappetta.

Christmas Lost and Found
December 7th at 8 p.m.
Starring Tiya Sircar, Ed Ruttle & Diane Ladd

After years of missing family gatherings, New York City event planner Whitney Kennison (Tiya Sircar) is off to Chicago to spend Christmas with Grandma Frances (Diane Ladd). Excited that her granddaughter is finally home for the holidays, Frances decides to bestow Whitney with the precious Kennison family Christmas ornaments. But when Whitney mistakenly throws out the box of ornaments, Grandma Frances must stealthily devise a fun Christmas scavenger hunt to remind Whitney what the holiday is all about. It’s a race against time as Whitney reclaims the family ornaments, finds romance and learns the lesson Grandma Frances imparts. Christmas Lost and Found is produced by Stephanie Germain Productions and Front Street Productions, with Stephanie Germain and Harvey Kahn as executive producers. Michael Scott directs from a script by Jennifer Notas Shapiro.

Santa’s Boots
December 8th at 8 p.m.
Starring Megan Hilty, Noah Mills & June Squibb

When Holly (Megan Hilty) returns home for Christmas expecting the same as any other year, she’s blindsided to learn her family’s department store is on the brink of foreclosure. To keep the business going, Holly fills in as Santa’s Helper and meets the surprisingly young and handsome Nick (Noah Mills), who has been hired to play Santa at the store this year. Their undeniable chemistry and charisma draw in big crowds, until suddenly, Nick disappears. As Christmas day inches closer, Holly scrambles to find Nick with only one clue – his misplaced black boot. Santa’s Boots is produced by Front Street Pictures, with Barbara Lieberman and Charles Cooper as executive producers. Shawn Tolleson directs with a script written by Shannon Phipps and Shawn Tolleson.

A Christmas in Tennessee
December 9th at 8 p.m.
Starring Rachel Boston, Andrew Walker, Patricia Richardson, Caroline Rhea

Allison Bennet (Rachel Boston), along with her daughter Olivia and mother Martha (Patricia Richardson), run a bakery in the small mountain town of White Pines, Tennessee. When Matthew (Andrew Walker), a charming real estate developer, tries to buy the town for a corporate ski resort, Allison and the townspeople must work together to prevent that from happening. And just when the Bennet ladies seem out of luck, an unexpected visitor—with a well-known sweet tooth for cookies and milk—comes to the bakery and may in fact be the key to solving everything. A Christmas in Tennessee is produced by Smokey Mountain Films Inc. and Juliette Hagopian. Howard Braunstein serves as executive producer. Gary Yates directs with a script written by Cassie Doyle.

Christmas Around the Corner
December 14th at 8 p.m.
Starring Alexandra Breckenridge, Jamie Spilchuk & Jane Alexander

Claire (Alexandra Breckenridge), a savvy venture capitalist from New York City, escapes to a quaint town in Vermont for the holidays and becomes a guest of the Fortenbury Bookstore. Upon arrival, Claire finds Christmas celebrations have been canceled by the town after a flood and the bookstore is in a dire state of disrepair. She immediately takes on the challenge to revitalize the store, but clashes with the owner, Andrew (Jamie Spilchuk), who initially rejects all her proposed improvements. Eventually, sparks fly as the two begin a budding romance, and Claire’s infectious optimism inspires Andrew to join her in reviving the yuletide spirit. But everything comes to a screeching halt when Claire discovers that Andrew is planning to sell the bookstore in the New Year. Will the spirit of Christmas be enough to change Andrew’s mind and encourage him to follow his heart? Christmas Around the Corner is produced by Neshama Entertainment in association with MarVista Entertainment. Danielle Von Zerneck serves as executive producer. Megan Follows directs with a script by Michael Murray.

Christmas Pen Pals
December 15th at 8 p.m.
Starring Sarah Drew, Niall Matter & Michael Gross

Following an unexpected breakup weeks before Christmas, Hannah (Sarah Drew), tech wiz and creator of the dating app, Perfect One, heads home for the holidays, challenged to save her failing business by re-conceiving a new romantic dating model. Upon her return she runs into her high school boyfriend, Sam (Niall Matter) who she has carefully avoided for years and reluctantly makes a deal with her dad, Ted (Michael Gross) to sign up for the town’s Christmas Cupid, an anonymous holiday pen pal service. As the season progresses, Hannah is smitten by each beautifully written letter she receives and starts to believe that her Christmas pen pal could be her soul mate. It’s not until Christmas Eve that everyone must reveal their true identities to their pen pals, even if it means coming face to face with the last person they ever expected. Christmas Pen Pals is produced by Pen Pals Films, Inc. and Christian Bruyere. Linda Kent, Jack Grossbart and Howard Braunstein serve as executive producers. Siobhan Devine serves as director with a script written by Carley Smale.

Hometown Christmas
December 16th at 8 p.m.
Starring Beverley Mitchell, Stephen Colletti, Melissa Gilbert & Danny Boaz

Back in Louisiana for Christmas, Noelle Collins (Beverley Mitchell) has big plans to resurrect the town’s live nativity, a beloved tradition that her late mother used to put on. Things become complicated, however, when Noelle runs into her high school sweetheart, Nick Russell (Stephen Colletti), a rising baseball star also back home due to a recent injury. Still feeling the burn from their senior year break-up, their lives are pushed together even further when they learn their parents share an attraction and want to be more than just friends. When things begin to fall apart with the live nativity Nick and Noelle reluctantly team up to pull off the show and find themselves growing close, uncovering a hometown love for each other and the joy of Christmas that both never really faded away. Hometown Christmas is produced by Active Entertainment. Ken Badish and Daniel Lewis serve as executive producers. Emily Moss Wilson and Marcy Holland serve as writers and Emily Moss Wilson directs.

A Christmas Arrangement
November 21st at 10 p.m.
(Acquired Original – Worldwide Premiere)

Flower shop owner Poppy (Nicky Whelan), enters the annual holiday floral show for a chance to win the grand prize but standing in her way of victory is Garrett (Miles Fisher), the underappreciated protégé of florist extraordinaire, Blair (Daphne Zuniga). While Poppy and Garrett’s rivalry heats up on the flower show floor, an undeniable romance begins amidst a whimsical holiday backdrop. A Christmas Arrangement is produced by The Ninth House.

Every Other Holiday
November 23rd at 10 p.m.
(Acquired Original – Worldwide Premiere)

Recently separated parents Tracie (Schuyler Fisk) and Rick (David Clayton Rogers), spend every other holiday with their young daughters Harper and Ava. But this Christmas, the girls have only one thing on their wish lists—to spend Christmas with both Mom and Dad at Tracie’s family farmhouse. The temporary reunion will be no walk in the park for Tracie and Rick, but perhaps this Christmas gathering can help rekindle the lost romance between the two and make their daughters’ greatest wish come true. Every Other Holiday also stars Dee Wallace, Glenn Morshower, Abby James Witherspoon and is produced by MarVista Entertainment.

Christmas Harmony
November 24th at 10 p.m.
(Acquired Original – Worldwide Premiere)

Soft-spoken Harmony (Kelley Jakle), is used to living in the shadow of her pop star boyfriend, but when he breaks up with her right before the holiday season, she returns to her quaint hometown to discover the heart and music that her big city life has been missing. A Christmas Harmony also stars Chandra Wilson, Adam Mayfield, Sally Struthers and is produced by June Street Studios.

Christmas Perfection
November 25th at 10 p.m.
(Acquired Original – Worldwide Premiere)

As a kid, Darcy (Caitlin Thompson) had no control over her family’s holidays and thus, has grown up to be a Christmas control freak – so much so that she loses sight of what the holidays actually mean. Suddenly, she finds herself magically transported into her idea of the perfect Christmas Village and learns that “perfection” isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Christmas Perfection also stars James Henri-Thomas, Robbie Silverman and is produced by MarVista Entertainment.

Love for Christmas
December 1st at 10 p.m.

When Heather, a local theater director, and Bobby run into each other upon his return home after leaving for the Navy years prior, they quickly realize that their mutual childhood crush might lead to an unexpected romance. Produced by MarVista Entertainment, Love for Christmas stars Shantel Vansanten, Rob Mayes, Nikki Deloach, Mark Famiglietti, Alex Peters, Peter Holden, Matt Corboy, Maxim Knight and Orson Bean.

A Star for Christmas
December 2nd at 10 p.m.

Cupcakery owner Cassie can’t help falling for her hunky new customer, but when he turns out to be action superstar Alex Gray, will their relationship survive Hollywood and the holidays? Produced by MarVista Entertainment, A Star for Christmas stars Corey Sevier, Briana Evigan, Karissa Vacker, Travis Van Winkle, Jeremy Howard, Sean Stone and Brooke Burns.

A Christmas Kiss
December 21st at 8 p.m.

High-end interior designer Priscilla and her assistant Wendy, vie for the attention of Priscilla’s socialite boyfriend while decorating his home for the holidays. Produced by MarVista Entertainment, A Christmas Kiss stars Elisabeth Röhm, Laura Breckenridge and Brendan Fehr.

A Golden Christmas
December 22nd at 8 p.m.

Several years ago, a very special dog brought together a little girl and boy. Now, through an incredible coincidence, these two long-lost friends will reconnect during Christmas. Produced by MarVista Entertainment, A Golden Christmas stars Andrea Roth, Nicholas Brendon, Bruce Davison, Elisa Donovan, Jason London and Alley Mills.

3 Holiday Tails
December 23rd at 8 p.m.

David and Lisa are meant to be together, but they haven’t quite figured that out yet. With help from family, friends, and four lovable dogs, this couple will truly have a Christmas to remember. Produced by MarVista Entertainment,3 Holiday Tails stars Julie Gonzalo, Kelly Stables, KC Clyde, Alley Mills and Bruce Davison.

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Your Complete Guide to Every New Hallmark Christmas Movie This Year

Whether you're into sad veterans, overworked marketing assistants too busy trying to land a promotion to celebrate the holidays or a bah-humbug widower in need of some Christmas spirit, Hallmark has you covered with over 35 festive holiday films that go down smoother than your grandma's hot cocoa with marshmallows. Here is when all the new films premiere!

Saturday, Oct. 27
Film: Christmas at Pemberley Manor
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Jessica Lowndes, Michael Rady
Synopsis: As Christmas approaches, Elizabeth Bennett (Lowndes), a New York event planner, is sent to a quaint, small town to organize their holiday festival. When she arrives, she finds William Darcy (Rady), a high-profile billionaire lacking in holiday spirit, in the process of selling the charming estate she hoped to use as a venue. Determined to make her event a success, Elizabeth persuades the reluctant Darcy to let her hold the festival on the historical estate once known for its holiday cheer. When they wind up working together to arrange the festivities, the unlikely pair begins falling for each other. But when complications arise and the festival is unexpectedly shut down, the couple parts ways and Darcy moves forward with his plans to sell the estate. On the night before Christmas, a wistful Elizabeth hopes for a Christmas miracle to revive the festival, save the estate, and rekindle her holiday romance.

Wednesday, Nov. 3
Film: Christmas Joy
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Danielle Panabaker, Matt Long
Synopsis: Joy Holbrook (Panabaker) is a keenly intelligent market researcher with an eye on her company's top account and garnering a sweet promotion just in time for the holidays. Just as Joy is capturing the attention of the account's CEO, she receives a call from her Aunt Ruby's best friend back home in Crystal Falls. Ruby has broken her ankle and needs surgery. Though the timing couldn't be worse, Joy immediately comes to her aunt's bedside only to be reunited with former crush, now hospital administrator, Ben Andrew (Long), son of Ruby's best friend Shirley. Joy also must reconcile Ruby's stubborn determination to be in control of everything, including the town's legendary baking competition known as the Cookie Crawl. To keep Ruby focused on healing, Joy volunteers to take Ruby's place much to the amusement of Ben who knows Joy has no idea of the Herculean task before her. Though Joy initially refuses Ben's attempts to "co-captain," she begins to soften and let him in, all the while remembering that there truly is no place like home. Based on the best-selling novel by Nancy Naigle.

Thursday, Nov. 4
Film: Road to Christmas
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Jessy Schram, Chad Michael Murray, Teryl Rothery
Synopsis: Los Angeles television producer Maggie Baker (Schram) unwittingly falls for Danny Wise (Murray), the son and former producer of his mother's (Rothery) popular annual Christmas special Julia Wise Lifestyle. When Maggie's secret plan to reunite Danny and his two brothers with Julia during the live broadcast in Vermont goes awry, Maggie is reminded that above all, it is the love for family and friends that makes the merriest of Christmas.

Film: Marrying Father Christmas
Channel: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Stars: Erin Krakow, Niall Matter, Wendie Malick
Synopsis: When Miranda Chester (Krakow) set off to find information on her biological father two Christmases ago, she never imagined her investigation would lead her to both the love of her life, Ian McAndrick (Matter), and the family she had always longed for, including Margaret Whitcomb (Malick) and step-brother Peter Whitcomb (Jim Thorburn). After her romantic engagement last Christmas, Miranda prepares for a Christmas wedding surrounded by this new family. While Miranda finalizes the details of her big day, Margaret forges a surprising romance with a friend from the past. Miranda's wedding plans are quickly complicated when a mysterious visitor who claims to have ties to her late parents reaches out to her just days before her wedding. As Miranda's wedding approaches, she must decide if she wants to spend one of the most momentous days of her life with this new family connection, and must carefully navigate the first steps into the next chapter of her life with Ian.

Wednesday, Nov. 10
Film: It's Christmas, Eve
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: LeAnn Rimes, Tyler Hines
Synopsis: As interim school superintendent, Eve (Rimes) trims budgets and now she's in her hometown where it's personal. Her handsome neighbor Liam (Hines) is a music teacher and Eve feels his program must be cut. But luckily her friend is married to an IT guy, who's created a website for donations directly to save the arts program. Launched during the tree-lighting ceremony where Liam's students will perform, the website could provide the Christmas miracle the town needs. Already the universe is cooperating. Eve is back home and she, Liam, and his daughter look like they might be celebrating many a future Christmas.

Thursday, Nov. 11
Film: Christmas in Love
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Brooke D'Orsay, Daniel Lissing, Mary-Margaret Humes
Synopsis: Ellie Hartman (D'Orsay) is an aspiring crafter working in her small town's bakery making famous Christmas Kringles. When the new, big-city CEO Nick Carlingson (Lissing) visits the bakery, he arrives filled with modernization ideas destined to lay off many employees. During his visit, Ellie is to teach Nick how to make a Kringle, and determined to show him it's the people who make the business a success, not machines. Nick meets more of the employees and townspeople, visits the food bank and begins to see all the kindness that is shared, and he begins to soften — though not convinced automation isn't better. Struggling with chasing her own entrepreneurial dreams, Ellie begins to fall for Nick but not before feeling betrayed when she inadvertently sees Nick's laptop filled with automation plans. When Nick finally tells the employees his future ideas for the company, Ellie must decide if she should trust him, but more importantly, whether to take a leap of faith in making her own dreams come true.

Film: A Soldier's Christmas
Channel: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Stars: Eloise Mumford, Sean Faris
Synopsis: Captain Grace Garland (Mumford), a decorated U.S. veteran, returns home after two tours of Search and Rescue in Afghanistan. After being separated from her beloved K9 partner, Grace must rediscover the magic of Christmas. When she finds herself stranded in the town of River's Crossing a couple weeks before Christmas, the local judge, Joe Peterson (Faris), offers her a place to stay on his property and takes it upon himself to show Grace everything she has been missing; Christmas, family, community, and love.

Wednesday, Nov. 17
Film: Christmas at Graceland
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Kellie Pickler, Wes Brown
Synopsis: Laurel (Pickler), a Chicago-based business executive travels to Memphis to secure one of the city's oldest family-owned banks. While in Memphis, Laurel reunites with old flame Clay (Brown), a local music promoter with loftier aspirations. Though Laurel tries to keep her eye on the prize of the business acquisition, Clay is very persuasive reminding her of the days when they were a performing duo on the brink of stardom. Now Laurel's focus turns to the home of the Blues and dreams of making music again.

Film: A Godwink Christmas
Channel: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Stars: Kimberley Sustad, Paul Campbell, Kathie Lee Gifford
Synopsis: As Christmas approaches, Paula (Sustad), a St. Louis antique appraiser, reluctantly accepts a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Daniel (Giles Panton, Chesapeake Shores), a career-focused attorney. When her Aunt Jane (Gifford) senses she has mixed emotions over the engagement, she invites Paula to her Nantucket home. Upon her arrival, Paula plans a trip to the nearby island of Martha's Vineyard where she meets Gery (Campbell), a charming inn owner. When bad weather prevents her from departing, Paula winds up staying at Gery's inn and enjoying local holiday festivities alongside him. They begin to have feelings for each other, but when the weather clears up, they part ways and Paula returns to Nantucket. Sensing she's fallen for Gery, Aunt Jane shares with Paula her belief that their meeting was God's way of "winking" at her to help determine which direction her life should take. When Daniel surprises her by spontaneously arriving in Nantucket, Paula decides to move forward with their marriage plans. But back in St. Louis, Daniel soon returns to his all-business ways and a fed-up Paula finally realizes they're not compatible. When Jane invites her back to Nantucket for Christmas, Paula accepts, unaware that Jane has devised a plan to bring her and Gery together. From author Squire Rushnell of the God Winks book series.

Thursday, Nov. 18
Film: Mingle All the Way
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Jen Lilley, Brant Daugherty, Lindsay Wagner
Synopsis: Mingle All the Way is a new networking app designed to pair busy professionals together for upcoming events, without long-term romance. Molly (Lilley), founder of the app, is determined to prove to her family that it is a success. Therefore, she joins the app and meets another busy professional, Jeff (Daugherty). When Molly and Jeff are matched, they are both horrified to realize they've already had not one, but two disastrous previous encounters. Nevertheless, they agree to stay matched for all their respective upcoming holiday engagements. As the pair gets closer, perhaps their business arrangement might turn into something more this holiday season.

Film: Return to Christmas Creek
Channel: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Stars: Tori Anderson, Stephen Huszar, Steven Weber, Kari Matchett
Synopsis: As Christmas approaches, Amelia Hughes (Anderson), a career-focused Chicago app developer lacking in holiday spirit, returns to her small hometown of Christmas Creek to rediscover the meaning of Christmas. There, she reunites with her childhood best friend Mike (Huszar) and her estranged uncle Harry (Weber), whose mysterious rift with Amelia's father divided her family during the holiday season when she was a child. As she engages in local holiday festivities — and begins falling for Mike — Amelia finds herself feeling the Christmas spirit and looking forward to Harry's Christmas Eve tradition of delivering toys to needy children in his small, private airplane. Meanwhile, Harry begins repairing his damaged relationship with his ex-girlfriend Pamela (Kari Matchett). But as she helps prep Harry's airplane for the toy delivery, a shocked Amelia learns her parents have unexpectedly shown up in town for the holiday and is crushed when her father and Harry resume their longstanding feud. On Christmas Eve, disappointed by her family's continued fighting, Amelia prepares to return to Chicago and leave behind Christmas Creek and her budding romance with Mike along with it. But just as she's about to leave, she feels a burst of inspiration that just might turn things around and help her finally restore family peace and embrace romance as love prepares to take flight for Christmas.

Friday, Nov. 19
Film: Christmas on Honeysuckle Lane
Channel: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Stars: Alicia Witt, Colin Ferguson
Synopsis: Emma (Witt) returns home to celebrate Christmas for the last time with her siblings in the house they grew up in. After their parents' recent passing, the siblings reluctantly agree to sell the family home on Honeysuckle Lane, leaving Emma in charge of its belongings. While Emma's mother's collection is being appraised, they find a hidden surprise that takes them on a journey to discover the power of love and family during the holidays. Based on the book by Mary Elizabeth McDonough.

Saturday, Nov. 20
Film: Hope at Christmas
Channel: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Stars: Ryan Paevey, Scottie Thompson
Synopsis: Sydney Ragsdale (Thompson), recently divorced, decides to spend Christmas in a house she inherited with her young daughter. As Sydney begins to spend more time at the local bookstore, she meets a teacher, Mac (Paevey), who also fills in for the town Santa. Mac tries to make Christmas wishes come true, and this year Sydney is at the top of his "nice" list. As a new opportunity with the bookstore unfolds, Mac helps Sydney open herself up to life, love, and believing in the spirit of Christmas again.

Sunday, Nov. 21
Film: Christmas at the Palace
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Merritt Patterson, Brittany Bristow
Synopsis: Katie, a former professional ice skater (Patterson), is hired by the king of San Senova, Alexander, to help his daughter in a Christmas ice skating performance. As Katie spends time in the castle and with the king, she and Alex begin to develop feelings for each other and ultimately fall in love. But will the tradition-loving people of San Senova allow their king to make a foreigner their queen?

Monday, Nov. 22
Film: Christmas at Grand Valley
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Danica McKellar, Brennan Elliott
Synopsis: Burned out from the hubbub of the Chicago gallery world, artist Kelly (McKellar) returns home to the picturesque Grand Valley just in time for Christmas. Maybe her favorite town's shining season will reinvigorate her love of art and guide her down her next path. Leo (Elliott), businessman and all-star dad to his children, struggles to balance his time this holiday season. When he is assigned to review a hotel in Grand Valley for its value, he sees this as the perfect opportunity for a Christmas family vacation. It isn't long until Kelly and Leo's worlds collide. As Kelly re-experiences her favorite Grand Valley traditions with Leo and his children, she begins to find her way back to her passion for art.

Tuesday, Nov. 23
Film: Pride, Prejudice and Mistletoe
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Lacey Chabert, Brendan Penny
Synopsis: Darcy (Chabert) has always worked hard to prove herself and be successful on her own terms, even choosing to start her own company, rather than work with her father. Returning to her hometown for Christmas, Darcy reconnects with an old rival, restaurant owner Luke (Penny), and they are forced to plan a charity event together. As Darcy spends time with her family and Luke, she starts to realize what matters most in life and sets out to mend her relationship with her father, and possibly fall in love. Based on the book of the same title by Melissa de la Cruz.

Wednesday, Nov. 24
Film: Christmas Everlasting
Channel: Hallmark Channel — Hallmark Hall of Fame
Stars: Tatyana Ali, Dondre T. Whitfield, Patti LaBelle, Dennis Haysbert
Synopsis: Christmas is fast approaching and years of long workdays employed at New York's top corporate law firm are about to pay off now that Lucy Toomey (Ali) will be made partner after the New Year. However, when Alice, her older sister with special needs, unexpectedly passes away, Lucy returns back to Nilson's Bay, Wisconsin, to attend the funeral and handle her estate. While Lucy dreads returning to her childhood home, she also feels real sorrow that she was too busy to take her sister's last call. Once back in Nilson's Bay, Lucy meets Peter (Whitfield), her old high school sweetheart and Alice's former attorney, who informs her of the terms of Alice's eccentric will that states in order for Lucy to inherit the family home, she must live there for 30 days through the holidays.

Thursday, Nov. 25
Film: Welcome to Christmas
Channel: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Stars: Jennifer Finnigan, Eric Mabius
Synopsis: Resort developer Madison Lane (Finnigan) is tasked with finding a location for a new ski resort. While she's prepared to recommend the resort be placed in Mountain Park, her boss tells her to take a trip to Christmas, Colorado, to consider the location and the incentive package they're offering. On her way into town to meet with the mayor, Madison has a minor fender-bender with the town's welcome sign. Town Sheriff Gage McBride (Mabius) gives Madison a ride into town so she can attend the meeting while the car is towed and repaired. Little does Madison know that the town is on a mission to convince Madison that Christmas is the best place for the new ski resort. While stranded, Madison grows to love the community and the spirit of Christmas that runs throughout. Is a resort really the right move for Christmas? Or would the town be better off keeping its charm and traditions intact?

Film: A Shoe Addict's Christmas
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Candace Cameron Bure, Luke Macfarlane
Synopsis: As Christmas approaches, Noelle (Bure) is at a crossroads in her life when it seems that love, a connection with her father, and her dream career are out of reach. When she stays late at her job in a department store on a snowy Christmas Eve, she accidentally gets locked in after closing. She isn't too concerned about the prospect of spending the night in the store... until a quirky woman appears out of nowhere in the shoe department and tells Noelle that she's her guardian angel. Soon, Noelle finds herself revisiting Christmases past, present, and future as she must work with her new neighbor, a handsome, Christmas-loving firefighter, to plan the annual Christmas Charity Gala. Will visiting the holidays of yesterday and tomorrow help Noelle take new chances and discover the true spirit of Christmas? And in realizing that the only thing standing in her way of leading a fulfilling life is herself, will the love she has longed for all her life be the best surprise gift of all?

Wednesday, Dec. 1
Film: Christmas in Evergreen: Letters to Santa
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Jill Wagner, Mark Deklin, Holly Robinson-Peete, Barbara Niven, Andrew Francis, Ashley Williams
Synopsis: When Lisa (Wagner) takes a last-minute Christmas trip to her hometown of Evergreen, she finds that the historic general store has been closed. Using her skills as a professional retail designer, Lisa decides to keep local tradition alive and help the good people of Evergreen bring the store back to life. As Lisa charms a local contractor named Kevin (Deklin) into working with her, the pair find themselves facing one surprise after another as they restore the store to its former glory. When the staff at the Kringle Kitchen temporarily accept the store's beloved "Mailbox to Santa" for safekeeping, the townspeople find and rally around a mysterious 25-year-old letter that never made it to the North Pole. As old traditions are made new again, Lisa finds herself falling for Kevin, the traditions, and the town of Evergreen.

Thursday, Dec. 2
Film: A Majestic Christmas
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Jerrika Hinton, Christian Vincent
Synopsis: Christmas in the charming town of Briar Falls will be bittersweet this year when architect Nell (Hinton) goes back to her hometown having been given the job of turning the historic Majestic Playhouse into a modern multiplex, much to the town's objections. The Playhouse has been home to their annual Christmas tableaux, which will now have to end after a long and historic tradition to the town. This job is Nell's first promotion, and one she wishes she hadn't been chosen for, especially when she meets the new owner of the theater, Connor (Vincent), whose vision and ideas clash with Nell's. Since Connor hasn't had much experience celebrating Christmas, Nell hopes that if she can give him a crash course in Christmas during the town's Twelve Day Festival, that he might just change his mind about modernizing the Majestic.

Film: Northern Lights of Christmas
Channel: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Stars: Ashley Williams, Corey Sevier
Synopsis: Zoey Hathaway (Williams) has been working toward her lifelong goal of being a pilot for years, but everything is thrown off-course when she unexpectedly inherits a reindeer farm, along with the dangerously handsome ranch hand Alec Wynn (Sevier). Now buried in taking care of reindeer and all the Christmas responsibilities, Zoey thinks life has delivered her a strange and cumbersome blow, and she isn't sure about Alec, who has his own ideas how best to run things. Alec, who has never had many people have faith in him, opens up when Zoey invests trust in him, and the two find themselves falling for each other. Could they both find happiness in the most unlikely of circumstances right before Christmas?

Wednesday, Dec. 8
Film: Homegrown Christmas
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Lori Loughlin, Victor Webster
Synopsis: After stepping down as CEO of her dream job, Maddie (Loughlin) heads home for the holidays to gain perspective. She finds herself running into her old high school sweetheart Carter (Webster), and tensions quickly arise. When forced to put together a Christmas dance for the local high school, Carter and Maddie find themselves putting their differences aside and rediscover what made them fall in love all those years ago.

Film: Memories of Christmas
Channel: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Stars: Christina Milian, Mark Taylor
Synopsis: Noelle (Milian) was raised by the queen of Christmas. When she inherits her late mother's house, she finds out that her mother had been hiring someone to decorate it — Dave (Taylor). The deal is off, but Dave convinces Noelle to let him carry on the tradition. As the display goes up, Noelle's defenses start to come down. She embraces the town's Christmas gala that was her mother's legacy, finds unexpected love, and develops a joy for the holidays that she never thought possible.

Thursday, Dec. 9
Film: Once Upon a Christmas Miracle
Channel: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Stars: TBA
Synopsis: Told she would have less than a few months to live without a liver transplant, Heather Krueger's time was running out when a kind stranger, Chris Dempsey, heard of her plight and discovered he was a perfect match. The two met and before long a friendship developed into romance. The movie follows Heather and Chris' journey over three Christmases as his selfless gesture leads to a Christmas miracle for everyone involved. Based on a true story.

Film: Christmas Wonderland
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Emily Osment
Synopsis: Heidi (Osment), who initially left her small town of Pleasant Valley with the dream of one day becoming a successful painter, has put her own art on hold to excel as an art gallery curator. Now, a week before the gallery's big Christmas party, she must return home to watch her niece and nephew. She comes face to face with her high school love, Chris, now a teacher, who is in over his head after he must find a new last-minute location for the Christmas dance. Heidi offers to help him and together they discover a beautiful place for the dance, perfectly capturing the Christmas spirit, called Wonderland Farms. The more time Heidi spends in Pleasant Valley decorating for the Christmas SnowBall, the more she finds herself inspired to start painting again. With Christmas fast approaching, Heidi soon becomes torn between the life she built in the city and the life she is surprisingly charmed by back in Pleasant Valley, embracing her true passion.

Wednesday, Dec. 8
Film: A Gingerbread Romance
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Tia Mowry-Hardrict, Duane Henry
Synopsis: With Christmas just weeks away, the architecture firm Taylor works for enters her in a contest in which the teams will design and build life-sized gingerbread houses. After the contest, Taylor will likely be getting a promotion to a position in another city. The firm teams her up with Isabelle, a renowned French pastry chef with whom Taylor instantly locks horns. When Isabelle backs out, Taylor stumbles into a local bakery and meets Adam, a baker and single dad. In an act of desperation, Taylor convinces Adam to partner with her for the contest, arguing that winning would give the bakery and his designs much-needed exposure. For years Taylor has been resistant to call anywhere 'home' for fear it will only be temporary. But the time she spends with Adam and his daughter in their cozy home, decorating for the holidays and exploring the town at Christmas, fills her with a longing for a place to call home.

Wednesday, Dec. 15
Film: Time for Me to Come Home
Channel: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Stars: TBA
Synopsis: It's the last Friday before Christmas in New York City and a massive storm is brewing. Small-town business woman Cara Hill is meeting with her banker while country music star Heath Sawyer is playing Madison Square Garden. When the flight to Tulsa they're both booked on is canceled, this unlikely pair of strangers winds up traveling together. Each has a secret — Heath hasn't written a song since his father died, and Cara's mother recently passed and her family's jam business is failing. Will Christmas provide a miracle — and a chance at love? Time for Me to Come Home for Christmas is a touching story about finding a way home after a loss — to your family and to your own true self. Based on the song by Blake Shelton and the book by Dorothy Shakleford and Travis Thrasher.

Thursday, Dec. 16
Film: Entertaining Christmas
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Jodie Sweetin
Synopsis: Claire is a cookbook author, crafting expert, and television personality whose name is synonymous with perfection. As she contemplates retirement, her daughter Kara (Sweetin) is poised to become the new face of the Livingston brand. The only trouble is, Kara can't cook. Or sew. Or do any of the signature things her mother is known for. When a young girl posts a video online requesting Claire help welcome her deployed father home for Christmas, Kara is sent in her place in an effort to prove herself a worthy successor to the board of directors and win the job. As Kara does her best to make a good impression, she gets more than she bargained for when the young girl's uncle Joe turns out to be a reporter for the local paper, looking for his next story.

Film: Reunited for Christmas
Channel: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Stars: Nikki Deloach, Mike Faiola
Synopsis: Frazzled and struggling with writer's block, novelist Samantha (Deloach), along with her boyfriend, heads home to her late grandmother's home to spend Christmas. While at home with family, her grandmother's wise words reveal the true meaning of Christmas with Samantha at a time when she most needs encouragement

Wednesday, Dec. 22
Film: Christmas Copy
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: TBA
Synopsis: TBA

Film: Small Town Christmas
Channel: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Stars: TBA
Synopsis: Author Nell Phillips' first book has become a surprise bestseller of the Christmas season. Nell's last stop on a nationwide book tour takes her to the town of Springdale, the hometown of Emmett Turner, a young man she met over five years ago while both were junior copy editors at a New York publishing company. Nell was hurt when Emmett stood her up for a dinner date and then disappeared from New York without any explanation. As Nell is quick to admit, Emmett's colorful, nostalgic anecdotes about Springdale inspired her to write this book that is shaping her life and especially this holiday season.

Thursday, Dec. 23
Film: Christmas Made to Order
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Alexa PenaVega
Synopsis: When architect and Christmas amateur Steven finds himself hosting his family for Christmas, he recruits holiday coordinator Gretchen (PenaVega) to bring holiday joy to his home. Gretchen's expert Christmas spirit brings Steven's family together, but neither expected it to bring them closer to each other. After a great opportunity presents itself to Gretchen, she and Steven must decide what's really important in life.

Film: Christmas Bells Are Ringing
Channel: Hallmark Movies & Mysteries
Stars: TBA
Synopsis: Samantha, a freelance photographer, is returning to Cape Cod for the first time since the death of her mother years earlier. She's going to celebrate her father's Christmas Eve wedding to the lovely Helen but is anxious to revisit past memories. However, having never been to the Cape during winter, she finds that it is a whole new experience. On deadline for a big Christmas spread that could ignite her career, she enlists the help of her childhood friend, Mike, to show her around. In the time she spends in Cape Cod with her dad, Helen, and Mike, she finds meaning in her creative pursuits, falls in love, and realizes that Christmas is wherever your family is.

Saturday, Dec. 25
Film: When Calls the Heart Christmas
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Erin Krakow, Lori Loughlin, Jack Wagner, Pascale Hutton, Kavan Smith, Paul Greene
Synopsis: When a group of orphans become stranded in Hope Valley for Christmas, their caretakers — sisters who have a mysterious backstory — lead Bill (Wagner) to investigate the circumstances of their arrival. He discovers the sisters and their orphanage are in jeopardy, so Abigail (Loughlin) and the other residents rally to make it a Christmas to remember for the orphans. Elizabeth (Krakow), who is preparing for the birth of her child, organizes her students to engage in selfless gift-giving. That, along with a Christmas miracle, help bring wonder, hope, joy, and love to all this Christmas season.

Wednesday, Dec. 29
Film: Focus on Love
Channel: Hallmark
Stars: Carlos PenaVega
Synopsis: With only one week to prepare, Lisa Patterson and her family of party planners are given the biggest job in their company's history: a New Year's Eve party for tech entrepreneur Megan Clark. But when her brother breaks his leg and her parents head off on a planned vacation, Lisa must reluctantly enlist the help of her brother's visiting college buddy, David Campos (PenaVega), to help her pull off the event which just so happens to fall on her favorite day of the year. But what Lisa didn't plan on was falling in love in the process.

Hunter Tylo Reveals the Reason Behind Her Blonde Hair

“She’d been going to Paul Mitchell [hairstyling and cosmetology school] to learn how to do her hair, and so I became her subject,” Tylo revealed. “I got to get gel nails, and she started giving me all these nice treatments — including bleaching my hair.”

Although Tylo has experimented with some lighter highlights in the past, she has never before gone quite this blonde with her beautiful mane of hair. Still, she was willing to give her daughter free reign in doing whatever she wanted if it helped her hone her stylist skills. “It was a little scary,” the star confessed, “because we went full-on Gwen Stefani blonde. But she did a great job, and I didn’t have as much breakage as I thought.”

Sounds like Katya knows her stuff! And while Tylo is already slowly bringing her hair back to her more natural brown, she appreciated the opportunity to try on a different look for a while. “I needed a change, too,” she smiled, “and I just wanted to see what it would be like.”

Reign Edwards & Wole Parks on MacGyver 10/5/18

RECURRING CAST: Reign Edwards (Leanna Martin)

GUEST CAST includes: Jesse C. Boyd (Ryan Thorpe), Wolé Parks (Caleb Worthy), Josh Stamberg (Paul “Deacon” Hern).

Dishing with Digest - 9/14/18 - Kyle Lowder

THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL's Adain Bradley Reveals How He Got From England to Hollywood

As every actor will admit, the pace of working in daytime is vastly different than any other acting gig. “Getting used to memorizing 30 pages a day instead of three pages [in a typical lm or TV project] has been a bit of a transition, and that’s the thing that surprises me the most,” Bradley confessed, though he is loving the challenge. “These guys are doing 12 items [aka scenes] in a row, and if I can do that, then I’m sure I can do anything.”

That’s not to say the daytime rookie doesn’t have some experience under his belt. Prior to landing B&B, he played Trev Brown on RIVERDALE, The CW’s dark take on the Archie comics world. “That show opened doors for me that I didn’t even know existed,” he explained. “All of a sudden, I was [auditioning for] series-regular roles or major recurring roles, movies and stuff like that. So it was a really big deal for me.”

Though Bradley was born in Kansas (his mother is American), his family moved to his father’s native England when he was very young, and he considers “home” to be the historic city of York, about three hours north of London. “I’m English,” he declared, as if settling any debate. “I’ve lived there my whole life, but my claim to fame is that I have an American passport!”

Bradley was “discovered” at the age of 10 when, after landing the lead in several school plays, he beat out 400 other contenders for a role in the musical, Bugsy Malone, which was playing at York’s Grand Opera House. By the time he was 15, he’d convinced his parents to bring him to Los Angeles for his first pilot season, where he landed not just any commercial but a Pepsi Super Bowl ad! “I was extremely fortunate my first go-’round,” he humbly acknowledged. “That was almost four years ago.”

Though his first experience in L.A. was a whirlwind, his folks soon thought it best if he returned to Britain to finish up high school. But as soon as he had diploma in hand, that little voice inside his head was calling him back to Tinseltown. “Sometimes I miss my older brother and sister [who still live in England],” Bradley confessed, “but my parents are still out here with me, and they really like L.A. — they especially love the weather. I’ve come to realize how much I fit in here.”

Still, if he happens to miss his favorite British candy bars, he can always call on one of his siblings to pack a few the next time they visit. Or maybe not, if he’s going to be baring his abs on the soap! Bradley laughed and admitted: “I probably shouldn’t be eating anything like that, anyway!”

'She loves pizza and vodka': Jennifer Love Hewitt recalls drunken night with Betty White

The actresses worked together on television film The Lost Valentine in 2011, and then again the following year when Betty was tapped to make a one-off appearance in The Client List series, which Jennifer starred in until it was cancelled in 2013. Reflecting on the close friendship she developed with The Golden Girls icon, Jennifer recalled an evening rendez-vous that got a little out of control.

“She loves pizza and vodka. Right? She’s all of us,” she said of the 96-year-old actress when she appeared on The Late Late Show with James Corden on Tuesday. “One night we were filming, and we went out and I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m going on a date with Betty White.’ It’s the most nervous date I’ve ever been on in my life.”

However, as Jennifer started to feel the effects of the alcohol, panic set in when she realized Betty was in a similar state.

“So, we go to leave and it’s great and then all of the sudden I see that Betty’s sort of going this way (tilting),” the 39-year-old laughed, before emphasizing the grave amount of responsibility she had on her shoulders.

“I was like, ‘Oh my god, I am like the bodyguard of a national treasure. You have got to snap it together and don’t kill Betty White on your date!’” she gasped. “So we get her from the bushes. She didn’t really go in the bushes, but she was on her way.”

After escorting the five-time Primetime Emmy Award winner to the safety of her hotel, Jennifer was invited up to her room for an unusual “nightcap.”

“Her nightcap is gummy bears. I mean, shut the front door and lock it. She’s perfect,” Hewitt giggled. “We got drunk and we had gummy bears, and it was amazing.”

B&B Alum Directs Music Video

And, to read more about what Pearce has been up to since her B&B exit, check out an upcoming issue of Soap Opera Digest.

Dishing with Digest - 9/7/18 - Jacqueline MacInnes Wood

More Taylor on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL? — Hunter Tylo Speaks Out

“I never know,” Tylo confessed. “I’m at a point in my life where I am spending more time with my girls [daughters Isabella, 21, and Katya, 20] which is probably why I can connect to this storyline [of Taylor defending Steffy] so well.”

Tylo first joined the cast of B&B as Taylor back in 1990, and has played the character on and off over the years that followed, most recently causing quite a stir at Liam and Hope's wedding reception! Although not officially on contract with the show, the actress appears willing to continue to make recurring appearances whenever Taylor is needed. Because even though Steffy insists that she’s in control of her own life now, that can change on a dime, so it’ll be good to have her mom around for support when the time comes. And remember that Taylor isn't at her most stable right now herself, so there's definitely story to tell there, too!

As to what the future holds for Taylor and if it means Tylo appearing on a more regular basis, even the actress doesn’t know for sure. “We’ll see!” she declares. “We’ll see!”

B&B Star Welcomes Son

The Bold and the Beautiful recruits former Dr. Quinn hottie to play a judge

Veteran actor Joe Lando (Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman) will recur as judge Craig McMullen, who presides over the court battle between the characters played by Don Diamont and Heather Tom. Complicating matters how Katie (Tom) has begun a new relationship with Thorne Forrester (Ingo Rademacher) who convinced her to sue Bill for custody. Since Thorne’s own wife and daughter died on the show, he’s looking for a new family.

Lando is best known for playing mountain man Byron Sully, Jane Seymour’s husband, on Dr. Quinn from 1993-1998. He’s also a soap vet, having played Jake on One Life to Live and Macauley West on Guiding Light.

His first episode will air Sept. 20.

The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays on CBS.

Reign Edwards on MacGyver 9/28/18

RECURRING CAST: Tate Donovan (Oversight), Reign Edwards (Leanna Martin), David Dastmalchian (Murdoc), Kate Bond (Jill)

B&B Alum Expecting Baby No. 3

B&B’s Mosley Welcomes Daughter

GH’s Kin Shriner Guest Hosts New Game App

Vida Adds Recurring Cast

Teen Choice Award Winners

Choice Comedy TV Actress (#ChoiceComedyTVActress)
Gina Rodriguez – “Jane the Virgin”

Choice TV Villain (#ChoiceTVVillain)
Mark Consuelos – “Riverdale”

Dishing with Digest - Episode 20

CBS ANNOUNCES SEASON PREMIERE DATES FOR ENTIRE EMMY AWARD-WINNING DAYTIME LINEUP

“CBS Daytime continues to deliver award-winning, fan favorite programming that has led the industry for more than 31 years. The lineup offers an unmatched blend of heart and humor in our talk and game shows and stunning storytelling in our daytime dramas, connecting our audience with compelling programming throughout the year,” said Angelica McDaniel, Executive Vice President, Daytime Programs and Syndicated Program Development, CBS Entertainment and CBS Television Distribution.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, the #1 daytime drama for 29 consecutive years, premieres Monday, Sept. 3. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS is averaging 4.75 million viewers. The series, which is entering its 46th season, is broadcast weekdays (12:30-1:30 PM, ET/11:30 AM-12:30 PM, PT) and is produced by Bell Dramatic Serial Company, in association with Sony Pictures Television. Mal Young is the executive producer.

The ninth season of the Daytime Emmy Award-winning talk show THE TALK debuts Monday, Sept. 10, hosted by Julie Chen, Eve, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne and Sheryl Underwood. Currently, THE TALK is averaging 2.53 million viewers. The series airs weekdays (2:00 PM, ET/1:00 PM, PT/CT). It is produced by CBS Television Studios. John Redmann and Sara Gilbert are executive producers.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, the most-watched dramatic serial in the world, premieres Monday, Sept. 17 and will celebrate its 8,000th episode during its 32nd season. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL is averaging 3.80 million viewers. The series is broadcast weekdays (1:30 PM-2:00 PM, ET/12:30-1:00 PM, PT). It is a Bell-Phillip Television production. Brad Bell is the executive producer.

Also kicking off on Sept. 17 are the Daytime Emmy Award-winning game shows THE PRICE IS RIGHT, network television’s #1-rated daytime program hosted by Drew Carey, and the longest-running game show in television history, and LET’S MAKE A DEAL, which returns for its milestone 10th season.

Network television’s most-watched daytime program, entering in its 47th season, THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 is averaging 4.73 million viewers, while THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2 is averaging 5.35 million viewers. The series is broadcast weekdays (11:00 AM-12:00 PM, ET/10:00-11:00 AM, PT). The series is produced by FremantleMedia North America. Mike Richards and Jennifer Mullin are executive producers.

LET’S MAKE A DEAL, with Daytime Emmy Award-winning host Wayne Brady, is averaging 3.04 million viewers, while LET’S MAKE A DEAL 2 is averaging 3.44 million viewers. The show is broadcast weekdays (check local listings). It is produced by FremantleMedia North America. Mike Richards, Dan Funk and Jennifer Mullin are executive producers.

Katherine Kelly Lang Opens up About Why Being a Grandma is "So Great"

The baby was named Zuma, which means “peace” in Arabic. (Coincidentally, it’s also the name of the Malibu locale where B&B’s Brooke occasionally wed Ridge.) “I never thought of that!” Lang says with a laugh. “I definitely used to take my kids to Zuma Beach when they were little, but I didn’t really make that connection.”

These days, Lang can’t resist shopping for her grandchild — “It’s probably overkill, but that’s the fun part” — and needless to say, she can’t wait to babysit. “I think maybe you can enjoy it a little bit more when you don’t have all the responsibility, which is what makes being a grandma so great,” she notes. “I can’t wait to spoil her and take her places.”

As for giving her daughter advice about childrearing, Lang says she’s the one who should be getting pointers from the new mom. “I’m a nervous wreck, and she’s the one saying, ‘Mom — calm down, I’ve got this under control,’” she jokes. “She’s so grounded. It’s like this is what she was meant to do and be. I was the kind of mom who’d always put my finger under the baby’s nose to make sure they were breathing! I was always too nervous. She’s much more relaxed.”

And while Lang frequently travels around the globe for work and play, home for the actress will always be Los Angeles, where she can be close to her now-grown children, including Zoe, her sons, Julian and Jeremy, as well as Danyelle D’Andrea, who is her stepdaughter from a previous marriage. “They will always be my little babies. I miss those years when they would follow me around like little ducklings,” says Lang, “but I love to see how each of them are living their adult lives and seeing the choices they make. We’re all still really tight.”

Gina Rodriguez confirms engagement to Joe LoCicero

“I have a very, very special man in my life,” the actress told Us Weekly of her husband-to-be Joe LoCicero. “I am engaged.”

The couple’s engagement was speculated about in July when the actress was seen sporting a diamond ring on that finger in pictures celebrating her 34th birthday in Mexico.

Rodriguez and LoCicero, 31, met on the set of “Jane the Virgin” in 2016 when he guest-starred on the CW show — and since he proposed, the two haven’t held back with PDA.

Wedding planning may take some time, as the actress told Us Weekly that she’s keeping busy working with Always and Feeding America to help provide feminine hygiene products to underprivileged women. She said it is the “reason why I’m working days after my engagement,” but not without the support of her husband-to-be.

“I have been very, very blessed including being blessed with a very incredible man that understands that during my time of the month, I should be protected and cared for and loved and celebrated and he does that every single time, every single month. It’s really great to be apart the campaign that makes sure all women feel that way because I have a man in my house that makes me feel that way,” she said.

“I am marrying a feminist. I am marrying a man that is incredible and loving and understanding and kind and patient. I’m marrying a really incredible human being.”

Meet Finnegan George, the New Will Spencer on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

Since 2013, the role of Katie’s little boy was played by Zane Achor, Heather Tom’s real-life son with husband James Achor. However, now that her son is growing up, the actress made the decision to focus on his schooling instead of show-business. “He’ll be in kindergarten and missing days,” Tom explained on twitter. “Want him to be a normal kid. I was lucky. But it’s a weird childhood.”

Having made her own daytime debut at the age of 15 on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS, Tom knows exactly how complicated it can be to have a normal childhood while growing up on a TV set. And who knows, maybe when he gets a little older, Zane will remember how much fun he had on the B&B set and want to follow in his mom’s footsteps!

Since recasting the role means Will should be making more appearances on the soap, how will he factor into storylines? Will he have to adjust to another father figure as mom Katie explores her feelings for Thorne? Or will Bill, bitter over being left broken-hearted by Steffy, use his son to heal himself? Stay tuned to find out.

B&B's Bridget Returns

“Bridget is surprised to see some faces she hasn’t seen in awhile,” the actress told the site.

Jones, who joined the CBS soap in 2004, last appeared in a February 2016 episode.

Daytime Emmys: NATAS To Launch Inquiry Following Daytime Dramas’ Call For Changes & Boycott Threat

“Today I received correspondence raising concerns about some elements of the 2018 Daytime Emmy Awards and concerns over its administration,” Terry O’Reilly Chairman, National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, said in a statement. “We have great confidence in the integrity of our Emmy awards system, and believe it effectively honors the best work being done in Daytime Television today. That having been said, we always take concerns about our systems seriously…and out of an abundance of caution I have instructed that outside counsel be retained to evaluate these concerns and conduct an independent look at them.”

O’Reilly’s statement was in response to Deadline’s report Monday that all four daytime dramas, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days Of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless, vowed not to participate in the Daytime Emmy Awards unless changes are made to the voting and accounting practices and the way the competition is held.

In a show of unity, the four dramas made their concerns known in the letter, addressed to O’Reilly and NATAS’ interim president and CEO Adam Sharp. It was in response to the recent gaffe in which Patrika Darbo’s 2018 Daytime Emmy for her guest-starring role on Amazon’s soap opera The Bay was rescinded after NATAS found submission errors in her category and others. Last month, Darbos called out the group for its actions and called for an outside audit “to restore integrity and confidence in the awards.”

Here are a few of the concerns reps for the four shows listed in the letter:

• Voting should be limited to members of NATAS or the Television Academy.

• All members should be eligible to vote for outstanding show. The current process in which NATAS selects who votes is unacceptable.

• NATAS must stop instructing the accounting firm to disqualify certain ballots because of NATAS perception of block voting or other issues that NATAS arbitrarily deems a reason to disqualify.

• NATAS must have an arm’s length relationship with the accountants.

• Despite (NATAS senior management’s) assurance, it was clear during the April 2018 ceremony that the winners were known by many in advance. This is unacceptable.

• NATAS must hire a team, separate from the competition executive(s), to produce and executive produce the actual awards show.

Daytime Emmys Revolt: All 4 Daytime Dramas Threaten To Boycott Awards Unless Major Changes Are Made

The joint letter, sent today to National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences interim president and CEO Adam Sharp, is in response to the recent gaffe, in which Patrika Darbo’s Daytime Emmy for her guest-starring role on Amazon’s soap opera The Bay was rescinded after NATAS found submission errors in her and other categories. At the time, Darbos called out the group for its actions and called for an outside audit “to restore integrity and confidence in” the awards.

“We are disheartened by the recent events involving NATAS and the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards competition and the decisions made by NATAS regarding the Digital categories of Supporting Actor and Guest Star.reps for all four soaps,” reps for the four series wrote in in the letter, a copy of which was obtained by Deadline. “We feel the time is appropriate to bring to your attention our serious concerns about the Daytime Emmy Awards competition.” The four shows went on to say they “are united in their decision not to participate in the Daytime Emmy Awards moving forward until these important issues are resolved.”

Such a boycott would be a huge hit to the Daytime Emmy Awards, which has lost a lot of its luster of one-time premiere TV event.

The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless said that they “want a competition free of bias, perceived collusion, and personal agendas.” They went on to list their concerns:

1. Voting:
• Voting should be limited to members of NATAS or the Television Academy.
• All members should be eligible to vote for outstanding show. The current process in which NATAS selects who votes is unacceptable.
• All qualified members in a given category should be eligible to vote in that category.
• We are concerned about conflict of interest in the voter pools. We require complete transparency of the voting process.

2. Accountancy Firm:
• NATAS must stop instructing the accounting firm to disqualify certain ballots because of NATAS perception of block voting or other issues that NATAS arbitrarily deems a reason to disqualify.
• A written procedure must be put in place for questioning and if necessary disqualify a ballot.
• An independent body needs to deal with all process issues and or discrepancies.
• NATAS must have an arm’s length relationship with the accountants.
• An outside, neutral third party must be hired to audit the voting process across all categories for the 2017/2018 awards and those results must be made available to us and to the TV Academy.

3. Winners Known in Advance:
• We were promised by NATAS senior management that the winners would only be known to the accountants prior to being announced on stage. This has not been the practice.
• Despite their assurance, it was clear during the April 2018 ceremony that the winners were known by many in advance. This is unacceptable.

4. Competition vs. Awards Show:
• We feel that it is a conflict of interest for the executive(s) administering the competition in any way, shape or form to also produce the awards show. The executive in charge of the competition is responsible for the integrity of the competition and the awards. We feel that this conflict contributed to recent transgressions regarding the Digital Guest and Supporting performer categories.
• NATAS must hire a team, separate from the competition executive(s), to produce and executive produce the actual awards show.
• The rules need to be more detailed and include the procedure and process for all aspects of the competition. The concerns listed above are very serious to us. Our goal is to bring integrity back to the Daytime Emmy competition and awards show. We have no confidence in the ability of the persons currently running the competition to accomplish this goal.

The letter was signed by Greg Meng, Co-Executive Producer, Days of Our Lives; John Fisher, Supervising Producer, The Young and the Restless; Steven Kent, SEVP Programming, Sony Pictures Television; which produces Days of Our Lives and The Young and the Restless; Frank Valentini, Executive Producer, General Hospital; Eva Basler, VP Communications, Bell-Phillip TV Prods., The Bold and the Beautiful. Kent and Basler also are Governors of the TV Academy.

NATAS had said after the Daytime Emmys were handed out in April that it discovered “some entrants’ submissions in two categories may have been in violation of the published guidelines for the competition,” which state that prior-season appearances are disqualifying.

But in her open letter last month, Darbo said that NATAS knew about the submission errors “two days prior to the ceremony and made a conscious decision not to deal with it until after the ceremony was over.” She said the organization’s “arbitrary and after-the-fact ruling feels inequitable and wrong.”

Darbo, The Days of Our Lives and Bold and the Beautiful veteran, a co-governor of the Performers Peer Group at the TV Academy, which oversees the Primetime Emmys, called for an outside audit of this year’s Daytime Emmys’ submission and voting process.

“The inequity in this year’s Daytime Emmys based on ageism, gender inequality, and perceived favoritism is, in my opinion, a big blow to the Emmy brand,” she wrote. “The TV Academy, who administers the Primetime Emmy Awards, is very clear that Emmys are awarded to those who achieve excellence in television. I’m beginning to wonder what NATAS feels the Emmys stand for.”

Deadline has reached out to NATAS for comment.

Gina Rodriguez is engaged to Joe LoCicero

Gina Rodriguez and Joe LoCicero are engaged, Us Weekly reported. Fans suspected LoCicero proposed when Rodriguez showed off a brand-new diamond ring on that finger in pictures celebrating her 34th birthday.

“‘They thought I was a Surrealist, but I wasn’t,'” she wrote on Instagram, quoting artist Frida Kahlo. “‘I never painted dreams. I painted my own reality.'”

The couple met in 2016 when LoCicero guest starred on Rodriguez’s hit CW series “Jane the Virgin.” Since becoming official they’ve often publicly gushed about each other, with the Golden Globe winner calling the actor her “king” in photos.

Neither has commented publicly on the news.

Reps for Rodriguez and LoCicero didn’t immediately return Page Six’s request for comment.

Soap Alum Michael Dietz Got Games

Betty White reveals she has no plans to retire at age 96

The Hollywood icon is the subject of a new PBS documentary, titled “Betty White: First Lady of Television,” which details her rise to stardom as a beloved actress and comedienne.

Steven J. Boettcher, who co-directed the film, revealed that after nearly 80 years in showbiz, White still loves working.

“She told me, ‘I’m going to be in the saddle forever,’” Boettcher recently told Closer Weekly. “She loves working; she loves the challenge. She’s someone that we’re all better off for that she’s lived this long.”

While the film is set to premiere on August 21, White and her closest friends had the chance to see it back in January during her birthday celebration.

“It was at her party with 400 of her closest friends,” said Boettcher. “When it was over, she asked, ‘Does it have too much Betty White?’ It was so cute!”

White, who has been acting since her early 20s, was eager to let viewers know that she takes nothing for granted.

“I got an award for everything: inhaling, exhaling,” she joked. “I’ve been so spoiled rotten. I’m the luckiest old broad on two feet. Truly! I’ve always been working at something.”

Boettcher said it took 10 years to complete the upcoming movie, giving him a personal and extensive look at White’s life and career.

“We spent a great deal of time with her [on this project’ and she never said a bad word about anyone,” he explained. “Through her career, every cast and crew member loved working with her. She’d remember every one of those names, their kids and most importantly, the names of their pets!”

Back in January while celebrating her birthday, White told Parade Magazine she always had dreams of becoming a star and she visited numerous Hollywood studios during her 20s in hopes of making her mark. However, she was frequently turned down for being “unphotogenic.”

That didn’t stop White.

“You just keep plugging away,” she said at the time. “You don’t give up.”

Her persistence has paid off. She got her big break in the TV series “Life with Elizabeth,” which aired from 1952 until 1955. She was also a regular guest on the hit game show “Password” from 1961 until 1975, where she met the love of her life, host Allen Ludden. They were married from 1963 until his death in 1981 at age 63 from cancer.

“Not long enough,” she said about her relationship with Ludden.

White never remarried and instead, remained a proud stepmother to Ludden’s three children from his first marriage.

And she has stayed busy. In addition to acting, White has served for more than four decades as a trustee and on the board of the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association.

According to the six-time Emmy winner and last living star from the hit ‘80s sitcom “The Golden Girls,” the secret to success is enjoying life.

“Accentuate the positive, not the negative,” she explained. “It sounds so trite, but a lot of people will pick out something to complain about, rather than say, ‘Hey, that was great!’ It’s not hard to find great stuff if you look.”

White said she also loves vodka and hot dogs “probably in that order.”

She also insisted there is nothing about her career she would want to repeat.

“I don’t have time to miss much,” said White. “Because I’m still working. I just love to work, so I’ll keep working until they stop asking.”

And White already has a future project in mind. She has yet to co-star alongside her big-screen idol, Robert Redford.

“Oh, there’s an idea!” she exclaimed. “That could be a very good idea!”

Linsey Godfrey Joins DAYS!

Heather Tom Shares the Terrifying Experience of When Her Son Was Missing

Tom related how her husband, James Achor, had taken Zane to the showers and after he turned around for two seconds, the boy was gone. “Like gone gone,” she confided. “I was on the beach and James came running up to me asking if he had run past me to the water. I said no and we started a frantic search for him. He was nowhere. I told the lifeguards my son is missing and every horrible thought flashed through my head in a single second.

“James went one way and I went the other screaming his name,” she continued. “A man and his wife said they’d seen a little boy who looked lost wandering down the beach. She was a school teacher and recognized his confusion. I ran that way and I found him. He had actually gone to a lifeguard station but was too shy to talk to the guard. He was looking for our rainbow umbrella. I had never felt such cold, feral fear. I held my boy until he insisted I let go and didn’t take my eyes off of him for the rest of the day.”

And after she regained her composure, Tom found herself reflecting on current events and empathizing with families who are currently without their children. “All I could think about were the women and men who had their kids taken away — sometimes without warning — at the border,” she mused. “I’ve thought it was horrific, but Zane was gone probably less than 10 minutes and I had police and kind people helping to look for him. I didn’t know where my child was, if he was safe, if he was being abused, if he was taken or worse for 10 minutes maybe. These mothers have gone weeks. I don’t know if any of you have experienced anything similar, and I hope you won’t judge me, but believe me, I didn’t feel like he was in summer camp. Thank God we found him.”

We’re just grateful that Zane was found so quickly because fearing for the safety of their child who has gone missing is a nightmare no parent should ever have to go through... for any length of time.

Video: Behind The Scenes Of Cast Photo Shoot

Nicola Posener Joins the Cast of THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL as Amelia

Posener will be making her first appearance in the episode airing on Monday, July 23, although she joked: “My intro is very gradual so don’t blink!” Just the day before, she took a selfie in her dressing room to tease her exciting new role, but was unable to say exactly where she was working was at the time.

Born in London, Poesner got her big break back in 2008 playing Pyper for two seasons on the Disney Channel UK series LIFE BITES. She also played the beautiful priestess Teela in the Mythica series of films as Yvonne in the British sci-fi/horror TV series AGE OF THE LIVING DEAD.

With the actress slated to play the Spencer nanny, does that mean she’ll be working for Liam and Steffy taking care of baby Kelly or minding Will for Katie and Bill? With all four parents busy people, it could be either option, but working for Liam would probably be a lot nicer than working for Bill!

Todd McKee Returns to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL as Jake Mclaine

McKee joined the cast of B&B back in 1990 as Jake, but before that, he was best known for playing Ted Capwell on the NBC sudser SANTA BARBARA, a role he portrayed from the soap’s premiere in 1984 until 1989. You might also have caught him in primetime featured in episodes of MELROSE PLACE, CSI, and 7TH HEAVEN.

Jake was the younger brother of Margo Maclaine, who was played by Lauren Koslow (now Kate, DAYS OF OUR LIVES). Although she wanted nothing to do with the sibling who had abandoned their family, Margo softened towards him when he confessed that their father had sexually abused him when he was younger. She attempted to heal the wounds between Jake and their father, Ben, but the patriarch flatly denied any abuse. Eventually, Margo recalled their uncle, Charlie, had been living in the house at the time and when she went to confront him, saved Jake’s life in the process.

Jake was a former tennis pro who was romantically tied to Felicia, Donna, and Macy. After he confessed to stealing the BeLieF formula to protect Macy, he and Margo returned to their home in Wisconsin. However, in 2007, Jake reappeared working as a “jack of all trades” at Forrester Creations, doing technical work and production for their various fashion shows and press events. The last time Jake was seen for a couple episodes in 2016, first coordinating a Forrester fashion show, and then helping Ridge by digging a massive heart in the sand to woo Brooke.

What brings Jake back this time around? Well, with Hope for the Future gearing up for its big show, it’s likely he’ll be helping to bring that off without a hitch… even though on this show that hardly ever happens!

Forget DANCE MOMS — Watch Nia Sioux In the Hilarious SOAP OPERA MOMS!

Mom Holly Frazier kicks things off by explaining that her daughter had to go to “Soap Opera Orientation” with none other than daytime legend Ian Buchanan (ex-James, B&B; ex-Duke, GENERAL HOSPITAL; ex-Ian, DAYS OF OUR LIVES; Greg, ALL MY CHILDREN)! However, she’s not entirely sure about the Emmy-winning actor's... unique teaching techniques.

Lessons include dramatically staring down a mannequin, demonstrating “attitude and sassiness,” and even a wardrobe makeover called “The Stephanie.” Thankfully Nia has her mom there to step in and take control! Check out the short — but very funny — video right here!

Sioux joined the cast of B&B in the episode that aired on April 23, although before her first appearance had even occurred, she revealed that this was no guest appearance — she’s a series regular! And Emma immediately made a splash as the new Forrester intern, getting into trouble for photographing dresses and when it was revealed her uncle is Bill Spencer's right-hand-man, Justin Barber. While Sioux has had plenty of drama to play on the soap, hopefully she’ll be given plenty of comedy as well, since she’s clearly very good at it!

Jacob Young Is "Pretty Sure" He Broke His Ankle!

It looks pretty painfully swollen, and fans flooded his comments with messages urging him to be careful and make sure to go to the doctor. Young responded that X-rays are definitely on the agenda for the following day. Hopefully he had returned home because he was all finished filming his upcoming movie, They Call Him Angel, where he’s playing the mysterious Mr. Jones.

Young has been a part of the daytime community since 1997 when he first joined the cast of B&B. He has also played Lucky on GENERAL HOSPITAL and JR on ALL MY CHILDREN. He dropped to recurring status with B&B back in April in order to pursue outside projects like this film and his new music. With all of his other opportunities, hopefully this injury won’t keep him out of commission for too long! “All I wanted to do was be at home and sit back and put my feet up,” Young admitted. “Not like this!”

Hopefully, the doctor will have some good news and it won’t be too bad. Get well soon!

Karla Mosley Announces She's Taking a Break From THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL... to Have Her Baby!

In the video, Mosley brings fans up to date before giving them an inside peek at some of the cast photos on the walls of the studio. “Well, it’s super-quiet here at the B&B offices,” she smiled before laughing and adding, “And I am about the last person here! I think it’s probably because I’m so sad to leave. But I’ll be back! Everyone’s going on hiatus and then I’ll have a SUPER-long hiatus.” She then pans the camera around the room to show the images the soap uses in its opening credits. At the end, she turns the camera back on herself and says: “Thanks for an amazing year, and I’ll see you soon, B&B” before blowing a kiss.

Despite the fact that she and Rick are happily married, Maya has been seen more in recent episodes without her husband. That’s due to the fact that Rick Forrester’s portrayer, Jacob Young, has dropped to recurring status with the soap to pursue other opportunities on the side. But with Mosley about to take her maternity leave to welcome her new baby, what will happen to Maya while she’s gone?

Dishing with Digest - Episode 14

Nia Sioux and Karla Mosley Facebook Live

Talk Show Appearance

Monday, July 2

actress Jennifer Finnigan (CBS’ SALAVATION)

Patrika Darbo on Me, Myslef & I 7/21/18 - 8pm

GUEST CAST includes: Stephen Rannazzisi (Adult Phil), Kale Culley (Shart), Patrika Darbo (Joan).

Gina Rodriguez Funds Undocumented Student's Princeton University Tuition

Instead of using her For Your Consideration studio money on an Emmy campaign, the Jane the Virgin actress decided to fund an undocumented high school student's upcoming Princeton University tuition. Rodriguez partnered with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Los Angeles to find a student to receive the college scholarship, and now the unnamed college-bound woman's four years at Princeton will be fully funded.

"FYC is a bizarre dance," Rodriguez told The Hollywood Reporter in an interview, published Tuesday. "Whatever you do requires an insane amount of money."

"Our show has always jumped at any opportunity to help me do something for the Latinx community," Rodriguez continued. "So I asked my showrunner, Jennie [Snyder Urman], if we could do something different with the money this year."

And Rodriguez hopes her decision inspires others to make similar gestures.

"It's taboo to talk about the money being spent, but it's the reality," she told THR. "I think sharing this might inspire other people to do something similar. You can desire recognition and, at the same time, decide to not play in the confines of the game as it's set up."

Rodriguez gave her showrunner a shout-out on Instagram Tuesday, writing, "Thank you to my showrunner Jennie Urman for helping me make a young girl's dream come true #educationispower."

B&B Episodes Available For Streaming On Amazon Prime!

Monte Carlo Television Festival Award Winners

The high-tech series, which ran for four seasons, was named Best Action & Science Fiction TV Series at the glamorous event. British drama Little Boy Blue, which aired on ITV, cleaned up with two awards – as Best Long Fiction Program and with Sinèad Keenan winning Outstanding Actress.

Elsewhere at the ceremony, which was attended by HSH Princess Charlene of Monaco, Ewan McGregor was named Outstanding Actor for his role in Fargo, Netflix co-pro The End Of The F***ing World won Best Comedy, Lethal Weapon, which had problems of its own this year, was called Best Crime TV Series and Tony Shalhoub was named Outstanding Actor for his performance in Amazon’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel.

Laurent Puons, CEO of the Monte-Carlo Television Festival, said, “The 58th edition of our Festival has been a true celebration of the depth and breadth of global programming. We are delighted to have once again played host to this unique showcase of the world’s leading fiction, documentary and news content. Congratulations to the worthy recipients of the Golden Nymphs and our other awards this evening, and many thanks to our juries, our sponsors, and the fans who have contributed so much to make this year’s event such a success.”

FICTION

Best Long Fiction Program
Little Boy Blue
ITV Studios (UK)

Outstanding Actress
Sinèad Keenan
Little Boy Blue (UK)

Outstanding Actor
Ewan McGregor
Fargo (USA)

COMEDY TV SERIES

Best Comedy TV Series
The End Of The F***ing World
Clerkenwell Films / Dominic Buchanan Productions (UK)

Outstanding Actress
Daisy May Cooper
This Country (UK)

Outstanding Actor
Tony Shalhoub
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (USA)

DRAMA TV SERIES

Best Drama TV Series
La Casa De Papel
Vancouver Media (Spain)

Outstanding Actress
Lynn Van Royen
Hotel Beau Sejour (Belgium)

Outstanding Actor
Johannes Lassen
Below The Surface (Denmark)

INTERNATIONAL TV AUDIENCE AWARDS

Best Action & Science Fiction TV Series
Scorpion
CBS TV Studios, SB Films, Perfect Storm Entertainment, Blackjack Productions, K/O Paper Products (USA)

Best Crime TV Series
Lethal Weapon
Lin Pictures In Association With Good Session Productions And Warner Bros. TV (USA)

Soap Opera / Best Telenovelas
The Bold And The Beautiful
Bell-Phillip Television Productions (USA)

B&B Casting News

Antonio Sabato Jr. is Officially Divorced, He Gets House and Car

According to the docs, the former soap star and his ex, Cheryl Marie, reached an agreement on their divorce back on December 31, 2017. Happy new year, indeed. However, it took several months for the judge to sign off.

The exes have joint legal and physical custody of their 7-year-old son, Antonio III. As for property, he gets the house and a 2015 Fiat. They both agreed to return the Maserati they were leasing.

Antonio has to pay child and spousal support, though it's light for a Hollywood divorce. He'll fork over $533 a month for his kid. Cheryl gets $350 monthly in alimony, but only until April 2019. They were only married for 5 years.

He also has to pay her $10k for attorney fees, and agree not to take any drugs without a valid prescription. As we reported, Cheryl claimed Antonio abused prescription drugs, and was worried about their son's safety. Sabato admitted issues with sleeping pills, but told us he's an outspoken advocate on fighting addiction.

He'll be the Republican candidate for California's 26th District, come November.

When Calls the Heart Movie

New Gig For B&B’s Aaron D. Spears

Teen Choice Awards 2018

Choice Comedy TV Actress (#ChoiceComedyTVActress)
America Ferrera — Superstore
Candace Cameron Bure — Fuller House
Gina Rodriguez — Jane the Virgin
Kristen Bell — The Good Place
Sarah Hyland — Modern Family
Yara Shahidi — blackish, grown-ish.

Who Plays Xander on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL? — Meet Adain Bradley!

Xander is the nephew of Julius, played by Obba Babatundé, which makes him cousin to Karla Mosley’s Maya and Reign Edwards’ Nicole. Bradley was born in Kansas, but raised in the United Kingdom, so he’ll be able to use his accent since Alexander was also raised in England by Julius’ brother and his wife. The only question is, will Julius be at all happy to see his nephew? The guy doesn’t seem to get along with much of his immediate family, but maybe the extended clan is okay?

What brings Alexander to Los Angeles in search of the American side of his family is still being kept tightly under wraps, but we hear he’s going to be keeping a big secret which will certainly make things interesting. So be sure to stay tuned to see how his storyline develops and what he's hiding from his family.

With Nia Sioux now a regular player on B&B as Forrester intern Emma, perhaps she’ll catch his eye? Anything is possible, so stay tuned!

BLINDFOLDED MAKEUP CHALLENGE WITH JACQUELINE WOOD & KELLY KRUGER BROOKS!

Ex-'Dance Moms' Star Nia Sioux Cashing In On 'Bold and the Beautiful'

We got ahold of her minor's contract for the soap opera and Nia, who's 16, is making $2,500 per episode. She's already appeared in 6 episodes this year.

Unclear how long her story arc will run but, if she does return next season, her rate goes up to $2,800.

She's no stranger to the camera, having appeared on 7 seasons of "Dance Moms." TV experience aside, she still only gets 2 weeks vacation, according to her contract. Just like the rest of us.

Courtney Hope Returning to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

On March 19, Hope shared a heartfelt message to the fans thanking them for following her on her journey as Sally Spectra and sadly confirming that she was moving on. “I’ve been waiting for the right time to say this, but I’ve realized the more I wait, the longer it takes me to move on and accept life’s new chapter,” she wrote. “Thank you to all the Sally and Spectra fans! Your love and support has meant the world and I will miss you all. Hopefully Sally can return to ‘Los Angeles’ Fashion’ soon, but until then, I love you all. It’s been the greatest year and I will forever be thankful for my time as Sally Spectra.

“Being blessed to grace your homes and screens with love, light, and the pursuit of dreams and truth,” she continued. “It’s been an honor to be a part of B&B, and I am grateful for the memories and friendships made! God apparently has new and bigger plans for me at the moment, and I can’t wait to see what those are! Again, I love you all and hope to entertain and hang out with you again very soon!”

Hope first debuted as the original Sally Spectra’s grand-niece back in January of 2017 along with Patrika Darbo’s Shirley Spectra as part of B&B's revival of the Spectra family and their fashion rivalry with Forrester. She enjoyed a romance with Thomas Forrester, and enjoyed a brief flirtation with Liam Spencer that nearly destroyed his marriage to Steffy, but was primarily focused on building Spectra Fashions back into a force to be reckoned with.

Sally reunited with Thomas and left with him for New York to live happily ever after, so what brings the redhead back to Los Angeles? You'll have to stay tuned to find out! One thing's for sure, she'll probably have something to say about Liam's current love triangle with Hope and Steffy! And since he's otherwise occupied, might Sally wind up with Wyatt instead?

B&B Star Expecting

Patrika Darbo Calls For Outside Audit After Daytime Emmy Gaffes

NATAS said after the Daytime Emmys were handed out in April that it discovered “some entrants’ submissions in two categories may have been in violation of the published guidelines for the competition,” which state that prior-season appearances are disqualifying.

But Darbo says in an open letter today that NATAS knew about the submission errors “two days prior to the ceremony and made a conscious decision not to deal with it until after the ceremony was over.” She says the organization’s “arbitrary and after-the-fact ruling feels inequitable and wrong.” (Read the letter in full below.)

NATAS said earlier June 1 that it made its decision when it was discovered both Darbo and fellow The Bay castmate and nominee Thomas Calabro were found ineligible in the category of Guest Performer in a Digital Daytime Drama Series. After it rescinded Darbo’s win, it said it would not re-give the award in the category.

Darbo said today said “the onus for a correct submission is not on the producers of The Bay, or any other producers; the ultimate responsibility lies squarely on the shoulders of NATAS. … These errors were then not brought to light until after the Daytime Emmys were presented and awarded, meaning that other actors who did properly submit have now lost their chance at winning a Daytime Emmy.”

The Days of Our Lives and Bold and the Beautiful veteran, a co-governor of the Performers Peer Group at the TV Academy, which oversees the Primetime Emmys, is calling for an outside audit of this year’s Daytime Emmys’ submission and voting process.

“The inequity in this year’s Daytime Emmys based on ageism, gender inequality, and perceived favoritism is, in my opinion, a big blow to the Emmy brand,” she wrote. “The TV Academy, who administers the Prime Time Emmy Awards, is very clear that Emmys are awarded to those who achieve excellence in television. I’m beginning to wonder what NATAS feels the Emmys stand for.”

Here’s her letter:

As disappointed as I am about having my Daytime Emmy taken back by NATAS, as a Co-Governor of the Performers Peer Group at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in Los Angeles, overseeing the Primetime Emmys, I am more concerned about how this incident tarnishes the Emmy brand. I did not submit myself for Daytime Emmy consideration, my producers at The Bay made the submission. However, at the end of the day, the onus for a correct submission is not on the producers of The Bay, or any other producers; the ultimate responsibility lies squarely on the shoulders of NATAS. They should have vetted each and every submission and then notified those submitting of any submission errors in advance of the voting and the ceremony.

I understand that in my category there were at least four submission errors. NATAS was made aware of these potential errors two days prior to the ceremony and made a conscious decision not to deal with it until after the ceremony was over. These errors were then not brought to light until after the Daytime Emmys were presented and awarded, meaning that other actors who did properly submit have now lost their chance at winning a Daytime Emmy.

In addition to the rule violations in my category, there was a similar rule violation in the category for Supporting Actor in a Digital Drama. I was made aware of this violation when NATAS called to inform me of the situation. After taking back my Daytime Emmy, NATAS called another female performer in my category to re-issue the Emmy, as she was the next runner up according to the accountancy firm. The very next day, NATAS called her back and said she could not have it as she had submitted one episode too many (the rule is that one episode may be submitted for consideration and the new recipient submitted two). However, the winner of the Daytime Emmy in a Supporting Actor in a Digital Drama was allowed to keep his statue, (the rule is that four episodes may be submitted for consideration, the recipient submitted five episodes). NATAS determined after the fact that the rules for Supporting Actor and his show were “ambiguous.”

As a performer in film and television for over three decades, who fights diligently for fairness and equity for my fellow actors by volunteering my time and leadership at both SAG/AFTRA and the TV Academy (ATAS), the arbitrary and after-the-fact ruling feels inequitable and wrong. A rule is a rule. If the rule is going to be changed or declared “ambiguous” it should be done prior to voting, not after the votes are in and the Emmys have been handed out.

The inequity in this year’s Daytime Emmys based on ageism, gender inequality, and perceived favoritism is, in my opinion, a big blow to the Emmy brand. The TV Academy, who administers the Prime Time Emmy Awards, is very clear that Emmys are awarded to those who achieve excellence in television. I’m beginning to wonder what NATAS feels the Emmys stand for.

For the sake of the overall Emmy brand, I feel an outside audit of the submission and voting process of this past Daytime Emmy Awards would be a show of good will by NATAS and would help to restore integrity and confidence in the Daytime Emmy Awards.

SAG-AFTRA Reaches Tentative New Contract With Four Broadcast Networks

ABC, CBS, NBC and Fox have agreed on a successor to the National Code of Fair Practice for Network Television Broadcasting. If approved, the new contract starts July 1 and runs through June 30, 2021.

The tentative agreement will be submitted for approval to the SAG-AFTRA National Board at its meeting July 21. Subject to the board’s approval, the agreement will then be sent to the union’s membership for ratification.

“This deal delivers overall gains in important areas, including meaningful increases in wages and residuals rates that will put real money in members’ pockets,” said AFTRA president Gabriell Carteris. “Additionally, the agreement now reflects important new language limiting auditions or meetings in private hotel rooms and residences, which represents a partial realization of our work toward industry culture change.”

The agreement includes increases in contract minimums spread over a three-year period. That includes an 8.7 percent overall wage increase to most program fees, implemented through increases of 2.5 percent the first year, 3 percent the second year and 3 percent the third year. The AFTRA Retirement Fund also gets a bump in funding

The new agreement will also include automatic increases for daytime serial performers, background actors, certain group dancers, stand-ins, and dance-ins, among other notables.

In a continuing nod to #MeToo, the agreement includes improved harassment-prevention language, underling clauses prohibiting harassment, and also adjusts the working hours language for minors, SAG-AFTRA said.

The TV networks contract generates more than $200 million a year in covered member earnings and covers programming in nearly all television day parts, as well as programming produced for digital media.

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Danny Woodburn Returns to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

Woodburn made his debut as Ken in October of 2017 playing the tech expert who helped Bill Spencer retrieve incriminating evidence against him that Liam had on his computer. But now it looks as though the Forresters are going to be the ones hiring Ken this time around. To dig up dirt on the Spencers, perhaps? You’ll have to tune in to find out!

After taping his first B&B appearance, the actor told TV Insider that he was cast on the soap after speaking at a luncheon for CBS casting directors on the subject of diversity. “I advocate for performers with disabilities to play all kinds of people, not just characters with disabilities,” he explained. “It’s a tough business for everybody. This is my 27th year with a union card and I’m always excited to be on a set. To me, being at B&B isn’t work. It’s a vacation. When I have a job, I can actually relax!”

This isn’t Woodburn’s first brush with daytime. In addition to roles on CONAN, CHARMED, and BONES, the actor also appeared in some episodes of SEINFELD, one of which found his character, Mickey, appearing as a stand-in on ALL MY CHILDREN along with his pal, Kramer! But Woodburn has also appeared on an actual soap himself, having played a demon elf on the NBC supernatural sudser PASSIONS back in 2006 and 2007!

At this time, there are no details as to when, exactly, Woodburn will be appearing as Ken, but if he taped his appearance in early June, you can likely expect to see him sometime after the Fourth of July holliday, so be sure to tune in.

HTGAWM Promotes Rome Flynn to Series Regular Ahead of Season 5

Rome Flynn (aka Gabriel Maddox) will be a full-fledged series regular when the Shondaland drama returns for Season 5 this fall, our sister site Deadline reports.

As you may recall — or not, it’s been a while! — overhearing the name “Gabriel Maddox” during a visit to Middleton piqued Frank’s interest, prompting him to call someone and say, “The good times didn’t last too long. Her kid is here.” But who’s “her,” you ask? In true, HTGAWM fashion, the mother’s identity remains a big fat question mark.

In addition to making guest appearances on shows like NCIS: New Orleans and MacGyver, Flynn held down the role of Zende Forrester Dominguez on The Bold and the Beautiful from 2015 to 2017.

B&B’s Brown Advances In Congressional Race

Antonio Sabato Jr. Advances In Primaries

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Daytime Emmy For ‘The Bay’ Guest Star Patrika Darbo Revoked For Improper Submission

NATAS said today it “received a credible report” after the Daytime Emmys were awarded April 27 and April 29 “that some entrants’ submissions in two categories may have been in violation of the published guidelines for the competition.” After an investigation, it rescinded Darbo’s honor and the nominations of both her and Colabro’s, saying it will not re-award the trophy.

Other nominees in the Guest Performer category included Jennifer Bassey of Anacostia, Mike E. Winfield from Conversations in L.A. and The Bay‘s Chad Duell.

“While the Daytime judges found each performance worthy of distinction, and the investigation determined that neither performer was involved in the selection of categories in which their performances were submitted, prior-season appearances are nonetheless a disqualifying violation of the guidelines for the category,” NATAS said in its statement. “Ms. Darbo’s Daytime Emmy Award and nomination and Mr. Calabro’s nomination have been withdrawn. Other nominations in the category will remain, but no Emmy Award will be presented in the category this year.”

NATAS added that the second investigation into “whether entrants in this or other categories violated guidelines limiting the number of program episodes from which submitted excerpts could be drawn” found “their inclusion was deemed not to have impacted the outcome of the competition.” No penalties were given, but the org said it would update its submission guidelines for future competitions to clear up any ambiguities.

Darbo is known for her longtime roles on Days of Our Lives and Bold and the Beautiful. She was previously nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 2000 for Days and won a Primetime Emmy in 2016 for Acting Dead, in the Outstanding Actress in a Short Form Comedy or Drama Series category.

She told Deadline’s sister publication Variety, which broke the news today, that The Bay executive producer Gregori Martin first told her about NATAS’ investigation into the submission. Variety reported that Martin took the blame for submitting her nomination improperly.

Here’s the full statement from NATAS:

“The core mission of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is to honor excellence in television. Serving that mission has involved making every effort to preserve the integrity and distinction of the Emmy® Award through more than 60 years of technological and industry change.

“Following the 45th Daytime Emmy® Awards in Pasadena, California, on April 27th and 29th, NATAS received a credible report that some entrants’ submissions in two categories may have been in violation of the published guidelines for the competition. NATAS immediately commissioned a thorough internal investigation, and determined that Patrika Darbo and Thomas Calabro, both of Amazon’s The Bay, should have been deemed ineligible for consideration in Category 40 (“Outstanding Guest Performer in a Digital Daytime Drama Series”) as they had each appeared in a prior season of the program.

“While the Daytime judges found each performance worthy of distinction, and the investigation determined that neither performer was involved in the selection of categories in which their performances were submitted, prior-season appearances are nonetheless a disqualifying violation of the guidelines for the category. Ms. Darbo’s Daytime Emmy® Award and nomination and Mr. Calabro’s nomination have been withdrawn. Other nominations in the category will remain, but no Emmy® Award will be presented in the category this year. Ms. Darbo has been nominated previously for a Daytime Emmy® Award and was recognized with a Primetime Emmy® Award in 2016.

“NATAS also investigated whether entrants in this or other categories violated guidelines limiting the number of program episodes from which submitted excerpts could be drawn. The questioned materials were often fleeting, representing only a single line of dialogue, and their inclusion was deemed not to have impacted the outcome of the competition. Further, in retrospect, the guidelines were not sufficiently reflective of current digital distribution trends, causing ambiguity regarding the submissions’ qualification. The questioned entries will not be penalized for this ambiguity, and the guidelines will be updated for future competitions.”

Jacob Young's Whiskey Kiss

Talk Show Appearance

Monday, June 4

Don Diamont (CBS’ BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) discusses his new book

Talk Show Appearance

Friday, June 8

“Summertime Santa Giveaways” continue with must-haves for Dads presented by actor Bryton James (CBS’ THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS)

New Don Diamont Book

Soap star Don Diamont's most interesting storyline to date is being the real-life father and ringleader of his seven rambunctious boys.

Called a "daytime deity" by Soap Opera Digest, Don Diamont is best known as the dashing publishing titan with steel abs, "Dollar Bill Spencer," on the most-watched daytime drama in the world, The Bold and the Beautiful.

But all of that takes second place to his most important role to date: father to seven boys.

By turns hilarious and poignant, MY SEVEN SONS AND HOW WE RAISED EACH OTHER is a family memoir for our time. Don writes with openness and courage about the ways his family came together: by marriage, divorce, the death of his sister, and marriage again. Today's blended families might look different from the households of even a few decades ago, but the first dates, first cars, busting curfew, talking back, grounding, broken hearts, laughs, tears, and the love are the same.

From his childhood growing up in LA, to his Zoolander phase as a model in both Paris and Los Angeles, to the iconic place he now occupies in daytime television, Don also gives us a glimpse into a life that at times could have been scripted for a soap opera. And, with brutal honesty, he tells of the personal devastation he suffered after the deaths of his father, brother, and sister.

MY SEVEN SONS is required reading for everyone who is a parent, and all those who have one.

Reviews:

"Isn't it a bit too soon for soap heartthrob Don Diamont to be writing his memoirs? Oh, hell no! My Seven Sons is a fresh and fantastic surprise-one that delivers big laughs, wondrous adventures, and so much triumph over tragedy that it will leave you breathless. Diamont is a wise and inspiring raconteur with a life that must be shared!"? Michael Logan, TV Critic

"I've known Don for years, and, like millions of fans worldwide, have enjoyed him as "Dollar Bill" every day on The Bold and the Beautiful. Now, as a parent myself, it was fascinating to go on the journey behind the scenes and into his life as a devoted dad to his seven sons... and loving husband to a patient wife!"?Julie Chen, Host of The Talk and Big Brother, CBS

My Seven Sons and How We Raised Each Other: (They Only Drive Me Crazy 30% of the Time) by Don Diamont (Hardcover) (Kindle)

Winsor Harmon Arrested Again for Drunk in Public

Law enforcement sources tell us the ex-'Bold and the Beautiful' stud was busted earlier this month after cops were called to check on a man sleeping in his car in a burb of the San Fernando Valley. Upon arrival, we're told cops discovered Winsor sleeping in his SUV.

Sources say Winsor was passed out in the back seat, and that beer cans were all over the floorboard. One of the SUV's tires was also flat, apparently. Winsor eventually woke up, and appeared disoriented and inebriated after exiting the vehicle, according to police.

Cops determined he was too drunk to care for himself, so they cuffed him and took him to jail. He was eventually released and issued a citation.

Not much different from a few months ago when Winsor was initially arrested for drunk in public -- except this time there didn't appear to be any alleged public peeing. Dun-dun!

Talk Show Appearance

Friday, June 1

“Summertime Santa Giveaways” for Grads presented by Darin Brooks (CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL)

B&B Casts TOP MODEL Winner

Michael B. Jordan, Gina Rodriguez slated to present at MTV Movie & TV Awards

In addition, the show will feature musical performances from Mustard and Nick Jonas, whose just-released single “Anywhere” will be performed in its entirety for the first time (as opposed to their appearance on the “American Idol” finale in May 21, which saw an abridged version of the song). The video for “Anywhere” premiered on MTV on Tuesday. Newcomer duo Chloe x Halle are also set to perform.

The awards show began including TV nominees last year and also replaced the best actor and best actress categories with non-gendered distinctions — best actor in a movie and best actor in a show — along with longtime fan favorite categories like best kiss, best hero and best villain.

Executive producers for the 2018 edition of the MTV Movie & TV Awards include Joel Gallen/Tenth Planet Productions with MTV’s Amy Doyle, Garrett English and Wendy Plaut and Rick Austin. Vanessa Whitewolf serves as co-EP. Melanie Block is executive in charge of production. Amani Duncan is executive in charge of music.

Jacob Young Stars In Two New Films

CBS Daytime Ratings - week ending May 18

LET’S MAKE A DEAL (one) attracted 2.81 million viewers – the show’s largest audience since the week ending May 4, while LET’S MAKE A DEAL (two) scored 3.22 million viewers, its best number since the week ending April 27. LET’S MAKE A DEAL (two) also had its best women 18-49 rating (0.6) since the week ending April 6.

THE PRICE IS RIGHT (one) had its largest audience since the week ending April 27 (4.29m), and THE PRICE IS RIGHT (two) hit its biggest audience number since the week ending April 20 (4.84m).

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS (which is celebrating its 45th anniversary and 29 consecutive years as daytime’s #1 drama) delivered 4.17 million viewers, 1.2 in women 25-54 and 0.7 in women 18-49, its largest weekly numbers in those demos since the week ending April 27.

THE BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL scored 3.40 million viewers, a 1.0 in women 25-54 and 0.6 in women 18-49, the show’s largest weekly numbers in those measures since April 20.

THE TALK delivered 2.36 million viewers and a 0.7 in women 25-54, its best week in those measures since April 20.

Source: Nielsen, Live plus Same Day Ratings for the week ending May 18, 2018.

LA to Vegas Cancelled at Fox

Co-star Amir Talai shared the news of the show’s axing via Twitter on Monday evening. “I love you so much #LAtoVegas fans,” Talai wrote. “That’s why it breaks my heart to tell you that our show is not coming back.”

The comedy about the crew and passengers on discount Jackpot Airlines’ weekend jaunts from [see title] and back starred Dylan McDermott as kooky Captain Dave and UnREAL alumna Kim Matula as Ronnie, the level-headed flight attendant who miraculously keeps her wacky friends, er, grounded.

The series’ chances of renewal started looking up back in January when the network ordered three additional episodes (bringing its total to 15). But apparently, it couldn’t even be saved by answering once and for all the question of “Are Dylan McDermott and Dermot Mulroney the same person?” by casting them as rival captains.

Gina Rodriguez And David Thewlis Join Pubescent Animated Comedy ‘Big Mouth’

Rodriguez will conveniently voice the character of Gina, a girl on Missy (Jenny Slate) and Jessi’s (Jessi Klein) soccer team who shakes up the social dynamics of the school — which is bound to bring some drama to the fold.

Thewlis will join the fantastical character roster as The Shame Wizard, the Hormone Monster’s (Nick Kroll) mortal enemy who haunts the kids, stoking their deepest shame.

Big Mouth comes from Kroll and his real-life best friend Andrew Goldberg (Family Guy) and includes a roster of noteworthy comedic actors including John Mulaney, Maya Rudolph, Jason Mantzoukas, Jordan Peele, Fred Armisen, and Andrew Rannells.

Kroll, Goldberg and screenwriter-directors Mark Levin & Jennifer Flackett are all creators and executive producers on the Netflix series.

Kyle Lowder Back At DAYS

Soap Faves In New Film

Brooklyn 99 Finale Video: Rosa Falls for Special Guest Star Gina Rodriguez

TVLine has your exclusive sneak peek at Sunday’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine season finale (Fox, 8:30/7:30c), which introduces Jane the Virgin‘s Gina Rodriguez as a potential love interest for Rosa.

As previewed by series co-creator Dan Goor, Rodriguez plays Alicia, an Uber driver who comes into Rosa’s life when she least expects it. “They meet by chance… and Rosa is not looking for love,” he says. “But the question is, once she meets Gina Rodriguez’s character, will she be able to avoid it?” (Judging by Rosa’s googly-eyed expression, we’re guessing the answer is no.)

As previously reported, Brooklyn Nine-Nine‘s Season 5 finale marks the Andy Samberg sitcom’s last episode on Fox, before moving to NBC for a 13-episode Season 6. The very special outing, titled “Jake and Amy,” will feature the highly antipicated Peraltiago wedding.

Patrika Darbo Takes To The Stage

Veteran Character Actor Joseph Campanella Dies at 93

Campanella appeared across five seasons of late ’60s and early ’70s crime drama “Mannix,” for which he earned a supporting actor Emmy nomination in 1968, and six seasons of ’70s sitcom “One Day at a Time.” He had a number of other co-starring roles on the small screen, including ’60s hospital drama “The Doctors and the Nurses,” the ’70s medical series “Marcus Welby, M.D.,” and ’80s primetime soap story “The Colbys.” In more recent years, the actor held a recurring role on daytime soap opera “The Bold and the Beautiful” from 1996 to 2005 and worked on “The Practice” and “That’s Life.”

Along with his on-screen roles, Campanella also built a career as a voice actor, voicing characters in ’90s animated shows “Spider-Man” and “Road Rovers,” along with narrating the “Discover” science series on Disney Channel. He appeared in three Broadway plays, with “The Captains and the Kings” in 1962, “A Gift of Time” in 1962, and “Hot Spot” in 1963. He was nominated for a Tony for his performance in “A Gift of Time.”

Campanella is the younger brother of fellow actor Frank Campanella, who died in 2007. He was born in New York City and attended Columbia University before moving to Hollywood. He is survived by Jill Campanella, his wife of 53 years, as well as his seven sons and eight grandchildren.

Dishing With Digest Episode 7

Y&R And B&B On The Hunt For New Roles

Katherine Kelly Lang Calls Her New Granddaughter "an Amazing Little Soul"

In the hashtags to her post, Lang also revealed that the baby’s name, Zuma, means peace. “So incredible to meet the sweet little spirit as she was coming into this world,” the proud grandma expressed. “She is such a doll!”

The next day, the actress shared another photo of herself and Zuma, this time holding the newborn swaddled in her hospital blankets. “I am amazed at how alert Zuma is on her second day in this world,” Lang marveled. “She is an amazing little soul and so excited to finally meet her. So happy for my daughter, Zoe, and excited for Dom and me to spoil little Zuma. Already making plans on how to do that! I am sure she will be spoiled and loved by the whole family!”

Zuma is just beautiful, and we look forward to seeing more photos of the baby girl as she grows up, courtesy of her doting grandmother!

B&B Star Scott Clifton's Beautiful Birthday Message to His Son Brought Us to Tears

“The point of my life, it turns out, is yours,” Clifton continued. “Self-interest consumes so much of my stupid, fleeting, fickle human existence; what a gift you are — to exhale, step off the stage, take my seat in the audience, and enjoy the Story of Ford. I won’t be here for the third act, little one, but I know you’ll get a standing ovation.”

Cilfton then expressed feelings that every mother and father can understand and relate to. “It’s an experience shared by every parent, I’m sure, but you make it so easy for your mom and me,” the proud papa declared. “Your intelligence, your kindness, your sense of humor, your curiosity, your imagination, your perceptiveness, your focus, your warmth, your smile… God,that smile. There is so much I want to show you, so much I want to see again through your eyes, and so much to learn from you, when you’re ready to show me my own blind spots.

“You’re better than I’ll ever be,” Clifton concluded. “What a privilege to claim you as my legacy. What a relief to know I left the world a better place than I found it, because I left it you. I love you.”

Don Diamont Reveals the Truth Behind the "Who Shot Bill" Mystery on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

Also exhausting was the actual filming of the dramatic scenes where Bill was shot by the mystery assailant. “They wanted the look of those scenes to have a suspenseful, ‘film’ quality to them,” Diamont revealed. “So those were painstaking and took quite a bit of time. They shot a lot of footage of me on the floor, and let me say, you get stiff and sore laying on hard ground for that long. It’s really uncomfortable!”

Since the actor suffers from chronic lower back issues, you’d think he would’ve enjoyed the subsequent episodes where he was unconscious in the hospital… but you’d be wrong! “You’d think ‘Oh, I get to just lay in bed and not say anything? Great’” Diamont confided. “But it’s really tedious, actually. I think I’d prefer to have a ton of dialogue than just laying in bed with a pretend intubation tube in my mouth.”

Of course, now Bill is fully recovered and back in fine form as he continues to wreak havoc manipulating the lives of those around him. Looks like that particular brush with death didn’t change him one bit! He’d better be careful because Taylor might take another shot at him if he doesn’t leave Steffy alone!

B&B’s Hires A New Avant

AMC Faves Reunite For New Film

Jacob Young Reveals What's Next After THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

Young has already begun releasing new music with the intention of producing an EP down the line, and has already landed a role in a new film, though he’s been careful not to reveal too much about it. “I am shooting a film currently right now in Albuquerque, and I feel that this is the first step of many steps in the right direction,” he revealed. “We’ve been hard at work as a team pushing to get these projects going, and as you know, work breeds more work, and right now I’ve taken those initial steps to continue doing so.”

As an actor, Young is looking forward to really delving into a character and exploring all the layers, something that’s not always possible with the hectic pace of daytime. “Anybody who has an opportunity in TV, that’s fantastic, and we’re always grateful, but when it becomes a job, it starts to lose that pizzazz,” he confessed, “and it was really starting to become a job and it was starting to break my heart inside.”

Another project Young is currently developing is about the legendary comedian Jerry Lewis. “I was dear friends with Jerry right up until the very end,” he explained, “and this is a project that we have a lot of interest from major A-list comedians that may want to [take on] this role. So yes, producing, developing, that’s the next step.”

Having been in daytime for decades with roles on B&B, GENERAL HOSPITAL (as Lucky Spencer), and ALL MY CHILDREN (as JR Chandler), Young is eager to see what else is out there for him. “There’s just so much great content that’s out there right now through the streaming media outlets,” he admitted, “there’s a lot more risks that are being taken with the kinds of shows that are out there, so I’m open in general to exploring multiple possibilities. It’s not just two or three different roles. There’s just so much material out there!”

Annika Noelle Teases Hope's Plans for Liam on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

“Team Steffy is out in full force,” Noelle acknowledged to Soaps In Depth of the character’s passionate legion of fans. “Hey, I get it. Hope’s been gone for a while, so to all of a sudden have her back and going after someone else’s man? It’s to be expected.”

Thankfully, she’s also discovering what it’s like to have loyal fans of her own. “I’m starting to see Lope fans come out of hiding,” Noelle confided. “I think it’s fun, and honestly, the person whom I’m having most fun with through it all is [Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Steffy].”

While Hope and Steffy will likely never be BFF’s on screen, backstage, Noelle and Wood get along much better. “She and I have a lot of similar interests and I think she is so fun,” Noelle revealed. “When she and I run lines in her dressing room, I’m usually rolling around on the floor playing with her dog, Ja’mie. I’m pretty much in heaven that I get to play with her puppy at work!”

Despite Hope’s insistence when she first returned to Los Angeles that she wanted Liam and Steffy to work through their differences and repair their marriage, her true colors have shown through and she has confessed that she wants nothing more than to get him back. “She knows she should respect their marriage,” Noelle related, “but there’s that little part of her that can’t help herself. I think she’s under that magical ‘Liam’ spell that he puts every lady under!”

But despite Hope now looking like a complete hypocrite, Noelle isn’t bothered, arguing that it gives the character depth. “No one is perfect,” she reminded. “What makes characters interesting is their flaws; it’s what makes them real. Hope always wants what’s best for everyone, but she’s not always good at executing that.”

Soap Story Scion Bradley Bell Lists Impressively Pedigreed Bel Air Estate

According to Michael Gross’s 2011 real estate page-turner Unreal Estate, the property was purchased in 1953 for a reported $125,000 by celebrity psychic and astrologer-to-the-stars Anthony Norvell, who claimed to have sublet it at various times to Howard Hughes, Prince Ranier of Monaco and, “The King” himself, Elvis Presley. At some point the house came to be owned by British character actor Reginald Owen who, according to Gross, sold it 1962 to heiress, philanthropist and thoroughbred horse owner Dolly Green, daughter of oilman Burton Green, a co-founder of the city of Beverly Hills. Green lived in the house until her death in the fall of 1990 and it was from her heirs and estate the Bells purchased the property in 1991 for $4.775 million.

Positioned high on 1.35 up-sloped acres with a view of the ocean over the Bel-Air Country Club, the elegant home stands the end of a long, gated driveway that swoops up from the street and around the eastern end of the mansion to a discreet motor court at the front of the house where a flamboyant pair of Corinthian columns frame the front door. According to the exhaustively researched, 428-page coffee table book The Legendary Estates of Beverly Hills, written by powerhouse real estate broker Jeff Hyland, co-founder of the Hilton & Hyland brokerage firm, the 180-foot long house was designed with a curved shape that followed the contour of the land with each of the main floor rooms having at least two exposures that opened to deep loggias and/or broad terraces that overlook terraced gardens. According to Shapiro’s tome, “The front door opened into an intimate, circular foyer, which led into a very large—and very grand—oval reception room, with the curving grand staircase on one side. To the right was the huge living room with French doors leading to the arched loggia. To the left was the dining room and breakfast room, both opening onto their loggia, and the kitchen and service wing. The second floor contained the library and four master bedrooms.”

Current marketing materials show the estate additionally offers a gym, spa and screening room and there is additional unspecified living space tucked up under the terrace that surrounds the swimming pool at the western end of the house. Curved staircases cascade down from the terrace that runs along the curved rear façade to a tennis court and vast sweep of lawn surrounded by manicured gardens.

The property is surrounded by other equally plush estates and even larger mansions unsurprisingly owned by financial heavy hitters like Packard Bell founder Beny Alagem, mobile home tycoon Jeffrey Kaplan, A&M Records co-founder Jerry Ross, billionaire financier Gary Winnick, nightclub mogul and hotelier Sam Nazarian and luxury property developer Jason Grosfeld who owns a mansion previously owned by English crooner Dean Martin, Tom Jones and Nicholas Cage.

Property records suggest the Bells additionally maintain a partial interest in a shingled cottage on a rare, double-lot ocean-front property with a beachside swimming pool and spa inside the guarded gates of Malibu’s Colony enclave with the other half being owned by his mother Lee Bell, creator with her late husband William Bell of “The Young and The Restless” and “The Bold and The Beautiful,” and the architectures savvy couple recently completed construction of an über-modern mansion on almost six bluff-top acres above Malibu’s Paradise Cove.

B&B Alum In Lifetime Movie

45th Annual Daytime Creative Emmy Red Carpet Show

Talk Show Appearance

Monday, April 30

THE TALK’s Annual Daytime Emmy “After-Party” with exclusive appearances from many of the night’s biggest winners

KNEKT at the 45 Daytime Emmy Nominee Reception

Facebook Live with John McCook and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood

Presenters for 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Announced

In addition to our previous announced hosts, Mario LOPEZ (EXTRA) and Sheryl Underwood (The Talk), the line-up of presenters for the Sunday, April 29 show include, Marie & David Osmond, Jane Pauley (CBS Sunday Morning), Loretta Swit and Jamie Farr, Tom Bergeron (Dancing with the Stars), Peter Marshall, Larry King (Larry King Now), Chris Harrison (Who Wants to be a Millionaire/The Bachelor), Nancy O'Dell and Kevin Frazier (ET), Valerie Bertinelli (Valerie's Home Cooking), Julie Chen, Eve, Sara Gilbert (The Talk), Adrienne Houghton, Tamera Mowry-Housley, Loni Love, and Jeannie Mae (The Real), Gaby Natale (Super Latina), Mark Steines, Debbie Matanopoulis (Home and Family), A.J. Gibson, Viveca A. Fox, Martha Byrne and Elizabeth Hubbard, and Gloria Allred, plus Brandon McMillan (Lucky Dog), Kellie Pickler and Ben Aaron (Pickler & Ben). Also presenting are cast members from the four daytime soaps, including Deidre Hall, Suzanne Rogers, Sal Stowers and Greg Vaughan (Days of Our Lives), Carolyn Hennesy, Finola Hughes, Michelle Stafford, Chris Van Etten and Laura Wright (General Hospital), Katherine Kelly Lang, Heather Tom and Rena Sofer (The Bold & the Beautiful), and Sharon Case and Kristoff St. John (The Young & the Restless) and from the digital soaps, James Bland (Giants), Molly Burnett (Relationship Status), Anne Marie Cummings (Conversations in LA) and Kristos Andrews (The Bay). A special musical performance by Joely Fisher. Music provided by Caleb Nelson and The Remotes.

The line-up of presenters for the Friday, April 27, show include David Arquette (Actor, Director, Producer, Screenwriter), David Osmond (Wonderama), Rodrigo Blaas, Marc Guggenheim and Chad Hammes (Trollhunters), Emily Calandrelli (Xploration Outer Space), Steve Spangler (Xploration, DIY), Michael Stevens (Mind Field), Tom Kenny (SpongeBob SquarePants), Vanessa Lachey, Curtis Stone, and Tiffany Derry (Top Chef Jr.), Michela Luci (Dino Dana), Raven-Symone (Raven's Home), Danny Seo (Naturally Danny Seo), Josh Garcia (The Voyager with Josh Garcia), Alie Ward (The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation), Maureen Fan and EricDarnell (Baobab). In addition, also presenting from the world of daytime soaps, Annika Noelle, Jeremy Ray Valdez (The Bold and the Beautiful), Victoria Konefal, Lamon Archey (Days of Our Lives), Laura Wright and Wes Ramsey (General Hospital), Kate Linder and Christian LeBlanc (The Young & the Restless), Kit Williamson (Eastsiders), Anne Marie Cummings, Gustavo Velasquez (Conversations in LA), Vanessa Baden Kelly (Giants), and Richard Brooks (The Rich and the Ruthless).

The Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards and THE DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS recognize outstanding achievement in all fields of daytime television and are presented to individuals and programs broadcast from 2:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. during the 2017 calendar year.

The 45th Annual Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Awards and THE DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS is a presentation of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Yangaroo, Inc. is the official provider of the Digital Media Distribution System Awards Management Solution ("DMDS") for the submission, judging and voting of all programs in the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

United Airlines is the official airline of THE DAYTIME EMMY AWARDS and The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

About The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences: The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a professional service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy Award for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime Entertainment, Daytime Creative Arts & Entertainment, Public & Community Service, and Technology & Engineering. NATAS membership consists of over 16,000 broadcast and media professionals represented in 19 regional chapters across the country. BEYOND awards, NATAS has extensive educational programs including Regional Student Television and its Student Award for Excellence for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public. For more information, please visit the website at www.emmyonline.tv.

B&B’s Nia Sioux Upped To Series Regular

EW has learned exclusively that Nia Sioux is joining the cast of The Bold and the Beautiful. She will play Emma, an intern at Forrest Creations. After guesting on the show for a brief story arc, executive producer and head writer Bradley Bell offered her a contract as a series a regular.

Sioux’s first episode will air April 23.

Sioux, 16, spent seven seasons on the Lifetime unscripted show. A dancer since the age of 3, she was the only main cast member to be featured on all seasons of the series. Her mother, Holly, would routinely get up in Abby Lee Miller’s grill for not paying more attention to Sioux.

Jacob Young Recurring At B&B

Courtney Hope Back To B&B!

B&B’s Karla Mosley Pregnant!

Kelly Kruger Books New Role

Reign Edwards on MacGyver 5/4/18

GUEST CAST includes: Tate Donovan (Oversight), Billy Baldwin (Elwood Davis), Reign Edwards (Leanna Martin).

NATAS and KNEKT TV Partner on 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Digital Telecast

“NATAS is thrilled to have this partnership which gives us the potential of the largest world-wide audience we have ever had,” NATAS senior vice president and Daytime Emmy Awards executive producer David Michaels said in a statement. “In addition we are very excited about the live red carpet show and the backstage winner interviews KNEKT is doing with Carolyn Hennesy which allows the fans to ‘see it all.'”

The event will begin with the red carpet pre-show which will live-stream on all of the Daytime Emmys’ social media platforms (including Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and its website), as well as on KNEKT’s digital television network on platforms including Apple TV, Roku, iOS and Android.

“Focusing on socially conscious content 90% of the programming on KNEKT TV is around non-profits, animal rights, environment, health & wellness, and living a more balanced and positive life. Celebrating the success of the nominees and winners of the daytime Emmys is reflective of how hard work and persistence pays off. It is an inspiration to fans, members of the entertainment industry and audiences who now have access to watch the show on a global scale,” said Kent Speakman of KNEKT TV.

Speakman will supervise this digital telecast, which will be streamed to multiple social destinations such as Facebook, Youtube, Periscope & Twitter — powered by Switchboard — as well as for viewers who wish to have a traditional television experience on KNEKT Television, a new digital OTT network built by UnReel.

B&B Shocker: Hunter Tylo Is Back!

29th GLAAD Media Award Winners

Soap Director Granted Guardianship Over Granddaughter

Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Mary Thornton House granted Cynthia Popp’s petition, which states that her daughter and the infant’s father both consent to the proposed guardianship of the infant, who was born Aug. 25.

“You’re the stand-in parent right now,” House told Popp, explaining that the petitioner has complete authority over where the child lives and her medical needs.

The baby’s mother was clean during her pregnancy but relapsed after giving birth and is back in treatment, Popp’s petition stated. The father is not actively involved in the baby’s life and lives with his mother, according to Popp’s court papers.

Popp, 55, took parenting classes before her granddaughter was born to refresh herself with those skills, according to her petition, which says she works two days a week at the studio and can do so all other days from home. She hopes that her daughter “will become clean so that she can be a mother to (her daughter) in the future,” the petition says.

The judge said Popp does not have to give notice of her guardianship effort to her ex-husband, who has been in prison on a murder conviction since 1995 and has been out of the lives of his former spouse and daughter since then, according to the petition.

Daytime Emmys 2018: Watch the Outstanding Lead Actor Nominee Reels

Michael Easton (Finn, GH): Video.

John McCook (Eric, B&B): Video.

Billy Miller (Drew, GH): Video.

James Reynolds (Abe, Days): Video.

Daytime Emmys 2018: THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Actors on Their Nominations and Plans for Emmy Night!

Jacqueline MacInees Wood (Steffy)

Having been nominated twice before (in the Younger Actress category), Supporting Actress nominee Wood is hoping that the third time is the charm! “Who knows?” she smiled. “We’ll see! I mean, if it happens, it happens. If it doesn’t, it doesn’t. I put in the work and that’s all I can really do. If it’s meant to be, it’s meant to be.”

For the big night, she’s debating between bringing her fiancé, Elan Ruspoli, or her gay BFF. “They’re kind of fighting for it!” Wood laughed. “It’s going to be a throwdown, because my best friend wants to go and he’s the one who set us up, so I might have to lean towards him!” The fashionable actress is also still debating how to dress on Emmy evening. “My schedule is always a little crazy, so I end up getting a dress at the last minute,” she confided, “so this time I may have to put some thought into it. Who knows, maybe it will be the opposite. Maybe being nominated, I’ll want to do something relaxed!”

John McCook (Eric)

McCook admitted that his reel is short, but powerful. “There were two scenes,” he reported. “One was a scene with Eric and Quinn when she has admitted to him that she and Ridge have been having an affair, and Eric is not just angry, he’s very, very hurt. And then the end of the scene I did with Ridge in the hotel room when I said, ‘You’re not my son anymore.’ Those were two good scenes with wonderful actors. That’s why I’m up for this, because of that story with these three characters.”

When McCook is nominated for Outstanding Lead Actor, he’s usually competing with fellow daytime powerhouse Peter Bergman (Jack, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS), but he admitted that it’s not really a competition. “He was one of the first people to call me,” McCook confided. “He’s a very enthusiastic member of the Academy and the daytime community and he respects the process more than a lot of the actors do, so he’s very excited for me as friends. This is great; it’s only my third time, but it must be his twelfth time!”

Rome Flynn (ex-Zende)

Since he left B&B last summer, the Daytime Emmys weren’t really on Flynn’s radar. “Last year when the nominations came out I was really anticipating [getting one],” he confessed. “I feel lik eI had a really good year that year, but it didn’t pan out, so I kind of learned to just ignore it, honestly. This year, I sat down with [B&B producer] Casey [Kasprzyk] and looked at tapes [to pick my reel], but after that, I just kind of moved on until they were announced and I was like, ‘I got nominated!’”

Flynn said that he chose the scenes for his Emmy reel of Zende trying to reveal to her the right thing to do with signing the custody papers. “I had to walk a tightrope of being on her side, but also getting her to see for herself,” he explained. “She and I were both happy with those scenes. There were other scenes we were looking at that were maybe more emotionally impactful, but I really wanted my peers to see these scenes because they showed a certain restraint and compassion.”

Daytime Emmys 2018: Watch the Outstanding Supporting Actress Nominee Reels

Camryn Grimes, (Mariah, Y&R): Video.

Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie, Days): Video.

Elizabeth Hendrickson (Chloe, Y&R): Video.

Mishal Morgan (Hilary, Y&R): Video.

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy, B&B): Video.

Daytime Emmys 2018: Watch the Outstanding Younger Actor Nominee Reels

Rome Flynn (Zende, B&B): Video.

Tristan Lake Leabu (Reed, Y&R): Video.

Casey Moss (J.J., Days): Video.

Hudson West (Jake, GH): Video.

Ashleigh Brewer joins Home and Away

The actress, known for her Kate Ramsay role in the Aussie soap, has begun filming in Summer Bay as a new character called Chelsea.

"I'm very excited to dive into a show that is so long-standing and one that I know very well," the actress told Digital Spy.

"I was in LA when the role came up, so the audition side came to me by email and I recorded a tape that I sent through. I was later asked to do another tape, so I did that and then we signed off. It all happened really fast."

Brewer is not allowed to reveals facts about her character just yet, but she will play a police officer, who arrives in Summer Bay "to give a real shock" to an established character in the soap.

Asked it her new character was nice or nasty, Brewer said: "I would say she is an extremely nice person with a strong head on her shoulders, but she'll be causing a little bit of trouble through circumstances out of her control."

Daytime Emmys 2018: Watch the Outstanding Younger Actress Nominee Reels

Hayley Erin (Kiki, GH): Video

Cait Fairbanks (Tessa, Y&R): Video

Olivia Rose Keegan (Claire, DAYS): Video

Chloe Lanier (Nelle, GH): Video

Obba Babatundé on S.W.A.T 4/19/18

Evan Rachel Wood, Gina Rodriguez To Topline Untitled Heist Feature For Annapurna

Marissa Jaret Winokur on B&B

Gina Rodriguez To Star As Carmen Sandiego In Netflix Live-Action Feature

Andy Berman of Misher films is exec producer.

This is an extension of the brand as Netflix last year announced a new Carmen Sandiego animated series for 2019 with Rodriguez voicing the title character. Publisher and learning company Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) is the owner of the Carmen Sandiego property. Caroline Fraser is head of HMH Productions and is the executive producer of the Carmen Sandiego Netflix original series and feature film. A line of books from HMH featuring Carmen will launch in 2019 timed to the series release.

The movie will be a standalone Carmen adventure that will embrace the beloved ’90s property. No writer or director is yet attached to the movie. Rodriguez also voiced a lead role in the upcoming Warner Bros. animated film Small Foot. Catherine Hardwicke directed Miss Bala, the remake of the festival award-winning Mexican pic about a beauty pageant contestant who witnesses the brutality of a drug gang and is dragged into its dangerous business.

CAA and attorney Karl Austen rep Rodriguez.

Soap Stars Tweet Emmy Nomination Reactions

@1CaseyMoss (JJ, DAYS): Congrats to all of our @nbcdays @DaytimeEmmys nominees! @JreynoldsJames @wallykurth @ChandlerMassey @MarciMiller @DaysHayes @greg_vaughan @oliviakeegann @lucasbrentley Very humbled to be included with all of these talented people.

@BethMaitlandDQB (Traci, Y&R): FANTASTIC EMMY SHOWING FOR #YR45 WITH 25 NOMINATIONS. Especially excited for #MarlaAdams first time nom in 50 year daytime career and @eileen_davidson and #PeterBergman #goteamabbotts #family #longlivedaytime

@josh_swickard (Chase, GH): HUGE congrats to all the @GeneralHospital actors that have been nominated for an Emmy this year. Y’all deserve it! I’m rooting for you big bro! #MichaelEaston #GH

@lldubs (Carly, GH): Yes Yes Yes !!!!! #GHBaby !!!!!! So excited for my #GHfamily #GHkicksAss

@camryngrimes (Mariah, Y&R): I’m lucky enough already to work alongside these women but to be nominated with them is a surreal blessing. Congratulations ladies!!

@linseygodfrey (Caroline, B&B): Congratulations to everyone at my @BandB_CBS family on their @DaytimeEmmys nominations! @JohnMcCook44 @JacquelineMWood @RomeTrumain @reignedwards! And of course congratulations to my best friend& Aleda’s amazing auntie @camryngrimes! Love you all! @CBSDaytime

@caitfairbanks (Tessa, Y&R): Is this real life or

@lisalocicerogh (Olivia, GH): Woohooo!! Congratulations to all my lovely castmates! So well deserved!!

@RomeTrumain (ex-Zende, B&B): Me & @reignedwards we’re both nominated I’m not crying YOU ARE.

@ChloeLanier (Nelle, GH): So happy and humbled!

@MarciMiller (Abigail, DAYS): I can’t even…WHAT??? Truly humbled. Wow. SO many talented women. What company. Xx

Alex Wyse Addresses B&B Status

AS 45TH ANNIVERSARY WEEK APPROACHES, “THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS” POSTS LARGEST AUDIENCE IN OVER A MONTH

THE BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL scored 3.71 million viewers, its largest audience since the week ending Jan. 19.

THE TALK delivered 2.60 million viewers, its biggest week since Feb. 9.

Source: Nielsen, Live plus Same Day Ratings for the week ending March 16, 2018.

Courtney Hope Out At B&B

Don Diamont Eliminated From BALLANDO CON LE STELLE

You can watch one of his final performances with partner Hanna Karttunen, a freestyle routine to “The Phantom of the Opera” that earned them two fives, two sixes, and one seven from the judges for a total score of 29. Unfortunately, even when combined with the audience voting, their scores weren’t enough to keep the pair in the competition, and Diamont was sent home.

Last week, the duo was slightly more successful when they performed a paso doble to “Mentre Tutto Scorre” by Negramaro. After Diamont gave a shout-out to wife Cindy Ambuehl in the audience supporting him, they received their scores from the judges. While it was mostly in Italian, one judge did appreciate his positive attitude when faced with the challenge of ballroom dancing. The couple received three 6’s, one 7 and one 5, giving them a total score of 30.

“Thanks for the support everyone!” Diamont shared on Instagram with some pics from the performance. “This Saturday, March 17, please go to @ballandoconlestelle and vote for team Diamont/Kartunnen!” He also reminded B&B fans in the US and the rest of the world that they can also vote as well as Italian sby going to the @ballandoconlestelle Instagram page and liking the photo of Diamont and Kartunnen. The number of likes on their Instagram pic could help add to their overall score.

Diamont is not the first B&B star to compete on the competitive reality series, and he was thrilled to be able to follow in the dancing shoes of some of his castmates. Of course, things weren’t looking good for the actor when just a couple days before the show’s premiere, he was in an Italian clinic receiving treatment for a hip injury!

Unfortunately, it looked like Diamont was unable to get past his injuries and continue to compete. Meanwhile, on B&B, his alter ego of Bill Spencer is lying in the hospital after being shot by a mysterious assailant. While this led some fans to fear he was leaving the soap, this was just timed to facilitate his exit to compete on BALLANDO CON LE STELLE. And on the plus side, the actor will be able to relax in a bed for a while when he returns to the show full-time!

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Wednesday, March 21

THE TALK announces the “45th Daytime Emmy® Awards” nominations live

Don Diamont Survived the First Week on BALLANDO CON LE STELLE — Watch His Paso Doble!

“Thanks for the support everyone!” Diamont shared on Instagram with some pics from the performance. “This Saturday, March 17, please go to @ballandoconlestelle and vote for team Diamont/Kartunnen!” He also reminded B&B fans in the US and the rest of the world that they can also vote as well as Italians, they just have to keep in mind they will need to vote during 11:30 pm and 12:00 am Italian time!

Diamont is not the first B&B star to compete on the competitive reality series, and he was thrilled to be able to follow in the dancing shoes of some of his castmates. Of course, things weren’t looking good for the actor when just a couple days before the show’s premiere, he was in an Italian clinic receiving treatment for a hip injury!

Thankfully, Diamont seems to be doing well and able to compete, so we look forward to seeing what challenging routine he and Karttunen are tasked with learning in the next episode. Meanwhile, on B&B, his alter ego of Bill Spencer is lying in the hospital after being shot by a mysterious assailant. While this led some fans to fear he was leaving the soap, this was just timed to facilitate his exit to compete on BALLANDO CON LE STELLE.

Chad Duell and Courtney Hope Open up About Their Real-Life Love Story

However, after the evening came to an end, Duell found himself keeping his distance. “I wanted to hang out with her,” he confessed, “but part of me knew I would end up dating her. I guess I was scared.” Thankfully, Hope sent Duell one last silly message before giving up on him entirely, and the rest is history!

“My parents always used to tell me love should be easy and with someone who’s your best friend,” she explained. “Growing up, I didn’t believe that existed anymore. When I met Chad, it was the first time I ever saw what they were talking about.”

Over the past few years, the couple have built a strong relationship, and Duell wants to be as thoughtful and romantic as his beau has been when it comes to gifts. “For my birthday, Courtney got me a trip to Japan and a room at the hotel my favorite movie, Lost in Translation, took place in,” he revealed. “That was probably the coolest thing anyone’s ever done for me.”

But Hope admitted that grand gestures aren’t as important as you might think when it comes to expressing love. “Being thoughtful is a form of being romantic,” she mused. “I’ll come home from a long day at work and he’ll bring me flowers or even just my favorite protein bar. That means something to me. He’s thinking about me.”

As happy as the lovebirds are, however, they admit that marriage isn’t in the cards… at least not yet! “If we’re going to spend the rest of our lives together,” Hope suggested, “why rush it?”

Patrika Darbo To Host Indie Series Awards

B&B's Don Diamont Injured on BALLANDO CON LE STELLE

“This place is amazing,” Diamont added. “They take care of all the professional soccer players here in Rome. So many thanks to them!”

(Video) Before flying to Italy to compete in the Italian version of DANCING WITH THE STARS, Diamont also prepared himself with a series of injections for his back, which he shared in another Instagram video. “For my love of, and commitment to Italy and BALLANDO CON LE STELLE!” he wrote. Just be warned — if you’re squeamish around needles, you might not want to click play on this one!

Diamont has been flying back and forth between Los Angeles and Italy in order to tape some more scenes for B&B, but once the competition gets underway, that could prove more difficult to do. But thankfully, Bill has been shot, and is currently in the hospital, meaning that Diamont is free to dance his heart out overseas while the police try to solve the mystery of who shot him! (And once he's back on B&B full-time, if he's injured himself dancing, at least he'll be able to lay in a hospital bed on set for a while!)

We’ll keep you updated on Diamont’s progress on BALLANDO CON LE STELLE as he continues to compete — hopefully he’ll do as well as his castmates who have also appeared on the show!

Meet Jeremy Ray Valdez, the New Cop on THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL!

The storyline and Det. Sanchez’s involvement in it is what really intrigued Valdez and inspired him to read for the part. “As an actor, you’re always looking for interesting work,” he explained. “That’s what I was attracted to, as well as the chance to show up every day and tackle something new and difficult. Even on feature films, you may be on set for a couple of months, but it’s still not as intense as this.”

And thankfully, Valdez doesn’t have to worry about accidentally spilling the secret of who shot Bill Spencer because he doesn’t even know! “The castmembers only know what’s going on that week we’re shooting because those are the scripts we get,” he revealed. “We’re left going, ‘Okay, who did it? Is Bill telling the truth?’ It’s fun. I can honestly say that I show up to work every day and have fun. We get the job done, but it is very fun.”

Of course, as Det. Sanchez gets to know all the Spencers, Forresters, and Spectras to try and figure out who was responsible for trying to kill Bill, Valdez also has to get to know them! “I spent a lot of time asking other castmembers a lot of questions because there is a lot of backstory,” the actor confessed. “So I did have to do a lot of research about that and get caught up. There’s a lot that’s happened in B&B history!”

With Lt. Baker determined to find the shooter as soon as possible, Det. Sanchez has his work cut out for him! “There’s definitely a sense of urgency between these characters,” Valdez teased. “The pressure is on for Detective Sanchez to figure this out and a great deal of that is coming from Deputy Chief Baker.”

Stay tuned to see how the mystery unfolds and if Sanchez can figure out the guilty party before they make another attempt on Bill’s life.

Reality Star To B&B

B&B’S Pierson Fodé On B&B Return

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Jane the Virgin's Gina Rodriguez Cops Juicy Brooklyn Nine-Nine Role

Golden Globe winner Gina Rodriguez is set to guest-star in an episode of Brooklyn Nine-Nine when the Fox comedy resumes its season later this spring.

Though unconfirmed by Fox, Instagram posts (that have since been deleted) suggest that Rodriguez’s role will more channel her current big-screen gig in Annihilation than Jane Villanueva, in that she will be playing a romantic dalliance for bisexual Detective Rosa Diaz. If true, the pairing marks a mutual wish come true for both B99‘s Stephanie Beatriz — who once expressed her wish for Rodriguez to play a romantic interest — and Rodriguez herself, who responded to that overture in kind.

In addition to her award-winning run as The CW’s titular (if since-deflowered) Jane the Virgin, Rodriguez’s TV credits include Rizzoli & Isles, The Mentalist, Longmire and Army Wives.

Make-Up Artists And Hair Stylist Guild Award Winners

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Lisa Long, Danielle Spencer, Danielle Dixon

Gina Rodriguez Opens Up About Love, Living With Hashimoto's Disease, and More

The Jane the Virgin star has been living with Hashimoto's which she calls, "the curse of a lifetime," for quite some time.

"To the core of my being, I know what it's like to feel like there is no way I can win this, so where do I even begin," the 33-year-old star says. "[Hashimoto's] affects so many aspects of your life. I've had it for so many years...that rebellion of not taking care of myself can't exist anymore."

Rodriguez is now starring in Annihilation, which was a highly physical role for her that required a lot of preparation and physical change.

"I'm OK in both of those," she says. "I'm not less than because I'm 10, 15, 20 pounds more."

Through her battle with Hashimoto's disease and mastering various roles, she has constant support from her boyfriend, Joe LoCicero.

"[He] has really helped me have a healthier perspective on [weight], that stupid number that can destroy us and feel like it's equivalent to our self-worth," she explains. "This love is so easy," she adds, saying her relationship with LoCicero is one that is full of "respect and kindness, and generosity, and compromise, and sacrifice."

Rodriguez has also learned how to value herself and know her worth but admits it took time.

"I didn't know my worth [at the start of my career] because the industry had such a specific perspective on what it should be as a brown woman," she says. "I had to start saying, 'Well, I know if I work hard, I can show my worth,' and I have been doing nothing but that."

The actress, who uses her platform to advocate for women, has set several professional goals for herself.

"I'm ready to do my movie," she says, Rodriguez wants to direct a feature. "Whether that means success or failure, I'm ready to go for it." She also wants to create more positions, both in front and behind the camera, for women and Latinos.

"Obviously I come from a specific lens and a very specific perspective," she says. "I, of course, would love to see Latino communities uplifted and celebrated in a positive light because our administration loves to show us in such a negative light. That's going to be a part of my fight."

Rodriguez also opens up about her fight the symptoms related to Hashimoto's disease.

"I just have never allowed anything to stop me in my tracks, ever," she says. "I would fight depression, and fight my body changing."

She is now battling a new onset of increased anxiety and panic attacks.

"I've just recently started getting debilitating panic attacks and anxiety," she explains that it's related to first-time-director nerves and the pressure to strike the right tone in her show, on stress and life changes. It's also due to "balancing reality with fiction, and reality with the bulls--t of social media, the kind of psychological change that's happening in our climate, period."

Luckily, Rodriguez said she noticed she was taking too much thyroid medication, which was causing heart palpitations that spiraled into anxiety attacks. She then went on to lower her dosage, and the attacks went away.

"It's really important for us to be super self-aware," she says. "I wasn't banking on that. I wasn't like, 'Hey, yea, let me get a disease that makes me have to be super aware.' I don't want to be super aware of myself all of the time."

Oscars: Gal Gadot, Mark Hamill, Lin-Manuel Miranda Among Second Group Of Presenters

They join previously announced Mahershala Ali, Chadwick Boseman, Viola Davis, Laura Dern, Jennifer Garner, Greta Gerwig, Tiffany Haddish, Tom Holland, Kumail Nanjiani, Margot Robbie, Emma Stone and Daniela Vega.

Hosted by Jimmy Kimmel, The Oscars will air live Sunday, March 4, on ABC.

Pierson Fodé Back To B&B!

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Ingo Rademacher (CBS’ THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL)

CBS Films Sets ‘Hellfest’ Heroines: Amy Forsyth, Reign Edwards, Bex Taylor-Klaus

Plotkin directed Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension and was editor on Get Out and Happy Death Day, and Hurd is the producer of The Walking Dead and Aliens.

Hellfest is set for release on October 12 of this year.

“We are going to take audiences on a wild and terrifying ride, and Amy, Reign, and Bex are exactly the talented energetic heroes we have been looking for to face off against our killer,” Plotkin said.

Forsyth is repped by Gersh and David Dean Management; Edwards is repped by Management 360 and attorney Alex Kohner at Morris Yorn; Taylor-Klaus is with Hyperion Talent Agency, Curtis Talent Management and attorney Patti Felker; Plotkin is repped by ICM Partners and Circle of Confusion.

Phillip Kobylanski is overseeing for Valhalla Entertainment and Alex Ginno and Mark Ross are overseeing for CBS Films.

Pierson Fodé Reveals Why He Wants to Hear Your Best Pick-Up Lines

“It’s actually a really cool platform,” Fodé told Soaps In Depth of the new app. “It’s kind of like Vine, but if you could interact with the followers a bit more hands-on. So I created a competition and it’s about who creates the best pick-up line or recreates their favorite version of a pick-up line. And then from there, I pick out the top two winners and we’re able to do a live interaction and mentor them and give them hands-on feedback. That’s something that I totally would’ve wanted as a kid or just anybody interacting with some form of celebrity.”

The catch is that you only have eight seconds to make your statement! “So that’s kind of one of the main challenges,” the actor confided. “So it helps you kind of be a little more creative in making it, rather than just creating an hour-long YouTube video. This sets the canvas for what you have to create.”

(Video) Not only did Fodé conceive of this as a way to offer his fans some advice on breaking into acting, he also wanted to interact with them. “I feel like a lot of times being on a TV show or even through social media,” he mused, “it feels like there’s a wall between us. And it’s the first time that I think I was able to get a chance to be a little more hands-on and be a little more face-to-face with my fans. And also get them involved in something that they may be passionate about as far as the arts and fine arts programs. It’s kind of a fun way to not only give back, but also interact.”

The contest is currently running, but you only have until 2 pm EST on Saturday, March 31, to submit your entry and only one entry per user will be permitted. The 8secondz app is free to download, posted videos are free to view, and it is also free to vote. So get creative and get to chat with Fodé — Good luck!

Sean Kanan Making New York Appearances

Susan Flannery Returns For B&B Cameo

Flannery was best known as Dr. Laura Spencer Horton on DAYS OF OUR LIVES in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s but became beloved to soap fans as Stephanie Douglas Forrester on B&B. She debuted with the soap back in 1987, and continued playing the matriarch until she chose to retire in 2012. During her daytime career, Flannery earned four Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor — three for B&B and one for DAYS.

When Flannery chose to retire, B&B wrote a powerful final storyline for her as Stephanie lost her battle with cancer and passed away. But now, on Brooke’s wedding day, Flannery has recorded a little cameo for Stephanie from beyond the grave as Brooke will hear her friend’s voice as she looks up at her portrait.

While Flannery has retired from acting, she has not completely left show business. While still appearing on B&B, she directed episodes of that soap as well as fellow CBS sudser GUIDING LIGHT. Later, she directed for web soap VENICE THE SERIES and a 2017 episode of THE FOSTERS.

While this is unfortunately not a full return for Flannery and Stephanie, it will certainly be good to hear her voice again!

Winsor Harmon Is Starring in a New Movie!

While it’s still too early for any details on the film by Ally McClelland, from the hashtags Harmon used, it’s a story about vikings and vampires. Which will he be playing — a viking, a vampire… or perhaps both? He used the hashtag “Faolon,” which could be the name of his character. We just want a peek inside that script to see what it's all about!

B&B fans were upset when Harmon revealed in September of 2017 that the soap had decided to recast the role of Thorne, but he was supportive of his replacement, Ingo Rademacher, when the news broke. And he is clearly still beloved by his former castmates. Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke) commented “So awesome! Yay!” on his Instagram post about the news.

As more details regarding Emer and Harmon’s role in the film are revealed, we’ll be sure to let you know. Especially if Harmon starts sharing photos from the set in Scotland! So stay tuned as this story develops.

Reign Edwards on MacGyver 3/2/18

REGULAR CAST: GUEST CAST: Billy Baldwin (Elwood Davis), Reign Edwards (Leanna), Pasha Lychnikoff (Boris).

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Nominees Announced For The 9th Annual Indie Series Awards

Best Drama Series
Anacostia
The Bay
Giants
L.A. Macabre
Ladies of the Lake
Riley Parra
Running With Violet
Teenagers

Best Lead Actor – Drama
Anthony Anderson, Anacostia
Kristos Andrews, The Bay
Aidan Bristow, L.A. Macabre
Ryan Hellquist, L.A. Macabre
Kyle Lowder, Ladies of the Lake
Kyseem Roberts, Oldhead

Best Lead Actress – Drama
Tamieka Chavis, Anacostia
Kate Conway, Out With Dad
Marem Hassler, Riley Parra
Jessica Morris, Ladies of the Lake
Karrueche Tran, The Bay
Corsica Wilson, L.A. Macabre

Best Supporting Actor – Drama
Raymond Ablack, Teenagers
Brandon Beemer, The Bay
Levi Jennings, At Bay
Will Lash, Anacostia
Eric Nelsen, The Bay
Andreas Wyder, Or So the Story Goes

Best Supporting Actress – Drama
Olivia Baptista, Here We Wait
Jillian Clare, Ladies of the Lake
Jade Harlow, The Bay
Lindsey Middleton, Out With Dad
Maeve Quinlan, Riley Parra
Brandy Redd, L.A. Macabre

Best Guest Actor – Drama
Tremayne Norris, Anacostia
Thomas Calabro, The Bay
Bruce Davison, The Bay
Chad Duell, The Bay
Ian Buchanan, Ladies of the Lake
Paul Eiding, Riley Parra

Best Guest Actress – Drama
Jennifer Bassey, Anacostia
Patrika Darbo, The Bay
Patrika Darbo, Ladies of the Lake
Dee Freeman, Anacostia
Arianne Zucker, Ladies of the Lake
Judi Blair, Anacostia

Best Lead Actor – Comedy
Andy Goldenberg, Bad Timing
John Loos, John Loos: Too Big For This World
Dan Pearlman, Flatbush Misdemeanors
Wesley Taylor, Indoor Boys
Pat Thornton, Filth City
Alex Wyse, Indoor Boys

Best Lead Actress – Comedy
Lisa Ebersole, 37 Problems
Meghan Heffern, How to Buy a Baby
Alesha Reneé, The Rich and the Ruthless
Paula Rhodes, The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy
Natalie Smyka, ThreadBare
Rachel B. Joyce, Royally

Best Supporting Actor – Comedy
Gastón Armagno The Amazing Hoolister Park
Michael Colyar, The Rich and the Ruthless
Tom Costello, ThreadBare
Percy Daggs III, The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy
Andy King, Filth City
Michael Perrie Jr., F’d (another effing web series)

Best Supporting Actress – Comedy
Juliette Danielle, The Room Actors: Where Are They Now?
June Diane Raphael, ThreadBare
Kathleen Phillips, Filth City
Victoria Rowell, The Rich and the Ruthless
Medina Senghore, Friend Therapy
Jacklyn Zeman, Misguided

Best Guest Actor – Comedy
Jim Beaver, The New Adventures of Peter and Wendy
Devin Field, Doin’ It
Frankie Grande, Indoor Boys
Chris Kervick, John Loos: Too Big For This World
Michael Litchfield, Valet
Zac Titus, Bad Timing

Best Guest Actress – Comedy
Patrika Darbo, Indoor Boys
Emma Hunter, How to Buy a Baby
Becca Levine, John Loos: Too Big For This World
Mindy Sterling, The Room Actors: Where Are They Now?
Caryn Ward Ross, The Rich and the Ruthless
Leslie Watkins, Doin’ It

Ash Brewer confirms she's leaving Bold And The Beautiful

She broke the news this week, saying that she's walking away from the series to focus more on her acting career – she hopes to emulate the success of fellow Neighbours star and friend Margot Robbie.

"I'm doing the acting thing in LA, onwards and upwards," Ash told The Herald Sun.

"It's definitely time for me and I've had Margot encouraging me for so long (saying) just leave it and see what happens. So I'm throwing caution to the wind now and keeping myself open to opportunities. I've been doing soaps for 10 years now. It's daunting but so exciting."

Ash joined the cast of Neighbours in 2009 as Kate Ramsay. She stayed on the show for five years until her character was killed in a shooting.

In 2013, Ash joined the cast of Bold, playing the role of Ivy Forrester, Eric Forrester's niece.

Ash hopes to walk in the footsteps of her good friend, Margot. Just last week as the news was announced of Margot's Oscar nomination for best actress in I, Tonya, Ash took to Instagram to cheer her on.

"It's not everyday [sic] that you wake up to the news of your girl becoming an Academy Award nominee!! Mags, this is beyond deserved! What a year! (Oh and it's only January 24th..... sh-t.)," she wrote.

It's unknown how Ash's departure will happen on Bold. Her character hasn't been part of major storylines for a little while now, so we'll have to see how it all plays out!

Soap Vets Win Grammys

'Wonder Years' mom Alley Mills: Show canceled due to 'ridiculous' Fred Savage harassment lawsuit

So why did the popular show — which won four Emmys and was nominated for dozens of awards during its tenure — really end after Season 6?

Twenty-five years before the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements swept Hollywood, the show was rocked by its own sexual harassment scandal — a scandal that, according to explosive allegations from one of the show’s stars, played a major role in the show’s cancellation.

Alley Mills, who played Fred Savage’s TV mom, Norma Arnold, sat down with Yahoo ahead of next week’s anniversary of the show’s debut and claimed for the first time that a lawsuit led to the show’s demise.

“When we shot the series finale … nobody knew whether or not The Wonder Years was going to be renewed,” Mills says, as seen in the video above. “And that’s because of a completely ridiculous sexual harassment suit that was going on against Fred Savage — who is, like, the least offensive, most wonderful, sweet human being that ever walked the face of the Earth.”

In 1993, a 31-year-old costume designer for the show, Monique Long, filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against the show’s young stars, Fred Savage (who played Kevin Arnold), then 16, and Jason Hervey (who played older brother Wayne Arnold), then 20. Long alleged that the actors verbally and physically harassed her, and because of that, she claimed, she couldn’t do her job properly and was fired. Representatives for the show and for the actors vehemently denied these allegations years ago.

“So I just thought [the lawsuit] was a big joke and it was going to blow over,” Mills recalls. “It’s a little bit like what’s happening now — some innocent people can get caught up in this stuff; it’s very tricky. It was so not true. It was my dresser, and I don’t care if she’s listening — I probably shouldn’t be telling this, but I don’t care because it was so long ago and it’s gotta be over now.”

Mills claims that she “wasn’t allowed to talk” back then about the lawsuit, “which made me so upset. We had a gag order on us, and I wanted to scream on television, ‘This is ridiculous!’”

The lawsuit was dropped after an undisclosed out-of-court settlement was reached, a move that the actress alleges their network, ABC, was behind. “I just thought this was a joke. You know, they bought her off, which really made me mad,” she says. “That was incorrigible that the network did that; they should never have paid her off. They wanted to avoid a scandal or something, but it made them look guilty. You know, you don’t pay someone off when there was no crime, you just fire the girl.”

ABC didn’t comment on Mills’s claims regarding the alleged gag order or settlement, when contacted by Yahoo. Representatives for Savage and Hervey have yet to respond.

When reached via email, Monique Long — who still works as a costume designer — told Yahoo that she stands by her claims made in the lawsuit: “What I will say at this time is, that back then, claiming sexual harassment was NOT popular nor acceptable in Hollywood. Now all these years later the truth about the dark side of Hollywood and the rampant prevalence of sexual harassment in the industry is out. It’s an issue of power and control and continues to be! People can say what they want, but the truth has always been public record in the complaint and all the documents and depositions filed with the courts. If anyone wants the truth of what happened they can read it there. To this day I stand by the truth in those documents.”

Long adds, “My only response to Ms. Mills’s slander is that it proves exactly why women in the industry are forced to remain silent about sexual harassment.”

So did the lawsuit end The Wonder Years?

When asked directly if a seventh season was torpedoed because of the allegations, Mills proclaims, “Yeah.” She adds, “I mean, it would have gone as long as the show — when you keep up a certain amount of ratings, they keep a show going. But it was because of all that garbage.”

While ABC declined to comment on Mills’s assertion, back in 1993, two different reasons were cited for The Wonder Years‘s cancellation. First, as the stars of the show matured, the themes and storylines needed to as well, something the network was uncomfortable with.

“When [Kevin] became 16 and 17, there were really things he needed to get to that we couldn’t do at 8 p.m., especially with the kind of venerable cachet that the show had obtained with its audience,” writer and executive producer Bob Brush told the Los Angeles Times years ago. “We would get notes from the network saying, ‘You could do this on any show besides The Wonder Years.’”

An ABC spokeswoman told the Los Angeles Times that the broadcast standards department “felt it was inappropriate to present Kevin’s sexual awakening because of the setting in the 1960s, the gentle tone of the series and, most importantly, the 8 p.m. time period. … The show was largely viewed by young audiences who watch with their parents, and we had to be considerate of the viewer expectation that they could watch together and feel comfortable doing so.”

Second, the paper reported that escalating costs, including more location shoots and rising cast salaries, factored into the network’s decision to end the show.

When the cast filmed the series finale, “Independence Day,” no one knew if Season 7 was going to happen. People reported at the time that the mood on set soured as they wrapped Season 6 amid the harassment scandal. “We work together 14 hours a day, five days a week, and we’re like a family,” a female member of the crew told the magazine. “Now we’re not allowed to hug on the set because it could be construed as sexual harassment. It’s real sad.”

Mills says the ambiguity regarding the show’s fate “upset” her while filming what would ultimately be the series finale.

“So, when we were standing in that parade at the end in the final episode of the show, the camera was panning on all of the characters. And we didn’t know what our voiceover was that Daniel Stern does later. Usually we do, and we have this wonderful guy Kirk Trutner — he was our narrator on the set — and Kirk would read the narration so that when the camera comes in on you, you know what [Daniel] is saying and you know what’s happening, emotionally.

“We had no idea as the camera goes over us, for the last episode of the Wonder Years, what they were going to say,” she recalls. “And I just said, ‘This is wrong.’ I was always kind of the loudmouth, because I was the grownup. … But I was very, very upset, and they all knew it.” After the finale aired, however, the actress says she was satisfied and realized that it was ultimately a fitting end.

As for her younger co-stars, Mills was fiery in her defense of Savage and Hervey 25 years ago, and she is just as unwavering in her support of them today.

“[Fred] and his family are, like, the greatest human beings that ever lived. He still is! He is an amazing kid, Fred, just amazing; his family is amazing,” she says, sarcastically adding, “and you know, Fred, who would hold you by your ears and tell you that he loved you, that’s sexual harassment.”

She continues, “So it gets really tricky, you know, this thing that’s happening right now, all of these allegations. When they’re true, awesome. You know, bring it out, bring things to the light. But it’s so important — because I actually know a couple that are not [true] — it’s tricky, it’s really tricky because people would rather just let go of it than allow you your truth and your time in court. So, this was like, one of the first ones.”

Daytime Emmys Unveil Peer-Judged Drama Pre-Nominations

“We are excited to officially launch the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards with this list of extremely talented actors and actresses,” said David Michaels, SVP and executive producer of the Daytime Emmy Awards. “Our 45th Anniversary show promises to be a star-studded gala filled with lots of surprises.”

NATAS determines its pre-noms from online ballots containing all entrants in each of four performer categories — Lead Actor and Actress and Supporting Actor and Actress — was sent to all registered, eligible peer judges. The ballot contained a randomized order of performers in each category, regardless of their show affiliation. Judges were required to view clips online containing the work of each performer entry before selecting their top 10 performer choices in each category. There are 11 Lead Actress pre-noms because of a tie.

The final nominations will be revealed March 21 live on The Talk, and the winners will be announced during the April 29 ceremony at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

Click Here to see the pre-nominees for the 45th annual Daytime Emmy Awards.

BIG BROTHER Alums To B&B

GLAAD Media Awards Nominees

OUTSTANDING DAILY DRAMA
The Bold and the Beautiful
Days of Our Lives
The Young and the Restless.

Betty White Celebrating 96th Birthday by Taking Day Off, Dinner with Friends

Betty's been one of Hollywood's hardest working leading ladies for years, but today she's taking it easy. A rep for the TV legend tells us ... Betty's relaxing Wednesday for her bday and plans on having a low-key dinner tonight at a friend's house.

As you'll recall ... White worked on her birthday when she turned 95, prepping for a guest spot on the sitcom "Young & Hungry." No such projects this time around, but we're told she's in great health and as spry as ever.

Happy birthday, Betty!!!

Gina Rodriguez Outfitted To Host Costume Designers Guild Awards; Career Honorees Set

The Jane the Virgin star will emcee the trophy show on February 20 at the Beverly Hilton. The nominees were announced last week.

“I am thrilled the Costume Designers Guild asked me to host the platinum anniversary of the CDGA ceremony,” Rodriguez said. “Working with my Jane the Virgin costume designer, the marvelous Rachel Sage Kunin, has been one of the most fulfilling collaborative relationships of my career. I cannot wait to celebrate with Rachel, and her peers, on this milestone evening.”

The guild said it will present its Career Achievement Award to Joanna Johnston, a two-time Oscar nominee for Allied and Lincoln. The Shape of Water filmmaker Guillermo del Toro will receive the CDG’s Distinguished Collaborator Award, which honors individuals who demonstrate unwavering support of Costume Design and creative partnerships with cpstume designers. Jeweler and metalworker Maggie Schpak will receive the guild’s Distinguished Service Award, which goes to a person whose specialties and talents contribute to the craft and art of costume design.

“Joanna Johnston, Guillermo del Toro and Maggie Schpak have each made their unique mark in our industry and on the world of storytelling,” CDG President Salvador Perez said. “As we commemorate 20 years of applauding the best in costume design, we couldn’t be more excited about honoring their work and thanking them for their contributions.”

Riverdale star Robin Givens to appear on Bold and the Beautiful

EW has learned exclusively that Robin Givens will guest-star on the CBS sudser. She’ll appear in a three-episode arc as Dr. Phillips, Steffy Forrester’s obstetrician.

She begins filming Friday in Los Angeles. Her first episode airs Feb. 15.

Besides her current role as Mayor Sierra McCoy on the CW drama Riverdale, she has also appeared on Once Upon a Time as Eudora, the mom of Princess Tiana.

The Bold and the Beautiful airs weekdays on CBS.

Jennifer Gareis Returns to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

Gareis joined the cast of B&B back in 2006 as a recast Donna, a role last played in 2001 by Carrie Mitchum. Donna was involved in many big storylines over the years, including romances with Thorne and Eric Forrester, as well as the revelation that Marcus Walton was the son she’d given up for adoption as a baby. However, Gareis was dropped to recurring status with the soap in 2015 and appeared only for a few episodes here and there at big family events like Katie and Bill’s wedding or Bill and Brooke’s failed nuptials.

Donna was most recently seen on Dec. 22, 2017, when she attended the Forrester Christmas celebration, an appearance that was spoiled by on-screen sister Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke), who shared a backstage pic from the set where fans immediately recognized Gareis in the background of the shot!

If Gareis is making a proper return to the show, there are plenty of possibilities for future storylines! She could cause Quinn some aggravation by trying to rekindle things with Eric, but it might be easier for her to reunite with Thorne, who is back in LA and quite single! Of course, now that Aaron D. Spears is back on contract as Justin, perhaps they could get back together?

Sarah Joy Brown Speaks Out About Pay Inequality in Hollywood

Brown originated the popular role of Carly on GH back in 1996 and portrayed the character until 2001 when she left the soap. She won Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Younger Actress in 1997 and 1998, and Outstanding Supporting Actress in 2000. And when Brown returned to GH in 2008 as Claudia Zacchara, she was nominated once again, this time in the Lead Actress category. Soap fans have also enjoyed her strong performances as Julia on AS THE WORLD TURNS and Madison on DAYS OF OUR LIVES. Most recently, Brown could be seen playing Katherine on the web soap BEACON HILL, which also earned her another Daytime Emmy Award nomination for Outstanding Performer in a New Approaches Drama Series.

As more and more inequality between men and women comes to light, both in Hollywood and elsewhere in the world, Brown refuses to back down and continues to fight for her rights and the rights of women like her. “I have been speaking up for a long time and ‘paying the price’ for it,” she tweeted. “I made $1,600 from my union in 2016 and had to sell my house, like Rose, to fight the monsters. They are monsters, corrupt from top to bottom and my hell started from speaking up.”

Hopefully, now that more and more women are also speaking out about the way men are treating them, Brown and her newfound allies will be able to join forces and effect some genuine change, both in Hollywood and everywhere else.

“THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS” AND “THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL” POST LARGEST AUDIENCES IN A YEAR

THE BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL delivered 3.94 million viewers, also its largest audience since the week ending Jan. 6, 2017.

THE TALK also hit an 11-month high with 2.80 million viewers, its biggest week in over 11 months (since week ending Jan. 27, 2017)

Source: Nielsen, Live Plus Same Day Ratings for the week ending Jan. 5, 2018.

‘LA To Vegas’ Gets Order For 3 More Episodes From Fox

LA To Vegas (1.5 adults 18-49 rating in Live+3 +38% vs. Live+same day) got to a promising start last week, ranking as Fox’s highest-rated Tuesday comedy telecast in nearly a year. The seres, starring Dylan McDermott, boosted the time slot and helped the network post its most-watched Tuesday since April 2016 and highest-rated night since premiere week.

B&B's Jacob Young Debuts New Song

Make-Up Artists & Hair Stylists Guild Nominations

DAYTIME TELEVISION – BEST MAKE-UP

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
Christine Lai Johnson, Chris Escobosa, Jenna Wittman
THE REAL DAYTIME TALKSHOW
Melanie Mills, Glen Gutierrez, Motoko Honjo-Clayton
SUPER SOUL SUNDAY
Derrick Rutledge
DR. PHIL
Cool Benson

DAYTIME TELEVISION – BEST HAIR STYLING

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
Lisa Long, Danielle Spencer, Danielle Dixon, Jenna Wittman
THE REAL DAYTIME TALKSHOW
Roberta Gardener Rogers, Ray Dodson, Noogie Thai
SUPER SOUL SUNDAY
Nicole Mangrum

At 95, Betty White swears by vodka and hot dogs

The actress told Parade that her secret to a long, happy and healthy life is vodka and hot dogs, “probably in that order.”

“Enjoy life,” she added. “Accentuate the positive, not the negative. It sounds so trite, but a lot of people will pick out something to complain about, rather than say, ‘Hey, that was great!’ It’s not hard to find great stuff if you look.”

White’s rep didn’t get back to us on how she plans to ring in her birthday on Jan. 17.

Watch B&B Star Heather Tom's Powerful Short Film, 'Serenity'

Serenity will be premiering on Monday, Jan. 8 at 9 p.m. ET on the indievue.com, and signing up for a free account will allow you to view many different indie films including Tom’s, which will include a special interactive screening immediately following its premiere. “I will be doing a real-time, on-screen commentary of the film right after it airs,” she revealed. “along with a replay. I’d love to hear your thoughts and experiences, so please join me.”

The film stars Vince Nappo as a man who recounts his struggle with addiction and recovery at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting that is anything but ordinary. As he shares his powerful story, he is forced to confront the consequences of his drug abuse. “A very dear friend of mine, her daughter is a heroin addict and I had no idea,” Tom told Chicago Now. “It was so shocking to hear. She said, ‘I watched [Serenity] and I could see my child in that.’ The reaction has been kind of crazy across the board, just how many people have a connection to this subject.”

Tom shot the film in July of 2016 with her crew inside a warehouse during one of the hottest weekends of the year. “There was no air conditioning and it was 110 degrees,” she recalled. “The whole city was on fire. I lost five pounds that weekend. But it was all good. I can’t really complain about anything. Everyone was amazing and really came through for me. I definitely owe them a big, big thank you.”

You can see the results of Tom’s hard work when her film, Serenity, premieres on Jan. 8.

Here's How To Watch CBS Daytime During The Holidays

Take a look at the schedule below for how Monday, Dec. 25, Friday, Dec. 29, and Monday, Jan. 1 will look.

Monday, Dec. 25, 2017:

- Repeat episode?s? of ?The Bold and the Beautiful, Let’s Make A Deal, The Price Is Right, and The Talk will air in ?their? regularly scheduled time period?s?.

- ?An original episode of The Young and the Restless will air in its regularly scheduled time period.

Friday, Dec. 29, 2017:

- Let’s Make A Deal will be pre-empted due to CBS Sports coverage of NCAA Football: Hyundai Sun Bowl.

- ?The Bold and the Beautiful and ?The Talk will be pre-empted due to CBS Sports coverage of NCAA Basketball (ET/CT) and Football: Hyundai Sun Bowl (MT/PT)

- Original "Best of 2017" episode of The Price Is Right will air 11:00 AM-12:00 PM, ET and 10:00-11:00 AM, CT and 9:00-10:00 AM, PT due to CBS Sports coverage of NCAA Basketball.

- The Young and the Restless will be preempted due to CBS Sports coverage of NCAA Basketball.

Monday, Jan. 1, 2018:

- An original episode of Let’s Make A Deal will air in its regularly scheduled time period.

- Repeat episode?s? of ?The Bold and the Beautiful, The Price Is Right, The Talk, and The Young and the Restless will air in ?their? regularly scheduled time period?s.

THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Casts Scott Clifton's Son, Ford, as Liam and Steffy's Baby!

Liam was overjoyed to learn that Steffy was pregnant, and in this episode, he’ll fantasize about what their life could be like together with their child. And Ford will be playing their future offspring in the special fantasy sequence. (Of course, since Steffy’s baby could actually be Bill’s, Liam’s dream could eventually turn into a nightmare!)

This isn’t the first time that B&B has tapped a real-life child of one of their stars to play their on-camera kid. Katie’s son, Will, has been played by Zane Achor, actress Heather Tom’s actual son with her husband, James!

Clifton and his wife, Nicole Lampson, have produced an absolutely adorable little boy who will be turning two in May. And followers of the actor’s Instagram are already well aware of how camera-ready Ford is.

Betty White To Be Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award At ICG Publicists Awards

“It is such an honor to be recognized for a lifetime of doing what you love,” said White. “I do not ever take it for granted.”

ICG national president Steven Poster, ASC said, “Betty White is a joy and a national treasure. She brings a smile to the nation’s face and the ICG is honored to celebrate her inspiring accomplishments.””

White, who is 95 years old, has a career that has spanned 0ver 70 years. With seven Emmys under her belt, she has given us some of the most unforgettable roles in television and film including The Mary Tyler Moore Show, The Carol Burnett Show, and, of course, The Golden Girls, where she played the beloved, yet naive Rose Nylund. Most recently she starred in the comedy Hot in Cleveland.

Nominations for the ICG Publicists Awards will be announced in January, 2018. Henri Bollinger and Tim Menke return as chairs for this year’s awards, which traditionally occur the week leading up to the Academy Awards. Nominations will be announced in January, 2018.

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Jane the Virgin's Justin Baldoni Reveals He Was Sexually Harassed by a Producer

The small screen star — who appeared on soaps like The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful earlier in his career — told Glamour Magazine that when he was about 20 or 21 years old, he was propositioned by someone with power in the industry at a health spa and felt intimidated by the overture.

"I remember there were hot tubs and steam rooms and all kinds of stuff, and it's kind of fancier people, wealthier guys. I went and jumped in the hot tub and I saw a guy kind of look over. I saw him look over at me, jump out of the other hot tub, and jump in with me, and he said, 'Oh what do you do?' And I said, 'Oh I'm an actor,' and he said, 'Oh I'm a producer,' and he started talking about all of the movies he's done and all the people he knows. He's friends with Clooney, Cheadle, and this person and this person, and he slowly started to try to get me to take off my pants because I had my bathing suit on and he was naked," Baldoni recalled.

"And I remember the way he did it, using his power and what he does and who he knows as a way to make me feel less than, like I wasn't going to be as successful as the other guys who'd been in the same hot tub with him, naked. I just remember that feeling and having a moment of saying, 'Well, should I do that? And where does that lead?'... I remember a split second [of thought], and then going, 'What? No,' and just leaving. I could imagine how hard and painful that must be for a woman."

Baldoni also said, however, that his experiences with sexual harassment in the industry haven't always been at the hand of other men. "I've also experienced [harassment] as a man from women of power," the actor explained. "I've had my a-- grabbed multiple times by powerful women."

As a result of his unfortunate experiences with sexual misconduct, Baldoni has been channeling his energy towards trying to help resolve the issue, by giving a TedWoman talk in New Orleans, Louisiana on the subject, for instance, and running an online talk show called Man Enough.

"I just think the system is broken, but thank God we're now at a place where, as gross as it sounds, the infected pimple is finally being popped and healing can actually begin," Baldoni added. "And then the other thing men are going to have to start doing now is recognizing when they did it and didn't realize it. I think that's when the other side of the 'Me Too' movement is 'I'm Sorry.' I guarantee at some point in my life there is a woman or two that I in some way made uncomfortable by saying something or doing something that was chauvinistic or sexist. There is one million percent probability that that exists, and all I can do is say, 'I'm sorry, I was naive, I was young, I screwed up, and I'll try to do better.'"

Ashley Jones Previews Her Thrilling New Movie, 'You Killed My Mother'

“We make choices all the time,” Jones told Soaps In Depth of her character's actions, “and they take us in completely different directions. There’s lots and lots of people who need liver transplants, and there is a checklist that they follow at hospitals. And to be an older woman with multiple rehabs and chronic alcoholism, it doesn’t necessarily put you at the top of the list. So as medical chief of staff, she follows protocol and declines the transplant. And it changes the course of Miriam’s life.”

After Miriam’s refusal to approve a liver transplant causes her mother’s death, Jo vows to take revenge on those responsible for destroying her life, including attempting to seduce Miriam’s young son, Bobby, away from her. “The girl gets revenge in a really clever way,” Jones teased. “She’s very calculated.” But the actress also promises that her own character is just as smart. “It’s not one of those thrillers where you’re like, ‘Oh my gosh, please just turn to the left and you’ll see the killer,’” she promised. “She’s doing everything that you would do. And as soon as anyone could possibly put the pieces together, she does. The police aren’t helping her, so it’s her against the world at that point. And she fights.”

Jones was hesitant to reveal too much of the film’s twists and turns but hopes that her fans will check it out for themselves. “I do hope they tune in,” she enthused, “and I hope they enjoy it. It’s a slightly different character than what they’re used to seeing me play. But there’s a little bit of Parker and a little bit of Bridget in Miriam, so they’ll probably pick up on it.” And if you need even more incentive to watch, just check out this thrilling teaser for the flick here!

Be sure to tune in to Lifetime Movies on Friday night to watch You Killed My Mother and see if Jones survives to the end!

TAINTED DREAMS Season 2 Premieres December 21

Ashley Jones Previews Her New Holiday Movie '12 Days of Giving'

In the film, Jones plays Pamela Collins, a widow with a young son who finds her holiday wishes being granted by “Lucky the Elf,” who is revealed to be a man who wins a small fortune and decides to share the wealth by acting as a Secret Santa to people in a small town. “And my son is someone he ends up surprising,” she explained. “We meet that way and it’s a very sweet love story about two people that were really meant to be together and they come together through an act of giving. He is so good to her son and she is able to see a true side of him in the way that he treats her son, and they fall in love.”

Jones was delighted to do the film because it was actually her first holiday movie! “I’ve never done one and always kind of wanted to,” she admitted. “We filmed it in Nebraska. It’s a Christmas movie so you want some snow. And it was filmed in the little town right outside where the writer is from, Freemont, and it was just meant to be for so many reasons.”

Despite filming on location in Nebraska, the actress and mother didn’t have to give up family time because she had her one-year-old son, Hayden, with her. “My mom and sister came to watch Hayden,” Jones revealed. “Out of the generosity of their hearts, they left their own lives to do that. They spent good quality time with him and he got to know them really well. That was so special to me.”

So be sure to tune in on Sunday night to watch this heartwarming holiday family film! For more airdates, a preview, and clips from 12 Days of Giving, you can visit UPTV.com!

A First Look at Annika Noelle as THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL's New Hope!

“Welcome, Annika, to the family!” declared Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke). “So great to have you with us at B&B! So happy to have you as my daughter! And thank you, Jacob Young (Rick) for taking this pic of us! You should’ve been in the pic, too!” And looking at the two women, Noelle looks like she really could be Lang’s daughter!

This is Noelle’s first daytime drama, although she did appear as Sami Nelson in VENICE: THE SERIES, the web soap from former B&B actress Crystal Chappell (ex-Danielle). She also appeared in a couple episodes of the ABC Family drama CHASING LIFE.

The character of Hope was born in 2002, and played by a series of child actors, including Rachel and Amanda Pace, before being aged to a young woman when Matula took over the role in 2010. However, after five years on B&B, the actress decided to leave, making her final appearance in December of 2015. Since that time, Matula has made brief guest appearances in two episodes in 2015 and one in 2016.

Back in August of 2015, Matula shared a throwback pic to the time Hope had a bad fall and admitted to fans she would not be returning to B&B. “I’m still exploring another side of life! However, it truly means a lot that you miss her so much!”

Christina Pickles & Fred Willard on 9JKL

Reign Edwards on MacGyver 12/8/17

GUEST CAST includes : Billy Baldwin (Elwood), Domenick Lombardozzi (Gunman), Reign Edwards (Leanne).

Soap Auctions Underway

Gammy Nominations

Dear Evan Hansen which features Michael Park (Jack, ATWT) and Krystolyn Lloyd (Dayzee, B&B) was Grammy nominated for Best Musical Theater Album.

Best Musical Theater Album

Come From Away

Dear Evan Hansen

Hello, Dolly!

B&B Recasts Hope

LA's hottest fashion house just got hotter

Fox's LA to Vegas Lands on Tuesday

The Mick at that point will move back a half-hour to the 9:30 time slot, while Brooklyn Nine-Nine goes on its annual hiatus (after airing its winter finale on Dec. 12).

From executive producers such as Will Ferrell, Adam McKay and Steve Levitan (Modern Family), LA to Vegas is a workplace comedy about an airline crew and the eccentric passengers who, every weekend, take a no-frills round-trip flight from [see title] with one goal in mind – to come back a winner.

The series stars Dylan McDermott (The Practice), Kim Matula (UnREAL), Ed Weeks (The Mindy Project), Nathan Lee Graham (The Comeback), Olivia Macklin (The Young Pope) and Peter Stormare (Prison Break).

As previously reported of Fox’s midseason plans, The X-Files will return Wednesday, Jan. 3, leading into the new series 9-1-1, while the singing competition The Four will debut Thursday, Jan. 4.

Winsor Harmon On B&B Exit

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood Engaged

B&B’s Sofer On THE HOME & FAMILY

Jennifer Gareis Returning to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL?

The photobomber behind Lang does, in fact, look quite a bit like her on-screen sister, but B&B has yet to confirm Gareis' return to the soap. But the holidays are the perfect time for family to come home for a visit! The last time viewers saw Donna, it was in October of 2016 when she returned from her world traveling to attend Bill and Brooke's wedding (which Ridge spoiled). And before that, Donna last appeared at Katie and Bill’s wedding back in February of 2015.

While it's likely that Donna would be back for just a brief holiday visit with her relatives, with Aaron D. Spears back on contract as Justin at the soap, it would be great to see Donna try to get back together with her ex. Although he's not the only one — Donna could also give Quinn a run for her money if she decided that she wanted to have another go with Eric! (She's no Sheila, but Donna's no pushover, either!)

Usher Herpes Lawsuit Dismissed

Laura Helm filed a $20 million lawsuit against the singer, claiming he had unprotected sex with her and transmitted the disease. She had a problem -- she told someone on a recorded phone call 2 days before the suit was filed that she only had protected sex with Usher.

Helm's lawyer withdrew from the case and Helm got a new attorney, who immediately filed legal docs to dismiss the case. It is, however, dismissed without prejudice, "with intent to refile." It's unclear why her lawyer made the move to dismiss.

We reached out to Usher's lawyer, Steve Sadow, but we were not able to reach him. Helm's lawyer had no comment.

Reign Edwards on MacGyver 12/1/17

GUEST CAST includes : Billy Baldwin (Elwood), Domenick Lombardozzi (Gunman), Reign Edwards (Leanne).

See What Kim Matula is Doing Now

The character of Hope was born in 2002, and played by a series of child actors, including Rachel and Amanda Pace, before being aged to a young woman when Matula took over the role in 2010. However, after five years on B&B, the actress decided to leave, making her final appearance in December of 2015. Since that time, Matula has made brief guest appearances in two episodes in 2015 and one in 2016.

Back in August of 2015, Matula shared a throwback pic to the time Hope had a bad fall and admitted to fans she would not be returning to B&B. “I’m still exploring another side of life! However, it truly means a lot that you miss her so much!”

Since leaving B&B, Matula found success starring as Tiffany, one of the “bachelorettes” on season two of Lifetime’s hit series, UNREAL. And then revealed that she was working on a brand new film starring Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson!

Fighting With My Family is an upcoming comedy/drama based on the life of WWE superstar Paige and will star Johnson as himself, alongside Lena Heady, Nick Frost, and Vince Vaughn. Matula will be playing Jeri-Lynn in the film.

“Taking a break in the ring,” Matula joked on Instagram. “Moments before I dropped my phone on my face. JK… or am I?”

(Photo) Although Matula didn’t share any photos of herself in costume in the ring, she reported really enjoying filming in London. “You guys,” she wrote, “this was a seriously incredible experience. I can’t wait for everyone to see this movie!”

The actress also declared she was "beyond excited" to be cast in the FOX comedy series LA -> VEGAS where she stars opposite Dylan McDermott as a flight attendant. While the series does not yet have a premiere date, you can watch a preview of it right now! (Video)

So while it’s wonderful that Matula has found success after B&B, unfortunately for her fans, it rules out a long-term return to the soap. While she might be willing to make the occasional appearance as she has the past couple years, if B&B wants to bring Hope back onto the canvas full-time, they’re going to have to recast the role.

CBS DAYTIME SERIES POST THEIR BIGGEST WEEKLY AUDIENCES SINCE SPRING

LET’S MAKE A DEAL 1 averaged 3.11 million viewers, up +3% from last week, its largest audience since the week ending Feb. 17.

LET’S MAKE A DEAL 2 averaged 3.49 million viewers, up +2% from a week ago, its largest audience since the week ending March 17.

THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 averaged 4.78 million viewers, up +1% from last week, its biggest audience since the week ending March 31.

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS averaged 4.62 million viewers, up +5% from a week ago, its biggest audience since the week ending May 19.

THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL averaged 3.70 million viewers, up +6% from last week, its largest audience since the week ending Feb. 24.

THE TALK averaged 2.66 million viewers, up +2% from last week, its biggest audience since the week ending March 17.

Reign Edwards To Guest-Star On MACGYVER

Rick Hearst Joins DYNASTY Reboot

Gina Rodriguez Leaves APA, Nearing Exit From Primary Wave Entertainment

We hear that Rodriguez’s exit is impending from Primary Wave, where she was managed by David Guillod. The co-CEO resigned this past weekend in the wake of sexual assault allegations made against him by actress Jessica Barth.

APA fired agent Grasham last month after multiple accusations of sexual harassment emerged. Some of Grasham’s young clients including Stranger Things‘ Finn Wolfhard and Disney Channel star Cameron Boyce also left the agency. Rodriguez was not a Grasham client.

We hear that Rodriguez is not currently taking meetings for a new agency.

Ingo Rademacher and Haley Pullos Star in a New Movie!

“Happy to announce I’m doing a cute holiday TV movie,” Rademacher posted to Instagram with an awesome photo of himself overlaid with a Christmas tree and a crown on his head. “Playing a good king from a small European country who attended university in the USA some 20 years ago, fell in love, but never returned… until now. Such a great script!”

In the movie, King Charles of Baltania (Rademacher) tracks down his American college sweetheart only to discover that she has a 17-year-old daughter, who could very well be his biological daughter! The sweetheart is played by Tara Reid, and the potential princess is none other than Rademcher’s former GH castmate, Haley Pullos (Molly)! “Grab your tiaras and your Santa hats my little angels!” the actress told her fans on Twitter to promote her role in the holiday film. Oh, and you’ll also spot another familiar Port Charles face when you watch, because Marc Anthony Samuel (Felix) also appears in the movie!

Rademacher was very clearly enjoying playing a king, and shared another photo of himself in front of a luxury car looking incredibly suave in a snazzy suit. “Fun times on the set of this holiday movie!” he wrote. Guess being the fictional ruler of a fictional country has its perks!

So be sure to tune in on Sunday, Dec. 10, to ION Television and check out this heartwarming holiday movie to see if Molly ends up being Jax's daughter! Well, you know what we mean!

PureFlix.com Debuts New Faith-Based Original Series 'Hilton Head Island'

The original, half-hour drama -- created in the tradition of "All My Children", "General Hospital" and "Falcon Crest"-- is available exclusively on PureFlix.com and represents the company's seventh original series since mid-2015.

Unlike most modern-day daytime dramas or soap operas, "Hilton Head Island" avoids language, sex and violence surprises. Instead, it focuses on the power of prayer and faith as the fictional Trisk family deals with a crisis that threatens to destroy their personal and professional lives.

The show's stars include Donna Mills ("General Hospital", "Knots Landing"), Antonio Sabato Jr. ("General Hospital", "The Bold and the Beautiful"), Crystal Hunt ("One Life to Live", "Guiding Light"), Michael Swan ("The Bold and the Beautiful", "As The World Turns") and others.

"We have very high hopes for 'Hilton Head Island' as it represents the next step for us in terms of our original series lineup," said Greg Gudorf, CEO of PureFlix.com. "This 'hope opera' is designed to show that there's a place for strong values and wholesomeness even when dealing with modern-day issues and drama."

"Hilton Head Island" is set in the iconic resort city in South Carolina and follows the Trisk family, which owns the fictional ISLE Television Network. When the family patriarch Daniel Trisk--played by Swan--falls seriously ill, his family begins battling over control of the media empire, while employing the power of prayer and faith to avoid ruining the family's legacy.

The show will be released in three-episode blocks. The first seven episodes will be available November 10, followed by two other episode blocks in subsequent weeks.

About PureFlix.com: PureFlix.com (or Pure Flix Digital) is a subsidiary of Pure Flix Entertainment, LLC, the worldwide leader in faith-based entertainment and a Christian movie studio based in Scottsdale, Ariz. that produces, distributes and acquires Christ-based movies. The company's vision is to positively influence the global culture for Christ through media. Whether it's on your television, laptop, phone, or tablet, PureFlix.com is your trusted destination for the highest quality family-friendly, wholesome entertainment that's now available anytime, anywhere. For more information, please visit PureFlix.com.

Judd Apatow, Viola Davis, Jane Fonda, Gina Rodriguez Lead ACLU So Cal Honors

The event will take place at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel. The evening will also feature special appearances by Martin Sheen and Van Jones.

Judd Apatow will be receiving the Bill of Rights Award for being an outspoken and tireless advocate on behalf of women in the arts.

Viola Davis will receive the Bill of Rights Award for her commitment to economic justice.

Jane Fonda will receive the Ramona Ripston Liberty, Justice & Equality Award for being an outspoken and lifetime advocate on behalf of women and girls, peace issues, veterans, Native Americans, the environment, and health.

Reginald Hudlin will receive the Bill of Rights Award for his commitment to creating meaningful television and film that challenge societal norms; as well as his dedication to advancing the next generations of African-Americans in the entertainment industry.

Dolores Huerta will receive the Lifetime Advocate for Justice Award for her commitment to upholding social justice and equality and her devotion to advancing the rights of oppressed peoples.

Gina Rodriguez will receive the Bill of Rights Award for her outspoken and passionate activism in the entertainment industry; and her commitment to serving as a role model for and champion of women’s rights and immigration rights.

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BIG BROTHER 19 Winner On B&B

Get a First Look at Ingo Rademacher as the New Thorne on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

The soap world was thrown into a bit of a frenzy back in September when Winsor Harmon tweeted: “Just spoke with Brad Bell and at this time, he’s decided to recast Thorne. I wish the new actor and the show continued success.” Fans protested the B&B headwriter/executive producer’s decision on social media, and offered Harmon their support. But Harmon was just as supportive to his replacement. “Congrats, Ingo,” he tweeted after the news of Rademacher's casting broke. “You’re gonna be amazing as Thorne, buddy! Big shoes, dude, size 11. Call me man!”

Rademacher told TV Insider that he was originally set to play a short-term role for just a dozen episodes, but that changed. “Brad Bell had a change of heart and wanted to give me a full-time, contract role," he confided. "I certainly hope to play Thorne as well as Winsor did. He’s really one of the nicest and most gracious people I’ve ever met. He tweeted over this past weekend that his role was being recast and I read the comments and a lot of people weren’t happy. I said to my wife, ‘Wow, I feel kind of bad about this.’ I mean, I know it’s the way things go in daytime, but this is a new experience for me. I’ve never stepped into a role that was previously played by someone else. I hope the fans aren’t too upset about this.”

Rademacher will be the fourth actor to play the role of perennial Forrester second-ran Thorne. Clayton Norcross originated the role when the soap debuted in 1987, but was replaced with Jeff Trachta in 1989. In 1996, Harmon assumed the role, which he played until 2010 on contract, after which he continued on a recurring basis until now. Thorne was most recently seen in 2016 when he joined the rest of the family in attempting to stop Eric from marrying Quinn.

Now that Rademacher is taking over the role, what does B&B have planned for Thorne? Stay tuned and find out!

Katherine Kelly Lang Declares Brooke "Needs to Be Alone"

Unfortunately, after lying that Caroline was dying to get Thomas away from Sally and arranging for the arson that nearly destroyed Spectra Fashions, Brooke had to do something. “You’ve got to draw a line somewhere,” Lang admitted. “Bill promised he would never let her down or do anything to hurt her, and yet now he’s done this. He didn’t think twice about anything except getting what he wanted. She feels like he’s let her down, but this is more about endangering people and breaking the law. It’s a criminal act, and she just thinks. ‘How far can he go?’”

They say hindsight is 20/20, but many B&B viewers would also argue that Brooke knew exactly what she was getting into when she agreed to become Mrs. Bill Spencer. Let’s just say that with his history, the guy is no saint! “She’s seen what he’s done in the past,” Lang allowed, “especially when he had Ridge thrown out of a helicopter. So she’s kind of realizing, ‘My goodness, have I been covering my eyes this whole time?’ She’s questioning her decision about why she even married him in the first place.”

Of course, given Brooke’s romantic history, fans are naturally assuming that she’ll return to Ridge’s waiting arms once more. And while Ridge certainly seems keen on the idea, Lang hopes that Brooke doesn’t just go back to her ex for the umpteenth time. “If things truly are over for Brooke and Bill,” the actress mused, “then she needs to be alone for a while and figure out who she is as a person. She needs to look out for herself instead of bouncing between men all the time.”

But given that Bill also wants his wife back, it looks like there’s still plenty of romantic drama to come for Brooke, so stay tuned as the storyline continues to unfold!

CBS RENEWS SUMMER THRILLER “SALVATION” FOR SEASON TWO

SALVATION centers on Liam Cole, an MIT grad student, and Darius Tanz, a tech superstar, who bring Pentagon official Grace Barrows a staggering discovery – that an asteroid is just months away from colliding with Earth. Now with the added threat of nuclear war on the horizon, they work together with Secretary of Defense Harris Edwards to find a way to divert the asteroid, stop the war and save humanity before time runs out.

The series stars Santiago Cabrera, Jennifer Finnigan, Charlie Rowe, Jacqueline Byers, Rachel Drance and Ian Anthony Dale. Liz Kruger, Craig Shapiro, Alex Kurtzman, Heather Kadin, Stuart Gillard and Peter Lenkov are executive producers for CBS Television Studios in association with Secret Hideout.

B&B’s Linsey Godfrey Shares Story Of Abuse

Ashley Jones & Ted Shackelford on NCIS 10/24/17

GUEST CAST includes: Samaire Armstrong (Melissa Goodman), Ashley Jones (Nancy Douglas), Ted Shackelford (Stewart).

Chris L. McKenna on Seal Team 11/8/17

GUEST CAST includes: Alexandra LeMosle (Leila), Sharif Atkins (Beau Fuller), Chris L. McKenna (Pete Green)

Soap Alum Sarah Brown Reveals Assault

B&B Actors Head To South Africa

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood and Courtney Hope Facebook Live

A TV soap opera actress-turned-avocado grower is running for congress in Coachella Valley

Best known for playing the villainous Sheila Carter on “The Young and the Restless” and “The Bold and the Beautiful,” Brown Pelzer also owns an interior design company and, with her husband, Gary, a sports fishing and marina rental business in San Diego, among others.

"The reason I'm running for office is because for the first time in our country we’re not leaving behind something better for the next generation," she said.

Brown Pelzer recently moved to Palm Springs, but told The Desert Sun that she's been attending charity events in the desert for more than two decades and that her financial services company has been operating ATMs here for seven years.

She closed out the second day of the Republican National Convention in 2016, scoring early points with local GOP organizers for her backing of Donald Trump and her complaints about taxes and small business regulations. She also criticized "suspect trade deals" that create foreign competition at home and can leave American workers unemployed.

The immediate reaction from Republican activists was positive.

“I know this is the person who’s going to win,” Joy Miedecke, chair of the East Valley Republican Women Federated, said on Tuesday. (Video)

The 36th Congressional district, which extends from Hemet to Blythe and includes all of the Coachella Valley, leans Democrat. For months, Republicans have been searching for a viable candidate — someone with name-recognition who can quickly raise money and sway independents in a region that voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton in the last presidential contest.

Brown Pelzer said she's "the kind of person who will work with both parties" and doesn't see her prime-time support for Trump in the last election as an obstacle. "The fact that President Trump did not spend a lot of time in California was a business decision," she said. "You put your money where it brings you the most return."

Incumbent Raul Ruiz, a former emergency room physician and the son of farmworkers, easily won re-election in November 2016 and so he’s currently sitting on a war chest worth $1.6 million.

Republican Dan Ball, a former television news anchor, has also been in talks with consultants about a possible congressional run, but has yet to say for certain whether he, too, is going to challenge Ruiz. He said he planned to make an announcement next week.

The election is 13 months away.

Who Is Mateo on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL? — Meet Francisco San Martin!

Pleased with Mateo's work, Eric hired him to be the full-time estate manager for the Forresters. But when Sheila caught sight of the hunk, her wheels immediately started turning and she was quick to introduce herself to him. And now she's offered Mateo a tempting sum of money to seduce Quinn away from Eric so that she can get her own claws back into the Forrester patriarch again. Mateo's handsome, but will he really be able to lure Quinn away from the husband she claims to love? Well, Ridge didn't seem to have any trouble in that area, but who knows? One thing's for sure, when Sheila asks you to do something, you do not want to disappoint her!

San Martin got his start as the original Dario Hernandez on DAYS from 2010-11, a role later taken over by Jordi Vilasuso. Most recently, the actor guest-starred for an arc on the CW series JANE THE VIRGIN back in the spring of 2017. He played Fabian Regalo del Cielo, a sexy telenovela actor who slept with Jane, played by Gina Rodriguez, who B&B fans might recall from her stint as Forrester Creations intern Beverly from 2011-12.

While San Martin’s B&B gig seems like it could be relatively short-term, if he proves popular and has chemistry with other characters on the canvas, who knows what the future could bring? With both Rome Flynn and Pierson Fodé having both made their exits recently, the soap could certainly use some more young hunks on the screen!

Danny Woodburn To B&B

Ryan Phillippe & Bradley Bell's daughters to make their debuts in Paris

The other Americans “coming out” include Laila Blavatnik, 18, daughter of Warner Music Group owner Len Blavatnik; Lori Harvey, 20, stepdaughter of Steve Harvey; and Charlotte Bell, 17, whose father, Bradley Bell, produces the soap opera “The Bold and the Beautiful” and whose mother, Colleen, is also a producer and was the US ambassador to Hungary under President Obama.

Jeanne Malle, 16, great-niece of filmmaker Louis Malle, is one of two French debs, although she was born in and lives in New York.

Alice Ho, 18, daughter of Stanley Ho, who helped turn Macau into the world’s top gambling mecca, is a student at Massachusetts Institute of Technology near Boston.

Britain is sending Cecily Lasnet, 17, daughter of model Stella Tennant. Plus, there are royal princesses from Belgium, Portugal, Brazil and India.

Le Bal, run by Ophélie Renouard, raises money for the New York-based Seleni Institute, to provide care and research for the mental health of teenage mothers.

B&B Alum Jennifer Finnigan Welcomes Daughter

Ingo Rademacher Dishes About New B&B Role

Lin-Manuel Miranda Releases Star-Studded "Almost Like Praying" to Benefit Puerto Rico

Lin-Manuel Miranda has been teasing the release of "Almost Like Praying, " and the hurricane relief single is finally here.

Along with the 37-year-old artist, the track also features Marc Anthony, Ruben Blades, Camila Cabello, Pedro Capo, Dessa, Gloria Estefan, Fat Joe, Luis Fonsi, Juan Luis Guerra, Alex Lacamoire, John Leguizamo, Jennifer Lopez, Rita Moreno, Ednita Nazario, Joell Ortiz, Anthony Ramos, Gina Rodriguez, Gilberto Santa Rosa, PJ Sin Suela, Tommy Torres and Ana Villafañe. All 78 towns in Puerto Rico are mentioned in the lyrics.

"Y'all, when I say all hands on deck for Puerto Rico I mean ALL HANDS ON DECK #AlmostLikePraying," Miranda wrote in a tweet on Thursday.

And it seems that Miranda didn't have too much of a problem getting some big names on the track, like the "Despacito" singer who didn't even ask questions, he just said yes.

"Here's @LuisFonsi's response to my asking him to be on this song via DM. We'd never met. He hadn't heard the song. #AlmostLikePraying," the star tweeted.

And just like that some of the biggest names in Latin Music joined their voices to help aid the island of Puerto Rico and its victims of Hurricane Maria.

All proceeds from the song go to www.hispanicfederation.org.

The people of Puerto Rico were devastated by Hurricane Maria two weeks ago.

It left most of the 3.4 million people who live on the Caribbean island and U.S. territory without electricity and thousands have been rendered homeless due to the storm. Residents are also in dire need of drinking water, food and fuel. Cell service is scarce and hospitals struggle to operate.

Stars like Lopez and Daddy Yankee have also donated a million dollars to help rebuild the island.

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B&B Announces Ingo Rademacher’s First Air Date

Courtney Hope Goes Brunette for a Top Secret New Role!

The clapboard emoji in the caption would seem to indicate that Hope has changed up her hair for a movie role, though she’s still keeping mum on any details regarding this new mystery project. Before joining the cast of B&B, she could be seen in shows like TRANSPARENT, BONES, NCIS, and others, but the soap has been keeping her pretty busy so she hasn’t been doing much moonlighting recently. “Can’t wait for y’all to see!” she enthused of her new role with a selfie where her dark locks are loose and messy, framing her grimy, dirty face.

Hope also shared another photo from the shoot, this time with herself and co-star Nina Bergman, and both women look ready for action. In fact, they look like they’ve already seen some action! “I always love a challenge,” the daytime newcomer declared, “and yesterday was an amazing one! So excited to share!”

While a lot of her fans complimented Hope on looking gorgeous no matter what the hair color, there were some who missed her naturally red color. Thankfully for them, the actress promised this was just a one-day thing for the role and fans shouldn’t expect to see Sally Spectra sporting a similar ‘do in upcoming episodes!

BIG BROTHER 19’s Jessica Graf Talks B&B

BIG BROTHER 19 Winner Heads to B&B

Rena Sofer Injured Her Foot and It Looks Like It Really Hurts!

It sounds as though Sofer went leaping for the ball and came down too hard on her foot. But whether it’s broken, sprained, or simply bruised, the actress hasn’t yet revealed any details. She did share another photo of her foot resting on the dashboard of her car while parked outside of a CVS where we’re sure some Good Samaritan drove her to run inside pick up something to help her. Because her ankle is visibly swollen and that bruise is not being caused by the shadow in the windshield. Yikes!

By the next day, Sofer looked to be on the mend, sharing a photo of herself on her phone with her leg propped up on her knee and her ankle tightly bandaged. “Having a doggie play date with Ed from Pawparent while keeping my ankle elevated and E-mailing my doctor.” Hard to tell if the swelling has gone down from this angle, but it definitely looks better!

Sofer joined the cast of B&B in 2013 in the newly created role of Quinn Fuller, and while the character has had quite a few ups and downs over the years, she’s never been injured quite like this! At this time there is no information on whether or not Sofer’s injury is severe enough that the soap will have to write it into her character’s storyline, but seeing as how Quinn and Sheila have been having one vicious catfight after another, it wouldn’t be too difficult to do!

‘Homeland’ Casts Courtney Grosbeck

CBS DAYTIME MARKS 31 CONSECUTIVE YEARS AT #1

The Network had the #1 overall show in viewers (THE PRICE IS RIGHT) as well as both the #1 program in women 18-49 and women 25-54 (THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS).

CBS Daytime’s 52-Week Full Broadcast Year Highlights

CBS Daytime finished the year first in viewers (3.90m), women 25-54 (1.1/08) and women 18-49 (0.7/06, tie).

CBS had the top five programs in viewers:
1. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2 5.40m
2. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS 4.84m
3. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 4.72m
4. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 3.85m
5. LET’S MAKE A DEAL 2 3.36m

CBS had four of the top five programs in women 25-54:
1. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS 1.5
2. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 1.3
2. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2 1.3
5. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 1.1

CBS had four of the top five programs in women 18-49:
1. THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS 1.0
2. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 2 0.9
3. THE PRICE IS RIGHT 1 0.8
3. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL 0.8

CBS Daytime programs reached 120.0 million viewers (who watched at least six minutes) and 59.3m women 18+, more than any other network.

Paley Center Gala To Honor Betty White, Celebrate Women In Television

The celebration will take place on October 12 at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angeles and will be the first of its kind to celebrate eight decades of groundbreaking accomplishments of women across a variety of genres including drama, comedy, music, variety, news, talk, and sports.

The evening will celebrate icon Betty White and take a look at her career as an actress, entertainer, and producer which encompasses over seventy years including her Emmy Award-winning performance on the classic sitcom The Golden Girls, as well as roles on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and Hot in Cleveland.

“I am thrilled to be honored by the Paley Center,” said White. “To be acknowledged for working in a business I love for as long as I have is truly a privilege. I’m proud to share this evening with these amazing and talented women.”

“The Paley Center is so proud to honor this incredible group of women at this once-in-a-lifetime event,” said Maureen J. Reidy, President & CEO of The Paley Center for Media. “No other medium has brought people together the way television has, and this is the perfect time to celebrate the pioneering entertainers, groundbreaking series, and current hit shows that have sparked conversations, educated audiences, and thrilled generations.”

Kristin Chenoweth, Nadia Comaneci, Allison Janney, Debra Messing, Rita Moreno, Wanda Sykes, and Lynn Whitfield will also take part in the celebration with more participants to be announced at a later date.

A-List presenters and participants slated to attend include Kristin Chenoweth, Nadia Comaneci, Allison Janney, Debra Messing, Rita Moreno, Wanda Sykes, Lynn Whitfield, and more. Other guests set to appear include Pamela Adlon, Shiri Appleby, Mädchen Amick, Julie Bowen, Ilene Chaiken, Tyne Daly, Dana Delany, Catherine Dent, Kim Dickens, Lisa Edelstein, Michelle Forbes, Emma Frost, Sharon Gless, Misha Green, Diane Guerrero, Marilu Henner, Aphrodite Jones, Linda Lavin, Zoe Lister-Jones, Susan Lucci, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Niecy Nash, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Erica Tazel, Robin Tunney, Lindsay Wagner, and others.

From Lucille Ball in I Love Lucy to The Mary Tyler Moore Show to the unforgettable moment when Ellen DeGeneres came out as gay on Ellen, the evening will be a journey through the groundbreaking contributions that have come from women in television. The celebration will also put a spotlight on the amazing performances from today’s brightest stars including Claire Danes in Homeland, Taraji P. Henson in Empire, Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black, Mandy Moore in This Is Us, Gina Rodriguez in Jane The Virgin, and Kerry Washington in Scandal — just to name a few.

In addition to actresses, the event will recognize the record-breaking athletic achievements of sports stars such as Nadia Comaneci, Peggy Fleming, Billie Jean King, Jackie Joyner-Kersee, and Lisa Leslie as well as the huge strides in journalism from Maria Bartiromo, Julie Chen, Katie Couric, Rachel Maddow, Diane Sawyer, María Elena Salinas, Leslie Stahl, and Barbara Walters.

Proceeds from the benefit will go to the Paley Center’s programming dedicated to women in television and the expansion of the women’s collection in the Paley Archive, the nation’s largest publicly accessible archive of television and radio programming.

Ingo Rademacher Is B&B’s New Thorne

Harmon Responds To B&B Recast

B&B's Shocking Recast!

B&B’s Darin Brooks Weighs In On “Watie”

Bill and Steffy on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL — Everything You Need to Know About Their Romantic History!

After failed relationships with Marcus and Rick, Steffy failed to seduce Owen away from Jackie, and soon found herself intrigued with Bill, who had just acquired Forrester Creations. Steffy got herself promoted to head of public relations and made a move on Bill. Although he was engaged to Katie, Bill didn’t seem to mind Steffy’s attentions. However, Steffy definitely minded when Bill made Katie his wife… and CEO of Forrester!

After Katie gave her sisters, Brooke and Donna, leadership positions in the company, Steffy decided to get the company back in Forrester hands. She plotted to seduce Bill, but instead of sleeping with him, Steffy used the opportunity to swipe Katie’s engagement ring from their bedroom. Threatening to tell Katie how she got her hands on the ring, Steffy forced Bill to sign the company back over to her.

Later, Steffy returned from Paris and again tried to pursue a relationship with Bill. And after he nearly killed Amber by driving her off of a cliff, Steffy agreed to keep his attempted murder a secret. As their feelings for each other grew stronger, Bill told Steffy he would leave Katie for her, but that plan hit a snag when Katie learned of his deception and had a heart attack. Bill couldn’t leave his ailing wife, and after Steffy slipped and nearly drowned in her bathtub, she was rescued by Liam, which reignited her feelings for Bill’s son.

Currently, Steffy is married to Liam, who is at war with Bill. But as she’s attempting to broker peace between the two men in her life, it would seem that things might be heating up between her and Bill once more. Might Steffy risk her marriage to Liam if she has another chance with his father? Stay tuned as this storyline unfolds because you never know what might happen next!

Kym Douglas Previews Her New Role on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

“He sat me down and he was so tough on me,” Douglas tells Soaps In Depth of her spouse. “He was like, ‘I want these lines memorized. I want you to know Don’s lines. I want you to know Scott’s lines. I want you to know the neighbor next door’s lines. You need to know this backwards and forwards.’ So needless to say I was scared to death! I will tell you, he did have me very prepared, and I’m glad he did! B&B is a fast-moving machine and they are not there babysitting people.”

With her hosting gigs keeping her busy, Douglas admits she wasn’t actively pursuing an acting career at the same time, but when an agent approached her husband, he suggested she take the guy up on the offer instead. “So I went in the next day, he signed me on the spot,” Douglas admits, “but I’m thinking, ‘Okay, I know how this goes. They take 10 percent of everything you make but they’ll never get me on an audition again.’ So we go away to Hawaii on a family vacation and I come back to an E-mail from the agent saying ‘I submitted you for the role of Sharon on B&B and they hired you. You’ll be working in two days.’ I went absolutely crazy!”

Thankfully, she already knew Diamont, so that helped her feel more comfortable on the set. “Jerry and Don go way back for over 30 years when Don was just starting out on Y&R,” Douglas reveals. “So we have a history and that was really fun.”

Surprisingly, this isn’t her first appearance on a soap. Although it’s not listed on her IMDb page, Douglas reveals that she actually made an appearance in Genoa City back in the day! “The wonderful and late Bill Bell many, many years ago when I first married Jerry, asked me if I would come on Y&R and be Colby Chester’s secretary,” she confides. “I got in several altercations with the lovely Jill Foster. Colby Chester was my boss and Jill was having an affair with him, I think. I don’t honestly think anyone even in the soap super fan world would even remember it.”

Mario Lopez Assaulted at Vegas Spa ... Cops Called

Sources tell us Mario was working out at the Planet Hollywood Spa by Mandara in Vegas Friday and as he was leaving the bathroom in the spa, he bumped into a guy ... and things escalated quickly.

We're told Mario said "excuse me" to the man, who replied "you got a problem?" The dude was about to step to Mario and make physical contact before an employee got between them.

Mario had left his phone on one of the locker room benches before all of this, and said he just wanted to get his phone and leave. That's when we're told the guy suddenly grabbed Mario's phone and thew it against a wall ... smashing it to pieces.

Security arrived and cops were eventually called. Law enforcement sources tell us they responded to the Planet Hollywood Spa, but no arrests were made as Mario refused to press charges. He did, however, get his phone replaced by the hotel free of charge. Later that night, Mario caught Jennifer Lopez's show with his wife ... so it seems like he's alright.

We're told the man that almost fought with Mario is a known troublemaker ... and is now banned from the facility. We've reached out to Mario's camp ... so far, no word back.

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ADDITIONAL PRESENTERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE “69TH PRIMETIME EMMY® AWARDS,” SUNDAY, SEPT. 17 ON CBS

As previously announced, Riz Ahmed, Anthony Anderson, Alec Baldwin, Jason Bateman, Jessica Biel, Edie Falco, Anna Faris, Allison Janney, Rashida Jones, Nicole Kidman, Debra Messing, Lea Michele, Shemar Moore, Kumail Nanjiani, Jim Parsons, Tracee Ellis Ross, Adam Scott, Oprah Winfrey and Reese Witherspoon will also appear as presenters on the show.

Emmy Award winner Stephen Colbert, the multi-talented host of THE LATE SHOW with STEPHEN COLBERT, is set to host, marking his first time as master of ceremonies for the event.

B&B Fall Preview

Thomas/Sally: “The tragedy at Spectra Fashions on the eve of Sally’s solo debut leaves the company’s future up in smoke and takes with it the young designer’s dreams for the future. Sally regains hope when Thomas returns to Los Angeles. Is Thomas ready to return for good? Or, has Thomas become so caught up in the web of ‘Dollar’ Bill’s despicable lie that he will not leave his young son and Caroline?”

Liam/Steffy: “Liam faces the possibility that his father is capable of much more evil than he ever imagined, and is forced to choose whether to ‘live by the sword or die by the sword’ within the Spencer family.”

Brooke/Bill: “Excited to begin the process of building his ‘Sky’, Bill must maintain the facade of a man who has done no wrong in order to accomplish his goals. Bill finds himself struggling to keep his nasty little secret from those he loves, including his inquisitive wife. How long will Bill be able to keep up his charade? And, when Brooke does learn the truth, will she stand by her man or will she demand that he face consequences for his actions?”

Maya/Rick/Nicole/Zende: “Maya’s insecurities regarding Lizzy’s attachment to Nicole resurface when she witnesses the special bond that they share. These insecurities prompt Maya into suggesting a staffing change at Forrester Creations to Rick. This staffing change will affect Nicole’s proximity to Lizzy, and leave Maya open to mother her child without interference from her sister.”

Eric/Quinn/Ridge/Sheila/James: “Finding herself on the receiving end of a closed door to the Forrester mansion fuels Sheila’s desire to make Eric her own. Sheila summons her unwilling cohort, Charlie, to assist in her quest to make Quinn and Ridge pawns in her scheme, but will Quinn and Ridge take the bait?”

Katie/Wyatt: “Katie and Wyatt’s love affair intensifies, while both still remain determined to keep their hot and heavy liaisons a secret, especially from Bill, Quinn, Steffy and Brooke. This proves to be easier said than done. In September, Katie and Wyatt share much more than a bed; they also share with one another their fears, joys, insecurities and plans for their future.”

Jacob Young Previews His "Belated" Birthday Bash Show in Vegas!

“I wanted to still stay with that theme even though it’s a few weeks after my birthday,” Young tells Soaps In Depth. “But everybody who’s lucky enough to be there, it’s going to be a really great time. There will be giveaways, there will be a meet and greet. It’s in a beautiful showroom with a gorgeous million dollar LED screen as the backdrop that can be programmed any which way. It’s just going to be a great time. So it’s a ‘belated’ birthday bash.”

The actor/musician got his “feet wet” with his gig at the Tropicana back in March and says that “when you start branding yourself in Vegas, then other places are interested. Vanessa LeGrand is one of their artists that’s been performing there for some time. They’ve been grooming her to perform in the showroom and they’ve been wanting somebody to perform with her.”

The two artists will share the stage, performing both separately and together during the show. “Vanessa is an amazingly talented singer,” Young enthuses. “We’re doing country, we’re doing rock, pop songs, and a few songs that are a bit older. We got to test it out for the first time with an impromptu thing in their lounge, just to see if we had chemistry and could make it work. We rehearsed it and the audience was awesome. They responded super well to it. They have a very loyal audience there, so I expect to see that room full!”

Tickets for the special “belated” birthday bash are only $5 for general admission, $10 for reserved seating, and $20 for the VIP meet and greet! For more information and to purchase tickets for yourself, just click here!

Rome Flynn Shares a Heartfelt Message to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL Fans After Leaving the Soap

“First, I want to thank [B&B executive producer and headwriter] Brad Bell for taking a chance on this ambitious young kid and giving me more responsibility than I knew I could take on.,” Flynn wrote. “I want to thank all of the B&B fans across the world for embracing me as your Zende Forrester. It has been one of the most fulfilling experiences of my life to share a piece of myself every day with you.

“I worked hard to make sure I never cheated you on work ethic or integrity of this character,” he continued. “Such a profound responsibility to be one of the few African Americans on daytime television, one I took seriously in making sure I made you feel like you knew me. My job is to imitate life in its honesty and truest form. I hope I’ve done you justice.”

Flynn admitted that he had so many people to thank but wanted to single out his co-star Reign Edwards, who plays his love interest and on-screen wife, Nicole. “You’re such a joy to have worked with and such an amazing talent!” the actor declared. “But beyond that, you’re very special to me. You helped me grow as an artist and a person. We took on portraying this young black couple in love. We worked hard on keeping it authentic and true. So many hours of work on our own.

"We had to be vulnerable with each other for this to last,” Flynn added. “I wanna thank you for letting me in. We laughed together, we cried together, we went to war together, and that’s what love is. Thank you, Reigny.”

Flynn joined the cast of B&B in 2015 as the now-adult Zende Forrester, the young African orphan adopted by Tony and Kristen Dominguez. The character was introduced in 2001 as played by actor Daniel Smith. On Sept. 8, the actor revealed on Twitter that his final episode as Zende had aired that day. Whether the role will be recast in the future remains to be seen.

As for Flynn himself, he is looking forward to what the future holds for his career. He’s already filmed the horror movie Ten and a role on Tyler Perry’s THE HAVES AND THE HAVE NOTS. “This is not goodbye,” he assured his fans. “I’ll see you soon! Change is good. You must make change to make way for what God has for you. Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!”

DAYS Alum to B&B

Gina Rodriguez Won't Be Sacrificing Her Happiness to "Kill" Herself in the Gym: "I Love My Shape"

The stunning Jane the Virgin actress is October's Shape cover girl and inside the magazine she's opening about her life, health and how she won't give up her joy to hit the gym.

Working long hours on her TV show, Rodriguez doesn't get a lot of free time to train, but she's learned to be OK with that.

"…when I started working on Jane again, there was no time for training, even at night…I couldn't fit into certain clothes, and I was a little curvier," Rodriguez tells the magazine. "Before, I would have beaten myself up. But my boyfriend gave me some great advice. He said, 'Don't be angry with your body—it changed because your routine shifted.' And that was like a gift."

Rodriguez continues, "As an actress, there are so many pressures to look a certain way and fit into a sample size. But I've got to embrace the fact that when I'm shooting Jane, I can't work out as much. My body is going to look different, and that's OK. I'm not willing to wring the joy from my life to kill myself in the gym."

When the Golden Globe winner does get some time to work out, Rodriguez loves Muay Thai.

"Doing Muay Thai taught me so much about my body," she shares. "Now I view it as an engine that keeps me active and healthy. To do Muay Thai, you have to build up your strength and stamina. It's mind over matter; you're pushing yourself. What I like best about it is the sense of inner strength it gives me. Knowing I can protect myself is a powerful feeling."

And when it comes to food, Rodriguez uses it to fuel her.

"Food fuels me now, and that feels so good," she explains. "It doesn't make me lethargic anymore. Now I'm eating when I'm hungry and to power my body, I'm not feeding my emotions. Which I did. And which I'll do again in the future, let's be real. But I'm trying to be conscious of not doing it right now."

Rodriguez wants us to celebrate every body type on the spectrum, because we're all beautiful.

"I love my shape because it makes me strong and fearless," Rodriguez says. "There's a huge spectrum of body types, and we need to celebrate all of them—the model shapes, the beautiful new wave of curvy full-figured women, and those who are in between. I feel blessed to be part of that spectrum."

Rodriguez took to Instagram to share her upcoming cover, telling her followers how she really feels about being on the magazine.

The actress wrote, "It feels incredibly bizarre and unnatural to celebrate during these times. My mind is constantly working to try and see where I can help, contribute and grow. So then maybe it is right to share this cover of @shape magazine because it marks a time in my life where I pushed myself to the max. Where I learned that being healthy was self love. That putting myself, vulnerabilities and all, out there for the world to judge isn't as scary today."

Rodriguez continued, "We must make those risks in order for change and growth to occur. I love this cover. Not because I feel good and myself and real in it but because it pushed me to a place that wasn't easy and I conquered."

Pierson Fodé Is Leaving THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

Fodé joined the cast of B&B in July of 2015 as the latest recast of Thomas Forrester, following Adam Gregory and Drew Tyler Bell. In recent storylines, Thomas fell in love with Sally Spectra and left Forrester to bankroll Spectra Fashions and work with the upstart company to help them succeed in the fashion industry. Of course, things got complicated when Bill lied to him that Caroline was dying in order to get him to leave Sally so she could fail on her own.

After growing up on a farm in Washington, Fodé followed his dreams of show business by becoming a model with Wilhelmina Models and later breaking into acting. His big break came in 2012 when he appeared in a Halloween episode of the Nickelodeon sitcom ICARLY. During a break from B&B last fall, Fodé starred in the movie It’s Time, based on the real life story of a friendship between two football players that resulted from a tragic accident. Currently in post-production, the film has no release date scheduled.

With Thomas currently involved in a front-burner storyline on B&B, it seems an inopportune time for Fodé to exit the soap. Although a recast would allow the writers to continue telling the story, there has been no announcement regarding that yet. But as soon as we have more information about that possibility, we’ll be sure to let you know. So stay tuned!

You're the Worst Adds General Hospital Actress as Lindsay's Mom

The FXX comedy has hired Robin Riker (General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful) to play Fay Cottumaccio, mother to Lindsay and Becca, per The Hollywood Reporter. The character, an actress of some fame in the 1980s, arrives in town to take a part on a sitcom, prompting her daughters to compete for her attention. Riker will appear in two episodes.

Mama’s appearance seems like it might put a pause on Lindsay’s nascent self-improvement, which series creator Stephen Falk talked about with TVLine after Wednesday’s season premiere.

“She’s not, like, spreading her wings and moving to Uganda to help people,” Falk said. “She’s just getting an apartment and getting a job, like a f–king 21-year-old would do. But for her, yeah, that’s a big thing.”

Riker’s long list of TV gigs includes The Glades, Switched at Birth, Bones, NCIS and Days of Our Lives. She joins You’re the Worst‘s Season 4 guest roster, which also includes Colin Ferguson (Eureka), Johnny Pemberton (Son of Zorn), Zosia Mamet (Girls) and Lou Diamond Phillips (Longmire).

Gina Rodriguez Producing Immigration Series Projects At CBS & the CW, ‘LA Story’ Reboot

I Can & I Will also has other projects in the works at CBS Studios, including a series adaptation of LA Story — the 1991 romantic fantasy comedy-drama feature written by and starring Steve Martin and directed by Mick Jackson — in conjunction with Alison Rosenzweig and Michael Gaeta of Gaeta Rosenzweig Films, and a drama based on the novel Flood Girls which they are executive-producing alongside Drew Barrymore’s Flower Films and writer Corinne Brinkerhoff.

Rodriguez, whose CW dramedy Jane the Virgin has addressed the plight of undocumented immigrants, has been a strong supporter of Dreamers, posting a slew of messages on social media following the DACA announcement yesterday.

Illegal is written/co-executive produced by Jane the Virgin scribe Rafael Agustin based on his real-life experience. The Ecuador-born Agustin grew up in America, and it was not until high school when he learned that, like his parents, he was undocumented. Illegal is described as a light one-hour about sixteen year old Rafael. He is a charming but bumbling high school student just trying to survive puberty. But when this all-American teenager discovers that he is not American at all, his perfect Honor Roll world is turned upside down.

Agustin originally developed the project, which he referred to as “undocumented family sitcom” as a half-hour spec script at the Sundance Institute where he was an Episodic Story Lab Fellow.

Optioning the Dr. Illegal format was one of the first moves for I Can & I Will — named after an encouragement frequently used by Rodriguez’s father — made when it inked its CBS Studios deal with the goal of telling stories from underrepresented voices.

Written/executive produced by Queen Of the South co-executive producer Dailyn Rodriguez, Have Mercy centers around a Latina doctor unable to practice when she immigrates to Miami who begins work as a nurse’s assistant, but risks everything when she opens a makeshift clinic in her apartment to serve the community. Also executive producing are Intrigue Entertainment’s Tariq Jalil and Lucas Carter who had initially optioned the format.

The original 2015 series, created by Martin Rohe and Jan Gall, featured an Iranian doctor in Germany.

Agustin previously co-created/co-wrote the autobiographical play N*gger Wetb*ck Ch*nk, which has won awards for advancement of social justice in the arts. He is repped by APA and attorney Jody Simon.

Dailyn Rodriguez’s series credits also include The Night Shift, George Lopez, Freddie, Ugly Betty, Cane, 90210, In Plain Sight, Lie to Me, and The Glades.

I Can & I Will Productions is repped by APA, David Guillod at Primary Wave Entertainment, and attorney Karl Austen.

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Robert Pine Guests On NCIS - 9/26

GUEST CAST includes: Robert Pine (Congressman Theodore Randolph), Emiliano Diez (Jefe), Manuel Uriza (Nicolas Rebollo).

Updated Link- Join B&B In The Fight To End Distracted Driving

We originally shared a link to a government website, but today one of our readers emailed us a more comprehensive, up-to-date version which includes infographics.

Be sure to check the site out. It's a great resource that will help you, your family & friends: http://www.bestofbikers.com/texting-and-driving/.

Heather Tom and Darin Brooks Preview What's Next for Katie and Wyatt on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL!

The actors both declared that they were thrilled to learn that their characters would be paired together in a new storyline. “I was totally on board,” said Tom. “Katie had been on a man-less island — about time she sailed off!” And Brooks admitted he was just excited to work with his co-star more. “Heather is the best and super talented,” he proclaimed, “so I was looking forward to it!”

Of course, the couple’s nickname is still up for debate with some suggesting “Watie” and others “Kwyatt.” “They’ve come up with ‘Kyatt,’” admitted Tom, “but I’m not sure about that…” So Brooks asked Twitter: “Hmm… any suggestions, people?” Katt, maybe?

Asked how this pairing differs from the previous relationships her character has had in the past, Tom actually went all the way back in her daytime career to when she played Victoria on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS! “Well, everyone going back to Scott Reeves (ex-Ryan) was at least 10 years older than me!” she revealed. “Not anymore!”

Wyatt and Katie take their relationship to the next level! (Photo Credit: Howard Wise/jpistudios.com)

Asked to compare Wyatt to his father, Tom took the high road and responded: “Love the one you’re with!” But she did see another advantage to her new lover over her last one. “He hasn’t been with Brooke,” she joked, “so that’s a plus!” Careful — don’t go giving the writers any ideas!

Wyatt and Katie are trying to keep their new relationships under wraps for the time being in order to protect it, but since this is a soap opera, secrets are bound to come out, and often when it’s most inconvenient! The couple isn’t necessarily keeping things on the down low because Wyatt is now sleeping with his former stepmother, but that’s certainly going to make things super awkward when the truth is revealed! “It’s a fun storyline,” Brooks teased. “Can’t wait for Bill and Quinn to find out!” Promised Tom: “Just you wait! Kaboom! So much fun coming up!” So stay tuned!

Y&R Preempted and B&B Moved to a New Time Slot for Eclipse Coverage — Get the Details!

With only a half-hour in which to work, CBS Daytime will be airing the regular episode of B&B in Y&R’s time slot at 12:30 p.m. ET just before the news coverage begins. And Y&R will be preempted on that day so when you tune in on Tuesday, you don’t have to worry that you’ve missed a moment of the action in Genoa City.

B&B’s Rome Flynn Out

Who Is James Warwick on THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL? — Here's Everything You Need to Know!

James first appeared in October of 1993 when Buchanan made his debut on B&B. As a psychiatrist who was Taylor’s former mentor, he came to her for help in dealing with the death of his father and the imminent death of Sophia, the woman he loved. However, when Taylor did some snooping, she discovered that his father, Damon, was alive, and Sophia didn’t actually exist! At his home in Scotland, Taylor helped James reconcile with his father and accept that he had created Sophia as a coping mechanism.

Grateful for Taylor’s help, James hoped to start a relationship with her, but ended up dating Brooke. While at the Forresters’ cabin in Big Bear, he was consoling Taylor who was upset that Ridge had gone on a business trip with Brooke when an earthquake left them fighting for their lives. James confessed that he didn’t want to die a virgin, so Taylor made love with him but they kept it a secret when they were eventually rescued!

James was devastated when Taylor was presumed dead in a plane crash and nearly married Brooke, but she ended up with Ridge again. Convinced Taylor was alive and in Morocco, James posed as biographer Brewster MacKenzie to get into Prince Omar’s palace and find her. Although she didn’t want to disrupt Ridge’s new life with Brooke, James was able to persuade Taylor to come home when her father fell ill.

Eric came to James to help deal with his wife Sheila’s anti-social behavior. After her therapist, Jay Garvin, fell to his death, James was convinced Sheila was dangerous. Investigating her past in Genoa City, the doctor was shocked to learn the extent of Sheila’s crimes. When he attempted to share the information with Eric, Sheila and her partner-in-crime, Mike Guthrie, kidnapped James and held him prisoner in her house!

James faked romantic feelings for Sheila in order to win her trust, and eventually was able to fight his way to freedom. After Sheila held the Forresters at gunpoint, James was horrified when she attempted suicide. Sheila was placed in a mental hospital, and when she was later up for parole, James found her sudden recovery suspicious. James continued to treat her after her release and actually began to make progress in understanding why Sheila acted the way she did.

After failed attempts to date Taylor and Lauren Fenmore, James found happiness with Maggie Forrester but Sheila kept coming between them. Just before their wedding, Maggie took off and a despondent James got drunk and woke up in bed with Sheila. Then, when Maggie returned and they were about to exchange vows, Sheila busted in to announce she was carrying James’ baby!

Maggie and James still tied the knot and ultimately adopted Sheila’s baby, naming her Mary. When Sheila decided she wanted her daughter back, James schemed with everyone else to play on Sheila’s affections and have her declared an unfit mother. After she learned of his deception, James felt terrible and realized he had developed genuine feelings for Sheila. Although they did actually get married, their relationship fell apart when she again returned to a life of crime.

James left Los Angeles to look for Sheila and Mary, but returned when Massimo Marone hired him to help Brooke. He also helped counsel Taylor, Nick, and even Steffy. He tried to broker peace between Brooke and Taylor, but that didn’t go so well. James was last seen in 2011 when he tried to help Brooke deal with her fear she’d slept with Thomas while under the influence of hallucinogenic berries.

Between the Forresters, Spencers, and Spectras, there are plenty of people who could use some counseling, so James really shouldn’t be hurting for work. However, first he has to deal with Sheila, who has come back intent on making Eric her husband again. And she’s not going to be an easy nut to crack! So stay tuned to see how the story develops!

HAPPY DAYS Star To B&B

B&B’s Ian Buchanan Dishes On His Return

CBS Soap Stars Host Comedy Night

Felisha Cooper Previews Her Hilarious New Role

The series stars Peter Stormare (AMERICAN GODS, FARGO) as Ingmar, an aging stuntman, and Swedish comedian Johan Glans as Axel, a DJ who together form a pair of bumbling private detectives. The show will feature many familiar guest stars including Eric Roberts (ex-Vance, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS), Anthony LaPaglia, and Carolyn Hennesy (Diane, GENERAL HOSPITAL), with Keanu Reeves as a recurring character!

Cooper plays Sarah, the daughter of Stormare’s character, and gets to show off her talent for comedy. “She’s a fast-talking, quick-witted lawyer,” the actress told Soaps In Depth. “She’s the kind of girl who is kicking ass and taking names, and is also like, ‘But I’m fabulous.’ So she’s pretty amazing. It’s kind of a dream job. If I’m a lawyer, I want to be the kind of lawyer who gets my nails done and wears Gucci shoes.”

Compared to Sasha’s relationship with her father, Julius, on B&B, Sarah and Ingmar are pretty much the opposite. “In both situations, Dad wasn’t there growing up,” Cooper mused. “On SWEDISH DICKS, I’m the apple of his eye and he always wants to be involved in my life, but I’m like ‘Dad, I don’t need you!’ Whereas Sasha grew up without her dad, but she’s like, ‘Dad, I need you more than I need air’ and he wants nothing to do with her.”

So be sure to tune in to see Cooper in SWEDISH DICKS on Pop and stay tuned to B&B because you never know when Sasha might turn up again!

Soap Alum In Youtube Series

B&B’s Felisha Cooper Update

New STD Lawsuit Against Usher, 2 More Women and a Man

Celebrity attorney Lisa Bloom says she'll file the suit Monday in California and hold a news conference in NYC to correspond with the filing. One of the women will appear at the news conference. The 2 others will remain anonymous and will appear in the lawsuits only as Jane Doe and John Doe.

Bloom says all 3 individuals claim to have had sexual contact with Usher after 2012, and he failed to warn them he allegedly had an STD.

We reached out to Usher's camp ... so far no word back.

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Gina Rodriguez Wishes Herself a Happy Birthday with a Glam Bikini Photo

The Jane the Virgin star rang in her 33rd year of life on Sunday and took to Instagram days later to give a snapshot of how she kicked off her birthday.

“I woke up 33 with james dean staring at me and a faux fur blanket keeping me warm,” Rodriguez, who sports a bikini in the Instagram image, wrote Tuesday.

In the picture, the actress showcases her fit figure as she stands in a living room — where a portrait of late actor James Dean hangs on the wall behind her — holding a blanket. She added the hashtag “#FeelingMyOats.”

On her birthday, Rodriguez shared a sweet picture of herself and her boyfriend, Joe LoCicero, lovingly gazing into each other’s eyes. “A couple that is barefoot together stays together. I want all my birthdays with you. ?? #birthdayBuddies #LeoBabies,” she wrote.

For the August/September 2017 issue of Bust magazine, Rodriguez opened up about a variety of topics for her candid cover interview, including masturbation.

The actress revealed that she was raised in a purity culture that made her feel guilty about self-pleasure.

“In all honesty, I used to feel guilty for masturbating. Oh my god, this extreme guilt! And that lasted way too long. Or maybe I masturbated too much,” she admitted.

“It’s ok to look back in retrospect and be like, it wasn’t good that I felt bad about touching myself,” she said.

Season 4 of Jane the Virgin premieres Friday, Oct. 13 on CW.

‘When Calls The Heart’ Gets Season 5 Premiere Date On Hallmark Channel – TCA

Since its debut in January 2014, the frontier drama has continued to see viewership growth each year, with Season 4 bringing double-digit gains in HHs and key demos, according to Nielsen and the network.

“The record ratings When Calls the Heart earned in season four are a testament to the compelling, heartfelt storytelling by our writers and our stellar cast that brings to life the tale of Hope Valley each week,” said Michelle Vicary, Executive Vice President, Programming and Network Publicity, Crown Media Family Networks. “We are thankful for tireless fan support from the #Hearties and couldn’t be more pleased to give them another season of their favorite show.”

The series boasts a passionate fan base known as the #Hearties, who have become a social media phenomenon, making When Calls the Heart one of the network’s most social series. To date, When Calls the Heart has seen a 15% growth in social media impressions secured over season three.

Based on the book of the same name by Janette Oke, the series stars Erin Krakow, Lori Loughlin, Daniel Lissing, Jack Wagner, Pascale Hutton and Kavan Smith. All Canadian Entertainment Production produces in association with Brad Krevoy Television and Believe Pictures.

Join B&B In The Fight To End Distracted Driving

A recent episode of The Bold and the Beautiful featuring Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang), R.J. (Anthony Turpel), and Coco (Courtney Grosbeck) sheds light on why texting and driving should never go together after, in an earlier episode, R.J. took his girlfriend Coco for a joyride in his father's car. When Coco took the wheel and simultaneously sent a text message, the teen couple got into a potentially fatal car accident.

Now, it's down to Brooke to explain to R.J. and Coco why their actions have such dire consequences.

Head Writer and Executive Producer Bradley Bell said, "The Bold and the Beautiful has been weaving socially conscious issues into the fabric of our storyline since our debut in 1987. Texting while driving is a serious and problematic trend that is on the rise, not just with millennials, but also with adults."

He added, "We thought that the time was right to share this impactful story and the possible consequences distracted driving may have with our viewers."

In the aftermath of the crash, R.J.'s mom, Brooke, sits down with her son and Coco. "It only takes three seconds to lose control," Brooke explains on B&B. "I don't know what I'd ever do without you if something happened to you, so just please be careful..."

Want to help The Bold and the Beautiful put a stop to distracted driving? Visit the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration to learn more about the dangers of distracted driving.

Gina Rodriguez used to feel guilty about masturbating

“In all honesty, I used to feel guilty for masturbating,” the “Jane the Virgin” star revealed in the August/September issue of Bust magazine. “Oh my god, this extreme guilt! And that lasted way too long. Or maybe I masturbated too much!”

Rodriguez, who is currently dating fellow actor Joe LoCierco, has since moved past the guilt.

“It’s OK to look back in retrospect and be like, it wasn’t good that I felt bad about touching myself. And it isn’t bad that I want to share my love with my boyfriend. I’m 32 years old, I’m an adult, I can do that!” she said.

Following her split from “House of Lies” star Ben Schwartz, Rodriguez recalled the moment she fell for her beau of nearly a year.

“The second time I saw him, I didn’t recognize who he was. He came in through the door and I was like ‘Good God!’ and I fell into his eyeballs,” Rodriguez explained. “On the fourth day [that we saw each other at the gym], he asked me out, and I have been dating him ever since. Now I know what it means to date your best friend.”

LoCierco appeared on “Jane the Virgin” in 2017 as “Prince Charming.”

Usher Accuser Now Says She Has Herpes, Ups Lawsuit to $20 Million

The woman, in new legal docs filed as Jane Doe, says she was devastated when she got the results Saturday. The woman said she'd gone to get tested immediately after hearing reports Usher admitted in docs he has herpes simplex 2.

TMZ broke the story ... she sued Usher for $10 million after she says they had unprotected sex earlier this year. She now wants at least $20 million for emotional harm, medical bills and punitive damages.

We've reached out to Usher's camp, so far no word back.

Gilles Marini Reveals Why He Was Thrilled to Return to THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL

“I felt so happy to have worked on the show 10-something years ago,” Marini confided to Soaps In Depth, “work my butt off in Hollywood to make something happen and then come full circle and come back to the place that gave me a chance when it was my first job. Those are the most meaningful jobs.”

The French-American actor found fame with roles on the primetime series BROTHERS & SISTERS, DEVIOUS MAIDS, and SWITCHED AT BIRTH, as well as on the silver screen in the Sex and the City movie. But among all of Marini’s film and television roles, B&B will always hold a special place in his heart, which is why as soon as his manager mentioned the role, he agreed to do it sight unseen! “I didn’t even hesitate half a second,” he declared.

Unfortunately, while Marini’s scenes as a doctor will be taking place during the upcoming storyline in Monaco, he actually filmed at the B&B studio! “I’m from there!” he cried. “Believe it or not, the last day I was shooting B&B, most of the cast left the next day for Monaco.”

Marini’s mother, Franca, who still lives in France, is a huge fan of the soap and was thrilled when her son landed that small role in 2007. “She couldn’t care less about any other role,” he revealed. “She has the picture of me doing my little thing on B&B 10 years ago and she’s still super proud and she talks about it to everyone.”

The actor also loves the entire genre of daytime drama. “Maybe sometimes the soaps may not understand what they bring to an enormous population of this world,” Marini admitted. “I’m serious when I say that a lot of people have hard lives and it’s an escape just to sit down and watch this unfold and feel like they’re part of a family. It makes their day easier. So I’m very appreciative that they bring happiness to millions and millions of people through their drama.”

Of course, because France is behind the US, Marini’s mother won’t be able to watch her son for a few years! “My mom is so excited,” he declared. “She thinks she’ll be able to see the show with me on it four years from now. She says ‘We are so late in France!’ So I told her I’d make sure I get her a tape!”

Look for Marini’s first appearance on Monday, July 31.

Rena Sofer Shares Emotional Memories of Her Father on the Anniversary of His Death

“Six years ago today I lost my amazing father to cancer,” Sofer wrote. “He was the most special man in the world, especially to me. He raised my brother and I single-handedly from the time we were toddlers and he was there for us every day of our lives with a wealth of unconditional love and support. He was our father, our rabbi, our teacher, and our best friend in the world.

“For the last 13 years of his life,” she continued, “he lived with my brother and me which was the greatest gift in the world to us. From the day he was diagnosed to the day he died, we — my whole tiny family — never left his side. When he died, at home, he died in all of our arms and that was the last gift he gave all of us.”

Back in February of this year, Sofer shared an old photo of her and her father that looks like it was taken around the time of her run as Lois on GENERAL HOSPITAL in the mid-'90s. “Me and my daddy,” she posted. “I miss him so much!”

A father’s love is forever, and the impact that Martin Sofer had on his family’s lives will never be forgotten. “I miss him every day and I am who I am today because of him,” the actress declared. “Thank you, Daddy. Rabbi Martin Sofer. The greatest man I have ever known.”

Martin left an amazing legacy in his family and they will continue to keep his memory alive for future generations.

Usher Faces New $10 mil Lawsuit from Sexual Partner, He 'Exposed' Me to STD

According to the suit, filed by a Jane Doe, she and Usher hooked up in Atlanta on April 16 at her home. She says there was some heavy petting, some kissing, and she performed oral sex on him. They eventually had intercourse, and she says he wore a condom.

However, in the docs, she says they had sex again 12 days later -- this time in a New Orleans hotel room -- and they did not use a condom.

Cut to this month ... when Jane Doe says she read news reports about Usher admitting in docs, connected to an earlier legal case, that he has Herpes Simplex 2.

In this new suit, the woman does not say she's infected. She is concerned because she was "exposed" and says she wouldn't have had sex with Usher if he'd disclosed he has the virus.

She's suing "U.R. IV" -- Usher Raymond IV -- for negligence, battery and emotional distress ... and is seeking at least $10 million in damages.