January 2008 News Archive (Page 17)

It's been 38 years since All My Children premiered. Here's a look at its opening credits in 1970:

Here are excerpts from a recent interview Cady McClain gave to Soap Opera Weekly:

Q: How was Rosanna’s exit?
Cady: Let’s put it this way: As the person who plays this character, it was an emotional hysterectomy. Rosanna’s womb, adopted child, and business exited stage left. Apparently, there was nothing left to take but her dignity.

Q: Why would they do that to this once powerful businesswoman?
Cady: I don’t know. I cannot understand why in a medium that caters to women, intelligent female characters have to be set up to be stupid and emotionally impulsive… “punished” for actions they would never have taken without a gun to their head… and left begging and pathetic.

As an actress, it was not romantic. It was embarrassing. Almost as bad as the pancakes, and that’s saying something. I have to wonder what the hell is going on these days. Are strong, smart women so threatening that they have to be vilified? I think they should be celebrated, but what do I know? Maybe I need a boob job.

Q: Have you been watching As the World Turns? Practically every storyline is fixated on trying to have a baby, I don’t get it.
Cady: I watch sometimes. Look, it’s easy to criticize. All the shows are doing a great job keeping these well-loved institutions on the air despite enormous changes in our industry, and whoever is responsible for that ought to be applauded. I do think, however, that actors are often thought of as egocentric, over-emotional puppets without a brain by the powers that be, and that is too bad, because actors who have lived these roles for 10-plus years can often five insight that could be incredibly useful.

They lived the glory days and often have an instinctual “feel” for what works. They are a resource that is undervalued. Then again, there are some out there who have earned that lousy rep!

Q: What do you want to say to all the Dixie fans clamoring for you to return to All My Children?
Cady: Always and forever, that you. I’m so sorry it didn’t go well last time. I’m sure I am partly to blame. I wish I had been able to better fullfill your expectations. I wish there could be some lovely, loving resolve around the Kate situation, some happy ending, or a chance for things to not seem so bitter, simply for the viewers that invested so much time and energy in that long-running story.

Tad and Dixie were always about stealing happiness, despite everything. Perhaps TPTB are planning that, and if it included me, great., It is doesn’t, I truly hope it is as wonderful as it holds the potential to be. I mean that.

Are you familiar with the show Made on MTV?

In its eighth season, the series chronicles the challenges and accomplishments that young people face as they attempt a life-changing transformation. To assist on their journey in this “makeover,” MTV provides a coach who doubles as a mentor for the teens portrayed on the show.

Here's where it becomes relevant to soap opera fans:

A marathon of new Made episodes airs on January 12 from 11 a.m.-4 p.m. (ET/PT), and it includes "Made: Soap Star," which centers on Erick, a seventeen-year old from Pennsylvania. He's tired of feeling invisible.

Therefore, he decides to be "made" into a soap opera star to gain a new type of celebrity status and confidence. Helping Erick on his journey? Jacob Young. The All My Children star has five weeks to make sure Erick knows the ins and outs of being a daytime actor in order to nail the once in a lifetime opportunity:

To audition for All My Children!

It goes down on February 29.

As the following Guiding Light montage advertises, fans should prepare themselves for a new Springfield on that date:

Congratulations, Michelle Stafford!

The actress has nabbed the lead in a new indie film called 3 Days Gone. She'll portray a detective in the thriller, whose plot is summed up by IMDB.com as:

"Lucas Snow was buried alive and has lost three days of his life. His best friend is murdered and the two top crime bosses are hunting him down as well as the police. Will he find out who set him up?"

The film will hit theaters in May.

Stafford, of course, has spent the last several years playing Phyllis Summers Abbott Newman on The Young and the Restless.

On today's episode of One Life to Live, Viki and Marcie finally run into each other, leading to the fugitive Marcie's most desperate move yet.

"When she walks into the diner, Viki is stunned," Erika Slezak (Viki) said to The New York Daily News. "Marcie is equally stunned to see Viki in a waitress uniform."

Unbeknown to the other, Marcie and Viki have both been working as waitresses at the Bon-Jour Cafe in Texas. Viki went there to find herself, while Marcie has been on the run with little Tommy since losing custody of the boy to Viki's brother, Todd (Trevor St. John), last fall.

"Viki has only two minutes earlier discovered that Marcie was [posing as] Sally Ann and had Tommy there," said Slezak. "Viki says, 'I have to call the police because what you've done is wrong. Todd is looking for his son and the cops are looking for you. Let's do this the right way.'"

What else happens on this One Life to Live episode? Tune in today, or read more about it now!

A few comings and goings on your favorite soap operas...

• Drake Hogestyn (pictured below) returns to Days of Our Lives tomorrow as the not-so-dead John Black.

• Tari Signor is back on One Life to Live as the unstable Margaret Cochran January 17.

• Patrick Duffy leaves The Bold and the Beautiful next week.

Supposedly off the show, Drake Hogestyn is about to prove that death is no match for John Black on Days of Our Lives!

Ready to bid on Cameron Mathison?

The All My Children hunk is putting himself up for auction in order to raise money for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS, an industry-based HIV/AIDS fundraising organization.

The 38-year-old actor will host a March 2 show at The Town Hall on West 43rd Street to benefit the charity.

What can you win at the auction?

Private dance lessons and the opportunity to perform on the benefit show, which will feature ABC Daytime soap stars and co-hosts of The View.

The auction opens January 10 on the official Broadway Cares website. Good luck!

Dominic Fumusa is joining the cast of As The World Turns.

The actor will portray the role of Matt and will be included in Casey’s return to Oakdale. Look for Fumusa to appear in early February.

This week, you can look forward to the following on The Bold and the Beautiful...

• Taylor (Hunter Tylo) is led into temptation.

• Donna (Jennifer Gareis, pictured) gives into Stephanie’s offer.

• Stephen Logan? A free man.

• Taylor catches Nick and Brooke in an intimate moment.