January 2008 News Archive (Page 2)

The past 12 months were an eventful time period for Lizzie Spaulding.

As such, CBS.com caught up with her portrayer, Marcy Rylan, at a recent photo shoot to find out what is in store for Lizzie this year on Guiding Light.

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I started on the show and did the whole baby storyline and the Jonathan/Tammy/Lizzie triangle. I lost my baby. Honestly, I thought something would happen to the baby. Because it's a soap opera! We do all these adult storylines - who wants a crying baby around the set?

I was nervous after the baby died that [the producers] would jump right into a love interest. Sometimes you see that a baby is born and then next week you tune in and it's like the baby didn't happen. The Jonathan/Tammy/Sarah storyline was a really big deal, from the way they left the show and Tammy's death which was heart-wrenching.

When we were shooting all those scenes all the actors doing it were sad because, yes, the characters were dying but, we were also losing the actors.

Read the entire interview with Rylan now.

Catherine Hickland, star of One Life to Live, chatted with Soap Opera Digest for its February 5 issue. The publication has published a few of the star's best lines from that interview:

"My three favorite words after ‘I love you' are, ‘And so what?' Really, if it's not a death in the family, for crying out loud, and so what? You're going to get past it."

"Until we take responsibility, there is no growing." — On her philosophy that we contribute to our own heartache

"Everything starts in the mind, so if you think about your ideal body weight and your ideal face and you take care of yourself, I believe you can control a lot of aging with your mind." — On striving to look the same at 90

"Sometimes, we just have to let things go. We have to let people go, maybe not forever, but when you see that someone isn't going to be able to rise to what you aspire the relationship to be, you have to let them go." 

Read all Hickland's quotes now.

Another week of daytime drama is now in full swing. Catch up on all the action with The Soap Dispenser's recaps of Tuesday, January 29 soap operas ...

• Days of Our Lives
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• The Young and the Restless
• As the World Turns
• One Life to Live
• All My Children
• General Hospital
• Guiding Light

Thank you for visiting The Soap Dispenser for soap opera spoilers and news from The Young and the Restless to All My Children, Days of Our Lives and all the rest. Thanks for making The Soap Dispenser the #1 soap opera site!

Soap Opera Digest is reporting that Lauren Koslow, (Kate, Days of Our Lives) is staying in Salem. Internet rumors had claimed the actress was the latest in the recent string of firings on NBC's only soap opera.

“The internet rumors regarding Lauren Koslow being let go are simply not true," said a show spokesperson.

Coming up during this spring's Sweeps period on Days of Our Lives...

Four top characters — Philip, Shawn, Chloe and Belle — will hop a private jet to Ireland to find Belle's kidnapped daughter. And go figure: Philip adds to the stress on board by demanding Belle choose once and for all between Shawn and him.

"Could there be worse timing?" Martha Madison says, with a laugh. The actress, who plays the freaked-out mom, promises a "huge reveal in Ireland that will tie up over 20 years of story and explain why the DiMeras have such a vendetta against the Bradys."

Also, we finally learn the true identity of Belle's father, John Black (Drake Hogestyn).

"It'll change everything in a big way," Madison teases. "Belle's gonna be a DiMera! Who'da thought?"

We'll continue to bring readers spoilers for each week of The Young and the Restless, but here's an overall look at what you can expect over the next few months:

• A new face arrives in Genoa City, causing serious upheaval for the Newman family.

• Following her messy divorce from Victor, Nikki receives a surprising offer that will take her in an exciting direction. Simultaneously, she learns some unexpected secrets about the man she is about to marry, David Chow.

• Jack (Peter Bergman), Nick and Phyllis embark on a new business venture together.

• Lily's romance with Cane (Daniel Goddard, pictured) deepens; she launches into a glamorous modeling career, one which could lead her to dangerous new places.

• Jack and Sharon are forced to share the Abbott Mansion with Jeff and Gloria. No way that goes well.

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Everyone knows Nicole Forester as Cassie on Guiding Light. But do they know the following facts about the actress?

• Forester screen-tested for the role of Amanda on AMC, but didn't get the gig.

• Forester is a knitting fanatic and is featured on the cover of the book Greetings From Knit Café.

• She's fluent in German and loves to travel and explore different countries.

• Forester co-starred with Michael Park (Jack, As the World Turns) in a pilot called 13 Bourbon St.

• Her childhood nickname was "Bock," short for "Nickerbocker."

• Forester used to date popular stand-up comic/musician Stephen Lynch.

With all the coming and goings within the soap opera universe over the last few weeks, it's nice to see this sign of stability:

Robin Strasser has inked a new contract to remain on One Life to Live through February 2006. Long live Dorian Lord!

In honor of Angle and Jesee (Debbi Morgan and Darnell Williams) returning to All My Children, Entertainment Weekly has listed its top soap opera couples of all-time.

Here's a look at two. Review the others now:

BO AND HOPE (Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso): Days of Our Lives

LOVE'S FIRST BLUSH Salem's foremost couple met when Hope was just a teenager babysitting for Bo's family. After a few years of adventures and intrigue, they got hitched in a lavish English wedding. (But that wouldn't be their last trip to the altar...)

HAPPILY EVER AFTER? Hope has since returned from the dead, dispatched Bo's new fiancée, overcome amnesia, and coped with brainwashing that had her thinking she was a long-dead princess. And after a grueling separation a few years back (Hope wrongly thought Bo had helped their toddler son's killer cover up the crime — hey, it happens), they found their way back together and gave birth to a new baby girl.

LUKE AND NOAH (Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann): As the World Turns

LOVE'S FIRST BLUSH Luke thought for sure that he'd fallen for a straight guy when he found himself drawn to Noah. But one pretend kiss (followed by much agonizing and one really spectacular kiss) made Noah come to terms with the fact that he was also gay. Then all they had to do was keep Noah's dad from killing Luke.

HAPPILY EVER AFTER? After surviving two murder attempts, the guys went on a New Year's Eve date, and soon Noah moved in with Luke and his family.

Another week of daytime drama is underway! Catch up on all the action with The Soap Dispenser's recaps of Monday, January 28 soap operas ...

• One Life to Live
• All My Children
• General Hospital
• Guiding Light
• Days of Our Lives
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• The Young and the Restless
• As the World Turns

Thank you for visiting The Soap Dispenser for soap opera spoilers and news from The Bold and the Beautiful to All My Children, General Hospital and all the rest. Thanks for making The Soap Dispenser the #1 soap opera site!