January 2008 News Archive (Page 4)

What can you expect next week on The Young and the Restless? We're glad you asked!

• The judge rules on Victor and Nikki’s divorce settlement... with shocking results.

• Jack (Peter Bergman, pictured) and Gloria square off over the Abbott mansion. Who will Sharon support?

• David and Nikki continue to plan their wedding, but does David have sinister agenda?

• A revelation disrupts the announcement of the Fresh Face of Jabot finalists. Can Amber (Adrienne Frantz) continue to carry off her ruse?

On As the World Turns next week, Emily struggles and Brad takes advantage of his injury. Read more spoilers now...

• Emily (Kelley Menighan Hensley, pictured) struggles to put Dusty out of her mind.

• The Hughes' celebrate when Bob opens his eyes.

• Carly questions Sam's odd behavior.

• Barbara prepares to reveal her secret to Gwen and Will.

• Brad (Austin Peck) uses his injury to get close to Katie.

Without giving away too much, here's a look at what you can expect on next week's The Bold and the Beautiful episodes...

• Jackie attempts to recruit Bridget as an ally.

• Rick (Kyle Lowder) learns that - surprise! - he has another brother.

• Brooke’s urgent message to Nick is intercepted by a furious Taylor.

• Taylor (Hunter Tylo) turns to alcohol for comfort.

• Stephanie (Susan Flannery, pictured) returns to town looking for Donna.

Attention, One Life To Live: here's what you can look forward to next week on your favorite show...

Monday
Rex wants answers from Roxy.
Todd and Blair finally get it on!

Tuesday
Marcie finds out that Nora (Hillary B. Smith) will be prosecuting her to the fullest.
The new Addie surprises Todd (Trevor St. John, pictured).

Wednesday
Nora and Bo have an argument.
Rex (John-Paul Lavoisier) wonders why Gigi is in Llanview.

Thursday
Roxy lies to Rex about something important.
Michael and Gigi bump into one another.

Friday
Rex asks Bo for advice.

Here's an inside, early look at next week's General Hospital episodes...

• Sonny (Maurice Benard, pictured) hides his pain after pushing Kate away.

• Lulu and Johnny try to fight their feelings for one another.

• Claudia Zacharra (Saran Brown) comes to town.

• Cooper is found hanging from the ceiling.

• The Text Message Killer makes another move.

Want a peek at next week's All My Children? Here are a few spoilers...

• Adam plants a listening device on JR (Jacob Young) and is enraged to learn of his son's treachery. Uh-oh!

• Ryan (Cameron Mathison, pictured( loses all memory of his marriage to Annie and the last four years of his life. Sounds like a problem.

• As Tad (Michael E. Knight) sits by Frankie's bedside, he thinks he sees Jesse.

• Kendall (Alicia Minshew) is completely amazed by Ryan's declaration.

The status of soap operas and, specifically, their writers during the strike are featured in a New York Daily News article.

Read the in-depth feature now, but we've summarized the states of a few daytime dramas below:

• Longtime Genergal Hospital writer Garin Wolf has gone "FiCore" (Financial Core, which allows WGA union members to return to work without censure) and is now the only name credited.

• James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten have also gone FiCore and are co-head writers of All My Children.

• One Life to Live brought in its former executive producer, Gary Tomlin, as head writer; he previously wrote for Another World.

• Days of Our Lives is using former One Life to Live head writer Dena Higley.

• The Bold and the Beautiful is being written by former The Young and the Restless head writer Kay Alden.

• Guiding Light was the most ahead when the strike hit; the current staff is unconfirmed.

Casey Hughes returns to As the World Turns on Tuesday.

This time, of course, the character will be portrayed by actor Billy Magnussen. He's an alumnus from the N.C. School of the Arts and was recently featured in the Winston-Salem Journal.

Magnussen is the sixth actor to play Casey since the character was born in 1991.

“This is a character that just got released from jail, who’s had gambling troubles and who’s stolen money,” he told the newspaper. “There’s scandal and intrigue happening. It’s a fun plot line to play.”

Magnussen, 22, got into acting when he was a high-school student in Cumming, Ga. “I was a big jock,” he said. “In wrestling I tore a hamstring and couldn’t take gym classes. So I took an acting class, and I fell in love with it.”

Read the full article now.

Jennifer Gareis recently shared with Soap Opera Weekly her thoughts about Donna's unlikely romance with Eric on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Soap Opera Weekly: It's quite a heartbreaking sacrifice Donna is making on behalf of her family.
Jennifer Gareis: I'm hoping Donna doesn't have to (laughs). She finally gets everything she wants and now she has to give it up.

Weekly: Well, if nothing else the Logans have certainly proven themselves to be committed to each other as a family.
Gareis: I think they are, and I think with their dad coming home they all finally got a glimpse at what it would be like to be a family. So to tear it all apart would be heartwrenching.

Weekly: It's sad. The two things Donna always wanted was to have her family reconcile and to find true love. Now she has both within her grasp but she has to sacrifice one for the other.
Gareis: It's quite a dilemma!

Read the full interview with Gareis now.

As previously reported, Elizabeth Hendrickson - who departed her role as Maggie Stone on All My Children in February 2007 - is joining The Young and the Restless.

We've now received information on the character Hendrickson will be portraying: her name is Chloe and she's a fashionista who befriends Lily (Christel Khalil). Hendrickson begins the recurring role on February 6 when Jill (Jess Walton) introduces Chloe to Lily.