February 2008 News Archive (Page 18)

Welcome! Another week of daytime drama is in the works. The Soap Dispenser has all the action covered. Our guides to Tuesday, February 5 soap operas ...

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

Thank you for visiting The Soap Dispenser for soap opera news and spoilers from The Young and the Restless to As the World Turns, All My Children and all the rest. Thanks for making The Soap Dispenser the #1 soap opera site online!

Our thanks to TV Guide for providing the following spoilers for The Young and the Restless' sweeps period...

As All My Children lovers Bianca and Maggie — aka "BAM" — Eden Riegel (pictured) and Elizabeth Hendrickson had a huge die-hard following. Now, Hendrickson's headed to The Young and the Restless as Chloe, a hotshot fashion guru who becomes a bad influence on sweet, young Lily.

What happens? Share your hopes and thoughts now in our soap opera forum!

As the All My Children official website states, Kendall Hart is many things: wife, mother, business owner, scandal maker... best-selling author?

Yes, Kendall is adding novelist to her list of many accomplishments. While her husband Zach and best frenemy Greenlee were missing, Kendall began writing as a way to escape her fears...

Read an excerpt of her new tome, Charm, now!

Turn away, children.

The following image of Harley (Beth Ehlers) and Cyrus (Murray Bartlett) getting it on from yesterday's Guiding Light episode is almost R-rated. We recommend viewing it with a glass of ice by your side...

As Tamara Braun (pictured) joins the cast of Days of Our Lives later this month, Soap Opera Digest notes that the actress who portrayed former mob moll Carly Corinthos on General Hospital is far from the first person to switch from the latter series to the former.

Here's a look at a few others:

Stephen Nichols
Donning an eye patch, Nichols defined a new kind of sexy when he premiered as Days of Our Lives' Steve Johnson, a wild-eyed, blue jean-clad bad boy, in 1985. Nichols played a major personality shift in 1996, when he turned up on General Hospital as stuffy Stefan Cassadine.

Mary Beth Evans
Talk about an about-face! In 1986, Evans took on the role of Days of Our Lives' girl next store Kayla Brady, the epitome of sugar & spice and everything nice. Fans were shocked when she turned up on General Hospital in 1993 as manipulative Katherine Bell, who had an affair with a younger man, Nikolas!

However, fans took solace in the fact that she was eventually united with Stefan, portrayed by her former Days of Our Lives' soul mate, Stephen Nichols.

Read the full article now.

This month, several actors will be joining the cast of As the World Turns. Some will stay for awhile, some will not.

Here are quick summations of the roles Dominic Fumusa (pictured), Eric William Morris and Tala Ashe will portray on the series.

Fumusa, whose credits include CSI: Miami, The Sopranos and Bones, will make his debut in early February. He'll be a character named Gray.  According to CBS, he'll be portraying a big role in Vienna (Ewa Da Cruz) and Henry's (Trent Dawson) continual happiness.

Morris will appear as Matt, starting February 11.  His character will be included in Casey's (Billy Magnussen) return to Oakdale.

Lastly, Ashe joins the cast of As the World Turns as Ameera. She arrives in town as the link of both Luke (Van Hansis) and Noah (Jake Silbermann).  Ameera is expected to appear on Friday, February 22.

As One Life to Live fans know, the residents of Llanview are gearing up for the American Heart Association's “Go Red Ball,” spilling major secrets along the way.

Now, in a move that brings viewer participation to a new level, SOAPnet is inviting fans to send their own secrets during the “One Life To Live Marathon: Secrets Exposed” on Sunday, February 17.

From now until that date, fans can send their secrets to SOAPNet, which will air the juiciest and most scandalous stories during the five-hour special run of One Life to Live.  The cable network will also be revealing a handful of One Life to Live spoilers.

Wanna spill your secrets during this event? Follow these steps:

1. Text SECRET, followed by the actual message, to 94999.
2. Next, you'll receive a confirmation text from SOAPnet saying that your message has been received.
3. Tune in to the One Life to Live marathon to find out if your secret was chosen.

Meanwhile, the “Go Red Ball” storyline on One Life to Live begins in a week, on February 11.  The ball, which will be hosted by Viki (Erica Slezak) and Dorian (Robin Strasser) is a fund raiser to benefit heart health awareness.

"It makes sense, since she has her dead husband's heart in a transplant," Strasser told Soap Opera Weekly recently, "and I am a medical doctor, as Dorian loves to tell people."

Welcome! Another week of daytime drama is now underway! Recap all the action with The Soap Dispenser's guides to Monday, February 4 soap operas ...

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

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

Soap Opera Network is reporting that Days of Our Live's entire writing team has been fired. Whoa!

Here's the excerpt from that website:

According to sources, the following writers have been fired and will not return to the show after the strike ends: Head Writer: Hogan Sheffer; Associate Head Writers: Tom Casiello, Frederick Johnson, Meg Kelly, Gordon Rayfield, Judy Tate; Script Writers: Judith Donato, Renee Godelia; Script Editor: Richard Backus.

The status of the other Script Writers: Bettina F. Bradbury, Cydney Kelley, and Jodie Scholz is unclear at the moment.

Wow. What do you think of this development? Chime in on our Days of Our Lives forum right now!

Here are a couple of soap opera notes, courtesy of the latest Soap Opera Digest and Weekly:

Tamara Braun comments on her return to daytime drama in this issue.

"There was nothing wrong with leaving daytime and there's nothing wrong with coming back," said Braun, who played Carly on General Hospital from 2001-05 and joins Days of Our Lives as Ava, a mystery woman from Steve's past, on February 8. The February 12 issue of Soap Opera Digest has a report from her first day on set.

Meanwhile, a General Hospital spoiler:

Sam is hit by a car this week and the question is: who was the driver? It seems much of Port Charles was out driving on that snowy night. And what does Kelly Monaco (Sam) have to say about this? Pick up the latest Soap Opera Weekly to find out!