February 2008 News Archive (Page 7)

While fans of The Bold and the Beautiful probably can't envision a show without the character of Stephanie Forrester, the words of her portrayer make it sound like they may need to in the near future.

"I'd like to leave in another year or so," Susan Flannery recently said Australia's Ten Network, adding that she "might have to really think that through," of course.

While Flannery doesn't wish to disappoint her fans, she's resolved to move on to the next phase of her life.

"You know, you're in the grave a long time, and it's nice to be able to do other things, so I'm seriously considering it," she said.

Talk about Susan Flannery now in our soap opera forums! 

Congratulations are in order for Joseph Mascolo.

The Days of Our Lives star will be honored on April 25 by the Boys' Towns of Italy. In an event to be held at the Boca West Country Club in Boca Raton, Florida Mascolo will be deemed the charity's "Celebrity of the Year." Not a shabby honor.

The Boys' Towns of Italy is an American charity founded by the late Monsignor John Patrick Carroll-Abbing and Gov. John and Francesca Lodge. It's responsible for the development of overseas child care institutions for children of all nationalities, races and creeds.

Later this year, General Hospital fans will have a chance to go on a cruise... with Rick Springfield!

The Rick Springfield and Friends Cruise is scheduled for November 13-17, 2008.

Along with Springfield, the following soap opera stars will be aboard the ship: Jackie Zeman (Bobbie Spencer), Kimberlly McCullough (Robin Scorpio) and Doug Davidson (Paul Williams from The Young and the Restless).

Those on the cruise will also have a chance to attend:

• A Meet Rick Springfield & Friends Welcome Cocktail Party
• Welcome Concert featuring Rick Springfield with Special Guest John Waite
• Fan Appreciation Blow Out Concert with Rick Springfield
• Full Concert Performance by John Waite

Find out more about the cruise now.

 
The nominations for the 29th Annual Young Artist Awards were announced this week.

And Mick Hazen of As the World Turns has been nominated for Best Performance In A TV Series - Recurring. Here's his competition: category.

• Jake Cherry from Desperate Housewives
• Marc Donato from Degrassi: The Next Generation
• Caden Michael Gray from Out of Jimmy's Head
• Ty Panitz from "Bones
• Connor Price from The Dead Zone
• K'Sun Ray from Smith
• Will Shadley from Dirty Sexy Money
• Cainan Wiebe from Sanctuary
• Calum Worthy from Psych
• Dominic Janes from ER.

As another week of daytime drama rolls along, The Soap Dispenser has the action covered its official Wednesday, February 20 soap opera recaps...

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

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

Here are a pair of videos made by fans of All My Children and Guiding Light. Got a YouTube clip of famous soap opera stars or characters you wanna see on our site? Send it in now!

EJ and Sami:

Bill and Lizzie:

Days of Our Lives star Jay Kenneth Johnson hasposted a message on his website to fans. In it, he talks about the direction of his character, among other topics:

I do like the fact that 'Philip' is getting the opportunity to interact with many other characters. The crash was an unfortunate situation, but 'assuming' we make it back to Salem, I think that interaction will continue.

The Ireland storyline and aftermath was a long couple of weeks. Hopefully you got a chance to check out the "behind the scenes" clips I put together. I wanted you to get a feel for how big of a production the crash was. The actual crash set took up half the stage, with the crew on the other half. As big as it was, I think we pulled it off.

That said, it was sad to see Frank Parker's "Grandpa Shawn" go. He is one of a kind, and will be missed. If you get a minute, try and write him to say "thanks" for all the memories.

Read the actor's full blog now.

Carolyn Carns (pictured), of Carlisle, Pennsylvania describes herself as shameless. She's featured in a newspaper article due to her behavior - and success - on Disney's recent Super Soap Opera Weekend...

If her performances seducing All My Children actor Cameron Mathison and ad-libbing with One Life to Live actor Forbes March are any indication, she isn’t far off the mark.

During a trip to Super Soap Opera Weekend at Disney World in November, Carns was picked to participate in “I Wanna Be a Soap Star,” acting alongside the stars of daytime TV for a shot at a walk-on role on an ABC set.

Not only did Carns defeat the competition in the first two rounds, she was named the grand prize winner and will head to New York City and the set of One Life to Live next week.

Read the full feature article now.

Kim Zimmer has won three Daytime Emmy Awards and has starred on Guiding Light as Reva Lewis for years. She actually began acting on soap operas in 1978 when she played a terrorist on One Life to Live.

Therefore, you must know everything there is to know about this veteran actress, right? Let's find out...

• She still takes public transportation.

• Zimmer has performed her own nightclub act.

• Her first French kiss was with a neighbor named Brad who had a glass eye. Don't tell us you knew that fact!

• She enjoys vacationing in Tahiti and Taos, New Mexico.

• Alec Baldwin, her former co-star on The Doctors, gave her a shout-out during a 2006 episode of Saturday Night Live.

After several months of Jerome Preston Bates playing the role of Derek, Charles Parnell has returned to the character he left in the fall of 2007.

Today's return was an enjoyable one: Derek and Jack got to watch Erica begin (yet another) crash and burn course.

Charles left All My Children last fall to appear in the off-Broadway production of "The Overwhelming,"a play that focuses on the aftermath of the 1994 slaughter of 800,000 Tutsis in the African Republic of Rwanda.

The production follows one American family who travels to Rwanda just before the attacks and follows what happens to them during the aftermath. Charles played an evil government official whose power continues to grow after the slaughter.

Did you think Bates did an admirable job filling in? Let us know right now in our forums!