March 2008 News Archive (Page 4)

Take a look below for a few General Hospital spoilers...

• Claudia and Johnny (Brandon Barash) join forces against Trevor and their father.

• Monica (Leslie Charleson, pictured) makes a confession Jason.

• Tracy confronts Luke.

• Carly (Laura Wright) gives Lulu a mission.

Here's an early look at what viewers can look forward to on Days of Our Lives next week...

• Belle and Shawn leave Salem with Claire. Their destination? A sailing trip around the world.

• Ava kidnaps Hope.

• Chloe (Nadia Bjorlin) tries to get a job with an opera company in Salem.

• John surprised Marlena (Deidre Hall, pictured) with a romantic evening.

Welcome back to The Soap Dispenser! March Madness means no CBS soaps today or tomorrow, but the rest of your favorite daytime drama action is in full effect and here are our recaps of the four Thursday, March 2o soap operas ...

• All My Children
• General Hospital
• One Life to Live
• Days of Our Lives

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

Yes, that's a billionaire guest star on the set of All My Children.

Warren Buffet will be appearing, as himself, on the daytime drama. He meets with Susan Lucci's character of Erica and see if he can do anything to spring her from the clink. We bet Buffet has a connection or two...

It look like Sami and Chloe's worst nightmare is set to begin April 2!

On that date, Nicole Walker Roberts Kiriakis (Arianne Zuker) explodes back onto the Salem scene on Days of Our Lives. Online rumors state the diva, who once battled Sami for Austin and Chloe for Brady, arrives at the mansion owned by ex-sugar daddy hubby Victor like she still owns the place.

As seen here, Nicole will be armed with a Chihuahua named Pookie. Now that sounds interesting! Welcome home, Arianne.

As All My Children fans know by now, Debbi Morgan is back on the ABC soap opera. She first premiered in 1982 as Angie Hubbard.

“In 1990 I got an offer to do another soap by the guy who hired me in the first place," Morgan recently said of the reason she first left the role in 1990. “It was shot in Los Angeles, Generations.”

Morgan would go on to act in dramas such as General Hospital and Port Charles. The actress did return to play Angie, wife of Jesse Hubbard (played by Darnell Williams), again from 1993 – 1997.

“I was originally contacted by my manager to bring back Angie,” the actress said. “Sometime at the end of the summer of 2006 the role was to be a reoccurring role. Then they said a four year contract!”

Morgan added that just fit right into her plans, filming in New York, because she was tired of flying from west coast to east coast to be with her boyfriend, who lives in Maryland.

Now that Martha Byrne has shot her final scene for As the World Turns, the actress is free to discuss her controversial exit from the show. That's exactly what she recently did with TV Guide...

TVGuide.com: Your fans are furious about this, and I know because I'm one of 'em! What the hell happened here?
Martha Byrne: This was the situation: Last year, I was asked to take a tremendous pay cut, and I did so willingly because I love As the World Turns and understood the financial situation the show was facing. I was willing to do anything to keep the show going, including giving up money, so we worked out a one-year contract. One year later, we go into this new contract negotiation and I had only one request.

I thought it was only fair — and I wanted it on paper — that I would work the same amount of days this year that I did last year. I considered it a gesture of good faith on their part. I asked for nothing else. Zero. But I was told that this could not be put into my contract and, that same day, the show sent out a breakdown notice to recast my role.

TVGuide.com: Was that supposed to be a scare tactic?
Byrne: Maybe. But I thought it was inappropriate. That shouldn't happen in the middle of negotiations. My request didn't warrant that kind of tactic, if in fact it was a tactic. After that, things went from bad to worse. I can't get into those details but it solidified my decision to leave the show.

I never intended to speak about this but I now feel I must after Chris put out that press release saying they did everything they could to keep me. I do not feel that was the case, and I feel the fans deserve the truth.

Read the full Byrne interview now.

Welcome to The Soap Dispenser! All your favorite daytime TV drama / action from Wednesday, March 19 soap operas can be found right here in our recaps of ...

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

Thank you for visiting The Soap Dispenser for soap opera news and spoilers from The Bold and the Beautiful to As the World Turns, Guiding Light and all the rest. Thanks for making The Soap Dispenser the #1 soap opera site online!

An exciting horde of soap stars will return to Marco Island for the tenth time to raise money for charity at SoapFest 2008.

On May 17 and 18, actors from All My Children, As The World Turns, General Hospital, and Guiding Light will mingle with Southwest Florida residents and visitors for a weekend of non-stop cruises, parties, and, of course, fun!

Scheduled to appear are:

ALL MY CHILDREN
Billy Miller (Richie Novak) Walt Willey (Jackson Montgomery)

AS THE WORLD TURNS
Dylan Bruce (Chris Hughes) Justine Cotsonas (Sofie Duran) Ewa da Cruz (Vienna Hyatt) Van Hansis (Luke Snyder) Mick Hazen (Parker Snyder) Billy Magnussen (Casey Hughes) Marnie Schulenberg (Allison Stewart) Jake Silberman (Noah Mayer)

ONE LIFE TO LIVE
Trevor St. John (Todd Manning)

GENERAL HOSPITAL
Sarah Brown (Claudia Zacchara)

GUIDING LIGHT
Mandy Bruno (Marina Cooper) Jordan Clarke (Billy Lewis) Bonnie Dennison (Daisy Lemay) Michael O’Leary (Dr. Rick Bauer) Caitlin Van Zandt (Ashlee Wolf)

With the 35th anniversary of The Young and the Restless on the way, TV Guide Canada recently spoke to show star Michelle Stafford. Here's an excerpt:

TVG: You debuted on The Young and the Restless in 1994 — what’s been your favourite storyline thus far?
Michelle Stafford: The storyline with Dr. Tim when I was seducing the shrink. I loved the whole relationship between them because they were polar opposites. And then, the Phyllis-Nick affair, of course. Both Josh and I loved playing that. The way it was told was very real; it was fun to play a secret.

TVG: Are you surprised at how popular Nick and Phyllis are as a couple?
MS: Are we popular? I have to be honest, I don’t read blogs or anything online because I think artists don’t benefit from hearing criticisms or even the accolades, for that matter. I try to stay away from it all. It’s not good for me.

Read the full interview now.