May 2008 News Archive (Page 3)

Kane Manera is reprising his role as "G" next month on Guiding Light. Look for him to appear on June 2.

For those of you who don't recall, this character was Daisy's former, even boyfriend. He also mugged Ava and was responsible for murdering Tammy. Tough resume.

After Remy beat him within an inch of his life, "G" was exiled back to Australia. The returning character will immediately cause trouble for Daisy and, according to gossip, he may be related to Cyrus in some way.

As Jay Kenneth Johnson told The Fresno Bee, he's looking forward to the next couple of days. He's not in any of the scenes being shot for the NBC daytime drama. But that means he doesn't have to work.

"I am going home and eating a pizza," he said in an article the newspaper recently ran on him.

The Days of Our Lives star is joking. Sort of.

One of the biggest draws of daytime television are the attractive young men and women who go through daily angst for the pleasure of viewers. And since Days of Our Lives is the last daytime drama on the network, the show needs to keep all the viewers it can.

"I had to have my shirt off earlier in the week, so I watched what I ate last week and this week," Johnson said during an interview earlier this month in a small lunch area just steps from the show's sets.

Read the complete article on Johnson now.

Good for Heather Tom!

To celebrate her 12th Daytime Emmy nomination, The Bold and the Beautiful actress has asked Project Runway's Jack Mackenroth to design a one-of-a-kind gown that she'll auction off after wearing it for the the June 20 event. Proceeds will benefit AIDS charities.

The auction, hosted by the Clothes Off Our Back Foundation, kicks off June 27, also known as National HIV Testing Day. It's an important cause.

Cameron Mathison is always in demand.

The amiable All My Children star has signed on for yet another hosting gig, this one close to the hearts of all soap fans: he'll be co-hosting the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards with Sherri Shepherd of The View.

This is Mathison's first time hosting the Emmys, but he's got plenty of experience with the microphone. The star has hosted SOAPnet's I Wanna Be a Soap Star for four seasons and he's been tapped to host TLC's new game show Your Place or Mine, as well.

The Daytime Emmys will be broadcast live from the Kodak Theatre on June 20 on ABC.

As previously reported, veteran soap star Roscoe Born - with a name like that, how can you not be a veteran soap star? - arrives on Days of Our Lives this week. And we've now learned more about the role he'll play.

Look for Born to portray the dean of the physics department at Salem University, where he'll interact with Max, Stephanie and Nick.

In an interview with SOAPnet, Born said that Nick becomes the dean’s protégé after developing an alternative fuel cell. But what about your actual character, Roscoe?

“This guy's going to have a lot of different sides to him, and some aren't going to be pleasant, but he won't be a stock villain.”

Sounds intriguing to us!

Welcome to The Soap Dispenser. ABC took Memorial Day off from soap opera action, but here are our recaps of the five new Monday, May 26 soaps:

• As the World Turns
• Guiding Light
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• Days of Our Lives
• The Young and the Restless

Thank you for visiting us for soap opera news and spoilers from The Bold and the Beautiful to Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light and more, and for making The Soap Dispenser the #1 soap opera site online!

Katy Perry appearing on the show isn't the only The Young and the Restless spoiler we have for fans today.

Cynthia Sikes has been cast as Sabrina's mother, Zara. The actress will start taping May 27.

The character is set to arrive in Genoa City on June 19, just in time for her daughter's wedding to Victor. The Young and the Restless had to do some quick recasting after Finola Hughes (Anna, General Hospital) was set to take on the role, but General Hospital asked her not to.

As far as Sikes is concerned, she's been acting for over three decades with shows such as Jag and St. Elsewhere on her resume.

I think it's probably very similar to when people discover they have a terminal illness.

- Sydney Penny

That was Sydney Penny's reaction to learning that her character, Julia, is being killed off All My Children. We'll miss the actress on the show.

Singer Katy Perry will appear as herself on The Young and the Restless on June 12.

Perry, whose single ''I Kissed a Girl'' resides in the top 10 on iTunes, will tape scenes in which she's at a photo shoot for the show's new fashion magazine, Restless Style. Look for her as second cover girl for the magazine, which launched an online component last week, restlessstyle.com.

Hunter Tylo is trying to turn tragedy into triumph.

The Bold and the Beautiful actress has joined forces with the newly organized American Epilepsy Outreach Foundation (AEOF) to help raise awareness of the neurological disorder that affects more than three million people in the country. Her goal is to educate the public on first aid for someone experiencing a seizure.

Tylo helped the foundation in honor of her son Mickey, who died of a seizure-related accident in October.

Through its website, www.epilepsyoutreach.org, AEOF offers information on detecting and treating seizure disorders, first aid information for someone experiencing a seizure, links to a variety of related resources and an outlet to share personal stories. The organization also distributes first aid information to schools and other public venues.

Tylo and the founders of AEOF hope to raise $20,000 this month to help support its programs. Visit the site now to contribute.