Remy and Christina are shocked by events next week on Guiding Light. Will you be?
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JR Martinez plays Brot on All My Children.
This real-life Iraq war veteran recently spoke to Soap Opera Weekly about the actual injuries he suffered in combat, ones that play a central role to his character on the show.
Q: The day you were injured in Iraq, your Humvee drove over a landmine, throwing three other soldiers from the vehicle. But what happened to you?
Martinez: I was trapped inside the vehicle. The explosion caused a fire. We would rather lose one guy than five, and what that means is if one of our guys [is] injured, then we have to get to a safe point, and once we figure out what's going on, then we go back to help our fellow service member.
Q: So you ended up being trapped in the burning Humvee for 10 to 15 minutes. What were you thinking?
Martinez: "My life will end in another country." The biggest thing was my mother. My mother was the one who raised me on her own, and she's basically my best friend. I [was] thinking to myself that my mother was going to be devastated, because she had already lost a daughter when I was 5 years old. I was conscious, and all of this was going through my mind.
Good news, One Life To Live fans:
Tuc Watkins will reprise the role of David on the show next month; meanwhile, Phil Carey will make one more important appearance as Asa.
Next week on As the World Turns, Lucinda ties the knot with the much-younger Brian. The wedding actually takes place at her hospital bedside.
"Brian's relationship with Lucinda is genuine," Laurence Lau, who plays Brian, told The New York Daily News. "They challenge each other and make each other laugh."
Of course, the pair has also just met, but because Lucinda has cancer, she doesn't have time to do her usual due diligence.
"Lucinda [Elizabeth Hubbard, pictured] is recovering from a mastectomy," Lau said. "She wakes up with Brian by her side and says, 'I don't want to live alone any longer. Marry me.' Brian says, 'Ask me again when the drugs wear off.'"
Those on The Young and the Restless are still dealing with the shock of Kay's tragic, recent death.
How does this affect her friends and family next week? They gather to hear the reading of her will. What will this mean for daughter Jill.
"She's even more convinced her mother was not in her right mind when she wrote the will," says her portrayer, Jess Walton (pictured).
While Days of Our Lives signed a new contract to remain on the air through at least September 2010, the good news for the show didn't last long.
In a stunning development, contract negotiations between Jay Kenneth Johnson and the series have broken down; Soap Opera Digest reports that the actor cleared out his dressing room yesterday. At issue?
Money, of course.
"Everyone is being asked to take a paycut," said an insider, while sources say the show is looking for a potential recast and actors are being brought into the studio today to read.
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Drama abounds tomorrow, as various soap opera end their week. Here's a peek at what to expect...
All My Children:
JR resists the temptation to imbibe.
As the World Turns:
Brad is shocked by what he witnesses.
The Bold and the Beautiful:
Ridge and Brooke separately return to the place they first got married.
Days of Our Lives:
EJ joins Nicole for a prenatal visit.
General Hospital:
Robin begins her road to recovery.
Guiding Light:
Natalia acts quickly to save Olivia.
One Life to Live:
Antonio discovers a badly beaten Todd.
The Young and the Restless:
Victor delivers surprising news
Don't get Alison Sweeney wrong.
The Days of Our Lives star obviously loves her son, Benjamin. But she's also excited about giving birth to a girl in a couple months.
“I love decorating her room with all this great girlie stuff,” the actress said. “I’ll be honest, I’m very excited about buying a princess dress. And the lip gloss and nail polish — it’s going to be so cute!”
