The Soap Opera Digest Scrapbook
John Kelly Genovese
Language: English
Pages: 214
ISBN: 0809253852
Format: PDF / Kindle (mobi) / ePub
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Kerrang! [UK] (7 November 2015)
The New York Times (21 September 2015)
Across The Pond: Barnes moved to the United States in 1981. Birthday: November 8 — the same as DAYS’s premiere! He had a good excuse for missing the 50th anniversary party (his mom’s birthday), but says, “Believe me, when I found out that the actual DAYS anniversary was my birthday, I really wished I could have been there.” Around The Block: Barnes has over 40 TV and film credits to his name, including a stint on MURDER, SHE WROTE and The Devil’s Widow, starring Ava Gardner, with Roddy McDowell
OF CARDS]. I was 24 and I just soaked it all up. I am very grateful for my theater experience because I learned a great deal. I came to America with a fairly solid background in the three different forms: TV, movies and theater. ” Barnes first came to the U.S. (Boca Raton, FL, to be exact) at the insistence of his mother. “She gently bribed me over here,” he teases. “She said, ‘Why don’t you come to America and give it a try?’ and I thought, ‘Well, why not?’ Things were quiet in London at the
the car accident, and she said she had died. I was completely floored, shocked, disgusted and angry. Why did they have to do that? Just so they could draw the baby switch storyline out longer and Sharon could keep her happy little family? We, the viewers, have been robbed of the ending we have been wanting for so long. Mary T., Biggsville, IL As a huge Roger Howarth fan from when he was Todd on ONE LIFE TO LIVE and now Franco on GH, I ask why after trying to redeem his character would the
and says, ‘Oh, by the way, I’m pregnant,’ ” previews Edwards. “Nicole just looks at her and goes, ‘I know, and by the way, Zende and I are back together.’ So, in a sense, Nicole still manages to turn the tables on Sasha.” And knowing Sasha as she does, Nicole is ready to face the situation head-on — with a new fierceness, reports her portrayer. “Nicole is at her wit’s end with this girl, so when Sasha comes in, Nicole has had enough,” Edwards notes. “Nicole is skeptical of Sasha and tells her to
plays herself in the season 4 finale on May 25. STUFF WE KNOW CASTING ABOUT n One show is said to be playing hardball with a veteran actor who is in the midst of contract negotiations.... This daytime ingenue is still waiting for a story after being assured one was coming — and is beginning to wonder about her status with her soap.... Looks like the termination of these two actors may have been premature; sources say they’re coming back. n Kelly Sullivan (ex-Sage, Y&R) is shooting a movie for