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Apparently, embattled OLTL star Nathaniel Marston has officially been let go from One Life to Live due to his legal problems. He is accused of assault in NYC in which he looked like the guilty party. I cannot say that I appreciate this actor any more now- he has ruined his image, I just hope that this has not ruined his life and career. Here is the full article:

To update a story Soap Opera Network first broke late last month, a spokesperson for “One Life to Live” has confirmed that Nathaniel Marston has been fired from the ABC soap following a run-in with the law on October 20th. The move comes only two weeks after ABC announced that Marston was being pulled from the “OLTL” taping schedule while the network reviewed the incident.

A source close to “OLTL” says the role will likely be recast very shortly, with the writer’s strike making a last-minute rewrite to explain the character’s exit improbable. This marks the second time Marston has been fired from “OLTL.” His 2003 firing prompted a huge fan backlash, resulting in the network brass re-hiring him.

Source: Soap Opera Network

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An anti-Jerica letter from someone who would love to see Jackson leave Erica for another woman.

Source: Soap Opera Network

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Rapper-Producer Timbaland will make his debut on One Life to Live on October 9th performing “The Way I Are” along with Keri Hilson and OneRepublic. This is not the first time that One Life to Live has hosted a musical mega star, in the past two years Mary J. Blige and Nelly Furtado have stopped in. Here is the full article:

The long-running One Life to Live goes hip-hop and rap when music industry heavyweight, Timbaland, makes his soap opera debut on the show. The rapper-producer is set to guest star on the series apart from performing his recent hit, “The Way I Are.”

For his part, One Life to Live executive producer, Frank Valentini told Allhiphop.com that “Timbaland has made a vast contribution to the music industry as an artist and producer. I am a huge fan of his music and we look forward to him appearing on our show.”

Source: Buddy TV

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Sean Kanan (ex A.J. Quartermaine) was arrested on suspicion of DUI on August 18 in LA, he was charged and will go to court on September 17. This isn’t the first strike against him, he was convicted of DUI in 1998. Knowing how lax the court systems are on celebrities, he won’t serve too long but since it’s his 2nd strike- he is closely approaching that 3 strikes rule in CA. With him and Kirsten Storms (Maxie) in the news for their troubles with the law- I would hope that they pen a DUI focused PSA to warn young people of the legal and long-term consequences of such a crime.

Source: Daily Blabber

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General Hospital starlet, Kirsten Storms, who plays schemer Maxie Jones, was arrested for driving under the influence by the California Highway Patrol. In the wee hours of Friday, Sept.7, she was spotted tossing a lit cigarette (a littering infraction) out the window of her Mercedes.

The officers then issued sobriety tests, which she ultimately failed, and she was booked at 4:26 AM that morning in Van Nuys. She was released eight hours later on $5,000 bail, pending an October court appearance in Van Nuys, according to the L.A. Sheriff’s Department.

Source: People

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Here is some great news on the fate of Kelly Monaco and it is good, she is staying on. I guess that means she isn’t the one to be murdered, so let’s cross her off that list. Unless her death is faked but then again that staple is so old in soaps and needs to be discontinued! Here is what was posted by Kelly’s boyfriend on her official board:

Kelly has agreed to terms on a contract with ABC that will allow her to contunue playing Sam Mc Call and pursue other opportunities. thank you to everyone who gave her support and respect during this process

Source: Soap Opera Network

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Tuc Watkins(David Vickers) will join the cast of Desperate Housewives as one half of Wisteria Lane’s first gay couple, Bob and Lee. Watkins will play Bob, described as a country moose who leaves the big city for greener pastures, while ex-Judging Amy actor Kevin Rahm will play Lee, the bitchy half. Both roles are recurring at this time, but knowing how good of an actor Tuc is he could easily get a contract. I hope he really succeeds on DH, nice to see a transition on the a much broader audience.

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Source: The Ausiello Report

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I wish this news says, “Dixie is back”. But no . We all know that before Cady reprised her role as Dixie, she was Rosanna in ATWT. Well it’s official, she is going back to ATWT as she herself stated in her blog :

Yes, it is true.
I am returning to ATWT to play Rosanna Cabot, who will arise from her coma in Switzerland to what deeds we can only imagine! Who is she now?! What did she dream?! How is her hair?!
I am very pleased to be returning, and I hope to have a lot of fun.
The “Dixie Lives” scribble on Janet’s notepad was the first I have heard of anything, but maybe she switched bodies while ghosting around the netherworld and is now somehow inhabiting Rosanna Cabot’s small but mighty frame?
Well, you know how it goes in soapland. Drama, drama, drama.

I’m happy that she’s back in daytine TV again but I wish it was in AMC. Oh well, I’ll just have to catch her on ATWT again, like the last time she was there.

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I haven’t had a chance to watch any of my soaps this week. My in-laws from New York are here for a visit. My dear MIL watches Days of Our Lives and that’s in another channel. I can’t very well go to our bedroom and watch my shows there. That would be rude. SoapNet is definitely off limits too since we all watch out primetime shows at night. So I’ve been watching DAYS with her. Anyhoooo, I promise to share with you my very opinionated recap for our favorite soaps in regular time next week. I might be able to do the Friday’s episodes, woohoo.

Is Annie and Ryan married yet? I hope not…LOL

How is Jessica?

Did Sonny and Amelia sleep together again?

It’s your turn to let me know .

I’ll be back, I promise.

Apparently, Cameron doesn’t have enough jobs to support his hunky ways, kids and wife so he has taken another one to add to his resume ;). This uber-handsome host of Soapnet’s I Wanna Be a Soap Star, and All My Children’s all-around good guy, Ryan Lavery is now also hosting STYLE Netwroks’ Instant Beauty Pageant reality show. Basically, it’s about unsuspecting mall rats being thrust onto a beauty pageant in a matter of 3 hours preparation. I’ve only been able to catch one episode but I know I’ll be tuning in for the marathon reruns. So AMC fans, go check the show out, or check Cameron out :).

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*Source : Soaps In Depth magazine.

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Jeff Branson(Jonathan), Melissa Claire Egan(Annie), and Chrishnell Stause(Amanda) will be at the The Gabriel Project on Saturday, April 21st, 12pm CST being held at TheMahogany Grille at the Omni Majestic Hotel in St. Louis, MO.

Tickets are $70, includes full lunch buffet and beverages. Go to www.fourthhourproductions.com/stlouis.html to buy tickets. Email fourthhourproductions@gmail.com with questions or call (201) 233-0281. For hotel reservations, call (800) 400-1700 and refer to The Gabriel Project.

ALL MY CHILDREN Fan Party : Sunday, August 5th, 9am EST. It will be at The Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City, NY.

Tickets are $125. Add $5 is using Paypal.

Send a SASE along with a money order to:
Carol Dickinson
948 North Main St.
Glassboro, NJ 080208-1319.

E-mail: amcoltlfc@aol.com

GENERAL HOSPITAL
Jason Thompson(Patrick) will be at Omega Sports, Niagara Falls, NY on Saturaday May 5th, 5pm EST.

Tickets are $30 which includes a photo op and an autographed headshot.

Greg Vaughn(Lucky) will be hosting his 3rd Annunal Fan Club Weekend on July 13th, 1pm

Ted King (Alcazar) will host his fan event on July 13th, 6pm

On July 15th, join Ric Hearst(Ric) for the 4th Annual Afternoon Coffee Break at Sportsmen’s Lodge Event Center in Studio City, CA. Tickets are $70 for fan club members, $75 for non members.

Send SASE along with a money order to:
Debby O’Connor
P.O. Box 16212 Irvine, CA

Or visit Your Number One Fan to purchase tickets using Paypal. For more information e-mail debbyoconnor@aol.com
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These are all according to Soaps IN Depth.

Genie Francis return as Laura last November was a rating booster for the Port Charles soap could very well be a sign that she might come back in May but TPTB said there is not immediate scheme to have Genie reprise her most loved character. Not that the President knows anyway. Genie has expressed desire in coming back during the summer. She would love to be able to come and go as Anthony Geary does with his character Luke.

This would be awesome. With Scotty back, the storyline among Luke, Laura and Scotty will surely burn out TV monitors again. The time that Luke and Laura aren’t in the canvas, well they could always just say they’re on their honeymoon again making up for all the years that Laura spent catatonic in the hospital. But of course they have to write something clever to get rid of Tracy in that background. Oh that’s going to be fun :).

Ted King has confirmed, he’s leaving his Lorenzo Alacazar character after more than 4 years of portrayal. He said it’s time for him to go. He needs to stretch as an actor and take on a new role. There are no available news on how Alcazar will meet his demise.

This is understandable. I remember Ted as Prue’s love from that now defunct WB turned CB network, CHARMED. Oh how I loved that show. Especially when Shanned Dougherty was still on. Well I wish King all the best. As for his character, I hop TPTB doesn’t kill him off. With Skye and Lila Rae in his life it would be nice to have this mob family go on. Just recast the role, I’d be happy with that. If they decide to off him, I’m guessing it would probably be in conjunction with all the cargos and whatever Sonny is up to these days.

This last news is making me all giddy. Gina Tognoni, ex Kelly from OLTL who was recasted as Dinah in Guiding Light(CBS) might be coming back to ABC when her contract with GL ends in July. The question is which ABC soaps. Will she reprise her Kelly role over at Llanview or be a recast for the much loved GH character, Brenda. Insiders say GL is anxious to keep Gina but I’m hoping she comes back to ABC. I love her. She is such a great actress.

If she decides to show up in Port Charles as Brenda, she would definitely be sparring once again with Laura Wright. The latter is ex Cassie from Guiding Light. They were the reasons I was switching channel for that 3pm time slot. OLTL is also calling her to return as Kelly which will be awesome. She was so good in that role but I don’t know how they would write that story coz when Kelly left Llanview, it was supposed to be because she was joining Kevin in Europe. Maybe things didn’t work out so she left Kevin for good this time? Who knows. There’s also a rumor that she might not be a Brenda recast, but a new character that would mix into Jax/Carly/Sonny triangle. I hope it’s not as Sonny’s new lover. I don’t want that. I want her to be Jax’s ex from years ago who has come to PC to reclaim him hence making room for Sonny and Carly to finally get back together and walk into the sunset with their boys.I don’t want another woman in the canvas to get in between the Carly/Sonny legacy. It has been done before. Don’t you think?

Oh who knows, I just hope Gina comes back to ABC so I don’t have to keep switching channels :).

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I wrote about the pre-nomination list but completely forgot to write about the nominations once after the announcement. Maybe because I felt ABC was once again shut out from everything? Oh Pox…haha. If you want to know who got nominated, visit my CBS counterpart ’s blog. Her soaps pretty much took all the nominations.

Some of the residents of Pine Valley, Llanview and Port Charles will be at the “Daytime for Nightime benefit to help out with the Gabriel Project.

The Gabriel Project is a non-profit organization that helps to provide heart surgeries for children who would otherwise not be able to have a life-saving surgery because of where they live. It was started by New Jersey 6th grade teacher Mark Melamed in 1990. From Soaps.com

For more information check this out.

I’m going to divert away from the shows today and focus more on some news. I haven’t really done that because the shows are on everyday and I strive to share recaps along with my opinions on a daily basis therefore I haven’t posted any news lately.

Well another reason is, besides Carly and Sonny getting back together, I’m getting really bored and annoyed at the storylines lately. Hey, it happens for a soap addict like myself, once in a while. So before I start cussing at the characters I better concentrate on something else as a refresher. Watching soaps is kinda like working on a marriage. You gotta know how to pick your battles and lie low for a little bit before you start dialing the phone for the most vicious divorce lawyer you could find. I wish I could say that to the soap characters eh?.

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