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LOVE the fact that Hollyoaks only won two awards last night at the Inside Soap Awards..... http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a342413/inside-soap-awards-2011-the-full-winners-list.html Sexiest Male - Danny aka "The British Ford Cousin" Mac Best Newcomer - Emmett J. aka "The only thing keeping the show alive" Scanlan

EastEnders swept this year's Inside Soap Awards. http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s2/eastenders/news/a342413/inside-soap-awards-2011-the-full-winners-list.html Best Soap Best Wedding Funniest Performance - Tameka Empson Best Young Actor Best Actress

Watching The VIew and loving how the audience and the stars of AMC are reacting with each other.

Well, having been born and raised in Stamford, I think AMC started using the exterior of hospital in the late 70s. I think around 1978. I always thought that Pine Valley reminded me of my town anyway, especially in the 80s.

Spoiler in white (highlight below): Supposedly, Deniz will start up a new friendship with this new female character (a dancer) in the upcoming months. I'm loving the acting during this storyline between Roman and Deniz. I just think that IF Roman wasn't dying, he wouldn't take his ex back.

Well, it wouldn't be Hollyoaks without someone being murdered every other month. Didn't Lucy Allen also kill off someone during her Hollyoaks Later week-long episodes?

So, the show finally got rid of Ste's former beard/almost baby momma Rae? Well, at least Kieron's making good use of his offscreen time by marketing his new website. I just never imagined that Ste would end up being written as a pathetic doormat punching bag for a in-the-closet sociopath, who's just "misunderstood".

I don't think that's going to happen. The Stendan fans would riot if they don't get their demands met of wanting to see Ste and Brendan finally make it as a OTPing. Even when that means Ste will, yet again get another "Double B" beatdown, because he was too demanding, whiny or he wouldn't give him sex.

Interview with Emmett Scanlan on Digital Spy: Part 1 - http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/interviews/a320338/emmett-scanlan-brendan-brady-hollyoaks.html Part 2 - http://www.digitalspy.com/soaps/s13/hollyoaks/scoop/a320339/emmett-scanlan-interview-part-two.html I just love that Emmett hasn't romanticized his character, in the way that many of the Stendan fans have, to the detriment of what's happened to the Stephen character. Stephen's a complete afterthought for some of them.

Well, at least we know that Pete's alive. Macca could be dead somewhere in an Ireland ditch, for all we know. I don't know what to say about it, CarlD2. Other than, I really think that maybe one of HOL writers are trying to base this character and how he's written on the US daytime soap stable of the "redeemable" rapists/abusers that exists on 3 of the remaining 6 soaps currently on air. Look at the Warren character: He killed his fiance, Louise and then was "killed" by Claire. Then, he comes back from the dead (after the actor couldn't find a job outside of the industry) and now he's on his third relationship with another woman and having a "bromance" war with another abusive male character, Brendan Brady.

TPTB for Hollyoaks will give Emmett Scanlan whatever he wants, in order to keep his badass happy and on contract forever and ever with their show.

The Waveguide spoilers have more. I don't know what Hollyoaks is these days. That's just sad....

Brendan's just misunderstood. Can't you see how much pain he's in, because he's got to "protect" Ste from Warren. Even though, Ste doesn't have to be in this mess at all, if he just allowed himself a BIT of common sense and self-preservation and stop allowing Brendan to call the shots all the time. Amy was right: Ste IS a puppy. With that spoiler, CarlD. Don't you know

Thanks, Carl for posting up the clips. I never knew that Darren was working the 90's bleached blond hair in the past. The casting folks will always remember what viewers are really looking for in the show: YOUNG AND HOT BODIES. Damn, Danny Mac does look like the actor portraying Ford on OLTL. Carl, have you seen the latest clips in the abuse storyline between Brendan, Ste and Noah? I still think it's interesting that, for some viewers, it's worse to be perceived as being an effeminate gay character on screen, then being a self-hating, manipulative and abusive gay man, who beats up on the men he has sex with.

I try to follow most of HOL, but it's difficult to find a good torrent and I'm lucky that ADL from AfterElton puts up the Brendan/Stephen/Noah storyline on his YT page.

Seriously. The Macca part of the storyline just ended strange. Didn't Brendan put Macca BACK in the hospital, in order to get him to leave town and go back to Ireland? The same viewers who are now rooting for Stendan, thought that he was "delusional and pathetic" for wanting to get back with Brendan (after knowing that he was abusive towards him). Yet, it's a COMPLETELY different situation for Stephen, because "he's in love". On one hand, I'm glad that these characters (including Noah) aren't written like US based daytime serial gays have been in the most recent past (that they have to be "non-threatening good gays" all the time), but in Hollyoaks need to keep a "good thing going", they're destroying (IMO) one half of that pairing.

They're finally bringing Charlie into the picture of Hollyoaks?! It's been, at least 3 or 4 years since he was born out of Becca and Justin's affair. I'm thinking that TPTB are just amazed that the soap press in the UK have lost their minds over Emmett Scanlan, that they're going to do anything and everything to keep him front and present on their show. It's like he's the Luke/Todd/EJ/Victor/Adam Jr. of UK soaps. American soaps for decades have turned male violent figures into martyrs all the time.

It's completely working. There are lots of Stendan fans, who don't give a crap about Brendan's past history of beating the men he slept with, because now he's "in love" with Stephen. The Noah character may be dull, boring, effeminate and ugly (in certain viewers opinions), but he's not a self-hating and abusive homophobic manipulator. I don't want Stephen and Noah to get married and I certainly don't want to see Brendan "redeemed" so that Stendan can happen. I just would like to see Stephen grow and develop into a man, who's at peace with himself. He looks like he could be another "Ford" brother from OLTL.