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February 28, 201312 yr

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http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/s15/home-and-away/news/a460446/home-and-aways-luke-mitchell-cast-in-the-cws-tomorrow-people.html

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February 28, 201312 yr

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Luke Mitchell has a huge fanbase, is a dreamboat and is super talented. I can easily see him falling in line with Julian McMahon, Ryan Kwanten, Chris Hemsworth, etc ... and as a definite fan I hope he does.

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March 23, 201312 yr

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What a sad way to have Romeo go! The story where he won't tell Indi is silly, though - who would do that? There's no reason to have a ton of pride at such a time.

Reminds me of Belle looking for the cause of the cancer cluster. Someone should still be studying that.

Of course Indi's going to be angry at Liam for not telling her but then end up with him.

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March 23, 201312 yr

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Of course Indi's going to be angry at Liam for not telling her but then end up with him.

Liam's leaving the show, too.

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March 23, 201312 yr

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The Spencer & Maddie story would be alot better if they'd cast decent actors. Reminds me so much of the arrival of Curtis & Shannon back in the day though. minus the runaway part.

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April 2, 201312 yr

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A lot of characters are leaving and so there are lots of newbies. Spencer's brother, lol.

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May 11, 201312 yr

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Apparently Robert Mamone (Sid Walker) has been let go.

He tweeted saying it's b/c he spoke up for the truth.

https://twitter.com/RobMammone/status/333159195836817409

Intriguing. Sounds like H&A may have some backstage issues. Shame. Whenever I watch, I've always thought Sid had long term potential. He is a decent character. If the reasons are true, I think it gives out a bad message to fire someone who stands up for the truth. I guess it depends on what the "truth" actually is.

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June 5, 201312 yr

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Wow, the Sharpes suck. They make the Braxtons look normal.

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June 21, 201312 yr

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Sally Return Promo:

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June 26, 201312 yr

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Sounds interesting. She was last in was it Thailand, where Miles went to join her.

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July 9, 201312 yr

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People at Digital Spy are saying that Sasha, April, and Dex are leaving the show.

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July 9, 201312 yr

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People at Digital Spy are saying that Sasha, April, and Dex are leaving the show.

April and Dex are confirmed to be leaving.

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August 1, 201312 yr

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That will be a big change. An entire family off - more newbies! At least there's a good chance April and Dex get a happily ever after.

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August 22, 201312 yr

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Must be a ton of newbies coming. They hardly need two more young men.

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January 12, 201411 yr

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Yikes. Did this person lose a foot?

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God, do I agree with this. Stephanie just doesn't cut it as a lead carrying this much story.
DAYS has all the elements to being good, but the truth is, it's not. Cwikly and Ford are better than Ron C, but that doesn't mean much when they're still not what I'd call solid. They aren't giving me anything to be excited about, and it feels like everything is on low simmer.

By ranger1rg · 2 minutes ago2 min
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By dragonflies · 2 minutes ago2 min
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Awful news. I've certainly said my fair share about Luke and the Eckerts on here over the years, but when he was on and committed, there was never anybody better. He was a huge part of growing up watching GH in the 90s and 2000s.
His relationships with Laura, Bobbie, Robert, and Lucky will get most of the attention, but I want to mention how good he was with a lot of the rest of the cast in that era. His relationships with Tony, Lucy, Felicia, Tiffany, Sonny, Carly, Nikolas, Alexis, Tracy- all so different, unique, and you really felt the connections.
Monica, Luke, Robert, Rick, and Lesley in one year is so much loss. Add in Bobbie, Alan, Nikolas, Sean, and Epiphany in the past couple of years and it's almost unfathomable.

By AdelaideCate007 · 3 minutes ago3 min
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I agree with this. You can see it in her shows, there is always movement. Those talking head scenes were walking around the nurses station, stopping at the counter at Kelly’s, etc. Scenes in the Webber home often begin or end with someone coming down the stairs, or headed to the door. I am sure Geary had run into plenty of issues where staging in a more traditional way hindered what he wanted to do and could seem stifling. Monty allowed improvisation, and spontaneity to be encouraged in rehearsals.
As a kid I always noticed that the ABC soaps of that era just felt more modern. When I watch old episodes now, the ABC shows still stand out that way. They took risks. Now I am not saying I think everything they did was fantastic- they had plenty of flops and bad ideas.

By titan1978 · 4 minutes ago4 min
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Her statement did not disappoint. They both spoke about that deep connection, that they didn’t share with anybody else. Even when Tony was fully committed to not ever playing Luke & Laura again, he still spoke about that connection as performers with some reverence.
I am not shocked they didn’t speak because that was their way even before his final exit. When they met to discuss returning in 1993 they had only seen each other a couple of times since their earlier run. That return was one of the handful of soap icon returns after being gone for a long time that fully worked. I have said this before but Monty, Marland, and PFS, with Geary and Francis of course, made such grounded characters with real internal lives that they could go and save the world, and also still fit in closer to reality in grittier material later under Labine, Guza, and Riche.
We saw Luke slowly morphed into a bitter and cynical man who eschewed connection with others. I had no problem with what Geary did with Luke’s characterization. Luke after Laura probably would self destruct. What I had issue with was Geary’s insistence that this was always the Luke he played. It very much was not, we saw it as it aired, the good and the bad before his revisionist history.
Almost every soap I watched had an iconoclastic character who challenged the other people in their communities. Soaps are so bland now and don’t really do these types of characters anymore.
Thanks everybody who has been posting tributes, I don’t use Twitter anymore so this is the only place I will see them!

By titan1978 · 17 minutes ago17 min
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I agree it'll just be sad to watch

By dragonflies · 18 minutes ago18 min
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Why not? Tamara Tunie would play the hell out of that story AND maybe land BTG their first major Emmy nomination in the process.

By Khan · 19 minutes ago19 min
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Obviously, we'll never know exactly what Geary meant, but I think what Gloria Monty hated was the fact that most soaps at that time seem confined to "talking heads" regurgitating the same exposition over coffee inside various living rooms and kitchens. Monty wanted soaps to be more active, arguing that housewives and other viewers would be forced to put down their laundry or whatever and actually pay attention.

By Khan · 21 minutes ago21 min
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LOL!!
In the past, I've speculated that Empire Valley was supposed to be a story about phony real estate developers bilking people, before it got changed into what made it on air.
I would LOVE for someone to interview Peter Dunne - not just about Empire Valley, but about his time on KL (and DALLAS) in general. I feel like he would have a ton of great writing advice to share.

By Khan · 25 minutes ago25 min
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in total agreement! over the years, i’ve written thousands of words going into all the gory details — particularly regarding ‘as the world turns.’
always wished i could have asked him about the ‘i hate soap opera’ comments. was he being funny, sarcastic, ironic? would have loved to heard the specifics of what he — and gloria monty — hated. and what did he think about the impact on the soap genre.

By wonderwoman1951 · 34 minutes ago34 min

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