Brittany Snow (GL) has made her directorial debut, Parachute, which just premiered at SXSW. Deadline gave it a mixed review.

Amber Tamblyn (GH) makes a brief but memorable appearance in this trailer for Nicole Holofcener’s upcoming You Hurt My Feelings, starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus:

 

I didn't recognize Amber at first. But she's still beautiful.

On 3/18/2023 at 7:39 PM, Soapsuds said:

Eva Longoria interview on Who's talking to Chris Wallace? On CNN at 7pm eastern.

LOL who knew when you first posted that that this would end up generating a thread of its own?
https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/62384-eric-braeden-drags-eva-longoria-for-her-comments-about-working-in-daytime/

The transcript of her interview (the full interview) is now available, I'll post the link on that thread.

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Jonathan Jackson and Nashville castmates doing a reunion music tour of UK in Oct 2023

 

 

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I didn’t realize the show Nashville was so big in the U.K.

4 hours ago, janea4old said:

LOL who knew when you first posted that that this would end up generating a thread of its own?
https://boards.soapoperanetwork.com/topic/62384-eric-braeden-drags-eva-longoria-for-her-comments-about-working-in-daytime/

The transcript of her interview (the full interview) is now available, I'll post the link on that thread.

I do wonder if the great Victor Newman read about it here and tuned in.😂

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3 hours ago, Faulkner said:

I didn’t realize the show Nashville was so big in the U.K.

VERY from what I've heard.

Sunday March 26, 2023,
Lifetime Movie Network will air five of Lauralee Bell's Lifetime movies.
She will also host (take over) the LMN instagram for the day.
(This is timed to coincide with YR 50th, but not related to YR).
https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/the-young-the-restless/lauralee-bell-takes-over-lifetime-movie-network-on-yrs-anniversary

Kelly Ripa (Hayley, AMC) talks pay disparity with first-time actor husband Mark Consuelos in Variety, but her treatment at ABC overall for many years seems outrageous:

On “All My Children,” Ripa says she had a front-row seat to how differently men are treated in the workplace. “He was paid far more than I was paid. Always. And he started years after I started,” Ripa says. “It wasn’t until I got what we call my ‘fancy job’ that I started actually earning more money than him.”

48 minutes ago, Vee said:

Kelly Ripa (Hayley, AMC) talks pay disparity with first-time actor husband Mark Consuelos in Variety, but her treatment at ABC overall for many years seems outrageous:

 

 

This is wild. For AMC, to put it in context, Kelly would have had TWO contract renewals before Mark made the scene. That means even with two raises, she was making less than him? It’s not like Mark was a known talent. Was she that underpaid, or was Mark a better negotiator?

Her treatment at Regis was egregious. I get why she was afraid to rock the boat when Regis was there, and even more so when he left because she was not the established a-name. 
 

Kelly worked hard and navigated so many HR nightmares. She deserves her success. 

I would argue that Kelly was more than established as a household name by the time Regis left. Do I think they could've fired her anyway? Yes. But it's egregious any way you look at it. She'd been with the network since 1990, she'd done years of Live as well as Hope and Faith, and they were still treating her like that.

Linda Thorson (ex-OLTL, Emmerdale). 

 

Kelly Ripa probably got screwed with salary at AMC as she started with a low starting rate, and then they said she could only get a certain percentage more per contract renewal, which happened to more then one ABC actor back in those days. Mark starting 5 years later and his first salary being more is crazy, though i wonder if the base scale rate changed within that time frame causing even more inequality beyond the sexism.

There are some actors that I can only reference from their soap roles. I assume from this that Peyton List has gone on to great success, but she'll always be Lucy Montgomery to me.