“Good Morning America” is set to reveal the new “Dancing with the Stars” cast live on Tuesday, March 8, between 7 am and 9 am, on ABC. Over the years the competition series has featured an array of daytime stars, most memorably first season champ Kelly Monaco (Sam McCall, “General Hospital”). Might a soap star past or present be in the mix this time around?
“Days of our Lives” viewers were stunned, this week, when Bo (Peter Reckell) and Hope’s (Kristian Alfonso) only daughter, Ciara (Vivian Jovanni) was raped at the hands of her step brother Chase (Jonathon McClendon). Sure, the young teen seemed a bit off and moody, but nobody suspected he could ever be capable of such violence, especially against someone he claimed to truly care about like Ciara.
Rick Springfield rocks on! The former “General Hospital” star, remembered as Dr. Noah Drake, releases new album, Rocket Science, on February 19. It’s Springfield’s 18th studio LP and was written largely with his longtime collaborator and former bass player Matt Bissonette.
“Days of our Lives” has made a head writing switch. Josh Griffith, who joined the soap in 2015 as co-head writer with Dena Higley, is out and is being replaced by Ryan Quan. Soap Opera Digest first reported the news, that was quickly confirmed by the show.
“The Young and the Restless” alum Elizabeth Hendrickson (ex-Chloe Mitchell; ex-Maggie Stone, “All My Children”) has launched web series “30 Days Max.” Billed as “a quirky unromantic comedy,” it stars Hendrickson as a 30-something woman who begrudgingly resorts to a month of online dating to try and mend her broken heart. Will Max uphold the deal that she makes with herself by swiping right? Or is this new way of meeting men all wrong?
“General Hospital” alum George Gaynes, who originated the role of mob boss Frank Smith and terrorized Luke (Anthony Geary) and Laura (Genie Francis) in 1980, died February 15 in North Bend, Washington. He was 98.
Get ready for a super romantic wedding chock full of more drama than you can imagine, this week on “General Hospital,” when Julian (William Devry) and Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn) head to the church to get married.
First, there was “Grease Live!” Now, Eric Braeden (Victor Newman) and other stars of “The Young and the Restless” are bringing “Genoa City Live!” to NYCB Theatre in Westbury, New York. The fan tribute event is taking place on Sunday, February 21.
Ever since Kate Mansi (Abigail Deveraux) announced she was leaving “Days of our Lives” when her contract expires, fans have been agonizing over the impending loss. Not only will they be losing the show’s most popular 20-something heroine, but also half of the most beloved and charismatic supercouple the soap has developed in years, Chad and Abby. That is, unless “DAYS” recasts Abigail.
Kristoff St. John (Neil Winters) has reached a milestone — his 25th year anniversary on “The Young and the Restless.” In honor of the special occasion, a gathering was held on the show’s CBS sound stage, last Friday. Cast, crew, “Y&R” co-creator Lee Phillip Bell and the actor’s daughters, Paris and Lola, were all on hand to celebrate the talented actor.