While looking for Guiding Light information, I sometimes find things that I think are of interest relating to other soaps. This collection of Odds and Ends related to various soaps that someone may want to know some time. Look for another odds and ends post soon.
This summer The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful have been renewed through 2018. Read more in the July 24, 2017 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
There is an article about Shelia Carter’s surprise return to The Bold and the Beautiful in the July 24, 2017 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth. It catches you up on what Kimberlin Brown has been up for.
A question in the April 2, 2018 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth asked for a list of what couples Carter Walton (Lawrence Saint-Victor) on The Bold and the Beautiful has married: Liam Spencer and Steffy Forrester, Rick Forrester and Caroline Spencer, Bill Spencer and Katie Logan, Quinn Fuller and Deacon Sharpe, Liam Spencer and Ivy Forrester, Nicole Avant and Zende Forrester, AND Ridge Forrester and Brooke Logan.
Check out a collection of Behind the Scenes photos from current soaps in the September 11, 2017 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
Catch a round up of John McCook‘s (Lance Prentis on The Young and the Restless, Eric Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful) primetime through the years in the April 2, 2018 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Find the life story of Eric Brady, a legacy character on Days of Our Lives, told in photos in the March 19, 2018 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
According to the July 24, 2017 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth when Andrea Evans was in Italy shooting The Bold and the Beautiful show, she kept finding red haired dye jobs they called Tawny hair after her character Tawny Moore.
Learn about going to school on set with a collection of actors over the last couple of decades in the September 11, 2017 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
Catch up with Sabryn Genet who was Tricia Dennison on The Young and the Restless. Sadly right after her run on Y&R ended she went in for LASIK eye surgery and developed Dysautonomia and [Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome] and Migrane. It’s been a struggle for her. Read all about it in the March 19, 2018 issue of Soap Opera Digest. The roundup also included Deborah Goodrich Royce (Silver Kane All My Children), Josh Kelly (Cutter Wentworth One Life to Live), Miranda Wilson (Megan on Days of Our Lives, Kate on Capitol, and Sandra on Santa Barbara), and a stand alone article on Ashley Tesoro (Kimberly Fairchild – one of Rick’s young conquests – on The Bold and the Beautiful) and her experience as part of the #MeToo movement.
There is a feature on Jess Walton in honor of her playing Jill Abbott on The Young and the Restless for 30 years. Find the article and a group of photos through the years in the July 24, 2017 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
In honor of Beth Maitland‘s (Traci Abbott) 35 years on and off The Young and the Restless find a feature article on her in the August 7, 2017 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Check out Kimberlin Brown (Shelia Carter on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful) and her experience running for Congress in the March 18, 2018 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
Check out photos of Lee Phillip Bell‘s birthday celebration this year. Read more in the July 24, 2017 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Kristoff St. John (Neil Winters on The Young and the Restless) just celebrated his 25th year in the role. Find both tributes and stories from cast members and photos from the party in the March 21, 2016 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
Why A Martinez left Days of Our Lives and news about his role on Longmire in the September 18, 2017 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Drake Hogestyn (John Black et al on Days of Our Lives) celebrates his 30th anniversary in the role in an article in the March 21, 2016 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
Back when Rick and Steffy Forrester were dating The Bold and the Beautiful went on a location shoot to the Santa Monica Pier. See a couple of behind the scenes photos and Jacqueline MacInnes Wood’s memories in the September 18, 2017 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Bryton James (Devon Hamilton on The Young and the Restless) shared this class reunion photo from his hit show Family Matters.
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— Bryton James (@BrytonEjames) September 28, 2017
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Check out the feature article on Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy Forrester Spencer on The Bold and the Beautiful) in the September 18, 2017 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
General Hospital Wardrobe Director Shawn Reeves gives the story behing Sam Morgan’s wedding dress when she married Drew Cain in the February 26, 2018 issue of Soap Opera Digest. He also gives a shout out to Maki Chaudhuri who is GH’s seamstress.
Schae Harrison played a prostitute on The Bold and the Beautiful before she was cast as Darla Einstein. Read more about it in the June 26, 2017 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Robert Palmer Watkins (Dillion Quartermaine, General Hospital) is leaving the show. His character was part of the amazing Killion pairing. There is some hope he’ll return. (A good guess might be that his and Rebecca Budig’s money is now going to Steven Burton.) Read more in the September 11, 2017 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
Eileen Davidson (Ashley Abbott on The Young and the Restless) is quitting her reality series The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Read more in the August 7, 2017 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
In a where are they now article Steve Bond (Jimmy Lee Holt on General Hospital from 1983-1987) talks about how they used telepromters when he was on. Bond himself couldn’t use them because his first language was Hebrew and his eyes would always go to the right of the screen, not the left, so he couldn’t read at that speed. Find the full article in the November 13, 2017 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
There was a round up catching up with former soap actors in the February 26, 2018 issue of Soap Opera Digest: Kim Matula (Hope Logan on The Bold and the Beautiful), Erin Cardillo (Esme on Passions), Blair Redford (Miguel on Passions, Scott Granger on The Young and the Restless), Finn Wittrock (Damon on All My Children), Connie Britton (Rayna on Nashville), Nazanin Boniadi (Leyla on General Hospital/Night Shift), Bruce Greenwood (Pierce on Knots Landing), AnnaLynne McCord (Heather on Dallas – Reboot), and Hilary Swank (Carly on Beverly Hills).
The March 18, 2018 issue of Soap Opera Digest says that when Franco on General Hospital produces artwork it’s made in house by members of the show’s art department, but didn’t give any specific names.
Tracey E. Bergman celebrates 35 years of playing Lauren Fenmore on both The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. Check out photos from the party in the February 26, 2018 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
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