This is the sixty-sixth in an irregular feature where we will report updates on what cast members of Guiding Light are doing now. I’m playing catch up on some soap magazine news. So as a reminder you can buy back issues:
https://glmanny.wordpress.com/2010/11/27/faq-back-issues
The February 24, 2014 issue of Soap Opera Digest includes a photo round up of characters who left soaps in pairs during the month of February including a photo from Phillip Spaulding and Beth Raines Spaulding 1991 Valentine’s Day Wedding.
The May 12, 2014 issue of Soap Opera Digest featured an article looking back at 1997. It gives highlights of story and casting for all the soaps, including Guiding Light. In addition it gives this behind the scenes notice “GL marked its 60th anniversary (from its radio debut) on January 25 and its 45th TV anniversary on June 30. Paul Rauch succeeded Michael Laibson as executive producer: Michael Conforti, Victor Miller, and Nancy Williams Watt were out as head writers, replaced by The City‘s James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten.”
The June 2, 2014 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth did a 10 years ago flashback article featuring Tammy Winslow trying to decide whether she should go all the way with Joey Lupo. They also did a round up of famous summer storylines, including the famous first Four Musketeers summer storyline with photos.
Rebecca Budig (Michelle Bauer #3, part of the Messe pairing) announced she is pregnant by her current husband Michael Benson. Read more and see a photo in the June 2, 2014 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Daniel Cosgrove (Bill Lewis #4, part of the wonderful Bizzie pairing) announced they’ve named the animal shelter in Branford, Connecticut after his grandfather Daniel Cosgrove I for his work with the clinic since retirement. He’s still active at 97. Find out more about it at the June 2, 2014 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth. Find a feature article on Cosgrove in the April 21, 2014 issue on CBS Soaps in Depth.
Rick Hearst (Alan-Michael Spaulding #3) created a hilarious commercial for his upcoming personal appearances in June 2014.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k45wjySP8HA
Don't miss @rickhearst & @JohnJYork June 22nd @Suttonplacenylb http://t.co/pPD6FsyJGZ—
Linda Rohe (@coastalent1) May 02, 2014
Hearst is interviewed about his General Hospital return in the Feb. 24, 2014 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
Denise Pence (Katie Parker, Floyd’s sister and Hillary Bauer’s best friend) published another blog entry.
http://historyalivenyc.blogspot.com/2014/05/ive-always-been-woman-who-speaks-her.html
Victoria Platt (Vicky Spaulding, Alan and Alex’s half-sister Victoria Spaulding’s daughter, from Brandon’s island marriage after he had died on screen once) is married in real life to Terrell Tilford (David Grant #3, brother to Gilly, son of hospital administrator Charles, friend to Bridget, coupled with Vicky Spaulding). They are expecting. See a photo of the expectant mother in the Style Squad section of the May 23, 2014 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
Hayden Panettiere (Lizzie Spaulding #2, the little girl who survived cancer and killed Beth’s abusive boyfriend) got positive reviews all around (except from me) in the Style Squad roundup in the December 2, 2013 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
Emme Rylan (previously credited as Marcy Rylan) (Lizzie Spaulding Lewis #6, part of the wonderful Bizzie pairing) was featured in an interview about her The Young and the Restless and General Hospital switch in the October 10, 2011 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
There is a photo of her at work with her 2 year old son Levi in the February 24, 2014 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
Lauren C. Mayhew (Marah Lewis #4 – her recast scuttled the somewhat interesting crush on inappropriately aged Jesse Blue. Her most memorable storyline she partnered with Brittany Snow‘s Susan right before the Nursery Rhyme Stalker mass kidnapping) was featured in the interview in the Oct. 10, 2011 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth. Besides continuing her acting career, she has released singles like “Look Inside” on iTunes, and served as WWE ring announcer. Her web series Breakfast Burrito is no longer active.
Terrell Tilford (David Grant #3, brother to Gilly, son of hospital administrator Charles, friend to Bridget, coupled with Vicky Spaulding) has been cast on The Young and the Restless as Barton, the so far never seen sudden husband to Leslie Michaelson. He’ll first appear on Fri., June 13, 2014. See a photo and an update of what Tilford has been up to in the June 2, 2014 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Ian Ziering (Cameron Stewart, one of the original Dinah, Alan-Michael, and Harley quad) participated in the 5th Annual Motorcycle Awareness Ride on Long Island. See a photo in the June 2, 2014 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Zach Conroy (James Spaulding #2, part of the lovely Jaisy pairing) shared the story of his 16 hour Dubai to Los Angeles flight with food poisoning. Read his account and see (a healthy) photo in the June 2, 2014 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Lawrence Saint-Victor (Remy Boudreau) tells about how he came to collect Superman memorabilia in the June 2, 2014 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Karla Mosley (Christina Boudreau, with Remy, one of the last really good new couples in the final years of Guiding Light) gave her Star Style suggestions in the February 24, 2014 issue of Soap Opera Digest. Mosley reported on buying her first house on the East Coast. Read her report in the April 21, 2014 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Kassie DePaiva (Chelsea Reardon, Maureen and Nola’s little sister) when faced with her favorite gym closing, rounded up a bunch of her soap friends to buy it instead, check out a photo shoot/tour of Solid in Palm Springs, California in the June 2, 2014 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
Jeff Branson (Shayne Lewis #7, the last one) reported the birth of his first son Van James Branson during April 2014. Read more in the April 21, 2014 issue of CBS Soaps in Depth.
@mdanl73 recently tweeted about John Wesley Shipp (Kelly Nelson part of my beloved Kelly and Morgan) “@EW: Original ‘Flash’ star John Wesley Shipp has joined the cast of the CW remake: http://ow.ly/xkcLc ”
Roger Howarth (Jory) was the subject of a feature interview in the December 2, 2013 issue of Soap Opera Digest. The article includes photos of him with Paul Anthony Stewart (Danny Santos) and Laura Wright (Cassie Layne Winslow) who overlapped with him on Loving.
Grant Aleksander (Phillip Spaulding #2, the one we knew most of the time) joined a bunch of other soap stars the day after his 53rd birthday to tape on location at Blondie’s on Manhattan’s Upper West Side for the online soap Tainted Dreams. The shooting was August 7, 2013 aka National Lighthouse Day. See photos in the September 9, 2013 issue of Soap Opera Digest.
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