Today was a great day of soap. Of quintessential soap. Beginning with the end of Guiding Light, moving on to The Bold and the Beautiful, and then capping off with great stuff on One Life to Live. I started the day sobbing, saying farewell to a show that I’ve watched for twenty years. Some people had… Read More Calgon take me away…to daytime.
Unlike General Hospital, where poor Edward Quartermaine had to wake up in the hospital to an Emily lookalike and a degenerate bartender instead of his own relatives, One Life to Live featured heartfelt hospital scenes this week that were all about family. Mom and Pop Evans and Destiny all waiting for word on Shaun in… Read More OLTL: keeping it together in tough times
Have you ever known me to be at a loss for words? Weird concept, right? But as GUIDING LIGHT winds down with only two episodes to go after today, I find myself scrambling to articulate how I feel about the phenomenon. I used to rush home from school to watch GL and GH at the… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
I’m a co-host/guest on this week’s We Love Soaps podcast, with my pals Roger Newcomb and Damon Jacobs. Check out episode 11, as we dish the end of Guiding Light, the General Hospital carnival, One Life to Live‘s Russian mob drama and the Fish/Stacy twist and what we like about As the World Turns. And… Read More Pod people!
The morning after the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, people could be talking about the amazing tribute to Michael Jackson that kicked off the show: Madonna‘s speech and Janet Jackson‘s performance combined for a truly moving experience. People could also be dishing Lady GaGa‘s…well…Lady GaGa-ness or how Russell Brand needs to not ever host an… Read More Paying attention to the jerk behind the curtain
Last night I had the chance to attend a one night only performance of Anthony Wilkinson’s off-Broadway show, My Big Gay Italian Wedding, at the gorgeous, historic St. George Theatre in Staten Island. Writer/lead actor Wilkinson led the charming cast in a hilarious story of a young, gay Italian man’s quest to have the perfect… Read More Hold the rice, but hand over the cannoli!
I’m going to talk a little OLTL and GL today. First, can you believe there’s only five episodes of GL left? I’m in denial. DE-NI-AL. Thursday’s episode began the rapid wrap-up process, with Phillip and Alan coming out of surgery with flying colors, Jonathan returning Sarah to Lizzie (Oh my God! So much cute!) and… Read More Soap Opera Weekly: Blogging With Mala
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