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The Nuke Fancast: Episode #6 Hilarious recap of last week's Luke and Noah scenes, the fans question of the week and the always touching "How Nuke Changed My Life" segment. 1 Checking in with ATWT's Austin Peck "I have to take off my hat to the writers, because everything I have been able to do as an actor started with what they have given me," Peck says. "They've allowed me to be goofy, to be silly, to be arrogant and obnoxious -- childlike, actually, like a big puppy dog. They see that's a big part of my personality, so they write toward that." INTERVIEW: Former AMC and current ARMY WIVES star Kim Delaney On reprising her role as Jenny on ALL MY CHILDREN if asked: "Uh-huh. I would do it. I love Agnes Nixon. I love the whole show. But I can't [now] — I have no time!" SOAPNet plans BEVERLY HILLS 90210 beach marathon On Saturday, July 26th, SOAPNet will glory in the 50 hottest moments of the original Fox series. From 4:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m., ET/PT, three beach-oriented episodes of the show will be shown back-to-back-to-back, with six interstitials that will reveal from 1-50, the hottest "moments" in BH 90210 history. PHOTOS: Now it's the boys' turn... The HOLLYOAKS hunks strut their stuff 1 Not to be outdone by their female colleagues from Channel 4 soap HOLLYOAKS, the boys have stripped off...just weeks after the girls did the same. The HOLLYOAKS hunks were in Mallorca shooting the official 2009 calender and they certainly did not disappoint. It turned into more of a battle of the six packs then a friendly lark about the sun as the lads stripped off and showed the photographers what they were made of during the shoot. Deep Soap: Don’t Knock It Until You Try It Sara A. Bibel blogs: "Earlier this week I attended a networking event for people who work in New Media. (I figure I qualify now that I’m a blogger.) Hundreds of people crowded into a bar. We all attempted to schmooze over the loud music. I was introduced to the friend of a friend. When the small talk led to my soap writing past he said, 'I hope you won’t find this offensive but…' In my opinion, if you have to start a sentence that way with someone you’ve just met, it’s better to keep your mouth shut. He kept going. 'So is writing for soaps considered to be like writing for the National Enquirer? Do you just sit around throwing out crazy ideas?' It never ceases to amaze me how people who don’t watch soaps think they know about them. Most non-watchers think all soaps are as unrealistic as Passions. I try to explain that most shows take themselves more seriously, but they rarely believe it. These non-viewers have no qualms about telling me how the soap writing process works."