Catching Up With ATWT's Billy Magnussen

Nelson Branco's weekly "Suds Report" Shocker: OLTL’s Erin Torpey returns! Antonio Sabato Jr. works the NIGHT SHIFT! Pre-Emmy party gossip! GL hires four head writers! DAYS brave social-issue story! Michael Tylo speaks on son’s tragic death! Stop the presses: Dylan Bruce is Canadian! Duffy back to B&B DALLAS vet Patrick Duffy (ex-Bobby) returns as THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL patriarch Stephen Logan on June 20. Tweaked OLTL Tale Adds "Original" Jess Michael Logan at TV Guide reports: What the Tuck? There's already a hitch in those fantastic One Life to Live 40th anniversary plans I revealed earlier this week. Fan fave Jessica Tuck, who was supposed to be seen in a Heaven sequence as her late, great character Megan, had to bow out of the gig yesterday due to a scheduling conflict. (Souces say the conflict is High School Musical 3, but I have no confirmation of that). This is not just a big disappointment for us Tuck-anistas, it's a big headache for the show because her appearance was no mere cameo. OLTL head writer Ron Carlivati had wanted Megan to serve as a celestial guide for her mama Viki (Erika Slezak), who will visit the Great Beyond after dying in a car crash — a major two-day plot twist (airing July 21-22) that riffs on one of the soap's most famous stories from the 1980s. The scenes shoot this coming Monday. The clock is ticking. What to do? Carlivati, who is quite the brain-stormer, quickly picked a different dead Megan to be Viki's guide — that would be Megan's namesake (and Viki's granddaughter), baby Megan, who died by miscarriage in 1999 when her mom, Jessica, was the victim of a hit-and-run. Back then, Jessica was played by another fan sensation, the much-missed Erin Torpey — and that's who's gonna come back to the show and play baby Megan in Heaven! Granted, it's a little weird, but it's certainly a creative way to solve a casting crisis! BLOG UPDATE: Marlena DeLacroix "Introducing Soap Shrink, a column by a real life practicing therapist, Damon L. Jacobs, that diagnoses and analyzes our favorite characters. Damon has an M.A. in psychology and is a New York-licensed marriage and family therapist. What is going to make this fun is that Damon is also real life longtime soap fan, one of Marlena’s Thinking Fans who looks at soaps from the same sophisticated and humorous perspective you and I do. Each week Damon will pick a character and analyzes him or her." On the Soap Shrink’s Couch: General Hospital’s Carly Corinthos Jacks WORLD: Eyeballs stuck to same TV shows including B&B According to ratings firm Eurodata TV Worldwide, which listed highest ratings worldwide for 2007, CSI, about a team of forensic experts, drew 83.9 million viewers, beating out sequel show CSI: MIAMI and HOUSE as the globe's most popular TV drama series. In the TV comedy category, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES attracted 61.5 million viewers, beating MONK and UGLY BETTY. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL with 26.2 million viewers was the most popular soap, against two Mexican telenovelas DESTILANDO AMOR and MARINA. In 2007, Eurodata listed the same three programs as the world's most popular for 2006. The figures, based on ratings in 51 countries with a potential 1.6 billion viewers, were released today by the Monte-Carlo Television Festival and Eurodata. DJ Mills wins soap roles Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills has reportedly scooped roles in THE BILL and HOLLYOAKS. Speaking to The Sun, Mills admitted: "I loved my part in The Bill very much, although I would like to catch some actual criminals next time.

Creative Arts "Technical" Emmy Winners

The 35th Annual Creative Arts & Entertainment Daytime Emmy® Awards were presented at a black-tie gala at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Home of Jazz at Lincoln Center in the Time-Warner’s Columbus Circle complex in New York City. More than 1,000 performers, producers and craftspeople involved in daytime television, including drama, talk shows, children’s programs, game shows and lifestyle programs from both the East and West Coast congregated at a single ceremony to honor the winners. The star-studded cast of presenters included Alex Trebek (host of Jeopardy!), Jack Hanna (host of Jack Hanna's Into The Wild and Director Emeritus at the Columbus Zoo), Caroll Spinney (Oscar of Sesame Street), Kevin Clash (Elmo of Sesame Street), Bob McGrath (Sesame Street) Chris Knowings (Sesame Street), Christopher Lloyd (voice of “The Hacker” Cyberchase), Bindi Irwin (Bindi the Jungle Girl) Animal Planet, Jamie Durie (host of Victory Garden on PBS and recent gold medal winner at the Royal Horticultural Society), Ben Bailey (host of Cash Cab) Discovery, John Tartaglia (Johnny and the Sprites) on Disney Channel, Sandra Lee, (Creator and host of Semi Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee), Food Network, Candi Milo, (voice of Dexter from Cartoon Network's Dexter's Laboratory and Astro Boy from Sony Pictures Television), Danica Lee, (voice of Ming-Ming Duckling on Nickelodeon), Todd English, (host of Food Trip with Todd English), Cathie Filian and Steve Piacenza, (co-hosts of Creative Juice and Witchcrafts on the DIY Network), Peter Ishkhans, (host of Peter Perfect on the Style Network), David Newell, (“Mr. Speedy Delivery” from Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood), Tom Silva and Roger Cook from This Old House and Ask This Old House. Stars from drama shows included: David Canary (Adam and Stuart Chandler) and Brianne Moncreif (Colby Chandler and David’s onscreen daughter), All My Children; Robin Strasser (Dorian Lord) and Brittany Underwood (Langston Wilde) from One Life to Live; Ellen Dolan (Margo Montgomery Hughes) and Colleen Zenk Pinter (Barbara Ryan) from As The World Turns; Kate Linder (Esther Valentine) from The Young and the Restless; Murray Bartlett (Cyrus Foley) and Bonnie Dennison (Daisy LeMay) from Guiding Light. The soap winners by show: 4 One Life To Live 2 As the World Turns 2 Guiding Light 1 All My Children 1 The Bold and the Beautiful 1 Days of our Lives 1 General Hospital 1 The Young and the Restless Winners by category: Outstanding Achievement in Art Direction/Set Decoration/Scenic Design For A Drama Series (tie) AS THE WORLD TURNS, CBS PATRICK HOWE, PRODUCTION DESIGNER TIM GOODMANSON, ART DIRECTOR KAREN HLIPALA, SET DECORATOR CATHERINE MCKENNEY, SET DECORATOR DENNIS DONEGAN, SET DECORATOR THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, CBS WILLIAM HULTSTROM, PRODUCTION DESIGNER DAVID HOFFMANN, ART DIRECTOR ANDREA JOEL, SET DECORATOR JOE BEVACQUA, SET DECORATOR FRED COOPER, SET DECORATOR Outstanding Achievement for a Casting Director For A Drama Series GENERAL HOSPITAL, ABC MARK TESCHNER, CASTING DIRECTOR Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design For A Drama Series ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC SUSAN GAMMIE, HEAD COSTUME DESIGNER DAVID BROOKS, COSTUME DESIGNER SALLY LESSER, COSTUME DESIGNER Outstanding Achievement in Multiple Camera Editing For A Drama Series THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, CBS JONATHAN SMILOWITZ, EDITOR JIM FRIESEN, EDITOR BRIAN BAGWELL, EDITOR Outstanding Achievement in Hairstyling For A Drama Series DAYS OF OUR LIVES, NBC MARGIE PUGA, HAIRSTYLIST MATTHEW HOLMAN, HAIRSTYLIST GARRY ALLYN, HAIRSTYLIST KIM SALVATORE, HAIRSTYLIST MONICA SEBEDRA, HAIRSTYLIST Outstanding Achievement in Lighting Direction For A Drama Series ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC SCOTT DEVITTE, LIGHTING DIRECTOR ROBERT BESSOIR, LIGHTING DIRECTOR Outstanding Achievement in Makeup For A Drama Series AS THE WORLD TURNS, CBS ELDO RAY ESTES, KEY MAKEUP ARTIST KIMBERLY BRAISIN, MAKEUP ARTIST STEPHANIE GLOVER-MCGEE, MAKEUP ARTIST ANETTE LIAN-WILLIAMS, MAKEUP ARTIST Outstanding Achievement in Music Direction And Composition For A Drama Series GUIDING LIGHT, CBS GARY DEINSTADT, MUSIC DIRECTOR , COMPOSER BILLY BARBER, MUSIC DIRECTOR , COMPOSER ROBYN CUTLER, SUPERVISING MUSIC DIRECTOR BRIAN D. SIEWERT, COMPOSER DANNY PELFREY, COMPOSER CHIELI MINUCCI, COMPOSER MARK STEPHEN ROSS, COMPOSER KENNETH EBERHARD, COMPOSER LINDA LAWLEY, COMPOSER MICHELE VICE-MASLIN, COMPOSER RON KOMIE, COMPOSER Outstanding Original Song (tie) ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC Song Title: Chemistry LANCE HORNE, COMPOSER, LYRICIST PAUL S. GLASS, LYRICIST ONE LIFE TO LIVE, ABC Song Title: Little Starr KEVIN BRIODY, COMPOSER, LYRICIST Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct To Tape Sound Mixing For A Drama Series GUIDING LIGHT, CBS CHARLIE JONES, PRODUCTION MIXER ROBERT DREW PRIMROSE, PRODUCTION MIXER STEVE WATSON, PRODUCTION MIXER THOMAS INESON, POST-PRODUCTION MIXER THOMAS BORNKAMP, POST-PRODUCTION MIXER DOUG KENT, POST-PRODUCTION MIXER ANDREW C. CAPUANO, BOOM OPERATOR CHARLIE IACONO, BOOM OPERATOR ANTHONY VALENTINO, BOOM OPERATOR ANTHONY BUTCH INGLESE, BOOM OPERATOR ERIC SHUTTLEWORTH, BOOM OPERATOR Outstanding Achievement in Technical Direction/Electronic Camera/Video Control For A Drama Series ALL MY CHILDREN, ABC MICHAEL V. POMARICO, TECHNICAL DIRECTOR RICHARD WESTLEIN, ELECTRONIC CAMERA TOM SHEPARD, ELECTRONIC CAMERA WILLIAM TYNAN, ELECTRONIC CAMERA GEORGE MONTANEZ, ELECTRONIC CAMERA FRANK FORSYTH, ELECTRONIC CAMERA ADAM KEITH, ELECTRONIC CAMERA ROBERT AMBRICO, ELECTRONIC CAMERA ERIC JOHNSON, ELECTRONIC CAMERA YONEETE COMMARE, SENIOR VIDEO CONTROL

How I Spent My Morning...

at Good Morning America to see Cyndi Lauper up close and personal. Be sure to check out her visit to AS THE WORLD TURNS on July 3rd. Please ignore my horrible dancing at various times during this video.