TV Guide: Soap's Sexiest Women

AMC's Young judges beautiful babies Themed "Summer Days and Country Ways," the Marion County Fair at the Oregon State Fairgrounds attracted hundreds of people of all ages during the weekend. And aside from carnival rides, funnel cakes and the petting zoo, the annual fair also featured some go-getter babies on Saturday. Actor Jacob Young served as the sole male judge, among five female judges. After the contest, Young spoke to a crowd of 100 about growing up in the Northwest in Tillamook, and playing J.R. Chandler on ALL MY CHILDREN. B&B's Gareis remembers her favorite teacher Some coaches watch their athletes grow up to be Olympic stars. Just a few coaches watch their athletes grow up to be soap-opera stars. Lancaster attorney Doug Cody is one of the few. Cody was the McCaskey swim coach when Jennifer Gareis, who now plays Donna Logan on CBS' THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL, was a freshman and sophomore in 1983-84 and 1984-85. Gareis was a Division III All-American swimmer at Franklin & Marshall. In the July 21st edition of the magazine CBS Soaps In Depth, Gareis was asked if she had a favorite teacher. Her reply: "Doug Cody. He was my history teacher and my coach. He was very inspirational and very cool. And actually, he was very cute, too. I had a big ol' crush on him!" His father, Bill Cody, the retired editor of the Intelligencer Journal, reports that all of this has resulted in more than a little good-natured ribbing at Patterson Cody Taylor & Winters. UGLY BETTY cliffhanger clue UGLY BETTY regular Christopher Gorham (who I saw in a play last summer with Darnell Williams) has been tapped to star on CBS' midseason drama HARPER'S ISLAND. The CBS Par-produced "Island" is a serialized horror story about a group of friends who meet on an island off the Seattle coast for a destination wedding. Gorham will play the groom-to-be, whose name, ironically, is Henry, which was also the name of his character on UGLY BETTY. On ABC's BETTY, the rivalry between Henry (Gorham) and Gio (recurring Freddy Rodriguez) for Betty's (America Ferrera) heart culminated in the second season finale where the final scene showed Betty seemingly making her choice, but the lucky guy was not revealed. Gorham won't return to the series, and Rodriguez, who has a few features lined up, is not expected to come back for more than one episode, which means new love life for Betty. She is not expected to stay on the sidelines for long -- hunk Val Emmich was just cast as recurring character Jesse, a new love interest for Betty. Jacob Frydman is chasing a deal With his fashionably long hair, expensively tailored suits, designer eye glasses and encyclopedic knowledge of facts, Jacob Frydman has become the slick, big city face of a proposal to take over Harrisburg's public parking facilities. What people might not realize is that the hard-driven real estate developer is a producer of the daytime soap "As the World Turns" and he was running a bulldozer on New Jersey construction sites before he could drive a car. Frydman, 50, grew up in northern New Jersey's Bergen County, just across the river from Manhattan, the son of self-made successes who were immigrants, according to interviews and the company's Web site. In 1999, Frydman's company purchased NBC Studios in Brooklyn, where the Bill Cosby Show had been filmed and the history dates to silent films. He and a partner, Michael Stiegelbauer, then lured AS THE WORLD TURNS to the studios, earning him a producing credit for handling what's called "below line" production -- sets, lighting and wardrobe, but not the acting, writing and directing. "I do go to the Emmys, and when we do win, I'm up on the stage," Frydman said. "I do know the actors, but it's not something I do on a day-to-day basis." Allentown native Amanda Seyfried: 'Mamma's' girl The former AS THE WORLD TURNS and ALL MY CHILDREN actress on her new film Mamma Mia: "Honestly, I didn't know anything about Abba or 'Mamma Mia!' I know now that my dad was a fan, back when Abba was huge, but I really just knew some A-Teens tunes, when the A-Teens were big. They were this teen group that sang Abba songs, and I was probably 13. And I only found out about the show because of the audition for the movie." Curtain falls on premiere of Edward Albee's "Occupant" today Signature Theatre Company's world-premiere production of Edward Albee's "Occupant," an intimate and rare biographical play about the life of artist Louise Nevelson, ends its extended run Off-Broadway today. Tony and Academy Award-winning actress Mercedes Ruehl and two-time Emmy winner and Tony nominee Larry Bryggman (AS THE WORLD TURNS) star in the play about sculptor Nevelson, who tells her life story to a well-dressed reporter; their chat is conducted after her death. EDITOR'S NOTE: I saw this play in late May and Bryggman continues to amaze. His loss is still felt on ATWT today. Julianne Moore is baffled by botox Forty-seven year old actress, Julianne Moore, who won an Emmy for playing Frannie and Sabrina on AS THE WORLD TURNS, understands that there is pressure in Hollywood to look good. In an online interview the actress said, "It’s hard for actresses. Our faces get to be blown up 50 feet wide, and you see stuff that otherwise you wouldn’t. People freak out." However, Moore cannot understand why women use Botox. She said that all it does it to make it obvious that they have had cosmetic surgery, not make them look younger. "You are not going to look the same as you did at 25. What are you going to do about it?"

This Week on ATWT

TV Guide Network debuted a new special, SOAP'S SEXIEST WOMEN, tonight. Kristoff St. John from Y&R hosted as they counted down the Top 25 sexiest women in soaps. SOAP'S SEXIEST MEN will air next Sunday night. Here's their list: #25 Rebecca Herbst (Liz, GH) #24 Maura West (Carly, ATWT) #23 Ashley Jones (Bridget, B&B) #22 Michelle Ray Smith (Ava, GL) #21 Shelley Hennig (Stephanie, DAYS) #20 Marnie Schulenburg (Alison, ATWT) #19 Eva Marcille (Tyra, Y&R) #18 Marie Wilson (Meg, ATWT) #17 Lesli Kay (Felicia, B&B) #16 Kirsten Storms (Maxie, GH) #15 Chrystal Khalil (Lily, Y&R) #14 Alicia Minshew (Kendall, AMC) #13 Bree Williamson (Jessica, OLTL) #12 Julie Pinson (Janet, ATWT) #11 Kristian Alfonso (Hope, DAYS) #10 Terri Colombino (Katie, ATWT) #9 Sharon Case (Sharon, Y&R) #8 Arianne Zuker (Nicole, DAYS) #7 Sarah Brown (Claudia, GH) #6 Gina Tognoni (Dinah, GL) #5 Rebecca Budig (Greenlee, AMC) #4 Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke, B&B) #3 Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe, DAYS) #2 Michelle Stafford (Phyllis, Y&R) #1 Kelly Monaco (Sam, GH)

Flashback: ONE LIFE TO LIVE September 1986

Phil Carey (ex-Asa, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) - 83 Bev Hromec (Dee, ROCKLAND COUNTY) - 47 Shari Headley (ex-Mimi, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Heather, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; ex-Felicia, GUIDING LIGHT) - 44 Kristoff St. John (Neil, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS; ex-Adam, GENERATIONS) - 42

ATWT & GL Stars in Celebrity Softball Game

1 Watch NBC Universal as they take on radio station Z-100 in the 3rd Annual Autism Speaks Celebrity Charity Softball Game on Sunday, July 27, 2008 at KeySpan Park, Coney Island, located at 1904 Surf Avenue, Brooklyn. Two teams of New York stars including Caitlin VanZandt, Kane Manera, and Bonnie Dennison from GUIDING LIGHT, Jon Prescott and Marnie Schulenburg from AS THE WORLD TURNS, Lonny Ross from 30 ROCK, Skeery Jones and Dave Brody from Z100, Dave Marciano from THE SHIELD, Jason Cameron from the DIY network, Evan Farmer, formerly of TLC's WHILE YOU WERE OUT, comedian Michael Sommerville, Jimmy "Mouth of the South" Hart formerly of WWE, and Josh Barrett and Michael Kelly of HBO's new mini series GENERATION KILL, will step up to the plate to help raise awareness about autism and funds for autism research. Tickets for the Autism Speaks Celebrity Softball Game can be purchased at the Brooklyn Cyclones box office or online at http://www.brooklyncyclones.com (click on Special Events). All proceeds from ticket sales will benefit Autism Speaks.