Sarah Brown At Max Payne Premiere

1 GENERAL HOSPITAL star Sarah Brown and a date attended the Los Angeles Premiere of Max Payne at the Mann's Grauman Chinese Theater on Monday night. The film stars Mark Wahlberg, Mila Kunis and Chris O'Donnell. The All Movie Guide says: "Rockstar Games' double-gunned action franchise comes to the big screen thanks to director John Moore and Mark Wahlberg, who embodies the title character of Max Payne, a widowed cop hell-bent on delivering justice no matter what the cost as he investigates a string of killings in his city. Mila Kunis and Chris O'Donnell head up the supporting cast, with Beau Thorne adapting the screenplay for the 20th Century Fox production."

ATWT Jean Passanante Speaks About Nuke & More

1 AS THE WORLD TURNS head writer Jean Passanante spoke with AfterElton about her role on the writing teams in the three biggest coming out storylines ever written on soaps (Billy on OLTL, Bianca on AMC and Luke on ATWT) and where things stand with the Luke and Noah romance on ATWT. From a Luke and Noah perspective, she talks about their lack of airtime, but doesn't say why that is. She also doesn't reveal anything new about the kissing ban, the reason they have not had sex or when/if Noah will ever be integrated more into the canvas of the show. On ONE LIFE TO LIVE's Billy Douglas (Ryan Phillipe): "..at the time there was a discussion about whether to make the gay teen character a part of the main family [the Buchanans], but ultimately it was decided to make Billy a friend of Joey Buchanan’s — not Joey. I think it was a great story, and it was groundbreaking in a lot of ways, but I also think it would have had more impact at that time if it had been somebody in Viki’s family." On ALL MY CHIDREN's Bianca Montgomery (Eden Riegel): "...so when I rolled over to ALL MY CHILDREN a few years later it was a great opportunity to make Bianca come out — because that was a case where she was Erica’s daughter." On AS THE WORLD TURNS' Luke Snyder (Van Hansis): "I think I heard a focus group or something that said, ‘When is Luke going to find a boyfriend?’ It was so clear the audience really cared about Luke. They wanted him to be happy, and so it’s been really interesting." On Luke and Noah (aka Nuke): "It hasn’t been polarizing. Of course you don’t really know whether someone is gay or straight when they tell you they love the story, but I can only assume the positive response has far outweighed any negative feedback we’ve gotten. I mean, the audience loves this couple!" So why haven't Luke and Noah consummated their relationship? Their chastity seems glaring considering even Luke’s significantly younger cousins Parker and Liberty have hit the sack. “Yeah but then everybody yelled at us for that!” she says laughing before turning serious. “We’ll take the time we think we need to tell the story. Part of what you’re experiencing as a delay is the fact that [Luke and Noah] just haven’t been on the air very much.” Timed to mirror the U.S. Presidential election, Luke and Kevin will run against each other for Oakdale U.’s student council president. Passanante says the election storyline will run a few weeks, but that Kevin could be around longer depending on fan reaction.

Soap Opera Digest Covers - Time To Change Things Up

When is Soap Opera Digest going to start spreading the wealth with their cover stories? Here's a look at the SOD covers for the past 15 weeks starting with the latest issue date: Click to enlarge 1 I have no problem with Eric Braeden (the main cover story in 5 of the last 15 issues) or Maurice Benard and have read a number of interesting stories about their lives, but there are other actors on daytime, many of whom have never been on the SOD cover or even gotten close. 1 Breakdown of the last 15 Digest covers by number of actor appearances (for two with two or more cover shots): 5 Y&R's Eric Braeden 4 GH's Maurice Benard (includes one subscriber only appearance) 3 DAYS'/AMC's Tamara Braun 3 GH's Jason Thompson 3 Y&R's Raya Meddine 3 OLTL's Trevor St. John 2 DAYS' Deidre Hall 2 GH's Megan Ward 2 Y&R's Peter Bergman 2 AMC's Alicia Minshew If you go back even further you will notice the same trend with Y&R and GH dominating the covers with some DAYS thrown in while the other shows rarely are featured unless you are a subscriber. And pretty much the same actors as well. Does this mean subscribers enjoy ATWT, GL and B&B so they get custom covers but Digest believes fans will not buy magazines featuring those shows from newsstands? Not even Susan Lucci has made the cover recently despite her DANCING WITH THE STARS crossover. It's time to update your business model, Soap Opera Digest. All you have to do is look at your "Poll Call" page to see which actors and couples your readers are enjoying the most. This week alone, Van Hansis was voted as favorite ATWT actor for the 52nd straight week (one full year), and not even an inset cover pic in all that time despite being in one of the most talked about soap storylines of the past decade. How about a cover story on the impact of gay characters on daytime television? Or the lack of African American covers both on the daytime soaps and your cover? I honestly believe a little more diversity and the taking of a few journalistic chances would pay off for your magazine. Just because the writing for the soaps you cover is inconsistent at best does not mean you have to produce an inferior magazine about the genre. With over 150 contract actors on the daytime soaps alone, and a number of interesting behind the scenes stories of various executives and crew members, stop limiting yourself to what seems like a few favorites from the Digest staff. If your marketing research tells you that you are on the right path, it is wrong.