Y&R: Katy Perry Behind the Scenes

Go behind the scenes with music artist Katy Perry as she guest stars on THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, airing on Thursday, June 12th.

DAYS: Anatomy of a Love Scene

1 EASTENDERS' summer of red hot plots EASTENDERS bosses are apparently promising viewers a summer of red hot plots. The residents of Albert Square are going to be rocked by a series of dramas and romances, according to the Daily Star. A source told the paper: "Fans won't know what has hit them with these plots." Max Branning - played by Jake Wood - apparently returns to Walford after daughter Abi (Lorna Fitzgerald) sends him a text pretending to be from his wife Tanya begging him to come home. But when he arrives he finds Tanya (Jo Joyner) is happily in a relationship with his brother Jack (Scott Maslen). Max is furious and plots revenge, which could prove dangerous for Jack, who has managed to hide the real reason he left the police. Meanwhile, pregnant Roxy Mitchell (Rita Simons) is trying her best to avoid Sean Slater (Rob Kazinsky) but he follows her on her family holiday and makes it clear he wants to be there as the father of his baby. Roxy's sister Ronnie (Samantha Janus) is stunned when their father Archie (Larry Lamb) turns up. And it seems Phil Mitchell (Steve McFadden) is set to find love again with Max Branning's saucy sister Suzy (Maggie O'Neill). BLOG UPDATE: Sara A. Bibel Bibel interviewed Y&R stars Jeanne Cooper, Kate Linder, Christian LeBlanc, Tracey Bregman, Nia Peeples and Tammin Sursok at Monday's Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Emmy celebration. INTERVIEW: AMC's Rebecca Budig answers questions from fans "I DO love working with Thorsten. We have a nice thing there, but I think the powers that be really love Kendall and Zach as a couple and are resistant to break them up. We shall see." Ex-EASTENDER Shaun heads to THE BILL? Former EASTENDER Shaun Williamson is apparently set to guest star on THE BILL. It seems the actor will play gang leader Dave Monks, who comes under scrutiny during an international drugs smuggling investigation. The actor told The Sun: "I had forgotten about the long days and how hard the actors and crew work on a continuing drama. But everyone has been fantastic to work with." DVRs lifting network TV? Copy that The growing popularity of digital video recorders is brightening the picture for network TV, which has been buffeted by steady erosion to cable. Only 23% of TV homes owned a DVR in May, Nielsen says. But that's nearly double the 12.4% average for the 2006-07 season. And because DVR users watch more TV than others, their impact on ratings is magnified. "People with DVRs have the capability of watching this stuff whenever they want," says ABC's Larry Hyams, adding that the most-recorded shows have ratings 40% higher in DVR homes. Problem is, until recently, networks haven't profited from procrastinators. In a compromise, they can now charge advertisers for delayed viewership, but only within three days. DVR users also can more easily skip commercials. AUDIO: Kate Linder Interview On Tuesday's episode of Daytime Confidential Luke and Mike visited with THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS star Kate Linder about her twenty six year career on the number one rated soap. ARMY WIVES Musters Record Audience The second-season premiere of ARMY WIVES (starring former ALL MY CHILDREN star Kim Delaney) set ratings records for Lifetime. About 4.5 million people watched the premiere Sunday night (June 8), making the episode the most-watched original series telecast in the cable channel's history. CELEBRITY CIRCUS starts tonight Look for former soap stars Antonio Sabato Jr. (GH, B&B) and Christopher Knight (AW) to be among the celebrities on tonight's 90-minute opener. 1 Is Father Kieron really sticking with HOLLYOAKS? Last week, Sharon Marshall announced on THIS MORNING that, owing to online petitions, HOLLYOAKS bosses had made the decision to keep Father Kieron Hobbs (Jake Hendriks), as opposed to killing him off as various rumours have suggested. However, a source at the Channel 4 soap's production house Lime Pictures tells me that "the fate of Kieron has yet to be determined". Daytime Emmy Goody bags Today, glotosleep.us announced that they are making their flagship product, the popular non-addictive alternative to sleeping pill, GLO to SLEEP™ masks, available to all of the nominees and media at the 2008 Daytime Emmys at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles on June 18th and 19th. The top-ranked cast and crew of the THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, as well as the other nominees and media, will be receiving GLO to SLEEP™ masks, the healthy alternative to sleeping pills, which assist the wearer to achieve natural sleep without the use of electronics and are made from lightweight, hypoallergenic materials in the U.S. TV Squad Soap Report: GH gets graded "To put it bluntly, GENERAL HOSPITAL needs some intensive care. The show is suffering from post-dramatic stress disorder, not traumatic, dramatic."

OLTL: Tina and Marty are back!

DAYS OF OUR LIVES stars Jay Kenneth Johnson and Nadia Bjorlin reveal the ins and outs of making a love scene work.

ABC Daytime Emmy Press Release

1 STARS ATTENDING 35TH ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMYS® WHAT: "The 35th Annual Daytime Emmy® Awards," hosted by Cameron Mathison ("All My Children," "Dancing with the Stars") and Sherri Shepherd ("The View") WHEN: Friday, June 20, 2008 (3:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., PT) WHERE: The Kodak Theatre (6801 Hollywood Blvd. at Highland Avenue) WHO: Confirmed to attend: (subject to change): Bradford Anderson, Tyra Banks, Brandon Barash, Texas Battle, Brandon Beemer, Julie Berman, Blake Berris, Nadia Bjorlin, Nazanin Boniadi, Roscoe Born, Tamara Braun, Darin Brooks, Sarah Brown, Dylan Bruce, Rebecca Budig, Tyler Christopher, Bradley Cole, Crystal Chappell, Shawn Christian, Claire Coffee, Jason Cook, Daniel Cosgrove, Ewa de Cruz, Bryan Dattilo, Doug Davidson, Eileen Davidson, Trent Dawson, Ellen DeGeneres, Kassie DePaiva, Don Diamont, Josh Duhon, Bobbie Eakes, Michael Easton, Sonya Eddy, Beth Ehlers, Melissa Egan, Judi Evans, Mary Beth Evans, Farah Fath, Nicole Forester, Jennifer Gareis, Anthony Geary, Ricky Paul Goldin, Nancy Lee Grahn, Van Hansis, Judge Glenda Hatchett, Winsor Harmon, Susan Haskell, Richard Hearst, Carolyn Hennesy, Shelley Hennig, Jon Hensley, Rebecca Herbst, Drake Hogestyn, Finola Hughes, Thorsten Kaye, Kent King, Kelley Menighan Hensley, Leann Hunley, John Ingle, Jay Johnson, Ashley Jones, Lesli Kay, Jimmy Kimmel, Maeve Kinkead, Lauren Koslow, Jennifer Landon, John-Paul Lavoisier, Jessica Leccia, Kyle Lowder and Susan Lucci. Also attending: Stephen Macht, Billy Magnussen, Cameron Mathison, Peggy McCay, Kimberly McCullough, Rachel Melvin, Alicia Minshew, Debbi Morgan, Robert Newman, Stephen Nichols, Minae Noji, Tom Pelphrey, Thaao Penglis, Regis Philbin, Jon Prescott, Peter Reckell, Robin Riker, Kristen Renton, Jim Reynolds, Sebastian Roche, Suzanne Rogers, Marcy Rylan, Judge Judy Sheindlin, Marnie Schulenburg, Chauntee Schuler, James Scott, Melody Thomas Scott, Sherri Shepherd, Jake Silbermann, Tina Sloan, Cornelius Smith, Jesse Lee Soffer, Kirsten Storms, Alison Sweeney, Heather Tom, Gina Tognoni, Aiden Turner, Jack Wagner, Barbara Walters, Megan Ward, Maura West, Darnell Williams, Montel Williams, Marie Wilson, Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Laura Wright, John J. York, Judge David Young, Kim Zimmer, Arianne Zucker, among others. SCHEDULE: 1:00 p.m. Media arrives on the Daytime Emmy Red Carpet 3:00 p.m. Kodak Theatre press rooms (levels 1 and 5) officially open; check-in outside of theater on level 5 (next to the Hollywood & Highland Grand Ballroom) 3:05 p.m. Red Carpet officially opens 4:30 p.m. Red Carpet officially closes 5:00 p.m. 35th Annual Daytime Emmys broadcast begins 7:00 p.m. 35th Annual Daytime Emmys broadcast ends

Daytime Emmy Nominee Reception

1 Tracey E. Bregman, Emily O'Brien, Nadia Bjorlin and Alison Sweeney were among the attendees at The Academy Of TV Arts & Sciences presents The Daytime Emmy Nominee Reception at the Warner Music Building in Burbank on Monday. Other attendees included Judi Evans, Christian LeBlanc, Jeanne Cooper, Thaao Penghlis, Texas Battle, Kate Linder, Leann Hunley, McKenzie Westmore, Brandon Beemer, Tracy Ross, Tammin Sursok, Tamara Braun, Robin Riker, Raya Meddine, Rachel Melvin, Patrika Darbo and Nia Peeples. 1 1 1 1

InTurn Season 3 Episode 17: The Winner is Revealed.

Justin, Nell and Michael return to the AS THE WORLD TURNS studio where Chris Goutman announces the newest INTURN to join the cast.

CMA Music Festival

Former GL and OLTL actress Hayden Panettiere in Glamour "It’s great to be single. It’s great to have boyfriends. Or girlfriends. There are occasions when you kiss your best friend growing up, having fun and goofing about. Like perfecting your technique." Axed CORRIE star will return to old job CORONATION STREET star Matthew Crompton has decided to return to his old job as a builder after being axed from the show. The actor will film his final scenes as bookie Dan Mason on the ITV1 soap later this year. He was told that he was being dropped from the programme in April as part of a huge cast clear-out. "It won't worry me. I had a good laugh on the building site and the people I was working with were fantastic," Crompton told the Sunday Mirror. "Everyone's got to work and pay the rent. Between acting jobs I'd rather get out and do other things than sit on the dole." DAYS OF OUR LIVES Weekly Preview AUDIO: Tom Casiell Interview On their latest podcast, Daytime Confidential's Luke and Jamey visit with Tom Casiello, veteran soap scribe turned blogger, about his career in the daytime industry. BLOG UPDATE: Sara A. Bibel "Recasts are one of the more frustrating aspects of being a soap fan. After years of getting to know every nuance of an actor’s portrayal of a character, suddenly the audience is asked to expect a new face in the role. It’s a convention that doesn’t exist in primetime." AUDIO: The Nuke Fancast Episode #2 This week's show featured a hilarious recap of last week's Nuke story AS THE WORLD TURNS and a live call-in from the Tammy Rubin Rice softball game from yours truly and others. 1 Y&R's Braeden at 57th annual Sun Fun Festival Fans formed a line in front of a tent for Eric Braeden, who has played wealthy villain Victor Newman on soap-opera classic THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS since 1980. "I don't think he's really bad. He's just misunderstood," said Marilyn Barnhardt, who left her Concord, N.C., home at 4 a.m. to secure the first spot. A copy of CBS Soaps in Depth magazine sat on the ground between her and her husband, both daily viewers and Braeden fans for the past six years. "I love him. He's the main character." Tea Time With Kate Linder and Friends Join Y&R's Kate Linder as she host the 10th Annual Afternoon Tea in Vancouver benefiting the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation. Christian Leblanc (Michael) and Emily O'Brien (Jana) will join Kate on Saturday, July 12 from 1:00 – 3:00 pm at the Vancouver Marriott Pinnacle Downtown, Vancouver BC, Canada. High tea will be followed by a question and answer session, raffle, live auction, exclusive THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS merchandise and an autograph session with Kate, Christian and Emily. High Tea is presented by Global TV, Alaska Airlines, Black Press, Clear FM, KlasAct Communications and the Blanche MacDonald Centre. Tickets cost $60.00 US in advance, or are available by calling (604) 683-2873. IMAGINARY BITCHES: Imaginary Sex (Episode 6)

Intense Tuesday Nuke Preview

BLOG UPDATE: Sara A. Bibel "These days, soap characters seem to have the lifespans of fruit flies. Death has always been a part of the genre. It should be. At their best, soaps are a magnified, funhouse version of our own lives, and unfortunately all of us eventually experience the deaths of loved ones. But so many characters have died in the past couple years, often in brutal, graphic ways, that death has lost some of its soap meaning." Breaking SAG vs AFTRA News: Now AFTRA Ridiculously Threatens SAG Sunday it came to light that SAG asked AFTRA to delay asking its membership to ratify the new deal with the AMPTP until after SAG reaches a deal, too. But AFTRA refused and threatened legal action in an unnecesaarily nasty letter in response. You Don't Mess with the Zohan made $40M in its opening weekend The new Adam Sandler flick features a wonderful guest appearance by veteran soap actress Kathleen Noone (ALL MY CHILDREN, PASSIONS, SUNSET BEACH). After 20 Years, Kyle Chandler Gets Off the Bench In a scene toward the end of the second season of FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS, the NBC drama marginally about Texas high school football and substantively about everything else — love, marriage, faith, class, parenthood, resignation — Eric Taylor is seen conducting the hard business of coaching, which, as is so often the case for him, has very little to do with strategizing the offensive line. "I tried pre-med and pre-law, but I just wasn’t a great student," he said. "Then one night I was with a girl in Athens and we bummed some cigarettes from some people and started talking, and it was just one of those moments. I thought, 'O.K., here are some interesting people,' and it turned out that they were all in the theater department." Burnet returns to HOLLYOAKS Guy Burnet, who plays Craig Dean on HOLLYOAKS, is set to return to the teen-soap later this year. Are we to hope for a ruckus with John-Paul, his jilted-at-the-airport lover? Or maybe some tears from Sarah? VIDEO: Watch the NewNextNow Awards Luke and Noah of AS THE WORLD TURNS lost in the Best Gay Kiss category to Captain Jack and Ianto of TORCHWOOD. Mad May returns to EASTENDERS to seek a fiery revenge As villains go Dr May is probably one of the loopiest ones around. The doctor who fled Walford after trying to snatch Dawn's baby returns to Albert Square to seek her revenge which ends up in a fiery blaze. In dramatic scenes that will be aired later this month, the crazy lady finally gets her chance to reek further havoc into Dawn Swann's life. BLOG UPDATE: Lynn Liccardo "Ever since soap operas began on radio in the 1930s, they’ve have been seen as the homely stepchild of entertainment. Even when soaps were great – and make no mistake, they were once great – the public perception was that they sucked. And now, daytime soaps really do suck – an ironic, self-fulfilling prophecy come to pass. But they shouldn’t… suck, that is."

DAYS, Y&R and B&B Stars at Monte Carlo Television Festival

1 Deidre Hall, Drake Hogestyn, Christel Khalil, Prince Albert of Monaco, Jennifer Gareis and actor Greg Rikaart attended the opening night of the 48th Monte Carlo Television Festival held at Grimaldi Forum on Sunday in Monaco.