Welcome to the Darling Tower

1 Season two of DIRTY SEXY MONEY will be premiering on Wednesday, October 1st on ABC. To help promote the series, ABC invites you to be among the first to preview the brand new Darling Towers - Tripp Darling’s latest venture into luxury real estate. The towers will be appearing in Los Angeles and New York this fall, but ABC has created an interactive tour of the space at http://www.darlingtower.com.

Alison Sweeney launches Hydration For All

As host of NBC’s THE BIGGEST LOSER, Alison Sweeney knows the important role hydration plays in a healthy lifestyle. The celebrity mom (Alison announced recently she is expecting her second child!) and star of DAYS OF OUR LIVES joined Thermos at the ABC Kids Expo in Las Vegas to celebrate the launch of Thermos’ HydrationForAll.com Web site. The new Web site will educate families on the importance of staying properly hydrated, start a community to exchange tips on healthier, more active life, and talk about hydration issues around the world. For more information, please visit HydrationForAll.com. 1 Alison Sweeney at the HydrationForAll launch event on September 9

What do you think of OLTL's controversial Todd-Marty showmance?

1 TV Guide Canada has an interesting new poll up this week: What do you think of OLTL's controversial Todd-Marty showmance? The options are: * It's offensive on every level! * It's riveting, but uncomfortable to watch * Ron Carlivati has turned the best rape storyline in soap history into ratings stunt ploy! * Nelson's Choice: This storyline has made me delete 'OLTL' from my DVR permanently! * Whatever anyone thinks, Trevor St. John and Susan Haskell have major chemistry! * Marty and Todd are not Luke and Laura ? and never will be * What are the odds of a rape victim falling into her rapist's bed with amnesia ? seriously? So far, "It's offensive on every level" is winning with 35% of the votes. What do you think? Go vote in the poll now.

Shop Like A Soap Star - 2008 Tour At Wal-mart

1 Soap Opera Digest will be bringing soap stars to Wal-mart this fall. Come out and meet your favorite actors, get an autographed picture and pick-up FREE samples from our sponsors. All appearances are from 2-4pm. 9/27/08 Jason Thompson (Patrick, GENERAL HOSPITAL) Wal-Mart Supercenter, 2300 Sycamore Rd, Dekalb, IL 60115 10/4/08 Kamar de los Reyes (Antonio, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) Wal-Mart Supercenter, 5851 NW 177th St., Hialeah, FL 33015 10/11/08 Bryan Dattilo (Lucas, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) Wal-Mart Supercenter, 15955 FM 529 Rd., Houston, TX 77095 10/18/08 Greg Vaughan (Lucky, GENERAL HOSPITAL) Wal-Mart Supercenter, 2225 West Interstate 20, Grand Prairie, TX 75052 10/25/08 Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth, GENERAL HOSPITAL) Wal-Mart Supercenter, 1231 So. Sanderson Ave., Hemet, CA 92545 10/26/08 Christian LeBlanc (Michael, YOUNG & RESTLESS) Wal-Mart Supercenter, 2310 East Serene Ave., Las Vegas, NV 89123

Rauch In At Y&R

1 Michael Logan is reporting in the new TV Guide (Sept. 15-21) that Paul Rauch has officially replaced Josh Griffith as the Executive Producer of THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. Rauch has previous served as Executive Producer at ANOTHER WORLD, GUIDING LIGHT, SANTA BARBARA and ONE LIFE TO LIVE, and was the Co-Creator of TEXAS, LOVERS AND FRIENDS and FOR RICHER/FOR POORER. He has been credited as a consultant for the improved Y&R this year. Rauch has had some amazing successes in daytime (his early years on AW were some of the best in soap history) and some huge flops (who can forget the sad last year of SANTA BARBARA and the final shot of Rauch stomping out his cigarette to end the show). He has also had some highly visible conflict with top actors over the years like Virginia Dwyer, George Reinholt, and Jacqueline Courtney on ANOTHER WORLD, which lead to them all being fired. Y&R's previous executive producer Josh Griffith has been in the new a lot lately, reported as fired, then as still working, then as soon-to-be-fired. Looks like he's finally out the door. Rauch brings decades of soap experience to the table and we can hope fans see the best of Rauch and not the worst. Once again the backstage drama on daytime soaps (and let's not forget the press) is just as interesting as the happenings on the shows themselves.

Anna Holbrook Joins the S&S Cast

1 Anna Holbrook, who won a Daytime Emmy Award in 1996 as Outstanding Supporting Actress will be joining the cast of SCRIPTS & SCRUPLES in the role of Maggie Zegas, Sam's mother, and the wife of Alan (played by Kale Browne). This will be an ANOTHER WORLD reunion for Holbrook and Browne who played Sharlene and Michael, respectively, on the former NBC soap. Sharlene was John's true love, but did have a fling with his brother, Michael. To catch up on what Anna has been up to in recent years (in addition to her run on ONE LIFE TO LIVE in the summer of 2007), I recommend reading this wonderful article from the March 2008 issue of New Canaan - Darien Magazine.

Stand Up To Cancer Event

1 Tristan Rogers (Robert, GH: NIGHT SHIFT) and Shemar Moore (ex-Malcolm, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) were two of the many celebrities that attended the Stand Up To Cancer event at the Kodak Theatre Friday in Hollywood.

Patriko Darbo Out On The Town

Former DAYS OF OUR LIVES star Patrika Darbo turns up at a variety of interesting events and Saturday night was no different. She attended the Real Men of Reality TV 2009 Calendar Release party held at Sunstyle Tanning in West Hollywood. She is pictured here with Jacee Jule and Lorielle New.

Fox and Saum at Samsung Event

1 THE ONION: RNC Coverage: No Children Left Behind Kelly at The Onion writes: "I want to bring you up to date on the latest developments from the X-Cel Center in the City of Saints. Some of them are shocking indeed. Republicans have long valued the value of Commitment. And today they are honoring those of us who have made a commitment to children—"ALL MY CHILDREN"—by providing free Convention Access to the Emmy-winning daytime drama. I can report to you at this hour that Kendall Hart (she's bold, impulsive, and unwilling to take any crap) agrees to go with Zach Slater (Stoic Man of Honor, but with a Heart of Gold) to his beach house. After passionate love-making, she needs to go back to work but he insists they need time for them and should ignore the outside world. Zach is like a broken record, repeating that Kendall is spending too much energy on others and not their relationship. He thinks she's scared, and alludes to problems in their marriage. Kendall denies and claims their marriage is perfectly sound. It is a sad contrast that men like Zach are scarcely to be found on the American Political Landscape. We could use a man like him in office—and, yes, even the highest office in the land. Kendall should stop and realize what she's throwing away." CADY MCCLAIN: Back to school "I’m going back to school this fall and I’m pretty excited about it. Some writing classes and a class on the Paris-Berlin connection. It’s always weird to go back to school when you are older but f@*$ it. What can I do, turn back the clock? Noooooo. So, in I go again." 1 Don Diamont balances Y&R with his real-life role as Palisadian dad Several deaths in the Diamont family unit helped the actor make peace with his heritage. He learned that his mother's cousin had been injected with gasoline at Auschwitz. Dying of cancer in 1987, Diamont's father lamented raising his children without a cultural identity. When Diamont's brother, Jack, was diagnosed with a brain tumor two years later, the siblings decided on a joint bar mitzvah. Only Diamont made it to Stephen S. Wise Temple's bima, from which he paid tribute to his late sibling. More recently, Diamont's sister, Bette, succumbed to cardiac arrest, and his mother died of emphysema in 2006. Diamont struggled to work. 'It is ironic that as my mother passed, my TV mother has just been introduced on the show,' he said at the time. No doubt, millions of women would like to bed down bad boy Brad Carlton, but his real-life doppelganger is spoken for. Diamont's wife is Cindy Ambuehl, 43, who starred as Renee Peterson on the long-running primetime series 'JAG,' also on CBS. Rounding out the Diamont-Ambuehl nest in Santa Monica Canyon are the couple's twin boys, Anton and Davis, 5; and Diamont's children from a previous relationship, Lauren, 19, Sasha, 16, Alexander, 13, and Luca, 7. Diamont's Tulane-bound nephew, 19, the son of the actor's late sister, also lives with them. New '90210' debuts: The best surprise is no surprise What higher praise could "90210" aspire to? It didn't screw up! 9021-0MG! It's a Hit in the US; Australia next week Described as the most "crucial series launch of the fall season", 90210 has delivered on its ratings promise landing the No.1 show in 18-49. TEN's chief programming officer, David Mott, said: "What a fantastic result. The show resonates perfectly with our core 18-49 demographic and we can't wait for its Australian debut on Monday. JoAnn Alfano Named New Lifetime EVP The Emmy-winning producer and programmer (30 ROCK, SCRUBS, WILL & GRACE) is the former head of Lorne Michaels' production company Broadway Video and NBC's ex-comedy chief and one-time SNL publicist. Now JoAnn Alfano replaces Suzanne Daniels as Lifetime's entertanment chief, but gets a lesser title than president.