AIDS Walk New York

1 I had the pleasure of walking in the New York AIDS Walk today as part of the AS THE WORLD TURNS team. It was a great experience and the expected rain held out until the end. Wolé Parks (Dallas) let the ATWT team this year which raised just under $10,000. Team VanHansis.net was part of the ATWT team and raised $1,800. Even though the walk is over, you can still donate here.

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POZ Event: AIDS Walk NY Fundraiser

As promised, here are some additional pictures from the benefit held last night at Prohibition which featured music from the sensational Ilene Kristen as well as Marj Dusay. The band was rocking all night. This is me with Farah Fath and John-Paul Lavoisier from ONE LIFE TO LIVE. 1 With the talented Van Hansis from AS THE WORLD TURNS. 1 With John Brotherton from ONE LIFE TO LIVE who I named best newcomer of 2007 late last year. 1 Alicia Minshew from ALL MY CHILDREN with her fiancé Richie Hersch. 1 Ilene Kristen from ONE LIFE TO LIVE and my film, Manhattanites, performing. 1 With Wolé Parks from AS THE WORLD TURNS who is leading the ATWT AIDS Walk team this year. He was happy to hear about Team VanHansis.net raising money and walking at this Sunday's event. To donate, visit the team page. 1 Many other stars were on hand including Billy Miller, Trent Dawson, Kristen Alderson, Jon Prescott, Billy Mangnussen, BethAnn Bonner, Brandon Buddy, Mark Dobies, Melissa Claire Egan and more.

New Brief

Why GUIDING LIGHT is Self-Destructing Patrick Erwin blogs: "The other day I got so fed up, I turned off GUIDING LIGHT and swore I’d never turn it back on. That might have been an overreaction — of course I’ve been watching it so long that I’ll inevitably tune in again sometime. But in my up-and-down relationship with GL, it’s time to give it some tough love. My old friend has changed drastically over the last few years, but these days, it seems to be self-destructing." 1 Little goes from CORRIE to HOLLYOAKS to AMC Daran Little was for many years the archivist at CORONATION STREET, one of the world’s longest running soaps. He then went on to become one of its best writers before leaving to write for the young and sexy UK soap opera HOLLYOAKS. He's now living in New York and writing for ALL MY CHILDREN. Little, who turned 42 earlier this week, was the writer responsible for putting the first gay kiss ever onto CORONATION STREET and introducing CORRIE's first gay character too. AUDIO: Interview with Eden Riegel Emmy award winning actress Eden Riegel (ex-Bianca, ALL MY CHILDREN) appeared on "BuzzWorthy Radio" and spoke about her time at AMC and her original webseries, IMAGINARY BITCHES, that airs every Friday night on YouTube. Episode 3 of IMAGINARY BITCHES is now online. Lynda Hirsch's weekly soap roundup Lorenzo Lamas' daughter won THE BACHELOR; Forbes March will be leaving ONE LIFE TO LIVE; and more on the passing of Nicolette Goulet. Rambin part of "My Houston" campaign Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner A.J. Foyt will join President George H.W. Bush and 23 others in Houston’s first global image campaign. The "My Houston" campaign is a project of the Greater Houston Convention and Visitors Bureau. The ad featuring Houston’s most famous race driver offers his unique perspective on his beloved city, including his favorite restaurants and a recounting of his 200-mph drive on the 610 Freeway. It is appearing in this month’s Continental In-Flight magazine as well as the May 19 edition of the Wall Street Journal and the May 23 edition of USA Today. Other participants in the campaign include singer Beyonce Knowles, CBS commentator Jim Nantz, GREY'S ANATOMY actor Chandra Wilson, PBS TV host Bill Stubbs, rock band Blue October, Houston Dynamo soccer star Brian Ching, Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis, PROJECT RUNWAY winner Chloe Dao, country music stars Clay Walker, Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black, Houston Rockets center Yao Ming, Houston Texans coach Gary Kubiak, heavyweight champ George Foreman, entertainers Hilary and Haylie Duff, PGA golfer K.J. Choi, ALL MY CHILDREN actress Leven Rambin, Latin Grammy winner Oscar de la Rosa and Grammy-winning gospel star Yolanda Adams. Will the 'Housewives' Take a Leap Forward? Some DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES fans seem ready to abandon the show based on something that hasn't happened yet. If that wasn't odd enough, it comes at a time when the show is concluding arguably its best season ever. And that's in spite of dealing with the writers' strike, which cut the season back from 22 hours to 17. The unofficial word is that DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES is going to be doing a time warp before next season. That the show will leap ahead in time either at the end of Sunday's two-hour, fourth-season finale or at the beginning of next season.

Behind the Scenes at ATWT

AS THE WORLD TURNS is using outdoors sets more and more like sister soap GUIDING LIGHT. In this interview with WTVR in Richmond, Billy Magnussen, Kelly Menighan-Hensley and Michael Park discuss the changes. 1

Behind-The-Scenes at Y&R

As promised, here are some additional pictures from the benefit held last night at Prohibition which featured music from the sensational Ilene Kristen as well as Marj Dusay. The band was rocking all night. This is me with Farah Fath and John-Paul Lavoisier from ONE LIFE TO LIVE. 1 With the talented Van Hansis from AS THE WORLD TURNS. 1 With John Brotherton from ONE LIFE TO LIVE who I named best newcomer of 2007 late last year. 1 Alicia Minshew from ALL MY CHILDREN with her fiancé Richie Hersch. 1 Ilene Kristen from ONE LIFE TO LIVE and my film, Manhattanites, performing. 1 With Wolé Parks from AS THE WORLD TURNS who is leading the ATWT AIDS Walk team this year. He was happy to hear about Team VanHansis.net raising money and walking at this Sunday's event. To donate, visit the team page. 1 Many other stars were on hand including Billy Miller, Trent Dawson, Kristen Alderson, Jon Prescott, Billy Mangnussen, BethAnn Bonner, Brandon Buddy, Mark Dobies, Melissa Claire Egan and more.

ATWT's Jon Hensley on Holden/Carly

Reva pops the question on GUIDING LIGHT, no Josh-in' In her typical brash fashion, GUIDING LIGHT heroine Reva proposes to Jeffrey next week. "They have this great day moving into The Beacon, and Reva decides they need their own song," says Kim Zimmer (below), who plays Reva. "They have these cute romantic scenes figuring out what their love song is." 1 VIDEO: Behind the scenes at DAYS DAYS OF OUR LIVES is one of the most popular soap operas on daytime television and the NBC studio in Burbank is where it all happens. KSEE visited the set and the tour guide was Darin Brooks, better known as Max Brady. He is the former race car driver, turned bar tender who in just the three years on the show, has already had quite a life. He said he used to fund illegal prostitution and done plenty of other crazy things as Max. Brooks walked KSEE through the fictional town of Salem, home to some of the most outlandish and most memorable story lines. He showed us the many mansions that host the trials and tribulations of feuding families--serial killings, baby swamping, affairs and lots of brainwashing. Y&R launches "Restless Style" today Today, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS is launching an extensive online fashion and lifestyle magazine, RestlessStyle.com, to coincide with the launch of their in-show print magazine Restless Style. The site offers the latest runway trends, fresh beauty tips and red carpet coverage, in addition to such things as videos, polls, photo galleries and horoscopes. RestlessStyle.com is a destination outlet which provides fashion and lifestyle enthusiasts the opportunity to absorb cutting edge content and fashion coverage. The digital content will run concurrently with the upcoming Y&R storylines relating to "Restless Style" -- the print magazine run by Nicholas and Phyllis Newman (Joshua Morrow and Michelle Stafford) and Jack and Sharon Abbott (Peter Bergman and Sharon Case). EVENT: Soaps stars go celebrity fishing Hollywood star gazers who love to fish can have the best of both worlds Saturday when the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Foundation hold its first Celebrity Fishing Tournament. The event ---- from 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday ---- is a fund-raiser for the lagoon foundation and its programs, with additional proceeds going to benefit the United Anglers of Southern California and Hubbs Sea World Research Institute. The tournament will feature an assortment of TV and film celebrities, who will head out on fishing boats to try their luck in the lagoon. Participants include former ANOTHER WORLD star Christopher Knight; DAYS OF OUR LIVES stars Arianne Zuker, Joseph Mascolo and Patrika Darbo; Kyle Lowder of THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL; and Richard Steinmetz of PASSIONS. Springfield has played a soap heartthrob - and is still one in real life Rick Springfield returned to GENERAL HOPSITAL in 2005 with absolutely no intention of singing on the soap opera. The actor-musician was there to be Dr. Noah Drake - the heartthrob surgeon he originated in 1983 - and that was it. Then came a new CD ("Venus in Overdrive," due out July 29) and the opportunity to perform one of the album's tracks - "Who Killed Rock 'N Roll - and suddenly the idea of singing on camera didn't sound so bad. The show's writers created a Dr. Noah Drake look-alike - rocker Eli Love - and Springfield had his opportunity to perform on camera. "I ended up playing a rock star, which I vowed I would never do," said Springfield, 58, between concerts in Milwaukee, part of a tour that takes him to the Cerritos Center for the Performing Arts on Wednesday night. "You get (the music) out however you can get it out." Look for Eli Love to make a return appearance to GH in the days leading up to the CD's release, performing "What's Victoria's Secret," the first single off of "Venus in Overdrive." EMMERDALE, CORRIE and EASTENDERS spoilers for tonight EMMERDALE: You know how honesty is supposed to be vital in a marriage? Well, sometimes it's not and Ashley has still got his vicar's knickers in a twist over Laurel's confession that she kissed Greg - a man with all the sex appeal of a steak and ale pie. CORONATION STREET: Choice of background music is crucial when you're trying to snare a fella. The Verve's "The Drugs Don't Work" did wonders for Carla. It should be on everybody's Music To Snog Your Brother-In-Law-To playlist. But she makes a balls-up of it tonight. As Liam makes up his mind who he wants to spend the rest of his life with (OK, make that the rest of the week), Carla's got Amy Winehouse doing "Back To Black" (aka the anthem of the lover who finished in second place). EASTENDERS: The chewed lip, the sad expression... we've suspected for a long time that Ronnie was harbouring a painful secret. I'd have guessed constipation, but tonight she puts Peggy and the rest of us in the picture.

Y&R's Restless Style Press Conference

Jon Hensley is interviewed in the new issue of Soap Opera Weekly. He had this to say about the growing friendship between Holden and Carly: "When I first started seeing Holden and Carly (in scenes) togehter, I thought, "This is a mistake. This isn't going to work." But as time has gone on, and I've worked with Marua, as wrong as it might seem, it might just be the way to go for a little while. I hope fans are willing to give it a try, because I'm doing my best to make it work, and so is Maura. Carly and Jack can only be together for so long until it's time to move on - and eventually they're going to make their way back together. Let's tell the CarJackers to at least give Holden and Carly a chance (laughs)."

Andrea Evans on Entertainment Tonight

George Kotsiopoulos, formerly of The New York Times Magazine, and currently style director at C Magazine, is lending his fashion and style expertise for Restless Style and will also be appearing on Y&R as a fashion consultant. Additionally, lifestyle and fashion writer/editor/reporter Peter McQuaid, who contributes to The New York Times Magazine, InStyle Magazine and The Los Angeles Times, is also joining George for this venture by overseeing and providing editorial content for RestlessStyle.com. "We love being able to offer this innovative extension of our show not only to our loyal viewers, but to anyone who loves to follow fashion, beauty and trends. ‘Y&R’ has always had a glamorous edge to it, while still remaining accessible to viewers. We feel this site will offer something for everyone while also providing additional story elements for our fans that will run alongside what you see on the show everyday," said Josh Griffith, executive producer, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS. Furthermore, fans of the daytime drama will be able to see things from the show crossing over onto the site, blurring the lines between reality and fantasy, while engaging users with interactive features such as a slideshow widget, powered by Moblyng (formerly known as Fliptrack), that allows personal photos depicting favorite fashion trends to be uploaded onto the site. Users can also grab the widget and embed it onto their blogs, social networks and websites. The site also allows fans to customize their own playlist from the five different themes - New York Lifestyle, Hollywood Lounge, Summer Stylin', Paris Runway and Restless Style. From Crackle: 'YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS' RESTLESSSTYLE.COM1