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.

PHOTOS: Tammy Rubin Rice Charity Softball Game

ABC hit a three run homer in the bottom of the 7th (they only played seven innings) to win the game. ABC trailed CBS since the top half of the first and final score was their only lead of the day. Stars from AS THE WORLD TURNS, GUIDING LIGHT, ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE competed in the 10th annual event. Here are some of my photos from today's game. 1 1 1 1 1

Cyndi Lauper Discusses Her ATWT Visit on Entertainment Tonight

Scott Holmes (Tom, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-Dave, RYAN'S HOPE) - 56

The Nuke Fancast - Today at Noon ET

1 Tune in today at Noon ET/9am PT for the premiere episode of "The Nuke Fancast" on BlogTalk Radio.