ATWT Casting Notice

ATWT has put out a casting notice for the character of Randi, a female cop who shares scenes with Henry and Mike per the audition script. In the audition scene, Henry and Randi are in the Lakeview dining room and Henry is trying to get Randi to go on a real date with him and to forget about Mike. Randi isn't interested but Henry finally makes her see that Mike isn't around or interested so she agrees. These audition scripts are sometimes nothing like what would actually play out on the show so take it with a grain of salt.

DC Podcast: Nelson Branco's Emmy Predictions

1 On today's Daytime Confidential Podcast, TV Guide Canada's Nelson Branco joins Luke and Jamey as they make their predictions on who will take home the Emmy at the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Friday. Picks are made for who should win and who will win from Outstanding Show, Writing, Lead Actor, Lead Actress, Supporting Actor, Supporting Actress, Younger Actor and Younger Actress. Nelson reveals which episodes the stars submitted and who had strongest episodes and who's episodes didn't even compete. Check back here later this week for full list of all the expert's Emmy picks.

Producer Robert Calhoun dies at 77

Robert Calhoun, best known to soap fans for his runs as Executive Producer at AS THE WORLD TURNS and GUIDING LIGHT has passed away. He died of lung cancer in New York on May 24th at age 77. Calhoun won a 1987 Daytime Emmy Award for producing AS THE WORLD TURNS and was nominated for five more Emmys as a producer and two as a director. Calhoun's work over the years ranged from helping to launch the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles to translating Italian film scripts into English while working in Italy in the early 1970s. Calhoun was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He graduated from the U. of Maryland, after serving three years in the U.S. Navy. His early work in the theater included a stint as production supervisor for Eva Le Gallienne's National Repertory Theater, during productions of Arthur Miller's "The Crucible" and Anton Chekhov's "The Seagull," where he met his lifelong partner, the actor Farley Granger, in 1963. Calhoun subsequently moved to Southern California, where he worked on early productions at the Mark Taper Forum. In 1970, Calhoun moved to Italy with Granger, and spent several years living in Rome. He went back in the mid-1970s to Southern California and the Mark Taper, where he directed plays for the New Theater for Now program. After a few years, he returned to New York to work in daytime television. Calhoun was co-author of Granger's memoir, "Include Me Out," which was published in 2007. He is survived by Granger, two brothers and a sister. 1 This photo shows Farley Granger, left, and companion Robert Calhoun and dogs Luke and Molly in Rome in 1972.

Soap Stars at Tony Awards

Laura Bell Bundy (GUIDING LIGHT), Laurence Fishburne (ONE LIFE TO LIVE) and Marisa Tomei (AS THE WORLD TURNS) were among the former soap stars on hand for last night's Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall celebrating the best in Broadway. "In the Heights" won as top musical, "August: Osage County" for best play and "South Pacific" for best revival. 1

Leven Rambin Leaves NYC For L.A. For Role On Fox’s TERMINATOR

1 Recently departed ALL MY CHILDREN star Leven Rambin will be leaving NYC this Thursday for the city of angels for several months to work on TERMINATOR: THE SARAH CONNOR CHRONICLES, which is in its second season and will premiere on Monday, September 8th. She will be playing Reilly, a young new friend who is quick-witted and quick on her feet (and has interactions with the famed character John Connor, of course). Rambin plans on dividing her time between the coasts and will be coming back to NYC for a farewell bash soon: "I need to have a proper send of to the land of the lucid, laland, Terminatorville!!"

Flashback: ANOTHER WORLD 1981

This episode features many fan faves and includes appearances by a shirtless Ray Liotta (Joey Perrini), Christopher Knight (Leigh Hobson) and Ed O'Neill (Lenny). Be sure to check out the P&G Classic Soap Channel for more episodes from the Procter & Gamble archives.

Don't Miss The Tony Awards!

The Tony Awards just started on CBS. Be sure to tune in to see how many folks from the soap world you can spot. Here's a picture of Alec Baldwin (ex-Billy, THE DOCTORS) on the red carpet. He is one of the presenters tonight. 1

The Nuke Fancast - Episode #3

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Catching Up With ATWT's Billy Magnussen

Nelson Branco's weekly "Suds Report" Shocker: OLTL’s Erin Torpey returns! Antonio Sabato Jr. works the NIGHT SHIFT! Pre-Emmy party gossip! GL hires four head writers! DAYS brave social-issue story! Michael Tylo speaks on son’s tragic death! Stop the presses: Dylan Bruce is Canadian! Duffy back to B&B DALLAS vet Patrick Duffy (ex-Bobby) returns as THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL patriarch Stephen Logan on June 20. Tweaked OLTL Tale Adds "Original" Jess Michael Logan at TV Guide reports: What the Tuck? There's already a hitch in those fantastic One Life to Live 40th anniversary plans I revealed earlier this week. Fan fave Jessica Tuck, who was supposed to be seen in a Heaven sequence as her late, great character Megan, had to bow out of the gig yesterday due to a scheduling conflict. (Souces say the conflict is High School Musical 3, but I have no confirmation of that). This is not just a big disappointment for us Tuck-anistas, it's a big headache for the show because her appearance was no mere cameo. OLTL head writer Ron Carlivati had wanted Megan to serve as a celestial guide for her mama Viki (Erika Slezak), who will visit the Great Beyond after dying in a car crash — a major two-day plot twist (airing July 21-22) that riffs on one of the soap's most famous stories from the 1980s. The scenes shoot this coming Monday. The clock is ticking. What to do? Carlivati, who is quite the brain-stormer, quickly picked a different dead Megan to be Viki's guide — that would be Megan's namesake (and Viki's granddaughter), baby Megan, who died by miscarriage in 1999 when her mom, Jessica, was the victim of a hit-and-run. Back then, Jessica was played by another fan sensation, the much-missed Erin Torpey — and that's who's gonna come back to the show and play baby Megan in Heaven! Granted, it's a little weird, but it's certainly a creative way to solve a casting crisis! BLOG UPDATE: Marlena DeLacroix "Introducing Soap Shrink, a column by a real life practicing therapist, Damon L. Jacobs, that diagnoses and analyzes our favorite characters. Damon has an M.A. in psychology and is a New York-licensed marriage and family therapist. What is going to make this fun is that Damon is also real life longtime soap fan, one of Marlena’s Thinking Fans who looks at soaps from the same sophisticated and humorous perspective you and I do. Each week Damon will pick a character and analyzes him or her." On the Soap Shrink’s Couch: General Hospital’s Carly Corinthos Jacks WORLD: Eyeballs stuck to same TV shows including B&B According to ratings firm Eurodata TV Worldwide, which listed highest ratings worldwide for 2007, CSI, about a team of forensic experts, drew 83.9 million viewers, beating out sequel show CSI: MIAMI and HOUSE as the globe's most popular TV drama series. In the TV comedy category, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES attracted 61.5 million viewers, beating MONK and UGLY BETTY. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL with 26.2 million viewers was the most popular soap, against two Mexican telenovelas DESTILANDO AMOR and MARINA. In 2007, Eurodata listed the same three programs as the world's most popular for 2006. The figures, based on ratings in 51 countries with a potential 1.6 billion viewers, were released today by the Monte-Carlo Television Festival and Eurodata. DJ Mills wins soap roles Radio 1 DJ Scott Mills has reportedly scooped roles in THE BILL and HOLLYOAKS. Speaking to The Sun, Mills admitted: "I loved my part in The Bill very much, although I would like to catch some actual criminals next time.