tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2866417631305717692024-03-14T03:33:13.633-07:00OutTakesOUTTAKES - reviews, articles and interviews of various actors in the entertainment industry.Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.comBlogger327125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-19826016208266262782015-03-26T10:32:00.002-07:002015-03-26T10:32:34.167-07:00OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with HUNTER KING -- A GIRL LIKE HER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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HUNTER KING joins <em>OutTakes</em> to talks about her film, <em>A Girl Like Her</em>. This compelling teen story about cyberbullying will be released on Friday, March 27th. Also, Hunter gives us a little insight into her character of "Summer Newman" on <em>The Young and the Restless</em>.</div>
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<i>A Girl Like Her</i> website: <a data-cke-saved-href="http://agirllikehermovie.com/" href="http://agirllikehermovie.com/" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank">http://agirllikehermovie.com/</a></div>
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<i>A Girl LIke Her</i> trailer: <a data-cke-saved-href="http://agirllikehermovie.com/#trailer" href="http://agirllikehermovie.com/#trailer" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank">http://agirllikehermovie.com/#trailer</a></div>
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Hunter King on Twitter: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://twitter.com/HunterHaleyKing" href="https://twitter.com/HunterHaleyKing" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/HunterHaleyKing</a></div>
Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-62565669573967270362015-03-26T10:29:00.000-07:002015-03-26T10:29:12.987-07:00OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with CARRIE GENZEL -- DEAD RISING: WATCHTOWER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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With many acting credits to her name, Carrie Genzel has been seen in films such as <em>Watchmen</em>, <em>Jennifer's Body</em> and 8<em>8 Minutes</em>. She won best actress at the 2012 Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival for her performance in <em>The Ballerina and the Rocking Horse</em>. Soap opera fans will remember her as "Ali" on <em>Days of our Lives</em> and as "Skye" on <em>All My Children</em>. On Friday, March 27th, you can see her play the role of "Susan Collier" in the movie <em>Dead Rising: Watchtower</em> -- an action horror zombie film based on the video game <em>Dead Rising</em>. <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.crackle.com/c/dead-rising-watchtower" href="http://www.crackle.com/c/dead-rising-watchtower" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank">http://www.crackle.com/c/dead-rising-watchtower</a></div>
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<em>Dead Rising: Watchtower </em>Trailer: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPuK9GtxLM4&feature=youtu.be" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPuK9GtxLM4&feature=youtu.be%E2%80%8B" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPuK9GtxLM4&feature=youtu.be? </a></div>
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Carrie Genzel on Facebook: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.facebook.com/carrie.genzel?fref=ts" href="https://www.facebook.com/carrie.genzel?fref=ts" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/carrie.genzel?fref=ts</a></div>
Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-66356249738051606112015-03-23T15:50:00.000-07:002015-03-23T15:50:59.807-07:00OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with JODI MATTINSON (A MADAM'S HEAVEN AND HELL)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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"<em>A Madam's Heaven and Hell</em>," from Emmy winner P. Frank Williams and award winning director Kourtney Ragland, chronicles the shocking final moments of freedom for former Mormon and Companions Escorts owner Jodi Mattinson just days before she begins her Federal Penitentiary sentence for tax evasion. States Williams, "Jodi Mattinson's life has all the ingredients of a great rags to riches American drama. She survived abuse and became the boss of a very successful business. I want the world to see the real ins and outs of her empire, her role as a den mother to the women and hopefully spark a discussion about how escorts are viewed in the United States and worldwide.” Jodi joins <em>OutTakes </em>to talk about the film and her life experience as the owner of a world-renowned escort service.</div>
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A Madam's Heaven and Hell will be released on April 3rd. For more information on this documentary, please visit: <a data-cke-saved-href="http://www.amadamsheavenandhell.com/" href="http://www.amadamsheavenandhell.com/" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank">www.AMadamsHeavenandHell.com</a></div>
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Follow the movie on Twitter at: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://twitter.com/AMadamsMovie" href="https://twitter.com/AMadamsMovie" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/AMadamsMovie</a> </div>
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Like the movie on Facebook at: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Madams-Heaven-and-Hell/205762532905139?fref=photo" href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Madams-Heaven-and-Hell/205762532905139?fref=photo" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/pages/A-Madams-Heaven-and-Hell/205762532905139?fref=photo</a> </div>
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Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-39489751347763203482015-03-23T15:46:00.002-07:002015-03-23T15:46:43.655-07:00OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with RILEY BODENSTAB<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Follow Riley Bodenstab on Twitter at:<a data-cke-saved-href="https://twitter.com/AudaciousBode" href="https://twitter.com/AudaciousBode" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank"> https://twitter.com/AudaciousBode</a></div>
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See Riley Bodenstab's credits on IMDB at: <a data-cke-saved-href="http://m.imdb.com/name/nm2939488/filmotype/actor?ref_=m_nmfm_1" href="http://m.imdb.com/name/nm2939488/filmotype/actor?ref_=m_nmfm_1" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank">http://m.imdb.com/name/nm2939488/filmotype/actor?ref_=m_nmfm_1</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2015/03/19/riley-bodenstab-1">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2015/03/19/riley-bodenstab-1</a>Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-15225403599457191052014-06-04T20:59:00.000-07:002014-06-04T20:59:18.641-07:00OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with RENO VENTURI of PLEADING SANITY<span style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with RENO VENTURI -- talking about the webseries, PLEADING SANITY. </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #37404e; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2014/05/23/reno-venturi-director-of-pleading-sanity-actors-gym" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2014/05/23/reno-venturi-director-of-pleading-sanity-actors-gym</a>Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-5054255545808445332014-06-04T20:57:00.002-07:002014-06-04T20:57:25.822-07:00OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with KRISTIAN SCHMIDT<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;">OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with fashion and nature photographer KRISTIAN SCHMIDT</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px;" /><a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2014/05/16/kristian-schmidt" rel="nofollow nofollow" style="background-color: white; color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2014/05/16/kristian-schmidt</a>Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-42345488592897308462014-06-04T20:55:00.001-07:002014-06-04T20:55:05.854-07:00OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with BLAKE BERRIS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-89222581949514037662014-05-19T12:32:00.000-07:002014-05-19T12:36:50.453-07:00OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with "Heavenly" GLORIA LORING<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>GL: </b>This is kind of a short film from about 12 to 14 minutes. It's about this woman, Johnnie that I play...who has a daughter and a little 8-year-old granddaughter. She has had a tough life, but she has figured out how to survive. She has had some drinking and drug problems -- which is good for me to play because I need to have a lot of compassion for her and feel that she's justified to have those things. So I need to open my heart to people who have those kinds of problems. I certainly have my own little addictions, whether they be to shopping or an extra cookie or whatever it is! So I understand trying to fulfill one's desires or trying to anesthetize pain. Johnnie has this daughter who is trying to be upwardly mobile in society with her church; and the daughter has this bible study class that meets at her house. Johnnie shows up (with her big hoop earrings!) early because she gives her daughter botox injections. Even though she's not a doctor or a registered nurse, she has figured out a way to make some extra money by getting Boxtox from Mexico. She knows that her daughter has her bible study class; and she wants to get some new clients. So she shows up. Of course, there's a lot of fuss with the daughter about that. Johnnie does wind up giving some introductory offers of Botox to a couple of women there. It's about the relationship between the mother and the daughter; and what's actually going on behind the scenes. The fascinating thing -- and I don't want to give the surprise away because it really is a zinger at the end of the movie -- is that the basis of this story was drawn from the headlines with a woman who was involved in doing something that got her arrested. Johnnie seems to be the problem, the one who is doing everything wrong in this movie. But in truth, she's not as guilty as one might think. That's what's really fascinating. I love that has -- like in any really good movie -- something that really gets our attention and leaves us talking and wondering and thinking and contemplating what's going on here. It's going to be great fun. I'm going to sort of disguise myself. I went out and got a fabulous red and blonde wig to wear. Johnny's much more flamboyant than I am in my personal life, although I certainly have been on stage; so I know how to be flamboyant. We have wonderful actors in it. It's going to go out to the film festivals; and we'll see if it goes somewhere from there.</span><br />
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<b>GL: </b>Yes! The video that I did for the appeal on Indie-Go-Go is shot in black and white. We don't normally see many films in black and white anymore. It really brings the eye down to form and structure. Tim graduated from architectural school; and John is a photographer. So their eyes are attuned to structure and form. I think they're really fascinated with that. They have a fabulous camera that they got in order to shoot this in the highest quality black and white. I think it's going to look really beautiful. I think it's going to be very attention getting. The subject matter, the relationship between the mother and daughter -- and of course, the granddaughter figuring into that. I had known John [Stanley]. Ten years ago or so, his wife was my assistant up here in Lake Arrowhead. They've stayed up here in the community; and they have two little daughters. He didn't even call me. He sent me a package and said, I'd really love you to read this script. We're going to make it into a film; and I had you in mind when I wrote the role. I read the script; and I thought I want to do this. Most all of us are donating our services. I don't think anybody's hardly getting paid. We're doing it because we love the script. We're doing it out of love. And so we welcome people to go out on Indie Go Go and help support us. There are all different levels. Even with just a $25 donation to the film, you get to download the film; and you get signed posters as you go up the scale of how you can participate. It's very exciting.</span><br />
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<b>GL: </b>You get to feel like you played a small part in getting something accomplished. You feel like you're one of the co-producers in a sense. We've had some response already. We're working on some larger donors. So we're going to see how it all goes. We're supposed to start shooting in a little over a month. They have a lot to do in fundraising during that time. I'm just letting people know that it's there. Hopefully, folks will step in and step up and help us get this done.</span><br />
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<b>GL: </b>It's a memoir, but it's a memoir with a message. That phrase -- coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous -- is a quote from Albert Einstein. Someone said that to me when I was telling them of how some coincidences came into my life to help me raise millions of dollars for diabetes research after my son Brennan was diagnosed with diabetes. I told the story of these coincidences; and this fellow that I was talking to said, Oh, but you know coincidence is God's way of remaining anonymous. And I said, whoa, wait a minute, I've got to write that down! Coincidence is what? God's way of what? Remaining anonymous! It seemed like such a big idea. It sounded really smart, but I couldn't quite get my mind around it -- what that meant and how that worked and all of that. As the next several years went along, I noticed these coincidences that were happening. These coincidings. Just as I secretly decided to separate from my husband Alan Thicke back then -- Robin Thicke's dad, a woman started sending me letters of comfort that I had met once. She had said, I just started getting messages for you. I pray, and I'm getting messages for you. The letters she sent to me were so enormously personal as if someone knew my greatest fears and doubts. So that was another one of those great coincidences. That's probably one of the biggest reasons I wrote the book is because of this particular story. I needed to know more about this; and so I researched quantum physics because Albert Einstein was a physicist. He had this great vision of the universe. I also investigated spiritual traditions and observations from the great spiritual masters about what that presence and power and love many of us call God -- what it is, how it works, where it comes from, where it resides, et cetera, et cetera. I found this wonderful junctioning of these two things. This idea of a great spiritual beingness and quantum physics. So I wrote the book with my personal stories with some of that information in it. So people could get a bigger vision for themselves. It's true that very often exactly what we need to know and exactly what we need to grow to the next level are just waiting to come into our lives. Many times, it is whispering at us or tapping us on the shoulder or stepping into our lives in the form of someone who offers us either an opportunity or an obstacle to overcome. If we have our eyes to see and ears to hear, if we have a bigger vision like Albert Einstein's vision, that these coincidings -- these meaningful events in our lives -- may be trying to tell us something. If we have that, then life starts to become an adventure. Somebody or something happens...and we go, hmmmm...what is this asking of me? What is this drawing me toward? What is this asking me to turn away from? As opposed to possibly feeling like, oh, crud, another terrible thing happens or just my luck. That sort of defeatist attitude. There's lots of stuff that's real tough that's going to step into our lives, but if we have a bigger vision, we can then use those difficult circumstances. That's what I'm able to do now because of all of this investigation and research. This was a long process. It took me over ten years to write this book. So it's been really exciting. I've been getting responses from people saying that this has really changed the way that they live their lives and look at their lives; and they go back to it again and again. There's a lot of wisdom in it from different traditions and different great minds and hearts. It's been exciting to hear how it's been received and used by people.</span><br />
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<b>GL: </b>Yes, I write a column called "How to Drop the Drama". When we get a really big vision for our lives and we know that things may come in that will challenge us for a reason and we can find that reason for ourselves, then our tendency to create drama for ourselves around difficulties subsides. I've been teaching this and giving workshops for quite a while. So with talking with Stephanie Sloan at Soap Opera Digest, my publicist said, you've got to share this stuff in a column. So for the last year or so. I may get myself back to my office desk and sit down and write another book -- because I have more than enough information and wisdom to go into it. That may be one of my next projects. But talk about coincidence! I was here at the house; and I was working on some singing. My manager and I were talking; and I said, you know, I really want to do some more acting. Do you know within three days the script for the film arrived? And also, I was cast in a play. Within three days of just thinking about, hmmm, you know, I really want to get my feet back into acting. I want to find those moments in that way again. I do them with music; and I do them with speaking engagements. It's about being in the moment and communicating. I had a wonderful time in the play. We were in Palm Springs. It was written by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron. The play was called LOVE, LOSS AND WHAT I WORE. It's about five women on stage who talk about these articles of clothing that they wore at pivotal times of their life; and how they remember those events in their life through the clothing; and the clothing reminds them of feelings and people. It's very funny and very touching. We had a very successful run. I look forward to doing more now. I do have some new agents; and they've been getting me out for a few things. There's a huge amount of competition, but there's a place for everybody. I love doing the live theater. I've always been a live performer. Live first; and then television. There's something about hearing the audience respond to you in that moment that is just so satisfying. You're connecting to people. One night, you do the line; and the laugh is kind of hmmm; and the next night, you go, I know what I've got to do. I know what I have to feel when I deliver the line; and you deliver the line. And the laugh's big. And you go OK, I've found it. And it's just so much fun! It's just a ball!</span><br />
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<b>GL: </b>Every once in a while, I run into somebody. Our lives have taken us in so many different places. The people I've had the most connection with through the years after leaving the show would certainly be Bill and Susan Hayes. I've seen them a couple of times. And Thaao Penghlis. Thaao's such a wonderful character. I just love him. He was so much fun to work with. He was so energetic. We just had a really good time. Joe Mascolo has a home up here in Lake Arrowhead; so every once in a while, I run into him at the grocery store. </span><br />
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<b>GL: </b>I was really happy that we got to do a storyline about diabetes. My son had been diagnosed; and they decided to have Liz's daughter, Noelle, get diabetes. That was very satisfying because I had had a lot of letters from people whose children had diabetes. One woman lost her little daughter to undiagnosed diabetes. She said, you have to let people know that this can kill. It was really heartwrenching and very powerful to be able to bring the information and share that with people; and maybe make them a little more aware in case one of their children was diagnosed, et cetera. I think that storyline was very deeply satisfying, to be able to do something that perhaps was more than just entertainment, that was really educational for people. </span><br />
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<b>GL: </b>I tell people I used to be Gloria Loring. And now I'm #RobinThickesMom! He is in the midst of all the upheaval of his personal life. He has written in just a couple of weeks a brand new album. More than one album. He probably has two by now. They are rushing that album to completion. It will probably be out around the end of June. He's working very hard. I know he had a photo shoot for the album cover. They are doing a video. There's just all kinds of stuff going on. In the middle of that, we're all taking care of his little son, Julian. Everybody's managing really well, bringing the best of themselves forward. That's who my sons are. They both try their very best to be a good dad and a good husband and a good friend to the people they love.</span><br />
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<b>May 7, 2014 Interview with MICHAEL CARUSO, creator and star of DEVANITY. </b>The hit web series is nominated this year for Best Web Series at the Daytime Emmy Awards. This show -- full of dysfunctional family drama, sex, drugs, murder and a dazzling array of guest stars -- has been on the internet since 2011. With its third season up for a nomination, OutTakes talked with Michael about this series. Radio interview available at <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2014/05/09/michael-caruso-creator-and-star-of-devanity">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2014/05/09/michael-caruso-creator-and-star-of-devanity</a></div>
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kidding? (laughs) It’s not every day you
get a nomination like this so it’s not one of those events where you say, yeah,
I was gonna go but I decided to stay home and wash my hair. My wife and I will absolutely be in
attendance with several other people from our cast and crew. We’re very excited about it. It’s a tremendous honor; and I’m still kind
of recovering from the shock of it all.
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carpet stuff. I’ve never actually
been. It’s crazy because the ceremony is in
downtown LA where my wife and I actually both live and where we filmed
DEVANITY. It is right up the street from
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<b>MC: </b>We started DEVANITY in 2011.
The honest answer to this is that I always wanted to be on a daytime
soap opera. God has given me many
wonderful gifts in life, but being an Abercrombie & Fitch model is not one
of them. So unfortunately it just never
really panned out that way. I realized
that if I wanted to be on a soap, I was going to have to create one for
myself. We live in the jewelry district
of downtown LA. So we would walk by all
of these beautiful windows with all of these amazing creations. I turned to my wife one day and I said, “You
know, nobody has ever done a show about this.”
I think ultimately a great soap at its core has to be about typically
family – and something for that family to fight about. That’s kind of where the genesis of DEVANITY
began. It’s about a family that runs a
very dysfunctional jewelry empire. That
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<b>MC: </b>Yes, absolutely.
Honestly, I think that is where this industry is going; and not just
with soaps…but movies and television. A
lot of people are now realizing that they need to reclaim their careers and the
kind of characters that they’d like to play.
More and more people are doing that.
That is what is so spectacular about this category – and what is so spectacular
about this online movement – is that it is really giving people this incredible
chance to create, tell their own stories and do their own thing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>MC: </b>When those shows were on, I was a little too young to get
them. My grandmother’s favorite show was
FALCON CREST; and the whole world stopped whenever it was on. And then my mother and my aunt loved DALLAS
and DYNASTY. I believe DALLAS was
originally on Friday nights on CBS. I
remember sitting on the steps in my parents’ house in New York, watching my
whole family watch DALLAS. Obviously we
were in no way allowed to watch shows like that when we were kids. I didn’t really discover DALLAS until many
years later when I was in college. There
was a channel that doesn’t exist anymore called TNN which is The National
Network; and they reran the entire series.
I pretty much fell in love with DALLAS; and I didn’t see DYNASTY until
many years after that. I’m a huge fan of
those shows. I find them
captivating. I love the concept of the
high drama and high glamour. It was not
my intention to set out to duplicate either of those shows in any way, but I
think it is such an incredibly flattering thing when you’ve got one of the
major stars of DYNASTY comparing my little web series to this iconic television
series. I take that as a huge
extraordinary compliment. Working with
Gordon has probably been one of the coolest things to come out of
DEVANITY. And we’ve actually become very
good friends post-DEVANITY. It’s been
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<b>MC: </b>She did! Charlene is
a firecracker. She is so full of life
and energy, so enthusiastic. I have to
give her props. She joined us in Season
3. She was supposed to return for Season
4, but there was a scheduling conflict; and she was not able to solve it and do
the scene that I had written for her.
When I reached out to Steve Kanaly who played Ray on DALLAS for 10
years, he wasn’t familiar with the whole web series world. He reached out to her. And she said, “Steve, you’ve got to do
this. You’ve got to do this show.” So she helped me get him on Season 4 of
DEVANITY which was just incredible.
Sheree J. Wilson joined us in Season 4 as well as a guest star. So we’ve got a little DALLAS contingency on
DEVANITY which has been pretty exciting.
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<b>MC: </b>Rewind to back after Season 1 had ended. Season 1 was a very exploratory season for
us; and we were really testing the waters.
If you had asked me when we started if we would have been in Emmy
territory four years later, I never would have thought that in a million
years. We were just trying to create
something and see where it went. After Season
1, I realized that we really needed to step up our game. I wanted to bring in some name talents. Kyle Lowder, who used to be on DAYS OF OUR LIVES
and BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL – he and I actually went to college together. He’s a couple of years younger than I
am. One of our other cast members, Erin
Buckley (who played my sister Jackie) was going to the Daytime Emmys years ago. I said to her, “Well, if you happen to see
Kyle Lowder there, tell him I said hi and see if he’d be willing to have a
conversation.” And she did. And he was.
We brought him on in Season 2 as a guest star, which was amazing. Kyle’s great; and I always love working with
him. In Season 3, he came on as a series
regular. One day, we were talking on the
phone; and he said, “Hey, do you think you might have something for Ari?” And I was like, “Uh, yeah! Are you kidding me? Of course I do!” I had to twist it up a little bit…so I wrote
her character as his character’s sister (which was kind of gross because they
were married at the time). Ari Zucker, I
would say, has to be one of the nicest most down-to-earth women I’ve ever met
in my life. She is absolutely the girl
next door. She came on set; and she
acted as if she had known everybody for a million years. She couldn’t have been cooler and more go
with the flow and just happy to be there.
With Andrea Evans – typically what I do is I just reach out to agents
and managers, that’s how I hire people or ask people to work with me. I have their characters already written so
they get their script; and they get to decide whether they want to do the show
or not. We’ve been very blessed that the
show does have a very good reputation in the industry. I haven’t had a lot of problems getting the
people that I’ve sought after. We’ve
just been very lucky in that regard. And
Andrea Evans is another one. This is
just daytime royalty sitting in my living room.
The most normal down-to-earth kindhearted person you could ever hope
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so immersed in the world that I very easily slip into the role of Jason
DeVanity. He’s kind of like a second
skin to me. The bigger challenge is that
not only am I acting in it, but I’m also the producer and the set designer and
the costume coordinator and the crazy person that has to order lunch for the
cast and crew and whatnot. So I don’t
think it’s necessarily the acting part that’s the challenge but the fact that I
wear probably 15 to 20 hats. In addition
to that, I’m very fortunate that my wife is the co-executive producer; and she’s
right there by my side. And we’re
working together. I have a wonderful
team of people. A very small crew, but
they are incredibly dedicated. My
director, Kelley Portier<b>; </b>her
husband, Rod Portier, who is our
cinematographer. Everybody chips
in. Kelly has always been really great
at saying “OK, Michael. Now you get to
just worry about being an actor.” So we
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a far more creative genius than I could ever hope or aspire to be. It’s actually a program that I licensed. I licensed the actual program; and then you
slip in the moving images and screenshots of people. We basically paid for that. Rod puts it all together and adds the
names. So you have your great big
opening title sequence. I am a very big
fan of opening title sequences from those shows from the 80s. I think it really helps to get your audience
churning and burning. It gets them ready
to go. And it really sets the scene for
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beginning, middle and end. What I didn’t
want to do is to keep it going just for the sake of keeping it going and then
burn out and diminish the quality. I
really wanted to end it on a high note.
Keep in mind that we’ve been doing this for four years without major
financing, without people to cut us checks.
We all do this as a passion project.
I can fairly say that after four years of burning the candle at both
ends, I think that everybody was ready for a break and to walk away from
it. Those six or seven episodes –
although the audience is seeing it in a six or seven week cycle – we’re looking
at that all year. From the writing to
the preproduction to the production to the postproduction, we don’t ever get a
break. We all work full time jobs on top
of it to pay for the show. So I think
that it was an equal mix of both creative and logistic decisions that it was a
good time for us to say, OK, I can end this and be happy with how it is going
to end and start on a new soap opera.
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much as I love DEVANITY – it’s like my child – I love my show but it is time to
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and they seem very excited to do it as well.
I’ve made a firm commitment to take a break and take the rest of this
calendar year off. I’ll formally start
preproduction at the beginning of next year.
I told myself that the whole purpose of ending DEVANITY was to take a
little time off and recharge the batteries.
But you get an Emmy nomination…and it’s like Wow! If that isn’t a battery recharge, I don’t
know what is. It’s all very surreal how
everything comes full circle. It has
always been the little project that could.
I’ve always been very committed to never resting on our laurels. We’ve been very fortunate. We’ve got so many wonderful nominations from
the Indie Series Awards and HollyWeb and all of these great festivals. We’ve had a lot of love given to us. And that always inspires me to say…how can I
be better? How can I make the next show
better? How can we really dazzle and
excite the audience? And tell a great
story? That’s what I’m really hoping to
do with my next show. So I think this is
a really good thing. We’re just going to
enjoy the moment and celebrate four years of DEVANITY. The truth is there are so many people that
are still discovering the show. That’s
the beauty of a nomination like this is that it opens up the doors to a whole
new audience – that you thought knew about it, but they didn’t. They’re finding it for the first time; and
they’ve got four seasons to play with. I’m
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on the computer, a good story is a good story.
If you create a good story and fill that story with characters that the
audience cares about, the audience is going to follow those characters. The medium of either television or the
computer is just a tool – just an instrument to tell those stories. The most important thing is that the soap
genre stays alive, that it thrives, that it’s healthy; and now you have this
influx of new blood that’s willing to try things a little bit differently. We were always the black sheep. I don’t come from a daytime background. I don’t have a soap opera pedigree. I’m not a connected person in that
sense. So we really kind of came out of
left field and were able to build that from scratch and cultivate that
audience. Soap fans are the greatest
fans on earth. They’re loyal. They’re loving. They’re passionate. And they really embraced DEVANITY. I think this is a very exciting time in soap
opera history. It was a little rocky
there for a while but I think that the internet has given soap operas the
opportunity to transform and to have a rebirth.
A dramatic Phoenix from the ashes kind of thing. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>MC: </b>I don’t know if there’s one moment in particular. I think it was the first day – and it wasn’t
something that you saw on screen – but the first day that Gordon Thomson filmed
with us on the set. We’re sitting there;
and he’s telling us a story about working with Charlton Heston. Then he started telling us a story about
working with Jim Henson. Then he started
telling us about Aaron Spelling. Those
are three people that I worship. These
are the greats. Gordon has worked with
each and every one of them, talking about them from first-hand experience. It was just this really surreal moment that
an actor that I really looked up to was performing in something that I had
written – and was generous enough to be telling these stories, not in a
comparison kind of way, but just talking about his life and experiences – and being
so grateful to be a part of DEVANITY. Those
are moments that you don’t forget.
Watching Gordon and Andrea have lunch and they’re chit chatting; or
having Charlene or Sheree talk about their time on DALLAS. We have two pitbulls; and Maxwell Caulfield
loved to play with the dogs. And I’m
like, these people are in my home! This
is crazy! Who does this? Who gets this? This is like a trip to Disney! That’s what I take from DEVANITY. Not just the celebrities…but all of these
amazingly hard-working gifted talented people that have believed in my dream
and worked with me to achieve it. It’s
been this delightful collaborative wonderful process that will I never
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SB: </b>First of all, I miss the <i>DAYS</i>
fans. I miss being on the show very
much. The gang was great. But what happened was when they killed me off
and my evil twin never came back [laughs], I moved to Michigan. In Michigan, they had a tax cut where they
were doing lots of movies. So as it
turns out, when I left LA, I actually was starting to work more in movies than
I ever did before. I did a movie called <i>Machine Gun Preacher</i> with Gerard Butler;
and I play the evil banker. Also, I did
a funny scene in <i>Cedar Rapids</i> with Ed
Helms. I did a voiceover in <i>The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure,
</i>the cartoon movie. And I did a part
in <i>Mooz-lum </i>starring Danny
Glover. And I just finished a movie
called <i>Beyond the Mask</i> which is a
historical drama. I play one of the mean
loyalists who try to kill George Washington; and John Rhys Davies (for <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> movies) is the
star of that. So it’s been crazy busy. And I’ve also been teaching in colleges as
well as an adjunct professor. Professor
Blackwood. Professor Bart! And it’s been great. I’ve really been enjoying the teaching. Suffice to say, it’s been very busy. I miss the show…but one chapter closes, and
another one opens up. As it turns out, I
think I have a knack for teaching acting.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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my acting teacher no less in New York City.
It’s like my bible. What I wanted
to do was to write something – a combination of what I learned from Uta in New
York and what I learned from Milton Katselas, the acting teacher to the stars
in Los Angeles; and I wanted to condense it into a practical handbook for
actors that condenses everything into a motivational handbook for them that
they can carry around with them to auditions.
I never had one of those; and I wanted to fill that void. I wanted to follow my mentor’s path and to
write an acting book. But it’s not just
an acting book. It’s motivational. It’s kind of about following your dream. I grew up in a middle class neighborhood in
Detroit where everybody was either a carpenter or an insurance salesman; and I
danced to a different drum. I followed
that. This book is to encourage all
those people that have a different drum inside them and to follow that
different drum wherever it goes. If you
follow what you love, the money will come.
So I wrote this book not only to inspire actors but to inspire people
that gave up on their dreams or are thinking about giving up on their
dreams. My answer is don’t, don’t, don’t. So that’s why I wrote this book.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SB: </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It was great. It’s a
lot harder than I ever imagined. First
you write; and it’s like, oh, this is great, this is easy! I wrote a lot about <i>Days of Our Lives</i> and some funny times that I had in there. I write about doing some of the comedy with
Deidre Hall (Marlena) when she was “Hattie”.
I loved doing that. Deidre loved
doing comedy; and it gave her a chance to stretch. I always wanted to bring as much comedy as I
could to <i>DAYS</i>. In fact, I talk a lot in the book about tags
-- the final camera shot of both actors at the end of the scene. One time “Bart” came in; and I did something
good. Joe Mascolo (Stefano) surprised
me. He came up to me and he gave me a big
kiss on the lips. So my tag -- my
close-up at the end – was not acting. It
was real shock and surprise! Joe was
great to work with. He was always
surprising me with stuff; and he kept you on your toes. He’s a real pro; and so is Deidre. I talk a lot about the wonderful actors there…like
Thaao Penghlis (Tony) who is a most kind man and very giving. Thaao was one of the actors that was <i>into</i> my comedy. He would play straight man to me and not be
worried about being upstaged or anything like that. He knew that it was lending itself to the
scene. He was a good guy; and I miss my
partner. And I miss “Rolf” (Will
Utay). I write about all of them in <i>The Steve Blackwood Sessions</i>. To answer your question, the hard part [about
writing the book] was towards the end…when you are nervous and you have to
submit it to the printer for the final print.
And you’re worried if you have the punctuation right. You start to go over the book again and
again. And it’s “Oh, it doesn’t sound
right to me…” and “It stinks!” [laughs]
And you go through all of the second guessing of yourself. When you get to the point where it’s actually
going to go to the printer, that’s when it got real hairy; and I started going
over it. For all you first time writers,
I suggest you get an editor and not do what I did. My assistant and I did a lot of this work;
and it was just mind-blowing how much you miss…because you didn’t get a comma
here…this sentence needs to be cut…that sort of thing. And that all happened right at the end. I was just doing eleven hours a day every
day, just reading it over and over and editing it over and over again. Because you want it to be right the first
time. They’re going to be printing
thousands of books; and you don’t want to live with mistakes. It was a wonderful experience – and also very
hard work! It is not as easy as I
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I wasn’t just a one note minion to “Stefano”.
They ended up letting me do the comedy; and that is what I truly
loved. My mentors were Cary Grant and
Jack Lemmon. I just loved doing comedy,
trying to figure out a way to play it straight – not to play goofy comedy, not
to do over-the-top comedy, but to keep it real.
What if this minion, this “Bart Biederbiecke”, was not the sharpest
knife in the drawer? I ended up taking
the script and adding to it; and the writers let me do it. Every time I got a script, I started working
that. After a while, the writers got the
idea of how the character was going by watching what I was doing on TV; and so
they ended up writing for “Bart”. They
ended up writing for the comedy…which was wonderful. So my suggestion to actors is to follow your
gold. If you have a knack for comedy,
keep doing that. If I had played “Bart”
the way they originally wrote it – where “Stefano” and I were building a secret
room for “Susan” and we were going to lock her away – I would have been out and
never been back on that show. I would have
done the two weeks that I was supposed to do; and that’s it. But somehow or another, those wonderful <i>DAYS</i> fans hooked onto the comedy; and
they kept me going on there for ten years.
What I loved the most about it was to find the funny in the soap opera
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SB: </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">There were a lot of them!
The crossdressing was kind of funny.
The time that I was a male stripper to “Bonnie” was a funny thing. I loved working with Deidre as “Hattie”
during that whole sequence. We just had
so much fun. I was doing kind of a <i>Columbo</i> wrap-up of the whole case in
front of the whole cast. Even Bill and
Susan [Hayes] were there; and I was wrapping up my cracking of the case of the “Bart/Hattie”
situation. I finished this whole
sequence where I had two pages of dialogue…one big monologue; and the whole
cast applauded. It was so cool and
fun. The dramatic thing that I remember
the most way back when was when I kidnapped “Bo”; and I hung him up in the
warehouse and there was a fire. It was
great because I really got a chance to play an evil villain in that. “Bart” wasn’t as funny back then as he ended
up evolving to be. I loved that sequence
as well. The whole “Princess Gina”
kidnapping “Bo”. That was a real cool
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SB: </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s what I’d like to do.
I’d like “Bert” (Bart’s evil twin) to come back – and for him to be almost
like James Bond. He’s not funny at all;
and this is what would be funny. They
all think he’s “Bart” but he’s the evil twin.
They all think he’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer. But he’s very cool. He’s very sophisticated. He’s very smart. He outwits “Stefano”. The comedy would be everybody thinking he’s
the dumb one, but he’s the smart one.
That’s what I would do. I’d love
to play the other side of the coin. That
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SB: </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I love to inspire them.
I love to get them thinking outside of the box. Especially the students because they’re just
starting off. There’s a lot of people
telling them what to do. I think college
should encourage individuality; and that’s what I try to do in my acting
classes. I ask the actor what would they
do if they were in the given circumstances of a scene. What would <i>they</i> do? For instance, if
the actor’s name is John Doe…[I’d ask him] “John, what would you do?” He’d say “Well, I think that the character…he’s
more sophisticated…” I’d say “Don’t say <i>he. </i>Say
<i>I.
</i>What would <i>I</i>, John Doe, do
in the circumstances if my wife was leaving me and I wanted her to stay? I ask these students to reach into their
personal histories. If a girl is
breaking up with them, I’ll say, “Has someone ever broken your heart? Go back and think about that when you’re
doing the scene.” I like to personalize
that. I try to teach, motivate and
inspire kids; and even if it’s inspiring them to change their own personal
lives, whether it be that someone is suppressing them in their life or if some
friend of theirs is saying, “What is this acting stuff? You don’t want to be an actor. How are you going to make a living as an
actor?” You start listening to those
voices of those people. You start
believing it; and then you end up doing the very thing that you don’t want to
do. So this is what I try to tell
them. If they’re an actor, I encourage
them to go all the way with it and to personalize that role. To bring themselves to whatever role they do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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scenes from plays and from movies. From <i>The Silence of the Lambs</i>, heavy material
like that. Or we’ll do monologues – two to
three minutes of something from a play; somebody talking to themselves or
talking to somebody else solo. Also,
cold reading seems to be the most popular thing in my seminars. I bring in my own copy of different movies
and plays; and I say you have about five minutes to look it over – and then
boom, you have to be up there reading it. A lot of times when you go to an audition, an
actor will read for a part; and then the casting people will say, no, we want
you to read for <i>this</i>. So you basically are cold reading it. You basically have to make some fast strong
choices as an actor to try to book the role…or at least to book the
callback. Cold reading is a technique in
and of itself. A lot of people will read
new copy and keep their face down in the copy.
I teach them to read one line at a time and bring those eyes up off the
copy and onto the camera because the eyes are the windows of the soul. Especially on camera which picks up
everything. I do a lot of different
techniques. I even do a little improv in
my classes as well. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SB: </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The biggest lesson that I got was how to work with your
partner on stage or on camera…meaning how to listen and how to react. If you watch any television shows – soap operas
or whatever, the ones that are really the most interesting to watch are the
ones that seem to be spontaneous. They
seem to be reacting to what’s being said to them in the moment. That’s what Uta would teach us. It is death for an actor to anticipate the
next line. A lot of actors will rehearse
and go over it and go over it; and they’ll actually rehearse how the line’s
going to be said. I don’t believe in
that. I believe if you’re listening and
being in the moment, it will come out differently ten different times. You don’t have to do it the same way over and
over again and again. One of the great
actors, Jessica Tandy, was doing <i>A
Streetcar Named Desire</i> as “Blanche” with Marlon Brando – people would see
her give a different performance each night.
That’s what I try to do myself and what I try to teach the actors. Don’t anticipate how you’re going to react or
what you’re going to say next. Know what
you want, but it all depends on what you’re getting from your partner. In fact for me, the best acting lesson that
Uta and Milton taught me is to gauge how fellow actors are reacting to me when
we are working together – and to go for what I want. If they don’t give me what I want, try
something else. To basically base my
performance on their reaction and what I’m getting from them and make it about
them. Then you end up being the most interesting
one in the scene. But you’re making it
about them. You’re not worrying about
how your lines are coming out and how you are reading the line. Never do a line reading. Be in the moment. React spontaneously. That’s what they taught me.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SB: </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I’d say to study.
Keep studying with teachers, be it me or somebody that they connect with
in their gut. A lot of times, there will
be a really good acting teacher and a good actor – and they don’t connect. They don’t vibe with each other. So find the teacher that you vibe with the
most. The second thing that I would say
to the new actor is to <i>do</i>. You can’t just be in a classroom studying
acting. You’ve got to get out
there. That’s what Milton Katselas
taught me in Los Angeles.
Administrate. Meet casting
directors. Get into plays. Experience is the biggest teacher. You’re going to find out what the audience is
reacting or not reacting to by doing the plays.
Do student films if you can’t get into the bigger films. But doing is what is going to give you the
experience. Acting class is great, but
you’ve literally got to get out. I’ve
seen too many people that are professional acting students. They stay in class; and it’s a safe
environment. You can’t. You’ve got to get out there and mix it
up. Audition. Get into something. That in and of itself is a great
experience. The experience of doing the
student film, the low budget film or the big budget film is going to give you
more confidence to do the next one.
Doing one play will give you confidence to do the next play. But do, do, do…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Michigan; and I was going to be a journalism major. I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to write for newspapers. Then I took an acting class in college. I found that I had a knack for it. I always loved movies, but I didn’t know I
had a knack for acting. We had this
showcase at the end of the year; and I heard the applause – which was
addictive. Do you know what I mean? It was just like, wow, they like me…like
Sally Field. They really like me! [laughs]
So that hooked me. Then I started
doing more scenes in college. I changed
my major from journalism to theater – and never looked back. My family wasn’t into it at all. They weren’t very supportive because they
weren’t from that. I was the only one in
my family that was in the arts in any capacity.
So it was like I was breaking new ground. It was very frightening, but I knew in my gut
that I had to do it. Then I read <i>Respect for Acting</i>. In Michigan, I picked up a copy. And then I said I’ve got to study with this
woman, Uta Hagen. So once I graduated, I
drove out with a waitress friend of mine to New York to take classes. I had to audition at HB Studio in New York
for Uta Hagen. She accepted me. It was a wonderful day when she did
that. I was her key student. I made coffee for her; and I had a discount
on the classes. It was kind of like a
scholarship. I was in a New York acting
class with Matthew Broderick and Jason Alexander, people like that. It was a great class. But it all started when I read Uta’s book and
the college classes. That’s when I said
this is what I want to do with my life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lemmon. The ones that did the
comedy. Michael Caine…who also has a
great acting book and videos. He’s a
wonderful teacher as well. Vanessa
Redgrave. People like that. George C. Scott. So many great ones have inspired. Filmwise, it had to be Jack Lemmon and Cary
Grant. Especially Cary Grant. This guy was my idol, the genius of them all. Comedy is so hard to do. People don’t know this, but Cary Grant
deserved five Oscars. He never won
one. It’s much harder to do comedy than
to do a big emotional scene and cry. It’s
much harder on film to make people laugh.
And to do it with the class and the timing that he had. Lucille Ball said comedy is just hard
work. And Lucy was another big influence
of mine. If you watch Lucille Ball on <i>I Love Lucy</i>, she’s fantastic. She’s real.
She’s got physical life when you see her. You believe she’s in a kitchen. You’ve got to play this stuff straight; and
the people will laugh more. You don’t go
for the laughs. You be real. And she reacted like Lucy. What would Lucy do in that situation? It was great. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">SB: </b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In Michigan, I did a play called <i>Boeing Boeing</i> which was one of those experiences where everything
went right. I played “Robert”, this guy
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college roommate in Paris has three stewardesses that he’s trying to juggle;
and I’m just the wide-eyed observer to all of it. It was a wonderful part in an unbelievably
funny play. We won a lot of awards; and
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There was a standing ovation every night. As an actor, it was like I was in heaven
every night. That was the best
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I did a role in <i>Machine Gun Preacher</i>
with Gerard Butler. We had a lot of
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I do not support Hunter King for her allegations...if there are any. I do not attack Hunter King for her allegations...if there are any. I do not support Michael Muhney against Hunter King's allegations...if there are any. I do not attack Michael Muhney for Hunter King's allegations...if there are any.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For the sake of both Michael Muhney and Hunter King, I hope your sources are right. My apologies to Angelica McDaniel for mentioning her in Part One if she was not involved with the TMZ fiasco. If you are following this story, his column about it is worth the read. A subscription magazine for $2.99.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thank you. Because of that interview that you did with <i><a href="http://radaronline.com/exclusives/2014/01/the-young-and-the-restless-cast-turmoil-michael-muhney-fired-alleged-groping-eric-braeden/">Radar</a> </i>(available at the link), you actually distracted attention from the Hunter King allegations and gave us all something else to think about. And I believe you. I remember at the 2012 Atlantic City Soap Opera Festival where Michael had made comments about "Victor Newman" -- definitely an exhibition of too much hubris and the need for more humility. Now the "young lion" has been fired and is being tarred and feathered (justifiably...or not) on the internet nonstop; and it is great that you've forgiven him. I don't know what your politics are, Mr. Braeden, but I have a great book written by MSNBC's political commentator Chris Matthews called <i>T<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Hardball-Handbook-How-Win-Life-ebook/dp/B003M68THU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1389467949&sr=8-2&keywords=Hardball+how+to">HE HARDBALL HANDBOOK: How to Win at Life</a> </i>which is all about life lessons he's learned through engaging in politics. In it, he advises to "fight up, not down". When you fight down, people interpret that as someone in a position of power who is picking on someone underneath him; and it doesn't look good. With all due respect, Michael Muhney is gone; and you're still on Y&R. You're sitting pretty. There's really no need to reveal the "truth" about him as you see it. If you consider my blog to be "drivel", you have my apologies. It is just that people might get the wrong idea and think that you're part of a smear campaign...or something like that.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What a beautiful gesture! Hunter King absolutely should not be attacked and bullied on the internet anymore than Michael Muhney has been, ESPECIALLY since no accurate or credible facts have come out as of yet regarding either one of them. But please be aware that in this situation, both actors are victims about a story that may or may not be true; and should have never gotten out in the first place. When you show support for her, you appear to be picking a side whether you mean to or not. What you say is support for Hunter King can also be interpreted as an implication that you are attacking Michael Muhney and supporting the TMZ story. Don't assume that just because you are picking a side in this controversy (whether because you actually saw an alleged incident...or didn't like Muhney...or genuinely feel for King) means that your fans will all follow along with you just because YOU said so. You may very well lose fans instead.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> They all might get the wrong idea and think you're part of a smear campaign.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You should be so lucky to have fans fly banners around on your behalf like what has gone on for Michael this last week. Because that banner (unlike all the King/Muhney gossip and all the trumped-up interviews) is REAL PROOF. PROOF that Michael played a beloved character so brilliantly that people are willing to take out the time and money on his behalf...and that fans hate that he has been fired, hate these "allegations" against him and wish that the clock could be turned back to November 2013. Rather than mocking the fans and saying that they should spend their money on charity, why don't you get off Twitter & Facebook and spend your money on charity? If fans are rude to you, here's an idea: why not block and ignore? This is the Wild Wild West of the Internet where people are allowed their freedom of speech, for better or worse. A great majority of the fans are angry and expressing it -- and yes, some of them are getting pretty aggressive, vile and nasty in their opinions. But YOU are the ones getting paid to play your characters and be part of this show -- which means that YOU have a higher standard to live up to and should be setting an example. If you snap back at the fans, you are only feeding the anger and the controversy more. If you do interviews and gossip about what Muhney "was really like" behind the scenes, you are only feeding the anger and the controversy more. They all might get the wrong idea and think you're part of a smear campaign.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17.940000534057617px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With the reality soap opera going nuts on the internet, nobody credible seems to really know anything; and if they do, they're not saying. What we all know is that the soap opera you run in reality...(remember that show called <i>The Young and the Restless?</i>) is BORING. If the fans actually had something entertaining to watch, maybe they would have something else to talk about. If the actors actually had something to do, maybe they'd get off Twitter. It is no secret that the show has taken a triple hit with the loss of Michelle Stafford, Billy Miller and Michael Muhney. Get your actors under control (meaning put them under a gag order) before they do more damage than they've already done. Do your job and make the show bounce back, despite everything. Here's a hint: writing plots about killing off little girls...and then doing the endlessly rehashed soap opera storyline of the whole organ donation transplant thing...doesn't work. Spend your time uplifting the soap opera genre and save your show which is tearing apart at the seams. Otherwise, people might get the wrong idea and think that you're spending all your time on a smear campaign rather than trying to produce a good television show.</span></span></div>
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Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com34tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-44852286052708914312014-01-05T22:04:00.000-08:002014-01-06T05:45:02.578-08:00TRUTH or SMEAR?! The Michael Muhney Y&R Scandal on the Internet<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">On December 17th, the storm started.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;"><a href="https://twitter.com/michaelmuhney">Michael Muhney</a> ("Adam Newman" from <i>THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS</i> on Twitter: </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">I'm so sorry. It breaks my heart to say this, but I was just let go from Y&R. My last day on set is this Thursday. My last air date will be Jan 30th. I'm going to take some private time with my wife & kids, as I am most concerned for their well-being. I have 3 episodes to film, and because they are my last, I will be giving it everything I have. More details to follow...#xoxoxo</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">On December 18th, Michael did an <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2013/12/18/michael-muhney-adam-newman-fired-interview_n_4467176.html?utm_hp_ref=canada-tv">exit interview</a> with Nelson Branco of <i>HuffPost TV Canada:</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #333333; line-height: 21px; list-style: none; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Q: Who told you? And what's the official reason for your departure? </span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">A: [Executive Producer] Jill [Farren Phelps]. We had a private talk in her office. She's always been very kind to me. We have a good rapport. It was intimate ... the way it was handled. [Pauses] Part of me feels this is because I've always been outspoken, and sometimes I've been too outspoken. Sometimes I've walked around with a big backpack full of hubris. That is entirely on me. CBS, Sony, and Jill Phelps are not to blame for that. If I'm going to claim to be a grown man, I have to own that. But it could be financial or story. It was explained to me that CBS and Sony want to give Adam a break for 3-6 months and then they'll bring him back with a different actor. Maybe he does need a break. Adam has been on screen a lot. He's not being killed off."</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">The backlash was fast and furious. For the first time, <i>The Young and The Restless</i> was trending on Twitter due to fan response. Many were blaming executive producer Jill Farren Phelps for playing favorites with actors and getting rid of cast members who didn't "toe the line". Another theory was that Eric Braeden (Victor, Y&R; perhaps one of the most powerful actors in daytime) had him fired.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><i>HuffPost TV Canada:</i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">A: I do know one thing for sure: I really look up to and respect my friend, [Emmy-winning "General Hospital" star] Maura West. She had the most dignified walk down The Green Mile that I've ever seen [when she was fired from "Y&R," too]. In her final days, when her character was dead woman walking, she held her head up high and was classy and professional right until the end. I plan on doing the same thing with everyone I've worked with on the show. I'll apologize for when my character bled into my real life at times and if I was intense a few times. But I'll let everyone know how blessed and honoured I was that I got to work with them all. I got to be an actor in a land where you can play dress-up and pretend with a collective group of other talented actors. I'm going to take Maura's lead. If there were disagreements in the past with Eric, for me, it has to be history.</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><a href="https://twitter.com/EBraeden">Eric Braeden</a> response on Twitter:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Unfortumately there is a Canadian soap gossip who is spreading TOTALLY unfounded, vicious crap fed to him by a certain actor!...Implying I had to do with MWest's departure is libelous!!</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/MauraWest/status/413725764807184384">Maura West</a> (ex-Diane, Y&R) response on Twitter: </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Have no idea why my name is involved in any of it.</span></blockquote>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Soap columnist </span><a href="https://twitter.com/TVGMLogan" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Michael Logan</a><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"> on Twitter:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">If/when the REAL Muhney story comes out, U won't B blaming ANYONE at @YandR_CBS @Sony or @CBSDaytime</span></span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="https://twitter.com/DougDavidsonYR">Doug Davidson</a> (Paul, Y&R) </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;"> -- </span><i style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">NOTE: These tweets have since been deleted</i><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Please know we love you guys and we will continue to bring you the best show we can. I've got at least 20 castmates that vow the same pledge. The Young and the Restless is a team sport. Honestly, JFP's is not to blame. She is terrific. Today's events don't reflect her leadership. Trust me, there is more to the story.</span></blockquote>
<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;"><a href="https://twitter.com/MelodyThomasSco">Melody Thomas Scott</a> (Nikki, Y&R) -- <i>NOTE: These tweets have since been deleted</i>:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">Not my place 2 reveal but the arrogance of some ppl who have NO knowledge of the situation is astonishing. THE SHOW IS NOT 2 BLAME. ANY actor would've been fired under these circumstances. Terrible loss 2 the show & it sickens me that this has happened. Jill is completely innocent in this. So is the show, Sony, CBS, etc. Tragic situation.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sharon Case (Sharon, Y&R) said what words could not in this tribute video that she made for her friend and co-star. YouTube link: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xx-9yMkvoY">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xx-9yMkvoY</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.youcaring.com/other/for-the-love-of-michael-muhney-fund/118305">For the Love of Michael Muhney Fund</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">All throughout the holidays, that nasty little <i>rumor</i> was lurking on Twitter, Facebook and in the chatrooms. Once everyone had thoroughly recovered from their New Year's celebrations, <a href="http://www.tmz.com/2014/01/04/young-and-restless-star-fired-grobing-breast/">TMZ </a>decided to launch the feeding frenzy:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="text-align: left;">Michael Muhney</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">, a big soap star who played </span><span style="text-align: left;">Adam Newman</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> on "</span><span style="text-align: left;">The</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="text-align: left;">Young & the Restless</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">" -- was fired last month after one of his co-stars complained to the brass that he grabbed her boobs -- on 2 occasions ... TMZ has learned.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Multiple sources connected to the show tell TMZ ... 38-year-old Muhney allegedly bullied and harassed 20-year-old</span><span style="text-align: left;"> Hunter King</span><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">, who plays Summer on the show. She went to higher-ups and complained recently Muhney had fondled her breasts on 2 occasions -- and she said both were unsolicited and unwanted.</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; text-align: left;">Sources tell us ... the new allegations were the proverbial "straw that broke the camel's back." Muhney -- who is married with 3 kids -- had been a problem on the set for a long time, allegedly bullying and harassing Hunter and others. He even admitted in a recent interview with HuffPo's Canada TV after getting fired, "Sometimes I've walked around with a big backpack of hubris."</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Although the <i>rumor</i> had been lurking for three weeks, the "reputable" soap opera press had not touched it with a 10-foot-pole, reasonably concerned about the possible libel suits that could occur. But now that the monkey was off their backs and onto TMZ's, they all had free license to report what TMZ reported. Party time! The destruction of an actor begins...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">Since I started this OutTakes blog and the OutTakes blogtalkradio show in 2010, I occasionally find out things, sometimes whether I want to or not. But in this case, I am no insider. </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">I DON'T KNOW the truth nor do I pretend to.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">When the news broke about Michael Muhney's firing, I was upset and shocked just like so many other soap fans. I won't lie. I think Muhney is one of the best actors in daytime; and I can lose all objectivity about really good actors in daytime. Why would they let this man go? Even with the unpopular storyline of the hit-and-run murder of "Delia Abbott", Muhney was consistently knocking every scene out of the park, riveting me with his work as "Adam Newman". I assumed he was being let go for the usual reasons: a change of regime from the higher ups, ego, money, etc. Despite the TMZ story...juicier and scandalizing and better than any soap opera storyline currently airing right now...I still suspect Muhney was let go for the usual reasons.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 17px;">I DO KNOW that Michael Muhney is good to his fans. I loved meeting him in Battery Park in 2011. Michael tweeted that he would be in NYC at that location, giving the time and date. He did pictures, autographs and a Q&A with all the fans that showed. What normally would have been at least a $60 event had cost nothing; and everyone had a wonderful time. Truly the actions of an egomaniacal monster! </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; display: inline; line-height: 17px;">I DO KNOW that Michael Muhney appreciates those who do press for him. After attending a Soap Opera Festival in Atlantic City 2012, I had written recaps of all of the Q&As there, including Muhney, Stephen Nichols (ex-Tucker, Y&R) and Michelle Stafford (ex-Phyllis, Y&R). Stafford had leaked spoiler information during her Q&A that was obviously not ready to be released to the public (to be specific, Michael Damian's return to Y&R). When I published the recap on this blog, Stafford and her fans attacked me for two hours on Twitter for "paraphrasing" her and was threatening to sue me. At the time, I didn't even realize that Damian's return was still top secret info. I deleted the article under the pressure, but I was still pretty upset. Later that day, I received a Twitter PM from Muhney. He wanted me to make a few changes to his article, thanked me for doing the piece...and said "Don't sweat it about Michelle." Words I desperately needed to read during a very hard day that gave me the strength to keep on with the keeping on as a blogger and an interviewer. Truly the actions of a reprehensible cretin!</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 17px;">None of these things that I experienced personally of Michael Muhney's character can defend him if he truly is a bully and a molester of a 20-year-old actress, but they do give me pause. I'm not out to try to get him rehired as "Adam Newman" because there has already been too much scorched earth for a return to be possible. He is not the first talented actor to be fired from a soap nor will he be the last; and ultimately it is Y&R's call. What I object to is how social media seems to be manipulated by Y&R, CBS and Sony to create an incredibly nasty smear campaign against Muhney. This is not just the firing of an actor. This is an attempt to permanently destroy him on a global scale via the internet. THAT is why I am writing this article. Am I wrong? Then I challenge someone credible with these accusations to state real proof. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px;">-- The Actors Doth Protest on Twitter Too Much: Look at the uncalled-for reactions of Eric Braeden and Maura West on Twitter. Eric Braeden had a pretty volatile reaction to Muhney's response in the <i>HuffPost </i>interview. All Muhney had said was that "i</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 21px; text-align: left;">f there were disagreements in the past with Eric, for me, it has to be history." Did he out and out accuse Braeden of anything? Muhney went out of his way to duck Branco's outright question. And how did Muhney imply that Braeden had anything to do with Maura West's firing from Y&R? He simply said he wanted to leave as gracefully as that actress had left. And why was Maura West so upset that her name was brought up? Wasn't Muhney paying her a compliment?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Let me be clear. Tommy, I am a fan of Michael Muhney, the actor -- not the person. Frankly he should have been let go months before because of his behind the scenes actions. It's still a loss for the fans. Instead of acting quickly, they tried to turn the fans against the character of Adam. Bad move. And they should not recast right away now. It's too damaged. The only thing that matters in this story -- now in TMZ is that a young girl is protected. She should have been all along. People should have been more decisive, not less in this matter. (Highlight Hollywood)</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">OK, so let's get this straight. Bell talks like she knows for a FACT that Muhney did some suspect "behind-the-scenes" actions to Hunter King. But Bell was no longer producer and headwriter. Was she there? Did she see him do it? How does she know ANYTHING for a fact? Unless she knows that Muhney was up to no good during her own reign...and if that was the case, why didn't SHE fire him? </span><br />
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Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com63tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-13361489084334681092013-12-10T08:22:00.000-08:002013-12-10T08:22:18.189-08:00OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with DEANNA MESKE, creator of GOVERNMENT LIES<span lang="EN"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deanna Meske:<br />Facebook: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.facebook.com/DeannaMeskeFanSite" href="https://www.facebook.com/DeannaMeskeFanSite" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/DeannaMeskeFanSite</a><br />Twitter: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://twitter.com/DeannaMeske" href="https://twitter.com/DeannaMeske" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/DeannaMeske</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Government Lies:<br />Facebook:<a data-cke-saved-href="https://www.facebook.com/GovernmentLiesWebSeries" href="https://www.facebook.com/GovernmentLiesWebSeries" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/GovernmentLiesWebSeries</a><br />Twitter: <a data-cke-saved-href="https://twitter.com/Govt_Lies_WebTV" href="https://twitter.com/Govt_Lies_WebTV" style="color: #0782c1;" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/Govt_Lies_WebTV</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>DM: </strong>GOVERNMENT LIES is a thriller/suspense story. It starts out with Erica. She’s one of the main characters. In the opening scene, she’s having an affair while her husband is away in Afghanistan at war. He’s been away for a while. She starts to feel guilty; and she breaks off the affair right at the beginning of the episode. She goes down[stairs] while her husband is going to leave. Tom, her husband, comes home and shocks her. She’s in this predicament. At the end of the episode, the lover ends up being killed. It looks like Erica did it; and she gets arrested. The FBI get involved; and the police and military say that her husband is actually dead. So we don’t know if she actually imagined if he came home. Or did he come home? Because we have an actual official notice saying that he is dead. Now she’s on the run. That is when Lane Davies comes in. He’s actually a friend from the past who works with the FBI. She’s on the run now trying to find out what’s going on and who killed her lover. She says that she didn’t do it, but she has lapses in her memory. It’s a suspense thriller with government elements, meaning there’s different people in the government and other groups that have big secrets. Somehow Erica and Tom and Jake (played by Lane Davies) are somehow involved with all of this. There’s mind control elements, brainwashing. Kind of a sci-fi mix when it comes to that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>DM: </strong>I’ve always been an actor in the 48-Hour Film Festival Project -- which is basically that filmmakers get together; and they have 48 hours to make a film. I’ve always been cast as an actor. The last year that they did it, I was cast as a lead which was great…but I wanted to produce my own and write my own characters. I always get cast in these very typical cute girl roles. I wanted to play something deeper and grittier. So I put together my own production team. I found a writer that I liked; and he had this idea. He gave me his script. I tweaked it up a little bit. When we filmed it and shot it for the 48-Hour Film Festival -- as I was watching it, I saw that this could totally be a web series. Everybody I talked to about it said, no way, it can’t be a web series. It is so obvious that she killed him; and what are you going to do with it? I said, oh just wait. I have ideas on how we can twist this and turn this and make it into a web series.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We were co-stars. It was one of the first TV series that I did as an actor. I just moved here from Florida to New Orleans. I had played one little role in Florida; and then I came to New Orleans and I booked this TV show. And he was the lead in it. We met and stayed in touch. I kept telling him that I really wanted to get him in one of my series. I had made this other series called NEW ORLEANS PIE. It’s more of a college comedy, so I couldn’t find a way to fit him into that. And then this one came. And I was like, oh, this is perfect! He would be perfect for this role. He said, yes, definitely. And so he was on board for that. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>DM: </strong>I have four of those in the can. The reason why those aren’t out is because that is my trial web series. I was a new filmmaker. I did not go to school for filmmaking. I have since taken some seminars, but at that point I did not go to school. So I was learning; and I had this idea. I still have it. It’s a great web series idea with older women going back to college later in life and just running into all of these random crazy things. I can probably get all four episodes out by the end of January. They’re already filmed and mostly edited. I just have to tweak a few things. I’m actually co-editing on those as well so that takes a little bit of time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><strong>DM: </strong>Right now I have a film called ELSA AND FRED. That was my most prestigious role to date. I play a role opposite Shirley MacLaine, Christopher Plummer and Scott Bakula. That movie should be coming out. And I just shot a Nioxin hair commercial in DC. I have six episodes coming out on The Food Network on a show called MYSTERY DINERS. I play an undercover agent in that show. So that’s kind of fun; and that’s out right now. I have another show coming out. They haven’t told us the name. It’s on Investigation Discovery; and I play a really gritty role. I play this killer; and it was a very non-attractive role. It was really fun playing that. It’s kind of an evil role too. That should be coming out soon; they haven’t told us the name of show yet but it’s brand new. We filmed that in Mexico.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SC: </b>You’re going to see the premiere this Tuesday on our website. We’re going to air the first episode. And we’re going to continue every successive Tuesday after that right on up to New Year’s Eve – which will be the sixth episode – the season finale. We’re excited about it. We’re also sending it out to people at Fox, MGM, Amazon, Hulu and Netflix. We thought, why not do both? It can also be on the internet. We can get followers and build on the momentum that we’ve already got going on now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>Is this a TV show…or a webseries…with the six episodes?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SC: </b>We’re open for any possibility. Ideally, I think it would be best seen as a television series on cable. Somebody had approached me as perhaps doing it as a film. That would take a little more work, but it’s possible. We have it edited down to an hour. Six roughly 12-minute episodes. That was released at our earlier screening [in Tennessee] almost like a movie…in succession, one right after another. We’ll see what people are excited about and how they want to present it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>So <i>Addicts Anonymous</i> is like <i>The Breakfast Club</i> for this generation?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SC: </b>This is what I was discussing with the guys [Freddie Smith, Jack Briggs and Nate Harley] to begin with before we sat down and wrote the six episodes. The characters are not literally addicts; they’re on the cusp of addiction. Of course, real addiction is a real problem. So we have a comedy twist with those people who have the potential to turn into addicts. Gary Goldberg, our lovable life coach (played by Freddie Smith, <i>pictured above</i>), does a great job of fostering that idea: that we are here to thwart it before it becomes an addiction. We try to make that distinction in Episode One.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SC: </b>Yes. Lori Loughlin and I play delinquent parents (<i>pictured below)</i>. When we were creating the show, we were asking who Gary’s parents would be and how would we bring them on. What we wanted to do was to help define why he is the way that he is because he grew up in such a dysfunctional family. His father is a bit of a travel addict, never really spent a lot of time in Gary’s life and doesn’t know much about him. And Gary has spent the majority of his life trying to prove himself to his father. So now you get a sense of why Gary is so committed to his students and speaking out…getting across to these kids. We had some really nice scenes. Some were kind of provocative that really bring you to the edge…but they didn’t really serve trying to define Gary. I’m sure in the DVD release, we’ll put some of those deleted scenes in there. It’ll be fun.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SC: </b>Freddie had a clip of it on his phone in the makeup room; and I took a look at it. They had been tinkering with this for five years. So I asked if we could sit down and talk. I pitched them my vision for what the show could be. So we collaborated together with their vision and my vision. It continued to build and grow. This great momentum came about. The four of us sat down; and we wrote for weeks. It came together very nicely, I thought. A wonderful process when we got together. We each had our unique voices that leant to what people will see with these episodes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>You’ve already had a successful screening and Kickstarter campaign. If people want to continue to participate and contribute to the series, is there a way for them to do so?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SC: </b>Yes. We are not non-profit; so we have to give something in return. We give out headshots, scripts…things like that. People can contribute at <a href="http://www.addictsanonymous.tv/">http://www.addictsanonymous.tv/</a>. And we’ll give them something in return. You can also buy <i>Addicts Anonymous</i> tee shirts that have “Addicts Anonymous” on the front; and then on the back, asks what your addiction is. As we have gone from the screening, we still spread the campaign of #SpreadTheAddiction and #WhatsYourAddiction. I’ve already tweeted out a couple of people who wore tee shirts. One woman was on a horse; and her addiction is horses. Another one likes animals; and so I tweeted that out. If I get pictures of them via Twitter, I will retweet them if they’re wearing a tee shirt and doing their so-called addiction…as long as it’s clean! (laughs)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>You created <i><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Moonshine-Entertainment/541876872517428">Moonshine Entertainment Company</a>. </i>What do you like about being a producer?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SC: </b>As an actor, I can only paint a certain part of the picture. <i>Days of Our Lives</i> is a huge landscape; and what I do as “Dan” is a small bit that makes up the better whole. As executive producer, I get to help paint the whole picture. I have more of a thumbprint into what this show is going to look like and what it’s going to be. Of course, you collaborate with your co-producers as well. When you write and produce, your voice is lent to a bigger part of the canvas. I really enjoy that. I had a great time doing that with <i><a href="http://www.spannersthemovie.com/">Spanners</a></i>; and now that author has written two more books. We’ll see how it goes. We may make a movie out of those as well. I’m optioning rights to a book now that I would like to make into a movie. There’s a story out of the Netherlands that I’ve gotten hold of based on a true story; and I’m getting documentation on that right now…and perhaps will build a script out of that. That’s more like a political thriller. The other is the battle for Atlantis; and that would be a huge big budget film. So those are the other projects that I’m working on. I’d love to do a romantic comedy; and I’m reading another script for that right now that I’d love to produce. I find that with the executive producer hat, I have a little more creative control. I really enjoy that part of it. And with the name of <i>Moonshine</i>, part of it is shining light on the dark creative places and just putting it out there.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>SC: </b>I don’t sleep. <i>Days of Our Lives</i> has given me a great opportunity to do the things that I get to do and pay my bills…but also ultimately do what I love to do – which is act day in and day out. It is like going to the gym. It is literally a great creative workout for me. It is as 9-to-5 as you can get in entertainment. And for almost 50 years now, <i>Days</i> has been running. It’s a nice little family environment; so I really enjoy that part of my life. And there are so many other unknowns such as the scripts -- the political thriller, the romantic comedy. And so, I don’t sleep. Also, I’ve learned how to balance my personal life and spend time with the people I love. And if you have to sacrifice time, the time to sacrifice is sleep. Because I just want to do it all…like Paul Newman and Robert Redford who are not just great artists…but are also amazing philanthropists. So in the meantime, I work with Arianne Zucker on the <a href="http://www.arrow-heart.com/">Arrow-Heart Adventure Camp</a>, working with teens and doing character-building challenges and giving them camping experiences. We are working with nonviolent juveniles who are either in the probation system or the detention system. And we give them that adventure with the character-building program. Over Thanksgiving, we are going to be giving them a big feast; and it will be like an Arrow-Heart Thanksgiving. I’m so excited about that; and that’s the other part of what I love to do. Creativity and philanthropy. So if I can do both of those and balance my personal life…I love it; and that’s part of what inspires me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b><b>Judi Evans (Adrienne Kiriakis, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) -- November 9th, 2013</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>How does it feel playing Adrienne right now? She’s gone in such a new direction from how we’re used to seeing her character. Becoming very aggressive about the Will/Sonny pairing and against Sami.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>JE: </b>It’s great because we all sometimes take a little side tour; and it’s not always the best side tour for us or in our lives. In a way, it’s very realistic to real life. I enjoy working; so whatever they want to throw at me, I’m willing to roll with it and run with it. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>Have you been getting a lot of fan response because some people are just thinking that Adrienne is just out of her mind?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>JE: </b>Yeah, the fans are pretty upset about Adrienne’s reaction. But that’s good because you’re getting a reaction. That’s better than not getting a reaction. There has to be a catalyst. There has to be somebody who’s not doing the right thing. And it’s nice that a good girl is not doing the right thing. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>It’s also cool seeing the dynamics between Justin and Adrienne. I still enjoy them so much as a couple. What is it that you think keeps them together as a couple? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>JE: </b>They love each other. No matter if they agree, disagree, getting along, not getting along…they 100% love each other! And who doesn’t want that? Who doesn’t want somebody who is so dedicated and devoted to someone that even in the bad times, no matter what…I still love you. That’s wonderful. We all want that. Marriage has its ups and downs, especially if you’ve been married for a long time…several times (laughs). Naturally, there’s ups and downs so it’s nice to see that no matter how bad it gets, you still love each other and you’re still together.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>One of the funniest scenes that you were part of on DAYS in a long time was the scene with the pastries that JJ had put the drugs in. Did you guys have a lot of fun taping that scene?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>JE: </b>Oh my God, we had a blast doing that! And funny, we all had a high from it as if it were all laced because it was so silly and fun and fabulous, especially because we were all involved in very dramatic storylines. So it was nice to take that little break and have that little fun day. It was wonderful. We had a blast! I wish we could do it again. Although I gained ten pounds from eating pickles and olives and peanut butter and doughnuts…but you know, it was worth it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>JE: </b>I’m also involved in THE GROVE as well. And I’ve been approached for a couple of other shows. So I’m considering them and seeing what develops.</span></span>Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-33355574977551282262013-11-16T07:40:00.000-08:002013-11-16T07:40:28.528-08:00DAY OF DAYS 2013 INTERVIEW with WALLY KURTH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b>Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) -- November 9th, 2013</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>How have you been feeling playing Justin in this situation where you’re an attorney working for a crazy Dimera, always having to get EJ and Sami out of these scrapes? </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><b>WK: </b> I loved the whole trial storyline and working with EJ, bringing Stefano down. It was really just the greatest year ever. It’s been so much fun being the smart conniving strong charming character that he is. A businessman. You don’t get to see him in that business mode very often; and yes, it was really fun to step into that storyline. It was great. And it was so much fun working with James and Ali…which is interesting because I never really worked with either one of them. The writers really wrote great stuff for them; and it was just a really fun story. I thought that the writers did a great job with the story. I thought that it was really executed brilliantly; and I was on the edge of my seat when I read it. I couldn’t wait to get into the script and see what I was going to do next.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b></span></span>We’re also seeing Justin and Adrienne at odds. Adrienne disapproving of what Justin is doing; and Justin disapproving of what Adrienne is doing. We’re seeing some trouble in paradise. In the 1980s, I loved Justin and Adrienne when they first got together. People are still rooting for this couple to find their way to resolve their differences. What is it about the couple of Justin and Adrienne that viewers like?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>WK: </b> </span></span>Oh, my gosh. I wish I knew because honestly I can only assume that it is just Judi and I being together…and Judi being Judi, and me trying to be Wally. And then they write this storyline for us; and we just jump in there with both feet and go for it. I also think what is interesting is that you saw these young people…well, we were younger 20 years ago, 25 years ago…just getting started in this business. In Salem. Cut 20 years later, and here we are back together…and to see us still pretty good and with our grown children. We have this maturity about ourselves and our life. I know from an audience standpoint I like it when I watch it. I’m like “Oh, now there’s Justin and Adrienne; and now they’re older. They’re a mature couple; and they have a son. And they’re dealing with issues that we’re all dealing with.” Because a lot of fans saw us at that age 20 years ago when they were in high school or college; and 20 years later, they are now married with children. And hopefully they can relate to us now just like they did back then. And that’s the cool part. That’s the cool part about soaps. You don’t get that history. You don’t get that longevity. You don’t get that breadth. That scope of a lifetime. That’s the miracle of a soap.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b></span></span>You also have the added storyline with what’s going on with Will and Sonny. Dealing with Sonny coming out and all of the ramifications of that and him dealing with Will. How has that storyline been as a parent?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>WK: </b> </span></span>It’s been great; and you know rightfully so. Rejecting my son because he’s gay would be like rejecting my son for having brown eyes. That’s what Justin said; and that’s exactly how he sees it. Getting beyond that, now it’s about…is he being honored in that relationship? And is Will a good fit for him? I just look at it as if they were a heterosexual couple. That’s how I would do it in real life. And looking out for the best interest of my son, guiding my son like a parent would. Once again, I think the writers have done a brilliant job of just expressing the concerns that a parent would have whether it be a heterosexual son or a homosexual son. I think that’s really key and important. From an acting standpoint, it’s lovely because I’ve never dealt with that.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b></span></span>I’m not only a fan of yours as an actor but also as a musician. Any more Kurth and Taylor concerts coming up?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>WK: </b> </span></span>Thank you! Nothing right now. We’re actually working on a new song. I think what we’ll try to do…once we finish it, we’ll definitely get it out there, maybe do a video. With Twitter and everything else, we’ll be able to get it out there to a few thousand people; and that’ll be pretty cool for people to see it and Facebook it and get a response. That should be pretty sweet. That’ll be fun. In this new world of social media. It used to be…OK, let’s make the CD, let’s make 10 songs. We’ll press the CD. We’ll put them in a suitcase and take them to our next concert. Now we don’t need to do a concert. We don’t even have to have a CD. We just need to record the song and download it on iTunes. You can go to YouTube and watch it. We haven’t even done that yet because we haven’t had a new song for a couple of years. But that’ll be fun. That’ll be fun. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><b> </b></span>Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-56110757359312576092013-11-16T07:29:00.001-08:002013-11-16T08:08:30.537-08:00DAY OF DAYS 2013 INTERVIEW with JOHN ANISTON<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b>John Aniston (Victor Kiriakis, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) -- November 9th, 2013</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>Victor Kiriakis has some of the best lines in daytime. He gives those insulting zingers that are just great!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>JA: </b>Doesn’t he? Am I lucky or not?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><b>OUTTAKES: </b>You are lucky. Do you have any input in that…or is that all the writers doing?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>JA: </b></span></span>Mostly it’s all the writers. Occasionally, I’ll write a line. But for the most part, it’s the writers. They’re terrific with Victor.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><b>OUTTAKES: </b>You know what? I’m thrilled to see Victor sort of getting his edge back. He was married to Maggie. He was kind of being nice for her. But now we’re seeing bad guy Victor coming back again. How do you like that?</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><b>JA: </b>I was cynical all of last year, for God’s sake! What sort of thing is that for Victor to be doing? Victor’s always much more fun certainly to play; and I think the audience enjoys him more when he’s a bit caustic. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><b>OUTTAKES: </b>I agree. Do you have an all-time favorite storyline on DAYS that you’ve played?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>JA: </b> I remember the old days when we had money. We used to go on location; and I had some pretty terrific locations. I went to Greece and I went to Florida. I went white water rafting in the Kern river. Those were all fun to do. The Florida storyline was probably the best one. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /><b>OUTTAKES: </b>I’m so glad you said that because that’s one of my favorites too.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>JA: </b>Really? Yes, when Kimberly seduces Victor to keep him from killing Shane. </span></span>Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-60888189493570368232013-11-16T07:22:00.000-08:002013-11-16T07:22:07.118-08:00DAY OF DAYS 2013 INTERVIEW with SUZANNE ROGERS<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b>Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Horton, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) -- November 9th, 2013</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>Why do you think DAYS has been on the air for almost 50 years?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>SR: </b>I think it’s the storylines. It’s the writing. And it’s about family units. I think that everyone who watches the show pretty much can relate to that. We have for years had a lot of romances. A lot of supercouples. A lot of fun things. I think that we do things that the audience wants to see. They want to be connected and feel like they’re part of the show.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>What has been your favorite storyline as Maggie?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>SR: </b>I loved the red shoes storyline which was a long time ago. But the most recent storyline with John Aniston has been just great. We never had one of those names like “Magic”…and now all of a sudden, the fans gave us this name; and that’s been fun for me. I love it!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>You and John Aniston have such fun chemistry together. Now Victor’s in hot water big time. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>SR: </b>You know he is!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>We’re seeing some of Victor Kiriakis, the villain, coming back. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>SR: </b>There you go! But you know Maggie will whip him back into shape.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>What do you think it is about Victor and Maggie that the fans just love? What is it about you two that is so popular?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>SR: </b>Maggie was just a very sweet character that was married to a lawyer and was kind of in the background. All of a sudden, when he [Mickey] passed away, she had to pull up her boot straps and move on. She ran a business; and she didn’t need anything. All of his [Victor’s] wives were needy. They wanted him for his money, for his name, for his this, for his that. And she kind of didn’t. I think that’s what attracted him to her; and I think that’s what attracted her to him.</span></span>Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-10420835121112352072013-11-15T05:42:00.000-08:002013-11-15T05:44:29.879-08:00DAY OF DAYS 2013 INTERVIEW with JEN LILLEY<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b><br /></b><b>Jen Lilley (Theresa Donovan, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) -- November 9th, 2013</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>How do you like playing Theresa?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>JL: </b>I love it. It’s such a challenge for me. I love that every script has its twists and turns that I just did not see coming. It’s an adventure and I love it. I never get bored with her. I think she’s fascinating. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>She’s quite different from Queen Esther [from the movie THE BOOK OF ESTHER] and Maxie [GENERAL HOSPITAL].</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>JL: </b>No doubt about that.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>So Charles Shaughnessy and Patricia Pease, longtime favorites, have returned to the show as Teresa’s parents. What was it like working with them?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>JL: </b>It was so incredible. Patsy is amazing. She’s the most fantastic woman. She can cut into the very marrow of my bones. She affects me like few actors have ever been able to affect me. She’s a powerhouse. A powerful actress. And she’s a lovely person. She’s so kind. I’d never had the privilege of talking to her before. She is just something else as a person in real life too. So it was a dream come true working with her; and I’d like to work with her many many times. With Charles Shaughnessy, I was just freaking out a little bit because I love THE NANNY; and so it was one of those moments where it’s like “Pinch me! I can’t believe this is happening. This is my real life.” And so I’m freaking that here I am working with Charles Shaughnessy. It was just such a great experience.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Casey Moss (JJ Deveraux, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) -- November 9th, 2013</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>CM: </b> I had to do a lot of history. Basically just somewhat personal experience and also just pure imagination. That’s usually the way I prepare for everything. Through personalization, pure imagination and just being open…and then kind of living it. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>CM: </b>It’s challenging and it’s real. It’s more realistic than anything. It’s a very real true story because things like this can actually happen. I believe a lot of kids have found themselves in these situations.</span>Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-34871242486823909882013-11-14T21:05:00.001-08:002013-11-14T21:05:36.297-08:00DAY OF DAYS 2013 INTERVIEW with KATE MANSI<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b>Kate Mansi (Abigail Deveraux, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) -- November 9th, 2013</b></span><br />
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guys leaving Salem. If you could control
the storyline of what would happen with Abby, what would you like to see
happen?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>KM: </b>I think I would like to see Abigail get a job. I would love to see her be a psychologist and
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>I’d love to see her be a go-getter because she has that Jack
Deveraux quality to her. What do you
love the most about playing the character?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>KM: </b>I love Abigail as somebody who’s sort of fearless when it
comes to matters of the heart. She’s not
afraid to risk falling in love. She’s
been hurt before; and for somebody who was a virgin for so long and was waiting
for the right person, there’s such a sweetness there of her innocence, of how
she views love; and she just believes that the right person is there. She really wants to believe the best in
people but she – like her father – has that really inquisitive personality that
is always very analytical; and she’s always asking questions about life. She’s always on an ocean of big waves and
riding wherever it is taking her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>I’ve seen you tweet a lot about the charitywater
campaign. Could you tell us about that?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>KM: </b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Yes. Thank you so much for asking about it. I started working with charitywater because
they are an incredible organization where 100% of the proceeds go towards
funding water projects in designated areas.
I just think they’re a fantastic charity that does great things; and in
September, I did a birthday campaign where I raised over $8,000 for a water
project to be in two communities because of the amount we raised in Orissa,
India. That was such a special campaign
for me because I was naïve about the water crisis before I started. Once I learned about it, it just really has
affected my whole life. I can’t walk to
get a glass of water from the fridge without thinking about how many more steps
somebody would have to take in India or Africa or somewhere else. It is something I’m really passionate about
because 1 in 9 people in the world are living without access to clean water
which is a really terrifying statistic.
So I’m really excited that charitywater has allowed us to extend the
campaign through to December 31<sup>st</sup> now. And we have some great prizes like a script
of a really exciting episode that the cast and I have signed – and all of my
notes are in it. Also, there’s a water
can that I used for a photo shoot that everybody [from DAYS] has signed. We’re raffling off a lunch as well so we’re
really excited for people to join the campaign and raise more money for that.</span></span><br />
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<span style="line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To find out more about Kate's K20 Charity: Water Campaign -- visit <a href="http://my.charitywater.org/k2o-birthday-benefit-">http://my.charitywater.org/k2o-birthday-benefit-</a></span></span></div>
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Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-54190871117485260312013-11-14T20:22:00.001-08:002013-11-14T21:01:02.825-08:00DAY OF DAYS 2013 INTERVIEW with CAMILA BANUS<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b>Camila Banus (Gabi Hernandez, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) -- November 9th, 2013</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>CB: </b>I’m having a fantastic time.
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>What would you say is your favorite storyline that you’ve
done as Gabi?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>CB: </b>I definitely think the pregnancy storyline has been really
amazing for Gabi. She’s learned a lot as
a person and as a mother-to-be about herself and just about the things that she
needs to do to make herself better and better for her baby. So I definitely think that the pregnancy
storyline and everything that had to do with that; and everything dealing with
Nick. That’s been great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>CB: </b>I think what I liked the most about playing Gabi was the
brother/sister dynamic of Gabi and Rafe.
They were just great with one another; and they really had a good
brother and sister connection and dynamic.
One that plays across really well on camera; and I feel like every time
we have a scene together, we just get really great feedback. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>CB: </b><span style="line-height: 115%;">There’s
always possibilities and opportunities coming up. As far as now, I will be exiting the show in
January. But after that, it’s just a
matter of whatever shows up as how I’m going to play it. I’ll play it by ear and just be open to a lot
of things. I possibly would like to be
involved with film; something along the lines of that.</span></span></div>
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Laurie Bakerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04863443650222351501noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-286641763130571769.post-3335766083206287942013-11-14T19:33:00.003-08:002013-11-14T20:23:24.689-08:00DAY OF DAYS 2013 INTERVIEW with BLAKE BERRIS<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b>Blake Berris (Nick Fallon, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) -- November 9th, 2013</b></span><br />
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I like Nick whether he’s a nice guy or whether he’s a bad guy. And lately he’s starting to get a little bit
off the rails…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>BB: </b>Yes, definitely
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>BB: </b>I’d say what I
enjoy…I’d say that the balance is essential to Nick. Like I love the fact that he has his dark
side and his lighter loving side. I like
the stuff on Smith Island and what they exposed about what happened to him in
prison because I think it gave the audience a chance to sympathize with where
he was at and why he was doing what he was doing. That he didn’t just seem like he didn’t have
motivation for all that stuff. I thought
that was very cool; and I think it helped balance the character in a way that
made him make sense and made it possible for people to have compassion for him. For someone who is a pretty psychotic person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>What would you like to see happen with Nick? Do you have a preference for a certain
storyline for him?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>BB: </b>I’ve always kind of been interested in Nick’s mental
stability. I think it would be
interesting to investigate psychologically what’s at the root at that. Whether it be therapy or any number of
psychological investigations of what’s up.
Because he has a family history of mental instability. So I thought that would be cool. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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been on the film festival circuit. Any
other indie films you’re working on?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>BB: </b><span style="line-height: 115%;">Yes.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">I have another indie film called HOUSE OF
LAST THINGS which I’m actually going to Mexico next week for another film
festival.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">It premiered at a festival
called Gerardmer in France.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">We had
another festival in Brazil; and I’m about to go to one in Mexico.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">It hasn’t had its US premiere yet, but it’s a
very cool suspense/fantasy.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">Not horror
but scary.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">And it’s really cool.</span><span style="line-height: 115%;"> </span><span style="line-height: 115%;">I’m really proud of it; and I’m excited for
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b><br /></b><b>Shawn Christian (Daniel Jonas, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) -- November 9th, 2013</b></span><br />
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Smith and Molly Burnett. What’s that
about?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>SC: </b>It’s a comedy. It gave me a great opportunity to write and
do some comedy which I had a great time doing.
Producing it was also a pleasure as well. So now we put together this show. We’re pitching it. We’re trying to get it sold to Amazon. We’re
trying to get it out to NetFlix and Fox and NBC and ABC. Everybody.
We’re just really pushing it out there to see who will be interested and
maybe even get a show runner for it. It
has definitely been an awesome project from the beginning to write it and to
see it come to life. To see what was
created on the page actually be put up on the screen. It’s been awesome. We had our first screening. We did a premiere in Tennessee which turned
out to be a huge success. I love
it. I love the idea of producing as
well…from having been executive producer on ADDICTS ANONYMOUS. I’ve got to say now a couple of people have
approached me about other projects that I’ll pursue now. I just bought the rights to a book. Doing a comedy was great, especially when
you’re involved with drama every day.</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Freddie Smith (Sonny Kiriakis, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) -- November 9th, 2013</span></b></div>
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Sonny Kiriakis?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>FS: </b>That he’s just a
very positive character. He’s got good
values; and he’s just a wonderful person.
I really like playing that. He’s
a really positive person which I think is great.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>OUTTAKES: </b>You’re also in a project with Shawn Christian called ADDICTS
ANONYMOUS. What’s that about?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 115%;"><b>FS: </b>That’s
a show that we created. It’s about a
group of college kids. It’s kind of like
a detention in a way where a lot of troubled students in college go to this
class. I play Gary Goldberg who is this
lovable idiot with daddy issues; and he’s just trying to make his dad
proud. There are all of these different
situations put together. It’s a really
good comedy that we came up with.</span><br />
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Find out more about ADDICTS ANONYMOUS here:</span><br />
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<a href="http://addictsanonymous.tv/"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://addictsanonymous.tv/</span></a><br />
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<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2012/03/01/shawn-christian"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2012/03/01/shawn-christian</span></a><br />
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<b>THE DAY OF DAYS 2013 INTERVIEWS WITH ALL OF THE CAST MEMBERS CAN BE HEARD HERE: <a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2013/11/12/outtakes-at-day-of-days-2013">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2013/11/12/outtakes-at-day-of-days-2013</a></b><br />
<b><br /></b><b>Peggy McCay (CarolineBrady, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) -- November 9th, 2013</b><br />
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nomination for it. What has it been like
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<b>PM: </b>Well, it’s had an
amazing effect for the show that I had a nomination for Lead Actress. We had the Entertainment Industry Council
award us a Prism award for doing the story.
And the writers won another award for having chosen the subject. So it’s brought us a lot of prestige. And I think it’s very appropriate because
it’s a big serious problem. 60% of the
caretakers are women. Two thirds have
the disease. There are millions of
people have this. And I’m so glad our
show brought it to the fore. So I think
it’s a good thing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>PM: </b>That she’s direct.
That she isn’t saccharine sweet.
She’ll haul off and call a spade a spade; and I like that. I’m a New Yorker (laughs). And I think that’s our characteristic. Here people are very polite in Los
Angeles. If someone breaks into a line
in New York City, people say, “Hey!
There’s a line here!” So what I
love about Caroline is her directness; and she loves her family deeply.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>OUTTAKES: </b>Why do you think DAYS OF OUR LIVES has lasted almost 50
years? What is it about this show that
has kept it on the air?<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>PM: </b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">I’ve
got to give the Corday family credit for this.
They brought the show to Los Angeles.
Ken Corday’s mother kept the show going.
He’s keeping the show going. It’s
a generational show. Today as we sign
for two hours at the fan event, they [the fans] love the show. They think of us as friends and family. That’s quite something to accomplish. I think our show has created loyal fans who
regard us as part of their family. </span></div>
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