OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with SHAWN CHRISTIAN

SHAWN CHRISTIAN joins OutTakes to talk about his role as "Dr. Daniel Jonas" on Days of Our Lives, Venice, his independent film...and more! Daytime fans will also remember Shawn as "Mike Kasnoff" from As The World Turns and "Ross Rayburn" from One Life to Live.

Shawn's interview is available here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2012/03/01/shawn-christian

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OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with BEVERLY TODD

BEVERLY TODD joins OutTakes to talk about her upcoming role as "Celeste Perrault" on Days of Our Lives as well as her career in film, television and theater...including her work with the legendary Sidney Poitier and her role in the historic mini-series Roots.

Beverly's interview is available here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2012/02/23/beverly-todd

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OUTTAKES INTERVIEWS at the 2012 INDIE SOAP AWARDS

Pictured above, DEVANITY cast members Michael Caruso, Alexis Zibolis and Katie Caprio.

This year's Indie Soap Awards was a wonderful celebration of the pioneers in entertainment. While televised soap opera may be floundering, the hope and enthusiasm of the indie soap world was very evident throughout the entire evening. No Daytime Emmy Award travelogues a la Las Vegas with this crowd. The awards show truly gave these artists the respect they deserve, complete with acting clips and acceptance speeches that weren't rushed. A big thank you to WE LOVE SOAPS for putting together such a great event!

I had the pleasure of conducting interviews both at the red carpet and at the closing ceremony for this event. The podcast is at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2012/02/22/the-2012-indie-soap-award-interviews

The interviews consist of the following in this order:

Michael Caruso, Alexis Zibolis and Katie Caprio, DEVANITY
Ilene Kristen, FAR FROM THE BAY
Stacy McQueen, Dee Freeman and Michael Taylor Gray, PRETTY
Jillian Clare and Patrika Darbo, MISS BEHAVE
Kevin Spirtas, DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Gregori Martin and Kristos Andrews, THE BAY
Colleen Zenk, AS THE WORLD TURNS
Tyler Ford and Signy Coleman, RIVER RIDGE
Catherine Frels, THURSTON
Anthony Anderson, ANACOSTIA
Michael O'Leary, STEAMBOAT
Julie Smith, FUMBLING THROUGH THE PIECES
Todd Fisher, The SFN
Rick Dalton, RAGGED ISLE

For a list of the night's winners, go to http://www.welovesoaps.net/2012/02/winners-3rd-annual-indie-soap-awards.html

OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with SOAP LIFE'S HEATHER DIPIETRO

HEATHER DIPIETRO, Associate Producer of the documentary Soap Life as well as creator of the webseries My Story chats with OutTakes about these projects as well as the state of soap opera. To support the Kickstarter campaign, go to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nypstv/soap-life-a-documentary-on-daytime-drama

More about Heather: Heather DiPietro is a student at the University of Arizona earning a BA in Film & Television Studies with a minor in Creative Writing. While she enjoys filmmaking and writing, her passion lies with journalism. As the multimedia editor at the Arizona Daily Wildcat, she is changing student video and photo journalism by re-branding the name of multimedia and creating original news programs. Outside of school and work, Heather adores the genre of soap operas. She's been watching General Hospital for over a decade with her mom and can't imagine a day that she doesn't call her mom and talk about the gossip in Port Charles. Her love for soaps inspired her to work on the upcoming film "Soap Life - A Documentary on Daytime Drama" that focuses on the future of daytime drama and American Television. She is also in the process of producing and writing her first web series called "My Story" about a series of soap opera fans who realize their lives are just as soapy as the daytime drama they watch. Heather currently resides in Tucson, Arizona, but hopes to leave the rattlesnakes and the heat for Los Angeles in sunny California.

Listen to the interview with Heather here at http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2012/02/20/soap-lifes-heather-dipietro

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OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with MARY BETH EVANS

MARY BETH EVANS once again joins OutTakes; and she will always be a welcome repeat guest! We're talking Days of Our Lives, The Bay and more!

Mary Beth's interview is available here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2012/02/15/mary-beth-evans-21512

Also, check out her call-in show last September at this link http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2011/09/19/mary-beth-evans

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OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with IAN BUCHANAN

IAN BUCHANAN joins OutTakes to talk about his upcoming role as "Ian McAllister" on Days of Our Lives. Ian has played the enormously popular "Duke Lavery" on General Hospital, the unlucky-in-love therapist Dr. James Warwick on The Bold and the Beautiful (for which he won a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 1997), the sinister vampire "Joshua Temple" on Port Charles and the fertility specialist "Dr. Greg Madden" in the controversial un-abortion storyline on All My Children. Already, word on the street is that Ian's new character will really be shaking up the stories and characters of Salem!

Ian's interview is available here: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2012/02/07/ian-buchanan .

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OUTTAKES INTERVIEW with JOHN MCCOOK

JOHN MCCOOK ("Eric Forrester" from The Bold and the Beautiful) joins OutTakes to talk about his guest star appearance on Hollywood Dream Role at ACME Comedy Hollywood as well as his career in musical theater and television. John will be appearing at ACME on February 4th at 10:30 PM PT (ACME Comedy Hollywood, 135 N. La Brea Avenue, Los Angeles). For studio audience tickets and live broadcast details, visit www.HollywoodDreamRole.com

John's interview will air on WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1ST at 7 PM EST and is located at the following http://www.blogtalkradio.com/outtakes/2012/02/02/john-mccook . The show is also available for on-demand playback, download and iTunes. Pre-recorded.

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