NEWS: Susan Seaforth Hayes, Wesley Burrowes, Barbara Windsor

Days of our Lives Commemorates 50 Years by Becoming Part of the Smithsonian
Susan Seaforth Hayes (Julie Williams) is the only actress to have appeared on all six decades of the show's production and she noted that the public has consumed thousands of hours following her character's every move.

"No show lasts forever," she told ET. "No job lasts forever, and yet we have been given a half century with the American public."

Days is currently renewed through September 2016.

EastEnders actress Barbara Windsor To Be Made A Dame
A Buckingham Palace source is quoted as saying: "The Queen was delighted when Barbara's name was put forward. Like Her Majesty, she is someone who has been part of the fabric of the way of life in Britain for many years." She also devotes her time to championing causes for the elderly. In 1994 Windsor joined the cast of BBC soap opera EastEnders, playing barmaid Peggy Mitchell.

Wesley Burrowes created many of Ireland TV's most memorable characters
It was only last Sunday night, at the close of RTÉ1's hour-long documentary on Glenroe, that viewers learned of Wesley Burrowes's fragile health - the end credits stating that he had been too ill to participate in its making. Burrowes was the main scriptwriter of Ireland's first rural soap, The Riordans, which initially aired in 1965 and then ran for 14 years. He created Bracken in 1980 which introduced the characters of Miley and Dinny Byrne, later to become the pivots of Glenroe.

Top 5 Pinoy soap operas of 2015
This year’s soap operas in the Philippines prove that both the local genre has come of age because of the industry's exciting ventures and treatments, even if the networks were reworking old material.

NEWS: Eric Braeden on Gun Control; ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK Distributor Doesn't Have Access To Viewer Numbers; Alicia Minshew Joins BEACON HILL

THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS star Eric Braeden on Gun Control: "The More Guns That Are Available, the More Tragedies Will Happen"
"My view of guns is very simple. The more guns that are available, the more tragedies will happen. Period. Out. Gone. I know I’m going to hang a lot of people now, but I have to say what I truly believe. I’m very old fashioned that way. If you have disputes, use your fists. Don’t teach kids in school not to fight. That’s all normal. If I were in charge, I’d say to the teacher, 'When you see a bully beat up a smaller boy, tell the bully that you’ll get another boy for him who’s just as strong.' Let the two of them fight it out. Don’t let the bully take it out on the smaller guy. That’s not nice."

"This entire notion of violence being expressed through the barrel of a gun is so unmanly. It is so cowardly, I think."

Eric Braeden radio interview scheduled for Friday morning
Braeden will talk with Geraldo Rivera on Friday at 8:20 a.m. ET on WABC Radio.

ALL MY CHILDREN and TAINTED DREAMS star Alicia Minshew joins upcoming web series BEACON HILL
Minshew will play reporter Sara Preston. Sara reluctantly returns home to find her family more broken than when she left. Suddenly face-to-face with the family and lover she left behind, Sara is forced to come to terms with the consequences of past decisions.

NEWS: Heather Tom, Barbara Windsor, Corbin Bleu, Steve McFadden, Bill Tarmey

Five-time Emmy winner Heather Tom talks soaps and reality TV
On how working on soaps is different compared to theater, film and TV guest shots: "I would think the biggest difference is just the sheer volume of the work that we do. We do two shows a day. I think that’s the biggest thing. We move very fast. We don’t really get a lot of time to do two takes. We do one take and go. I think also [when] playing a character that’s been around for 10 or 20 years, that character kind of takes on a life of its own. I tend to be very excited about daytime. I like playing a character for a long period of time."

Producers hoping to persuade EASTENDERS matriarch Barbara Windsor to make permanent return
The 75 year old actress will return to the show - which she quit in 2010 after 16 years - as Walford matriarch Peggy Mitchell for one episode this fall, but the powers that be are keen to get her to return on a long-term basis.