12th Annual Indie Series Awards Nominees Include Brandon Beemer, Mike Manning, A Martinez

Nominees for the 12^th Annual Indie Series Awards were revealed Wednesday during a special episode of Serial Scoop Now hosted by actor and entertainer Jo Weil.

Anacostia and The Bay led the pack with 15 nominations each.  They are joined in the Best Drama Series category by Arthur, Capital Roar, For the Record, Incompleteness, My Pride and Purgatory.

The comedies were led by The Amazing Gayl Pile: Last Resort with 14 nominations.  They are joined in the Best Comedy Series category by Aidy Kane (Really Wants You to Love Him), Cady Did, Cam_Girlfriend, Claire-ity, The Communist's Daughter, Reality Sets In and Searching for Sylvie.

Martha Madison & Brandon Beemer Returning to 'Days of our Lives'

Martha Madison and Brandon Beemer will be returning to Days of our Lives later this year as Belle and Shawn Brady.

Madison took over the role of Belle Black in 2004, left in 2008, and has made on and off appearances since 2015.

Beemer played Shawn Douglas Brady from 2006-2008, then returned last year after replacing Jason Cook in the role for the second time.

'The Bay' Moving to Amazon Prime! New Cast Additions Include Carolyn Hennesy, Brandon Beemer, Jensen Buchanan & Marissa Tait

Hot off the heels of winning two Indie Series Awards last week and receiving five nominations for the upcoming Daytime Emmy Awards, LANY Entertainment has revealed its hit web series The Bay will be moving to Amazon Prime this summer. With a new beginning, viewers will be able to binge watch the “Director’s Cut” of the Emmy award-winning series, to be re-released in two 14-episode seasons on Amazon Prime.

“We’re excited to bring to the viewers these remastered episodes with never before seen footage,” explains creator Gregori J. Martin. “The show will have a new starting point, and we hope the viewers will binge watch the series to learn the whole story.”

With plans to shoot the 2nd half of the latter season, The Bay goes into production on six brand new episodes in May.

In the vein of Dicken’s “A Christmas Carol,” Mayor Jack Madison (Nicolas Coster) will be taken on a journey where he’ll reluctantly face his past transgressions. Joining the cast in the role of the mayor’s ex-wife and son John Blackwell’s (Ronn Moss) late mother is Carolyn Hennesy (General Hospital, True Blood, Revenge). Brandon Beemer (Days of our Lives) will fill the role of a younger John Blackwell as Jensen Buchanan (The Young and the Restless, Another World) undertakes the role of Melody Garrett circa 1986. Marissa Tait (The Bold and the Beautiful) joins the cast as Young Katherine Blackwell while Eric Martsolf and Abby Wathen return in their roles as Young Lee and Young Sara. Additional casting news will be released prior to production.

In the new episodes, viewers can also expect to see Sara Garrett’s (Mary Beth Evans) misery in prison continue with the returns of Indie Series Awards winner Kym Whitley as cellblock bully “Big Candi” and Patsy Pease as lunatic “Lola Baker.” After leaving heartbroken bride Vivian Johnson (Karrueche Tran) at the altar, golden boy Pete Garrett (Kristos Andrews) faces his own dilemmas as he conspires to free his imprisoned mother while dealing with the news of his beloved Janice Ramos’ (Indie Series Awards winner Lilly Melgar) brutal rape. Updates and additional information regarding THE BAY can be found at www.thebaytheseries.com

Martha Madison, Brandon Beemer, Marie Wilson & Sal Stowers Leaving 'Days of our Lives'

Martha Madison

Days of our Lives seems to be cleaning house, first letting head writer Josh Griffith leaving and now letting go multiple cast members. According to Daytime Confidential's Jamey Giddens, Brandon Beemer (Shawn Brady), Martha Madison (Belle Black Bardy) and Marie Wilson (Summer) have been let go under the new regime of co-head Writers Dena Higley and Ryan Quan.

Sal Stowers (Lani) has also been let go, but her exit took place at the end of 2015.

Days of our Lives is currently on a five-week hiatus and will resume filming on April 4.

Madison tweeted about her exit, writing, "Au revoir Salem!” #Leo #NineLives."

Brandon Beemer Returning to 'Days of our Lives' as Shawn Douglas Brady

Brandon Beemer

Brandon Beemer is replacing Jason Cook as Shawn Brady on NBC soap opera Days of our Lives for the second time. Cook played the role from 1999 to 2006, when Beemer took over for two years. Cook returned to the soap last month just in time for its 50th anniversary but his visit was only intended to be short-term. With Days wanting to keep the character around, they cast Beemer in the role once again.

Since leaving Days in 2008, Beemer has starred on The Bold and the Beautiful as Owen Knight, Dirty Soap on E!, and appeared in CSI: Miami and The Stafford Project.

Beemer will show up on Days in early 2016.

Felisha Terrell and Brandon Beemer Added to 'Fear Clinic' Cast

Brandon Beemer

Dry County Entertainment, founded by director Robert Green Hall (TEEN WOLF) and Fear Chamber LLC, has announced the final round of casting details for their upcoming feature film FEAR CLINIC.

FEAR CLINIC began as a 2009 horror series for FearNet that consisted of five episodes starring up-and-coming talent like Lucas Till (X-Men: First Class) and Kate Nauta (Transporter 2) as well as horror icons Danielle Harris (Halloween 4), Lisa Wilcox (A Nightmare on Elm Street 4) and Kane Hodder (Jason Voorhees). The series and upcoming film stars Robert Englund (Freddy Krueger in the Nightmare on Elm Street franchise) as Dr. Andover, a fear doctor who treats patients afflicted with crippling phobias by inducing hallucinations inside his exposure therapy invention, The Fear Chamber. The series, which focused on a different phobia every episode, received critical acclaim including two 2010 Streamy Awards and reached over five million hits on FearNet.com. It has since been added to On Demand and mainstream channels Youtube and Hulu, making it the most-watched horror web series in history.

LMN Original Movie 'Non-Stop' Starring Lacey Chabert Premieres November 29; Cast Includes Brandon Beemer, Farah Fath, Micah Alberti

Photo Credit: Adam James

Lacey Chabert (ex-Bianca, ALL MY CHILDREN; ex-Claudia, PARTY OF FIVE) stars in the LMN Original Movie NON-STOP which tells the chilling story of a woman who finds herself trapped, confused and fighting for her life on a transcontinental plane flight.

Veronica Cartwright (ex-Bun, EASTWICK), Betsy Russell, Jim O'Heir, David Lipper (ex-Kevin, TIME OF YOUR LIFE), Drew Seeley (ex-Andrew, GUIDING LIGHT) and Will Kemp (ex-Mitchell, 90210) also star in the original thriller, premiering on LMN Friday, November 29 at 8 p.m. ET/9 p.m. PT.

NEWS ROUNDUP: Beemer & Conroy Off Contract, Locklear Revelation, Bogue & Bruno Baby

Brandon Beemer and Zack Conroy taken off contract at THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
A rep for the soap says that while both actors have been dropped down to recurring status, they are still a part of the B&B family... which means that they will continue to drop by on-screen from time to time.

Brandon Beemer & Zack Conroy Off Contract At THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL

CBS Soaps In Depth has reported that Brandon Beemer (Owen) and Zack Conroy (Oliver) have both been taken off contract. Both actors are now officially on recurring status, resulting in less screen time, which many viewers have already noticed. Beemer revealed on Twitter that he’s actually been on recurring for awhile. “‘B&B’ fans: I’ve been off contract for quite a few months now, but all is good…nothing to worry about. That can change any time. I’m working this week at ‘B&B’ on some really great stuff that I know you’ll enjoy! Thanks for the kind words & support!”

DIRTY SOAP REACTION: What Was Your Favorite Moment?

DIRTY SOAP just ended on the East coast. There was no mention of Kirsten Storms, and Galen & Jenna Gering were absent from the episode as well.

Some of our favorites:
* JP almost having to marry Farah if her father sank that putt
* Discovering Farah started drinking bourbon at age 5

Official DIRTY SOAP Drinking Game: Get Drunk with Kelly Monaco, Kirsten Storms, Farah Fath, Nadia Bjorlin, JP Lavoisier, Brandon Beemer & The Gerings!

WE LOVE SOAPS has learned that DIRTY SOAP is best enjoyed with close friends and a choice libation. The docu-series practically begs for a drinking game, so here it is!

We encourage you to share your own drinking rules in the Comments section, below. We'll add our favorites to The Official DIRTY SOAP Drinking Game, and Sunday night (as well as Monday morning) will never be the same again. Please note: we think it's only fair to warn you, based on the first couple of episodes, that it may be a good idea to designate a driver--and don't use the heavy glasses, at the risk of arm-muscle cramps.

The game so far:

SURVEY: What Did You Think Of The Premiere Of DIRTY SOAP?

We live-tweeted the premiere of DIRTY SOAP on E! and the feedback seemed very positive from our Twitter friends. Let us know what you think in our survey below.

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- Watch an exclusive interview with Mark Consuelos and Kelly Ripa, executive producers of DIRTY SOAP
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CONTEST WINNERS: Ten Best Reasons to Watch DIRTY SOAP (Sexy Kelly Monaco & Shirtless Brandon Beemer Just the Beginning!)

A big "THANK YOU!" to everyone who entered our DIRTY SOAP poster give-away!

We were flooded with great entries. There seems to be a pretty good consensus on why we're all really excited about watching DIRTY SOAP! We've summed-up the most popular submissions.

The winners were chosen for naming the greatest number of the final "WLS Readers' Ten Best Reasons to Watch DIRTY SOAP" that we have listed, below.

Kelly Monaco on Reality TV: "If you can't beat 'em, join 'em"

GENERAL HOSPITAL's Kelly Monaco isn't laughing when it comes to the future of daytime television.

"I can't be ignorant or naive and say that we're going to be on for the next 50 years," she said in a new E! interview which includes DIRTY SOAP co-stars Brandon Beemer and Galen Gering. "We might be gone in a year from now. I hope we're not."

"I think part of me doing DIRTY SOAP and doing this reality show is in part by salvaging some sort of audience that...we don't have right now," Monaco added. "Reality is such a big hit right now, if you can't beat 'em, join 'em."

Watch a DIRTY SOAP preview below.