Sean Kanan, Carolyn Hennesy, Patrika Darbo Among Indie Series Awards Winners

The winners of the 11th Annual Indie Series Awards were revealed on Thursday, June 18 in a virtual ceremony hosted by Sean Kanan. The ISAs celebrate the best in independently produced scripted entertainment created for the Web.

Top honors went to After Forever and Indoor Boys, named best drama and best comedy series of the year.

Drama series acting honors went to Sean Kanan (Studio City), Chauntae Pink (Poz Roz), Derrell Whitt (A Place Called Hollywood), Patrika Darbo (Studio City) Carolyn Hennesy (Studio City), A Martinez (The Bay) and Meg Foster (A Place Called Hollywood).

Comedy winners included Alex Wyse (Indoor Boys), Lee Garlington (Before We Go), Wesley Taylor (Indoor Boys), Carolee Carmello (Indoor Boys), Frankie Grande (Indoor Boys) and Jonée B Shady (Poor Us).

Since 2009, the Indie Series Award has honored the most creative and progressive talent in independent web series. In all, 33 series were nominated from around the globe.

Check out the complete winner's list below.

BEST DRAMA SERIES
After Forever

BEST DIRECTING – DRAMA
After Forever, Tina Cesa Ward

BEST WRITING – DRAMA
Studio City, Michele Kanan & Lauren de Normandie

'She & Her': Trailer Released for new Carolyn Hennesy Film

A trailer has been released for She & Her, an upcoming film starring Daytime Emmy and Indie Series Award winner Carolyn Hennesy (Diane on General Hospital).

Hennesy plays Poppy Sinclaire, an aging ex-actress whose world is turned upside down when young up-and-comer Mattie Morris (Mackenzie Breeden) drags her out of her self imposed exile, and convinces her to share her story of Hollywood abuse. Together with super-producer Addie Banks (Gwen Hillier), the women work through their shared traumas as they fight and forgive, ultimately taking back the narrative, and shaping a future that they want to live in.

Watch the trailer below.

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Award Winning 'Acting Dead' Hits Amazon Today!

Since first hitting the web, zombie comedy Acting Dead has won multiple Indie Series Awards, and nabbed a Primetime Emmy last fall for Patrika Darbo's hilarious performance. Starting today, the brilliantly funny Brian Beacock-penned series is available on Amazon Video, and free to view for all Amazon Prime customers.

Acting Dead tells the story of Tate Blodgett (Brian Beacock), a down on his luck, unemployed actor, who after being turned down for role after role, decides to take his career into his own hands, and becomes a Zombie, simply so he can finally get work in the many Zombie movies and television shows. Along the way, he meets Alex Carboneux (Jillian Clare), a former child star, who's temper has stalled her career, until she also decides to take matters in her own hands, which doesn't turn out so well either.

“We're so excited that audiences can now bite and binge the entire first season of Acting Dead," said Beacock. "It didn't take a lot of brains to realize that Amazon was a great home for our Emmy winning zombie comedy!” Producer Susan Bernhardt added “I'm positive the Amazon audience will get hooked on Acting Dead – we've always known we had something really special and are thrilled to bring our Emmy winning digital series to the Amazon lineup."

In addition to Beacock, Clare and Darbo, the zom-com boasts an impressive group of talent including Chris Galya, Paul Nygro and John Yelvington with Season One guest stars Debbie Gibson, Eric Martsolf, Carolyn Hennesy, Sean Kanan, John J. York, Cocoa Brown, Christine Lakin, Lori Alan, Erin Matthews, Gary and Larry Lane, Peter Allen Vogt, Sheila Sheila, Mitch Silpa and Jacee Jule.

'Serial Scoop Now': 'The Bay' at the 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards

We Love Soaps teamed up with Serial Scoop Now to cover the 44th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards. In the video below, check out interviews with producers and cast of Amazon Prime drama The Bay at the Creative Arts ceremony. Host Jenna Stone spoke with Nicolas Coster, Jade Harlow, Celeste Fianna, Carolyn Hennesy, Kristos Andrews, Lilly Melgar, Matthew Ashford, Ronn Moss and Devin DeVasquez.

Carolyn Hennesy to Host Daytime Emmys Red Carpet on Facebook Live

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced that not only will the Daytime Emmy Awards be live-streamed on Facebook and Twitter, but the fans can experience the red carpet for themselves at both the Creative Arts (Friday, April 28th) and the Broadcast (Sunday, April 30th) via Facebook Live with host and Emmy nominee, Carolyn Hennesy. In addition, Hennesy will be hosting two Facebook Live appearances from the NATAS Gifting Suites for the nominees on Saturday, April 29th.

“I am absolutely thrilled and so honored to be tapped to host FB Live's red carpet coverage for Daytime Emmy weekend,” says Hennesy, adding, “The glitz, the gowns, the stress, the nerves, the gossip...'She said WHAT?' I'll bring you just as much as they'll let me...and then some!"

WHEN:
Friday, April 28th and Sunday, April 30th - 2:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Saturday April 29th (Gifting Suite) at 1:00 p.m. and again at 4:00 p.m.

WHERE:
Fans can tune in and ask their own questions via Facebook and Twitter

Two-time Daytime Emmy-nominated actress Carolyn Hennesy is known for her role as Diane Miller on General Hospital, and was most recently seen as Toni in the hit Netflix revival series Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life. Other major credits include Rosalyn Harris on HBO's True Blood, the uber-evil Penelope Ellis on Revenge, Barb on Cougar Town, and the hilariously haughty Mrs. Chesterfield in Disney's Jessie. She also recently starred in the action-thriller Better Criminal, and just wrapped production on the female-driven horror film, St. Agatha. Big screen credits include Click, Legally Blonde 2, and Terminator 3. She recently won an Indie Series Award in the Best Guest Actress-Drama category for her role in The Bay, a performance that also earned her a Daytime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting/Guest Actress in a Digital Daytime Drama Series. Among other stage accolades, the LA Drama Critics Circle has distinguished her with the Natalie Schafer Award and the LA Stage Alliance with an Ovation Award. She authored the wildly popular “Pandora” children's book series (Bloomsbury USA) and the New York Times Bestseller “The Secret Life of Damian Spinelli” (Hyperion). She also hosts her radio program, Animal Magnetism, dedicated to animal preservation and conservation.

'General Hospital' Star Carolyn Hennesy Joins 'Gilmore Girls'

Carolyn Hennesy

General Hospital Emmy nominated actress Carolyn Hennesy (Diane Miller) has joined Netflix's Gilmore Girls revival series in a recurring role.

According to Variety, Hennesy will play Toni, a member of The DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution). Described as upper-crust, someone who likes to keep things orderly and does not appreciate dissension, Toni has been in the “club” for years with Emily Gilmore (Kelly Bishop).

Netflix announced in July that all four episodes of the continuation — titled Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life — would be released on Friday, November 25 at 12:01 a.m. PT in its entirety, despite series creator Sherman-Palladino's plea that they be rolled out one or two at a time.

Watch the 7th Annual Indie Series Awards Red Carpet Interviews

Eric Martsolf and Jen Lilley

Serial Scoop Now host Michael Goldberg interviewed the stars in front of and behind the camera on the red carpet of the 7th Annual Indie Series Awards on April 6. You will see many performers from the world of daytime soap operas in the interviews below.

Featured below are Days of our Lives stars Jen Lilley and Eric Martsolf, the hosts of this year's ceremony; Janessa Alberre (Miss North Hollywood USA); Hart of America's Amber Nash, Kevin Gillese and Benjamin Scott Holst (Hart of America); Or So the Story Goes' Judith Avers, Melissa Malone and Frances Southwick; Frank Leone from In Retrospect; Winterthorne's Kathleen Gati, Kevin Spirtas, Martha Madison, Josh Thrower, Barbara Caruso and Michael Caruso; Colleen Zenk (As the World Turns); Yancy Butler (Witchblade); Jillian Clare (Ladies of the Lake); The Bay's Patrika Darbo and Kiko Ellsworth; Sebastian La Cause, Jason Cicci, Cady Huffman, John Cramer, Darcie Siciliano, Bradford How and Veronica Reyes-How from He's With Me; Ryan Gowland, Molly Hawkey and Julia Wackenheim-Gimple from F'd; BLACK's Daniel Betances; Viral stars Melissa Archer and Barry Brisco; Milgram and the Fastwalkers' Richard Cutting, Victoria Guthrie and Johnny Alonso; Misguided's Melissa Claire Egan and Paul Gosselin; Hollywood Wasteland's Paula Rhodes, Matt Newcomb, Beth Newcomb, Sandra Solanchick and Ryan Robert Daggitt; EastSiders' Kit Williamson, Stephen Guarino, Brianna Brown and John Halbach; Life's a Drag creator and star Ian Verdun; Nature Show's Andy Batson and Jarrod Lynch Moses Anderson; The Bay's Gregori J. Martin, Nicolas Coster, Terri Ivens, Lilly Melgar, Kristos Andrews, Karrueche Tran, Ronn Moss, Devin DeVasquez, Mary Beth Evans, Matthew Ashford, Taylor Stanley, Alicia Leigh Willis, Jared Safier and Brittany Underwood; The Under 5ers' Alexandra Nader and Matthew Ryan Wilson; Hunting Season's Ben Baur, Jon Marcus, Marc Sinoway, Jake Manabat, Tyler French and David Garelik; These People's Zac Hug, Carolyn Hennesy, Claire Downs and Jeremy Glazer; Keith Broke His Leg stars Keith Powell and Jill Knox; Capitol Hill's Pete Rush; Sheena Metal; Hollywood Wasteland's Caley Bisson and Kaitlin Clark; Michael Shlafman, Benjamin Warner and Julian Stamboulieh from LARPs; Redheads Anonymous' Elisabeth Ness, Kevin Sebastian and Ed Nescot; the team from The Beat & Path: Walk of Shame, including Brandon Russell and DJ Amen Ra; The New Adventures of Peter & Wendy's Brennan Murray, Kyle Walters and Paula Rhodes; The Platoon of Power Squadron's Jake Jarvi; the team from Anacostia, including Tia Dae; Wasted's Jean-Jacques Javier; The Bay's Vincent De Paul; Club 5150's Crista Flanagan, Lee Sherman and Crystal Carson; Rare Bird's of Fashion nominee Christopher Chwee; Fully Engaged's Erika Robel; and Conversation From the Afterlife's Adam Henry Garcia and Aden Hakimi.

Brilliant Comedy 'These People' Kicks Off Season 3 With Live Episode on April 24

Jim Rash, Carolyn Hennesy and Claire Downs star in These People.

These People, the winner for Best Writing in a Comedy (for series co-creator Zac Hug and Academy Award winner Jim Rash) at the recent Indie Series Awards, returns for a third season later this month true to form, focusing on the third sibling, Chuck. And then there’s Mom.

On Sunday, April 24, the cast will present a live version of the first episode via Facebook Live, with all six episodes live at thesepeople.tv on April 30th.

Co-created by Zac Hug and Jamie Heinrich, season three finds the Bennet family reeling from Simon’s death as Chuck (Cameron Miller Desart) begins a search for some new place to live for their mother, Julia Bennet, (Carolyn Hennesy, General Hospital). The rest is the usual insanity: Jenny (Claire Downs) and Todd (Zac Hug) have a few sessions with Dr. Maher (Keith Powell), as Josh (Jeremy Glazer) moves on with Kip Stark (Ben Baur), in earshot of gossip columnist Kevin Pratt (Jim Rash). All of this as Chuck’s wife Marilyn (Amanda Walsh) and his daughter Adelaide (Leigh Epstiein) finally lead him to the family confrontation with Dad (Jim O’Heir).

With brilliant writing, an all-star cast, and perfect chemistry, These People is at the top of my must-watch web series list. You can't help but laugh out loud at the dysfunctional antics of the Bennets, so outrageous at times but always performed perfectly by the stellar ensemble so that you end up rooting for the characters. At the very least, you will want to watch to find out what they do next.

Watch the Season 3 trailer below.

'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

Nominees Melissa Archer, Tristan Rogers, Melissa Claire Egan & Carolyn Hennesy Added as Presenters for 7th Annual Indie Series Awards

Former One Life to Live and Days of our Lives star Melissa Archer is
nominated for her work on Viral.

The Indie Series Awards announced today the second slate of presenters for the upcoming 7th Annual ISAs ceremony, hosted by Jen Lilley and Eric Martsolf.

The presenters, including ISA winners and nominees, are:

Melissa Archer (Viral)
Daniel Betances (BLACK)
Jillian Clare (Acting Dead)
Claire Downs (These People)
Melissa Claire Egan (Misguided)
Mary Beth Evans (The Bay)
Jeremy Glazer (These People)
Ryan Gowland (F'd)
Carolyn Hennesy (These People)
Zac Hug (These People)
Sebastian La Cause (He's With Me, Life's a Drag)
Erika Robel (Fully Engaged)
Tristan Rogers (The Bay)
Marc Sinoway (Hunting Season)
Kit Williamson (EastSiders)
Colleen Zenk (Thurston)

These presenters join the previously announced group which includes Kristos Andrews (The Southside, The Bay), Ben Baur (Hunting Season, These People), Tia Dae (Anacostia), Crista Flanagan (Club 5150), Kathleen Gati (Winterthorne), Jill Knox (Keith Broke His Leg), Martha Madison (Winterthorne), Keith Powell (Keith Broke His Leg, These People), Darcie Siciliano (He's With Me), Karrueche Tran (The Bay), Kevin Spirtas (Winterthorne) and Ian Verdun (Life's a Drag).

See all the nominees here.

The 7th Annual Indie Series Awards will be held at the historic El Portal Theatre on Wednesday, April 6 at 8 p.m. PT.

Carolyn Hennesy & Sean Kanan Star in Romantic Short 'True Colors'

Carolyn Hennesy, Sean Kanan and Charli Kanan (the dog) star in True Colors.

Carolyn Hennesy (Diane, General Hospital) and Sean Kanan (Deacon, The Bold and the Beautiful) get romantic in the new short film, True Colors, written and directed by Michele Kanan. Kanan plays Steve, who enters the shop of Hennesy's Kate with a hair emergency.

Kate takes on the difficult assignment, and the two of them chat and get to know each other as he explains how he got green highlights that won't wash out on his brother's wedding day.

Does Kate fall for Steve while washing out his highlights? Watch True Colors below.

5th Annual Indie Series Awards: Carolyn Hennesy Steals Amy Acker's ISA, Charlene Tilton Wins for 'DeVanity'

DeVanity guest star Charlene Tilton proudly accepts the ISA from her daughter, Cherish Lee.

The 5th Annual Indie Series Awards were held on April 2, 2014 at the El Portal Theatre in North Hollywood. Lisa Gifford (3some) and Richard Cutting (Milgram and the Fastwalkers) presented the awards for Best Guest Star - Comedy and Best Guest Star - Drama. When Amy Acker (Husbands) was announced as the Comedy winner, ISA5 host Carolyn Hennesy (Single Siblings), also nominated, ran on the stage and stole the award! The stage manager and trophy girl Cherish Lee were able to wrestle the award away from Hennesy and give it to Jane Espenson, who accepted on Acker's behalf. Next, Charlene Tilton (DeVanity) wins in the Drama category, and is given the award by Cherish Lee, her daughter.

Watch it all happen in the highlight clip below:

5th Annual Indie Series Awards Red Carpet Show (Part 1): Carolyn Hennesy, Sebastian La Cause, Christine Lakin, Eric Martsolf, Darin Brooks & Kelly Kruger

In Part 1 of WE LOVE SOAPS TV's 5th Annual Indie Series Awards Red Carpet Show, Michael Goldberg chats with actress and author Carolyn Hennesy, who brilliantly hosted this year's ceremony. Also featured are Sebastian La Cause, producer and star of Best Web Series - Drama winner Hustling; Christine Lakin, producer and star of Lovin' Lakin and one of Indie Series Awards judges this year; Days of our Lives star Eric Martsolf, a presenter who will appear in the upcoming zombie comedy Acting Dead; and Bloomers nominee Darin Brooks with Kelly Kruger, former star of The Young and the Restless.

Watch Part 1 (Episode 5.26) below and stayed tuned for more Red Carpet interviews soon.

ZomCom ACTING DEAD Launches Website, Releases Trailer

Upcoming star-studded ZomCom ACTING DEAD has launched a new website, ActingDead.com, and released a trailer for the series which premieres online April 22.

ACTING DEAD stars Brian Beacock (Mulholland Drive) as Tate Blodgett, a down on his luck unemployed actor, who after being turned down for role after role, decides to take his career into his own hands, and becomes a Zombie, simply so he can finally get work in the many Zombie movies and television shows. Along the way, he meets Alex Carboneux (Jillian Clare, Alien Abduction), a former child star who's temper has stalled her career until she also decides to take matters in her own hands, which doesn't turn out so well either.

"We're very excited about ACTING DEAD's World Premiere on March 28th at LAweb Fest," showrunner and star Brian Beacock said in a press release. "It's an amazingly fun and important event and we're so proud to be a part of it. Plus today is the launch of the ACTING DEAD Official Website and the premiere of our Official Series Trailer! There's so much going on, it's got our brains on overdrive. Of course, that comes with the territory when working on a zombie comedy series."

Watch the newly released trailer below:

Carolyn Hennesy To Host 5th Annual ISAs

We Love Soaps is thrilled to announce that GENERAL HOSPITAL star Carolyn Hennesy will host the 5th Annual ISAs. The awards show celebrates the best in independently produced, scripted entertainment created for the Web.

Hennesy joined the cast of daytime soap opera GENERAL HOSPITAL in 2006, and has played the role of tough-as-nails attorney Diane Miller ever since. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 2010 for her work.

In primetime, Hennesy has starred in numerous series including JESSIE, COUGAR TOWN and TRUE BLOOD. She is also set to guest star in the upcoming zombie comedy indie web series ACTING DEAD as Dr. Ivana Wurshter, the mysterious woman behind the zombie-actor production company, Flatline Inc. If that isn't enough, she recently shot a feature film, Hybrids, which wrapped in November.

This year's Indie Series Awards, formerly known as the Indie Soap Awards, will take place in early April.

For more information on The ISAs, visit IndieSeriesAwards.com.

GENERAL HOSPITAL's Carolyn Hennesy Joins Indie Series ACTING DEAD

GENERAL HOSPITAL actress Carolyn Hennesy, who plays Diane Miller on the long-running daytime soap opera, is the latest star to be cast in the upcoming semi-dark, zombie-comedy, ACTING DEAD. Set in the world of Hollywood, ACTING DEAD is an independent television series from award-winning New Media producers Brian Beacock and Susan Bernhardt.

"I've know Carolyn for quite some time now, and have always been a big fan of her work," said Bernhardt. "She has the perfect combination of wit and fierce glamour for this integral role in the story."

NEWS: Finola Hughes Dance Mom; BREAKING BAD Ad Dollars; Sandra Oh on GREY'S Exit; Jamie Lomas' EASTENDERS Debut

With BREAKING BAD Approaching Its End, Marketers May Clamor to Buy Commercial Time
The last seven episodes will almost assuredly continue the show’s viewership streak for AMC, the network that carries it, and they may set another milestone, too — near record advertising rates for cable television for marketers vying for the limited commercial time still available.

The BREAKING BAD finale on Sept. 29 could be the biggest original programming cable TV event since THE SOPRANOS finale in June 2007 — and those unsold units will get premium rates.

GENERAL HOSPITAL's Finola Hughes stars in the just-wrapped indie feature Platinum: The Dance Movie
"My character, Jo-Ann, is really pretty horrible! Platinum is a tongue-in-cheek take on dance competitions, with all these great young dancers competing at an extraordinary level and the crazy mothers who push them. It's very authentic, but also very funny."

Her GH costar Carolyn Hennesy is also in the film.

"Her character is even worse than mine! I just love that woman. So funny! [Laughs] She's mad as a bag of rats!"

Red Carpet Interview: Carolyn Hennesy At Daytime Emmys

Carolyn Hennesy was nominated this year for Best Supporting Actress in the 37th Annual Daytime Emmys.  How does she stay so confident, powerful, and empowered? Read below to find out.

We Love Soaps: I love that your character is a woman who takes action, she knows what she wants, she knows how to get it.  How much of that is about you?
Carolyn Hennesy: All of it.

We Love Soaps: Is that who you are?
Carolyn Hennesy: You bet.

We Love Soaps: Have you always been like that, or have you had to learn how to be confident in yourself?
Carolyn Hennesy: I think we all do.  There are those horrible angst ridden teenage years.  Then you slowly get out of that.  Listen, this is a very tough business.  If I hadn’t learned to have some resilience and let things sluff off, I would be dead.  Because this is a business that says “No.”  And I’ve said, “I don’t care how much you say no, I’m going to say yes.”

We Love Soaps: How did you learn to do that?  How did you learn not to take it personally when you hear “no” and keep fighting?
Carolyn Hennesy: Believe me, that’s the trick.  If I could bottle that, if I could bottle, “Don’t take anything personally.”  I think you need people in your corner as a support system who already know it to keep telling you.  So anyone out there—don’t take it personally!  If you want to do it, don’t take no for an answer.  Unless it’s illegal, immoral, or fattening. 

Watch the full interview with Carolyn and other ABC stars at WLS TV #40: ABC At The Daytime Emmys.

Damon L. Jacobs is a Licensed Marriage Family Therapist seeing individuals and couples in New York City at Mental Health Counseling & Marriage And Family Therapy Of New York.   He is also the author of "Absolutely Should-less: The Secret to Living the Stress-Free Life You Deserve".

Carolyn Hennesy & Others Speak Out Against Proposition 8

Tony winners Sara Ramirez (ex-Hannah, AS THE WORLD TURNS) and Tyne Daly (ex-Caroline, GENERAL HOSPITAL) joined fellow straight allies Amy Brennaman, Christine Lahti, Dolores Huerta, Camryn Manheim, Melonie Diaz, Sally Kirkland (ex-Brenda, GENERAL HOSPITAL) and Carolyn Hennesy (Diane, GENERAL HOSPITAL) in the "Stop the Hate, Vote No on 8". campaign by making a series of public service announcements in support of same-sex marriage in California. Also in the spots are out actors Wilson Cruz, Heather Matarazzo and Carolyn Murphy.