Showbiz411: Y&R Star Leaves Show to Make YouTube Series with Scientology PalsRoger Friedman has never held back in his columns and goes full throttle in an "exclusive" new story about Michelle Stafford's exit from THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS and her new web series THE STAFFORD PROJECT, and it all revolves his apparent disdain for Scientology. Here are a few quotes:
"So what did Stafford leave for? To make a YouTube series with her Scientology pals"
"But what 'The Stafford Project' hasn't addressed yet is that everyone involved in it is a Scientologist."
"Stafford has been with Scientology since 1990, and has worked her way up to OTVII, which means she may have secret information about desert rendezvous with aliens."
EDITOR'S NOTE: Stafford's web series, THE STAFFORD PROJECT, is quite funny and, if video views are any indication, a smash hit already.
ABC Developing Murder Trial Drama From Kelly Masterson & Prospect Park
The network has given a script commitment plus penalty to LIMELIGHT, a drama project from writer-playwright Kelly Masterson who is executive producing with Prospect Park’s Jeff Kwatinetz and Josh Barry.
ABC and Prospect Park too are involved in litigation, a $25 million case over soaps ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE.
Disney's ABC TV Unit Laying Off 175
The layoffs amount to about 2 percent of the unit, which employs 7,600. Insiders say the layoffs will largely hit the eight owned and operated TV stations housed in Disney's ABC Television Group. The company has eight owned stations in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Houston, Raleigh Durham and Fresno.
Actress Michelle Collins leaving CORONATION STREET in April
Collins has portrayed Rovers Return landlady Stella Price since joining the ITV soap in June 2011.