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Monday, September 28, 2015

NEWS: Jack Scalia, Camila Banus, Brian Gaskill, Christopher Kennedy Lawford, Robert Doherty, Trevor Noah, Timothy Watson

Victoria Gotti and actor Jack Scalia kiss at her son John Agnello's
wedding at Oheka Castle.
Victoria Gotti, ex-husband get into screaming match at son's Long Island wedding over All My Children star Jack Scalia
A mob war erupted this weekend at the Long Island wedding of late Gambino family boss John Gotti’s namesake grandson. Father-of-the-groom/made man Carmine Agnello and Mafia princess/ex-wife Victoria Gotti traded barbs Friday night over her date for the evening — hunky soap opera star Jack Scalia (ex-Chris, All My Children; ex-Nicholas, Dallas), attendees said.

“If you think it’s over between us, you’re dead wrong!” Agnello was heard shouting at Gotti.

But the fiery blonde daughter of the late mob boss returned fire, shouting, “I divorced you a decade ago — get used to it!”

From South Africa soap opera Isidingo extra to Daily Show host: Trevor Noah's rise to fame
In 2002, Noah started his career with a small role on the SABC 3 soapie Isidingo, playing a gangster. He later told New Zealand's Stuff magazine that he "stumbled on to the set one day by mistake and I got cast in a role."

Tim Matheson & Days of our Lives star Camila Banus join FX drama pilot Snowfall
Banus (Gabi on Days) will play Lucia Villanueva, whose father is a very successful drug dealer who almost certainly has given his daughter too much over the years. Born in Mexico but raised in the U.S., her entitlement masks a deeply scarred soul; she now wants to take control of her life through whatever means necessary.

Hollyoaks actor is left partially blind and almost loses an eye after a fly flew into his cornea during filming
Robert Doherty, who regularly plays a policeman in the British soap, was filming a scene outside when he felt a tiny fly buzz into his eye. He thought nothing of it and wiped it away, but within hours his eye had become red and he developed a pounding headache. Upon waking the next morning, he was horrified to discover he was completely blind in one eye. Doctors revealed the tiny creature had scratched his cornea and left behind bacteria.

All My Children alum Christopher Kennedy Lawford to speak about his addiction, sobriety at O’Brien House fundraiser
“I’m in recovery now for 30 years,” says Lawford, who had a 15-year career as an actor (including three years playing Charlie Brent on All My Children), lawyer, executive and producer. “For about 20 of those, I was anonymous, speaking in church basements and other 12-step programs. In 2005, I wrote a book, ‘Symptoms of Withdrawal,’ a New York Times bestseller. There was such an avalanche of response that I began speaking publicly … It was important for me to give back, to be a part of the solution.”

Actor who plays The Archers villain in shock at social media onslaught
The actor playing the villain Rob Titchener in British radio soap opera The Archers says he has had to stop looking at online listener reactions to the Radio 4 series after large numbers of abusive attacks.

“I have now removed all social media from my house because some of the things people said were quite awful,” said Timothy Watson, after he had been greeted with a barrage of boos and hisses by an audience at the Radio Times Festival.

Former soap star Brian Gaskill involved in car crash
Gaskill (ex-Bobby, All My Children; ex-Rafe, Port Charles et al) and his girlfriend, Ambika Leigh, were involved in a car accident over the weekend, when a car being pursued by police in a high speed chase crashed into their vehicle. Both Gaskill and his girlfriend are doing okay, but his car was totaled. "Thankful to be alive after being hit in the climax of a high speed chase.... It was even televised .... And I thought Castle was gonna be my return to TV ...ha (sorry for the humor)," he posted on Facebook. "Ambika Leigh was with me and I'm so grateful we are still here...love to you all.



Listen to Gaskill talk about the accident in the interview below:

Tuesday, April 29, 2014

NEWS: Will 'Nashville' Leave Nashville? 'Skins' Returning? Showtime Developing 'Snowfall'

Could 'Nashville' production be leaving for Austin?
Executives from the ABC television series Nashville have explored moving the production to other states, amid ongoing talks with local officials about an economic incentive package for a third season.

There's little doubt that if ABC picks up Nashville for a third season, the combined economic incentives from state and local government will be less lucrative than the show received for the first two seasons.

Discussions underway for 'Skins' return
Creator Bryan Elsley is in talks over the creation of a new series charting the lives of a fourth generation of party loving teens, a year after the final episode aired on E4.

Confirming that the show’s original broadcaster Channel 4 would not be involved, Elsley said, “The thing about the modern world now is that the future is neither film nor television series, not platform, nor not platforms. It is about collaboration, co-production and the internet. Somehow that equation has got to be worked out and I think it will be worked out quite quickly. Whether it will be worked out in time for Skins I don’t know."

HBO Ratings: Another Record for ‘Game of Thrones’
GoT averaged 6.9 million viewers for its 9 p.m. telecast, gaining about 300,000 viewers from last week (6.59 million) and about 1.55 million more than its episode on the final Sunday of last year (5.35 million), according to Nielsen. Its previous high had been the 6.635 million for its fourth-season premiere on April 6.

Showtime Drama To Chronicle Origins Of Crack Cocaine Epidemic In Los Angeles
John Singleton is returning to the setting of his debut feature Boyz In The Hood – 1984 Los Angeles — with Snowfall, a drama series project set up at Showtime. Told through the eyes of a young black kid from Compton, a Mexican wrestler and a CIA agent charged with running money to the Contras, Snowfall will examine the beginnings of the crack cocaine epidemic in Los Angeles. Allegedly fueled by CIA involvement stemming from the Iran-Contra affair, the drug started flowing to the U.S. in 1984, with Los Angeles as the first city to get hit hard.

Eva Longoria continues venture into politics, but will she run for office?
“I am focused on doing my part as a citizen. Whether it is through the Eva Longoria Foundation, which is focused on empowering Latinas via education and entrepreneurship, or making documentaries that humanize certain issues. I don't think you have to be a politician to be political.”

Ace Nollywood film producer, Amaka Igwe, dies at 51
Amaka Igwe, who was trained in theater arts, has produced movies, series and soap operas for television, film and video. In the 1990s the immensely popular soap opera, Checkmate, catapulted her to national renown and is among the standard-setting works for Nollywood productions.

Yahoo Bets on Live Music, New Original Web Series
This year's “newfront” presentations are underway, and Monday night saw Yahoo’s turn to pitch it’s new content offerings to media buyers.

The company’s senior executives took the opportunity to unveil two new original video series and a major partnership with entertainment firm Live Nation that will enable it to live-stream a new concert every day for an entire year.

Alibaba To Take Big Stake in Web Video Company Youku
Youku's TV dramas are mostly soap-opera-like programs with extended storylines. They had about 25 million average daily views in Q1, according to data from T.H. Capital. Internet users in China watching videos online jumped 83.8% last year to 247 million, according to statistics from the Chinese government.