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News Round-up

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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Bride gets a bullet in Memphis filmmaker’s online soap operaDid you hear the one about the young Southern woman who was shot and sent into a coma on her wedding day by a mystery assailant after it was revealed that she was pregnant, that she stole her boyfriend from her cousin, that she’d been sleeping [...]

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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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Bride gets a bullet in Memphis filmmaker’s online soap operaDid you hear the one about the young Southern woman who was shot and sent into a coma on her wedding day by a mystery assailant after it was revealed that she was pregnant, that she stole her boyfriend from her cousin, that she’d been sleeping [...]

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News Round-up

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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Bride gets a bullet in Memphis filmmaker’s online soap operaDid you hear the one about the young Southern woman who was shot and sent into a coma on her wedding day by a mystery assailant after it was revealed that she was pregnant, that she stole her boyfriend from her cousin, that she’d been sleeping [...]

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Monday, February 23, 2009

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2009 Oscar winners listSlumdog Millionair took home eight trophies at last night’s Academy Awards. Red carpet no-shows irk photogsThere was much grumbling among photographers over the Academy’s new policy of having some stars (Jennifer Aniston, Kristen Stewart, Katherine Heigl and Jessica Alba) enter through an off-camera back entrance. “Magazines want photos from the red carpet [...]

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Monday, February 23, 2009

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WHERE ARE THEY NOW: Soap vet Charles KeatingWhen Charles Keating steps onto the Memorial Auditorium stage Thursday night to portray the jealous husband in Carolina Ballet’s “The Kreutzer Sonata,” he’ll be in another world — far from the TV soap operas, Broadway shows and movies that have made him famous. In Tolstoy’s controversial 1889 novella, [...]

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Saturday, February 21, 2009

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SoapFest set for first weekend in MayThe 11th Annual Southwest Florida SoapFest, scheduled for May 2 and May 3, 2009, returns the best of daytime television’s soap opera stars to Marco Island to raise funds for local children’s charities. DAYS’ Thaao Penghlis comments on his recent intervew and upcoming story“I’m glad you liked the interview [...]

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Saturday, February 21, 2009

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Oscar presenters have soap experienceThis year Oscar telecast producers Laurence Mark and Bill Condon are going for something with more possibilities, deliberately casting experienced actors — and one model — as trophy presenters to bring a little more personality to the job. The blond, Brad Pitt-esque Trevor Donovan grew wide-eyed as she spoke. “You talking [...]

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Friday, February 20, 2009

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Will California’s new tax credit program hurt production in New York?California’s program, which goes into effect July 1 with a cap of $100 million annually, will likely strike at the heart of the New York production industry. Even though California’s tax credit rates are far below those in some other states — Michigan offers a [...]

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Thursday, February 19, 2009

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Is Edie Gonna Die? HOUSEWIVES Husband Shares His Take“[Nicolette] is going to have a fantastic sendoff,” her leading man Neal McDonough promises. “We’ve had a blast, and I’m going to be sadder than anyone to see her go.” Do women love sports more than soaps?According to a 2007 study, about 30% of women age 18 [...]

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Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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Why are there more minorities on reality shows than scripted shows?The much-maligned world of reality television is winning praise these days for “keeping it real” in an unexpectedly relevant way — reflecting a more diverse America than its more highbrow cousins in scripted prime-time shows. Despite decades of public pressure on the major networks to [...]

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