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Bobbie EakesON SOAP OPERA DIGEST AND WEEKLY ONLINE Bio
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Bobbie Eakes (Krystal, AMC)
Raised in Warner Robins, GA, Bobbie Eakes originally moved to Los Angeles to pursue a career in music, but before long, she got her first break in the acting biz: a role on LAVERNE & SHIRLEY. She didn't give up on singing, though, and became a member of the band Big Trouble, which performed as the house band on the syndicated series COMEDY BREAK.
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AMC Fall Preview: Love Is in the Air
ALL MY CHILDREN's new head writers, Barbara Esensten and James Harmon Brown, gave Weekly a sneak preview of love and war to come this fall in Pine Valley.
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AMC's Emmy Countgown
With the Emmys fast approaching, daytime's leading ladies are faced with a tough question: What to wear? Just ask Lead Actress nominee Bobbie Eakes (Krystal, ALL MY CHILDREN).
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Lucci Wins Muse Award
Susan Lucci's (Erica, AMC) arrival at the annual New York Women in Film & Television gala holiday luncheon was monitored as carefully as a royal visit. The Emmy-award winning actress was there to receive 2004 Muse Award for Outstanding Vision and Achievement.
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What a Trip!
With ALL MY CHILDREN on hiatus the week of Aug. 30, many Pine Valley-ites are heading out of New York. Soap Opera Weekly asked actors what they had planned, where they were headed — and in some cases, if Weekly could tag along.
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Bobbie Eakes: Love Is A Battlefield
ALL MY CHILDREN's Krystal is stuck between two men: the one she's trying to get over (Adam), and the one she married (Tad).
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Bobbie Eakes' Crowning Achievement
AMC's Southern belle, Bobbie Eakes (Krystal) is no stranger to the pageant stage, so it was no surprise when the 1982 Miss Georgia and Top 10 finalist at the Miss America pageant opened up about the current problems the storied competition is facing.
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Beautiful Sounds: AMC's Bobbie Eakes Celebrates Her Latest Release
Something Beautiful, the debut solo CD of ALL MY CHILDREN star Bobbie Eakes (Krystal), will hit stores on May 31.
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Chatting With Bobbie Eakes
In the Dec. 28 issue of Soap Opera Weekly Bobbie Eakes (Krystal, ALL MY CHILDREN) answered questions from fans. Here are some questions and answers that didn't make it into the magazine.
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Stars In Her Eyes
Even soap actors get a little starstruck. Bobbie Eakes (Macy, B&B) experienced a bit of that at the Nashville premiere of her movie Charlie's War. Oprah Winfrey was there because her father, also appears in the film.
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Country Girl: Bobbie Eakes
Singer/actress Bobbie Eakes (Macy, B&B) knows her country music. Eakes, who hosts Great American Country's Top 20 Country. Countdown, sounds off on the Dixie Chicks controversy and reveals her predictions of who will take home the Academy of Country Music Awards this week.
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Bedside Manners
The course of love has hardly run smoothly for AMC's Dr. David Hayward (Vincent Irizarry). Here are some of its most memorable detours.
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My Super Ex-Girlfriend
Stacy Haiduk returns to ALL MY CHILDREN on September 14 as Hannah, Zach's baby-craving ex. How much should "Zen" fans be bracing themselves? The actress tells all (all that she knows, that is) below.
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Havins Can't Wait
For Alexa Havins, who ended her run as Babe on October 8, leaving the show she's called home for four years was "bittersweet."
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Parting Words
ALL MY CHILDREN's Elizabeth Hendrickson (Maggie) pays her final respects to Pine Valley.
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Extra! Extra!
You may not recognize Patrick Stephenson, but chances are you've seen him playing a cop on the scene of three New York soaps' most memorable events for the past eight years — from Carmen's imprisonment on GL to the death of AMC's beloved Leo to Emily's hypnosis drama on ATWT.
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Catching Up With Michael Swan
In the 10/19/04 issue of DIGEST, we caught up with Michael Swan (ex-Adam, BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL; ex-Duncan, AS THE WORLD TURNS; ex-John, ONE LIFE TO LIVE and ex-Brad, GUIDING LIGHT). Here's more of our interview with the soap vet.
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Daddy Dearest?
The temperature isn't the only thing heating up this summer. Sean Kanan has a hot new story on B&B now that Deacon wants to be part of his children's lives.
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AMC: Random Quotes
There is never enough room in our print edition for all the great quotes from daytime stars, so we make room online for more of what your favorite stars from ALL MY CHILDREN have to say.
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Making The Scene
Before and after the Emmy show, it's party time. Digest staffers joined in the celebrations and chatted up the stars.
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The Big 3-0
Soap Opera Digest just turned 30! Features About Krystal/Bobbie
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AMC: Adam and Krystal’s Love Timeline
With ALL MY CHILDREN's Adam and Krystal on the verge of reuniting, you may find yourself wondering how they ended up in their current situation. Brush up on their roller-coaster ride of a romance here.
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AMC Quiz: Get Carey-ed Away
They have only been on ALL MY CHILDREN for a few years, but boy, have those Carey women made themselves at home. See how well you know Pine Valley's Babe and Krystal — and all the trouble they’ve caused.
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I don't know about you, other AMC fans, but I can't get enough of the
delicious performance David Canary (Adam/Stuart) offers when Adam is
pretending to be Stuart or vice versa.
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Perfect 10
With her recent engagement, Alicia Minshew (Kendall) is slated to become the next Pine Valley resident to take the real-life plunge. She won't have to go far for advice on how to build a happy marriage, as 10 of her co-stars are blissfully united in holy matrimony. Get the inside scoop from Minshew on her betrothal in the 1/22 Digest and keep reading for sweet pics and quotes from her coupled colleagues!
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Pop Goes The Question
On soaps, asking for one's hand in marriage is usually gushy, romantic ... and forgettable. But here we recall four of B&B's most memorable proposals, thanks to unique — and even humorous — circumstances.
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2006 Emmy Notebook
The SOAPnet party at the Hollywood Roosevelt was the place to be on April 27. Here's a glimpse behind the velvet ropes.
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B&B's Jeff Trachta: Live!
A decade ago, when Jeff Trachta was replaced as Thorne on B&B, the actor turned to music and stand-up, which landed him a variety of gigs. This month, Trachta opened his new one-man show, Jeff Trachta Live! at Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas.
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Starry Afternoon
On August 21, the stars of Pine Valley came out to mingle with fans at the ALL MY CHILDREN Fan Club Luncheon in New York City. Digest was on the scene before the main event in the VIP Lounge. Here's your all-access pass!
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Home Of The Whoppers
Yeah, Stephanie's recent heart attack turned out to be a big, fat lie, but as long-time BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL viewers know, plenty of not-so-true tales came before that one.
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A Tad Sexy
On Valentine's Day (Saturday, February 14) from 1-7 p.m. ET/PT and Sunday, February 15 from 6pm-midnight ET/PT, SOAPnet presents a "Tad the Cad" marathon devoted to the sexual shenanigans of Michael E. Knight's legendary AMC alter ego.
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The Many Loves of AMC's Tad the Cad
Here's a look back at some of Tad's best-known flings, fancies — and marriages.
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Every Cover Tells a Story: Nancy Lee Grahn
As SANTA BARBARA's Julia and GENERAL HOSPITAL's Alexis, Nancy Lee Grahn has played two of daytime's most spirited heroines. Take a look back at her Weekly covers.
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Extra! Extra! Read All About It!
In my six-and-a-half years of writing for Digest, this was my third time serving as an extra on BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL. And I must say, it was a far different experience from my prior gigs (in 1998 as a hospital orderly and in 2001 as a caterer at Thorne and Brooke's garden wedding).
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AMC’s David: The Doctor Is Out
David Hayward, the doctor everyone loved to hate on ALL MY CHILDREN, left Pine Valley this week. But don’t worry, in true David fashion, he caused his fair share of trouble on his way out. Take a stroll down memory lane to see what we mean.
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Sharpe Shooter
B&B's Deacon Sharpe began terrorizing the Forrester, Spectra, and Marone families on sight. Take a look at how he's gone from being a seducing con man to a (well, still seducing) single Dad.
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Broadway Babies
On February 6, the stars of ABC Daytime came out at night for a very special cause: a fund-raising musical revue to benefit Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS. Couldn't make it to the legendary New Amsterdam Theatre? Here's the scoop on what you missed.
MORE Photo Galleries Mentioning Krystal/Bobbie
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Gold And Beautiful
You wouldn't exactly call the high-toned Forresters a traditional family, but they do really try to go for Hallmark-style holidays. Take a look back at some of B&B's most memorable Christmas moments.
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