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Bree Williamson (Jessica/Tess, OLTL)
Bree Williamson made her U.S. television debut when she landed the role of Jessica Buchanan on ONE LIFE TO LIVE in 2003. Before that, Williamson had only minor roles on Canadian television.
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VIDEO: OLTL Stars Support The Gabriel Project
Check out our video clips with some of the stars from ONE LIFE TO LIVE who ventured to Brooklyn, N.Y. on March 28 to support The Gabriel Project with its fifth annual Daytime at Nitetime event. The Gabriel Project provides life-saving heart surgery to childen from areas where such surgery is not available. OLTL's Brett Claywell (Kyle), Scott Clifton (Schuyler), Bree Williamson (Jessica), John Brotherton (Jared) and Ilene Kristen (Roxy) took a few minutes to speak with Digest. Click here to watch. Enjoy!
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SLIDESHOW: 2009 Emmy Noms Party
Check out our gallery of pics from the 36th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Nomination Party at Hearst Tower in New York City. To view the list of nominees, click here. And don't forget to see who wins when the Emmys air on the CW network on August 30 at 8 p.m.
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VIDEO: OLTL and GH stars chat with Digest
Bree Williamson (Jessica, OLTL), Mark Lawson (Brody, OLTL), Melissa Archer (Natalie, OLTL) and Ignacio Serricchio (ex-Diego, GH) joined forces for a fan event in June and took a few minutes to speak with Digest. Click HERE to check out the video!
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A Valentine From Llanview
It's not that far of a stretch to envision ONE LIFE TO LIVE's Todd as a ruthless medieval monarch. Or Jessica as an angelic yet passionate 19th century heroine. Or Natalie as a feisty girl explorer. Is it? OLTL didn't think so.
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Early Emmy Reactions
It had only been a few hours since the 2007 Emmy nominations were announced, but the phones at Digest were ringing off the hook! Here are all of the early reactions on one of the soap industry's most exciting days.
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Bree Williamson on Jessica's Near-Death Experience
"At least she's not a drug addict," surmises ONE LIFE TO LIVE’s Bree Williamson about her character, Jessica. "It's funny that Tess avoids getting addicted to heroin but leaves [Jessica] with hepatitis C." That and liver cancer.
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The Replacements
It's always awkward when a character we know and love suddenly shows up with a new face, voice and manner. But a look back at some of the recasts in OLTL history shows how in time, some recasts actually wind up personifying the role more than the original.
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Just About Jessica: A History Of OLTL's Buchanan Babe
Her mother, Viki, has seven personalities. Her biological father, Mitch, kidnapped her and she may have killed him...Jessica Buchanan's life has been full of drama, but believe it or not, it wasn't always this exciting.
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SLIDESHOW: Sisters In The Hood
"Sisters, sisters, there were never such devoted sisters" or so goes that
great Irving Berlin song from the classic 1954 movie White Christmas. On daytime there are plenty of sisters making the rounds, some squabble more than others, though bottom line they are bonded by blood and love.
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SLIDESHOW: Oh Baby!
There sure are a lot of cute, little babies on daytime now. Of course most of
them are right in the middle of some drama — heart operations, custody
battles and postpartum moms.
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SOS: Sports on Soaps!
Continuing its grand tradition of celebrity guest stars, ONE LIFE TO LIVE will get a taste of the sports world on Nov. 5 and 6 when ESPN analyst and columnist Matthew Berry (his actual title is "senior director of fantasy") shows up in Llanview to mix it up with Tina and Cain. Soap Opera Weekly recently spoke with Berry about what it was like being on the soap, watching sports and working with a certain fluffy star.
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OLTL: That Natalie!
Now that she's found true love on ONE LIFE TO LIVE, has the one-time problem child mellowed? What, you don't remember her past? Read on.
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Cult Of Personalities
On OLTL, Jessica's alternate personality — party girl Tess (Bree Williamson) — recently emerged and made things complicated for Jess's significant other, Antonio. But Jess is hardly the first Llanview resident to show, uh, another side to themselves.
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The Music Man
Stars of ABC Daytime will be headlining along with country music greats at the Stagecoach Country Music Festival powered by Toyota on April 25 and 26 at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, CA. Among the stars scheduled to attend is GH's Jason Thompson (Patrick), who discusses his newfound appreciation for country — and a surreal parental encounter of the musical kind.
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SLIDESHOW: Do Daytime Blondes Have More Fun?
Way, way back in the day, there was a commercial hinting that blondes had
more fun. Whether it was true then or now is still up for debate. But let's
take a moment to decide if these soap blondes are indeed having more fun.
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Renee Elise Goldsberry - Multimedia Gal
Renee Elise Goldsberry (ex-Evangeline, OLTL) just wrapped up a run as Mimi in Broadway's RENT. The groundbreaking, Tony award-winning musical closed on Sept. 7. Goldsberry spoke to Soap Opera Weekly about 10 days before the closing, and was clearly gearing up for what would certainly be an emotional final curtain.
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Slash Fiction
10 Memorable Murders (And Murderers) On ONE LIFE TO LIVE
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Catching Up With Shanelle Workman
THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL alumna Shanelle Workman (ex-Gaby) has a lot to be happy about: She’s marrying the man of her dreams (on Sept. 9) so she’s planning a wedding, and she’s in talks to join another soap.
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Erika Slezak's 35th Anniversary
Talk about a love fest! March 16 was a very special day on the set of ONE LIFE TO LIVE. The much-beloved Erika Slezak (Viki) was celebrating her 35th year on the job, so executive producer Frank Valentini threw a catered buffet lunch for cast, crew and invited guests.
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Dishing With Dan Gauthier
ONE LIFE TO LIVE's Kevin has been down and out lately, after learning that he can’t father any more children and that the son he does have is sweet on his girlfriend. In this Q&A, Dan Gauthier reveals that life on-set is still on the up-and-up.
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Going For Goldsberry
Despite enduring some rough times over the past year, Renee Goldsberry has managed to focus on the good things in her life (like her Emmy nomination this year). Goldsberry is interviewed in the upcoming 5/30 issue of Digest, here's some stuff that didn't make it into the story.
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OLTL for Katrina Relief
Recently, Weekly had a chance to talk to just a few of the ONE LIFE TO LIVE voices that appear on One Life, Many Voices, including project organizer and producer Robin Strasser (Dorian).
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OLTL’s Jokers Are Wild
ONE LIFE TO LIVE fans and cast members were out in force at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York Aug. 20 for the annual Fan Club Luncheon, and behind the scenes, it was apparent that some Llanview residents aren't always playing with a full deck.
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ONE LIFE Fan Lovefest
On Aug. 21 the ONE LIFE TO LIVE cast and the show's fans gathered at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City for the annual fan club lunch. The event was one of the liveliest ever.
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Having a Softball
Dozens of soap actors found a highly deserving "charity base" as the Shorefront Friends for Hospice's Sixth Annual Tammy Rubin Rice Celebrity Softball Game pit CBS against ABC for seven friendly innings.
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