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Emily O’Brien

Emily O’Brien

The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be held on Friday, June 7, with the ceremony airing live on CBS starting at 8 p.m. ET. Soap Opera Digest chatted with the nominees to get the scoop on how they found out, what episodes they submitted, and more as we count down to daytime’s biggest night! Read More

kristina-wagner-john-j-york

General Hospital has shared the best news in a long time — actor John J. York, who has been fighting cancer (he announced it last September), is back on set and he will start airing again in scenes in June. The show made the announcement that Mac is back on both their official X account Read More

Carolyn Hinsey

Jack (Peter Bergman) tries to reason with Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott). Soap fans hate change. We don’t like it when our shows put strangers front-burner, rewrite history, or make a sudden pivot that doesn’t make sense. Good daily drama evolves slowwwwwly to characters we love so that it is familiar and entertaining. Like Nikki’s alcoholism Read More

Days

Don Diamont, Maurice Benard, Patrika Darbo, Peter Bergman

kaitlin and jordi vilasuso smiling in a sweet moment.

kaitlin and jordi vilasuso smiling in a sweet moment.

Celebrate Mother’s Day on Friday, May 10 in The Locher Room with real-life husband and wife duo, Kaitlin and Jordi Vilasuso. The couple will join host Alan Locher live at 3 p.m. EST / 12 p.m. EST. The Vilasusos are the parents of three beautiful girls, Riley (11), Everly (7) and almost 6-month-old Lucy, who Read More

giovanni mazza on general hospital.

Deadline is reporting that Giovanni Mazza will be joining General Hospital as a cousin of Brook Lynn’s. He is set to make his debut when his character, Giovanni Cerullo, attends the magical wedding of his cousin to Harrison Chase. The actor is also a musician — and will be playing the violin at the wedding during Read More

Wally Kurth

The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be held on Friday, June 7, with the ceremony airing live on CBS starting at 8 p.m. ET. Soap Opera Digest chatted with the nominees to get the scoop on how they found out, what episodes they submitted, and more as we count down to daytime’s biggest night! Read More

colleen zenk as aunt jordan on young and the restless.

There’s no doubt about it, Young and Restless fans love to hate the insidiously cunning and murderous Aunt Jordan, played to perfection by Colleen Zenk. The soap is listening, which is why the character has had more return engagements than Cher. Every time it seems that Jordan is down for the count, the Y&R writers Read More

LAURA WRIGHT, JACKLYN ZEMAN

Laura Wright (l.) with Jacklyn Zeman. Today, May 9, marks one year since the passing of General Hospital icon Jacklyn Zeman, beloved for playing Barbara Jean “Bobbie” Spencer for over 45 years. Her onscreen daughter’s portrayer, Laura Wright, was asked recently about the tribute GH paid to both the actress and the character during Coastal Read More

maurice menard on general hospital.

Natalia (Eva LaRue) and Sonny (Maurice Benard) sat together at the park and had some funny moments. For the week in soaps, ending on May 7, there was some clever dialogue thanks to the many talented writers on all the shows. It helps to have it in the capable hands of many of daytime’s most Read More

Finola Hughes

Finola Hughes (Anna) answered these questions with Laura Wright (Carly) sitting nearby, helping out. Their banter was hilarious, so it has been included. What is the last thing you bought with cash? Wright: (laughs, knowing the answer – holds up Hughes’s new bag) This right here. We were on the street freezing, so she shops. She was indecisive Read More

marj dusay will be remembered by former co-stars.

Daytime TV royalty gather to honor a legend when several former co-stars from all of the soaps she was on pay tribute to Marj Dusay in The Locher Room on Thursday, May 9 at 3 p.m. EST / 12 p.m. PST. This will be a special tribute to an unforgettable actress. They will celebrate her Read More

Tina Huang

Who has the better mind for the law? “Melinda. Completely. I have a theater degree. I have a BFA. I don’t know anything about the law. I’m probably breaking the law right now [laughs]!” Who has a better wardrobe? “Oh, Melinda. Come on, Richard [Bloore] is an amazing costume designer. I want him to dress me every day in life. I’m Read More

zuleyka silver from the young and the restless showing a diamond ring.

zuleyka silver from the young and the restless showing a diamond ring.

While sharing photos on social media of her recent road trip to the Grand Canyon with her significant other, actor Nate Peterson, Zuleyka Silver (Audra, Young and Restless) also showed off the prominent bling on her left ring finger that suspiciously looked like confirmation of an engagement. Although the actress didn’t announce that she is Read More

DAYS

Linsey Godfrey

The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be held on Friday, June 7, with the ceremony airing live on CBS starting at 8 p.m. ET. Soap Opera Digest chatted with the nominees to get the scoop on how they found out, what episodes they submitted, and more as we count down to daytime’s biggest night! Read More

lynn loring

Veteran actress and producer Lynn Loring passed away at the age of 80 in Tarzana, California on December 23, 2023, after a long battle with chronic illnesses. She began her career at the tender age of 3 as a child model before taking on the role of Patti Barron, Jo’s daughter (played by the late Read More

Kevin Spirtas

Daytime Emmy Award-winner Kevin Spirtas will sit down in The Locher Room live on Wednesday, May 8, at 3 p.m. EST / 12 p.m. PST to discuss the final season of his Daytime Emmy-winning series, After Forever which you can find on Amazon Prime. A story about love, loss, and new beginnings, Season 1 made Read More

Adam J Harrington

Adam J Harrington

Getting beaten up on the pier may have left General Hospital’s John “Jagger” Cates all bruised and bloodied, but his portrayer, Adam J. Harrington, welcomed the literal change of scenery the scenes offered. “We got to shoot outside,” he shares. “That’s the first time I shot in an ‘exterior.’ It’s a change of scenery and Read More

Tabyana Ali, Sean Kanan

Wide

edward scott and melody thomas scott lifetime achievement award from daytime emmys.

Edward Scott and Melody Thomas Scott. This year at the 51stAnnual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony, the Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to soapdom’s power couple, Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki, Young and Restless) and her real-life husband of nearly 39 years, Bold and Beautiful supervising producer, Edward Scott. The actress recently celebrated her 45th anniversary Read More

MAURICE BENARD

Last Saturday at the Daytime Unites For ALS event, Digest’s Adam Havener spoke with Maurice Benard about who his dream guest would be for his YouTube video podcast series, State Of Mind, and the actor didn’t hesitate with his answer. “I wanted Steve Burton and I’m shooting him Tuesday, my good friend, but he’s been Read More