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'The Bold and the Beautiful' Loses 25 Year Veteran Cast Member

Jacob Hall — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:09:26 +0000

We don’t do much (okay, any) soap opera coverage over here at ScreenCrush, but this is one of those interesting little stories that feels like a mere curiosity but actually sits upon a massive fount of questions about the entertainment industry and acting as a profession. The news is that Ronn Moss is leaving CBS’ ‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ after starring in the show since its first episode 25 years ago, but the questions this raises are numerous and worth pondering.

12 Stars Who Got Their Start on 'One Life to Live' [PHOTOS]

Drew Weisholtz — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 20:10:54 +0000

The long-running ABC soap ‘One Life to Live‘ will meet its death Friday, signing off after 44 years on the air. Like many daytime serials, ‘OLTL,’ which premiered in 1968, served as a launching pad for many stars.

Here’s a look at just some of the A-listers who used the drama as a springboard to the big time.

Soap Star Brandon Beemer – Hunk of the Day [PICTURES, VIDEO]

Coco DeWitt — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 18:00:06 +0000

This one is for all the soap opera fans who are pouring over their television screens to get a look at hunks like Brandon Beemer, here.

Beemer is a soap all-star. His abs were prominently featured in both ‘The Bold and the Beautiful‘ and ‘Days of Our Lives.’ As we all know, the casts of these mid-day television programs aren’t the best actors (often times they’re some of the worst), but they sure are fun to look at. And for Beemer to be on two of them says a lot about the quality of his ab action.

ABC Cancels 'All My Children,' 'One Life to Live'

Eric Meier — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 19:48:23 +0000

It’s the end of an era: ABC announced today that it is canceling its long-running soap operas ‘All My Children’ and ‘One Life to Live.’ According to the LA Times, ‘All My Children’ will end in Sept. 2011, while ‘One Life to Live’ will officially die in Jan. 2012, leaving ‘General Hospital’ as the network’s [...]

All My Children To Get Budget Ax?

Eric Meier — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:58:49 +0000

Soap Opera characters regularly survive multiple marriages, shootings and amnesia attacks. But they are most vulnerable to a television network’s budgetary ax. And the next show on the chopping block appears to be All My Children. Deadline.com is reporting that ABC may decide to cancel the long-running soap opera, now in its 41st year on [...]