Melissa Gallo (Adriana Cramer) tells ABC Soaps In Depth that she is happy with OLTL and has no plans to leave the soap when her contract expires in January. The magazine also said that OLTL had contacted Don Jeffcoat about reprising his role as Joey Buchanan for the sudsers upcoming 10,000th episode, but that he soon learned the show was able to finalize a deal with Nathan Fillion instead. And a OLTL spokesperson calls Jason Shane Scotts September appearances as Will Rappaport to be numerous.
Josh Casaubon (ex-Hugh Hughes) will make a guest appearance this month on the new Lifetime drama series Army Wives.
Paul Satterfield will continue appearing as Spencer in flashbacks and as Miles conscious over the next several weeks.
Alexandra Neil's last airdate as Dr. Paige Miller is July 27th.
Might Dan Gauthier be returning full time to OLTL as Kevin Buchanan? According to Soap Opera Weekly, at the recent taping of the soaps 10,000th episode, OLTL Executive Producer Frank Valentini smiled and raised his eyebrows at the possibility of Gauthier returning to the canvas. Since Gauthiers firing late last summer, there has been a huge backlash among cast, crew, and fans clamoring for his return to Llanview. Gauthier, who left OLTL last November, will return briefly for OLTLs 10,000th episode on August 17th.
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double drats for Adrianna not going anywhere. But I like the news about Josh Casaubon being on Army Wives. I have become slightly addicted to that show (though i dont know about actual Army wives but the Navy life is nothing like that)
And while I like that Kevin may return for more long term, I hate that it will mean he is coming back sans Kelly and the baby
Yeah, Shelly, minus Kelly and baby isn't the best scenario, but at least we won't have the constant reminder of Kelly having sex with her step-son. That had to be one ofg Higley's worst moves and I still resent the heck out of it.
BTW, I saw heather Tom on a Monk episode last night. I didn't watch it, just the preview flashed on a few times at commercials.
i'll believe melissa gallo when she actually re~signs. abc is fanatical about keeping the lid on these things. remember all the denials both rebecca buttig & abc put out about her leaving.
i'd love to see dan back as kevin. they could play it that the reconciliation just didn't work out or do a kelly recast. i was never liked the heather tom version anyway.
now i want to know who raven is referring to in this one: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Next up a few super hot blind items from Soap Opera Weekly (The third one is rather obvious and yes it's from an ABC show...lol)!
One difficult East Coast newcomer is having a hard time winning over fans... and co-stars.
This onscreen duo isn't romantically linked, but they sure have chemistry. Perhaps that's because they dated off-screen a few years back. Why are they staying so hush-hush about their past?
Now that's getting a divorce, this lovely young starlet has decided to play for the other team (so to speak). Her denials about her new lifestyle are falling on deaf ears, though, since she is rumored to be experimenting quite openly with a co-star. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ who is it who's decided to play for *the other team*? raven rarely puts such personal info out there.
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I dont know about the info from Raven. I havent read her stuff yet. But have to say I disagree about Heather Tom's version. Maybe its because I am a Y&R lover so I have fierce loyalty to HT.
For the other team player, the second I read it, I thought Bree Williamson. A few weeks ago it came out that she is getting a divorce from her new husband, and then it has been all over the place about how she and the actress who plays Talia are newest best buddies, and hang out all the time off set.
tina, it means that an actor formerly known as heterosexual is now dabbling in new sexual adventures.
tess, i'll bet you're right! bree & the gal who plays talia would be a likely guess since bree did recently *separate* from her hubs. i wrote it that way b/c it's always been a long distance relationship.
thanks, tess.
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I would LOVE to see Dan return as Kevin!!! Never like HT as Kelly. Gina -- and I can't spell the last name right I'm sure without looking it up -- Torgionni? -- was my favorite Kelly. I loved her in that role and felt she got shafted to make way for HT, which probably accounts for why I never cared of her version of Kelly. Plus she just cried way too much. Let them bring Dan's Kevin back now and they can bring back anyone they want as Kelly in a couple of years when the kid is a teenager.
I'd be glad to see Melissa's Adrianna stick around too, though when you hear they're definitely staying, it is often a sign of just the opposite. Time will tell.
