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Have you been keeping up with Iyo Sky’s meteoric rise in WWE? Born Masami Odate, this 33-year-old sensation has been absolutely dominating the women’s division since making her debut. Standing at just 5 feet 1 inch and weighing 119 pounds, don’t let her size fool you—she’s a powerhouse in the ring!

Recently, she left wrestling fans absolutely stunned when she defeated the seemingly unstoppable Rhea Ripley to claim the Women’s World Championship.

Now she’s headed to the grandest stage of them all, set to headline WrestleMania 41 against the Est of WWE, Bianca Belair, who earned her opportunity by conquering the women’s Elimination Chamber match.

But while we’re all familiar with her high-flying moves and championship gold, there’s another side to Iyo that has fans buzzing with curiosity. What’s going on in her personal life? Who has captured the heart of this wrestling phenomenon?...

Holy smokes, wrestling fans! The moment we’ve all been waiting for has finally happened, and we’re still picking our jaws up off the floor. In a shocking turn of events that has the entire wrestling community buzzing, fans finally caught a rare glimpse of what legendary luchador Penta El Zero Miedo looks like without his iconic skull mask.

Can you believe it? For years, Penta has been one of the most enigmatic and mysterious figures in professional wrestling, his true identity carefully concealed behind that signature mask as dictated by the sacred traditions of Lucha Libre.

Penta | Credits: Diego Serrano – WWE Royal Rumble 2025, Cc By 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

But mark your calendars because, on March 3, 2025, wrestling history was made when Penta was spotted maskless before WWE Raw. This unprecedented moment has left fans worldwide in absolute awe as one of wrestling’s best-kept secrets was momentarily revealed.

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NCIS became one of the biggest hits in the crime drama genre, thanks to its stunning ensemble and gripping storylines. The show also played a huge role in Michael Weatherly’s career, giving him his big break in the industry as Tony Dinozzo. While Tony quickly became a fan favorite, his storyline gained even more momentum when actress Cote de Pablo joined the show in 2005 as Ziva David.

Michael Weatherly and Cote de Pablo in a still from NCIS | CBS Broadcasting

Both characters became romantically involved on the show, leading viewers to wonder if something was brewing between Weatherly and de Pablo off-screen as well. However, much to the dismay of fans, the stars never dated in real life and in a past interview, de Pablo revealed the reason for this.

Cote de Pablo revealed why she and Michael Weatherly never dated

Cote de Pablo joined NCIS in season 3 of...

Cote de Pablo's breakout role as Ziva Dvid has left a lasting impact on NCIS fans, with a Ziva spinoff in the works. She earned $120,000 per episode post-season 9, totaling her net worth at around $6 million, mostly thank to her NCIS tenure. Born in Chile, Cote de Pablo started her acting career in 2000, taking on roles in various TV series and movies.

Cote de Pablo is best known for her performance on NCIS, and since that role, people have been curious about the actor's net worth, height, and everything else. The Chilean-born actress first began appearing in movies and TV shows in 2000 with a one-episode character Fiona in the drama series The $treet. Before that, she served as a co-host on the Latin-American magazine show Control from 1994-1995. Roles in TV series such as The Education of Max Bickford and The Jury gave way to her breakout as Ziva David...

1968: Dark Shadows' Natalie was upset to see Josette's ring.

1976: Ryan's Hope's Faith failed to escape.

1996: Guiding Light's Lucy and Alan-Michael were trapped.

2003: Bree Williamson debuted as Jessica on One Life to Live."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."

― Machiavelli

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1940: Frank and Anne Hummert's radio soap opera Amanda of Honeymoon Hill premiered on the Blue Network.

"Face My Enemy" - While on a mission to learn more about the secrets of the mysterious writing, Coulson finds himself attacked by the only person he can trust: Agent Melinda May. Meanwhile the rest of the team is trapped in an explosive situation, and it's up to Fitz to save them--but is he up to it? "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," Tuesday, October 14, (9:00-10:00 p.m., Et) on the ABC Television Network. "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons and Nick Blood as Lance Hunter. Guest starring are Henry Simmons as "Mack," Adrian Pasdar as Talbot, Simon Kassianides as Bakshi, Maya Stojan as Agent 33, Diego Serrano as Gabriel Soto, Lance Irwin as Guard,...

"Face My Enemy" - While on a mission to learn more about the secrets of the mysterious writing, Coulson finds himself attacked by the only person he can trust: Agent Melinda May. Meanwhile the rest of the team is trapped in an explosive situation, and it's up to Fitz to save them--but is he up to it? "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," Tuesday, October 14, (9:00-10:00 p.m., Et) on the ABC Television Network.   "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons and Nick Blood as Lance Hunter.   Guest starring are Henry Simmons as "Mack," Adrian Pasdar as Talbot, Simon Kassianides as Bakshi, Maya Stojan as Agent 33, Diego Serrano as Gabriel Soto, Lance Irwin as Guard,...

While on a mission to learn more about the secrets of the mysterious writing, Coulson finds himself attacked by the only person he can trust: Agent Melinda May. Meanwhile the rest of the team is trapped in an explosive situation, and it's up to Fitz to save them--but is he up to it? "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," Tuesday, October 14, (9:00-10:00 p.m., Et) on the ABC Television Network. "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons and Nick Blood as Lance Hunter. Guest starring are Henry Simmons as "Mack," Adrian Pasdar as Talbot, Simon Kassianides as Bakshi, Maya Stojan as Agent 33, Diego Serrano as Gabriel Soto, Lance Irwin as Guard, Isaac Montgomery...

Recently, ABC released the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "Agents Of Shield" episode 4 of season 2. The episode is entitled, "Face My Enemy," and it sounds like things will get quite intriguing and shocking as Melinda May turns on Coulson, and more! In the new, 4th episode press release: "While on a mission to learn more about the secrets of the mysterious writing, Coulson is going to find himself attacked by the only person he can trust: Agent Melinda May. In the meantime, the rest of the team are going to be trapped in an explosive situation, and it's up to Fitz to save them, but is he up to it?" Guest stars will feature: Henry Simmons as "Mack," Adrian Pasdar as Talbot, Simon Kassianides as Bakshi, Maya Stojan as Agent 33, Diego Serrano as Gabriel Soto, Lance Irwin as Guard, Isaac Montgomery as Guard #2, Alyce Tawil as Woman, Roberto Medina...

"Face My Enemy" - While on a mission to learn more about the secrets of the mysterious writing, Coulson finds himself attacked by the only person he can trust: Agent Melinda May. Meanwhile the rest of the team is trapped in an explosive situation, and it's up to Fitz to save them--but is he up to it? "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," Tuesday, October 14, (9:00-10:00 p.m., Et) on the ABC Television Network.   "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons and Nick Blood as Lance Hunter.   Guest starring are Henry Simmons as "Mack," Adrian Pasdar as Talbot, Simon Kassianides as Bakshi, Maya Stojan as Agent 33, Diego Serrano as Gabriel Soto, Lance Irwin as Guard,...

"Face My Enemy" - While on a mission to learn more about the secrets of the mysterious writing, Coulson finds himself attacked by the only person he can trust: Agent Melinda May. Meanwhile the rest of the team is trapped in an explosive situation, and it's up to Fitz to save them--but is he up to it? "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," Tuesday, October 14, (9:00-10:00 p.m., Et) on the ABC Television Network.   "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." stars Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson, Ming-Na Wen as Agent Melinda May, Brett Dalton as Grant Ward, Chloe Bennet as Skye, Iain De Caestecker as Agent Leo Fitz, Elizabeth Henstridge as Agent Jemma Simmons and Nick Blood as Lance Hunter.   Guest starring are Henry Simmons as "Mack," Adrian Pasdar as Talbot, Simon Kassianides as Bakshi, Maya Stojan as Agent 33, Diego Serrano as Gabriel Soto, Lance Irwin as Guard,...

Interestingly, a post we did back in 2008 about Playgirl magazine moving to the web is one of the most read articles we have ever written. At the time, we included a few covers with soap opera actors featured. Since this post continues to be read three years later week after week we thought it was time to update for those interested. So here is the We Love Soaps flashback at the soap stars featured on the cover of Playgirl since the magazine launched in 1973.

Steve Bond (February 1977) / Christopher Reeve (January 1979)

Richard Hatch (August 1979) / Victoria Principal (October 1980)

Leigh McCloskey (May 1981) / David Selby (October 1981)

Steve Ford (March 1982) / Christopher Atkins (September 1982)

Christopher Reeve (December 1983) / Lorenzo Lamas & Heather Locklear (July 1983)

Linda Evans (October 1983) / John James & Eileen Davidson (January 1985)

Joan Collins & Michael Nader (September 1985) / Michael Nouri (April 1987)

Kevin Bacon (May 1987) / Don Diamont (March 1988)

Michael Corbett (March 1989) / Frank Dicopoulos (April 1989)

Michael Swan (July 1989) / Jean LeClerc (November...

Coming off the success of the recent Indie Soap Awards and a successful winter full of fabulous new episodes, the web series community is excited about what's next. We Love Soaps TV is happy to offer our Indie Soap Spring Preview Guide with the latest news and happenings from returning shows to crossovers and spin-offs. Check it out below.

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Season Two Premiere Date: March 18

Creator and star Julie Ann Emery offers a preview of the new season: "The thing I think I'm most proud of is Season Two is fully fan funded. We did a crowd funding campaign and we surpassed our maximum budget asked for. We may not have the biggest audience on the web, but our fans are Fierce!

"We used that money to improve our sound, get all our actors back, and add an impressive list of guest stars including Sam McMurray (Rasing Arizona,...

Stuart Damon (ex-Jim, Days Of Our Lives, ex-Ralph, As The World Turns; ex-Alan, General Hospital) - 74

David Chisum (ex-Miles, One Life To Live; ex-Bret, Sunset Beach) - 40

Diego Serrano (ex-Diego, The Young And The Restless; ex-Tomas, Another World) - 38

Crystal Hunt (ex-Stacey, One Life To Live; ex-Lizzie, Guiding Light) - 26

Brittany Allen (ex-Marissa, All My Children) - 25

Also celebrating a birthday today is Soap Opera Weekly News Editor Mala Bhattacharjee.

Actress Cote de Pablo has confessed that she loves the fact her boyfriend is a bad influence on her. The NCIS star claimed that despite boyfriend Diego Serrano's partying ways she enjoys the differences between them. "He's the worst influence that I have ever had in my life, and I love him for it," People quotes de Pablo as saying. "My partner's idea of fun is to (more)...

People love to talk about how their partner makes them a better person. Cote de Pablo, refreshingly enough, cherishes her boyfriend for the opposite reason. "I'm in a long-term relationship with [actor] Diego Serrano, and I'm very happy. He's the worst influence that I have ever had in my life, and I love him for it," the NCIS actress, 31, tells Prevention magazine in its January issue, on newsstands Nov. 30. "Every once in a while, he turns to me and goes, 'Live a little.' I'll have chicken with broccoli and he's like, 'What about the chocolate cake?' If it weren't for him,...

The Bay's producer/creator Gregori J. Martin announced today that Ignacio Serrichio is joining the cast of the hit Indie Soap.  According to Martin:

Ignacio Serricchio first appears on The Bay as Manny Ramos, the newest addition to the Ramos clan at the end of the third Chapter. Manny is Janice (Lilly Melgar) and Frankie's (Diego Serrano) kid brother, and Lianna's  (Jade Harlow) uncle. 

Fans of General Hospital will recall Serricchio's appearance as Diego Alcazar (2004-06; 2008) aka, "The Text Message Killer" who murdered Georgie Jones, Emily Quartermaine, Coop Barrett, and (gasp) even Michael Corinthos's  beloved nanny Leticia! Let's hope Sara Garrett (Mary Beth Evans) isn't checking her text messages too soon!

Mario Lopez, Johnny Lewis, Christina Milian and Robert Richard' have been tapped to star in the CW comedy pilot Eight Days a Week. Meanwhile, Kyla Pratt is set as the lead in the CW comedy pilot Hell on Earth, while Leslie Bibb is set as the female lead opposite Freddie Prinze Jr. in CBS' comedy pilot Atlanta.

Additionally, Tembi Locke, Jon Rowland, Rod Rowland, Scarlett Chorvat and Diego Serrano have joined Fox's Born in the USA, while Cynthia Addai-Robinson and Bert Belasco have been added to the CW's Dash 4 Cash.

Eight, from CBS Paramount Network TV and Hazy Mills, revolves around four twentysomethings who work under the top movers and shakers in New York.

Lopez will play one of the bosses, an impeccably dressed wunderkind with a cell phone attached to his ear. Milian will play one of the assistants, a beautiful, young woman who left behind a law career to start over as a receptionist/gofer at an art gallery. Lewis will play another assistant, a struggling rock musician who works for a big-name rock-band publicist. Richard will play Lopez's character's assistant, a BlackBerry-wielding go-getter.