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Days of Our Lives spoilers reveal that a new face is heading to Salem. Michael Dietz is joining the cast, and thanks to the promo video for April 28 to May 2, fans caught a glimpse of the new character that is entering the storylines, very soon. More details on this, below.

Welcome To Salem, Dr. Jeffrey Russell

Dietz is set to debut during the week of April 28, and TV Insider has reported that he’ll first appear on canvas during the Wednesday, April 30 episode. With that said, it sounds like he’ll be linked to Bo Brady’s (Peter Reckell) and Hope Williams Brady’s (Kristian Alfonso) return to the little town.

Although it doesn’t look like he’ll help ensure they get back home, safe and sound. Next week, fans will learn that Bo is dying, and from the preview, it seems as if Dr. Jeffrey Russell isn’t...

Earlier this month, Shout!TV announced that it had launched a new Fast (free ad-supported television) channel dedicated to “The Bold and the Beautiful. ” The channel features full episodes from the show’s first season that you can watch in progress or On Demand.

“‘The Bold and the Beautiful’ now has its own streaming channel! Watch as the show dives into the high society world of Los Angeles fashion as the Forrester family navigates spellbinding stories of mystery, romance, and the power of family legacy,” the streaming service said.

In September 2021, Bell-Phillip Television Productions, owner of the daytime drama series, released episodes from the show’s first season on YouTube, marking the first time classic episodes from a U.S. soap opera had been available on the service for free (with ads).

Ronn Moss, Jim Storm

Bell-Phillip Television Productions; Shout! Factory

The first season of “The Bold and the Beautiful...

Italian big-screen diva Gina Lollobrigida was due to be laid to rest in her native hilltop town of Subiaco, after a televised funeral ceremony on Thursday at the Church of the Artists in nearby Rome.

The actress’s only son Milko Skofic, grandson Dimitri and Spanish ex-husband Javier Rigau were among those in attendance alongside Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Cultural Under-Secretary Vittorio Sgarbi as well as film and entertainment world figures Mara Venier, Milly Carlucci, Adriano Aragozzini, Daniel McVicar, Giulio Base and Barbara Bouchet.

The actress’s long-time personal assistant Andrea Piazzolla, who was caught up in a legal battle with Skofic at the time of Lollobrigida’s battle over control of her finances, was also present with his parents.

The burial comes just five days after Lollobrigida’s death on January 16 at the age of 95 years old. Her coffin has been laying in state at the Campidoglio in Rome since then.

Stars: Andrea Zirio, Daniel McVicar, Ortensia Fioravanti, Fabio Tarditi, Andrea Zirio | Written by Simone Chiattone, Nicolo Fumero, Francesco Lucci | Directed by Nicolo Fumero

We just got Exorcist Vengeance (review coming soon), next month we’ll have The Exorcism of God and in between those two, we have another tale of a priest whose past comes back to haunt him, Fallen. An Italian production from first-time director Nicolo Fumero and co-writers Simone Chiattone and Francesco Lucci for whom it’s their first credit as well.

As a strange darkness falls over the land, Father Abraham Fallen (Andrea Zirio) is called upon by The Grandmaster (Daniel McVicar) leader of a secret arm of the church to carry out a mission of “violent mercy”. He and his wheelchair-bound daughter Sarah (Ortensia Fioravanti) leave the city and head to a remote farm to prepare for what is to come.

Something is troubling Father Abraham,...

1979: The Edge of Night's Steve saved Paige's life.

1981: General Hospital's Mikkos hosted a dinner party.

1984: Santa Barbara's Joe broke into the Capwell estate.

2004: Martha Madison debuted as Belle on Days of our Lives."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"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.

On this date in...

1945: On radio soap opera Portia Faces Life, Kathie was shocked to see Portia's late husband, Walter (Bartlett Robinson), alive and well!

1967: On Dark Shadows, Maggie (Kathryn Leigh Scott) returned to the Blue Whale Café -- and ran into her former tormentor, Barnabas Collins...

1986: Another World's Cass heard Cecile plotting against Kathleen.

1997: Port Charles' Lucy was grabbed while looking for Serena.

2002: As the World Turns' Jack punched Craig.

2013: All My Children's David found Cassandra."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"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.

On this date in...

1932: CBS Radio soap opera Judy and Jane aired for the final time. Four months later, it was picked up by NBC Radio. After it was canceled from radio for good in 1935, it continued to be distributed through transcription for 12 more years.

1950: Hawkins Falls premiered on NBC.

1976: Pat wanted to stop seeing Faith on Ryan's Hope.

1981: Guiding Light's Jennifer made a courtroom confession.

1986: Santa Barbara's Mason was shocked his father was well.

1995: General Hospital's Monica met 11-year-old Emily."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"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.

On this date in...

1936: Radio soap opera Dan Harding's Wife premiered. It ran until on NBC Radio until February 10, 1939. Isabel Randolph starred as Rhoda Harding.

1958: On The Edge of Night, Roy Benson called Fitzsimmons to tell him trouble was brewing.

1967: On Another World, Liz (Audra Lindley) encouraged...

1979: The Edge of Night's Steve saved Paige's life.

1981: General Hospital's Mikkos hosted a dinner party.

1984: Santa Barbara's Joe broke into the Capwell estate.

2004: Martha Madison debuted as Belle on Days of our Lives."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"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.

On this date in...

1945: On radio soap opera Portia Faces Life, Kathie was shocked to see Portia's late husband, Walter (Bartlett Robinson), alive and well!

1967: On Dark Shadows, Maggie (Kathryn Leigh Scott) returned to the Blue Whale Café -- and ran into her former tormentor, Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid).

1972: On Another World, Pat Randolph (Beverly Penberthy) brought her twins,...

1986: Another World's Cass heard Cecile plotting against Kathleen.

1997: Port Charles' Lucy was grabbed while looking for Serena.

2002: As the World Turns' Jack punched Craig.

2013: All My Children's David found Cassandra."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"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.

On this date in...

1932: CBS Radio soap opera Judy and Jane aired for the final time. Four months later, it was picked up by NBC Radio. After it was canceled from radio...

1976: Pat wanted to stop seeing Faith on Ryan's Hope.

1981: Guiding Light's Jennifer made a courtroom confession.

1986: Santa Barbara's Mason was shocked his father was well.

1995: General Hospital's Monica met 11-year-old Emily."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.

On this date in...

1936: Radio soap opera Dan Harding's Wife premiered. It ran until on NBC Radio until February 10, 1939. Isabel Randolph starred as Rhoda Harding.

Lindsay Lohan / Elizabeth Taylor Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor in the Lifetime movie Liz & Dick. Lohan, 26 next July 2, plays Elizabeth Taylor (apparently) at about the time she met Richard Burton in the early ’60s. (Though the Lohan/Taylor picture above looks like something out Richard Brooks’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, with Lohan as Maggie the Panther.) Grant Bowler, best known for True Blood and the box-office and critical cataclysm Atlas Shrugged: Part I, plays Richard Burton. The makeup job looks quite impressive, helping to transform Lohan into Taylor. We’ll see — or rather, hear — if Lohan is able to reproduce Taylor’s tones as well. A tabloid queen in her heyday, Elizabeth Taylor won two Best Actress Academy Awards: Daniel Mann’s Butterfield 8, 1960; Mike Nichols’ Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966. Taylor was nominated three other times: Edward Dmytryk’s Raintree County, 1957; Brooks’ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof,...

Dark Resurrection Volume 0 Short Film. Angelo Licata‘s Dark Resurrection Volume 0 (2011) short film stars Giuseppe Licata, Mattia Stancanelli, Elena Cucci, Fabrizio Fenner, and Daniel McVicar. Dark Resurrection Volume 0‘s plot synopsis: “Master Sorran, is obsessed by his search for an ancient civilization which, according to legend, holds the secret of immortality. After many years he lights upon the wreck of the civilization’s most powerful starship: the Resurrection. Sorran ignores the dangers and orders his crew to dock. The explorers and Sorran himself will face the mysteries of the Resurrection and the secret of the origins of the dark side.”

I only watched the first two minutes of this but the quality is high and I love Star Wars. I am glad to see a film that focuses solely on the Dark Side and The Sith. Click the closed caption button for subtitles in english.

Dark Resurrection Volume 0...

On this date in...

1950: Hawkins Falls debuted on NBC on Saturday nights. The show was more of a comedy at first but later turned into a five days a week soap opera.

1966: On The Guiding Light, Bill Bauer was caught drinking by a colleague.

1988: Joseph Hardy's last day as executive producer of Ryan's Hope. Felicia Minei Behr took over until the show ended its run the following January.

Celebrating a birthday today are:

Daniel McVicar (Clarke, The Bold And The Beautiful) - 53

Tracie Bennett (ex-Sharon, Coronation Street) - 50

Courteney Cox (ex-Bunny, As The World Turns) - 46

Sonya Eddy (Epiphany, General Hospital/Night Shift)...

Sherri Saum lands lead in ABC drama pilot Grace

A dysfunctional family drama set in the world of professional dance, the show centers on Michael Grace (Eric Roberts), a famous choreographer who tends to sleep with his dancers and has three daughters with different mothers. He is in danger of losing his studio until his daughter Sarah (Abigail Spencer), a dancer-turned-lawyer, decides to buy her father's studio and run it for him. Saum will play Grace's second daughter, a beautiful, bright Bohemian artist. She's Sarah's half-sister and best friend.

Top Lifetime Programming Executive Leaving

"For the time being, Lifetime president and general manger Nancy Dubuc will oversee the network's development, with Svp series programming Nina Lederman and Svp original movies Tanya Lopez reporting to her."

Y&R's Judith Chapman bumped to recurring

But the actress isn't going anywhere. Insiders are saying that the fan favorite will continue to appear...

Billy Miller admits it: He used to look down his nose at soap operas

"I think my mom watched them a little bit when I was a kid, but I was never super-familiar with any of them," the Arlington Lamar High School graduate says.

"Then I went to film school and my roommate would watch Passions every day. I just remember looking at him and asking, 'Really? You're a 220-pound dude watching Passions?'"

Little did Miller know that a future in daytime television awaited him. "Now that I'm looking back on it," the 30-year-old actor says, "I think I'm a little glad my roommate was watching that show."

Davetta Sherwood on lack of diversity at Y&R

“The experiences that I had with the lack of diversity, the lack of acknowledgment of the Winters family and just our ethnic background, was really disappointing,” she said. Sherwood said people on...