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Apr 14, 2005 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
While I was away at college, I missed several weeks of As the World Turns. What happened to Chris Hughes? Last time I watched the show, he was cheating on Alison with Emily! — Allison
Dear Allison,
Any man who fools around with his fiancée's married sister needs to pack his bags and leave town pronto! Last September Chris called off the wedding moments before the ceremony was about to begin. Alison politely told him that she never wanted to see his lyin', cheatin', stinkin' face ever again, and moved on to her former flame, Aaron Snyder. Chris lingered in Oakdale for a few more months, but he finally slunk out of town this past January. Smart move.
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Apr 14, 2005 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
Can you tell me which soap has the characters Trisha and Trucker? Thanks! — Margie
Dear Margie,
You're thinking of Loving, which ran on ABC from 1983 to 1995. Trisha Alden, played by Noelle Beck, fell in love with blue-collar heartbreaker Trucker McKenzie (Robert Tyler), who had spent several years in jail for a crime he didn't commit. Following the standard soap-supercouple pattern, Trisha and Trucker fell in love despite obstacles set up by jealous counterparts. They married (twice!) and seemed like they were on the road to happiness until Trisha drove her car off a cliff, developed amnesia and remarried an ex-husband, leaving a devastated Trucker behind. Unfortunately, viewers didn't love the show as much as the title would suggest, and Loving continually suffered from low ratings. In 1995, ABC tried to salvage it by killing off most of its core characters, relocating the survivors to a loft in SoH
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Apr 14, 2005 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
On Days of our Lives, when Chelsea was stalking Patrick, Abby told her that lots of older men date younger women. She then mentioned that Bruce Willis was dating someone in her twenties. Did the show mean Nadia Bjorlin, who plays Chloe? I read somewhere that they're dating. — Diana
Dear Diana,
Not that I'm jealous or anything, but the 24-year-old siren has been casually dating the hot 50-year-old Sin City star on and off for the past few months. Days reps admit the show was having a little fun with current events, even though they stress that the quip wasn't necessarily referring to Bjorlin. (Yeah, right.) But the actress herself seems to think it was. "I didn't even know it happened until Ashley Benson, who plays Abby, told me they had given her that line," she remarks. Luckily, Bjorlin can roll with the punch line. "It's very funny and sort of cute that [the writers] did that, in tha
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Apr 14, 2005 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
I'm a little confused about how the character of Carly Corinthos was introduced on General Hospital. Can you refresh my memory? — Jackie S.
Dear Jackie,
If you thought you had troubles with your mama, think again. When Carly first came to Port Charles in 1996, she secretly wanted to punish Bobbie Spencer, who had given Carly up at birth. Carly maneuvered herself into the good nurse's life, and promptly proceeded to steal Bobbie's then-husband, Tony Jones. Things got even more out of control when Carly got pregnant and Tony, who had been led to believe that little Michael was his son, kidnapped the baby. Fortunately, this serious standoff finally brought Carly and Bobbie together.
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Apr 14, 2005 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
I can't believe that Agim Kaba, who plays Aaron Snyder, is leaving As the World Turns. Do you have any news on what he's doing next? — Sarah
Dear Sarah,
You'll be happy to know that the model-turned-actor is keeping himself busy in his new profession. He just finished filming his first feature, Red Gold, a romantic tale about two star-crossed lovers in the '40s. He plays Harry, a handsome high-school boy who is about to go off to war. Hopefully this role will be a stepping-stone to where Kaba really belongs: prime time! Those chiseled cheeks and washboard abs are screaming for him to play the sexy loner who drifts into a strange new town on some teen-angst drama on WB.
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Apr 14, 2005 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
I know that The Bold and the Beautiful's Rick Forrester went to work in the European division of his family's company a few months back. Is he ever coming home? — Chet
Dear Chet,
He sure is! Justin Torkildsen will reprise his role as Eric Forrester's youngest son beginning April 20. Rick's coming home to celebrate his sister Bridget's engagement to his mother's ex-boyfriend, Nick Marone. I've got a few words of wisdom for Brooke: Don't you dare give your daughter any advice about the wedding night. No matter how delicately you try to put it, I've got a feeling that it could just get messy.
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Apr 14, 2005 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
Was Melissa Archer, who plays Natalie Vega on One Life to Live, fired over the weekend? Is the show currently recasting her role? — Sam
Dear Sam,
I thought getting stood up by a date on Friday night was the worst rejection a person could get over the weekend! Since I was home anyway, I did a little digging to find out if this rumor has any truth to it. First off, ditch the notion that Archer has been fired. Sources tell TVGuide.com that the actress is currently in contract negotiations. But even if Archer doesn't stay, OLTL, which has every intention of keeping the hot Evangeline-John-Natalie love triangle in the forefront, will recast the role. Second, and more important, that boy better never call me again, because I'd only give him, like, three more chances to ask me out and that's final.
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Apr 11, 2005 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
I was shocked to hear that actor Jason Cook was arrested on drug-related charges. Will he continue to work on Days of our Lives? — Laura
Dear Laura,
It's ironic that Cook, who plays the son of a police captain, wound up on the wrong side of the law last month. We wish we had a formal PR statement that addressed Cook's behavior, but Days is doing very little to put a spin on Cook's recent brush with the law. Here's what we were able to dig up for you: Cook's job is not in jeopardy, according to the show. "Nothing has changed about Shawn [being on Days]," says a spokesperson. "Everything is status quo."
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Apr 11, 2005 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
I hear that Alicia Leigh Willis wants out of General Hospital. Is that true? — Cassie
Dear Cassie,
Willis has been starring as GH's headstrong heroine, Courtney Matthews, for more than three years. That's usually about the length of time it takes for a young performer to get the urge to scratch that "contract's ending and prime time's a-calling" itch. Reportedly, Willis wants to try her luck outside of daytime, as departing actress Tamara Braun (Carly) is about to do. But our very-inside sources tell us we should "debunk the theory" that Willis will make a fast getaway in the next few weeks. Please feel free to ask us this question again when pilot season rolls around next January.
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Apr 11, 2005 04:00 AM ET
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Dear Soaps,
On One Life to Live, Nora is getting married again. Just how many husbands has she had? — Delores
Dear Delores,
Unlike Llanview's Asa Buchanan, who has said "I do" a record 13 times, Nora has only two former husbands. The first is fellow legal-eagle Hank Gannon, who is the father of Nora's daughter Rachel. In 1995, Nora married her second husband, police commissioner Bo Buchanan. While many believe that Nora and Bo are the perfect couple — they both love swing dancing and Chinese takeout — their marriage crumbled when Bo learned that Nora had slept with her mentor, Sam Rappaport. Sure, she was only trying to get pregnant so she could give Bo a child — and the baby subsequently turned out to be Bo's son anyway — but the tryst still put a damper on their union.
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