Kassie De Paiva by Yolanda Perez/ABC
On the heels of the announcement that Elisabeth Hasselbeck's maternity leave would commence sooner than expected — because she is following hubby Tim to Arizona, where he has a new NFL quarterbacking gig — ABC's The View has tapped One Life to Live's Kassie DePaiva to be the Survivor alumna's very first replacement, on Wednesday, Oct. 24. This marks the bubbly and wonderful and twangy Kassie's fifth stint alongside the ladies.
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Kassie DePaiva by Yolanda Perez/ABC
One Life to Live star Kassie DePaiva (Blair) is letting her 10-year-old son James Quentin — aka JQ — do a guest stint on All My Children. "But I'm not pimping out my child here!" she assures us with a laugh. "There were just too many positives about this to say no."JQ, who was born deaf, can hear with the aid of cochlear implants. The three-day role (airing Sept. 20, 21 and 24) ties into a plot that has Kendall (Alicia Minshew) devastated because her little son Spike has lost his hearing in an accident. "Kendall has a conversation with Jason [JQ] backstage at Erica Kane's talk show and thinks he's just an average kid," reports DePaiva. "Later she's shocked to find out he’s deaf." Mom can't tout the implants highly enough: "Without them, JQ wouldn't be able to hear a bomb go off. With them, he's just a regular kid having a wonderful life. It's miraculous." — Reporting by Michael Logan
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Alicia Minshew and Thorsten Kaye by Donna Svennevik/ABC
All My Children will cast deaf actors and actresses as part of its story concerning Kendall (Alicia Minshew) and her son Spike, who suffered extensive hearing loss in a car accident, as was announced Monday by ABC Daytime president Brian Frons. First up is Bob Hiltermann, a deaf actor who will play Walter Novak on the Aug. 15 episode. "This story line gives us the opportunity to explore the emotional challenges and real-life decisions facing the parents of a child who has been permanently injured," says Frons in a statement. "We will go on a heart-wrenching journey with our characters as they learn about the medical options and obstacles facing their child."One Life to Live's Kassie DePaiva, whose son JQ was born profoundly deaf and at age 18 months received his first cochlear implant, has been consulting AMC, and JQ himself (now age 10) will appear as a guest on Erica Kane's "New Beginnings" talk show in the Sept. 20, 21 and 24 episodes.
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CBS has ordered a script for Red Doors, a prime-time sudser centered around a Chinese-American family with three daughters and based on an award-winning indie film by writer-director Georgia Lee. Entirely unreliable sources say that One Life to Live's Kassie DePaiva is battling Mia Korf for one of the leads.
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All My Children is bringing back fan-fave Kate Collins as "Janet from Another Planet" on Nov. 15. Click here for TVGuide.com's full report…. Kassie DePaiva (Blair) has renewed her contract with One Life to Live for four more years…. General Hospital's Lucas Jones finally confessed his secret — yep, he's gay — this week.
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