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Linsey Godfrey

Linsey Godfrey

The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be held on Friday, June 7, with the ceremony airing live on CBS starting at 8 p.m. ET. Soap Opera Digest chatted with the nominees to get the scoop on how they found out, what episodes they submitted, and more as we count down to daytime’s biggest night! Read More

lynn loring

Veteran actress and producer Lynn Loring passed away at the age of 80 in Tarzana, California on December 23, 2023, after a long battle with chronic illnesses. She began her career at the tender age of 3 as a child model before taking on the role of Patti Barron, Jo’s daughter (played by the late Read More

Kevin Spirtas

Daytime Emmy Award-winner Kevin Spirtas will sit down in The Locher Room live on Wednesday, May 8, at 3 p.m. EST / 12 p.m. PST to discuss the final season of his Daytime Emmy-winning series, After Forever which you can find on Amazon Prime. A story about love, loss, and new beginnings, Season 1 made Read More

Adam J Harrington

Getting beaten up on the pier may have left General Hospital’s John “Jagger” Cates all bruised and bloodied, but his portrayer, Adam J. Harrington, welcomed the literal change of scenery the scenes offered. “We got to shoot outside,” he shares. “That’s the first time I shot in an ‘exterior.’ It’s a change of scenery and Read More

Tabyana Ali, Sean Kanan

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edward scott and melody thomas scott lifetime achievement award from daytime emmys.

Edward Scott and Melody Thomas Scott. This year at the 51stAnnual Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony, the Lifetime Achievement Award will be presented to soapdom’s power couple, Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki, Young and Restless) and her real-life husband of nearly 39 years, Bold and Beautiful supervising producer, Edward Scott. The actress recently celebrated her 45th anniversary Read More

MAURICE BENARD

Last Saturday at the Daytime Unites For ALS event, Digest’s Adam Havener spoke with Maurice Benard about who his dream guest would be for his YouTube video podcast series, State Of Mind, and the actor didn’t hesitate with his answer. “I wanted Steve Burton and I’m shooting him Tuesday, my good friend, but he’s been Read More

Jennifer Gareis

The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be held on Friday, June 7, with the ceremony airing live on CBS starting at 8 p.m. ET. Soap Opera Digest chatted with the nominees to get the scoop on how they found out, what episodes they submitted, and more as we count down to daytime’s biggest night! Read More

Alley Mills

On the Tuesday, May 7, episode of General Hospital, Laura pays Heather a visit at Pentonville. Ahead of the chat between Ace’s two grandmothers, Digest caught up with Heather’s portrayer, Alley Mills, for the scoop on the unexpected support the jailbird has found in the mayor, the research she did on metallosis, and the recent Read More

als one daytime unites with the many soap stars.

It was a star-studded event on Saturday in Glendale, California, where soap stars from General Hospital, Days of our Lives, Bold and Beautiful as well as Young and Restless came together to meet fans and raise money for ALS. The event was organized by GH’s Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), and she shared news about the evening’s success. “Thanks Read More

Naomi Matsuda, Lane Davies

Naomi Matsuda returns to B&B and Lane Davies returns in a new role on GH. Who’s Coming Bold and Beautiful Naomi Matsuda (Dr. Li Finnegan): Li is confronted with a disturbing development on May 9 and 10. Watch as she deals with the fact her son’s biological mother, Sheila, is still alive. Get ready to Read More

suzanne rogers as maggie on days of our lives.

Victor’s will is finally probated, and Maggie shares the news with Konstantin, Sarah and Xander. Konstantin is elated until Maggie tells the group she plans to distribute her share to those cut out of it. Maggie immediately senses Konstantin’s upset. “She does,” confirms Suzanne Rogers (Maggie). “But in her mind, she thinks, well, he’s not Read More

DAYS

Bryton James

The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be held on Friday, June 7, with the ceremony airing live on CBS starting at 8 p.m. ET. Soap Opera Digest chatted with the nominees to get the scoop on how they found out, what episodes they submitted, and more as we count down to daytime’s biggest night! Read More

Sean Kanan, Kimberlin Brown

Sean Kanan, Kimberlin Brow

Bold And Beautiful On Monday, May 6, Deacon and Finn are ecstatic to have Sheila back, believing she deserves a second chance…. Liam gets closer to Steffy over her concerns about Finn on Tuesday, May 7…. On Wednesday, May 8, Deacon wants to take the next step in his relationship with Sheila (both above)…. Steffy is horrified by Finn’s “happy” news that Sheila Read More

Shemar Moore

Ali

Poor Trina has been on her own since January 31 of this year when Spencer tragically went overboard, saving the love of his life from Esme’s clutches. While viewers thought that actor Nicholas Chavez would return to his role when he was done shooting his other project, the actor’s statement on Friday made it obvious Read More

Clint Howard

Clint Howard made his acting debut on The Andy Griffith Show alongside his older brother Ron at the tender age of 2. In typical Howard family fashion, he has been cranking out acting roles, producing, and directing ever since. His career has spanned 60-plus years. Before he made his debut as Tom on Bold and Read More

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Tanner Novlan, Melissa Claire Egan, Jason Thompson

Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, Tanner Novlan

NICHOLAS CHAVEZ

UPDATED as of 5:35 p.m. ET to include a quote from GH’s executive producer. ************ While many in the media have written about Nicholas Chavez not returning to the role of Spencer on General Hospital, neither the actor nor the show released a comment — until now. The actor himself took to social media to Read More

Brandon Barash, Harper Barash

Ask And Ye Shall Receive: Barash couldn’t resist making Harper’s dream come true with Bowie. Not long after welcoming a new baby, son Joaquin Lee, into their household, Brandon Barash (Stefan, DAYS) and his wife, Isabella, decided to add a puppy to the mix. “Because we’re masochists,” cracks Barash. “An infant wasn’t enough!” Their actual Read More

Beth Maitland, Christopher Cousins

For soap veteran Christopher Cousins (ex-Dr. Kirk, GH; ex-Cain, One Life To Live; ex-Colin, As The World Turns; ex-Greg, Another World), landing the role of psychiatrist Alan Laurent, on Young And Restless was a case of perfect timing. “I’ve got a lot of personal stuff to tend to in Los Angeles,” the actor explains. “My Read More

Steve Kent

UPDATE (As of May 3): Deadline is reporting that while Steve Kent is indeed out as Senior Executive Vice President of Programming at Sony Pictures Television (as Digest first reported on April 19 below), he will now be executive in charge of production at Young and Restless. ********** According to several set-side sources, Digest has Read More

cynthia watros and maura west from general hospital and carolyn hinsey.

Carolyn Hinsey

Nina (Cynthia Watros, l.) and Ava (Maura West). Long friendships are a valued soap staple, but some of them have taken a real beating lately. I’m looking at you, GH. Splitting up entertaining pals Nina and Ava was a punch in the gut. Ava’s out-of-the-blue backstabbing seemed very shortsighted when Nina was often the only Read More