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The 48th Annual Daytime Emmy Nominees Outstanding Lead Actress Nancy Lee Grahn as Alexis Davis (General Hospital, ABC) Finola Hughes as Anna Devane/Alex Marick (General Hospital, ABC) Melissa Claire Egan as Chelsea Lawson (The Young and the Restless, CBS) Genie Francis as Laura Collins (General Hospital, ABC) Jacqueline MacInnes Wood as Steffy Forrester (The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS)   Outstanding Lead Actor Thorsten Kaye as Ridge Forrester (The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS) Steve Burton as Jason Morgan (General Hospital, ABC) Maurice Benard as Sonny Corinthos (General Hospital, ABC) Wally Kurth as Justin Kiriakis (Days of Our Lives, NBC) Dominic Zamprogna as Dante Falconeri (General Hospital, ABC) Outstanding Supporting Actress Courtney Hope as Sally Spectra (The Bold and the Beautiful, CBS) Carolyn Hennesy as Diane Miller (General Hospital, ABC) Marla Adams as Dina Mergeron (The Young and the Restless, CBS) Tamara Braun as Ava Vitali (Days of Our Lives, NBC) Briana Henry as Jor...

Coming Monday, June 1st at 6|5c 3pm PST  Paula chats LIVE with Nashville singer/songwriter Sarah Morey.  Morey has been writing songs since the age of 7. Her latest album is called A Long Way to Go. On Saturday, June 6th Sarah will be performing at the Farmers Market Grand Opening in Monterey, TN from 11am-2pm.  Paula’s interview with Sarah will stream LIVE on  YouTube  and will also be available to watch in its entirety following the initial broadcast.  You can also watch it right from this post below.  In the meantime check out this clip of Sarah performing on Today in Nashville earlier this year:

I can't believe it has almost been five years since I first told you about the web series L.A. Macabre .  As you may recall, L.A. Macabre is very much a show within a show, where the main characters have a web series called L.A. Macabre, which explores notorious, real-life crime stories in Los Angeles.  The focus of that show soon shifts to a former cult called "The New Family," bringing a lot of unwanted attention to Ryan, Jamie, and Colin, the show's creators.  This ultimately leads to Jamie's mysterious disappearance in the last episode of season 1. Ryan Bartley (Jamie) in Season 2 of L.A. Macabre Recently, I had the privilege of getting a sneak peek of L.A. Macabre's long-awaited second season and all I can say is WOW! As impressed as I was by the show's first season, season two surpassed all of my expectations. Everything is bigger this season - the show's settings, the storyline, and the exceptionally talented cast. I particul...

Veteran soap actor Sean Kanan is launching a new web series this week called "Studio City." The show, which is described as 'a love letter to soaps' brings together many of daytime's brightest, including Tristan Rogers, Sarah Brown, Patrika Darbo, and Carolyn Hennessy. The entire first season of "Studio City" will begin streaming on Amazon Prime December 20th. On a side note, I will be chatting with Sean tomorrow on my show Paula's Soapbox LIVE at 6|5c 3pm PST .   The interview will stream directly on  YouTube and will be available to watch in its entirety following the LIVE broadcast. 

If you have been following this blog for a while you may recall that last August I chatted with As the World Turns Alum Trent Dawson (Henry) about the film he was working on called The Six . The film, which is based off of his play The F, has now been completed and is headed to the festival circuit. Donations for The Six are still being accepted, which will help bring the film to the big screen. To learn more about The Six and to see the film's trailer visit the website at  https://trentdawson325.wixsite.com/thesix . A facebook page has also been set up for the film at https://www.facebook.com/trentdawson325/  so be sure to give it a like. You can make a donation through the film's Go Fund Me at  https://www.gofundme.com/supportTheF Check out last year's interview with Trent below:

Even if you haven't heard the name Riley Smith you have undoubtedly seen him. Smith is a multi-talented performer who has been in everything from Disney's Motocrossed to *ABC's Nashville and can currently be seen in the Fox series Proven Innocent. When he's not acting, Smith is hard at work building a promising music career. I recently had the chance to talk with him about this and how working on the show Nashville impacted this new path: You have a very ambitious plan of releasing a new song and video every month in 2019. What made you decide to do this?  It has been ambitious and a lot more work than I anticipated. The idea stemmed from people's attention span in this day and age. I wanted each song to be new, fresh, and have a chance to get the attention it deserves - instead of having to pick one single off an album, why not treat each song like a single? Because they are. They are their own song, their own story and they deserve their own attention. ...

If you follow this blog and/or my LIVE interviews with any regularity, you may recall that last year I chatted with Morgan Englund about his crowdfunding campaign to make a music video for his song Homeward Bound (A Firefighter's Song). Englund was a firefighter and paramedic for years before deciding to pursue his long-held dream of becoming a singer/songwriter and musician. Homeward Bound is a tribute to Englund's fellow first responders and marks his first video in what will surely be a successful career in the music industry.  Regarding his song, Englund writes:  I hung up my axe and stethescope. But I offer this song to first responders everywhere. You do an amazing job, you sacrifice way more than the average person realizes. I will ever be proud and grateful to have been counted among you. I chatted with Englund just days before the official video release and you can watch that interview here: The video for Homeward Boun...

As you may have seen on Instagram , Facebook , and twitter I had scheduled a YouTube LIVE interview with Kathleen Gati (Dr. Obrecht, GH; Margaret Cranston, Ladies of the Lake: Return to Avalon). Unfortunately due to an unusual amount of technical difficulties we couldn't do the LIVE video chat as planned. We did, however, move the interview to twitter for an impromptu Q&A. In case you missed it or aren't on twitter, I have saved the tweets so you can see them!

Announcing the 6th Annual Breakfast with Mutter , a General Hospital Fan Club Event, hosted by Kathleen Gati. The event celebrates Gati's 6th anniversary on General Hospital as Dr. Liesl Obrecht, as well as the actress's birthday on August 13th. Tickets are still available for the fan event, which will be held on July 29th in Glendale, CA. For more information on the event and how to purchase tickets go to  https://yournumberonefan.com/breakfast-mutter/

It is rare that I get excited about a new show these days. There is so much content to view on television and online, and unfortunately most of it is not worth watching. So when a show comes along that I believe in I have to share it with everyone. In case you haven't heard, YouTube now has a streaming service with original programming called YouTube Premium, what you may know as YouTube Red. Like Amazon Prime, Hulu, and Netflix, YouTube Premium charges a monthly fee. In fact so many of these streaming platforms seem to be popping up I probably never would have checked out YouTube Premium if not for all the buzz surrounding its show Cobra Kai. Cobra Kai, as you may have heard, is based on the original Karate Kid movie from 1984. This is not, however, your typical reboot and it is not a reimagining of the story we all grew up with. Instead, Cobra Kai broadens our perspective of the Karate Kid characters and the possible motivations behind their actions. ...