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Veteran soap actor Anthony Addabbo, who starred as Jim Lemay on GL, Tony/Jonny Carerra on B&B, Jeff Peters on Dallas, Jason Craig on Generations, & Dimitri Marick on All My Children, has died at the age of 56 according to soapoperadigest.com .  Several stars spoke out in the wake of his death. Former co-star Beth Chamberlin (Beth, GL) responded to some tweets saying:  "So Tragic. So much life ahead of him. I can't believe it. His poor wife and son. So, so sad. Shocked."  "So sad. I can't believe Anthony is gone. This is just wrong."  On Instagram Tracey Bregman, another former co-star posted a picture of Anthony and said:  "So saddened at the passing of my friend and coworker from @boldandbeautifulcbs #rush #turk Too soon #anthonyaddabbo way too soon"  Kristoff St. John said:  "Anthony Addabo was a wonderful man, friend, artist. I worked with him for 2 years on the NBC Generations. He was truly a professional, with a wi...

The last few nights I have been catching up on South Beach. You may recall this is the Hulu original series starring soap opera faves Jacqueline MacInnes Wood (Steffy, B&B) and Jordi Vilasuso (Tony, GL; Griffin, AMC). South Beach is dark, gritty, sexy, and every bit a soap opera. It's like General Hospital on steroids, crossed with Empire, with elements of every primetime crime drama mixed in for good measure.  Vilasuso is very convincing in his role as ruthless mobster Isaac Santero, claiming his territory on South Beach. Sweet, gentle, good-hearted Tony he is not. As you might imagine, a storyline like this includes violence; but perhaps the most violent aspect of this show is what the audience doesn't really see. The prospect of a serial killer is introduced almost immediately and it looks like one of the main characters has already become a victim.  Jacqueline MacInnes Wood plays Samantha Lear, the daughter of a record executive, who hooks up with one of h...

AMC and Y&R Alum Elizabeth Hendrickson has created a new comedic web series called "30 Days Max" and she needs your help! The actress has launched a kickstarter campaign to help fund the show's first season. Over $1,000 has been pledged toward the $10,000 goal, which needs to be met by May 26th! And of course there are great perks for donating! For more details go to https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/784125068/30-days-max?ref=nav_search  

Today it was announced via The Online Network that All My Children and One Life to Live will now air twice a week on Hulu and iTunes as opposed to the previous four times a week. This is so the audience might more easily follow these shows long-term. It was determined that it may be too hard for people to fit in both of these shows in their daily tv viewing schedule, despite the fact that each episode of both shows is only 30 min. long. Below is an excerpt of the press release:  we have chosen to revise our scheduling model beginning this Monday, May 20th by introducing two new episodes from  OLTL  and  AMC  each week- new episodes of AMC will now run on Mondays and Wednesdays, and fresh episodes of  OLTL  will post Tuesdays and Thursdays. MORE, our behind the scenes series, will run as a single show on Fridays. This allows us to introduce a new episode of quality television every Monday through Friday and gives the audience a chance to catc...

The wait is almost over! All My Children and One Life to Live will be returning April 29th on Hulu and iTunes. For those of you who don't like watching programs on your computer you can watch these shows on your tv if you have a Hulu Plus subscription and a device capable of streaming Hulu (apple tv, xbox, wii, various blu-ray players and tvs). Hulu is currently offering a free one week trial, after that it is about $8 a month. I'm assuming you can still watch these shows for free on basic Hulu but it will require you to view them on your computer. As for iTunes, I'm not sure what the specifications will be for watching these shows, but when I find out I will post details here immediately. In the meantime, here are a few links you will find helpful:  Hulu Plus Supported Devices for Hulu Plus Watch All My Children on Hulu Watch One Life to Live on Hulu

Next month previously canceled soaps All My Children and One Life to Live will begin airing again online. Recently stars of the shows marked their comeback with a photo shoot and it was documented by Entertainment Tonight . Watch the behind the scenes video below:

  Soap Opera Digest   is reporting that soap vet Ricky Paull Goldin (Jake, AMC; Gus, GL; Dean, AW) has a new show coming to HGTV. It's called Spontaneous Construction and will begin airing on February 15th-and you can help him celebrate! Goldin's fans will have the chance to attend his premiere party on February 10th, alongside several of his former co-stars. For details go to  www.rpgeventsonline.com   .

According to   ABC Soaps in Depth , former soap star Cameron Mathison (Ryan, AMC) will appear on TV Land's Hot in Cleveland this Wednesday, January 30th. Could he be Joy's (Jane Leeves) new beau? Tune in to find out!

In a tweet to his fans actor J.R. Martinez confirms that he will not be joining the online version of All My Children: He will, however, be hosting his own radio show , so be sure to check that out!