Ali and Ellen's paractical joke

Alison Sweeney (Samil, DAYS) was on the Ellen show Thursday and faked labor to help Ellen play a joke. Many at home viewers, including Sweeney's parents, thought the actress was actually in labor...

Die Mommie Die!

While searching for clips of one of my favorite plays/movies, "Die Mommie Die" (by one of my favorite playwrights/actors) I stumbled across this gem that Van Hansis (Luke, ATWT) fans might enjoy!

First some backstory... "Die Mommie Die" was a play written and starred in by the AMAZING Charles Busch. He plays the leading lady, Angela Arden, a burned out ex-pop diva... He does so with one-part Joan Crawford, one-part Bette Davis and one-part Rosalind Russell... It was also made into a movie starring Busch... It's my favorite kind of camp and highly recommend a viewing...

In this montage, Van plays Angela's gay son (from a 2007/2008 Off-Broadway production of the play) ... Be sure to check out the short shorts he's in ... and of course pay special attention (for me) to Charles Busch as Angela Arden!

High Drama in the Board Room

With all of the enemies Jill Abbott has been making on Y&R lately, something big is going to go down at the Jabot Stock Holder's meeting. When it comes to hatefulness she's giving DOOL's Sami Brady (even in her glory days) a run for her money. The majority of Genoa City has suffered at the hands of Jill's nastiness and they aren't going to take it any more. With people like Jack and Gloria teaming up to bring her down a few notches (and with people such as Brad and Nikki there ready to watch the fireworks) she had better be careful.

Susan's new bank statement

It looks like DOOL isn't the only soap making drastic decisions due to budget cuts. AMC has reportedly asked Susan Lucci to take a HUGE pay cut. I can't say I feel sorry for her. She's still rich when so many others are barely afloat.

Actually, I'm surprised she bent over and took it... I thought she'd be a diva and storm off that set. Maybe she lost her diva-tude when she got voted off Dancing With the Stars ...

Welcome to the real world Susan.
~Derric

Our favorite aborted fetus returns

It has been reported that Colin Egglesfield is returning to his role as All My Children's Josh Madden. What makes this worth mentioning (beside the fact that he is f***ing SMOKING HOT and will no doubt be a future Liquid Soap Eye Candy feature) is the controversial story around his character's creation...

A little history ... Erica Kane was actually the first person to have an abortion on TV following the Roe v. Wade decision ("Maude" was the first before the ruling). Agnes Nixon's ground-breaking storyline was later shattered when a writer (no doubt a Christian) decided to bring the fetus back from the dead! Thus creating a ground-breaking moment again: a person never even born being resurrected!

Anyway, it turns out the doctor stole the embryo and implanted it in his wife. So she carried Erica Kane's baby to term, delivered him and raised him as Josh Madden. The rest is typical soap story ...

~Branden

PHOTO: Colin Egglesfield (Josh) looks pretty f***ing good for an abortion

Instead of budget cuts, how 'bout hair cuts?

I don't want to sound like a grandparent during the 1960s, but the men on Days of Our Lives should get some haircuts!
Seriously, James Scott (E.J.), Bryan Datillo (Lucas) and Jay Kenneth Johnson (Philip) really need to do something about it... Philip (who I still love mind you) and Lucas have the high school-boy-from-the-90s bowl cut while E.J. has so much hair greased back that it looks like a Ken doll's plastic 'do.

I just wasn't aware those looks were in. I know longer shaggy hair has been a thing for a while, but the bowl cut? Come on! I want my soap studs to look like men! See Daniel Goddard (Cane, Y&R)!

~ Branden

PHOTO, Bryan Datillo (Lucas)

Don Diamont ousted from Y&R

I am pissed about this! Don Diamont has been let go from Y&R. Details of the exit are reportedly hush hush. The character of Brad is just too cool to get rid of! I hope he comes back as quickly as characters that I DON'T like (Tyra and Anna.)
~Derric