He was predicted big favorite (see the News of May), he indeed won the award ! A Martinez (ex-Cruz Castillo) received on last 18 May the ALMA award of the outstanding actor in a daytime drama, for his character of Roy DiLucca in General Hospital. Let us recall that the ALMA awards reward the best American spectacle personalities from Hispanic origin. Congratulations to the winner !

Eric Close the visitor

After the show Dark Skies, Eric Close (ex-Sawyer Walker) refinds the trouble and worrying universe of the aliens in the mini-series Taken, currently in production. Eric is in all the cases well surrounded, since the producer of this fifty years retrospective of alien presence on Earth is Steven Spielberg himself ! Eric plays John, one of these mysterious visitors who may secretly populate our planet. To discover on the American channel Sci-Fi Channel in December 2002...

Less chance on the other hand for Vincent Irizarry (ex-Dr. Scott Clark), at the ceremony of the Daytime Emmy awards on last 17 May (see the News of April). Nominated in the category of outstanding lead actor in a soap for his character of Dr. David Hayward in All My Children, Vincent was preceded by Peter Bergman (Jack Abbott in The Young and the Restless). Only former member of the cast of Santa Barbara to win an award : Crystal Chappell (ex-Jane Kingsley), in the category of outstanding supporting actress for her character of Olivia Spencer Lewis in Guiding Light. We will try to do better next year !

End of shows (part 2)

After First Monday and Dharma and Greg (see the News of May), it is the turn of the show Philly to definitively die in this end of season in the United States. The show was joining together among its regular interpreters Kyle Secor (ex-Brian Bradford) and Dena Dietrich (ex-Katie Wallace, Brick's presumed mother) in the role of judge Ellen Armstrong. Begun on September 25, 2001 (see the News of June and October 2001), the show will have counted 22 episodes until last 28 May, date of its last airing on ABC.

As if to take part in a Woody Allen movie was not a sufficient event ! Téa Leoni (ex-Lisa DiNapoli n°2) had the honor to make the opening of the last Cannes film festival on last 15 May while appearing, on screen, in the film Hollywood Ending, directed by the famous New-Yorker actor-director. Moreover, Téa plays Ellie Waxman, the ex-wife of the character interpreted by Woody Allen himself ! Released this same 15 May in the French theatres, the film can be seen in the United States since May 03.