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10/19/2025

Nancy Lee Grahn won on Friday her third Daytime Emmy award ! While her first two wins (for her portrayal of Julia Wainwright on Santa Barbara in 1989 and Alexis Davis on General Hospital in 2012 - see the News of 06/24/2012) were both in the supporting actress category, this time she triumphed as outstanding lead actress. True to form, Nancy used her acceptance speech to make a political statement, reminding everyone of the threats facing democracy in the United States and urging people to get out and vote.
Eileen Davidson (ex-Kelly Capwell), who was nominated in the same category, unfortunately went home empty-handed.
Congratulations to Nancy !

09/10/2025

We talked to you about it in the News of 06/18 below : today marks the release on Amazon Prime Video of Robin Wright's new series, The Girlfriend.
The former Kelly Capwell of Santa Barbara plays Laura, a woman convinced that Cherry, her son Daniel's new girlfriend, is not who she claims to be. She will do everything she can to prove her suspicions.
The mini-series is an adaptation of Michelle Frances's novel of the same name.
Robin is also an executive producer and directed the three first episodes of the series.
To discover without waiting any longer !

08/05/2025

In the interview she gave us in August 2013, Louise Sorel exclusively revealed that she was working on her memoirs. Twelve years later, the work is complete, and the book is set to be released tomorrow, August 06 !
In If There Were No Dogs : Musings and Mutterings, the ex-Augusta Lockridge talks about Santa Barbara and Days of Our Lives, but also more broadly about her entire career, her childhood, her beginnings in theater and film, her travels, and above all her love for animals…
Publisher BookBaby describes it as a mix of prose pieces and poems. We are eager and excited to discover the result !

10/07/2025

The nominations for the upcoming Daytime Emmy awards have been announced today.
This year, this is not one, but two Santa Barbara former actresses who are nominated in the outstanding lead actress category : Nancy Lee Grahn (ex-Julia Wainwright) for her part of Alexis Davis in General Hospital, and Eileen Davidson (ex-Kelly Capwell) for her part of Ashley Abbott in The Young and the Restless !
Congratulations to both nominees... and see you on Friday, October 17th for the results !

07/10/2025

Some actors are less well-known than others, or have left show business so long ago that news of their passing, sadly, goes unnoticed. Such was the case with Wolf Muser (ex-Dr. Marcello Armonti), whose death in 2022 only came to light recently.
And now, the same is true for Charles Bateman, whose passing in April 2024 was only made public in recent weeks.
Born in 1930, Charles Bateman began his career on stage before taking on a long string of roles in numerous television shows. In 1960, he landed the dual lead role in the western series Two Faces West. We find him in 1980 in the soap opera Days of Our Lives, before taking over the role of C.C. Capwell during the early months of Santa Barbara in 1984. He remained there for over a year, until the character was placed in a coma and the actor was replaced by Jed Allan. His last acting credit dates back to 1991.
Never married and without children, Charles Bateman passed away at the age of 93. His memorable contribution to Santa Barbara certainly deserved a tribute, even a belated one.

Read also : Homages to the deceased actors

06/25/2025

Joe Marinelli has passed away. The actor died on Sunday, June 22, at the age of 68.
After beginning his career in theater, Joe Marinelli went on to appear in numerous guest-star roles in various television series before being discovered in 1988 by executive producer Jill Farren Phelps, who offers him the memorable role of Bunny Tagliatti in Santa Barbara. This unique character of an Italian gangster with a penchant for cross-dressing made him very popular with fans and earned him a Soap Opera Digest award in 1990.
Jill Farren Phelps would call on him again for two other roles in soap operas she later produced : Pauly Hardman in Guiding Light in 1993, and Joseph Sorel in General Hospital from 1999 to 2001. Following many other roles, Joe played the recurring character Donny Spagnoli in the Apple TV+ series The Morning Show from 2019 to 2023.
Married to the same woman for 34 years and the father of two sons, Joe Marinelli had been battling cancer for several years. He remained very close friends with Leigh McCloskey (ex-Dr. Zack Kelton and Ethan Asher), who paid a heartfelt tribute to him on his Facebook page.

Read also : The exclusive interview Joe Marinelli gave us in 2013

06/18/2025

Robin Wright (ex-Kelly Capwell) was honored at the 64th Monte-Carlo Television Festival, where she received a Crystal Nymph Award on Tuesday in recognition of her entire career. On Monday, she was already present at the Grimaldi Forum, where many journalists were awaiting her for a press conference.
Accompanied by Rola Bauer, executive producer for Amazon MGM Studios, Robin Wright presented The Girlfriend, a new series adapted from a novel by Michelle Frances, set to premiere on Prime Video in September. She serves as actress, director, and executive producer for the project. She reflected on the highlights of her career : "Toward the end of my 30s and the beginning of my 40s, there were no roles. Then, things picked up again, but there was a dry spell, and House of Cards came along at just the right time. I don't know if I would have landed other film roles back then without it. That's why I say House of Cards was a true gift."
The 59-year-old actress received her Crystal Nymph from Prince Albert II and Princess Charlene of Monaco.

Read also : a press article published this week in French TV Magazine : «It takes time to learn to love yourself»

06/18/2025

Two pieces of good news for Jack Wagner (ex-Warren Lockridge) : first, at age 65, the actor married singer Michelle Wolf last May. This is his second marriage after Kristina Crump Wagner, his co-star from General Hospital, whom he divorced in 2006.
Then, professionally, Jack returned on June 13 on The Bold and the Beautiful, reprising for a few episodes his role as Nick Marone, which he originally played from 2003 to 2012 (see the News of 02/10/2012). A new reconciliation with Brooke Logan may be on the horizon !

05/09/2025

After the web series, here come the audio soap-operas ! Montecito, the first without image audio-only soap-opera, was launched on April 22. It is a sort of return to its roots, since soap-opera originally premiered on radio before arriving on American television in the mid-1940s.
Regarding Montecito, ten 20-minute episodes are planned. Among the voices of this new genre of soap are Vincent Irizarry (ex-Dr. Scott Clark) and Crystal Chappell (ex-Jane Kingsley).
Montecito can be listened to for free, notably on YouTube.

05/08/2025

After Jon Lindstrom (ex-Dr. Mark McCormick) and Sydney Penny (ex-B.J. Walker) last year (see the News of 03/25 and 06/10/2024), it's Ally Walker's turn to start writing !
The ex-Andrea Bedford of Santa Barbara announced on her Facebook page the release on June 06 of her first novel, The Light Runner.
The actress says she started writing this metaphysical thriller ten years ago. We can't wait to see the result !

03/28/2025

It is Richard Eden who announced it yesterday on his Facebook page : he has just finished filming Barbed Wire, a Western movie in which he stars alongside... Lane Davies !
The ex-Brick Wallace and the ex-Mason Capwell even reunite with another former Santa Barbara cast member : Mark Schneider, who played the villain Paul Marshall in 1987.
They portray ranchers who take on an animal rights activist who has come to sabotage their land.

03/28/2025

Two pieces of good news for Jon Lindstrom (ex-Dr. Mark McCormick) : first, the actor has joined the cast of CBS's new daytime soap opera Beyond the Gates, which premiered on February 24. Focused on a predominantly African-American cast, this is the first new soap opera launch on American television since Passions in 1999. In this new soap created by Michelle Val Jean, writer on Santa Barbara between 1991 and 1993 and whom we had interviewed in 2018, Jon plays Joey Armstrong, an entrepreneur and casino owner. He reunites with actress Cady McClain, whom he was married to until their separation last April. Jon is expected to juggle his role in Beyond the Gates with his portrayal of Kevin Collins in General Hospital on ABC.
The other piece of good news concerns his debut novel, Hollywood Hustle, published in February 2024 (see the News of 03/25/2024). The rights have been purchased by a studio to produce a movie adaptation ! Jon is expected to serve as executive producer. A great start to the year for the actor !

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