Birthday Babies

Happy Birthday to Daytimes Cancers and Leos born in July:


Photo: Elizabeth Hendrickson, Credit: CBS

July 3

Elizabeth Hendrickson (Chloe Abbott, The Young & The Restless)
Hunter Tylo (Taylor Hayes, The Bold & The Beautiful)

July 6

Brittany Underwood (Langston Wilde, One Life To Live)

July 9

Ewa da Cruz (Vienna Hyatt, As The World Turns)
Suzanne Rogers (Maggie Horton, Days Of Our Lives)

July 12

Judi Evans Luciano (As The World Turns)
Tonya Lee Williams (Olivia Hastings, The Young & The Restless)

July 13

Caitlin Van Zandt (Ashlee Wolfe, Guiding Light)

July 15

Kristoff St. John (Neil Winters, The Young & The Restless)

July 20

Bryan Ditillo (Lucas Roberts, Day Of Our Lives)
Michael Park (Jack Snyder, As The World Turns)

July 21

Crishell Stause (Amanada Dillon Martin, All My Children)
Patricia Elliot (Renee Buchanan, One Life To Live)

July 22

Terrell Tilford (Greg Evans, One Life To Live)
Jennifer Bassey (Marian Colby Chandler, All My Children)

July 23

Beth Elhers (Taylor Thompson, All My Children)

July 25

Bobbie Eakes (Krystal Carey Hayward, All My Children)
Katherine Kelly Lang (Brooke Logan, The Bold & The Beautiful)

July 27

Eric Martsolf (Brady Black, Days Of Lives)

July 30

Victor Alfieri (Giovanni, The Bold & The Beautiful)
Ilene Kristen (Roxanne Bolsom, One Life To Live)

July 31

Wally Kurth (Justin Kiriakis, Days Of Our Lives)
Susan Flannery (Stephanie Forrester, The Bold & The Beautiful

Casting Updates

Photo: ABC

Here's a look at some casting news in the world of soaps.

Wally Kurth(pictured above) is returing to Days of Lives in the role of Justin Kiriakis. Kirth was also known to soap audiences for his roles on As The World Turns and as part of the legendary Quatermaine Family on General Hospital. Expect Kurth and Justin to set foot in Salem this August.

As her current soap sets to leave the air in September, Crystal Chappell will be leaving the Emmy winning Guiding Light to return to Days of Our Lives as Carly Manning.

Popular television actress Morgan Fairchild will have a guest starring stint on The Bold and The Beautiful this summer. She will share scenes with the show's mariarch Stephanie Forrester played by Susan Flannery.

Former Port Charles and General Hospital actress, Lynn Herring will appear on As The World Turns at the end of July as the mother of Henry, played by Trent Dawson.

Judi Evans Luciano, formerly of Days of Our Lives is set for headed for As The World Turns for a short term as well. She is set to play a character known as Maeve. Luciano's daytime resume is impressive having been on Another World and on Guiding Light. Look for the Maeve character to arrive sometime in August.

Bill Spencer Hunting

Don Diamont as Bill Spencer


Bold and The Beautiful has certainly energized their show by adding an exciting new character into the fold. Don Diamont (ex-Brad, Young & The Restless) has been wonderful as the ruthless and mysterious Bill Spencer. Described by Executive Producer and Show Creator Brad Bell as “a Richard Branson type billionaire”, Bill is single-handedly giving The Forresters and The Logans more than they bargained for. e plans to obtain Forrester Creations. His determination to take control of Forrester Creations by any means necessary is fun to watch. From trying to charm all three Logan Sisters into bed and to his conversations with Stephanie, Bill's been A+ drama. One of his standout scenes so far have been with Stephanie (Susan Flannery). Stephanie has been unknowingly helping Bill make Forrester vulnerable, thus making it easy for Bill to buy it. As the true extent of his plan registered to Stephanie, Bill retorted, “It’s been a long time since someone gotten the better of you, huh Stephanie? I’d say Stephanie Forrester has finally met her match. It will be exiting to watch this partnership/rivalry unfold through out the summer.

Daytime Emmy Nominations Announced

The Daytime Emmy Awards nominations were announced this morning in New York City. The ceremony will be held on Sunday, August 30th and broadcast on the CW. Ugly Betty Actress, Vanessa Williams will be the host. The full list of nominations will be announced later this evening at a party hosted by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The Daytime Drama Categories are listed below:

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES
All My Children
Days of our Lives
The Bold and the Beautiful

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR
Thorsten Kaye (Zach Slater, AMC)
Peter Reckell (Bo Brady, DAYS)
Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, GH)
Daniel Cosgrove (Bill Lewis, GL)
Christian LeBlanc (Michael Baldwin, Y&R)

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS
Debbi Morgan (Angie Hubbard, AMC)
Maura West (Carly Tenney, ATWT)
Susan Flannery (Stephanie Forrester, B&B)
Susan Haskell (Marty Saybrooke, OLTL)
Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor, Y&R)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR
Vincent Irizarry (David Hayward, AMC)
Jacob Young (JR Chandler, AMC)
Van Hansis (Luke Snyder, ATWT)
Bradford Anderson (Damien Spinelli, GH)
Jeff Branson (Shayne Lewis, GL)

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS
Melissa Claire Egan (Annie Lavery, AMC)
Alicia Minshew (Kendall Hart, AMC)
Julie Pinson (Janet Ciccone, ATWT)
Tamara Braun (Ava Vitali, DAYS)
Bree Williamson (Jessica Buchanan, OLTL)

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTOR
Cornelis Smith, Jr. (Frankie Hubbard, AMC)
Darin Brooks (Max Brady, DAYS)
Blake Berris (Nick Fallon, DAYS)
EJ Bonilla (Rafe Rivera, GL)
Bryton McClure (Devon Hamilton, Y&R)

OUTSTANDING YOUNGER ACTRESS
Merdeith Hagner (Liberty Ciccone, ATWT)
Rachel Melvin (Chelsea Benson, DAYS)
Kirsten Storms (Maxie Jones, GH)
Julie Berman (Lulu Spencer, GH)
Emily O'Brien (Jana Hawkes, Y&R)

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES WRITING TEAM
All My Children
The Bold and the Beautiful
General Hospital
One Life to Live

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES DIRECTING TEAM
All My Children
Days of our Lives
One Life to Live

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN ART DIRECTION/SET DECORATION/SCENIC DESIGN FOR A DRAMA SERIES
All My Children
Days of our Lives
The Bold and the Beautiful

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
As the World Turns
Days of our Lives
General Hospital

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN COSTUME DESIGN FOR A DRAMA SERIES
All My Children
One Life to Live
The Young and the Restless

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN MULTIPLE CAMERA EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
All My Children
As the World Turns
The Bold and the Beautiful
One Life to Live

OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN HAIRSTYLING FOR A DRAMA SERIES
The Bold and the Beautiful
General Hospital
Passions

NOMINATIONS AT A GLANCE

All My Children: 12 nominations: 7 acting, 2 technical, plus Directing, Writing and Series
Days of our Lives: 9 nominations: 5 acting, 2 technicalm plus Directing and Series
General Hospital: 7 nominations: 4 acting, 2 technical, plus Writing
As The World Turns: 5 nominations: 4 acting, 1 technical
One Life to Live: 5 nominations: 2 acting, 1 technical, plus Directing and Writing
The Young and the Restless: 5 nominations: 4 acting, 1 technical
The Bold and the Beautiful: 5 nominations: 1 acting, 2 technical, plus Writing and Series
Guiding Light: 3 nominations: 3 acting
Passions: 1 nomination: 1 technical

ABC: 23 nominations
CBS: 17 nominations
NBC: 9 nominations

A Look Ahead: Bold And Beautiful

Susan Flannery as Stephanie Forrester

Owen opens up to Bridget.

Jackie delivers an ultimatum.

A furious Taylor can't keep quiet.

Rick's tribute to Phoebe affects Steffy.

Stephanie's Webcast publicity exposes Eric and Donna.

Taylor makes a promise after delivering life-changing news to Ridge.

Bill sets his eyes on the prize.