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Thanksgiving is a time for family, friends, food, and favorite traditions. While The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless continue to make new memories for their fans, we’re taking advantage of the holiday to look back on some of the celebrations past from soaps we’ve lost over the years.

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For the last few decades of the show’s run, it wasn’t a Thanksgiving on As the World Turns unless the Snyder family was hunkering down to carve the old Hubbard squash. Enjoy this complete episode from 1994, and your glimpses of the Hughes, Stewart, Snyder, and Walsh families… along with a very young Jason Biggs, long before he got up close and person with an American Pie.

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The Martin family was there for the first episode of All My Children, and they were there for the last.

Stars of ABC’s classic daytime dramas All My Children, One Life to Live and General Hospital will reunite next month to present a streaming concert of their past musical performances benefiting Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

ABC Daytime: Back on Broadway will gather musical performances by soap stars including Susan Lucci, Anthony Geary and Eva La Rue during the seven annual benefit concerts staged in New York from 2005-11. The daytime actors will revisit the performances in new interviews as part of the special.

The special will stream free of charge on February 11. See viewing options below.

The lineup of performers includes Bobbie Eakes, Melissa Claire Egan, Vincent Irizarry, Eva La Rue, Susan Lucci, Cameron Mathison, Eden Riegel, Chrishell Stause and Walt Willey (from All My Children); Kristen Alderson, BethAnn Fuenmayor, Kathy Brier, Kassie DePaiva, David Gregory, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Catherine Hickland, Mark Lawson, Hillary B. Smith, Jason Tam...

Stars: Linda Blair, David Hasselhoff, Hildegard Knef, Catherine Hickland, Annie Ross, Leslie Cumming, Robert Champagne, Rick Farnsworth, Michael Manchester, Frank Cammarata, Victoria Biggers, Ely Coughlin, Kara Lynch, Jamie Hanes, Richard Ladenburg | Written by Harry Spalding, Daniele Stroppa | Directed by Fabrizio Laurenti

If you grew up reading Darkside Magazine in the early 90s and regularly frequented your local video rental shop, as I did, you couldn’t help but know all about the UK VHS label Colourbox. Not a huge distributor, at least compared to others at the time, Colourbox were probably one of the most iconic – at least for me – VHS labels the UK had; and that’s mainly thanks to the fantastic line-up of films they released on VHS: Bad Blood, Bad Taste, Creepozoids, Dr. Alien, The Imp, Hollywood Chainsaw Hookers (though without the word “chainsaw” in the title thanks to stupid UK censorship at the time), the ever-awesome Intruder and Ghosthouse.

1979: General Hospital's Laura wanted a job at the disco.

1987: Lizzie demanded answers on Ryan's Hope.

1989: As the World Turns' Shannon lost her baby.

2007: One Life to Live's John arrive to arrest Lindsay."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1970: Murial Williams returned to Another World as Lenore's (Judith Barcroft) mother, Helen Moore. Williams remained with the show until April 8, 1976.

1976: Rosemary Forsyth debuted as Laura Horton on Days of our Lives.

1977: On Another World, Mac (Douglass Watson) listened in through the intercom as...

Man, Bruno Mattei sure loved making movies. It’s there in every frame he ever shot; his passion for film is responsible for countless classics like…okay classics is such a loaded and pliable word depending on one’s outlook. But he sure made enthusiastic films, eager to please; and most importantly he made movies that he thought audiences would want to see based on what they already loved. Case in point: Robowar (1988), a Predator “homage” mixed with a dash or two of Robocop that ends up being uniquely Italian. And if you think anyone other than Severin Films would gift you a Bruno Blu you need a timeout in the boiling jungles of the Philippines.

Where does one even start? Mattei and his frequent cohort Claudio Fragasso headed to the Philippines to make two films, both from Drudi’s scripts: this one, and After Death (aka Zombie 4) which Fragasso helmed.

1986: Another World's Zane Lindquist died after being shot.

1998: Guiding Light's Dolly the clone after taking an aging formula.

1999: Sunset Beach's Ricardo vowed to get revenge.

2010: General Hospital's Brenda returned."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1967: ABC broadcast Dark Shadows in black and while for the final time. The episode was actually the first one taped in color but ABC aired it in black and white (a Friday episode). Having fainted at the sight of Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid), Maggie (Kathryn Leigh Scott) began...

1966: Dark Shadows' Roger crashed due to a missing bleeder valve.

1985: John Aniston debuted as Victor on Days of our Lives.

1990: General Hospital's Wendy was murdered.

2010: Scott Clifton debuted as Liam on Bold and the Beautiful."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1940: The first episode of radio soap opera The Carters of Elm Street, written by Mona Kent, aired on the Mutual Network.

1966: On Another World, Pat told Alice (Jacqueline Courtney) she thought Lee identified with Hope Bauer (crossed over for a year...

A year before their jaw-dropper Shocking Dark, director Bruno Mattei (Violence in a Women's Prison) and co-writers Claudio Fragasso & Rossella Drudi (Zombie 4) first collaborated on the brain-melting mash-up of Predator, Robocop and a Philippines war movie that is... Robowar!

When a team of badass commandos is hired for a jungle rescue mission, they'll instead find themselves hunted by a kill-crazed creature that is part man, part machine and all glorious '80s ItaloSleaze.

Reb Brown (Uncommon Valor), Catherine Hickland (One Life To Live), Massimo Vanni (Rats:...

1978: Ryan's Hope's Pat called Delia on her miscarriage deception.

1987: Days of our Lives' Patch made chili.

2007: All My Children's Zoe performed.

2009: Drew Garrett debuted as Michael on General Hospital."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1959: NBC Radio soap The Woman in My House aired its final episode after an eight year run. One Man's Family creator Carlton E. Morse produced Wimh about the Carter family of Miami.

Carlton E. Morse1959: Carlton E. Morse's long-running One Man's Family ended its run on NBC after 27 years.

1969: Ned Stuart arrived at Collinwood on Dark Shadows.

1986: Santa Barbara's Mason gave Mary a horse.

1993: Gh's Tiffany was determined to win custody of Lucas.

2000: Oltl's Nora interrupted Bo and Lindsay's wedding."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1969: On Dark Shadows, Ned Stuart showed up at Collinwood looking for Chris. He found Barnabas (Jonathan Frid) and Julia (Grayson Hall) at Chris's cottage, and told them that Chris was engaged to his sister implying that she was now dead.

1972: On Another World, Mary...

1981: Texas' Justin learned Ashley wasn't pregnant.

1981: General Hospital's Rick walked Laura down the aisle.

1995: Days of our Lives' Sami gave birth to Will.

1995: One Life to Live's Todd left for Ireland."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

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1964: On Another World, Ken Baxter (William Prince) agreed to give up his relationship with Janet Matthews (Liza Chapman) and make his marriage to Laura (Augusta Dabney) work, following the murder of their son, Tom.

1966: On Dark Shadows, a mysterious person tried to enter Victoria Winters' (Alexandra Moltke) room, but her screams scared the intruder away.

1985: Santa Barbara's Brick & Amy were married.

1995: Loving spinoff The City premiered on ABC.

1998: Guiding Light's Danny met Michelle.

2003: One Life to Live's Blair married Walker."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1942: On Clara, Lu and Em, Emma "Em" Krueger (Helen King) threw a party.

1964: On Another World, Mitchell Dru (Geoffrey Lumb) asked John Randolph to take on Pat Matthew's case. Michael M. Ryan and Gaye Huston made their first appearances as John and Lee Randolph.

1967: On Dark Shadows, Julia Hoffman (Grayson Hall) panicked when Woodard's ghost appeared.

1979: On As the World Turns,...

1982: Gh's Luke and Robert searched for Holly in Canada.

1988: Gl's Rusty shot Will and tried to save Mindy.

1995: Loving's Gwyneth was revealed as the Corinth Killer.

2009: As the World Turns' Brad Snyder died."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1967: On Dark Shadows, Julia (Grayson Hall) felt guilty about telling Barnabas (Jonathan Frid) to bite Vicky. She instead offered to sacrifice herself to restore Barnabas's appearance. Though touched, he declined, noting that he needed her to continue as his doctor. In the meantime, Carolyn (Nancy Barrett) decided -- over David's (David Henesy) protests...

1979: General Hospital's Laura wanted a job at the disco.

1987: Lizzie demanded answers on Ryan's Hope.

1989: As the World Turns' Shannon lost her baby.

2007: One Life to Live's John arrive to arrest Lindsay."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1970: Murial Williams returned to Another World as Lenore's (Judith Barcroft) mother, Helen Moore. Williams remained with the show until April 8, 1976.

1976: Rosemary Forsyth debuted as Laura Horton on Days of our Lives.

1977: On Another World, Mac (Douglass Watson) listened in through the intercom as Dave (David Ackroyd) told Pat (Beverly Penberthy) he had always been in love with Rachel.

1986: Another World's Zane Lindquist died after being shot.

1998: Guiding Light's Dolly the clone after taking an aging formula.

1999: Sunset Beach's Ricardo vowed to get revenge.

2010: General Hospital's Brenda returned."The best prophet of the future is the past."

― Lord Byron

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1967: ABC broadcast Dark Shadows in black and while for the final time. The episode was actually the first one taped in color but ABC aired it in black and white (a Friday episode). Having fainted at the sight of Barnabas Collins (Jonathan Frid), Maggie (Kathryn Leigh Scott) began to remember what happened to her. Before she could reveal Barnabas' vampiric activity,...

Congratulations are in order for Baywatch hunk David Hasselhoff! The handsome 66-year-old just married his longtime love, fiancée, Hayley Roberts, 38, in a stunning wedding ceremony in Italy on July 31. According to People, the TV star and his younger sweetheart enjoyed a small ceremony surrounded by family and friends, along with his two daughters Taylor, 28, and Hayley, 25, who he flew out for the special occasion. The girls couldn't help but pose together for photos in the gorgeous city of Puglia, and Taylor even posted a pic on the beach with her dad with the caption, "My boys + family forever." David with his daughter Taylor in Italy before wedding (Credit: Instagram) Last year, David opened up about his wedding plans exclusively to Closer Weekly. At the time they were still in the early stages of planning, but they knew they wanted something “quiet," “small," and "family-oriented” in Italy, which is exactly what they had!

Congratulations are in order for Baywatch hunk David Hasselhoff! The handsome 66-year-old just married his longtime love, fiancée, Hayley Roberts, 38, in a stunning wedding ceremony in Italy on July 31. According to People, the TV star and his younger sweetheart enjoyed a small ceremony surrounded by family and friends, along with his two daughters Taylor, 28, and Hayley, 25, who he flew out for the special occasion. The girls couldn't help but pose together for photos in the gorgeous city of Puglia, and Taylor even posted a pic on the beach with her dad with the caption, "My boys + family forever." David and his daughter Taylor (Credit: Instagram) Last year, David opened up about his wedding plans exclusively to Closer Weekly. At the time they were still in the early stages of planning, but they knew they wanted something “quiet," “small," and "family-oriented” in Italy, which is exactly what they had! At the time,...

Congratulations are in order for Baywatch hunk David Hasselhoff! The handsome 66-year-old just married his longtime love, fiancée, Hayley Roberts, 38, in a stunning wedding ceremony in Italy on July 31. According to People, the TV star and his younger sweetheart enjoyed a small ceremony surrounded by family and friends, along with his two daughters Taylor, 28, and Hayley, 25, who he flew out for the special occasion. The girls couldn't help but pose together for photos in the gorgeous city of Puglia, and Taylor even posted a pic on the beach with her dad with the caption, "My boys + family forever." David and daughter Taylor in Italy (Credit: Instagram) Last year, David opened up about his wedding plans exclusively to Closer Weekly. At the time they were still in the early stages of planning, but they knew they wanted something “quiet," “small," and "family-oriented” in Italy, which is exactly what they had! At the time,...

1966: Dark Shadows' Roger crashed due to a missing bleeder valve.

1985: John Aniston debuted as Victor on Days of our Lives.

1990: General Hospital's Wendy was murdered.

2010: Scott Clifton debuted as Liam on Bold and the Beautiful."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1940: The first episode of radio soap opera The Carters of Elm Street, written by Mona Kent, aired on the Mutual Network.

1966: On Another World,...

1978: Ryan's Hope's Pat called Delia on her miscarriage deception.

1987: Days of our Lives' Patch made chili.

2007: All My Children's Zoe performed.

2009: Drew Garrett debuted as Michael on Gh."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1959: NBC Radio soap The Woman in My House aired its final episode after an eight year run. One Man's Family creator Carlton E. Morse produced Wimh about the Carter family of Miami.

1969: Ned Stuart arrived at Collinwood on Dark Shadows.

1986: Santa Barbara's Mason gave Mary a horse.

1993: Gh's Tiffany was determined to win custody of Lucas.

2000: Oltl's Nora interrupted Bo and Lindsay's wedding."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."

― Machiavelli

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1969: On Dark Shadows, Ned Stuart (Roger Davis, in his second role on the show) showed...

The world was left stunned when close-knit mother and daughter Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher died just one day apart in December.

The pair were laid to rest in a private ceremony in early January (Reynolds was buried at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles alongside Fisher’s ashes, which were in an urn shaped like a Prozac pill), and now the public will have a chance to say goodbye to the iconic actresses in a public memorial service this Saturday.

Reynolds’ son, Todd Fisher, has been organizing the service with his wife, Catherine Hickland, since their deaths — and...

Todd Fisher is revealing more details about the public memorial planned for his mother and sister.

Carrie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds will be remembered at a public tribute on March 25 at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles, where fans will be able to attend and pay their respects to the iconic actresses. The memorial, Fisher says, is in keeping with Reynolds’ wishes.

“The public is invited because that’s how my mother would want it,” Fisher told attendees Wednesday at a screening of Bright Lights — the HBO documentary about the two actresses — at the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival in California,...

What better way to celebrate an engagement than with a relaxing Caribbean vacation? David Hasselhoff and Hayley Roberts were spotted soaking up some sun in Barbados over the weekend, just days after news of their engagement broke. The Baywatch actor, 63, and his 36-year-old fiancée frolicked in the water and couldn't keep their hands off of each other during the beach getaway. Roberts wore a strapless, black bikini and Hasselhoff sported a pair of black swim trunks. The U.K.-born Roberts took to Instagram during the trip to post a make-up-free selfie, captioning the picture with simple hashtags like "#nomakeup,...

What better way to celebrate an engagement than with a relaxing Caribbean vacation, right? David Hasselhoff and Hayley Roberts were spotted soaking up some sun in Barbados over the weekend, just days after news of their engagement broke. The Baywatch actor, 63, and his 36-year-old fiancée frolicked in the water and couldn't keep their hands off of each other during the beach getaway. Roberts wore a strapless, black bikini on and Hasselhoff sported a pair of black swim trunks. The U.K.-born Roberts took to Instagram during the trip to post a make-up-free selfie, captioning the picture with simple hashtags like "#nomakeup,...

David Hasselhoff is engaged! The Baywatch actor popped the question to girlfriend Hayley Roberts after nearly five years of dating, reports Hello! Magazine. Hasselhoff, 63, surprised Roberts, 36, with the proposal while on a romantic beachside picnic in Malibu. "We were both in tears … I genuinely had no idea he was going to do that," Roberts told Hello! of the romantic gesture. "I'm still overwhelmed." The actor admitted that he mulled over the decision to propose or not due to their 27-year age gap, but ultimately decided their love was strong enough to withstand any obstacles. A photo posted by Hayley Roberts...

David Hasselhoff is engaged! The Baywatch actor popped the question to girlfriend Hayley Roberts after nearly five years of dating, reports Hello! Magazine. Hasselhoff, 63, surprised Roberts, 36, with the proposal while on a romantic beachside picnic in Malibu. "We were both in tears … I genuinely had no idea he was going to do that," Roberts told Hello! of the romantic gesture. "I'm still overwhelmed." The actor admitted that he mulled over the decision to propose or not due to their 27-year age gap, but ultimately decided their love was strong enough to withstand any obstacles. A photo posted by Hayley Roberts...

While July 28th may be a light day in terms of the amount of horror and sci-fi titles making their home entertainment debuts, we do have an interesting assortment of films and TV to look forward to. Kino Lorber has dug up two classics—The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein and Cherry 2000 (starring Melanie Griffith)—which are being released on Blu-ray this Tuesday, and Scream Factory has another underrated genre gem getting the HD treatment as well—the horror western Ghost Town.

For all you MST3K fans out there, Shout! Factory is putting out another collection of campy films that you’ll be able to add to your collections this week and Bayview Entertainment also has a double feature of cult movies from Germany—Strangler of the Tower / Monster of London—arriving on DVD.

The Erotic Rites of Frankenstein (Kino Lorber, Blu-ray & DVD)

After the death of Victor Frankenstein...

The deserted town the Brady family got trapped in on their way to the Grand Canyon is charming compared to the one in 1988's Ghost Town. On July 28th, Scream Factory will release Ghost Town on Blu-ray, and we've been provided with three copies to give away.

Ghost Town synopsis: "A dusty ghost town, seemingly abandoned, holds the lives of its original inhabitants in an animated netherworld for 100 years…

When a modern-day sheriff's deputy is lured to a desolate, spooky ghost town in search of a missing woman, he comes face-to-face with a malevolent spirit from the town's past. The spell of death and suffering over the undead townspeople must end to set them free from eternal pain. The horrors of a possessed outlaw, in a time-suspended dimension are only the setting for a frightening battle for the mind, nerves and flesh.

Starring Franc Luz (The Nest, When Harry Met Sally), Jimmie F. Skaggs (Oblivion,...

This summer, Scream Factory will take viewers to a ghost town that's a lot more sinister than the one the Brady family was trapped in on The Brady Bunch. Slated for a July 28th release, the western horror film Ghost Town hits Blu-ray on July 28th:

Press Release -- "The good. The bad. The Satanic. Scream Factory proudly presents the Empire Pictures classic Ghost Town on July 28, 2015 in its Blu-ray debut.

A dusty ghost town, seemingly abandoned, holds the lives of its original inhabitants in an animated netherworld for 100 years…

When a modern-day sheriff’s deputy is lured to a desolate, spooky ghost town in search of a missing woman, he comes face-to-face with a malevolent spirit from the town’s past. The spell of death and suffering over the undead townspeople must end to set them free from eternal pain. The horrors of a possessed outlaw, in a time-suspended...

While Jason Voorhees stalked the screens in homes around the world yesterday, Scream Factory also celebrated Friday the 13th in grand fashion, announcing two new Blu-ray releases and revealing bonus features, final cover art, and official street dates for their upcoming home media offerings. Horror fans now have some calendar marking to do and can look forward to another bountiful Summer of Fear.

On June 30th, Scream Factory plans to release a double feature Blu-ray of Ghosthouse and Witchery, the former directed by by Umberto Lenzi and the latter starring Linda Blair and David Hasselhoff. They'll also distribute 1989's I, Madman, though its release date is not yet known.

Ghosthouse: "Visions of a deceased girl and her doll bring doom to the visitors of a deserted house."

Witchery: "Gary (David Hasselhoff, Baywatch, Knight Rider) and his gal pal Linda (Catherine Hickland) visit an island off the coast of...

Where the heck has this gal been? Former soap queen and Broadway baby Catherine Hickland hasn't been seen on our TV screens since One Life to Live ended its run on ABC three years ago — and that's fine by her! The much-missed, eternally effervescent beauty is fully busy these days as a cosmetics mogul, life coach, motivational speaker and hypnotherapist. She's now married to producer Todd Fisher, son of Debbie Reynolds and the late Eddie Fisher. (Yep, that makes her Princess Leia's sister-in-law!). And she has joined forces with 99-year-old wunderkind writer Fern Underwood on the just-published Cat and Fern's Excellent God Adventure: Daily Inspirations for 365 Days of Heaven on Earth. Co-written by bestselling author and soap scribe Lindsay Harrison (The Young and the Restless, Venice) and with a forward by Reynolds, the book is available through both Amazon.com and catandfern.com. TV Guide Magazine sat down with Hickland...

Where the heck has this gal been? Former soap queen and Broadway baby Catherine Hickland hasn't been seen on our TV screens since One Life to Live ended its run on ABC three years ago — and that's fine by her! The much-missed, eternally effervescent beauty is fully busy these days as a cosmetics mogul, life coach, motivational speaker and hypnotherapist. She's now married to producer Todd Fisher, son of Debbie Reynolds and the late Eddie Fisher. (Yep, that makes her Princess Leia's sister-in-law!). And she has joined forces with 99-year-old wunderkind writer Fern Underwood on the just-published Cat and Fern's Excellent God Adventure: Daily Inspirations for 365 Days of Heaven on Earth. Co-written by bestselling author and soap scribe Lindsay Harrison (The Young and the Restless, Venice) and with a forward by Reynolds, the book is available through both Amazon.com and catandfern.com. TV Guide Magazine sat down with Hickland...

David Hasselhoff prefers personality to looks. The 'Baywatch' actor - who is dating blonde beauty Hayley Roberts - insists he doesn't worry about appearances, though his favourite physical features are the eyes because of what they tell him about a person. He said: 'I dated a hot brunette for a long time and then I think I at one point actually fell for one, but I don't know if I've ever met a true blonde. I'm more into personality and eyes. I think you can read a lot about a person by their eyes and so I'm more of an eye guy.' The 60-year-old star - who has been married twice, to actresses Catherine Hickland and Pamela Bach - also...

As One Life to Live enters its final weeks of production of episodes to air on ABC, series vet Kassie DePaiva has a firm opinion on how she’d like Blair’s love life to shape up before the sudser migrates online.

After relating how “so excited” she was when Oltl lured back Roger Howarth — affording her the chance to play out the “RogerTodd” and “TrevorTodd” story with the Daytime Emmy winner and his successor Trevor St. John — DePaiva told reporters at the set on Tuesday, “I think the best is yet to come, but I hope that Blair and...

Hayley Roberts’ mum is hoping she may soon have a wedding to plan.

The 27 year old beauty has been dating David Hasselhoff, ever since she met him at the Britain’s Got Talent auditions in Cardiff last year and her mum Margaret, 53, has told The Sun that the pair are so loved up, she’s hoping they will soon tie the knot.

The Welsh mother said:

“She’s so in love. They get on really, really well. We’ve met him.

“He was really lovely – a nice gentleman. If they carry on this way, I might need to buy a hat.”

The Hoff has previously been married twice. First to Catherine Hickland and then he went on to wed and have two daughters with another actress, Pamela Bach.

On January 13, 2006 Hasselhoff announced he was filing for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. His publicist stated the couple had agreed to an amicable settlement.

Look out ABC execs. ZenCat, aka as the fierce and fired up Catherine Hickland (ex-Texas, The City, Loving, One Life To Live) is speaking up and speaking out. The actress/author/hypnotist unleashed a cogent and karma-minded blog post today, calling out the "you-know-who" at ABC on his hypocrisy, lies, and general disdain for the soap opera genre. Here is a sampling of her statement:

From the get go it was very clear to those of us who had been through many regimes that you-know-who did not like soaps. It always felt as if he was in contempt of them. We actors said it all the time, it was very hard to understand. That’s a hard pill to swallow when you love the genre. It’s hard to know what will make something work, and then watch it being absolutely decimated by someone you have not one iota of respect for.

David Hasselhoff feels "guilty" over his failed marriages, because he is a "romantic" and has always wanted one partner for life.

The Baywatch star was married to actress Catherine Hickland in the 1980s and after their divorce, he went on to exchange vows with Pamela Bach, the mother of his two daughters, Taylor Ann and Hayley. They split in 2006 after 16 years of marriage.

Hasselhoff, who is now dating Welsh model Hayley Roberts, admits he never imagined he would end up twice-divorced and desperately hopes to avoid further heartache.

He tells Britain's Sunday Express, "I want to be in love. I always try to make it last. I tried (for) 16 years to make my last marriage work but it's up to God, it really is... If you are meant to be together it will work. I would get married again though, sure. I love marriage. I felt guilty my marriages did not work.

"I have always enjoyed being with one person... I am incredibly romantic."...

Soap Stars Shocked, Angered by Sudden Cancellation of Two Daytime Dramas

“If you weren’t there for the morning meeting, you found out through a third party,” one cast member of All My Children told FOX411. Several members of the cast were called at 10am for a meeting announcing the cancellation, but were told so late they couldn't get there in time. Network execs claim a program-wide message was sent to the staff of both shows earlier in the week telling them a big announcement was coming on Thursday at 11 a.m. Pacific time.

Catherine Hickland wasn’t surprised by how the network showed to the cast and crew. She said it mirrors what happened to her two years ago when she was let go by the show.

“I found out I was off the show by reading it on a magazine cover,” Hickland told FOX411. “You don’t get...

The final stage of grief — Acceptance — is still a ways off for the casts, crews and viewers of All My Children and One Life to Live, the pair of long-running soaps ABC has decided to cancel as of September and February, respectively. But the first stage, Denial, seemingly is behind us, if only because rumors of the possible (evil) twin killing swirled weeks ago.

In the wake of ABC Daytime boss Brian Frons handing down the official word, here is what some soap stars present and past — as well as a few primetime peers — had to say about the saddest...

David Hasselhoff says his battle with alcoholism has brought him and his daughters closer together. The former "Baywatch" star's daughters, 20-year-old Taylor-Ann and 18-year-old Hayley, released a video of him drunkenly lying on the floor shirtless while trying to eat a cheeseburger in 2007 to make him confront his behavior.

He is grateful to his children for doing that because it made him realize how much they care for him and he claims their actions also helped other youngsters deal with their alcoholic parents. He said in an interview with The Sun newspaper, "I have learned from my mistakes, I have learned from everything."

"The best part about it [the video] was what it did for my children. So many children called and said that their parents are just like that. They asked, 'What do we do?' It gave my children a great place to say, 'Hey, you just love them, because...

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David Hasselhoff says his battle with alcoholism and how he handled the issues, has improved his relationship with his two daughters.

The former Britain’s Got Talent star’s daughters Taylor-Ann, 20, and 18-year-old Hayley posted a video online, showing him drunkenly lying on the floor shirtless while trying to eat a cheeseburger in 2007 to force him to face up to his problems.

Rather than being angry, David has revealed that he is grateful to his children for their actions, because it made him realise how much they care for him and he claims their actions also helped other youngsters deal with their alcoholic parents.

He said in an interview with The Sun newspaper: “I have learned from my mistakes, I have learned from everything.

“The best part about...

David Hasselhoff is dating two women at once because he is not yet ready to commit.

The ‘Baywatch’ star – who was married to former wife Pamela Bach for 16 years until 2006 and first wife Catherine Hickland for five years from 1984 –has a girlfriend in France and one in America but is not willing to choose between them until he has learned more about himself.

He said: “I have a girlfriend in Paris and a girlfriend in San Francisco, and they’re really close to me. But I’m not ready emotionally to give yet. I tell them, ‘I need to take time for me, I need to grow and find out who I am totally, before I can take care of you.’”

However, David has admitted that juggling two women at once is not as much fun as it would seem, explaining that his fame means it is impossible to hide anything from them.

David Hasselhoff is dating two women at once because he is not yet ready to commit. The "Baywatch" star, who was married to former wife Pamela Bach for 16 years until 2006 and first wife Catherine Hickland for five years from 1984, has a girlfriend in France and one in America but is not willing to choose between them until he has learned more about himself.

"I have a girlfriend in Paris and a girlfriend in San Francisco, and they're really close to me," he said. "But I'm not ready emotionally to give yet. I tell them, 'I need to take time for me, I need to grow and find out who I am totally, before I can take care of you.' "

However, David has admitted that juggling two women at once is not as much fun as it would seem, explaining that his fame means it is impossible to hide anything from them.

According to the Internet Movie DataBase (IMDb.com): "The STARmeter rankings provide a snapshot of who's popular based on the searches of millions of IMDb users. Updated weekly, these rankings also graph the popularity of people over time and determine which events affect public awareness."  Here is a listing of some present and past soap stars and their current ranking, as well as some public figures.  Do you agree with the list? Is Lisa Rinna really more popular than President Obama? Weigh in below.   1. Darren Criss (Glee) 3. Leonardo DiCaprio (ex-santa Barbara)4. Johnny Depp (star of Dark Shadows movie)9. Dot Jones (Glee, Venice) 11. Jill Clayburgh (ex-sft)19. Brad Pitt (ex-aw)28. Amber Tamblyn (ex-gh)54. James Franco (ex-gh) 101. Parker Posey (ex-atwt)

119. Jessica Lowndes (90210) 121. Amanda Seyfried (ex-atwt)125. Demi Moore (ex-gh)134. Lyndsy Fonseca (ex Dh, ex-y&R)144. Courtney Thorne-Smith (ex-Melrose Place)157. Morgan Freeman (ex-aw)189. Josh Duhamel (ex-amc)200. Julianne Moore (ex-atwt)208. Paul Wesley (ex-gl)236. Lindsay Lohan...

Catherine Hickland has been through so many failed marriages and painful relationships that she could write a book. And so she did. The actress, who plays One Life to Live's nutsy heroine Lindsay Rappaport, will hit the market Dec. 30 with her self-empowerment guide, The 30-Day Heartbreak Cure: Getting Over Him and Back Out There One Month From Today . Read how Hickland's own experiences informed her endeavor, after the jump.

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