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SOAP OPERA UNCENSORED

  Volume 03, Issue 27 (No. 84)

  BY NELSON BRANCO

  Copyright 2013 Nelson Branco

  INSIDE — TOP STAR TO WATCH IN 2014! EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: WHY TRISTAN ROGERS DUMPED PORT CHUCK FOR GENOA CITY! PLUS: HIS REUNION WITH JILL FARREN PHELPS AND JESS WALTON! ALSO: HOW ROBERT SCORPIO WILL CHANGE IN HIS FINAL SHOWS! PLUS: HIS MEMORIES OF JEANNE COOPER AND PAUL RAUCH — B&B Issues New Karen Spencer Casting Breakdown! Deets Inside! — Who Dies on DAYS? Plus, Exclusive Casting Notice: Salem Needs A Hitman! — 2013’s MOST POWERFUL SOAPERS! WHO WIELDS THE POWER FOR GOOD OR EVIL? STARRING ANTHONY GEARY, STEVE BURTON, KEN CORDAY AND MORE! — Was Drake Hogestyn ThisClose To Quitting Acting? — STEVE BURTON-GATE! IS HE BEING FLOWN IN OR NOT? THE Y&R CONSPIRACY COVER-UP EXPOSED! — Another Black Young Woman Being Cast on B&B! — KATE LINDER EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: REMEMBERING JEANNE COOPER, HER TRIP TO TORONTO AND ESTHER’s FUTURE! — Move Over, Eileen Davidson: Is Charlotte Ross Headed Back to DAYS?! — PLUS: NEWS, UNCENSORED QUOTES, HUMOUR, SECOND OPINIONS, AND REVIEWS!

  UNCENSORED MASTHEAD:

  FOUNDER/EDITOR: Nelson Branco

  MANAGING EDITOR: Denette Wilford

  SUBSCRIPTION DIRECTOR: Karen Anderson

  *Screen Grabs Courtesy of DAYTIME CONFIDENTIAL

  Follow Soap Opera Uncensored at: @nelliebranco, @SoapUncensored, and @DenetteWilford

  FOREVER YOUNG & RESTLESS: INSIDE GENOA CITY’S BEST AND WORST MOMENTS

  SOAP UNCENSORED PRESENTS… Y&R 40th Anniversary E-Book

  Out this season: For four decades, daytime TV’s crown jewel, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, has captured our imaginations with memorable storylines, epic glamour, enduring love stories and relentless betrayals — both on and off the screen! To pre-order UNCENSORED’s tribute to William Bell’s most successful soap opera creation, email: [email protected] for 50% off the cover price! The e-book will feature exclusive interviews — past and present — from all your favourite stars; lists of the best and worst of Genoa City over the years; Y&R’s cultural impact; humour and editorial pieces; gossip; hottest headlines; and insight and analysis as to why the iconic sudser became the most combative soap opera set in history.

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  Tweet Flashback

  TWITTER REWIND: 2000s Edition

  What would the daytime-TV Twitter feed look like had the social media site existed? UNCENSORED finds out!

  @Brian Frons: ABC Daytime Soaps are “it!” Watch the best line-up on daytime! We’re not going anywhere… unlike those NBC soaps!

  @FinolaHughes: Was just cast on Y&R! Can’t wait!

  @KimZimmer: Fuckers! P&G cancelled GL! Today on April Fools’ Day! WTF! I schlepped my sweaty balls to Peapack for nothing?!

  @MelodyThomasScott: Oh, my dearies… I’m leaving Y&R. Negotiations did not go well. It’ll take me one week and five men to clear out my dressing room with all my magazine covers and self portraits.

  @ChrisEngen: Fuck this shit. Kissing a dude? I’m not a fag. I’m outta this joint. #YR

  Say What?

  UNCENSORED QUOTES OF THE WEEK

  "I'm trying to pitch a Daniel death by the end of the season. I love working on the show, but I'm just being honest. My character has flip-flopped the most, and it's been so hard for me to play."

  —REVENGE’s Josh Bowman in an interview with TV GUIDE.

  Translation 1: I know soap stars do it all the time…but I have artistic integrity.

  Translation 2: Thank God I’m pretty.

  Translation 3: I’m sick of acting with my girlfriend. It’s hard to have an affair!

  “Obama’s approval numbers slide.”

  —Headline on Sun News Network

  Translation 1: You know it’s bad when JFP’s approval numbers are higher.

  “I’m extremely sad to see my friend and partner for the last five years go. Last few days have been hard and will continue to be so. But I’m very proud of you Billy for taking a role and making it one that no one will forget ever. You are beloved by so many people.”

  —Y&R’s Amelia Heinle on Twitter

  Translation 1: There goes my super-couple status! I’m screwed! There’s no way I’ll have chemistry with some short kid, who looks like he’s 16!

  “DAYS is my life.”

  —DAYS’s Drake Hogestyn in a SOAP OPERA DIGEST interview

  Translation: Literally.

  “The last few minutes of Y&R were interrupted Friday on the East Coast by a CBS News special report. Viewers were headed toward a huge cliffhanger as Nikki prepared to reveal to her family that Dylan was her son. Coverage of the JFK assassination 50th anniversary prevented many from seeing it unfold live.”

  —A WE LOVE SOAPS bulletin

  Translation: There is a God! Thank you, JFK, for saving us from JFP! Still serving the people even in his death! Heck: Maybe JFP was the other shooter… she does love to kill off peeps during November Sweeps.

  “We had 18 people around Eric’s table and that was pretty cool. The call sheet for the day included all our contract players and then some.”

  —B&B’s John McCook previewing the show’s Thanksgiving episode in DIGEST

  Translation: Or Steve Burton’s per episode rate.

  “Things seem to be progressing nicely with Noah and Courtney.”

  —Y&R’s Kelli Gross in DIGEST on Noah and Courtney’s upcoming sex scene

  Translation: They’re one step closer to learning Noah’s gay.