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Los Angeles-based novelist, television writer, philanthropist and collector Maria Arena Bell shares her journey as a collector with writer and The Art Newspaper contributing editor Louisa Buck.
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast we have a special treat. Larry Flick of Sirius XM’s The Morning Jolt with Larry Flick shares his no holds barred interview with The Young and the Restless legend Jeanne Cooper. During the show they discuss her juicy book Not Young, Still Restless. Find out what Cooper thinks of Maria Arena Bell and the hiring of Jill Farren Phelps. Flick offers Cooper his hotline number so she can call in the day Eric Braeden meets Phelps. Cooper weighs in on the youth of today and the state of America’s middle class. If you are a The Young and the Restless fan this is an interview you won’t want to miss!
On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Luke Kerr, Jamey Giddens, Jillian Bowe and Regan Cellura dive into the firing of Maria Arena Bell at The Young and the Restless. What led to event fans had long awaited? What will be the fallout? Former General Hospital executive producer Jill Farren Phelps has been hired to take over at Y&R. What can fans expect from the incoming team? Will the cast be cleaned up? Jamey and Jillian share the scoop they’re hearing from sources. After thoroughly dissecting the upheaval at Y&R, the DC gang dives into the latest headlines and storylines from The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless? All this and oh so much more on today’s Daytime Confidential podcast!
Join the Daytime Confidential crew in welcoming legendary TV Guide columnist Michael Logan for a Super-Sized episode of the DC podcast! Logan joins Luke, Jamey, Regan and Jillian for the first time to dish about the recent 37th Annual Daytime Emmys in Las Vegas. The gang leaves no golden lady unturned, discussing all of the major categories, plus the tributes! Then Logan sticks around for a full-on State of Soaps Address with the DC crew. Everything from the awesomeness that is General Hospital, to why As The World Turns didn't deserved to be cancelled, One Life to Live and All My Children post the recent major overhauls, nostalgia fever at DAYS, B&B's latest pervy watercooler storyline and "How to Solve a Problem like Maria Arena Bell" at The Young and the Restless is covered. Trust us soap lovers, you will want to download this puppy quicker than a masked Brooke Logan leading a 20-year-old hottie outside so she can bang him against a wall!
On today’s CBS and Days of our Lives Daytime Confidential Luke, Jillian and Melodie discuss the latest in As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives and The Young and the Restless storylines and news, including: Henry and Vienna celebrate their engagement on As the World Turns and Barbara can’t take Henry being with another woman. Paul isn’t happy to find out that Henry and Barbara have feelings for one another. Is Katie meddling too much? Does Simon need to return for Katie? It’s about time Carly tells Jack off. The Bold and the Beautiful’s Beth belly flops into the great beyond, will the Logan sisters blame Stephanie for their mother’s death? Was Beth’s death everything we expected it to be? Did B&B botch the Alzheimer’s angle of the story? Days of our Lives drops Taylor Spreitler from the role of Mia. Excitement builds for the return of so many fan favorites to Salem. DAYS is doing so much right lately and we’re surprised how good it’s getting. Nicole and Arianna face off over Brady. Stefano and EJ struggle for supremacy. The Young and the Restless’ ratings skyrocket during its worst week in years. Tonya Lee Williams says Maria Arena Bell wants to “pump up” the black storyline. Is this version of Malcolm the one Bill Bell really wanted? Do you like Nikki Newman as a blonde or a brunette better? Are soaps really done, as P&G executive’s claim?
Sean Kanan has brought the sexually-charged swagger of bad boy Deacon Sharpe back to daytime, only this time Big D isn't taming Beverly Hills cougars on The Bold and the Beautiful. He's too busy sexing and scheming his way through Genoa City on B&B's sister sudser The Young and the Restless!Daytime Confidential's Jamey finally met one of his favorite actors face-to-face on the red carpet at last weekend's 36th Annunal Daytime Emmy Awards and invited him on for today's episode of the podcast. Tune in to hear Kanan share his thoughts on this year's show, and what it's been like recreating his crazy, raunchy, dirty character on a second soap. You'll hear how Kanan was able to pick back up where he left off with B&B leading lady Adrienne Frantz (Amber) and how being paid to make out with his pal Thad Luckinbill's (JT) very pregnant wife Amelia Heinle (Victoria) makes him blush.Kanan also praises his former boss Brad Bell, who last Sunday accepted B&B's historic first win for Outstanding Drama Series, and reveals how Bell's speech being cut out of the broadcast made him feel. Kanan also shares what it was like to finally meet his new boss, Brad's sister-in-law, Maria Arena Bell at the Daytime Emmys.Kanan also weighs in on the recent tragic passing of DJ AM, and reveals to Jamey and Luke just how much his own sobriety and second chance in daytime, provided by uber producer Paul Rauch, means to him.
BuzzWorthy is proud to announce that Drucilla Barber Winters herself, Victoria Rowell, will be making her first appearance on the show! With the whole Internet soap community swirling with possible return rumors for the actress, this is the show where we kick off the campaign for Victoria/Dru to return. That is where the fans come in! Fans of Y&R/Dru/Victoria can write to Maria Arena Bell at yrbb@tvc.cbs.com! Fans want to see her return, we'll make it happen. We will also be talking about "The Woman Who Raised Me," in in conjunction with this interview. What is your favorite Dru story/moment? How can we see invigorate the Winters family since it HAS been on a decline? Start writing those e-mails and letters, fans! LET'S PLAY BALL!
On today's CBS and Days of Our Lives Daytime Confidential episode Luke, Mike, Jamey and Jillian discuss the latest news and recaps for As the World Turns, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light and The Young and the Restless including... Predictions on how much Grant Alexsander's return will bump ratings up or down. Melodie has an update on her spoilers from December. It's not Kim Zimmer's fault that Guiding Light has gone down hill, should she have to take a pay cut during this next go around? Could GL survive without Reva (Kim Zimmer) if she didn't accept pay cuts and left the show? As the World Recasts is systematically breaking Douglas Marland's rules on how not to wreck a soap and it's making it hard to watch so many new faces. Who knew that all it took to have a successful fashion show was Donna in a knit bikini? Mike goes ballistic and isn't going to take it from The Bold and the Beautiful anymore. Kyle Lowder and Ronn Moss pop up on The Soup. Rick and Steffy are so cliche it hurts. What is up with The Young and the Restless trying to put almost every boring character in one scene? Neil's wedding featured Karen and Victoria, not to mention a the character castrated JT all in one scene. Gloria discovers Katherine in jail. Jamey thinks that Maria Arena Bell has a check list of all of LML's debacles and is fixing everything one, by one by one. Could Daniel and Chloe be the next big Days of Our Lives couple? Jamey seems to think so. Imagine if Dena Higley was writing your life ala Stranger Than Fiction?