(CLASSIC MOMENTS) 30 days of GH-#26!

General Hospital Turns 50 in 26 Days, and we will be counting down with the Greatest moments in TV History. Today (From 1977 to 1979) Dr. Lesley Williams Faulkner (Denise Alexander) found her teen age long lost daughter, Laura (Genie Francis), and married Dr. Rick Webber (Michael Gregory and then Chris Robinson). Rick's college buddy, David Hamilton (Jerry Ayres), came to stay and was obsessed with Lesley, and was willing to seduce 15 yr old Laura, to get her attention. One Night David made his move told Laura that he was using her. Laura pushed David away and he hit his head and died! Laura Blocked it out and Lesley went to Jail. Later Laura remembered and was put on probation. Boyish Scotty Baldwin (Kin Shriner)  was in Love with Laura, but Super spiteful, Nurse Bobbie Spencer (Jacklyn Zeman) wanted Scotty for herself (She was also hiding her secret past of being a Hooker) and worked hard to break Laura. Bobbie goaded Laura into a Cat fight (a First on GH) and even faked a pregnancy to get Scotty and when that failed got her Bad News Brother, Luke (Anthony Geary) to help her to send Laura to reform school! After one final attempt to get Scotty failed, Bobbie finally backed off. Laura and Scotty married, but trouble was ready to ponce literally. 

(CLASSIC MOMENTS) 30 days of GH-#27!

General Hospital Turns 50 in 27 Days, and we will be counting down with the Greatest moments in TV History. Today (In 1975), nurse Augusta McLeod, having confessed to the murder of Dr. Phil Brewer, worries about what will happen to her unborn child, secretly fathered by Dr. Peter Taylor. Nurse Audrey Hobart (DENIAL) goes to pawn her mink after alcoholic husband Dr. Jim Hobart loses his job. Dr. Lesley Williams celebrates her birthday with wealthy Cam Faulkner (BIG MISTAKE) , after being rejected by Dr. Joel Stratton.

(CLASSIC MOMENTS) 30 days of GH-#28!

General Hospital Turns 50 in 27 Days, and we will be counting down with the Greatest moments in TV History. Today (In 1967), Jessie has her hands full: Her beau Dr. John Prentice recently suffered a coronary, leaving him far more ill than anyone wants to admit, and John's troubled daughter Polly is not helping matters by fooling around with her married professor. Meanwhile, nurse Sharon McGillis provides mild comic relief as she attempts to stay in head nurse Lucille March's good graces for the morning.

(CLASSIC MOMENTS) 30 days of GH-#29!

General Hospital Turns 50 in 29 Days, and we will be counting down with the Greatest moments in TV History. Today (in 1964) Steve wants to marry Nurse Audrey, but being selfish, only her sister, Lucille can get through to her. Will it happen?

(CLASSIC MOMENTS) 30 days of GH-#30!

General Hospital Turns 50 in 30 Days, and we will be counting down with the Greatest moments in TV History. Today we go back to the beginning when Dr. Steve Hardy and Nurse Jessie work to handle a difficult patient, Angie. It is a toss up, who was the biggest drama queen, Angie or Steve;s bitchy fiance', Peggy? Also look for Angie's return and reunion with Steve, 30 years later.

(SOAP Q WEEKLY) GH at 50; OLTL/AMC Updates; Y and R at 40; Life lessons; Ratings; Dallas; Downton!

• General Hospital’s PEOPLE Magazine 50th Anniversary Collectors Issue!

• General Hospital Makes E’s The Soup with The Story Of Pickle-Lila!

• Finola Hughes Talks General Hospital’s 50th!

• Will Nathan Parsons Return To General Hospital For The Big 5-0?

• John Stamos Reveals He Passed On General Hospital’s Initial Idea For His Return!

• Ted King On Returning To One Life to Live or GH!

• Roger Howarth To Appear In ONE LIFE TO LIVE Launch!

• Patrick J. Gibbons Returning to One Life to Live as Sam Manning!

• Is Laura Harrier The New Destiny Of One Life to Live?

• All My Children & One Life to Live Taping Schedules! Kassie DePaiva Tweets Excitement Visiting New Llanview Studios!

• Cady McClain On New All My Children Scripts: “Wow! I’m Excited! They Are Killin’ It!”

(SOAP Q WEEKLY) More AMC Returns: OLTL/GH Criss Cross; GH News; Classic Y & R; Barton; Ratings; Dallas!

• More Happy Returns for AMC: Lucci; Canary; McClain!

• Michael E. Knight; Not Yet!

• ALL MY CHILDREN & ONE LIFE TO LIVE To Begin Production On February 25!

• Sonia Blangiardo Named Supervising Producer Of ALL MY CHILDREN!

• Laura Wright on ONE LIFE TO LIVE crossover actors Roger Howarth, Michael Easton & Kristen Alderson: "A few weeks!!! They'll be back!!!!"

• John Stamos Would Return To GENERAL HOSPITAL If....!

• Rachel Ames Returning To GENERAL HOSPITAL!

• Kelly's is getting a makeover on GENERAL HOSPITAL!

• Pre-order PEOPLE magazine's special GENERAL HOSPITAL 50th Anniversary special book!

(SOAP Q WEEKLY) Time Report on Soaps; AMC Casting; GH/OLTL Conundrum; GH Vet Parade; Sachs; Dallas!

• TIME Special Report: Can the Internet Save Soap Operas?

• Casting All My Children: Who Are Grace, Hunter & Heather? New Roles … SORAS’D Characters… Recasts?

• ALL MY CHILDREN And ONE LIFE TO LIVE Start Dates Revealed!

• Has Cady McClain Signed On For Prospect Park’s All My Children Reboot?

• Michael Fairman & Dan J. Kroll Discuss The OLTL Crossover Conundrum On Soap Central Live!

• Prospect Park Statement on ABC and ONE LIFE TO LIVE Characters On GENERAL HOSPITAL!

• Jacklyn Zeman Returning To GENERAL HOSPITAL!

• Jack Wagner Dishes On Details Of His GENERAL HOSPITAL Return, Talks Frisco & Felicia!

• John Stamos visited GENERAL HOSPITAL!

(SOAP Q WEEKLY) Slezak, Racina on OLTL; AMC Casting; GH; YR; DAYS Event; Ratings; Carrie; Glee; Dallas!

• Erika Slezak On ONE LIFE TO LIVE!

• ONE LIFE TO LIVE Co-Head Writer Thom Racina Makes Video Message For Fans!

• ALL MY CHILDREN & ONE LIFE TO LIVE Set to Premiere Digitally on Hulu, Hulu Plus & iTunes!

• Alicia Minshew in talks to join ALL MY CHILDREN!

• Cameron Mathison is open to doing ALL MY CHILDREN again "at some point" ! 

• J.R. Martinez not joining new ALL MY CHILDREN!

(SOAP Q Weekly) OLTL and AMC Update; Evans Pleads; Frisco Returns; Bo Dishes; 90210 and Dallas news!

• ONE LIFE TO LIVE Characters On GENERAL HOSPITAL Moving Back To Llanview, At Least Temporarily!

• Start Watching ONE LIFE TO LIVE Come April!

• ONE LIFE TO LIVE Cast & Crew Update!

• Robin Strasser Dishes Her Return to ONE LIFE TO LIVE!

• Scott Evans Pleads Guilty To Cocaine Charge, Will Not Spend Time In Jail!

• Prospect Park's Jeff Kwatinetz says new ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE will give "actors and writers a little more freedom"!

(SOAP Q) GAY HOSPITAL: Felix gets Lucy Coe to help plan the Nurse’s Ball!

Our new gay character of Felix is involved with getting Lucy Coe to return to Port Charles to help revive the nurse’s ball (an AIDS Benefit, 1990's style) at General Hospital. The only way this story has any Drama is Felix was living with HIV or had a Lover that had it. Will Felix get a Love life? STAY TUNED.

(IT's WAR) Towleroad Calls Out GH’s Felix As “Lipstick Yielding Gay Male Nurse”! Ron Carlivati Fires Back To Negative Comments, Towle Apologizes!

Courtesy/ABC

A firestorm of controversy had erupted over the last 48 hours on the popular Gay blog, Towleroad!  In a post, Towleroad, after referencing a review from We Love Soaps on the introduction of  the new character of Felix Dubois (played by Marc  Anthony Samuel) on General Hospital took to task what they interpret as a negative portrayal of a gay character.

As many had seen in his first on-screen appearance, the character of Felix carried on him some lipstick.  However Towleroad’s slant on this was, “To establish his character as gay, his first scenes involved him pulling out a tube of lipstick and offering to touch up a heterosexual woman. Oy.”   After this posting, readers to the blog continued on with negative comments,  outrage, and attacks including this one:  “This idiocy from General Hospital  is the equivalent of a blackface minstrel show. With enough ridicule, I hope the producer and writer become a laughing stock, which is what they deserve.”

(SOAP Q) HUNK of the WEEK: A.J. (GH)!

Alan Quartermaine, Jr. is born on December 13, 1979 during a severe snow storm. At the time, his mother, Monica (Leslie Charleson) is on bed rest when is visited by co-worker, Dr. Lesley Webber (Denise Alexander) and her foster mother, Dr. Gail Baldwin (Susan Brown). The three women end up stranded when Monica goes into labor. As Lesley helps deliver the child, a delirious Monica admits that the infant is actually the son of Lesley's husband, Dr. Rick Webber (Chris Robinson). Monica's husband, Alan (Stuart Damon) unaware of the affair must deal with his evil sister Tracy (Jane Elliot) planting seeds of doubt about Alan, Jr's paternity. In early 1980, it is discovered that Alan Jr has a heart condition and Rick comes back to Port Charles to perform the surgery. Rick soon confronts Alan, who is already aware of Alan Jr's paternity and claims the infant. However, Monica later discovers that Alan Jr carries a birthmark identical Alan's and a DNA test later confirms that the child is Alan's son. In 1981, Alan has an affair and had an illegitimate son, Jason with Susan Moore (Gail Ramsay). Monica and Alan separate when he moves in with Susan, and Monica files for sole custody of Alan Jr. However, they soon reconcile and Susan sues the Quartermaines for Jason's inheritance. After Susan's murder, Monica adopts Jason as her own. In 1988, Alan, Jr now known as A. J. goes sent off to boarding school.

(SOAP Q) GH’s Kristen Alderson and Chad Duell Vampire Halloween Video!

 

Leave it to General Hospital’s Kristen Alderson (Starr) and Chad Duell (Michael) to come up with another one of their hilarious and insanely cute videos just in time for tonight, Halloween!
Now as many fans know, today’s episode of General Hospital featured a Halloween Ball where many of the citizens of Port Charles got in the spooky spirit and headed to the Haunted Star in their respective costumes.  You can also see Kristen and Chad in the same costumes in their video as on today’s airshow, which means, they shot this during breaks from the taping of the Halloween episode which reportedly took two days to complete with the cast and all the scenes.

Via  On-Air On-Soaps

(SOAP Q) HUNK of the WEEK: Trey (GH)!

Joseph Mitchell "Joey" Scully III (aka Trey Mitchell) is a fictional character on General Hospital. He has been portrayed by actor Erik Valdez since June 11, 2012. Trey is a Grad student at Yale University and the producer of Kristina Corinthos-Davis's reality show, Mob Princess. Biological son of Joe Scully Jr. and possibly Kate Howard. Manipulates Kristina into continuing with the show even though her family adamantly disapproves of it. Resides with Starr Manning at Maxie's apartment, He likes to walk around shirtless.

(SOAP Q) Franco in Catfight Over His 'Petty' Writing!

Diva Alert: James Franco is in a bit of a tiff with a New York Observer writer over his series of columns on the Huffington Post. Writer Drew Grant took issue with the fact that Franco addressed New Orleans ghost tours in his column, rather than something more substantive like politics. Franco responded in yesterday’s column, where he first slammed the Observer for being “a newspaper owned by Donald Trump's son-in-law that is perhaps best known for publishing a sex column in the mid-1990s.”

He goes on to explain that he didn’t discuss politics—specifically President Obama’s stance on gay marriage—because there’s “enough talk about that already,” and “plus, who wants to hear an actor’s take on it anyway?” He chose his topic because it seemed interesting, he concludes, and the real question is why “the great journalists at the New York Observer” are, “instead of covering pressing world issues, … covering my writing, which they claim to consider petty.”

Click for his full column, which somehow segues into the topic of commencement speeches.

(SOAP Q) Franco Channels Kevin Federline!

James Franco isn't playing gay this time.
Writes Vulture: "Selena Gomez just tweeted a photo from the set of her new film, Spring Breakers, which Harmony Korine is directing. As you can see, her co-star James Franco has gone full Federline, with forearm tattoos, cornrows, a pinkie ring, and an unearned proximity to beautiful women."

(SOAP Q) Franco Joins Nick at Nite’s Upcoming Soap HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS!

James Franco will be in a mutli-episode arc on Nick at Nite's upcoming primetime soap HOLLYWOOD HEIGHTS, the network announced on Wednesday. The show, formerly known as REACH FOR THE STARS, is based on a Mexican series about a shy girl who becomes a pop star after winning a songwriting competition. Along the way, she befriends a mega-rock-star — who is of course her celebrity crush.

HEIGHTS premieres in June and will air five nights a week, but it's not clear yet when Franco's arc starts or what Franco's role entails. Jill Farren Phelps is executive producer.

 

Via We Love Soaps.

(SOAP Q) General Hospital: A New Beginning or a Dead End?

by Ed Martin

Watching General Hospital these last two weeks, as the energetic efforts of One Life to Live veterans Frank Valentini and Ron Carlivati to save the show from almost certain doom begin to play out, it occurs to me that my time as a fan of this once-formidable serial has come full circle. I began watching GH in 1978, shortly after fearless executive producer Gloria Monty had been brought on board to save the show from seemingly certain cancellation. In fact, as legend has it, GH at the time had sunk so low in the ratings it was given only a few months to reverse its failing fortunes or be cancelled.

(SOAP Q) ‘One Life’ Headwriter Sets the Record Straight About Finale, Move to ‘GH'!’

This weekend LIFE’s headwriter Ron Carlivati participated in a lengthy podcast for Daytime Confidential. He addressed both the finale and his plans for his new show, “General Hospital.” I recommend listening, both for the information that he reveals and the insight he gives into the daytime writing process.