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It may be awards season for TV but Passions McKenzie Westmore (Sheridan Crane) is set to receive a far more unique sort of honor. The talented actress is about to make a trek back to her old stomping grounds in Los Angeles and revisit her former high school. The Los Angeles County High School for the Arts will be honoring several of their alumni, including McKenzie, Josefina Lopez (author of Real Women Have Curves ) and actor Bill Ratner... » Read More

With Passions now behind them, two of the series' former stars have already moved on to another project together. The charming Eric Martsolf (Ethan Winthrop) will be joining the equally charming Erin Cardillo (Esme Vanderheusen) to star in a new short film by writer-producer Jennifer Medvin. The film, titled Gaydar , tells the story of a lesbian who continually falls for straight women. To help her out of this appalling predicament, she... » Read More

Aside from hosting some of daytime's most eccentric characters, Passions also hosts many of its most alluring and beautiful people. Small wonder then that so many of them got their first experiences in front of the cameras while working in the world of advertising. Long before advertisements for cosmetics, DirecTV and KY-Jelly were regularly integrated into conversations, the actors on the show were having a more direct experience working to... » Read More

As Juanita gets closer to harmony and her ultimate goal of wiping Pilar and her children off the globe, she also spends a lot more time talking to her henchman. Although it's generally a one-sided conversation, dominated by Juanita's murder fantasies and outraged rants, her unlucky henchman adds to his mumbled responses with frequent voiceover thoughts on just how crazy he thinks his boss really is. In the longstanding Passions tradition of... » Read More

It finally happened. After years of people promising to kill Alistair Crane, the most evil man in Harmony, he finally died. The death was an appropriately ironic one; the man who always sought to purify his family, often through torturing and even killing his own children or grandchildren, fell at the hands of his own son. "I gave you life! It's not fair that you should take mine," were his last words.

Among the villains in soap... » Read More

In the past few weeks on Passions , glimmers of Sheridan past have come through in McKenzie Westmore's performance. Most long time viewers will recall the days when the heiress had a far more tender side, maybe too much so. Her naive and sheltered style was soon overthrown when malicious forces, mostly directed by her father, sought to tear her apart. One of these forces, of course, was Beth, who turned out to be Sheridan's half-sister, and kept... » Read More

Summer is coming, which always reminds us of Passions specialty: Bizarre summer plots. It was only a few years ago, two years ago to be precise, that little witch Endora, under the corrupting influence of a certain animated film which shall remain nameless, conjured up a friend for herself in the form of sexually ravenous mermaid, and general troublemaker, Siren. The flippant mermaid proceeded to ruin Kay's life, trying to steal both of her men... » Read More

Updated: May the 12th, 2008

If you've ever wanted to see a different side of charming young actress Emily Harper (Fancy Crane), you'll have a chance when she does a hosting gig in LA this month. Harper is scheduled to host The Best Damn Sketch Show Ever at the Acme Theatre at 8:00 PM on Sunday, May the 17th. This is her second time appearing on stage at the theater recently. She co-hosted a night featuring her fellow Passions... » Read More

Do you remember the time before Sheridan went to the dark side? If you do, you will likely remember some of the other actresses who have played the role. Although McKenzie Westmore will always be Sheridan Crane to most Passions fans, the part has actually been played by a few different actresses. Sara Paxton played the young Sheridan in flashbacks to the character's traumatic childhood in the early years of the show. Since then, she's moved... » Read More

With the filming of Passions completed, its actors are already heading back into the hectic world of auditions. Recently, more information about a new project involving several of Passions ' former stars has begun filtering out. The indie comedy Las Angeles is currently being shot on the West Coast. It tells the story of Marta Castro, a film student at UCLA who tries to revitalize her family's car wash business. While doing so, the secrets... » Read More