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News Roundup: Celebrating Milestones, Iconic Characters, and Legendary Lips
Monday, November 23rd, 2020
It was a week with everything from walking the plank to parental advice.
Want to make sure you didn’t miss any of the latest news regarding The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless? Here’s a helpful recap of everything that went down the week of November 16 – 20 as well as a preview of what’s coming up!
The Bold and the Beautiful
With Movember slowly drawing to a close, it can’t be that much of a shock to discover that one familiar face is now sporting some impressive whiskers. Take a look at the mustache Tanner Novlan has been growing before digging into the rest of the news for this week.
- Teaming up with someone who should be familiar to fans of daytime, Denise Richards is appearing with Patrick Muldoon, formerly Austin on Days of Our Lives, in the swashbuckling feature film, Timecrafters: The Treasure of Pirate’s Cove.
- While he’s had a hard enough time controlling himself so far, how will Liam react to finding Hope and Thomas together?
In his weekly Bold & Beautiful column, Richard is fascinated by the pacing of the Fauxpe story, explains why it’s Liam’s job to always be right, suspects Finn’s days are numbered, and notices that this is the only soap where characters don’t live in a hotel.
Days of Our Lives
The latest fight between Lani and Eli saw her kicking him out, at least in part because of the growing rift between the recently married couple over her friendship with one less-than-savory Salemite. But which of them is right in the debate over Kristen?
- It has been a while since their doomed romance played out on your television screen, but True O’Brien (Paige) and Casey Moss (JJ) are still a couple in real life. Take a peek at how she celebrated his birthday and paid homage to her handsome beau.
- Although she’s currently busy with an exciting passion project that’s been in the works for years, Lisa Rinna will always return as Billie. Find out why and what she’s doing now.
Richard loved the old-fashioned catfight between Jennifer and Kate, isn’t sure what to think of Kristen, loves Jan but finds her plot hard to connect to, and is still enjoying Gwen manipulating Chad’s jealousy, in his Days of Our Lives column.
General Hospital
She may have just made a dramatic departure from Port Charles, but don’t count on Brook Lynn being gone too terribly long. Briana Lane has exited as the controversial Quartermaine and the role will be resumed by Amanda Setton, who went on maternity leave earlier this year. No word yet on when Brook Lynn will be back, but it looks like she might not be coming back alone. We have a few guesses about who the father of her baby is.
- With the help of a rare photo, Maurice Benard shared the story about how his friendship with Steve Burton developed.
- Brenda’s former portrayer Vanessa Marcil offered parenting advice and admitted to her failings as a mother.
- Things aren’t looking great for Julian Jerome! However, portrayer William deVry is encouraging people to tune in even after he’s gone.
- We take a walk down memory lane with an iconic character while celebrating the 42nd anniversary of Anthony Geary’s debut as Luke Spencer.
Dustin is excited by the prospect of Brook Lynn’s pregnancy but dreading the likelihood that Michael and Willow could be in the family way, thinks Julian is digging his own grave with both Sonny and Cyrus, finds drunken Alexis stale, and doesn’t expect anyone to die in The Floating Rib explosion in the new General Hospital column.
The Young and the Restless
Never shy about gushing over her talented sibling, Hunter King celebrated sister Joey’s win of a People’s Choice Award last week by paying homage to her on Instagram. Meanwhile, it looks like a Summer and Sally rivalry could be the next Genoa City feud to keep an eye on.
- Thanks to Donny Boaz taking a break, due to testing positive, Melissa Ordway’s husband will be stepping in as Chance for a little while.
- As she was preparing to return to Genoa City, Tricia Cast teamed up with Lauralee Bell for a fun photoshoot. Get a look behind the scenes and a little speculation about what will happen when her character returns.
- And speaking of new looks, you might not even recognize Brytni Sarpy now that she’s revamped her hair.
Finally, Candace got goosebumps listening to Billy’s speech to Lily, thought Elena’s dream sequence was cool, didn’t care about Chloe and Chelsea, and can’t wait to see more of Jill and Nina in the latest The Young and the Restless column.
Coming up…
Thanksgiving week will dish up a whole lotta reasons to tune in including…
- … Shawn being forced to marry Jan according to the latest Days of Our Lives weekly spoiler video.
- …speculation as to who will live and who will die in the wake of that big General Hospital explosion.
- …what’s starting to look an awful lot like a very bad situation for Billy in the latest Young & Restless spoilers.
- …everything from wild weddings to big-time drama, as detailed in our spoiler digest for all four soap operas.
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<p>There are some people whose bad side you don’t want to get on. But <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Eric doesn’t <em>have</em> a bad side — we’ve checked all of them.</p>
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<p>With a mug as magnificent as his is, it’s no wonder the <em>Young & Restless</em> leading man — Tucker in Genoa City — has a driver’s-license photo that could be hung in the Louvre.</p>
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3/68
<p>If we loved him with a mullet as <em>One Life to Live</em>’s Patrick, of course we were also gonna love him as <em>Port Charles</em>’ Ian, <em>All My Children</em>’s Zach and <em>The Bold and the Beautiful </em>dressmaker Ridge.</p>
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4/68
<p>Part of the reason we adore the actor who plays <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Nick is the cheekbones that are as chiseled as his abs. But on top of that… there’s his irresistible sense of humor.</p>
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5/68
<p>C’mon, look at that picture — when <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Brady invites you to a slumber party, you RSVP yes. Eagerly.</p>
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6/68
<p>It was indeed an <em>Emergency!</em> when the primetime mainstay joined <em>Loving</em> in the late ’80s as Alex. There was no close-up close <em>enough</em> to satisfy viewers hungry for more, more, more.</p>
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7/68
<p>“You talkin’ to <em>me</em>?” Um, no. More like gawking, enthusiastically, as the <em>Bold & Beautiful</em> Emmy winner reveals that Liam looks dapper during every step of his putting-on-a-jacket process.</p>
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8/68
<p>Whether he’s been playing <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Roman, the Pawn, a priest or just good ol’ John, he’s always been able to catch our eye with no more than the arch of a brow.</p>
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9/68
<p>Here, <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Devon offers up an expression that says, “Yes, by all means, appreciate my sexiness, then move along. You don’t want a line forming.” Agreed, sir.</p>
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10/68
<p>We hope he won’t hold it against us that, even all these years later, the hero for whom we’re holding out remains <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Bo. Cool? Cool.</p>
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11/68
<p>We hate to imagine how many obscene phone calls a fella gets when he’s walking around looking as much like a <em>Men’s Fitness</em> cover as the hottie who plays Dex on <em>General Hospital</em>. And no, not <em>all</em> of those calls are from us.</p>
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12/68
<p>Sure, he may look coy here — “Who, <em>me</em>? Sexy?” — but let’s be real, <em>Guiding Light </em>bad boy Jonathan knew he was hot stuff if he thought he could get away with that shirt. Which he did, BTW.</p>
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13/68
<p>Even back when he was Fen on <em>Young & Restless</em>, the scene stealer who plays <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Sonny had a hold on our hearts. And also, apparently, this inflatable one.</p>
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14/68
<p>When we heard that <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> was recasting Zende, we were like, “Good luck finding an actor as stunning as Rome Flynn.” Turned out they didn’t need luck at all. #nailedit</p>
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15/68
<p>Surprisingly, this shot of <em>As the World Turns</em>’ Holden is not the cover of the novel <em>Catcher in the Rye</em>. Still nice, though, eh?</p>
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16/68
<p>No shirt? No problem. Thankfully, the heartthrob who keeps fans pumped about <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Xander is fine with a less-is-more approach to wardrobe.</p>
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17/68
<p>Whether he was playing <em>All My Children</em>’s Jesse, <em>The City</em>’s Jacob or <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Sarge, one thing the Emmy winner always was… was easy on the eyes.</p>
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18/68
<p>We still can’t fathom why Stitch isn’t on <em>The Young and the Restless</em> — he was a heat-seeking missile who wasn’t related to <em>anybody</em>. In other words, #priceless.</p>
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19/68
<p>This was him before <em>This Is Us</em>, but a tasty slice of eye candy stirring precisely the emotions that gave <em>Passions</em> its title as the aptly-named Fox.</p>
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20/68
<p>Though it’s been decades since <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Lauren entered hubby Paul in a centerfold contest — which he won, natch — he’s still a “staple” of fans’ fantasies.</p>
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21/68
<p>Honestly, we don’t recall what put <em>One Life to Live</em>’s Ford in the hospital. But an even bigger mystery is how on earth he isn’t <em>surrounded</em> by nurses offering to kiss it and make it better.</p>
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22/68
<p>This may actually have been the only way his characters — Nikolas on <em>General Hospital</em> and Stefan on <em>Days of Our Lives</em> — could prove they had nothing up their sleeves: by eschewing sleeves altogether!</p>
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23/68
<p>Whether the <em>Young & Restless</em> star is sporting angel’s wings or devil’s horns as Adam, he never fails to leave us in dire need of making confession. “Forgive us, Father, for we have dreamt!”</p>
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24/68
<p>We only <em>thought</em> we understood the meaning of the word caliente before this <em>One Life to Live</em> heartthrob took over the role of Cristian.</p>
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25/68
<p>The Emmy winner who in 2022 reprised his <em>Days of Our Lives</em> role of Harris has never been a slouch in the looks department. But a slouch in the getting-comfy-on-the-couch department? As you can see, that’s a different story.</p>
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26/68
<p>He looks like he’s thinking hard here. But we didn’t have to think at all to include <em>Guiding Light</em>’s Josh in this photo gallery.</p>
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27/68
<p>Decades later, when the soap vet passed through <em>Young & Restless</em> as Ashland, he looked… Shades of Dorian Grey! As handsome as ever!</p>
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28/68
<p>Long before he was saving the world with paper clips on <em>MacGyver</em>, he was giving <em>General Hospital</em> fans palpitations as Jeff.</p>
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29/68
<p>Now and forever, this is how we’ll remember <em>The Young and the Restless</em>’ Neil: as being so handsome, he could only have been heaven-sent.</p>
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30/68
<p>Why the actor who played Brandon on <em>Days of Our Lives</em> is on this list, we can’t imagine. Nope. No idea. Oh, wait — there <em>is</em> that photo…</p>
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<p>Even after he stopped playing Patrick on <em>General Hospital</em> and started playing Billy on <em>The Young and the Restless</em>, blushing faces and rapid heartbeats were common reactions to his performances.</p>
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32/68
<p>No matter how villainous his characters — lookin’ at you, Todd on <em>One Life to Live</em> and early Franco on <em>General Hospital</em> — the Emmy winner makes us, however recuctantly, love them.</p>
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33/68
<p>We wish him well on his new life. And we hope he doesn’t mind how tightly we cling to our memories of his stint as<em> Days of Our Lives</em>’ EJ.</p>
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34/68
<p>As if. “Baby, come back” had to be something he never had to say when he was fixing a woman with this gaze that he patented as Ridge on <em>The Bold and the Beautiful.</em></p>
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35/68
<p>We know him now as<em> The Young and the Restless</em>’ Smilin’ Jack. But he was lighting up rooms — and TV screens — even before that, as <em>All My Children</em>’s Dr. Feel-Good, Cliff.</p>
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36/68
<p>What restraint. The Emmy winner had to know he’d make the first-round draft picks even without altogether unleashing the dimples that have made him catnip to fans of <em>General Hospital</em> mobster Sonny.</p>
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37/68
<p>How many times do we have to tell<em> The Young and the Restless</em>’ Kyle that if his clothes are constraining him — in any way! — it’s fine by us if he just… loses them.</p>
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38/68
<p>If ever there was a look that took us back to the intensity of the romance between<em> As the World Turns</em>’ Luke and Noah, it was this one. Although hey, we’re open to other suggestions…</p>
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39/68
<p>Had <em>Days of Our Lives</em> realized when it cast this future soap-hopper as Tanner that he’d only become more striking with age, the <em>General Hospital</em> star (as Finn) would still be a Salem resident today.</p>
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40/68
<p>Given that laser focus, we can only assume that what <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> Emmy winner was looking at as Rick was… a mirror?</p>
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41/68
<p>With cheekbones that could cut glass and a gaze that could shatter diamonds, Ted King — whom we first met as Danny on <em>Loving</em> — was always destined to make the camera love him. As well as anyone who got a gander at him <em>on</em> camera.</p>
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42/68
<p><em>All My Children</em> fans are keenly aware that one doesn’t get a nickname like Tad the Cad if he’s a Quasimodo.</p>
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43/68
<p>Now Martin on <em>General Hospital</em>, the Emmy winner has matured into the slyest of silver foxes.</p>
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44/68
<p>Call him Brad on <em>The Young and the Restless</em>. Call him Bill on <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em>. But if you have a say in the matter, you’re gonna call him.</p>
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45/68
<p><em>Another World</em> was exactly where Jake’s portrayer never failed to send us.</p>
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46/68
<p>Even without the neckties, <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Ben was always a lady killer in our estimation. And don’t even get us started on clothing-averse Alex…</p>
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<p>Once the soap-hopper caught our attention as <em>All My Children</em>’s Michael — and tightened his grip as Storm on <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> and Julian on <em>General Hospital</em> — he never let go.</p>
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<p>He played Malcolm on <em>The Young and the Restless</em>. Also, he looked like this. Pretty much still does. Any questions?</p>
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49/68
<p>When he was playing Greg on <em>All My Children</em>, he was the boy next door… that we all wished we lived next door <em>to</em>!</p>
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50/68
<p>It made sense that <em>Guiding Light</em> cast this alum of <em>Loving</em> (as Casey) as junior mafioso Danny — with a mug as stunning as his, he was always destined to attract a… ahem… mob.</p>
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51/68
<p>Forget Ol’ Blue Eyes. <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Chad is the New Blue Eyes — and the only one we need.</p>
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52/68
<p>Yeah, looking at that picture, we’re as bewildered as you are about how Carter’s portrayer ever wound up on the wrong side of a love triangle on <em>The Bold and the Beautiful.</em></p>
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53/68
<p>The ill-fated<em> Young & Restless</em> detective was precisely the reason that lines are uttered like — and we give all due credit here to <em>Dick Tracy</em>’s Breathless Mahoney — “Aren’t you gonna frisk me?”</p>
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54/68
<p>OK, we get it. Even the “What, this old face?” look chosen by the original Zende on <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> to express his surprise at making this list is hot. That’s just the way his looks go: hot, hotter, hottest.</p>
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55/68
<p><em>Days of Our Lives</em> may have killed and recast Roman, but the one thing that the show has never managed to do is dull the intensity of our crush on his original portrayer.</p>
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<p>No matter what mischief the actor’s made over the years as <em>General Hospital</em> pot-stirrer Scotty, he’s remained the kind of trouble that we’re most into.</p>
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<p>Before his name became synonymous with “cheesy,” the <em>Young & Restless</em> alum brought to life Snapper, a doctor as likely to give us palpitations as cure what ails us.</p>
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<p>We’ve intently followed the trail of the silver fox who plays Eric on <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> since before he’d even begun to go silver, back when he was lady killer Lance on <em>The Young and the Restless</em>.</p>
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59/68
<p>OK, OK, we get it: There’s nothing more all-American than a fella as smokin’-hot as the Hallmark mainstay who used to play Nathan on <em>General Hospital.</em> And yes, we’ll happily testify to that effect.</p>
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60/68
<p>How irresistible is — and always <em>has</em> been — <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Abe? So irresistible that when <a href="https://soaps.sheknows.com/days-of-our-lives/news/580567/days-of-our-lives-james-reynolds-costars-salute-sex-appeal/" target="_blank">an old photo of him was posted online</a>, castmate Paul Telfer (Xander) marveled at his “extreme handsomeness and divine masculinity.”</p>
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<p>Yes, <em>Days of Our Lives</em>’ Stefan is sitting in a wheelbarrow and looking damn sexy while doing so. That’s just one of the perks that comes with being drop-dead gorgeous: arbitrary, sexy wheelbarrow-sitting.</p>
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<p>Yeah, looking at that handsome face, we’re as confused as you are as to why <em>The Bold and the Beautiful</em> ever decided that Jake should be a photographer, not a model.</p>
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