Check back to PVN Blog this Thursday March 4th 2010. For Pine Valley News Exclusive Interview with Lucy Merriam (AMC's Ex- Emma Lavery). After Lucy answers fans questions, She will ask her fans one question about herself and the first fan to answer her question correctly will win this cute as a button autographed photo of Lucy. You don't wanna miss this interview!
Pine Valley is full of a lot of things... Fortune 500 companies, families, oceanfront property (despite being a landlocked state), Erica Kane's exes but most importantly, it's filled with friendships. All kinds. Whether it be odd-couple gal pals Opal and Erica or BFFs Tad and Jesse, All My Children is built on friendships. So if you were to move to this sleepy (ha!) little hamlet, who would be YOUR best friend? Take SoapNet.com's quiz to find out.
Debbi Morgan, winner Outstanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for "All My Children," onstage during the 41st NAACP Image awards pre-tel show held at The Shrine Auditorium on February 26, 2010 in Los Angeles, California. 
Cornelius Smith Jr. accepts the award for Outstanding Actor in a Daytime Drama Series for "All My Children" onstage during the 41st NAACP Image awards pre-tel show held at The Shrine Auditorium on February 26, 2010 in Los Angeles, California.
Susan tells ET.... "I definitely want to be in the audience, I was so sad I could never come back and be in the audience, so I would love to do that. I also found out that they are looking for someone to host and they are looking perhaps to rotate people who have been on and that sounds like fun. To work with Tom Bergeron, he is so funny and quick, it would be great."Cameron agrees, saying...
"If they do a bunch of hosts, I think they would talk to me. I might be in the mix. If they do one person, I think it should be Melissa Rycroft. I work with her on live TV on 'Good Morning America.' She is one of the correspondents, too. She does a great job. She is a real fan favorite. She has good energy. I think she would get along great with Tom and the other cast members."
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the Drama Performer Pre-Nominations for the 37th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Awards.
The 41st NAACP Image Award airs tonight (Fri. Feb. 26th) from 8 - 10 pm EST on Fox. All My Children Stars Debbi Morgan (AMC's Angie Hubbard), Cornelius Smith, Jr (AMC's Frankie Hubbard) & Lamman Rucker (AMC's Ex-Garret Williams) are all nominated for awards.
Aiden Turner (AMC's Ex- Aidan Devane) posted on his Face book page that he has been signed to a primetime series today, Stay tuned to PVN for more info."Hi everyone i hope you are well!!!! AMC was a great time, the cast and crew made it a home away from home and I miss it too. I am going to be on a new show coming on TV soon. Prime time i hope you tune in !!! should be great!!!"Click HERE for Aiden's Face book Page.
Leven Rambin (AMC's Ex- Lily) and Markus Molinari pose at the launch party for Tarina Tarantino's new cosmetics line "Tarina Tarantino Beauty" held at Siren Studios on February 24, 2010 in Hollywood, California.
A few months after being deployed to Iraq in 2003, U.S. Army Infantryman Martinez was driving a Humvee when his left front tire hit a landmine. He suffered severe burns to more than 40 percent of his body as well as smoke inhalation. Martinez spent 34 months at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, undergoing 32 different surgeries, including skin grafts and cosmetic surgery.
Daytime Confidential's Jillian Bowe catches up with One Life to Live's Gina Tognoni and previews "something going on" with Kelly and Todd. (Daytime Confidential)
Josh Duhamel (AMC's Ex- Leo) is in Scottsdale, AZ. for the Waste Management Phoenix Open. He's playing today (Wed. Feb 24th)in the FBR/XEROX Silver Pro-Am at The Stadium Course at TPC Scottsdale.
Kelly Ripa (AMC's Ex- Hayley) got a new tattoo and she showed it off on "Regis and Kelly" Wednesday morning. Ripa, who already has a flower tattoo on her inner ankle, got "Consuelos" on her wrist, as in husband-of-13-years Mark Consuelos. 
Unemployment didn't last long for "Past Life" star Kelli Giddish (AMC's Ex- Di). Less than one week after FOX cancelled her paranormal procedural, Giddish has landed the lead in the Jerry Bruckheimer-produced pilot "Chase."
Eva La Rue (AMC's Ex- Maria) has been ordered to dismantle a wooden gate she illegally constructed outside her North Glendale home. On Tuesday night, Glendale city council decided the gate must come down. La Rue built the gate in 2007 without permits in front of her North Glendale home. She says the gate was constructed to protect her and her daughter from a stalker. After the gate was cited by code enforcement officers for being too close to the public right-of-way, La Rue was granted a variance.
The lion king of Pine Valley is giving up his throne. David Canary, who has spent 27 years and won five Emmys as the caustic, power-mad Adam Chandler on All My Children, issued a statement regarding his retirement from the ABC soap last week. But the 71-year-old actor, who also played Adam’s late, sweet-tempered twin Stuart, didn’t elaborate on the reason for his exit. Here AMC executive producer, Julie Hanan Carruthers, gives TV Guide Magazine her take on the situation, and how she plans to get Canary off the canvas. "We keep David so busy that he really hasn’t had a life outside our show,” Carruthers says. “He’s been very loyal to AMC—and very grateful to [creator] Agnes Nixon—but every time his contract has come up in recent years, he asks himself ‘Is it time for me to go? When do I get time for my life?’ Well, this time his contract came up and it was the right time. This has been in the works for a while. He really wanted to retire and I think, after 27 years, he’s earned that right.”Click on subject for source site.
Canary will continue shooting AMC into April, then Carruthers will use the recent death of James Mitchell (who played Palmer) as impetus for Adam to leave town. “Everyone in Pine Valley will be greatly affected by the loss of Palmer, especially Adam,” previews the soap chief. “It will force him to face his own mortality, something that’s very rare for such a Type A personality.” And just like Canary, Adam will decide to go away and get some quality Me Time.
That’s not to say he’ll be going in peace. “If Adam’s no longer the king, who gets the crown?” Carruthers says. “There will be a struggle for power with the son, the daughter, the stepmother, the daughter in law, and all the other people who surround Adam. You’ll get a little taste of the Borgias, and it’s going to provide us with great story for a long time to come."
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AMC Stars Susan Lucci (Erica), Cameron Mathison (Ryan), Rebecca Budig (Greenlee), and Denise Vasi (Randi) have now settled into its new digs in Los Angeles, it's high time the cast came out for a meet and greet don't you think? That's exactly what's happening on Wednesday, March 3rd at the Beverly Center in Los Angeles. Soap Nation will be hosting a autograph signing. They'll be signing copies of Los Angeles Magazine, whose March issue contains a photo spread featuring the AMC cast. March issue of LA Magazine is on news stands NOW! Autographs will be on a first come, first served basis.
Four All My Children cast members Susan Lucci (Erica Kane), Rebecca Budig (Greenlee Smythe), Cameron Mathison (Ryan Lavery), and Denise Vasi (Randi Hubbard) grace the pages of Los Angeles magazine in march 2010 issue. The special eight-page fashion spread celebrates the ABC soap's relocation to Los Angeles as well as the hottest spring styles. LA Magazine is on news stands now.
As many of you heard in Michael Fairman's premiere episode of the On-Air On-Soaps Podcast that All My Children’s Jacob Young, along with his producing and directing partner, Mark Rozzano, have launched the new Soap Star Mystery Theatre in Los Angeles, which features lesser known, yet wildly entertaining works of legendary mystery writer Agatha Christie. I attended last night’s opening at the Writers Guild of America in Beverly Hills, where several of Young’s AMC cast mates and other soap and primetime notables headlined the reading of The Unexpected Guest. Jacob had a huge hand in casting the roles of unusual suspects for the play. So I had to ask when he looked at AMC’s Vince Irizarry (David) for the play, did he cast him against type, or can we expect to see his evil ways? Young responded, “He is playing his type.” (Laughs) Ah, my first hint that Vincent was going to end up being the murderer! 
Adam Mayfield (Scott) plays a servant/nurse who seems to be on the shady side, too! Then I had to ask, who else from Pine Valley would he love to see participate in a future reading. Young replied, “I was speaking to David Canary (Adam) and hopefully we can use him down the road.” Next, Jacob with pride and a bit of sadness also gave his views on Canary’s upcoming retirement from soaps. “He is at a point now where his home is in Connecticut. He has been stationary out here in LA for a while and it was always the plan for David to come out to LA with the move of All My Children for just a few months. Regardless, if he were on the east coast or here in LA, he would have probably retired at the same time. He has had such a wonderful run and is a talented man and a workaholic. He deserves a break. Maybe he will get restless, and knowing David as I do, he might. And I certainly do hope he comes back. Working with David has been such a thrill for me and he is such a giving actor. And I think his wrap-up story is going to be great. When I heard it, I thought it was fantastic.”
Taking care of her domestic responsibilities, Sarah Michelle Gellar (AMC's Ex- Kendall) was spotted grocery shopping at Gelson’s supermarket on Saturday (February 20).
While out walking today actress Amanda Seyfried (AMC's Ex- Joni)came across a dog, stooped down and started making out with it. Ok OK..just kidding. 
It was Amanda’s dog and she stopped for a smooch while they were out walking with friends. Cute right? 
Click HERE for past photos of Amanda & her pup.
"Watching All My Children last week was like visiting a lush oasis after being stuck in a creative desert penned by Chuck Pratt. AMC fan are hoping what Lorraine Broderick has started will continue when former Guiding Light scribes David Kreizman and Donna Swajeski's episodes start airing. Given Kreizman's penchant for outlandish, over-the-top storytelling, it's no wonder people are a bit nervous, after seeing Broderick get the show back on track so quickly. That being said, I've come up with 10 ways to help keep things moving in the right direction in Pine Valley."
Past Life has taken its last breath. Fox has decided to pull the low-rated drama off the air, effectively canceling it. Original episodes of Kitchen Nightmares will fill the Thursday void beginning next week. Fox says Past Life will return to the schedule at a later date.
First off on Tuesday Feb 23rd Shannon Kane (AMC's Natalia Fowler) will be stopping by at 10:00pm EST. to chat with Stardish about receiving the Breakthrough Actress Award from the 2010 Capri International Film Festival for her stunning performance in Antoine Fuqua’s Brooklyn’s Finest, where she costars opposite Richard Gere and Don Cheadle. The feature, from Overture Pictures, is due in theaters March 5.
Then on Wednesday Feb 24th Jill Larson (AMC's Opal Courtlandt) will be chatting live at 8:00pm EST. with Stardish about her role in the Martin Scorcese Film "Shutter Island" & AMC's move to LA and what that means for Opal, as well as the passing of her long time co-star and dear friend James Mitchell, and the retirement of Pine Valley's most famous love to hate villain David Canary "Adam Chandler" 
And on stay tuned to Stardish after their interview with Jill, Because at 9:30pm EST. Laura Bonarrigo (AMC's Ex- Rebbecca Fowler / OLTL's Cassie Cramer). Laura will chat with Stardish & Fans answering your your Questions, and to discuss a cause very near and dear to her heart.. "Feed your Mouth" 
In late 2007 AMC announced Darnell Williams and Debbi Morgan would return to Pine Valley as the beloved characters Angie & Jesse Hubbard, with long-term contracts. It was on December 14, 2007 that the official All My Children website posted an article with the headline Angie and Jesse return to All My Children! The article suggested that Angie's return would start with being called back to Pine Valley Hospital to assist on a case, where she would be reunited with a living Jesse Hubbard.
Morgan returned as Angie on January 18, 2008, and Williams returned as Jesse on January 25. To start the storyline where Jesse is brought back, the writers thought up a plot where characters Greenlee Smythe and Quentin contract a weird woods-related disease that triggers asphyxiation. Angie, now an infectious-disease specialist, is paged to Pine Valley Hospital to consult on the case: "Quentin" turned out to be Angie and Jesse’s son, Frankie, and noted that Angie’s adopted daughter, Cassandra, would also join the show. 
