Lauralee Bell is not afraid to try something different. It’s not all that surprising given the pedigree she comes from—her parents William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell created a younger, edgier experiment that would become the highest rated daytime soap of all time, The Young and the Restless and later The Bold and the Beautiful. Only now, she’s using the internet as her entertainment playground. And this isn’t Bell’s first time swimming in the online entertainment pond. The longtime Y&R star’s 2009 series Family Dinner picked up attention on Funny or Die as she captured the all-too-typically dysfunctional antics of a dinner with relatives like Phyllis Diller and Cloris Leachman as her raunchy grandmas. But this time around, she’s trying a new model for sustaining a show on the internet—one that doesn’t depend on the now pervasive pre-rolls and lower-third...
- 8/23/2011
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
The 2nd Annual Indie Soap Awards presented by We Love Soaps were held at The Ailey Studios in New York City on Monday, February 21, hosted by the hilarious Martha Byrne, creator and star of Gotham. Video from the event is coming soon but in the meanwhile, you can check out our exclusive pictures from photographer Gustavo Monroy below.
Byrne opened the show with a hilarious monologue which covered a variety of topics from producing shows on low budgets, merchandising (she took not one, but two drinks from a Gotham mug), the impact of secret weapon Nadia Bjorlin, confusing sexuality, and so much more. Byrne introduced the presenters and cracked jokes throughout.
Here's a rundown of the show:
Breakthrough Performance
Presented by: Nick Mathews, In Between Men
Nominees: Pasha Diallo, Anacostia; Jessy Hodges, Anyone But Me; Leon, Diary Of A Single Mom; Afton Boggiano, Empire; Bianca Magick, Miss Behave; Kate Conway,...
Byrne opened the show with a hilarious monologue which covered a variety of topics from producing shows on low budgets, merchandising (she took not one, but two drinks from a Gotham mug), the impact of secret weapon Nadia Bjorlin, confusing sexuality, and so much more. Byrne introduced the presenters and cracked jokes throughout.
Here's a rundown of the show:
Breakthrough Performance
Presented by: Nick Mathews, In Between Men
Nominees: Pasha Diallo, Anacostia; Jessy Hodges, Anyone But Me; Leon, Diary Of A Single Mom; Afton Boggiano, Empire; Bianca Magick, Miss Behave; Kate Conway,...
- 2/24/2011
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
According to the Internet Movie DataBase (IMDb.com): "The STARmeter rankings provide a snapshot of who's popular based on the searches of millions of IMDb users. Updated weekly, these rankings also graph the popularity of people over time and determine which events affect public awareness." Here is a listing of some present and past soap stars and their current ranking, as well as some public figures. Do you agree with the list? Is Lisa Rinna really more popular than President Obama? Weigh in below. 1. Darren Criss (Glee) 3. Leonardo DiCaprio (ex-santa Barbara)4. Johnny Depp (star of Dark Shadows movie)9. Dot Jones (Glee, Venice) 11. Jill Clayburgh (ex-sft)19. Brad Pitt (ex-aw)28. Amber Tamblyn (ex-gh)54. James Franco (ex-gh) 101. Parker Posey (ex-atwt)
119. Jessica Lowndes (90210) 121. Amanda Seyfried (ex-atwt)125. Demi Moore (ex-gh)134. Lyndsy Fonseca (ex Dh, ex-y&R)144. Courtney Thorne-Smith (ex-Melrose Place)157. Morgan Freeman (ex-aw)189. Josh Duhamel (ex-amc)200. Julianne Moore (ex-atwt)208. Paul Wesley (ex-gl)236. Lindsay Lohan...
119. Jessica Lowndes (90210) 121. Amanda Seyfried (ex-atwt)125. Demi Moore (ex-gh)134. Lyndsy Fonseca (ex Dh, ex-y&R)144. Courtney Thorne-Smith (ex-Melrose Place)157. Morgan Freeman (ex-aw)189. Josh Duhamel (ex-amc)200. Julianne Moore (ex-atwt)208. Paul Wesley (ex-gl)236. Lindsay Lohan...
- 11/22/2010
- by Damon L. Jacobs
- We Love Soaps
Lauralee Bell's Family Dinner is back today with a brand new episode, this time guest starring Shirley Jones. Jones plays a musical therapist who tries to help the family. Some familiar musical faces appear including Jordin Sparks, Rick Springfield, Chad Smith and Richard Marx. Watch the new installment of the Indie Soap Award nominated comedy below and be sure to rate it on funnyordie.com.
- 11/15/2010
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
Atwt in New York Times: Stay Tuned for Soap Stars’ Next Acts
When production at the As The World Turns studio in Brooklyn halted in June, New York was left with only one soap — One Life To Live, on ABC — and hundreds of actors plotting their next real-life story lines.
“It’s the loss of a creative environment as much as a loss of paychecks,” said Trent Dawson.
In interviews with actors who brought life to the soap’s fictional Oakdale, few said they were caught off guard by the show’s demise. Mr. Silbermann said he sensed a certain end-time mood almost immediately after joining the show in 2007. Veteran cast members, he recalled, “would say, ’Oh, man, if only you were here years ago, when location shoots meant going to Rome instead of Staten Island.’ You know, too bad.”
Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz lands on Fox
Ortiz will...
When production at the As The World Turns studio in Brooklyn halted in June, New York was left with only one soap — One Life To Live, on ABC — and hundreds of actors plotting their next real-life story lines.
“It’s the loss of a creative environment as much as a loss of paychecks,” said Trent Dawson.
In interviews with actors who brought life to the soap’s fictional Oakdale, few said they were caught off guard by the show’s demise. Mr. Silbermann said he sensed a certain end-time mood almost immediately after joining the show in 2007. Veteran cast members, he recalled, “would say, ’Oh, man, if only you were here years ago, when location shoots meant going to Rome instead of Staten Island.’ You know, too bad.”
Ugly Betty's Ana Ortiz lands on Fox
Ortiz will...
- 11/7/2010
- by We Love Soaps TV
- We Love Soaps
You can't stop the Bells! Actress-writer-director Lauralee Bell — aka Cricket on The Young and the Restless — launches the fifth installment of her wackadoo web series Family Dinner November 15 (funnyordie.com and familydinneronline.com). Previous episodes wowed us with guest stints by Phyllis Diller and Cloris Leachman. This time, Bell goes nuts with a massive cast including American Idol champ Jordin Sparks, suds-rock icon Rick Springfield, drummer Chad Smith of The Red Hot Chili Peppers and Oscar winner Shirley Jones. The last will play a musical therapist named Dr. Jones who comes to dinner intent on healing the screwed-up O'Connell clan, led by Bell's Oprah-obsessed matriarch.
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- 10/27/2010
- by Michael Logan
- TVGuide - Breaking News
At first we thought it was just us. We’re just reading into this too far, victims of a steady diet of too much web video. But when we checked out Taco Bell’s first ever original web series, Super Delicious Ingredient Force, we had to watch it three times just to be sure. We thought there’s no way this was intentional, we were just fueled by a Quentin Tarantino neurotic observation rant—like his break down of howTop Gun is actually a homosexual love story. But a major brand like Taco Bell wouldn’t go there, would they? No, they went there. Does Taco Bell know how overtly gay this thing is? Related News:Ed Asner Signs on for Crackle’s Racy David Faustino ‘Star-ving’ Series ‘MegaBot’ Trailer Morphs Giant Racy Robots Lauralee Bell’s ‘Family Dinner’ Oozes Dysfunction...
- 6/7/2010
- by Marc Hustvedt
- Tubefilter.com
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