30th Daytime Emmy Awards
The 30th Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony, commemorating excellence in American daytime programming from 2002, was held on May 16, 2003 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. Hosted by Wayne Brady, it was televised in the United States by ABC. Creative Arts Emmy Awards were presented on May 10, 2003. Nominations and winners The following is a partial list of nominees, with winners in bold: Outstanding Drama Series *''As the World Turns'' *''The Bold and the Beautiful'' *''Port Charles'' *''The Young and the Restless'' Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series * Grant Aleksander ( Phillip Spaulding, '' Guiding Light'') *Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, '' General Hospital'') *Doug Davidson ( Paul Williams, ''The Young and the Restless'') * Anthony Geary (Luke Spencer, ''General Hospital'') *Ricky Paull Goldin (Gus Aitoro, ''Guiding Light'') *Thorsten Kaye (Ian Thornhart, ''Port Charles'') Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series *Eileen Davidson ( Ashley Abbott Carlton, ''The ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Radio City Music Hall
Radio City Music Hall is an entertainment venue and Theater (structure), theater at 1260 Sixth Avenue (Manhattan), Avenue of the Americas, within Rockefeller Center, in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Nicknamed "The Showplace of the Nation", it is the headquarters for the Rockettes. Radio City Music Hall was designed by Edward Durell Stone and Donald Deskey in the Art Deco style. Radio City Music Hall was built on a plot of land that was originally intended for a Metropolitan Opera House, although plans for the opera house were canceled in 1929. It opened on December 27, 1932, as part of the construction of Rockefeller Center. The 5,960-seat Music Hall was the larger of two venues built for Rockefeller Center's "Radio City" section, the other being Center Theatre (New York City), Center Theatre; the "Radio City" name later came to apply only to the Music Hall. It was largely successful until the 1970s, when declining patronage nearly drove the theater to bank ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Grant Aleksander
Grant Aleksander Kunkowski (born August 6, 1960), better known as Grant Aleksander, is an American actor. Early life Aleksander was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and was the youngest of three brothers. He was well known at McDonogh School as both a football player and a thespian. He attended Washington and Lee University, but left to pursue his acting career. He eventually returned to the school and earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Theatre in 2012. Career The bulk of Aleksander's TV work has been in daytime dramas (soap operas). Aleksander is perhaps best known for his portrayal of Phillip Spaulding on the daytime drama '' Guiding Light''. Aleksander played Phillip in several stints over a span of almost 30 years. His initial run was from 1982 to 1984. When Aleksander left the role, it was recast with actor John Bolger. Aleksander returned to ''Guiding Light'' in late 1986, leaving again in 1991, citing exhaustion from being front-burner five days a week for five years, a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ashley Abbott
Ashley Abbott is a fictional character from ''The Young and the Restless'' and ''The Bold and the Beautiful'', two American soap operas on the CBS network. She has been most notably portrayed by Eileen Davidson, who originated the role on June 11, 1982, before departing in 1988. Brenda Epperson portrayed Ashley from 1988 to 1995, before Shari Shattuck portrayed the role for the next three years, until Davidson's return on March 19, 1999. Davidson was nominated in 2003 for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, and she later won that award in 2018. The character is the daughter of Dina Mergeron and Brent Davis, although she believed John Abbott was her biological father until she reached adulthood. She has had relationships with various men throughout the years, most notably Steven Lassiter, Victor Newman, Blade Bladeson, Cole Howard and Brad Carlton. She has a daughter with Victor, Abby Newman. She is also known for her business contributions to her f ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Eileen Davidson
Eileen Marie Davidson is an American actress, author, television personality and former model. Davidson is best known for her roles in soap operas as Kristen DiMera and Susan Banks on NBC's ''Days of Our Lives'' and Ashley Abbott on CBS's ''The Young and the Restless'' and ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. In 2014, Davidson was awarded a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series for her role in ''Days of Our Lives.''She was the second actress to win a Daytime Emmy Award in the category of "Lead Actress" for the soap; and in 2018 she won the award again for her role on ''The Young and the Restless''. Davidson also starred in the film ''The House on Sorority Row'' (1983), had a leading role in the short-lived CBS crime series ''Broken Badges'' (1990–91), and wrote a number of mystery novels in the 2000s. In 2014, Davidson joined the cast of Bravo reality television series ''The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'', appearing full-time on the program until ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Thorsten Kaye
Thorsten Kaye (born Thorsten Ernst Kieselbach, 22 February 1966) is a German-British actor. His best known roles include Patrick Thornhart on ''One Life to Live'', Dr. Ian Thornhart on ''Port Charles'', Zach Slater on ''All My Children'' and Ridge Forrester on ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. Acting career Kaye was born in Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany. He appeared in many classical theater roles, including ''The Winter's Tale'', ''Tartuffe'', ''Macbeth'', ''Much Ado About Nothing'', ''Hamlet'', ''Love's Labour's Lost'', ''Twelfth Night'', and ''The Taming of the Shrew'', both in London and with the Hilberry Repertory Company in Detroit. Kaye then moved to Los Angeles, where he acted in many television shows, including the miniseries, Sidney Sheldon's ''Nothing Lasts Forever,'' before moving to New York to play Patrick Thornhart on ABC's ''One Life to Live'' (1995–1997). The character gained quite a bit of popularity, and it is where he would meet his real life part ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Ricky Paull Goldin
Richard Paull Goldin (born January 5, 1965) is an American actor, producer, director and television personality. He is known for his roles in daytime drama as Jake Martin in ABC's '' All My Children''. In May 2013, Goldin joined the cast of the CBS's ''The Bold and the Beautiful''. Goldin also hosts the HGTV series ''Spontaneous Construction'', which premiered on the network on February 15, 2013. Early life Goldin was born in San Francisco, California, the son of Paul Goldin, a London-born entertainer, behavioral psychologist and hypnotist who hosted in his own show in England, and Irish actress P.J. Goldin. Paul Goldin was born into a Jewish family, the son of a French father and English mother. Goldin has siblings: Sarah, David, Bobby and Katie-Jane. His uncle is British film director Jack Gold. Goldin made his television debut at the age of three when he appeared in an episode of ''Romper Room''. The family returned to England the following year when Goldin was four ye ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Luke Spencer
Luke Spencer is a fictional character in the American television soap opera ''General Hospital'', played by Anthony Geary from 1978 until his departure in July 2015. Geary holds the record for most Daytime Emmy wins for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series for his work as Luke. He was the show's fifth most tenured character after Monica Quartermaine, Laura Spencer, Scott Baldwin, and Bobbie Spencer. The character was famously paired with Laura Spencer (named Laura Webber when he met her), starting soon after Luke Spencer joined the show. The pairing, termed "Luke and Laura" by fans, was extremely popular with viewers, and led to the creation of the "supercouple" concept, which many other soap operas attempted to emulate. The pairing culminated with the couple's wedding, which took place on the episodes aired on November 16–17, 1981; the November 17 episode was watched by 30 million people and remains the most watched hour in soap opera history. Casting Anthony Geary was o ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Anthony Geary
Anthony Geary (born May 29, 1947) is an American actor. He is known for playing the role of Luke Spencer on the ABC daytime drama ''General Hospital''. He originated the role of Luke in 1978 and received a record eight Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series prior to his retirement. Geary had a prominent supporting role in the "Weird Al" Yankovic comedy '' UHF'' (1989); other notable films include ''Johnny Got His Gun'' (1971), ''Disorderlies'' (1987), '' Scorchers'' (1991), ''Teacher's Pet'' (2004) and ''Fish Tank'' (2009). Early life Anthony Geary was born May 29, 1947, in Coalville, Utah, a son of a contractor father and homemaker mother. Career Geary made his first appearance on television in an episode of ''Room 222'' and later appeared in ''All in the Family'', ''The Mod Squad'', '' Mannix'', ''Marcus Welby, M.D.'', ''The Streets of San Francisco'', and ''Barnaby Jones''. Geary's first daytime role was in NBC soap opera ''Bright Promise'' from 197 ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Paul Williams (The Young And The Restless)
Paul Williams is a fictional character on the American CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless''. Paul was introduced to the show on May 23, 1978, and has been portrayed by Doug Davidson ever since. Initially, Paul was a "bad boy", who had a romance with Nikki Reed ( Melody Thomas Scott), giving her an STD. The relationship ultimately ended, but the two have remained friends since. After a year on the series, Bell gave the character a proper backstory, surname and family. This included his notoriously unstable sister Patty Williams ( Stacey Haiduk). After a failed marriage to April Stevens (Cynthia Eilbacher)—who gave birth to his daughter Heather Stevens (Jennifer Landon)—focus turned towards Paul's career as a private investigator, as well as his relationship and eventual marriage to and later divorce from Lauren Fenmore ( Tracey Bregman). Paul's string of unsuccessful romances with women—including his ill-fated bride Cindy Lake (DeAnna Robbins), and Cassandra Rawlin ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Doug Davidson
Douglas Donald Davidson (born October 24, 1954) is an American Emmy Award winning television actor. He has portrayed Paul Williams on the CBS soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' since May 1978, making him the series' longest-serving cast member Career Davidson appeared as captain of ''The Young and the Restless'' team when they played for charity on ''Family Feud'' several times from 1989 until 1995. Through connections he made during those appearances, Davidson eventually got a position hosting a five-night-a-week, syndicated, half-hour version of the game show '' The New Price Is Right'', beginning on September 12, 1994.Doug Davidson: Biography ''Y&R'' home page at CBS.com. Retrieved April 24, 2009. The show was canceled just four and a half months later on January 27, 1995. Davidso ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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General Hospital
''General Hospital'' (often abbreviated as ''GH'') is an American daytime television soap opera. It is listed in ''Guinness World Records'' as the list of longest-running television shows by category, longest-running American soap opera in production, and the second in American history after ''Guiding Light''. Concurrently, it is the world's third longest-running scripted drama series in production after British serials ''The Archers'' and ''Coronation Street'', as well as the world's second-longest-running televised soap opera still in production. ''General Hospital'' premiered on the American Broadcasting Company, ABC television network on April 1, 1963. ''General Hospital'' is the longest-running serial produced in Hollywood, and the longest-running entertainment program in ABC television history. It holds the record for most Daytime Emmy Awards for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, with 14 wins. The show was created by husband-and-wife soap writers Frank an ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Sonny Corinthos
Sonny Corinthos is a fictional character on the ABC soap opera ''General Hospital''. Maurice Benard has played the role of the manic depressive mob kingpin, living in Port Charles, since the character's storyline originated on August 13, 1993. Sonny is also known for supercouple pairings with Brenda Barrett and Carly Benson. Since joining the show he has become a central character with many storylines focusing on his family, friends, and criminal enterprise. Creation Background The character was originally scripted as being of Italian descent. However, it later revealed that Sonny is raised in the predominantly Italian neighborhood of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. On his father's side, Sonny is of Greek and Irish descent. On his mother's side, Sonny is of Cuban descent. Michael Corinthos Jr. is born on April 20, 1965, to Michael and Adela Corinthos. In 2012, Sonny's birth year was revised to 1969 when his aged was listed as forty-two on his arrest records. After Mike abandons his family, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |