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ABC Super Soap Weekend
ABC Super Soap Weekend (1996–2008) was an event organized in conjunction with Disney and ABC to bring soap opera actors from various ABC shows to visit and mingle with their fans. The first ABC Super Soap Weekend was organized and held at Disney's Hollywood Studios near Orlando in 1996 (the same year Disney merged with ABC). The event was traditionally held around Veterans Day weekend each year. In addition, a summertime Super Soap Weekend was held at Disney California Adventure Park on the West Coast in 2002 and 2003. The final edition of the event was held November 15–16, 2008. A new event titled "Soap Nation" began in January 2009 and featured many events across the country that allowed guests to meet their favorite actors and actresses. It proved not to be as successful as Super Soap Weekend and was discontinued briefly after, especially as ABC's daytime division experienced budget cuts and many of the network's programs ended. All My Children (Florida) * Kelly Ripa (1996 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Walt Disney Company
The Walt Disney Company, commonly known as Disney (), is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate headquartered at the Walt Disney Studios complex in Burbank, California. Disney was originally founded on October 16, 1923, by brothers Walt and Roy O. Disney as the Disney Brothers Studio; it also operated under the names the Walt Disney Studio and Walt Disney Productions before changing its name to the Walt Disney Company in 1986. Early on, the company established itself as a leader in the animation industry, with the creation of the widely popular character Mickey Mouse, who is the company's mascot, and the start of animated films. After becoming a major success by the early 1940s, the company started to diversify into live-action films, television, and theme parks in the 1950s. Following Walt's death in 1966, the company's profits began to decline, especially in the animation division. Once Disney's shareholders voted in Michael Eisner as the he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Canary
David Hoyt Canary (August 25, 1938 – November 16, 2015) was an American actor. Canary is best known for his role as ranch foreman Candy Canaday in the NBC Western drama ''Bonanza'', and as Adam Chandler in the television soap opera ''All My Children'', for which he received 16 Daytime Emmy Award nominations and won five times. Early life Canary was born in Elwood, Indiana, but grew up in Massillon, Ohio. He was the middle son of Hillary Canary and Lorena Heal. His brothers are actor John Canary, who once had a role on ''All My Children'', and writer Hilary Glenn Canary (1934–2008). The brothers are purportedly great-great-nephews of Martha Jane Canary, Calamity Jane. Football Canary starred as an end on both offense and defense at Massillon Washington High School, where he graduated in 1956. The school honored him as a Distinguished Citizen 35 years later in 1991. He earned a football scholarship to the University of Cincinnati, where he was a three-year letterman from 1957 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aiden Turner
Aiden John Turner (born 2 April 1977) is a British actor and model, probably best known for his role as Aidan Devane on '' All My Children'' and Brad Montgomery in the Prime Time Television series '' If Loving You Is Wrong''. He has also guest starred in many television series, including '' Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'','' Single Ladies''NCIS Los Angeles, Satisfaction . In 2022 Turner starred opposite John Malkovich, Meliss Roxburgh and Martin Lawrence in a psychological thriller called Mindcage. He also invented TY, a loss prevention device using Bluetooth, that won best innovation in 2011 at the Consumer Electronics show in Las Vegas. Early years Aiden Turner is from Stevenage, Hertfordshire, and attended local Catholic schools (St Joseph's, St Hugh's, and St Edmund's College, Ware). Career Turner is known for his role as Aidan Devane on ''All My Children'', which he played from 6 June 2002 until he left AMC on 21 December 2009. He was nominated for an Emmy in 2003 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alicia Minshew
Alicia Minshew (born May 28, 1974) is an American actress. She is best known for portraying Kendall Hart on the daytime drama ''All My Children''. Early life and career Minshew was born in Plantation, Florida. Her mother is of Italian descent. Having aspirations to become an actress, Minshew set out for the career path some time after graduating from South Fork High School in Stuart, Florida. In November 2001, Minshew landed the role of Kendall Hart on the daytime drama ''All My Children'' and began filming the following month, after the character's seven-year absence from the soap opera following the exit of Sarah Michelle Gellar, who had previously portrayed the character. Debuting in the January 8, 2002, episode, Minshew played the role of Kendall until the series finale on September 23, 2011. In 2004 and 2005, Minshew portrayed Kendall in brief appearances on the daytime drama ''One Life to Live'' as part of a baby-swap storyline. In 2009, Minshew gave birth to her first ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Page
Samuel Page (born Samuel L. Elliott; November 5, 1976) is an American actor. He has appeared on popular television shows, such as ''All My Children'', ''Mad Men'', ''Desperate Housewives'', ''House of Cards'', '' Switched at Birth'', ''Scandal, Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt'', ''Gossip Girl,'' and ''The Bold Type.'' Early life Page was born in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin. He captained the football and baseball teams at Whitefish Bay High School. He attended Princeton University, where he earned a BA in ecology and evolutionary biology in 1998. Career After completing his degree, Page decided to become an actor despite having no high school acting experience. "I came home and told my mom and dad I was moving to Hollywood to become an actor." While in Los Angeles, Page appeared on the television shows ''Desperate Housewives,'' ''Popular'', '' 7th Heaven'', ''Undressed'', and ''Men, Women & Dogs''. In New York City, he was cast in 2002 as Trey Kenyon on the daytime soap opera ''All My Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Scalia
Jack Scalia (born November 10, 1950) is an American actor. He has had many roles in television series (both as a regular and as a guest-star), television movies, and feature films. He is perhaps best known for his role as Chris Stamp on ''All My Children'' from 2001 to 2003. Early life Scalia was born Giacomo Tomaso Tedesco in Brooklyn, New York City, of Italian and Irish descent. His father was former Brooklyn Dodger Rocky Tedesco. His parents divorced and when his mother remarried his name was changed to Scalia. In 1969 he graduated from Brentwood High School on Long Island. He was drafted third by the Montreal Expos in 1971 as a pitcher. He was injured and never played in the Major Leagues. Acting career He began his career as a clothes model, most notably in a series of ads for Eminence briefs and Jordache jeans, both of which capitalized on his "beefcake" appeal. In 1982, to promote his TV series, '' The Devlin Connection'', Scalia took off his shirt and posed, cigarette i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rebecca Budig
Rebecca Jo Budig (; born June 26, 1973) is an American actress and television presenter. Her career began in 1993, and in 1995, she was cast in the role of Michelle Bauer on the CBS soap opera ''Guiding Light''. In 1999, she was cast as Greenlee Smythe on the ABC soap opera ''All My Children''; she held the role off-and-on until the network series finale in 2011. In 2015, she was cast in the role of Hayden Barnes on ''General Hospital''. In 2019, Budig was cast on '' L.A.'s Finest'', as Carlene Hart, a drug-trafficking soccer mom. Early life and education Budig was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the daughter of Mary Jo, a homemaker, and George Budig, a businessman. She was raised in Fort Mitchell, Kentucky. She graduated from the Cincinnati Public Schools School for Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) and later went on to major in zoology at Miami University in Ohio. In 1993, Budig moved to Los Angeles, California, to pursue an acting career. While there, she began studying with actin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eden Riegel
Eden Sonja Jane Riegel (born January 1, 1981) is an American actress. She portrayed Bianca Montgomery in the daytime drama ''All My Children'', and propelled the character into a gay icon, as well as a popular figure within the medium. Nominated previously on multiple occasions, she received a Daytime Emmy Award for the role in 2005. In addition to her work on ''All My Children'', Riegel has guest starred in several prime time shows, as well as film, and starred as character "Eden" in the web series ''Imaginary Bitches''. She assumed the role of Heather Stevens on ''The Young and the Restless'' from April 2010 to November 2011. Riegel is also a prolific voice actress, providing the voices for many video games and animated projects. She is the voice director for Disney's animated TV series ''Amphibia'', ''The Owl House'' and ''The Ghost and Molly McGee''. Early life Born to Kurt and Lenore Riegel on New Year's Day 1981 in Washington, D.C., Riegel was raised in a Virginia suburb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esta TerBlanche
Esta TerBlanche (born 7 January 1973) is a South African actress, best known for her roles on television soap operas in both South Africa and the United States. Early life TerBlanche was born in Rustenburg, North West Province. She is of Huguenot descent. She grew up on a game farm, replete with monkeys, cows, horses, sheep, warthogs, and elams. Television TerBlanche was crowned Miss Teen South Africa in 1991, and subsequently played Bienkie Naudé Hartman on the South African drama '' Egoli: Place of Gold'' from 1992 to 1995. In 1995, TerBlanche decided not to renew her contract with ''Egoli'' and, instead, opted to further her acting career in the U.S.Nancy M. Reichardt, "South African finds success in America," ''Austin American-Statesman,'' 16 January 2000, p. 37. Retrieved 14 October 2011 from ''Academic (Lexis-Nexis).'' Within three weeks of arriving in Los Angeles, she found her first job, acting in a hair products commercial. In 1997, TerBlanche was cast in the role of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vincent Irizarry
Vincent Michael Irizarry (born November 12, 1959) is an American actor. He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1985 and 2002, and won in 2009. Early life and education Irizarry grew up on Long Island, NY and is one of six children. He moved to Lake Grove, early on. At the age of 11, Irizarry began to study piano, becoming classically trained, then continued his studies at Berklee College of Music in Boston. There he fell in love with acting while performing in numerous productions with a regional theater company. He decided to move back to New York to sow the seeds for a career as a professional actor, soon winning a full-time scholarship with Lee Strasberg at his Theater Institute. Career Irizarry got his start in daytime television in 1983 as Brandon/Lujack Luvonaczek Spaulding on ''Guiding Light''. His character was paired up with Beth Raines (then Judi Evans Luciano) and they were considered a "supercouple." He was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award in 1985, but los ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Josh Duhamel
Joshua David Duhamel (; born November 14, 1972) is an American actor and former fashion model. After various modeling work, he made his acting debut as Leo du Pres on the ABC daytime soap opera ''All My Children'' and later starred as Danny McCoy on NBC's ''Las Vegas''. Duhamel has ventured into film, appearing as one of the main protagonists in four of the ''Transformers'' films, most recently in the fifth entry, '' Transformers: The Last Knight'' (2017). He has also appeared in '' When in Rome'' (2010), '' Life as We Know It'' (2010), ''New Year's Eve'' (2011), '' Safe Haven'' (2013), and ''You're Not You'' (2014). In 2015, Duhamel co-starred on the short-lived CBS crime drama ''Battle Creek''. He has also starred in several video games, most notably '' Call of Duty: WWII'' (2017). In 2018, he appeared in the romantic comedy-drama film '' Love, Simon''. In 2021, Duhamel starred in the role of Sheldon Sampson in the Netflix superhero series '' Jupiter's Legacy''. He also pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Finola Hughes
Finola Hughes (born 29 October 1959) is an English actress, best known for her role as Anna Devane on the ABC soap operas ''General Hospital'' and ''All My Children'', and her portrayal of Laura in the 1983 film '' Staying Alive'', the sequel to ''Saturday Night Fever''. She is also known for her portrayal of Anna Devane's identical twin, Alexandra "Alex" Devane on ''All My Children'' and Patty Halliwell on the supernatural series, ''Charmed''. She also portrayed Carol in the final seasons of the NBC sitcom ''Blossom''. Hughes has also appeared in the films, ''Aspen Extreme'', '' Above Suspicion'' and '' Like Crazy''. Career Hughes trained in dance and performing arts at the Arts Educational Schools London. In 1981, she originated the role of Victoria the White Cat in the London production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical ''Cats''. In 1983, Hughes starred with John Travolta in the musical film '' Staying Alive'', a sequel to ''Saturday Night Fever''. She played the role of L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
