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Anne Heche in Critical Condition After Fiery Car Crash
UPDATED: TV and film star, and Another World alum, Anne Heche (Ex-Vicky/Marley) is in critical condition following a harrowing and fiery car crash in Los Angeles on Friday afternoon.
“Anne is in the ICU, she’s lucky to be alive. She has severe burns and has a long recovery ahead. Her team and her family are still trying to process what led up to the crash,” a source close to the actress revealed to CNN on Saturday morning.
According to reports and video obtained by TMZ, Heche was driving at lighting speed and crashed twice in a residential area of Mar Vista. In the initial crash, Anne, who was driving a Mini Cooper slammed into the garage of an apartment complex. Residents attempted to get Anne out of the vehicle but she put her car in reverse and then sped away. Next, she crashed into a home, which ignited a fire, and the fire engulfed the entire home. However, Anne was severely burned in the fire and taken out by ambulance in a stretcher.
According to Los Angeles Fire Department Capt Erik Scott: “We had a significant traffic collision, we had entrapment of a woman inside that, we had car that erupted into fire, and then we had a home that had significant fire that is red tagged. It’s at this point destroyed.”
Heche is currently in a Los Angeles hospital, and had to be intubated following being severely burned.
Soaps fans know that Anne won a Daytime Emmy for her dual roles on Another World and played Vicky and Marley Hudson from 1987-2001. She has also appeared in the films, Donnie Brasco, Six Days Seven Nights, Wag the Dog. and more. On television, Heche has appeared in the last few years on: Dancing with the Stars, Quantico and Chicago P.D.
We will continue to monitor this developing story.
So, what do you think of the fiery crash involving Anne? Send your thoughts and prayers her way via the comment section below. But first, watch this news report from KTLA channel 5 in Los Angeles who were on the scene of the crash.
All indications seem to point her being very drunk & very stupid as a result. Hope she recovers from her injuries and deals with whatever issues led to this reckless behavior.
Thank all that’s unholy that she apparently didn’t hurt anybody else in the process…. but she’s probably looking at one Hell of a price tag, between property damage and her own medical bills. On top of whatever charges she might be looking at.
Anne’s portrayals of Vicki and Marley are my favorite moments on daytime. I can’t believe this happened!
This is very sad news, update from TMZ are saying they found a big bottle of alcohol in Anne car. She has really bad burns and is in bad shape. They say she is lucky to be alive. Wishing her well a wonderful actress.
This is very sad.
I’m always sorry to hear these kind of stories, and hope Anne recovers soon. But it’s not just Anne who is known by soap/movie fans who finds herself in this situation. But local stories like this all across the country, and in the news too frequently, many times with more persons hurt or worse. I’m sure there is a backstory that lead to Anne’s DUI. Hopefully she and others will get help here as well.
I am so very sorry for Anne. She’s been a favorite of mine since Another World, a beautiful and talented actress. Sending love and hope.
Terrible news. Prayers
Unfortunately a great actress but should have been in therapy so very sorry for her family. Issue after issue it has been with her. Prayers for her children
I pray she makes it and gets her life together
Anne is in a coma and not doing well, according to TMZ and people magazine. Prayers to Anne that she makes it.
If that doesn’t sober you up for life nothing will.
I’ve been a big fan of Anne Heche since DONNIE BRASCO and the sweet series MEN IN TREES. I hope she and the homeowners come out of this fully. Every year, Anne’s Christmas movies are staples. We watched them so often, we ended up purchasing ONE CHRISTMAS EVE, LOOKS LIKE CHRISTMAS, and SILVER BELLS. All the best to her and all affected.
I’ve been a fan since “Another World”, where she was fantastic. Childhood trauma affects people their whole life. That said, she needs a lot of help. I’m glad no one else was hurt. I feel bad for the homeowner. I hope she had insurance. A GoFundMe has been started for her, but if she has insurance, everything hopefully will be covered, plus coverage from Anne’s insurer since she caused the fire.
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George Cheeks, CBS President & CEO, on Timeline to Launch New Daytime Drama, ‘The Gates’: “We’re So Focused on Getting it Right”
March 2024 will be remembered in the TV and soap world when the news broke that CBS is prepping a brand new daytime drama. Many had thought a major network would never bring a new daytime soap into the world, given that the last time it was attempted was 25 years ago when the now defunct Passions bowed on NBC.
However, The Gates is definitely in development and moving forward with some major players associated with it including: Michele Val Jean as The Gates writer, showrunner and one of its executive producers, and Sheila Ducksworth from NAACP Venture
Now, for the first time since its announcement, George Cheeks, the president and CEO of CBS and chief content officer for news and sports at Paramount+, spoke on the project that will feature a Black family as its central focus who live in a wealthy gated community.
Speaking with Vulture, and when asked if The Gates is really something that truly has a chance of getting on the air, Cheeks clarified, “It’s super real. And just to give you a little bit of the backstory, when we hired Sheila Ducksworth to run the NAACP Venture, she and I had multiple meetings talking about what different genres she was going to lean into, and we talked a lot about daytime.”
Cheeks added, “One of the things that the data made very clear to both of us is that daytime soap operas over index with Black women, and yet when you look at soap operas, it’s usually sort of a white-led family with supporting characters that reflect more of our society. So we just thought, wouldn’t it be interesting to flip that and make the core anchor family a Black family, and then make the other characters reflect more the broader scope of society?”
The CEO gave props to Michele Val Jean, and how Ducksworth came to the table with the former B&B and GH writer. “She found this great writer, Michele Val Jean, who’s been in the soap opera space for 30 years. She came up with a pitch, and we loved it,” shares Cheeks. “We brought Procter & Gamble into it as well, because if there were going to be (product) integrations, we could do it more holistically and organically. All of that is to say, we did a lot of work on the front end to put this together. So while yes, it’s development, it’s accelerated development.”
When prodded on the timeline of when The Gates could come to full fruition, Gates related, “The actual timeline and when we’re going to do it is still uncertain, because we want to get this right. I mean, there hasn’t been a new soap opera launch since I can’t even begin to tell you when. But we have great success with Bold and the Beautiful and Young and the Restless, and so we think we’re the right folks to be launching a new soap. I wish I could tell you more about exact timing, but we’re so focused on getting it right, and that will dictate when we’re ready to launch it.”
The CBS exec also shared that whether The Gates will wind up an hour soap or half-hour is not yet determined, but that it is being developed as an hour show.
So, after reading what George Cheeks, the CBS President & CEO had to say about ‘The Gates’, are you even more excited for what looks to the first new network soap in 25 years? Comment below.
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51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards Announce Broadcast Date on CBS
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) revealed on Tuesday, that the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be broadcast live on Friday night, June 7th (8 – 10 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+*.
This year will mark the 18th time CBS has broadcast the Daytime Emmy Awards, which is more than any other network.
The 2024 Daytime Emmys will take place at the Westin Bonaventure in downtown Los Angeles. Back in December of 2023, the delayed 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were also held at that venue. The June 7th date for the upcoming ceremony will be the first time in several years that the event is scheduled a few weeks earlier than normal; excluding last year’s revised date to the actors and writers strikes.
Lifetime Achievement honoree, nominations, host, and additional information will be announced in the coming weeks.
In a statement, Adam Sharp, President and CEO of NATAS noted, “We eagerly anticipate our return in June as we once again partner with CBS to recognize the exceptional and talented individuals who make daytime television great. We’re thrilled to kick off our second half-century of the Daytime Emmys.”
The Daytime Emmy Awards have recognized outstanding achievement in television programming and crafts since 1974, honoring work in a variety of categories, including daytime dramas, talk shows, instructional programming, hosting, culinary, and legal/courtroom programs. In 2021, NATAS and the Television Academy jointly announced plans to realign the Daytime and Primetime Emmy Awards to be organized by content genre, as opposed to program airtime.
The 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards will once again be produced by NATAS and Associated Television International (ATI), which produced Daytime Emmy Award ceremonies on The CW in 2009 and on CBS in 2010, 2011, 2020, 2021, 2022 and 2023. Adam Sharp and Lisa Armstrong are executive producers from NATAS, while David McKenzie is executive producer from ATI.
So, glad to know that the 51st Annual Daytime Emmy Awards honoring performance and shows in the 2023 calendar year, will be held in early June this year, and once again broadcast on CBS? Comment below.
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