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BREAKING NEWS: A Martinez to The Bold and the Beautiful!

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Looks like there is a new doctor in town coming to the canvas of The Bold and the Beautiful, who looks a lot like Santa Barbara super hero Cruz Castillo! News today out of TV Guide is that A Martinez will appear on B&B for a guest stint starting February 9.

According to the item in TV Guide, “Martinez’s character of Dr. Ramon Montgomery, will be introduced as a close friend and personal physician to wily Bill Spencer, who has a big mess on his hands. By the time Ramon hits the scene,  Amber will be claiming that Bill’s son Liams her baby daddy. Bill wants Ramon to conduct an independent paternity test to find out if Amber is telling the truth.”

Martinez  so far is  set to appear for only four episodes. However, B&B’s head honcho, Brad Bell told TV Guide that he hopes there will be more to come, if things work out.

Let’s hope so, it will be great to see A back on our daytime screens!

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A Martinez is a good actor. Now if they reunite him and Marcy Walker, that would be great. On the downside, he’s portraying the personal physician of annoying Bill Spencer Junior and he’ll be dealing w/ even more annoying, trashbag Amber. Martinez should give some acting classes to Frantz, Gregory, Moss, LAD, Diamont, Battle, Clifton, JMW, Beemer, Lloyd and Lowder. It’s kinda hilariously convenient though how Y&R’s Olivia, and now A Martinez, racial minority Daytime thesps w/ prior popular roles on Daytime, are guesting on B&B after CBS Daytime was being pressured for diversity. Oh so now B&B cares abt racial diversity. LOL! A soap set in LA since the 80s still has no strong presence of racial minority chars. It would be great if the char of Martinez had a past romance w/ Carmen, the Latina char that was killed off for yet more storylines for trashy Amber. Carmen was Deacon’s woman/waitress since of course majority of the racial minorities are not rich on B&B while majority of the white chars are swimming in money. Carmen went nuts and brought Amber’s child Little Eric to a roof and threatened to throw him off that roof. Amber had gotten into a catfight w/ Carmen and she had plummeted to her doom. Maybe the char of Martinez could avenge Carmen’s death and kill Amber off B&B! He can kill her twin April as well. It’s ridiculous that Amber is part of Hope, Liam and Oliver’s storyline thru her pregnancy when pathetic Amber’s own child is OLDER than Hope and Steffy! Useless Amber’s worming her way into that storyline thru yet another contrived pregnancy. How creative, B&B writers! Yet she can’t get pregnant bec of her past miscarriages and kidney donation to Rick. The writers don’t respect the past storylines. It’s like when Thomas was telling Brooke how all these people were marrying while he hasn’t found the right woman. Hello? Thomas was married to Gabi, the Latina char that had to marry Thomas so she wouldn’t be deported. She was also related to the Forrester maid. Typical racial diversity storyline on B&B.

I love Martinez,I hope he will stay on B&B

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Robin Strasser Meets Kristen Alderson’s Baby Kiera in a One Life to Live Reunion

For years, Robin Strasser (ex-Dorian) and Kristen Alderson (ex-Starr) have been the best of friends and the best of co-stars. On One Life to Live, Kristen was only six-years-old when she began her journey as Todd and Blair’s daughter and met the iconic Strasser.

Now in 2024, Kristen is a new mom to her baby girl, Kiera. Strasser, who lives in New York, along with her best friend, John, traveled to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, just a few days ago to visit the Alderson family and spend the day with Kiera.

Taking to her Instagram a very happy Kristen shared, “Look at who came to visit today! Robin & her bestie John! Robin and I got all misty eyed when she met Kiera today!”

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In a very touching part of her post, Alderson expressed, “Robin is such a special person in my life, it means so much to me that we’re as close as we are. She’s just the best❤️ A great day of laughs & a great brunch spread😍”

Robin added, “I’ve been smiling since I met her. I’m a big softie for babies, but what a doll Kiera is!” The Daytime Emmy-winning star, also shared, “I’m so grateful for my ongoing friendship with Kris and Kathy. Amazing women and loyal friends!”

What do you think about Kristen and Robin’s enduring friendship and recalling their time on One Life to Live? Comment below.

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Nancy Lee Grahn’s Star-Studded ALS Fundraiser Reveals “I’ll Be There” Video Featuring Soap Opera Notables

Talk about your impressive line-up! It’s a soap fans dream and for a great cause. General Hospital’s Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis Davis) is prepping her one-night only ALS fundraiser which will feature many of her friends and co-stars.

The benefit is set for May 4th in Glendale, California. Slated to participate are Genie Francis, Jane Elliot, Peter Bergman, Maurice Benard, Eileen Davidson, Thorsten Kaye, Michelle Stafford, Stephen Nichols, Rena Sofer, Jason Thompson, Kelly Monaco, Melissa Claire Egan, Maura West, Kristina Wagner, Gregory Harrison, Trevor St. John, Kate Mansi, Kirsten Storms, Cynthia Watros, and many others.

On Wednesday, Grahn took to her social media and released an “I’ll be there” video shout-out featuring, Monaco, Elliot, Bergman, Bernard, West, Harrison, St. John and more. In a touching and important moment in the new video, Michelle Strogny, who is battling ALS, is featured.

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Previously, in speaking with Soap Opera Digest on the impetus of the event, Grahn recalled, “I was actually doing Zoom events during Covid and I met this woman that I just fell in love with, Michelle Strojny. At the time, Michelle had been living with ALS for four years. Now, it’s five years. She is a mom of a teenage son, she has the most wonderful husband, and she has been dealing with this [disease] for quite a while. And obviously, there isn’t a cure yet. It’s not survivable yet. But as she says, it’s not incurable. Nothing is; it’s underfunded. But anyway, I just really dug this woman. She is so grounded and filled with grace, and she spends all of her time working to raise money for the cause. We did a fundraiser for her last year and then I thought, ‘You know what? The soaps don’t ever get together to do something for charity.’ Collectively, we have this amazing community and we don’t collectively use it for a good cause, and I think it’s such an easy thing for us to do and we could potentially really make a difference.”

As GH viewers know, Gregory Harrison is playing the character of Gregory Chase, who is also battling ALS in a touching storyline that is currently playing out shedding a light on this disease.

For information on Nancy’s event, including the stars who are s scheduled to participate click here. To purchase tickets to the event click here.

Check out the video featuring Nancy’s friends and co-stars below.  Now let us know, your thought son the line-up for the benefit and helping raise awareness and funds for ALS research via the comment section.

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‘General Hospital’ Writer Shannon Peace Let Go, and Shares on Sprina: “One of My Only Regrets is to Not Have the Opportunity to Develop That ‘Ship’ Further”

As General Hospital’s new head writing team of Elizabeth Korte and Patrick Mulcahy gets off the ground and running, there are still changes a foot on the writing team.

Now comes word via breakdown writer Shannon Peace that she is no longer on contract with the long-running ABC soap heading into its 61st season. Peace shared a heartfelt message on her Instagram, thanking the fans, and the show for the opportunity and the importance of diversity in the writers room.

Peace began, “After almost 3 years on staff and 106 episodes penned, I am no longer on contract with General Hospital. Writing for this country’s longest running television serial drama has been an education of epic proportions; I will forever be grateful that I earned my WGA card on a daytime fixture that holds memories for so many.” (Peace pictured below with GH EP Frank Valentini and script writer, Charlotte Gibson from about ten months ago).

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Shannon added “Even more importantly, as the sole Black breakdown writer (and only POC in the writers room) during my tenure, I pushed for vital interactions and discussions that prioritized inclusion, visibility, and representation”

The writer pointed to the example of vital interaction when in story, “Stella and Portia’s frank July 2022 conversation about the role race played in Esme’s framing of Trina is just one example of the impact I’m gratified to have had.”

Acknowledging former GH co-head writers was also part of Peace’s farewell expressing, “Appreciation to my former bosses, Chris Van Etten and Dan O’Connor – not only taking a chance on me, but for valuing my opinion and championing my voice.”

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Many GH fans know that Peace was key to the development of the love story between Trina Robinson and Spencer Cassadine as played by Tabyana Ali and Nicholas Chavez. Shannon gave a special shout-out to ‘Sprina’ fans, “I also want to thank fans who were supportive of my work, especially the recognition of my love for ‘Sprina’. One of my only regrets is not having to develop that ‘ship’ further.”

She concludes her statement with,”In the aftermath of a historic writer’s strike that shed new light on the troubling ways writers are regarded in daytime, my sincere hope is that General Hospital recommits to valuing staff writer efforts and input, with a more intentional focus on diverse viewpoints — and thrives for another 60 years.”

Accompanying her post, Shannon added, “Thank you all for the love and support these last few years. I hope GH fans get all they hope for and more!”

So, what do you think about GH not renewing Shannon’s contract? Will there be more continued changes afoot? What do you think is the future of ‘Sprina’ anyway at this point as viewers wait to see if Nicholas Chavez officially returns to the show?  Comment below.

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