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EXCLUSIVE: Your Chance To Win Autographed Copies Of Eric Braeden's New Memoir, "I'll Be Damned"
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Last week, the iconic star of The Young and the Restless, Eric Braeden’s (Victor Newman) new memoir, “I’ll Be Damned” was released nationwide.
In “I’ll Be Damned: How My Young and Restless Life Led Me To America’s #1 Daytime Drama“, the actor recounts his journey from a hospital basement in Kiel to the soundstages in Los Angeles, and creating one of the most memorable and most recognized roles in all of television.
In his memoir, Eric touches on his life with his longtime supportive wife, Dale and the pride of his life, his son Christian, and his learned respect for the medium of the soap opera.
In addition, Eric reflects on his castmates, his love of staying fit, sports, and growing up in war-torn Germany, and the impact of the unspeakable atrocities of Adolf Hitler.
Throughout the book, Braeden share how he learned about privilege and poverty, and how it deeply affected and shaped his life. As for his incredible castmates including: Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki), Christian LeBlanc (Michael), Doug Davidson (Paul), Kristoff St. John (Neil,) and others, Braeden cites moments through the years with his fellow thespians that many may have never known.
So, you think you know Victor Newman? On-Air On-Soaps is offering a chance for five fans to receive an autographed signed copy by Eric Braeden of “I’ll Be Damned”.
Here’s how it works … the first five fans to answer the questions correctly 1-5, will receive the signed memoir. Just post your answers in the comment section below. We will email you if you have won the book. Notification by On-Air On-Soaps will happen by no later than this coming Wednesday, November 17th. Once we email you that you are winner, you have 48 hours to respond back with your mailing address and phone number, or we will go to the next winner on the list.
Here are the questions below to win the signed copies!
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1) Where was the location of Victor and Nikki’s first attempt to wed, and then their actual legal wedding?
2) Which actors played Victor Newman’s mother and father?
3) Which character did Victor Newman imprison in his basement bomb shelter at his ranch house?
4) Where was the location of Victor’s final moments with his son Adam, before Adam perished?
5) What disorder befell Victor after he suffered a head injury while rescuing Nikki from a carjacking attempt?
Post your answers in the comment section below and number them 1-5. Good-luck!
1) first attempt was at the hospital . Legal wedding was at Colonade Room
2) Dorothy McGuire and George Kennedy
3) Michael, Julia’s lover
4) Cabin
5) Epilepsy
If my memory is correct, The hospital was located in St Croix
Character left in cabin was Adam
The epilepsy is called Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
1. Their first attempt was at Victor’s hospital bedside after he has been shot in the groin. Their actual first wedding was held in the Colonade Room.
2. His father was played by George Kennedy, and his mother by Dorothy McGuire.
3. Michael
4. A cabin in the woods where Adam was waiting to reunite with Chelsea and Connor and fly out of town.
5. Epilepsy
Okay
Number one:The first attempt was at the hospital in St.Croix after Victor was shot and then they did get married at the Bayou.
Number two:Dorothy McGuire played Cora Miller and George Kennedy played Albert miller
Number three :Julia
Number four:secluded cabin cause Victor has kidnapped him
Number five:temporal lobe epilepsy
I hope I win
Typo on number three it was Michael julia’s lover
Okay redoing my answers
1 St.Croix and the colonnade room
2.Dorothy McGuire and George Kennedy
3.Michael
4.Secluded cabin
5.Temporal lobe epilepsy
Final answers and good luck everybody
1) first attempt was at the hospital . Legal wedding was at Colonade Room
2) Dorothy McGuire and George Kennedy
3) Michael, Julia’s lover
4) Cabin
5) Epilepsy
I have been beaten in the answer department but just wanted to comment that I am interested in reading his memoir. Eric has led a very interesting life and has an interesting perspective because of it.
I will purchase this book—hope it does well.
It’s available in digital form on Amazon.com.
I read it using the Kindle App on my iPad.
1. In the hospital ( victor had been shot). – 2nd time was The Bayou.
2. George Kennedy. Dorothy McGuire
3. Michael- Julia’s lover.
4. The cabin where Adam was hiding out at.
5. Epilepsy.
Keeping my fingers crossed.
1) In a hosptial in St. Croix. The Collande Room
2) George Kennedy and Dorothy McGuire
3) Michael Scott
4) In a secluded cabin Vicboria had Adam taken to while he waited to leave the country
5) Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
1) Hospital and Legal wedding at Colonade Room
2) Dorothy McGuire & George Kennedy
3) Michael, Julia’s lover
4) Cabin
5) Epilepsy
1. First try was in the hospital in St. Croix, first legal wedding was at the Colonnade Room.
2. Mother played by Dorothy McGuire, father played by George Kennedy.
3. Michael, Julia’s lover.
4. At a cabin in the woods.
5. Epilepsy.
1. Hospital. Legal at Colonade Room.
2. Dorothy McGuire. George Kennedy.
3. Michael Scott – Julia’s lover.
4. Cabin.
5. Epilepsy.
1. First attempt was in a hospital in St. Croix and the legal wedding was at the Colonnade room in Genoa City.
2. Dorothy McGuire (Cora Miller) and George Kennedy (Albert Miller)
3. Michael Scott
4. Secluded cabin outside of town
5. Temporal lobe epilepsy
1. First attempt was in St. Croix and then the Colonnade room
2. Dorothy McGuire played Cora and George Kennedy played Albert (best scenes in YR history)
3. Michael
4. The cabin Victor rented
5. Temporal lobe epilepsy
And by Michael I don’t mean Baldwin…I mean Julia’s lover
1. First attempt was at the hospital and second attempt was at the Collanade Room in Genoa City.
2. Dorothy McGuire and George Kennedy
3. Michael Scott
4. The cabin out of town
5. Epilepsy
Legal attempt was at the Collanade Room.
1. First attempt was at the hospital and second attempt was at The Collanade Room.
2. Dorothy McGuire and George Kennedy
3. Michael Scott
4.The cabin out of town
5. Epilepsy
1. st criox then cancelled and married in colonnade room
2. albert miller and cora miller were parents played by
Dorothy McGuire and George Kennedy
3. julias BF michael scott was held in dungeon in basement till she
released him
4. Prison before transfer arranged by victor for his escape
5. head injury
number 4 was where he was taken to cabin but don’t remember victor going there to seehim
1)the colonnade room
2) Dorothy MgGuire and George Kennedy
3) Michael Scott
4) the cabin
5) epilepsy
First try was in the hospital in St. Croix, first legal wedding was at the Colonnade Room.
2. Mother played by Dorothy McGuire, father played by George Kennedy.
3. Michael, Julia’s lover.
4. At a cabin in the woods.
5. Epilepsy.
1-first attempt at the hospital in St.Croix… Finally at the Colonnade Room.
2-Wonderful Dorothy McGuire (Mother), and the Great George Kennedy (Father).
3-Michael
4-Cabin
5-Epilepsy
Eric Braeden has delivered brilliant performances for decades…BRAVO‼️‼️‼️‼️
1 The hospital then the legal wedding was at Colonade Room
2 Dorothy McGuire and George Kennedy
3 Michael, Julia’s lover
4 Cabin
5 Epilepsy
Wedding in the hospital george Kennedy and Dorothy Mcguire played his parents, Michael, a cabinet in the woods where he met.adam,
1. Hospital in St. Croix, Legal wedding in the Colonnade Room Genoa City
2. Dorothy McGuire and George Kennedy
3. Michael Scott, Julia’s lover
4. Cabin
5. Temperal Lobe Epilepsy
Love Young & The Restless
Would love this book for myself but hoping to win it for my 82 year old mom who has followed this Soap for as long as I can remember the very beginning. She loves Victor and Eric Braeden
I ordered 2 Autographed books. Where are they? I’d appreciate an immediate update.
It looks like the current run of Lucas Adams (Noah) and Tamara Braun (Sienna) on The Young and the Restless is coming to an end, after the Monday, August 3 edition of the CBS daytime drama revealed that Noah and Sienna are leaving Genoa City and heading back to Los Angeles.
In the storyline, Noah informed his mother, Sharon (Sharon Case) and half-sister Mariah (Camryn Grimes) that he and Sienna made the decision to move back to the West Coast to put distance between themselves and Matt Clark (Roger Howarth). Although Noah did not say it was a permanent move, he did assure his mom that once Matt is hopefully gone from Genoa City they could return.
However, as previewed already on the video teaser for this week’s episodes of Y&R (see below), it appears Noah left Genoa City’s The Shadow Room to be run by a returning Danny Romalotti (Michael Damian). So with that, coupled with today’s episode, it would appear the move could wind up being more permanent.
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COMINGS AND GOINGS
Adams made his Y&R debut on November 4, 2025 as the successor to Rory Gibson who last played Noah on-screen in April of 2023. Earlier in 2025, Gibson took over the role of Michael Corinthos on Genera Hospital replacing Chad Duell, who stepped away from the part after 15 years.
Braun who played Adam’s mother on Days of Our Lives when she was Ava Vitali and he was Tripp Dalton, first appeared on Y&R back on October 14, 2025, where we soon learned she had become Noah’s lover as the new character, Sienna Bacall. It should be noted, Adams was on contract with the number #1 soap, while Braun has been on recurring status.
With Josh Griffith now exited as head writer of The Young and the Restless, and the newly announced co-head writing team of Jamey Giddens and Dan O’Connor having taken his place and starting their new tenure this week, it will be interesting to see how the duo resets the show, and if a Noah and Sienna return is in the cards for the future or not.
So, what do you think about the seeming departures of Lucas Adams and Tamara Braun from The Young and the Restless? Weigh-in via the comment section. But first, check out our recent live chat with Tamara and Lucas on the Michael Fairman Channel.
Rosie O’Donnell revealed that she plans to head back to a seat at the table of ABC’s morning talk show The View.
The announcement came during Monday’s episode of The Tangle Podcast where she shared she will participate in “in whatever way they want” her or “just as a guest” for its upcoming 30th season.
The View’s season 30 will kick-off this fall in September. O’Donnell explained, “They’re bringing back all the hosts, I think. And, you know, I’m pretty proud of that show, what it’s become and how it really speaks to the people and to politics.”
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ROSIE ON HER PREVIOUS GO-ROUNDS ON THE VIEW
As fans of The View know, O’Donnell famously had two different one-year stints on the talk show in 2007 and again in 2014- 2015. She often feuded with then co-host Elizabeth Hasselbeck.
However, during her discussion with host, Kyle Ridley on The Tangle Podcast, O’Donnell also noted she often had tense moments with longtime moderator and anchor, Whoopi Goldberg.
O’Donnell also expressed, “Many, many people got the short end of the stick there. It was, you know, it was a factory where people were being churned in and out and their tenuous security, nobody got to be calm. It also was a show at the time that was run by a man. A show created by a woman, for women, about women, and the man was deciding what we should talk about. And that didn’t sit right with me, you know.”
Back in 2023, Brooke Shields had asked Rosie on her podcast, Now What? with Brooke Shields, about how she felt on her two stints at The View and all the controversy that surrounded it. Rosie at that time, stated, “I know this, it’s not the best use of my talent to get in a show where I have to argue and defend basic principles of humanity and kindness. It was not something I’d ever do again.”
You can check out the clip with Rosie and Kyle Ridley discussing her return to The View in some form for its upcoming 30th season below.
Then weigh-in: Would you be excited to see Rosie, even for a one-day or a week guest stint on the upcoming celebratory season of The View, or not so much? Let us know via the comment section.
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General Hospital Fan Club Weekend brought out many of your favorites to the four day event; with the main cast gathering on Saturday, August 1. Fans near and far attended the weekend held this year at the Burbank Marriott Hotel. Whether it be the main cast event or the smaller more intimate events featuring two or three cast members a great time was had by all.
Some of the cast participating in the main cast event included: Cyrus Hobbi (Yuri), Gary James Fuller (James), Bradford Anderson (Spinelli), Viron Weaver (Wiley), Paige Herschell (Jacinda), Chris McKenna (Brennan), Josh Kelly (Cody), Kayden Brenna Tokarsi (Scout), Cassandra James (Terry), Laura Wright (Carly), Dominic Zamprogna (Dante), Carolyn Hennesy (Diane), Rick Hearst (Ric), Adrian Anchondo (ex-Marco), and Chloe Lanier (ex-Nelle).
In addition to, Van Hansis (Lucas), Cameron Mathison (Drew), Ryan Paevey (ex-Cassius), Easton Rocket Sweda (Leo), Maurice Benard (Sonny), Kristen Vaganos (Molly), Nancy Lee Grahn (Alexis), Kate Mansi (ex-Kristina), Rebecca Herbst (Elizabeth), Cynthia Watros (Nina), Kristina Wagner (Felicia) and more.
Take a look at some of the snaps from the main event arrivals below:
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GH’s Rick Hearst with on-screen daughter, Kristen Vaganos, plus Nancy Lee Grahn, and Kate Mansi.
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GH’s Maurice Benard on-hand to meet the fans.
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Jack Brennan in the house … Chris McKenna.
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Adrian Anchondo, Van Hansis and Anchondo’s boyfriend, Days of Our Lives, Colton Little.
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GH’s Josh Kelly and his gal, the former Nelle Benson of Port Charles, Chloe Lanier.
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Who is James’ father? Not Cassius or Spinelli, actually. Actors Gary James Fuller, Ryan Paevey and Bradford Anderson!
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One of General Hospital’s newest cast members, Kayden Brenna Tokarski attends her first GHFCW event.
Check out some more arrival images featuring: Laura Wright (Carly), Cassandra James (Terry), Carolyn Hennesy (Diane) and more in the gallery below.
Michael Fairman TV will be adding more images to this post in the day ahead.
So, were you glad to see so many of your GH favorites attending this year’s General Hospital Fan Club Weekend? Let us know via the comment section.
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