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GH’s Josh Swickard to Star in HBO Max’s ‘A Hollywood Christmas’

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Holiday films are all the rage these days and many of them feature past and present soap stars.  Now comes casting news that General Hospital’s Josh Swickard (Chase) will be seen in HBO Max’s upcoming film, A Hollywood Christmas.

According to Deadline, in story, the film centers on Jessica, a young, up-and-coming filmmaker in Hollywood who has made a name for herself directing Christmas movies. But when handsome network executive Christopher shows up threatening to halt production on her latest movie, Jessica’s assistant, Reena, points out the irony: Jessica isn’t just trying to save her Christmas movie, she’s actually living in one. Jessica must now juggle all the classic tropes—her actors falling in and out of love, a wayward elf dog, and her own stirring romantic feelings for her perceived nemesis—in order to get her movie and her life to their happy endings. The romantic comedy cast includes Jessika Van, Anissa Borrego, Riley Dandy, Zak Steiner, Tom Williamson, Emelia Hartford, Missi Pyle, and Swickard.

Look for A Hollywood Christmas to premiere on HBO Max on December 1st.

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Another name familiar to soaps, Eddie Cibrian (Ex-Sunset Beach and Y&R) will star in another HBO Max holiday film, when he is part of the cast in A Christmas Mystery, which bows a week for Swickard’s flick on November 24th.

So, looking forward to seeing Josh and Eddie in the new HBO Max Christmas films? Comment below.

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So this is why HBO Max recently killed about half their schedule…. so they could compete with Hallmark & Lifetime for the Cheesy Xmas Movie market??

And people still believe the Devil controls Hollywood?? As if….

Satan…Many times these “cheesy” Hallmark, Lifetime movies are a welcome relief from the soap formula like B&B, Y&R and GH has been giving us lately. For me there are next to no characters to like. Top of my list are Steffy, her mom, Victoria, Ridge, Thomas, Carly. And storywise Sheila’s recent gun shooting spree, and now the dark story about Ava getting attacked. Why not throw in more fun, love and adventure? The only story I am interested in right now is how Chance and Nick are trying to figure out their moral conflicts re the Ashland police report.

That genre of movies doesn’t do anything for me, but a Devil has no problem with anybody else watching them. At least it’s keeping actors & writers employed…. as opposed to the endless steaming piles of “reality” dragonshit piling up on most other channels.

But I do think it’s excessive that they start running the Xmas movies in October, and don’t stop until February or so. And 98% of the movies have the exact same plot…. single lonely female has to leave her big city job and return to her hometown to save some local whatever, and falls in love with some guy there who may or may not be the “real” Santa Claus.

As far as the B&B or Y&R characters go…. I can’t help you there. The CBS soaps don’t air down here in Hell.

Satan…I agree Hallmark, etc can get excessive if you binge. I do pick and chose, and you are right it does keep actors employed, some from the soaps. Oh, you forgot to add Christmas In July movies starting mid summer. And there are probably six to seven more plots including single, developer guy from the big city who wants to change a small town into a big resort town. Gosh it’s hard to watch anything interesting anymore. What do you mean you don’t get B&B and Y&R down there. They have stories and characters that are perfectly suited for your domain. :)))

I don’t get HBO MAX but am happy Josh is getting other work. He’s become a good actor and seems like a genuinely nice person. And he’s the perfect holiday movie leading man, beyond handsome and with a cheerful persona. Hopefully the movie will reach DVD and I will get to see it.

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More of the Story on ‘General Hospital’ Star Josh Kelly’s Latest Film Role in ‘The Workout’

We had previously shared that General Hospital’s Josh Kelly was taking three weeks away from his role of Cody Bell to a shoot a role in an upcoming movie entitled The Workout.

Josh originally revealed his role in the film during an episode of GH castmates, Steve Burton (Jason) and Bradford Anderson’s (Spinelli) podcast.

Now Deadline has filled in some of the blanks, and shared some intriguing intel on the premise of the film and its back-story.  The film stars Kelly along with Peter Jae, and UFC Fighter, Ashlee Evans-Smith. Other cast members include The Bay’s Kristos Andrews.

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In The Workout, two army rangers set out to create a workout video, but their plans are abruptly halted when a mob hit interrupts their filming. Tragically, one of the rangers loses his wife in the attack, sending him on a relentless mission to take down the mob and anyone who stands in his way.

The film from James Cullen Bressack, almost did not get financed.  Apparently, ten days before his birthday, Bressack made a post on Instagram about the feature and production, casting, and financing came from the post … illustrating the power of social media. After the post gained traction, a producer provided financing and actors expressed interest in joining the project, leading to a quick production.

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In a statement, Bressack shared, “As artists a painter paints, a musician makes music, a writer writes, but as filmmakers we have to ask permission to create. It’s time to change that narrative. This film spawned from a necessity to create. We create. We tell stories. We play pretend. I’m excited to take this journey. This is the truest form of collaboration and a community of friends coming together to make something fun. While our industry has had a rough time recently with strikes and a possible strike looming in the future, it’s nice to remind ourselves why we got into film to begin with. To have fun telling stories.”

No word yet on when The Workout will be released.

So, looking forward to seeing this collaborative effort featuring GH’s Josh Kelly? Comment below.

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51st Annual Daytime Emmy Nominations Set to Be Announced

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences revealed on Wednesday via X, that this year’s 51st annual Daytime Emmy Nominations are set to be announced in full on Friday, April 19th at 12 pm ET/9 am PT.

However, four of the top award category nominations will be revealed on Thursday, April 18th across four entertainment news programs to kick things off.

Those include this Thursday episodes of Access Hollywood, E! News, Entertainment Tonight and Extra. Over the past few years, NATAS has often let the syndicated entertainment news program handle the duties of revealing the top actor and actress in a daytime drama series, but we shall see which categories the shows unveil this year.

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As previously announced, the 51st annual Daytime Emmy Awards will be presented in ceremonies on Friday night, June 7th on CBS (8 – 10 PM, ET/delayed PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on-demand on Paramount+*.

The awards will be back at The Bonaventure hotel in downtown Los Angeles, where (the delayed due to the actors and writers strike) 50th annual Daytime Emmy Awards were held back in December of 2023.

Look for the full nominations to be posted right here at Michael Fairman TV and you can follow along on Friday on the Daytime Emmys social platforms as well.

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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 Daytime Emmy Nominations will honor the work and achievement from the calendar year of 2023.

So, who would you like to see in the running for gold when the Daytime Emmy nominations in the key acting and show categories are revealed? Share your thoughts below.

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General Hospital’s Adam J. Harrington Weighs-in On John and Carly, and How it’s ‘Starting to Get Very Complicated”

On recent episodes of General Hospital, Carly (Laura Wright) came to John “Jagger” Cates (Adam Harrington) rescue as he was beaten down in an assault. Carly put on her “nurses cap,” sort of speak, and got John to his hotel room and watched over to him, to make sure he didn’t lose consciousness.

GH fans also got their first glimpse of what may be a new romance for Carly, if she and John continue to bond.  If John and Carly were to have a relationship, it would certainly have a ripple effect with Jason (Steve Burton) and Sonny (Maurice Benard).

Adam J. Harrington shared his view on the scenes and what might be next between the two. Speaking to Soap Opera Digest, Harrington shared, “I thought it was written in a way where there’s an understanding and a respect between them both. I don’t think there was any moment where she was not aware that he’s an FBI agent, and there was no moment that he wasn’t aware of her history and relationship to other people in the town. I really liked it. I was really looking forward to shooting it with Laura and we had a really nice time shooting it.”

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When Carly and John part ways, it seems there were some romantic sparks, as Harrington puts it, “Isn’t that interesting that sometimes with people, the one moment they actually show how they feel is when they know there’s an escape hatch. They know they’re about to walk away. So, it’s almost safe in that moment to do it. I thought that was really special about how (the writers) handled John and Carly. Even the music in that scene was beautifully done.”

Where is this all heading? Conflict! Internally and professionally, and as Adam explains, “Who Carly was to John on paper as just a tool to be used as bait is starting to get very complicated.”

What would you think of a John and Carly pairing? Would you prefer him with Anna, or neither of them? Let us know via the comment section and take our poll below.

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