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Will ‘General Hospital’ Alum, Demi Moore, Win the Oscar for Best Actress?
It’s Hollywood’s biggest night of the year, when this Sunday, March 2nd, the 97th Annual Academy Awards are broadcast live on ABC beginning at 7PM ET/4PM PT.
General Hospital alum Demi Moore (ex-Jackie Templeton, 1982-1984), is the current odds-on favorite to take home the gold for Best Actress for her performance as aging Hollywood starlet, Elisabeth Sparkle in the film, The Substance. But, could there be an upset from Mikey Madison for her performance in Anora or another one of this year’s nominees?
Thus far during awards season, Moore has captured Lead Actress victories at the Critics Choice, Golden Globes for Actress in a Comedy/Musical, Screen Actors Guild and AARP Movies for Grownups. Madison has taken home the prize at the BAFTA’s and the Independent Spirit Awards. Competing alongside Moore and Madison are: Fernanda Torres for I’m Still Here, who also took home the Golden Globes for Actress in a Drama, Karla Sofía Gascón in Emilia Pérez and Cynthia Erivo in Wicked.
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Other General Hospital alums have won Oscars including: Jamie Ray Newman (ex-Kristina Cassadine, 2001-2003) when she received the gold statuette for producing the Live Action Short film, The Skin with her husband, Guy Nattiv in 2019. And even though she won her two Lead Actress Oscars before ever appearing on General Hospital, screen icon, Elizabeth Taylor (ex-Helena Cassadine, 1981) won for Butterfield 8 (1960) and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966).
Back in 2021, actor K.J. Apa talked with Moore in a conversation about their careers in Interview Magazine, when she said about first big acting gig on General Hospital, “I was fully faking it till I made it. I had no clue what I was doing.”
Now with films under her belt such as Ghosts, Indecent Proposal, GI Jane, Disclosure and so many more, Hollywood looks to be ready to give Moore her due at age 62-years-old.
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Moore was featured in a segment called “Soap Starts” on Netflix’s broadcast of the 31st annual SAG Awards last weekend, which featured celebrities who got their first big break in soap operas. Demi was shown in a scene from General Hospital opposite Tony Geary as Luke Spencer. In case you missed it, you can find it at the 1:47:00 mark before the Lead Actor award is given off.
Later, when Demi was named Lead Actress during her SAG Award acceptance speech, she shared, “As I was thinking about this night, I realized I hadn’t thought back to when I got my membership to this incredible organization. It was in 1978. I was 15, almost 16, and it changed my life because it gave me meaning, it gave me purpose, and it gave me direction because I was a kid on my own who had no blueprint for life, and I certainly knew nothing about acting, but I watched. And I listened, and I learned from all of you. You have all been my greatest teachers. And I am so, so grateful that I have continued over these so many years to be able to try and sometimes succeed and sometimes fail, but to be able to keep going.”
So, do you think Demi Moore will take home the Oscar for Best Actress on Sunday night for her performance in The Substance at 97th annual Academy Awards? Share your thoughts and picks via the comment section.
Demi totally deserves it
After learning some details from her memoir, it’s a miracle she is even alive. What a survivor she is. I certainly wouldn’t mind at all if she won. And I remember her on GH and I always liked her. I wish her the best.
Mikey Madison for the Win… Hands down… the most nunanced and the most dynamic perforamnce out of all the other contenders including, Demi. She was a total let-down.
The Oscar will go to Mikey Madison for Anora!
In the words of Blanche dDvereaux, “Damn, I’m good“… Anora won 5 out of 6 Oscar Awards including Best Actress, Mikey Madison and the film itself, Anora for Best Picture!!!
Demi did give quite a performance in a jarring film. My gut is saying that Mikey Madison will pull it out in a good night for Anora.
Anora is a terrible movie – a heterosexual male fantasy movie, and Madison’s performance is horrible – screeching and totally unpleasant. Anora is one of the worst movies of 2024.
I’m not a hetero male, and I, like many others, appreciated her performance (and the film).
OG Steve, I‘m with you on this one… I’ve seen Anora three times and it will win best picture, no doubt and Mickey Madison will definitely get the Oscar for Lead Actress, no doubt.
It’s equally important to note and acknowledge that Fernanda Torres won the Golden Globe (2025) for Best Performance by a Female Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama.
Demi Moore won the same title yet it was for Comedy/Musical. I didn’t find the film comical, whatsoever.
I’m still rooting for Mikey Madison for Anita…. Though, don’t discount Torres.
Mikey for the win
Good call! I second that with you, Jeremy, and OG Steve, too, the actress nailed every single scene for Lead Actress in Anora. Mikey Madison was flawless. She completely killed it!.
*Anora
While I personally would cast my vote for Fernanda Torres I expect Demi Moore to win. She’s my #2. So long as Mikey Madison doesn’t win for that awful screechy Anora performance (and what a terrible choice for BP!) I can be happy. Demi was terrific, especially the scene when she is getting ready for her date and not liking what she sees in her mirror.
The irony of Demi Moore losing to the gawd-awful pretty young thing Mikey Madison for her shrieking for two hours in the truly terrible Anora is that the theme of The Substance is precisely that older women are denied in our society in favor of younger women. Mikey Madison, who has done NOTHING in her short career won because the older men of the academy want to have sex with her so voted for the hetero male fantasy movie about the prostitute who married a hot young John who purchases her, she has lots of drugs and sex – which is glorified, and she is attacked and attacks and uses her body. Anora is a vile movie in myriad ways. People have completely lost their minds.
I feel so bad for Demi Moore and also for Fernanda Torres, who both gave great performances but they are older and therefore lose to the pretty younger woman who has far less talent. Blech!
Somehow you’ll survive. The narrative that Mikey only won because hetero males desire her falls apart once you consider the female and gay male voting blocks.
Anora winning a block of awards (including a record setting 4 Oscars in one night for Sean Baker) solidifies its strength as a film. Well done.
The latest ratings are out for the week of October 26-30, 2026 and the big takeaways include: that CBS daytime’s Beyond the Gates was separated by only 23,000 viewers behind third place (of the soaps) General Hospital! For the last several weeks, Beyond the Gates has been closing the gap on this year’s winner for Outstanding Daytime Drama Series, and continuing to best GH in the key demos.
According to the latest Nielsen ratings breakdown from Soap Opera Network, the final week of October brought Beyond the Gates 1.790 million on average tuning-in and the show set a season high in total viewers. Meanwhile, General Hospital hit a new season low! The long-running ABC soap had 1.813 million for the week, and once again the series did not go over the 2 million mark.
Meanwhile, in the key Women 18-49 demo, Beyond the Gates was firmly ahead of GH with a rating share of 0.21, while General Hospital had 0.17 rating share.Then, in the key Women 25-54 demo, Beyond the Gates was once again ahead of the ABC soap with a ratings share for that demo at 0.30 while GH came in with 0.26.
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MORE BY THE NUMBERS
In addition and comparatively, Beyond the Gates +22,000 viewers week-to-week, and had the largest gains in viewership year-to-year in daytime TV with +267,000 from this in 2025.. However, General Hospital seems to be going in reverse. The show was down -56,000 viewers week-over-week and down -22,000 year-over-year .
BEYOND THE GATES
Let’s take a look at some of the storylines that had people tuning-in to Beyond the Gates during the ratings week:
Hayley (Marquita Goings) attempted a massive shocker regarding her pregnancy and tried to use it to extract money from Bill Hamilton (Timon Kyle Durrett). Although, Bill saw right through her game, he demanded a paternity test, and made it clear he has no intention of raising the child—planning instead to pay her off to take the baby and leave. Meanwhile, Hayley confided her plan to her cousin Randy (Maurice P. Kerry).
Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) and Naomi Hamilton (Arielle Prepetit) clashed over Jacob’s ongoing investigation into The Impaler, causing significant strain in their marriage. At the same time, Smitty (Mike Manning) considered taking matters into his own hands—including potentially heading to Mexico for evidence—while Martin Richardson (Brandon Claybon) worried about what comes next.
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GENERAL HOSPITAL
Over at General Hospital for the ratings period, the story served up included:
Carly (Laura Wright) and Valentin (James Patrick Stuart) teamed up to investigate what really happened to Jack Brennan (Chris McKenna). Later, Danny (Asher Antonyzyn) leads them to Jack’s dead body.
Jude (Wil Traval) dropped a bombshell claim to Alexis (Nancy Lee Grahn); that he is Phoebe’s father, while Brook Lynn (Amanda Setton) and Chase (Josh Swickard) signed their divorce papers.
Then, Danny caught Rocco (Finn Carr) and Scout (Kayden Brenna Tokarski) sharing a kiss, plus the shocking return of Heather Webber (Alley Mills) capped the week.
Now the questions become; without having much promotional synergy in the ABC day-part to draw more eyeballs it is not helping but hurting General Hospital. It seems Beyond the Gates is also a benefactor of a one-two-three punch of CBS soaps (Y&R, B&B and BTG) and promotion.
However, that still doesn’t take away the fact that Beyond the Gates is close to besting GH in all ratings category as they go head-to-head in some markets across the country.
So, are you excited to see Beyond the Gates climb in the ratings? Are you concerned for General Hospital? Do you think they can stave off Beyond the Gates in total viewers or will the upstart soap overtake them in the next ratings report? Share your thoughts in the comment section.
Antonio Sabáto Jr., the former Jagger Cates of General Hospital and GH: Night Shift, and the former Dante Damiano of The Bold and the Beautiful has issued his first public statement since the incident involving his son, Jack’s arrest in Alaska for a fatal hit-and-run.
Jack is the son of Sabáto Jr. and Oscar-nominated actress Virginia Madsen, and according to court documents obtained by KTUU Jack, was allegedly driving a white Chevy Tahoe when he hit and killed Carl Simmonds, 42, near an intersection in Anchorage around 5:35 a.m. on Monday, November 9.
The reports indicated that Jack fled the scene — but later decided to called the cops to say he hit “something” that “suddenly appeared in the road” while he was “doing late-night DoorDashing.”
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Now, Antonio has taken to his Instagram breaking his silence on the situation, sharing, “At this time, my family and I are navigating an extremely sensitive and deeply personal matter.”
He added, “As a father, my love for my children remains unconditional, and my priority is the well-being of my family. We ask that the public and members of the media honor our privacy during this difficult time and keep us all in your thoughts and prayers.”
The soap alum concluded, “I also wish to extend my heartfelt condolences to the family and loved ones of the gentleman who tragically lost his life. My thoughts and prayers are with them as well. We sincerely appreciate your compassion, understanding, and respect for the privacy of everyone affected.”
Jack Sabáto was arraigned in court on Tuesday, November 10 with bail set at $5,000, and a no-driving order and the potential of $5,000 penalty fees if he fails to attend future court appearances.
Antonio is the father to Jack, 34, daughter, Mina Sabato, 24 and son, Antonio Sabáto III, 15.
This is a developing story. You can check out Antonio’s official statement below.
So, let us know your thoughts on this tragic hit-and-run, which claimed the life of another man, and Antonio’s statement, via the comment section below.
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Sonny (Maurice Benard) and Ava’s (Maura West) daughter Avery looks quite different, starting on today’s November 9 episode of General Hospital. That’s because GH has made Avery into a full-blown teenager and the role is now being played by actress Alya Bullington.
In her debut, the Tennessee native was thrown into the deep soap waters with Daytime Emmy winners, Maurice Benard and Eden McCoy (Josslyn). Bullington weighed-in to TV Insider about her first scene which featured Avery overhearing a fight between Sonny and Josslyn.
She explained “It was something I have never done before, I did not have a lot of experience with the screaming and the crying stuff, but I got my first script, and I was like, ‘OK, this is a huge opportunity to learn so much about how that stuff works and to become this character that I have never even tried playing before.’”
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THE TEENAGED VERSION OF AVERY WILL HAVE A LOT TO CONTEND WITH
Speaking of working with McCoy, Bullington shared, “She’s incredible. I remember her just laughing and making jokes on set, and then the minute that they started taping, she just locked in and she cried immediately, and my first thought was, ‘I want to be able to do that.’
The soap opera newcomer added, “I think she just inspired me so much because she is so great and she can just lock into whatever character she wants to in the moment.”
The character of Avery was born back in 2014, but as recently as the October 8 episode of General Hospital, the character was suddenly referred to as a teenager. This is the second young female character in recent months to be aged up following the casting of Kayden Brenna Tokarski as Scout Cain.
As for her take on Avery and what’s ahead, Alya said,“She’s emotional, and she’s curious, and she’s a really fun person to play because so much stuff is happening in her life. I think she’s kind of confused about what’s happening and what to believe.”
So, what do you think about General Hospital making Avery a teenager? Are you excited to see the conflict between Sonny, Ava and Avery now that they have aged up the character? Share your thoughts and welcome Alya to GH via the comment section below.
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