By Michele Dargan [Note: This article was originally published in the Palm Beach Daily News] While being a caregiver to her elderly parents, actress Tina Sloan set out to write a book about the experience. But as she was writing, Sloan happened to look down at her feet. “I was in black flats, and I [...]

By Michele Dargan Hey Kim Zimmer fans! For a short time, you will have the chance to see Kim appearing in the Off-Broadway show “Love, Loss and What I Wore Thursday” for a reduced price. Kim (Echo/OLTL, Reva/GL) will be appearing, as part of a rotating cast, from Feb. 16 – March 20 at the [...]

By Michele Dargan Hey Gang! Last night, Silas Kain of Delibernation BlogTalkRadio Show – and a Soapbox1 contributor – launched his Surge on Soaps week. We all know that soaps are being cancelled right and left….As The World Turns will air its final show on CBS this Friday… Silas refuses to acknowledge that this will [...]

By Michele Dargan It’s sad to see the soaps dying – one-by-one. Last year, Guiding Light. This year, As The World Turns. Ugh! For someone like me, who’s been watching soaps for more than 40 years, It’s just plain sad….sad to see what soaps have become. I look back on the old days of soap [...]

By Joshua “Steamboat: Most Loved Soap. “Today’s Episode of Steamboat is Brought To You By Lactene for milky hair. It’s Not Silky, It’s Milky, With Lactene.” This is the phrase that ends episode one and begins every episode thereafter of the most talked about, new online soap “Steamboat”, which was created by Michael O’Leary (ex-Rick [...]

By Joshua I know this was announced a few months ago, but it really took this long to hit me. After 54 long years on the air – after marriages, divorces, deaths, births, baby switches, broken engagements, affairs, mental breakdowns, comas, and so much more – As the World Turns has been canceled. This is [...]

I’ve watched a lot of different soap operas over the years. But Guiding Light was not one of those that I regularly followed. I do, however, have fond memories of going to visit my grandmother on weekday afternoons and she would be watching Guiding Light. Regardless of whether one watched GL or not, it is [...]

It is so great to have the opportunity to get up close and personal with your favorite soap star. It really is just pure fun! Most of the soap actors/actresses who I have met over the years are so gracious and friendly and so happy to meet and greet the fans. At any rate, while [...]

Mandy Bruno and Rob Bogue, who play lovebirds Marina and Mallet on Guiding Light, are engaged in real life as well. The soap stars, who were in Orlando last week for a fan event, spent some of their free time Friday at Discovery Cove, swimming with Atlantic bottlenose dolphins and relaxing on pristine beaches. Bogue [...]