Life's a Bitch, and
then you Die
As Katherine
Chancellor's portrayer Jeanne Cooper spins the yarn, it's been "18 years"
since she met Marge Cotrooke. Actually, she met Marge in 1989 but who's
counting? Cooper, elderly soap star she, says playing the dual role is
"harder" this time around.
"It's ten times the
work now than it was then, because of the way it's written," Cooper squawked
in a published report.
"I have globs of dialogue between Marge and Kay - pages and pages of scenes.
And, of course, I have to memorize all that dialogue and think about how
each character is reacting to the other, because I have to turn around and
play the other part. [...] and we're using the split-screen technique."
Yikes! Modern technology be damned! Those complicated plot lines are bad
enough.
And what happened to Marge's gold tooth and the red wig which may have
helped to make the regurgitated yarn believable?
"Marge lost it," Cooper laughs. "She's dyed her hair blonde".
White Kids Wanted
No word on
whose kids they might be, a casting call is out for two white kids aged 3-4
who are "cute and sweet" and for little tykes reek of "personality." The
little ones should be "comfortable with strangers" and not seeing their
parents for days at a time.
Meantime, a rapidly
aged Abby Carlton is being sought. White, "pretty, smart, and energetic",
Abby will turn either 14 or 15 and should be somewhat "preppy" since she's
another spoiled, rich kid.
Funeral for an Old Lady?
About damn
time, the GCN has learned Nina Webster McNeil will return to Genoa City next
month for what is being hyped as "a big event" very likely the funeral for
Katherine Chancellor, who it had been reported earlier was to leave GC with
a "big bang". Also said to be returning, Chancellor's son Brock Reynolds and
Jack Abbott's mother, Dina Mergeron. Watch too for a possible return of
Clint Radison, the mastermind behind Chancellor's kidnapping.
Is Paris Burning?
In Paris to get some peace and quiet and away from his toxic family, a hell
of sorts will descend upon Victor Newman when next month - did she ever
legally change her last name - Nikki Newman Chow will ask Ashley Abbott to
intervene.
Obviously having cause to do whatever she can to assist, since Ashley stole
Victor's sperm, when it's learned that Victor is in France the baby-killing
bitch will drop what she's doing, zoom to Paris and lo, she'll find Victor
in need of a woman's touch.
Saddled with two jobs, needed at Newman Enterprises because otherwise the
company will collapse, his magazine understaffed, Nick Newman will fly off
to Paris in search of his daddy as will Sharon Abbott because, well, fate
awaits her near certain divorce from Jack Abbott.
Things get crazier when dumb as dirt magazine publisher Phyllis Newman
travels to Paris where she'll "direct" a photo shoot for Useless Style
Magazine.
Preliminary reports do not mention Summer or Noah Newman on holiday with
their parents so it must be assumed, with his need to keep a promise to get
high grades, Noah will stay behind with his half-sister and both will
probably be baby-sat by grandma Nikki wherever she's not running around
wondering what is to become of the man who said he'd like to see her dead
body on a slab at the morgue. Or not.
Special guest stars abound when French football player David Ginola, and a
singer named "Lorie", play a photographer and a model respectively despite
that the two have said they have zero interest in the Young and the
Restless.
Forget Your Troubles
- Watch a Mindless Soap!
Why has Jeanne Cooper (Katherine Chancellor) seen her Genoa City popularity
rise and fall in cycles? Voyeurs like it best when the focus is on being a
"tapestry of daydreams."
"People like that, thinking, 'If I weren't me, who would I be?'" says
Cooper. "It's basically taking people away from their credit card debts and
the question of who is going to be president and just giving them an hour
when their mind can go somewhere else. I remember being on a plane one time,
and the flight attendant leaned down and said very quietly, 'I do not
believe for a minute that you killed your husband'".
Interview With the
Security Guard
On
September 10, 2008, Y&R viewers were introduced to a new security guard at
the Newman Ranch, whose job would be ensuring Victor's absolute privacy.
Mark Pierce, the actor in this role, tells us what it's like to be a day
player on TV's most highly rated daytime drama - and shares personal stories
about his acting experiences, his real-life role as a high school Vice
Principal, and his childhood memories of Y&R.
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