ELISABETH SLADEN

I asked the late Elisabeth Sladen about her role in CORONATION STREET at a signing in 2000! She told me about her character's involvement with Len and that it didn't really work out because "can you really see me as a barmaid?!?" She was friendly and funny as well as a great actress. The world is a lesser place without her.

For more information http://coronationstreetupdates.blogspot.com/2011/04/when-elizabeth-sladen-was-in-coronation.html

which is also where I got the photo from -- thank you!

Save ALL MY CHILDREN!

From http://soapoperadigest.com/news/breaking/

Contact Info for AMC Execs

All My Children
Prospect Studios
4151 Prospect Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90027

ABC comment line: 818- 460-7477 (Listen to the prompts and then press 255 for AMC) Messages are 30 seconds in length.


Brian Frons
President, ABC Daytime
2300 Riverside Drive
Burbank, CA 91506

E-Mail: Brian.frons@abc.com

Brian Fron's direct office line: 818-460-7020

AMC Publicist Michael A. Cohen 818-460-7128.

Julie Hanan Carruthers, Executive Producer
E-Mail: julie.carruthers@abc.com

Anne Sweeney
President, ABC Television
ABC Studios
500 South Buena Vista Street
Burbank CA 91521

Anne Sweeney direct office line: 818 460-7700

E-Mail: Anne.x.Sweeney@email.Disney.com

I honestly do not have any more info than you can read at the above link, but do take the time to let the Powers That Be know that you want ALL MY CHILDREN to continue to be on the air. Remember to be polite and positive, not trollish and demanding!

FRANCORAMA

It's been a very James Franco week for me. 127 HOURS watched, his reappearance on GENERAL HOSPITAL and his Oscar duties all commanded my attention. He appeared stoned and/or drunk as Oscar host but can you blame him on such a blah night? My household perked up when ex DARK SHADOWS and FALCON CREST actor David Selby briefly showed up in a clip from THE SOCIAL NETWORK, but we quickly lapsed back into drunken oblivion.

R.I.P. TURA SANTANA

Just a quick off-topic post to commemorate Tura Santana, who died on February 4th. Star of FASTER PUSSYCAT KILL! KILL!, she was a true action icon for the ages, funny, smart and, yes, able to fuck your shit up. I recently watched SALT, which I thought was horrible -- what was especially crap was Angelina Jolie's heroine, who is acting in such an opaque manner throughout that everything she does is meaningless and devoid of feeling, even when she's killing the men who murdered her husband. Can you imagine SALT as a lean exploitation film circa 1966 with Tura? She would have brought some heat, humor and no-stunt-person-needed skillz to that shit! Man, today's cinema needs Tura Santana. She will be missed.

Obligatory soap related comment: watching the first season of THE WIRE and am amused to see future ALL MY CHILDREN actor Michael B Jordan as one of the teenage drug dealers. I can't remember Reggie's backstory but it would have been funny if he had been busted for crack before adopted by Jackson!