Gossip - Week of July 10, 2010 by Lynda Hirsch on Creators.com

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LYNDA HIRSCH ON SOAPS -- SUMMARY BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL: Steffy turns to Taylor for comfort when she tells her mother about Ridge trying to talk her into signing annulment papers so Hope and Liam can get married. Ridge secretly informs Brooke that he doesn't think that Hope and Liam …Read more. LYNDA HIRSCH ON SOAPS -- GOSSIP In the mid 1980s, I received a press release from "As the World Turns." The show was trumpeting that the daughter of gospel singer Cissy Houston and the niece of Dionne Warwick was going to appear on the show. Who was she? I thought. In …Read more. LYNDA HIRSCH ON SOAPS -- Q AND A Q: How did the fundraiser that Bradley Bell, the producer of "Bold and Beautiful," held for President Obama go? — Arleta in Mill Valley, Calif. A: The event was held on Feb. 15 at the main Spanish style house of the Holmby Hills …Read more. LYNDA HIRSCH ON SOAPS -- SUMMARY BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL: Fresh from liberating himself from Steffy, Liam and Hope promise to spend the rest of their lives together. Steffy has not lost hope of a future with Liam, thinking that he just needs time away to realize she is the one for him. …Read more.

Gossip - Week of July 10, 2010

You can't keep a bad boy down. Deacon Sharpe returns to "Young and Restless" in mid July. Last time we saw Deacon, he was causing trouble on "Bold and Beautiful." Deacon had a one-night stand with Victoria, which ended her marriage to J.T. He also has a few scores to settle with his ex-girlfriend and mother of his child.

Also headed to "Young and Restless" is Sean Young. The actress will play barmaid Maggie. The movie star had a bit of a soap opera life in real life. One time, she showed up at a Hollywood studio dressed as Catwoman. She wasn't even up for the role. Young's next print experience was with her not-so-sunny romance with actor James Woods. Each claimed the other was a stalker. And there were charges of baby dolls with blood and strangled necks being left on doorsteps.

When Vanessa Marcil (Brenda) returns to "General Hospital," she will have a sidekick. Adrienne Barbeau, who played Carol on the hit sitcom "Maude," will know a lot about Brenda's past, and she is not one to keep quiet.

Stacey Haiduk (Emily/Patty) on "Y&R" was not only robbed of an Oscar nomination; she was robbed of her job.

Not to worry — as soon as "Y&R" said adios, "Days of Our Lives" put out the welcome mat. Haiduk will play a prison warden.

When David Canary decided to stop playing Stuart/Adam on "All My Children," he didn't say he was giving up acting. Canary gets to show his comedic side on "Curb Your Enthusiasm." The HBO show always had great stories and characters. No air date yet for Canary's episodes.

Nancy Lee Grahn just signed a four-year contract with "GH." Grahn is delighted, as are her cast mates. Before joining "GH" years ago, Grahn's acting career was not doing very well. Not one to let things happen around her, Grahn began writing scripts for "GH."

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