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21 hours ago
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GH Icon and BTG Favorite Team Up — But Not Where You'd Expect
While soap operas on a given network, like CBS and ABC, have had characters and stories cross over from time to time, inter-network crossovers are rare. In 1966, characters from CBS' Guiding Light appeared on NBC's Another World and stayed there for a year. Now, actors from two network soaps are getting together for a worthy cause, uniting the fans. Beyond the Gates' Cady McClain (Pamela) shared an astounding post on Instagram revealing her collaboration with General Hospital's James Patrick Stuart (Valentin). She posted a snap of Stuart with the caption, '🎭✨ CASTING ALERT! ✨🎭. The incredibly talented James Patrick Stuart (yes, the Emmy-nominated General Hospital James Patrick Stuart also known for his work on CSI, The Closer, The Mentalist, Supernatural, and The Villains of Valley View — to name a few — as well as the voice of' 'Private' on Nickelodeon's Penguins of Madagascar 😍) is joining the star-studded reading of THE PARK by Eric Conger!' McClain shared the date and location of the event: '📅 Saturday, June 21st at 7PM at the Marilyn Monroe Theater on Route 66 in West Hollywood,' adding that it supports the Entertainment fun, and finishing with the enticing, 'Who's ready for an unforgettable night of storytelling? 🙋♀️.' The Entertainment Community Fund has helped struggling actors financially since 1882, according to its website. (Find out how McClain's having a blast on BTG.) READ THIS: Learn what to watch on BTG, and view upcoming stories on GH. GH's Finola Hughes (Anna) eagerly responded, 'I'm in!!' and McClain replied, 'YAY!!' Another fan shared a common sentiment with, '👏👏This is a GUARANTEED GREAT time for all attendees‼️❤️.' One fan who recalled Stuart's time on All My Children excitedly shared, 'He'll always be Will Cortlandt to me. ❤️.' Fans clamored for Stuart to return to GH, while another praised his role on an iconic horror series, commenting, 'JPS' work on season 7 of Supernatural was excellent.' And another follower enthusiastically wrote, 'Yayyyy so exciting…love James Patrick Stuart. Such a worthy cause and a wonderful event ❤️ 🙌.'
Yahoo
a day ago
- Entertainment
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'Beyond the Gates' Stars Reunite for Emotional Music Night with Jesse Ruben
'Beyond the Gates' Stars Reunite for Emotional Music Night with Jesse Ruben originally appeared on Parade. Some Beyond the Gates cast members came together this weekend for a night of music and celebration, as they supported singer-songwriter Jesse Ruben, who just so happens to be married to one of the break out stars of the soap opera, Jen Jacob. Actress Karla Mosley shared a photo on Instagram of actress Margot Bingham, herself, Mike Manning, Jesse Ruben and his wife Jen Jacob, Tamara Tunie and Jerri Tubbs. Mosley captioned the photo saying, 'What a GIFT to celebrate @ supremely talented husband @ nights like this that make me feel like it's all going to be ok. 💗Check out his music (I did) or have him bring his positive message to your kiddos' school (I'm gonna)! Your heart will thank you.(And special shout out to friend of all my friends @margotbingham for guesting and KILLING IT. I want to swim in your voice.)' Jacob replied to the post, commenting, 'I want to SWIM in @margotbingham voice yes!!!! @karlamose you have the most special heart. I wanna be you when I grow up ❤️' to which Mosley said, 'It's the absolute truth! ❤️' Manning commented, 'A perfect example of the healing power of art.' Ruben recently shared information about his 'The Let's Talk About It Tour' stating, 'After spending so long stuck in my apartment, it's been so great being back on the road. PA/NJ/CT you're up next, followed by Florida and Maine and then all over the place in the fall for the new album. Some of these are house shows so check my website or reach out to me to rsvp. Can't wait to see your faces! And let me know where I should play in the fall! Info and tix in my bio.' Earlier this year, Ruben shared a personal post reflecting on the past and being excited about the future, sharing, ''Better' is a word I have a really tough relationship with. About 18 months ago I posted that I would be taking a break from social media/life/music stuff to deal with health issues. But at that point it had already been going on for 2 years. I've been very hesitant to say this out loud, because I've gotten my hopes up before. But I'm finally is not a post about how all you have to do is think positive thoughts and you'll get better eventually. I don't believe that. I got better because after dozens of doctors and tens of thousands of dollars on testing and treatment, I finally (and extremely luckily) found something that people handle health issues with grace and hope. I am not one of them. This time around was way harder than last time. It was really scary. And lonely. And frustrating. All I wanted was to be a normal person again, and do normal person things. Take a walk. Go to the grocery store. Spend time with people. Sometimes I pushed myself to do those things when I shouldn't have. Sometimes (a lot of the time) I took it out on @ when she didn't deserve looking back, I can see now how many people showed up. Called to check on me. Came to New York to spend time with me. Paid for treatment when we couldn't afford it. I wouldn't have gotten through the last 3 years without it.I'm not gonna lie, it's very overwhelming to start all over again in Atlanta. But I cannot wait to get back to touring and writing and performing and releasing music and being with people and finding my team and being a person and a partner to Jen and a dog dad to @grahamsandwich, and to continue to help anyone impacted by Lyme disease with @generation_lyme, and to work with as many young people as possible with @ year, I won't be so precious. I'll be releasing a ton of songs, restarting my Patreon, finishing writing my musical, and just generally doing and seeing and traveling as much as I can. If you host a house concert series, or work with kids, or are getting married and want me to play, ASK and I'll make it work. I've missed being around people the most. I'm excited to be back. Love you guys.' Tickets for Ruben's tour can be found here. 'Beyond the Gates' Stars Reunite for Emotional Music Night with Jesse Ruben first appeared on Parade on Jun 9, 2025 This story was originally reported by Parade on Jun 9, 2025, where it first appeared.
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Business
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CBS News Chief Wendy McMahon Steps Down, Citing Conflicts With Paramount
Wendy McMahon, a TV executive who aggressively pushed CBS News and TV stations into new business operations and formats during a tumultuous era under parent company Paramount Global, said Monday she would step away from her role. She is the second senior executive overseeing the company's news division to leave unexpectedly as Paramount pursues a settlement with President Donald Trump over a what many legal experts believe is a flimsy lawsuit alleging that the venerable newsmagazine '60 Minutes' tried to mislead voters with an interview of former Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Bill Owens, the executive producer of '60 Minutes' announced his decision to leave last month, citing interference from the corporate parent. More from Variety 'Big Brother' Season 27 Sets July Premiere Date, Launches Friday Night 'Unlocked' Segment With Returning All-Stars 'Beyond the Gates' Renewed for Season 2 at CBS CBS Takes a Pre-Upfront Victory Lap 'It's become clear that the company and I do not agree on the path forward,' McMahon said in a memo to staffers Monday. 'It's time for me to move on and for this organization to move forward with new leadership. I have spent the last few months shoring up our businesses and making sure the right leaders are in place; and I have no doubt they will continue to set the standard.' CBS, which spent a lot of time organizing its stations, national news and syndication businesses under a large corporate role, does not seem inclined to replace McMahon at present. In a separate note, George Cheeks, the Paramount co-CEO who directly oversees the CBS operations, said he would oversee Tom Cibrowski, recently named head of CBS News; Jennifer Mitchell, who now heads CBS Stations. CBS Media Ventures executives Scott Trupchak, who heads advertising sales, and John Budkins, who oversees programming and production, will report to Bryon Rubin, CBS' CFO and chief operating officer. 'In a rapidly changing world, Wendy and her teams have worked diligently to articulate a vision and lay a foundation that adapts our news operations for the future,' Cheeks said. 'This includes advancements in data journalism, community journalism, technology and centralizing editorial decisions to help teams move faster.'More to come…. Best of Variety New Movies Out Now in Theaters: What to See This Week Emmy Predictions: Talk/Scripted Variety Series - The Variety Categories Are Still a Mess; Netflix, Dropout, and 'Hot Ones' Stir Up Buzz Oscars Predictions 2026: 'Sinners' Becomes Early Contender Ahead of Cannes Film Festival
Yahoo
19-05-2025
- Politics
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‘Dilbert' creator Scott Adams announces he has same prostate cancer as Biden, will likely be ‘checking out' sometime this summer
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WIAT) — Scott Adams, who took his fame as the creator of the long-running comic strip 'Dilbert' and parlayed that into a second chapter as a controversial political commentator, has revealed that he has prostate cancer and expects to not live past the summer. While discussing former President Joe Biden's recent prostate cancer diagnosis during an episode of his online show 'Real Coffee with Scott Adams' Monday morning, the cartoonist revealed that he too also has prostate cancer and, like Biden, it had spread to his bones. 'Well, I've decide that today is the day that I wanted to take the opportunity, since a lot of you are here, to make an announcement of my own. Some of you have already guessed, so this won't surprise you at all, but I have the same cancer that Joe Biden has, so I also have prostate cancer that has also spread to my bones, but I've had it longer than he's had it; well, longer than he's admitted having it, so my life expectancy is maybe the summer. I expect to be checking out from this domain sometime this summer.' Judge resentences Erik and Lyle Menendez to 50 years to life Adams, 67, did not say when he was diagnosed with the disease, but said he had undergone different treatments last year, including ivermectin, that were unsuccessful. Today, Adams said he has been using a walker to get around for the last few months and that with the exception of his morning show, he is in too much pain to do much else. 'I can tell you that I don't have good days,' he said. 'So if you're wondering 'Hey, Scott. Do you have any good days?' Nope. Nope, every day is a nightmare and evening is even worse.' Adams said one reason he had put off going public with his diagnosis was that he would not be looked at as 'the cancer guy' for the remaining time he has. 'Once you go public, you're just the dying cancer guy and I didn't want you to have to think about it and I didn't want to have to think about it,' he said. However, with news of Biden's diagnosis, coupled with the disgust at some of the cruel comments sent his way in the aftermath, Adams thought it would be good to tell his story as well. 'When Joe Biden went public with his situation, I thought to myself 'You know what? I'm going to slide under his story and he's going to take away a lot of the attention,'' he said. 'I thought it would be just a little easier for me to tag onto that.' Despite the pain, Adams said he has had time to accept his circumstance, saying it 'sort of is what it is.' 'I have to say everybody has to die, as far as I know, and it's kind of civilized that you know about how long you have so you can put your affairs together and make sure you've said your goodbyes and done all the things you need to do,' he said. 'So, if you had to pick a way to die, this one is really painful, like really, really painful, but it's also kind of good that gives you enough time while your brain is still working to wrap things up.' 'Beyond the Gates' is renewed as veteran Black soap actors cheer its success 'Dilbert,' which captured the mundanity of white-collar office culture, was carried by hundreds of newspapers for over 30 years, making Adams a household name and one of the most successful cartoonists in America. However, over recent years, Adams has used his public profile to speak on political issues, gaining both fans and critics alike for his early support of President Donald Trump to skepticism against COVID-19 protocols. In 2023, Adams received widespread criticism for advising white people to 'get the hell away from black people,' based on a Rasmussen poll where 26% of Black people disagreed that is was 'okay to be white.' While Adams said his comments were taken out of context and that he wasn't racist, the backlash caused many newspapers to drop 'Dilbert' from circulation. Adams said losing his 'Dilbert' syndication deal cost him nearly 80% of his income. In an interview with Chris Cuomo on NewsNation, Adams said he had intentionally caused the scandal in order to have a 'productive argument' and was not sorry for what he had said. However, Adams still publishes the cartoon, only now through his website. 'If global cancellation is my price for free speech, it was worth it,' Adams said. 'I'm probably the only white man in America who has free speech today because I can say whatever the hell I want and I can't get further canceled.' Adams said that outside of his online show, he spends most of the day sleeping. 'So this is the only thing I do and I'll keep doing it for as long as I can tolerate it,' he said. Adams has been married twice and has a stepdaughter. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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14-05-2025
- Entertainment
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'Beyond the Gates' is renewed as veteran Black soap actors cheer its success
When CBS' soap opera 'Beyond the Gates' premiered in February, soap opera fans and veterans alike hailed it as a win for Black history and culture. On Monday, the first soap to feature a majority Black cast was renewed for a second season. Its creation was both a savvy business move and an acknowledgment of Black viewers' passion for the genre as broadcast ratings have declined. George Cheeks, the CBS chief, told Vulture last year the show was born out of crunching numbers: 'One of the things that the data made very clear is that daytime soap operas over index with Black women.' 'I think there's kind of a renewed appreciation for the audiences that do still engage in broadcast programing, and a recognition that one of those audiences are Black women, and this was a way to serve that audience,' says Elana Levine, a University of Wisconsin professor and author of 'Her Stories: Daytime Soap Opera and US Television History.' The Drucilla effect Victoria Rowell's 'Young and the Restless' character, Drucilla Barber Winters, was introduced in 1990 as 'an illiterate thief,' she says. Rowell worked with co-creator and then-head writer, William J. Bell to give the character dimension. Drucilla became a ballet dancer, like Rowell herself, a storyline that showed 'it is possible to be in a lower socioeconomic environment and be aspirational.' She still receives letters from fans who cite Drucilla as inspiration. The feeling, Rowell explains is, 'Oh my God, I can be a ballet dancer through Drucilla, a pull-up-by-the-bootstraps kind of chick that's rough around the edges and that can learn how to read and write, perhaps, and meet a Neil Winters and get married and improve her life.' Rowell says she always understood her role as 'so much bigger' than an acting job. She recalls meeting with the then-editor of Soap Opera Digest to advocate for a cover featuring the Black cast members — and it ended up happening. Rowell's tenure with the show, though, has been up and down. She has only glowing things to say about Bell, who died in 2005. But she sued CBS and producers in 2015 after she says she pushed for the casting of more Black actors and wasn't hired back on the soap as a result. They later settled. After 'Beyond the Gates' was announced, Rowell says she received a letter from CBS acknowledging her place in the show's DNA. 'I have been contacted with great respect from the powers that be at CBS, thanking me for all of my hard work, recognizing the work that I have done that has influenced this moment and I appreciate that,' she said. She was 'astounded' to be asked to audition for the matriarch role of Anita Dupree, but says she didn't hear back after submitting her tape. The role went to Tamara Tunie, whom Rowell describes as 'a brilliant actress.' CBS did not respond to a request for comment. More soap veterans weigh in Darnell Williams was cast as teen Jesse Hubbard on ABC's 'All My Children' in 1981 to capitalize on younger fans who fell in love with Luke and Laura on 'General Hospital.' His fan base exploded after Debbi Morgan was cast as Angie Baxter. Jesse and Angie are regarded as daytime's first Black supercouple. 'Before that, we didn't see Black love, and what message does that send? It said that it did not exist because it was not reflected,' Darnell Williams says he was surprised by the audience reaction. 'I think about the first time we realized the impact we'd had on the audience, we had gone to a movie in Times Square one night, and after the movie, the lights had come back up and we heard this rumbling. We were looking around and all of a sudden we heard our names being chanted,' Williams said. When he thinks about 'Beyond the Gates,' Williams says he's hopeful about the job opportunities the show can provide. For years, Veronica Redd played Mamie Johnson — Drucilla's aunt — on 'The Young and the Restless.' When she tuned into the premiere of 'Beyond the Gates,' what she saw got her attention, but what she heard blew her away. 'I was not prepared,' laughs Redd. It begins with a women driving a Mercedes-Benz through the gates of an exclusive country club. The Emotions' 'Best of My Love' is playing — something that told Redd the production value was top notch. Daytime isn't usually Redd's favorite genre even though she acknowledges 'it's paid the bills for many decades.' 'Beyond the Gates,' though, has earned a spot in Redd's TV time. 'They got me hooked,' she says. Enlightenment through entertainment If 'Beyond the Gates' can open the doors to new conversation, that's a good thing, says Kimberly McGhee, a Tennessee viewer. McGhee appreciates how one of the main characters is a psychiatrist. Mental health can be viewed as taboo within the Black community and McGhee believes incorporating it into storylines could help beat the stigma. The soap also addresses Black history: Clifton Davis plays the Dupree family patriarch, a civil rights activist whose advocacy efforts are often mentioned. Bringing in the civil rights generation is 'pretty significant,' said Sherri Williams, but 'not surprising' given the NAACP's producing credit. 'The NAACP is a group that has been fighting for civil rights and for Black liberation for more than a century, and it's also an organization that has been advocating for authentic images of Black people in television and film,' she explained. Some have critiqued how the main cast primarily includes light-skinned Black actors, though. 'Now, of the people who auditioned, if they went with the best option, the best talent, totally understand that,' said Atlanta viewer Simone Umba. 'But we can still have those talks in regards to colorism because that's a recurring thing.' 'Black families have to have relatives of all shades, but we don't see that in this nuclear family. This feels like a missed opportunity to truly be historic and represent Black people across the spectrum,' said Williams. A diverse audience 'Beyond the Gates' may have been created with a Black audience in mind, but a diverse one is tuning in. Charlene Polite Corley, Nielsen's vice president of diverse insights and partnerships, says 52% of the total audience is Black. 'It's bringing folks along for this really unique story being told in a lot of ways for the first time. And so, yes, the Black audience is leading here, but there's a whole lot of other kinds of folks who are tuning in, too,' she said. A varied audience is 'good for everyone,' says Elle Murasaki, a Black viewer from New Jersey who hosts weekly live chats on Instagram to discuss the show. 'There is this misconception that being for the culture is exclusive. That it's Black-only and that we don't want to include any other demographic into it,' she said. 'While there is a majority Black cast telling this story, I think everybody can identify.' Kerry Bulls, a white fan from Baltimore, also does not miss an episode. 'If you like a good storyline and if you like the genre of a soap opera and something that's soapy and glitzy, then 100%, this is something that you should watch,' she said. 'It doesn't matter what color you are.'
