All My Children News & Gossip
News for the week of 06-Sep-2010
Now that AMC has moved from NYC to CA, it’s a whole different, sunnier location (Airtel Plaza Hotel-Van Nuys) for the show’s annual fan club weekend, September 23-26. A cocktail reception kicks off the weekend of parties (about seven scheduled) on September 23rd, 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. The main AMC Cast Luncheon takes place September 25, 11:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Several of AMC’s stars will host their own fan events, as well, from September 26th’s Breakfast with the Chandlers, 10 a.m.-1 p.m., and September 25th’s Krystal’s Country BBQ, 6:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m., to September 24th’s Karaoke Night with Stephanie Gatschet (Madison), Christina Lind (Bianca) and others, 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m.
Chrishell Stause (Amanda) – who has been busy with auditions, a music video and a musical benefit with other soap stars on her weeklong break from AMC – indicated to SoapTown USA interviewer Dawn in last week’s piece that she missed the badass Amanda started off being. It came to her attention when she caught an old scene of the old Amanda mouthing off to Adam. “…I almost didn't even recognize her as the same character that I'm playing now,” she said. “I would love to have a little more of that come back just because it's so much fun to play and even if somebody is reformed, it doesn't mean they don't have that side to them somewhere. I don't think it's completely out of the question that we could see a nasty side come out again. Just for fun, I would love to see that, or just have some really catty scenes with a girl. Those are some of the most fun scenes - all of the girls on the show actually get along and to have scenes like that are just really fun.” There very well may be catty scenes coming up, if her latest scripts with BFF Melissa Claire Egan (Annie) are any indication.
Rumors were proven right. Alicia Minshew (Kendall) really wasn’t ready to move out of New York City and into La La land when the AMC announcement happened months ago. She was a new mom-to-be with a husband businessman, families, and roots in the Big Apple. “My initial reaction was, ‘Oh, s**t!’ I kept saying, ‘No, no, no,’” Minshew told ParentDish.comwriter Ilyssa Panitz [“‘All My Children’ Actress Adjusts to Life on Set After Landing New Role as Mom,” September 2, 2010]. “I have been in New York for 14 years, my husband owns three restaurants, our family is all on the East Coast and I live around the corner from the studio. Richie and I had it all worked out and then everything changed right in the middle of the most difficult time in my pregnancy. The whole thing just freaked us out.” After discussing the situation, realizing it wasn’t going to be forever and that she had a family in AMC over on the West Coast too, Minshew and husband/restauranteur Richie Herschenfeld made the move temporarily. They moved into a rental, Herschenfeld does the primary parenting while Minshew is on-set, and both keep in mind that they will eventually be back home to stay. Minshew is a big believer in raising her daughter in NYC, because the city affords children more of a cosmopolitan, independent lifestyle.
Join Stephanie Gatschet (Madison) and her friend LecindaB (who survived a brain tumor) in the September 11th San Diego Mission Bay Park Brain Tumor Walk. Donate what you can.
Gossip for the week of 06-Sep-2010
The major character who drops dead and kicks off a major whodunit is none other than dastardly David Hayward, portrayed by Vincent Irizarry. His murder will affect tons of surviving characters and has spurred rumors of a twin, of a twist (David faked his own death, despite an autopsy) of some kind. Or, it could be a genuine murder with Kendall as the final, confirmed killer (thus, enabling portrayer Alicia Minshew a means back home to NYC).
It’s funny how AMC’s Pine Valley runs in a typically provincial, small town, narrow-minded, judgmental b/w manner—with no room for gray areas like a David Hayward. Once you’re labeled a misfit, there’s zero tolerance, even if David or some anti-hero like him has reasons for doing what they do and aren’t evil deep down. The small-minded, dense people of Pine Valley only seem to have room in their hearts for the obvious, excessive do-gooder types like Bianca (who is anything but good; she’s as judgmental and self-serving as the rest of those hypocrites). Eventually, they’ll round up the misfits and outcasts and dole out justice Wild West style—by killing the bastards themselves and joining together to cover it up.
I took at look at the whodunit set-up last Friday, and could barely stay awake. Nobody behaved in any compelling fashion. Everybody acted like a bunch of strangers trying badly to remember basic Acting 101. And David’s Irizarry looked so out of place spouting grade-school lines with about zero conviction. Finally, why oh why is that faux-Liza still around, walking around uncomfortably like the actress knows she doesn’t belong? Seriously, this soap opera needs to end.
Chrishell Stause (Amanda) took advantage of her youth, her freedom and her free time to hop a plane down to Maui this past weekend. She was there not too long ago to party with locals, get her toenails done, and add to her tattoos.
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