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Denver Post: Denver Center Theatre Company alumna January LaVoy has won a contract role on the ABC soap "One Life to Live" as Noelle Ortiz. "It's a total blast. Dream come true-type stuff," she said. "Also, my storyline coincides with that of Erika Slezak, who is one of the greatest actresses working in TV, daytime or otherwise." Among others, LaVoy starred in the DCTC's "Lobby Hero" with Rick Stear, who's back at the DCTC right now in "Pride and Prejudice" and played a saleswoman on "Guiding Light".

Glasgow Sunday Mail: UK and Australian weekly soap update. SPOILER ALERT: On "Coronation Street," Jason Grimshaw (Ryan Thomas) makes the mistake of his life when he unloads his feelings to twisted brother-in-law David (Jack P. Shepherd, above), who isn't slow to use the knowledge to drive a wedge between his pal and his sister Sarah (Tina O'Brien).

Portsmouth Herald News, What makes a pleasure guilty? The answer differs person to person. But one possible definition is "an activity hidden to keep oneself from becoming the butt of family and friends' jokes or ire, which could last a lifetime — the joke or ire that is." Jessica Vassillion of Dover says her thing is "Days of Our Lives." After a hard day on her feet she heads home to unwind before the taped show. "I don't even bother to hide it really. I've been watching it forever on and off," hooked at her grandmother's knee at the tender age of 9.

Casting Society: Judy Blye Wilson of “All My Children” won an award for Daytime Episodic Casting at the 23rd Annual Artios Awards® for Outstanding Achievements in Casting.

News & Observer,: In other seasons, some shows which have teetered on the ratings fence might have been temporarily shelved or yanked off the air during a writer's strike. Now, as Beckman noted, "they're just going to be allowed to play out." A show such as "Friday Night Lights," for instance, with its high critical praise and low ratings, could get a chance to break through in January, when it is likely to be among the few fall series with some new episodes left. The show started production early and managed to complete 15 episodes before the strike.