Maurice Benard (Sonny Corinthos, General Hospital) is so over comments about his ever-darkening do!
Daily Drama News: Maurice Benard Is SO Over Hair Comments
In the latest episode of his State of Mind vlog, at the top of the hour, in fact, the actor made it clear that he’s “tired of hearing about my black, dyed hair.” What’s more, he would rather it be gray. “The powers that be want it black. So, there’s not a whole lot I can say…you try to pick your battles, and my hair being black is not one of them.” Now, let that be the end of…pretty please…Benard isn’t much fun when he’s all riled up!
Daily Drama News Nuggets
* Blackie Parrish and Jackie Templeton reunited, and it felt so good! Demi Moore snagged the Best Actress statuette at the AARP’s annual Movies for Grownups Awards gala — besting fellow nominees Pamela Anderson, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Nicole Kidman, and June Squibb – and it was none other than former GH costar John Stamos who presented her with the prize.
* Recent General Hospital hiree Chris McKenna (Jack Brennan) has yet more to celebrate:
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* Kim Zimmer (ex-Echo DiSavoy, One Life to Live; ex-Reva Shayne Lewis, Guiding Light et al.) is set to star in Theatre Raleigh’s production of The Trip To Bountiful. The Tony Award-winning play, hailing from indefatigable creative Horton Foote, is scheduled to run from March 26 to April 6. Single tickets go on sale February 24. To purchase yours, click HERE.
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* The BBC has released a special 40th-anniversary trailer for EastEnders, chock-full of teases for the main event: a wholly live episode with interactive elements scheduled for Thursday, February 20th.
The sudser has also announced that actor Ross Kemp’s (Grant Mitchell) much-anticipated, short-but-sweet return to Albert Square kicks off on Thursday, February 13.
* The official Emmerdale YouTube account recently uploaded a promo teasing the soap’s upcoming Valentine’s Day stunt:
* Jeff Kober (Cyrus Renault, General Hospital) features in the Robert Enriquez/Deborah Puette-directed flick Cash For Gold, now available on demand and digital.
* While it’s been some time since he appeared on The Bold and the Beautiful, Henry Joseph Samiri (Douglas Forrester) continues to prove that he’s one of the hardest-working jobbers in Hollywood. The Daytime Emmy Award-nominee recently wrapped work on his recurring role in…well, that remains a mystery. But we do know the project shot on the Warner Bros. lot, and that it’s bound for Max, HBO‘s premiere streaming service.
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* Lily Brooks O’Briant (Lucy Romalotti, The Young and the Restless) will star opposite Melissa Joan Hart (who also serves as EP) in Lifetime’s Killing the Competition. Inspired by actual events, the thriller is scheduled to air on March 1 at 8PM EST / 7PM CST.
The young actress and budding songstress also shared a recent triumphant (and not for the first time!) at The Troubadour:
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* Holland Taylor (ex-Jill Ollinger, All My Children; ex-Denise Norwood Cavanaugh, The Edge of Night et al.) has been cast as ‘Ma Mac,’ Matthew McConaughey’s mother *um* “mother” in the as-yet-titled, long-gestating Apple TV+ comedy starring the Dazed and Confused alum and Woody Harrelson. The real-life besties — who busted ‘The Yellow King’ in the first season of True Detective — are set to play “heightened versions of themselves” who find their bond tested when their combined families attempt to live together on the McConaughey’s Texas homestead. ranch in Texas. (TVLine was the first to report.)
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