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BBC interview at Bletchley Park and TNMOC
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Yesterday was busy, and a lot of fun. The morning was spent travelling up to Bletchley Park and being interviewed outside by the BBC’s Adam Fleming and Simon about crowdfunding, the future of publishing…
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Kyler England: Creating music with an Electric Hum
Interview by J. Lynn Stapleton These days, I tend to get my interest in new music by word of mouth through local friends and social media contacts, as well as finding songs and artists that I like that show up … Continue reading
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Guiding Light – The End of a Legacy
With Guiding Light ending it’s 72 year run as broadcast’s longest running daytime serial drama (radio January 25, 1937 – June 29, 1956) then television (June 30, 1956 – September 18, 2009), there have been a few tributes made to … Continue reading
An Interesting Post on Coming Out in Daytime Television
An online friend of mine, ZenobiaDTC posted a very interesting blog the other day on characters coming out on daytime television with regards to how rare this topic has been broached over the many years of soap operas on tv. … Continue reading
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Guiding Light, Otalia: The Journey to the End, and My Thoughts on It
These are some of the thought I’ve been having as ‘Guiding Light’ winds down with less than a month of airtime left. As odd as it might seem, I remain optimistic about all things GL. Sure there’s been some WTF … Continue reading
Crystal Chappell confirmed as Gina in Venice The Series
This is news that many have been waiting to hear. Mimi Torchin broke the news in this week’s The Soapgeist column at TVGuide Canada, EXCLUSIVE BREAKING SUDS FLASH, confirming that indeed Crystal Chappell will be starring as Gina in her … Continue reading
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Venice the Series
Crystal Chappell is a formidable actress and entrepreneur. One of Guiding Light’s powerhouse cast has turned an unfortunate circumstance – the cancellation of said show into a positive. Guiding Light had been given notice on 1st April 2009 by CBS … Continue reading
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My Thoughts on Guiding Light and Current Storylines
In the past month or so, I’ve been curiously wondering how they were going to write Natalia out of the Guiding Light for the duration of Jessica Leccia’s maternity leave – which she wanted to cut short to optimize the … Continue reading
GL Ladies Get Twittered
Guiding Light Ladies Get Twittered By J. Lynn Stapleton If you haven’t been bitten by the Twitterbug, you should. A little over a month ago (20th May), Crystal Chappell (Olivia) joined Twitter as a means to reach out to her … Continue reading
Big Purple Dreams Reaches 4000
This is an article I wrote last week and submitted to a magazine, but haven’t heard whether or not they accepted it. But anyway, I’m going to post it here now. Big Purple Dreams Reaches 4000 J. Lynn Stapleton 10 … Continue reading