From: djg@phoenix.genrad.com (Deborah J. Graham)
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Subject: LOVING - Stuff from Soap Opera Digest
Date: 20 Nov 1992 11:49:10 -0500
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LOVING Stuff from Soap Opera Digest (Dated November 24, 1992)

Diva Rates Soaps' 1992 Secrets
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Heirs Apparent (LOVING)

What's the Secret? Clay Alden is not an Alden. He is the product of a
                   scandalous union between Isabelle Alden and the
                   late Tim Sullivan.

Is it a Big Deal? Indeed it is, especially to Clay. He's punishing his
                   mother for her shocking indiscretion with Mr.
                   Sullivan by attempting a hostile takeover of Alden
                   Enterprises, buying stocks left and right.  He has
                   even offered to marry Stacey in order to get his
                   hands on her stock.  Clay is a desperate man. He
                   stooped so low as to get Stacey drunk in order to
                   steal her stocks, but she blew him off.  Later, the
                   liquor made her lose control of her car, and she
                   swerved off the road.

Do We Care? I'm giving this secret an A- because it holds tremendous
                   ramifications for the show's main family. IF Clay
                   isn't an Alden, then neither is Trisha nor Gwyneth.
                   Wouldn't they be surprised to learn that,
                   especially that awful Gwyneth? That leaves no one
                   in the main family except Isabelle and Cooper, and
                   no on-screen heirs.  (There are other Aldens
                   around, like Ann - but she's practically a ghost
                   for all the mention she gets.) And if there are no
                   other true Aldens, this this show needs a new
                   family to take over. In fact, they should call this
                   show LYING.

LATE-BREAKING NEWS
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Ratings for week of October 12, 1992

LOVING is 10 of 11 at a 2.6
ANOTHER WORLD is 9 with 3.1
SANTA BARBARA is 11 with 2.4

LOVING's Clay on Leave; OLTL Grad Fills In

     No need to adjust your tv sets. There's a perfectly good reason
why LOVING's Clay looks different. Although you see LArking Malloy
(Clay) pictures on page 26 [ed. note - that's the Heirs Apparent story
above], the show says he's taking a month-long personal leave. ONE
LIFE TO LIVE grad Dennis Parlato (ex-Michael) is standing in.
     Malloy's spokesperson says LOVING was amenable to his request for
time off: "Larking is extremely grateful to ABC, because he had been
at the height of his storyline with Clay." Why is he taking a leave?
"Larkin has has a problem with a naggin duodenal ulcer since high
school," the spokesperson says. "He's getting treatment for a week,
and then he's taking a couple of weeks off."
     Meanwhile, Parlato says he's happy to fill in for Malloy. "I've
always been treated wonderfully by ABC and was thrilled to be asked
back," he enthuses. "It's a treat to start off things in a storyline
with Lauren-Marie Taylor [Stacey]."

VCR Alert (Opps, missed most of these)

They're Dancing and Romancing

     Trisha and Trucker definately give new meaning to LOVING. From
Friday, November 13, through Tuesday, November 17, it's their
extravagant, elegant, wedding. All of Corinth turns out for the gala
event. If you yearn for romance, tune in. This is the stuff that fairy
tales are made of.... And Casey and Ally are ready to learn the
"forbidden" dance. On Friday, November 20, they take a lambada class.

Comings & Goings

LOVING
COMING
Dennis Parlato (Clay Alden)

Parlato began staning in for larking Malloy on November 4. The Alden
scion isn't Parlato's first soap role - he played ONE LIFE TO LIVE's
Michael Grande and has done two short-term stints on SNATA BARBARA.
"I'm excited about being part of LOVING," says the actor, who'll play
Clay throughout November. According to his spokesperson, Malloy is
taking a month-long medical leave because of a persistent duodenal
ulcer. For more inforamtion, see page 39 [ed. note...see the part
above called "LOVING's Clay on Leave; OLTL Grad Fills In"]

GOING
Eden Atwood (Staige Prince)

Corinth's sorority goddess recently made her last apparance on LOVING.
According tot he show, Atwood wants more time to devote to her
burgeoning career as a jazz singer.

Direct Line
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You Wanted To Know

To: Lisa Peluso (Ava, LOVING)
From: B.M., New York

Q: Do you perfer playing Ava as nasty - like she was in the past - or
   nice, like she is now?

A: "I like Ava the way she is now, with character adn integrity.
   What's important is that she hasn't lost any of her marvelous
   comedic flair or any of her delightful style. It's all still there.
   The difference is that this Ava has some backbone. To show her with
   more maturity is thrilling to me as an actor.  She's no longer a
   one-note character. There's so much more to her.

   "I'm particularly pleased that now she can be an adult and do adult
   things. She can be a fighter in areas of her life that she hadn't
   been aware of before, because she was caught up in a much narrower
   perspective. She can take control of herslef and not be concerned
   so much with trying to manipulte others."

Spanning the Globe
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It's a SMALL Soap World, After All

Here are just a few of the countries where some of your favorite
daytime dramas air worlwide:

CANADA
  AW
  DOOL
  GH
  Y&R

FRANCE
  B&B
  SB
  Y&R

GERMANY
  ATWT
  GH
  GL

GREECE
  AW
  EON
  GL
  LOVING
  SB

ITALY
  AMC
  B&B
  LOVING
  SB

JAPAN & HONG KONG
  B&B
  SB

POLAND
  SB

SOUTH AFRICA
  B&B
  LOVING

SWEDEN
  GL

TURKEY
  LOVING

Spoilers (what's going to happen - actually, what has happened...since
it took me so long to type these in...:-()

Kate elects to get into politics
Jeremy comes to Corinth to stay
Leo and Ava get in over their heads
Trisha and Trucker says "I do"
Casey admits it's hard for him to just be friends with Ally
Clay and Stacey grow closer as she becomes more frightened by her
     "visions" of Jack

Behind Closed Doors - Step Into My Parlor
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Lauren-Marie Taylor (Stacey Forbes, LOVING)

     "I don't have anything valuable, but what I have is priceless,"
says Lauren-Marie Taylor. Her dressing room isn't trendy or
designer-decorated, but it is nostalgic and homey. And Taylor has a
tale for every item in sight. "There are posters that fans have sent,
and old LOVING T-shjirt, millions of pictures of my family and friends
and people who were on the show when it first started, like Susan
Walters [ex-Lorna] and Peter Davies [ex-Jim]," Taylor points out. "I
have a chair from an apple festival I was invited to, trophies and
medals from races, and an old picture of Perry Stephens [the first
Jack] and my first [TV] baby. It's a time capsule of LOVING."
     Taylor's three children sometimes come into Manhattan with her,
so she's prepared. She keeps coloring books, crayons, and portable
crib on hand. A one-eyed mommy, drawn by her daughter Katie, is
prominently displayed. Most days, though, her visitors are adults.
     "My dressing room is next to the rehearsal hall, so it's the
hallway with the most traffic," observes Taylor. "If I don't want to
see anybody, I shut the door."
     After nine years on LOVING, Taylor has created a very special
space: "My dressing room is a collage of happiness. It's not really
neat, but it's lived in."

Last Licks
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Noelle Beck's glorious gown is in tip-top shape NOW for Trisha's walk
down the aisle on LOVING, but at the time this photo was taken, it was
a work in progress. (Robert Tyler, who plays Trucker, slipped on his
jeans when he saw that this would be a waist-up shoot [ed. note...not
according to the picture that accompanies this write-up]) Both actors
responded in character that they were looking forward to the wedding
night. "Trucker's injured, so Trisha will have to be careful," laughed
Beck.

deb
(djg@genrad.com)