Breaking News:It Gets Better, Jonah Hill

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kamran meo: Susan Lucci: 'All My Children' Star Memoir Rips AB...

kamran meo: Susan Lucci: 'All My Children' Star Memoir Rips AB...: After 41 years of playing Erica Kane, Susan Lucci has no problem bringing some harsh words herself.With ABC having canceled soap opera "A...

Susan Lucci: 'All My Children' Star Memoir Rips ABC, Brian Frons For Cancellation

After 41 years of playing Erica Kane, Susan Lucci has no problem bringing some harsh words herself.With ABC having canceled soap opera "All My Children," which she has been on since the show's inception in 1970, Lucci rips the network's daytime chief Brian Frons for both the decisions he made that led to the show's demise and his seeming glee in delivering the news, in a new epilogue to the paperback edition of her memoir, "All My Life."The curtain fell on soap opera All My Children today after 41 years.It ended in typically dramatic fashion with a gunshot and a cliffhanger, intended to entice views to continue watching the show on a web spin-off.
The daytime drama has been on ABC since 1970 and televised its last episode on Friday.It ended with most of the show's characters gathered at the Chandler house for a party - celebrating engagements, a pregnancy and some miracle medical revivals.The character J.R., played by Jacob Young, lurked outside with a gun and fired it when the screen went black.Today Susan Lucci, arguably the most popular actress in soap opera history, was in tears as she discussed the show's end on The View.'It's an emotional time, but there is so much to be grateful for,' she said.Lucci joined the show during its first year in 1970 as a 22-year-old playing the then-15-year-old Erica Kane.Erica was troublemaker who would go on to become the first TV character to get an abortion and to become one of the most married characters in daytime with nearly a dozen nuptials.Lucci, 64, was famously nominated for 18 years for a Daytime Emmy Award as best actress without winning - until she finally took home a trophy in 1999.She is yet to sign on for the web version of the show.She has been vocal in her criticism of the network's decision to axe the show, saying ABC daytime head Brian Frons has 'that fatal combination of ignorance and arrogance.'The show provided a launchpad for a host of actors and actresses over the years.Josh Duhamel, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Eva LaRue, Mischa Barton, Kim Delaney, Jesse McCartney, Lauren Holly, Christian Slater and Michelle Trachtenberg have all appeared on the show.Kelly Ripa and husband Mark Consuelos met on the show and were an All My Children couple before they were married in real life.Both Carol Burnett and Elizabeth Taylor, fans of the series, made guest appearances on the show.Soap ratings have been declining for years and ABC has also cancelled One Life to Live, which will end in January. It will leave just four daytime soaps on ABC, CBS and NBC.

kamran meo: James Spader Makes Life Difficult In "The Office"

kamran meo: James Spader Makes Life Difficult In "The Office": James Spader Makes Life Difficult In "The Office ": Another is that James Spader will be joining the cast to fill in the boss void left by...

James Spader Makes Life Difficult In "The Office"

James Spader Makes Life Difficult In "The Office":Another is that James Spader will be joining the cast to fill in the boss void left by Carell. And probably the last thing fans know for certain, if they watched last season's finale, is that Spader's character Robert California is kind of a bad-ass.James Spader made his much-hyped debut as a series regular on “The Office,” picking up his inscrutable-and-intimidating Robert California persona where it left off in last season’s finale.How did he do?Well, Spader was true to the character. But because the character is ultra-blasé, the energy level in the Dunder Mifflin office was low, even with the neurotic Andy Bernard in the regional manager’s chair. (That’s right — Ed Helms is technically the new Steve Carell.)Aside from a few chuckles during the planking portion of the program, this episode of “The Office” just wasn’t that funny. In fact, at certain points, it was cringe-worthy, and not in a good, giving-out-a-misspelled-Dundy kind of way. Note to the fine people who write “The Office”: You cannot replace Michael Scott’s “That’s what she said” with Stanley Hudson adding “in your butt” to the end of sentences for no apparent reason. That’s just not going to take off.
Given his winners vs. losers approach to managing a company, Spader — CEO of Sabre, the company that oversees Dunder Mifflin — is clearly going to play mind games with Jim, pregnant Pam and the rest of the gang going forward. Which might work, if the writing gets sharper.