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Ronn Moss
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Moss was born and raised in Los Angeles. He grew up surrounded by the theatre, concert, and rock & roll music world, at age 11, he started learning to play the drums, guitar and electric bass. In 1976, Moss joined creative forces with fellow singer/guitarist Peter Beckett, guitarist/keyboardist J. C Crowley, and drummer John Friesen to form the band Player, primarily as bassist and singer. In a garage in the Hollywood Hills, they wrote and rehearsed the music that would attract the attention of music impresario Robert Stigwood. Their follow-up single, This Time Im in It for Love, where White Artists sing with a strong R & B Influence. The Australian edition of his 2000 album includes a duet of the original hit Baby Come Back & two bonus tracks, Thats When Ill Be Gone & Mountain. Moss along with his band toured Australia between August and September 2006, in 2007, he released his new solo album, Uncovered. Player went on tour in 2015, with Moss and Peter Beckett playing dates with Orleans, Moss played the Saracen hero Ruggero who fell in love with Bradamante in the 1983 Italian film Paladini-storia darmi e damori – a film based on the legends surrounding the Peers of Charlemagne. In 1987, Moss was offered the role of Ridge Forrester on a new opera, The Bold. He accepted the part, and the show is broadcast in many nations across the globe, to this day, Moss is best known for this role and he frequently travels overseas to promote the show and his music. 1987 also marks the year of Moss most critically acclaimed role as Rowdy Abilene in the Andy Sidaris classic Hard Ticket to Hawaii. Moss has a fan base in Australia. In 2006, a campaign surfaced to vote Moss as Australian of the Year, Moss recently featured in a television commercial for Berri, an Australian orange juice producer. He has appeared occasionally on the former program Rove Live when in Australia and he takes part in sketches that are parodies of daytime TV genre. On August 11,2012, it was announced that Moss would exit The Bold, on March 13,2013, Ronn Moss made comeback for role in Epic sunday ride as Ridge Forrester. On May 12,2014, Moss, along with his band Player, appeared on the ABC daytime soap opera General Hospital as part of the 2014 Nurses Ball, in 2015, he plays the character of Ian in the Flemish soap Familie
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William J. Bell
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William Joseph Bill Bell was an American screenwriter and television producer, best known as the creator of the soap operas Another World, The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. Bell was married to talk show host Lee Phillip Bell, who co-created The Young and the Restless and The Bold. Their three children, Bill Jr. Bradley, and Lauralee, and daughter-in-law Maria Arena Bell are all involved in their parents soaps in some capacity. Brenda Dickson, an original cast member of The Young and The Restless and he then went on to wreak havoc on her personal and professional life by hiring Mafia cartel judges and attorneys to ruin her life. As a result, she ended up broke and homeless and has been blocked from working ever since, on April 29,2005, Bell died at age 78 from complications of Alzheimers disease. He is buried at Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery in Los Angeles and he started out as a comedy writer at WBBM-TV in Chicago, and one day he made a call to Irna Phillips secretary Rose Cooperman asking her Does Irna have an opening. Rose said Irna did have an opening, by the time he got there it turned out the guy who was leaving decided to stay. About two years later William J. Bell was in advertising business and he ran into Irnas niece and she mentioned him to Irna and Ms. Phillips remembered who he was, she also knew his wife, who was a celebrity in Chicago at that time. He started out at $75 a week and ended up living in what once was Howard Hughes villa and his mother regularly listened to radio soap operas, Life Can Be Beautiful, The Romance of Helen Trent, Our Gal Sunday and The Guiding Light. Bell co-created Another World with Phillips in 1964, in 1965, he co-created the primetime As the World Turns spinoff Our Private World. In 1966, he was hired as writer of the then-struggling soap Days of Our Lives. Bell was credited with the initial surge of popularity. Bell changed the dynamics of soaps when he began focusing on sexuality, formerly, soap operas did not delve into the sexual side of their romances. He intended to leave the show around 1972 when he began creating his own show The Young and the Restless and he remained as head writer until 1975. In 1972, CBS executives wanted a new daytime serial that was youth oriented, William along with his wife Lee Phillip Bell created The Young and the Restless for the network under the working title, The Innocent Years. However, before the show went into production, he had to rename the series as Bell mentioned. We were confronted with the very disturbing reality that young America had lost much of its innocence. Innocence as we had known and lived it all our lives had, in so many respects and they renamed the series to The Young and the Restless because they felt it reflected the youth and mood of the early seventies. He spent between ten and sixteen hours a day writing stories, the Young and the Restless debuted on March 26,1973
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Businessman
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An entrepreneur is an example of a businessperson. The term may mean someone who is involved in an upper-level management role in a corporation, company, enterprise, firm, organization. This can especially apply to the founder, an owner, a manager, since a businessman can mean anyone in industry or commerce, businessmen have existed as long as industry and commerce have existed. Commerce can simply mean trade, and trade has existed through all of recorded history, the first businessmen were traders, or merchants. Merchants emerged as a class in medieval Italy, between 1300 and 1500, modern accounting, the bill of exchange, and limited liability were invented, and thus the world saw the first true bankers, who are certainly businessmen. Around the same time, Europe saw the emergence of rich merchants and this rise of the merchant class came as Europe needed a middleman for the first time, and these burghers or bourgeois were the people who played this role. Europe became the dominant global power in the 16th century. In this period, Europe developed and used paper money, checks, developments in actuarial science led to insurance. Together, these new tools were used by a new kind of businessman and these people owned or financed businesses as bankers, but they were not merchants of goods. These capitalists were a force in the Industrial Revolution. The newest kind of businessperson is the manager, one of the first true managers was Robert Owen, an industrialist in Scotland. He studied the problems of productivity and motivation, and was followed by Frederick Winslow Taylor, after World War I, management became popular due to the example of Herbert Hoover and the Harvard Business School, which offered degrees in business administration. There are no prescribed educational qualifications, rules or guidelines which one may follow, a person owning a small gas station in a local market is as much as a businessperson as a person who owns and leads a large Silicon Valley technology giant. There are many paths to becoming a businessperson, hence, no rigid formal educational qualification requirements can be stated for becoming a businessperson. However, there are attributes that successful businessmen must possess, Tact financial and business savvy, courage, leadership, vision, creativity, imagination. Among these components include branding, advertising, and public relations, well-balanced consistency in their business approach. Interest in giving back to society through philanthropy or venture capitalism for future socioeconomic development, hence, a businessperson should have the ability to take prompt decisions. Determination, courage and perseverance, They must have strong power and determination
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Holmby Hills, Los Angeles
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Holmby Hills is an affluent neighborhood in the district of Westwood in western Los Angeles. It is bordered by the city of Beverly Hills on the east, Wilshire Boulevard on the south, Beverly Glen Boulevard on the west, Sunset Boulevard is the areas principal thoroughfare which divides Holmby Hills into north and south sections. However, Holmby Hills can be recognized by its street lamps. In an effort to decrease traffic in the neighborhood, speed bumps have been installed on several key streets, Holmby Hills, Bel Air, and Beverly Hills form the Platinum Triangle of Los Angeles. It is bordered by the city of Beverly Hills on the east, Wilshire Boulevard on the south, Westwood on the west, the section of Holmby Hills north of Sunset is within the Beverly Crest district of Los Angeles. The area of present-day Holmby Hills was the homeland of the Tongva-Gabrieliño Native Americans, in 1858, he sold it to Benjamin Davis Wilson, of early Pasadena development, the second Mayor of Los Angeles, and namesake for Mount Wilson in the San Gabriel Mountains. He paid $10 an acre and built a house, near the present-day Mormon Los Angeles Temple. The development of Holmby Hills began when Arthur Letts, Sr. purchased 400 acres of the original Wolfskill ranch at $100 an acre. He called the development Holmby Hills, which was derived from the name of his birthplace, a small hamlet in England called Holdenby. Letts died suddenly in 1923, before he could realize his vision and his son-in-law, Harold Janss, took over the project. Zoning for the community, which straddles Sunset Boulevard, was designed to accommodate lot sizes up to 4 acres, in the 1920s, English-style streetlamps were added specifically for the neighborhood. After the Wall Street Crash of 1929, grand mansions were constructed, according to the Holmby Hills Homeowners Association website, In the 1920s, Sunset Boulevard was a two-lane country road, known as Beverly Boulevard. It was renamed when it was opened through to the Pacific Ocean, when Sunset Boulevard was expanded into a four-lane thoroughfare, Holmby Hills was, for all practical purposes, split into north and south sections. The neighborhood is home to two parks, Holmby Park and De Neve Square Park and it is located next to the Los Angeles Country Club. The Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation, an art gallery named after Frederick R. Weisman, is located on North Carolwood Street and it includes works by many noted artists, including impressionists, post impressionist, surrealist, and many more, up through to today. Los Angeles Fire Department is in the area, residents are zoned to the following Los Angeles Unified School District schools, Warner Avenue Elementary School, Emerson Middle School, and University High School. Holmby Hills is a few blocks east of the University of California, the only school located within Holmby Hills is the Middle School component of the independent Harvard-Westlake School. The campus was occupied by Westlake School for Girls, which moved from its original site near downtown L. A. to the Holmby Hills campus in 1927
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California
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California is the most populous state in the United States and the third most extensive by area. Located on the western coast of the U. S, California is bordered by the other U. S. states of Oregon, Nevada, and Arizona and shares an international border with the Mexican state of Baja California. Los Angeles is Californias most populous city, and the second largest after New York City. The Los Angeles Area and the San Francisco Bay Area are the nations second- and fifth-most populous urban regions, California also has the nations most populous county, Los Angeles County, and its largest county by area, San Bernardino County. The Central Valley, an agricultural area, dominates the states center. What is now California was first settled by various Native American tribes before being explored by a number of European expeditions during the 16th and 17th centuries, the Spanish Empire then claimed it as part of Alta California in their New Spain colony. The area became a part of Mexico in 1821 following its war for independence. The western portion of Alta California then was organized as the State of California, the California Gold Rush starting in 1848 led to dramatic social and demographic changes, with large-scale emigration from the east and abroad with an accompanying economic boom. If it were a country, California would be the 6th largest economy in the world, fifty-eight percent of the states economy is centered on finance, government, real estate services, technology, and professional, scientific and technical business services. Although it accounts for only 1.5 percent of the states economy, the story of Calafia is recorded in a 1510 work The Adventures of Esplandián, written as a sequel to Amadis de Gaula by Spanish adventure writer Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo. The kingdom of Queen Calafia, according to Montalvo, was said to be a land inhabited by griffins and other strange beasts. This conventional wisdom that California was an island, with maps drawn to reflect this belief, shortened forms of the states name include CA, Cal. Calif. and US-CA. Settled by successive waves of arrivals during the last 10,000 years, various estimates of the native population range from 100,000 to 300,000. The Indigenous peoples of California included more than 70 distinct groups of Native Americans, ranging from large, settled populations living on the coast to groups in the interior. California groups also were diverse in their organization with bands, tribes, villages. Trade, intermarriage and military alliances fostered many social and economic relationships among the diverse groups, the first European effort to explore the coast as far north as the Russian River was a Spanish sailing expedition, led by Portuguese captain Juan Rodríguez Cabrillo, in 1542. Some 37 years later English explorer Francis Drake also explored and claimed a portion of the California coast in 1579. Spanish traders made unintended visits with the Manila galleons on their trips from the Philippines beginning in 1565
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Massimo Marone
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Massimo Marone IV is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. The character was played by late Days of Our Lives actor Joseph Mascolo from August 23,2001 to July 7,2006, Massimo Marone was a childhood friend of Stephanie Forrester and an apprentice of her father, John Douglas, who was a powerful Chicago businessman. Massimo went to college at Northwestern University with Eric Forrester, Stephanie Douglas, Beth Henderson and he dated Stephanie before she met Eric and while on a trip to Lake Geneva they slept together and conceived Ridge. Stephanie soon met and began dating Eric Forrester and when she realized she was pregnant she used it to get Eric to break up with Beth Henderson and marry her. Massimo, like Stephanies father, didnt want Stephanie to marry Eric but everyone thought that Eric was the father of Stephanies baby, Massimo went on to build an international shipping company, Marone Industries, and ran it with an iron fist. Marone Industries earned a reputation as a conservative company and Massimo became a very wealthy. After Eric and Stephanies first divorce Massimo became a confidant to Stephanie, Massimo came to L. A. to pursue Stephanie and this caused animosity with Eric and Ridge. Under the influence of his feelings for Stephanie, Massimo collaborated to make arrangements for Brooke to leave and move to Paris, in Massimos office Ridge cut his hand and needed a blood transfusion. Blood tests revealed that there was no way for Eric Forrester to be Ridges father, Massimo reminded Stephanie of the time they were once together in college. Stephanie concluded that Massimo was Ridges father, Stephanie asked that Massimo keep Ridges paternity a secret. Massimo did for a year but was overheard by Bridget talking about Ridge being his son and soon Massimo told Ridge the truth about his paternity. Massimo was even more excited when he learned he had a son, Dominick Nick Payne. Things were just starting to come together for Massimo and his children when both his sons fell in love with Brooke Logan. Brooke married Ridge and on their honeymoon Ridge, Nick, and Brooke were kidnapped by Sheila Carter, Brooke was seduced by Nick at the furnace on the night Ridge died. Ridge turned out to be alive and Massimo saved them all, Brooke turned out to be pregnant but was not sure if Ridge or Nick fathered her child. Brooke told Ridge about her night with Nick and a paternity test revealed that Nick was the father, after Massimo, Jackie, and Stephanie urged Brooke to end her marriage to Ridge and raise her child with Nick. Brooke annulled the marriage and decided to be with Nick and raise their child together, Massimo supported his grandchild being raised by his father but Ridge took this as Massimo choosing Nick over him and left Marone Industries and told Massimo that he wasnt a Marone. Massimo finally regained control of his life and made a recovery with the help and support of his sons Nick and Ridge
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Stephanie Forrester (The Bold and the Beautiful)
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Stephanie Forrester is a fictional character on the American soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. She has been portrayed since the inception in 1987 by Emmy-winning actress Susan Flannery. Stephanies lung cancer diagnosis played a role in the series. Jane Elliot was contacted by producer Gail Kobe for the role but, hayes did, however, appear in 2003 as Joanna Manning in one episode. Stephanie has been played since the beginning in 1987 by Flannery. In September 2007, Flannery asked the show for a medical leave, on October 10,2012, it was announced that Flannery had made the decision to quit the show as well after twenty-five years. During an interview with TV Guide, Bradley Bell announced that Stephanies character will be killed off after she loses her battle with cancer, I knew this day was coming but Ive been in denial about it. Ive been loving and treasuring every one of these last few days we have with Susan, Flannery signed a contract that would allow the show to build a storyline surrounding her exit. Stephanie last appeared on-screen via flashback on November 26,2012, Bradley Bell said that Stephanie, has always been a woman of great strength and character. She is known for her feud with Brooke Logan. However, in recent times, it has calmed down and they are extremely close, Bell has stated that, Stephanie and Brooke are the true supercouple of B&B. During a confrontation with Brooke, Stephanie collapsed, on September 24,2010, after being taken to the hospital, Stephanie was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. Brooke became the person to know this secret, instead of rejoicing that her nemesis and arch-rival may soon be out of the picture, she became a confidant. Head writer and executive producer of The Bold and the Beautiful, Brad Bell, said that this was because she felt that her family, Bell also said that Shed rather die than be the center of attention. Stephanie then created a goofy bucket list, Bell said that this was all a part of her denial, in a second-level to the story, Stephanie meets a young woman, Dayzee Leigh who gives her a new lease on life, and convinces her to undergo treatment. Dayzee lived on skid row in Los Angeles, Stephanie wanted to survive her cancer to advocate for poverty after learning more about it, Stephanie has since overcome her cancer. Prior, there was speculation that Flannery was leaving the show. In 2012, she was diagnosed again, and according to Bell, She receives the diagnosis that the cancer has spread, Stephanie decided to throw a party which would be the last time she sees her loved ones
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Eric Forrester
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Eric Forrester is a fictional character from the American CBS Daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, played by John McCook. He made his screen appearance on March 23,1987. The character appeared briefly on The Young and the Restless in 1993,1995,1996,2005,2008,2013, McCook had also played Lance Prentiss from 1976 to 1980. Eric and his wife, Stephanie, are co-founders of the Los Angeles-based fashion house, Forrester Creations and they have five children, Ridge, Thorne, Kristen, Felicia and Angela. Two different retcons have taken two of his children. The Angela that Eric meets in 1988 proves to be an imposter who replaced the real Angela when she died in an accident years before, in 2001 it is revealed that the biological father of his firstborn, Ridge, is billionaire shipping magnate, Massimo Marone. Forrester Creations was first started with a $50,000 loan from Stephanies father, John Douglas, with Stephanie working on the business side and Eric on the creative, Forrester Creations becomes a great success, both in prestige and profits. For a time, those profits are eaten away by a far less prestigious rival, Spectra Fashions, when viewers first meet Erics wife, Stephanie, their marriage is already in trouble. Eric declares the marriage stale, while Stephanie blames their woes on his assistant, Margo Lynley, later, Stephanie inadvertently brings an actual other woman into his life when she makes the wrong choice of caterers for her party. One of the employees is his old flame, Beth Henderson. After they meet, the two of them resume their affair from thirty years before. Another employee is Beths daughter, Brooke, who proves a even more serious rival for Erics affections. Eric eventually leaves his wife for Beth, but what brings him back to the Forrester home is the revelation that he has a 24-year-old daughter he never knew, Stephanie had pretended she had had a stillbirth to spare Eric the pain of knowing his daughter was so severely disabled. Stephanie had hired a doctor to give Angela round-the-clock care in a secret house and it turns out the doctor, Todd Powell, had accidentally killed the real Angela years before. The daughter Eric meets is a perfectly functional imposter, other urgent matters—including the secret, withheld even from the partly amnesiac Thorne himself, that Thorne shot Ridge in the back of the head—keep Eric home for a while. And Stephanies machinations, which bring Beths estranged husband back in town, Eric offered comfort to a distraught and emotionally disturbed Brooke who watched Ridge, the man she loved, leave her for Caroline after she lost the baby she was carrying that was Ridges. Eric began to pursue and support Brooke, and she becomes pregnant with Erics child. Deciding to abort the baby, she leaves town and they keep their affair quiet for quite some time
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Thorne Forrester
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Thorne Forrester is a fictional character on CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Thorne Forrester is the son of Eric and Stephanie Forrester. Thorne was raised in Beverly Hills with his siblings, Ridge, Kristen, Thorne grew up in the shadow of big brother Ridge. Thorne had a crush on Caroline Spencer, even though she was engaged to Ridge, when Caroline dumped Ridge for having a one-night stand before their wedding, Thorne befriended Caroline, and the friendship turned to romance. But Thorne knew Caroline still loved Ridge, so he convinced Ridges new girlfriend, Brooke Logan, Thorne and Caroline married soon after, although Caroline was furious when she learned of Thornes part in hiding the letter. Caroline had too much to drink at a party, and Ridge thought it would be funny to slip into Carolines bed, but Caroline, thinking Ridge was Thorne, made love to Ridge. Afterwards, Thorne was frustrated by Carolines hesitancy to be intimate with him, while recovering from an appendectomy, Thorne overheard Eric and Stephanie discussing Ridges prank. Drinking heavily while on painkillers, Thorne grabbed Stephanies gun and shot Ridge in the head, Thorne passed out, so Stephanie wiped Thornes fingerprints from the gun and told the police she had shot Ridge, thinking he was a prowler. Neither Thorne nor Ridge had any memory of what had happened that night, Thornes family worked overtime to keep Thorne from remembering what he had done, fearing a repeat episode. Caroline, who wanted Ridge back, took Thorne to a therapist under the guise of getting marriage counseling, when Thorne finally learned of Ridges prank, Thorne cut both Ridge and Caroline out of his life and turned an eye toward Brookes sister, Donna Logan. Thorne had grown up thinking his youngest sister, Angela, was dead, no one knew that Angelas doctor had replaced Angela, who had died, with an imposter to bilk money out of the Forresters. Angela was severely burned escaping with the doctor, and later introduced herself to Thorne as Deveney Dickson. Thornes empathy and offer of plastic surgery softened Deveney, who fell in love with Thorne, Thorne responded when Ridge talked him down, and Angela got away with the money Thorne had given her for the surgery. Thorne met Macy Alexander when her mother, Sally Spectra, meant to lock Macy, Thorne briefly dated Macy and Donna Logan at the same time, but ultimately Thorne chose Macy. The Forresters and the Spectras were fashion rivals, and neither family approved of Thorne, Thorne and Macy married anyway, but separated when the strain of the families battle became too much. During the separation, Macy dated Jake Maclaine, while Thorne got close to Karen Spencer, just as Thorne asked Karen to move in with him, Macy asked for a reconciliation, and the three ended up living under the same roof. Macy and Karen got into a fight over Thorne, who couldnt choose between them. Thorne finally decided on Macy, but misinterpreted Macys goodbye hug with Jake, Karen left Thorne after she realized that Thorne still loved Macy
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Nick Marone
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Nick Marone is a fictional character on the CBS soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. The character was originated by Jack Wagner on March 28,2003, much of Nicks storylines has revolved around his relationships with Bridget Forrester, her mother Brooke Logan, Brookes sisters Donna and Katie Logan, and Brookes longtime rival Taylor Hayes. Wagner departed after the character dropped off canvas, following speculation that he was taken off his contract, Nick Payne arrives in town after a shipwreck. Soon, he is romancing Brooke Logan and this eventually puts him at odds with her fiancée, Ridge Forrester. Their rivalry is exacerbated when his mother, Jacqueline Payne, reveals to Nick that he is the son of his employer, billionaire shipping magnate Massimo Marone making him Ridges half-brother. They go on their honeymoon in South America, where Ridge is kidnapped by a group of working for Sheila Carter. While saving Ridge, Brooke and Nick end up also being held captive by Sheila, Ridge falls into a furnace and is presumed dead. While grieving, Brooke and Nick have sex and it is later revealed that Ridge is alive. Brooke realizes she is pregnant and is unsure if Ridge or Nick is the father, a DNA test reveals Nick is the father but months its later revealed that Ridge is actually the father. Brooke nearly marries Nick but the wedding is stopped by Ridge, Nick later had a brief romance with Ridges half-sister, Felicia Forrester. She returned to L. A with a son called Dominick, later, Nick begins to romance Bridget Forrester. They get married at the Forrester Mansion, Bridget becomes pregnant, but finds out that Nick and her own mother, Brooke, had begun an affair. Nick and Bridgets stillborn baby Nicole was born in early 2006, Nick, wanting Brooke back, stopped her wedding to Ridge and succeeded. Brooke and Nick finally married soon afterward, on one of the fashion show television shows Ridge purposely gave Brooke a scandalizing kiss causing Nick to lose it. Ridge continues his constant sexual advances to Brooke to try to break up Nick and Brooke, Brooke leaves Nick in their bedroom in a huff when she sees Donna on television scantily clad and representing Brookes Bedroom and goes to Ridges house to confront him about it. Also during this time, Jackie falls off the staircase at the Forrester mansion, Nick blackmails Eric Forrester and the rest of the Forresters into selling him Forrester Creations or Stephanie will face charges. Brooke, furious at Nicks treatment of the Forresters, sells him her stock as well, ends her marriage to Nick, after many problems, Nick underwent therapy with Taylor. He told her about Jackies days in Seattle, when she became a prostitute to support herself, Stephanie overhears Taylor recording her notes of Nicks session and publicly announces Jackies past at the first Forrester Creations fashion show under Nicks management
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Forrester family
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The Forrester family is a family in the CBS Daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. The Forresters own and run the Los Angeles-based fashion house Forrester Creations and this is a list of all known members of the Forrester family, both past and present, deceased and living. Eric Forrester Patriarch of the Forrester family, Eric believed Ridge Forrester was his oldest son with Stephanie until the 2001 reveal that Ridge was fathered by Massimo Marone. Stephanie Forrester Matriarch of the Forrester family, mother to Ridge, Thorne, Kristen, Felicia and Angela. She is extremely involved in her children and grand-childrens lives and rarely butts out when she feels shes doing what is in their best interest and she has a strong rivalry with Brooke Logan, who has been married to Eric, Ridge and Thorne. Eric married Stephanie originally because she was pregnant with Ridge, died from lung cancer in November 2012. Brooke Logan Eric and Brookes marriage produced two children, Rick and Bridget. Brooke became pregnant with Rick after Ridge chose to be with Caroline, Bridget was conceived during a time when Brooke was intimate with both Eric and Ridge, and she did not know which man had fathered her child. Sheila Carter Eric married nurse Sheila, but divorced her when Lauren Fenmore revealed Sheilas crooked past, Donna Logan She married Eric in 2008, they subsequently divorced. She was formerly engaged to Thorne Forrester, Quinn Fuller Erics new wife, with their marriage being aired in late September of 2016. John Forrester Occasionally mentioned brother of Eric Forrester, John was not seen until 2014 and he is the father of Jessica Forrester through his marriage to Maggie Forrester and Ivy Forrester through his second wife, Claire. Margaret Maggie Forrester Ex-wife of John Forrester and Dr. James Warwick and she had a strong rivalry with Sheila Carter. Claire Forrester Second wife of John Forrester and mother of Ivy Forrester, mentioned by Eric as being accepting and supporting of Johns feisty personality, and to sometimes join him in his adventures. Ridge Forrester The eldest and favorite son of Eric Forrester and Stephanie Forrester, later found to be the son of Massimo Marone. He is currently co-owner and CEO of Forrester Creations and he has three children, Thomas, Phoebe, and Steffy from his marriage to Dr. Taylor Hayes. He has another son, Ridge Forrester Jr. from his previous marriage to Brooke Logan, Caroline Spencer Forrester, 1987-1990 Caroline left Thorne for Ridge. She died from leukemia shortly after their wedding and her twin sister Karen Spencer arrived after her death to seduce him and get him away from Taylor. Taylor Hayes Second wife of Ridge Forrester and mother to Steffy Forrester, Thomas Forrester and their relationship and marriages were often interfered with by Brooke Logan
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Felicia Forrester
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Felicia Forrester is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Originally portrayed by actress Colleen Dion-Scotti, the role has been portrayed by Lesli Kay since November 2005, Felicia is known as the black sheep of the Forrester family. The youngest daughter of Stephanie and Eric Forrester, Felicia has one brother, Thorne and she had another sister, Angela who is deceased. She also has three half-siblings, Ridge, Rick, and Bridget and she is affectionately known as Fifi, a name bestowed on her by her mothers friend, Sally Spectra. Kays performance in the role earned her a nomination for the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in 2007, in March and April 2008, the character made her first crossover to the series sister series, The Young and the Restless. The role of Felicia Forrester was originally cast with actress Colleen Dion-Scotti in 1989 and she first appeared on the series on January 11,1990. Dion-Scotti remained with the series until 1992, when she departed the series, the actress briefly returned in 1997, for a recurring spot with the series. In May 2004, it was announced that Dion-Scotti would return to the series in an attempt to reinvent the Forresters, in October, the actress announced that she would be exiting the series once again. She made her exit on December 4,2004. In October 2005, it was announced that former daytime veteran actress Lesli Kay had been hired into the role of Felicia, Kay was best known for her roles as Molly Conlan on As the World Turns, and also known as Lois Cerullo on General Hospital. Kay made her first on-screen appearance as Felicia on November 30,2005 opposite Taylor Hayes, in 2008, it was announced that Kay would crossover to The Young and the Restless, in what was considered to be a semi-permanent basis. Kays crossover to Y&R was short-lived and she returned to her home series, following the cancellation of As the World Turns, Kay has remained with B&B on a recurring stature, appearing when the series calls for her appearance. In August 2014, Kay reprised her role as Felicia for one episode of The Bold, a TV Soap reporter said that Kay had no more upcoming appearances scheduled. On September 2,2016, it was announced that Kay would again reprise her portrayal of Felicia on September 22,23 and 26, soon after Felicias arrival in Los Angeles in 1990, she forged ill-fated relationships with Jake MacClaine and Zach Hamilton. She left town in 1992, but returned in 1994 but left town again, Felicia returned in 1997 for her parents wedding. After Ridge was arrested for shooting Grant Chambers, Felicia tried to help him and then attempted to help him reunite with his wife. She was unsuccessful on both counts, and soon left town again, after seven years overseas, Felicia returned in July 2004. She quickly began an affair with Nick Marone, who discovered that Felicia had colon cancer
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Caroline Spencer Forrester
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Caroline Spencer Forrester is a fictional character from the American soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. The role was played by Joanna Johnson from March 23,1987 and she returned as a ghost in 2001. Johnson also plays Carolines identical twin sister, Karen Spencer, but Bill strongly disapproves of this match. Just before the ceremony, Bill tells Caroline that he had Ridge followed. She is nevertheless determined to go through with the wedding, and she is rushed to the hospital, where an idolizing young woman from the Valley, Brooke Logan, visits and befriends her. After she is released, she estranges herself from Ridge and moves into her own apartment, Caroline is raped by a man named Ron Deacon. The first person a distraught Caroline calls for support is Brooke and she eventually moves in with the Logans, Brooke and her siblings, Storm, Donna and Katie, and Brookes mother, Beth. Ridges brother, Thorne, visits to comfort Caroline, even while Ridge himself knows nothing about what happened, by the time he finds out, Caroline has convinced herself she loves Thorne. During the trial, Rons lawyer tries to destroy Carolines reputation by insinuating that she consented to sex, Ridge takes the stand, testifying that Caroline was insistent on remaining a virgin until she was married. Ridge writes Caroline a love letter, but Brooke conspires with Thorne to hide it, Caroline learns of their deception only after she weds Thorne, causing a rift in their marriage and in her friendship with Brooke, who is now dating Ridge. Her marriage is further undermined when a drunken Ridge tricks Caroline by slipping into her bed, when Thorne learns what happened, he gets drunk and shoots Ridge in the back of the head. Stricken with amnesia, he forgets both Carolines disloyalty and his shooting of Ridge, but Stephanie knows everything and she is terrified when she learns that Caroline plans to leave Thorne because she is certain it will trigger Thornes memory, and hell attack Ridge again. But Caroline is becoming assertive, and Stephanies attempts to manipulate her fail, when she learns the truth of the shooting, she is all the more determined to leave Thorne. He eventually does remember the attempted murder and nearly shoots Ridge again, the two brothers eventually reconcile, but Carolines marriage is over. Caroline is still married to Thorne when she realizes she never stopped loving Ridge and she is devastated when Brooke reveals she is pregnant by Ridge but determined to make her move on him when they announce their wedding date. Brooke has a miscarriage, which leaves Ridge to make a choice between the two women. After spending some time alone, he chooses Caroline, Ridge and Caroline marry in January 1990. The two of them are happy for about six months, only six months into the marriage, Caroline is diagnosed with leukemia and has only months to live
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Taylor Hayes (The Bold and the Beautiful)
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Taylor Hayes is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, portrayed by Hunter Tylo. The character was created by William J. Bell and debuted during the episode dated June 6,1990, Tylo appeared as a regular continuously until 1994 when she took a hiatus for a few months before being written back into the series. In 1996, she left the serial after being cast on Melrose Place, where she was fired on the grounds of being pregnant. In 2002, Tylo and the executive producer Bradley Bell had mutually agreed that the character was played out. Tylo returned in 2004, reprising Taylor as a ghost and she returned on a permanent basis in April 2005, with the character revealed to be alive. Tylo exited The Bold and the Beautiful again in July 2013, a Los Angeles-based globally renowned psychiatrist, Taylor was introduced to facilitate social issues and act as a romantic lead. In her early years, Taylor was characterized as pristine and well-mannered, Most of her history revolved around her relationship with love interest Ridge Forrester. Taylor rivaled Brooke Logan for Ridges affections, with a triangle between the three becoming a focus on the soap opera for many years. Ridge and Taylor were married twice, and had three children, a son Thomas, and twin daughters Phoebe and Steffy, after Taylors apparent death in 2002, Ridge married Brooke. When Taylor returned in 2005, she and Ridge had a reunion before the end of their marriage. Upon her reintroduction, Tylo stated that the character became more real, experiencing alcoholism, Tylo emerged as a fan favorite in the 1990s, with Ridge and Taylor considered a soap opera supercouple. The characters rivalry with Brooke has resulted in the Brooke and Taylor wars among fans, before her first appearance on the show, Taylor dated Storm Logan in high school. Her father is Jack Hamilton, and she has a younger brother, Taylors mother, Sharon, died when she was a child which led to Jacks gambling addiction. Her chaotic childhood led to Taylor becoming a psychiatrist and she was in an abusive relationship with Blake Hayes who also stalked her. Taylor begins counseling Ridge Forrester and his wife Caroline Spencer Forrester when Caroline is diagnosed with leukemia, after Carolines death, Ridge takes interest in Taylor, to the dismay of his ex Brooke Logan. Storm and Taylor briefly date and he proposes to her at Christmas 1990, Ridge and Taylor begin a relationship which is temporarily broken up by Brooke, Ridge follows Taylor to St. Thomas Island and successfully wins her back. The couple marry in 1992, Taylor befriends Ridges overprotective mother Stephanie Forrester, in 1993 while trapped in a cabin at Big Bear and suffering from hypothermia, Taylor sleeps with her mentor from medical school James Warwick to prevent him from dying a virgin. A guilty Taylor writes Ridge a note confessing her infidelity, Stephanie destroys Taylors letter, and Ridge eventually remarries Brooke
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Brooke Logan
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Brooke Logan is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. She has been portrayed by Katherine Kelly Lang since the debut in March 1987. The character is part of the four central characters and actors. Over the years, she has developed into a woman working at Forrester Creations. Her character is described as having emerged as the shows heroine, always in turmoil and forever symbolic of true love. In addition, the character has had rivalries with Stephanie Forrester. Katherine Kelly Lang debuted as the character in 1987, and continues the portray the role today, in 1987, she was briefly replaced by Catherine Hickland while Lang was on sick leave. In 1997, Sandra Ferguson filled in for a amount of time during Langs maternity leave. In 2012, Lang announced that she had signed a contract with the series. The world-wide success of The Bold and the Beautiful has meant world-wide controversy among fans for this most controversial of characters. As far away from the U. S. A. as Kenya, men heatedly condemn this evil and wicked woman, while women praise her for being independent and put men where they belong. In 2013, she received her first Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series nomination her portrayal of Brooke after 25 years of joining the soap. Lang said of the plots and twists in the relationship, Ridge. On January 29,2008, actress Katherine Kelly Lang was asked What do you like about your character Brooke Logan, in mid-2010, Taylors daughter Steffy Forrester began going after Hope Logan s boyfriends. This re-ignited both Taylor and Brookes rivalry and began a new generation rivalry, bradley Bell stated on this, is exciting to see Brooke and Taylor in the more maternal roles. Brooke has a daughter -- miraculously -- who is sweet and a virgin and she is just a darling, and Taylor has a daughter who is trouble. She knows how to manipulate men and she is very sexual, of the characters accidental infidelity with her daughters boyfriend Oliver Jones, Lang stated, She was excited and high on her hormones during an interview with Michael Fairman. Hope began to more like her mother when she became more sexual in her relationship with Liams half-brother
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Caroline Spencer
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Caroline Spencer is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful, created by producer Bradley Bell. She is portrayed by actress Linsey Godfrey and she is the daughter of media mogul Karen Spencer, niece of media mogul Bill Spencer, Jr. and namesake of her aunt, Caroline Spencer Forrester. It was announced that actress Linsey Godfrey was cast into the new role, Godfrey is known for her roles on several television series such as NCIS, One Tree Hill, and Wizards of Waverly Place. The character, while unknown to viewers, would be acknowledged, in April 2012, it was announced that Crystal Chappell would enter the cast of the series as Carolines second mother, in the series first ever lesbian storyline. Godfrey has a tattoo to symbolize her successful battle with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, in December 2016, Godfrey was put on recurring status with the show. Carolines initial storyline revolves around a storyline about her and her mothers, Karen and Danielle Spencer. So I felt it was wonderful to see the difference in the attitude. Carolines importance in the storyline was a key aspect, as her mothers had their hands full while coming together to help Caroline deal with her own problems. The role of Caroline was involved in three romances, the first being with Thomas Forrester, before she moved on with his arch-rival Rick Forrester and then she got married to Ridge Forrester. Rick falls out of love with Caroline and begins falling for an aspiring actress, Maya Avant, he attempts to dump her. By this point, she was described by Jamey Giddens of the website Zap2it as cunning and scheming blonde vixen, joanna Johnson, upon her return to the series, characterized Caroline as having changed into a total bad-ass crazy person who needed mothering. Speaking on her characters progression, Godfrey explained, I really love the dimension that added to Caroline because when I first came on the show, she was very sweet. Then she became this very sassy, aggressive mean girl, I was so excited when they turned her into a layered woman who had these very strong thoughts and opinions and didn’t back down to anyone, but she also wasn’t being a catty little girl any more. In March 2012, Karen Spencer returned to town with a trip for her daughter. Upon arrival, both Brooke and Ridge offer a deal with Caroline, sparking concern with Karen over their intentions. Caroline accepts the job, as well as Rick, at a welcoming party at the Forrester Estate, Caroline is introduced to everyone in the company. She is, however, given a very dishonest welcome and toast by Amber, and the party, Ridge brings Caroline to the guest house where he stayed with Caroline, where he shared several memories about Caroline including the charm bracelet he gave to her. She then revealed to Ridge the cancer ribbon she got in honor of Caroline, as Caroline begins to grow a deeper connection to Rick, Amber begins to manipulate her into believing he enjoys dressing in drag
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Thomas Forrester
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Thomas Forrester is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. He is portrayed by Pierson Fodé, the character was previously played by Adam Gregory from 2010 to 2014 and Drew Tyler Bell from 2004 to 2010, Bell earned a Daytime Emmy as Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series. Thomas is the son of supercouple Ridge Forrester and Taylor Hayes and he has two twin sisters, Phoebe and Steffy and a half-brother, R. J. Forrester from his fathers marriage to Brooke Logan. Between 1998 and 2001, the character of Thomas was played by child actors. From January 15,2002 to August 4,2003, child actor Patrick Dorn was the first non-twin child actors duo to play Thomas, from 2004 to 2005, Drew Tyler Bell began playing Thomas on a contract. He shifted to a character from 2005 to 2009, and was on contract from 2009 to 2010. He won a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 2008, in 2010, it was announced that Bell had been dropped from the part, and that Adam Gregory was to take over the role. In December 2013, following Gregorys decreased screen time and removal from the opening credits, Gregory and a rep for the series confirmed he was dropped to recurring to pursue other acting jobs. A rep for the series confirmed, Adam is recurring, and, he has more scenes to tape later this week. In May 2015, it was confirmed that Gregory was no longer in the role, in June 2015, it was announced that Pierson Fodé would join the cast in the role of Thomas. Fodé made his debut on July 27,2015, there was brief speculation that the character was going gay, however this was never a storyline. Bell has stated that this new Thomas will become a replica of how his father Ridge Forrester was when he was a young playboy at the beginning of the show. When Dr. Taylor Hayes, Thomas mother, discovered the pregnancy, however once she saw him being seduced by Brooke Logan once again she nearly lost the baby due to stress. So that Ridge could be happy with Brooke, Taylor told everyone that Thorne Forrester, Ridges brother, was the father. Shortly after Thomass birth Taylor saw the bond between Ridge and her baby and realized that Ridge wasnt in love at the time to Brooke. She explained the reasons she went along with the deception, furious with Brooke, Ridge was overjoyed and declared his love for Taylor and proposed to her and they were then married. Shortly after Thomas, Taylor and Ridge had twins, Steffy and Phoebe At long last, Taylor, Thomas childhood was far from easy, at a young age his sister Steffy was thought to be dead, however was kidnapped. Also, his mother, Taylor was presumed dead in 2002 after being shot by Sheila Carter defending Brooke, after Taylors death, Brooke took over as parent for the children and married Ridge
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Phoebe Forrester
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Phoebe Forrester is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. The first actress to play the character on a contract basis was Addison Hoover, from July 11,2006 to 2008, Phoebe was played by MacKenzie Mauzy. The character was killed off in 2008, Phoebe Forrester and her twin sister, Steffy, were born in September 1999 to Ridge Forrester and Taylor Hayes. As a result of constant SORASing, Phoebe was seventeen by 2006, Phoebe has been described as an ill-fated beauty. After being played by a range of actors, Brynne McNabb began portraying Phoebe in January 2002. Chandler Mella took over from January to March 2004, followed by Keaton Tyndall from April to December 2004, Addison Hoover played the role from April to September 2005. Phoebe has been aged multiple times, first in January 2002, in 2004, she was aged to pre-teen, and by 2006 was nearly 20 years old. Mauzy relocated to Los Angeles to be on The Bold and the Beautiful, in May 2008, Steffy, who had been out of town since December 2006 was re-cast with Jacqueline MacInnes Wood, the character was re-written as fraternal twins. On July 3,2008, it was announced that Mauzy was now on a recurring status, Phoebe had a major romance with Rick Forrester, her legal uncle, although they are not blood related. At the time of the storyline, Mauzy was just 18 years old, Lowder stated that she was so mature for her age, and that off-screen the actors did not feel awkward as they formed a bond which translated well on-screen. Prior to Rick, Phoebe had an attraction to Shane McGrath. Mauzy and co-star Lowder are both singers off-screen, which prompted executive producer Bradley Bell to have both sing on the soap, speaking of how this came about, Mauzy said, It kind of evolved. I think I talked to Brad about having done theater in the past, one day, he called me and asked, Do you want to start singing on the show. In August 2007, former American Idol contestant Constantine Maroulis was cast as record promoter Constantine Parros on the show, with Phoebe as his protege. On the website for his company Boldface Records, he and Phoebe post a duet they recorded together, the series aired a special concert with Constantine, Phoebe, Rick, and recording artists Elliott Yamin and Jon McLaughlin. Maroulis told People becomes sort of fixated on Phoebe who is beautiful and young, the actress found that shooting the concert before a live audience was a different energy from where the soap is usually filmed, in a studio. Phoebe and her twin, Steffy, were born onscreen on September 21,1999, to Ridge Forrester, Taylor nearly died giving birth to them after suffering from tuberculosis. Steffy was named after her grandmother, Stephanie Forrester, in February 2001, Ridge and Taylor took the twins and Thomas to Saint Thomas, where they renewed their wedding vows
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Steffy Forrester
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Steffy Forrester is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Introduced by Bradley Bell, she is portrayed by Jacqueline MacInnes Wood. Steffy and her twin sister Phoebe were born onscreen as the daughters of supercouple Ridge Forrester, for the characters first five-year period, she appeared as a minor. In 2005, Steffy was rapidly aged to a teenager, Wood portrayed the role continuously until 2013, when she decided to leave her regular capacity with the series, following a series of guest appearances, Wood returned as a series regular in 2015. Steffy has suffered many losses throughout her life, which according to Wood is the reason for her deep-seated issues, Wood has also described the character as a rich bitch. While characterized as being provocative and strong-willed, Steffy is emotionally starved on the due to her fathers neglect. For part of her life, Steffy grew up motherless after Taylors supposed death, in 2008, Phoebe was in a fatal car accident and Steffy began dating Phoebes ex-boyfriend Rick Forrester soon after. For several years, Steffys storyline revolved around a triangle with Hope. Soaps In Depth called Steffy the soap opera genres resident diva, from 1999 to 2003, Steffy and Phoebe were portrayed by various sets of identical twin child actors. Cameryn McNabb took over the role in 2003, from January to March 2004, Jordan Mella played Steffy. In April 2004, both roles were recast with Keaton and Kylie Rae Tyndall, and Steffy was rapidly aged, Kylie portrayed the role of Steffy until April 2005, when the role was recast with Addison Hoover, whose twin sister Alex Hoover took over the role of Phoebe. The Hoover twins were downgraded to recurring status in November 2005, in June 2006, former Guiding Light actress MacKenzie Mauzy took over the role of Phoebe upon the characters return, while Steffy was written out of the series. Steffy was absent from the opera until June 4,2008. With the casting of Wood, Phoebe and Steffy were retconned as fraternal twins, a month after Woods arrival, Mauzy announced her exit from the show and Phoebe was killed off. Wood finds filming on the very quick, saying, On the daily we can shoot up to 90 pages, that’s 8 to 12 episodes. In films, you shoot 100 pages in 4 months, in 2010, it was announced that Wood would take a brief break from the program to film the fifth installment in the Final Destination film series, Final Destination 5. Wood recorded several scenes in advance of her planned absence, in May 2012, when The Bold and the Beautiful was shooting Hope and Liams wedding on location in Italy, Wood performed her own stunts in a drowning scene. Wood learned about her Daytime Emmy nomination just before filming a scene in the Adriatic sea, stating, the water was only 54 degrees
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Pamela Douglas
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Pamela Douglas is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful, portrayed by Alley Mills. She made her first appearance during the episode broadcast on December 1,2006, Pam was introduced as the sister of established character Stephanie Forrester. She is a receptionist at Forrester Creations, on November 30,2006, Joel Keller from The Huffington Post reported that former Wonder Years actress Alley Mills had been cast in the limited role of Stephanie Forresters sister, Pamela Douglas. Mills made her first screen appearance as Pam on December 1,2006, the following year, executive producer Bradley Bell announced that Mills had signed a new contract with the show, making her a full-time member of the cast. Pam returned on January 11,2007, after Stephanie invited her to LA and asked her to keep an eye on her husband Eric, when Flannery quit her role as Pams sister Stephanie in 2012, Mills became worried that she too would have to leave the show. She explained Stephanie was Pams link to that world and so when Susan left, Stephanie was the function of Pams life – she was always defending her and looking after her when she got sick. Mills was asked to stay with the show and she confirmed in 2014 that she had no plans to leave in the immediate future, Mills believed Pam had found a new lease on life at Forrester Creations with her job as a receptionist. She also thought Pam had become stronger and felt the 2014 Thanksgiving scenes showed that Pam had finally become part of the fabric of the clan, Mills added that Pam would continue to be a busybody and an oddball who roams around. Pamela Douglas and her sister, Stephanie, were raised by John, Stephanie married Eric Forrester and moved to Los Angeles, rarely mentioning her sister and telling everyone that her parents were dead. In reality, John had abused Stephanie as a child, which Ann had ignored, when Stephanies controlling behavior got out hand, she sought therapy with Taylor Hayes, who suggested that Stephanie go to Chicago and confront Ann. With Eric at her side, Stephanie found Pam taking care of a widowed Ann, mousy Pam finally spoke up and confirmed the abuse, admitting she was too scared as a child to help her older sister. Stephanie remained at odds with her family until Eric invited Pam, after Ann returned to Chicago, Pam stayed on in the Forrester guest house and took a shine to Eric, actively discouraging Jackie Marones interest. But Pam, who had a long-held resentment about Stephanie living the life while Pam was stuck caring for their mother. When Pam went off her medication for bipolar disorder, Ann feared that Pam had shot Stephanie, Stephanies marriage to Eric crumbled, and Eric moved on with Donna Logan. Pam trapped Donna in a bed and turned Donnas hair. Pam also replaced Erics Viagra with sleeping pills, but Pams pranks got more serious when Pam intimidated Donna with Tiny, her giant Doberman, and threatened to kill Donna on several occasions. Eric and Stephanie blew off Donnas concerns about Pam, Tiny died after eating a lemon bar Donna threw to distract him. Finding out that the dog actually died from a dose of heart medication did nothing to quell Pams hatred of Donna
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The Bold and the Beautiful secondary characters
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William Bill Spencer is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. The character appeared regularly from 1987 through 1994, with brief appearances afterwards. Bill is overprotective of Caroline and strongly objects when she falls in love with Ridge Forrester, the son of the famous fashion designer, Eric Forrester. He forbids Ridge from continuing to date his daughter, the headstrong Ridge responds by proposing to her. Just before the ceremony, Bill tells Caroline that he had Ridge followed. She is furious with her father and goes on with the wedding, walking down the aisle alone, but before she gets to Ridge, she faints. Bill gets what he wants, and the wedding fails to take place, Caroline is raped by a man named Ron Deacon. Bill notices how Ridges brother, Thorne, supports her through her recovery, Bill wants Caroline to marry him, and she does. But shes still in love with Ridge, and despite all Bills efforts to prevent it, Caroline eventually marries Ridge, but afterwards becomes ill with leukemia. Bill is devastated when she dies and he finally tells Margo about Karen. She enlists the help of Blake Hayes, who eventually tracks Karen down in Texas, Bill and Karen are soon reunited. Bill is in a relationship with Margo Lynley, even while she is pregnant by the fashion designer. Bill and Margo marry, and Bill adopts the baby, but their marriage does not last, and Margo leaves town with the child. Years later, Bill discovers that he has a terminal illness and he wills his media conglomerate, Spencer Publications, to his two living children, Karen and Bill Jr. who each receive 50 percent and are named co-CEO. Bill also makes a DVD for his son in which he gives him half of Spencer Publications on one condition and he reveals that his true love is Stephanie Forrester, even though her refusal to leave Eric Forrester meant that nothing ever happened between them. He wants to avenge her by enacting revenge on Eric, who fired her from Forrester Creations and had affairs with Brooke Logan. The condition is that he take Forrester Creations from Eric and crush him by any means necessary and he wanted her to marry a junior executive at Spencer Publications for show, but Karen refused. Bill and Karen agreed to keep it a secret from everyone, including his son Bill Spencer, Jr. Caroline stated that Bill had only met her twice, once on New Years, thomas tells Caroline that he always heard that Bill was a powerhouse
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CBS Daytime
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CBS Daytime is a division within CBS that is responsible for the daytime television programming block on the CBS Television Networks late morning and early afternoon schedule. The block has historically encompassed soap operas and game shows, the official website of CBS Daytime was shut down in March 2012 and is no longer online, though network promotional advertising continues to refer to daytime programming under the branding. NOTE, All times are Eastern, Pacific is one hour earlier though local schedules may differ over all time zones, while NBC and ABC were still producing several game shows in daytime, CBS gave up on the format during the 1967–68 season. From 1968 until March 1972, the network carried no game shows, however, as part of CBSs rural purge effort to lure wealthier suburban viewers, CBS executive Fred Silverman commissioned the game show Amateurs Guide to Love. Hosted by Gene Rayburn, the show ran from March 27 to June 23, All were major hits, and more games were added as time went on, Joker ended in 1975 and Gambit in 1976, but both have spawned revivals. The Price Is Right has aired continuously in daytime on CBS since its debut, currently, CBS carries two network games, The Price Is Right and a revival of Lets Make a Deal which debuted in 2009. Prior to Deal, the last game on CBS was the Ray Combs-hosted revival of Family Feud, a pilot was shot with James Vickery as Alan Dunbar and Diana Muldaur as Ann Wicker. 1971, Fred J. Scollay created Absent Without Love,1972, Winifred Wolfe and Mary Harris had a proposal for a one-hour serial titled Yesterdays Child. Her proposal was entitled Celebration but never made it to the air,1986, The Billionaires by Barbara Bauer and Paul Rauch Robert Soderberg is an American TV writer. He was born in Lakewood, Ohio and died in Santa Barbara and he has thirteen credits to his name, including being the Head Writer of CBS Daytimes As the World Turns, One Life to Live, General Hospital and Guiding Light. Awards/Nominations, He has received three Daytime Emmy Awards, Robert Calhoun is an American television writer, producer and director. He graduated from the University of Maryland then went on to three years in the U. S. Navy. His credits include Guiding Light, As the World Turns, Another World and he has garnered 8 Daytime Emmy Award nominations. His first nomination in 1979 was shared with Ira Cirker, Melvin Bernhardt, Peter Frisch is an American TV and theatre producer and director. He received his M. F. A. in stage direction from Carnegie Mellon, as a nationally recognized teacher and coach, Peter has held faculty posts at Carnegie, The Juilliard School, Harvard University, Boston University, Cal Arts, and UCLA. He has taught and coached professional actors and directors in New York, prior to coming to Santa Barbara, Frisch served as Producer on The Young and the Restless for CBS Daytime. He came to the show directly from Pittsburgh and a stint as Head of Drama at Carnegie Mellon Universitys prestigious School of Drama where he also taught. Moonlighting, he also directed seventeen events for the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, working with such as Mariss Jansons, Marvin Hamlisch
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Soap opera
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A soap opera, soap, or soapie, is a serial drama on television or radio that examines the lives of many characters, usually focusing on emotional relationships to the point of melodrama. The term soap opera originated from such dramas being typically sponsored by soap manufacturers in the past, the first serial considered to be a soap opera was Painted Dreams, which debuted on October 20,1930 on Chicago radio station WGN. The first nationally broadcast radio soap opera was Clara, Lu, and Em, a crucial element that defines the soap opera is the open-ended serial nature of the narrative, with stories spanning several episodes. One of the features that makes a television program a soap opera. While Spanish language telenovelas are sometimes called soap operas, telenovelas have conflicts that get resolved, but with soap operas each episode ends with a promise that the storyline is to be continued in another episode. You spend more time even with the characters, the apparent villains grow less apparently villainous. Soap opera storylines run concurrently, intersect and lead into further developments, each episode may feature some of the shows current storylines, but not always all of them. Soap operas rarely bring all the current storylines to a conclusion at the same time, when one storyline ends, there are several other story threads at differing stages of development. Soap opera episodes typically end on some sort of cliffhanger, evening soap operas and those that air at a rate of one episode per week are more likely to feature the entire cast in each episode, and to represent all current storylines in each episode. Evening soap operas and serials that run for only part of the year tend to bring things to a dramatic end-of-season cliffhanger, the article explained that at that time, many prime time series lost money, while daytime serials earned profits several times more than their production costs. Fitting in with these characteristics, most soap operas follow the lives of a group of characters who live or work in a particular place, the storylines follow the day-to-day activities and personal relationships of these characters. These elements may be found across the gamut of soap operas, Due to the prominence of English-language television, most soap-operas are completely English. In many soap operas, in particular daytime serials in the US, Soap operas from the United Kingdom and Australia tend to focus on more everyday characters and situations, and are frequently set in working class environments. Many of the soaps produced in two countries explore social realist storylines such as family discord, marriage breakdown or financial problems. This diverges from US soap operas where such comedy is rare, UK soap operas frequently make a claim to presenting reality or purport to have a realistic style. Romance, secret relationships, extramarital affairs, and genuine hate have been the basis for many soap opera storylines, in US daytime serials, the most popular soap opera characters, and the most popular storylines, often involved a romance of the sort presented in paperback romance novels. Crimes such as kidnapping, rape, and even murder may go unpunished if the perpetrator is to be retained in the ongoing story, Australian and UK soap operas also feature a significant proportion of romance storylines. In Russia, most popular serials explore the romantic quality of criminal and/or oligarch life, in soap opera storylines, previously unknown children, siblings and twins of established characters often emerge to upset and reinvigorate the set of relationships examined by the series
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The Bold and the Beautiful
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The Bold and the Beautiful is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. Set in Los Angeles, California, the show centers upon the Forrester family, the program features an ensemble cast, headed by its longest-serving actors John McCook as Eric Forrester and Katherine Kelly Lang as Brooke Logan. Since its premiere, the show has become the most-watched soap in the world, as of 2010, it continues to hold on to the second-placed position in weekly Nielsen Ratings for daytime dramas. The Bold and the Beautiful has also won 31 Daytime Emmy Awards, including one for Outstanding Drama Series in 2009 and again in 2010, as well as in 2011. On September 7,2011, the series switched to high definition, making it the second-to-last American soap to make the switch, at the time. B&B was the last American soap opera to make the transition due to the cancellation of ABCs One Life to Live before it returned along with All My Children on April 29,2013. It is the youngest airing daytime soap opera in the United States, since December 2,2013, The Bold and the Beautiful now airs same day CBS repeats on Pop. Set in Los Angeles, California, The Bold and the Beautiful centers around the Forrester family, the young lovers hurried to get married after Stephanie became pregnant. It was discovered later, when the children were all adults. The pilot episodes of the focuses on the preparations of the wedding of the Forresters eldest son, Ridge, to Caroline Spencer Forrester. At this time Ridge has already become a designer and vice president of Forrester Creations. In an ironic twist of fate, Beth was Erics college girlfriend before he married Stephanie, Brookes life soon becomes a key element in the series. Originally from a background, her love affair with Ridge sets up much of the story-line. Every so often, Ridge and Brooke reunite only to break up due to various circumstances, in addition, the rivalry between Ridges mother Stephanie and Brooke plays a key role in the drama. Following one of her breakups with Ridge, Brooke marries his father Eric, Brooke gives birth to two of Erics children. They eventually divorce and Eric reconciles with Stephanie, Eric eventually marries Brooks sister, Donna Logan and legally adopts her son Marcus. They later divorce due to their familys bitter history, Felicia and Kristen Forrester choose to follow their own paths, leaving the family company to be run by Ridge, Thorne, Rick, Marcus, and their families. For many years, Spectra Fashions was Forresters main rival, headed by Sally Spectra, sallys daughter Macy Alexander, a singer, undergoes many traumas, most notably alcoholism
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Susan Flannery
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Susan Flannery is an Emmy-winning American actress, known for her roles in the daytime dramas The Bold and the Beautiful and Days of Our Lives. Flannery was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on July 31,1939 and she has an adopted daughter, Blaise. Flannery is known for playing Dr. Laura Spencer Horton on Days of Our Lives from 1966 until 1975 where she met writer and she acted in feature films including The Towering Inferno and The Gumball Rally. She also acted in the television series Dallas, playing Leslie Stewart during season four. Flannery since became best known worldwide for portraying Stephanie Douglas Forrester on the American soap opera The Bold and she was one of the original cast members of the series, only two of whom still appear. Flannery was also a director on the show, and was twice nominated for a Directors Guild of America Award for her work. After 25 years, she decided to leave the show in 2012, in her final storyline, Stephanie Forrester lost her battle with lung cancer, and died. Flannery appeared in two episodes of ABCs situation comedy Hope & Faith in 2004, with other actors from rival soaps. Flannery also appeared as a special guest on Good News Week and she appeared in a special episode of Wheel of Fortune with Deidre Hall and Peter Bergman in 2006. Flannery also directed the October 13,2008, episode of Guiding Light, Flannery came in at #1 in the Top 50 Soap Actresses of All Time poll on the internet blog We Love Soaps in 2010. She has taken a role in the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists in securing cable rights. Her efforts have had a impact on how The Bold
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John McCook
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John Thomas McCook is an American actor best known for his roles on daytime soap operas. Since 1987, he has played the role of Eric Forrester on The Bold, from 1976 to February 1980, he portrayed the character of Lance Prentiss on The Young and the Restless. In addition, he has appeared as a guest in episodes on dozens of primetime series, B&B co-star Winsor Harmon once starred with McCook on an episode of Acapulco H. E. A. T. Harmon told Soap Opera Digest about their guest stint on H. E. A. T, I hung out with John McCook the whole time and I kept watching all these people from other countries asking for his autograph. Im thinking to myself, Who the hell is this guy, so one night, we were drinking Coronas and I asked him why he had so many fans and he explained how B&B was so popular around the world. The more he talked about it, the more I was thinking, the first time I drove into the parking lot, there was John, just pointing at me and laughing. He asked what I was doing here and I told him that I was Thorne, thats when he told me that he was going to be playing my dad. Currently McCook and Katherine Kelly Lang are the shows two longest-serving actors, and both debuted in the first episode, McCook is only seven years older than Ronn Moss, who formerly played his son on the show. McCook was dressed as F. Scott Fitzgerald in a costume-party scene in an episode of Magnum PI, in 2001 &2012, McCook received a Daytime Emmy nomination in the Lead Actor category for the role of Eric Forrester. John McCook has been married since 1980 to former actress Laurette Spang and he was married twice previously, including to the now deceased dancer/actress Juliet Prowse. John McCook lives with his family in the Greater Los Angeles Area, Forrester family John McCook at the Internet Movie Database
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Katherine Kelly Lang
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Katherine Kelly Lang is an American actress. She is known for her role as Brooke Logan on the CBS Daytime soap opera The Bold and she was born in Hollywood, California and graduated from Beverly Hills High School. She is the daughter of Olympic ski-jumper Keith R. Wegeman and actress Judith Lang and she is the mother of three children, Jeremy Skott Snider, Julian Lang Snider, Zoe Katrina DAndrea, and has a stepdaughter, Danyelle DAndrea. On November 11,2012, it was announced that Lang had filed for divorce, the divorce was finalized on June 2014. Langs first credit role was a movie called Skatetown, U. S. A. with Scott Baio, Lang starred in the 1996 movie Subliminal Seduction. In 1985, Lang appeared in three videos, Alabamas Theres No Way, and The Beach Boys Getcha Back and its sequel Its Gettin Late. In 1987, she was offered the role of blue-collar Brooke Logan on the soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful, and has been an integral part of the program ever since. Her love affair with Ridge Forrester has been a key story arc for over 20 years, and a triangle among Brooke, Ridge. The shows 5, 000th episode included only the four characters, Brooke, Ridge, Stephanie. As of February 2015, Lang is one of two actors to be on The Bold and the Beautiful throughout the series. The other is John McCook, who portrays Eric Forrester and she appeared as Brooke on The Young and the Restless in 1999, interacting with Eric Braeden, Peter Bergman, and Eileen Davidson. Lang previously appeared on The Young and the Restless as Gretchen in 1981 and her work as Brooke has been recognized with seven Soap Opera Digest Award nominations, beginning in 1991 and most recently in 2005. Crystal Chappell won a Daytime Emmy Award along with Lang, Hillary B. Smith and Galen Gering in the Outstanding Drama Series, New Approach category for producing Venice, in 2016, Lang made an appearance as herself in the Australian soap opera Neighbours. Katherine Kelly Lang at the Internet Movie Database
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Bradley Bell
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Bradley Phillip Bell is an American television writer and producer. Bell is an eight-time Daytime Emmy Award winner and is producer and head writer for The Bold and the Beautiful. Bradley Bell was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of William J. Bell, bells parents co-created the soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. His mother was also an Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and talk show personality, Bell graduated from the Latin School of Chicago before attending the University of Colorado at Boulder and the University of Wisconsin at Madison. He concluded his studies at University of California, Los Angeles where he majored in television production before going on to join the staff of The Young. Bell was promoted to producer in 1989 and again to supervising producer in 1992. He has been the writer and executive producer of the show since 1993 and 1995 respectively. It wasn’t until 2000 that Bradley Bell received his first Daytime Emmy Award nomination, on January 14,2015 CBS Television City, celebrating 7000 episodes of The Bold and The Beautiful, dedicated Studio 31 to Bell in honor of his work since the first day of the series. Bell married Colleen Bell in October 1991 and they have 4 children and they live in Holmby Hills, Los Angeles, California. According to the Center for Investigative Reporting, Bradley and Colleen Bell use at least 2 million gallons of water per year to irrigate their personal estate. Bells sister, Lauralee Bell is an actress best known for her role as Christine Blair on The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful
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TV Guide
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In 1948, he printed New York City area listings magazine The TeleVision Guide. Silent film star Gloria Swanson, who then starred of the variety series The Gloria Swanson Hour. Wagner later began publishing regional editions of The TeleVision Guide for New England, five years later, he sold the editions to Walter Annenberg, who folded it into his publishing and broadcasting company Triangle Publications, but remained as a consultant for the magazine until 1963. The national TV Guides first issue was released on April 3,1953. The inaugural cover featured a photograph of Lucille Balls newborn son Desi Arnaz, Jr. with a photo of Ball placed in the top corner under the issues headline. The magazine was published in digest size, which remained its printed format for 52 years. The launch as a magazine with local listings in April 1953 became an almost instant success, with TV Guide becoming the most read. The initial cost of issue was 15¢ per copy. In addition to subscriptions, TV Guide was sold at the counters of grocery stores nationwide. Until the 1980s, the pieces included in each issue were promoted in a television commercial. Over the decades, the shape of the TV Guide logo has changed to reflect the modernization of the television screen, at first, the logo had various colored backgrounds until the familiar red background became the standard in the 1960s with occasional changes used for special editions. The magazine was first based in an office in downtown Philadelphia, before moving to more spacious national headquarters in Radnor. The color section was sent to regional printers to be wrapped around the local listing sections. It was under Triangles ownership of WFIL-TV that Dick Clark and American Bandstand came to popularity, most listing entries in the log included program genres after the programs title, while its running time was listed in the synopses. Originally, the majority of programs listed in the log each issue featured brief synopses, except for local and national newscasts, in addition, black-and-white ads for programs scheduled to air on broadcast stations – and later, cable channels – during prime time were included within the listings. A regular feature of the section was Close-Up, which provided expanded reviews of select programs airing each day. The advent of television would become hard on TV Guide. Channels that were listed also differed, depending on the edition, as the years went on, more cable channels were added into the listings of each edition
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All My Children
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Created by Agnes Nixon, All My Children is set in Pine Valley, Pennsylvania, a fictional suburb of Philadelphia, which is modeled on the actual Philadelphia suburb of Rosemont. The original series featured Susan Lucci as Erica Kane, one of daytimes most popular characters, the title of the series refers to the bonds of humanity. All My Children was the first new network daytime drama to debut in the 1970s, originally owned by Creative Horizons, Inc. the company created by Nixon and her husband, Bob, the show was sold to ABC in January 1975. The series started at a half-hour in per-installment length, then was expanded to an hour on April 25,1977. Earlier, the show had experimented with the format for one week starting on June 30,1975. From 1970 to 1990, All My Children was recorded at ABCs TV18 at 101 West 67th St, from March 1990 to December 2009, it was taped at ABCs Studio TV23 at 320 West 66th Street in Manhattan, New York City, New York. In December 2009, the locale for taping the series moved from Manhattan to less costly Los Angeles, California. The show was produced in Stages 1 and 2 at the Andrita Studios in Los Angeles, California from 2010 to 2011. All My Children started taping in high definition on January 4,2010, All My Children became the third soap opera to be produced and broadcast in high definition. At one point, the programs popularity positioned it as the most widely recorded television show in the United States, also, in a departure from societal norms at the time, All My Children, in the mid-1970s, had an audience that was estimated to be 30% male. The show ranked No.1 in the daytime Nielsen ratings in the 1978–79 season, throughout most of the 1980s and into the early 1990s, All My Children was the No.2 daytime soap opera on the air. However, like the rest of the operas in the United States. By the 2010s, it had one of the least watched soap operas in daytime television. On April 14,2011, it was announced that ABC canceled All My Children after 41 years on the air due to low ratings. On July 7,2011, ABC sold the rights of All My Children to third-party production company Prospect Park with the show set to continue on the internet as a series of webisodes. The show taped its final scenes for ABC on August 30,2011, on September 26,2011, the following Monday, ABC replaced All My Children with a newly debuted talk show The Chew. Prospect Park had suspended its plan to revive the series on November 23,2011, due to lack of funding and unsuccessful negotiation with the organizations representing the actors. On January 7,2013, Prospect Park officially brought back its project to restore All My Children as a web series
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Sheila Carter
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Sheila Carter is a fictional character from the American CBS soap operas The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful. Created by William J. Sheila is known as a villain, a significant portion of Sheilas history on both soaps revolves around her long-running conflict with Lauren Fenmore, whom she had attempted to kill on multiple occasions. She also had conflicts with Stephanie Forrester, Maggie Forrester, Amber Moore, Phyllis Summers, Taylor Hayes, the role was portrayed by Kimberlin Brown for a total of 16 years. Despite being a regular cast member on The Bold and the Beautiful, Brown returned to The Young, in July 2005, after a 10-year absence from The Young and the Restless, it was announced that Brown was to reprise the role. She returned on August 5,2005, and her run ended on January 11,2006, however, that December, the character returned, though not portrayed by Brown, but by Michelle Stafford, who in addition portrays Phyllis Summers. Stafford only portrayed the role for two months until February 9,2007, when the character was shot to death by her longtime enemy Lauren Fenmore. In 2009, reports speculated that Brown would reprise the role again on The Bold and the Beautiful, which was followed by more rumors speculating a return to The Young and the Restless. I actually got a call from Brad Bell a while back asking if Id be interested in coming back, the thing with daytime is that the storylines are so far in advance, you just never know when, Brown said at the time. When asked where her alter-ego may be hiding out, Brown said, right now, Sheila is hiding out in North Carolina—playing golf. But dont worry, Sheila always comes back, on the topic of Sheila and Laurens cat fights, Brown said, People like cat fights because we can get away with what you cant get away with in everyday life. There might be someone that you just might want to put it to someday, and you cant, but you can turn on the TV and see Sheila do it, being mean and evil and fighting and by the end of the day, youre spent. On the topic of Sheila terrorizing both Genoa City and Los Angeles while on both soaps, Brown said, You know, I came to L. A. to start a new life, and well they just didnt make it that easy for me, did they. So I mightve shot a gun once or twice again, and you know what, people get what they deserve, they really do. I mightve poisoned someone by accident, but he never talked to me like that. Anyway, people get what they deserve, and I think a lot of them have whats coming to them, about Sheilas personality, Brown said, Sheilas just evil. Theres nothing bitchy about what she does, its very straightforward, shes manipulative but never in a bitchy way, in a way to get things accomplished, and get things done the way she wants to. When being nice and being diplomatic and when being all those things dont work any longer, on Sheilas relationship with Stephanie Forrester, Brown said, Stephanie made my life miserable. Stephanie felt she could be a provider for my child than I could
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Donna Logan
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Donna Logan is a fictional character from the CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. On October 3,2016, it was revealed that the character would briefly returned from October 20 to 31, Donna Logan was concerned about her younger sister Katie, who had low self-esteem due to excessive acne, and convinced Donnas classmate, Rocco Carner, to date her. Rocco was attracted to Donna, but she was involved with Mark Mallory and was residing with him. When Donna realised Mark wasnt right for her, she kicked him out of her life, Donna was hired to model for Tommy Bayland, who referred her to agent Nick Preston, who convinced Donna to pose nude for a magazine in Europe. Media mogul Bill Spencer saw the photos and published them in a US magazine, leading Donna to join forces with Nick, after a failed relationship with Thorne Forrester, Donna left Los Angeles for San Francisco, and returned for special occasions. In 2001 she returned to Los Angeles with all her family, but in this occasion. Donna returned to LA in 2006, and immediately began trying to persuade her sister Brooke, when Donna was unsuccessful in convincing her sister to return to Ridge, she went after him herself. This eventually failed, when she realized that Brooke and Ridge would always be connected and she was then engaged to marry Thorne Forrester. However it ended soon after when Donnas younger sister, Katie revealed that Donna was only with Thorne out of spite, Donna then became involved with Eric Forrester who was still married. He later divorced Stephanie to be with Donna and this sparked a rivalry between Donna and Stephanies younger sister Pamela who was desperate to see Stephanie and Eric reunite. Eric and Donna eventually married, much to Pams dismay, however their marriage was not without problems. Their efforts had not too well received by Eric, who was angry that his children arent willing to give Donna a chance. Even their mother Stephanie encouraged them to drop their animosity toward her, during a business meeting at Forrester Creations, it was revealed by Felicia that when Donna was eighteen she had given up a baby boy for adoption. Marcus Walton, a new employee at Forrester, was revealed to be Donnas son, Thorne and Felicia attempted to use this information to drive Donna out of the company. Were shocked when Eric not only adopted Marcus, but did so because the siblings were trying to dredge up some scandal, real or fictitious, to get rid of Donna. After Eric suffered an attack, and was revealed to have been poisoned. When Eric awoke from his coma, Felicia helped to reunite him with Stephanie, though this reunion proved short-lived and he returned to Donna much to Felicia. Bill Spencer, Jr. had his sights set on Donna, after Spencer Publications took over Forrester Creations, Donna was reunited with her old high school flame, Justin Barber, who is vice-president at Spencer Publications
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Ashley Abbott
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Ashley Abbott is a fictional character from The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful, two American soap operas on the CBS network. She has been most notably portrayed by Eileen Davidson, who originated the role in June 1982 before departing in 1988, Brenda Epperson portrayed Ashley from 1988 to 1995, before Shari Shattuck portrayed the role for the next three years, until Davidsons return in 1999. Davidson was nominated in 2003 for Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series, the character is the daughter of Dina Mergeron and Brent Davis, although she believed John Abbott was her biological father until she reached adulthood. Shes had relationships with men throughout the years, most notably Steven Lassiter, Victor Newman, Blade Bladeson, Cole Howard. She has a daughter with Victor, Abby Newman and she is also known for her business contributions to her fathers company, Jabot Cosmetics, much like her brother Jack. In 2006, it was announced that Davidson was to leave The Young and she last aired on January 11,2007. Shortly after, the migrated to its sister soap, The Bold. There, she became intertwined with the Forresters and Forrester Creations and she left The Bold and the Beautiful in 2008 and returned to The Young and the Restless, where she has since had relationships with Victor once again and Tucker McCall. In May 2012, it was confirmed Davidson was let go from The Young, Davidson was brought back briefly to The Young and the Restless in March 2013 for the soaps 40th anniversary. After returning for a few sporadic guest appearances, Davidson returned to The Young, Eileen Davidson originated the role of Ashley Abbott in June 1982, until her first exit on December 2,1988. The role was immediately recast with Brenda Epperson, who portrayed Ashley for seven years from December 5,1988 before leaving the role on December 21,1995. Shari Shattuck then assumed the role from March 12,1996 to February 22,1999, Davidson took maternity leave in the summer of 2003. In 2006, news broke that Davidson was to exit the soap opera and she then carried the role of Ashley over to the shows sister soap, The Bold and the Beautiful. She last aired on The Bold and the Beautiful on July 4,2008, before returning to The Young, in May 2012, Davidson informed followers on her Twitter page that she had been let go from The Young and the Restless. Davidson further confirmed she did not know why she was let go, thus it was announced that Davidson would reprise her role as Kristen Blake on the NBC soap. Davidson made her exit on August 3,2012. She also went on to say that I was led to believe that I was fired, though it was a bad news-good news thing — the bad news is Y&R is firing you, the good news is Days wants you. In February 2013, it was announced that Davidson would return to The Young, in spite of this, the actress remained a part of Days of our Lives full-time
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The Young and the Restless
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The Young and the Restless is an American television soap opera created by William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell for CBS. The show is set in a fictional Wisconsin town called Genoa City, first broadcast on March 26,1973, The Young and the Restless was originally broadcast as half-hour episodes, five times a week. The show expanded to one-hour episodes on February 4,1980, in 2006, the series began airing encore episodes weeknights on SOAPnet until 2013, when Y&R moved to TVGN. Pop still airs the episodes on weeknights, starting July 1,2013. The series is syndicated internationally. The Young and the Restless originally focused on two families, the wealthy Brooks family and the working class Foster family. After a series of recasts and departures in the early 1980s, all the characters except Jill Foster. Bell replaced them with the new families, the Abbotts. Over the years, other such as the Newmans, Winters. Despite these changes, one storyline that has endured through almost the entire run is the feud between Jill Abbott and Katherine Chancellor, the longest rivalry on any American soap opera. Since its debut, The Young and the Restless has won nine Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series and it is also currently the highest-rated daytime drama on American television. As of 2008, it had appeared at the top of the weekly Nielsen ratings in that category for more than 1,000 weeks since 1988. As of December 12,2013, according to Nielsen ratings, The Young, on January 15,2014, the series was in the middle of its final year of its 2010 contract, and was renewed by CBS through 2017. Y&R is also a show to the Bells other soap opera The Bold. To compete with the youthful ABC soap operas, All My Children, One Life to Live, William J. Bell and Lee Phillip Bell created The Young and the Restless in 1972 for the network under the working title, The Innocent Years. We were confronted with the very disturbing reality that young America had lost much of its innocence, innocence as we had known and lived it all our lives had, in so many respects, ceased to exist. They changed the title of the series to The Young and the Restless because they felt it reflected the youth, the Young and the Restless began airing on March 26,1973, replacing the canceled soap opera, Where the Heart Is. Bell worked as writer from the debut of the series until his retirement in 1998
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Hope Logan
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Hope Logan is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful. The character was portrayed by child actors and actresses since Hopes birth in 2002, most notably Rachel. She was portrayed by Kim Matula from January 11,2010 to her departure on December 12,2014, Hope is the result of an affair between Brooke Logan and Deacon Sharpe, Brookes ex-son-in-law. Her main storylines as an adult have revolved around relationships with half-brothers, Liam Spencer and Wyatt Spencer and she was also briefly involved with Oliver Jones and Thomas Forrester. Between the years of 2002 and 2009, the character was played by child actresses, on December 4,2009, it was announced that Hope was to be dramatically aged and portrayed by Kim Matula. Matula signed on as a contract character, Matula began taping The Bold and the Beautiful on November 19,2009 and made her first appearance on January 11,2010. On November 5,2014, it was announced that five years with the series. Matula taped her final scene on November 6 and made her appearance on December 12. In March 2015, Soap Opera Digest reported news that Matula would make a return to the series and she is set to report to set on March 4,2015, she aired on April 17 and 20,2015. In February 2016, Matula was reported to make a guest return to the soap, she appeared on March 16,2016. The young adult character of Hope was first described as A polar opposite of what her mother Brooke once was, Hope makes no secret of her traditional and reserved views on sex. Matula has described Hope as Unlucky in love, Hope was conceived during an affair between Brooke Logan and Deacon Sharpe. At the time, Deacon was married to Hopes half-sister, Bridget Forrester, Hope was born at the Big Bear Cabin. Nick Marone was also a figure for Hope when he was married to Brooke. After the character was aged, Hope is almost raped by a photographer by the name of Graham Derros. Nick and Aggie Jones save her from being raped, at high school, she met a boy Oliver Jones, a DJ. He is Hopes first serious boyfriend, instantly, the assertive Steffy takes interest in Oliver and wants to lure him away from Hope. She completes a series of events in order to humiliate Hope, at a fashion show for Forrester, she tampers with a sign taking the letters p and e out of Hopes name to create a sign that reads Ho Logan
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Liam Spencer (The Bold and the Beautiful)
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Liam Spencer is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera, The Bold and the Beautiful, played by Scott Clifton. He made his first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on July 19,2010. On May 21,2010, Dan J Kroll from Soapcentral. com reported that actor Scott Clifton had joined the cast of The Bold, Clifton was cast two months after leaving rival soap opera One Life to Live. The actor was unaware of who the character was when he auditioned for the role. On his first day on set, Clifton was told that his character would be called Liam, Clifton kept the information to himself, until it was revealed in the scripts. He filmed his first scenes on May 25, and made his debut as Liam on July 19,2010. Scott Cliftons job on The Bold and the Beautiful included withholding the secret of his characters paternity, Liam Coopers introduction to viewers began with his quest to discover the true identity of his biological father, which potentially included several lead characters. Asked by the director if he wished to know the secret, or learn the truth when Liam does and he withheld his knowledge from cast-mates and backstage crew for several months as the storyline played out. At times, Clifton regretted that his character would not be the son of certain fathers, Winsor played those scenes so subtly and sweetly, that even though I knew what was going to happen, I was watching Winsor thinking God, I wish I were his son. Yet, Clifton has praised the storyline and defended the choice of who ultimately became Liams father, Bill Spencer, the fictional father/son duo have consistently clashed, which has led to greater storytelling potential. An early plot hole was revealed to Clifton by fans of the show, early on, Liam learns of the Forrester family after arriving in Los Angeles. But later it was revealed that he believed one of the Forresters could be his father even before he moved, of the characters unrevealed history, Clifton knows little. His interpretation of the character is that he is from the Midwest and he also believes that, while Liams mother is dead, he has a living stepfather, who has yet to be introduced. After the death of his mother, Liam relocates to Los Angeles to find his biological father and his only clue is that his father worked at the prestigious fashion house Forrester Creations. Liam finds employment as a technician at Spencer Publications and befriends Steffy Forrester. Liam later reveals that he could be Ridge Forresters son, Hope Logan takes pity on Liam and they become friends. Both Bill Spencer, Jr. and Thorne Forrester are revealed to have dated Kelly, while they wait for DNA results, Liam and Thorne form a bond. Liam learns Bill is his father and with Hope and Katie Logans encouragement, amber Moore convinces Liam that they had sex and she is carrying his child
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Bill Spencer Jr.
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Bill Spencer, Jr. is a fictional character from the American CBS soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. He is portrayed by Don Diamont, Bill Spencer, Jr. is the illegitimate son of publishing tycoon, Bill Spencer, a character that appeared from the series premiere until 1994 and then only sporadically afterwards. He is also the half-brother of Karen Spencer and the late Caroline Forrester and he was born sometime in 1963. Its funny how one door closes and another opens, Diamont said, I had a lot of emotion tied to Y&R. My entire adult life had been there, including so many relationships, little did I know that such a great character and work situation was literally around the corner. Brad Goes Bad. Though never mentioned before in the series, he is the son of a character from The Bold and the Beautifuls early years, Bill Spencer, who ran Spencer Publications. With the departure of Bill from the series in 1994, that business was no longer featured in the light of the other characters. Were bringing another powerful presence to the show by getting Spencer Publications going again, were going to show how fashion magazines influence the fashion world. A New Dynasty Ahead. Diamont described the new character he would portray as uncensored and devilish, Bill is a publishing bigwig, so hes very powerful, but he didnt grow up with a silver spoon, he said. In fact, he was estranged from his father for a long time and it wasnt exactly a cuddly one, but it was still a relationship, and they bonded over business. He was a contrast to Brad Carlton, the character he used to play on The Young and its not like theyre taking a facsimile of Brad and plugging him into this show, Diamont said. This guy could not be a departure from Brad. Bill dresses and thinks completely different, Bill is a Richard Branson-esque businessman who speaks his mind no matter the consequence. After his father dies, Bill receives 50 percent ownership of Spencer Publications and is named co-CEO with his sister and he hires his fathers close friend, Stephanie Forrester, to promote Jackie M Designs by writing a scandalous daily blog/webcast entitled The Logan Chronicles. It makes Spencer Publications a lot of money and gives Stephanie her revenge on her ex-husband, Eric, Bill begins dating Katie Logan, but her sisters, Brooke and Donna, assume Bill is just using her and oppose their relationship. Bill and Katie marry at her home with their families present. Katie is suspicious but Bill says he is doing the best thing for the company, Bill names Katie CEO, much to the resentment of the Forresters. Bill and Katie both make it known that they are the ones in charge, which nearly causes Ridge, meanwhile, Ridges daughter, Steffy, is attracted to Bill and makes several attempts to seduce him away from his wife
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Katie Logan
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Katie Logan is a fictional character from the CBS Daytime soap opera The Bold and the Beautiful. Originally portrayed by actress Nancy Sloan for much of her duration on the series, she is portrayed by Daytime Emmy Award winning actress. She is the sister of Brooke and Donna Logan. She was played by actress Nancy Sloan in a role from 1987 to 1989, was recurring from 1994 to 1996, and continued to make guest appearances in 2000,2001,2003. In 2007, the role of Katie was recast with Heather Tom, Tom had previously held roles on The Young and the Restless and One Life to Live. In 2008, Tom signed a contract with the series to ensure her stay until sometime in 2011, on her acting technique, Tom said Well, my method is really just putting myself in the middle of the moment, the middle of the situation. In 2008, the show aired a controversial plot in which Katie was dying, throughout her marriage to Bill Spencer, Jr. the couple have endured multiple challenges, including all of Bills plotting to kill someone. Tom said even though Katie left him at one point, she never walked out on him in the regard where shes not trying to come back, Katie is someone to correct Bill and love him through his wrongdoing, according to the actress. Bill nearly left his marriage to Katie for Steffy Forrester, but Katie, according to the actress, The idea that Bill would cross the line with Steffy is totally foreign to Katie. She just doesnt believe its possible, explaining how it happened, Tom said Taylor comes over and says, “Listen, your husband and my daughter are involved. ”And Katie’s, like, “Your daughter is sick and needs help. She’s obsessed with my husband and she’s living in a fantasy world. ”But it’s at that point that a seed of doubt is planted, then when Bill comes in I have this two-page monologue where Katie tells him what Taylor said and through it all Bill says nothing. It becomes clearer and clearer that things are not the way Katie thinks they are. Tom liked how Katie wasnt written as the victim in confrontation against Bill for cheating. Katie survived, and reunited with Bill, despite the couple reuniting, Tom noted that shes going to be left with some major trust issues when it comes to men. In 2012, Toms pregnancy was written into the storyline when Katie became pregnant with her first child, however, the pregnancy was high risk and Katie could have died. When Katie nearly died, she begged Bill to save the baby, born on May 29, Katie is the youngest daughter of Stephen and Beth Logan. She has three siblings, Storm, Brooke, and Donna Logan, during her teenage years, Katie suffered from acne, causing her to have low self-esteem. She became jealous of her sisters for their success and beauty, Donna convinced her friend Rocco Carner to date Katie
