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Adam Chandler
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Canary also appeared several different times on One Life to Live. Adam Chandler was one of the most devious and powerful individuals within the town of Pine Valley and he is a member of the powerful and wealthy Chandler family, residing at the Chandler Mansion. Five of Adams eight children have survived into adulthood, Skye Chandler Quartermaine, Hayley Vaughan Santos, JR Chandler, Miguel Reyes, through them, he has three grandchildren, Lila Rae Alcazar, Enzo Santos, and AJ Chandler. Alcoholism seems to run in the Chandler family, affecting Skye, Hayley and JR and his son JR was estranged from Adam because of his marriage to Annie Novak, and he started an affair with Annie to break up his fathers marriage. This led to Adam Chandler leaving Pine Valley permanently in April 2010, after leaving town, Adam had his attorney and another ex-wife, Liza, serve Annie divorce papers. Consuming Pleasures, Active Audiences and Serial Fictions from Dickens to Soap Opera, Adam Chandlers Character Bio from ABC. com Adam Chandler from soapcentral. com Adam Chandler at All My Children Blog
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Brooke English
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Brooke English is a fictional character on the television soap opera All My Children. Originated by Elissa Leeds in 1976, she was portrayed by Julia Barr from 1976 to 1981, harriet Hall temporarily played the role in 1981. Barr made an appearance as Brooke on January 5,2010, as part of the series 40th anniversary. She later returned for the final week on ABC on September 16,2011. She returned as Brooke on the Prospect Parks continuation of All My Children, Barr earned eight Daytime Emmy Award nominations for the role, and won twice in 1990 and 1998 for Best Supporting Actress. In 1976, Brooke English arrived on the doorstep of Phoebe Tyler, her aunt and she moved into the Tyler Mansion and started dating Dan Kennicott. She also continued to see her old boyfriend, the dangerous Benny Sago and she pitted the two men against each other, and they fought for her affections. She was out of control, so much so that Phoebe nearly shipped her home, Benny had tried to blackmail Phoebe into letting Brooke stay. Brooke soon stopped caring about Dan and Benny and fell for Tom Cudahy and he was also being pursued by Erica Kane, and the two womens longstanding rivalry was born. Erica managed to win Toms heart and he married her, Brooke returned to her relationship with Dan, where she was the mistress, as he was seeing Devon Shepherd. Phoebe, faking paralysis, caught Dan and Brooke in a compromising situation and this was offset when Brooke found out about Phoebes fake paralysis and blackmailed her into keeping her in the Tyler Mansion. Dan eventually broke up with Devon and wanted to try a relationship with Brooke again, Brooke, however, soon started sleeping with Ericas half brother Mark Dalton. Mark made it clear that the relationship was only about sex, Dan discovered the relationship and left town. Brooke, still trying to find the man, began to have an affair with con artist Eddie Dorrance. When he was killed, Brooke learned that was pregnant with his child and she chose to terminate the pregnancy. Brooke and Tom began to have an affair, as Tom had separated from Erica, when Erica returned from California as an unsuccessful actress, she convinced Tom to give their marriage another try. Her lies finally caused Tom to divorce her and propose to Brooke, Brooke had slightly grown out of her teenage rebellious phase, and took a job as a reporter. She made the discovery that her mother, Peg English, was the leader of a drug cartel known as The Cobra
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Scott Chandler (All My Children)
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Scott Chandler is a fictional character from ABC daytime drama, All My Children. He was most recently portrayed by Adam Mayfield from April 9,2009 to October 13,2010. Previously, Scott was portrayed, most notably by Daniel Cosgrove from November 27,1996 to July 28,1998 and he is a member of the powerful and wealthy Chandler family. Scott is the son of Fred Parker and his wife, Cindy, Fred was an intravenous drug user, and through the sharing of needles he contracted HIV, which resulted in his death from AIDS. In 1988, Cindy is befriended by Jesse and Angie Hubbard, Scott becomes best friends with Jesse and Angies son Frankie, and the Hubbards are Cindys closest supporters when she develops AIDS herself. Cindy was ostracized by many Pine Valley residents, including Skye Chandler, Enid Nelson, Cindy would later die, but not before falling in love with and marrying Skyes uncle Stuart Chandler, who adopts Scott. Scott enrolled in Pine Valley High School in 1995 and developed a crush on his best friend Anita Santos, Scott then turned to Laura Kirk, a girl he was tutoring. Scotts smarts helped him to skip his senior year of high school, Laura and Scotts relationship never actually went anywhere because Laura had a dark past and felt it better that they go separate ways. Next, he began a romance with Hungarian princess, Gillian Andrassy, Kelsey Jefferson, who liked Scott, teamed up with Ryan Lavery to break them up. After the original plan went bad, Kelsey called immigration to have Gillian deported. Scott told Gillian he would marry her so she wouldnt have to leave, but before they could say, I do, the wedding was interrupted by Ryan, Gillian fell for it and married Ryan. That same year the Chandler family was being attacked by Lee Hawkins, the real story was that Adam and Stuart had sent Joy into hiding to escape her abusive husband. Scott was electrocuted at the Chandler cabin and fell into a coma, after his recovery, Stuart sent him to college in California to escape Lee. Scott returned to Pine Valley in 1999 to do a documentary about the town, while in Pigeon Hollow, West Virginia, he met an assistant, Becca Tyree. They grew very close and Scott wanted to be intimate, Becca turned him down, telling him she was a virgin and was waiting for marriage. Scott told her he would wait for her, but that all went up in smoke when Greenlee Smythe came to Pine Valley, the two had dated back in California, and she was still very much attracted to Scott. Greenlee set it up for Becca to find a sex tape shed made with him, when Scott found out, he went to confront her but ended up sleeping with her. Becca found the tape and ended their relationship, even though Scott still wanted to be with her, Greenlee made a bet with Leo du Pres to see if he could get Becca to give up her virginity to him
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Liza Colby
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Liza Colby is a fictional character on the American soap opera, All My Children, portrayed by actress Jamie Luner from April 2009 until September 2011. She was previously played by actress Marcy Walker from 1981–1984, and then again from 1995–2005, Liza is a resident of the fictional town of Pine Valley, Pennsylvania. Liza made her first appearance in 1981 as a snobbish upper-class teenager from one of Pine Valleys wealthiest families, however, Gregs heart belonged to Jenny Gardner, a warm-hearted working-class girl. Liza engaged in schemes to steal Greg from Jenny. Her two most heinous acts as a teenager occurred at about the same time, Liza blackmailed Jenny, threatening to reveal to Greg that Jennys father, Ray Gardner was a convict who had raped Ruth Martin years earlier. After Liza failed in her schemes to win Greg and she realized that he would never love her, however, Liza was crushed when she discovered Tad was also having an affair with her mother, Marian Chandler. Later, partly as a result of her reputation, Liza was raped. Initially, no one believed her except Dr. Cliff Warner, however, she mistook his compassion for romantic interest and attempted to steal him from his wife Nina. Liza left town a few months later, Liza made a triumphant return to Pine Valley in September 1995. Now a strong woman, Liza got revenge on Tad by seducing him into bed. Liza then moved on to Jake Martin, Tads adopted brother, Liza then found herself in a strange predicament when she got pregnant with what she thought was Jakes baby. It turned out to be Adam Chandlers child, for he had switched Jakes sperm at the bank with his. In May 1999, Liza gave birth to her daughter, Colby Marian Chandler, however, Adams controlling nature and penchant for lying led to their divorce. Liza got the shock of her life in 2001, when Mia Saunders revealed herself to be her half-sister, in late 2004, Liza, with Tads help, went on the run with Colby in tow. Her last appearance was in early 2005, however, Colby eventually returned to Pine Valley to live with Adam. Initially, she has exhibited all of Lizas worst character traits from the 80s, including consistent spoiled behavior, however, Colby has put most of such behavior behind her, and has recently emerged as a more sympathetic character. Liza, now being played by Jamie Luner, returned to Pine Valley in April 2009 and she has reinvented herself as an attorney and comes back to reclaim daughter Colby. She has made a deal with Jake Martin to adopt Amanda Dillons son as her own, strangely enough, Lizas history as the financial founder of Fusion or any of her other ties to the company have not been mentioned since Jamie Luner assumed the role
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JR Chandler
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JR Chandler is a fictional character from the ABC and The Online Network daytime drama All My Children. He was portrayed by Jacob Young from 2003 to 2011, prior to Ryan Bittle taking over the role in 2013, Bittle was cast as the new JR on Prospect Parks continuation of All My Children. The character was born onscreen on July 3,1989 to Dixie Cooney and her estranged ex-husband. In March 2004, the birth year was revised to 1983. He is a member of both the powerful and wealthy Chandler and Cooney families, being the son of Adam Chandler, the writers characterized JR as caring, but ruthless if betrayed, explaining the latter by way of his difficult upbringing. The characters softer personality has been attributed to his mother, Dixie Cooney, as well as to his son, AJ and it was not until the actor stepped into the All My Children role of JR Chandler that his acting range became more focused. He started to use tools he learned in classes and felt that his acting became more refined because of it, with his portrayal of JR, he explained how this factored in, They twisted JR in a completely different direction, he stated. They started off with JR not respecting his father and having a lot of elements of his mother in him, then they started toying with it and couldnt believe what was coming out of me. Id always been the nice, honorable guy, Id never been the character who was stirring the pot, JRs rich lifestyle was something that Young noted not being familiar with, stating that the JR persona did not come to him until he would put on the suit. They put me in these nice designer suits, and I suddenly feel like a million bucks, then I take that million-buck feeling and go a little sinister with it. One aspect of JRs personality are devious tones sometimes present in his dialogue, when the character is in a good mood and has the upper hand, he has all these one-liners, Young relayed. When working with former All My Children co-star Alexa Havins, Young would often shock Havins with the characters words, to make sure she was unaware of how he was going to deliver a crass line, he would keep it hidden. You can break the wording down and make it a more offensive. And I try to nail that because thats what JRs supposed to do, the writers were looking for an actor who could truly radiate the essence of Adam Chandlers son, and felt that taking JR down the path of darkness would help with that. Young, the chosen as best suited for the part, detailed the transition, They wanted it to be like father, like son, so I watched David Canarys mannerisms. I tried to mold those into my own, enough to where I could be his son and they started writing my dialogue like his. He has some one-liners that are pretty funny, David is as big a goofball as I am onset. We have a great dynamic together, youngs portrayal of JR propelled the character into one of the shows more popular and hated characters
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AJ Chandler
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AJ Chandler is a fictional character from the American serial drama, All My Children. From April 29 to September 2,2013, the role has been portrayed by Eric Nelsen. The role of AJ Chandler was originated by child actors Aidan and Liam ODonnell from 2004 to 2005, in 2004, a MEDEVAC helicopter carrying Bianca Montgomery and Babe Carey—and piloted by Babes ex-husband Paul Cramer—crashes in a storm. Both women are pregnant and give birth during the crisis on March 23,2004, pauls half-sister Kelly from nearby Llanview has just miscarried her own baby, Paul gives Babes son to Kelly and gives Biancas daughter to Babe, telling Bianca that her baby died. Unaware of the origins, Kelly brings Babe and JRs son back to Llanview. Kevin and Kelly name the baby Asa Ace Buchanan II, after Kevins grandfather Asa Buchanan, over the next year, their marriage crumbles and Kevin secures custody. Meanwhile, a devastated Kelly discovers that Paul had stolen Ace from his mother, Paul, desperate for cash, blackmails Kelly by threatening to reveal the secret to Kevin and Llanview. Armed with the truth, Kelly realizes they must return the child to his parents, though broken hearted, Babe and JR wage their own custody battle over their son, now named Adam Chandler III. At one point Babe goes on the run with JRs former stepbrother Jamie Martin and he is often referred to as Little Adam or Little A by his parents, and soon by everyone else. In mid-2008, JR and Babe reunite and take their time in their new relationship, Babe soon dies due to injuries caused by a tornado. Little Adam is now being raised by his father after his mothers death and she was killed on October 23,2008 to save him from being killed. After his mothers death, Krystal divorced Tad, got together with David. David seeks custody of Little Adam by making JR seem like an unfit father, due to the judge at the custody hearing not being able to decide which of the two men Little Adam would be better off with, Jesse and Angie get temporary custody of him. JR gets Little Adam back after Krystal lies on the stand to protect herself in order to keep Adam from revealing a secret about her, JR marries his aunt Marissa Tasker on October 21,2009, while JR is dealing with lymphoma. Marissa legally adopts him on March 3,2010, and he now goes by the name AJ. Even though he doesnt know it, his father JR is having an affair with his ex-stepgrandmother Annie Chandler, JR goes back to his alcoholism in the summer of 2011, after Marissa reveals that she reciprocates the feelings of and is now dating Bianca Montgomery. A frightened AJ spurns his father and turns to Marissa, and his de facto step-grandfather Tad Martin for guidance, on April 29,2013, AJ reappeared on the online reboot of All My Children. He is shown to be the best friend of Biancas daughter, Miranda Montgomery, AJ is frequently seen consoling or advising Miranda
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Skye Chandler
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Skye Chandler Quartermaine is a fictional character from the ABC soap operas All My Children, One Life to Live, and General Hospital. Initially portrayed by Antoinette Byron, the role was portrayed by Robin Christopher for most of the next 25 years. The role was portrayed by Carrie Genzel in the late-1990s. Christopher went on to reprise the role in 2010 and 2011, Skye arrived in Pine Valley as a singer and it was discovered that she was Adam Chandlers daughter by his first wife. She became the protector of her uncle Stuart Chandler and she had an affair with Tad Martin before settling down and marrying Tom Cudahy. As part of an AIDS hate group, Skye set fire to the house where AIDS victim Cindy Parker lived with her son, when she learned who was inside, Skye decided to brave the flames and rescue those trapped inside. Overcome by fumes while trying to rescue Cindy, Skye fell into a coma for three months. Skye regained consciousness, but upon doing so she learned that her husband Tom had grown fond of Barbara Montgomery. So, Skye decided to continue pretending to be in a coma, eventually, she awoke from her coma, but then faked paralysis in a futile attempt to guilt Tom to stay with her. Upon her release from Oak Haven, Skye took up with Pine Valleys resident do-gooder, however her eternal feelings of inadequacy and not being able to live up to Jeremys expectations led her to drink, and she became an alcoholic. After successfully overcoming her addiction, her father, Adam, concocted a plan to use Skye to spy on his old enemy Palmer Cortlandt, Adam wanted Skye to date Palmers nephew Will and thereby learn corporate secrets that would allow him to destroy his rival. Little known to them Palmer had the idea to use Will to gain information on Adam through Skye. Slowly, the two fell in love and convinced their families that no useful information could be gained by continuing this maneuver. Adam and Palmer then forbade them from seeing each other, forcing them to set up secret meetings, eventually, both Adam and Palmer reluctantly accepted their relationship. Skye ignored Wills pleas for her to stay in Pine Valley, in an off screen development, Skye left for New York City where she met and married the villainous Dr. Jonathan Kinder. Upon finding out that Kinder was using drugs on, and subsequently killing, his patients. Kinder found out, drugged her, and locked her up, when Kinder came to Pine Valley, he brought Skye along with him and hid her in a mansion outside of town. In a twist of fate, fellow town pariah, Janet Green, was captured by Jonathan when she became suspicious of him when she was his secretary, Janet didnt know that Skye was Adams daughter because she was going by the name Toni- presumably short for Antoinette
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Hayley Vaughan
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Hayley Vaughan is a fictional character from the American ABC soap opera, All My Children. She was portrayed by actress Kelly Ripa from November 22,1990 to December 18,2002, Ripa returned to the role briefly for two episodes in January 2010 for the series 40th anniversary. After Ripa introduced the role of Hayley Vaughan to viewers, she became one of the most popular characters on the soap opera. Hayley arrived in Pine Valley on Thanksgiving Day 1990 with her hair dyed jet black in an Elvira hairdo with makeup to match and she crashed Trevor and Natalies party and announced that she was staying with them. Her mother Arlene soon followed and it was revealed that Hayley had spent a miserable childhood playing caretaker to her alcoholic mother. When Arlene crashed into Jacks car causing a pregnant Brooke to go into labor, Arlene pleaded with Hayley to lie. Hayleys boyfriend, Brian Bodine, knew the truth and convinced Hayley to come clean, Hayley and Brian got engaged, but her ever-controlling father, Adam, saw to it that this relationship came to an abrupt end. Hayley turned to the bottle and Will Cortlandt for comfort, having been disinherited by his Uncle Palmer, Will convinced a drunken Hayley to elope with him. When Will tried to force himself upon his wife, Hayley couldnt bring herself to sleep with Will. After Will was found murdered by Janet Green, Hayley was free to fall in love with Charlie Brent and they opened Pine Valley Investigations and had a wonderful relationship until Adam, once again stepped in and broke up this relationship. Adam turned over the CEO position of Enchantment to Hayley as a prize in order to control her. At Enchantment Hayley met Alec McIntyre, another con artist like Will Cortlandt, when her mother was released from jail, she pressured Hayley into marrying Alec. Hayley married him, despite her attraction to Mateo, Mateo tried to convince Hayley of Alecs demonic behavior. Hayley sent Alec McIntyre to jail for trying to kill her mother via alcohol poisoning, Trevor told Arlene that it would be best if she left town for a while in a rehabilitation program, Arlene took his advice. Mateo and Hayley finally declared their love for other and were engaged. Hayley and Mateo started living together in a small apartment, Mateo came upon a terrific idea of buying Hals Bar and start a restaurant/cafe shop with Hayley. After many attempts to buy the bar, they finally were permitted to buy the bar and they turned it into a restaurant called Holidays, Mateo and Haleys relationship was tested by one of Mateos old friends, Tanner Jordan. Tanner arrived in Pine Valley from Texas and immediately accepted a job as a waiter at Holidays, Tanner desired Hayley from the first day he saw her
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Colby Chandler (All My Children)
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Colby Chandler is a fictional character from the original ABC Daytime soap opera, All My Children. Born on-screen in 1999, the character was aged in 2006. The role has been recast several times, but most recently the role was portrayed by Natalie Hall from 2009 until the cancellation in 2011. When the show was relaunched as a web series to air on The Online Network owned and operated by company, Prospect Park. Colby is the daughter of Adam Chandler and Liza Colby, the role was originated by Carson Grace Levine on May 5,1999 upon the characters onscreen birth. In 2000, Levine was replaced by twins Brianne and Morgan Mullan, kathryn Newton appeared in the role from 2002 to 2004. Abby Wathen also appeared as a teenage Colby in a sequence in 2002. In May 2006, it was reported that Ambyr Childers had been cast in the role of a teenage Colby, Childers first appeared on July 3,2006. Childers revealed that she auditioned for the role about month before her school graduation. At time, she was taking finals, so she flew out to New York City for a screen test and she returned home for her graduation and them came returned to New York for several fittings and eventually started work. In the spring of 2008, rumors began to circulate that Childers the role of Colby was about to recast, an audition script for the role of Edie fed into the rumors. However, a spokesperson initially denied that Childers was departing from the series, in April 2008 it was officially announced that Childers had been released from her contract. Though Childers claimed that she had chosen to leave, other sources hinted that Childers was forced out, Childers made her last appearance on May 6,2008, and was replaced by Brianne Moncrief on May 7. With the decision to move production of All My Children, several actors chose not to relocate to California, though initial reports said that all contract cast members were offered a chance to relocate, another source said that ABC had misled the actors. Apparently Moncrief was one of the actors who never got the offer to go to California, just days later, ABC announced that Natalie Hall had been cast in the role of Colby. Meanwhile, Moncrief made her last appearance on November 12,2009, Hall filmed her first scenes in mid October just before the show relocated to Los Angeles. Hall made her last appearance in the network broadcast of All My Children on September 23,2011. In April 2013, The Online Network launched a Tumblr page, viewers could vaguely make out the name Brooke Newton in the role of Colby Chandler, but nothing was confirmed
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United States
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Forty-eight of the fifty states and the federal district are contiguous and located in North America between Canada and Mexico. The state of Alaska is in the northwest corner of North America, bordered by Canada to the east, the state of Hawaii is an archipelago in the mid-Pacific Ocean. The U. S. territories are scattered about the Pacific Ocean, the geography, climate and wildlife of the country are extremely diverse. At 3.8 million square miles and with over 324 million people, the United States is the worlds third- or fourth-largest country by area, third-largest by land area. It is one of the worlds most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, paleo-Indians migrated from Asia to the North American mainland at least 15,000 years ago. European colonization began in the 16th century, the United States emerged from 13 British colonies along the East Coast. Numerous disputes between Great Britain and the following the Seven Years War led to the American Revolution. On July 4,1776, during the course of the American Revolutionary War, the war ended in 1783 with recognition of the independence of the United States by Great Britain, representing the first successful war of independence against a European power. The current constitution was adopted in 1788, after the Articles of Confederation, the first ten amendments, collectively named the Bill of Rights, were ratified in 1791 and designed to guarantee many fundamental civil liberties. During the second half of the 19th century, the American Civil War led to the end of slavery in the country. By the end of century, the United States extended into the Pacific Ocean. The Spanish–American War and World War I confirmed the status as a global military power. The end of the Cold War and the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991 left the United States as the sole superpower. The U. S. is a member of the United Nations, World Bank, International Monetary Fund, Organization of American States. The United States is a developed country, with the worlds largest economy by nominal GDP. It ranks highly in several measures of performance, including average wage, human development, per capita GDP. While the U. S. economy is considered post-industrial, characterized by the dominance of services and knowledge economy, the United States is a prominent political and cultural force internationally, and a leader in scientific research and technological innovations. In 1507, the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller produced a map on which he named the lands of the Western Hemisphere America after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci
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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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Identical twin
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Twins are two offspring produced by the same pregnancy. Twins can be either monozygotic, meaning that they develop from one zygote, in fraternal twins, each twin is fertilized by its own sperm cell. In contrast, a fetus that develops alone in the womb is called a singleton, the human twin birth rate in the United States rose 76% from 1980 through 2009, from 18.9 to 33.3 per 1,000 births. In Central Africa there are 18–30 twin sets per 1,000 live births, in Latin America, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, the lowest rates are found, only 6 to 9 twin sets per 1,000 live births. North America and Europe have intermediate rates of 9 to 16 twin sets per 1,000 live births, Multiple pregnancies are much less likely to carry to full term than single births, with twin pregnancies lasting on average 37 weeks, three weeks less than full term. Women who have a history of fraternal twins have a higher chance of producing fraternal twins themselves. There is no genetic link for identical twinning. Other factors that increase the odds of having fraternal twins include maternal age, fertility drugs and other fertility treatments, nutrition, the vast majority of twins are either dizygotic or monozygotic. Less common variants are discussed further down the article, the rates for singletons vary slightly by country. For example, the sex ratio of birth in the US is 1.05 males/female, while it is 1.07 males/female in Italy. However, males are more susceptible than females to die in utero. Zygosity is the degree of identity in the genome of twins, dizygotic or fraternal twins usually occur when two fertilized eggs are implanted in the uterus wall at the same time. When two eggs are fertilized by two different sperm cells, fraternal twins result. The two eggs, or ova, form two zygotes, hence the terms dizygotic and biovular. Fraternal twins are, essentially, two siblings who happen to be born at the same time, since they arise from two separate eggs fertilized by two separate sperm, just like ordinary siblings. This is the most common type of twin, dizygotic twins, like any other siblings, have an extremely small chance of having the same chromosome profile. Even if they happen to have the same profile, they will always have different genetic material on each chromosome. Like any other siblings, dizygotic twins may look similar, particularly given that they are the same age, however, dizygotic twins may also look very different from each other
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Conscience
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Conscience is an aptitude, faculty, intuition or judgment that assists in distinguishing right from wrong. Moral judgment may derive from values or norms, Religious views of conscience usually see it as linked to a morality inherent in all humans, to a beneficent universe and/or to divinity. Common secular or scientific views regard the capacity for conscience as probably genetically determined, commonly used metaphors for conscience include the voice within, the inner light. Or even Socrates reliance on what the Greeks called his daimōnic sign, according to Adi Shankara in his Vekachudamani morally right action, helps purify the heart and provide mental tranquility but it alone does not give us direct perception of the Reality. This knowledge requires discrimination between the eternal and non-eternal and eventually a realization in contemplation that the true self merges in a universe of pure consciousness, Conscience also features prominently in Buddhism. In the Pali scriptures, for example, Buddha links the positive aspect of conscience to a pure heart and it is regarded as a spiritual power, and one of the “Guardians of the World”. The Buddha also associated conscience with compassion for those who must endure cravings and suffering in the world until right conduct culminates in right mindfulness, the only rewards of our existence here are an unstained character and unselfish acts. The Islamic concept of Taqwa is closely related to conscience, in the Qur’ān verses 2,197 &22,37 Taqwa refers to right conduct or piety, guarding of oneself or guarding against evil. Qur’ān verse 47,17 says that God is the source of the believers taqwā which is not simply the product of individual will. In Qur’ān verses 91, 7–8, God the Almighty talks about how He has perfected the soul, Qur’ān verse 49,13 states, O humankind. Marshall Hodgson wrote the work, The Venture of Islam, Conscience. In the Protestant Christian tradition, Martin Luther insisted in the Diet of Worms that his conscience was captive to the Word of God, to Luther, conscience falls within the ethical, rather than the religious, sphere. John Calvin saw conscience as a battleground, the enemies who rise up in our conscience against his Kingdom, many Christians regard following ones conscience as important as, or even more important than, obeying human authority. In the Gospel of John Jesus challenges those accusing a woman of adultery stating, He that is without sin among you, and again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, Catholic theology sees conscience as the last practical judgment of reason which at the appropriate moment enjoins to do good and to avoid evil. Thus, conscience is not like the will, nor a habit like prudence, but the space in which we can listen to and hear the truth, the good. Thus, Catholics are taught to carefully educate themselves as to revealed norms and norms derived therefrom, Catholics are also to examine their conscience daily and with special care before confession. Catholic teaching holds that, Man has the right to act according to his conscience and he must not be forced to act contrary to his conscience
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Artist
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An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts or demonstrating an art. The common usage in everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only. The term is used in the entertainment business, especially in a business context, for musicians. Artiste is a variant used in English only in this context, use of the term to describe writers, for example, is valid, but less common, and mostly restricted to contexts like criticism. Wiktionary defines the noun artist as follows, A person who creates art, a person who makes and creates art as an occupation. A person who is skilled at some activity, a person whose trade or profession requires a knowledge of design, drawing, painting, etc. The adjectival Latin form of the word, technicus, became the source of the English words technique, technology, in ancient Greece sculptors and painters were held in low regard, somewhere between freemen and slaves, their work regarded as mere manual labour. The word art derives from the Latin ars, which, although literally defined, means skill method or technique, and conveys a connotation of beauty. During the Middle Ages the word artist already existed in countries such as Italy. An artist was able to do a work better than others, so the skilled excellency was underlined. In this period some artisanal products were more precious and expensive than paintings or sculptures. With the Academies in Europe the gap between fine and applied arts was definitely set, Artist is a descriptive term applied to a person who engages in an activity deemed to be an art. An artist also may be defined unofficially as a person who expresses him- or herself through a medium, the word is also used in a qualitative sense of, a person creative in, innovative in, or adept at, an artistic practice. Art historians and critics define artists as those who produce art within a recognized or recognizable discipline, contrasting terms for highly skilled workers in media in the applied arts or decorative arts include artisan, craftsman, and specialized terms such as potter, goldsmith or glassblower. The term may also be used loosely or metaphorically to denote highly skilled people in any activities, as well— law, medicine, mechanics, or mathematics. Often, discussions on the focus on the differences among artist and technician, entertainer and artisan, fine art and applied art, or what constitutes art. The French word artiste has been imported into the English language where it means a performer, use of the word artiste can also be a pejorative term. The English word artiste has thus a range of meaning than the word artiste in French
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Palmer Cortlandt
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Palmer Cortlandt is a fictional character on the long-running ABC soap opera All My Children, played by James Mitchell from 1979 to 2010. A major character until 2002, when health issues forced him to reduce his work load, Mitchell appeared in a handful of episodes throughout 2008, last appearing on September 19,2008. Mitchell retired from acting in 2009 but made a final on air cameo appearance as Palmer Cortlandt on January 5,2010 to celebrate the shows 40th anniversary, a little over 2 weeks later, on January 22, Mitchell died at the age of 89. The show aired a tribute to Palmer on April 20,2010, Mitchell improvised dialogue about Palmers dobermans and the women he loved and head writer Lorraine Broderick used it, alongside numerous flashbacks, to frame the special memorial episode. James Mitchell earned seven Daytime Emmy nominations, all in the Lead Actor in a Drama Series category, in 2010, Palmer Cortlandt was ranked #11 on ABC Soaps in Depths list of Soaps 50 Naughtiest Bad Guys. Born in Pigeon Hollow, West Virginia, as Pete Cooney, he wooed Lottie Chandler, fathered her son Ross and he changed his name to Palmer Cortlandt and made a success of himself. Palmer fell in love with Daisy, the housekeepers daughter and they had a child together, Nina, and for years, Palmer had his daughter believing that her mother had died, while she was in fact alive. He had kicked her out when he had discovered that she was having an affair, being the overprotective father that he was, he tried to ruin his daughters relationship with Dr. Cliff Warner in many diabolical ways. He enlisted the help of nurse, Sybil Thorne, who seduced Cliff and he tried to convince diabetic Nina that she was going blind due to her illness and shouldnt burden Cliff with an invalid wife. He hired sexy Steve Jacobi to work with and seduce Nina at Cortlandt Electronics, eventually true love won out and the happy Warners left Pine Valley together. When his first wife Daisy Cortlandt came back from the dead and it was revealed that his stern housekeeper Myra Murdoch was actually Daisys widowed mother, and thus Ninas grandmother. Myra was the one person in the Cortlandt household who was not afraid to stand up to Palmer, basically blackmailing him with secrets of the past to remain in his employ so she could help raise Nina. Shortly after arriving in Pine Valley, Palmer became interested in and married ex-hooker Donna Beck, while enjoying a skiing trip to Switzerland Palmer and Donna ran into her ex-husband, Chuck Tyler and his new girlfriend, Melanie. As they were all skiing together an avalanche surprised them and Chuck, convinced that they would never be rescued, they made love. They were rescued the day, and upon returning to Pine Valley Donna discovered that she was pregnant. She was thrilled but Palmer was suspicious because he was due to a polo accident years earlier. Not wanting to arouse suspicions, Palmer played out the role of doting husband, soon, however, it was revealed that the baby was indeed Chucks, and Palmer & Donna separated. After an unsuccessful second try with Ninas mother, Daisy, Palmer became interested in his son Rosss ex-wife, Cynthia came to town looking for a meal ticket and dug her claws deep into Palmer
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Zach Slater
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Zach Slater is a fictional character from the American drama, All My Children. He was portrayed by actor Thorsten Kaye from May 20,2004 to November 19,2010, on April 30,2013, Kaye reprised the role of Zach for the continuation of All My Children. In October 2013, Kaye announced he would not be returning for the season of the series, instead taking on the role of Ridge Forrester on The Bold. Born Alexander Cambias, Jr. Zach was mistreated by his father and he later moved to Pine Valley to try to reunite with his old flame Maria Santos. Zach then married Ericas daughter, Kendall Hart, for a pretense, shortly after that, in 2010, Zach was presumed dead in a plane crash brought on by his casino partners, who were stealing from him. In July 2011, Griffin told Ryan that David Haywards Orpheus Project could have brought Zach back to life, Greenlee finds out that Zach is alive, and goes with them to rescue him. Zach wakes up and thinks that Greenlee is Kendall, and tells her that after they leave this room, Greenlee struggles to convince Zach that she is Greenlee, not Kendall. Greenlee and Ryan and David rushed Zach to Pine Valleys hospital where is he reunited with Kendall, the following day, Zach returns to town and promises to help Jesse find Cassandra without letting Angie know. He soon learns that Cassandra may be involved in a trafficking ring. His son, Ethan Cambias, was his son with Hannah Nichols, Ethan was adopted by Stanley and Edith Ramsey. Ethan struggled for control over Cambias Industries, Zach Slater and Kendall Hart Zach Slater at soapcentral. com
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Kendall Hart
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Kendall Hart is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. The character was portrayed by Sarah Michelle Gellar from 1993 to 1995, on March 7,2013, it was announced that Minshew would guest star on the Prospect Parks continuation of All My Children. She appeared on the second July 8 episode, and exited the same day, Kendall is the daughter of Erica Kane, a child conceived when Erica was raped on the night of her 14th birthday by movie matinee idol Richard Fields. The writers scripted her as a heroine, while keeping devious aspects of the character intact, Kendall has been the subject of Soap Opera Rapid Aging Syndrome, which caused the shows producers to de-SORAS her mother, Erica Kane, portrayed by Susan Lucci. Lucci says that Erica was 15 when the show began in 1970, Erica being 15 in 1970 placed her birth year at 1955. When Kendall first appears on the show in 1993, she is 16 years old and this was despite the fact that Kendall was conceived when Erica was raped at the age of 14 before the show began in 1970. Fans protested the age differences due to the changes making Erica, in response to this, the shows producers rapidly aged Kendall to 23, which moved Ericas birth year one year forward to 1956. When Minshew took over the role in 2002, the birth year was changed to 1976, Ericas birth year was subsequently pushed even later than where it was before. For at least two years, the producers of All My Children had been thinking about introducing a new character to complicate Ericas storylines, a casting call went out for a young actress to portray the part of Kendall Hart, Ericas long-lost daughter. Many teenage actors in New York auditioned for the role, the actresses were told that Kendall would be Ericas new assistant. I didnt know when I auditioned for Kendall that she would turn out to be who she is, I had heard rumors, but everybody was denying it. Besides, I was scared enough at the thought of working with Susan, when they told me I was playing her daughter, I was like, What. I remember on my first day when I walked into the hall, Susan and Michael were rehearsing a scene. I kept thinking, What if Im really bad and they fire me, I just snuck in the back and tried to blend in with the coffee machine, when all of a sudden, Susan said, Hold it, we need to stop for a minute. Gellar said that Lucci walked over to her and said, Congratulations, Im very glad youre here and hugged her. She put her arm around me and said, Dont worry, and then she introduced me to everyone who was there. She really did help me and always made sure I was okay during my first couple of weeks when I was still unsettled, both Susan and Michael made me feel comfortable, Gellar stated. Kendall made her All My Children debut on March 11,1993 and she was angry for being abandoned at birth – even though going through the pregnancy had resulted from a rape, which Kendall was unaware of – and determined to exact revenge against Erica as payback
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September 11 attacks
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The September 11 attacks were a series of four coordinated terrorist attacks by the Islamic terrorist group al-Qaeda on the United States on the morning of Tuesday, September 11,2001. The attacks killed 2,996 people, injured over 6,000 others, two of the planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175, were crashed into the North and South towers, respectively, of the World Trade Center complex in New York City. A third plane, American Airlines Flight 77, was crashed into the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia and it was the deadliest incident for firefighters and law enforcement officers in the history of the United States, with 343 and 72 killed respectively. Suspicion for the attack fell on al-Qaeda. The United States responded to the attacks by launching the War on Terror and invading Afghanistan to depose the Taliban, many countries strengthened their anti-terrorism legislation and expanded the powers of law enforcement and intelligence agencies to prevent terrorist attacks. Although al-Qaedas leader, Osama bin Laden, initially denied any involvement, al-Qaeda and bin Laden cited U. S. support of Israel, the presence of U. S. troops in Saudi Arabia, and sanctions against Iraq as motives. Having evaded capture for almost a decade, bin Laden was located and killed by SEAL Team Six of the U. S. Navy in May 2011. S. many closings, evacuations, and cancellations followed, out of respect or fear of further attacks. Cleanup of the World Trade Center site was completed in May 2002, on November 18,2006, construction of One World Trade Center began at the World Trade Center site. The building was opened on November 3,2014. The origins of al-Qaeda can be traced to 1979 when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, Osama bin Laden traveled to Afghanistan and helped organize Arab mujahideen to resist the Soviets. Under the guidance of Ayman al-Zawahiri, bin Laden became more radical, in 1996, bin Laden issued his first fatwā, calling for American soldiers to leave Saudi Arabia. Bin Laden used Islamic texts to exhort Muslims to attack Americans until the stated grievances are reversed, Muslim legal scholars have throughout Islamic history unanimously agreed that the jihad is an individual duty if the enemy destroys the Muslim countries, according to bin Laden. Bin Laden, who orchestrated the attacks, initially denied but later admitted involvement, in November 2001, U. S. forces recovered a videotape from a destroyed house in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. In the video, bin Laden is seen talking to Khaled al-Harbi, on December 27,2001, a second bin Laden video was released. In the video, he said, It has become clear that the West in general and it is the hatred of crusaders. Terrorism against America deserves to be praised because it was a response to injustice, aimed at forcing America to stop its support for Israel, the transcript refers several times to the United States specifically targeting Muslims. He said that the attacks were carried out because, we are free, and want to regain freedom for our nation. As you undermine our security we undermine yours, Bin Laden said he had personally directed his followers to attack the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
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David Hayward
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David Hayward is a fictional character from the ABC and The Online Network serial drama All My Children. The role has been portrayed by Vincent Irizarry, off and on, the character has been a top television villain for years. His criminal actions have been alluded to by authors, as well as recognized by their own fictional characters, David evolves, but always remains a force antagonizing heroes and heroines of the series. Guiding Light alum Irizarry joined the cast of All My Children from November 27,1997 to March 2,1998, Irizarry returned to the series as a contract player on July 8,1998. Following nine years in the role, Irizarry exited the series on November 28,2006, with executive producer Julie Hanan Carruthers citing financial and storyline reasons. Following a two-year absence, Irizarry returned to the series on October 23,2008, on December 28,2012, it was announced that Irizarry reprised the role on the online reboot, which began on April 29,2013. Irizarry also portrayed the role on One Life to Live for three episodes in February 2005, Dr. David Hayward first arrives in Pine Valley in late 1997 to reclaim his ex-lover, Dr. Allie Doyle. Allie is dating Dr. Jake Martin at the time, when Allie rejects him, David tries to get Jake out of the way. He frames Jake at the hospital by giving stroke patient Adam Chandler the wrong medication, David arrives just in time to play hero, which provides him with enough ammunition to get Jake suspended. David ends up leaving Pine Valley for a time, but returns less than a year later in an attempt to woo Liza Colby. David remains an enemy of the Martin family throughout the next several years, constantly at war with Jake and his father. But it is his obsession with Dixie Cooney, Jakes sister-in-law, at the time, Dixie is just one of the many women in Pine Valley with whom David has a romantic relationship. Another significant relationship he has is with Erica Kane, and although it does not end in marriage, David grows very close to Ericas daughter, when Bianca suffers heart problems as the result of her eating disorder, it is David who treats her and ultimately helps her survive. When Bianca is grieving for the death of Frankie Stone, David plans a memorial for his cousin, to help Bianca through her pain, he reveals that his father committed suicide when he was a child. Shortly after his relationship with Erica ends, David pours Libidozone, the drug has the known side effect of causing people to act out on their hidden, restrained impulses. Most everyone aboard the yacht is affected by the drug, the dosing of the punch bowl is eventually discovered and David is arrested. David manages to avoid being convicted of the charges against him by blackmailing Adam into getting the judge presiding over the case to drop the charges. David comes to many family members of which he is not previously aware, including a half-brother named Leo du Pres
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General Hospital
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General Hospital is an American daytime television medical drama. General Hospital premiered on the ABC television network on April 1,1963, same-day broadcasts as well as classic episodes were aired on SOAPnet from January 20,2000, to December 31,2013, following Disney-ABCs decision to discontinue the network. General Hospital is the serial produced in Hollywood, and the longest-running entertainment program in ABC television history. It holds the record for most Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Drama Series, the show was created by husband-and-wife soap writers Frank and Doris Hursley, who originally set it in a general hospital, in an unnamed fictional city. In the 1970s, the city was named Port Charles, New York, from its beginning, General Hospital starred John Beradino and Emily McLaughlin, and both actors stayed with the show until their deaths in 1996 and 1991 respectively. They were joined a year later by Rachel Ames who remains to date the longest serving actress on an ABC soap opera, General Hospital was the second soap to air on ABC. In 1964, a sister soap was created for General Hospital, The Young Marrieds, taped at The Prospect Studios, General Hospital aired for a half-hour until July 23,1976. The series was expanded from 30 minutes to 45 minutes on July 26,1976, ever since the late 1970s, most of the storylines have revolved around the Quartermaines and the Spencers. From 1979 to 1988, General Hospital had more viewers than any other soap opera. The soap opera is known for its high-profile celebrity guest stars who have included, among others, Roseanne Barr, James Franco. In 2007, the program was listed as one of Time magazines 100 Best TV Shows of All-TIME, on April 23,2009, General Hospital began broadcasting in high definition, making it the first ABC soap opera to make such a transition. The series aired its 13, 000th episode on February 24,2014, General Hospital became the oldest American soap opera on September 17,2010, following the final broadcast of CBS As the World Turns. On April 14,2011, ABC announced the cancellation of both All My Children and One Life to Live, leaving General Hospital as the last remaining soap opera airing on the network after January 13,2012, the show celebrated its 50th anniversary on April 1,2013. General Hospital was created by Frank and Doris Hursley and premiered on April 1,1963, the first stories were mainly set on the seventh floor of General Hospital, in an unnamed midsize Eastern city. Launched in 1963, the first stories were set at General Hospital in an unnamed midsized Eastern city. The name of the city, Port Charles, would not be mentioned until 1976 by headwriters Eileen, storylines revolved around Dr. Steve Hardy and his friend, Nurse Jessie Brewer. Jessies turbulent marriage to the much-younger Dr. Phil Brewer was the center of many early storylines, in 1964 Audrey March, a flight attendant and sister of Nurse Lucille, came to town, and was the woman who won Steves heart. By the end of the 1970s, General Hospital was facing dire ratings when executive producer Gloria Monty was brought in to turn the show around, Monty is credited with creation of the first supercouple, Luke Spencer and Laura Webber, played by Anthony Geary and Genie Francis
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Port Charles
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Port Charles is an American television soap opera which aired on ABC from June 1,1997 to October 3,2003. It was a spin-off of the serial General Hospital, which has been running since 1963 and takes place in the city of Port Charles. In the first episode, tenured nurse Audrey Hardy was injured, as it evolved, it turned its focus to stories with gothic intrigue that included themes such as forbidden love, vampires, and life after death. It also abandoned the basic open-ended writing style used on all other daytime dramas in December 2000 and this type of storytelling is a staple of Latin telenovelas. It also allowed the cast, crew, and writing staff to work six months out of the year. In December 1999, Julie Hanan Carruthers was promoted to producer after Wendy Riche wanted to step down to focus on General Hospital. Carruthers has been the senior supervising producer of Port Charles, while servicing the same role on General Hospital since the inception of Port Charles, Port Charles never attracted strong ratings. Since it taped for only six out of the year. This left the episode as a cliffhanger, Caleb told Olivia that Alison was pregnant with his baby because of the wish that she made on his ring. In 2013, the writers of General Hospital revisited the final storyline of Port Charles after actors Michael Easton and Lynn Herring joined the show, putting their own spin on the PC storyline. Easton was now playing John McBain, a role he originated on the cancelled One Life to Live, to work with the previous PC storyline, Easton started a dual role, playing both John and Caleb onscreen. Plans to spin off General Hospital were announced in December,1996, ABC had previously passed on the idea of a GH spin off proposed by former head writer, Claire Labine. Tentatively titled GH2, the series was set to revolve around interns at the school across from General Hospital. Wendy Riche, executive producer of General Hospital, was hired to fill the role for the new series. Riche said of the new show, This will be a multigenerational show and it was later announced that the series would be titled Port Charles, after the fictional city the series are set, and would star Jon Lindstrom and Lynn Herring, playing their roles from GH. The series premiered with a prime time special, that aired on June 1,1997. It started in its timeslot, the following day, replacing the canceled The City. The series also featured the return of General Hospital characters Scott Baldwin, after the series premiered, it was unclear if Lindstrom, Herring, and Shriner would remain with the series
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Edward Quartermaine
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Edward Quartermaine is a fictional character from General Hospital, an American soap opera on the ABC network. The character was created in 1978, originally played by David Lewis, John Ingle stepped into the role in 1993, and besides a brief hiatus from 2004 until 2006, he portrayed Edward up until his death on September 16,2012. David Lewis originated the role of Edward in 1978, in 1987 and 1988, Les Tremayne stepped in temporarily due to Lewis health. Starting on May 3,1989, Lewis was forced to step down due to his illness, the character was killed off in a plane crash, but Lewis voice was still heard whenever Lila spoke to her late husbands ghost. After recovering, Lewis returned as Edward on November 26,1991 and his health declined again and he left as the role was recast with John Ingle on August 17,1993. Ingle received an award for Outstanding Scene Stealer at the Soap Opera Awards in 1999, Ingle was fired in December 2003, and the show planned to again kill off the character, but a last minute storyline change kept the character and Ingle on in a recurring capacity. However, Ingle opted for a role of Mickey Horton on Days of Our Lives. In 2006, Allan was let go when Ingle was released from his Days of Our Lives contract, Allan last appeared on December 30,2005. Ingle reprised the role on April 18,2006, following a decline in health and the death of his wife, rumors began circulating that Ingles Edward was being written out. In September 2012, soap opera gossip site, Daytime Confidential reported that Ingle could possibly be making his last appearance, former General Hospital scribe, Michele Val Jean also commented on Ingles potential departure through Twitter. Ingle died on September 16,2012 and he filmed his final scenes on August 24, and the episode aired on September 11,2012. Edward was born on September 2,1918, Edward and his wife Lila are considered to be two of the wealthiest individuals in the fictional town of Port Charles, New York. Edward is the Founder & Chairman, former CEO, and principal shareholder of E. L. Q, portrayer John Ingle describes, Edward likes to think that hes taught everyone around him how to be ruthless. Edward first showed up in Port Charles in 1978, and after making visits to Port Charles with his wife Lila, he moved into the house that his son Alan had bought for his wife. Edward quickly established himself as one of the most influential residents of Port Charles, becoming a member of the hospital board and a good friend to core characters Steve Hardy and Lee Baldwin. The estate stipulated that the first male child with the last name of Quartermaine would inherit the estate which eliminated Tracys son, Ned, because his last name was Ashton, not Quartermaine. It is mentioned at this time that Edward once had an affair with a woman named Beatrice and it was that night when Mitch was shot at by Roy Di Lucca who had jumped in for the hit when Luke Spencer proved to be unavailable. Mitch survived, but Roy was killed, and Tracy and Mitch were married in spite of the fact that she caught him in bed with waitress Susan Moore the night before
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Bo Buchanan
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Bo Buchanan is a fictional character from the American soap opera One Life to Live. Robert S. Woods created the character of Bo in November 1979, Woods originally screen tested for the recast of Richard Abbott, cousin of central heroine Victoria Viki Lord Riley. Woods went on to play Bo from the inception through 1986. Woods reprised the role when new episodes of OLTL debuted on Hulu, iTunes. A2008 time travel storyline transplants Bo and Rex Balsom back to 1968, where Woods portrays his characters father Asa Buchanan, and Lavoisier plays a young Bo from July 21 through August 26,2008. As Bo and Rex return to the present, Woods real-life son Tanner plays young Bo on August 26,2008 as he departs to serve in the Vietnam War. Vietnam War-veteran Bo arrives in the city of Llanview, Pennsylvania, in November 1979. Clint had secured the chief editing position at Llanviews flagship newspaper, The Banner, replacing the ailing husband and editor for Banner publisher Victoria Lord Riley, somewhat unlucky in love, over the years Bo suffers many breakups, including the deaths of two wives and a fiancée. He pursues many occupations, such as becoming a record executive. In 1995, Bo becomes Llanviews police commissioner, Bo meets attorney Nora Hanen Gannon in October 1992, that Thanksgiving, he and wife Sarah Gordon are involved in a hit and run accident and Sarah is killed. Over the next several months Nora and Bo work side by trying to track down the killer. The case is closed and the two become best friends, their relationship slowly grows into romance after a kiss on New Years Eve. The couples first date is at Serenity Springs and is followed by a slew of junk food eating. Bo and Nora first have sex in April 1993 and express their love in May 1993, however, Noras chronic headaches worsen, leading her to believe that she is the one who caused the accident leading to Sarahs death. Bo soon proves this to be false and proposes marriage, Nora is diagnosed with a brain tumor but recovers. Bo and Nora marry on June 1,1995, at St. James Church, the ceremony is officiated by Reverend Andrew Carpenter, Rabbi Heller, and rock and roll singer Little Richard. Bo is devastated when his son Drew Buchanan, an officer, is killed in the line of duty on September 16,1998. Nora hopes to conceive a child to give her husband a reason to live, the pregnancy pulls Bo back onto his feet, but he and Nora later divorce in 1999 when it is revealed that Noras son Matthew had apparently been fathered by Sam
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Kevin Buchanan
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Kevin Buchanan is a fictional character from the American soap opera One Life to Live. The character is the first child born to original lead protagonists Victoria Lord, the character of Kevin Buchanan was originated by child actor Morgan K. Melis from 1976 until 1982. In 1982, the role was recast twice, first with Chris Cunningham, the role was recast a fourth time in 1983 with actor Ryan Janis until the actors exit in 1990. That same year, Matthew Vipond was placed into the role, in 1992, Thrower was replaced by Kirk Geiger. Geiger stayed with the soap until October 1994, jack Armstrong succeeded Geiger until his exit a year later in 1995. Armstrong was replaced by Ken Kenitzer, until the exit the same year. In January 1996, the role was recast again, this time with actor Kevin Stapleton, Stapleton remained with the soap until April 1998, when he was replaced by actor Timothy Gibbs. Gibbs was nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in 2000, Gibbs last aired on March 15,2001. Following Gibbs exit, in 2003 it was ABC announced that actor Dan Gauthier would become the next actor to portray the role, Gauthier debuted in the role on June 27,2003. In August 2006, it was announced that Gauthier had been cut from his role as Kevin Buchanan and he made his final guest appearances in March, May and November 2010. Gauthier reappeared again during the finale week on September 13,2012. Kevin is born on-screen September 12,1976, to Joe and Victoria Viki Lord Riley, Cathy loses touch with reality after the death of her and Joes own daughter Megan, who had been killed in an accident for which Cathy blamed Viki. When delusional Cathy is found, she has no memory of taking the infant Kevin or where she had left him. By 1977, the loss of their son had taken its toll on Joe and Vikis marriage, Joe died of a brain tumor right before Kevins brother, Joseph Francis Riley, Jr. is born on-screen in January 1980. When Viki later marries Clint Buchanan in 1982, Clint adopts Kevin, in 1991, teenaged Kevins first real love is Stephanie Hobart, the niece of the hated Carlo Hesser, Carlo ends the relationship because of his hatred for the Buchanans. Kevin then begins a relationship with LeeAnn Demerest, but LeeAnn. When LeeAnn believes that Max has fallen for Luna Moody, she sleeps with Kevin, Kevin finds out in 1992, and they elope. Meanwhile, blackmailing DuAnn is murdered, and Julia Medina ultimately confesses to the crime, Kevin and LeeAnns marriage crumbles over her closeness with Jason Webb, they divorce, and LeeAnn leaves town for Texas with their son Duke in 1993
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Michael Cambias
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Michael Cambias is a fictional character in the American daytime drama All My Children. The character is one that lives in infamy due to the rape storyline of All My Children heroine Bianca Montgomery. Character Michael Cambias is primarily remembered for raping Erica Kanes lesbian daughter, eventually, he is found dead in a freezer outside of Pine Valley. His funeral is attended by most everyone who cares for Bianca, lena even goes so far as to spit on his grave. Though Kendall is initially the suspect in the murder, it is later revealed to be Bianca. Bianca had earlier confronted Michael and shot him to death in self-defense when he attempted to rape her again, when she recalls killing Michael and confesses, the judge who believed Biancas story all along, leans hard on the prosecution not to file any charges against her. Eventually, it was discovered that when Bianca was raped, he impregnated her and she eventually gave birth to a daughter, named Miranda. Although Michael is her father, Bianca gave Miranda the last name Montgomery, character Michael Cambias was born on May 25,1969. The writers had him die of an injury sustained after a gunshot wound to the abdomen by Bianca Montgomery on August 28,2003. Michael Cambias from soapcentral. com Michael Cambias from pinevalleybulletin. com
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Cara Castillo
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Cara Castillo is a fictional character from the original ABC and The Online Network soap opera, All My Children. Amanda Hall Rogers portrayed the character for two episodes on June 9 and June 10,2003, before being written off, the character was reintroduced, portrayed by actress Lindsay Hartley on December 9,2010, until the series finale on September 23,2011. In December 2012, it was announced that Hartley would reprise the role for the online reboot on April 29,2013. Lindsay Hartley is a veteran of daytime having been a cast member of the NBC, following a short break from the genre, Hartley was cast on NBCs long-running soap Days of Our Lives as former undercover agent Arianna Hernandez from 2009–10 before being let go. However, a month later she began appearing on All My Children as Cara Castillo, in a November 3,2010 interview with TV Guide reporter Michael Logan, Hartley discussed the development of her character. I feel like shes the first truly mature woman Ive had a chance to play and you find out fell in love while working in Africa with Doctors Without Borders and they got married but something went down and Cara took off with another man. At least thats what Jake believes happened, and thats what the audience will believe, then theres the truth, which will slowly unravel. —Hartley, TV Guide Dr. Carolyn Finn first came to town in 2003 with her fiancé Dr. Jake Martin to meet his family, the two of them met each other while working with Doctors Without Borders. They eventually married and left for Africa to serve with Doctors Without Borders, when Jake came back to Pine Valley in 2008, he said that Carolyn had left him for a truck driver, and theyre no longer together. In November 2010, Jake received an e-mail for a job offer with Doctors Without Borders, when his brother, Tad, comes up, he reveals that he got the offer from Cara − as in Carolyn. Jake tells Tad that this is the first time hes heard from Cara since she left him, a few days later, Griffin Castillo shows up in town. Jake takes one look at him, and punches him, later, he reveals to Tad that Griffin was the man he saw Cara drive off with. Griffin claims that he hasnt heard from Cara since then, but later, Cara soon shows up in Pine Valley, and makes her way to Krystals to meet Griffin. While there, she sees Amanda Martin walk in and while shes chatting with owner Krystal Carey, Cara realizes that Amanda is Jakes wife and it became obvious that Caras return meant that Amanda needed to fight for her marriage. Cara later goes to the hospital to try to convince Jake again to return to Doctors Without Borders, Caras last name is actually Castillo, not Finn. Cara tells Jake that she wanted out of the marriage, so she asked Griffin to help stage a situation so that Jake would leave her completely, when she later tells Griffin about this, she tells him she lied to Jake about why she left. Cara finds out that she cant leave the country due to a problem with her immigration papers, Cara decides to get a job at Pine Valley Hospital when she finds out they are short-staffed and after Jake says he doesnt have a problem working with her. Though Cara insists that she no longer has feelings for Jake, in mid-January, it is revealed that Cara had leukemia as a child, at the age of 8
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Griffin Castillo
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Griffin Castillo is a fictional character from the ABC and The Online Network soap opera All My Children. The character debuted on November 16,2010, and was portrayed by Jordi Vilasuso, Griffin Castillo first appeared at Pine Valley Hospital and immediately began flirting with the married Amanda Martin and helped her repair her husbands car. He also assisted Opal Cortlandt after a related problem where he was revealed to be a Cardiologist. Later that day, Griffin is punched by Jake Martin, who reveals that Griffin is the man stole his former wife Cara Finn. It was revealed on December 16,2010, that Cara is actually Griffins sister. Griffin goes to find Zach Slater, who called him to town to expand the Miranda Center. Griffin saved his mentor Dr. David Haywards life when he was admitted with a gunshot wound, later, Dr. Angie Hubbard offered Griffin a job working at Pine Valley Hospital due to being short-staffed, Griffin accepted. Cara is revealed to be traveling on a passport. Later, Jakes brother, Tad, steps up to help her by saying Cara is his fiancée, Griffin goes along with the ruse to save Cara, keeping their mother, Leticia, at bay so that she cant stop the wedding. Later, he tells Jake to help Cara get a job at the hospital to establish the cover of her marriage. Griffin finds out Kendall thinks Zach was murdered by his casino partners and he later realizes that Reverend Ricky Torres is trying to win over Kendall, and tries to be light about it. When he tries to investigate the casino partners on his own, he ends up getting beaten, however, Griffin finds himself a target when Zachs partner, Diana Holden, is found dead in his room with evidence suggesting he was planning to leave town with her. Griffin insists hes innocent, but Kendall tells the police that Griffin stole drugs from the hospital, while in lock-up, he is stabbed by a guard, and taken to the hospital. Cara gets Jake to lie about his diagnosis so that he wont go back to jail, however, when the lie is revealed, Griffin confesses to protect Cara. Before he can go back, Kendall helps him escape through a diversion Cara creates. She admits that she turned him in because she wanted answers about Zachs death, but realizes it has nothing to do with him, Griffin is upset that Kendall is staying close to him to get a confession, and tries to convince her to stay away. She refuses, saying she needs answers, Griffin later tells Kendalls friend, Ryan Lavery, to keep an eye on her. Ryan, in turn, arranges a private jet to take Griffin anywhere he wants, however, Griffin decides to stay in town, because hes not ready to leave Kendall or risk her going up against Ricky
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Babe Carey
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Babe Carey is a fictional character from the American daytime drama All My Children. She was originally portrayed by actress Alexa Havins, from October 13,2003, to October 8,2007, the character was killed off on the October 23,2008 episode of the show, after suffering injuries during a series of tornadoes. In September 2011, Babe briefly returned to Pine Valley as an apparition appearing to JR. Though originally scripted as age 19 in 2003, in a romance with character JR Chandler, Babes birth date was later set by the series as April 10,1983. The writers often had the character referred to as Baby Doll by her mother, Krystal Carey, in addition, the series displayed significant comparisons between her and legendary character Dixie Cooney. Havins moved to New York City to study at the prestigious Circle in the Square Theatre School and her noted ambition resulted in an ABC contract in New York City, after her return there, signing on in the role of character Babe Carey Chandler on All My Children. And she said, Because Alexa can play trash with her eyes closed, the character was originally designed as a bad girl the audience could hate, but was later presented as a flawed good girl. Havins preferred the character to be driven and said her all-time favorite Babe moments are when the character was being spunky, I love when shes pumped and shes like a cheerleader, seeing the good in everything, she said. I loved when Little Adam almost drowned. There was this side of her that hadnt come out for a while. And I loved playing that because that was a range of emotions between loving your child, being scared to death, hating your husband for not being responsible, there was not one set way of thought or feeling in those scenes. While with the series, Havins was often put in feature stories, when asked in 2006 by Soap Opera Weekly if difficult to be in such constant heavy stories, she stated, We laugh at our scheduling producer because she always feels bad. Shes like, I dont mean to kill you, but you dabble, I am in every set, which is great. In early 2007, rumors circulated that Havins would not be renewing her contract as Babe Carey once it expired later in the year, after her husband and All My Children co-star at the time, Justin Bruening, exited the show, the rumors gained momentum. James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten, new writers of the series, were reluctant to state whether or not Havins would be departing the soap opera. In their interview with TV Guide, the two remained ambiguous about the matter, though hinting at a recast, Barbara Esensten commented, It’s out there that we will probably lose her, and it certainly isn’t our choice. However, we’re still writing the show as if not leaving. If we should have to recast Babe, we’ll help the take over the part by writing specifically for the new actor like what we did with the Greenlee recast. We saw some little things in Sabine Singh, so we wrote for her accordingly, luckily, Jim and I don’t have any trouble separating the actor from a character because the latter is really paramount in our eyes
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Dixie Cooney
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Dixie Cooney is a fictional character from the American daytime drama, All My Children. Initially portrayed by actress Kari Gibson from July to October 1988, the decision to kill the character in 2007 attracted much criticism and controversy, with TV Guide being dismayed by the choice and calling her the heart and soul of the show. McClain returned to the series May 2,2008, playing the character as a ghost, the return lasted through June 12,2008. McClain again returned briefly to All My Children from March 4,2010 through April 20,2010, on April 25,2011, it was announced that McClain would reprise her role of Dixie full-time on a contract basis as a series regular beginning in the spring of 2011. Her first airdate was May 17,2011 and she played the role until the final televised episode on September 23,2011. On February 7,2013, McClain announced on her website that she would be reprising her role as Dixie on Prospect Parks online continuation of the show and they were unaware that this man was Palmer Cortlandt, one of the Valley’s richest men. Dixie and Will found work at Cortlandt manor as a maid and they did not realize the identity of their new employer until both saw a face they had not seen in years, their sister, Della Cooney. Palmer welcomed them all into this house, Dixie was the niece of industrialist Palmer Cortlandt. Dixie then married Tad Martin in December 1989, but after repeated misunderstandings brought on by Palmer, as well as Tads biological mother Opal Gardner, Tad and Dixie separated. At first they realized their break up was a mistake, but Tad had a stand with Brooke English. But even the divorce did not keep them apart, and they reconciled, Tad proposed again and they planned to remarry. On the day of the wedding, Tad was lured into the woods by Billy Clyde Tuggle, and Tuggle tried to kill him, both were presumed dead, although Tuggle was the only body to be pulled from the river. Soon after, Brooke learned as a result of her liaison with Tad, early in 1991, she gave birth to her son, Jamie Martin. Dixie remarried in 1991 to Craig Lawson, a Pine Valley businessman, by the spring of 1992, they had divorced. Later in 1992, Dixie married the much younger Brian Bodine, later that same year, Brian was arrested for murdering Dixies brother, Will, and this led to the couples divorce in 1993. Dixie got the shock of her life when she learned Tad was still alive and had living in California as Ted Orsini. Tad regained his memory, but as usual he and Dixie crossed wires and he soon married Brooke English, his former lover and mother of his son Jamie. But they were not a couple and soon separated
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Opal Cortlandt
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Opal Cortlandt is a fictional character from the ABC and The Online Network soap opera, All My Children. She was portrayed by Dorothy Lyman from 1981 to 1983, Larson was demoted from contract to recurring status from June 14,2006 to December 2,2009, before returning to contract status effective December 10,2009. The producers of the show disagreed with the way Lyman portrayed Opal, Opal and her daughter, Jenny, first came to Pine Valley in 1981, and Opal was intent on getting her daughter into modeling. Until Jenny got her big break, Opal made her work at the bar, Foxys. Later, Opal opened a beauty shop, which she called the Glamorama, Opal was horrified when her ex-husband, Ray, got out of prison and went to work for Phoebe Wallingford whom Opal worked for as a maid. Phoebes husband, Langley, seduced her with the promise of marriage once an ailing Phoebe died, the following year, while dating Sam Reynolds, Opal decided to run for city council against Langley and was aided by Palmer Cortlandt who had a vendetta against Phoebe. Both Opal and Langley lost the race, after Opal found out that Sam had fallen in love with Jenny, she broke off with him and joined a dating service. She met a widow, Ralph Purdy, whom she quickly became engaged to. A few months later, Jenny died, and Tad called her to tell her the news, Opal returned to Pine Valley in 1989 and joined forces with Palmer to break up Tad and Dixies marriage. The two schemers soon fell in love and married in November 1990 after Palmers wife Daisy schemed to get them together, later, the Cortlandts welcomed their son Peter into the world. Their marriage was threatened by the psychotic Stan Ulatowski, Palmers former prison mate who wanted Opal for himself, Opal and Palmers marriage was always filled with minor tiffs. After nine years in the summer of 1998, however, their marriage fell apart, Opal alerted the authorities when she learned that Palmer had stashed away a treasure trove of stolen Nazi artwork. While serving in the military, Palmer had stolen the paintings when his squadron defeated a Nazi platoon, Palmer refused to give back the paintings to their rightful owners. Palmer felt betrayed by Opal and became increasingly nasty to his wife, at about the same time, Opal learned that the son shed been forced to abandon while she was still married to Ray Gardner, Adrian Sword, had arrived in Pine Valley. Opal had had an affair with Frank Dawson, a man who took her in when she was fleeing from the abusive Ray, Ray showed up at her hiding spot one day and forced Opal to leave with him. Opal was fearful that the child, a baby, would be abused—or worse—if Ray got his hands on the infant so she claimed she was babysitting. A twist of events took place and Adrian was part of a government operation tracking Palmer, Palmer eventually turned over the paintings, but his marriage to Opal was hopelessly in shambles. Adrian bullied Palmer into signing an agreement that gave Opal fifty-percent of everything he owned
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Kelly Cramer
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Kelly Cramer is a fictional character on the long-running ABC soap opera, One Life to Live. The role was originated by actress Gina Tognoni, who debuted February 17,1995, the role of Kelly Cramer was originally offered to Alexandra Wilson in late 1994. When Wilson turned the role down, the role was offered to actress Gina Tognoni, in April 2001, it was announced that Tognoni decided not to renew her contract with the series after six years with the soap. Following Tognonis announcement, it was rumored that the actress would take over the role of Carly Corinthos on the ABC Daytime soap General Hospital, Tognoni vacated the role on-screen on August 14,2001. Tognoni briefly reprised her role in December 2001 and January 2002, Tognoni later went on to join the CBS Daytime soap Guiding Light in 2004, portraying the role of Dinah Marler. Melchoir debuted in the role in July 2003, in October 2003, it was announced that former The Young and the Restless actress Heather Tom would replace Melchior as Kelly. Melchior last aired on December 10,2003 with Tom debuting a day later on December 11,2003, in August 2006, it was announced that Tom decided to exit from her contract to return to Los Angeles to pursue other acting opportunities. I have loved my time in New York City, and I have been so lucky to have known, the love and support from everyone on the set of One Life and from all my fans has meant more to me than anyone can imagine. Tom vacated the role on-screen on December 14,2006, in April 2009, CBS cancelled Guiding Light, the cancellation lead to an influx of rumors of Tognoni to reprise her beloved One Life role. In June, it was reported that Tognoni was in-talks with several soaps, including The Young and the Restless and The Bold and it was further reported that One Life had passed on signing Tognoni back to the soap. In September 2009, it was confirmed that Tognoni would reprise her role of Kelly Cramer after eight years, Tognoni returned on-screen February 12,2010. I know without a doubt that these shows were special to you all and they entertained you, they got your minds off of whatever may be worrying you that day and got you laughing or crying instead — all in the same hour. I will miss working with a team of actors, directors, producers, cameras, makeup, wardrobe, hair, lighting, sound and this is a change in television culture, I believe that is why this is all so significant. I will miss the process and the fans, I LOVE YOU and loved doing it for you, with all my heart. Tognoni last aired as Kelly Cramer on August 24,2011, One Life to Live aired its final episode on ABC on January 13,2012. Kelly appears on the doorstep of her aunt, Dorian Lord, the daughter of Dorians younger sister Melinda, Kelly had been expelled from her Parisian boarding school. She soon befriends Jessica Buchanan, the daughter of Dorians nemesis Victoria Lord, devastated over her breakup with Joey, Kelly gets into a car accident in the rain. The passenger in the car is Kellys cousin Blair Cramer
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Paul Cramer
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Paul Cramer is a fictional character from the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. Paul was originated on October 3,2003, by Brock Cuchna, the character was then recast with David Tom on March 11,2004 In August 2004, the role was temporarily played by Shane McRae. Paul crossed over to ABCs All My Children multiple times from December 30,2003, to October 27,2004, during a baby switch storyline involving both series. The character of Paul was killed off as part of a murder storyline in October 2004. Tom is the brother of Heather Tom, who played Pauls half-sister Kelly Cramer. Paul Cramer first appears in Llanview in late 2003 at the re-opening Crossroads, the nature of this mistake is never revealed as Paul never shares any scenes with Sarah and instead becomes embroiled in a storyline with Dorian Lord and the Cramer family. A local society maven, Dorian is shocked as Paul arrives on her doorstep and claims to be the son of Dorians mentally disturbed younger sister Melinda, Paul was raised by an upstanding foster family and has only just recently learned of his true heritage. Dorian soon worries that this heretofore unknown Cramer could be the heir to her aging Aunt Betsys fortune. Aunt Betsy, an old spinster, has very specific ideas on what a real Cramer should be and feels that almost all the women in the family have abdicated their power. A seemingly agreeable young man with his life in order, Paul is soon targeted for ruin by Dorian, determined to get Aunt Betsys inheritance, Dorian and David seek any information they can use against Paul to force him out of Betsys good graces. They find just that in the discovery of Pauls connection to schemer Babe Carey from Pine Valley, with Paul out of Betsys favor, Dorian and David are free and clear to use Carlotta Vegas ward Adriana Colón to gain control of the Cramer wealth once and for all. Pauls December 30,2003 visit to his secret wife Babe Carey on All My Children ultimately leads to an extensive baby switch crossover storyline in 2004. Paul finds himself delivering the babies of both Babe and her friend Bianca Montgomery during a rainstorm in nearby Pine Valley on March 24,2004. Paul stages a crash with his MEDEVAC helicopter and takes Babes son for Kelly, unaware of the childs origins, Kelly brings Babes infant back to Llanview, passing him off as her child with Kevin. Kevin and Kelly name the baby Asa Ace Buchanan II after Kevins grandfather, Babe discovers that her daughter is really Biancas, but remains silent for months and allows Paul to manipulate her and Bianca. Meanwhile, a devastated Kelly discovers that Paul had stolen Ace from his mother, Paul, desperate for cash, blackmails Kelly by threatening to reveal the secret to Kevin and Llanview. Armed with the truth, Kelly realizes they must return the child to his parents, though broken-hearted, Biancas family resents Babe for the baby switch, seemingly forgetting Pauls role in the incident. After alienating nearly everyone in town, Paul has a meeting in a cemetery on 27 October 2004, his corpse is later revealed in an open grave
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Rae Cummings
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Rae Cummings is a fictional character on the ABC daytime soap opera One Life to Live. Dano played the role from 1978 to 1980, June 28,1999 to November 1999, Gretel was originated by Linda Dano from 1978 to 1980. Dano went on to appear on CBSs As the World Turns and on NBCs Another World until that series cancellation on June 25,1999, On June 28,1999, anna Stuart filled in for Dano in the role on April 25,2002. Dano was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for Supporting Actress in 2003 for her portrayal of Gretel, archived from the original on February 13,2006. Rae Cummings profile - SoapCentral. com Levinsky, Mara, all My Children Features, Its A Girl. One Life to Live Timeline, Cult of Personalities
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Aidan Devane
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Aidan Devane is a resident of the fictional town of Pine Valley from the ABC soap opera All My Children. He has been portrayed by Aiden Turner, from June 6,2002 to December 21,2009, the character has also been temporarily portrayed by actor Tom Archdeacon, from May 13 to May 28,2004, for 6 episodes. Aidan comes to Pine Valley in 2002 after his aunt Anna Devane and he is in Special Ops in England, and not much is known about him at first. He uses such training to spy on other Pine Valley residents for Jackson Montgomery, Aidan was a soldier while in his home country. He is a Jack-of-all-trades, a worker on Erica Kanes penthouse after a fire guts it. Aidan becomes partners in a private office with Tad Martin. Greenlee Smythe is set up by Kendall Hart Slater for the almost-kidnapping of her son, Spike Lavery, at Greenlees arraignment, Aidan orchestrates a diversion so that he can help Greenlee escape prison time. The two go on the run, heading towards the Canada–US border, when the PVPD discovers Aidan and Greenlees location, Aidan insists for Greenlee to continue to the border without him. At this time, both Greenlee and Aidan proclaim their love for one another and promise each other that they will have the life they both wished for, before parting ways. Later, after being arrested, Aidan is released in order to search of the missing Greenlee. While five weeks pass, and in a moment, he has sex with a grieving Kendall in an isolated cabin. Greenlee soon becomes sick, a mysterious woods-related infection has stricken her, Aidan, Jack and others all pray at Pine Valley Hospital for Angie Baxter Hubbard to save the lives of Greenlee and Frankie. At the hospital, Greenlee is revived after Aidan confesses his love for her, while both Greenlee and Zach are in better health again, Kendall and Aidan decide to keep their night together a secret. Greenlee is discharged from Pine Valley Hospital and both she and Aidan are thrilled to start the life they dreamed of for so long. Aidan promises Greenlee that he always be there for her. However, Aidan feels very guilty over his sex with Kendall. Aidan proposes to Greenlee in a beach picnic, one that resembles their first date. She initially declines his proposal, only because she is enjoying what they have in the moment, when Aidan almost breaks things off with Greenlee, she realizes how much she loves him and wants to marry him
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Anna Devane
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Anna Devane is a fictional character from the original ABC Daytime soap opera, General Hospital, played by Finola Hughes. Hughes also appeared as Anna on All My Children, and the General Hospital prime time, spin-off series, General Hospital, the character first appeared on the April 10,1985 episode of General Hospital as a fence. The character was created and introduced by producer, Gloria Monty. Upon her introduction, Anna is revealed to be the super spy ex-wife of Robert Scorpio and romantic rival to his current wife, Anna remained a prominent character in the series until 1992 due to her romantic pairings with Robert and former mobster, Duke Lavery. The storyline in which Duke tries to evade his criminal past with the Jerome family, allows for Duke and Anna to become one of the shows supercouples, along with Robert, however, the storyline ends in tragedy when Duke dies in Annas arms. Robert and Anna eventually reunite to raise their daughter, Robin, and eventually remarry, the happiness is short lived, however, all three were eventually revealed to be alive. Anna reappeared on All My Children as the sister of Dr. Alex Devane on March 2,2001. In addition working as chief of police, and a romance with Edmund Grey, Anna marries Dr. David Hayward and they had a child together, however. Hughes returned to General Hospital for several guest stints between 2006 and 2008, throughout the summer and fall of 2008, Anna appeared on Night Shift where she supported Robert through his battle with cancer and helped Robin prepare for motherhood. Anna returned to the series indefinitely in 2012 when Robin is presumed dead and she has a romance with Roberts best friend, Luke Spencer, and reunites with Duke, whom Faison is masquerading as. Fortunately, the real Duke is revealed to be alive, Anna has become one of the most respected and celebrated heroines in all of daytime. Hughes joined the cast of General Hospital in the spring of 1985, Hughes auditioned for the role of Anna in early 1985, about three months after she relocated to New York City. About two weeks later, Hughes was shocked when she actually got hired because the role was written for an American actress. In late 1991, rumors circulated that Hughes had been fired, however, instead during contract negotiations, she took advantage of an out clause to work on another project. Hughes last taped scenes aired during December 16, last airing on December 17,1991, if negotiations went well, Hughes was slated to return by the spring of 1992. In the interim, she was replaced by Camilla Moore who made her first appearance December 20,1991, Moore last appeared on January 20,1992 and Hughes returned to the role for one episode on February 25,1992. On All My Children, when Hughes reprised the role of Alex in February 2001 after her maternity leave, in late July 2003, All My Children announced that Hughes would exit in the role of Anna when her contract expired. Hughes made her appearance on September 11,2003
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Amanda Dillon
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Amanda Dillon is a fictional character from the American daytime All My Children. Alexis Manta portrayed the character as a child from 1996–2000, Amandas mother, Janet, changes her insane ways and tries to be more like Natalie. During her childhood years, Amanda becomes friends with Jamie Martin, the Dillon family later move to Colorado. Amanda decides to back in May 2005 to attend school at Pine Valley University. She also gets mixed up in JR and Jamies business, looking for a man who can provide for her financially, much to the chagrin of Babe Carey, JRs ex-wife, JR tells Amanda to separate them, and she agrees. Eventually, Babe breaks up with Jamie when Phoebe Tyler Wallingford dies and leaves her money to Jamie if he breaks up with Babe, Amanda makes her move, but it is not long before Jamie catches on and dumps her. Janet comes to town when Amanda is hospitalized after being hit by JR, Amanda is afraid that she is responsible, and confides in Josh Madden about it. Josh takes advantage and drugs Erica Kane, then frames Amanda for it, however, Amanda had by then realized Janet was responsible for the incidents, but kept quiet for her mothers sake. When she is arrested for drugging Erica, Janet decides to take her revenge at Ericas Mardi Gras ball, Amanda gets out, but is too late. The Mardi Gras ball explodes, killing Ethan Cambias, Janet kidnaps Babe and her son, Little Adam, while Amanda does her best to help JR, Jamie, Tad Martin, and Aidan Devane find them. Eventually, they track Janet down, but after Babe and Little Adam are rescued, Tad and Aidan have to tell Amanda that Janet had killed her father, Amanda is devastated by this loss, and does not know how to cope. Later, Brooke English, Jamies mother, opens her house to her in order to help her recover, Amanda rebounds months later, getting a job at Fusion Cosmetics and even building a friendship with Babe. She starts a friends with benefits relationship with Jonathan Lavery, Eventually, she starts to develop feelings for him. However, he is still in love with his ex-wife, Lily Montgomery, when Babes life is threatened by the Satin Slayer, Amanda goes to her mother for help in figuring out who the killer is. Later, Janet is manipulated by Adam Chandler into kidnapping Babes sister, Amanda once again gets caught in Janets insanity and tries to convince her mother to give Jenny back to her parents, Tad and Krystal Carey. Later, Jenny is rescued with help from Jamie and Babe. Amanda eventually begins a relationship with Jake Martin, but they keep their relationship mostly physical, when Jake is conflicted between Amanda and Taylor Thompson, Amanda breaks things off. Babe dies in the disaster that hits Pine Valley, which hurts Amanda further
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Janet Dillon
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Janet Dillon is a fictional character on the daytime soap opera, All My Children. The role was originated in 1991 by Kate Collins, who had also portrayed Janets sister Natalie on the series since 1985. Collins played both characters until she left All My Children in 1992, and her replacement in the role of Natalie, Melody Anderson, with the Natalie character killed off, Robin Mattson played as Janet from 1994 to May 9,2000. Collins made brief appearances in the role from November 28,2005 to March 10,2006, from February 9,2007 to December 18,2007, Collins briefly returned from July 25,2011 until the finale on September 23,2011. The character was sometimes derisively as Janet from another Planet
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