Brandon's Buzz

He has spent most of the past eleven years portraying true blue good guy Cristian Vega on ABC's classic soap "One Life to Live," and his character's latest romance --- this one with Llanview's resident fashion maven Layla Williamson --- is finally heating to a boil after a year-long slow burn. To mark the occasion, the amazing DAVID FUMERO is stopping by the Buzz to dish about his life, his career, and his incredible run on one of America's favorite daytime dramas!

It's Thanksgiving, and one of the blessings I am most grateful for this year is the amazing opportunity I have been granted to speak with such interesting and compelling artists whose riveting work I admire and whose immense talents I respect. So in the spirit of the holiday, I'd like to present anew a trio of soap-related excerpts from three of my favorite recent conversations with former "One Life to Live" star JESSICA TUCK and former "Another World" stars LINDA DANO and KALE BROWNE. Stuffed to the gills with turkey and cranberries and watched enough football to drive you positively mad? Come hang with me and three of the greatest actors to EVER grace the world of daytime television.

Using her sophisticated and outrageous nom de plume Marlena De Lacroix, she was instrumental in introducing and perfecting the art of modern soap opera criticism with her peerless column Critical Condition, which made its debut inside the pages of Soap Opera Weekly twenty years ago this week. That magazine has strayed far away from what its founders intended it to be, but Marlena gloriously endures with typical panache on a hilarious website which bears her name, and on the occasion of her 20th anniversary, the magnificent CONNIE PASSALACQUA HAYMAN makes a long-awaited return to Brandon's Buzz to reminisce and to offer up beaucoup bon mots about her two decades trying to keep the soaps honest!

He made a huge splash in the '80s as true blue good guy Michael Hudson on NBC's "Another World," and then again in the '90s as lovelorn sharkish lawyer Sam Rappaport on ABC's "One Life to Live," and now, the amazing KALE BROWNE is stopping by Brandon's Buzz with an insider's view of two classic soaps!

His character on ABC's "One Life to Live" --- struggling med student Kyle Lewis --- has just reunited with his onscreen true love --- bumbling police officer Oliver Fish --- and to mark the momentous occasion, Brandon's Buzz has packaged into one exchange a pair of conversations --- one from last June, and one from October --- in which the incredible BRETT CLAYWELL goes in depth and on the record about what makes Kyle tick!

Let's see how far we've come: believe it or not, a gay wedding boom is about to explode in the town of Llanview, PA on ABC's "One Life to Live," and to mark the occasion --- and to discuss the latest head-spinning casting moves from across the daytime dial, as well as to offer us an exclusive sneak preview of "Venice," Crystal Chappell's hotly-anticipated new web series --- legendary online journalist MICHAEL FAIRMAN is paying a return visit to Brandon's Buzz!

She is widely regarded as this generation's Streisand, and her gloriously angelic five-octave range seems to know no bounds. Best known for her triumphant run in Broadway's "Jekyll and Hyde," she has just released her latest album --- "Soundtrack," a terrific collection of her favorite movie tunes --- and now, the amazing LINDA EDER is stopping by Brandon's Buzz to discuss her newest project and her spectacular career.

Once upon a magical time, she was Megan Gordon Harrison on ABC's classic soap "One Life to Live," and though she only toiled on the show for three years, her character's tragic death from lupus stands as one of the most heart-wrenching (and most fondly remembered) sequences in daytime history. She has since gone on to enjoy incredible success in prime time television and in film, and she has just co-founded www.inspirethechange.com, an environment-related website and cause that is close to her heart, and now the incredible JESSICA TUCK is coming by the Buzz to discuss her stellar career and her brand new online endeavor!

She has been toiling in soaps (and brilliantly!) for some three decades now, and she's survived to tell the tale! Now, the magnificent ILENE KRISTEN is coming by the Buzz to do just that: from her legendary stint as Delia Reid Coleridge on the classic series "Ryan's Hope" to her current triumph as Roxanne "Roxy" Balsom on "One Life to Live," she has seen it all and done it all, and tonight, she's TELLING all!

He stopped by the Buzz back in June --- just a few days prior to the announcement that "One Life to Live" would be proceeding with their groundbreaking Kish storyline --- and he warned us at that time that things were about to get a LOT more interesting for his character, Kyle Lewis. Now, the amazing BRETT CLAYWELL is returning to Brandon's Buzz to discuss his scorching hot storyline, the fascinating evolution of his ever-intriguing character, and his role as the wanted man in daytime television's first gay love triangle!

She remains best-known for her Emmy-winning role as the outrageous Felicia Gallant on NBC's classic soap "Another World," and she is returning to QVC this week to celebrate the second anniversary of her enormously successful collection of home furnishings and accessories, and now the fabulous LINDA DANO is stopping by the Buzz with an exclusive sneak peek of what's in store on her latest visit to the shopping channel!

Many call her the most interesting, most imaginative, most important storyteller in the illustrious seven-decade history of "Guiding Light," and she owns two Outstanding Writing Daytime Emmys to back up that assertion. Now, on the eve of that classic soap's heartbreaking final episode, the incredible PAMELA K. LONG is coming by Brandon's Buzz to discuss her memories of the show and to talk about the characters (Reva! Josh! Fletcher! Alexandra! Harley!) whom she continues to hold dear to her heart.

In her legendary Soap Opera Weekly column Critical Condition (which ran from 1989-2001), she penned some of the most probing, interesting, spot-on prose --- positive AND negative! --- ever written about "Guiding Light," and as we all prepare to sit shivah over the loss of this uniquely American treasure, Marlena De Lacroix herself, CONNIE PASSALACQUA HAYMAN is coming by the Buzz for a frank discussion of what went gloriously right --- and so ghoulishly wrong --- with television's longest-running series.

His theater roles have included Jesus, Moses, and Tarzan, but his starmaking part might just be the one he's currently playing, that of Nick Chavez, the potential spoiler to the burgeoning romance between Oliver Fish and Kyle Lewis on ABC's classic soap "One Life to Live." Now, actor Nicholas Rodriguez is dropping by the Buzz to discuss his amazing Broadway career and the challenges of playing out a truly groundbreaking daytime television storyline!

Her February appearance remains the most listened-to episode in the history of Brandon's Buzz, and now she's back for an encore! The extraordinary NIA PEEPLES is stopping by the Buzz to discuss her role in the upcoming Hallmark telefilm "Citizen Jane," as well as her departure from "The Young and the Restless," her thoughts on the upcoming film revival of "Fame," and the incredible longevity of her nearly thirty-year career!

The 2009 Daytime Emmys are finally here, and to mark the occasion, soap expert MICHAEL FAIRMAN is returning to Brandon’s Buzz to reveal who he thinks should and will win the awards, as well as to reveal exclusive details about the tribute to “Guiding Light” that he is spearheading for the Emmy telecast, and to discuss his thoughts on “All My Children’s” controversial move west and the other hot soap topics!

She achieved legendary fame as "General Hospital's" legendary bombshell Lucy Coe, a part she played off and on for nearly two decades, and after an extended hiatus from the business, she has just made a gloriously riotous return to daytime, playing Henry Coleman's scheming mother Audrey on "As the World Turns." And now, stunning soap star Lynn Herring is dropping by Brandon's Buzz to give up the scoop on her current role, and to dish on her most famous one!

Her first visit was such a smashing success that she's coming back for more! Marlena De Lacroix herself returns to Brandon's Buzz to discuss the continuing disintegration of "All My Children," to debunk a series of daytime myths, and to question seriously whether "The Young and the Restless" lives up to the deafening hype that surrounds it!

With nine straight top twenty smash singles between 1987 and 1993, she was the diva of record for an entire generation of music fans. Still kicking butt some two decades after her blistering debut, with an incredible new album, "Satisfied," and a legion of fans who still adore her, the magnificent Taylor Dayne is stopping by Brandon's Buzz to chat about her amazing career!

She started a sensation in the mid-'80s with her sizzling role on the classic miniseries "North and South" and has continued to enchant audiences with her roles on "Santa Barbara" and "As the World Turns," and now famed actress Terri Garber is stopping by the Buzz to discuss her incredible career, past, present, and future!