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I know I haven’t been updating my blog lately. I am dealing with some personal issues that have kept me from updating my blog the way I did before. With that said, I will move on with your entertainment fix.

Soap Opera Weekly reported that Deidre Hall was having financial trouble. Well, it turns out that wasn’t true after all. Deidre Hall said “that the story is nonsense and that her life is great”.  She is enjoying having this time to spend with her two sons.

I’m glad that her life is great, but I was curious about something.  She said that the story was nonsense, but she didn’t come out and say that she isn’t having money problems.  If she’s not, I wonder what she’s doing for money.  It’s not as if she’s acting now.  Maybe she has great investments that bring her money.  There’s also another possibility.  She could just be saying that the story is nonsense just so no one would know how bad she’s doing.  I hope this possibility isn’t true.  If it is, it could have been avoided if Ken Corday didn’t fire her from Days Of Our Lives.  She would still be acting and be able to support her family.

I guess we’ll never hear anything about this issue from Ken Corday since he doesn’t seem to care too much about the actors that he chose to fire.  Maybe it’s a good thing that he hasn’t said anything since he might end up saying something bad about her.

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Former Days Of Our Lives star Deidre Hall is facing money troubles.  In court documents filed on March 9^th stemming from Deidre’s divorce from her husband Stephen Sohmer, explain that Deidre’s money is running out since she’s been let go from the show.  I guess actors are not immune from economic woes either since she’s dealing with this financial problem too.

Deidre claimed her monthly salary was about $28,000 while she was on Days Of Our Lives.  I did the math and she was making about $336,000 a year. I thought she was one of the million dollar actors in daytime because she is one of the most popular actresses on Soap Operas.  Her primary source of income came from her work on Days Of Our Lives.  Now that she’s been fired, she has to utilize the assets that she’s accumulated and the income generated by those assets to maintain her and her children’s lifestyles.  She has to pay her husband alimony so losing her job has made it difficult for her to make the payments that she was making before she was fired.

She is scheduled for a hearing on this matter on March 25^th.  I hope that it all works out for her.  It would be a shame that she would have to sell things in order to make ends meet.  She is a pretty good actress so I can’t believe that she can’t find another soap to join.  You would think that they would jump at the chance to hire her. She has a huge fanbase that will probably follow her wherever she goes.  Maybe Ken Corday will have a heart and hire her back on Days Of Our Lives.  He took a lot of heat by letting her go so he can make up for it by hiring her back.  I’m sure she will do it now because she needs the money. 

Actress Heather Locklear was offered the chance to star on the new version of Melrose Place.  She turned down the offer to reprise her role as Amanda Woodward.  She claimed that it didn’t make sense to bring her character back on to the show. 

I was a big fan of the original version of the show so I am interested in tuning in to see the updated version.  I would have liked to have seen her character on the new version of the show because Amanda was one of my favorite characters on Melrose Place.  I am a little disappointed that she won’t be reprising her role after all. I had read that she was close to signing on to do the show only to find out that she won’t be returning after all. 

I wonder why she would turn down an opportunity to have a role on a TV show.  By Hollywood’s standards, she is considered “old” because she is a woman over 40. I don’t think that she’s old, but for some reason, Hollywood casting agents consider you old when you are 40 and older.  She was given an opportunity to possibly revive her career with one of the roles that made her famous and she refused to do it.  Heather Locklear was on a few shows after Melrose Place that were canceled so you would think that she would jump at the chance to do it.  Also, she hasn’t really been doing too much lately so you would think that she would want to have a chance to act again.

I read that her former co-star, Lisa Rinna has to practically beg for a small role on the updated version of the show and Heather was asked to do it, but she turned it down.  Lisa has to go to great lengths to get a role that was practically handed to Heather.  Does Heather feel that she has nothing left to do as Amanda? Did she think that her part was going to be too small? Did she not want to work with Ashlee Simpson-Weitz?  Maybe she feels that the show doesn’t really stand a chance and doesn’t want to take the risk of joining a show that may not last.  I know that it’s wishful thinking, but I hope that she changes her mind and decides to do the show after all.

I wanted to do a story on a lighter note from the Natasha Richardson story.  It’s not good for the parties involved though, but it’s not as tragic.

I just found out about a shocking rumor.  I read that LeAnn Rimes is possibly having an affair with her co-star Eddie Cibrian.  They were in the TV Movie Nora Roberts’ Northern Lights.  It just aired this past weekend.  According to the rumors, they got really close on the set of the movie.  The director of the movie, Mike Robe, saw them getting close during the filming of the movie. They were allegedly seen together at the Malibu Beach Inn on March 14^th.  LeAnn has denied that she is having an affair with Eddie Cibrian.  She dismissed the rumors.  Eddie hasn’t made any comments one way or the other about the rumors. 

The problem with the fact that they might have had an affair is that they are both married.  LeAnn married Dean Sheremet, a backup dancer when she was 19.  She’s been married to him for seven years. LeAnn and her husband don’t have any kids. Eddie married Brandi Glanville, a model in 2001.  They have two children who are 5 and 1.  If this is true, maybe LeAnn was feeling the seven-year itch and that could explain why she could have possibly had an affair.

If this is true, I am truly shocked.  I remember when LeAnn first started singing as a teenager.  I wasn’t a big fan of her music, but I was aware of who she was.  I heard a couple of her songs.  I never would have thought she would have been involved in a scandal like this.  For some reason, I’m not as surprised by Eddie’s involvement in this rumor.  There were rumors about him possibly cheating on girlfriend that he had in the past. 

This wouldn’t be the first time that a couple would have had an affair offscreen.  Anne Heche had an affair with her Men On Trees co-star.  Tori Spelling also had an affair with her husband while they were filming a movie together.  We all know the story between Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie.  They were rumored to have had an affair while they were filming Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Friday the 13^th is usually an unlucky day, but it really was for Lindsay. According to E! Online, there’s an arrest warrant out for Lindsay.  There’s a $50,000 warrant issued for her because of a DUI that she got in May 2007. She ended up getting arrested for it.  She also had to do a stint in rehab because of the incident.  Lindsay was involved in a DUI as well as a hit and run incident.  The police department’s spokesperson, Lt. Mark Rosen confirmed the warrant. 

Lindsay’s lawyer is trying to do damage control for her. Her lawyer said that the warrant was a “misunderstanding” Here is a quote from her lawyer:

“Since her case was resolved, Ms. Lohan has been in compliance with all the terms and conditions of her probation and all orders of the court. The warrant issued on Friday was, in our view, born out of a misunderstanding which I am confident I can clear up next week.”

There is a hearing scheduled for Monday at 8:30 at the Beverly Hills Courthouse. 

I remember watching her when she was on the soap opera Another World.  I never realized that she would end up getting herself in so much trouble.  She was probably on her way to having a pretty good movie career until she ruined it.  She’s constantly getting herself into trouble or doing things that cast her in a negative light.  Maybe she should go to jail this time instead of getting a slap on the wrist. It might be the only thing that makes her realize that she should try to change her ways. Whenever I see her in a magazine, she always looks like she’s drunk so hopefully she will change if she does get in some serious trouble.  There are too many celebrities who are getting away with their DUIs and it should be stopped. 

I want to start off by saying that Days Of Our Lives is my favorite soap opera. I have watched it for almost 20 years.  My mother got me hooked on the show when I was really young and I have watched it ever since.  I watch it religiously. With that said, I am very much aware that there is a lot of drama going on with the show and I’m not talking about the storylines. 

Recently Days Of Our Lives has fired many veterans from the show. As you may or may not know, the powers that be have let Deidre Hall (Marlena), Drake Hogestyn (John), Stephen Nichols (Steve), Mary Beth Evans (Kayla), and Thaao Penghlis (Tony) go.  It is a complete shock to the fans of Days Of Our Lives.  These veterans have been let go because of budget cuts to the show. Days Of Our Lives was on the verge of cancellation and the only way to save it was for the powers that be to make drastic budget cuts. Well, that’s what Ken Corday (executive producer of Days Of Our Lives) said.  According to Ken Corday, everyone connected with the show had to take a pay cut in order to keep the show on the air. 

Unfortunately, the five actors mentioned above were sacrificial lambs.  This did not sit well with many fans of Days Of Our Lives.  I am one of the fans who is not happy with their departures. I grew up watching four out of the five actors on the show. Deidre Hall/Drake Hogestyn and Stephen Nichols/Mary Beth Evans were among my favorite couples on the show.  The writers took a big risk writing out two popular supercouples.  The only supercouple left on the show is Bo and Hope. They already destroyed Lucas and Sami so Bo and Hope are all they have left until they mess that up.  Days Of Our Lives is known for its supercouples so the last thing they should have done was get rid of two popular couples.

I don’t understand why the powers that be feel that the vets should be cut while keeping newer characters.  The characters of Melanie, Stephanie, and Max could leave the show.  In my opinion, they don’t add anything to the show. The five who were fired add more to the show.  Melanie in particular is being shoved down our throats and I don’t like that. I really don’t care for her character and I would like it if she were written off the show.  She is not connected to anyone on the show besides Max so there is no need to keep her. I don’t understand why the powers that be would keep Stephanie, but get rid of Steve and Kayla.

Another thing I don’t understand is why EJ and Nicole are being shown so much.  They are on the show practically every day while the veterans have to sit on the sidelines. I know EJ has a strong fanbase, but I would prefer his brother, Tony to him. People tune in to the show to see the veterans.  We don’t all care to see EJ and Nicole everyday as well as the other newbies on the show. The powers that be have made Nicole and EJ the stars of Days Of Our Lives and that is not fair to the actors who have been on the show for at least 15 years or more. They deserve the same amount of attention that these two are getting. I hope that the vets weren’t fired just so that more time can be devoted to EJ and Nicole.

I think it’s weird that the powers that be of Days Of Our Lives have the money to keep the newer characters mentioned above, but they didn’t have enough to keep the five who were fired. They also have enough money to put new people on contract.  They just signed some new people to the show. How come there is money left over for that? Maybe they could have asked the vets to take drastic pay cuts, while axing the newer characters.

One more thing that disturbs me about the firing of the vets is that a younger actress, Rachel Melvin (Chelsea) gets to leave the show on her own. She wasn’t humiliated the way the vets were by being fired.  I believe if Rachel wanted to stay on the show, I don’t think they would have fired her.

I am thankful that my other faves (Peter Reckell, Kristian Alfonso, Alison Sweeney, etc.) haven’t been given the axe yet, but I’m afraid that it may be a matter of time before they are considered expendable. I am sure that Leann Hunley (Anna) will be leaving the show soon too now that Thaao has been let go. I just hope that with these firings, the powers that be will at least used the vets that they have left more. That would be the only way to right the wrong that they have done by letting these popular actors go.