Kudos to John Wesley Shipp & One Life To Live

Ok I have to admit, up until this week I have not watched one second of One Life To Live except maybe as I flicked by it with the reomote. I had to DVR this week as a favorite actor of mine John Wesley Shipp made his debut as Eddie Ford. It is so nice to see John back on tv! I have seen John put in some incredible performance in the past, mostly in movies. We all remember however that the writers of Dawson's Creek really didn't give Mitch much juicy material. The show allowed Mitch and Gail some brief marrital woes but then quickly shoved them back to being one dimentional supportive parents. Great to see John with a role and a venue to show off the talent and passion we all know is there. He is also looking better than ever!

Thumbs Down Y & R

Although not a regular watcher of 'The Young And The Restless' I do love me some Thad Luckinbill. Not only a beautiful man, also a talented actor the show has really wasted the past couple of years. Sad if the rumors are true he is getting the heave ho, he deserved better!

Just Because: Dominic Zamprogna

So... Today I spent at home doing laundry, running errands and getting ready to go away for the weekend. The tv was on, but a friend was over so it was on mute. I was instructing my friend, who is going to watch my pets on all things animal as each member of my menagerie has special instructions (I know I know). One is terrified of thunder, the other hates the mailman there twirls around three times when they need out.

Anyway..I digress. At one point I was being told a story and could not help but stare right through them at the television screen at the shirtless and utterly hot Dominic Zamprogna who was awaking from what I later would read to be 'drugging'. (soaps still get away with stories of hot guys being drugged and stripped on a regular basis).

Pics below from Superherfan.net.


Well, after my friend left I had to google and learn more about ole Dominic. The show I was watching was General Hospital. How interesting that my research led me to quite a cool site called FH that had profiled him last year. Duh... I was a big fan of Dominic from his Days on Battlestar and Smallville but had not connected he was the guy on tv today. I don't currently watch any soaps but might have to give General Hospital a try. (Although I really disliked 'the Maurice (mob) Bernard show' which GH was the last time I tuned in). An added plus was that I am sure it was Adrienne Barbeau I also caught out of the corner of my eye. Anyway, here are some more shots of Dominic and my profile from last year below!




Pics below from video from Scenes of Male Skin.

A Look Back: TV Hunk Of The Day: Dominic Zamprogna

From April 23rd, 2009


Canadian hottie Dominic Zamprogna is cut above the typical tv hunk. This accomplished actor has been on tv and movie screens since the age of 12. Dominic worked the tv guest circut, mostly on Canadian produced tv series til he became more well known in 'The Boys Club' and 'Edgemont'. After Edgemont, Dominic spent some time in the Sci Fi universe with roles on 'Supernaturl', 'The Bionic Woman' 'Flash Gordon' and a regular role as Jammer on one of my favorite shows 'Battlestar Galactica'. We got to see a bit more of Dominic last year when he was a regular on 'The L Word'. I look forward to seeing what Dominic does next! I cannot find any sites for Dominic, but if someone knows of any, please shoot me a line!



Dominic in 'Edgemont'







Dominic on 'Battlestar Galactica'



Dominic on 'The L Word'

Just Because: John Driscoll

I first saw actor John Driscoll in Young Americans and the far too short lived Book of Daniel. John, currently, The Young and the Restless has not really had many chances to shine on the show. Though I don't watch daily, when I do tune in I can barely stomach the poor writing and John's character, up until fairly recently, has almost been written as asexual. This recent scene however reminded me why John Driscoll is oh so hot. Thanks to JeffXperience for the video download.












Below: Nah not The Young And The Restless, but John with Christian Campbell in an episode of the short lived Book Of Daniel.

The Daytime Emmys: A Hot Mess

Not sure why poorly rated award shows try to be something they are not. The Tony's are not the Oscars no matter how many movie stars they shove on stage. The Daytime Emmys last night were part Tony's, part Grammy's and part infomercial. What they were not was a night celebrating daytime television.

Lets start with Regis Philbin. I like him in the mornings from time to time but really he was quite bad as a host. His act was quite Vegas, but the Vegas of a few decades ago. He seemed to even embarrass Susan Lucci which I am guessing is not that difficult of a task. Add to that writers who wrote such stunning intros as 'Here is A presenter who really cooks' Rachael Ray. Really, someone paid them for that...



The first 20 minutes of the show was basically a tribute to Dick Clark. I know Clark is known mostly for his work on Daytime, this really belonged on the Prime Time Emmys. Firstly it may have attracted more high profile talent. (Although Chubby can still do the twist). Secondly the acts for the most part were so old the whole tribute reminded me more of a commercial for a Time Life CD pack. Felt as long as one too.

Add to that performances by The Lion King and Blue Man Group (really???),the show, seemed thrown together with the someone giving the direction to play down everything remotely connected to soap operas. With the recent cancellation of yet another soap (As The World Turns) soaps are on the endangered species list for sure. Although I don't currently watch any myself, I think maybe what the show needed to do was actually highlight and promote the best of Daytime. When the show that honors a medium treats it with so little respect it is no wonder so does everybody else.


Above: Congrats to Billy Miller!

Favorite Soon to be A Superstar: Wilson Bethel

Currently 'The Young & The Restless' is wasting any and all talent it has. That being said actor Wilson Bethel, though given little to is still standing out. There is something about Wilson. I cannot exactly put my finger on it...sure he is hot as anything, sure he has talent. More than that though Wilson has that certain something that makes me sure he is going to be a big star. The right person has to spot him for the right role and he is going to skyrocket!