Daytime Television's Brightest Stars Selected; Nominations for 15th Soap Opera Digest Awards Announced; Fans Can Vote for Their Favorites.NEW YORK, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- The editors of SOAP OPERA DIGEST Soap Opera Digest is a magazine chronicling the stories airing on American soap operas and the off-screen lives of the actors appearing on them. The magazine first debuted in November 1975, with John Aniston, Ron Tomme, Audrey Peters, Birgitta Tolksdorf, Jerry Lacy and Tudi , the industry's leading fan magazine, have chosen the nominees for The 15th Annual Soap Opera Digest Awards The Soap Opera Digest Awards are an award show held by the daytime television magazine Soap Opera Digest. The awards were founded in 1984 to replace the less-lavish Soapy Award; those award shows had run since 1977. , to be televised live from the Universal Amphitheatre on NBC NBCin full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. Television on Friday, February 26, 1999. The nominations will be published in the November 24, 1998 issue of the magazine (on sale November 17), which contains the only official ballot for fans to vote. The nominees are: Lead Actor: Tom Eplin (Jake, Another World) Anthony Geary (Luke, General Hospital) Eric Braeden (Victor, Young and Restless) Lead Actress: Kim Zimmer (Reva, Guiding Light) Lynn Herring (Lucy, Port Charles) Deidre Hall (Marlena, Days of Our Lives) Supporting Actor: Michael E. Knight Michael E. Knight (born May 7, 1959 in Princeton, New Jersey) is an American actor. Biography Michael E. Knight is best known for playing Tad Martin on the soap opera All My Children. His first stint on the show ran from 1982-1986. (Tad, All My Children) Ian Buchanan (James, Bold and Beautiful) Robert S. Woods
Robert S. Woods (born March 13, 1948) is an American actor. (Bo, One Life to Live) Supporting Actress: Bobbie Eakes (Macy, Bold and Beautiful) Lauren Martin-Harkins (Camille, As The World Turns) Lauralee Bell (Christine, Young and Restless) Hottest Male Star: Shemar Moore (Malcolm, Young and Restless) Steve Burton (Jason, General Hospital) Eddie Cibrian (Cole, Sunset Beach) Hottest Female Star: Jensen Buchanan (Vicky, Another World) Kristian Alfonso (Hope, Days of Our Lives) Hunter Tylo (Taylor, Bold and Beautiful) Male Newcomer: Jason-Shane Scott (Will, One Life to Live) Cameron Mathison (Ryan, All My Children) Nathaniel Marston (Eddie, As the World Turns) Female Newcomer: Erika Page (Roseanne, One Life to Live) Jaime Nicole Dudney (Georgia, As the World Turns) Patrika Darbo (Nancy, Days of Our Lives) Favorite Veteran: Jerry ver Dorn Jerry ver Dorn (born November 23 1949) is an American actor. Ver Dorn is best known for his role as Ross Marler on the popular soap opera Guiding Light. He became one of the longest-running cast members, debuting in the role on March 23, 1979 and portraying the (Ross, Guiding Light) Linda Dano (Felicia, Another World) Stuart Damon (Alan, General Hospital) Favorite Couple: Ben and Meg (Sunset Beach) Phillip and Harley (Guiding Light) Stuart and Marian (All My Children) Male Scene Stealer: Kin Shriner (Scott, Port Charles) Phil Carey (Asa, One Life to Live) Stephen Schnetzer (Cass, Another World) Female Scene Stealer Kathleen Noone (Bette, Sunset Beach) Catherine Hickland (Lindsay, One Life to Live) Louise Sorel Sorel (sôrĕl`), city (1991 pop. 18,786), S Que., Canada, at the confluence of the St. Lawrence and Richelieu rivers. It is a grain-shipping center with an important shipbuilding industry. (Vivian, Days of Our Lives) Villain Sam Behrens (Gregory, Sunset Beach) Hunt Block (Ben, Guiding Light) Vincent Irizarry (David, All My Children) Villainess Dominique Jennings (Virginia, Sunset Beach) Alison Sweeney (Sami, Days of Our Lives) Beth Chamberlin (Beth, Guiding Light) Younger Leading Actor Jonathan Jackson (Lucky, General Hospital) Michael Park (Jack, As The World Turns) Scott Reeves (Ryan, Young and Restless) Younger Leading Actress Rebecca Herbst (Liz, General Hospital) Julie Pinson (Eve, Port Charles) Maura West (Carly, As the World Turns) Favorite Return Cady McClain (Dixie, All My Children) Ellen Wheeler (Marley, Another World) Christian J. LeBlanc (Michael, Young and Restless) SOAP OPERA DIGEST Editor-in-Chief Lynn Leahey and her staff choose the three nominees in 17 categories. All eleven soap operas currently on the air are eligible in the 18th category, Favorite Show. The readers of SOAP OPERA DIGEST vote for the winners by submitting completed ballots postmarked by November 23, 1998. No photocopies or write-ins will be accepted. The only official ballot is in the November 24 issue (on sale November 17). Tickets for the live show are on sale at Ticketmaster Outlets and the Universal Amphitheatre box office (213-252-TIXS). |
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