It was a night filled with diversity on Dancing With The Stars. Almost everyone performed a different type of dance, Michael Flatly, the Lord of the Dance, took Len's position for the night as a guest judge, and all the stars joined together to coordinate a hip hop routine.

Maurice Greene and Cheryl Burke were the first to take the floor, performing a Viennese waltz. Maurice was skeptical on dancing a ballroom-esque number because he had not done so since week one of the competition. He claimed his mind was on overload. He didn't get too bad critiques, but he did wind up with t...

After Misty May's painful farewell, no one was eliminated last week on Dancing With The Stars. However, the competition wasn't going to take last week's votes and scores lightly. Everything carried over from last week, making people like Rocco DiSpirito work even harder for a chance to dance another day.

This week the stars were assigned to dance either the tango or the samba and were judged accordingly. Judge Carrie Ann Inaba was cracking down this week claiming that by week four of the competition, people needed to start taking critiques and the dances seriously.

Up first, Maur...

Elegant. Radiated. Striking. These are just some of the words to describe the following actors and actresses who have starred on the fashionable and stylish soap opera General Hospital.

Some of these "hotties" still star on "GH" and others have made brief appearances or cameos, but one thing's for sure they're all Hot, Hot, Hot.

Kelly Monaco

Character:Samantha 'Sam' McCall

Recent project: First-season champion on Dancing With the Stars

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Viewers don't just follow romances in film and primetime, they watch every day to see what's going on between their favorite soap opera couples. Soap operas have some of the most die hard and loyal fan bases around.

We polled several die hard soap fans about their favorite couples in soaps. Luke & Laura, Greenlee & Leo and Jessica & Nash were just a few couples on the top of their favorites list. Here is a look at some of the favorite soap opera couples from the past and the present:

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Erica & Jack

Susan Lucci has been playing Erica Kane, the most popular ...

Daytime soaps are in again, according to "Sopranos" star Vincent Pastore, Spice Girl Mel B. and a host of other celebrities. ABC Daytime and SoapNet have been tapping celebrities to promote the daytime dramas. The shows "All My Children," "One Life To Live" and "General Hospital" are offered collectively five times a day on ABC and SoapNet.

In the new ads Pastore chimes in about the use of "mob power" on "General Hospital," country singer Billy Currington promotes the romances on the same series, Mel B talks about "All My Children's" frenemies, and champion free skier Kristi Leskinen...

We saw it with Drew Barrymore and then again years later with Lindsay Lohan and most recently with Mary-Kate Olsen. Current "It" stars like the Jonas Brothers and Miley Cyrus will undoubtedly follow suit in the next few years.

They are child stars that want to turn into more serious entertainers as they get older, hoping the fans that are also growing up will follow them into more adult ventures. They take on roles they perceive as "serious" or "artsy," they change their look to try to separate themselves from their younger image, and they often take behind-the-scenes hybrid titles...

Natalia Cigliuti (All My Children) has joined the cast of TNT’s "Raising The Bar," the latest series from producer Steven Bochco.

Playing newly hired public defender Roberta “Bobbi” Gilardi, she will co-star opposite Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Gloria Reuben and Jane Kaczmarek, as well as Teddy Sears, Melissa Sagemiller, Currie Graham, J. August Richards and Jonathan Scarfe.

"Raising The Bar" follows the lives and cases of young attorneys who have been friends since law school, but who now work on opposing sides of a necessary but flawed system. Cigliuiti’s character, a Brooklyn nat...

Millions of viewers tune in daily to watch the drama unfold on their favorite soap operas. It also doesn't hurt that many of the male soap stars are some of the sexiest people on television.

Primetime viewers can't seem to get enough of McDreamy (Patrick Dempsey) or McSteamy (Eric Dane) on Grey's Anatomy, but they better watch out. These daytime stars will give you a run for your money:

Aiden Turner

Aiden Turner is best known for his role as Aidan Devane on ABC's "All My Children." Turner joined the cast in 2002 and left briefly in May 2004 due to a "family emergency." He retu...

British actor Timothy Stetson has been killed in a fire in a Los Angeles apartment. He was 53.

Stetson recently moved to California to re-launch his acting career after taking time out to work for the Air Transport Association of America for several years, helping to transport troops and supplies to Afghanistan and Iraq in the aftermath of the events of September 11.

He was a regular on U.K. TV, starring in romantic drama We'll Meet Again in 1982, while he graced American TV screens in a number of episodes of soap opera All My Children.

Stetson also ventured into Hollywood...

Television actors must deal with the stigma of being TV stars instead of movie stars. However, some of our favorite movie stars started their acting careers on a TV show. So there is hope for all the celebs who have big-screen aspirations. Here is a look at some of the biggest stars in Hollywood who have made the leap from the small screen to the big screen:

Will Smith

Will Smith should be labeled "The King of the Box Office." His movies often make millions. His latest film "I Am Legend" broke all December opening records at the U.S. box office with a staggering $72.6 million openin...

Stardust, Desperate Housewives, Brothers & Sisters and Ugly Betty are among the nominees for the 2008 Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) Media Awards.

The Matthew Vaughn-directed Stardust will compete in the Outstanding Film - Wide Release category, against Across the Universe and The Jane Austen Club, while The Bubble, Whole New Thing and Dirty Laundry are just some of the nominees up for the Outstanding Film - Limited Release award.

In the TV categories, Brothers & Sisters, Degrassi: The Next Generation, The L Word, Greek and Dirty Sexy Money are all in the runn...

With DVR "To Do" lists rapidly shrinking as most shows head into reruns and no new episodes in sight, it might seem like there's nothing to watch.

For the next couple of weeks that may be true, but the broadcast networks have rolled out new, strike-edited winter schedules for our viewing pleasure. A multitude of reality shows provide cheap and easy ways to fill in scheduling holes.

Before you groan or let hours of your life disappear while you watch "The Baby Borrowers," take a look at some of the new and returning scripted offerings coming to your television as early as January...

The Writers Guild of America, West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) just announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, radio, news, and promotional writing during the 2007 season to be honored at the upcoming 2008 Writers Guild Awards - the WGA's 60th Anniversary award show - held on February 9, 2008, in Los Angeles and New York.

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Mark Ruffalo and his wife Sunrise Coigney are celebrating the birth of their third child. The Zodiac star and Coigney welcomed a daughter into the world in Los Angeles. Ruffalo and Coigney married in 2000 and have a six-year-old son, Keen, and a two-year-old daughter, Bella.

Celine Dion will film a cameo appearance on All My Children on November 13, during which she'll sing the title track from her new album Taking Chances.

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Adding to the "All My Children's" all-star roster, Grammy Award-winning superstar Celine Dion will be a guest star on Wednesday, November 21.

Dion will appear as a featured guest on Erica Kane's (Susan Lucci) talk show, "New Beginnings," and in addition will sing the title track from her new CD, "Taking Chances."

"We are thrilled and honored to welcome Celine Dion to the 'All My Children' stage. Her appearance with Erica Kane and her musical performance is a great treat for our audience. I can't think of a better way to ring in the holiday season than with the angelic sounds of C...

American actor Justin Bruening has signed up to step into David Hasselhoff's shoes as the star of the new Knight Rider film. The All My Children star, 28, will play the son of Michael Knight, the character made famous by Hasselfhoff in the cult 1980s show.

Last month, Hasselhoff was upset after failing to land a cameo in the two-hour adaptation - but insisted fans would "demand" he appear on the big screen.

He tells website Moviehole.net, "I think fans will demand that I at least pop up in a cameo. I made the show and fans deserve it."

The Knight Rider movie is slated for rel...

Wildfire: Season Two DVD features all 13 episodes, which originally aired on ABC Family in January 2006. The DVD also includes an exclusive look at the show's new musical direction featuring the television debut of some of today's hottest rising artists.

DVD Special Features:

-"Music of Wildfire" featurette: An exclusive look at the new and exciting musical direction of Season Two that featured performances from James Blunt and other great artists. Includes interviews and behind-the-scenes footage.

-Audio commentaries with the cast and crew on all 13 episodes.

Cast:

Gen...

Happy Birthday to "The O.C." actress Rachel Bilson (1981), "Kenan & Kel" star Kel Mitchell (1978), German supermodel Claudia Schiffer (1970), "All My Children" actor Cameron Mathison (1969), Powerman 5000 singer Spider One (1968), Belle & Sebastian singer Stuart Murdoch (1968), Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy (1967), actor Blair Underwood (1964), country singer Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), "The Corpse Bride" director Tim Burton (1958), English musician Elvis Costello (1954), Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes (1952), Judas Priest singer Rob Halford (1951), Kiss bassist/singer Gene Simmons (1949), "Alien Loc...

Josh Duhamel has hit out at the stigma attached to soap actors who make it big in Hollywood, admitting such snobby discrimination irritates him. Duhamel, who found fame in the TV show All My Children, is proud of his soap opera heritage and likes to remind people that revered actors like Oscar winner Alec Baldwin started their careers in American soaps.

Duhamel says, "It ticks me off because there are a lot of really good actors who have come from soaps and have done really well. Alec Baldwin was on a soap for two years."

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Mischa Barton regrets her humbles beginnings on soap opera All My Children. The former The O.C. actress appeared in two different roles on the long-running TV show in the mid-1990s.

When asked about her worst acting role, she says, "I made a few mistakes in films when I was younger. I was also on 'All My Children' for a couple of episodes."

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Cat fights, beach brawls and summer love – catch it all again or see it for the first time when One Tree Hill and The O.C join SOAPnet on Monday, April 9. “One Tree Hill” will air Monday-Fridays at 5PM and “The O.C” will air Monday-Fridays at 6PM.

The series launch will kick-off SOAPnet’s new 3PM- Midnight line-up starting with Beverly Hills 90210 at 3PM & 4PM, “One Tree Hill” at 5PM, “The O.C.” at 6PM, Days of our Lives at 7PM, All My Children at 8PM One Life to Live at 9PM, General Hospital at 10PM and The Young and the Restless at 11PM.

Independent movie Quinceanera and reality TV show Project Runway were among the winners at the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation's (GLAAD) 18th Annual Media Awards in New York City last night. Soul legend Patti Labelle was also honored at the star-studded bash in Manhattan's Marriott Marquis, accepting a Special Achievement Award by recent Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson.

Labelle and Hudson performed an acapella duet of Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen.

TV host/actress Rosie O'Donnell picked up the Documentary Award for her film All Aboard! Rosie's Family Cruise, while Qu...

All My Children will cast transgender actors and actresses to play themselves as support group members for an upcoming episode of the popular drama. These sessions will be unscripted, a first for "AMC," as the actors and actresses will be encouraged to engage in an open, honest discussion to share their true life stories, as these relate to their own coming out and the transition processes.

In the episode to air March 9, Zoe (Jeffrey Carlson), a transgender woman who has recently come out to the denizens of Pine Valley, attends support group sessions to help get through her transition....

A transgender character will appear in daytime TV soap opera All My Children, for the first time in American TV history. Actor Jeffrey Carlson will play rocker Zarf, who is in the process of changing from a man to a woman. Carlson insists the storyline is "not for shock value."

Executive producer of the ABC show, Julie Hanan Carruthers explains, "'All My Children' was looking for something new, and knows its audience is always interested in anything to do with sexuality."

The move has been praised by the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD), whose spokesman Damon ...

Donny Osmond will guest star on ABC’s All My Children. He will play himself in scenes with Erica Kane (Susan Lucci), as she celebrates the second season premiere of "New Beginnings," the fictitious talk show within the show.

Previous guests on "New Beginnings" include Clay Aiken, Martha Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, Regis Philbin, Elisabeth Hasselbeck, Joy Behar, New York Yankee Al Leiter, New York Giant Tiki Barber and New York City Mayors Michael Bloomberg, Ed Koch and David Dinkins.

Top musical talent from ABC's daytime dramas "All My Children," "One Life to Live" and "General Hospital" will perform a selection of holiday songs to be recorded for the first time ever on a new CD entitled "A Holiday Affair," it was announced today by Brian Frons, president, Daytime, Disney-ABC Television Group.

The CD will feature classic holiday tunes chosen, interpreted and performed by ABC daytime's talent. "All My Children's" Susan Lucci will headline the CD with "I'll Be Home for Christmas." The final track is an ensemble rendition of "We Wish You a Merry Christmas." The CD wil...

Happy Birthday to "The O.C." actress Rachel Bilson (1981), "Kenan & Kel" star Kel Mitchell (1978), German supermodel Claudia Schiffer (1970), "All My Children" actor Cameron Mathison (1969), Powerman 5000 singer Spider One (1968), Belle & Sebastian singer Stuart Murdoch (1968), Wilco singer Jeff Tweedy (1967), actor Blair Underwood (1964), country singer Billy Ray Cyrus (1961), "The Corpse Bride" director Tim Burton (1958), English musician Elvis Costello (1954), Asia keyboardist Geoff Downes (1952), Judas Priest singer Rob Halford (1951), Kiss bassist/singer Gene Simmons (1949), "Alien Loc...

Jesse McCartney returns to ABC's All My Children, playing himself and not the role of JR Chandler, which he played from 1998-2001. The episodes will air on September 8 and 12 on "All My Children."

The storyline has teen rivals Colby (Ambyr Childers) and Sydney (Taylor Gildersleeve) celebrating their sweet 16 birthday parties together. During the festivities, the two girls are treated to special appearances by Jesse McCartney and Jordan Pruitt. Both Hollywood Records recording artists will perform their hit songs "Right Where You Want Me" and "Outside Looking In," respectively.

Jes...

Singer Rihanna, members of the real-life press and the citizens of fictitious Pine Valley mix and mingle on a faux red carpet for the grand opening of "ConFusion," a new hip and trendy nightclub featured on All My Children.

The episode to air Tuesday, July 25 (1:00-2:00 ET) also features Rihanna singing both her blockbuster summer hit "S.O.S" and "Kisses Don't Lie" from her follow-up album, A Girl Like Me.

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Mary J. Blige will star in soap opera One Life To Live next month. The 35-year-old R&B star will perform two hits from her album The Breakthrough at club Capricorn in the fictional town of Llanview. The singer's appearance is scheduled to air on July 28.

Executive producer Frank Valenti says, "The cast and I, being huge fans of Mary J. Blige's tremendous talent, are thrilled that she will be appearing in One Life To Live."

In related news, Rihanna is making an appearance on the soap All My Children.

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