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DIED. MASON ADAMS, 86, veteran character actor; in New York City. Though millions knew the longtime radio soap star for his distinctly paternal, honeyed voice on countless commercials ("With a name like Smucker's, it has to be good"), he showed his face most memorably as the level-headed managing editor on CBS's late-'70s series Lou Grant...
...ironic that a soap party confirms what we knew all along: Matherites are dirty, dirty people who refuse to shower and are looking to spread their rashes among the Harvard student body. We demand that Mather Lather be followed by Mower Shower next year...
...internet satisfies everyone’s basic need to communicate and to share. It lets anyone that wants reach out and be heard, gives us an outlet for our fears and represents a waiting ear for our troubles. Surely, some people always wanted their own soap opera or a movie about their life, some way to leave their mark on the world. The ability to carve out a private section of cyberspace and render it your own in a personal way is a powerful thing indeed. And as for the rest of us, who are perhaps a little too afraid...
...above scene will, in all likelihood, not appear in next week's episode of Dallas. Bel Geddes this fall reclaimed the role she originated (Reed replaced her last season when Bel Geddes withdrew for health reasons), and even TV soap operas generally observe a basic law of physics: two actors cannot occupy the same role at the same time. Still, one can never be too sure. Strange things happen when aging shows begin casting around for ways to keep viewers interested...
...immaculately coiffed romance. With 19 published novels (more than 55 million copies in print), she knows better than most that the majority of women readers want stories of endless love and eternal youth. Lately a touch of career and financial independence is not out of place. The three soap-opera actresses in Secrets manage to be both busy professionals and powerful love goddesses. The most impressive of the trio converts a homosexual into her lover and father of her child. The plot deals with how these women eventually pair off with three male colleagues. As in the soaps, beauty...