Soap Opera Digest Magazine - August 09, 2021

In this issue

This Week In Soap History
Memorable moments from daytime’s past.

Happy Returns
DAYS’s Alison Sweeney (Sami) and GH’s Cameron Mathison preview their latest TV movie, SWEET REVENGE: A HANNAH SWENSEN MYSTERY.

DAYS Olympic Special
Get a complete Salem cast list, and find out which events your faves will be watching.

B&B: STEFFY AND FINN WED

With the arrival of Finn’s parents, Finn and Steffy move forward with their wedding plans. “This is a surprise visit,” reports Tanner Novlan (Finn) of Jack and Li’s arrival. “They knew the families would meet at some point but Jack seems to be chomping at the bit to come meet everybody, which is both a good sign but an interesting sign in the soap world — whenever someone shows up unannounced [laughs]. But, Finn is really happy to have his family there.”

2 mins

Y&R: PHYLLIS BUSTS SALLY AND TARA

To get to the bottom of how Sally orchestrated Summer’s exit from Genoa City, Phyllis realizes that she must speak directly to fashion designer Angelina Marchetti, who Summer works for in Milan, without sounding like a meddlesome mom. When Phyllis discovers that Angelina is meeting with Eric Forrester in Los Angeles, she heads to the West Coast. “Phyllis arrives at Forrester Creations and finds Eric and Angelina together,” says Michelle Stafford (Phyllis). “Phyllis claims that she’s in L.A. on business and wanted to thank Angelina in person for giving Summer this wonderful job. ”

2 mins

GH: CHASE CLOSES IN ON THE TRUTH ABOUT WILLOW

Wiley’s birthday party proves to be action-packed in unexpected ways — and could end in major fireworks for the tortured triangle of Willow, Michael and Chase.

2 mins

TIGIRLILY DISHES ABOUT Y&R APPEARANCE

On July 22, the country singing duo Tigirlily, which consists of sisters Kendra and Krista Slaubaugh, made their soap debut on Y&R playing themselves. “We signed with Monument Records a few months back, which is a division of Sony, and they said, ‘We have this idea of a cameo appearance of y’all on YOUNG AND RESTLESS. Are you okay with that?’ ” Kendra explains. “We said sure even though we’ve never done any acting. We’ve just been in music videos, but we thought that it would be so awesome. Plus we’ve never been to L.A. before, so we thought YOUNG AND RESTLESS was a great reason to go.”

2 mins

It's Only My Opinion

Daytime’s most outspoken columnist!

5 mins

bold and beautiful

flashback to 2015 Daddy’s Here: Julius (Obba Baba tundé) arrived in Los Angeles prior to Maya’s (Karla Mosley) wedding to Rick.

3 mins

general hospital

flashback to 2014 Irreconcilable Differences: Britt (Kelly Thiebaud) and Nikolas (then-Tyler Christopher) were once engaged, but he dumped her for stealing his sister Lulu’s embryo and giving birth to Rocco, who Britt dubbed Ben.

4 mins

young and restless

Daddy’s Dream: Devon (Bryton James,l.) informed Neil (Kristoff St. John) that he wanted to pursue a career in music instead of business.

3 mins

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