Dig out those dancing shoes soap fans, former All My Children star Aiden Turner has been named to the cast of the 2010 Dancing With the Stars lineup. Turner will be joined by ex-Baywatch star Pamela Anderson, tabloid magazine staple Kate Gosselin, ex-Reno 911 star Niecy Nash, 90210's Shannen Doherty and The Bachelor himself Jake Pavelka, among others. See the full list after the jump.  READ MORE

Here’s the Scoop!

WOW, wow, wow… Jonathan Jackson you just won the Emmy! I won’t repeat what Perkie and J. Bernard both said so well already but I could not kick off this blog without giving JJ the kudos he deserves. Amazing performance, incredible performance, I just don’t have enough words.

Hells Bells is coming back and it should spell trouble for Lucky, Elizabeth and Nikolas. Seems to me that these three make enough trouble all on their own but Helena is known for making a bad situation worse and that’s exactly what the psycho granny is SPOILED to be doing.

Valentine’s Day Episode… RUMORED to be a standalone episode and centered around some of the couples on the show. Yes JaSam fans, they are one of the couples featured. RUMORS say Mac and Alexis MAY also get a few scenes. Lulu and Dante are the new break out couple so they will be featured as well and I am hearing Scrubs and Spixie also appear. READ MORE

SOAPnet.com is reporting Aiden Turner has been let go at All My Children. According to the site, Turner will not be in a storylines past his current contract and was given his walking papers today. A statement was released today stating,  

Mr. Turner’s departure is storyline dictated. Given AMC's upcoming move to Los Angeles, we wanted to give Mr. Turner advance notice so he could plan accordingly. Mr. Turner is a talented actor and we wish him well.

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Soap Opera Digest is reporting that All My Children's Aiden Turner and wife Megan have welcomed the birth of their daughter, Ciella Larryn Turner, on August 21.  She weighed 9 lbs., 13 oz.. Congratulations to the couple!

This is gonna get ugly. TV Guide Canada's Nelson Branco is reporting several AMC actors are threatening to quit rather than move to LA. 
 

The Suds Report has exclusively learned that that a coup d’etat — helmed by the major veterans of the soap — is in the works. “We’re all banding together and threatening to quit to keep the show in New York,” a vet tells Suds. “You can print that.”

Uh yeah, good luck with that one! In other AMC Move-related news from The Suds Report, Chrishell Stause (Amanda), Jacob Young, Aiden Turner (Aidan) and Melissa Claire Egan (Annie) are all reportedly heading West, according to Branco.

We Loves Soaps' Roger Newcomb has arrived! TMZ caught up with Gregori J. Martin, the director of Newcomb's movie Manhattanites, outside of the film's L.A. premiere. Manhattanites stars Ilene Kristen, David Fumero, Aiden Turner and Forbes March. The film was co-directed by Darnell Williams.To purchase your copy of Manhattanites go here.

Regular Daytime Confidential readers and aficionados may have noticed that this lovely website has added daily recaps of most of the soaps on the air, in addition to Perkie's longtime (and often hilarious) observations about General Hospital. Conspicuously absent from the recaps — at least as of this writing — has been what might be considered the quintessential forerunner of the modern soap opera, All My Children.

Not too long ago, our fearless leader, Luke, asked if I would be able to write a daily recap of the show since I've been watching it; I regrettably informed him that because of a currently unpredictable schedule (hence, why there are long lags between my posts these days) I would be unable to do so. Instead, I suggested that I would divert my recent attentions from Guiding Light to AMC a bit more closely and blog about life in Pine Valley more regularly. Since then I've mightily tried to get a grip on the show, but unfortunately watching All My Children is not unlike walking on pine cones barefoot: it's not the worst feeling in the world, but it is still pretty painful. READ MORE

Looking for a sudsy, sizzling good time? Then turn off SOAPnet, log on to your PC or laptop and order Manhattanites. Directed by Gregori J. Martin and All My Children's Darnell Williams, Manhattanites is set in the same universe as We Love Soaps editor Roger Newcomb's popular online radio soap Scripts and Scruples.

Manhattanites is the story of a Marilyn Marsden (One Life to Live's Ilene Kristen), a successful entertainment lawyer who discovers her conservative magazine editor fiance, Blake (Lev Gorn, The Wire) is having an illicit gay affair with one of her clients, Matt Malone (OLTL's Forbes March), a rising star in the art world. 

Marilyn's sister Gretchen (Caroline Hay) is paying her dues, working at a greasy spoon, while dreaming of a career as a news anchor. Fate pays her a visit when she meets cocky anchorman Kyle Carpenter (All My Children's Aiden Turner in his breakout role).  READ MORE

Ready for a sexy, sudsy romp featuring a slew of your favorite soap stars? You don't have to wait much longer. On May 6, Manhattanites, the independent film written by We Love Soaps' Roger Newcomb  and Gregori J. Martin (who also directed) is coming out on DVD!

The steamy flick about the lives and loves of a group of Gotham-dwellers, is set in the same universe as Newcomb's wildly-popular radio soap Scripts and Scruples. Manhattanites stars One Life to Live's Ilene Kristen, David Fumero and Forbes March, a well as All My Children's Aiden Turner and Jill Larson. AMC's Darnell Williams served as co-director on the project. For more on Manhattanites go here.

Di Another Day. Will Di help Aidan (Aiden Turner) nurse his Greenlee-fractured heart (and mind) on All My Kids? That's what AMC Super Poster is reporting. Just don't expect the striking Kelly Giddish to reprise the role. Reportedly a daytime newcomer named Heather Kenzie will assume the role.