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A power struggle is brewing behind the scenes of Forrester Creations as Quinn attempts to lure Steffy to the helm of the company. The crafty Mrs Forrester will do whatever it takes to get her way, so watch out Steffy! A slew of new shows is about to hit our screens and we give you the lowdown on what to expect. Plus we predict what could be on the cards for the folk of Summer Bay when Home and Away returns later this month. On Neighbours, poor Paige is heartbroken when she discovers she is having a baby … find out how she copes with this news. We have some great prizes up for grabs plus our fun-filled puzzle pages to keep you entertained these summer holidays. Enjoy the issue!…

Wyatt finds the task painful as he’s required to express his feelings for Liam. Thanksgiving is a time to forgive and forget personal problems and grudges and come together to offer thanks for all the happy moments in life. In the Forrester household, peace and harmony have been in short supply lately and an air of uncertainty pervades the family’s holiday plans. Matriarch of the manor Quinn (Rena Sofer) has divided the family almost beyond repair so she’s surprised by the willingness of Pam (Alley Mills) and Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) to put aside their differences to bring the family together for Thanksgiving. However, the women quickly set her straight. They’re not doing it out of some sudden newfound acceptance for her, they’re doing it for Eric (John McCook). They…

Leo Tanaka has been shaking things up on Neighbours so Soap World sat down for a chat to get to know the man who plays him, Tim Kano. The New Zealander talks about life in Melbourne and Japan, and his stint in politics. How long have you been living in Melbourne? I was back about a month before I started auditioning so I’ve been here on and off for a couple of years in between living in the US and back in New Zealand. What sort of stuff do you like to get up to in Melbourne, outside of work? I absolutely love it here. The cafe culture is incredible — you know, there’s always somewhere new to go and eat and try new food and have great coffee but…

Guilt and remorse are tearing apart Zende’s heart and mind in the wake of Nicole’s devastated reaction to the news that he slept with her half-sister Sasha after he mistakenly believed Nicole had gone through with her plan to be Maya and Rick’s surrogate again. Nicole’s anger at Zende knows no bounds and after she brutally lashes out at Sasha, Zende suggests that they should both stay away from her until she’s calmed down. But forgiving and forgetting Zende’s (Rome Flynn) betrayal is far from Nicole’s (Reign Edwards) mind, even when he finally professes his eternal love for her. His explanation that he slept with Sasha (Felisha Cooper) out of confusion and selfishness, thinking that Nicole no longer wanted him, rings hollow for her. She snaps that he’s just spouting…

JAN 2-6 * All hopes of NICOLE and ZENDE reuniting after his sexual betrayal with SASHA are dashed when Nicole can’t forgive him for sleeping with her sister again. Despite her guilt at betraying Nicole, Sasha defends her actions to MAYA, accusing Maya of being responsible for Nicole’s decision not to proceed with the surrogacy. Later, Sasha wonders where her relationship with Zende stands. * Rejecting QUINN’s bribe of a CEO partnership in exchange for staying with WYATT, STEFFY opposes Quinn’s contentious plans for the fashion show. She also supports RIDGE’s decision to pull his showstopper gown from the preview, not wanting it to be a footnote to Quinn’s jewellery designs. During the event, Ridge revels in the audience’s lacklustre response to Quinn’s designs and drops the showstopper bombshell on…

A desperate Roxy — isolated from the perfect family unit that her sister Ronnie and Ronnie’s fiancé Jack are building with their kids, including Roxy and Jack’s daughter Amy — seeks solace in booze, further burning her bridges with her loved ones. Feeling like a failure as a mother, Roxy shockingly asks Ronnie to formally adopt Amy, explaining that living in a stable home is what’s best for her beautiful little girl. Tearful over her sister’s plight, Ronnie agrees, secretly praying that Roxy can fight her demons and get well again. Fatefully though, Roxy quickly proves the opposite as she buys drugs from a dealer to stave off her loneliness. High on drugs, Roxy neglects the wedding chores that Ronnie assigns her to distract her. She loses her job as…

Martin and Louisa’s marriage is in crisis and Louisa has had enough of her temperamental husband’s mood swings so she’s taken baby James with her to stay with her mother Eleanor in Spain, hoping to think over the future of her marriage. Poor Martin is left bereft and more annoyed than ever before ultimately realising that if he can’t curb his temper he’ll lose Louisa forever. Reluctantly agreeing to see therapist Rachel Timoney, Martin can’t disguise his awkwardness over the procedure and despairs when a returned Louisa interrupts with a solution to their difficulties. She wants a trial separation to see if they are better off together or apart. Defeated, Martin moves into a flat to give Louisa the space she needs but his hopes for reconciliation are boosted when…

KATY PERRY was as pretty as a princess at the “Once upon a Time” Gala at the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Katy, who sang at the event, wore a glittering gold gown with romantic purple and green floral print. RACHEL BILSON wore a mermaid-style floral gown by Dolce & Gabbana for the 2016 Baby2Baby Gala in LA. The Hart of Dixie star, known for her vintage style, joined dozens of other stars at the charity do. RACHEL ZOE wore a silky pink gown with floral embellishments, by Diane von Furstenberg, at a dinner at Chateau Marmont, LA, to honour the DVF label’s new designer, Jonathan Saunders. EMMA STONE chose a striking black dress with an elborate print of flowers and dragonflies, by Gucci, for the Variety and WWD Stylemakers Awards…

Double duty for Deidre * As part of the Days of Our Lives prison storyline, Hope is going to need some protection on the inside and her guardian angel is bearing a familiar face. The soap has asked DEIDRE HALL (Marlena) to once again take on the role of bawdy ex-waitress HATTIE ADAMS (originally played by Hall’s real-life twin Andrea Hall) who was targeted years ago by Stefano DiMera to undergo plastic surgery to look like Marlena. The actress couldn’t be happier to reprise her second alter ego, recently commenting, “I adore her.” Hall adds: “She’s a grouchy, petulant, combative curmudgeon who, as it turns out, will go to the mat for her friend, Hope. She’s also the antithesis of Marlena.” A new Adam for Y&R? Speculation is intensifying that…

* If you thought TV in 2016 was huge, wait until you see what’s on the box this year. Soap World gives you the rundown of what’s new, which favourites are back and the latest dramas and comedies from the US. New HOGES: THE PAUL HOGAN STORY, Seven Comedy legend PAUL HOGAN gets the mini-series treatment with the multi-talented JOSH LAWSON stepping into the funnyman’s shoes. We’ll see Hoges go from working-class Aussie to TV star and movie legend. RYAN CORR (The Water Diviner) plays Hogan’s sidekick JOHN “STROP” CORNELL while JUSTINE CLARKE stars as first wife NOELENE HOGAN. BLUE MURDER: KILLER COP, Seven The last time we saw ROGER ROGERSON’s story it ended with him being expelled in disgrace from the NSW police force. This time, with RICHARD ROXBURGH…

Suddenly, Travis stops the proceedings and labels Luca a ‘backstabbing cockroach’. In their wildest dreams, sworn archenemies Phyllis and Victor never thought they’d ever work together as allies. However, news of Summer and Luca’s engagement has put them on a collision course and the only way to avert disaster, both for them and Summer, is to align in pursuit of a common cause -- to banish Luca from Summer’s life before the wedding happens. After individually reacting calmly to the engagement announcement, a seething Victor (Eric Braeden) faces an equally livid Phyllis (Gina Tognoni) and proposes that they put their differences aside to save Summer (Hunter King) from a man who will destroy her. Traumatised by her past with Victor, Phyllis has no intention of making nice with him any…

JAN 2-6 * Intent on getting out of prison, VICTOR is pleased to secure his family’s support for his upcoming appeal. The only obstacle to Victor’s bid for freedom is a vengeful PHYLLIS. * Anticipating his release, Victor traps ADAM into accepting his deal. Adam will run Newman Enterprises until Victor gets out of jail in exchange for Victor “hoping” that the real pages from SAGE’s diary resurface to prove Adam is innocent of killing Constance. Angered by his father’s manipulations, Adam knows he’s beaten, especially when one last piece of crucial evidence fails to materialise. * Livid that JACK is amenable to supporting Victor’s appeal, Phyllis seeks solace with BILLY. Guiltily agonising over loving both brothers, Phyllis finally devastates Jack by walking out on their marriage. * Despite HILARY’s…

* The Rance family is at the mercy of pure evil. Strange occurrences in their house have led to a demon possessing Casey Rance and a series of ritual killings have prompted Angela Rance to seek help from priests Father Tomas Ortega and Father Marcus Keane, to save her daughter. With the demon becoming entrenched within the family, an exorcism appears to be the only way to save the deteriorating Casey. But the Church refuses to sanction the move, motivating Marcus and Tomas to flout Church law to perform the procedure. Terror grips the Rance household as the exorcism begins but everything changes when news of Casey’s possession hits the media and a firestorm of publicity threatens to bring everything undone. Scrambling to deal with the fallout, Father Marcus enlists…

Notorious drug kingpin Hayden is cutting a swathe of terror through Ferndale as he seeks revenge on those who are orchestrating his downfall. Lucy’s drug-addicted father Glen is first in his sights as he resists Glen’s efforts to break free of the crime ring. Viewing the hospitalised Glen as a liability, Hayden employs a nurse to murder Glen but the move backfires. Glen survives and with the police investigating the attempt on Glen’s life, Hayden’s boss orders him to deflect his attentions onto a new target, TK, the man who stole Hayden’s girlfriend Trina. Stalking Trina with menacing calls and gifts, Hayden hopes to lure TK into a public showdown and also takes Esther hostage as leverage. Fortunately, Trina talks Hayden into reconciling with her to save TK and Esther’s…

* Petra Solano is in a pickle. Her evil twin sister Anezka has temporarily paralysed her, locked her in captivity and assumed her identity. The only thing keeping Petra sane enough to survive is Anezka’s inability to cope with Petra’s complicated ties and responsibilities to those around her. She’s certain that her sinister sibling will mess up the identity fraud and be exposed and that happens when Jane interrogates Anezka/Petra over Petra no longer subsidising her and Michael’s house rent. Anezka has no idea what Jane is talking about and her weird behaviour finally prompts Jane to realise that Anezka isn’t Petra. Struggling to contain her aggression, Jane finally explodes and brawls with Anezka in the Marbella pool. Jane’s shocking discovery finally enables Petra to escape from her sister’s clutches…

What is clear to the entire Morgan clan is that the refuge they hoped to find in Summer Bay no longer exists. As Home and Away prepares to launch into its 29th year later this month, it’s full steam ahead on the high drama agenda as the favourite soapie approaches its landmark 30th anniversary just a year away, in January 2018. The 2017 season will kick into gear, off the back of all the drama that the action-packed storylines of recent months set up. And at the top of that schedule is the seriously troubled state of the Morgan family. With so many near misses, and with Justin (James Stewart) now having run for his life from gun-wielding maniacs one too many times, it has become patently clear that…

She has survived a fire, an explosion and a hot-air balloon crash and she’s been able to bounce back after multiple tragedies and tough situations. Paige may be one of the most resilient residents on Ramsay Street but she is struggling more than ever before as she faces her toughest test — a shock pregnancy. Reeling from the news, Paige (Olympia Valance) is feeling more alone than ever and at a loss as to what to do and who to turn to. However David (Takaya Honda), who has become a close friend and confidant since he arrived in town last year, proves to be her best support during her time in need. As she spends time with him his conversation helps take her mind off the chaotic jumble of thoughts…

Cloaked in a black hood, Adam is dragged into a remote cabin in an undisclosed location. Sentenced to be jailed in Walworth Prison for 30 years, Adam is all but resigned to the fact that he may die behind bars. With each passing day, life in prison is killing him and his only hope of freedom is if the police can prove that Chloe was the mystery henchwoman Victor worked with to frame him for Constance’s murder. However, Victor is a master manipulator and he and Chloe are covering their tracks well, leaving Adam so frustrated that he takes out his heartache on Chelsea. In Genoa City, Victor (Eric Braeden) and Chloe (Elizabeth Hendrickson) have Adam’s (Justin Hartley) fate at their mercy but they’re struggling to agree on how to…

Bethany goes to the bus station where she finds a bag of money and a fake passport stashed in a locker. The police’s assumption that Victor is conspiring with a mystery woman to send Adam to prison for a murder he never committed is correct and all they need to expose her is proof of her identity. With Kevin, the police’s computer expert, hot on the trail, Victor knows it’s only a matter of time until Chloe is unmasked. After manipulating Chloe (Elizabeth Hendrickson) into handing over the diary pages that prove Adam’s (Justin Hartley) innocence, Victor offers her immunity from prosecution by providing the cops with another woman who’ll take the fall for her. That woman is Bethany Bryant (Chrishell Stause), Billy’s (Jason Thompson) former lover and the person…

Now that David Rosen’s career as attorney-general is in jeopardy, Cyrus has a plan to save David’s skin. He wants David to become Frankie Vargas’s presidential running mate and to persuade him to do it, Cyrus enlists Elizabeth to seduce him. The ploy works and David is all set for the new job until Eli Pope intervenes and blackmails Cyrus into ensuring that Jake is named as Vargas’s running mate. Otherwise, he’ll expose Cyrus’s role in the Harrisburg hostage set-up to the media and ruin him. Trapped, Cyrus prevents David from becoming Vargas’s vice-president but just as Vargas is about to announce his running mate, Olivia confronts Cyrus with his true agenda. She knows he was never planning on installing David in the position because he wants the job for…

Matters of the heart are occupying Toby’s mind as he realises that Linda may not be as in love with Walter as Walter is with her. Instead, Toby believes that Linda is suffering from damsel-in-distress syndrome and loves to have men rescuing her. He’s grateful, however, that his girlfriend Happy definitely loves him so he’s eager to ask her to marry him. However, Toby is distracted when he diagnoses ex-Scorpion team member Mark Collins as insane and has to testify to his competency. This enrages Mark into kidnapping Toby just as he’s collecting the engagement ring for Happy. Held prisoner by Mark, Toby is subjected to relentless torture as Mark threatens to kill him unless Walter hands over some research that will enable Mark to control people’s minds. The Scorpion…

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