Soap World #294

BIG NAMES OUT AT Days * After almost 20 years as Nicole Walker, ARIANNE ZUCKER has announced that she’s leaving Days of Our Lives when her current contract expires in late April. “Two years ago, I was contemplating making the shift,” she says. “I know there are a thousand girls, who would take my job in a second. For me, it is my time to go.” Meanwhile, Zucker’s on-again/ off-again on-screen love interest VINCENT IRIZARRY (Deimos) has been let go from the show after just over a year in the role. From page to screen Aside from playing Ashley on The Young and the Restless on and off for 35 years and appearing on The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, busy actress EILEEN DAVIDSON is also a successful author, a…

As the couple convenes a planning meeting with their families, it’s Bill who casts a shadow over the event. A wedding is a welcome respite from the ups and downs of the complicated lives that star-crossed lovers Steffy and Liam live — and with Liam recently declaring that their upcoming nuptials will be the last time they tie the knot, the couple determines to make it special and memorable. Glad that Wyatt (Darin Brooks) is finally moving on in both his personal and professional life, Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) and Liam (Scott Clifton) turn to mending other rifts through their marriage. To defuse the tension with her brother, Steffy asks Thomas (Pierson Fode) to be in her wedding party while Liam enthuses to Ivy (Ashleigh Brewer) about the plans. Overwhelmed…

They may be preparing for their wedding but Steffy and Liam have already been up the aisle twice before! Let’s revisit those crazy days... These boots are made for marrying Emotionally crippled from her secret affair with LIAM’s father BILL and the heart attack that his wife KATIE (Heather Tom) suffered after discovering it, STEFFY had a nasty fall and almost drowned in her bathtub. Luckily, Liam saved her, reigniting his feelings for her in the process. After catching them kissing, HOPE (Kim Matula) dumped Liam and he immediately proposed marriage to Steffy. Days later, Steffy and Liam eloped to Aspen, Colorado, with Hope in hot pursuit. With help from Bill, Steffy had Hope stranded in a stalled cable car on the ski fields and then met Liam atop a…

“I want to finally be able to go after the things I really want in my life.” HOME AND AWAY MONDAY TO THURSDAY 7PM ON SEVEN If the recent weeks of intense dramas in Summer Bay have revealed anything, it’s that you should always be careful what you wish for, as it just might come true. And just how often the people who get what they wished for later reveal they wish it had never come true in the first place! That’s the case right now on Home and Away for two of Summer Bay’s most beloved divas — Leah (Ada Nicodemou) and Marilyn (Emily Symons). These two unlucky-in-love women are currently standing amid the ruins of their broken marriages, wondering what to do next. What they will find is…

Izzy has got Nick all hot under the collar when she plants a surprise birthday kiss on him. HOUSE HUSBANDS MONDAYS AT 9PM ON NINE Nick feels pressure when flirty and fun new teacher Izzy admits she likes him, Lewis becomes public enemy number one when he joins the local council, Mark faces his toughest test when a family member has a shocking accident, and Justin worries his brother’s health problems could send him spiralling back into trouble. There is a lot going on but the House Husbands are pulling out all the stops as they prepare to do the Kokoda Trail, even as tragedy and heartbreak threaten the trip. And as the men fight for their families, friends and community, an old favourite makes a welcome return. LEWIS Former…

Detectives reveal that Sam was taken by Simon who happens to be an ex-lover of Anna. SEVEN TYPES OF AMBIGUITY STARTS THURSDAY APRIL 13 ON ABC When a child is taken, the lives of six people who are interconnected in surprising ways are forever changed. This new Australian miniseries from the makers of the critically acclaimed The Slap is based on the novel by Elliot Perlman. Each thrilling episode follows the perspective of one character and the first explored is Joe. Stockbroker Joe (Alex Dimitriades) is on the cusp of a big deal when he arrives to pick up his son Sam (Harrison Molloy) from school, only to find no one there. Sam has gone missing and as Joe and his wife Anna (Leeanna Walsman) freak out about what could…