Innholdsfortegnelse for 21 Jan 19 i TV Soap

Well, 2019 is already shaping up to be a big year for the soaps with enough shocks and storyline twists to keep us glued to our screens. Super-soap The Bold and The Beautiful ups the ante with a scandalous dose of break-ups, juicy love affairs and possibly a mystery death, all predictions for the coming months! We’re eagerly awaiting the line-up of hot new shows to sink our teeth into, plus returning favourites including new season Game of Thrones. We catch up with Neighbours’ alum Margot Robbie, arguably Australia’s most bankable female in Hollywood right now. We also have your favourite puzzles and tons of super summer reading for you on the daytime soaps and primetime dramas in this issue. Enjoy!…

Bashing her former son-in-law over the head and then burying him in a grave beneath a statue in Chancellor Park is one thing. Then being haunted into thinking he’s alive and having to dig him up due to plumbing issues... only to discover the body has disappeared – well, it’s bound to take its mental toll on Nikki eventually! Now the events of that fateful day have finally come home to roost! With JT’s body missing and, faced with the awful possibility he could still be alive, poor muddled Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott) has been mentally unravelling at an alarming rate. Being blackmailed by the money-grubbing Tessa (Cait Fairbanks) over all that has happened has done nothing to ease her fraying nerves either. She was even…

Lurching from one monumental disaster to another seems to be Gary Canning’s stock in trade and his fortunes have only worsened with the ugly debacle that ushered in 2019. Under pressure from the dodgy types he’s been doing shady jobs for, Gary lost his rag and thought he’d bashed one of them: only to find it was Dipi! Thankfully, she survived the beating and her subsequent heart attack, but it’s rat Gary big-time. To make amends, Gary (Damien Richardson) visits Dipi (Sharon Johal) with a stack of his famous desserts as a peace offering, but although she accepts the gesture, Shane (Nicholas Coghlan) isn’t feeling quite as generous! Already livid with Gary for almost costing his wife her life, Shane angrily explodes to find him visiting Dipi the next day!…

Geraldine Hakewill has big shoes to fill. Well, big high heels to fill at least. The rising Aussie talent has been cast as Miss Peregrine Fisher – niece of the famed detective Phryne Fisher – in the four telemovies in the Ms Fisher’s MODern Murder Mysteries spin-off series. When Peregrine inherits a windfall from the famous aunt she never knew, she sets out to become a world-class private detective in her own right. She’s tutored by The Adventuresses’ Club, a group of exceptional women counted her celebrated aunt as a member, and which includes Birdie (Catherine McClements). She also teams up with Detective James Steed (Joel Jackson) to solve a spree of crimes, and it’s all set in swinging ’60s Melbourne. Geraldine tells TV SOAP what it’s like following in…

When you think about glowing Hollywood skin, screen beauties such as Kate Hudson or Jennifer Aniston come to mind. Over many years, they’ve both maintained an enviable glow that’s instinctively desirable because it visibly reflects health and wellbeing. Both boast a complexion that’s radiant and clear with an even tone. Sydney cosmetic physician Dr Phoebe Jones shares her tips for stellar results... DRINK! Consuming two to three litres of water a day seems an obvious tip but keeping the skin hydrated is simply one of the non-negotiables. To get in more vitamins, minerals and antioxidants, I suggest making big bottles of iced green tea with lemon, cucumber, and berries. Using a straw prevents staining the teeth. If you’re dehydrated from drinking too much alcohol, add in a little bit of…

Bedside manner He’s only been in town for five minutes but already Reese is ingratiating himself, rather forcefully it must be said, with LA’s bigwigs. Daughter Zoe is unnerved about her dad’s behaviour and can’t help but worry when he badgers her for the gory details behind Brooke’s legendary loathing of his newly beloved Taylor. THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL WEEKDAYS 4.30PM ON 10 GOOD medicine All of Xanthe’s nervous agitation over whether or not she’d pass her exams – and if her dodgy daddy Gary could raise the funds to put her through university – is now behind her as she bids her teary final goodbyes to head off and study medicine for the next six years. The only problem is her uni placement is in Toowoomba, Queensland, and…

An All Access Original Series, Tell Me a Story upends everything you’ve ever known about your favourite childhood stories, reimagining them as a dark, twisted psycho-thriller! Tell me all ABOUT IT Modern day New York City is the setting of this rather scintillating serialised drama which, throughout its first season, interweaves The Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood and Hansel & Gretel into an epic and subversive tale of love, loss, greed, revenge and murder. In other words, it has all the hallmarks of a top soap! Tell me THE TALES OF LOVE High-school teacher Nick Sullivan ( Billy Magnussen) oversteps the boundaries within his profession when he starts a sexual relationship with one of his students. His fairytale counterpart is the Huntsman from Little…

WIN BILLIONAIRE BOYS CLUB DVD 10 to win! Thanks to Defiant Screen Entertainment, 10 lucky TV SOAP readers will win Billionaire Boys Club DVD, valued at $24.95 each. That’s a total prize value of $249.50! Billionaire Boys Club tells the unbelievable true story of financial whizkid Joe Hunt ( Ansel Elgort) and tennis pro Dean Karny ( Taron Egerton), whose investment pool propels them into the upper echelons of LA in the early ’80s. With their charisma and unbridled ambition, the two convince a clique of privileged trust fund babies to invest in the Club. Overnight Joe and Dean become the stars of a world dripping with money, sex and celebrity. Their lavish lifestyle and impressive returns obscure a snowballing fraud. As the law finally catches up, their…

To quote the legendary Mr Alf Stewart, “Stone the flamin’ crows” and what a #socialmediamoment: I can’t believe Susan Kennedy is a killer! Mrs Kennedy, a bonny lassie capable of first degree murder? Still, evil Finn Kelly in my mind is an absolute clown, an even bigger one than Frank Gallagher (William H. Macy from Shameless ). But I’m glad to see Finn get the karma he so richly deserves and if he dies let’s hope the devil in hell becomes his best friend. Jason Richardson, Largs Bay, SA WIN The author of the Star letter will win this great pack from STAEDTLER, valued at $100!…

This isn’t the first time Nikki has needed a miracle to pull her from the brink of death. Back in 1998, she was married to her sixth husband, Joshua Landers (Heath Kizzier), and happily planning to conceive his child. Prophetically, Joshua had a demented ex-wife Veronica (Candice Daly) who was so obsessed with winning him back that she was posing as Nikki’s new maid Ellie! On the night of a violent thunderstorm, Veronica just snapped, shot Joshua dead and pumped bullets into Nikki, too, leaving her to bleed to death on the living room rug... She made it to hospital but the prognosis was dire and, with her death expected within days, Victor persuaded his then-wife Diane (Alex Donnelly) to divorce him so he could remarry Nikki and please their…

I am the night Where can I watch it? Stan Big stars: Chris Pine (Jay Singletary), India Eisley (Fauna Hodel), Jefferson Mays (George Hodel), Leland Orser (Peter Sullivan) and Connie Nielsen (Corinna Hodel). Hot plots: Inspired by real events! Fauna Hodel, a teenage girl given away at birth, has grown up in Reno, Nevada. She’s accepted the mysteries of her origin... until she makes a discovery that turns everything she thought she knew upside down. Delving into the secrets of her past, she unites with Jay, a reporter who’s haunted by a case that ruined him. They’re soon uncovering a sinister trail that leads to LA gynaecologist George Hodel, infamous for his involvement in Hollywood’s darkest debauchery, possibly including the infamous Black Dahlia murder of 1947... War of the Worlds…

Learning more about her wicked tormentor Finn’s twisted history has done little to ease Bea’s distress and the painful reminders of the heartache he put her through, yet she’s making valiant efforts to move on by focusing on her music. With her live debut looming at The Waterhole, Bea (Bonnie Anderson) relies on her new resolve to lay her demons to rest, bolstered from a pep talk by a loving Ned (Ben Hall). She digs deep to block out the critical voice of her mother Liz (Debra Lawrance), still lurking at the back of her mind, and sings like a bird! Full of confidence after her success, Bea asks Ned to take her to bed! It’s the special moment he’s waited such a long time for and he couldn’t be…

From her breakout in Scorsese’s The Wolf of Wall Street to her Oscar-nominated turn as disgraced figure skater Tonya Harding in I,Tonya, and her franchise-worthy spot as the villainous Harley Quinn, Margot Robbie has played her fair share of strong, stimulating female leads. It’s partly down to her near boundless acting talents – but there’s also a sense her Hollywood arrival came at the perfect time in terms of female empowerment. She says, “I think it’s definitely improving, and I think people have finally recognised that half the ticket sales are from women, actually more,” the 28-year-old says. “And if they don’t create the kind of roles that women are going to be able to relate to, then they’re not going to enjoy watching them as much; and if they…

Dare we say it but Ron Carlivati knows how to write for all characters in a soap, town regardless of whether they’re 18 or 80. Too often, that older end of the soap spectrum is ignored – but not in Salem where 50-year fan favourite, and the last remaining original resident from 1965, Julie Williams, is currently busy as a beaver, chewing out that nasty wicked Gabi Hernandez for her treatment of Abigail and Chad. Although it’s sad that Julie took a horrible fall and is fighting for her life as a result of the skirmish, it’s just absolutely wonderful to see the dynamic, effervescent and real-life golden oldie Susan Seaforth Hayes finally getting the chance to pitch-perfectly act her socks off with the sort of hard-hitting story material that…

Just a year ago there were seriously mixed fortunes for effervescent Walford identity Kim Fox-Hubbard. Her beloved husband Vincent vanished and was presumed killed by crims he’d done over. Resigned to life as a single mum to their little girl Pearl, Kim then found she was pregnant! It was good news – but at the worst possible time. She resolved to plaster on her best make-up, her most outrageous clothes and rely on her bouncy personality to get her through the crisis... The bundle of joy arrived in true soap style. Working in the Minute Mart, Kim was serving Phil, who’d been hooked up with the same crims as Vincent, when they were attacked and locked in the storeroom! For Phil it was a situation made in hell. Kim gave…

ACCIDENTALLY ON PURPOSE SEASON 1 AVAILABLE Unexpectedly pregnant from a one-night-stand with aspiring chef Zack (Jon Foster), Billie (Jenna Elfman), a San Francisco movie critic, agrees to live with Zack platonically. Soon, though, the much younger Zack is turning Billie’s apartment into a frat house, leaving her frustrated amid the comedic exploits that ensue in this sitcom. Dynasty’s Grant Show co-stars as Billie jealous ex. MELROSE PLACE SEASONS 1-7 AVAILABLE Spun off from BH 90210 which introduced Jake (Grant Show) as Kelly’s boyfriend in 1992, that show’s even sudsier and more outrageous sibling chronicles the lives of young adults living in an apartment complex at 4616 Melrose Place in West Hollywood, California. A slightly lacklustre first season gives way to soap goodness from season two onwards as Heather Locklear joins…

Quickly making enemies thanks to her ambitious and manipulative behaviour on arrival in LA, Zoe thought Emma Barber, the object of Xander’s affections, was her biggest foe. But now that her enigmatic father Reese is in town, Zoe fears he’ll undo all her good work in stealing Xander from Emma, as well rising to the top of the modelling crop at Forrester Creations. Thankful she has Xander (Adain Bradley) by her side, Zoe (Kiara Barnes) expresses her feelings to him, glad he’s an attentive confidant. She’s stewing over Reese’s (Wayne Brady) weird ways around women and the possibility he’ll disrupt the life she’s built for herself. Relieved when Xander promises to always have her back, Zoe freaks out when Emma (Nia Sioux) unceremoniously pulls the rug…

Every year we wait in anticipation to see what our favourite celebrities will be gracing the red carpet in come awards season, and now it’s just around the corner we’re sure to see the top contenders for best dressed to be modelling a few elaborate strapless numbers. Among the best dressed in recent years were Angelina Jolie, Amber Heard, Kourtney Kardashian and Charlize Theron in elegant gowns. The strapless look requires a lean and long-looking torso with good shoulder definition and arms to match. A few straightforward exercises will not only create the definition that gives the body confidence that helps set off a stapless gown, but also help strengthen the muscles in the upper back and arm. It’s useful in everyday life and will help with good posture. Creating…

HELLO: DAYS OF OUR LIVES’ Andre Khabbazi (Dr Shah). Newly separated from Eric and with enough headaches regarding Abigail ailing her, Jennifer needs a little nurturing from a dishy doctor and this might be the right prescription. HELLO: EASTENDERS’ Hannah Spearritt (Kandice Taylor).  Flashy and glamorously trashy from top to toe, Karen’s younger sister is again coming calling for a holiday visit – but the gift she brings with her on January 7 might upset her big, motor-mouthed sibling! HELLO: NEIGHBOURS’ Zoe Bertram (Fay Brennan). With her kids in emotional freefall following Chloe’s Huntington’s disease revelations, Fay is met with shock news when she rings the doorbell again on January 9. HELLO: NEIGHBOURS’ Frank…

Spending the past several weeks worrying and obsessing over her son Jude’s whereabouts, Mary isn’t about to give on her search! He disappeared after a constant string of outrageous lies and deceptions were finally exposed. Despite the reluctance of Jude’s estranged wife Angie to continue the hunt, Mary puts on a stiff upper lip after the agonising day they spent at the police mortuary, identifying a body that thankfully turned out not to be Jude! Believing now that Angie still loves Jude, Mary soldiers on, hiring a private detective to sniff him out. Catching a quick break in the case, the PI informs Mary that Jude was last seen at a B&B in Blackpool. Not bothering Angie with the details, Mary cajoles a concerned Roy into driving her to the…

Marcia Cross Before she was married to Tom Mahoney, Marcia lived with long-term partner Richard Jordan. A fellow actor, Richard was diagnosed with a brain tumour and she courageously nursed him to the end. Her world was turned upside down again two years ago when Tom, father to their twin daughters, was diagnosed with cancer. “I didn’t let myself think I might lose him. I went through this terrible loss of my first partner, and the second time, I just went straight into action,” the Desperate Housewives star recalls. I was the uber-partner – maid, lover, I did the whole thing. I remember thinking, ‘Who would’ve thought that experience the first time would pay off?’ If you’re going to have cancer, you want me around. I’m good.” Tom responded well…

FELINE frisky Welcome back, Donna! Gosh, you thought Pam was unhinged? Wait until you meet Cyclone Quinn! She’s just as deranged as Pam. Be careful not to cross that cat. Eric’s a dirty old man, he’ll set you felines against each other, like he did with Brooke and Stephanie. As for neurotic Pamela Douglas, she needs to grow up and stop acting like such a child. If you get hungry, Donna, there’s always Thorne. I wouldn’t go there; he repulses me! Jan Forbes, Bunbury, WA c/- TV SOAP, Locked Bag 5555, St Leonards, NSW 1590, Australia; or tvsoap@nextmedia.com.au Please include your full name and address Blog Spot! Want to share your thoughts? We’d love to hear from you! facebook.com/tvsoapmagazine www.tvsoap.com.au…