Soap World No. 323 Special

A shocking “Who dies?” murder mystery is coming our way on The Bold and the Beautiful! Executive producer and head writer Brad Bell has hinted at a rather major shake-up on the super-soap… we reveal which characters could be in the firing line! Over in Salem, several shock developments rock the good folks on Days of Our Lives – find out what’s in store for your favourites. On the local soaps, Leah and Justin’s love story is a focus on Home and Away, while over on Ramsay Street there’s a rebound romance. On Wentworth, lives are on the line inside the prison walls and more blood is shed in dramatic episodes. Check out our fun piece on the greatest love affairs and long-lasting marriages from the UK and Aussie soaps,…

Cement shoes There’s a whole lotta love around for KEANU REEVES to this very day – and no wonder: check out his dance moves! We just hope he hasn’t made Mob foes as John Wick: does that explain the star’s fetching concrete footwear? Fashion passion You know that feeling when you seem to come to, mid-dream, and realise you’re on the red carpet? No? Happens to Salem’s KRISTIAN ALFONSO all the time! A worry... We are family Boy, haven’t they gone and grown up? As we head towards the final season – sob! – of Modern Family, ARIEL WINTER and NOLAN GOULD raid the Dunphy dress-up box for what might be the final time... We’ll always have Paris... Casting their spell in the French capital are Aladdin co-stars WILL SMITH…

A TIMELINE TO TRAGEDY... * Months back, HOPE (Annika Noelle) arrived on Catalina Island for a pre-birth babymoon that turned ugly when gale-force winds delayed LIAM ’s (Scott Clifton) arrival and she went into labour! Holed up in a small island clinic in a blackout, Hope gave birth with the assistance of REESE BUCKINGHAM (Wayne Brady) – the only attending doctor, and staff member, on the premises! * ZOE’s (Kiara Barnes) father REESE had his own problems. Weighed down with astronomical gambling debts he had to repay immediately, the dodgy doc saw an opportunity when he delivered another woman’s baby just before HOPE went into labour. Tragically, that baby was stillborn so Reese switched it with Hope’s healthy baby girl BETH and told Hope and LIAM that their…

Once Rita Connors was cast adrift by the Federal Police and consigned to prison for a 15-year stretch, she knew that maintaining the risky secret of her true identity as an undercover cop would be an uphill battle! Everyone knows inmates hate cops, so Rita figures she won’t have any allies if the truth leaks out! Probably just as bad is the fact that Marie Winters holds a personal grudge against her, desperate for her vendetta for Rita’s chilling murder of Drago... Despite the failure of a recent bid to deal with Marie (Susie Porter) permanently, Rita (Leah Purcell) maintains her vow to short-circuit the danger that the sassy spitfire poses to everyone in Wentworth. Unfortunately for Rita, any further course of action she’s contemplating has now been further delayed…

Fresh from her release from the Tasmanian psych hospital – and tracked to Geelong by Toadie’s inquisitive brother Shane – Andrea has wasted no time ingratiating herself into the Rebecchi fold. Her arch aim is to manipulate Toadie into giving her a place in his life and family, especially with Hugo, the baby son they share. Her efforts are boosted when he shuts down all efforts to search for the “late, lamented” Dee, preferring to let his beloved first wife stay dead and buried... Naturally pleased with Toadie’s (Ryan Moloney) Dee decision, Andrea (Madeleine West) injects her plan with more manipulative firepower as she orchestrates a series of personal misfortunes which ensure she has no choice but to take up residence in Erinsborough! Using her daughter Willow’s (Mieke Billing-Smith) concerns…

Quite some time ago, Yashvi Rebecchi harboured a teenage crush on Ned Willis after she saved him from asphyxiating in a sauna! He repaid her efforts by assisting with her AFL footy training. She was so hopelessly in love with him that she was heartbroken when Ned let her down gently, explaining he had feelings for Bea. As time passed, Yashvi seemed to get over Ned and settled into a genuine friendship with him and Bea. Lately, though, Yashvi’s (Olivia Junkeer) jealousy of Bea (Bonnie Anderson) has been aroused by her observation that Ned (Ben Hall) is clearly still longing for her – despite the fact that Bea’s continually hurting him by growing closer to the finagling Finn (Rob Mills). The last thing she wants is for Ned to suffer…