Innholdsfortegnelse for 19 Mar 18 i TV Soap

Ridge and Brooke have exchanged vows before. However, their upcoming nuptials on The Bold and the Beautiful could prove their most memorable, with Stephanie’s return from the dead! Read our cover story on p4 to see how this story unfolds. We catch up with the delightful Natalie Bassingthwaighte on what’s ahead for Izzy on Neighbours . Find out more in our Summer Bay coverage for Home and Away when Roo makes a shocking discovery about her family. We also have the latest on all daytime soaps and Aussie dramas, plus the behind-the-scenes gossip from the sets. facebook.com/tvsoapmagazine WEB www.tvsoap.com.au…

“Thorne confesses he has his eye on a very special maid of honour.” As best man, Thorne, and maid of honour, Katie, are entrusted to plan Ridge and Brooke’s wedding. Katie asks if Thorne is really up to the task, given his resentment toward his big brother. Thorne, however, admits that even he has to concede the love between Ridge and Brooke is very powerful. While choosing floral arrangements and creating the seating chart, Thorne is delighted how easy it is to work with Katie on such an important project. Katie agrees that they make a formidable team and jokingly suggests they become professional wedding planners. Thorne asks if Katie has a special man in her life and she reveals she’s in a relationship with someone, but they have…

Patty Williams is unmasked as an escaped mental patient following the removal of her bandages from the burns she sustained in Genevieve’s house explosion. Patty now abandons playing Genevieve’s housekeeper Myrna and quickly breaks into the Abbott mansion as her obsession with Jack intensifies. Roaming the premises, Patty (Stacy Haiduk) quickly stakes out her territory before sneakily drugging the food being provided for Jack (Peter Bergman) and Genevieve’s (Genie Francis) romantic dinner together. Once the lovebirds are out cold, Patty sneaks in and cuddles up happily to Jack, promising herself it’s just a matter of time before she wins back his affections. Patty’s plans, however, are derailed when Adam (Michael Muhney) flushes out his old enemy and orders her to leave town immediately. With no intention of going anywhere, Patty…

Desperate to hide the news of her pregnancy from EJ, Nicole has already enmeshed Daniel in the subterfuge, securing the doctor’s silence after he discovered she was having a baby. However, her hope of keeping the pregnancy under wraps unravels when Rafe figures out the truth, too. Supportive of Nicole (Arianne Zucker) in her time of need, Rafe (Galen Gering) gathers as many details about the pregnancy as possible and pledges to help her keep the news from EJ (James Scott). The last thing he wants is the unpredictable and distrustful EJ to find out about the baby and put Nicole’s welfare at risk, but that declaration is put to the test when EJ spies his wife in an intimate situation with Rafe. Luckily, EJ remains unaware that Rafe is…

Natalie Bassingthwaighte blazed a path of glory a decade ago as Izzy on Neighbours, so it was always going to take something special to tempt her back. And when producers came up with the current Izzyreturning-to-Ramsay-Street storyline, the actress says it was just too good to say no. “I said to them, ‘If she is to come back, it has to be a juicy story, and boy, is this one juicy,’” Natalie laughs. “If just felt right to come back and explore where she is at this point of her life, which is what makes these storylines so strong. Izzy is true to form, but in a more mature way and with more power – which makes her far more interesting.” On her first day back on the Neighbours’ set,…

Food: Roast lamb, roast potatoes and a green salad, shared with family and friends around my dining table. Movie: So many, but if I choose a current movie it will be Darkest Hour – can’t go past Gary Oldman. TV show: Again, so many, as I watch a lot, but at the moment it is McMafia on Amazon Prime. James Norton ( sigh) . Actor: Jessica Chastain and Lilly Van der Meer and, of course, my pretend son Damien Richardson, and my pretend boyfriend Geoff Paine. No explanation needed. Book: The Year of Wonders by Geraldine Brooks, because she is the best with historical fiction. Song: The Living Years , because it actually…

Halle Berry The actress revealed all in an interview with Ellen. At 47, she said she felt pre-menopausal and didn’t think for a moment that it would be possible for her to become pregnant again. Miracles can happen, however, and she and then-husband Olivier Martinez welcomed a son they named Maceo in 2013. Halle’s daughter Nahla prayed for a sibling and wanted bunk beds. The lucky little girl got both. Geena Davis The actress gave birth firstly to her daughter, Alizeh, at age 46, and then went on to have twin boys, Kian and Kaiis, at age 48. The children’s father is Geena’s fourth husband, neurosurgeon Dr Reza Jarrahy, who she married in 2001. Although her first labour went well, Geena had a C-section 26 days early when she had…

TARAJI P. HENSON purred in her ultra-glam, glittering David Koma fishtail gown at the amfAR Gala in New York. SALMA HAYEK stepped out in sky-high black leather boots wearing a sheer black ensemble and black and white jacket outside the Bottega Venetta show. MIRANDA KERR with her growing baby bump, celebrated The Broad’s new Jasper Johns’ exhibition wearing a lacey, neck-to-ankle Louis Vuitton gown. FERGIE took centre stage at the Season Finale Viewing Party for FOX’s ‘The Four, dazzling in this decadent, black and gold baroque two-piece by Versace. ASHLEY GRAHAM wore diamonds and a sophisticated strapless black gown that featured a thigh-high split at the amfAR Gala in New York.…

WEEK 1 - MARCH 5-9 BEST BUDDIES Stunned to learn that Steffy is pregnant, Katie tells Wyatt she’ll dig for the details during her upcoming meeting with the expectant mum. Amused at the prospect of Katie and Steffy having girl talk, Wyatt considers it a change of pace for Steffy, given most of her friends are men. Katie agrees, jokingly wondering how often Steffy and her BFF Bill get together to braid each other’s hair. TEST OF WILLS Confronting Steffy with the paternity test he found in her purse, an agitated Liam refuses to believe the test was just routine. Sensing that something happened the night Steffy left him, after learning he kissed Sally, Liam pushes for answers. He forces Steffy to cry that “he” just appeared at the guesthouse…

Ridge and Brooke’s wedding is now on the fast track, so the couple can be declared husband and wife as soon as possible. Of course, the site of the ceremony will be the family mansion and a small, but formal, event is planned. The bride is bubbling with excitement that she and Ridge will be saying their vows in the house where they first met, all those years ago, when she helped with the catering at one of the Forresters’ fabulous parties. One guest, who is intent on not attending is Steffy, since she’s still in an emotional tailspin over her shattered marriage to Liam. However, Ridge is determined to have his daughter present at the nuptials and pays her a visit. Steffy is still dead-set on not being there…

After finding out that Liam is splitting from Steffy, because of her affair with Bill, Hope is becoming increasingly antsy over her ex-husband’s mental state. Of course, she wants to pay him another visit. However, upon hearing the idea, Brooke cautions her daughter that this may complicate the situation. When Hope questions why her mum feels that way, Brooke surmises that her daughter is still in love with Liam. Although Hope doesn’t deny the claim, she insists she doesn’t want to cause Liam and Steffy further problems, especially with a baby on the way. Hope is supporting the possibility that the couple will be able to work out their problems and reunite. Hope then shows up at Liam’s hotel room with freshly made sandwiches, assuming he hasn’t been eating as…

Hoping to clear Billy’s (Billy Miller) name, Cane investigates Chelsea (Melissa Claire Egan) in Myanmar, but she quickly disappears. Victoria (Amelia Heinle) and Jill (Jess Walton) also hunt for Billy in Myanmar, unaware that Victor is plotting to banish Billy to India. After Cane saves their lives in Myanmar, Victoria heads home only to stumble across Billy in New York. They passionately reunite and Victoria blasts Victor for trying to ruin her marriage. Delia (Sophie Pollonos) goes into remission from leukaemia; Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) and Ronan make love; Avery (Jessica Collins) wants to reunite baby Lucy with her mother Daisy (Yvonne Zima); Chance (John Driscoll) leaves town; Nikki comes home from rehab; Tucker (Stephen Nichols) and Ashley (Eileen Davidson) finally get married; and Jill hates the idea of Harmony (Debbi…

Kate (Lauren Koslow) warns Daniel (Shawn Christian) not to romantically pursue Billie (Lisa Rinna), because she doesn’t want him to hurt another woman in her family. Kate also gets her own warning, from Ian (Ian Buchanan), not to hurt Madison (Sarah Brown) or he’ll ensure that she pays the price. The Carver marriage disintegrates as Lexie (Renee Jones), thinking Abe (James Reynolds) has betrayed her, supports EJ as the mayor of Salem, watching on as EJ has Abe and Jennifer (Melissa Reeves) arrested for election fraud. Later though, Lexie offers her husband an olive branch. Discovering that Sami is the industrial spy at Countess Wilhelmina, Kate threatens to prosecute her for espionage and remove her children from her care, but EJ and Lucas (Bryan Dattilo) step in to save Sami’s…

“Roo is determined to follow up this family secret and seek out her mother, no matter what.” No matter what’s happened between them across the years, Roo always thought she could trust her dad, Alf. After the events of recent weeks, however, Roo no longer believes this. For 30 years, Roo (Georgie Parker) had been told that her mother Martha was dead, supposedly drowned in an accident. But not one word of that tale was true. Instead, Martha fled from her family and Summer Bay all those years ago – and Alf never told Roo this truth, or the reason why. So, in upcoming episodes of Home and Away, Roo embarks on a quest to find out what happened – is her mother alive or has she died in the…

Daniel Harrow knows a thing or two about throwing people off the scent that leads to the truth of a matter. It’s something he has been exposed to for years in his job as forensic pathologist, and he has learnt from the experts. But right now, Daniel (Ioan Gruffudd) is using all those tricks himself in order to stay ahead of the investigation into the case of the bones in the river – something that could well destroy not only his career but his entire life. In upcoming episodes of Harrow , Daniel is confronted by a troubling moral dilemma when enlightening new evidence surfaces in a case. And the question is, will he let the law do its job, or will he cover up everything in…

Since a blistering breakthrough in The Wolf of Wall Street only four years ago, the 27-year-old from the Gold Coast has ascended to the top of the Hollywood heap in record time. From Suicide Squad to Focus , to The Legend of Tarzan to her first Oscar nomination for I, Tonya , Robbie is an unstoppable force of nature – who, it so happens, still sleeps with her childhood stuffed bunny. “I’ve had him since I was a baby. He’s called Bunny,” she snorts. “What can I say, I wasn’t a very imaginative child. I still sleep with him every night.” It could be said her bond with Bunny was perfect research…

A flat, toned and tanned midsection is a constant goal for celebrities and house mums alike. And while I can’t really help with the tanned bit, I can tell you how to get your tummy red-carpet ready. A healthy diet with plenty of fresh salads, vegetables and lean protein, while restricting refined carbohydrates, is a must. Also a must is the mindset shift required to exercise your midsection from a core-training perspective, rather than an abdominal-isolation perspective. So what is the core? Well, it’s best described as the front, sides and back, not just the six-pack! Training the core is training the muscles deep inside, as well as the surrounding layers, a opposed to just focusing on the superficial layer at the front that you can see. Adopting this mindset…

For two months, the Fowler family has been living in a marital warzone, since Stacey shockingly confessed to husband Martin that she had sex with her notorious ex-lover Max Branning on Christmas Eve. Unable to forgive Stacey’s betrayal, especially with the man who destroyed her life years ago, Martin literally threw his wife out onto the street and banned her from all contact with her three children. Despite fighting back and regaining access to her kids, Stacey remains deeply at odds with Martin. Agreeing not to confuse the children any longer, Martin and Stacey are trying to maintain civility during family interactions. But their attempt to have a family-friendly day, attending a show by children’s entertainer Magic Marv at the community centre, is shattered. And all because Stacey invites Arthur’s…

What’s happening on Home and Away ? It seems like everyone is dying and it’s only the start of the year! First we lose the gorgeous Kat to a terrible car accident. Now it looks as if we could lose Alf, too. I have been watching this show for decades and to lose the only original cast member would be too much. It will be the end of Home and Away for me, as we “oldies” are so familiar with his character. Please don’t let Alf die! I can still recall little Sally calling him “Mr. Stewart” and him being a good dad to Roo in the days when she was a handful. Let’s save Alf Stewart and keep him on Home and Away for many years…

The actress who played steely Stephanie Douglas Forrester for 25 years didn’t want to reprise her character, even for something as momentous as Ridge’s umpteenth marriage to Brooke. However, realising that the impervious matriarch’s presence at the ceremony would have a huge impact, the show came up with the next best thing: Stephanie’s voice would make an appearance. That was an option Susan Flannery agreed to, so B&B arranged for her to record Stephanie’s side of her conversation with Brooke. According to a backstage source, the recording session didn’t take long at all, simply because a pro such as Susan delivered her lines with just the inflections needed for Stephanie’s special reunion with Brooke.…

“A baby is what Izzy wants and she doesn’t care what she has to do to get pregnant.” Izzy Hoyland has always been dangerous, but Izzy with money and power is a potent combination, with enough clout to knock Ramsay Street off its axis. Izzy (Natalie Bassingthwaighte) is clear what she wants in life right now – a baby. And she knows exactly who she wants to be the father – Karl Kennedy (Alan Fletcher). While Karl has fought Izzy every step of the way, telling her that he cannot be a part of her plan and that she’s asking too much of him and of his marriage to Susan (Jackie Woodburne), Izzy is not prepared to take no for an answer. In upcoming episodes of Neighbours…

Tori (Penny McNamee) has said from the moment she arrived in Summer Bay that all she wants is a good, reliable and steady man she can rely on. But her choices so far reveal she likes her men nothing like that! And her current obsession with Robbo (Jake Ryan) has shocked the locals. The good doctor is prepared to do almost anything to defend the man who has so many questions marks hanging over his head. Robbo is a man on the run from his past, and every way he turns he has found trouble. This only works to bind Tori closer to him, as she also knows what it’s like to always be looking over your shoulder, watching for danger to strike. It’s how she’s been living her life…

LIZ HURLEY and the safety-pin dress She was somewhat in the shadow of long-term partner Hugh Grant, until the model/actress donned a frock by Gianni Versace that was held together by safety pins. Gazes swiftly shifted from Hugh to her, when she accompanied him to the premiere of his 1990s hit Four Weddings and a Funeral . Although some criticised the dress for being too raunchy, Liz responded by saying the now-late designer created it “to celebrate the female form, rather than eliminate it”. It has been called the best red-carpet dress of all time. SARAH JESSICA PARKER in SATC – too many to count The actress was lucky enough to be dressed by many of the world’s most iconic designers while playing…

A few weeks ago, Shortland Street Hospital nurse Dawn Robinson allowed herself to be won over by the teachings and beliefs of the cult that has been operating near Ferndale. Against her better judgment and warnings from others, she eventually fell victim to the cult’s brainwashing techniques. Languishing inside the cult’s commune, Dawn became susceptible to more danger until finally she ended up back at the hospital. Realising that Dawn was now a victim of the cult, Damo and Sass join forces to prevent her from returning to the forest compound. However, they are horrified when Dawn disappears. Fearing she’s escaped, they hunt the hospital corridors for her and, finally locating her, gently persuade her to return home to her flat. The thought of going home leaves Dawn overcome with…

Here’s to 35 years! Behind the scenes personnel recently joined the cast of Y&R to honour Tracey Bregman (Lauren) who is celebrating 35 years on the soap. Debuting on January 21, 1983, Bregman only expected the role to be short-term but was offered a contract within six months. She’s stayed in Genoa City on and off ever since. During the on-set celebrations for the occasion, Bregman recorded a message thanking her fans for tuning in every day. Her co-stars also took to social media to share their thoughts about Bregman. Lauralee Bell (Christine) said, “Today we celebrate you Tracey. You have inspired me in so many ways. Congratulations on our family, your work and personal achievements. You are so talented and deserve everything good!” FAMILIAR FACES BECOME ROOKIES Nathan Fillion,…