Hollyoaks

It has now been confirmed that Darren Day is joining the cast of the soap opera Hollyoaks where he will play the part of Danny Houston.

Danny is the best mate of Brendan Brady played by Emmet Scalan and a silent partner in her new business venture the ‘Chez Chez’ nightclub, before it is discovered that he is not a person you want to be in business with.

The West End star confessed to have been a fan of the soap for sometime and will be making his debut on the programme in the second week of October for a short spell before making a dramatic reappearance later in the year.

Ben Freeman as Scott Windsor

Ben Freeman who played the part of Scott Windsor in Emmerdale from 1993-1996 has married the Hollyoaks actress Jennifer Biddall who played the part of Jessica Harris from 2005-2008.

The couple have been dating since January 2009 and became engaged at Christmas following their whirlwind romance.  They married at the Manor House Hotel in Castle Combe on Friday with the Hollyoaks actress Zoe Lister acting as a bridesmaid for the pair.

As well as living together, the couple have also been working together in a play at the Cheshire Theatre and will not be taking their honeymoon until the play finishes.

Stefan Booth

Stefan Booth, best known for his role as Jamie Nash in Hollyoaks and as Sergeant Marc Rollins in the Bill, has landed the role of the fiancé of Tanya Branning in Eastenders.

The 30-year-old actor will be appearing on our screens next month as he takes on the role of his character Greg opposite the actress Jo Joyner.

Jo is due to make her full-time comeback soon following her maternity leave after the birth of her twins born on the 7th December 2009, a son Freddie, and a daughter Edie.

Inside Soap Awards 2010

The nominations for the 2010 Inside Soap Awards sponsored by Littlewoods.com have been made and now it is up to you to vote for your own particular soap favourites and special moments from the last twelve months.

Once again the UK soaps have thrown up some extraordinary story-lines, of particular note Corrie’s Tony Gordon blowing up Underworld, Jan Slater moved to tears when Eastenders Stacey Branning gave birth to baby Lily, Emmerdale Natasha Wylde shooting her husband Mark or how about Hollyoaks Sarah Barnes’ ill fated parachute jump.

Inside Soap magazine has made a short list of the nominations for this years awards and now it is up to you to decide who should go home with the prizes.

There are to ways to cast your votes, the simplest way is to visit the Inside Soap website and follow the instructions, alternatively you can vote by post, by picking up the current Inside Soap magazine.

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The 2010 Inside Soap awards take place in London on Monday 27th September 2010

Inside Soap Awards  – Nominations 2010:

Best soap – Sponsored by Littlewoods.com
Coronation Street
EastEnders
Emmerdale
Hollyoaks

Best Actor
Chris Gascoyne (Peter Barlow, Corrie)
Simon Gregson (Steve McDonald, Corrie)
Gray O’Brien (Tony Gordon, Corrie)
Nitin Ganatra (Masood Ahmed, EastEnders)
Don Gilet (Lucas Johnson, EastEnders)
Scott Maslen (Jack Branning, EastEnders)
Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk, Emmerdale)
Jeff Hordley (Cain Dingle, Emmerdale)
Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy, Emmerdale)
Ashley Taylor Dawson (Darren Osborne, Hollyoaks)
Kieron Richardson (Ste Hay, Hollyoaks)
Glen Wallace (Malachy Fisher, Hollyoaks)

Best Actress
Sally Dynevor (Sally Webster, Corrie)
Katherine Kelly (Becky McDonald, Corrie)
Alison King (Carla Connor, Corrie)
Diane Parish (Denise Johnson, EastEnders)
Lacey Turner (Stacey Branning, EastEnders)
Nina Wadia (Zainab Masood, EastEnders)
Emma Atkins (Charity Tate, Emmerdale)
Charlotte Bellamy (Laurel Thomas, Emmerdale)
Amanda Donohoe (Natasha Wylde, Emmerdale)
Claire Cooper (Jacqui McQueen, Hollyoaks)
Gemma Merna (Carmel Valentine, Hollyoaks)
Carley Stenson (Steph Cunningham, Hollyoaks)

Best Young Actor
Alex Bain (Simon Barlow, Corrie)
Elle Mulvaney (Amy Barlow, Corrie)
Lorna Fitzgerald (Abi Branning, EastEnders)
Maisie Smith (Tiffany Butcher, EastEnders)
Oscar Lloyd (Will Wylde, Emmerdale)
Eden Taylor-Draper (Belle Dingle, Emmerdale)
Ellis Hollins (Tom Cunningham, Hollyoaks)
Lydia Waters (Holly Hutchinson, Hollyoaks)

Best Newcomer
Cherylee Houston (Izzy Armstrong, Corrie)
Holly Quin-Ankrah (Cheryl Gray, Corrie)
Zoe Lucker (Vanessa Gold, EastEnders)
Ricky Norwood (Arthur ‘Fatboy’ Chubb, EastEnders)
Natalie J Robb (Moira Barton, Emmerdale)
Marc Silcock (Jackson Walsh, Emmerdale)
Dean Aspen (Duncan Smith, Hollyoaks)
Kris Deedigan (Des Townsend, Hollyoaks)

Funniest Performance
Patti Clare (Mary Taylor, Corrie)
Craig Gazey (Graeme Proctor, Corrie)
Himesh Patel (Tamwar Masood, EastEnders)
Nina Wadia (Zainab Masood, EastEnders)
Dominic Brunt (Paddy Kirk, Emmerdale)
Mark Charnock (Marlon Dingle, Emmerdale)
Ashley Taylor Dawson (Darren Osborne, Hollyoaks)
Bronagh Waugh (Cheryl Brady, Hollyoaks)

Sexiest Male
Keith Duffy (Ciaran McCarthy, Corrie)
Ryan Thomas (Jason Grimshaw, Corrie)
Scott Maslen (Jack Branning, EastEnders)
Neil McDermott (Ryan Malloy, EastEnders)
Rik Makarem (Nikhil Sharma, Emmerdale)
Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy, Emmerdale)
Ashley Taylor Dawson (Darren Osborne, Hollyoaks)
Anthony Quinlan (Gilly Roach, Hollyoaks)

Sexiest Female - Sponsored by Littlewoods.com
Michelle Keegan (Tina McIntyre, Corrie)
Alison King (Carla Connor, Corrie)
Zoe Lucker (Vanessa Gold, EastEnders)
-Samantha Womack (Ronnie Mitchell, EastEnders)
Alice Coulthard (Maisie Wylde, Emmerdale)
Suzanne Shaw (Eve Jenson, Emmerdale)
Jennifer Metcalfe (Mercedes Fisher, Hollyoaks)
Carley Stenson (Steph Cunningham, Hollyoaks)

Best Exit
Tony Gordon (Gray O’Brien, Corrie)
Joe McIntyre (Reece Dinsdale, Corrie)
Charlie Clements (Bradley Branning, EastEnders)
Larry Lamb (Archie Mitchell, EastEnders)
Maxwell Caulfield (Mark Wylde, Emmerdale)
Sian Reeves (Sally Spode, Emmerdale)
Loui Batley (Sarah Barnes, Hollyoaks)
Ricky Whittle (Calvin Valentine, Hollyoaks)

Best Wedding
Steve McDonald & Becky Granger (Corrie)
John Stape & Fiz Brown (Corrie)
Ricky Butcher & Bianca Jackson (EastEnders)
Syed Masood & Amira Shah (EastEnders)
Jimmy King & Nicola De Souza (Emmerdale)
Charity Tate & Michael Conway (Emmerdale)
Tony Hutchinson & Cindy Cunningham (Hollyoaks)
Calvin & Carmel Valentine (Hollyoaks)

Best Dramatic Performance
Alison King (Carla Connor) –  Tony Gordon holds the factory hostage (Corrie)
Helen Worth (Gail McIntyre) – Joe McIntyre’s death (Corrie)
Don Gilet (Lucas Johnson) – Lucas murders Owen Turner on his wedding day (EastEnders)
Lacey Turner (Stacey Branning) – Stacey is sectioned (EastEnders)
Amanda Donohoe (Natasha Wylde) – Mark Wylde’s murder (Emmerdale)
Danny Miller (Aaron Livesy) – Aaron beats up Paddy (Emmerdale)
Carley Stenson (Steph Cunningham) – Steph’s cancer (Hollyoaks)
Stephanie Waring (Cindy Hutchinson) – Little Holly’s disappearance (Hollyoaks)

Best Stunt
Tony Gordon holds the Underworld factory hostage (Corrie)
Joe McIntyre accidentally kills himself (Corrie)
Bradley Branning’s death (EastEnders)
Home Farm shop crash (Emmerdale)
Laurel Thomas trapped in the church fire (Emmerdale)
Josh Ashworth’s car crash (Hollyoaks)
Sarah Barnes’ parachute death (Hollyoaks)

Best Drama
The Bill
Casualty
Holby City
Waterloo Road

Best Daytime Soap
Doctors
Home and Away
Neighbours

Best Daytime Star
Donnaleigh Bailey (Michelle Corrigan, Doctors)
Matthew Chambers (Daniel Granger, Doctors)
Selina Chilton (Ruth Pearce, Doctors)
Adrian Lewis Morgan (Jimmi Clay, Doctors)
Esther Anderson (Charlie Buckton, Home and Away
Luke Jacobz (Angelo Rosetta, Home and Away)
Todd Lasance (Aden Jefferies, Home and Away)
Ada Nicodemou (Leah Patterson-Baker, Home and Away)
Stefan Dennis (Paul Robinson, Neighbours)
Ryan Moloney (Jarrod ‘Toadie’ Rebecchi, Neighbours)
Kym Valentine (Libby Kennedy, Neighbours)
Jackie Woodburne (Susan Kennedy, Neighbours)

Sheree Murphy

Former Emmerdale actress and current Hollyoaks star Sheree Murphy was involved in a car accident in Manchester yesterday.

The actress who is married to footballer Harry Kewell, suffered whiplash in the incident and was said to have been very shaken up and frightened after the accident.

Murphy’s husband rushed to be at her side while her £180,000 Bentley was at the roadside waiting for a breakdown truck to arrive.

The 34-year-old is currently playing the part of Eva, the long lost mother of Anita Roy after formerly playing the role of Trisha Dingle in Emmerdale.

Ricky Whittle as Calvin Valentine

The Hollyoaks actor Ricky Whittle, has announced that he will be participating in the London Marathon this year, running for Virgin Unite.

Whittle who plays the part of Calvin Valentine in the Channel 4 soap, has been busy training in between filming for the show, and has had the advantage of fitness training already after finishing runner-up in the ‘Strictly Come Dancing’ series in December 2009.

However, the actor has also confessed to be recovering from a recent hernia operation which he kept quiet about while practising for the dance show as he didn’t want to go for the sympathy vote.

The charity Ricky is raising funds for is part of the Richard Branson Virgin group enterprise, a non-profit foundation which aims tackles social and and environmental problems.  The marathon is taking place on April 25th 2010.

Tina McIntyre - Coronation Street

Some of the members of the Coronation Street cast are to take part in ‘Celebrity Rockaoke’ to raise money for injured British troops.

Michelle Keegan, who plays the part of Tina McIntyre in the ITV soap will be heading the event alongside Helen Flanagan (Rosie Webster) and Brooke Vincent (Sophie Webster), which is to take place at Manchester’s Moho Live venue.

The money is to go towards the BLESMA (British Limbless Ex Serviceman Association) and Macmillan Cancer Support and the event takes place on Tuesday December 8th at 8pm.

Other cast members expected to take to the stage are;  Shobna Gulati (Sunita Alahan), Sasha Parkinson (Sian Powers), Nikki Patel (Amber Alahan) and Graeme Hawley (John Stape).  Jeff Hordley, who plays Cain Dingle in Emmerdale, and Hollyoaks boys Andrew Moss (Rhys Ashworth) and Gerard McCarthy (Kris Fisher) along with Helen Pearson (Frankie Osborne) are also said to be attending.

Hollyoaks

The Hollyoaks actress Lena Kaur, who plays the part of art student Leila Roy in the popular Channel 4 soap, has revealed that she is leaving the show to pursue other projects.

The actress believes that now is the best time to chase after bigger roles as more Asian people are being given the chance for the top roles.

The 23-year-old, first appeared on our screens in June 2008 and will be seen leaving after being given a life changing opportunity to work in Paris with another artist.  Lena actually finishes filming in the studio next week but will still be appearing on our televisions until January.

Eastenders

Eastenders was voted the ‘Best Soap’ last night at the Inside Soap Awards ceremony held at Sketch Nightclub in London’s West End.

Lacy Turner who plays the part of Stacey Slater in the BBC drama, was given the award for ‘Best Actress’ for the fourth time in a row, while Charlie Brooks who plays Janine Butcher was voted ‘Best Bitch’.

Larry Lamb’s character Archie Mitchell, was voted ‘Best Bad Boy’ and along with Charlie Brooks the couple also scooped the prize for ‘Best Storyline’.

Kara Tointon, who left the show earlier this year was voted ‘Best Dressed Female’ for her character Dawn Swann and John Partridge, who plays the part of Christian Clarke was awarded ‘Sexiest Male’.

The cast of Coronation Street also one a selection of awards with Gray O’Brien voted ‘Best Actor’ for his portrayal of Tony Gordon while  Michelle Keegan who plays Tina McIntyre was voted ‘Sexiest Female’.

The ‘Best Newcomer’ award went to Coronation Street butcher Graeme Proctor, played by Craig Gazey and Maggie Jones received the award for ‘Funniest Performance’ for her character Blanche Hunt.  Coronation street also received an award for Alex Bain for his character of the young Simon Barlow.

Hollyoaks only picked up one award last night for ‘Best Family’ going to the McQueens, while The Bill was awarded the prize for ‘Best Drama’ for the fourth consecutive year and Emmerdale left empty-handed.

Damielle Jones - Eastenders

The cast of the BBC 1 soap opera Eastenders, collected three of the five awards presented at the TV Quick and TV Choice Awards last night.

The ceremony took place at the Dorchester Hotel with the cast of the ITV soap ‘Emmerdale’ and the Channel 4 soap ‘Hollyoaks’, leaving the annual event empty handed.

As well as receiving the Award for Best Soap, former Eastenders actress Lauren Crace, who played the part of Danielle Jones for seven-months, won the prize for the Best Soap Newcomer, despite leaving the show in April.

Lauren was also awarded for her part in the Best Soap Storyline, which saw Danielle attempting to build a relationship with her birth mother Ronnie Mitchell, played by Samantha Womack.  Just as Ronnie began to accept Danielle as her daughter, the young girl was tragically knocked-down by a car and killed.

Coronation Streets latest newly-weds Steve and Becky McDonald, played by Simon Gregson and Katherine Kelly, were presented for the awards for the Best Actor and Actress of 2009.