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Welcome to the Third Annual Soaps.com Sudzies!

These awards are for the 2008 season, so keep that in mind before you vote! Please be aware that this is the last time Passions will be a part of the Sudzies, as the show is no longer on the air. Note that if you post more than one name in any option that you aren't supposed to, your vote will not count.

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As everyone knows, this has been the final week for Passions , barring some surprise resurrection in the future. Unlike some of the characters on the series, I have little faith in such things and have been watching the show quickly move to its fated conclusion. Now everyone has seen the conclusion and has gotten the ending they wanted or didn't want. Tonight, we can each say a little goodbye to all of our favorite characters. I know I'll say... » Read More

After nine years of Theresa's crocodile tears and outrageous schemes, Passions Lindsay Hartley is enjoying life as a mom.

"I'm just hanging out and taking care of Isabella (4)," Lindsay Hartley told soaps.com when we ran into her and hubby Justin Hartley at a CW party in July. "It's great. She's at such a great age. She's a girl! She wants to dress up and wears my heels all the time. We do a lot of arts and crafts and read together.... » Read More

Although hopes for a beautiful future with Ethan may be slipping away for Gwen, the same isn't true for the actress who plays her. Liza Huber is now expecting a second child with her husband, Alex Heresterbeg. The news was confirmed by the actress' mother Lusan Lucci (famous as Erica on All My Children ). This will be Liza's second child. Her little boy, Royce Alexander, was born on December the 23rd, 2006 (see story ). No word yet on the due... » Read More

Even with Passions ending, Galen Gering (Luis Lopez-Fitzgerald) certainly won't be short of a hectic schedule. The thirty-seven year old actor recently welcomed another child into the world. Around July the 17th, his wife, Jenna, gave birth to a son they have named Jensen. He reportedly weighed in at 10 pounds and 12 oz. This is the second son for the couple following the birth of Dillon Phoenix two years ago. Galen and Jenna eloped in Las... » Read More

Passions fans won't want to miss what may be their last opportunity to purchase a little memento from the show. Following the success of the previous auction , there will be one more. On August the 9th, 2008 at 12:00 PM PST, a selection of props and costumes from the series will be going up for auction at the Premiere Props Warehouse. There will be a preview of the items from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM PST so that prospective buyers can check out... » Read More

Just a quick programming note. It has been announced that Passions will be concluding its run on DirecTV on Thursday, August the 7th, 2008 rather than on August the 11th as previously reported. If you're planning a Good-bye to Passions Party, it would be best to keep this in mind. You'll also be happy to know that DirecTV's The 101 Network will re-broadcast the final four episodes in a marathon on Friday, August the 8th.

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If you've been wondering where you can catch some of your favorite old Passions performers, you'll be getting a grand opportunity in August. Three former stars of the series joined up to appear in the film Buds for Life . Donn Swaby, originator of the role of Chad Harris Crane, starred in the feature and also served as writer (you can read more about what the multi-talented performer has been up to here ). The film also features two former... » Read More

After nine years of playing the entitled and ever-meddling Ivy Winthrop Crane, Kim Johnston Ulrich has been through it all on Passions - blackmail, a lightning storm, a tsunami and even DirecTV. So after speaking with her on the phone, I wasn’t surprised to learn that walking away from Harmony wasn’t exactly easy for the actress.

“We had been preparing for awhile because we knew the end was coming, but the last day was... » Read More

The last time we saw Spike on Passions , he was threatening Jessica (of course) in regards to their son. It’s been months since that happened, so when I recently spoke with Spike’s portrayer, Christopher Maleki, after he returned from a relaxing eight-day trip to the Virgin Islands, I assumed he would fill me in on Spike’s ridiculously evil return before the show’s finale in August. However, much to my disappointment, he let me know... » Read More

She has played Eve Russell since Passions began in 1999, but in just a few short weeks, her portrayer Tracey Ross and her fans must say goodbye to the good doctor permanently.

For the past nine years, we have seen Eve battle drug and alcohol addiction, Alistair, her sister Liz and her son/daughter Vincent/Valerie. She’s been a prostitute, a jazz singer and a doctor; she’s fallen in and out of love with both TC and Julian;... » Read More

Although Passions is scheduled to end on August the 11th, Canadian fans of the series can still look forward to it continuing to air on a daily basis. Super Channel, which is the only Canadian channel that still carries the series, has confirmed for us that they will continue airing episodes after it's finale. It won't just be repeats of the final season either, they will be re-airing episodes from the beginning.

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Now that Harmony seems to be verging on the end, in one way or another, it's only fitting that some of the mysteries of the past start to be resolved. One of these concerns what happened to that other Lopez-Fitzgerald brother, Antonio. We last caught a glimpse of Antonio when his "ghost" visited Luis on death row. Before that, of course, the brother's shared some much less compassionate moments. Antonio vanished in 2004 after the Crane jet he was... » Read More

For weeks Endora has been keeping her mother busy, refusing to materialize in a human form so they can leave Harmony. The little witch will soon be forced to do so and will show up in a guise we're not entirely used to. Next week, Endora will be visible as more than a stuffed animal or a bubble floating in midair. But she'll be back in her teenaged guise this time around. This has happened before, of course. Endora used to have a habit of aging... » Read More

Passions ' wonderfully talented McKenzie Westmore (Sheridan Crane) has just completed shooting a role on the hit Showtime series Dexter . The darkly comic series follows Dexter, a blood spatter expert for the Miami Police Department, who spends his off hours hunting down and murdering the guilty. Westmore will be playing the part of Natalie in an upcoming episode. On her website, she had this to say about it: "It was a really fun part! I cant... » Read More

Since we took a look at the original Charity last week, this time we'll follow the actresses who have played both her and her numerous doubles over the years. Perhaps more than any other character, Charity has had the habit of reappearing in false or evil variations of herself. After Zombie Charity, a succubus created by Kay which wreaked havoc on the town, there was also the Charity disguise which Kay used to deceive and seduce Miguel, a common... » Read More

Although Passions currently has its share of rather unpredictable blond women, the show used to have one who wasn't a Crane. Yes, I am speaking of course of Charity Standish, the insanely innocent and virginal niece of resident goody-goody Grace Bennett. She arrived in Harmony after Tabitha killed her mother, Faith. Like many of the women in her family, she had some degree of supernatural powers, hers being the ability to see some future... » Read More

Since the end of Passions was announced several months ago, many of the series' actors have already started moving on to other roles and new projects. Of course, for many of the show's long term characters, the move to a career independent of their characters in Harmony began when the show moved from NBC to DirecTV last year. Charles Divins (Chad Harris Crane) had one of the most shocking and disturbing exits when the show hit its climax on NBC... » Read More

If you watched this year's broadcast of the 35th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, you might have noticed that Passions was conspicuously absent. Not only did it not receive a nod in any of the more popular categories, the awards show proceeded without a single mention of it. Even the actors from the series seemed curiously invisible. » Read More

With the 35th Annual Daytime Emmys fast approaching and the often controversial and critically snubbed Passions ' reaching its end, it seemed like a good time to cast a nostalgic glance back at one of the series' most acidly criticized ventures. Creator, Producer and Head Writer, James E. Reilly, displayed his usual zest for outlandish controversy early on in the show's history when he created what may have been the most widely talked about... » Read More

Passions only completed shooting in March but that hasn't stopped Melinda Sward (Pretty Crane) from leaping back to the big screen. The actress is currently on set shooting the film Table For Three . She will play the role of Nina in the romantic comedy being produced by Starz. The film is being shot by its author, Michael Samonek, and tells the story of a single man who invites a seemingly perfect couple to come and live in his apartment. It... » Read More

Ever since Passions began back in 1999, it has opened with the theme song "Breathe" sung by Jane French. The theme even scored an Emmy nomination and garnered the young singer-songwriter widespread recognition. She has just released her second album: "Heavenly". Following up the release of her critically acclaimed first album "Euphoria" in 2002, this new album also features her recognizable voice singing catchy melodies over lush... » Read More

It may be awards season for TV but Passions McKenzie Westmore (Sheridan Crane) is set to receive a far more unique sort of honor. The talented actress is about to make a trek back to her old stomping grounds in Los Angeles and revisit her former high school. The Los Angeles County High School for the Arts will be honoring several of their alumni, including McKenzie, Josefina Lopez (author of Real Women Have Curves ) and actor Bill Ratner... » Read More

With Passions now behind them, two of the series' former stars have already moved on to another project together. The charming Eric Martsolf (Ethan Winthrop) will be joining the equally charming Erin Cardillo (Esme Vanderheusen) to star in a new short film by writer-producer Jennifer Medvin. The film, titled Gaydar , tells the story of a lesbian who continually falls for straight women. To help her out of this appalling predicament, she... » Read More

Aside from hosting some of daytime's most eccentric characters, Passions also hosts many of its most alluring and beautiful people. Small wonder then that so many of them got their first experiences in front of the cameras while working in the world of advertising. Long before advertisements for cosmetics, DirecTV and KY-Jelly were regularly integrated into conversations, the actors on the show were having a more direct experience working to... » Read More

As Juanita gets closer to harmony and her ultimate goal of wiping Pilar and her children off the globe, she also spends a lot more time talking to her henchman. Although it's generally a one-sided conversation, dominated by Juanita's murder fantasies and outraged rants, her unlucky henchman adds to his mumbled responses with frequent voiceover thoughts on just how crazy he thinks his boss really is. In the longstanding Passions tradition of... » Read More

It finally happened. After years of people promising to kill Alistair Crane, the most evil man in Harmony, he finally died. The death was an appropriately ironic one; the man who always sought to purify his family, often through torturing and even killing his own children or grandchildren, fell at the hands of his own son. "I gave you life! It's not fair that you should take mine," were his last words.

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In the past few weeks on Passions , glimmers of Sheridan past have come through in McKenzie Westmore's performance. Most long time viewers will recall the days when the heiress had a far more tender side, maybe too much so. Her naive and sheltered style was soon overthrown when malicious forces, mostly directed by her father, sought to tear her apart. One of these forces, of course, was Beth, who turned out to be Sheridan's half-sister, and kept... » Read More

Summer is coming, which always reminds us of Passions specialty: Bizarre summer plots. It was only a few years ago, two years ago to be precise, that little witch Endora, under the corrupting influence of a certain animated film which shall remain nameless, conjured up a friend for herself in the form of sexually ravenous mermaid, and general troublemaker, Siren. The flippant mermaid proceeded to ruin Kay's life, trying to steal both of her men... » Read More

Updated: May the 12th, 2008

If you've ever wanted to see a different side of charming young actress Emily Harper (Fancy Crane), you'll have a chance when she does a hosting gig in LA this month. Harper is scheduled to host The Best Damn Sketch Show Ever at the Acme Theatre at 8:00 PM on Sunday, May the 17th. This is her second time appearing on stage at the theater recently. She co-hosted a night featuring her fellow Passions... » Read More

Do you remember the time before Sheridan went to the dark side? If you do, you will likely remember some of the other actresses who have played the role. Although McKenzie Westmore will always be Sheridan Crane to most Passions fans, the part has actually been played by a few different actresses. Sara Paxton played the young Sheridan in flashbacks to the character's traumatic childhood in the early years of the show. Since then, she's moved... » Read More