After 72 years on the air, Guiding Light is over. Longtime fans said goodbye to their favorite dramatic and dysfunctional families, the Spauldings and the Lewises, on Friday, when CBS aired the soap's final episode after many seasons of marriages, divorces, remarriages, scandals, back-from-the-dead encounters and numerous miracles -- seven! -- that had paralyzed characters walking again. But beyond the melodrama, Guiding Light bolstered the careers of many of Hollywood's most famous stars. Before Footloose, Kevin Bacon played alcoholic teen T. J. 'Tim' Werner in 1980. James Earl Jones was one of the first African-American actors to have a regular role on a soap, when he starred in the 1960s. Heroes star Hayden Panettiere played a young Lizzie Spaulding from 1996 to 2000. And die-hard fans will even remember when Calista Flockhart had a minor role as a babysitter in the late '80s. As soap operas struggle to remain profitable and reality shows...
- 9/18/2009
- by StyleWatch
- People.com - TV Watch
Funny man Will Ferrell teams up with Brit adventurer Bear Grylls in a special episode of Discovery Channel's Man vs. Wild to air June 2. The two hike through the harsh arctic tundra of Sweden discovering animal carcasses and indulging in a little roasted eyeball - ew! Braving the chilling cold, Ferrell still manages to wring humor out of every moment as he promotes his latest film, Land of the Lost, in theaters June 5. - Amy Keith...
- 5/29/2009
- PEOPLE.com
Britney Spears is unhurt after being involved in a highway accident Saturday evening in the Los Angeles area. The pop star was driving her 2008 white Mercedes northbound on the 405 connector to the 101 freeway when the collision occurred at 8:18 p.m., the California Highway Patrol confirmed. According to the accident report, "The collision occurred when the driver of the Mercedes, driving in the #3 lane, in stop and go traffic failed to observe the vehicle directly ahead of her come to a complete stop. She attempted to brake but failed to stop her vehicle prior to colliding into the rear of the Nissan [in front of her]." The Nissan,...
- 4/13/2008
- PEOPLE.com
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