BRBTV birthdays this week ...

We're hitting Denver and Santa Barbara in the BRBTV birthdays this week ...

- Nina Arvesen, "Santa Barbara"'s long-suffering Angela Raymond whom you kinda had to keep your eye on, turns 45 today, May 16.
- Richard Hatch, who put temptation in the face of Claudia Blaisdel as Dean Caldwell on "Dynasty," and also was a brief original Stephen Slade on "Santa Barbara," turns 61 on Sunday, May 21.

Happy birthday to both!

Stephanie Beacham takes on "Love and Other Disasters"

Debuting in France this fall, then moving on to the U.K. and, in theory, the U.S. after that, the film "Love and Other Disasters" will star none other than our own Sable Colby, aka Stephanie Beacham, who stomped her spiked heels all over both "Dynasty" and "The Colbys." Beacham will share the scenes with heartthrob Orlando Bloom and his big sister, Samantha Bloom, in the romantic comedy.

The plot line from the IMDb: "An American intern at U.K. Vogue helps her friends find love." Beacham plays Felicity Wentworth in the movie. Gwyneth Paltrow and Brittany Murphy also star. The film is written and directed by Alek Keshishian.

One of the film's crew members has posted a few photos:
http://www.bysshe.com/lodpics.htm

"Dallas" movie gets a new director

Kenyan-born and London-bred filmmaker Gurinder Chadha has signed on to direct the new "Dallas" movie, set to begin filiming this year, the BBC reports. Chadha told the BBC that this incarnation of the popular CBS 1980s TV show will reflect our more contemporary world, though it will be true to the original characters.

"But it's set today and all the characters are much more extreme versions of how we remember them," she said.

Chadha replaces director Robert Luketic, who left the project last month. To read the BBC's whole story:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4931704.stm

Chadha is also attached to direct a movie version of Larry Hagman's other big show, "I Dream of Jeannie," ironically. Longtime novelist and prolific TV writer Sidney Sheldon, originator of the 1960s TV series, is involved in the writing of the project, as well.

Michael Brainard's got a couple on deck

Michael Brainard, who took over the role of Ted Capwell in the latter years of "Santa Barbara," has a couple movie projects scheduled for 2006 release. One is a horror flick called "Killing Ariel," written and directed by Fred Calvert. Brainard plays a leading character named Rick in this evidently low-budget thriller. To see some photos and learn more, check out the film's website: http://killingariel.com.

The other project has some bigger names attached to it, namely Marky-Mark Wahlberg (one of BRB's faves, if she does say so herself). In "Invincible," a Disney flick due in theaters August 25, Wahlberg plays a Philadelphia Eagles fan who, when he loses his wife and his job, decides to show up for an open tryout for the team. Brainard plays an Eagles coach in the film, directed by Ericson Core (who's done work on "The Fast and the Furious") and written by Brad Gann. Greg Kinnear makes an appearance in the film. To see the trailer, visit: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/index.html?dlink=invincible

Also check out http://www.vincepapale.com/movie.html. And Brainard keeps you apprised of the stuff he's got going on, at his own website: http://www.michaelbrainard.com

BRBTV birthdays this week ...

There were no BRBTV birthdays last week, but this week we've got a couple ...

- Denver Pyle, the venerable Uncle Jesse of "The Dukes of Hazzard," was born on May 11, 1920, and died on December 25, 1997.
- Karen Cellini, who took over the role of Amanda Carrington on "Dynasty," celebrates her 48th birthday on Saturday, May 13.

Spotted: Scott Jaeck

Scott Jaeck has had no trouble finding acting gigs since his days as Cain Garver on "Santa Barbara." He's been Paige Matthews' biological father Sam on the WB's "Charmed" off and on over the years (even this very year). He's played Dr. Steven Flint on "ER" and FBI Agent Kriegel on "NYPD Blue." This past weekend, as we cracked into a fabbo set of old videotapes, we completely rediscovered that he was Captain Janeway's original No. 1, before the ship got lost, on "Star Trek: Voyager" (character name: Lt. Commander Cavit). How fun!

Last night, however, this actor with the pretty good acting chops, pretty distinctive gray hair and pretty confusing last name turned up on none other than BRB's massively favorite new show, "Prison Boys." Ooops, er ... we mean, "Prison Break"! (And thanks, Fox, by the way, for taking an impossible premise and making a dynamite show out of it! ... But is D.B. doing to be OK? We really like him! And John! We like him, too! C-Note rocks, too. The way he and D.B. started to respect each other ... And the brothers ... oooooh the brothers ... we won't even go there!) Anyway! In a previous episode and in last night's episode, he's played a slimy secret-agent type. Last night he iced one of the good characters. Yikes! Rock on, Mr. Jaeck!

BRBTV News Blog Blip: Priscilla Presley, former Jenna Wade on "Dallas" but better known as Mrs. Elvis, just gave the final four contestants of "American Idol" a special tour of Graceland, as we lead up to tonight's phase of the competition, which will have them crooning Elvis Presley songs.

See My Lee!

OK, this installment of our occasional "See My Lee!" feature has quite the twist. Special thanks to Paul Harrington of the Canadian Dukes of Hazzard Fan Club for passing along these photos ...

This blog reported a couple weeks back that a company in Flint, Michigan, called Hardcore Racing was going to jump a General Lee. Well, Hardcore actually listed their General Lee (built by General Lee Enterprises, by the way) on eBay as an "as is" auction of the car in whatever condition it would survive this jump (a jump televised for use by the Discovery Channel, no less):
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=4634722696&fromMakeTrack=true

Wanna see what happened? Behold ... the before and after photos, below. And definitely check out Hardcore Racing's website, http://www.weracehardcore.com, to see the actual video of the April 29 jump, which featured original "Dukes of Hazzard" stunt guy Tom Sarmento, among others.

Now, if that's not fun, tell me what the heck is???????

Look for John Allen Nelson this fall

Ooooh ... We just love news about John Allen Nelson, the first (and finest -- and definitely BRB's favorite) Warren Lockridge on "Santa Barbara." So hunky, so tall, so .... sigh ... Anyway, special thanks to Mark, a member of the Get SB on TV Yahoo group and an employee of a certain major network, for the tipoff on this one ...

A new drama series featuring Nelson is queued up at Fox for this fall. "Vanished" is the story of a senator's wife who comes up missing. It's just been picked up for Fox's slate of shows for the new season.

The series comes from Josh Berman, a writer for "CSI." Mimi Leder is directing. Nelson, who's signed on as Senator Jeffrey Collins, is joined in the cast by Rebecca Gayheart and Joanne Kelly.
To read more visit:
http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=9877
http://www.thefutoncritic.com/newswire.aspx?id=7140

The hourlong drama format has certainly been the Texas-born Nelson's forte since leaving "SB." He's done stints on very early "Baywatch," as well as "Quantum Leap," "Matlock," Murder, She Wrote" and even the current season's "24."

Coming next week: Another installment in our "See My Lee" feature, and this one is fun!

A look at Season 5 DVD of "Dallas"

The next "Dallas" DVD release, the fifth season, has gotten its listing page on Amazon.com and is open for business. Its Amazon sales ratings has already been in the 500s for DVDs. The five-disc set, which has a list price of $39.98, is selling for $27.99.

According to TVShowsonDVD.com, the DVD set contains a single featurette, "A Living Landmark, a Tour of the Real Southfork Ranch."

The actual release date for the fifth season DVD is August 1.

"Dynasty" reunion highlights

In case you didn't catch it last night (and what could have been more important, anyway?), here are some highlights and notable quotables from last night's broadcast of "Dynasty Reunion: Catfights & Caviar" on CBS.

The setting was casual, though the dress was certainly nice (Joan Collins and Linda Evans in Nolan Miller, of course). Cast members gathered at the Filoli mansion, filming site for the Carrington mansion scenes in the show, and chatted over champagne, their conversation interspersed with clips from the series. Collins arrived through the Filoli's front door and was greeted by Evans, who'd just come down the grand staircase. After the first commercial break, they were joined by Pamela Sue Martin and Al Corley, also descending the staircase. Gordon Thomson later entered boldly through the double doors. After subsequent commercial breaks, Catherine Oxenberg came down the stairs to join the group, then Collins and Evans chatted about their catfights (and a montage of the show's catfights was shown with Pat Benatar's "Hit Me With Your Best Shot" playing over it -- that was fun). John Forsythe finally made his appearance at the end of the reminiscing. Interview clips of other cast members, such as Pamela Bellwood and Emma Samms, were also shown.

Joan Collins
"My most exciting time in 'Dynasty' was when we became the No. 1 show. We loved the enthusiasm that everyone had for the show. ... We felt we were invincible."
To Evans: "I think not just you and me, but John, were pivotal parts in it (the show). You had this great relationship all the way through the show."
On Alexis: "I'm constantly defending her, because I liked her, and so did the audience."
On the Moldavian Massacre: "We had no idea who was going to live or die." (Evans then mentions the sprinkling of blood on the actors in the massacre scene.) "The more blood we had, the less chance we had of coming back."
To Evans: "Those catfights, I'm still in agony over all of them. ... Let's drink to the catfights! And you always started them. I always said, Alexis doesn't fight with her fists, she fights with her tongue. ... The first one was the pillow fight. The feathers flying all over the place. And at the end, what was it that you said?" (The clip is shown: "If you want a rematch, just whistle, if you can.") ... "The fight scene that everyone seems to remember the most is the lily pond. ... When I went into the water, that was my stunt girl again!"

Linda Evans
"I think that everybody's under the illusion that if you're rich you have no problems, and we showed them complex lives."
"What an amazing, amazing life experience. I wouldn't have changed it for anything in the world. How wonderful to have experienced it. How wonderful to have lived it."
To Collins: "People always thought of us as archetypes. ... I think we represent both sides of every woman. ... I must say I don't think 'Dynasty' would have been the success it was without you."
"You have to admit that after five years, they had no idea what to do with our characters. I had to play my double, have a Southern accent and red hair."
To Collins, on the catfight with Krystle's "twin," Rita: "That was probably one of the most difficult things I'd done in my life. ... It was exhausting. I must say, it's much more fun beating you up! ... You were threatening to my life, to my husband, to someone that I love. And I would allow you and allow you, until one day you crossed over that threshhold."

Gordon Thomson
"One of the nastiest things Adam ever did, and one of the toughest things I found to do, inside, was rape. ... I really was a son-of-a-b--ch."
"I must say, bad and evil as I appeared to be, I couldn't hold a candle to you, Joan."
On the Moldavian Massacre: "I was given a joke T-shirt: 'I survived Amanda's wedding.'

John Forsythe
On Blake: "He was such a strong character, so varied, so multifaceted."
"Joan Collins was a tremendous plus to the show. I expected she was going to be good, but not to the extent that she was."
"At the airport, I was bustling along, and this woman stopped me and she hit me with her purse. I asked her what's wrong, and she said, 'I don't like the way you're treating Krystle!'"

Pamela Sue Martin
On leaving the show: "I just felt like I'd been inside a studio for a long time and it was time to get outdoors."
On Forsythe: "He treated me like a daughter because (smile) ... I was always misbehaving."

Catherine Oxenberg
To Collins: "You're the first person to turn the word 'b--ch' into a compliment. ... She used to call me Little B--ch, and I called her Big B--ch."

Al Corley
On leaving the show: "There are a lot of pressures in doing TV shows and a lot of pressures from sponsors. ... I just felt it was hard to go any further with the character."
"I had no idea how important this character was to a lot of people."
To Collins: "My favorite over-the-top, when I was on the show, was when you killed Lloyd Bochner." (Laughs, then the clip is shown of Cecil's love-nest heart attack) "You said you liked being on top!"

Jack Coleman
"At first I tiptoed around a little bit like, oh, I'm the new Steven."

Emma Samms
"'Dynasty' was about a very rich family, and the joy of it was, it didn't make them happy."

"Dukes" ride high at the Motor City Comic Con

Fans of the TV show "The Dukes of Hazzard" have a lot to look forward to at this year's Motor City Comic Con in Novi, Michigan. This is generally a good show anyway, but this year, the media guest list is rather eye-popping (even Charlene Tilton of "Dallas" will be there -- all three days, BRBTV learned from the event organizer). There'll be a "Dukes of Hazzard" display that will be awesome, with the General Lee, Rosco's cars and a traveling museum, as well as your own BRB signing copies of the new print version of the "Them Dukes! Them Dukes!" fact book.

The Canadian Dukes of Hazzard Fan Club, based in Ruscom Station, Ontario, Canada, will display the General Lee, along with two Hazzard County Sheriff's cars modeled after the vehicles used in the originial series and in the 2005 motion picture. The fan club will also feature its traveling "Canadian Dukes of Hazzard Museum" at the Novi comic con, which is in a new location this year, the Rock Financial Showplace. The show runs May 19, 20 and 21.

Paul Harrington is founder / president of the Canadian Dukes of Hazzard Fan Club and a lifelong "Dukes" fan. He's heading up the "Dukes" display. Harrington, who had a role as an extra in the 2005 "Dukes" film, has been displaying his "Dukes" collection since 1997.

"This year will be the largest 'Dukes of Hazzard' display that I have ever put together in one place, including props from the original TV series and the 2005 movie, and I'm pulling many friends into this with their TV and movie star cars," Harrington says. He purchased his own 1969 Charger in 1991 in Georgia, where the first five episodes of the show were filmed.

A hard-core "Dukes" fan through and through, Harrington is pals with Jerry Rushing, the actor, author and former moonshiner who was the inspiration behind the "Dukes," has met all of the "Dukes" stars over the years and even featured a "Dukes"-inspired car chase in the May 2000 wedding to his wife, Cheryl! Harrington is founder and president of the Jerry Rushing Fan Club in which Rushing's daughter is an active member. Harrington works as a licensed mechanic in Essex, Ontario, at Elford & Stowe Ltd., where some of the display cars have been built.

BRB is delighted that Harrington asked her to be part of his "Dukes" display. She'll be signing copies of "Them Dukes! Them Dukes!" on the Saturday of the show, and possibly on Sunday, depending on how things work out. To learn more about the fact book, which includes cast list, character guide, episode guide and lots more (and really, you probably know the deal by now, if you're a reader of this blog), click on the link from the BRBTV.com home page.

Besides the "Dukes" display, the Motor City Comic Con will feature a huge 40th anniversary celebration of the TV show "Batman," with appearances by several of the show's stars: Adam West, Burt Ward, Yvonne Craig, Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether and Malachi Throne. An original Batmobile will be there, along with a Batcycle, Batcomputer and other goodies.

"We're the first convention to have this many 'Batman' cast members brought together at one time," says Gary Bishop, event organizer. "And we're the only show this year that's celebrating the show's 40th anniversary."

The Motor City Comic Con runs 1:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and 10:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. For more information about the show, visit www.motorcitycomiccon.com. For more information about the Canadian Dukes of Hazzard Fan Club, visit www.canadiandukes.com.

Websites offer peek into "Dynasty" reunion

Tomorrow night is THE night for "Dynasty" fans, as cast members gather to reminisce on "Catfights and Caviar" on CBS at 10 p.m. EST. Be sure to check out the movie's page on CBS' website:
http://www.cbs.com/specials/dynasty

Also check out ShoulderPads.net, which has a nice array of press release info and photos from the special:
http://www.shoulderpads.net/reunion

BRBTV News Blog Blip: Thanks to the who reader reported that "The Tillamook Treasure," starring our own Julia Campbell (Courtney Capwell of "Santa Barbara") won the Outstanding Achievement in Film, Family Feature Award at 2006 the Newport Beach Film Festival last night.

Spotted: This morning, while BRB was on that ole stairstepper, and watching a vintage black-and-white episode of "The Twilight Zone" (one of her very favorite shows, you understand), there, in the flesh (sorta) was an amazingly young James Best of "The Dukes of Hazzard," playing a Western type in a Western-type episode of the show, entitled "The Grave." Best was side-by-side with Lee Marvin in this tale of a man who must confront his fear of an old nemesis by visiting his grave to win a bet. Marvo! But then, we always knew that Best's pre-"Dukes" resume is quite impressive, and quite colored with Wild West roles.

It's a family affair for Audrey Landers' new movie

Audrey Landers, a BRBTV double-shot as Afton Cooper of "Dallas" and a couple roles on "The Dukes of Hazzard," has teamed with her sister Judy, the other half of the "Landers Sisters" of 1980s lore, to write and direct "Circus Island." The 2006 made-for-TV movie also features a host of other Landers family members: Judy's daughters Kristy and Lindsay, Audrey's sons Adam and Daniel, and Judy and Audrey's mom Ruth Landers is the executive producer. Hunky Ed Marinaro (Creighton Boyd of "Dynasty," of course) is thrown in for good measure.

The plot line from the IMDb: "In this lighthearted family adventure, 15-year-old Gabrielle runs away from home to find her deadbeat dad, who is a trapeze flyer living on a tropical island. Together, they turn the island into a circus camp for teens. It is a family circus in more ways than one. Danger, tears, love and laughter: It all happens under the big top!"

To see more about the film, visit the Landers' production site: http://www.landersproductionz.com/

BRBTV News Blog Blip: Keep an eye out tonight (and fingers crossed, hands folded or whatever it is you do), at the Daytime Emmy Awards broadcast, for two of our "SB" stars: Kim Zimmer (Jodie Walker), nominated for outstanding lead actress in a drama series, and Robert Newman (one of the Kirk Cranstons), nominated for outstanding lead actor in a drama series. They do their great work nowadays, of course, on CBS' "Guiding Light."

"Dynasty" divas doing double-duty on the dishin'

"The claws come out tomorrow ..." (At least that's what they said last night!) Today's broadcast of "Entertainment Tonight" will, once again, feature Joan Collins and Linda Evans, talking about their "Dynasty" catfighting days and the upcoming reunion. Check your local listings, for sure!

Certainly the reunion movie, scheduled to air on CBS at 10 p.m. on May 2, is generating all the typical buzz, and us "Dynasty" fans are eating it up! Check these out, while you're browsing around:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/news/2006-04-24-dynasty_x.htm

http://www.tvguide.com/Soaps/SoapsNews/default.htm?cmsRedir=true&rmDate=04142006&cmsGuid={7351145E-2660-435F-BDF7-C920D01B1E11}&cmsSrch=true

Paul Johansson goes "Toxic"

Paul Johansson, our Greg Hughes / Richardson of "Santa Barbara" who's now a regular as Dan Scott on the WB's "One Tree Hill," has a new movie project scheduled for release this year.

"Toxic," a drama / thriller in postproduction, also stars Steven Bauer of "Wiseguy" fame and Costas Mandylor of "Picket Fences." Johansson plays a character named Gus in the film. Alan Pao directed and wrote the film, with help from Corey Large.

BRBTV News Blog Blip: We had gotten word a couple weeks ago that Linda Gray was doing a guest shot on the WB's "Pepper Dennis" last Tuesday, but we couldn't get it confirmed. Turns out the appearance was in last night's episode: Gray played the mother of a "runaway bride" at a frou-frou society wedding.

Only one birthday (girl) this week ...

Nancy Lee Grahn, our own Julia Wainwright of "Santa Barbara" who's now turning in good time as Alexis Davis on ABC's "General Hospital," is our sole BRBTV birthday this week, turning the big 5-0 this Friday, April 28. Happy birthday!

General Lee takes a jump in Michigan

Thanks to Paul at the Canadian Dukes of Hazzard Fan Club for passing this one along ...

The General Lee will be making a jump in Flint, Michigan, this weekend. It’s on Saturday, April 29, from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Hardcore Racing Inc., G-5200 Clio Road in Flint. Event organizers are throwing in some other fun stuff. Here’s the lowdown from their promotional materials:

- Food, delicious food, scrumptious food, tasty food, and lots of it
- A disc jockey, playing all yur favo-rite music
- The Discovery Channel will be here filming the jumpin’
- The General Lee is gonna juuump
- Watch a car get tested on Hardcore’s Chassis Dynamometer
- Watch an engine get tested on Hardcore’s Engine Dynamometer
- Look around, take a shop tour, see what we do around here
- Enter the Chopper Raffle and win a cool scooter
- Ya hafta be here, how else can you win a door prize?
- We got us a race car challenge — are you up to it?
- Oh boy, the Hardcore Girls will be signing autographs
- For the youngins, we got a Bounce House and face painting

(Discovery Channel, we’ll be anxious to see how that turned out! Rock on!)

John Schneider returns (briefly) to "Smallville"

OK, he did say, when refuting the rumors of his character Pa Kent's demise on "Smallville," that he had seen scripts of future episodes with his character in them ... And this is one of those scripts!

Pa Kent, and John Schneider of "The Dukes of Hazzard" fame, will have a return engagement on the Thursday, May 4 episode of the WB series. The episode is called "Oracle," and in it, according to the WB's press materials, Schneider shows up as the ghost of Jonathan Kent at the graveyard. He tells his son, the young Clark Kent, that Clark must kill Lionel Luthor, Lex Luthor's father, who knows the secrets of Clark's super-abilities. This, of course, causes a bit of confusion for Schneider's TV son, played by Tom Welling.

Robin Mattson dallies with "The Last Guy on Earth"

Joining a huge all-star cast that includes Yasmine Bleeth, Delta Burke, Brett Butler, Phyllis Diller, Whoopi Goldberg and tons more, our own Gina DeMott Capwell of "Santa Barbara," aka Robin Mattson, will appear in the new movie "The Last Guy on Earth."

The plotline from the IMDb: "J.J., a slacker landscaper, is about to marry the only girl he's ever been with, when he's knocked unconscious. He awakes to find that he has become 'The Last Guy On Earth' ... and that every single female on the entire planet, has a personal agenda for him."

Scheduled for 2006 release, the film is written and directed by Jim Fitzpatrick, who, by the way, has done some acting gigs on TV shows like the WB's "Supernatural" and UPN's "Star Trek: Enterprise," among other things.

BRBTV News Blog Blip: The Ultimate Dallas website is reporting that the fifth season of "Dallas" will be released on DVD on August 1.

Linda Gray on "Reflections of a Life"

Linda Gray is currently starring in the independent film written and directed by Kathi Carey, "Reflections of a Life." If you check out the official website for the film, you can watch an interview with Gray regarding her role as the best friend Linda in the narrative short film, which is the story of one woman's battle with breast cancer:
http://www.reflectionsofalife.com/

Carey herself plays the title character in the film, which is shot from a single location. The half-hour film is being screened at film festivals in Houston, San Francisco and Palm Beach in the coming weeks.

BRBTV News Blog Blip: If you visit this page ... http://www.wfaa.com/mojo/ ... and click on the feature called "Unfinished mansion famous, infamous," you can watch a little news report by WFAA-TV of Dallas / Fort Worth on the ranch used in the pilot of "Dallas." (After the show's beginning, the cast and crew moved from this ranch, in Frisco, to the ranch made famous as Southfork, the former Duncan Ranch that's now named Southfork and open for tours.) Fun!

BRBTV birthdays this week

We gotta couple-a replacement Dukes and a high hunk quotient in this week's birthday roster ...

- Byron Cherry, who stepped in as Coy Duke in the fifth season of "The Dukes of Hazzard," turned 48 yesterday, April 17.
- Timothy Gibbs, our own Dash Nichols of "Santa Barbara, also had a birthday yesterday, turning a very young 39. (Wowzers, is that right?)
- John James, our Jeff Colby of "Dynasty," makes the big half-century mark today, April 18.
- Dick Sargent, who stepped in as Sheriff Grady Byrd on "The Dukes," filling in for Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane (that is a theme today, after all) was born on April 19, 1930 and died on July 8, 1994.
- Christopher Mayer, our other replacement Duke as Vance in "The Dukes," and a BRBTV double-shot as T.J. Daniels on "SB," turns 51 on Friday, April 21.
- Steve Bond, our own Mack Blake on "SB," turns 53 on Saturday, April 22.

Happy hunky birthday to all!!!

Diahann Carroll begins new U.S. tour

Feinstein's at the Regency in Manhattan is the place to be if you want to catch our own "Dynasty" diva, Diahann Carroll, who even flexed her vocal cords on the show back then, in the '80s. The lovely songstress will open a new U.S. tour this week at Michael Feinstein's well-known New York nightclub.

Carroll brings her cabaret act to the club beginning tomorrow and performs through April 29. Showtimes are at 8:30 p.m. each Tuesday through Thursday, with 8:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. shows on Friday and Saturday. For tickets or to learn more, visit the website for Feinstein's at the Regency:
http://www.feinsteinsattheregency.com

Carroll, meanwhile, is quoted in this week's Parade magazine regarding her quite full single life these days, at age 70: "I was always married to my career," she says, "so I wasn't very good at being married." She says she doesn't believe she'll ever marry again, after marriages over the years to casting director Monte Kay, restaurateur Freddie Glusman, editor Robert DeLeon, and most famously, singer Vic Damone.

BRBTV News Blog Blip: We've got an update on the report of Julia Campbell starring in the feature film "The Tillamook Treasure." Special thanks to the reader who tipped us off in the comments forum: The film will have its world premiere at the Newport Beach Film Festival in California next Sunday at 4 p.m. Check out the full schedule at www.newportbeachfilmfest.com.

Don Pedro Colley will appear at San Diego con

Best known (at least to us) as Sheriff Ed Little in "The Dukes of Hazzard," Don Pedro Colley does quite a few comic cons these days (BRB met him at the Dragon*Con in Atlanta in July 1999, for instance). One upcoming appearance he has going is the biggie, the Comic Con International in San Diego on July 20-23.

For more details, see http://www.comic-con.org.

BRBTV News Blog Blip: "Entertainment Tonight" will feature the son of Charlton Heston of "Dynasty" and "The Colbys," talking about his father's Alzheimer's disease, in tomorrow's broadcast.

Back with more bloggin' on Monday. Happy Easter ...

BRBTV birthdays this week

Have some cake for these folks ...

- Lee Bergere, the long-suffering and perhaps twisted Joseph Aynders of "Dynasty," turned 82 on Monday, April 10.
- Joel Grey, the unforgettable Adam who taunted J.R. in the series finale of "Dallas," turned 74 yesterday, April 11.
- Howard Keel, the ever-responsible Clayton Farlow of "Dallas," was born on April 13, 1919 and died on November 7, 2004.
- Terry Lester, who was the second Mason Capwell on "Santa Barbara," was born on April 13, 1950 and died on November 28, 2003.
- Loretta Lynn, who gets some credit with BRBTV even though her time on "The Dukes of Hazzard" was brief, turns 71 on Friday, April 14.
- Lois Chiles, that slinky ole Holly Harwood on "Dallas" (we always wanted her hair; it was so fluffy and cool), turns 59 on Saturday, April 15.
- Peter Mark Richman, one of our favorites and certainly a BRBTV double-shot for his time as Andrew Laird on "Dynasty" and the first C.C. Capwell on "SB," turns 79 on Sunday, April 16.

Happy birthday to all!

Shelton, Scoggins meet up with "Hyde"

We told you yesterday about the horror flick Tracy Scoggins has out this month. Today, we'll touch on another current project for her, one that also stars our own Mandy Winger of "Dallas," Deborah Shelton.

"The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde" is the latest adaptation of the well-known Robert Louis Stevenson classic. Directed and written by John Carl Buechler, the film puts Scoggins front and center as Karen Utterson, with Shelton playing a character named Donna Carew. Tony Todd of "Candyman" takes the title role. Both of our BRBTV actresses look great in this one, with Shelton even sporting blond hair.

Check out the movie's trailer and more at http://www.jekyllandhydemovie.com.