Changing Shoes » Guiding Light http://blog.changingshoes.com One woman’s search for the meaning of life in a closet full of shoes. Thu, 17 May 2012 15:44:37 +0000 en hourly 1 15 Most Fascinating People of 2010 http://blog.changingshoes.com/2011/02/15-most-fascinating-people-of-2010/ http://blog.changingshoes.com/2011/02/15-most-fascinating-people-of-2010/#comments Fri, 11 Feb 2011 20:39:37 +0000 tsloan http://blog.changingshoes.com/?p=212 2010mostfascinating

2010 has a banner year for WE LOVE SOAPS TV. We have enjoyed bringing you the hottest news stories, deepest interviews, classic clips, historical articles, and cutting edge indie soaps, 365 days of the year. We have relished the opportunity to witness, and at times be a part of, the changing landscape of the soap industry, both on and off-screen.

We wanted to end 2010 with a special list of individuals who compelled, captivated, and fascinated us this past year. These are people who one way or another broke new ground making soap history, blazed new trails, and inspired the creative souls of their audience and their peers. Below is our list of the 15 Most Fascinating People of 2010.

Tina Sloan (Theodora, EMPIRE; Katherine, VENICE)
Why Is She So Fascinating? Sloan demonstrated inspiring new vitality and spirit after the ending of the 26 year role as Lillian on GUIDING LIGHT. She wrote “Changing Shoes,” an autobiographical piece that entertains, inspires, and enlightens like no other book you have read in 2010. She performed her one woman play of the same name for thousands of fans around the country including former President George H.W. Bush.

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She also appeared in multiple films including Oh My Love, Black Swan and Happy New Year. Sloan grabbed the Indie Soap Revolution storm by taking on a second role in 2010, a hilarious portrayal of the conniving and manipulative villianess Theodora on EMPIRE, which brought comparisons to her bitchy Kate Cannell on SOMERSET in the 1970s.

For the entire list of the “15 Most Fascinating People” click here.

]]> http://blog.changingshoes.com/2011/02/15-most-fascinating-people-of-2010/feed/ 0 America Has Lost Its Light http://blog.changingshoes.com/2009/04/america-has-lost-its-light/ http://blog.changingshoes.com/2009/04/america-has-lost-its-light/#comments Wed, 22 Apr 2009 21:02:17 +0000 admin http://blog.changingshoes.com/?p=30 On April Fools Day, CBS cancelled Guiding Light – the show which has been an emotional history of our country since 1937.  Guiding Light, the longest running serial in television history, is an open time capsule of the American scene. The show reveals for future generations what America loved and feared from the years of the Great Depression to the present. From its inception, Guiding Light has been watched by multi-generations sitting side-by-side to learn from the sins and joys and foibles of every era – the Korean War, the revolution of the 60’s, Silicon Valley, the tragedy of September 11th.

Future generations will be able to study the emotional journey of our country by viewing episode 28 or 452 or 10,001 or 15,688. Though Guiding Light chronicles the American scene, Love is our viewer’s favorite topic and the one, we as actors, enjoy playing the most.

The capsule is closing and the Light will leave CBS on September 18th after more than 15,700 episodes. But the Light could stay on as we could be picked up by cable tv morphing from radio to tv to cable just as our country morphs and grows.  We truly show how our country changes and grows as we grow with it and change with it.

—Keep the Light

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