Former and current One Life to Live stars Mingled For A Cause at Blondies in New York City on June 4. Kristen Alderson, Brittany Underwood, Jessica Leccia and Shenell Edmonds (pictured above) were among the stars that sang karaoke and mixed with fans at the second annual event, which helped raise money for Bailey House and AHA.  See more photos from the event after the jump.  READ MORE

One Life to Live and former Guiding Light star Jessica Leccia hung out with fans at the Jessica Leccia Fan Luncheon on March 12. During the event, held at Brother Jimmy’s in New York City, Leccia signed autographs, answered questions and took pictures with fans. See more photos from the Jessica Leccia Fan Luncheon after the jump. 

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Watching the ABC daytime lineup lately has been a little déjà vu for this old time soap viewer. Perhaps “copying” is too strong a term. Maybe “homage” would be a better word or, perhaps, “sticky fingers.” On the other hand, the stories in question here are different from either classic soap opera tropes (boy/girl-meets-hates-falls-in-love-with-girl/boy stuff) or classic soap cliches (supervillain-returns-from-the-dead-with-an-evil-twin shenanigans) because of their very specificity.

All three of the ABC’s daytime dramas currently are airing stories or arcs that have been a little too close to the mark of several cancelled Proctor & Gamble shows, begging the question “Does Brian Frons really admire those old, now defunct serials as much as he loves pilfering CBS soap stars?” Let us count the ways: READ MORE

What are your First Impressions of Jessica Leccia as Inez Salinger on One Life to Live? See more screencaps from her debut after the jump. READ MORE

In an interview with TV Guide Canada's Nelson Branco Days of our Live’s Crystal Chappell and One Life to Live’s Jessica Leccia talk Otalia, the upcoming second season of Venice, Leccia joining One Life to Live and share their reaction to OLTL getting rid of Kish.

TVG: Were you upset when One Life wrote out fledgling gay super-couple, Kish, off the canvas due to what ABC claims was an unfavorable reaction?

CC: Oh, of course. There isn’t a lot of LGBT representation out there now. It had a huge impact. I don’t know the reasons for their decision. I would imagine everyone is disappointed.

JL: I think the problem is after the set-up, the follow-up with gay characters is always difficult. Once you go there, creating a real story for gay characters, well, it’s hard [to fulfill the happily-ever-after]. I know that’s what happened with our story on GL. In order to make a gay couple real, you have to go all the way. And some viewers are uncomfortable with that prospect.