From Magic Milo (Drew Cheetwood) and his pals stripping down for charity on General Hospital, to Salem’s hottest getting their pants stuffed with dollars on Days of Our Lives, shirtless hunks were everywhere on soaps in April.

Vargas (Sean Douglas) sizzled with Nicole (Arianne Zucker) on DAYS, while Rick (Jacob Young) and Co. worked out at Forrester on The Bold and the Beautiful.

Check out shirtless soap hunks from All My Children, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital and The Young and the Restless after the jump! READ MORE

AJ, Elizabeth, Nikolas and Carly?  What happens when Carly takes AJ home to the Q Mansion?  Will someone  be doing a walk of shame, or will Carly just trying to keep AJ out of a bottle of booze?  Monica wants to know who AJ is trying to keep out of her eyesight.  Will Elizabeth give AJ yet another chance? What is it with Elizabeth and these Quartermaine men? She just can’t walk away!  Will Nikolas bow out gracefully? Nope, he tells Elizabeth he loves her and informs Laura of his plans for winning Elizabeth back. Laura may not be a fan of her son’s plan. 
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TV Guide’s Michael Logan has published his yearly prediction about which soaps have the best and worst chance of landing a Daytime Emmy Best Drama nomination. From the report:

The Bold and the Beautiful: After months and months of that hopelessly inane Liam-Hope-Steffy drivel, exec producer-head writer Brad Bell finally put the "bold" back in his show by killing off its longtime matriarch Stephanie Forrester with lung cancer — a move that was painful yet weirdly exhilarating and ballsy beyond belief. Bell wisely submitted the two episodes (shows 6448 and 6449, airdates: Nov. 12-13, 2012) where Stephanie's family and friends gather for an Irish-themed party to celebrate her life, little knowing they'll also be saying goodbye. Watching Celtic Woman perform "Danny Boy" at the bash was enough to put us on the floor, but the kicker left us immobile. Out of nowhere, Stephanie announces that she's going off to die at an undisclosed location and that no one — not even her children — will ever see her again. It was shocking, cruel, heartbreaking and so very Stephanie, who was a control freak to the very end. You've never seen anything like it in soaps, and you never will again.

Chance of a nomination: Excellent. READ MORE

They're the fictional, brother/sister duo bringing sexual chocolate back to Genoa City on CBS Daytime's The Young and the Restless. On today's Daytime Confidential podcast, Jamey Giddens and Luke Kerr welcome Angell Conwell and Redaric Williams, who play secretive siblings Leslie and Tyler Michaelson.

What has it been like for Conwell to take Leslie from being GC's go-to attorney, to the front burner, via a juicy murder mystery and dysfunctional family drama? How is model-turned-actor Williams managing to make the role of Tyler his own amid comparisons to Shemar Moore's Malcolm Winters?

Will fans ever accept the Michaelsons getting next to father/daughter pair Neil (Kristoff St. John) and Lily Winters (Christel Khalil), with the ghost of Dru and a very much alive Cane Ashby (Daniel Goddard) to contend with? Luke and Jamey get to the bottom of all of that and more in this fun-filled podcast interview!

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There's no denying Brit suds goddess Finola Hughes has brought sexy back to General Hospital, as super spy/top cop Anna Devane. Maybe that's why Nelson Branco has named her Sexiest Woman Alive in Soap Opera Uncensored? To find out why Branco thinks Hughes' milkshake brings all the Port Charles boys to the yard, click here! READ MORE

Johnny informs Connie that Morgan’s life is in danger.  Johnny explains there is an online gambling unit that’s been targeting rich kids, and Morgan is in deep.  Connie points out no one knows Morgan is Sonny’s son, since he’s been known at school as Morgan Benson. However, Johnny knows it’s only a matter of time before someone digs into Morgan’s life, and finds the connection to Sonny. He believes the gambling group will target Morgan soon.  
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