On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast The Young and the Restless star Sean Kanan visits with Jamey Giddens and Luke Kerr about his new book The Modern Gentleman: Cooking and Entertaining With Sean Kanan. During their chat The Bold and The Beautiful, Sunset Beach and General Hospital alum shares how his passion for making delicious meals and showing guys they can still be a "man's man" and a good entertainer at the same time, inspired him to write the tome.

Kanan outlines how confusing it can be for today's man when trying to navigate a post feminist society, while also being a gentleman . He also weighs in on the Metrosexual movement of the late 90's and early 2000's.

Of course, we couldn't have one of our favorite soap baddies on with talking a little suds. Melody Thomas Scott is back on a contract at Y&R, this has Luke wondering if we’ll see more of Deacon and Nikki in the coming weeks and months. Meanwhile, Jamey is still holding out "Hope" for Kanan to return to B&B, where his wildly popular character originated. Find out what Kanan has to say about all of that.

To pick up your copy of Modern Gentleman: Cooking and Entertaining With Sean Kanan, click here!

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On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast Jamey Giddens and Luke Kerr are joined by Days of Our Lives star Molly Burnett, who previews her upcoming gig as host of ACME's Hollywood Saturday Night this September 17. Burnett also dishes about "DAYS 2.0" and the returns of Deidre Hall (Dr. Marlena Evans), Drake Hogestyn (John Black) and Mathew Ashford (Jack Deveraux) to the soap opera.

How will Melanie deal with her dad Daniel's (Shawn Christian) new girlfriend Jennifer's (Melissa Reeves) wacky ex-husband Jack (Ashford) returning to Salem? Burnett promises Melanie will be all up in that mix! The actress also shares her hopes to one-day work with exiting TV mom Crystal Chappell again and reveals what it's been like to share so much screen time with daytime legend Suzanne Rogers (Maggie).

If you are in the SoCal area, you won't want to miss this funny lady at ACME Comedy Theatre (located at 135 N. La Brea Ave Hollywood, CA 90036) for Hollywood Saturday Night, starting at 8 pm. PST. on Sept. 17. Not in LA? watch the show streaming live at www.acmecomedy.com. READ MORE

The Young and the Restless’ Michael Muhney is an outspoken advocate for reforming the Daytime Emmy nomination process.

On today’s Daytime Confidential podcast, the always hilarious Muhney returns to discuss his passion for improving the Daytime Emmys,  the state of Adam and Sharon’s (Sharon Case) relationship and his offscreen friendship with onscreen brother Joshua Morrow (Nicholas Newman). He also shares his personal story about why he’s participating in the 2011 L.A. Cancer Challenge.  Find out how you can help Muhney reach his goal!

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Eve Myles, the in demand Welsh actress and Gwen Cooper, the top secret Torchwood agent, tasked with keeping mankind safe from sinister, extraterrestrial threats—alongside her dashing, usually immortal, omnisexual pal Captain Jack Harkness (John Barrowman)—have more in common than their looks.

After a revealing chat with Myles, who brought her iconic character across the pond in Starz and BBC's joint production of Torchwood: Miracle Day, I learned when it comes to balancing work and motherhood (Myles and partner Bradley Freegard welcomed daughter Matilda Myles Freegard in 2009), whether said work is temporarily relocating to Hollywood for a high profile acting gig or trying to solve "The Miracle," it's all about looking at the bigger picture.

Pop Confidential: Gwen has had an incredibly emotional journey so far in Torchwood: Miracle Day. Not only is she trying to save the world, but also her family, often times at cross purposes. As a mother in real-life have you ever wondered what you would do if you found yourself in Gwen Cooper’s particularly badass shoes?

Eve Myles: No [Pauses] [Laughs]. I don’t actually think I can phrase that any stronger. Absolutely, not. I find it very difficult, I mean I just finished work maybe half an hour ago, from doing 13 hours today, and every second of it aches my body when I’m away from my little girl. On the other hand, I’m working an hour up the road, doing a little drama, whereas Gwen Cooper has to see the bigger picture and save the world—for her little girl—everyday. If she doesn’t do what she does to the best of her ability, well then her little girl will suffer in the end. Unfortunately for Gwen Cooper, she doesn’t have a choice. She has to go ahead and kick ass. Fortunately for the human race Gwen Cooper and Jack Harkness are on their side [Laughs].
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Alexa Havins has come a long way since she was stealing babies from beloved lesbian icons as Babe Carey Chandler on ABC Daytime's All My Children. Even still, the beautiful, talented starlet, with the bubbly, infectious laugh, certainly hasn't forgotten where she got her start, or where she met the man who would become her husband and baby daddy (Daughter Lexington was born Aug. 9, 2010), then-costar Justin Bruening, who played Jamie Martin opposite Havins on the soap opera.

Havins then gets personal about how it felt to learn the soap opera that not only gave the young actress her start, but essentially her family, was being cancelled, only to be saved by the Internet at the eleventh hour. With so many big name alums like Josh Duhamel and Eva La Rue returning to Pine Valley before the All My Children picture book closes on network TV, will Havins and Bruening be returning as Babe and Jamie? After she answers that, Havins gives us a sneak peek at tonight's sure-to-be exciting episode of Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Pop Confidential: Congratulations on the strong debut ratings for Torchwood: Miracle Day.

Alexa Havins: You know I was curious, I just said to my husband, “I wonder how the numbers did and I don’t know what the ratings are,” so you’re the first to tell me [Laughs].

PC: I think they were 1.5 million?

AH: For cable that’s really good!

PC: Yeah, they were good.

AH: I don’t know what they’re aiming for, but you know what? It’s one of those interesting situations to be in a show that’s not like a new debut, but in a way it is new to many people stateside, so it’s interesting to see.

PC: I think I read somewhere that it matched the highest rated original scripted debut for Starz.

AH: Oh fantastic! Then they’re happy [Laughs]! That’s good, so then it won’t be uncomfortable when I see everyone at Comic-Con [Laughs]!

PC: Nope! What has it been like becoming part of the whole Dr. Who/Torchwood universe?

AH: It’s interesting to be part of a show that has such a strong legacy. I mean we all know how long Dr. Who’s been with us, and since [Torchwood creator] Russell [ T. Davis] did the revamp. The second the job offer came around I was really enticed at the opportunity to 1.) be a part of Torchwood and 2.) just to work with Russell and John [Barrowman] and Eve [Myles]. So without question, it’s a place, especially for a newcomer, to just jump in and be a part of the team and just be a part of the ride. It’s pretty mind boggling. It’s a little surreal. READ MORE

Her steamy, scandalous 27—count them 27— New York Times Best Sellers taught millions of fans (including a 13-year-old future Pop Confidential host Jamey Giddens) everything they ever wanted to know about sex, glitz and of course the Santangelo crime family! On today's Pop Confidential Podcast, Jamey and Luke welcome Jackie Collins!

Collins, whose latest U.S. tome, Poor Little Bitch Girl, is out now in trade paperback, dishes about her storied career witth Luke and Jamey. She gives the dish on PLBG, the story of three sexy, brazen young women, and the man they have in common, Bobby Stanislopolous, son of Collins' most unforgettable heroine ever, Lucky Santangelo!

Collins reveals whether she ever imagined having over 400 million copies of her sinfully-addictive books in print way back in 1968, when her first novel The World Is Full of Married Men was published in her native England.

She recalls what it was like to turn her most successful novel, 1983's Hollywood Wives, into a miniseries for ABC with the late Aaron Spelling. She also shares how that experience differed from adapting the first two of her Santangelo novels, Chances and Lucky, into the steamy, blockbuster miniseries Lucky Chances starring Nicollette Sheridan, Vincent Irizarry, Eric Braeden, Grant Show, Michael Nader, Leann Hunley, Phil Morris and a young Sandra Bullock.

Jamey tries to contain his fan boy glee when talking about his all-time favorite fiction character, wild child mob princess-turned-Lady Boss Lucky Santangelo, leading to a discussion about the many rich and diverse character Collins has created in her books. Lucky wasn't searching for Mr. Big, she was Ms. Big! Exactly how much research did it take for Collins to pen the sweeping, orignal book about Gino Santangelo, Chances, which critics called "The Godfather Goes to Bed"?

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