I've decided to try to be less snarky about The Young and the Restless, and now is as good a time as any to start, I suppose. So kudos to the sudser for dominating the soap categories in nominations for the 43rd Annual NAACP Image Awards. The very fact that a soap opera which recently had a black crackhead calling a white woman "Miss Phyllis" is being celebrated for its positve portrayal of people of color...well, that says more than I ever could, really.

 Y&R's Christel Khalil (Lily), Julie Pace Mitchell (Sofia), Tatyana Ali (Roxanne) and Tonya Lee Williams (Olivia) were all nominated for Oustanding Actress in a Daytime Drama Series. They will compete against The Bold and the Beautiful's Yvette Freeman, who recurs as Stephanie Forrester's (Susan Flannery) oncologist.
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All My Children fans were treated to A Tribute to Pine Valley by former stars of the series, Cameron Mathison, Jacob Young, Darnell Williams, Alicia Minshew, Vincent Irizarry and Walt Willey on January 15. The event took place at the Rosemont Theatre in Chicago. Williams will soon reunite with Debbi Morgan on The Young and the Restless.  See more photos from A Tribute to Pine Valley after the jump!

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Soap Opera Digest is reporting Darnell Williams is reunting with his All My Children co-star Debbi Morgan on The Young and the Restless. So far the sudser is keeping quiet on Williams' role and when viewers can expect his first airdate. Here's hoping Williams doesn't wind up like some of his Y&R co-stars, being seen on the 1st and 15th...

Jacob Young  may have spilled a little bit too much tea, while making an appearance at the first night of the Tribute To Pine Valley, on Oct. 25. Young, along with his All My Children co-stars Cameron Mathison (Ryan), Darrnell Williams (Jesse), Michael E. Knight (Tad), Vincent Irizarry (David) and Walt Willey (Jackson) kicked off the event at Town Hall in New York . According to Soap Opera Digest, Young informed the fans his contract at The Bold and the Beautiful is a short one, and he's cool with returning to Pine Valley, once it starts up at Prospect Park. Young said: 

Let's see what these Prospect Park guys can bring to the table.

Hmm...

Prospect Park should really consider hiring Lindsay Hartley as their PR rep. The All My Children actress tweeted Darnell Williams (Jesse) has signed on, and will also be making the jump online and to other platforms with Hartley and Cameron Mathison. 

The September issue of Essence magazine afforded some ink to the end of an era for All My Children's Jesse (Darnell Williams) and Angie (Debbi Morgan). Here's the poignant opening paragraphs of the piece:

Cue the soapsuds: It seems like just yesterday we met them. He was from the wrong sides of the tracks, she was the apple of her daddy's eye. The fell in love. So did we.

Back in the day, Black love was rarely displayed on TV. That changed in 1982 on ABC's All My Children when Jesse Hubbard (Darnell Williams) and Angie Baxter (Debbi Morgan) came together in the fictional land of Pine Valley. But on September 23, their love ends as AMC airs its final episode. READ MORE