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When did Shawn Butler go to jail on GH and how long was his sentence? I thought Sean Blakemore was a very good actor and it would be cool to see the character again. Also, I remember that he went to jail for shooting Hayden, but I don’t remember who he was actually aiming for when Nikolas’s hit man fired at Hayden. Thank you. E.W., via email
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When Shawn pleaded guilty in May 2015 to a crime he didn’t commit rather than turn state’s evidence against Sonny, he was sent to Pentonville to await sentencing. The length of the sentence was never revealed on-screen. Shawn’s actual target that day was “Jake Doe”, who was later revealed to be Jason, and subsequently revealed to be a brainwashed Drew. He had been dispatched by Sonny to take out “Jake” because Duke had recently been murdered, and Sonny believed that “Jake” was the culprit.
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Whatever happened to Michael and Kevin’s half siblings, Ryder and Daisy, on Y&R? C.L., via email
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Actually, Michael isn’t related to Ryder and Daisy because he doesn’t share a biological parent with them. However, Michael’s half brother, Kevin (their mother is Gloria), is a big brother to the troubled twins because the three siblings share the same dad, the late Tom Callahan. Ryder has been on the run from the law since 2011 for kidnapping Lauren and Jana. In 2012, Daisy was a patient in a mental hospital, where she admitted herself in order to escape the murderous Ricky Williams, Paul’s son. When Paul showed up at Fairview Sanitarium to question Daisy, she had supposedly been checked out by her mother, Sheila Carter, and hasn’t been seen since.
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I may not have been watching B&B back then, but I can’t remember why Eric and Donna split. Would you please refresh my memory? Also, what’s the history between Donna and Pam? Thanks. Susan S., via email
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Eric and Donna wed in 2008 and divorced two years later. Donna faced loads of animosity from the Forresters over the romance: His grown children detested the idea of their marriage, and pulled many a dirty trick to keep the duo apart. Ditto for Stephanie, who once tried to drown
Donna in a bathtub. However, no one was more vehement in her opposition than Pam, who blamed Donna for the demise of her sister’s marriage. Among her more notorious tricks, Pam framed Donna for poisoning Eric, and later left her for dead, covered in honey, in the presence of a hungry bear. It was then revealed that Pam’s antics were due to a mass of scar tissue on her brain, and once she had it removed, she had no memory of tormenting Donna. Pam had also stopped taking her bipolar medication. However, the straw that eventually broke up Eric and Donna’s union was when Donna’s mother, Beth, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. Beth got into an argument with Stephanie and drowned, having forgotten how to swim. Donna blamed Stephanie for her mother’s demise, and when Eric was sympathetic toward his ex-wife, a crushed Donna left him and filed for divorce.
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I just watched the Sex and the City movie on E! Was that Ted from DAYS in it? Toni S., via email
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Yes, that is Gilles Marini playing Samantha’s sexy neighbor in the 2008 film. “It was the first big thing I’ve done,” he tells Digest.
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Who played the psychic on DYNASTY? I know I’ve seen her on a soap before. Where do I know her from? Thank you. E.R., via email
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That was Tony-winner Harriet Sansom Harris who played Cristal’s psychic friend, Adriana. Harris boasts numerous film and television credits, but she is probably most recognized by soap fans from her stint as Felicia Tilman on DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES. The actress is also known for her run as Frasier Crane’s conniving agent, Bebe, on FRASIER.
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On B&B, which of Bill’s sons is older? I know that Darin Brooks (Wyatt) is older than Scott Clifton (Liam), but is it the same way with their characters? R.M., via email
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While B&B has never specified the ages of Bill’s grown sons, you are correct in that Brooks is the older of the two actors, though not by much. Both men were born in 1984, with Brooks’s birthday being May 27; Clifton is a Halloween baby, born on October 31.