Interview with the beautful ex-Passions star Chrystee Pharris!!

Hi Chrystee! Thanks so much for being here. It's a real pleasure to have you here and to have gotten to know you a little bit. Hope to get to know your beautiful self. :) Tell us about your character and time on Passions?

Simone Russell was awesome! Chad is still my man! lol. I really enjoyed being able to be creative on Passions. The producers allowed me to create the character I wanted to be. During the first year I was on the show, I paid attention to what was happening to my family and how Whitney was becoming more like my mom, Dr. Russell, so I gave Simone a character choice of being more like my father. My father had a temper so I made Simone have a temper too! It was fun. But, I have to admit, it was hard to slap Brook Kerr (Whitney) sometimes! Yikes, she was my friend in real life! I remember the day we were taping the episode when I caught her having sex with Chad, and I slapped her....as soon as the scene was over, we both said (at the same time) "I love you!" It was cute. We were both invested in the scene so much that when it was over we wanted to make sure the other person was ok and didn't think we were really mad at them.  

Passions was a blessing to me and I loved everyone on the show. They were good to me. I miss them. 

Would you ever do another soap?

Yes, I would do a soap again. I just love acting! Period. Doesn't matter if I am doing a soap, sitcom, drama, theater, film, TV, webisodes- as long as I am acting and we are having fun- I am all for it. 

Do you think online soaps have take over and network soaps over?

That is a hard question. The entertainment industry is changing so much, now that we have the internet. I think everything will move to internet at some point, so we might as well get use to it. 

You were on Scrubs as Zach Braff's girlfriend. What was that character like?

Working with Zach Braff was a joy. He was funny and cute and extremely nice. Donald Fasion and I have know each other for years so it was great to work with him as well. Kyle was fun because I, once again, got to play and be creative. I love comedy, so getting to be creative with those two people was amazing. I was sad when JD and Kyle broke up, but the breakup scene was awesome! Zach directed the episode. 

What protects are you working on now?

I am on tour doing my one woman show "In Search of O." It is about waiting until marriage to have sex and the fantasy vs the reality of that experience. It is a funny show. I also have a short film called "The Takeover,"  that just came out a few days ago. We are proud of the production. The Takeover is the story of best friends Ashley, a Caucasian fashion designer, and Tisha, an African American comic book artist, who debate the difficulty of dating; each arguing that the other has it easier. After help from a friend and his potent espresso, the ladies trade places and experience the dating scene in each other’s shoes for 24 hours. 

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What advice would you give to an up coming actor?

My advice would be to trust your gut. Everyone has an opinion about what to do but truthfully, there are no right answers. Everyone has their own path. And just because it didn't work for them, does not mean it might not work for you. Trust your gut. Lastly, Will Smith said "While everyone else was sleeping, I was up working." That is my motto. Everyday, I work on my career. If I am not, someone else is.  

If you would like to receive inspirational messages via text messages or email, you can text InSearchofO to 313131. I will also let you know when I am performing my one woman show "In Search of O" in your city or when I am airing on tv. 

And you can always find me on twitter, Facebook and Instagram under Chrystee Pharris. Website is www.chrysteepharris.com 

Thank you for the interview and I will always love my Passions fans. You are loved and appreciated. Chrystee 

 

Thanks so much again for being here. Best of luck in everything you do!

Hi all, HAPPY AND HEALTHY 2013 sorry I haven't posted in a bit with the holidays and all, but look for interviews and more info/rants coming soon.

The Soap Gods answered my prayers and Prospect Park looks as if it is relaunching AMC and OLTL! SOOOOO excited. There have been signings already and Agnes Nixon is hands on with the relaunch. Love it! I just hope it actually happens as production is anticipated in February.  I am hoping they sign TC Warner, Daniel Cosgrove, and Ben Jorgensen (ex-Kevin Sheffield) and others for the relaunch. 

Loving GH! Connie is hilarious and Kate Sullivan was amazing this week. Her scenes regarding Trey's condition after the accident was Incredible and heart warming. I wish Eric Valdez the best and will miss him! Loved Trey and Kristina together!

I LOVE LUCY COE and the fact she is back stirring up trouble. I also hope she can help AJ in some way even though she signed an agreement with Tracy. AJ deserves a second chance and I hope he gets one. I am a hard core E&E fan, but would like to see Liz happy and with AJ. I think that they would be exciting and good for each other. I will forever miss Ewen though, they were endgame.

BRITT or BRITCH as I and others call her, need to go and become a human being. I hate her! For being a doctor she has no compassion or  respect for anyone or anything,

Tarly makes my heart melt and I hope they find their way back to one another.

I have gotten back into Y&R onc again and all I can say is Chloe and Billy need to leave their spouses and hook up again already.

I am forever a Shick fan, but since they ruined them, I am loving Avery and Nick and look forward to them heating up my screen more as they have. I am glad they have redeemed Sharon and hope she can be happy again.

Noah, please don't get yourself in trouble with that Adrianna, but unfortunately you will.

Well, until next time, take care and  please share and spread the word of my blog and I hope you will enjoy. Thank you!

Xoxoxo Lisa

Hurricane Sandy devastated the East and I am praying for all of you. My family and I were very lucky! We lost power but were fortunate enough to have no damage and power restored quicker than others. I am forever grateful for that and our safety. Then the Nor'easter. Hope all will stay safe and warm as you possible can!

GH keeps getting better and better! Loving That AJ is back and Tarly getting closer. Hope at lasts! Todd tell the truth already!

The fact that the Quartermaines's are getting a front burner is wonderful! They are an original part of the show and were not given the recognition they should have. They can be petty, spoiled, etc. but fun to watch.

Lante is love love love! I hope they have a child and lie happily ever after! <3

Alice doing a choke hold on Tracy had me literally hysterically laughing! Loved it! I do like Tracy; but she had that coming! LOL!

I love Y&R; but some of it is to same old thing. Jack vs. Victor, Phyllis is still an annoying witch, etc. Now Summer is following in her footsteps.

SHICK IS LOVE!! Enough said!

I love Sharon and hope Nick and Noah step up and help her!

I used to be into Days and hearing its getting good again? True? If so, I need to try to follow.

Hope you all have a fantastic Friday, weekend, and week ahead! Thanks for all of your support, spread the word, share, follow, and keep motoring!

Xoxo :)

INTERVIEW WITH CARRIE GENZEL (ex-Skye Chandler, AMC)

Monday

Carrie Genzel

• Hi Lisa, 

  
  

  First off, thank you so much for your continued support. One of the most amazing things about having been a part of a daytime show is the continued love and support from the fans and those people who work and love this genre.

  
  

  1) You played Skye Chandler on AMC. Tell us about that and how the cancellation of the show affected you.

  
  

  The cancelling of the ALL MY CHILDREN was really sad to me. It felt like a part of my life and history was being wiped out. Even though it had been many years since I had been on the show, it was nice to be know that life in Pine Valley was still going on every day. It's sad, it's sad to see what's happening to daytime television. ALL MY CHILDREN was such part of the American television landscape, so many of us grew up with it and with the characters in Pine Valley, celebrating holidays, births, deaths together, it's sad to know it's gone, as well as so many others. It was an incredible place to work and learn, the tools I learned from the veterans of that show I still learn when I'm on set today, I'll always be grateful for the time I had on ALL MY CHILDREN.

  
  

  2) Do you still keep in touch with any former cast mates?

  
  

  I do still keep in touch with a few cast mates, Lauren Roman and I have remained friends, Jennifer Bassey, Michael Lowry, and I also keep in touch with people on Facebook as well, have a lot of former cast mates on their I touch base with from time to time as well, which is fun.

  
  

  3) What have you done since AMC?

  
  

  I've done a lot since AMC. I've done a lot of episodic television, KYLE XY, FLASH GORDON, SMALLVILLE, SUPERNATURAL, CASTLE, PSYCH, to name a few, as well as I've worked with some amazing directors on and actors on such feature films as 88 MINUTES, THE IMAGINARIUM OF DR. PARNASSUS, WATCHMEN, JENNIFER'S BODY. 

  
  

  I have a TV movie premiering on The Hallmark Channel November 10th at 8 pm PST called THE WISHING TREE with Jason Gedrick, the trailer can be viewed athttp://www.terryingramdirector.com/WishingTreeTrailer.html#.UGHGqo1mRNt.

  
  

  I have an episode of THE HAUNTING HOUR on The Hub premiering in 2013, and I have an independent film called EVIL FEED which will be making it's debut in the festival circuit in 2013 as well, you can view some behind the scenes pictures at the official website at http://evilfeed.com/index.php, I play a villain named "Madame Dragonfly".

  
  

  I've also just finished with a great festival run of a short film I star in called THE BALLERINA AND THE ROCKING HORSE, where I won Best Actress at the Los Angeles International Underground Film Festival for my role in that. Our trailer can be viewed at http://www.ballerinarockinghorse.com/ and you can join in on all the news and updates about the short on our Facebook page athttps://www.facebook.com/TheBallerinaAndTheRockingHorse.

  
  

  And aside from all of that, I've written two comedy pilots with my writing partner Danielle Nicolet here in Los Angeles, and have a number of unscripted shows in development. I like to keep myself busy.

  
  

  4) I have started a campaign to bring Your Skye back on GH. what did you think when I approached you.

  
  

  When you approached me about starting a campaign to bring Skye back to GH I was flattered. Robin Christopher has really done such a wonderful job with the character, and my time playing Skye was so different than where they took her after, plus Robin has had many more years playing the role, I was flattered that you would want to see me bring Skye back to GH, I would be open to it, it would be a lot of fun to step back into her shoes, we both have changed a lot over the years.

  
  

  5) You are from Canada. Do you still live there? What was it like growing up there?

  
  

  I am from Canada, yes. I was born in Vancouver, I still have family there. I'm not living there currently, but I do go back to Vancouver to work a lot and enjoy it when I do. Los Angeles is home to me, I enjoy living in Los Angeles. Growing up in Canada was great, I grew up in a beautiful city, we have the beaches and mountains right at our finger tips, it's a great place to grow up. Even thought it is a different country, we're so closely tied to The United States we still got all of the same TV shows, movies, etc, so it is a different country, but I didn't feel so far away when I left, and still don't.

  
  
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  Wishing Tree Trailer - Terry Ingram - Director

  www.terryingramdirector.com
  

  Terry Ingram, renowned Vancouver based director of extraordinary, imaginative and distinctive Film - TV productions in all genres.
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Hi everyone.  Hope all is well. Lots to talk to about so let's get it going.

First, I was talking with a new friend and now dear friend Laura Coppola about our love for All My Children and how we miss it. It was nice to talk about how it feels to miss it and reminisce.

They should have never raised our hopes about it coming online. That ending is mute then. So man things they need to answer before they can just say its gone. They need a movie or something! It is so upsetting how the just let the actors and fans hang in for nothing.

Forgive me in advance but I am going to repeat my campaign to bring in TC Warner(ex Kelsey AMC) Carrie Genzel(ex Skye) and Lilly Melgar (ex Lily, GH) Please write to the show and tell them it would be an asset to have them on like I did. Thank you!

Steve Burton aired his last show and it was sad and powerful. He will be missed and I wish Him and his family all the best.

I miss Ewen on GH! Why did they have to change his character to a decent strong man to an evil killer! He was perfect for Liz! Perfect! Poor Liz now! Angers and makes me sad! They ruined him and a possible super couple in my opinion.

Check out the blog for some interviews soon and remember these at my opinions; we all have them and respect yours so please respect mine.

Take care, be well and have a great week ahead! :) xoxo

Hello everyone and Happy Saturday! Hope everyone had a great week!

First, I would like to talk about my campaign to bring TC Warner (ex Kelsey, AMC), Lilly Melgar (ex Lily) and Carrie Genzel (ex Skye) to GH. GH needs these lovelies and bringing two characters from the past would be an asset in my opinion. No one is ever dead in Port Charles; so Lily can bealive some how. Sonny needs her! TC can be a recast of a character or a totally new one or Kelsey can come to PC! They can work her in some how. A please join me In The campaign and write to the show to make this happen. Thanks in advance!

Y&R just keeps peeking my interest. I hope they can redeem Sharon in Nick and her children's eyes. I love how they made her stronger; they just could have done without the betrayals and such.

PHYLLIS GOT AWAY ITH ATTEMPTED MURDER AND EVEYTHING SHE DOES! WOW! This really blows my mind and sorry for the outburst.

Adam and Chelsea....lovin them....Adam did horrible things.. But his environment compelled him in that direction and I am really glad to see he made changes for the better.

GH left us with a cliffhanger that is heartbreaking, Hopefully Sam's baby will survive Heather's lunacy.

Loving the Tarly possibility. CarJo should have never been ruined but I will ship Tarly.

Am I the only one who likes Ellie? She is nice and pretty and good for Spinelli. I love Maxie and maybe she can win him back; but loving the storyline.

We will talk again soon! Take care and have a great weekend! Xoxo

Hi everyone! Hope all is well. It's been a while so lets get to it!

Y&R was always one of my faves and I have to say I am enjoying again after a little disappointing month from the show.

I love Sharon!  Wish they didn't write some of the bad things that she did; but no one is perfect and she is strong and makes her more beautiful! Good for her!

Victor needs to be brought down a peg or two and I am glad Tucker is there to maybe be the one!

Phyllis........disgusting! Don't like her. Never did and never will. Sorry!

Chloe and Billy belong with me another and should get rid of their respective spouses.

I will be back soon for more spiel. Thanks for following and reading. Hope you enjoy more in the future!

Have a great day all! Xoxo