Table of contents for #293 in Soap World

As Steffy deals with family pressure to stay with Wyatt , on The Bold and the Beautiful, Liam puts his foot down, giving her a once-and-for-all ultimatum to finally marry him. Will Steffy say yes? Meanwhile, the cast of B&B has wrapped up their Australia shoot, which is part of celebrations for their 30th anniversary. Locally, on Home and Away Hunter is struggling without Olivia and accusations that he’s a fire bug, which see him spiralling into a dark place. Steph on Neighbours is dealing with her own crisis of the heart with attacks against her making her question her sanity. And we chat to Justin Hartley about his move from The Young and the Restless to hit drama This Is Us. Plus prizes, puzzles and gossip in this issue.…

Waving her divorce papers, a breathless Steffy cries out that she’s free. The pressure of her family’s interference in her life is weighing heavily on Steffy’s emotions. She may have everything she’s ever dreamed about — Liam and the CEO position at Forrester Creations — but Steffy is under siege from her family who are manipulating her to stay married to Wyatt. Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) is stunned at their tactics, especially the willingness of her grandfather Eric (John McCook) to play dirty to enact what she believes is Quinn’s (Rena Sofer) agenda. Reeling from Eric’s demand that she cease living with Liam (Scott Clifton) to preserve her reputation as head of the company, Steffy is shell-shocked when Eric, Quinn and Wyatt (Darin Brooks) bully her into moving into the…

JACK Loving husband and father to Kevin, Kate and Randall, Jack lives for his family. He and wife Rebecca have struggled after one of their triplets was stillborn but turned the situation around by adopting an abandoned baby. Played by MILO VENTIMIGLIA — As one of Rory’s most popular boyfriends, bad boy Jess, on Gilmore Girls, Milo recently reprised his breakout role in the Netflix reboot. He has also starred in sci-fi show Heroes and movie Rocky Balboa. REBECCA Wife of Jack and the mother of their three kids, Rebecca had a difficult time giving birth. She has fought hard to build a strong marriage to Jack and bond with her adoptive son Randall while grieving the death of one of her triplets. Played by MANDY MOORE — She first…

WEEKDAYS AT 12.45PM ON ARENA FEB 27-MAR 3 * Ahead of ADAM’s memorial service, VICTOR’s family bickers about his involvement in Adam’s death. Over at Adam’s penthouse, a guilty Victor pleads for forgiveness from CHELSEA . She blames him but senses he’s sincere. During the service, Victor hints at exposing CHLOE for killing Adam but back-tracks much to her relief. While NICK comforts Chelsea, someone hides Adam’s wedding ring, indicating that Adam could still be alive. Struggling with her grief, Chelsea lashes out at her friends and Nick, releasing him from his vow to Adam to look after her. * Playing tricks on JILL so he can rendezvous with PHYLLIS , BILLY makes love to Phyllis. Both agree that they want to be together but after Jill realises they had…

LOVE THAT TRIANGLE I love that Neighbours gives its older cast as juicy and interesting storylines as the younger cast. Especially the love triangle with Terese ( Rebekah Elmaloglou ), Gary ( Damien Richardson ) and Paul ( Stefan Dennis )! It’s great to see such a gorgeous and career-focused woman get the love she deserves after so much heartache. I am rooting for Gary, the underdog. Even though it might be difficult for a hotel owner to date her janitor, Gary is the sweet, supportive and loyal lover Terese deserves. Paul will only break her heart. J. Miljanovic, Newcastle, NSW. PLEASE STAY FRIENDS! Say it ain’t so! I was shocked to read in Soap World 292 that Irene ( Lynne McGranger ) and Leah’s ( Ada Nicodemou ) friendship…

SEEING DOUBLE ON DAYS Days of Our Lives star CHARLES SHAUGHNESSY (Shane) is once again doing double duty on the show. The actor has reprised the role of Drew Donovan, Shane’s identical twin brother, almost 30 years after originally playing the part. Drew, who is mixed up in the ongoing saga surrounding Stefano DiMera, was last seen in 1988, when he was working as Stefano’s henchman. ZENDE’S PARENTS COME HOME Ever since Zende Forrester returned home to B&B’s LA two years ago, he hasn’t had any onscreen visits from his Miami-based parents Kristen and Tony. That’s all about to change following confirmation that TRACY MELCHIOR (Kristen) and PAULO BENEDETI (Tony) are reprising their roles in upcoming episodes. Benedeti recently shared the news of his comeback on Instagram, posting a photo…

Now that Olivia’s relationship with Mason is going from strength to strength, it is eating Hunter away. HOME AND AWAY ON SEVEN There is a treacherous storm brewing in Summer Bay, and it’s almost at the point of breaking. And when it does eventually burst into a full squall, it’s almost too disturbing to predict how much damage will be done. That storm is Hunter King (Scott Lee), and in upcoming episodes of Home and Away, he will turn the skies over Summer Bay far darker when his moods and emotions take a turn for the worse. For a young man who has spent the last few years working overtime to pull his life into line and to change the bad ways of the past, Hunter is now on…

The pyromaniac client believed to have burnt down Josephine’s old firm returns NEWTON’S LAW THURSDAYS AT 8.30PM ON ABC Josephine has well and truly settled in to her reignited career as a barrister at Knox Chambers while her old practice operates in the car park. She’s already won several cases but as they get increasingly challenging, fighting the good fight requires not only the Knox team but the downstairs staff as well. And will anything ever happen between Josephine and Lewis? First up, Josephine (Claudia Karvan) and Lewis (Toby Schmitz) tackle the case of furniture store Vårt Hem, which is being sued for damages by a customer injured in a store stampede. At the same time office cleaner Zareb (Makwaya Masudi) has been charged with resisting arrest. Helena (Georgina Naidu)…

George himself has been burnt by Terry in the past. So it isn’t just a case of one brother being jealous of another. 800 WORDS TUESDAYS AT 9PM ON SEVEN There’s a new Aussie in town and he’s got everyone buzzing. Terry Turner is the talk of Weld for all the right reasons, winning the locals over with his impressive culinary skills. But his brother George isn’t buying it and fears Terry is about to hurt the people George loves and the community he has become so fond of. With a history of failures under his belt, Terry (Ditch Davey) is once again trying to move on from another set of stuff-ups when he arrives in Weld. While George (Erik Thomson) knows his brother’s troubled nature, the rest of the…

“Acting is my great love and, you know, I missed it, I missed it all the time.” After several years in radio Jane Hall is back on the box as uncompromising office manager Jackie Russo on ABC drama Newton’s Law. A former Neighbours star, Hall says she wouldn’t say no to returning to Ramsay Street but for now she’s loving getting the chance to play such a confident yet cunning character. She spoke to Soap World about awkward kissing scenes and making her acting comeback. What attracted you to role of Jackie? The humour in her, I think, and really she was just so fun to play. I loved her controlling nature, I loved her attention to detail, I loved that she was like the ‘door bitch’ for the legal…

Despite becoming Quinn’s so-called best friend, Katie still doesn’t trust the woman who threatened her life and she determines to use their fake friendship to get a better insight into Quinn’s true motives, hoping she can protect Eric and his loved ones from Quinn’s evil influence. Upon learning that Wyatt (Darin Brooks) and Eric (John McCook) have supported Quinn’s (Rena Sofer) idea to have Steffy (Jacqueline MacInnes Wood) live at the Forrester mansion, Katie (Heather Tom) worries that Eric has already fallen prey to his manipulative wife. Chastising Wyatt for pressuring Steffy, Katie reminds him they would never have gotten married if Quinn hadn’t kidnapped Liam (Scott Clifton). Knowing Wyatt is loyal to his mother, Katie treads gently, careful not to antagonise him against her. Katie keeps a close watch…

Phyllis prays that guiding him will help Jack to accept that she still loves him and wants him back. Marital betrayal has poisoned every fibre of Jack Abbott’s being and now he’s steadfast in taking revenge on who he feels is the only person who drove Phyllis to cheat on him with his brother Billy — Victor Newman. Jack wants nothing more to do with his wife or brother but despite his resolve, a devastated Phyllis prays she can change his mind. Desperately ignoring Jack’s (Peter Bergman) blatant tactics to make her unwelcome at Jabot, Phyllis (Gina Tognoni) realises he’s laser focused on destroying Victor (Eric Braeden) and she frets about the desire for vengeance consuming him. Yearning to save him, Phyllis knows she’ll never talk him out of it…

Amid all of their emotional and mental fears surrounding the reasons for Victor hiring Travis at Newman Enterprises, Victoria and Travis appear more in love and committed to each other than ever but Travis’s close encounter with Victoria’s former stepmother Ashley could change all that. Trapped in a stalled elevator with Travis (Michael Roark), Ashley (Eileen Davidson) is taken aback to remember that she knew Travis from her years working and living in New York. Confirming that he worked for the Hazelton and Grasswood firm in the Hamptons, Travis admits that he eventually deduced that the corporate world wasn’t his dream, something he’s realised now he’s fallen in love with Victoria (Amelia Heinle). Finding them together, Victoria quickly quizzes Travis about his history with Ashley and the other women he’s…

HOLLYOAKS WEEKDAYS AT 9.05AM ON UKTV Detective Eva Falco may be Jack Osborne’s blood relative but that doesn’t mean she’s his biggest fan. In fact, Eva hates her uncle with a passion and blames Jack for the imprisonment and eventual death of her father Billy and his brother, believing that Jack was responsible for the crime that put Billy behind bars. Reasoning that justice would be best served by orchestrating Jack’s death, Eva corrupts her gullible lover Liam into killing Jack for her. However, a guilty Liam fails to enact the order, prompting Eva to act, as she seethes to watch Jack laying a wreath at Billy’s funeral. Striding to the Osborne house with a gun, Eva soon leaves a mystery in her wake. Hours later, Cindy visits the Osborne…

* To celebrate its 30th anniversary this year, The Bold and the Beautiful has returned to Australia to film multiple episodes of the soap almost nine years after its first on-location shoot Down Under. Teasing the episodes to be featured in Australia, executive producer Bradley Bell previewed that “viewers will witness romance, high style, jaw-dropping twists, harrowing stunts and major cliffhangers”. The shoot, which is in collaboration with Network Ten (B&B’s local broadcaster) and Qantas, took place in mid-February for a week in “some of the country’s most iconic locations”, according to Ten. Popular cast members involved in filming included KATHERINE KELLY LANG (Brooke), DON DIAMONT (Bill), THORSTEN KAYE (Ridge), RENA SOFER (Quinn), JACQUELINE MACINNES WOOD (Steffy), SCOTT CLIFTON (Liam) and JOHN MCCOOK (Eric). Australian actress ASHLEIGH BREWER, who joined…

“I loved ... just the story of the show ... these characters that are so dynaamic.” THIS IS US WEDNESDAYS AT 8.30PM ON TEN From Passions to Revenge and The Young and the Restless, Justin Hartley already had us hooked before he landed the dream role of Kevin in hit US drama This Is Us. The new show, about family and connection, is known for emotional moments, relatable characters and signature plot twists as the story weaves through different decades. Hartley spoke to Soap World about his excitement for This Is Us and leaving The Young and the Restless, where he played Adam Newman. What attracted you to This Is Us and the role of Kevin? First of all I’ve never played an actor before, I don’t think in anything,…

Matthew McConaughey The idea of the cocky star being frightened may be hard to imagine, but Matthew was shaken when he felt the house he was living in back in 2003 was haunted. The star said he kept hearing unexplained noises in the night and ended up getting up with a baseball bat to investigate. He later claimed to have made peace with the ghost, even naming her Madame Blue! Miley Cyrus While touring Europe in 2009 the singer had a terrifying experience. She says she rented an upscale London apartment with family members, only to find it was haunted. While her sister was showering, Miley says the water would mysteriously turn boiling hot, and Miley herself saw the ghost of a little boy around the place. In the end,…

To Brooke’s horror, she discovers that Quinn has installed Ridge as co-CEO and worse, they appear to be friends Having made the painful decision to dump Bill and reconcile with Ridge, Brooke wasted no time in accepting Ridge’s marriage proposal, thinking that her romantic future had been secured forever. Unfortunately, Ridge’s obsession with banishing his hated stepmother Quinn from the family has relegated Brooke to the sidelines and she’s not a happy bride-to-be, especially following his announcement that they’ll get married on the day that Quinn leaves the family. Frustrated by Ridge (Thorsten Kaye) ignoring her and his refusal to say how he plans on getting rid of Quinn (Rena Sofer), Brooke (Katherine Kelly Lang) suddenly announces that she’s going to Italy to visit her daughter Hope (Kim Matula).…

WEEKDAYS AT 4.30PM ON TEN FEB 27-MAR 3 * Pledging to marry BROOKE on the day he banishes QUINN from the family’s lives, RIDGE is unprepared for her agitation at the idea. Maintaining that forcing Quinn to betray ERIC is the only way to get rid of her, Ridge ramps up his seduction of his stepmother, conspiring with LIAM to trick Eric into thinking that Quinn and Ridge are having an affair. Ridge swears Liam to secrecy over the plot and rattles Quinn with an erotic encounter in the company sauna. Afterwards, Quinn can’t get Ridge out of her thoughts. * Strenuously opposing WYATT’s plans to market STEFFY to the fashion-buying public, LIAM rants that his brother is trying to demean and disrespect Steffy as CEO. Wyatt’s ideas are successful,…

WIN AMERICAN HERO DVD Thanks to Eagle Entertainment , 25 lucky Soap World readers will win the movie American Hero on DVD, valued at $29.95 each. That’s a total prize value of $748.75! Melvin ( Stephen Dorff ), a reluctant hero who is far from super, has been suppressing his telekinetic powers for years with booze, drugs and women. In the process, he has failed at practically everything, most of all as a parent to his son. After a brush with death, Melvin decides to use his powers for good and clean up the streets of New Orleans with the help of his best friend/definitely-not-a-sidekick, Lucille ( Eddie Griffin ). For a man who can do the impossible, it might be a fight even he can’t win. Available to rent…

FOOD: Anything by our on-set caterers Hel’s Kitchen. Delicious! MOVIE: The Wizard of Oz . Because it’s a perfect story. TV SHOW: Narcos . We watched the entire first season over a single rainy weekend. Fantastic television! ACTOR: Jessica Lange. Because she’s amazing and sexy in everything she does and I love her cover of David Bowie’s Life on Mars in American Horror Story: Freak Show . BOOK: An African Love Story by Daphne Sheldrick. The most heartbreakingly beautiful, humorous, exquisite memoir I have ever read. SONG: Life on Mars by David Bowie. SINGER: David Bowie. FASHION: I’m loving Melbourne designer, búl, this season. HEALTH PRODUCT: Warm water with…