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Here are some of the news stories posted on soapcentral .com during 2001 that focus on All My Children or past and present AMC performers. To read any of the articles listed below, simply click on the appropriate link.
To access articles from other years or to review articles with similar themes, please see the News Archive links below this text to access a specific year. Or to view a listing of all years for which news stories are available, simply click here.
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January 2001
Hughes to make a Sweeping return
Finola Hughes' maternity leave will end at the end of January, just in time for the actress to bring her character back for February Sweeps.
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January 2001
Duhamel, Canary top Dankies
A familiar face and a new face topped this year's Dankies (The AMC Pages Awards). David Canary continued his dominance in the awards, whose winners are determined directly by the fans' votes.
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February 2001
Sara Hugh's Tina is out at AMC
An spokesperson for ABC has confirmed a report published in a New York newspaper last week stating that Sara Hugh (Tina Harding) has been let go from All My Children.
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February 2001
Live with Regis and Kelly
It's been several months since Kathie Lee Gifford stepped down as cohost of "Live with Regis and Kathie Lee." Since then, the show, which adopted the new name "Live with Regis," paraded in a host of different co-stars to fill her shoes.
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March 2001
ABC Daytime appoints second head writer
As predicted last month by soapcentral.com, ABC Daytime has made some changes to the All My Children writing staff. Effective March 5th, Michael Conforti will join Jean Passanante as co-head writer.
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March 2001
AMC's Bianca storyline applauded
Eden Riegel (Bianca) will accept a special Board of Directors Award from the Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Center on behalf of All My Children. The award will honor AMC's groundbreaking exploration of Bianca's homosexuality.
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March 2001
Louis Edmonds, AMC's Langley, dead at 76
Louis Edmonds, known for his roles on the soap operas All My Children and Dark Shadows, passed away from respiratory failure on March 3rd, 2001 at his home on Long Island. The 76-year old actor had been battling cancer for some time.
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March 2001
Awards! Awards!
All My Children has been graced with a series of nominations from various industry groups over the past few months. It's possible that with our other news coverage you might not have seen all the awards nominations. Because of this, we have opted to place a full recap of the nominations and wins below.
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March 2001
Portia Nelson, AMC's Mrs. Gurney, dead at 80
Portia Nelson, a cabaret singer, songwriter, actress and author who was one of the most beloved New York nightclub performers of the 1950's, died on Tuesday at her home in Manhattan. She was 80.
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March 2001
New contract role arriving
Eric Dearborn will join the cast of All My Children in the new contract role of Gabriel next month.
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March 2001
Nader breaks his silence on drug arrest
It's been over a month since Michael Nader (Dimitri) was arrested in New York on drug sale and possession charges. In that time, there have been a lot of gossip about the actor's personal life as well as speculation that his run on All My Children has come to an end.
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April 2001
Santos clan "gains" a member
It's been making the Internet rounds for at least a week now, but soapcentral.com has been able to confirm that Rosa Santos, the youngest member of the Santos clan, will be returning to Pine Valley. Actually, she won't be returning because she already lives in Pine Valley. So let's just say that she's emerging from hiding.
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April 2001
Kimberly McCullough appearing on AMC
Another Internet rumor has turned out to be Internet fact. For the past few days, there's been chatter that Kimberly McCullough (ex-Robin Scorpio, General Hospital) would be reprising her GH role on All My Children.
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May 2001
Newcomer cast as Rosa Santos
Alana de la Garza has been cast as Rosa Santos, the youngest of the Santos siblings. Rosa's return to Pine Valley (actually, she never left town... she just hasn't been seen) had been rumored for several weeks prior to soapcentral.com's confirmation of the return in early April.
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May 2001
Charges against Nader reduced, dropped
Things are looking up for Michael Nader (Dimitri), at least from a legal standpoint. At an April 24th hearing in a New York courtroom, the charges filed against Nader following a February drug raid were reduced.
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May 2001
GH's Robin comes bobbing along to AMC
Kimberly McCullough will reprise multi Emmy award winning role as Robin Scorpio this week on All My Children. If you're a long-time viewer and don't recall a character named Robin Scorpio, you haven't missed a thing. Robin is a character from ABC's General Hospital.
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June 2001
Dimitri, Alex out; Will they return?
Hold on to your keyboards, AMC fans. There are casting reports coming out of AMC that could very well rock your SHIFT key.
According to information given to soapcentral.com, Anthony Addabbo (Dimitri) will leave All My Children this summer.
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June 2001
Anthony Addabbo out as Dimitri
ABC has confirmed information given to soapcentral.com last week: Anthony Addabbo (Dimitri) will leave All My Children in early July. It is believed that Addabbo's departure will pave the way for a possible return by recently-vinidcated Michael Nader. The show remains tightlipped about reports that Finola Hughes (Alex and Anna) will shed one of her two roles, leaving just Anna in Pine Valley.
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June 2001
KEY AMC CHARACTER WILL BE KILLED
July will be hot in Pine Valley - for more than one reason. soapcentral.com has learned that one of the show's core characters will be killed.
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June 2001
Willey stay? Yes, indeed!
For several weeks, Walt Willey (Jackson) and the executives at AMC have been engaged in contract talks. In a statement about the contract talks, Willey told fans, "I have every intention of negotiating in good faith with [the show] and I am sure that they intend the same. The outcome, of course cannot be known."
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June 2001
Beloved character shot and killed
If you've come to this page, you're probably ready to find out which AMC character will lose his or her life. If not, this is your last chance to hit your browser's back button and read no further.
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June 2001
LaRue, Callahan expecting first child
For nearly four years AMC fans have speculated about the possible return of Eva LaRue (ex-Maria) to All My Children. In fact, soap magazines have had a field day with the story, having emblazoned their covers with "exclusive" news about LaRue's possible return on numerous occasions. The most recent chatter about LaRue's reported interest in returning came in December 2000.
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June 2001
DAYS star joins AMC, but what about OLTL?
Former Days of our Lives and Santa Barbara star Louise Sorel is joining the cast of All My Children in a short-term role. The actress is also rumored to be up for a role on One Life to Live.
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July 2001
Lucci's daughter as Erica's daughter?
Several soapcentral.com readers have written in to ask if rumors that they've read on other Internet sites are true. One of the most-asked questions lately surrounds the return of Erica's daughter, Kendall Hart.
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July 2001
Will Culliton lead AMC in the write direction?
This week, Richard Culliton rejoins All My Children's writing team. This time, however, Culliton will be perched atop the writing staff as the show's new head writer. I thought it might be a nice time to use the Inside AMC column to look at the changes and offer some clarifications on the whole writing process.
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August 2001
Oh, mother! Arlene's returning
Everyone's favorite "Mother from Hell" will return to Pine Valley later this summer - despite making an agreement that she'd never again set foot in town.
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August 2001
An Interview with Eric Dearborn
In just a few weeks, Eric Dearborn's abbreviated run as All My Children's Gabriel Devane will come to an end. Like his character, viewers haven't gotten a chance to learn an awful lot about the actor.
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August 2001
ATWT EP Goutman could take over at AMC
Former All My Children director Christopher Goutman is rumored to be mulling an offer to become the new executive producer for the show. Goutman currently serves as executive producer for As The World Turns, where his work was awarded with a Daytime Emmy earlier this year.
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August 2001
AMC casts a new SOS helper
Terri Ivens has been cast as Simone, a new contract role slated to debut this fall. The role is the creation of new head writer Richard Culliton.
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September 2001
Report: Mathison could leave AMC
According to published reports, the final half of an All My Children super-couple will be leaving the show when his contract expires.
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October 2001
Newest Mathison report: he's staying
The growing mystery surrounding Cameron Mathison's (Ryan Lavery) future at All My Children has taken yet another quirky bounce. In the growing yo-yo-like account of "Will he stay or will he go?" the latest wrinkle has the actor staying past the expiration of his current contract.
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