Brandon's Buzz

On a special episode of Brandon's Buzz, California singer/songwriter KELLEY RYAN discusses how she decided to break away from astroPUPPIES and strike out on her own with her solo debut album "Twist." Plus: the star and creator of the new Fox series "Past Life," actress KELLI GIDDISH and writer/producer DAVID HUDGINS, discuss how their previous experiences in television have prepared them for their new series!

Long an advocate for learning to discard the extraneous and embrace your true warts-and-all self, the marvelous actress/singer/human dynamo NIA PEEPLES is launching a brand new online teleseminar series entitled "The Elements of Life," in which she dares to tackle the myth of beauty and the necessity of individuality and passion in this world, and she is returning to the Buzz to offer us an exclusive sneak preview!

I'm a couple of weeks tardy (dreadful sorry!), but better late than never: Brandon's Buzz premiered on January 14, 2009, and fifty episodes later, the show enters its second year by pausing to look back on its first. Tonight, a two-hour extravaganza featuring the most interesting moments and memories from twelve months of compelling conversations with some of the most fascinating actors and artists of our time. What drove the great Emmy-winning soap writer Pamela K. Long to take over the reins of "Guiding Light" in the early '80s? How does "One Life to Live" star Brett Claywell enjoy working with his incredible co-stars? What did "Dynasty" star Gordon Thomson REALLY think of Charlton Heston? How many of Felicia Gallant's turbans did Linda Dano sneak off with following the cancellation of "Another World"? Find out all of this (and so much more!) as you listen to Brandon's Buzz's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1.

Everyone's favorite soap-actress-turned-mega-selling-designer returns to QVC this week with her latest collection of home and fashion accessories, and to mark the occasion, the amazing LINDA DANO is returning to Brandon's Buzz to offer up an exclusive sneak preview of what's in store, as well as to dish about the cancellation of "As the World Turns," the new golden age of television, and even the evolving Jay/Conan debacle!

You may not know his name on first glance, but if you've listened to a radio even once in the past two decades, you're bound to know his peerless voice: as the lead singer of '90s band Mr. Big, he landed radio smashes with songs like "Just Take My Heart" and the number one classic "To Be With You." He still regularly tours and records, and he has just released his latest solo record, "Timeless," a collection of bold pop covers, and now the amazing ERIC MARTIN is stopping by the Buzz to discuss his current projects and his chart-topping career!

His weekly column “Gays of Our Lives” appears at AfterElton.com and has become required reading for tens of thousands of soap fans across the planet who crave the latest dirt and dish about all the homosexual happenings on the world’s most-watched serials. Now, to reflect on the big gay year that has swept through soapland, the incredible columnist Anthony D. Langford is stopping by the Buzz with his uncensored take on Kish, Nuke, and why American serialized television shows may finally be catching up with their European brethren when it comes to Dorothy and her friends!

A critically acclaimed pop artist in the '90s --- with radio hits like "I Wonder Why" and "Keep Me From the Cold" to his credit --- he has turned his sensibilities toward jazz for his last few albums, and with the release of his latest effort, "Lost in Dreams," the incredible artist CURTIS STIGERS is stopping by the Buzz to discuss his new songs and his old favorites!

He has spent most of the past eleven years portraying true blue good guy Cristian Vega on ABC's classic soap "One Life to Live," and his character's latest romance --- this one with Llanview's resident fashion maven Layla Williamson --- is finally heating to a boil after a year-long slow burn. To mark the occasion, the amazing DAVID FUMERO is stopping by the Buzz to dish about his life, his career, and his incredible run on one of America's favorite daytime dramas!

It's Thanksgiving, and one of the blessings I am most grateful for this year is the amazing opportunity I have been granted to speak with such interesting and compelling artists whose riveting work I admire and whose immense talents I respect. So in the spirit of the holiday, I'd like to present anew a trio of soap-related excerpts from three of my favorite recent conversations with former "One Life to Live" star JESSICA TUCK and former "Another World" stars LINDA DANO and KALE BROWNE. Stuffed to the gills with turkey and cranberries and watched enough football to drive you positively mad? Come hang with me and three of the greatest actors to EVER grace the world of daytime television.

Using her sophisticated and outrageous nom de plume Marlena De Lacroix, she was instrumental in introducing and perfecting the art of modern soap opera criticism with her peerless column Critical Condition, which made its debut inside the pages of Soap Opera Weekly twenty years ago this week. That magazine has strayed far away from what its founders intended it to be, but Marlena gloriously endures with typical panache on a hilarious website which bears her name, and on the occasion of her 20th anniversary, the magnificent CONNIE PASSALACQUA HAYMAN makes a long-awaited return to Brandon's Buzz to reminisce and to offer up beaucoup bon mots about her two decades trying to keep the soaps honest!