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The one and only Colleen Zenk sat down for an in-depth interview in The Locher Room.

Colleen will tell us all about her return to daytime TV and her new role as Aunt Jordan on CBS’s The Young and the Restless. Colleen is known to daytime audiences for her delicious role of Barbara Ryan which she played for 32 years on As the World Turns.

Colleen was born in Barrington, Illinois and studied drama at The Catholic University of America. In her early career, she appeared in print ads and TV commercials for Kellogg’s and L’eggs. Colleen has enjoyed a number of roles on stage as well including work on Broadway and off.

Don’t miss the chance to catch up with Colleen Zenk in The Locher Room.

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Guiding Light’s Four Musketeers made their debut back in June of 1983 and we celebrated the 40th anniversary in The Locher Room.

The original four - Grant Aleksander, Judi Evans, Michael O’Leary and Krista Tesreau Strauss looked back on their time in Springfield creating one of the most memorable foursomes to ever hit daytime television and Guiding Light.

Don’t miss this incredible conversation with The Four Musketeers right here in The Locher Room.

Join us for a captivating conversation with Emmy Award-winners Kristos Andrews and Mary Beth Evans in The Locher Room.

We'll explore the enthralling Season 7 finale of The Bay - The Series and give you a glimpse into Season 8, kicking off December 11th and celebrating the 100th episode on Thursday, December 14th.

Get ready for a deep dive into the dramatic kidnapping plot in Puerto Rico and the mysterious supernatural events in Bay City.

Real-life friends and The Young and the Restless co-stars Lauralee Bell and Tricia Cast sat down with me in The Locher Room to look back at their 37 year friendship while we also celebrate 40 years of “Cricket Blair.”

Lauralee joined the cast of Y&R back in July of 1983 with Tricia’s “Nina Webster” arriving three years later in 1986. “Cricket” and “Nina” began as rivals fighting over “Phillip Chancellor” but soon emerged as friends just as Lauralee and Tricia are great friends off-screen.

Come spend an hour looking back with Lauralee and Tricia.

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Meet the men behind Danny & Ron’s Rescue in The Locher Room.

The husbands have worked tirelessly for the past 18 years rescuing puppy mill dogs, bait dogs used in dog-fighting, and hundreds of dogs from shelters—often moments away from euthanasia. They currently deliver pet food and supplies to more than 48 elderly people living in poverty—and pay for their dogs’ medical bills, too. They have rescued dogs from junkyards and shelters, freed animals chained to trees and living in small cages and saved abandoned pets living on the streets.

Danny and Ron currently have more than 100 dogs who live on their property in South Carolina. Come hear their story!

Award-winning actor, singer, director, writer, and producer Michael Damian sat down with me in The Locher Room to discuss his return to Genoa City and The Young and the Restless.

Michael first gained recognition for his 18-year run in the role of rock star Danny Romalotti on the #1 rated daytime television drama. On stage, Michael starred as “Joseph” in the Broadway production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice musical, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, which broke box office records in both Los Angeles and on Broadway while also earning him a Grammy nomination. In addition to his Broadway career, Michael has released five albums and has had eight Top 40 hits including the smash single, “Rock On” which shot up the Billboard music charts landing at #1 and garnering him two gold records. He won the BMI Song-writing Award for his hit single, “Was It Nothing at All” and has also written and produced songs for the soundtracks of A Princess for Christmas, Flick 2, Flicka: Country Pride, Marley & Me: The Puppy Years and Sweeter Side of Life.

Michael has also enjoyed a prolific career behind the camera and has co-written/directed/produced over 15 films and television movies. He is filmmaking partners with his wife Janeen Damian. Michael has co-written, directed, and produced, Much Ado About Christmas, Hallmark’s #1 movie of the year for 2020, Christmas Waltz. Some of his other recent credits include the feature film High Strung Free Dance and its predecessor, High Strung, Lionsgate’s holiday romantic comedy, A Princess for Christmas, which starred Sir Roger Moore and Outlander’s Sam Heughan and launched Hallmark’s smash hit Princess Christmas franchise. The Damian’s went on to co-write A Crown for Christmas and A Royal Christmas. Michael also directed three films for 20th Century Fox: Flicka 2, Marley & Me: The Puppy Years (which he also wrote), and Flicka: Country Pride starring Clint Black. He directed, wrote, and produced the feature film Moondance Alexander, which was also released by 20th Century Fox and the romantic comedies Sweeter Side of Life and Love by Design.

Michael recently produced and directed the upcoming film Paris Christmas Waltz starring Matthew Morrison which recently wrapped production in Paris. In 2022, he produced the popular Netflix film, Falling for Christmas, starring Lindsay Lohan. His second film with Lohan, Irish Wish premieres on Netflix in early 2024.

Don't miss the chance to catch up with Michael Damian right here in The Locher Room.

Don’t miss an Author’s Afternoon with Tom Lisanti in The Locher Room. Tom stopped by to talk about his new book, Ryan’s Hope: An Oral History of Daytime’s Groundbreaking Soap.

The book is out now and is a definitive look at the popular serial from the people who made it so beloved and how it made its way into millions of households through a combination of compelling storylines, incredible publicity, a slew of younger viewers who became loyal fans, and daytime star power that made it so innovative during the Golden Age of Daytime Soap Operas.

Joining Tom to discuss the book and their experience working on this beloved soap are Christopher Durham and Ilene Kristen.

Tom is an award-winning author of eleven books about the ‘60’s and 70’s film and television. He has appeared on Turner Classic Movies co-hosting with Ben Mankiewicz a week of 1960s spring break/beach movies and he is featured in the documentary The Green Girl about actress Susan Oliver, and an upcoming documentary about novelist/screenwriter Terry Southern. He has recently written articles for Cinema of the 70s; Films of the Golden Age; Scary Monsters; and Cinema Retro magazines.

Actress Jane Badler from the cult classic series, V, joined me in The Locher Room to tell us about lending her vocals to the new single, Tears of Faith from the Australian electronic pop band, Parralox, fronted by John von Ahlen.

The song is a down-tempo electronic dance arrangement about broken relationships and the hope for reconciliation. Its accompanying visual is directed by Leanne Hanley.

von Ahlen plays the role of a mad professor, intent on creating his perfect soul mate. Through the power of computers, A.I. and a little bit of magic, he manages to transmute a blank slate into the perfect female creation, played by Jane. The “Tears of Faith” video is about love, loneliness, and hubris; it touches on the superficial and the spiritual.

Jane appeared regularly on American television from 1976-1989. Along with V, she starred in One Life to Live (Melinda Cramer) and Fantasy Island. She also played the seductive snatcher of Alec Baldwin’s baby in The Doctors (Natalie Bell) and caused a stir opposite Kim Novak in Falcon’s Crest. In 2010, Jane returned to V in the re-imagining of the series.

Don’t miss the chance catch up with Jane Badler!

Spend an hour with The Bold and the Beautiful’s Sean Kanan and Annika Noelle. This talented duo play father and daughter on the long-running CBS daytime drama. Emmy Award-winner Sean Kanan portrays bad boy "Deacon Sharpe" and Annika Noelle plays his and “Brooke Logan’s” daughter “Hope.”

In 2021, Sean won the Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Limited Series as the Executive Producer and Creator of Studio City (Amazon Prime), for which he was also Emmy nominated in the categories of Outstanding Lead Actor and Outstanding Writing Team.

Annika received her first Emmy nomination in 2020 in the category of Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Daytime Drama Series for her critically acclaimed performance on B&B as a heartbroken young mother who tragically loses her infant daughter and then is miraculously reunited with her eight months later.

Catch up with Sean and Annika and download this episode from The Locher Room.

Please join Jeremy Lentz, the Executive Director of the Teaneck International Film Festiva in The Locher Room to learn more about the 2023 festival which runs from November 5th - November 12th.

Jeremy has been with the festival for 15 years and under his direction the TIFF has been dubbed by a nationally recognized newspaper as the “film festival with a social conscience,” and is now considered one of the most prominent social justice film festivals in the nation.

The Teaneck International Film Festival draws over 3,000 filmgoers each year. Films and talkbacks illustrate what TIFF is about – making untouchable topics part of everyday conversation by addressing racism, oppression, the environment, the LGBTQ community, women’s concerns, immigration -- stories of the little guy whose story is not often heard. With the theme, Activism: Making Change, the festival is an excellent starting point for fostering appreciation of differences, understanding all that we share, and encouraging efforts to help make the world a better place.

Joining Jeremy will be filmmakers, David Levin and Jeff L. Lieberman who has the closing night film, Bella on November 12th

Don’t miss the opportunity to learn more about this incredible film festival which which runs from Sunday, November 5th through November 12th.

Visit: https://www.teaneckfilmfestival.org/