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General Hospital’s Kevin Collins (Jon Lindstrom) recently announced the death of soap alum Nicholas Pryor, a prolific actor of soaps and films who died at the age of 89 from cancer. Pryor, who played Kevin’s father, Victor Collins on both General Hospital and Port Charles, died at his home in Wilmington, North Carolina.

General Hospital Spoilers – Jon Lindstrom’s Heartfelt Post To His Onscreen Father

General Hospital’s Lindstrom took to his Instagram account to share a heartfelt post concerning this onscreen father. Along with a photo, Lindstrom posted the following about his onscreen father. “It is my solemn task to announce the passing of the great Nicholas Pryor.

Nick was an Actor’s actor, and an exceptional friend. He passed on October 7, 2024, surrounded by loving family. Nick may be best known for his role as the father of [Tom Cruise] in [Risky Business], or as the same to...

General Hospital‘s Jon Lindstrom announced that actor Nicholas Pryor died at age 89. He died of cancer at his home in Wilmington, North Carolina. Pryor portrayed Victor Collins, the father of Jon Lindstrom’s Kevin Collins, on Gh and its spinoff Port Charles.

Remembering An ‘Actor’s Actor’

Lindstrom shared a heartfelt and solemn Instagram post revealing that Pryor had passed. Alongside a photo of the late actor, Lindstrom remembered him writing, “It is my solemn task to announce the passing of the great Nicholas Pryor.

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“Nick was an Actor’s actor, and an exceptional friend,” Lindstrom continued. “He passed on October 7, 2024, surrounded by loving family. Nick may be best known for his role as the father of [Tom Cruise] in [Risky Business], or as the same to [Robert Downey Jr] in [Less Than Zero]. He shared the...

Port Charles star Nicholas Pryor has died at the age of 89. The actor was known for playing Tom Cruise‘s dad in Risky Business, a memorable passenger on Airplane!, and more roles in addition to his years on the General Hospital spinoff as Victor Collins. Pryor’s Port Charles costar, Gh‘s Jon Lindstrom, announced his death on October 8 on Instagram, saying that Pryor died “surrounded by loving family” on Monday, October 7. A cause of death was not shared. Lindstrom plays Kevin Collins in General Hospital and reprised the role in Port Charles. Pryor played his father. “It is my solemn task to announce the passing of the great Nicholas Pryor. Nick was an Actor’s actor, and an exceptional friend. He passed on October 7, 2024, surrounded by loving family,” Lindstrom wrote in his Instagram tribute, which features a black-and-white headshot of Pryor. View this post on Instagram A post shared...

General Hospital Spoilers don’t offer all good information in the coming and goings this week. However, Genie Francis will return as Laura Collins, Port Charles mayor and of course, wife of Kevin Collins (Jon Lindstrom).

Lulu Spencer (Alexa Havins) has been recast and is about to wake up. Lucky Spencer (Jonathan Jackson) is back in town and hopes to save his sister, and this is just with one family.

General Hospital Spoilers – Lucky Spencer Reunites With Family

General Hospital Spoilers reveal that Lucky will reunite with his mother on October 10. Laura is thrilled to see her son alive and well.

However, Laura also hopes that Lucky is a match for Lulu so she will survive as well. Alex will premiere as Lulu this fall. Will Lucky be able to donate or will the whole plan fall apart in the end because of some unforeseen complication?

Among other recast news...

General Hospital spoilers and updates for the week of Monday, October 7-Friday, October 11 tease lovers’ promises, emotional reunions, and hopeful outcomes.

Robert Scorpio (Tristan Rogers) makes a promise, Lucky Spencer (Jonathan Jackson) and Laura Collins (Genie Francis) have an emotional reunion, and Dante Falconeri (Dominic Zamprogna) is hopeful for a good outcome.

General Hospital Spoilers – Lovers’ Promises, Mournful Visits

Monday, October 7, Robert makes a promise to Diane Miller (Carolyn Hennesy) in the throes of Holly Sutton’s (Emma Samms) return to Port Charles. Elsewhere, a newly returned Lucas Jones (Van Hansis) makes a mournful visit to Bobbie Spencer’s (Jacklyn Zeman) grave.

As for Holly, she is surprised by an unexpected visitor as Jack Brennan (Charles Mesure) turns up at her Metro Court suite door.

Harrison and Brook Lynn Chase are in for a shock, and it may to have something to do with Violet Finn’s (Jophielle Love) behavior.

General Hospital (Gh) reveal that Cady McClain and current Gh star Jon Lindstrom (Kevin Collins) have shared an announcement with their fans, they are going their separate ways after 10 years of marriage.

General Hospital Spoilers – Cady McClain And Jon Lindstrom’s Split

The couple shared the news in a joint Insta post: “Cady and Jon here. We are taking this opportunity to make a short statement about our relationship status. It may be obvious to some based on our posts that we’ve taken some time apart. After serious consideration, we have decided that our goals have been taking us in different directions and to end our marriage.”

Gh spoilers – Friendship Goals

They added “We remain friends and wish each other every happiness. As people who work in the public eye, it can be difficult to have a private life. Regardless, we ask for your kind consideration in this matter.

General Hospital star Jon Lindstrom and Cady McClain who plays Jennifer Horton on Days of Our Lives, have split after a decade. The two tied the knot in 2014 but have now announced that they are going their own ways. So, how did they break the news? Keep reading for more details.

Jon Lindstrom & Cady McClain Split After A Decade

After a decade of marriage, soap stars Jon Lindstrom and Cady McClain have called it quits. The two got married on Valentine’s Day in 2014 though this was not Lindstrom’s first marriage. Lindstrom, 66, who plays Kevin Collins on General Hospital, was previously married to Eileen Davidson. She has played Ashley Abbott on The Young and the Restless since 1982 and was a regular on Rhobh. They were married for three years before they divorced and she went on to wed Vince Van Patten. This was Days of Our Lives star Cady...

General Hospital spoilers tease that Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart) has been showing a side of himself that he had kept buried for the last several years.

As viewers may remember, when Valentin first showed up, he shot Nikolas Cassadine (Adam Huss) and Kevin Collins (Jon Lindstrom). His own mother, Helena Cassadine (Constance Towers) was terrified of him at one point. He also threw Ava Jerome (Maura West) off the parapet at Wyndemere.

Ava survived, and Valentin was seemingly given a wake-up call when it was revealed that his young daughter, Charlotte Cassadine (Scarlett Fernandez) has witnessed his assault on Ava.

General Hospital Spoilers – Valentin Cassadine Swore To Be A Better Father!

Valentin swore to become a better father and it seemed for awhile he was doing just that. But it seems that Valentin hasn’t turned away from the darkness, he just got better at hiding it.

Valentin has...

We think that the casting director on "Once Upon A Time" must possess magical powers, since the show has conjured up yet another ideal actor, this time to play Snow White's mother.

According to TV Guide, Rena Sofer will play Queen Eva, the mother of Ginnifer Goodwin's kick-ass princess. She'll be seen in flashbacks in at least one episode, alongside the equally perfect Bailee Madison (who plays young Snow), which is scheduled to air in early March.

In other casting news ...

Salma Hayek will return to "30 Rock." Details of her appearance are top secret, but the actress will appear in the hourlong series finale. She'll reprise the role of nurse Elisa, one of Jack's exes (Alec Baldwin) who murdered her unfaithful husband. {EW]

"Nip/Tuck" star to visit "Castle." Dylan Walsh will appear in this season's February two-parter as Agent Harris, an FBI investigator who teams up with Castle...

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New York – It’s back to business for the NBA and its broadcast partners. The league’s players and owners salvaged a 66-game season via a tentative deal reached after a 15-hour negotiating session that stretched into the early hours of Nov. 26. And that means that ad dollars that had gone to male-skewing entertainment networks including Comedy Central, Adult Swim, MTV, Spike, Discovery and History, are reverting back to the NBA. “Marketers are happy. Buyers are happy. The people who are not too happy are those entertainment networks,” says Kevin Collins, senior vp, director at Initiative.

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Jon Lindstrom isn't afraid to change things up. As an actor, producer, writer, and musician, he has spent the last twenty + years capitalizing on his multitude of talents in the entertainment industry and today, his phone is still ringing. Widely known as the uber-talented soap star who appeared on hit shows such as General Hospital (TV) and As The World Turns (TV), Lindstrom perfected complex character roles and left an indelible impression on the soap industry and it's zillions of fans. With a new Indie film in the can called You Can't Have It All (2010) (starring himself and Wendie Malick), a recently released CD with his band The High Lonesome, and a handful of projects in development, Lindstrom is looking forward to a challenging and exciting year. We recently had to the chance to speak with Jon about his music, his films, and his craft. In this exclusive interview, Jon...

In Part One of our interview, Jon Lindstrom shared his musical roots with The High Lonesome, memories of playing Hollywood clubs in the 80s, as well as some of the struggles behind the scenes at Santa Barbara. In Part Two he reveals more anecdotes about Santa Barbara, and his process of playing tortured twins Ryan and Kevin on General Hospital. Which famous soap actor almost got the role instead of Lindstrom? Find out below!

We Love Soaps TV: From the viewer’s standpoint, the 1985-1986 season you were on Santa Barbara was such a treat.

Jon Lindstrom: It was a beautifully written and produced show. It was so well done. I’m happy for that. The work showed. It was hard work, and we all sweated bullets to make it happen.

We Love Soaps TV: Your character, Mark McCormick, was popular while being so very hated.

Jon Lindstrom: Everybody hated that guy.

When hearing the name "Jon Lindstrom," most soap fans immediately think of his critically acclaimed role as Craig Montgomery on As The World Turns, rational and tortured Kevin Collins on General Hospital and Port Charles, or even scary sociopath Mark McCormick on Santa Barbara. What most soap fans don't know is that this Emmy-nominated actor has been rocking out on his drums since age seven, and was an integral part of the Billboard chart-topping band The High Lonesome in the '80s and '90s. In this new interview, Lindstrom will trace the origins of his musical passion, as well as recollect some of his most memorable moments on his numerous shows.

We Love Soaps TV: Jon, it is so wonderful to speak with you. One of the things that has been hard about covering soaps the last few years has been seeing so many people on and off screen...

Jon Lindstrom, best known for his work in daytime television, (as Craig Montgomery on As The World Turns, for which he received a 2010 Emmy Lead Actor nomination, and as Kevin Collins/Ryan Chamberlain in General Hospital), returns to the music scene with his band The High Lonesome and their new CD release, “Collector’s Album 1995-2010.”

In a nod to years past, the album offers a mix of new and newly re-mastered tunes from The High Lonesome’s first album “Feel Free to Do So” which was described by Billboard Magazine’s Larry Flick as a "blend of alterna-country/blues and rootsy pop/rock" and called the single “True Believer” a “Bouncy, roots-rockin’ ditty [that] seems custom-made for cranking at peak volume while cruisin’ down the highway with your best buddies.”

The High Lonesome is made up of five actors and performers who were either involved in the improv group “Thin Ice...

New York -- Despite a laggard economy and tepid ratings for the sport in 2009, advertisers have returned to Major League Baseball telecasts this season, and baseball's TV rights holders are close to selling out commercial time on their first few months of games, both at the national and local levels.

Fox is virtually sold out for April and May, buoyed by a doubling in automotive ad dollars and a 75% hike in financial advertising compared with this time last season for its Saturday afternoon games and two primetime contests. Turner has taken in 15%-20% more ad dollars than it did last year for its Sunday afternoon Mlb games.

Espn, which televises the most games nationally, also is pacing ahead of last year. Its telecast of the Home Run Derby the night before the All-Star Game is almost sold out. And Mlb Network, in its second year, added 30 new advertisers this season...

"CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" star Gerald McCullouch has been court-ordered to undergo counseling after New York City police caught him urinating in public last week. McCullouch left Manhattan nightspot Amnesia with his actor pal Keith Collins, but admits he was too inebriated to hold in a full bladder on the way home.

He tells the New York Daily News, "I'd had a little to drink. So, as I was coming down the West Side Highway, I asked my cab driver to pull over so I could relieve myself. Suddenly I was surrounded by three cop cars. I said, 'Officer, at least let me finish!' " Laughing off the incident, he adds, "But I actually learned something from the hour-long quality-of-life counseling the judge sentenced me to. Education is better than a fine."

Ironically, McCullouch was rescued by police after he was attacked on the New York subway by a man...

CBS has sold 65% of the available commercial spots for next year's Super Bowl, according to sources, an impressive amount considering the still-dire economic circumstances. At this time last year, NBC had sold 85% of inventory, but CBS has had to battle the full force of the financial crisis that began a year ago.

CBS has sold about 40 of the 62 30-second spots on offer for Super Bowl Xliv sources said.

So far, prices for the Super Bowl, scheduled for Feb. 7 in Miami, are in the range of $2.7 million-$2.8 million per spot, which is flat to slightly lower than what NBC achieved for the 2009 telecast and flat to slightly higher than what Fox did for the 2008 game.

Last year, NBC averaged $2.8 million-$2.9 million per 30-second spot; some advertisers paid $3 million. In 2008, Fox averaged about $2.7 million for spots in the Super Bowl.

Sources at CBS said pricing for the 2010 game is "in line" with what NBC received last year.