The 2010 Streamy nominations were announced today and many web projects with connections to the daytime soap community received recognition. Venice co-creator/star Crystal Chappell was nominated for Best Actress in a Web Drama, alongside Buppies lead Tatyana Ali. Chappell and Ali will face off against Zoe Bell (Angel of Death), Rachael Hip-Fores (Anyone But Me) and Sophie Tilson (OzGirl). May the best daytime-to-webtime diva win! READ MORE

From Crackle: 4: The Proposition

Okay, it is so not fair to compare The Bannen Way to any of the other web series we cover, considering the sleek, sexy serial got a $1 million investment from Sony, but a hella hot story doesn't cost much, and The Bannen Way definitely has one! Series creators Jesse Warren and Mark Gantt (who also stars as Neal Bannen, the coolest thief since Danny Ocean) definitely have a winner on their hands with this soap for guys about a thief who finds himself between the Mob and a hard place. General Hospital sex bomb Vanessa Marcil as the cunning Madison, certainly doesn't hurt the situation! Check out episodes 4-9 of The Bannen Way, then for more on the red hot series, visit my new favorite website for original, scripted content, Crackle.com! READ MORE

Check out these scorching images of General Hospital and Las Vegas alum Vanessa Marcil from the set of her new Crackle.com web serial The Bannen Way. Marcil plays Madison, a sexy, street smart thief, who proves a ready match for series protagonist Neal Bannen (Mark Gantt). Here's what the Crackle.com PR peeps have to say about Marcil's character:

"Madison is a beautiful street thief and brilliant con-artist. No one can be sure what she's up to, where she's from, or if her name is even Madison. She proves to be Bannen's match when he tries to recruit her for a job but his manipulative tactics don't work on her. Their relationship is a constant chess match that usually ends in a stalemate. She can be his greatest asset but often times turns out to be his foil."

This show looks FIYA! Take a look at the pics below. READ MORE

From Crackle: Trailer

Uh, wow! Check out this ridiculously-hot trailer for The Bannen Way, an upcoming web series from Crackle. com, costarring General Hospital alum Vanessa Marcil! The series stars Mark Gantt (who also serves as co-writer and executive producer) as Neal Bannen, a "charming con-man with a police chief for a father, a mob boss for an uncle and a weakness for fine women, who wants to turn his life around and leave the criminal lifestyle for the straight and narrow. But after gambling away the funds he had earmarked to pay off his final debts, Bannen must accept one more job working for his uncle, Mr. B, to retrieve a mysterious black box."
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The twitterverse erupted overnight with buzz regarding A-list film actor James Franco (Spider Man, Milk) possibly heading to General Hospital. The pandamonium occured when The Biggest Loser's Jillian Michaels told followers on her page about her dinner date with best pal Vanessa Marcil, tweeting,

 

She said James Franco is doing 2 months on the show and she would consider going back for that time to work with him.

 Now what on earth are those crazy kids at GH trying to do with all this casting? READ MORE

Inspired by Babs and Chris Goutman's recent casting coup, I got to thinking about what the next ultimate casting power move should be for the best soap not currently airing on television —As The Executives Turn. Since I don't see Eric Braeden leaving The Young and the Restless to play a new German mob boss, or Mikkos Cassadine on General Hospital anytime soon, I came up with the next best thing. What if Babs, Auntie Ri Ri and Uncle Paul convinced Bob Guza's muse herself, Vanessa Marcil (ex-Brenda) to join daytime's hottest show in the role of Victoria Newman McNeil Howard Carlton Hellstrom?

I'm sorry, licensing fees be damned, I can count six people right off the top of my head who could be shown the door in order for Ms. Marcil to make her way to Genoa City. When she last returned to GH, 800,000 viewers returned with her. Name another soap star who can spike numbers like that? Y&R should get Marcil's people on the horn ASAP! READ MORE

The prosecution rests our case, Spam McCall you are guilty of being a Brenda Bot! Go on Carly-Tams, roll that neck! I swear that girl was a sistah in another life! By the way,  BEST CARLY EVER!

"Although Brenda's was more stylish!" BWAAAAAA ! Thanks Riatson for the video!

If Guza watched tonight's episode of Without A Trace there must be a whole lot of weeping and gnashing of teeth going on at one Port Charles Lane. There Vanessa Marcil was caught up in a mob related storyline, pulling a gun on a FBI agent, running for her life from the mafia and in the preview for next week's preview she sleeps with the FBI agent she pulled the gun on. It was a Guza fantasy come to life in primetime. I won't spoil the twist at the end of the episode for those who haven't watched it yet, but it should have fans tuning back in next week to find out what happens. More pictures after the jump. READ MORE

Here's a look at Vanessa Marcil's upcoming appearance on Without a Trace. Check out TVGuide's take on what's coming up for the CBS crime drama:

On "Heartbeats," airing March 31, the agents have suspects galore when a Russian matchmaker disappears. On "Hard Landing," airing April 7, Vanessa Marcil continues her run as Martin's love interest, as the agents search for a billionaire's son whose plane crashes in the woods.

In other Without a Trace (and Cold Case) news, Michael Ausiello is reporting possible trouble for the procedurals.

Multiple sources confirm that cost-conscious CBS has informed the producers of Without a Trace and Cold Case that the long-running procedurals are facing possible cancellation come May.

It appears the NBC show is officially over. Two of the stars of Lipstick Jungle have landed pilots. Both Lindsay Price and Kim Raver are taking their talents to the Alphabet network. According to The Hollywood Reporter, Price has been cast in Eastwick, a TV version of the popular film The Witches of Eastwick, while Raver has signed on for Inside the Box.

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