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PREVIEW AUGUST 4-10, 2001 SOAP TALK HOROSCOPE GL stars in Days faves play ball By CANDACE HAVENS TVData Features Syndicate Several current and former Guiding Light stars appear in the new short film Supertalk. Anthony Addabbo (ex-Jim), Justin Deas (Buzz), Beth Ehlers (Harley) and Kurt McKinney (ex-Matt) star with Billy Crudup (Almost Famous). The film premieres Saturday, Aug. 11, at the Guerrilla Film Video Festival at the Tribeca Film Center in New York. Fans of Days of Our Lives who live in the Southeast have the opportunity for a summertime treat.

A celebrity Softball game and cast party will be held at the Hyatt Regency of Greenville, S.C., on Sept. 29 that it is hard to hear the dialogue. I don't understand why the background music is so necessary. Louise deValcourt, Athens, Ala. Dear Reader: Music is used in soaps to set the mood for various scenes.

Your complaint is a common one. Sometimes it is the TV set that is the culprit. Some older sets are not conducive to stereo sound. Many people who are hearing-impaired find the closed-captioning option to be helpful. Send questions of general interest to Candace Havens, Soap Talk, TVData Features Syndicate, 333 Glen Glens Falls, NY 12801, or e-mail to soaptalktvdata.com.

indie film; The Salem Sluggers, including Matthew Ashford, Nadia Bjorlin, Matt Cedeno, Jason Cook, Kyle Lowder, Kevin Spirtas and Ari- anne Zuker, will compete against several local Greenville celebrities. After the game, there will be a cast party, autograph session, auction, dinner and Justin Deas dance. It's a great chance for fans in the area to get up close and personal with some of their favorite daytime stars. For more information, check out the SHOWBIZ Kirsten Storms No, Kirsten Storms, who has played Belle since 1999, was never on Fifteen. She has starred in the TV movies Johnny Tsunami, Zenon: Girl of the 21st Century and Zenon: The Zequel.

Ashley was played by Laura l.i,li.lT1 Kirsten Storms was never on series 'Fifteen' By C.C. Clark CTVData Features Symfcae August 5 through August 11, 2001 Arks (Man 21 April Ml A relationship may need more work to salvage it Open the lines of communication and make sure the other person knows you are trying. 1 ill Taurus (April 21 -May 20) Things may not go quite the way you expected, but tjN! mal 1 i0 "arn 10 more Gemini (May 21 June 20) MrjMfxl A positive attitude goes a long way in resolving HsHfl some relationship issues. Expect changes in the VI VM workplace that will benefit you. Cancer (June 21 -July 20) Your pushy demeanor causes some bad vibes among co-workers.

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Don't ask friends and family for advice. Send questions of general interest to TV Pipeline, TVData Features Syndicate, 333 Glen Glens Falls, NY 12801, or e-mail to tvpipelinetvdata.com. Only questions selected for this column will be answered. Personal replies cannot be sent. Comments or questions about Herald Review "Preview" should be directed to Associate Editor Jan Touney at or by calling 421-6973.

If Website www.celebritysoftball.com. Dear Candace: I take offense to the sex scenes on The Young and the Restless. The program airs too early in the morning for someone like Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) to go running around in garters and little else. It is appalling and should not be shown so explicitly. Mrs.

Godfryt, Oak Lawn, 111. Dear Reader: Your comments are duly noted and appreciated, but you should know that is one of the tamer daytime serials on the air. Compared with some of the other soaps, it's downright discreet. Dear Candace: The background music on Days of Our Lives is so loud and irritating A In the "Joe the Bartender" sketches from The Jackie Glea-son Show, what was the name of the song he would always sing as the sketch was closing? Barb Collins, Columbus, Ohio. "My Gal Sal" by Paul Dresser.

Thanks for identifying Dame Judi Dench's late husband, Michael Williams, by name, but I cannot place him. Did he ever do anything we might remember over here? E.P. Free, San Leandro, Calif. Williams, who died of lung cancer in January, was not especially well-known in this country, but you can catch him on video as Father Daley in NBC's fantasy movie The Magical Legend of the Leprechauns and as the British consul in Tea With Mussolini, in which Dench had a starring role. If you want to see the couple starring together, I recommend the wistful 1 981 romantic comedy series A Fine Romance.

Nineteen episodes of this low-key charmer are available online via Amazon.com or from Critics Choice Video at ccvideo.com. I caught a rerun of The Facts of Life and wondered if the actress who played Pippa McKenna during the last season is country singer Sherrie Austin. Deana Rees, Dawson, III. Good catch, Deana! In 1987-88, when the Aussie-born By TAYLOR MICHAELS TVData Features Syndicate Is the actress who plays Belle on Days of Our Lives the same girl who played Ashley Frasier on the old Nickelodeon series Fifteen? Olivia Sterner, Frackville, Pa. POLAND'S GLASS PAINT 490 S.

Franklin Decatur singer played Pippa, she did so under her real name, Sherrie Krenn. Whatever happened to Terence Knox from Tour of Duty? I thought he was a very good actor. E.G. Paul, Green Bay, Wis. Knox, now 54, has continued to work steadily in TV, films and the new acting field of video games.

Since his Tour ended back in 1990, the actor has starred in two TV series, The Road Home and Under One Roof, as well as such high-profile TV movies as The Invaders and A Mother's Right: The Elizabeth Morgan Story. On July 1 he did a hilarious cameo as an aging porn star in the critically acclaimed HBO series Six Feet Under. Why did they take off The Job? Suzanne Van Sickle, Port St. Lucie, Fla. What you saw last spring was a trial run for the Denis Leary show, which returns to ABC this fall.

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