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Max Thieriot stars as Dylan Massett on the A&E original series, "Bates Motel." The character of Dylan shows up on Norma Bates doorstep in season one, with nowhere else to go, and viewers slowly began to see the complexity of his relationship with his mother, and the animosity he felt to his brother, Norman. Thieriot gave us some insight as to why he feels Norma and Dylan are alike in more ways tha...

Actor Jonathan Silverman is known to many television and movie audiences for his work in such films as "Weekend at Bernie's," "Death Becomes Her," and shows as TNT's "Monday Mornings." Silverman can be seen next on an episode of the NBC series, "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit," as a stand-up comedian named Josh Galloway. In the episode entitled, "Comic Perversion," Josh's recent set on stage le...

Dominique Schilling is a filmmaker and director, whose work has been seen at numerous film festivals around the world. Her latest film, "A Reason," just finished in post-production. It stars Marion Ross, who many fans remember as Mrs. Cunningham from "Happy Days," and tells the story about a family who is brought together by unfortunate circumstances: "'A Reason' is about a dysfunctional family th...

Parry Shen is known to many audiences from his role in the film, "Better Luck Tomorrow." It would be his role in that film that would shoot him to fame. However, it's Shen's portrayal of the cocky, smarmy doctor, Brad Cooper, on ABC Daytime's "General Hospital," that has proven his popularity with television audiences. "I always saw a potential for Brad when I was reading these lines. There could...

On February 27, 1979, Melody Thomas hit the airwaves, replacing Erica Hope, as Nikki Reed on CBS Daytime's "The Young and the Restless." Now, celebrating 35 years in the fictional town Genoa City, we at THE BUZZ will be reliving some of Nikki's greatest moments in "Y&R" history. Remember when Nikki first fell into alcohol addiction? Or when she was first involved with Jack Abbott, and didn't know...

Michael Caruso, a man of many talents in the online world, stars as Jason DeVanity in the hit online web series, "DeVanity." He also is the creator, writer, and executive producer of the series. This past Wednesday, We Love Soaps TV aired a special episode highlighting the nominees of the 5th Annual Indie Series Awards, with "DeVanity" being honored with a total of 7 nominations, including one for...

Harry Lennix stars as Harold Cooper on the NBC hit series, "The Blacklist." The show stars James Spader as Raymond "Red" Reddington, an ex-government agent who is the FBI's most wanted fugitive, and now working with them to bring down a terrorist that was presumed dead. The show has proven successful that NBC already issued a season two renewal. We spoke with Lennix regarding the fact NBC is stand...

Our flashback podcast this week features Maurice Benard of ABC Daytime's "General Hospital." The actor has been a part of the cast since 1993, and celebrated several milestones: his 50th birthday, the show's 50th anniversary, as well as Benard's 20th anniversary at "GH." Benard weighed in on how the character of Sonny has changed since Ron Carlivati and Frank Valentini took the helm in 2012: "The...

Matt Iseman hosts the extreme obstacle course competition show, "American Ninja Warrior." NBC is airing a two hour special of the show, "USA vs Japan," where 5 of its toughest competitors from each country will battle head to head. Iseman mentioned that fans will expect some of the usual challenges in tonight's special, including others: "You will be seeing some of the classics. You'll see the 'Ju...

Our Buzzcast Flashback shows continue with this interview that took place in March 2013. Melody Thomas Scott, who plays Nikki Reed Newman on CBS Daytime's "The Young and the Restless," stopped by the podcast to speak about the show's 40th anniversary, Nikki's third marriage to Victor, and her character diagnosed with MS. Fun fact for "Y&R" fans out there: this year in 2014, Melody will celebrate 3...

Tedi Nicoletos is an actress and producer who brings her own unique flair to everything that she does. The actress also used her producing talents in the short film, "Icarus Down," which premiered at the Chelsea Film Festival several weeks ago. Nicoletos plays Captain Althenia in the film, which takes place in the future. She described the premise of the film as well as her character: "Earth is no...

Kristina Wagner has been playing the role of Felicia on ABC Daytime's "General Hospital" off and on since 1984. Coming into the Port Charles in disguise, Felicia certainly had her fare share of moments. From the many adventures with Frisco Jones, to finally marrying Mac Scorpio after numerous attempts, it is hard to try to pinpoint what has been the actress' favorite moment during her 29 years on...

Kristina Wagner, Felicia Scorpio of ABC Daytime's "General Hospital," will be stopping by THE BUZZ to chat about the documentary she worked on alongside her brother, Joe Crump, entitled, "Children of Internment." This documentary highlights stories of Germans and Italian Americans who were held at internment camps and deported.  We will speak with her about the documentary, and how she and her bro...

In this edition of the Buzzcast Flashback, which originally aired on July 25, 2012, we spoke with "DALLAS" star, Jordana Brewster. The actress, who plays Elena Ramos, also is known for the "Fast and Furious" movie franchise. Brewster was the first non-original cast member to be cast in the reboot of the CBS series, which ran from 1978-1991. We follow the lives of the younger generation of the Ewin...

Geoff Zanelli is an award-winning composer whose recent work was heard in the National Geographic Channel movie, "Killing Kennedy." The movie starred Rob Lowe and Ginnifer Goodwin, and tied in to the 50th anniversary of the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Zanelli brings forth a score that shows the contrast with all of Kennedy's relationships during his time in office, following the traumatic ev...

Derek Haas serves at the co-creator and executive producer of NBC's "Chicago Fire." The show centers around the lives of firefighters in Chicago Firehouse 51. Tonight's episode, entitled, "Joyriding," encounters one of their own helping in a dire situation. Haas gave us some insight as what viewers will be able to expect from this very intense episode surrounding Lt. Kelly Severide (Taylor Kinney)...

Victoria Smurfit plays the role of Lady Jayne Wetheby on NBC's new drama, "Dracula." While the character of Lady Jayne may not appear in the book, Smurfit was able to make the character her own. The show is set in the 19th century, late 1800s, and it has a very regal look to it. The style, the glamour of the men and women set this apart. We got to speak with Smurfit about the specific characterist...

NBC Daytime‘s Emmy Award winning drama, “Days of our Lives,” will be celebrating its 48th Anniversary on November 8, 2013, and this weekend marks the return of the “Day of DAYS” event at Universal Citywalk in California. We got the chance to speak with some of the actors to celebrate the occasion in a special two-part “DAYS” extravaganza. Chrishell Stause and Galen Gering, who play Jordan and Rafe...

NBC Daytime's Emmy Award winning drama, "Days of our Lives," will be celebrating its 48th Anniversary on November 8, 2013, and this weekend marks the return of the "Day of DAYS" event at Universal Citywalk in California. We got the chance to speak with some of the actors to celebrate the occasion in a special two-part "DAYS" extravaganza. Arianne Zucker has played the role of Nicole Walker since 1...

Olivia Henken, a native from Kentucky, is taking "The Voice" by storm. After winning the battle in Part 1 of the "Voice Knockouts," the artist is now advancing to the live rounds. While the artist is no stranger to singing competitions, Henken spoke with us about how being on "The Voice" stands above the rest: "With Christina (Aguilera) being the artist that she is, she is able to ad-lib and do al...

Brandon Chase hails from Texas, and is an inspiration to many. He managed to turn tragedy into triumph as he made his way to "The Voice," and is now competing as part of TEAM BLAKE. As he is about to make his way to the "Voice Knockout" phase of the series, the artist talked about choosing the song, "Wanted" by Hunter Hayes, for his blind audition: "I think it is just a great song. The lyrics are...

L.A. rock band NEVERWONDER takes their blend of hard rock, R&B, and soul into new heights. The band consists of Alima Soul (lead singer), Scott Ramsay (guitar), Andres Ramos (drums), and Vincent Ramos (bass). We spoke with Alima, Andres, and Vincent about the concept behind the band's name: "There are things in life that happen that goes right, and things that don't go right. The positive things i...

Ellee Ven, born Jessica Lazaro Kunin, is a songstress who has given her own brand of music a new name entitled, "groovetonics." With a mix of pop, funk, and electronica, the music artist continues to share her strengths and ideas on how others can pave their way by following their passion(s). Ellee Ven stopped by to chat with us about her music inspirations, and how she came up with the name of "E...

Danny Pino stars as Det. Nick Amaro on NBC's "Law & Order: Special Victims Unit." Before joining "SVU," fans remembered him best for his role on "Cold Case," which he starred in for its entire seven year run. As Amaro, we are able to see the detective use his instincts to solve cases: "Amaro is intelligent, but not book smart necessarily. I think his intelligence and intuition comes from years of...

Raúl Esparza has joined the ranks of the SVU team as ADA Rafael Barba. The character was seen in a recurring capacity last season, but was bumped up to a contract player at the beginning of season 15. Esparza gave us a bit of insight in the character that makes up the tough as nails ADA: "Barba is a complete no-nonsense ADA. He is incredibly ambitious and we are introduced to someone who made a la...