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Jul.13.2010
This is the first part of a piece I wrote for an AOL Aisledash series in June about couples with unique love stories... Daniel Meigs Wedding Photography When Philip Dial interviewed for a job in marketing at an online insurance company in Franklin, Tennessee, he briefly met Krista Farmer, who...
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Apr.11.2010
Every once in a while you work with someone who really makes an impression on you. Dixie Carter was one of those people. She was already playing a wildly popular character -- Brandy -- on Edge Of Night when I showed up to do my year long stint. Dixie was the kind of actress who not only...
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Feb.13.2010
NOTE FROM LOUISE: Since the dog named Annie figures so prominently in Looking for a Love Story , my two canine companions, Josh and Charlie, suggested rather strenuously, that they should be a part of this interview. In fact, they thought they should be the interview. So here they are in their own...
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May.21.2009
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    So the year I won my Emmy for Best Supporting Actress was the one year when they didn't televise it. I mean, they didn't televise the Emmy show in the very beginning because they figured we were daytime, and well, who cared? But once they figured out that a lot of people did care, they started...
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May.06.2009
  First, I want to thank Red Room for the support. I don't know if you totally realize how much you've done for me-- for my ego and for my book. I can never thank you enough.      I'd had the idea for Serendipity in my head for about four years before I actually wrote it. Sometimes I think you have...
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