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sofie · **Joined:** Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:13 pm **Posts:** 285

Check out http://www.venicetheseries.com.

It's fantastic and for regular updates, please sign up for Team Venice.

We have Crystal and Kimmy answering some questions...what a fabulous treat.

There's a fan contest - fans can submit a Venice logo - check out the website for details.

More to come, stay tuned..

And if you haven't done so already, join Venice Facebook, check it out at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Venicethe ... 291?ref=ts

Win · **Joined:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:02 pm **Posts:** 3358

Tweeted by Crystal today...

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@crystalchappell Got some amazing news! Danny Cosgrove is Venice bound! He's playing Owen, Gina's brother. Love him!

BBK · **Posted:** Fri Aug 14, 2009 7:41 pm

Daniel's casting announced in Daytime confidential

http://daytimeconfidential.com/2009/08/ ... lls-venice

great picture of Crystal and Daniel!!!

BBK · **Posted:** Wed Aug 19, 2009 6:14 pm

Just tweeted by Crystal!

"So excited to be able to tell you Elizabeth Keener is joining Venice as Lara! We're thrilled to have her!"

Congratulations Elizabeth!!!

Win · **Joined:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:02 pm **Posts:** 3358

DAYTIME CONFIDENTIAL
http://daytimeconfidential.com/2009/08/ ... ags-venice

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Crystal Chappell is doing it big when it comes to her web series Venice.The actress tweeted:

So excited to be able to tell you Elizabeth Keener is joining Venice as Lara! We're thrilled to have her

Keener is best known for her role on Showtime's The L Word as Dawn Denbo, a business rival to Pam Grier's Kit Poter and younger sister of Oscar nominated actress Catherine Keener.

Win · **Joined:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:02 pm **Posts:** 3358

GWEN'S DAYS OF OUR LIVES BLOG
http://daysofourlives.about.com/b/2009/ ... series.htm

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Not only is fan favorite and Daytime Emmy Award-winning actress Crystal Chappell returning to DAYS as Dr. Carly Manning, but she is also producing her own web series entitled Venice.The lovely actress, along with Producer/Writer Kim Turrisi, talks about the new series on the website and describes it as "a show about families, and life, and all the simplicity of it, and the turmoil of it. We're going to be following a character named Gina who is a designer, and she is a gay woman."

BBK · **Posted:** Sat Aug 22, 2009 3:30 pm

Daytime Confidential on Elizabeth Keener's addition to the Venice cast!!

http://daytimeconfidential.com/2009/08/ ... ags-venice

Crystal Chappell is doing it big when it comes to her web series Venice.The actress tweeted:

So excited to be able to tell you Elizabeth Keener is joining Venice as Lara! We're thrilled to have her

Keener is best known for her role on Showtime's The L Word as Dawn Denbo, a business rival to Pam Grier's Kit Poter and younger sister of Oscar nominated actress Catherine Keener.

BBK · **Posted:** Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:40 am

Hope aka @nywriterchick is hinting at a Venice announcement today!! stay tuned!

sofie · **Joined:** Sun Mar 22, 2009 2:13 pm **Posts:** 285

Check out the website for the cast pictures...Crystal's picture just got added.

Cubfnatic · **Posted:** Thu Aug 27, 2009 5:25 pm

Venice the Series, and the Kiss Otalia Fans Have Been Waiting For

http://www.blogher.com/venice-series-an ... en-waiting

10zlaine · **Posted:** Fri Aug 28, 2009 8:23 am

Venice - the new web series that keeps creative video's rolling off the 'You Tube' press
Soap Opera Examiner by Mary Montanari

www.examiner.com

Win · **Joined:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:02 pm **Posts:** 3358

Get to know Lisa Bernhard -the New York Times columnist who interviewed Crystal - by visiting her website...

http://www.lisabernhard.net/

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Love that dares to tweet its name... NY Times story about actress
Crystal Chappell, one-half of Guiding Light's same-sex couple known as Otalia, and her use of social networking sites to build a fan base for her Otalia-inspired Web series, Venice.

Win · **Joined:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:02 pm **Posts:** 3358

SUDS REPORT by Nelson Branco

From the August 30 Suds Report
http://tvguide.sympatico.msn.ca/Soaps/S ... _report_NB

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At the ATAS party for the Emmy nominees last night, casting director Marnie Saitta and I finally met face-to-face. “Thanks for writing such nice things about me. I’m having a ball casting the show lately.” When I suggested she cast Jessica Leccia (Natalia, GL) on her show to appease the heartbroken Otalia fans, she said, “We’ll see. You never know.” Saitta did reveal that DAYS may be giving the Passions hiring spree a rest. Good move.

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VENICE, venicetheseries.com — Everyone loves Crystal Chappell!

Soapgeist’s Mimi Torchin broke major Venice news Monday, and everyone and their lesbian parents jumped on it, even the New York Times. Hey Crystal, you may have a future in PR! Perhaps Crystal could have saved GL instead of TeleNext.

10zlaine · **Posted:** Tue Sep 01, 2009 8:05 pm

Stars Embrace Creative And Commercial Opportunities in Web Series

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Actors, producers and directors with their own Internet TV productions include:
* Crystal Chappell (Guiding Light) has created the new lesbian-themed soap Venice.

Follow this link for more info!

10zlaine · **Posted:** Wed Sep 02, 2009 8:08 am

We Love Soaps is all about throwing a shout out and some love to Venice the Series in their blurbs!

We Love Soaps Daytime Emmy Wrap Up: From Venice

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For this week's special We Love Soaps video podcast, Roger Newcomb and Damon L. Jacobs traveled to Venice Beach, future setting for Crystal Chappell's highly anticipated new web series, to discuss the events of Daytime Emmy weekend.

We Love Soaps Emmy Wrap-up Link

and in their Indie Soap Beat

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VENICE - THE SERIES

We Love Soaps was in Venice Beach to record a Daytime Emmy wrap up show. We will be bringing you the sights and sounds of Venice, the setting for the most anticipated new web show of the year. You'll have to settle for Jacobs and myself instead of Chappell and Leccia but it was a fun show. Meanwhile, don't forget that you can pre-order official VENICE tshirts, mugs, and other fun stuff only on http://www.venicetheseries.com starting September 3.

Indie Soap Beat September Link

Win · **Joined:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:02 pm **Posts:** 3358

Creative Differences Blog : ‘Venice’ lesbian Web drama makes sweet lemonade from cancelled soap

http://www.creativediff.com/blog/?p=888

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How cool is this: A popular soap actress (Crystal Chappell) whose show went off the air (”Guiding Light”) has chosen to revive her lesbian character (with a different name) in her own Web-based drama. For no pay. Her co-stars, writers and producers are also working mostly for free, as described in this New York Times article. Wow.

Ms. Chappell promises that her new character will kiss another woman within the first 30 seconds of the show. That’d be a record even for “True Blood.” (Inside joke there — the characters on that show are up for sex even during an apocalypse.) Point is: Crystal Chappell is really committing herself to getting lesbians good, honest representation in the media, a very laudable effort that I hope will succeed brilliantly.

I’m so impressed that Ms. Chappell has the gumption to do this, and the generosity of spirit to keep a lesbian character alive for her fans. I know an actor has a personal stake in supporting her own role, but Ms. Chappell has been hired for another soap (“Days of Our Lives”) and presumably doesn’t need the extra work. Her actor husband has also been hired by “Days,” so money doesn’t seem to be an issue. Anyway, you can’t expect money from any Internet endeavor, we all know that.

Kudos to Crystal Chappell for reaching across the straight-gay line to support her lesbian fans! Kudos to an enterprising individual for trying something creative and new on the Web! Brava!

Win · **Joined:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:02 pm **Posts:** 3358

From the Pancakes & Valium podcast, September 4, 2009

Listen to the full interview here:
http://pancakesandavalium.com/2009/09/c ... s-it-real/

What attracted you to Venice Beach?

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We wanted to do something that was hip and edgy and charming and Venice just embodies a wide variety of folks; there are all kinds of interesting people there. I've loved that town for years. Kim (Turrisi, writer of Venice) said "Well, what about Venice?", so I said "It's perfect, that's a perfect idea." Because we wanted to keep it in California and that just seemed like an appropriate place.

Working with friends on Venice

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First of all, they're all amazingly talented - I'm so lucky to have them - and so we have fun. Kim & Hope and I, we all have the same attitude. We're very efficient and we get things done but we have fun while we're doing it. It's important to have people who can just jump right into that and get things done quickly... because we're shooting it very fast... but who can still have a good time. That's kind of a rule (laughs) you have to have fun if you're going to work on Venice.

JaneKemp · **Joined:** Wed Jul 22, 2009 12:01 am **Posts:** 10

Anyone else having trouble accessing the Pancake and a Valium web link?

Win · **Joined:** Wed Oct 25, 2006 3:02 pm **Posts:** 3358

JaneKemp wrote:

Anyone else having trouble accessing the Pancake and a Valium web link?

I saw on Twitter this morning that the account has been suspended. Hopefully they will get it up and running again soon.

Win

10zlaine · **Posted:** Thu Sep 10, 2009 6:39 pm

‘Guiding Light’ lesbians go viral
by Romeo San Vicente

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After approximately 200 years on radio and then daytime TV, “The Guilding Light” will see its last episode air on Sept. 18. Everyone gets cancelled eventually. But what about “Otalia,” the combo name fans have given lesbian characters Olivia and Natalia? Where will they go? What will become of them? Well, actresses Crystal Chappell and Jessica Leccia, who play the dynamic duo, have decided to keep a version of their story alive via online webisodes. Though the names will be changed thanks to silly entertainment laws, the pair will be featured on a new online series called “Venice,” which is also set to feature the best “L Word” villainess ever, Elizabeth Keener (Dawn Denbo!), in a recurring role. In other words: Hurry up, Internet! This can’t happen soon enough for Romeo’s taste.

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