♥ Home Run 1995 ♥ Note on soap magazine publication dates and content of articles/interviews regarding multiple soap stars: Many of the monthly or every other month (and sometimes quarterly) magazines back in the 1980's would be on the newsstands a long time before the date on the actual magazine. We've noticed, for instance, that DAYTIME TV magazine did an interview with Drake in late 1986 about his upcoming wedding, which was scheduled for December 1986, yet the interview didn't appear until the July 1987 issue several months later. Therefore, it might be a bit confusing to read about his "upcoming" wedding in an interview dated July 1987 when you happen to know he was married in December 1986. We've tried to date the articles to match the date on the magazine, regardless of when the events talked about took place. Hopefully it will make sense as you go along! We've also edited some of the articles/interviews to just include John's storyline, since this is a Drake/John website. We've left out comments and sections about other actors or storylines unless they're involved with John's storyline. This too should be very apparent and clear when we've done that so it makes sense and you don't have to skim through a long article to find the "John parts." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

♥ 1995 SOAP OPERA DIGEST Award Winners Close to one hundred thousand readers sent in ballots for THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL SOAP OPERA DIGEST AWARDS, which were held on February 17 in Los Angeles and telecast on NBC. (For an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the star-studded event, turn to page twenty-six.) Eight out of ten shows won at least one award. Here are the winners: Category Winner Favorite Show DAYS OF OUR LIVES Lead Actor Tom Eplin (Ex-Jake, ANOTHER WORLD) Lead Actress Deidre Hall (Marlena, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) Supporting Actor Brad Maule (Tony, GENERAL HOSPITAL) Supporting Actress Signy Coleman (Hope, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS) Hottest Male Star Drake Hogestyn (John, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) Hottest Female Star Kristina Wagner (Felicia, GENERAL HOSPITAL) Villain Jason Brooks (Peter, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) Villainess Kimberlin Brown (Sheila, THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) Younger Leading Actor Roger Howarth (Todd, ONE LIFE TO LIVE) Younger Leading Actress Rena Sofer (Lois, GENERAL HOSPITAL) Male Newcomer Keith Hamilton Cobb (Noah, ALL MY CHILDREN) Female Newcomer Brooke Alexander (Samantha, AS THE WORLD TURNS) Male Scene Stealer Michael E. Knight (Tad, ALL MY CHILDREN) Female Scene Stealer Louise Sorel (Vivian, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) Child Actor Jonathan Jackson (Lucky, GENERAL HOSPITAL) Hottest Soap Couple Bo/Billie (Robert Kelker-Kelly/Lisa Rinna, DAYS OF OUR LIVES) Editor's Award Claire Labine SOAP OPERA DIGEST, 3/28/95