RENOWNED ACTRESSES MARIA CONCHITA ALONSO, DAYANARA TORRES AND SEAN YOUNG TO STAR IN THREE NEW PRIMETIME DRAMA STRIPS FOR MyNetworkTV
Alonso
to Top Line "A Dangerous Love," Torres to Star in "Watch over
Me"
and
Young Headlining "Art of Betrayal"
Stars
to Make First Public Appearance Together
at
Daytime Emmy Awards Tomorrow Evening
LOS ANGELES, April 27, 2006 - Multi-talented and globally
renowned actresses Maria
Conchita Alonso, Dayanara Torres and Sean Young have been cast to
star in three new primetime dramas currently in development for MyNetworkTV, the new general entertainment broadcast
network launching on Tuesday, September 5th. The three actresses will make
their first public appearance together tomorrow evening at the Daytime
Emmy Awards in Los Angeles.
The three new eagerly anticipated series, "A Dangerous Love," "Watch over
Me" and "Art of
Betrayal," will premiere on MyNetworkTV once its inaugural dramas
"Desire" and "Secret Obsessions" conclude. Detailed launch dates and time periods will be
announced in the future.
Alonso will portray
Conchita Olivera in "A Dangerous Love," the story of a fierce rivalry
that has been burning for years between two families, the Oliveras and
Mazzonis. Tension
explodes into tragedy when Roman Mazzoni is falsely accused of
murdering one of Conchita's sons. After his release from prison, Roman falls in love
with Amelia, Conchita's daughter (and sister of the man he allegedly
killed). With both lovers
unaware of their shared history until their families realize the
connection between the two, will the age old feud keep Roman and
Amelia apart? Or will
passion keep them together?
Former Miss Universe Torres
will star in "Watch over Me," which chronicles a classic love
triangle between the beautiful Julia (Torres), her fianc? Sebastian
and Jack, the man Sebastian has hired to protect them. While protecting Julia, Jack
tries not to let his growing feelings for her cloud his judgment. But when it is discovered
Sebastian is engaged in devious business practices that place Julia's
life in danger, Jack sacrifices everything to save
her.
Young will headline the cast
of "Art of Betrayal" in the lead role of Blythe, a woman scorned when
her husband Theodore abandons her and their two sons to marry another
woman for money. Now, 20
years later, Blythe is implementing her long term and evil scheme
devised to ruin Theodore's successful business and to groom her
handsome adult sons to exact revenge against her ex-husband by
marrying his two daughters.
But not everything goes according to Blythe's
plan.
In the vein of "Desire" and "Secret Obsessions," "A
Dangerous Love," "Watch over Me" and "Art of Betrayal," will each
feature a 65-episode story arc of hour-long episodes stripped Monday
through Friday over the span of 13 weeks, while a re-cap episode
highlighting the programs' previous week's storylines will air every
Saturday.
"The excitement surrounding the emerging genre of stripped
dramas continues to build as we add 'A Dangerous Love,' 'Watch over
Me' and 'Art of Betrayal' to our primetime slate," said
Paul Buccieri, president of programming of
Twentieth Television. "Maria, Dayanara and Sean each bring a
high-level of talent, presence and beauty to these three new arcs and
they will embody the gripping nature of their respective
dramas."
Recently, Alonso
appeared on "Desperate Housewives," where she portrayed Gabrielle's
(Eva Longoria) sexy and up-to-no-good mother, Lucia. She has
starred on the big screen alongside Hollywood's top actors, including
Robert Duvall and Sean Penn in "Colors," Robin Williams in "Moscow on
the Hudson," Arnold Schwarzenegger in "Running Man" and Danny Glover
and Bill Paxton in "Predator II." Her upcoming feature films
include "Material Girls," "ESL" and "El Muerto." Alonso's TV
credits include the TBS re-make of the landmark western "High
Noon," Showtime's acclaimed series "Resurrection Boulevard" and
the NBC miniseries "Kingpin." With three Grammy Award
nominations to her credit, Alonso combines her love of film and music,
having provided her sultry voice to the theme song for the acclaimed
film "Scarface." Alonso, is currently working on her next
album.
A native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Torres is
internationally renowned for her beauty and in 1993 was crowned Miss
Universe. Most recently,
she has had a reoccurring role on the long-running daytime soap opera
"The Young and The Restless," as well as served as a correspondent for
the entertainment news magazine strip "Access Hollywood." Torres was included in People en Espanol's
high-profile 50 Most Beautiful People issues two years in a row and
has graced the covers of numerous magazines in the United States and
abroad, including such major books as Cosmopolitan, Marie
Claire and Latina.
Young started her career as a model and dancer before elevating
her performances to the silver screen. Her first film role came in 1980 with a part
in"Jane Austen in Manhattan,"followed by the classic Bill
Murray comedy"Stripes."
Fans became much more familiar with Young after her role in the
pioneering sci-fi 1982 film"Blade Runner," starring Harrison
Ford and Rutger Hauer.Along the way, she has worked with
such legendary directors as Robert Altman, Ridley Scott, Ivan Reitman,
Joel Shumacher, David Lynch and Oliver Stone. Young's feature credits also
include the thriller "No Way Out," with Kevin Costner and Gene
Hackman; "Wall Street," starring Michael Douglas and Charlie Sheen;
"Ace Ventura: Pet Detective," along
side Jim Carrey;and "Dune." Her television credits include
"Reno: 911!" "Boston
Public," "Third Watch" and "Kingpin," among others.
MyNetworkTV will launch with the new scripted primetime drama
strips "Desire" and "Secret Obsessions." "Desire," scheduled to air at
8:00pm (Eastern/Pacific)/7:00pm (Central), follows two close brothers
on the run from the mafia who both fall in love with, and then
passionately battle for, the same woman. Immediately following "Desire" will be "Secret
Obsessions," airing at 9:00pm (Eastern/Pacific)/8:00pm (Central). Starring internationally
renowned actress and sex symbol Bo Derek, the drama takes an in-depth look
at the dreams, successes and tragedies found everyday in the fashion
industry.
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