Van and Jake Photo Gallery!

March 2007

• Former Greenfield resident up for a Daytime Emmy-Van's Hometown
• Close, but not Emmy-Van's Hometown Continuation

August 2007

• Soap Opera Digest Stupid Questions with Jake, Van & Alexandra
• AfterElton.com Interview with Jake Silbermann

September 2007

• Jake Silbermann in OUT Magazine
• CBS.com Behind the Scenes Interview with Van and Jake
• Top 10 Ways To "Nuke" ATWT's YouTube Viewers
• Soaps.com Chats with ATWT's Jake Silbermann!

October 2007

• Advocate.com Interview with Van and Jake
• Soap Power 2007: The 15 Most Influential Players in Daytime! (#11 Van & Jake!)
• Soap star Van Hansis becomes a Mommie's boy
• Van Hansis Speaks on New Role
• Soap's Best Super Couples!
• Interview with Van Hansis in the Jamaica Gleaner, Oct. 27

November 2007

• Soaphunks.net "100 Most Memorable Moments in Soap History" (Luke and Noah kiss is #22!)
• EW's "Landmark moments in Gay Hollywood" (Luke and Noah kiss is the most recent one)
• We Love Soaps - Top 10 Soap Newcomers of 2007 (Jake Silbermann # 7)
• AfterElton.com - Van and Jake answer questions from fans
• AfterElton.com - Readers' Choice: The Top 25 Gay TV Characters Revealed! (Noah # 16, Luke # 6)
• TV Guide Canada names Jake and Van to their 2008 dream Emmy ballot

December 2007

• PaperMag article, "Love in the Afternoon: Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann: One Small Kiss for Soap Stars, One Giant Step for Gays in America"
• AfterElton.com - Chat with Van Hansis

• TV Guide Canada Best Soapers 2007-Van and Jake included
• AfterElton.com - The Year in Gay Television 2007 (Nuke on page 1 and 5)
• The AfterElton.com 2007 Visibility Awards (Nuke on page 3 and 6)
• Top 10 Couples of 2007 - Daytime Confidential (Nuke # 1)
• Top 10 Storylines of 2007 - Daytime Confidential (Nuke #3)
• The Soaphunks.net Awards 2007 *Search Year 2007* (Jake-Hunkiest Newcomer, Van-Best Smile and Best Hair)
• TV Guide Soaps Editor's Best of 2007 (Luke & Noah's story gets a mention as one of the best storylines)
• SoapCentral (Luke and Noah chosen as best ATWT story of 2007)
• We Love Soaps (Luke and Noah's budding romance chosen as best soap storyline of 2007)

January 2008

• We Love Soaps (Luke and Noah's first kiss ranked # 8 on list of Top 10 Soap episodes of '07)
• Top 10 Actors of 2007 - Daytime Confidential(Van is #1!)
• Best and Worst Soap Storylines of 2007 - Soaps.com (Luke/Noah Romance named one of best storylines on ATWT)
• Jake Silbermann answers fan questions from VanHansis.net
• AfterElton.com Gay Pop Culture Wish List for 2008 (Nuke on page 1)
• AfterElton.com - Let Them Kiss! (AE editor Michael Jensen asks readers to mail Hershey Kisses to CBS)
• SoapCentral ("Luke finds love" ties for best storyline on ATWT in 2007)
• ATWT: Luke and Noah Fans Send CBS Big Kisses
• From Hank to Luke and Noah: A Personal Journey
• Soaptown USA - As the World Turns Best and Worst (Noah and Luke named best couple)
• AfterElton.com - Am I the only one who sees a boiled bunny in Luke's Future? (Editor's comment on the moving situation)
• Suds Report January 11(Nelson Branco rants about moving to the farmhouse and the lack of Nuke kissing)
• Van Hansis, Die Mommy Die! wrap (mentions Project Holiday Spirit)
• AfterElton.com - Bigfoot gets more screen time than Nuke
• Entertainment Weekly - 17 Great Soap Supercouples (Luke and Noah are listed)
• TV Guide Canada: Soap Opera Spirit Awards ("Nuke" nominated for Outstanding Performance by a Couple, Van nominated for Outstanding Younger Actor)

February 2008

• The kiss seen 'round the world (YouTube turns soap's gay couple into worldwide sensation)
• AfterElton.com - How has As The World Turns handled its gay storyline?
• AfterElton.com - And You Thought The "Mistletoe" Moment Was Bad (Also a poll at the bottom of the article about the "Nuke" storyline)
• TVGuide Canada - 2008 Soap Opera Spirit Award winners (Luke and Noah named best duo)
• Van and Jake receive pre-nominations for Daytime Emmys
• LA Times - Soap fans claim bias against gay characters (response to media blitz)
• New York Daily News - Gay kiss is missed on soap (response to media blitz)
• Daytime Confidential - As the World Turns: Brewing "Kiss" Controversy Catches the Attention of L.A. Times (coverage of media blitz)
• Towleroad.com - Fans Protest Bias Against Gay Affection on As the World Turns (coverage of media blitz)
• "As the World Turns" is Turning Gay Fans Off... (response to media blitz)
• "As the World Turns" Away From Onscreen Gay Kissing (coverage of media blitz)
• "As the World Turns" - Fans Protest Gay Discrimination on as the World Turns (coverage of media blitz)
• Mr. Sardonic of the Advocate (response to media blitz)
• Marlena Delacroix (response to media blitz)
• AfterElton: I beg to differ, now please don't hurt me (commenting on the week of "Nuke")

March 2008

• Boston Globe - "Their soap smooch made history...Fans ask: Will it happen again?" (response to media blitz... lukeandnoahfans.com referenced, JusticeGH quoted!)
• Associated Press - Unexpected Protest at a Soap (response to media blitz: AuntieT, Roger from vh.net quoted)
• VanHansis.net list of articles related to Media Blitz, including a comprehensive (if not complete) list of sites/papers that ran the AP article
• Perez Hilton - Don't Mess With Gays
• Wetpaint Freshcoats Blog about the Media Blitz (quotes from Natalie)
• AfterElton: It's your worst "Nukemeera" come true! Well, for at least some folks anyway!
• The Nuke Files - Out.com
• The View News (Van to be one of the Emmy nominations announcers on "The View ")
• Van and Jake interviewed at GLAAD awards
• SoapCentral.com: The Two Scoop Commentary- Luke/Noah/Ameera (basic summary of the "Nukemeera" storyline)

April 2008

• ATWT Interview at Soap Opera Digest.com: Nuke them by Jennifer Lenhart
• Daytime Boss Addresses ATWT's "Nuke" Fallout
• Will the "As the World Turns" reality web series out-gay the actual show?
• SoapOpera Weekly's Blogging with Carolyn - about the third kiss
• Fight the bigots by Perez Hilton
• Pro-Nuke Multichannel Blog with Lukeandnoahfans.com mention
  

May 2008

• New York Times Article about Nuke

• Entertainment Weekly article about Cyndi Lauper's visit to Oakdale on July 3

June 2008

• The Suds Report--TV Guide Canada--Van discusses Emmy nod & Jake, Billy Magnussen also quoted in article
• Van and Jake being interviewed by Greg Hernandez before the Emmy on June 20.

July 2008

• AfterElton Set Visit: Cyndi Lauper Helps "As the World Turns" Celebrate Gay Pride
• Michael Logan's interview with Cyndi Lauper TV Guide June 30-July 13 edition
  

• Audio/Video

• Radio Interview with Van Hansis and Jake Silbermann (mp3 file)
• CBS 2 Interview with Van
• Van Hansis at the 34th Annual Emmy Awards
• As The World Turns Films in Branson
• Video interview with Van about "Die Mommie Die!" (with discussion of ATWT)
• Van interview for "Die Mommie Die!" Also contains perfomance clips
• Soap Net 2007 Emmy clips, some contain Van Hansis
• French television report on the Luke and Noah "Kiss Campaign" (In French with English subtitles)
• BuzzWorthy Radio: ATWT's Luke/Noah Discussion & Roger Newcomb! (Along with Theresa and Sage Harrison!)
• This Wiki was featured on Dutch TV news! (Starts at 15:25)