Cassie Steele

This Canadian actress and singer-songwriter is best known for portraying Manny Santos on Degrassi: The Next Generation. But she's now drawing a whole new fan base in her role as aspiring actress Abby Vargas on the new CW series The L.A. Complex.  

Did you know that originally, "The L.A. Complex" was designed as a spinoff for Cassie Steele's "Degrassi: The Next Generation" character Manny Santos? The actress sat down with Zap2it to talk about her new show, which follows young actress Abby (not Manny) and her fellow Hollywood wannabes living in the same Los Angeles apartment building.Steele tells Zap2it that the new show ended up being a little racier and a little more mature than her...  

ABBY IS MANNY, BUT NOT | Like her Degrassi alter ego, Steele’s Abby is striving for stardom and doing everything she can to reach it. “They’re both really driven [characters],” says the actress. “Manny tried to drive across the country in a ...  

What would you say sets your show apart from them? I don’t know if you’ve noticed this, but it seems like every CW show is led by an actress from Degrassi. Is this all part of some Degrassi takeover of the that you guys had planned?  

Originally scripted as a spinoff of Canadian staple "Degrassi: The Next Generation," the series follows the lives of several wannabe-famous young actors, dancers, singers and writers living and trying to get by in Los Angeles. Unlike other shows ...  

“I think she lights up the screen; she really worked hard to get that part, and it shows. … She’s a quick learner, she’s professional, she’s fun — she’s just a really sweet girl.” Alex stopped by our NYC offices back in February ...  

"The L.A. Complex" is The CW's newest teen series (premiering Tuesday, April 24 at 9 p.m. ET). And in celebration of the Canada-takes-Hollywood drama, which originally aired on Canada's MuchMusic, the show's star Cassie Steele tweeted a picture from the set of guest star and TV vet Alan Thicke. "First shot with @alan_thicke here with me, on the set of The L.A. Complex... be sure to watch tonight's premiere on The CW," Steele tweeted. Read...  

Manny Santos was such a beloved character on Degrassi. But now that you’re doing other roles, is she someone you’re trying to distance yourself from? I really loved playing Manny. I look at it again and see that the fans were so loyal and it ...  

The Canadian drama about Hollywood drama debuted up north a few months back, and later this month, the CW will put it on American television. The CW posted a few promos for the series, which give us a look at what’s in store for the characters, all of whom seem to have aspirations of making it big in show business.  

Sunny Los Angeles, sexy guys, wishes of fame and fortune and a whole lot of gritty scandals—welcome to "The L.A. Complex." A new CW series (debuting tonight) that follows six characters in different phases of their lives trying to make it in ...  

If you live out here in Los Angeles, chances are you know a girl or two-- or six ... “I think eventually Abby will try and blur the line between acting and singing, but right now, I mean personally what I’ve experienced is I’ve always really liked ...  

The former Degrassi actress is enjoying a breakout role on MuchMusic’s The L.A. Complex. Here, a few of her favourite things I started writing a journal when I was in grade school, and I’ve filled about 40 since then. I love to write ...  

After completing the tour, Jepsen retreated to B.C. to focus on writing, recording and completing her band. Her demos attracted a flurry of attention, and she was eventually signed a joint management deal with Simkin Artist Management and Dexter Entertainment.  

Top breeders and cockers from Luzon, Visayas and Mindanao are expected to see action. The tandems of Eric dela Rosa and Butchoy Olaño, and Manny Santos and Arman Santos lead the cocker race with 55 points, 7.5 clear of the second-placed Rudy Albano and ...  

Also fielding in their top-notch entries are James Uy, Eugene Martin, Luding Boongaling, Manny Santos, Armand Santos, Patrick Anotnio ... Ruel Ricafort, Boy Valenzuela, George Torres, Claude Bautista, and Boyet Joson. The guest list, meanwhile ...  

Heading the NCA roster are Gerry Ramos,Tommy Chua, Osang dela Cruz, Ellan Nagaño, Rene Medina, Jun Topacio, James Uy, Eugene Martin, Luding Boongaling, Manny Santos, Armand Santos, Ito Ynares, Nestor Mercado and Lito Orillaza. Others vying for ...  

Butch Golez, Cesar Dy, Ato dela Cruz ... Manny Santos, Armand Santos, Patrick Antonio, Gerry Ramos and The Firefly Group. The event is sponsored by Sagupaan Complexor and hosted by George Torres, Claude Bautista and Boyet Joson.  

Boxing  -  WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather, Jr (42-0) expressed fear of losing their mega-fight during negotiations, according to WBO welterweight titlist Manny Pacquiao ... the gentleman from General Santos - who agreed to the Olympic ...  

“The case filed against Manny Pacquiao is not tax evasion ... He also questioned why the BIR served the subpoena in General Santos City when he is now a resident of Sarangani. Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research Complete stories on our Digital Edition ...  

Manny Pacquiao to face the Bureau of Internal Revenue squarely ... Nebria as the one who received the subpoena which was sent to an "unknown" place in General Santos City. San Juan Rep. JV Ejercito slammed the BIR and Commissioner Kim Henares’ attitude ...  

MANILA, Philippines—A Mindanao-based journalist sought the dismissal of a libel case filed against him by the alleged friend of boxing champion Manny Pacquiao ... refuge in Pacquiao’s house in General Santos to evade arrest. The article was published ...  

DH Manny Ramirez won't be eligible to play until May 30 ... while RHP Joey Devine also could be an option when he returns from a brief bout of biceps tendinitis. De Los Santos is considered the closer of the future, and he and Cook are hard throwers.  

MANILA, Philippines — True to his word, Manny Pacquiao showed up for training Tuesday afternoon in General Santos City, a little over two months before he locks horns with Tim Bradley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. “Manny looks good...he doesn't look ...  

MANILA, Philippines—Following the Bureau of Internal Revenue’s filing of the tax evasion case against its former poster boy, boxing icon and Representative Manny Pacquiao ... BIR served the subpoena in General Santos City when he is now a resident ...  

Tuesday’s derby entries: Tommy Chua, Osang dela Cruz, Ellan Nagaño, Rene Medina, Bebot Uy, Jun Topacio, James Uy, Eugene Martin, Luding Boongaling, Manny Santos, Armand Santos, Patrick Antonio, Gerry Ramos, Jun Santiago, Gov. Ito Ynares, Nestor Mercado ...  

The show is produced by Epitome Pictures (Degrassi) and executive produced, written and directed by Martin Gero (Bored to Death). The series follows the exploits of a group of young hopefuls in search of stardom in Hollywood. “Bell Media is thrilled to ...  

Keep supporting, tune in, and enjoy!" The LA Complex stars Cassie Steele as Abby Vargas, an aspiring actress who moves to Los Angeles to pursue her dreams of stardom. The show was picked up for a second season by MuchMusic in March but has continued to ...  

Prior to joining the 90210 cast, she played the lead role in Degrassi: The Next Generation, where she won a Gemini Award. The TV role landed her a spot in Picture This with her former Degrassi co-stars Lauren Collins and Ashley Tisdale, and she also ...  

Hosted by Adamo Ruggiero of "Degrassi: The Next Generation" fame, "The Next Star" sees Canadian singers ages 15 and under vying to become "Canada's next singing sensation." Previous contestants have included Ontario-based Alyssa Reid, who was recently ...  

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So, with only a few weeks to find a place to rest my head and store my Buffy The Vampire Slayer DVDs, I’m on a scavenger-like hunt to find an apartment where I can write my witty columns, tweet my sarcastic tweets and devour re-runs of Degrassi from my couch.  

Aspiring stars can submit original songs to OurStage.com until 30 Apr (12) and fans will then help the Degrassi: The Next Generation star select the winner. Aside from landing his or her big break, the victor will also receive a private, branded tour boss.  

Which makes room for the Canadian drama "The L.A. Complex" (9 p.m. Tuesday, KVCW-TV, Channel 33). The "Degrassi"-meets-"Melrose" tale of aspiring entertainers inhabiting a sketchy motel is so likably, goofily earnest, it feels like something "How I Met ...  

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And the former Degrassi: The Next Generation star admitted that he still liked to dabble, but insisted that he knows where to draw the line. He said: "Have I sipped codeine before? Yeah, of course. Have I smoked weed? Yes. Do I drink wine? Yes. But do I do it excessively?  

He was up front when New Age was just beginning over 30 years ago. He was one of the first Windham Hill Artists to join with founder Will Ackerman and Alex Degrassi, in their new label out of Palo Alto, CA. Scott signed onto the label the same day as ...  

The Canadian MC started his acting career on the hit teen drama, “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” in 2001. He played Jimmy Brooks, an up-and-coming basketball star whose dreams were shattered when he was shot by a fellow classmate and bound to a wheelchair.  

While Drake had already had a career on the small screen on "Degrassi: The Next Generation," it was his rap game that would solidify him as an international star. Just as Drizzy was trying to carve out his path in the world of hip-hop several years ago ...  

This season, the Degrassi crew will do it all...from confronting insecurities and enemies, to dealing with raging hormones and bad break-ups. We'll even say goodbye to a few of our old favorites as they move on to life after high school. In the first 29 ...  

Abby Vargas (Cassie Steele) is a Canadian transplant here, crossing the border for sunnier Los Angeles pastures to get her big acting break. She believes the town is all about momentum and if she can just get an audition with her favorite director ...  

He may be called the "Manny Pacquiao" of skateboarding in the United States but Willy Santos clearly does not get the same recognition as the Sarangani congressman and boxing legend. According to the news site Asian Journal, Filipino-American Santos, 36, a ...  

who oversaw the beltholder's earlier workouts in General Santos City, Philippines, prior to the recent arrival of head man, Freddie Roach. "Now I believe what I had been reading," said Roach, a five-time Trainer of the Year. "Manny was working hard in ...  

Raised by a single parent, Dionisia, after his father abandoned his family, Manny, 14, left his dirt-poor community in General Santos City to find a job in Manila and help his mother feed the brood.  He became a boxer.  The rest we know. But a heroic ...  

Yep, welcome to your newest guilty pleasure, The L.A. Complex. The soap was initially planned as a spin-off for Steele's Degrassi character Manny Santos. "There was so much potential with these story lines and that concept that it grew into something else ...  

Eric dela Rosa and Butchoy Olano pace the race with 44 1/2 points with Manny and Armand Santos in second with 42 points. Patrick Antonio pooled 39 points for third followed by George Torres and Claude Bautista (38 points) and Mayor Elan Nagano (36 ½ points).  

MANILA, Philippines – Sarangani congressman and 8-division boxing champ Manny Pacquiao is no political butterfly ... since his failed bid for the congressional post of General Santos City in 2007. Pacquiao was reportedly part of the Atienza wing of ...  

The champion pugilist will not be able to attend his mom’s birthday celebration in General Santos City as he is training rigorously in preparation for his fight against Timothy Bradley. But the obviously overjoyed Mommy D excitedly showed off Manny’s ...  

MANILA, Philippines - Boxing champ and Sarangani Rep. Manny Pacquiao can transfer his tax registration once again from General Santos City to a different district but only after settling any tax obligations in the region, a tax official said Monday.  

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In August 1836, two real estate entrepreneurs—Augustus Chapman Allen and John Kirby Allen—from New York, purchased of land along Buffalo Bayou with the intent of founding a city. The Allen brothers decided to name the city after Sam Houston, the ...  

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“Manny's right on track...he's right on schedule,” said Koncz. Pacquiao kicked off his buildup for Bradley in his hometown of General Santos City in early-April before spending three weeks in Baguio City, where he had four sparring sessions with ...  

MANILA, Philippines – Dionisia Pacquiao, more popularly known as Mommy D, mother of Sarangani Representative Manny Pacquiao ... 63rd birthday on May 15 at Pacman Fort Stadium in General Santos City. Donning a Philippine flag-inspired gown which ...  

HE IS considered the Manny Pacquiao of the skateboarding industry, although Willy Santos has been doing it a lot longer in his sport than the Filipino boxing champ. Unfortunately, Santos doesn’t get that same kind of recognition, which he deserves.  

Canadian Cassie Steele (Degrassi: The Next Generation) is featured in the series. (MuchMusic, WGN, WPIX - 6 p.m., MuchMusic - 9 p.m.) Cougar Town, with Courteney Cox, has staved off one really big challenge. Days ago, it looked as if tonight's ...  

The cast includes Vancouver's Jewel Staite as the group's elder stateswoman, and Degrassi's Cassie Steele as a star-crossed star-in-the-making who won't stop believin'. The story was inspired by homegrown filmmaker Steve Markle's terrific 2004 ...  

Wondering how this season of "Degrassi" will end? Well, we can’t give it all away, but we can offer you an EXCLUSIVE sneak peek at what is in store for the kids of the hit show. In the clip Hollywood Crush got its pretty little hands on, Fiona ...  

"Manny Many Prizes" is a heady and ... Many of their stories echo the boxer's own grim upbringing among the squalid bamboo hovels surrounding General Santos City in the war-racked islands of the southern Philippines. Mr. Pacquiao often rewards ...  

The Canadian Degrassi star-turned-rap star and the swift-boating billionaire recently exchanged a high-profile series of tweets concerning the most obvious thing they have in common: obscene wealth. It all began when the oft-confessional Drake ...  

Other Pors nominees included Cassie Gonnering of Abbotsford ... Jennifer Spata, Pittsville; Kaelin Steele, Louisville, Ky.; Lori Steinman, Stetsonville; Samantha Sternitzky, Stratford; Brett Stewart, Necedah; Danielle Tritz, Pittsville; Janel ...  

So it's kind of a big deal. Aspiring actress Abby (Cassie Steele) is first seen being evicted by a violent landlord and having the engine overheat in her old and unfashionable car. Not to give too much away, but Abby later vomits into a piano ...  

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Parker Petty is 10th in the decathlon with 3,387 points after five of 10 events, and Cassie Brooks is ninth in the heptathlon ... in the 400 (47.28) and Shennae Steele, another LSC champion, in the 100 (11.93). The multi-events will wrap up ...  

There won't be much of a power threat until Manny Ramirez finishes his 50-game suspension ... Joey Devine, when he returns from biceps tendinitis, and Fautino De Los Santos also will work in late-inning situations. Lefty Jerry Blevins will ...  

Hello, Kuya Manny. May I call you Kuya Manny ... But we love that you grew from a poor, underweight little boy on the streets of General Santos City into a champion the world knows as Filipino. But between your time in the ring, your time ...  

Freddie Roach may be boxing's best known current trainer, currently working the chief second for men like Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan ... Personally, I'd probably add Junior dos Santos and Frankie Edgar to the list and remove GSP and Noons.  

My first reaction of course was, “This cannot be permanent.” She will wake up for the rest of her life with a Degrassi actor’s stage name etched into her head. When she goes to interview for jobs, or buys cat food people will not be able ...  

HollywoodLife.com has an exclusive clip from tonight’s ‘Degrassi’ finale! Watch & vote: Are you Team Fiona or Team Marisol? So will Fiona give up and go back to New York, or will she stick around and defend her reputation? Watch the clip ...  

GENERAL SANTOS CITY (MindaNews/22 April) — Manny Pacquiao watchers are puzzled over the early departure of conditioning coach Alex Ariza from the champion’s Baguio camp. There is no cause for alarm, however, as the coach and student will ...  

In the second instalment of our new series “Making Waves” Caity talks to Classified about how smoking weed helps him creatively. Class also recalls the olympics and introduces us to a new artist he’s working with. Class is now in session.  

Don't ask Stanton for a read on the Jets' locker room, previously characterized as falling somewhere between a lost episode of "Degrassi Junior High" and an all-out helter skelter of varying interests. He barely unpacked his suitcase ...  

Some of the ensemble cast will be familiar to U.S. viewers, including Cassie Steele, who worked with the same producers on the youth-oriented “Degrassi” franchise. She now plays Abby, who goes on acting auditions while resisting her ...  

PR Newswire’s Director of MultiVu Latino, Manny Santos, will be a featured speaker in the session “Is Your Brand Ready to Engage Latinos Online?,”  taking place at 12:30 ET on Tuesday, April 10 th.  The session will explore the key ...  

Well we’re all a little embarrassed to admit it but even the most talented artists have a guilty pleasure. It turns out Andrew enjoys Keeping Up With The Kardashians. @Jordans_life conducts a semi-serious interview which eventually ...  

husband Manny Paner and children Danita and Karl. The party also served as a despedida for Daisy’s sister Chona who’s a resident of the US. Musical numbers were provided by Erik Santos, Paula Bianca, Danita and Karl and Daisy's niece.  

It’s the end of April and you know what that means! It’s time for April’s fail compilation. We also watch Tom Parker’s sort-of apology to Christina Aguilera after The Wanted called her a b*tch. Finally, we talk about Justin Bieber ...