[William]

Casting-

Genie Francis will return to General Hospital Aug. 26th. Laura will appear to Lulu and try to keep her daughter sane when Lulu is dealing with murdering Logan.

Michelle Ray Smith (Ava) May be out from Guiding Light, and she might not be. The actress is off on leave to give birth. No official word on if she will return or not.

Vincent Irizarry (David ) & Raya Meddine (Sabrina) are both out from Y&R. Rumors run that both will be killed off. Will this lead Victor & Nikki back to each other?

MacKenzie Mauzy is off contract at B&B as Phoebe. The actress will be doing a play but will appear as needed.

Joe Mascolo returns to 'Days' as Stefano in the next few weeks when Stefano awakens from his coma.

Dee Hall will take double duty and play Marlena long dead twin 'Samantha' on Days when she appears to Marlena in a drugged state via Stefano.

For more details on these returns and more see out Spoiler Section!

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Behind The Scenes-

Passions finale will air Aug 7th.

Kay Alden has been bumped to Co-head Writer on B&B

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Real Life News-

Daytime Emmy winner Larry Haines, 90, died on June 17. The actor had roles on Search For Tomorrow, Loving, and Another World.

Jacob Young and his wife are expecting a child.

Alison Sweeney (Sami, Days) is prego with baby number two. This time they are expecting a girl due around January. No word on if it will be written in.

Ingo Rademacher (Jax, GH) welcomed his son, Peanut, to the world on July 11th.

Liza Huber (Gwen, Pass) Is also expecting.

[Tara]

Thanks, JP!

[Tishy]

Thanks JP.

I really hope that Ingo doesn't name his second child Butter