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Gina Tognoni (Dinah) has decided not to extend her contract with Guiding Light until the finale on September 18th. Friday was said to be Tognoni’s last day taping with the soap.

The Young & the Restless has confirmed that John Driscoll will be playing the role of Phillip Chancellor IV. Driscoll first airdate is July 16th.

Daytime Confindential is reporting that Sean Kanan will join the cast of The Young & the Restless as Deacon Sharpe the character that he played on The Bold & the Beautiful for several years.

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This week’s clip comes from The Young & the Restless. It is a clip of Cole telling Victoria that they may be related.

In the new TV Guide Magazine, Michael Logan reports that Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki) will be staying with The Young & the Restless at least for the time being. As reported earlier Y&R wanted Scott to take a pay cut or go to recurring status. Glad to hear that Scott is staying on the soap.

Soap Opera vet Judi Evans will be joining the cast of As The World Turns starting August 26th. Evans was last seen on Days of Our Lives. She also had roles on Another World and Guiding Light.

On July 2nd Tammy Barr will guest star on The Young & the Restless as a young Patty Williams. She will be shown in flashback scenes. Patty Williams is Paul’s sister and Jack’s ex-wife.

This week’s clip comes from The Bold & the Beautiful. It is a clip of Thorne finding out the truth about how his wife Darla died.

Morgan Fairchild is set to make an appearance on The Bold & the Beautiful as Dottie a friend of Stephanie’s. Fairchild will appear from August 10 - 14. Also look for Alan Thicke, Jim J. Bullock, Melissa Rivers, and Samantha Potter who was a runner up on “America’s Next Top Model” to make an appearance during this time.

Former General Hospital and Port Charles star Lynn Herring will be joining the cast of As The World Turns. Herring will play the role of Audrey, Henry Coleman’s mother. Herring will make her debut on July 24th.

In an interview with TV Guide Crystal Chappell (Olivia) announce that she will be returning to Days of Our Lives sometime later this year. Chappell last appear on Days back in 1993 as the character Carly Manning. Chappell will be leaving Guiding Light after it airs it final episode on CBS in September and does not plan on sticking around if the soap is pick up by another network.

This week’s clip comes from Guiding Light. It is a clip of Lizzie confronting Reva for lying to her about Jonathan and Sara.

On June 24th look for the return of Patrick Duffy (Stephen) and Robin Riker (Beth).

Rick Hearst first day as Whip Jones is July 11th.

Barbara Crampton will reprise her role as Maggie Forrester is late July.

It has been reported that Melody Thomas Scott (Nikki) and The Young & the Restless have reached an impasse regarding her signing a new contract. Because of budget cuts Y&R wants Scott to take a paycut. So far Scott has refuse and Y&R has decided to write her character off for right now. The soap is still hoping that eventually they can reach a deal with Scott.

Forbes March will be joining the cast of As The World Turns as Noah’s college professor, Mason on July 14th. March previously played on the soap operas All My Children as Scott and One Life to Live as Nash.