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They tweet each other quite regularly, and she has been by his side at events. But GENERAL HOSPITAL's Jack Wagner (ex-Frisco) and his former THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL wife Ashley Jones (ex-Bridget) have never commented on their rumored relationship... until now! The two actors have confirmed to Soaps In Depth that they are a couple! "We've been dating probably about a year, maybe more," Wagner shares. "We worked together for years but never dated [at B&B]."

We'll have more on the couple's real-life romance in an upcoming issue of Soaps In Depth!

The triangle between GENERAL HOSPITAL's Rafe, Molly and T.J. is about to get a good shake-up! Soaps In Depth can exclusively report that 666 PARK AVENUE star Samantha Logan has been tapped to play Taylor DuBois, Felix's younger sister, who will be added to the high school storyline. "Not everything can be a triangle, so there will be another girl thrown into the mix," reveals headwriter Ron Carlivati.

A native of Boston, the singer/actress/dancer played teen clairvoyant Nona on the ABC supernatural series. The high schooler has also appeared on GOSSIP GIRL, LAW & ORDER: SVU and made her feature film debut in the Adrien Brody/Marcia Gay Harden drama Detachment. Look for Logan to debut on Tuesday, June 4!

Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jax, GENERAL HOSPITAL) had a good run on DANCING WITH THE STARS, but last night, he and professional partner Kym Johnson were eliminated in the semi-final round.

"I [actually] feel great," Rademacher responded after the show. "It would have been amazing to dance in the finals. If we'd gone through I would have switched into a whole other gear because we really would have had to show some dances that would have proved we deserved to be there. I think we would have pulled a rabbit out of a hat. In a way, I'm a little disappointed we didn't get to do that, but I'm more relieved. I'm eighty percent relieved because my knees are really hurting me. I need to sit down!"

But the actor prides himself on getting as far as he did, and learning so much. "Every time I'd come back on Wednesday and Kym would show me a routine, I'd go 'There's no way I can do that,'" Rademacher said. "And I'd do that. And I'd do it on Monday. Even on the last week, I thought on the Charleston, there's no way I can get those steps down. And you surprise yourself and you do it and it's amazing. If you dedicate enough time to something then you will learn how to do it."

So while he won't be taking home a mirror ball trophy like GH castmate Kelly Monaco (Sam), congratulations to Rademacher for getting this far!

During the GENERAL HOSPITAL Fan Club Weekend, Kin Shriner (Scotty) will be having a special event on Sunday, July 28, from 4:00-6:00 pm at the Sportsmen's Lodge in Studio City, CA. Shriner is promising special guests, autographs, a Q&A and lots of laughs!

Tickets are only $60, and can be ordered by sending a money order only along with one self-addressed stamped envelope with your information to Jim Warren, P.0. Box 3555, Hollywood, CA 90078

Last night on DANCING WITH THE STARS, GENERAL HOSPITAL's Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jax) and professional partner Kym Johnson scored three nines from the judges for their Charleston! "It was the most entertaining dance that we've done all season," Rademacher told us after the show. "The footwork was a little off; we did it better in dress. It was definitely a fun dance."

However, the actor wasn't nearly as pleased with their first dance, the samba. "I think if we'd had a really nice ballroom number," he mused. "A dance with cool lines. Big, beautiful lines. I feel like more of a dancer when I'm doing that kind of dance. The samba was definitely difficult for me."

But even if Rademacher doesn't make it into the finals, he's still content with his performance on the show. And he's got a bunch of paddleboard races in Hawaii coming up to keep him busy! Not to mention if GH asks him to return again. "If they call, I'm always ready to come back," he said. "It just won't be during race season. It'd have to be after July."

Make sure to tune in tonight at 9:00 pm EST on ABC to see if your votes were enough to push Rademacher and Johnson into the finals!

If the pen is mightier than the sword, where does "relish" rank? In Quartermaine-land, it's way up there!

Tracy and A.J.'s battle for the condiment crown kicks off on Monday's GENERAL HOSPITAL, when the duo goes head-to-head in a Pickle-Whoever taste-off on THE CHEW. Although it looked as if Elizabeth used her "power of pretty" to get Nikolas to back off A.J., she was no match for Tracy's ability to reach into the Great Beyond and make contact with Edward! Yes, divine intervention had Tracy begging her dearly departed daddy for forgiveness for not saving ELQ and, just like "that," the guards Nik hired to keep TQ in check dropped like flies! Look out CHEW crew. Tracy is on her way, and she's ready to rumble!

T.J. can't catch a break. He asked Molly to be his prom date in the most romantic way EVAH, but then he got dumped. Yeah, he deserved it. He shouldn't have lured Rafe to Kelly's pretending to be Molly and then punch him in the face. Bad move. But the guy's in love and he knows Rafe is moving in on his girl. What's he supposed to do, ignore it? As if. He's 15! Can he make amends with Molly before the big day?

Morgan sure grew up nice. He is, however, easy to dupe. Fifty grand worth of "dupe," in fact! And he wants NO help getting out of this mess. He told his big bro, Michael, "I got this, Mikey. Same way I've handled my whole life since mom outsourced parenting to Sherman-Johnston Military Academy." Yup. That pretty much sums up what went wrong and when it went there. The shocking thing is that Carly turned to Sam for help. Sam! Isn't that the seventh sign of the Apocalypse?

This week, the relish revolt takes an odd turn, Morgan has "a plan" (that can't be good) and three familiar faces return as different characters. Guess who?! Don't forget: 2:00 ET and 1:00 PST/CT on ABC. Be there!

Back in March we told you about a collaboration between NATAS and the Smithsonian Institute to bring some of the most iconic daytime television memorabilia to the national museum, and today the first donations were presented!

Today's ceremony officially launched a three-year collecting initiative between the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) and the National Museum of American History, aiming to help the museum expand its capacity to tell the story of daytime television and the Daytime Emmy Awards. At the ceremony, the Smithsonian accepted artifacts that reflect the contributions of daytime television programming, including a 1984 JEOPARDY! script from Alex Trebek, objects from the children's series BARNEY, and the gown that Susan Lucci (ex-Erica, ALL MY CHILDREN) wore on the cover of People magazine celebrating her legendary Daytime Emmy win. "They've asked me for [an AMC] script as well," the iconic daytime actress tells Soaps In Depth. "Plus, People is doing a big blow-up of the cover."

The daytime television collection (which will include children's programming, talk shows, game shows and cooking shows) will be part of a larger entertainment exhibit scheduled to open in 2015. "Right now, the area that the museum is going to devote to this exibit on American culture at large is under reconstruction," curator Dwight Blocker Bowers tells In Depth. "We have a very small soap opera collection, and this is an opportunity for us to add to it."

For more on this collaboration, check out an upcoming issue of Soaps In Depth.

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Despite going into last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS results show with the next-to-lowest scores, GENERAL HOSPITAL's Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jax) and professional partner Kym Johnson were called safe very early in the evening! "I kind of called it," Rademacher admitted to Soaps In Depth after the show. "When I got out there I had a feeling that it was going to be us first. That'd be like throwing a wrench in the works." Johnson agrees, adding, "I think they called us safe first to cause some drama."

Despite his ever-improving dancing skills, the actor is keenly aware that he has the fans to thank for pushing him into the semi-finals, even if he's not currently on GH — and can't even imagine doing both at the same time! "I'm not as good as Kelly Monaco (Sam)," Rademacher confessed. "I couldn't have done both. I really couldn't. Now the competition gets really, really hard. We're looking at the top four. It's very hard for us to beat. But it's possible."

And with the pair facing a Charleston and a Samba next week, they've got some work to do. "They're not going to be easy," Rademacher said. "Both of them are hard dances. I think the fact that one is very sexy adn the other is polite and fun can show we can do a variety of things. Hopefully it will all come together!"

So make sure to tune in next Monday at 8:00 pm EST on ABC to find out if it does! (And don't forget to vote!)

Kristen Alderson is thrilled to have received her very first Daytime Emmy nomination, especially since after so many years, she's no longer playing the part of Starr Manning that earned her the nod. "I'm really, really grateful," she says. "I'm leaving the character of Starr with a heavy heart."

The Younger Actress nominee learned the good news after waking up and checking her phone. "I saw that I had a million missed calls," she reports. "At first, I thought it was a bad thing, that something happened. But then I realized that it was not a bad thing. It was actually very good!"

And she's hoping that the emotional scenes on her submission tape sway the Emmy voters. "I turned in when Starr was saying good-bye to Cole and Hope in the morgue and when she kissed their graves good-bye," Alderson reveals. "They were scenes that were really hard for me to mentally prepare for. The best part of working as an actress is when you can lose yourself in a moment."

Ingo Rademacher's (ex-Jax, GENERAL HOSPITAL) performance on last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS has him and partner Kym Johnson in next to last place, only ahead of THE BACHELOR's Sean Lowe. "It's better than being below Sean in scores," Rademacher joked to Soaps In Depth after the show. "We couldn't be in a batter spot. I don't think we could have asked for anything better in the scores. Now it's up to the awesome GENERAL HOSPITAL fans out there. If we get through this week and then next week, we'd get to the finals. That would be awesome."

There was a lot of drama in the video package where Rademacher struggled during rehearsals, and the actor swears it was all real. "It was only the one moment where she said 'I'm here for you. I'm here to make you look good.' They didn't cut to the fact that afterwards I said, 'No, listen, it's not that I don't want to do it. I'm having a hard time with the steps.' Which we did. So we worked through it."

But was it enough to keep him in the competition another week? Tune in tonight at 9:00 pm EST on ABC to find out!

Now that he's done filming the first season of NASHVILLE, Jonathan Jackson (ex-Lucky, GENERAL HOSPITAL) is going on tour with his band, Enation in June! Here's the schedule, so you can see if they'll be playing anywhere near you! June 7 - Nashville, TN June 12 - Point Pleasant, NJ June 13 - New York, NY June 14 - Uncaseville, CT June 15 - Rochester, NY There are general tickets available as well as a limited number of VIP Meet & Greet tix! You can visit www.EnationMusic.com or www.JonathanJackson.com for more information on the tickets and venues!

Congratulations are in order for the recipients of the Young Artists Awards that were handed out on Sunday, May 5. GENERAL HOSPITAL's Brooklyn Rae Silzer (Emma) took home a trophy in the Young Actress 10 And Under In A TV Series category. Other sudsy winners at the ceremony were THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS' Daniel Polo (Jamie) for Young Actor In A Daytime TV Series and Samantha Bailey (ex-Summer) for Young Actress In A Daytime TV Series.

Nikolas can't stop thinking about kissing Liz, Milo can't stop thinking about Lulu kissing HIM, Carly wants to think about anything BUT kissing A.J., and Tracy can't stop thinking about... relish.

While others in Port Charles are preoccupied with matters of the flesh, the cranky Quartermaine matriarch is hung up on condiments. Nikolas had the same reaction soap viewers had when they first heard the name of the Daytime "fusion culinary/chat show" A.J. booked himself on to promote Pickle-Lila. "The CHEW?" Nik said, making a face like he just stepped in gum. You heard Tracy right, Nik. You heard her right.

Carly's mid-week "I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!" while she and A.J. ripped off each other's clothes left them both with selective amnesia, in that they mutually agreed to forget that they had sex. A.J. went macho on her, giving her that "admit I rocked your world" speech while she tried desperately to wash away his cooties by dousing herself with hand sanitizer. As if it were that easy. Let's take bets now on how long it'll take Liz to find out... and who will let the truth slip out!

Sonny stormed Morgan's dorm with his pistol-packin' new enforcer, Shawn, scaring the bejeebies out of his roomie, Travis. Shaking and sweating and stuttering, the poor kid aimed his gun at them, thinking they were the guys out to collect the 50K Morgan owed them. In a different universe, the kid playing Travis would have been cast as Morgan because he looked like he could be Michael's brother. But nope. Is that a sign that the brothers won't be alike in other way, also?

This week, Lucy gives Scott a pep talk about his love life, Carly finds an unlikely ally in Sam, and the Great American CHEW Relish Challenge between Pickle-Lila and Pickle-Eddie begins! Don't forget: 2:00 ET and 1:00 PST/CT on ABC. Be there!

When Lindsey Morgan (ex-Kristina) woke up this morning to a text from her manager, she worried she'd gotten the call time wrong for her appearance on FRANKLIN & BASH before she saw that it said "Congratulations!" "I'm stunned," she confesses of her Younger Actress Emmy nomination. "I'm still so shocked. I'm so honored. Kristen Alderson (ex-Starr) was nominated, too. We've already talked to each other about 'We've got to go dress shopping!'"

Naturally, she earned the nomination with the emotional episode where Joe Jr. took Kristina hostage. "It was one of my favorite storylines," Morgan admits. "Sometimes I'm afraid of being too big and sometimes I'm too little. That storyline gave me the freedom to realize that it doesn't matter how I react because I"m scared. My life was on the line. It was difficult on my body physically and mentally, but it was also freeing because she thought her life was about to end."

Another GH alum, Julie Marie Berman (ex-Lulu) also awoke to the news that she was up for an Emmy, in the Supporting Actress category. "It was definitely a surprise and a really fun way to wake up," she says. "It's really nice to feel acknowledged. You don't expect it, and you don't necessarily need it, but when it happens, it's wonderful.

"I submitted the episode where Lulu opens up to Luke about her drinking," Berman adds. "They reconcile their relationship. It was a very, very special day at work with Tony Geary (Luke) and it was one of the last times I had really meaningful material with him."

The actress is looking forward to seeing her on-screen pop again as well as all her former castmates on Emmy night. "It definitely was one of the first thoughts that came to my head was that I get to see all of my friends again," Berman declares. "I'm so, so excited to see everyone. It's going to be so much fun!"

Jason Thompson (Patrick, GENERAL HOSPITAL) actually kind of forgot that the nominations for the Daytime Emmys were going to be announced this morning! "I wasn't feeling well last night, so I didn't get the best sleep," he confesses. "But then I heard my phone buzz this morning. My dad called and congratulated me. For a second, when I picked up the phone, I didn't know if he was going to say, 'Oh well, maybe next year,' or 'Congratulations!' Thankfully it was 'Congratulations!'"

While the actor had plenty of juicy material to choose from, he struggled to choose an episode to submit. "It wasn't an easy decision," Thompson admits. "I looked for a while. I had a feeling on a couple of things and then some people gave me some good advice. I put it in the hands of some people that I respected and trusted. I tried to not judge it myself as much."

"I ended up putting in the episode with the tie scene," he adds. "Where he wakes up and sees the ghost of Robin a couple ties when he's in bed, when he's in the shower and when he's tying his tie. Then he comes downstairs and sees Emma for a quick second and says 'I don't know how I'm going to do this.' I was happy with a lot of the stuff that happened last year as a team."

And it's that team mentality at GH that has him noticing some glaring omissions on the ballots this year. "I'm shocked that Finola Hughes (Anna) wasn't nominated," Thompson declares, "because I know what we went through as a team and I know what she went through was real. As an actor, that's what you want."

"Kelly Sullivan (Kate/Connie), too," he continues. "She had a fantastic year. I know how hard she worked. But I also know the way these things go. I'm happy to be on this side of it, but it's a crap shoot. I'm proud of the year I had. Whatever happens from here on out as of this morning, I'm happy and it's a cherry on a good year."

Bradford Anderson (Spinelli, GENERAL HOSPITAL) woke up this morning to news that he had been nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actor. Well, technically, baby daughter Juna woke him and wife Kiera a little after seven, at which point he discovered text messages on his phone from former castmate Steve Burton (ex-Jason, now Dylan, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS) and Emmy winner Christian LeBlanc (Michael, Y&R)!

"We looked at the monitor to se if maybe Juna would go back to sleep,"Anderson laughs. "I put the phone in front of [Kiera's] face and showed her the texts. So my first congratulations in person was from my wife because we were still in bed!"

Anderson reveals that the episode he submitted that earned him the nod was one from last summer when he had a confrontation with Jen Lilley's Maxie at Kelly's. "He gives her a speech about friendship," he says. "Sometimes it's hard when picking Emmy shows because my character isn't the kind of character that gets the knock down, drag out material. I'm not Lucky Spencer.

"I don't get that stuff very often," he continues, "so sometimes in picking a show, I have to look outside the box a little bit. Sometimes you have to look for an episode that has a beginning, middle and end. This episode did. And I guess it worked out!"

And whether he wins or loses on Emmy night, there's one thing the actor is definitely looking forward to that evening. "One of the things I'm very excited about this year is that it's a sure-fire way of seeing Julie Berman (ex-Lulu) again," Anderson confides. "I don't see her as much. I'm excited that she's nominated and I'm excited that I will for sure see my friend again!"

Last night, GENERAL HOSPITAL's Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jax) was in the bottom two on DANCING WITH THE STARS. Luckily, Andy Dick was sent home instead, but speaking with the actor after the show, he was shaken. "It's not a nice feeling to be in the bottom two," he admitted. "Not very good odds. I haven't cried enough yet. Next week I'm going to cry."

And while the promised video package with Rademacher's adorable son, Peanut, didn't appear in last night's episode, it still might show up next week. "I think the show was long," he mused.

Professional partner Kym Johnson is confident that the actor will turn things around next week. "I feel Ingo's improving every single week and he's picking up things more quickly," she told us. "We'll have more time to really refine the dances and make them as perfect as we can."

Next week, he'll be performing a jive, and is looking forward to it. "We have a really fun song," he said. "Hopefully that will make rehearsals more fun. We had talked about doing the jive on Monday night in the dance-off, but it wasn't available."

Make sure you tune in next Monday, May 6, at 8:00 pm EST on ABC to watch Rademacher perform in the next round, and be sure to vote!

Nominations for the 40th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards were announced this morning. THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS leads with 23 total nominations, followed closely by GENERAL HOSPITAL with 19. DAYS OF OUR LIVES earned 17 nods and THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL garnered 15. ONE LIFE TO LIVE, which was eligible for the few episodes that aired at the beginning of 2012 even managed to pick up 3 nominations for itself, including Outstanding Drama Series! The Daytime Emmys will be held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills, CA and broadcast on HLN on Sunday, June 16. The full list of nominees is after the jump!

On last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS, Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jax, GENERAL HOSPITAL) and professional partner Kym Johnson found themselves earning three extra points in a dance-off that pushed them ahead of rivals Sean Lowe and Peta Murgatroyd. "We had more connection in our second dance," Rademacher told Soaps In Depth following the show. "We had a more romantic song the second time. I tried to apply the judges' notes, especially with the hips. You want more fluid, baby — I can do that!"

And the actor was delighted to take Johnson to the GH set to learn the sexy, romantic dance. "I spent 18 years on the show," Rademacher explained. "I said, 'Let me show you where I learned to be that guy.' It was a nice way to tie into the show. It was my home there."

Executive producer Frank Valentini was there, but Rademacher admits that they didn't have time to swing by casting to see if they could find a role for Johnson. "You never know," Rademacher teased, with Johnson adding "I'd have fun!"

Make sure to tune in tonight at 9:00 pm EST on ABC to see if Rademacher earned enough votes to keep him dancing for another week! And as a bonus, his son, Peanut, will be making a special appearance! "He's got his own thing going on," the proud papa laughed. "I don't know what he did. He just went without me. 'See ya, Dad!'"

THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS has snatched up yet another actor from GENERAL HOSPITAL! This time it's Erin Chambers, who will be going from playing the late, lamented Siobhan to Genoa City paralegal Melanie Daniels. And seeing how so many characters on Y&R are often in trouble with the law, she should be kept pretty busy, even though the role is currently only recurring. Look for Chambers to debut on Wednesday, June 5. Daytime Confidential first reported the news.

It didn't take Lindsey Morgan long to score a couple of bookings after being let go as GENERAL HOSPITAL's Kristina! "I booked a pilot for Fox Digital [Studios] and a guest star role on [TNT's] FRANKLIN & BASH," she tells In Depth. "Maybe GH was a good luck charm. I miss it already but am grateful to have found work so quickly!"

Fox's new media pilot, EXTR, is about an electronic dance music DJ intrigued and eventually obsessed with a machine that channels energy and turns it into sound. Is this contraption actually tapped into the universe? That's the big question. Morgan plays a street-smart young woman who's always got an angle... and is always up for a little partying! "My role is very vixen-like and, let's just say, I'll be stretching myself as an actress," Morgan hints.

There are bad days and then there are BAAAAAD days. GENERAL HOSPITAL's Maxie was having the latter. In one morning, she learned Lulu was missing, Ellie was hacking into her medical records and she lost her job at Crimson on her first day back. And that was all before lunch! Maybe that June Cleaver Easter Sunday outfit she was wearing triggered a string of bad luck. Who knows? After some rather effective begging and pleading, Connie reinstated her. But that break in the bad vibe was punctuated by someone else doing some kicking and screaming... her bouncing baby bump!

Score one for Britt. Her insincere "I can't do this alone" plea had a guilt-ridden Patrick skipping out on his first official date with Sabrina to join her royal "britch" for her abortion appointment. "There really isn't anyone else [to turn to]," Dr. W moaned, flapping her long lashes at doormat Dr. D. It worked. Britt won the battle but the feisty fighter in Sabrina has yet to emerge. The war is far from being over, especially with Carly giving her pointers on how to handle men!

Duke turned on the charm, adding new meaning to the phrase "room service" when he showed up at Anna's hotel suite (shouldn't she have an apartment by now?) with a fancy meal and a single white rose. She loosened up and they finally, FINALLY made it to the bedroom! A.J., meanwhile, is about to feel the wrath of messing with a Cassadine! His possessiveness toward Liz not only made her give him the brush off, it also fired up Nikolas, who decided to partner with Tracy to destroy A.J.'s Pickle-Lila plans!

Get ready for a fun week ahead. Johnny summons Connie to share something of grave importance, Sonny and A.J. face off... and Ellie gets her hands on Maxie's medical files! Don't forget: 2:00 ET and 1:00 PST/CT on ABC. Be there!

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Rumors circulating that Maura West (ex-Carly, AS THE WORLD TURNS, ex-Diane, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS) would be joining GENERAL HOSPITAL in a new role were totally on the money! The Emmy winner is reportedly already on set taping, and should debut as Ava Jerome sometime in May (just in time for sweeps... convenient!).

Longtime fans might recognize the name Jerome from Port Charles history. The Jerome clan was a Mob family that Duke and Anna found themselves wrapped up with. (Remember Tonja Walker as the Duke-obsessed Olivia?) Of course, the last name might just be a coincidence, but then again, headwriter Ron Carlivati is a big fan of GH history!

GENERAL HOSPITAL's Ingo Rademacher (ex-Jax) had his best week ever on DANCING WITH THE STARS, performing a tango with partner Kym Johnson that scored them three eights from the judges. "It feels amazing," Johnson told Soaps In Depth after last night's results show. "It's a great confidence boost."

And that confidence looks ready to keep the pair going strong with next week's dance. "We're getting towards the end," Rademacher admitted to us. "It's like a sprint towards the line. It's going to be harder in a way, but I think my fitness level has improved a little bit now because we've been dancing for so long. I've had a little bit of a break, actually, with this dance because it wasn't as physically demanding as some of the other dances."

Johnson is sure that the actor can handle the sexy and romantic side of next week's dance, the rumba. "Yeah," Rademacher said, "I've been doing that for 18 years on GH!"

Be sure to tune in next week on Monday, April 29, at 8:00 pm EST to see how he does with it! (And be sure to keep voting to keep him on the show!)

Five days after Prospect Park filed a breach of contract lawsuit against ABC for misuse of ONE LIFE TO LIVE characters on loan to GENERAL HOSPITAL among other charges, the network has responded with a statement: "ABC remains very supportive of the on-line launch of both 'One Life to Live' and 'All My Children.' With respect to Prospect Park's lawsuit, we believe the claims are baseless and we will defend them vigorously in court and not the press."

Both OLTL and ALL MY CHILDREN are set to launch via Prospet Park's The OnLine Network on Monday, April 29, on Hulu, Hulu Plus and iTunes.

Oh dear, it looks like the relish war between Tracy and A.J. on GENERAL HOSPITAL is about to escalate, and on a very familiar daytime show! According to TV Guide, Tracy enlists Nikolas to help her crash A.J.'s appearance on daytime talk show THE CHEW to promote Pickle-Lila. The GH episodes featuring the climax to the relish storyline are set to air Monday, May 13, and Tuesday, May 14, and will feature CHEW hosts Mario Batali, Carla Hall, Daphne Oz and Michael Symon. Soap viewers may not be big fans of THE CHEW, which took over ALL MY CHILDREN's time slot on ABC, but it's still a rather clever crossover idea!

A staged reading of the pilot for a new television project called CENTER CITY will be held next week, and a couple of soap stars are going to be playing parts in it! Lisa LoCicero (Olivia, GENERAL HOSPITAL) will be playing the role of matriarch Anna Fontana DeMarco, owner of the Italian restaurant where the action is centered. And ONE LIFE TO LIVE alum Don Jeffcoat (ex-Joey) will be reading the character of Mike Sheehan. Dominic Zamprogna (Dante, GH) has also announced he'll be along for the ride, though we don't know which character he'll be playing.

The reading of the soapy drama will be held on Monday, April 29, at the Celebration Theatre in Los Angles, California from 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm. Admission is free, but donations are appreciated to support the theater. For more information, you can visit the Center City Facebook page!

If Carly ever loses her enthusiasm for running Metro Court, she should think about a career as Sonny's new enforcer. She's got one nasty temper, that woman has. All this ranting and raving about Brenda doin' the deed with Michael; even if she did, so what? He's a big boy. No laws were broken. No one was hurt. Hear that, Sonny? "No one was hurt." Sonny went on and on to Carly about how Brenda hurt Michael. Says who? Says you, Sonny? They call that "psychological projection." It hurt, YOU, not Michael. But wait. Brenda has a confession to make on Monday. Hmm. Wonder what THAT could be.

A.J.'s testosterone was showing. His glee that his son supposedly scored with a model had him doing all but a happy dance and screaming, "That's my boy!" Then he saw Liz hug a bare-chested Nikolas in the hospital and he got all, "Hands off my woman!" First, we can't say that we blame Liz for wanting to wrap her arms around Nik and not let go. Just look at the guy. Second, we love it when A.J.'s dark and dangerous side comes out. In fact, here's hoping he gets a little darker.

This week, Ellie turns to Spinelli for help in uncovering the secret Maxie is keeping about Dante and Lulu's baby, Brenda has a proposition for Sonny, and Liz gives A.J. a piece of her mind! Don't forget: 2:00 ET and 1:00 PST/CT on ABC. Be there!

The behind-the-scenes drama between ABC and Prospect Park just keeps getting crazier and crazier! With a little over a week to go before Prospect Park's The OnLine Network relaunches ALL MY CHILDREN and ONE LIFE TO LIVE, the production company is suing ABC for breach of contract over the licensing agreement. In papers filed yesterday requesting a jury trial, Prospect Park claims that ABC has been breaking the agreement and sabotaging their efforts to continue AMC and OLTL on-line.

Prospect Park's complaint isn't just about ABC borrowing several OLTL characters to appear on GENERAL HOSPITAL and the recent battle over Kristen Alderson (ex-Starr), Roger Howarth (ex-Todd) and Michael Easton (ex-McBain). The suit claims that in a gesture of good will, Prospect Park lent seven OLTL characters to ABC for temporary use on GH with the agreement that PP retained approval rights over those characters, which ABC failed to do. Aside from signing the three above-mentioned actors to long-term contracts and then offering them new characters when Prospect Park attempted to negotiate their OLTL returns, GH killed off the OLTL characters of Cole and Hope, and effectively killed off the OLTL character of Tomas Delgado (who wasn't even licensed to ABC) by making him an existing GH character, Lorenzo Alcazar.

Deadline.com first broke news of the $25 million lawsuit filed by Prospect Park. For full details on the complaint, check out the Hollywood Reporter here.

Are you a GENERAL HOSPITAL fan already missing Julie Marie Berman (ex-Lulu)? Well, you'll be able to see her again in just a few weeks! She'll be guest-starring on TWO AND A HALF MEN on Thursday, May 2! The actress was unable to give us any specifics on the hush-hush role, but did tell us: "It's a fun opportunity to work with some talented people." So mark your calendars and set your DVRs!

Sonny's life has been pretty complicated lately on GENERAL HOSPITAL, but things are about to get worse, because his boy Morgan Corinthos is on his way back to Port Charles, and will be bringing trouble in his wake!

Last played by Aaron Sanders, a rep for the soap has confirmed that the role will now be played by daytime newcomer Bryan Craig. At this point, we don't have an airdate for his first appearance, so stay tuned!

Kelly Monaco's (Sam) turns on DANCING WITH THE STARS got professional hoofer Maksim Chmerkovskiy a part as Anton during the GENERAL HOSPITAL Nurses Ball, but it looks like his cameo appearance isn't quite over yet!

"I had a blast," he says of his stint on the soap. "But you know, this relationship is not over. We've talked about our future and... just watch GH."

Aside from that tease, Chmerkovskiy won't say much more except how much he loved the cast and crew at GH. "I was welcomed," he reports, adding with a laugh, "I'm easy to get along with. Acting is something I definitely want to do and this is an amazing step."

So stay tuned and see if Anton comes back... and why!

On last night's DANCING WITH THE STARS, Ingo Rademacher (Jax, GENERAL HOSPITAL) was disappointed in the scores he received for his cha-cha with partner Kym Johnson. But while Johnson worried they could be going home after that dance, the actor was more optimistic.

"We're not going anywhere tomorrow night," he told In Depth following the show last night. "We're not even going to be in jeopardy. We have a lot of fans out there. And I told them they have to vote extra hard."

Rademacher also blames their disappointing results on being the first couple to hit the dance floor. "I think we would have gotten better scores if we'd come out later," he admitted. "It's a 50/50 chance that you're going to get [a lower score] if you come out first."

Dancing alongside professionals Tony Dovolani and Emma Slater to "Lady Marmalade" also added an extra challenge. "It makes us work harder," Rademacher said. "We needed a little more rehearsal time with them. Physically this wasn't so bad. This one hurt the knees a lot from all the small steps, but otherwise it was good."

Is he right to be confident in the support of all the GH fans voting for him? Or could Rademacher be in jeopardy this week? Tune in to the results show tonight at 9:00 pm EST on ABC to find out!

The face of GENERAL HOSPITAL has changed time and time again over its 50-year history. For example, 32 years ago, Luke and Laura were being terrorized by a super villain on Cassadine Island, only for Luke to save his family by locking the bad guy in a freezer... oh, wait.

Ironically, Stavros met the same end as papa Mikkos did back in 1982. Starvos' screams of "No! No! Turn it off! Turn it off!" when he realized he was locked in had the pitch of the Wicked Witch crying, "I'm melting!" Then again, Stavros HAS been defrosted once before and lived to be a perfectly splendid looking fellow with a phone sex voice. Who's to say there's not a Snuggie and a Hot Toddy hidden in that 210-below steel-trap room?

Back in Port Charles, news of Dante's possible death scared Olivia silent. "What? Olivia silent? How can that be?" you ask. It wasn't for long, though. After Sonny comforted his baby mama, she rattled off another one of those Rose from St. Olaf stories (shout out to GOLDEN GIRLS fans), that had her remembering Dante when he was a kid. Gotta give it to Sonny. He makes a darn good friend to women he's seen in their birthday suits.

With Frisco off on another adventure, Maxie made it perfectly clear she was daddy's little girl, "daddy" being Uncle Mac, that is. At the same time, Monica was making A.J. look like a mama's boy! Saying she spied on him smooching with Liz at the Nurses Ball, Monica actually asked him if Liz was going to be her daughter-in-law! A kiss is just a kiss, Monica! Beside, Liz's attentions were elsewhere, like in flirting with a hospitalized Nikolas. He may have lost some blood with that bullet wound to the chest, but blood was most definitely flowing now!

This week, Connie makes a return (it is Connie, right?), Scotty kisses someone who is NOT Laura, Tracy pulls a surprise on A.J. and, will Stavros' "cold shoulder" have a lasting effect on Lulu? Don't forget: 2:00 ET and 1:00 PST/CT on ABC. Be there!

A spokesperson for GENERAL HOSPITAL confirms that Kristen Alderson (ex-Starr), Roger Howarth (ex-Todd) and Michael Easton (ex-McBain) are all returning to the ABC soap beginning Friday, May 10. "Exciting storylines full of mystery and intrigue are planned to usher in the return of these actors that will lead to the answer of one of the most asked questions in Port Charles," says the rep.

In a message posted on his Facebook page, Easton told his fans, "See you again in May... with love and thanks." On her Twitter, Alderson raved, "I'm VERY VERY excited! It's official!"

No further details regarding their characters were available.

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What's all this GENERAL HOSPITAL talk about the evil Stavros Cassadine? He can't be any worse than his momma Helena, now can he? Oh, heck, yeah! He is what you might call the Demon Seed!

Stavros' history with the Spencers goes back to 1983, when the spoiled rotten Cassadine heir became obsessed with Laura, kidnapped her, forced her to marry him and raped her. The end result was Nikolas. Helena was so jealous of her favorite son's fixation on Laura that she wanted Laura out of the picture, not by killing her but, rather, by helping her escape. A chain of events led to Stavros and Luke duking it out with Stavros tumbling down stairs and, supposedly, dying from a broken neck. Note we said "supposedly."

Fast-forward 18 years. All this time, Helena had kept her beloved Stavros "on ice" in a laboratory beneath the hospital. Okay, he wasn't really "on ice," but he WAS being kept frozen in a cryogenic chamber! With Tony Jones' unwilling help, Helena defrosted her son. He snuck around town unnoticed and planted little hints to remind Laura of him, leading her and Stavros' kinder, gentler brother, Stefan, to figure out he was alive!

When Nikolas came face to face with his chilling father (literally), he was not thrilled. Nikolas' rejection and cruel words devastated Stavros, who wanted to prove his love to his son. He did that by luring and trapping him, along with Luke, Laura, Alexis, Lucky, Stefan, Bobbie and Nik's girlfriend Gia in the underground lab and the adjoining tunnels. He and Luke, once again, battled it out, culminating in Stavros falling, supposedly, to his death in a bottomless pit. Note we said "supposedly" again!

Is Kristen Alderson (ex-Starr) back at the GENERAL HOSPITAL set? Could the rumors be true, that she's returning to Port Charles as a different character? Based on some comments floating around the Twitterverse, she just may be!

Last night, the ONE LIFE TO LIVE transplant tweeted, "Change is one of the scariest/most exciting things ever. Tomorrow is HUGE. (In my head at least)" Several of Alderson's co-stars then responded with encouraging messages, such as Hillary B. Smith (Nora), who told the actress, "You are our Starr and star no matter what. We miss you and love you!!" And Alderson's former OLTL mom, Kassie DePaiva (Blair) wrote, "you will handle it beautifully and so will that beautiful head!! Exciting times ahead dear one."

Now 21, Alderson was just six years old when she was cast in the role of Blair and Todd's daughter on OLTL. So far, no official word from GH on Alderson's return.