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Beginning on Tuesday, April 7 (CBS, 12:30/11:30c), Shemar Moore and Vivica A. Fox are returning to "The Young and the Restless" as Malcolm Winters and Dr. Stephanie Simmons, a homecoming that immediately stirs up old feelings — and new drama.

"It feels good to be back," Malcolm tells Stephanie in the clip above. "How about you? Catching up and trading stories?" Stephanie says she was just "catching up" with someone, but Malcolm can tell that this was no ordinary chat. "It looks like it got a little heavy," he tells her. "Am I reading that right?"

After a thoughtful pause, Stephanie responds, "The past gets complicated, doesn't it?" (Um, on this show? That's the understatement of the century.)

Moore originally portrayed Malcolm from 1994 to 2005, making additional appearances in 2014 and 2019. His most recent visit to Genoa City came in 2023 to celebrate the show's 50th anniversary as well as to honor the memory of the late Kristoff St. John, who played Malcolm's brother Neil. Fox, on the other hand, has not returned to "Y&R" since her one-year stint as Stephanie ended in 1995.

‘Y&R’ First Look Photo of Shemar Moore & Vivica A. Fox’s Reunion

Moore, who played the role from 1994-2005 and made occasional visits since, didn’t hesitate when the call came. “I feel humbled and honored and nostalgic,” he says. “But I also have a bone to pick with Young and the Restless because all I was asked was, ‘Would I be willing to come back for a cool little story?’ And my mother raised me to always remember where you came from, but I didn’t know they were gonna make me memorize 124 pages for three days of work [Laughs]! Even when I was Malcolm for real all those years back, I never did 124 pages!”

That mix of gratitude and humor reflects the actor’s long relationship with the show, which helped launch him into a prolific primetime career that included starring in Criminal Minds and S.W.A.T., and he appreciates that Y&R set him on the path to get there. “I’ve created what I’ve created, so when I got the call to come back, the answer was yes,” he notes. “There’s no Kristoff [St. John, who played Malcolm’s brother Neil Winters and passed away in 2019] this time around, and they still asked if I would bring Malcolm back to life and tell a cool, dramatic story. I had a lot of fun working with Christel Khalil [Lily Winters] and Bryton [James, Devon Winters] and then of course, Vivica Fox [Stephanie Simmons].”

It’s been three decades since Stephanie and Malcolm had a brief romance, but Moore and Fox have crossed paths over the years. “Vivica’s done what she’s done, and she’s a sweetheart, and we’ve kept up,” he reports. “She calls me Shemarsky. I’ve had a lot of nicknames, but there’s one person in this world that calls me Shemarsky, and that’s Vivica Fox. I just heard from down the hallway, ‘Shemarsky!’ and I was like, ‘Vivica is in the building.’”

Working side by side again stirred memories of where it all began. “Just to be able to stand on stage with her and talk and mess with her, and for Malcolm and Stephanie to be back with the storyline that they created, which is interesting and obviously soapy dramatic, but fun to play, it wasn’t work,” Moore shares. “It was really just a reunion of sorts, a party of sorts, to celebrate what Young and Restless has done for us, to really give us momentum in the game for us to continue to pursue our dreams. But Vivica is a hoot. She’s funny, and she was finding humor in scenes where there wasn’t humor. It was all good.”

The reunion was joyful, but it also came with a reminder of who wasn’t there: Kristoff St. John, who had been a guiding presence in Moore’s life. “I approached my career to chase my dreams, my goals, but also to prove that it’s possible for the other dreamers out there, and Kristoff was that for me,” he explains. “In the beginning, I was scared to death and nervous and insecure and really thought, ‘They’re gonna realize I suck and tap me on the shoulder and say, ‘Oops, we made a mistake, go on home.’ But Kristoff wrapped me up, and he said, ‘I got you. I’m gonna help you find your way.’ And he was a big brother to me on the screen. He was a big brother to me and a mentor in real life.

“When he passed, it was gut-wrenching for so many people, but I owe so much to him because my mother didn’t understand the world of Hollywood,” he continues. “I didn’t grow up with my father, I didn’t have brothers and sisters, so I didn’t have this so-called support group to wave pom-poms for me and say, ‘You can do it, you can do it.’ But my acting coach and definitely Kristoff were that anchor for me to get me to believe in myself.”

Moore went on to build a remarkably steady and successful career, something he reflects on with both pride and perspective. “I show so much gratitude to Young and Restless, to CBS,” he says. “I call my career high school, college, and graduate school: Eight years on Young and Restless and coming back here and there was high school, and then 11 years on Criminal Minds was college, then eight years on S.W.A.T. was graduate school, and CBS embraced me, saw something good in me, and gave me this life and career. Now, I’m off doing a new version of S.W.A.T. [Exiles], which is not CBS, but to be able to say that I had an eight-year run on a soap opera, an 11-year run on a primetime show, an eight-year run on another primetime show, and it for it all to be on CBS? That just doesn’t happen.”

Even with that résumé, Moore remains grounded — and his level of celebrity suits him just fine. “I don’t mean it to be arrogant, but in 33 years, the longest I’ve gone unemployed is four months, and I pinch myself,” he shares. “I never take it for granted. I never get bored. I’m glad I’m not the biggest star in the world. I don’t want that kind of hype. I don’t want Michael Jackson hype, Brad Pitt hype. I like the steady, steady climb, and because of the way my career has unfolded, to know that I’ve affected people’s lives and been in their living rooms pretty consistently means a lot to me.”

That connection with audiences still shows up in his everyday life. “I was grocery shopping just last week, and a gentleman there, he must have been in his early 20s, he said, ‘I can’t believe I’m meeting you. Why are you shopping here?’” Moore relays. “I was like, ‘Because I live down the street. I need eggs. I need toilet paper and paper towels. What do you mean?’ And he’s like, ‘Dude, you were my childhood with Criminal Minds, and my grandmama used to watch you on Young and the Restless.’ And just the fact that generations know me and know my face and I’ve affected themselves or family members, that’s a humbling, proud feeling.”

In true Genoa City fashion, the drama begins pretty quickly after Malcolm and Stephanie arrive in town. And while Moore’s stint is brief, he’ll be back filming again this month to wrap up the tale. “I just told them, please don’t give me 124 pages,” he chuckles. “They were like, ‘How about 50 or 60?’ I was like, ‘I’ll take it!’ I’m going to be a good listener; let Vivica and the rest of them do the talking!”

What’s Next for Soap Couples in April on ‘GH,’ ‘Y&R,’ ‘B&B,’ ‘DAYS’ & ‘Beyond the Gates’

As we inch closer to summer, the soaps are going to be turning up the heat — in more ways than one. From breakups to pregnancy tests, here is Swooon’s exclusive look at what’s coming up on Beyond the Gates, The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless.

Tomas Navarro (Alex Alegria) surprises Kat Richardson (Colby Muhammad) on her birthday.

Naomi Hamilton Hawthorne (Arielle Prepetit) and Jacob Hawthorne (Jibre Hordges) spend their anniversary apart, but remember their love story from their first date to their wedding vows.

Shanice Johnson (Ernestine Johnson Morrison) and Ted Richardson (Keith Robinson) discuss their evolving romance.

Eva Thomas (Ambyr Michelle) isn’t thrilled to see Izaiah Hawthorne (David Lami Friebe) and Kat catching up.

Tyrell Richardson (Jaden Lucas Miller) and Jessica (Camryn Jade) talk about the future of their relationship.

As Taylor Hayes (Rebecca Budig) and Deacon Sharpe’s (Sean Kanan) relationship becomes public, many people have feelings about it.

Once thought to be perfect for one another, two people bring their love story to an end.

Gabi Hernandez (Cherie Jimenez) and Philip Kiriakis (John-Paul Lavoisier) take their relationship to the next level, as do Sarah Horton (Linsey Godfrey) and Brady Black (Eric Martsolf).

Leo Stark (Greg Rikaart) chooses Javi Hernandez (Al Calderon) over Dimitri von Leuschner (Peter Porte)… but Javi has a new boyfriend.

Gwen Rizczech (Emily O’Brien) and EJ DiMera (Dan Feuerriegel) continue their dalliances.

Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) and Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst) share a close moment.

Gio Palmieri (Giovanni Mazza) and Emma Scorpio-Drake (Braedyn Bruner) have a romantic evening.

Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) and Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart) come to an agreement.

Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Justine Turner (Nazneen Contractor) make a serious commitment.

Malcolm Winters (Shemar Moore) reunites with an old flame, Stephanie Simmons (Vivica A. Fox).

Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) and Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson) make plans for their future.

Patty Williams (Stacy Haiduk) causes problems for Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman) and Diane Jenkins (Susan Walters).

Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) and Nikki Newman’s (Melody Thomas Scott) relationship is challenged.

Marisa Ramirez Guest Stars on Boston Blue 4/17/26

‘Paw Patrol: The Dino Movie’: First Teaser Trailer Features New Backstreet Boys Song

Based on the hit TV show and following on from multiple successful movies in the franchise, this latest installment sees the Paw Patrol pups crash land on an uncharted tropical island filled with dinosaurs after their ship gets caught in a mysterious storm.

“They meet Rex, a pup who has been stranded on the island for years and has become an expert in all things dino-related. When the Paw Patrol’s archrival, Mayor Humdinger, begins recklessly mining in hopes of exploiting the island for its natural resources, he inadvertently causes a huge, dormant volcano to erupt. The Paw Patrol pups are thrown into a series of high-stakes, dino-sized rescues bigger than anything they’ve done before, as they must stop Humdinger before everything on the island goes extinct.”

The teaser features new music from The Backstreet Boys in the shape of single ‘Bottle Up’.

Cast comprises: Carter Young, Mckenna Grace, Terry Crews, Meredith MacNeill, Ron Pardo, Jennifer Hudson, Hayden Chemberlen, Fortune Feimster, Jameela Jamil, Rain Janjua, Bill Nye, Paris Hilton, Lucien Duncan-Reid, William Desrosiers, Nylan Parthipan, and Snoop Dogg, introducing Henry Bolan.

Writers are Cal Brunker and Bob Barlen and the former directs. Producers are Jennifer Dodge, Laura Clunie, and Toni Stevens. Executive producers are Ronnen Harary. The show is based on the TV series created by Keith Chapman.

Eva Longoria Expresses Fears Over WBD-Paramount Merger: “The Consolidation Is The Scary Part Of It”

“The consolidation is the scary part of it… especially when you see a consolidation, you see a massive amount of job loss of creatives… because it comes into this siloed system of intake,” Longoria said in an interview with BBC Radio 4’s Today program on Friday.

“I probably will just pitch one person for, you know, five different buyers, but…pitching to one person… really what happens in that process is innovation dies, diversity dies. It becomes very cookie cutter of like we’re looking for a medical procedure, and then it just becomes about that,” she said.

The U.S. actress, producer and director, who has been producing and directing under the banner of her Hyphenate Media Group since 2016 alongside acting, has worked with banners within both studios over the years.

Her comments come less than 24 hours after Warner Bros. Discovery announced it had set a April 23 date for a shareholders vote on its sale to Paramount Skydance, a key step forward in the merger process.

In other related news of Thursday, Los Angeles County Board Of Supervisors voted to conduct an analysis of the proposed merger, including on the entertainment industry workforce.

Asked by the Today program on the role of the regulators in the merger process, Longoria replied: “I think we all need to pay attention to what’s going to happen. Supposedly, it’s going to operate separately still. But you know, who knows?”

Cady McClain and Jon Lindstrom Settle Divorce

According to court documents obtained by TMZ, Cady and Jon informed the court of the deal this week.

The former couple wed on February 14, 2014, and separated on December 11, 2023. They did not have any children.

According to the settlement, Cady and Jon both waived their right to collect spousal support. The actress will keep her furniture, personal property, and all assets in her possession and in her name. Jon will walk away with all property in his possession and his separate assets. They're now just waiting on sign-off from the judge to make it final.

Cady and Jon announced their split on April 27, 2024, via a joint statement, saying, “We are taking this opportunity to make a short statement about our relationship status. It may be obvious to some based on our posts that we’ve taken some time apart. After serious consideration, we have decided that our goals have been taking us in different directions and to end our marriage."

‘All My Children’s Cady McClain Looks Back at ‘TV Marriage’ to Michael E. Knight

Recently, McClain has been reminiscing about her career in soaps, looking back at moments like her Daytime Emmy win and the first time Tad and Dixie got married. She shared a sweet photo of Tad and Dixie on their wedding day, a memorable moment for the beloved couple.

“Also me. 1990? First TV marriage to ‘Tad’ on ‘All My Children.’ I think we were married three times, lol. Not sure who to credit for this photo. Thank you, ABC, for your belief in me and support of my work,” she wrote on Instagram.

Dixie and Tad actually got married in December 1989, so McClain wasn’t too far off! The couple got divorced a few months later in 1990, but they reconciled. Dixie and Tad were planning on getting married again when he was caught in an explosion and presumed dead. Tad was actually alive, and he reunited with Dixie years later.

They married again in 1994, but they divorced… again. The couple wed for a third time a few years later, which was followed by yet another split. They were in the process of reuniting for a fourth time when Dixie was involved in a car crash and was believed to be dead. There was a whole Dixie spirit storyline in there, but we later learned that Dixie was alive and being held captive by David Hayward (Vincent Irizarry). Talk about a long story for another day. Dixie and Tad married for a fourth time in 2013.

Back in 2023, McClain and Knight reflected on Dixie and Tad’s love story and how their very first kiss changed everything. “I remember the scene that we did with the yarn and the first kiss. I was knitting, and you were going to have to kiss me,” McClain said in 2023, per SoapHub. “I think you were rolling the yarn into a ball, and I was knitting, and we were on a sofa. We had to do that first kind of very tender kiss. And I remember after that — like just the vibe and the whole studio and the camera people were like, ‘Oh yeah, this is, this is it.'”

Knight is gearing up for his annual break from General Hospital. The actor has played Martin Grey, who is now off to Reno to work a new case, since 2019. McClain has had a recurring role on Beyond the Gates since 2025.

2026 Daytime Emmys Unveil Major Changes for Nominee Submissions

Among the changes: Submissions will now be episode-based, which it calls a “primetime format,” allowing programs to enter multiple submissions for different episodes and potentially receive several nominations.

Also, NATAS has opted to determine how many nominations a category will get based on a scale of how may submissions there were, much like what happens at the Primetime Emmys. There’s a new threshold for when you’re eligible for guest actor in a daytime drama. And the science and nature programming category has been eliminated in Daytime, as programs will now have to submit in Primetime, News & Doc or Children’s & Family, depending on eligibility.

Episode-Based Submissions: In the past, a team-based structure allowed a show’s full team to be awarded on a single submission. But now, with an episode-based submission for craft categories, “A program is therefore eligible to enter multiple submissions for different episodes and potentially receive multiple nominations within the same category.”

Joint Drama/Non-Fiction Categories: Daytime dramas and non-fiction programs will now enter alongside each other in categories except writing and directing. The categories will be split again if both the daytime drama and daytime non-fiction tracks have at least 10 submissions each.

Science and Nature Programming: With the elimination of the Daytime Emmys having a science and nature category, shows that previously landed here (including the offscreen/voiceover narrator) will now relocate to either News & Doc or Primetime. Also if the show is geared to viewers under 15, it would move to Children’s & Family Emmys. As a corollary to this, programs produced by a platform’s documentary department are not eligible for a Daytime Emmy (submit them at News & Doc Emmys or Primetime Emmys instead).

Last year’s winner in the category was Apple TV’s “The Secret Lives of Animals.” Other nominees included “Living with Leopards” (Netflix), “National Parks: USA” (National Geographic), “Secret Lives of Orangutans” (Netflix) and “Secrets of the Neanderthals” (Netflix).

Guest Performer In a Daytime Drama: “To be eligible for the guest category, you must be seen in a maximum of 19% of episodes aired/streamed for the first time during calendar year 2025. Otherwise, you must enter in categories eligible only in the Leading, Supporting, or Emerging Talent categories.”

Previously, that definition was, you could submit in the guest category if your performance was “in a limited role with a definitive beginning and end to the story arc.”

Redefining Multi-Cam and Single-Cam: All categories that used to be tracked as “multi-cam” or “single-cam” are now classified as “studio or non-studio.” That means “programs featuring both filming styles must a) choose to enter categories featuring the predominant style and b) may NOT enter certain crafts in one style and other crafts in the other style. Predominant is defined as 50.1%. This applies in non-fiction directing, technical direction and editing categories.”

Members-Only Judging – Judges must now be members of either NATAS, the Television Academy, or dual members will automatically be approved to judge. “Members in applicable categories will be assigned, at the discretion of competition administrators, to the appropriate category or categories, as outlined in our judging guidelines,” the org said. And if there aren’t enough eligible judges, NATAS will consider prior Emmy Award winners, prior Emmy Award nominees, and “those who otherwise meet the published membership criteria for their respective Peer Group but have elected not to join at this time.”

10 – 29 submissions: 5 nominations
30 – 59 submissions: 6 nominations
60 – 89 submissions: 7 nominations
90 – 119 submissions: 8 nominations
120 -149 submissions: 9 nominations
150 or more submissions: 10 nomination

If there are fewer than ten submissions in a category, the default number of nominations is 50% of the category’s submissions, rounded up to the nearest whole number. Categories with three or fewer submissions have no nominations, “though the National Awards Committee may proceed with an award based on a standard of excellence if the category is not otherwise merged or eliminated.”

20 – 80 submissions = 5 nominations
81 – 160 submissions = 6 nominations
161 – 240 submissions = 7 nominations
> 240 submissions = 8 nominations.

‘One Life to Live’ Hunks Have Epic St. Patrick’s Day Reunion

Easton used Instagram to give soap fans a treat. The “General Hospital” alum posed with his former co-stars at a bar to have some St. Patrick’s Day fun.

In the photo were Easton’s “One Life to Live” co-stars Josh Kelly (Cutter), Trevor St. John (Todd/Victor), David Fumero (Cristian), and Mark Lawson (Brody). The guys have remained friends since the ABC soap ended over 14 years ago.

“Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from the lads in the bar. @davidfumero @trevorstj @justjokingjk @themarkmlawson #saintpatricksday?? #irish #friends,” read Easton’s caption on the Instagram post.

The photo caught the attention of Easton’s former “General Hospital” co-star and Kelly’s current co-star, Finola Hughes (Anna) who wrote, “Sláinte” which is an Irish and Scottish Gaelic word that means “”to your health.”

Easton replied to his former on-screen love to say, “@finolafilona Slàinte Finn,” referring to his character’s name on “General Hospital.”

Fans were thrilled to see the St. John, Easton, Fumero, Lawson, and Kelly together again, and they let them know it in the comments on the social media post.

“OMG!!!!!!! What talent in this photo!!!!!!!!! Makes me miss OLTL even more than I already do! Love you all!!!!!!” shared one fan. Another fan chimed in to add, “Well, this put a smile on my face. Cheers, boys!.”

A different fan expressed, “I’m so glad to see all those handsome faces together. Happy St. Patrick’s day.” “Slainte The stories you all must have shared, cheers” gushed a fan.

“ONTL and best buddies reunion. There are no words for how much I love this!,” declared one fan. Another fan stated, “Wow!! These were my favorite guys from OLTL. Happy St Patrick’s Day Guess it was so much FUN hanging out together., what a great Reunion.”

More fan comments included, “Awww!! All the OLTL homies! Cheers!” “My OLTL heart!!!” and “What a group Happy St Patrick’s Day!!” Several fans left heart and smiley-face emojis after seeing this “One Life to Live” reunion.

The guys sure did make a lot of fans happy with their St. Patrick’s Day celebration..

‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Begins Production On Season 5 As Plot Is Revealed; Corbin Bernsen Among 8 To Recur

Additionally, Cobie Smulders has been promoted to series regular. She joined the show in Season 4 as Artemisia “Emi” Finch, a woman who says she’s Mickey Haller’s (Manuel Garcia Rulfo) long-lost sister. Two new additions share the surname Finch: Guggenheim’s character Allison, and Bernsen’s Richard. Let your theories run wild as you read the show’s logline for next season below.

The fifth season will consist of 10 episodes, inspired by the seventh book in “The Lincoln Lawyer” book series, Resurrection Walk, by author Michael Connelly.

In Season 5 of The Lincoln Lawyer, Mickey Haller’s world is upended when the half-sister he never knew existed, Emi (Cobie Smulders), comes to him with a plea to help free a wrongfully convicted woman. In a season defined by blood ties and buried secrets, Mickey takes on a grueling habeas petition to overturn a six-year-old murder conviction, but the deeper he digs, the more nefarious the forces arrayed against him become.

Meanwhile, the stakes rise for his trusted team as Lorna (Becki Newton), Izzy (Jazz Rayburn), and Cisco (Angus Sampson) step up to tackle high-profile challenges of their own. Having just saved himself from a wrongful conviction in Season 4, Mickey is now determined to set right an enormous miscarriage of justice. But as he unravels a dangerous web of corruption and lies, he must grapple with the fractured legacy of his family — both his chosen family and the family he never knew he had.

The returning recurring guest cast includes Neve Campbell, Krista Warner, Angelica Maria, and Gigi Zumbado.

Across 4 Seasons, The Lincoln Lawyer has appeared on the Netflix Global Top 10 charts for 29 weeks and, since 2023, garnered 171M views according to the streamer’s engagement reports. Production of Seasons 1-4 of the series in Los Angeles spanned 359 days, the production hired over 4,300 cast and crew, worked with over 50 local vendors, and filmed at more than 50 locations across Los Angeles since its debut.

The Lincoln Lawyer was created for TV by David E. Kelley and developed for TV by Ted Humphrey, the latter of who co-showruns the series alongside Dailyn Rodriguez. All three executive produce alongside Connelly, Ross Fineman, Matthew J. Lieberman, Barry Jossen, and Tana Jamieson. A+E Studios is the studio.

Justin Hartley, Charles Barkley & Eliot Glazer Team Up On New Sports Podcast From Lemonada Media

Glazer is going to be helped in this endeavor by someone who does: Charles Barkley.

Barkley’s Round Mound Media has teamed up with ChangeUp Productions, led by Tracker star Justin Hartley, to produce sports comedy show So U Think U Can Sports?.

It comes from Lemonada Media, which is behind shows including Fail Better with David Duchovny, This Life of Mine with James Corden and Confessions of a Female Founder with Meghan Markle.

The series will premiere this fall and will see Glazer, who was a co-exec producer on the recent iCarly revival, interview legendary athletes, including Barkley, current players, coaches, team owners and other sports figures, to finally ask: what’s the deal with sports?

ChangeUp’s Hartley, Julianna LaRosa and Sofia Pernas will produce alongside Round Mound Media’s Barkley and Marc Perman, with Land Romo and Glazer.

“We couldn’t be more excited to team up with Lemonada, Charles, Marc, and Eliot for ChangeUp’s very first podcast,” said Justin Hartley. “Comedy and sports go hand in hand, and Eliot is the perfect host to bring these two worlds together.”

“With Justin and the ChangeUp team as quarterback (football), it was Charles and Round Mound who got our project across the finish line (track). I’m so grateful to Lemonada for the chance to step up to the plate (baseball), give it my best shot (hockey), and really stick the landing (gymnastics). I still need one for golf,” said Glazer.

“This was one of those concepts where we immediately knew it would be comic gold. I remember audibly laughing at some of the initial script ideas,” added Stephanie Wittels Wachs, CEO of Lemonada Media. “Bringing together two of the biggest genres in entertainment, sports and comedy, definitely makes life suck less.”

“Sports is everywhere, our culture is flooded with opinions, predictions, analyses, and Monday morning quarterbacking. What’s been missing until now is a show hosted by a personality with an almost shocking lack of sports knowledge. And we found that guy. Round Mound Media is honored to be partnering with ChangeUp Productions and Lemonada on what will be the most entertaining sports show since Charles Barkley joined Inside the NBA,” added Marc Perman, co-founder of Round Mound Media.

Writers Guild Awards 2026 Winner

Beyond the Gates, Writers: Sara A. Bibel, Jazmen Darnell Brown, Ron Carlivati, Susan Dansby, Cheryl L. Davis, Christopher Dunn, Robert Guza Jr., Gregori J. Martin, Lynn Martin, Danielle Paige, Judy Tate, Michele Val Jean, Teresa Zimmerman; CBS

General Hospital, Head Writers: Elizabeth Korte, Chris Van Etten; Writers: Cathy LePard, Emily Culliton, Nigel Campbell, Suzanne Flynn, Charlotte Gibson, Kate Hall, Stacey Pulwer, Ryan Quan, Louise Rozett, Scott Sickles, Micah Steinberg; ABC

The Young and the Restless, Associate Head Writers: Jeff Beldner, Marla Kanelos, Dave Ryan; Writers: Susan Banks, Amanda L. Beall, Marin Gazzaniga, Rebecca McCarty, Madeleine Phillips; CBS/Paramount + (WINNER)

Hunter King Marries Chris Copier in Medieval Times-Themed Wedding on Valentine's Day

The Young and the Restless star and Emmy winner, 32, wed filmmaker Chris Copier in Los Angeles on Valentine's Day — followed by a celebration at Medieval Times.

On Friday, March 6, the actress posted an Instagram carousel announcing that she and Copier tied the knot. "Long ago, (on Valentine’s Day) we said I do in front of the realm (our families). We celebrated (at Medieval Times) well into the night (9pm). The end???? ," she captioned the post.

(Photo) For the event, King and Copier wore medieval-inspired looks, with King in a light blue lace dress with a V-neckline trimmed in white lace. Her long blonde hair was styled half-up, half-down. She opted for flowers in her hair rather than a traditional veil. Meanwhile, Copier donned an oversized, distressed brown leather coat, layered atop a brown tunic and a gray-brown kilt. He also had a head accessory, and wrapped a brown scarf around his head, leaving his long hair flowing underneath.

King's family was in attendance, including her sisters Kelli and Joey, and Joey's husband, Steven Piet. Both King and Copier's families dressed in keeping with the theme, with everyone donning their best medieval garb. King posted several snaps of the families enjoying the festivities, including a sweet snap of her sisters taking a photo of her as she prepares to walk down the aisle of their intimate ceremony venue.

The ceremony took place at Same Day Marriage in Studio City, Calif., which is where the bride's sisters also held their legal ceremonies prior to their larger wedding celebrations. (King and Copier plan to have a larger wedding celebration this summer overseas.)

The ceremony was followed by lunch at Broken Compass tiki bar, and then the celebrating crew took a party bus to Medieval Times.

King's post also included a photo of Copier posing on the party bus, as well as photos of them smiling in front of the tournament space. The carousel also included a photo of their wedding program, which read: "Lady Hunter & Lord Chris Upon Celebrating Their Wedding."

(Photo) In December 2024, King exclusively told PEOPLE that she and Copier were hoping to tie the knot "somewhere far away and tiny."

The couple got engaged in October 2024. In an Instagram reel shared by King, Copier popped the question in a picturesque beach setting. Copier got down on one knee, and King jumped up and down with excitement. The pair kissed before Copier put the engagement ring on King’s finger.

"Best day of my life," King captioned her post. "@chriscope88 I can’t wait to marry your a--."

(Photo) "He took me to Santa Barbara, and we rented bikes with our two puppies, rode up and down the coast and then we went to the beach and he said, ‘Let’s take some photos,'" King recalled of the proposal during an appearance on Today with Hoda & Jenna in November 2024.

"And went down on one knee I just started jumping up and down," she continued. "I blacked out and I think I said, ‘Are you sure, are you sure, are you sure?’ And he’s like, ‘You need to say yes so I can give you your ring.’ "

King and Copier first met on the set of Give Me Your Eyes in 2022, in which King starred as Jael Jones and Copier was the assistant director. The first sign of their romantic connection came in video clips in King’s end-of-the-year Instagram post in 2023.

(Photo) On Copier’s birthday, King shared a sweet post in his honor. "Happy birthday to the guy who does it all?? The guy who makes matzo ball soup from scratch for me when I’m sick. Who hates tofu but learned how to perfect it anyway because he knows I love it,” she wrote in the caption. “Who re watches all the shows I haven’t seen and pauses them every 20 seconds to answer all my questions. Thank you for loving me the way you do. Here’s to many more birthdays together ??Love you."

The couple also worked on Hallmark Channel's Holiday Touchdown: A Chiefs Love Story with King starring as the lead character, Alana, and Copier serving as the film's assistant director.

Next up, the newlyweds have even more to celebrate: Copier's directorial debut, the horror movie Rabisu: Curse of the Demon, also starring King, will begin streaming on VOD services starting April 3.

Kevin Bacon, Ted Danson, Tom Selleck & Dolph Lundgren To Front History Channel Docuseries

Last year, it was Kevin Costner, Bradley Cooper, Morgan Freeman, Michael Imperioli and Dan Aykroyd. This year, it’s Kevin Bacon, Ted Danson, Tom Selleck and Dolph Lundgren.

The cable network has unveiled five new series and documentaries as part of its annual Upfront: History’s Strange Fortunes with Kevin Bacon, Extraordinary Origins with Ted Danson, Crime and Justice with Tom Selleck, History’s Greatest Machines with Dolph Lundgren and 102 Minutes Inside the Towers.

History’s Strange Fortunes with Kevin Bacon (w/t) is a ten-part series that features stories about money – money made, money lost, and money spent. From a famous rock-and-roll singer who spent $50,000 on a late-night snack, to a lucky gold miner who unearthed a nugget worth nearly $1 million, to an epic heist that turned a circus hypnotist into an infamous con artist, the series explores some of the most unbelievable, yet true financial tales ever recorded.

It comes from A+E Factual Studios and VaynerWATT. Exec producers include Matthew Pearl, Yoshi Stone, Gary Vaynerchuk, Eric Wattenberg, Sam Brown, Matt Higgins, Jennifer Wagman, Jim Pasquarella and Bacon.

Extraordinary Origins with Ted Danson (w/t) examines the stories behind some of history’s most significant innovations, inventions, and discoveries that helped shape the modern world.

The ten-part series is produced by Fulwell Entertainment and exec produced by Danson, Ben Winston, Jamal Henderson, Paul Loban, Eli Lehrer and Jim Pasquarella.

Crime and Justice with Tom Selleck (w/t) sees the Blue Bloods star examine the true stories behind some of the most consequential crimes and investigations in American history from the dusty streets of the Old West to the high-tech manhunts of today.

The ten-part series is produced by A+E Factual Studios and exec produced by Selleck, David Carr, who serves as showrunner, Steve Ascher, Matt Pearl, Eli Lehrer and Jim Pasquarella.

History’s Greatest Machines with Dolph Lundgren sees the Rocky IV star, who has a background in chemical engineering, look at the gears, guts, and genius behind the machines that reshaped our world.

The eight-part series is produced by Superluna Studios in association with 3BMG. It is exec produced by Lundgren, David Carr, who serves as showrunner, Johnny Gould, Ross Weintraub, Reinout Oerlemans, Mary E. Donohue and Michael Stiller.

Finally, Good Morning America co-anchor Robin Roberts is exec producing 102 Minutes Inside the Towers, a two-hour doc marking the 25th anniversary of September 11, 2001.

Sasha Calle Latest To Join Mike Flanagan’s ‘The Exorcist’

Calle’s role is being kept under wraps, as is the plot of the film, written and directed by Mike Flanagan, which is shooting in New York City. What’s known is that the film will tell an all-new story set in The Exorcist universe and is not a sequel to 2023’s The Exorcist: Believer. As previously announced, the cast also includes Scarlett Johansson, Jacobi Jupe, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Laurence Fishburne, and Diane Lane.

In addition to writing and directing, Flanaghan is producing via his Red Room Pictures banner, alongside David Robinson for Morgan Creek Entertainment and Jason Blum for Blumhouse-Atomic Monster. Exec producers include Alexandra Magistro for Red Room Pictures and Ryan Turek for Blumhouse-Atomic Monster.

Calle stars opposite Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in Joe Carnahan’s Netflix crime thriller The Rip, which spent three weeks at #1 on Netflix’s global English-language film list after premiering in January and remains at #7.

The actress made her feature film debut as Supergirl in Warner Bros.’ The Flash, becoming the first Latina actress to portray the iconic superhero in a major studio film. She also appeared in Daniel Minahan’s On Swift Horses, alongside Daisy Edgar-Jones, Jacob Elordi, Will Poulter, and Diego Calva, and stars in Alessandra Lacorazza Samudio’s In the Summers, which won both Grand Jury and Directing Awards at Sundance 2024.

Up next, Calle will be seen starring alongside Colin Farrell in Season 2 of Apple’s Sugar. She is represented by CAA and Del Shaw Moonves.

What’s Coming Up for Soap Couples in March on ‘GH,’ ‘Y&R,’ ‘DAYS,’ and ‘B&B’

Secrets will be revealed, past wounds reopened, and several couples will find their bonds pushed to the brink. Here is Swooon’s exclusive look at what’s coming up on The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, and The Young and the Restless.

Ivy Forrester (Ashleigh Brewer) pulls the puppet strings for Electra Forrester (Laneya Grace) and Will Spencer (Crew Morrow).

Gabi Hernandez (Cherie Jimenez) and Philip Kiriakis (John-Paul Lavoisier) say “I love you” to each other for the first time.

Tate Black (Leo Howard) suggests Holly Jonas (Ashley Puzemis) take a pregnancy test.

Carly Spencer (Laura Wright) and Valentin Cassadine (James Patrick Stuart) come to an understanding.

Ric Lansing (Rick Hearst) talks about a future with Elizabeth Webber (Rebecca Herbst).

Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and Justine Turner (Nazneen Contractor) admit there’s something between them.

Jacinda Bracken (Paige Herschell) tells Michael Corinthos (Rory Gibson) about her past.

Molly Lansing (Kristen Vaganos) opens up to a supportive Cody Bell (Josh Kelly).

Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) and Nikki Newman’s (Melody Thomas Scott) relationship is tested.

Holden Novak (Nathan Owens) makes a sacrifice for Audra Charles (Zuleyka Silver).

Sally Spectra (Courtney Hope) shares a secret from her past with Billy Abbott (Jason Thompson).

Tom Pelphrey Takes on Task of Playing the Most Famous Man to Ever Live — Jesus Christ

Faith Podcast Network will debut a four-part series, The Christ, billed as “an audio epic” and “the first ever full-scale audio dramatization of Jesus’ life across four immersive episodes using cinematic-quality sound, music and performances.” It will feature more than 100 different characters and some high-profile Hollywood names toplined by Task and Emmy-nominated Ozark star Tom Pelphrey as Jesus Christ, opposite David Oyelowo as Pontius Pilot, Paul Walter Hauser as John the Baptist, Courtney Hope as Mary, mother of Jesus, Patricia Heaton as the host and John Rhys-Davies as the narrator.

The Christ comes from a creative team that includes writer and director Paul Cuschieri, co-director and producer Mark Ramsey and producer Jim Young. The Christ drops during Holy Week, with the first episode debuting on March 30. A new episode will be released each day through April 2, scheduled accordingly so that the entire series will be available by Good Friday on April 3. The official logline says The Christ will cover “the life, death and legacy of Jesus of Nazareth. Through betrayal, courage, suffering and hope, the series explores how one man’s story reshaped history — and redefined love, authority and sacrifice.”

Needless to say, it’s a tall task to step into the shoes of the most famous man who has ever lived. But Pelphrey seems to have arrived at the opportunity at just the right time in his life and career. Engaged to fellow Emmy nominee and beloved TV star Kaley Cuoco, he’s a new father who has only recently started to share more about his life off set. Long considered an actor’s actor, Pelphrey longed to stay in the space of being able to disappear into roles like his acting idol, Robert De Niro. As his profile changed, thanks to critically acclaimed turns in Ozark, Mank and Task, so did his perspective on how to engage with the public as a recognizable actor. He largely credits the shift in worldview to his sobriety, which he revealed on Instagram last October.

“12 years sober today,” he posted on Oct. 1, 2025. “Sober by the grace of God. Deeply grateful for my sobriety and the life I get to live because of it.” He wrote more words about it, but the one mentioned above — God — is most necessary for the below conversation with The Hollywood Reporter as Pelphrey opens up on the intimidation of voicing Jesus in The Christ, how some early Shakespearean acting advice from Mark Rylance came in handy while recording his first podcast series and the beauty of being able to wait for “the next thing that just lights me up.”

What was your reaction when your reps presented an opportunity to play Jesus in a new podcast?

I was so excited. Faith is such a big part of my life, and it has been for a while now. This came to be out-of-the-blue, and I was so excited to be a part of it and tell this great story.

I was raised Catholic, and you can still see remnants of the ashes on my forehead from [Ash Wednesday services]. But my real relationship to faith started when I got sober, and that is actually what got me sober. When people talk about sobriety, you often hear the phrase “by the grace of God.” I fully believe that to be true in my case. My life went from chaos into order. Maybe a lot of people can relate to this, but I think of my faith like the story of the prodigal son. You’ve gone astray and get beat up out there. You’re sad, scared and don’t know what to do, so you think you should go home. But instead of getting yelled at, punished or kept at arm’s length, you are received with joy. That’s how it felt for me. To now have an opportunity to be a part of telling a story about Jesus, who I believed saved my life, and for that story to possibly help someone who has felt lost, stranded, sad or scared, is deeply meaningful to me.

That was beautiful, thank you for sharing. You get the job, then comes a challenge of finding the voice of Jesus, perhaps the most famous person who has ever lived. Obviously, he sounds a bit like Tom Pelphrey, that’s why they hired you, but how did you settle on what Jesus sounds like?

I have to say that there’s a certain size to this that if I thought about it in a certain way, I would’ve been too scared to even attempt it. I’m new to voiceover work, and so regardless of the role, I was already a little intimidated. But I was also very nervous leading up to it. I felt that I shouldn’t try and do too much. And I thought that if I could add to this in any way, I should try and add what it is that I feel like I do best — try and find the most human interpretation of what Jesus is experiencing. That’s part of the power and the beauty of the story — fully God, fully man — and it was interesting to walk through the story by thinking of it more on the fully man side. For me personally, those are the moment in the story that have always touched me the most when Jesus felt and responded like a vulnerable human being.

I knew I would be saying some of the most famous sayings in human history, and if that doesn’t intimidate you a little bit, God bless, but it intimidated me. This is a slightly different way to talk about it but when I was in college at Rutgers, we got to study at [London’s] Globe Theatre, and it was amazing. It was such an incredible juxtaposition of what we were learning with [Sanford] Meisner and the kitchen sink, and all of that. We learned to stand up tall, use your voice and project.

Mark Rylance was still the artistic director there, and he came to talk to our class. At one point, he gave us an example of performance by doing the “to be, or not to be” speech five different ways in a row. He just ripped it, like, whoa. In my mind, what got blown open was how it was this very famous Shakespeare text that is so well known and can, at times, seem inaccessible because it’s so sacred and revered, [that it] became something else. Mark said, “Make everything personal.” He taught us to know what you’re saying and live in the truth of what’s happening. It blew my mind open. To come full circle, I was nervous because [the Christ project] was this very heightened and important role based on something that everybody knows and is familiar with and there’s a presumption that it needs to be said perfectly. I just knew that I would never say it perfectly. When we were about to start, it came time to surrender to the idea that it was never going to be perfect. But what I could offer to the best of my ability was that if I put myself into it, made it personal, said it how I felt it and how it made the most sense to me, we would accomplish the best version of that.

We recorded for four or five days. It was really nice because the recording process allowed us to be in the room with multiple actors at once, so that was a really nice way to play scenes. All of the actors are excellent voice actors, and they are so professional and can talk about the differences between this microphone and that microphone, all of this stuff that I didn’t know about. It was amazing to be in the room with them and be able to ask questions in between takes and learn a little bit of technique. I remember when a light bulb went off when I understood how the less volume you had, the more chance there would be for dexterity within the speech.

You can cheat these things because there’s a microphone so close to you. You can literally just get right on top of the microphone and whisper if you want. It’s very powerful and becomes very dynamic. Being in the room with these other actors was so helpful for performance and to build a sense of momentum so that every word, every line wasn’t uttered in isolation in a vacuum. It allowed me to pick up technique, which I’m always trying to do with everybody I work with. What can I steal here? What can I learn here? How can I get better?

Was there something you stole that was most impactful or meaningful during the process?

Understanding how much more you can play with dynamics in terms of sound, volume and proximity to the mic. I started on stage, and there’s a certain amount of volume and projection needed for that. When you start to work in film and TV, you understand that everything is going to come sit in your lap, and you can whisper and barely move your eyes and everything will be projected. I needed to make that jump in the booth as well. That was definitely something I felt like I walked out of there with on day five that I hadn’t walked in with on day one.

The obvious answer is the entire passage on the crucifixion. That was obviously a very intense thing to try and capture sitting on a chair in a booth. We tried to get as creative as we could to try and help that feel a little more impactful, even if that meant standing during some of those efforts, or even doing something as simple as breathing. I haven’t listened to it yet to see how it turned out.

How are you with that part of your job, as in listening to or watching your performances?

The nice thing is when there’s a lot of space between when you do it and when you might get to watch it. In general, I am not in love with myself and I don’t hate myself, so it’s OK. It’s really useful if you can try and watch it somewhat objectively. You can learn and see where you can get better the next time, which is always the goal. But what happens is when you first do something, you have so much information about it in your head. If I saw a scene on Task a month later, I still remember what we ate for lunch that day or that the scene required six hours of setups. You have so much information about it that you are not able to experience it for the first time or how the audience is experiencing it. But you are able to get that feeling the more time that has gone by. I’ve never once watched myself and didn’t think that there’s a lot of good things I could learn and do better the next time. But I don’t watch it and think, oh, I’m horrible, or anything like that. I feel like I’m getting better all the time, and that’s all I’ve ever wanted. I’m excited to listen to this.

There were some challenges of being in an audio booth when you’re meant to embody something very physical, because how do you create that? There were specific things that you would never have to do in any other context. I never have to be on set and act like I’m struggling to lift something or I’m exhausted sitting on a chair. If I’m on set and they want me to do that, I can go pick the fucking thing up and start running up and down with it until I’m exhausted and having a hard time lifting it, and then they can film me doing that.

Credit to the group of people I worked with — and this happens on a great set, too — but, honestly, every day I left in such a great mood. There are times when you work on things, and you can’t help but to feel like there’s an energy that comes and it lives in you. You can feel it. When you get to work in such a way and you’re accumulating that energy in the process of working, you release it and leave happy, even if what you worked on or released was very dark or intense or heavy. This doesn’t happen to me much anymore but when I was younger, I might leave feeling heavy. If you haven’t been able to live through or share that energy, that’s when you feel bad because you’ve cooked up something that is not yours and you weren’t able to get rid of it. It’s an energy thing.

This was also lovely because David Oyelowo is one of my good friends. The day before I was going in, I looked at the call sheet and I said to [my wife Kaley Cuoco], “David’s going to be there!” It was my first day and would be the first thing I ever recorded, and thank God it was with David because it just calmed me down and put me in such a great mood. He’s incredible. What a sweet, sweet, good, gentle, beautiful man. Paul Walter Hauser is also a buddy. He didn’t get to be there in person but he Zoomed in and I was able to say hi. It was a great group of people.

I’m doing this interview because it’s Tom Pelphrey playing Jesus, alongside other well-known actors like David Oyelowo and Paul Walter Hauser. They could’ve cast famous actors from the faith space but since it is recognizable Hollywood names, this has the potential to travel to a wider audience. Did you think about how it might circulate in the world with your involvement, and was that a motivator at all?

There are so many versions of me answering this. I love being an actor, and I will say that for a long time, I really struggled with sharing any part of myself publicly. I really tried to dance around it, partially because of how it made me nervous and partially because of all the insecurities around it. Also, I read an interview once a long time ago with a young Robert De Niro. He was one of my heroes as a young actor. He said that the more people knew about him, the harder it was for him to do his job. I must’ve read that at 17, and it burned into my brain because it’s undeniably true. As an actor like De Niro, which is the kind of actor I’ve always wanted to be, you want to disappear. You want to serve the character. But we don’t live in that world anymore. As much as Robert De Niro was able to do that back then, it’s not the world we live in now.

Sharing about sobriety and faith are so personal to me, and it means so much to me. The other thing you notice is when people are sharing things, you could say a word to a thousand people, and a thousand people hear a different version of that word. In all humility, to share something that matters to you, you first have to come to an understanding and acceptance that you’re surrendering how it’s going to be heard or what it means to anyone listening. You have no control over it. That’s been an amazing process to go through.

Yes. We were talking about sobriety and the first time I ever shared, on my own, about my sobriety was in the past year. There are a million reasons for that, and part of it was that with sobriety, with faith or getting to do a podcast like this, there came the possibility that at some point, an honest sharing of any of this in whatever humble way I can could potentially help someone or make them feel less alone. That outweighed my fear of being misunderstood. It’s an amazing thing. Once the seal was broken, it felt very freeing. I’m grateful that, like you said, on some level, my participation or David and Paul’s participation would lead you to want to do an article about this. It’s wild. Also, being a dad, you start to think about everything differently.

That was beautiful, thank you. And I appreciate you sharing about your sobriety because as someone who has been a fan of your work, seeing you share about your sobriety last year led me to think of your work in a new way. I know how meaningful of an experience it is and how it changes your life. But where do you go from here? How do you follow up playing Jesus Christ?

Well, I don’t imagine that I will ever have an experience quite like that again. But I will tell you that I will do the same thing that I always do. I wait patiently for the next thing that just lights me up. Honestly, right now, I’ve been waiting for a long time but there are some things coming that I’m really excited about. That in and of itself is such a blessing. You want to talk about life-changing, 12 years ago, I was just hoping for a way to pay my rent. I’m not able to wait forever now, but I can sit back a little bit and be a dad and I don’t need to work immediately to pay my bills. I can wait for things that really move me or speak to me. The longer I am in my sobriety, the deeper I am in my faith, the more I feel that there’s a real power in trying your best in all ways to be of service. I want to be like that as an actor, too. When I read something, if I feel like I can bring something special to it or help it come to life in a very unique way, then I go for it. I felt that way when I read Task because I felt like I could be of service to something bigger than me, and that’s where I want to live these days. I don’t feel that way all the time, so I wait until I do.

What a perfect way to tend. But I do have one more quick question because looking at you, you’re giving a little bit of Jesus today with the longer hair and the beard. Have you thought about letting it grow so when the podcast drops, you sound like Jesus but look a little like him, too?

As tempting as that might seem on some level, the last thing we need anybody thinking is I’m like Jesus in any way. I am a very poor, poor, pale imitation. But Jesus is somebody I’m trying to be more like. Like we say, it’s progress, not perfection.

The Christ is for free to listeners and can be found on all podcast platforms as well as TheChristPodcast.com.

Young and Restless Star Melissa Claire Egan Reveals Heart Disease Diagnosis: ‘Too Important Not to Share’

The actress began her post by writing, “I wanted to share that in late January I was diagnosed with Coronary heart disease.” She then assured her fans, “Thanks to early detection, and medicine, I will be okay!”

Detailing the road to her diagnosis, Egan shared, “My brilliant doctor of 20+ years [Dr. Thai?s Aliabadi] sent me to a wonderful cardiologist [Dr. Mo Ghalichi] when some bloodwork came back high, and through a Heart calcium scan he found plaque in my LAD artery (known as the ‘widow maker). It’s mild so far and tends to be genetic, but rare for a 44 year old woman.”

Cautioned Egan, “This could have caused the plaque to chip off and cause a fatal heart attack or stroke any time over the next 5-10 years, maybe even sooner.”

The actress went on to encourage other women to undergo heart calcium scans. “Later that night after I was diagnosed, I laid with my sons [Caden, 4, and Jake, 2], putting them to bed, feeling so grateful to God and my doctors that I found this early,” she wrote. “But I couldn’t stop thinking about all the other women (and men) that might have this disease and not know it. It is under-tested and under-recognized.

“We all are so good about getting our mammograms every year, but we don’t check our heart health,” she continued. “It is imperative that you do! Cardiovascular disease is the Number 1 killer of women, causing 1 in 3 deaths each year.”

Egan advised, “Tell your doctor you want to be evaluated for coronary heart disease risk. A takeaway from my situation, for your blood tests ask your doctor to specifically look for Lipoprotein(a) and ApoB levels. Also you MUST ASK YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT A ‘Heart Calcium scan,'” she stressed.

The actress also shared that she was working with the American Heart Association to bring more awareness to heart disease. She went into the story of her diagnosis in greater depth on the AHA website, where she explained that knowing that going public with her ordeal might help save the lives of other women. “I’m a relatively private person, but I wouldn’t be able to live with myself if I didn’t share my story,” declared Egan.

Details on ‘General Hospital’ Alum Evan Hofer’s New ‘9-1-1’ Gig

Hofer joined the ABC soap opera in 2022 and starred on the series until his character, Dex Heller, was killed off in 2024.

“It was both exciting and it was sad. I really fell in love with Dex over the last three years. I told my mom it’s almost like mourning the loss of a friend,” he told TV Insider in December 2024 of saying goodbye to Dex. “He was such an incredible guy, and I wanted all these wonderful things for him, and he got to experience a lot of those wonderful things. It was sad, but it’s also really fun to be able to play those scenes and do these extremes.”

Now, he’s moving from daytime to primetime with his latest role. Hofer is set to guest star on the Thursday, February 26, episode of ABC’s 9-1-1: Nashville. “Watch @911nashville Thursday night? Love, E,” he captioned a Monday, February 23, Instagram snap of himself posing next to a 9-1-1: Nashville poster.

Details about Hofer’s role have not been revealed, but the episode will dive into the backstory of Chris O’Donnell‘s Captain Don Hart. “Flashbacks reveal how a devastating house fire reshaped Don’s life, along with how he later met Dixie [LeAnn Rimes] and Blythe [Jessica Capshaw],” the episode’s official description reads. “Meanwhile, the 113 responds to a cyclist pinned against a tree after being hit by a car.”

The episode will feature another familiar soap opera face, as Hunter King will appear as a younger version of Capshaw’s Blythe Hart. King famously played Summer Newman on The Young and the Restless from 2012 to 2022.

Rimes recently teased 9-1-1: Nashville‘s new episode in an interview with TV Insider, sharing, “This episode’s so beautiful. I think you really get to see Dixie and Don’s relationship and where it all started and why they’re still so connected to each other. And it’s funny because Dixie is one of those characters that, one episode, you love her, the next episode, you hate her, and I think with this episode, people are going to be Team Dixie for a bit, and then I unravel all of that.”

The episode will also feature an original song that Rimes wrote for the show, titled “Wild Things Run,” which is available now to stream on Spotify. “I had to make myself try to sound 20 years younger, which was a challenge,” she joked. “Then I got to make a whole different version as my own record. I loved doing that. I loved being able to really give voice to in a different way to this character and the emotional point of view behind their love story.”

Darius McCrary's Son in Court to Show Support for Dad, Judge Delays Sentencing

The judge in McCrary's case ruled sentencing will take place January 25, 2027. The judge ordered McCrary to stay away from firearms, maintain employment, and not to try and contact the woman in this case for the next 11 months.

McCrary' son Zechariah sat in court Friday morning ... he apparently didn't want to speak but he did write a letter to the judge indicating he's not a victim.

In response, the state has argued children of people not paying child support are victims, regardless of Zechariah's feelings.

Darius also addressed the court ... lamenting his struggles during the 2023 actors and writers strikes as well as some life-threatening injury he says he suffered.

McCrary adds he's looking forward to helping his son -- who he says has survived a lot -- and, he thinks he has much to teach Zechariah.

As we reported, McCrary was arrested October 5 near the Mexico border. He was picked up in a fugitive arrest due to the fact his warrant was issued out of Michigan.

At the time of his arrest, a Customs and Border Protection spokesperson told us Darius had been trying to re-enter the U.S. from Mexico when he was apprehended.

During his first court appearance in San Diego, Darius attempted to represent himself, which was a huge mistake. The 49-year-old actor baffled the judge by repeatedly insisting he was in court "on special appearance."

Following many failed attempts to get Darius to explain what the hell that meant, the judge decided to give Darius a public defender, saying Darius "is unable to understand and appreciate the legalities of these proceedings."

Afterwards, Darius was extradited from San Diego to Michigan, where the warrant was issued.

Soapy S2 E15 | Peter Bergman on Soap Legacy, Navigating Hollywood, and Apple TV's Pluribus

‘Young and the Restless’: Shemar Moore & Vivica A. Fox to Return After Decades

Moore was introduced in 1994 as Malcolm, the charismatic younger brother of Neil Winters (the late Kristoff St. John), and quickly became a fan favorite. He remained on the soap until 2005, later returning for special appearances in 2014 and 2019, and most recently in 2023 for the show’s 50th anniversary. That emotional visit included the unveiling of a portrait honoring Neil, who passed away in 2019.

Moore’s original run proved pivotal. He won the Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series in 2000, and eight NAACP Awards over the course of his time on the show. From there, he successfully transitioned into primetime, starring for 11 seasons on Criminal Minds, before leading and executive producing S.W.A.T. on CBS for eight seasons. He now serves as the current EP and star of the spinoff series S.W.A.T. Exiles.

Despite his primetime success, Moore has long made it clear that he hasn’t forgotten his daytime roots. In a 2024 interview with First For Women, Moore said he was open to a soap comeback, noting, “If The Young and the Restless called me today, I would go, because you never forget where you came from. It sounds cliché and maybe cheesy, but it’s also true.”

And Malcolm still has strong ties to Genoa City. In 2006, he was revealed to be the biological father of Lily (Christel Khalil) — who he long believed was his niece — a twist that reshaped the Winters’ family dynamics.

Fox’s path back to Y&R is also layered with history. She launched her daytime career on the groundbreaking soap Generations as Maya Reubens, working closely with Kristoff St. John, who played Adam Marshall. In 1994, she joined Y&R as Dr. Stephanie Simmons, where she once again worked with St. John, who had already been cast as Neil following Generations’ cancellation. Stephanie exited the canvas in 1995, and Fox hasn’t returned since, instead building a prolific film and television career.

That career includes box office hits such as Independence Day and Batman & Robin, along with dozens of TV movies and primetime series. In 2025, Fox told People that her soap background nearly cost her one of her earlier film opportunities. When she called her agents about Independence Day, “They were like, honey, you’re on a soap opera,” she recalled. “This is gonna be a $60 million movie. So sorry.” Fortunately, the producer’s wife happened to be a Y&R fan, landing Fox an audition that led to the role itself.

Now, with an upcoming MGM/Amazon feature film, “Is God Is,” which will be released this May, and her namesake fashion collection with HSN continuing to expand, Fox is coming back to the genre that helped launch her career.

Malcolm and Stephanie’s history dates back to 1995, when they shared a brief but memorable romance. Their surprising return “will have shocking and lasting implications for the residents of Genoa City,” teases the official release.

‘Scooby-Doo’ Live-Action Netflix Series Casts Mckenna Grace as Daphne

Grace will star as a young Daphne Blake in the show, which will delve into how the Mystery Inc. gang first met each other.

Netflix picked up the show for eight episodes in March 2025. The official logline for the show describes it as a modern reimagining of the popular cartoon show.

“During their final summer at camp, old friends Shaggy and Daphne (Grace) get embroiled in a haunting mystery surrounding a lonely lost Great Dane puppy that may have been a witness to a supernatural murder,” the logline reads. “Together with the pragmatic and scientific townie, Velma, and the strange, but ever so handsome new kid, Freddy, they set out to solve the case that is pulling each of them into a creepy nightmare that threatens to expose all of their secrets.”

The role marks a return to playing Daphne Blake for Grace. She voiced the young version of the character in the animated film “Scoob!” in 2020. She was to reprise the role in the prequel, “Scoob! Holiday Haunt,” but that film was axed by Warner Bros. Discovery in a cost-cutting move. Grace has also played the young version of main characters in shows like the Netflix series “Chilling Adventures of Sabrina” and in films like “Captain Marvel” and “I, Tonya.”

Grace went on to receive an Emmy nomination in 2021 for outstanding guest actress in a drama for her work in the hit Hulu series “The Handmaid’s Tale.” Elsewhere in television, she is also known for her work in “The Young and the Restless,” “The Haunting of Hill House,” “Young Sheldon,” and “Designated Survivor.” In film, she has starred in projects like “Gifted,” “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” and “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire,” and “Five Night’s a Freddy’s 2.”

Josh Appelbaum and Scott Rosenberg serve as writers and showrunners and will also executive produce along with André Nemec and Jeff Pinkner under their Midnight Radio banner. Greg Berlanti, Sarah Schechter, and Leigh London Redman will executive produce via Berlanti productions. Warner Bros. Television will produce. Berlanti Productions is currently under an overall deal at WBTV, with the studio controlling the rights to the Hanna-Barbera characters.

This will not be the first live-action Scooby-Doo project to make it to the screen. Most famously, “Scooby-Doo” was released in 2002 and starred Freddie Prinze Jr., Sarah Michelle Gellar, Matthew Lillard, and Linda Cardellini, with Neil Fanning voicing Scooby. The film was a box office success, generating over $250 million worldwide. A sequel with the same cast, “Scooby-Doo: Monsters Unleashed,” came out in 2004 and grossed over $180 million. There was also the live-action TV film “Scooby-Doo! The Mystery Begins” and its sequel that were released in 2009 and 2010.

There have also been a wide range of Scooby-Doo animated projects over the years, beginning with the original cartoon series in the late 1960s. Various incarnations have followed over the years, spanning multiple animated series and films.

‘Days of Our Lives’: Billy Flynn Bids Farewell to Chad DiMera After 12 Years

The actor announced his departure in March 2025, then stepped into the role of The Young and the Restless‘ Cane Ashby that June. But because Days films up to 10 months in advance, it’s been a long farewell, something Flynn admits has felt surreal. “I’m just ready for that chapter to be closed,” Flynn says. “It feels like I’m lingering too long, and it’s tough to start a new chapter when you’re still in the other one. It’s just an odd feeling; that’s the only way I can express it. It’s too much of me. Nobody needs that much of me.”

In the story, Chad leaves town with his kids, Thomas DiMera [Cary Christopher] and Charlotte DiMera [Autumn Gendron]. For Flynn, the emotional weight of the scenes mirrored his reality. “The stuff that’s airing now is what I remember fondly because they are genuine goodbyes,” he says. “I had one with Dan [Feuerriegel, EJ DiMera] and Susan Hayes [Julie Williams], and I loved being able to do the story with Missy [Reeves, Jennifer Deveraux] and Matt [Ashford, Jack Deveraux].”

What happened off camera once everyone knew he was going proved just as meaningful. “It was like getting to witness your own funeral in a weird way; everybody gives you love and admiration,” he explains. “People who you don’t talk to all that often have all this nice stuff to say, and you’re like, ‘Oh, gosh. Why haven’t we had these conversations before?’ Ashley Puzemis [Holly Jonas] gave me a really sweet card. I talked to Leo Howard [Tate Black] and Carson Boatman [Johnny DiMera], and Deidre Hall [Marlena Evans] and James Reynolds [Abe Carver]. People were telling me, ‘It’s not going to be the same without you,’ and that meant a lot.”

Looking back at his decade-plus in Salem, perspective comes easily. “I love Days, and I loved the character of Chad so much,” he says. “It’s just a lot of gratitude. Having a job changed my life, and everything in my life changed so much. I have two children, I got sober on the show, and it gave me a life beyond my wildest dreams, so it’s hard to have anything other than gratitude for all of it.”

That sense of gratitude stretches all the way back to the very beginning. “I remember in the audition process, Marnie [Saitta, casting director] said they saw, like, over 1,000 people for the job,” he shares. “I don’t know whether that’s an exaggeration, but I remember thinking, ‘Man, this is really big.’ I was in the last wave of people that they saw.”

Once cast, he was quickly thrust into the DiMera spotlight. “When I came on, James Scott was playing EJ [DiMera] and then James was gone in two weeks, and he was basically like, ‘You’re the DiMera now,’” Flynn recalls. “And the story and the writing was so good in the beginning, which is a big reason why I became so close with Josh Griffith [then-Days’ head writer; now Y&R‘s head writer and executive producer] and why I wanted to come to Young and Restless and work with him again.”

Among Flynn’s most defining arcs is the 2015 “Necktie Killer” storyline. “I think it’s the best storyline that the show has told in the 12 years that I was there,” he declares. “Everybody was connected, everything moved forward, there was a big love story in the middle of it, and I just thought it was really well done. So, it took off and then Chad and Abigail took off, and I just remember being, like, ‘Wow.’”

That the pairing was successful with both actresses who played Abigail — Kate Mansi‘s (Kristina Corinthos, General Hospital) and Marci Miller — is a source of pride for Flynn. “To be a part of a huge couple with two actresses was amazing,” he raves. “It’s chemistry, and it’s a hard thing to do, but I also think the people you bring on makes a big difference. Kate had a say when I came on. Kate picked me, and when Marci came on, that was who I picked. I still think it’s a beautiful love story.”

He also appreciated the meaningful encouragement from executive producer Ken Corday. “I remember after I was there for a period of time, right around the time of maybe the Necktie Killer storyline, he came in one day and he says, ‘What’s up, GB?’” Flynn relays. “And I was like, ‘GB?’ and he goes, ‘Game Ball. You’re the one we can always give the game ball to.’ It meant a lot, and he called me Game Ball until the very end. He’s lovely, and his family is lovely, and what an honor to be a part of that legacy.”

Flynn feels the lessons he learned in Salem served him well when he crossed over to Y&R. “I think just having all that experience helped,” he notes. “It also helped me to know what to look for, what was important to me, what I was hoping to find in this experience. When I went to Young and the Restless, I was still very nervous. Chad led with his heart, and Cane doesn’t. Cane protects it. So that’s been a learning experience, but I’m not as hard on myself as I was when I was at Days. I’m not so stressed about forcing something to work. I think it will find its way.”

Flynn still keeps in touch with some of his former costars, including Leo Howard, Dan Feuerriegel, Robert Scott Wilson (Alexander Kiriakis), and Conner Floyd, Y&R‘s Chance Chancellor, who will assume the role of Chad in April. “I love all the actors,” Flynn enthuses. “When I run into Conner, Conner’s like, ‘Dude, everybody at this place talks about you all the time,’ which is nice, because when I left there, I genuinely felt I had a good relationship with everyone.”

But he jokes that he’s “feuding” with Greg Rikaart (Leo Stark). “I also still talk to Greg, even though he and I have beef right now because I seem to be at the bottom of his list for this podcast, [Soapy],” muses Flynn. “I told him I’m not even gonna do it anymore, don’t even ask me. We’re beefing. [Laughs]”

Flynn plans to tune in for Floyd’s debut. “I’m really excited to see what he does with it,” says Flynn. “He’s handsome, and such a sweet gu,y and I think that he was the perfect choice to take over that part. I’m looking forward to April, when he can actually start. I think it’ll be good for everybody and let the character move on.”

As for Flynn, he’s not looking to move anywhere. “I hope I have longevity at Young and the Restless,” he concludes. “When I first started at Young and Restless, if you would have asked me to sign for the next 40 years. I would do that. It’s been such a gift, especially with a family. It kind of feels like you’ve won the lottery in that you have the best of all these worlds, and Young and the Restless is the best case of that.”

Blue Bloods Alum Marisa Ramirez Supports TV Partner Donnie Wahlberg at NKOTB Residency: 'Best Way to Spend Valentine's Day'

The on-screen partners have now reunited off screen after Ramirez, 48, stepped out on Saturday, Feb. 14 for a New Kids on the Block Las Vegas residency gig at the Dolby Live at Park MGM.

The actress, who recently returned to her role as Detective Maria Baez for Boston Blue, posted a string of snaps to Instagram featuring herself and Wahlberg over the weekend — as well as a video of the two pals sharing a hug as he walked off stage.

(Photo) "The best way to spend Valentine’s Day! Mom’s night out was just perfect," Ramirez wrote of her NKOTB outing with friends. "Warmed my heart to meet so many amazing blockheads. Thank you all for being so sweet."

Wahlberg, who has been a member of NKOTB since the group's 1984 formation, also appeared to hang out with his co-star at an afterparty, per photos shared by fans to social media. "We'll see her on season 2 of Boston Blue," Wahlberg teased during the event.

"See you next week! #Daez," Wahlberg also commented on Ramirez's post, teasing the duo's on-screen romance and Ramirez's future on Boston Blue.

The pair have a long history on TV. While Blue Bloods ended after 14 seasons in December 2024 without clarifying if Danny and Baez sparked a romance after the season finale, Boston Blue has largely picked up where things left off for the former NYPD partners.

The characters reunited in the spin-off's premiere in October, before later episodes found them navigating their long-distance relationship after Danny made his way to Boston. Boston Blue's showrunners later told TVLine that fans should get used to seeing Maria in the series, as she'll be featured "multiple times in the first season."

As for the real-life Wahlberg, he's continuing his balance of being both Danny Reagan and a member of NKOTB. The group announced back in November that it was extending its "The Right Stuff" residency into late 2026. Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, Danny Wood and brothers Jordan and Jonathan Knight will hit the stage next on Wednesday, Feb. 18 , followed by five more dates in February, five in June, three in July and eight in October.

Wahlberg will be back on Boston Blue later this month as well, with Blue Bloods alum Len Cariou also joining the crew for its midseason return.

Boston Blue returns to CBS on Feb. 27 at 10 p.m. ET and arrives the next day on Paramount+.

‘Gilded Age’ Season 4 Ups Jordan Donica, Ashlie Atkinson To Series Regulars; Dennis Haysbert & Maggie Kuntz Among 6 To Recur

In Season 4 of The Gilded Age, Bertha Russell (Carrie Coon) changed Society at a cost. Now, her family must reckon with the consequences as Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski) seizes an opportunity to regain her position. Meanwhile, Marian (Louisa Jacobson) forges a new path for herself, and Peggy (Denée Benton) works to be accepted by her future in-laws. In this new era, you must be careful what you wish for.

In the Season 3 finale of the series, Peggy shared a magical moment with Dr. William Kirkland (Donica) at the Newport, Rhode Island, gala, much to the shock and surprise of many. Dr. Kirkland got on one knee and proposed to Peggy without having cleared it with his parents, knowing his mother, Elizabeth (Phylicia Rashad), had opinions that he deserved someone better.

Yes, it was an act of rebellion, but the young doctor truly loves and respects Peggy, and he is ready to stand by her against the world. So, it’s no surprise that in Season 4, Peggy will try to find common ground with William’s parents if there is to be a wedding. But at least she knows that he’s got her back.

Agnes seems to have gotten her spark back after spending last season trying to figure out where she fits in the hierarchy of the family, with her sister Ada Forte (Cynthia Nixon) now ranking higher than her. From the Season 4 logline, it appears that the battle between old money and new money may be back in focus, and there’s no doubt that Agnes is a formidable foe.

Speaking of new money, Bertha closed out last season with a possible divorce on the horizon from her husband, George (Morgan Spector). The family’s financial concerns may be in the rearview mirror, but the Russell family matriarch may have focused too intensely on her ambitions in society than on being a wife and mother. The idea of divorced women being respected in such a society in that era was set up by Bertha herself last season; whether or not that will be more centered this season has yet to be seen. Oh, they were so in love in Season 1…

It’s worth remembering that George was very close to death towards the end of last season before his life was saved by Peggy’s beau, Dr. Kirkland. That’s the sort of experience that will change someone forever.

Of the Season 3 cast, those mentioned in the Season 4 logline are the only ones confirmed to be returning thus far. They are: Coon, Baranski, Jacobson, and Benton, as well as Donika and Atkinson, who will reprise her role of Mamie Fish.

Further insight into what surprises the new season may bring, can be found below in the character descriptions for the new recurring cast.

Scully as Lee Klein, an artist who sells his first painting at an unforgettable Society event, and an apprentice to the famed artist William Merritt Chase.

Haysbert as Dr. Reginald Harris, William Kirkland’s mentor, who visits New York to fundraise for the Freedman’s Hospital in Washington DC and makes a surprising connection.

Kuntz as Fiona Summers, cousin to the prominent Astors, Fiona is a free-spirited young woman from a good family who is not afraid to explore the limits of convention.

Huff as John D. Rockefeller, the famed businessman and oil tycoon. A thin, self-made man of humble origins, now one of the richest and most powerful in the world. A devout Baptist and philanthropist, he does not always see eye to eye with his fellow robber barons.

Milligan as Mrs. Knapp Curtis, the trailblazing editor of the popular periodical The Ladies’ Home Journal.

The Gilded Age is created, written, and executive produced by Julian Fellowes, with Sonja Warfield serving as writer and executive producer. Additional exec producers include Gareth Neame, David Crockett, director Salli Richardson-Whitfield, Kate Churchill, Bob Greenblatt, and Elaine Aronson.

Erica Dunbar serves as historical consultant and co-executive producer. Davita Scarlett and Holly Rymon also co-EP. Bernie Telsey and Adam Caldwell from the Telsey Office serve as casting directors. The Gilded Age is a co-production between HBO and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.

Donica is represented by Bold Management & Production, Independent Artists Group, Curtis Brown Agency, and Jackoway Austen Tyerman. Atkinson is represented by TalentWorks, Rosier Artist Management, and Peikoff Mahan. Trensch is represented by Innovative Artists and Perennial Entertainment. Scully is represented by Artists & Representatives and Circle Management + Production. Haysbert is represented by IAG and GS Management. Kuntz is represented by The Rosenzweig Group and Verve. Huff is represented by Linden Entertainment and Buchwald. Milligan is represented by CESD Talent Agency and Untitled Entertainment.

Roger Howarth Back On Set As Matt Clark!

Howarth rose to fame in the daytime world courtesy of his long-running role as Todd Manning on One Life to Live, which he began playing in 1992, and wrapped up a nearly decade-long run on General Hospital in 2021. (On that show, he played three different characters, first Todd, then Franco, then Austin.) In August 2025, Y&R revealed that Howarth was joining the Genoa City ranks in a mystery role. When he made his on-air debut on October 31, 2025, viewers learned that while his character went by the name Mitch Bacall, he was actually Matt Clark, the villain who tormented Nick (Joshua Morrow) and Sharon (Sharon Case) in the mid-1990s and early 2000s. The role was originally played by Eddie Cibrian, with Rick Hearst (Ric, GH) taking over from 2000-01.

Speaking to Soap Opera Digest about his new alter ego, Howarth described Matt as “a true bad guy,” noting, “If a person is pretending to be another person, you kind of know everything about that person. Like, if they are lying about who they are, what else are they lying about? Matt, on some level, really believes in the life that he has been living all these years as Mitch — and the great thing about that is that it kind of guaranteed that the current Matt Clark was going to be very similar to the way he had been written [previously].”

Indeed, Matt wasted little time in wreaking havoc not only on Nick and Sharon but on their son, Noah (Lucas Adams), who had begun a steamy affair with “Mrs. Mitch Bacall,” Sienna (Tamara Braun). The Newmans banded together to stop Matt in his evildoing tracks, and in January, Victor (Eric Braeden) made the decision to mete out his own brand of justice against Matt, quite literally declaring himself the judge who would determine Matt’s fate. The character was last seen being dragged away by guards on Victor’s payroll.

While Victor taunted Matt that he would never see any of the Newmans again, it’s a safe bet that Matt will prove him wrong. On February 12, Howarth posted an Instagram story featuring an image of his parking spot at Television City, where the Y&R studio is housed, accompanied by the U2 song “It’s a Beautiful Day.” In the photo (below), the sign on his spot humorously pluralized his name as “Rogers.” Digest has confirmed that Howarth wasn’t paying a social call to the studio — the actor resumed taping earlier this week. Because Y&R tapes its episodes several weeks in advance, though, he likely won’t be seen on screen until March.

The Young and the Restless Star Lucas Adams and Wife Shelby Welcome Their First Baby

Adams and Wulfert announced in November 2025 that they were expecting baby No. 1. “We could not be more excited about this news,” they enthused in a joint Instagram post that featured a carousel of photos from their maternity photo shoot on the beach. Speaking to People about the pregnancy, the couple revealed that the baby was due in February 2026 but decided not to share the sex of the baby until he or she was born.

Now that the baby is here, Digest has the great honor of sharing that it’s a boy! Adams and Wulfert named their new son Alonzo Brentley Adams. At birth, he weighed 7 lbs, 13 oz and measured 20 inches long. “Mama and baby are doing great!” reports a rep for Y&R, where Adams has played the role of Noah Newman since November 2025. The actor is also well-known to daytime fans for his work as Tripp Johnson (formerly Dalton) on Days of Our Lives (2017-19; 2020-24).

Little Alonzo’s proud parents met on the set of the Disney Channel series Liv and Maddie in 2015. Adams portrayed Josh Wilcox on the show, while Wulfert was a body double for series star Dove Cameron, who played the titular twins. In 2017, Adams bubbled to Digest about his future wife, saying, “She’s my best friend, so the fact that I’m able to have a relationship with her, and we’ll hang out and we’ll want to tell each other everything is just mind-blowing to me. It’s great.” He proposed in 2021, and the happy couple tied the knot on October 15, 2022. On their most recent wedding anniversary, Adams posted a tribute to Wulfert on Instagram, writing, “10 years together and 3 years married to this beautiful soul that I am so lucky to call my wife! Grateful for your love, your strength, and I’m so filled with joy that we get to move through this life together. Happy Anniversary Baby Cakes, love you to infinity and beyond!”

Christel Khalil Is Back To Work As Lily!

On February 6, Khalil posted a smiling selfie in which she posed alongside co-star Billy Flynn (Cane) and, in the caption, she teased, “Guess who’s back…?!” Flynn was Khalil’s scene partner in her final pre-maternity episode, which aired on January 7. In that show, Lily told Cane that she was leaving town to spend time with their daughter, Mattie. Both Mattie and her twin brother, Charlie, are on rocky terms with their father, and as Cane’s war with Victor Newman (Eric Braeden) escalates, the tycoon is making moves to leverage Cane’s affection for Lily and the twins against him.

On air this week, the show clearly seemed to be laying the groundwork for Lily’s return as Victor hatched a plan to make Cane believe that he had abducted Lily, Mattie and Charlie. He reported to Nikki (Melody Thomas Scott), Adam (Mark Grossman) and Victoria (Amelia Heinle) that Lily had agreed to go along with his scheme — but refused to give any specifics when pressed for further details. Meanwhile, a shaken Cane tasked Holden (Nathan Owens) with tracking down his family.

Given the high-stakes drama surrounding Lily’s whereabouts, Khalil is sure to have plenty of juicy storyline to tackle now that she’s slipping back into her character’s designer shoes! Because Y&R tapes several weeks in advance, Lily likely won’t be seen on screen again until March.

The Young and The Restless Star Christel Khalil Welcomes Her Third Child

This is the second child for Khalil and Restragno, who met at Coachella in April 2016, got engaged in 2022 and married in Italy in October 2024. They welcomed their first child together — a boy named Remy — back in late 2023 or early 2024 (they didn’t share Remy’s date of birth, but the actress confirmed his arrival and name in March 2024, when she posted a nursery reveal on Instagram). Khalil also has a 15-year-old son, Michael Caden, from a previous marriage.

The actress also made no official announcement of this pregnancy, instead simply showing off her baby bump while dancing with her Y&R castmates to Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” in an Instagram video for Halloween. The actress, who prefers to keep her personal life private, has not yet revealed the sex of her newborn child or the baby’s name.

Because Khalil’s pregnancy wasn’t written into her Y&R storyline, her character, Lily Winters, began dressing in loose-fitting clothing and carrying bags to hide her growing baby bump on screen. In the January 7, 2026 episode of the soap, Lily announced to Cane (Billy Flynn) that she was going to be leaving Genoa City to spend time with their daughter, Mattie, which marked the beginning of the actress’ maternity leave.

Khalil first joined the cast of Y&R back in 2002 and earned a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2012. When she was expecting Remy, Khalil took her maternity leave in December 2023 — Lily also left town to be with Mattie at that time — and was back on screen in March 2024. So if this is another three-month break, fans can expect to see Lily back on screen in early April.

Stacy Haiduk Sets ‘Y&R’ Return as Patty Williams After 10 Years

Haiduk joined the CBS show in 2009 as the unhinged Patty, later pulling double-duty as Dr. Emily Peterson, Patty’s doppelgänger. She left the soap in 2010, returned from 2011-12, and then again in 2015, before wrapping up in 2016. The actress will continue to appear on Days of Our Lives as Kristen DiMera, a role she’s played since 2018.

Patty has a long history of troublemaking that stretches back 45 years. Introduced in 1980 as the sweet younger sister of Paul Williams, the role was first played by Tammy Taylor, then Lilibet Stern. Patty quickly fell for Jack Abbott (Peter Bergman), who married her to convince his father that he had reformed his womanizing ways. The marriage unraveled when Patty discovered Jack was having an affair with Diane Jenkins. After suffering a miscarriage and overhearing Jack admit he married her for professional gain, a distraught Patty shot Jack three times before divorcing him and leaving town.

In 1983, Patty (now played by Andrea Evans) resurfaced briefly and dated Danny Romalotti (Michael Damian) prior to his marriage to Traci Abbott. After exiting in 1984, she remained off the canvas until 2009. Disguised as Mary Jane Benson after undergoing plastic surgery financed by Victor Newman as part of a revenge scheme against Jack, Patty, now played by Haiduk, infiltrated Jabot and rekindled a relationship with her former husband.

Her instability soon became evident as she confided her secrets to a stuffed cat named “Mr. Kitty.” Patty’s obsession with Jack escalated when she discovered he was involved with Phyllis Summers. After learning that Phyllis’ daughter, Summer Newman, had a peanut allergy, Patty deliberately triggered a reaction that left the girl in a coma. Eventually, the cops found evidence of Patty’s guilt, and she went on the run.

While hiding out on Victor’s property, Patty became entangled in additional schemes involving Adam Newman, which included gaslighting Ashley Abbott. Her true identity was ultimately revealed after she took confession at church with Father Todd, her brother, who realized it was Patty. Patty’s unraveling culminated at Camp Cheveyo, where she kidnapped Colleen Carlton. During the chaos, Colleen nearly drowned in the lake while escaping, but Jack and crew arrived in time to pull her out. An increasingly disturbed Patty shot Victor three times and ran off. Paul tracked her down and urged her to turn herself in; she was institutionalized. In the aftermath, Colleen was declared brain dead, and her heart was donated to Victor, saving his life.

Paul was determined to help Patty, bringing in Dr. Emily Peterson, a psychiatrist who was on sabbatical from the University of Minnesota med school, where she had crossed paths with Patty, who worked there as a janitor. Emily was a dead ringer for Patty and unknowingly served as the model for Patty’s surgically altered face. Jack caught feelings for Emily and the two became engaged on New Year’s Eve in 2009. When Patty heard about the union, she knocked Emily unconscious and switched places with her. At the altar, Jack said “I do” to Patty, thinking she was Emily. When the real Emily came to, she tried to prove her identity to Paul, but he assumed that his “sister” was delusional.

Patty tried to keep up appearances that she was Emily, but Jack became suspicious and ultimately figured out the truth. Patty returned to the institution to get rid of Emily for good, drugging her and stashing her in a morgue drawer. Paul and Jack were on Patty’s heels, and Jack ultimately found Emily and had a doctor give her a shot of adrenaline to revive her. Patty was arrested and sent to a facility for the criminally insane. Emily dumped Jack for not realizing who she was for months. In an attempt to keep their past a secret, Adam helped Patty escape, and she wound up in South America

Patty continued to resurface in increasingly elaborate disguises. In 2011, Patty returned to Genoa City, under the alias Myrna Murdock, working as a housekeeper in the home of Jack’s current flame, Genevieve Atkinson. Still obsessed with Jack, Patty drugged him and Genevieve during Thanksgiving dinner so she could kiss Jack while he was passed out. Adam discovered her at the house and advised her to leave town. She said she would, but didn’t.

Jack and Genevieve got engaged, but Patty was determined to keep them from tying the knot. In time, strange things began happening at Genevieve’s house, and Paul arrived to question Myrna, who took off. Paul put the pieces together and realized Myrna may be Patty. Adam discovered Patty hiding in the garden shed and realized she planned to interrupt Jack and Genevieve’s wedding. He tried to stop her, so she threw insecticide in his face, which blinded him, then hit him in the head.

At the wedding, Patty took Genevieve’s place and walked down the aisle to Jack. When Jack lifted her veil, Patty revealed herself and shot him. Patty escaped and sought refuge at Father Todd’s church. Her brothers discovered her there and turned her in. Patty was sent to an institution called Fairview.

Her final storyline in 2015 saw Patty escape from Fairview and return to Genoa City, where she survived an explosion that left her presumed dead. Instead, she fled with fellow baddie Ian Ward before eventually being institutionalized again.

As for what brings Patty back this time, details remain under wraps, but it will be a story filled with mystery and suspense. Executive producer and head writer Josh Griffith tells TV Insider exclusively, “Everyone at Y&R couldn’t be more excited to welcome back Stacy for this exciting storyline when trouble once again finds Patty.”

McKenna Grace on the Fun of Glenn Close Yelling at Her in ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ and More From the Dior Addict Sweet Shop Party

The candy-themed pop-up, marking the launch of the French luxury brand’s the launch of Dior Addict Lip Glow Oils and fragrances, offered guests pink cookies, pastel gummies and gumballs as well as a bundt cake dessert bar. Taylor-Joy was wearing a muted white dress with blue detailing. “It reminded me a little bit of Mr. Dior’s original Junon dress with the petals,” she told me. “It also gave me a slight Marie-Antoinette and Petit Trianon vibe. I thought, I’m going to a candy store, I might as well dress for it.”

It’s a much different vibe than “Lucky.” Taylor-Joy stars as a con-artist whose on the run after a major heist goes wrong. The series, premiering July 15, is an adaptation of Marissa Stapley’s novel of the same name. The cast also includes Annette Bening, Timothy Olyphant, Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor, Drew Starkey, Clifton Collins, Jr. and William Fichtner.

“I have done a lot of action in my life but I have never been on the run more than in this show,” she told Variety. “I was running all through California. I have seen it all.” She does have some regret. “You would think I would train for it, but I never do,” Taylor-Joy said. “It’s always the first day where I think I should have thought this through a little bit more.”

The Sweet Shop’s guest list also included McKenna Grace. “I’m genuinely a fan,” she told me. “I definitely use many of their products – the massacre, the perfume. The lip oils are my favorite.”

In November, Grace will be seen as Maysilee Donner in “The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping.” She talked about working opposite an almost unrecognizable Glenn Close as Drusilla Sickle. “Her makeup’s absurd,” Grace said. “Watching her walk around in these heels that are that tall [Grace spreads her hands about a foot from each other] is crazy every day. Watching her walk on set, especially with our two characters’ relationship, was very nerve-racking but exciting…It’s fun to be yelled at by her.”

Grace is much more tight-lipped about “Scream 7.” She joins the franchise for the latest installment, but not much is known about who she is playing and what she has to do with the storyline. “I’ve seen every single [‘Scream’] so there was no studying that needed to be done for me,” she said. “I’m a very big fan. I’ve been a big fan for the longest time. I saw the last one in theaters. I love it, but I could say nothing else about it.”

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Lifetime Sets New Movie Slate With Thrillers Starring Teri Polo, Abigail Breslin, Vinessa Antoine & Eva Marcille

On Valentine’s Day and based on a true story, is The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story, executive produced and directed by Elisabeth Rohm and starring Lela Rochon and Jarod Joseph.

The following week, Tami Roman executive produces and plays identical twins in the twisted thriller Double Double Trouble, premiering February 21. Inspired by real stories, Eva Marcille portrays a wife who miraculously cheats death after her husband’s (Tyler Lepley) betrayal in Pushed Off a Plane and Survived airing on February 28. The project serves as a reunion between Marcille and Lepley, who previously starred in Buried Alive and Survived.

A mother races against time to find her missing daughter in Vanished in an Instant, premiering March 7, and stars Vinessa Antoine and Arista Arhin. Based on the novel “How I Lost You” by Jenny Blackhurst, The Boy with My Son’s Face debuts on March 14 and stars Italia Ricci, Luke Camilleri, and Gigi Saul Guerrero, who also directs.

Abigail Breslin teamed with executive producer Lydia Hearst to headline I Killed Him in My Sleep, a psychological thriller that blurs the line between dream and reality, premiering March 21. The slate concludes with The Man in the Window on March 28, featuring Teri Polo, Dylan Walsh, and Jamie-Lynn Sigler.

The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story
Starring Lela Rochon and Jarod Joseph
Premieres February 14th at 8/7c

After sending her son off to military school, Monica White (Rochon) is finally ready to start dating again and focus on herself. When she meets Anthony Robinson (Joseph) online, she is charmed by him and believes she’s finally found a real connection. As their relationship deepens, Monica decides to meet Anthony in person but is unaware that he harbors a dangerous secret. After her birthday celebration, his demeanor turns menacing. Trusting her instincts, Monica manages to get Anthony out of her home before things escalate. When she begins connecting the dots between Anthony’s past and a string of murders haunting her community, Monica realizes she may be the key to ending the deadly rampage.

The Dating App Killer: The Monica White Story is produced by Navid Soofi for PF Birch Productions Inc. in association with Rohm Feifer Entertainment and Studio TF1 America. Rohm, Kara Feifer, Timothy O. Johnson and Meghan Hooper White serve as executive producers. Rohm also directs from a script written by David Weaver and Miriam van Emst.

Double Double Trouble
Starring Tami Roman and Colin Lawrence
Premieres February 21 at 8/7c

Reeling from a devastating miscarriage and the collapse of her marriage, Drea (Roman) struggles to rebuild her life when her identical twin sister Ali (also Roman) finds love with Ryan (Lawrence), a man who represents everything Drea believes she’s lost. As old wounds, buried resentments, and twisted loyalties resurface, Drea is pulled into a dangerous psychological battle with her twin — one that blurs identity, fractures reality, and leads to deadly consequences.

Double Double Trouble is produced by Navid Soofi for PF Cherry Productions Inc. in association with Studio TF1 America. Timothy O. Johnson, Abbey Sibucao, Jill Ramsey and Roman executive produce. Gabriel Correa directs from a script by Sa’Rah L. Jones.

(Photo) Pushed off a Plane and Survived
Starring Eva Marcille and Tyler Lepley
Premieres February 28 at 8/7c

Following the success of Lifetime’s Buried Alive and Survived, this new movie, inspired by real stories, reunites the original creative team and cast and follows Jaynie (Marcille), who miraculously cheats death after her husband Cole’s (Lepley) betrayal. A skydiving trip turns into a nightmare when she plummets 4,000 feet from the sky… only to survive against all odds. As she recovers from her devastating injuries, what appeared to be a tragic accident soon unravels into a chilling tale of deception and survival. Determined to expose the man she once loved as a con artist, Jaynie fights to uncover his web of lies and bring him to justice before it’s too late.

Pushed off a Plane and Survived is produced for Lifetime by Swirl Films. Eric Tomosunas, Manu Boyer and Ron Robinson serve as executive producers. Boyer also directs from a script written by Gregory Small and Richard Blaney.

(Photo) Vanished In an Instant
Starring Vinessa Antoine and Arista Arhin
Premieres March 7 at 8/7c

Megan (Antoine), a widowed high school teacher, sets out on a weekend road trip to reconnect with her rebellious teenage daughter, Whitney (Arhin). When a breakdown at a gas station ends with Whitney vanishing, police dismiss it as a runaway, but Megan knows better. As disturbing clues emerge and a shadowy figure traps Whitney in a deadly game of survival, mother and daughter are thrust onto parallel paths of terror. With time running out, Megan races to uncover the truth before Whitney is lost forever.

Vanished In an Instant is produced by Vortex Media for Lifetime and executive produced by Bill Marks, Jesse Ikeman and Justin Rebelo. Marta Borowski directs from a script written by Al Kratina.

The Boy with My Son’s Face
Starring Italia Ricci, Luke Camilleri and Gigi Saul Guerrero
Premieres March 14 at 8/7c

After many sleepless nights and severe postpartum depression pushes Susan Webster (Ricci) to her limit, she is convinced by her husband, Mark (Camilleri), to start medication and hire a nanny, Amy (Siobhan Williams), to help with her infant son. But one fateful night, tragedy strikes, and her baby dies, and Susan is convicted of a crime she doesn’t even remember committing. Years later, out on parole and fighting to start over, Susan sees a photograph that stops her cold – a picture of a boy who looks exactly like her son, only older… and very much alive. Teaming up with her tough, street-smart friend Cassie (Guerrero), Susan looks for answers and uncovers a sinister network of deception and secrets and makes her question the very people she once trusted.

The Boy with My Son’s Faceis produced by Bruce Harvey for CMW Winter Production Inc. in association with Studio TF1 America. Jason Egenberg, Timothy O. Johnson and Meghan Hooper White serve as executive producers. Gigi Saul Guerrero also directs from a script written by Barry L. Levy and Oritte Bendory.

I Killed Him in My Sleep
Starring Abigail Breslin, Bethany Brown, Michael Eklund and Landon Liboiron
Executive Produced by Lydia Hearst
Premieres March 21 at 8/7c

A psychological thriller blurring the line between dream and reality, guilt and innocence, I Killed Him in My Sleep follows Kelty Crawford (Breslin), a millennial struggling with financial strain, career uncertainty, and a wedding she can’t afford. Desperate for money, she enrolls in a sleep-study experiment that spirals into terror when she experiences a vivid, violent dream of a dying man, a bloody knife in her hand, and a voice accusing her of murder. When a news report the next day reveals a missing man who matches her dream, Kelty is drawn into a dangerous, emotionally charged pursuit of the truth—one that forces her to confront unsettling secrets and the shadows she may not be able to escape.

I Killed Him in My Sleep is produced by Navid Soofi for PF Birch Productions Inc. in association with Barn Loft Productions Studio TF1 America. Timothy O. Johnson, Abbey Sibucao, Lydia Hearst and Jocelyn Freid executive produce. Katie Boland serves as writer and director. The movie is based on the book “Don’t Fall Asleep” by Marissa Finch.

(Photo) The Man in the Window
Starring Teri Polo, Dylan Walsh and Jamie-Lynn Sigler
Premieres March 28 at 8/7c

When Sarah (Polo) starts dating Jack (Walsh), the handsome man who just moved in across the street, it feels like her life is finally getting back on track. But when a neighbor turns up dead, all signs point to Jack. With no one willing to believe her, Sarah is forced to risk everything to prove the man she’s falling for is a killer.

The Man in the Window is produced by Maverick Film for Lifetime and executive produced by Amy Irons. Richard Switzer produces and directs from a script written by him and Amy Irons.

Eva Longoria, John Leguizamo & Xochitl Gomez Among 100-Plus Latino Artists To Sign Open Letter To Hollywood Following ‘Deep Cuts’ Casting Backlash

The letter comes shortly after Marty Supreme star Odessa A’zion dropped out of Sean Durkin’s A24 film Deep Cuts, based on the novel by Holly Brickley and starring Drew Starkey and Cailee Spaeny.

“Recent casting decisions around the character Zoe Gutierrez in A24’s Deep Cuts have exposed a troubling pattern. We acknowledge and commend Odessa A’zion for listening, reflecting and deciding to exit the project and become an ally. Yet how did this happen?” the letter asks. “The absence of Latina audition opportunities, and the choice to replace a clearly Latina character with a non-Latina actress, signals a broader, ongoing erasure of our community from the stories that define our culture. This is not about any one actor or project. It is about a system that repeatedly overlooks qualified Latino talent even as our identities, histories, and experiences fuel the most enduring stories.”

Signatories include Eva Longoria, John Leguizamo, Xochitl Gomez, Jessica Alba, Danny Ramirez, Isabela Merced, Diego Boneta, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Michael Pena and many more. Television creator Gloria Calderon Kellett, who wrote a guest column in Deadline earlier today, also signed the letter. Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness star Xochitl Gomez sparked the letter and gathered signatures.

A’zion was cast in the role of Zoe Gutierrez, a Jewish character of Mexican heritage, earlier this week, but the actress took to Instagram yesterday to announce that she wouldn’t be proceeding with the role.

“Guys!! I am with ALL of you and I am NOT doing this movie,” the actress wrote. “Thank you guys for bringing this to my attention. I AGREE WITH EVERY SINGLE ONE OF YOU! This is why I love you guys. I’m so sorry that this happened. It is SO important for me to let you in on how it all went down: I went in for Percy, but was offered Zoe instead and instantly said yes! I’m so pissed y’all, I hadn’t read the book and should have paid more attention to all aspects of Zoe before accepting.”

Before Spaeny and Starkey were attached, the adaptation was set to star Saoirse Ronan and Austin Butler with Ronan producing, but the pair had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts.

Eli Bush, Ronald Bronstein, and Josh Safdie are producing alongside Durkin, Anthony Katagas, Jordan Tappis, and A24. Brickley serves as an executive producer.

Dear Casting Directors, Creative Executives, Writers, Producers, and Hollywood Leaders,

We write to you with urgency, because storytelling is humanity’s compass and Hollywood wields all the power. The stories you choose to tell, and how you tell them, shape public perception, cultural understanding, and who gets to see themselves reflected on screen. In these challenging moments that power comes with real responsibility.

Recent casting decisions around the character Zoe Gutierrez in A 24’s Deep Cuts have exposed a troubling pattern. We acknowledge and commend Odessa A’zion for listening, reflecting and deciding to exit the project and become an ally. Yet how did this happen? The absence of Latina audition opportunities, and the choice to replace a clearly Latina character with a non-Latina actress, signals a broader, ongoing erasure of our community from the stories that define our culture. This is not about any one actor or project. It is about a system that repeatedly overlooks qualified Latino talent even as our identities, histories, and experiences fuel the most enduring stories.

Latino communities are already underrepresented and misrepresented in ways that distort reality and harm real people. Casting decisions carry real weight: they influence who is seen as worthy of authentic storytelling and who gets to tell those stories with care, nuance, and authority.

We are calling for accountability, intentionality, and equity in casting and storytelling. Authentic representation means more than casting a performer who looks like the character; it means involving the communities being portrayed not just in front of the camera, but in the decisions that shape these stories from their inception. Our stories deserve to be shaped with the input, guidance, and leadership of Latino creators, consultants, writers, and performers at every stage.

- Audition and hire more Latino actors for a diverse range of roles, including non-stereotypical leads

- Include Latino voices as consultants, writers, and producers from the earliest stages of development

- Create and support pipelines: mentoring, scholarships, and opportunities that expand access all levels of the ecosystem

Aaron Dominguez
Alma Martinez
Amanda Diaz
Ana Navarro Cardenas
Andrea Chignoli
Angel Manuel Soto
Angelique Cabral
Anna Terrazas
Annie Gonzalez
Antonio Negret
Becky G
Brandon Guzman
Brandon Perea
Bricia Lopez
Camila Baquero
Carla Gutierrez
Carlo Siliotto
Carla Hool
Carlos Eric Lopez
Carlos López Estrada
Chrissie Fit
Cierra Ramirez
Cyria Fiallo
Daniella Pineda
Danny Ramirez
David Castenada
Desi Perkins
Diego Boneta
Edher Campos
Eiza Gonzalez
Elisa Capai
Elsa Collins
Emilie Lesclaux
Enrique Melendez
Eva Longoria
Fabrizio Guido
Felipe Vargas
Fernando Garcia
Flavia Amon
Francia Raisa
Gloria Calderon Kellett
Gregory Diaz IV
Ilda Santiago
Isabela Merced
Isabella Ferria
Isis Mussenden
Ismael Cruz Cordova
Ivette Rodriguez
Jacob Scipio
Javier Munoz
Jazmin Aguilar
Jesse Garcia
Jessica Alba
Jillian Mercado
John Leguizamo
Jose Velazquez
Julio Macias
Justina Machado
Karrie Martin Lachney
Kate Del Castillo
Klaudia Reynicke
Kylie Cantrall
Leo Gonzalez
Lisette Olivera
Lorenza Munoz
Lynette Coll
Maia Reficco
Marcel Ruiz
Maria Legarda
Mariana Oliva
Mariem Perez Riera
Marvin Lemus
Mauro Mueller
Mayan Lopez
Melissa Barrera
Melissa Fumero
Michael Cimino
Michael Pena
Miguel Mora
Monica Villarreal
Natalie Chaidez
Natalie Morales
Nava Mau
Naz Perez
Nezza (Vanessa Hernandez)
Neysa Bove
Nicolas Celis
Nicole Betancur
Orlando Pineda
Patricia Cardosa
Patricia Riggen
Patty Rodriguez
Paulina Chávez
Paulina Garcia
Petra Costa
Rafael Agustin
Rafael Cebrian
Ramon Rodriguez
Rene G. Boscio
Robin De Jesus
Rodrigo Teixeira
Rudy Mancuso
Sierra Ornelas
Stephanie Beatriz
Stephanie Osuna-Hernandez
Tonatiuh Elizarrarz
Tony Revolori
Victoria Alonso
Xochitl Gomez

CBS Sets ‘Beyond The Gates’ & ‘Young & The Restless’ Multi-Episode Crossover Event For June

The crossover will feature Y&R’s Eric Braeden, Peter Bergman, Bryton James, Michael Mealor, Susan Walters, and Melissa Ordway, who will appear on Beyond the Gates in episodes scheduled to air in June.

In the episodes, longtime close friends Vernon Dupree (Clifton Davis) and the powerful patriarch of the Newman family, the legendary Victor Newman (Eric Braeden), arriving in grand style at Fairmont Crest, reunite at a high-profile political fundraiser.

Over the years, Victor has backed Vernon’s political campaigns, while Vernon has championed legislation benefiting Newman Enterprises, an alliance built on loyalty, influence, and mutual gain. Now, Vernon has asked Victor to serve as the keynote speaker for his grandson Martin’s (Brandon Claybon) fundraiser.

Also in attendance are Kyle (Michael Mealor) and Martin, friends who first bonded in New York City after college. Martin extended the invitation to Kyle, who arrived alongside his parents, Jack (Peter Bergman) and Diane (Susan Walters). Abby (Melissa Ordway) and Devon (Bryton James) are also on the VIP guest list, with Devon fielding an unexpected business opportunity from Anita Dupree (Tamara Tunie). As the evening unfolds, a shocking event occurs, abruptly derailing the fundraiser and triggering dramatic consequences that will impact every guest in attendance.

The crossover between CBS’ daytime soaps happens a year after the premiere of Beyond the Gates, which airs weekdays at 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. PT. The series is produced by CBS Studios, as part of the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture, in partnership with P&G Studios

The Young and the Restless airs weekdays at 12:30 p.m. ET / 11:30 a.m. PT. The show is produced by Bell Dramatic Serial Company in association with Sony Pictures Television.

CBS Plans ‘The Young and the Restless’ Daytime Crossover With New Soap ‘Beyond the Gates’

Set to appear from “Y&R” on “Beyond the Gates” are Eric Braeden, Michael Mealor, Peter Bergman, Susan Walters, Melissa Ordway and Bryton James.

Here’s the logline for the episodes: “Longtime close friends Vernon Dupree (Clifton Davis) and the powerful patriarch of the Newman family, the legendary Victor Newman (Eric Braeden), arriving in grand style at Fairmont Crest, reunite at a high-profile political fundraiser. Over the years, Victor has backed Vernon’s political campaigns, while Vernon has championed legislation benefiting Newman Enterprises, an alliance built on loyalty, influence, and mutual gain. Now, Vernon has asked Victor to serve as the keynote speaker for his grandson Martin’s (Brandon Claybon) fundraiser.”

The explainer continues: “Also in attendance are Kyle (Michael Mealor) and Martin, friends who first bonded in New York City after college. Martin extended the invitation to Kyle, who arrived alongside his parents, Jack (Peter Bergman) and Diane (Susan Walters). Abby (Melissa Ordway) and Devon (Bryton James) are also on the VIP guest list, with Devon fielding an unexpected business opportunity from Anita Dupree (Tamara Tunie). As the evening unfolds, a shocking event occurs, abruptly derailing the fundraiser and triggering dramatic consequences that will impact every guest in attendance.”

Making the crossover unique is that the two soaps are produced by different companies: “Beyond the Gates,” which launched in February 2025, comes from the CBS Studios/NAACP Venture, with P&G Studios a partner, while “The Young and the Restless,” which launched in March 1973, comes from Sony Pictures TV and Bell Dramatic Serial Company.

“Beyond the Gates,” which airs weekday afternoons at 2 p.m. ET/ 1 p.m. PT, was created by head writer Michele Val Jean, executive producers include Val Jean, Sheila Ducksworth, Julie Carruthers, Tracey Thomson, Leon W. Russell, Derrick Johnson, Anna Saalfeld and Lela Coffey.

“The Young and the Restless,” which airs weekdays at 12:30 p.m. ET/11:30 a.m. PT, comes from exec producer/head writer Josh Griffith and co-exec producer Sally McDonald.

Also Tuesday, CBS shared a new cast photo for the full “Beyond the Gates” ensemble, as seen above. The cast includes, in the front row: Najah Jackson, Brandon Claybon, Colby Muhammad, Daphnee Duplaix, Tamara Tunie, Clifton Davis, Karla Mosley, Arielle Prepetit, RhonniRose Mantilla, Laura Buglioli.

And in the back row: Jaden Lucas Miller, Mike Manning, Keith D. Robinson, Alex Alegria, Marquita Goings, Timon Kyle Durrett, Trisha Mann-Grant, Ambyr Michelle, David Lami Friebe, Sean Freeman, Jen Jacob, Ben Gavin, Jibre Hordges, Kenjah, Jon Lindstrom.

‘Young and the Restless’ & ‘Beyond the Gates’ Historic Crossover: Everything We Know So Far

Multiple characters from Y&R will be making their way to the lavish gated community for what’s sure to be an unforgettable moment in soap history. TV Insider has all the latest updates about the Y&R and BTG crossover, including when it will air, who’s crossing over, and more.

The crossover episodes will air in June. CBS did not announce the specific June dates yet. However, the crossover event will consist of multiple episodes.

Genoa City heavyweights are headed to the DMV. Y&R stars confirmed to appear in the crossover include Eric Braeden as Victor Newman, Peter Bergman as Jack Abbott, Michael Mealor as Kyle Abbott, Susan Walters as Diane Jenkins, Melissa Ordway as Abby Newman, and Bryton James as Devon Winters.

What will The Young and the Restless and Beyond the Gates crossover be about?

In the episodes, Vernon (Clifton Davis) and Victor reunite at a high-profile political fundraiser. Over the years, Victor has backed Vernon’s political campaigns, while Vernon has championed legislation benefiting Newman Enterprises, an alliance built on loyalty, influence, and mutual gain. Now, Vernon has asked Victor to serve as the keynote speaker for his grandson Martin’s (Brandon Claybon) fundraiser.

Also in attendance are Kyle and Martin, friends who first bonded in New York City after college. Martin extended the invitation to Kyle, who arrived alongside his parents, Jack and Diane. Abby and Devon are also on the VIP guest list, with Devon fielding an unexpected business opportunity from Anita Dupree (Tamara Tunie). As the evening unfolds, a shocking event occurs, abruptly derailing the fundraiser and triggering dramatic consequences that will impact every guest in attendance.

Beyond the Gates creator Michele Val Jean isn’t ruling out future crossovers. “Right now, we’re so new. And we’re establishing our own characters and our own world. So, I mean, the door is always open to possibilities like that. But right now, as a writer, I want to concentrate on building up our own… the community that we exist in right now,” she told press, including TV Insider, at the CBS TCA Winter Tour presentation.

Writers Guild Awards Nominations

Soapy Season 2 Episode 12 | Judy Blye Wilson on Casting Super Stars on All My Children

Sofia Pernas Returns as Billie on Tracker 3/1/26

‘Tracker’: Sofia Pernas Returns as Billie to Help Colter in Midseason Premiere

Sofia Pernas (also Hartley’s wife) returns as Billie in “The Fallout.” According to CBS, “Injured and framed for a string of murders, Colter, cut off from Reenie [Fiona Rene] and Randy [Chris Lee], must rely on unexpected ally Billie to stop a relentless assassin, uncovering a murky truth where justice and vengeance blur.”

CBS has also released photos, and notably missing is Keaton (Brent Sexton), who was in rough shape at the end of the fall finale before the car crash that left Colter injured, as you can see. In the last new episode, Keaton called Colter for help when his former partner went missing, and that led them into the middle of a conspiracy. By the end, Keaton had been shot by a hitman, and Colter was rushing him to the hospital, only for someone to shoot at their car and for it to flip over.

The photos include what showrunner Elwood Reid had told TV Insider after the fall finale: Colter’s been shot.

“Colter is also extremely injured. He’s also been shot. You’ll see that when we pick up in Episode 10. So it’s one of those things where we played with all the different ideas, and Colter does something heroic in the top of 10 to get themselves out of that situation,” he teased. We’ll have to wait to see Keaton’s fate.

Reid previously hinted at Billie returning in the capacity she will when we spoke with him at the beginning of Season 3: “She’s one of his phone-a-friends when s**t goes sideways,” he explained. “Suffice it to say, Colter gets himself into some stuff where he needs to make a phone call, and that one phone call may be Billie, but I don’t want to give away what happens. It’s a fun entrance and a cool way to bring them back together.”

‘Tracker’ Renewed For Season 4 At CBS

The network announced the renewal Thursday along with a slew of others, which was to be expected given that the procedural is the No. 1 show on broadcast television.

Tracker‘s Season 3 premiere managed 17M viewers after 35 days of multi-platform viewing, according to Nielsen, effectively on par with Season 2’s 17.34M audience average. While it typically adds a few million viewers in long-tail viewing, most of that is racked up in the first week, suggesting a loyal weekly audience base that is an impressive feat for any show, but particularly a network offering these days.

Based on the bestselling novel The Never Game by Jeffery Deaver, Tracker stars Justin Hartley as Colter Shaw, “a lone-wolf survivalist who roams the country as a reward seeker, using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own fractured family,” per the official logline.

In Season 3, which returns on March 1, Colter is wrestling with hard truths about his family’s history. In the wake of these shocking revelations, and aided by his trusted team, Colter must put the past in the rearview to focus on what he does best: using his instincts and survival skills to find the missing and collect rewards.

Hartley executive produces with Ken Olin, Elwood Reid, Connie Dolphin, Sharon Lee Watson and Alex Katsnelson. 20th Television is the studio.

The Young and The Restless Recasts Dominic

The role of Dominic was originally played by twins River and Rainn Ware, beginning when the character was born back in August 2021. And it was quite the dramatic conception and birth! Chance (played at the time by Donny Boaz) learned he was unable to father a child, and his wife, Abby, couldn’t carry a baby to term, so Devon offered to be the sperm donor, and Mariah (Camryn Grimes) acted as the surrogate to give the couple the opportunity to start a family.

Chance wasn’t around for the conception and pregnancy as he was off on assignment, and Mariah was abducted by Abby’s ex-husband, Stich (Sean Carrigan), who wanted the child for himself and his ex. Thankfully, Abby and Devon located Mariah in time to help her give birth to the baby boy, who was later named Dominic.

During her kidnapping, Mariah bonded with the unborn baby and nicknamed him “Bowie.” Following his birth, she found it difficult to be separated from Dominic, but ultimately managed to step back for the good of everyone involved. However, in the January 2, 2026 episode of the soap, Mariah mentioned Dom and how she used to sing lullabies to him while he was in utero, and was then visited by another vision of Ian (Ray Wise), who urged her to give up on her marriage to Tessa (Cait Fairbanks) and their daughter, Aria (Maddie and Millie Ingle) and “do what needs to be done.”

While that new mission was kept deliberately vague, in the Y&R 2026 preview, Executive Producer/Head Writer Josh Griffith teased that “a big mystery” is coming for Devon and Abby, which will also involve Mariah. And in the conversation Mariah hallucinated with Ian, many viewers drew the conclusion that he was indirectly referencing Dominic with his disparaging comments about Aria, who Mariah and Tessa adopted. “Aria is not even your flesh and blood child,” said the villain, who then added, “You need to reclaim what is truly yours.” Might Ian have been implying that Dom is somehow “truly” Mariah’s?!

The odds that this new storyline could revolve around Dominic seem to increase now that the show is bringing in an older actor to play the character.

Clark’s acting career has only just begun, so the only credit on his IMDb page is an appearance as one of Janine’s students in the January 14 episode of Abbott Elementary. He has also appeared in some commercials, including one for the Home Chef meal service.

Back in November 2025, Cracker Jack Management congratulated their client on booking a recurring role on a network series, and that same month, Clark’s official Instagram posted a video of him in the studio halls after completing his first day of shooting. “Met some cool ppl and they were all so welcoming,” read the caption. “This will be a fun time!” While the camera made a point of trying not to give away where they were, in a second video posted in December when he returned to set, there is a quick glimpse of a Y&R cast photo on the wall in the hallway.

Queerties 2026 Nominations

Public voting opens Jan. 20, with fans able to vote once per day in each category through Feb. 17. Winners will be revealed at a Los Angeles ceremony in March. This year’s host and additional honorees will be announced in the coming weeks.

Badass
Doechii
Jeff Hiller
Jonathan Bailey
Onya Nurve
Paige Bueckers
Reneé Rapp
Ricky Martin
Tramell Tillman
Ts Madison
Vivian Jenna Wilson

Reality TV Star
Chrishell Stause, “Selling Sunset”
Emira D’Spain, “Next Gen NYC”
Ezra Sosa, “Dancing With the Stars”
Fraser Olender, “Below Deck”
Gabby Windey, “The Bachelorette,” “The Traitors”
Michols Peña, “Southern Hospitality”
Nany González, “The Challenge”
Pari Kim, “Love on the Spectrum”
Tiffany “New York” Pollard, “I Love New York”
Zelah Glasson, “Big Brother”

Antonio Banderas, Danny Trejo to Star in Fantastical Sports Drama ‘Armadillo United’

The feel-good film marks a reunion between Banderas and Trejo, who have shared the screen over the years in 1995’s “Desperado,” 1996’s “From Dusk Till Dawn” and the “Spy Kids” franchise.

“Armadillo United” follows 12-year-old Dante Delgado and his fictional soccer team’s roller coaster ride to the World Cup of Youth Soccer in Rio de Janeiro. Banderas will play a character named Diego, described as “an eccentric ice cream vendor who believes he’s the legendary Argentine soccer player Diego Maradona and imparts important soccer and life lessons to the protagonist.” Rubén Blades (“Fear the Walking Dead”) will portray Coach Yepez, a former professional soccer star who serves as the coach of Armadillo United. Danay Garcia (“Prison Break”) will play Dante’s mother DeeDee. Trejo will portray Coach Koko, who leads the Armadillo United’s arch-rivals, The Champions.

Alan Jacobs (“Down for Life”) is writing and directing the film, which will be produced by Elizabeth Avellán (“Spy Kids”), Brent Morris (“The Lost Bus”) and Paul Merryman (“The Outpost”). Mike Golub, a Major League Soccer exec, will serve as executive producer.

“In a word, the film is about joy. The joy of being a kid, the joy of playing the beautiful game, and the joy of delivering this magical story to the world,” Jacobs said in a statement. “We are truly blessed to cast these four immensely talented performers who embody that spirit of joy on and off the screen. I am confident that Antonio, Rubén, Danay, and Danny will be a great inspiration to the young people in our cast and to audiences around the globe.”

Filming will begin in March at Troublemaker Studios in Austin, Texas, with additional production set to take place on location in Brazil and Spain. Watch LLC and Arca Media will finance the film.

The creative team of “Armadillo United” is working closely with Houston Dynamo of Major League Soccer, which will provide both players and coaches for extensive soccer sequences in the film. About 30 players from the Houston Dynamo Academy will be featured in the movie, aided off-screen by their actual coaches.

“When we started the project, our first stop was Major League Soccer,” said Jacobs, a former soccer coach. “You can’t make a great dance movie without great dancers and you can’t make a great soccer movie without great soccer players. The MLS Academy program has the best young players in the country. It’s the future of U.S. soccer. We’re thrilled to be working with them.”

Jason Thompson Shares Billy Miller’s Touching Words to Him Ahead of His ‘Y&R’ Debut

After a decade at General Hospital playing Patrick Drake, Thompson was itching to do something new. “I didn’t necessarily have a plan, but I was ready for a change,” he recalls. “I was at General Hospital for 10 years, and [wife] Paloma and I made the decision to move on from there. Jill Farren Phelps was the executive producer at General Hospital that hired me, and she was then the executive producer at Y&R. So, after she found out that I was leaving, she asked to meet with me and see where my head was at.”

During that conversation, the idea of Thompson moving to Genoa City began to take shape. “I did not know that it was for Billy,” he says. “I thought it would be a new character, but then I found out that it was going to be Billy, and I was instantly a lot more nervous. Big character, big shoes, and I was actually working with the great Billy Miller [who played Billy before him] at General Hospital at the same time. I knew what he brought to that character.”

Before officially stepping into the role, Thompson made a point of talking with Miller. “He said, ‘Hey, are you going to take over Billy?’” Thompson relays. “And I was confiding in him as a friend when I said, ‘I don’t know what’s going on, man.’ They asked me to stay another month and a half at General Hospital, which I was very, very happy to do. I love the people there. I love that character a lot. I still respect that show and that character and Frank [Valentini, executive producer] and everybody that I was working with a lot. So, I wasn’t really sure what was happening, but he said, ‘Look, if somebody’s going to take that character over, you can do it.’ And it meant a lot because I know how much that character meant to him and always had. He made that character what it was. We caught up a little bit more after I made the change and stayed friendly throughout that time.”

Once he started at Y&R, Thompson quickly found his footing. “Peter [Bergman, Jack Abbott] was instrumental in helping me out,” he shares. “I constantly hear how much people appreciate that relationship, and he’s so amazing to work with. My first day of work was Billy in a coma and being visited by everybody that was in his life. And that was a blessing in disguise and very, very valuable, because I could listen to everybody and pick up on what this character meant to all the other characters. Then, of course, I did a lot more homework on the family dynamics, and at that point, you’re just kind of flying blind and relying on your instincts.”

His transition was made easier by the warm welcome he received on set. “I remember people being very supportive and very kind,” he relays. “I remember Kristoff [St. John, Neil Winters] coming to me and he was like, ‘Dude, I can’t believe I’m seeing you in these hallways. I’ve watched your work. I’ve loved watching you, and I just can’t believe you’re gonna be on this show right now.’ And that’s a really nice thing to hear when you show up, and you feel like you’re the new kid, trying to figure out where your dressing room is. I have to say, it’s still like that today; it’s still a really great, amazing place to work.”

One of the earliest and most important connections came with his on-screen mother, Jess Walton (Jill Abbott). “We have a very special relationship,” Thompson notes. “She’s called me her son from day one, almost. She’s one of the best actresses I’ve ever come across. I don’t think there’s anybody else that has to work less than her. The lines are in front of us, so I just have to sit there and listen, and whatever comes out, I just trust her fully, and that’s a special thing. She’s an amazing person with an incredible legacy of her own.”

Over the past decade, the role has allowed Thompson to tackle some emotionally demanding stories as Billy. “I really enjoyed the process of Billy and Victoria [Newman, Amelia Heinle] coming back together when I first started,” he says. “I was learning a lot about the character at that point and working with Amelia, who is such a fantastic person, but also just such a great actress. She’s one of the most beloved people on set, and everywhere she goes, she’s just a ray of sunshine.

“Obviously, the year that I won the Emmy [2020] was a really fantastic storyline. It was challenging, being able to bring [Billy’s late daughter] Delia back to life in a way in his mind and losing his mind and going to those outer edges, which is what I really appreciate so much about this character. And the relationship with Lily [Winters, Christel Khalil] and Billy comes to mind. We started that relationship in COVID, and that really had an impact, even though we weren’t within six feet of each other that entire time, because there were COVID regulations. So, it was challenging trying to have chemistry with somebody six feet apart, but making that work was a really fruitful experience.”

Now, 10 years in, Thompson remains focused on what comes next. “I’m awestruck at my luck in order to be a part of something like this,” he reflects. “When you say you’ve been at Y&R for 10 years, you’re still just starting with the amount of amazing people that have been there for much, much longer. I am in awe of Eric [Braeden, Victor Newman], who’s in his 80s, and he’s still showing up and committed and has a love for what he’s doing, but also just a deep appreciation for the people and everything else. I look at that, and I’m like, ‘Man, if I’ve got the opportunity to still be working in this genre in my 80s, there couldn’t be anything better than that.”

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Marcia Rodd Dies: Tony-Nominated Broadway Actor, TV’s First ‘Maude’ Daughter Was 87

Her death was announced Wednesday by her family. A cause of death was not disclosed, but the family said she passed away peacefully.

Born on July 8, 1938, in Lyons, Kansas, and raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma and Wichita, Kansas, Rodd made her Broadway debut as a replacement in 1964’s Oh What A Lovely War, following that up in 1967 in the short-lived Love in E Flat. Two years later she gained prominence as Bobbi in Neil Simon’s hit Broadway comedy Last of the Red Hot Lovers, opposite Linda Lavin, James Coco and Doris Roberts.

In 1973, Rodd was Tony nominated for Best Actress in a Musical in 1973 for her role in the Austin Pendleton-directed Shelter. Her final appearance on Broadway was as a 1986 replacement in Herb Gardner’s I’m Not Rappaport.

Rodd made her big-screen debut in 1971 opposite Elliott Gould in the Alan Arkin-directed Little Murders. That same year she appeared on TV in an episode of The New Dick Van Dyke Show, and the following year Rodd landed two of her most memorable sitcom roles, both on the second season of CBS hit All in the Family.

Her first appearance on the Norman Lear classic was as Marilyn Sanders, a woman who shows up, young child in tow, on the Bunker family’s doorstop claiming that the little boy was fathered by Gloria’s husband Mike Stivic (Rob Reiner). The episode showcased Rodd’s talent for portraying brittle, hard-edged New York types, a skill that would come into play with regard to her second All in the Family appearance several months later.

In that episode, simply titled “Maude” and serving as a pilot for what would become the highly successful spinoff starring Bea Arthur, Rodd played Carol Findlay, liberal (and liberated) daughter to Arthur’s title character. Rodd reportedly chose not to continue the role when the pilot went to series in the fall of ’72, preferring to pursue her stage career.

Adrienne Barbeau took over the career-making role on Maude, with Arthur later saying she had preferred Rodd’s harder-edge take. In a 2001 interview with the Television Academy Foundation, Arthur said Rodd “was sort of like me, I mean she had a mouth, so there was a real give and take. … When Adrienne came on, they softened the character.” Rodd returned to Maude as a different character in a 1977 episode.

Other TV appearances in the 1970s and ’80s included guest spots on Medical Center, Barnaby Jones, Phyllis, All’s Fair, Laverne & Shirley, a 10-episode run in the Lear-developed single-season James Coco sitcom The Dumplings and 10 episodes of 1979 sitcom 13 Queens Boulevard starring Eileen Brennan. She recurred in 14 episodes of the 1980s M*A*S*H comedy-drama spinoff Trapper John, M.D.

Her TV appearances continued well into the 21st century, with roles on Family Law, Grey’s Anatomy and The Young and the Restless. In 2014, she portrayed novelist and critic Mary McCarthy opposite Robert Maxwell’s Lillian Hellman in the TV movie Hellman vs. McCarthy.

Rodd’s other film credits included Herbert Ross’ T.R. Baskin (1971) and Jonathan Demme’s Citizens Band (1977) and Last Embrace (1979).

Rodd is survived by her partner of 25 years, William Lewis; brother Stephen Rodd; brother-in-law Roger Ellis; and other extended family.

Meet Grayson on ‘Beyond the Gates’: Jordi Vilasuso Details Character With a ‘Good Heart’

Since getting his daytime start as Tony Santos on Guiding Light in 2000, Vilasuso has built an impressive résumé that includes playing All My Children‘s Griffin Castillo, Days of our Lives‘ Dario Hernandez, and, most recently, Rey Rosales on The Young and the Restless. Now stepping into his fifth soap role, the Daytime Emmy winner is keenly aware of how rare such opportunities have become. “I’m grateful to work in a time where jobs are few and far between,” he says. “It’s a privilege nowadays to work on a TV show, and I’m so encouraged by there being a fifth soap on the air. When I started 25 years ago, there were 10 soap operas. It shows you the viability. The people want these stories. There’s still an audience for them, and it keeps us actors employed.”

The timing of the new role has been especially fortunate for the Vilasuso family. Beyond the Gates films in Atlanta, and the family moved to Nashville last year, a change he says has been nothing but positive. “I left L.A. for a reason, because I knew I didn’t have to be there to work, and my family had an opportunity to go to Nashville, which we’re just loving,” Vilasuso explains. “It’s a three-and-a-half-hour drive to the studio, not bad at all. Sometimes my call time is at 2 p.m., and I’ll leave Nashville at 8 a.m., come here, finish, and then go back, and I get to see my kids.”

Upon arriving on the BTG set, Vilasuso says he was immediately embraced by his new castmates. “It’s just such a great group,” he enthuses. “And it’s so interesting to be on a show that’s just starting. Everybody’s here helping something grow and wanting it to do really well. There’s a lot of loveliness in this place. Sometimes you don’t feel that family dynamic, and on this show in particular, I feel like everybody is just so friendly and welcoming. That’s been really encouraging and just a positive work environment.”

Like AMC‘s Griffin, Vilasuso is once again donning scrubs. “He’s a lab tech, and he’s got a very good heart,” relays Vilasuso of Grayson. “He’s been raised by a single parent for some time, and now the roles have changed because he has to take care of his mother. And he goes to great lengths; I’ll just leave it at that.”

The role also places him in story with Jen Jacob‘s Ashley Morgan, a collaboration he was immediately excited about. “She’s super talented,” he praises. “When I did the chemistry read, I was like, ‘Wow, this would be so great. If I get to work with her, I’m going to be happy.’ And it worked out. She’s just such a pro, works very hard, and I’ll be honest, that hasn’t always been the case with costars, and that just makes the dynamic a lot of fun, and makes coming to work great. She’s reading the scripts and saying, ‘Okay, your storyline is getting so good.’ So, she’s excited, and that’s really what we should be. When you have that, and you’re all able to all be in that place, you’re like, ‘OK, cool.’”

Beyond the creative camaraderie, Vilasuso is enjoying the perks of the show’s production setup. “They actually have craft services here, too, which, by the way, is nonexistent on other shows,” he adds. “It’s a new studio, which is nice. The dressing rooms are great. It’s new sets, which are really nice, too. I’m shooting in Georgia, which I’ve never shot in Georgia, and it’s a beautiful place to shoot. It’s definitely a vibe.”

Outside of his Atlanta commute, Vilasuso has kept plenty on his plate. “It’s funny, when I got this role, I actually booked a movie, I booked a commercial, and I got funding for my project, all in the same week,” he marvels. “It was insane. It was such a blessing. And I had to say no to the commercial, and they moved the dates for the movie so I could do this show, which had never happened to me in my life. I was like, ‘Oh, my God, you can move the dates for me? That’s amazing.’”

Reflecting on the past year, the actor notes just how dramatically his circumstances have shifted. “This time last year, I was definitely in a much different place,” he says. “And I just have a lot of gratitude in my life. I’m feeling good. I’m feeling really, really excited. I feel like there’s an opportunity here for Grayson to go in a lot of different directions.”

Vilasuso also remains deeply appreciative of the viewers who have supported him throughout his career. “I have fans that have become like friends,” he concludes. “I feel so blessed for the fans that I still have that watch me, that are always asking me, ‘When are we going to see you on TV again?’ And I’m so grateful that I have a really great answer for them now and a really great show. So, I can’t wait, and I’m hoping that we can keep this audience growing and alive, and that this is just the beginning of bringing soaps back to TV and broadcast television.”

Kaley Cuoco’s celeb mom pals celebrate ‘ride or die’ group after Ashley Tisdale’s ‘toxic’ claims

Cuoco’s friend, actress Ashley Jones, shared pictures of their close-knit group Wednesday, which includes Lacey Chabert, Ali Fedotowsky and Amy Davidson.

The pictures included moments of the group getting together with their kids, solo shots of just the gal-pals, as well as throwbacks of when various members of the group were pregnant.

“Mom groups are having a real moment on the interweb this week,” Jones wrote. “Shoutout to my village, without whom I could be very lost and lonely.”

“Tag your supportive ride or die mom group!” she continued. “I miss them all this little, but so grateful we had each other during this stage —-and every stage. #lifteachother #womensupportingwomen **not all are pictured, but all who are pictured are loved #momgroup.”

Tisdale made waves when she criticized her former mom group in an essay for The Cut. While the “High School Musical” star didn’t name names, fans quickly zeroed in on past pics of her with Hilary Duff, Meghan Trainor and Mandy Moore.

In Tisdale’s essay, she claimed she was excluded from hangouts from the group, which made her feel “not cool enough” and “lost” as to why she was being left out.

The actress, 40, said she eventually texted the group, “This is too high school for me and I don’t want to take part in it anymore.”

But a source familiar with the drama told Page Six that Tisdale is “insufferable,” and that the friend breakup “has been a long time coming.”

Members of the mom group have since publicly supported one another on social media.

Duff raved about fellow mom group member Janice Gott in an Instagram Story Wednesday, after her husband, Matthew Koma, savagely hit back at Tisdale in a more direct way.

Koma posted a fake mocked-up cover of himself on the cover of The Cut, with a headline that read, “A mom group tell all through a father’s eyes: When You’re the Most Self-Obsessed Tone Deaf Person on Earth, Other Moms Tend to Shift Focus To Their Actual Toddlers.”

Moore then gushed of Koma in an Instagram Story post just hours later, “@matthewkoma happens to be one of the most talented and generous humans I’m lucky to know.”

Meanwhile, Trainor humorously shared her surprised reaction while reading the drama online in a TikTok video set to her 2025 track “Still Don’t Care.”

“Me finding out about the apparent mom group drama,” she wrote over the clip she posted Thursday.

Y&R's Lily Exits as Christel Khalil Goes on Maternity Leave

While Khalil made no formal announcement that she and her husband, Sam Restagno, were expecting another child, the actress did show off her baby bump back in late October, dancing with her Y&R castmates in a video posted to social media on October 27, 2025. Khalil and Restagno welcomed their first son, Remy, in either late 2023 or early 2024. The actress also has a 15-year-old son, Michael Caden, from a previous marriage.

When the actress was pregnant with Remy, she took a three-month maternity leave; in the storyline, Lily left town in December 2023, also to be by Mattie’s side. She was back on-screen in March 2024.

Eagle-eyed viewers had been noticing for months that Lily had been wearing looser clothing and carrying larger bags, as the soap had to cover Khalil’s pregnancy because her alter ego was not expecting. In fact, Lily has been single ever since her budding potential romance with Damian (Jermaine Rivers) came to an abrupt end back in July 2025.

Since then, Cane has been attempting to woo his wife back into his waiting arms, but she has resisted his attempts as she feels he’s no longer the man to whom she was once married. He’s been desperately trying to prove he can still be that guy, and even managed to steal a kiss on New Year’s Eve. However, when he later followed up, she insisted that the liplock was a moment of weakness and was going away for a while. Cane offered to back off if she reconsidered, and when she wouldn’t, accused her of running away.

With that kiss still on her mind as she packed her bags, it clearly meant more to Lily than she’s letting on to Cane. But once her portrayer’s maternity leave comes to an end and Lily returns home to Genoa City, what kind of Cane will she be coming back to? With Phyllis (Michelle Stafford) continuing to act as the devil on Cane’s other shoulder, might Lily’s rejection cause him to spiral and let out his dark side?

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What to Expect From ‘Y&R’ in 2026: Matt Clark Showdown, Big Decision for Billy & Sally, and More

“You’ve got to just keep that momentum going,” Griffith says. “It’s going to be a very exciting, suspenseful, and romantic winter and spring. It’s going to be jam-packed with intrigue, mystery, suspense, and love. We have some fun surprises up our sleeve for 2026.”

“I love that we’re back to reigniting Victor [Eric Braeden] and Jack’s [Peter Bergman] feud. There’s going to be massive, massive fallout for Jack and Diane [Susan Walters] off of some of Victor and Nikki’s [Melody Thomas Scott] actions to slap Jack down. Cane’s [Billy Flynn] return is going to force Victor and Jack from hating each other to have to work together for the greater good, which will be interesting to see if they can pull that off without killing each other. And as this whole AI story continues to unfold and wreak its havoc on the dynasties of Genoa City, we may be seeing Billy [Abbott, Jason Thompson] and Phyllis [Summers, Michelle Stafford] finally coming out on top, winning, getting something big, but at what price?”

“I’m really enjoying the Billy/Sally [Courtney Hope] relationship, I think they’ve really found a spark with each other that’s exciting. But Sally is going to have to question whether she really knows Billy as well as she thought she did. That will also lead to big decisions.”

“We’ve got a big mystery coming up with Devon [Bryton James] and Abby [Melissa Ordway] that will tie into Mariah [Camryn Grimes] and Tessa [Cait Fairbanks] and Daniel [Romalotti, Michael Graziadei], and it will pull in Christine [Blair, Lauralee Bell] where she’ll have to put back on her lawyer hat and help someone who’s in big trouble out of that story.”

“I think we’ve got a really exciting story coming up that’s the continuation of Matt Clark’s [Roger Howarth] reign of terror. Matt is going to make a lot of new enemies and cause even more problems for Nick [Joshua Morrow] and Sharon [Sharon Case], for Noah [Lucas Adams] and Sienna [Tamara Braun], and for the whole Newman family. And just when we think he’s out of the picture, we find out he’s not, and we’re heading towards a huge showdown that will incorporate a lot of aspects of the past in a very dramatic way.”

“We’ll see some romance back between Victoria [Amelia Heinle] and Nate [Sean Dominic]. They’re going to see if they want to try again after Victor kind of blew that whole thing up.”

“Billy has been a terrific addition to the cast, and Cane has upended so many lives since he’s come back on the canvas. Is there a future for him and Lily [Christel Khalil]? Is there a way that Lily will ever be able to forgive him? We’ll see.”

“I feel we’re in a really good place with Adam [Mark Grossman] and Chelsea [Melissa Claire Egan]. I really like where that has settled, that they’re back together. There’s a lot of exciting stuff coming down the pike for them. Adam and Chelsea will be forced to tap back into the darker aspects of their characters to help Victor protect the Newman legacy.”

“I think Holden [Nathan Owens] has brought a really nice dynamic to the Audra [Zuleyka Silver]/Claire [Hayley Erin]/Kyle [Michael Mealor] dynamic, and I’m really excited about where we can go with Holden. Audra and Holden are going to do everything they can to keep their past a secret, and Claire is going to do everything she can to bring it out into the light. And when it finally comes out, there’s going to be a lot of fallout.”

“We’ll play the continued push/pull between Michael [Christian LeBlanc] and Lauren [Tracey Bregman] as Michael continues to be sucked back into Victor’s world as things go really horribly wrong for the Newmans and how that affects his relationship with Lauren.”

“It’s going to be Jess Walton‘s 40th anniversary [as Jill], so that’s a milestone that we will definitely recognize.”

‘General Hospital’ Alum Jason Thompson Looks Back at Patrick & Robin’s Wedding, 17 Years Later

Looking back on his first daytime job, Thompson can’t help but feel a profound appreciation for being paired with Kimberly McCullough‘s Robin Scorpio. “There’s a magic to watching someone grow up in front of your eyes, and General Hospital fans had that in Kimberly,” Thompson points out to Swooon. “She was on that show at five years old, and she never really left. And you’re talking about full-on storylines where she was holding her own for many, many years.”

That long history helped set the stage when Robin’s love interest was the newcomer Patrick in 2006, a shift that pushed McCullough’s alter ego into a modern supercouple romance. “To be able to see that character as an adult, knowing everything that that character went through, the HIV, [the death of] Stone [Cates, Michael Sutton], all of that, was special,” he notes. “And then with the history of [Patrick’s father] Dr. Noah Drake [Rick Springfield], having this pompous young ass show up and think he’s all that, only to get knocked down in a way, and then you put those two characters together with struggle, with honesty, with them both just wanting to find someone that they could love, and then you add [daughter] Emma in there, it was an incredibly special moment in time with amazing people.”

Beyond the storytelling itself, Thompson credits the collaborative forces behind the scenes, as well as the fans, for helping “Scrubs” resonate so powerfully. “We had incredible writers that really leaned in on ‘Scrubs,’ and it was nothing without the fan energy,” he acknowledges. “Knowing what I know now, how special it is when you capture a little bit of that magic in a couple of characters for however long it lasts, I know how lucky I was to have someone like Kimberly that I could rely on, that I trusted.”

For Thompson himself, stepping into Patrick’s shoes was equally formative. “I had great support from the writers and the producers at the time with that character,” he says. “I was able to learn how to mold and grow a character. I kind of started as a younger kid and ended up 10 years there, and all of that was just because of this incredible relationship that forced me to be vulnerable. And I think that’s really part of that magic. I was never afraid to let people see who that character was when nobody else was looking, and I think that’s a little bit of the window that becomes special for what we do. You get to see these people day in, day out, and the struggles that they have and the insecurities and everything.”

One of the most memorable milestones for both the characters and the actor came with Robin and Patrick’s wedding on December 26, 2008. “I just remember being like a fish out of water,” he recalls. “I was so far away from that in my personal life that I was like, ‘What is this going to be? What is this going to mean?’ But the day of, I just remember how big it was and the attention that it was getting at the time. Again, when I think back on it, I just know how big those moments are more so I can just have a really deep appreciation for when those moments happen.”

That sense of connection resurfaced when Patrick and Robin’s onscreen daughter Emma Drake returned to Port Charles in 2024, now played by Braedyn Bruner. Though he’s firmly settled at Y&R, Thompson admits a part of him still wonders what it would be like to slip back into Patrick’s life. “It makes me a little bit jealous that I can’t be there with her a little bit, and it makes me want to know her,” he shares. “Don’t get me wrong — I’m incredibly, incredibly happy where I am, and I have no plans of going anywhere. And if it’s up to me, I’ll be doing this for the next 30, 40 years on Y&R, but at the same time, I still love that character, and I still would love to embody it a little bit. I think back on who that little girl has become, and I want to be a part of it. I want to learn what she loves. I want to know what our relationship is like. I want to know if she likes her dad or if he messed her up or what’s going on. It makes me think about all the possibilities of what could happen with her as an adult. I hear she’s doing great, too.”

Thompson reports that he remains connected to Emma’s original portrayer, Brooklyn Rae Silzer. “She’s gone and become a nurse, which I think is just so beautiful in its own way,” he praises. “So, I’m just stoked that the Drakes are still happening. I mean, you have the cornerstone with Finola [Hughes, Anna Devane] there, and anything’s possible with her. So, I know that Emma is in good hands even though Robin and Patrick aren’t around as much right now.”

Ultimately, Thompson looks back on Patrick Drake — and “Scrubs” — as one of the most fulfilling chapters of his career. “When I think back at ‘Scrubs,’ I just think about what they went through,” he reflects. “And then with Robin’s death [in 2012] and then seeing her again when she was alive [in 2013], it was just incredible story writing. That relationship was everything that we do well in daytime television, and I’m just incredibly grateful to be part of that piece of history and stoked that people still think about that character and that couple.”

Jordi Vilasuso Poised For Daytime Comeback on Beyond The Gates!

Vilasuso burst onto the soap scene 25 years ago when he was cast as Tony Santos on Guiding Light. He exited the show in 2003, the same year he nabbed a Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Younger Actor. His next daytime gig was on All My Children, where he portrayed Griffin Castillo from 2010-11. After AMC’s cancellation, it was revived online for a spell in 2013, and Vilasuso returned as Griffin for the reboot. Next, from 2016-17, he played the role of shady Dario Hernandez on DAYS. On Y&R, his Rey was in a popular romance with Sharon, played by Sharon Case, when the character was unexpectedly killed off.

When Soap Opera Digest broke the news of his exit, the actor told us exclusively, “Playing Rey Rosales on The Young and the Restless for the past 4 years has been an incredible experience that has brought me immense joy as an actor,” and he voiced his gratitude tot he show’s head writer/executive producer, Josh Griffith, for “the opportunity to sink my teeth into storylines that were some of the highlights of my career in this genre.”

That the actor has landed on BTG was revealed in the promo for the soaps’ second season, which is premiering on January 2, 2026. In the trailer, the actor can be seen — albeit briefly — interacting in an amorous way with Jen Jacob’s Ashley. A rep for the show confirmed that Vilasuso does appear in the promo, but stayed mum about the name of the actor’s new character or his exact first airdate.

SNL alum Heidi Gardner, Corbin Bernsen, and more join NBC comedy Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins

Entertainment Weekly has exclusively learned that Tracy Morgan and Daniel Radcliffe's new NBC football comedy series has added Heidi Gardner, Anna Camp, Ronny Chieng, and Corbin Bernsen to the cast in guest-star roles.

Originally titled The Untitled Tracy Morgan Project, new series The Fall and Rise of Reggie Dinkins comes from the team behind 30 Rock (co-creators Robert Carlock and Sam Means, and executive producer Tina Fey) and stars Morgan as the titular disgraced NFL superstar. When Reggie hires award-winning filmmaker Arthur Tobin (Radcliffe) to make a documentary about his life and career in the hopes it will win back the respect of his fans, peers, and family, he’ll have to face the ghosts of his past.

Saturday Night Live alum Gardner appears in two episodes as Tisha Basmati, the glamorous, passive-aggressive wife of Reggie's (Morgan) long-time rival, who hates Reggie's ex-wife/current business manager Monica (Erika Alexander) just as much as her husband hates Reggie.

Expect that storyline to continue all the way through to the season finale. "This nemesis character who pops up in the middle of the season comes back trying to thwart Reggie's dreams and drive a wedge between him and his best friend, Rusty [Bobby Moynihan]," Carlock tells EW.

Gardner's surprising exit from SNL was announced in August, ahead of the show's 51st season, which began Oct. 4. She starred on the NBC sketch series for eight seasons.

Meanwhile, The Daily Show’s Emmy-winning correspondent/guest host Chieng appears in three episodes as Barry, a slick, aggressive, powerful sports agent who tries to poach Monica for his own company and force her to drop Reggie as a client.

"He is the best," Means says of the Crazy Rich Asians star. "We're so thrilled we get to work with him again."

L.A. Law and Psych alum Bernsen appears in three episodes as Duck Donovan, Reggie's former NFL coach who blames Reggie for his own life falling on hard times post-scandal. Duck goes everywhere with his emotional support cat, Namath.

"In an episode, Reggie realizes his former coach's career and life kind of imploded after he left the league and the team fell apart," Carlock says. "He sees that coach's cat is missing, and he convinces himself that if he can find the cat — and it's a very literal save-the-cat kind of thing — it becomes this odyssey of trying to find a cat in the wilderness of New Jersey and it's more white whale than anything else."

And Pitch Perfect star Camp, who will also be seen in the upcoming Scream 7, has a two-episode arc as Narcissa Ocean, Arthur’s wild ex who he blames for his career implosion.

"It's been really fun to unpack this mysterious past that Dan's character has and the mistakes he made and has tried to kind of keep quiet," Carlock teases. "And that comes back to haunt him as well."

‘Cry Wolf’: Alyvia Alyn Lind Among Duo Joining FX Limited Series

The project, inspired by the Danish series Ulven Kommer (Cry Wolf) by Maja Jul Larsen, is a psychological family thriller following a social worker, Kath (Colman), and a mother, April (Larson), thrust into crisis when the mother’s teenage daughter, Mia (Lind), alleges abuse, pushing both women to their limits as they navigate an impossible situation.

Hatosy plays April’s husband and Mia’s stepfather who is at the center of the girl’s abuse allegations.

Produced by FX Productions, Cry Wolf is executive produced by Treem, who serves as showrunner, Colman via her South of the River Pictures, Melissa Bernstein of Special Interests and Larson.

Lind recently starred opposite Toni Collette in Netflix’s psychological thriller series Wayward. She played the female lead in the Syfy horror series Chucky and was part of the main cast of Roku’s The Spiderwick Chronicles and Netflix’s Daybreak. Lind also played the role of Dolly Parton in the NBC movie Dolly Parton’s Coat of Many Colors and its followup, Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love, earning a Critics Choice Award nomination for the former.

Lind, whose feature credits include Blended, Overboard and Masquerade, is repped by CAA and Brecheen Feldman Breimer Silver Thompson.

Greig’s upcoming projects include roles in the TV series The Copenhagen Test and movies The Pond, Heart of the South and Father of Us. He is repped by DiCaro Talent Management.

Vivica A. Fox Signs With Innovative Artists Entertainment

Actress, writer, and producer Vivica A. Fox recently appeared in the movie The Christmas Campaign as well as A Christmas Murder Mystery.

She is well known for her roles as Jasmine Dubrow in the $817M-plus grossing Roland Emmerich sci-fi blockbuster Independence Day, as Vernita Green in Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill (which just had its full Vol. 1 and Vol. 2 saga re-released last weekend by Lionsgate), Maxine in Soul Food, and Shate Smith in Two Can Play That Game.

She directed the BET+ biographical crime drama film, First Lady of BMF: The Tonesa Welch Story, for which she received an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Directing in a Television Movie or Special.

On the television side, Fox has starred in Keeping Up with the Joneses, Empire, and 1-800-Missing for which she won the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actress in a Drama Series. She has appeared in Black-ish, Degrassi: The Next Generation, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Fox was also a contestant on season 3 of Dancing with the Stars and appeared as herself on Keeping Up with the Kardashians, Miss Universe, and RuPaul’s Drag Race.

Fox has produced and starred in over 25 The Wrong… franchise television thriller films for Lifetime.

After successful collaborations with major brands such as Cadillac, Google, and Carshield, Fox launched her own hair company, The Vivica Fox Hair Collection.

The multi-hyphenate also hosted the podcast Hustling With Vivica A. Fox with Dr. Phil’s Stage 29 Productions, which ran for two years and authored the book Every Day I’m Hustling.

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