GL's Remy Meets Ugly Betty

Lawrence Saint-Victor (Remy, Guiding Light) will guest star opposite Vanessa Williams in an upcoming episode of ABC's Ugly Betty. The episode is set to air on Thursday, March 19th (check local listings).

In other GL news:

Robert Bogue (Mallet) and Mandy Bruno (Marina) recently announced their engagement and plans to marry in spring 2010.

Fiona Hutchison returns as Jenna on Tuesday, March 17th and Wednesday, March 18th.

Ron Raines (Alan) appears with VOX – The Rob Seible Singers in Crossroads of America, a concert featuring music of American composers such as Rorem, Copland, Nelson, Daugherty, Mechem, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Kander and Ebb, and Lerner and Loewe. The concert will be held at the Hobby Center in Houston, TX on Tuesday, April 7th at 8 p.m. For more information or to order tickets, go to http://www.vox-rss.com/VOX/Season2008.html

Frank Dicopoulos (Frank) is featured as the voice of “Dean the Dog” in the companion CD to the children’s book Loukoumi's Good Deeds. Other celebrities featured include Jennifer Aniston, Olympia Dukakis, and Gloria Gaynor. The book will be on sale April 1st, and a portion of the proceeds will go to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. For more information, go to http://www.loukoumi.com//ohttp://www.loukoumi.com/.

Springfield Happenings

* Sept. 30, Pocket Books will release Guiding Light: Jonathan’s Story in paperback, featuring an all-new chapter.

* Tom Wiggin (pictured) plays hot-shot corporate mogul Decker beginning Monday, Sept. 15. I'm so excited about this! Wiggin played Kirk on As the World Turns during the Douglas Marland years. I was hoping he would turn up in Oakdale again, but hey, I'll watch him on any soap.

* Montel Williams returns as Remy's father, Clayton Bordeaux, on Thursday, Sept. 18.

* Ron Raines (Alan) will perform at the Chicago Humanities Festival on Monday, Nov. 3. For more information and to buy tickets, go to http://www.chfestival.org/_ or call the box at (312) 494-9509.

* Marcy Rylan (Lizzie) and Tom Pelphrey (ex-Jonathan) will perform a play reading (play TBD) and host a meet & greet to benefit The Apothecary Theatre Company on Saturday, Sept. 27 at 7:30 p.m. The event takes place at Helen Mills: 137-139 West 26th Street. $40 per person - payable in cash at the door (includes one free drink). For reservations: Call Shawn - (732) 491-3012 and leave a message with full name, phone number and the number of people attending. For more information on the Apothecary Theatre Company go to: http://www.apothecarytheatrecompany.org/

Ron Raines (Guiding Light) Performs With the Sunshine Pops

If you're going to be in the South Florida area, the following might interest you:

Ron Raines (Alan Spaulding, GL) will appear in four separate 8:00 PM performances with the Sunshine Pops.

March 12th and 14th at the Eissey Campus Theater in Palm Beach Gardens
Tickets: 561-278-7677
March 11th at Florida Atlantic University
Tickets: 800-564-9539
March 15th at the Broward Center in Ft. Lauderdale
Tickets: 954-462-0222