Days: Such a Tease!

NEXT WEEK:

Sami comes face to face with a woman from Rafe’s past.

Chad probes Will about Mia supposedly going to rehab.

Chloe makes a confession to Daniel (Shawn Christian, pictured) before she collapses!

Nicole confronts Chad, saying that if Mia has a breakdown, it will be on his head.

Thursday – Bo questions Daniel as a suspect in Chloe's poisoning.

Friday – Brady walks in on a fight between Stephanie and Melanie.

ATWT & GL Casting News & Fan Events

Oakdale Highlights:

• On July 23rd, Matt Edwards appears as Ed Lazarus to do business with Craig and Rosanna on ATWT. Vanessa Ray appears as Teri, and John Hillner appears as Dean Severn.
• Van Hansis (Luke) and Jake Silbermann (Noah) (pictured above) will attend their first European fan event in France on Oct. 17 at Auditorium Jean-de-La-Fontaine 25, avenue du General Sarrail. For more information, please visit http://www.mgcevents.com/ or e-mail contact@mgcevents.com.

Springfield Highlights:

• Michelle Ray Smith is back as Ava on Friday, July 24, on GL. Tom Pelphrey returns as Jonathan on Aug. 5th. Fiona Hutchison reprises her role as the ghostly Jenna on both July 29th and Aug. 13.th.
• Frank Dicopoulos (Frank) will be the honorary chairperson for the FAAN Walk for Food Allergy: Moving Toward A Cure in Long Branch, NJ on Sept. 12th. For more information, please visit www.foodallergywalk.org/longbranch_nj.

OLTL: Such a Tease!

Rex lures Stacy into his trap.
Todd and Blair find old habits die hard.
Jessica faces Starr and Cole.

Stacy falls for Rex’s trap.
Tea tears into Todd after finding him and Blair together.
The tension is thick between Clint and Bo.

Rex sees just how crazy Stacy really is.
Marty (Susan Haskell, pictured) has it out with Todd.
Destiny comes up with a plan to help Matthew.

Rex and Gigi are out from under Stacy’s thumb.
John and Blair have a bittersweet parting.
A close moment between Bo and Nora is interrupted by some shocking news having to do with Matthew.

GH: Such a Tease!

Dominic tries to get Jason to trust him.
Maxie’s blindsided by Spinelli.
Ethan takes his con game in a new direction.

Sonny (Maurice Benard, pictured) and Johnny clash over Olivia.
Ethan goes behind Rebecca’s back to confront Nikolas.
Maxie has to make a decision.

The warmth between Sonny and Claudia quickly deteriorates.
Spinelli plans a romantic rendezvous.
Kristina’s boyfriend is nothing but trouble.

Claudia gets the news she’d been praying for.
Sonny makes another play for Olivia.
A potential tragedy is in the making.

AMC: Such a Tease!

Jesse (Darnell Williams, pictured) and Madison square off.
Kendall tells Zach that she loves him.
Marisaa gives David an ultimatum.

Zach and Ryan begin to doubt Kendall’s innocence.
Jake tells Amanda the truth about her baby.
Erica stirs up trouble for Annie.

The evidence against Kendall continues to mount.
Amanda has an emotional reunion with her baby.
Annie sneaks out of the mansion.

Annie forms a new plan.
Kendall finds comfort in Zach’s arms.
David tells Marissa his marriage is over.

Jason Priestley Welcomes Son

According to WENN News:

Former Beverly Hills, 90210 star Jason
Priestley's wife has given birth to the couple's first son.

Naomi Lowde-Priestley delivered a baby boy in a Los Angeles hospital on Thursday.

The tot is a little brother for the couple's two-year-old daughter Ava.

The couple announced Lowde-Priestley's pregnancy back in April. They wed in 2005.

Interview Y&R: Eileen Davidson: Author, Part 2

Eileen Davidson has plenty of material from which to draw when it comes to writing a juicy story. After all, she has been on the No. 1-rated soap for about 15 years. As Ashley Abbott on “The Young and the Restless” (as well as starring on “The Bold and the Beautiful,” “Days of Our Lives” and “Santa Barbara”), Eileen’s character has seen her fair share of turmoil, intrigue, death and betrayal.

Eileen combined her love of soaps and her love of books into a successful foray into the world of murder-mystery novels. Her second book, “Dial Emmy for Murder,” was released last month, and she is hard at work on the third in the series. She was excited to discuss her latest project.

Have you always been specifically a mystery fan, or just a general book-lover?
Eileen Davidson: “I’ve always been very well read. I was reading a lot of spiritual and self-help books for many years, and it was very heavy. One day I just picked up a mystery novel when I was on vacation, and I thought, ‘This is so much fun!’ I got hooked on the whole genre. I was a writer when I was in high school, and I had always wanted to get back into writing. I do have an interest in forensics, a lot of the cold-case shows and A&E shows about solving murders. Combining that with what I do for a living seemed like a natural fit. People can get a bird’s-eye view of what we do for a living over here, and it’s also wrapped up in the intriguing world of forensics.”

Is there a bit of Eileen Davidson in the novel’s heroine, Alexis Peterson?
E.D.: “Stephen Colbert talks about ‘truthiness,’ and with these books, there’s a lot of truthiness in them. It’s a lot of truth, a lot of fiction, a lot of my own experiences with a twist. It’s a combination of everything — a truth-and-fiction stew.”

Are you working with author Robert Randisi on this second book as well?
E.D.: “Yes. He knows this form of writing very well; I know the soap-opera world very well. We work very well together. When I get pages back from him, they sound like he just finished writing a Western, so I am like, ‘OK, this does not sound like something a woman would say,’ and he says, ‘That’s what I have you for.’ So I rewrite it and put a female tone to it.”

What can you tell me about the third book?
E.D.: “The third book is leaning more toward romance, so it’s going to be a mystery/romance novel. I’m putting in more romance, but it’s weird. I’m not sure how to do it. I draw a lot of innuendo, but wonder, Am I really supposed to start to use certain body-part words when I write it? So I am kind of getting used to that sort of thing, and where to draw the line with that.
“The book opens at Hugh Hefner’s mansion at the Halloween party he has every year. Alexis is there, of course, and there is a murder at the mansion. It’s called ‘Diva Las Vegas,’ because the story ends up taking Alexis to Las Vegas. My husband (Vince Van Patten) came up with that title.”

Would you like to see your series of books turned into a television serial or miniseries?
E.D.: “Absolutely. We’re trying to make something happen with that right now, which is interesting, because everyone says that this genre is dying. But it’s still alive and kicking; we’re still here. But yes, we are pursuing it.”

Is there an indefinite number to the series?
E.D.: “We’re going to see how they sell and go from there. I can’t believe I got one book out, the fact that I have two books in the can is amazing. Anything else at this point is just gravy.”

“Dial Emmy for Murder” can be found at your local retailer or any online book outlet.

Ashley Jones' New HBO Role

Don't forget to catch Ashley Jones (Bridget, The Bold and the Beautiful) this season on True Blood. Jones plays waitress Daphne in the hit HBO series about vampires in the Deep South, and she's sporting some scary-looking scars for the role.

So does this mean that Jones will be leaving daytime after getting this kind of exposure? She told Michael Logan from TV Guide that she has no plans to, that she doesn't want anyone else to play Bridget. (FYI: The talented Jones got her start in daytime as Megan on The Young and the Restless.) We'd love to see her continue playing Bridget on B&B, but if more juicy roles like Daphne come her way, we'll be her biggest cheerleaders.

True Blood is on Sunday nights on HBO at 9 p.m.

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ATWT and GL Casting News

On Guiding Light, Tom Pelphrey (pictured) returns as Jonathan on Wednesday, August 5.

Also, Fiona Hutchison reprises her role as the ghostly Jenna on GL on both Wednesday, July 29 and Thursday, August 13.

We knew he was coming, now we know a date: Forbes March makes his first appearance as Mason on As the World Turns on Tuesday, July 14.