Maurice Benard, whose contract is soon up for renewal on General Hospital, recently brought up concerns about the direction of his character on the series.
Benard told Soap Opra Weekly: "If I re-sign, I need to know what's gonna happen after I re-sign."
Should General Hospital fans be worried about losing Benard?
Welcome to The Soap Dispenser's Thursday, July 24 soap opera recaps:
Thank you all, as always, for visiting our site for news and soap opera spoilers from The Young and the Restless to Days of Our Lives, Guiding Light and more, making The Soap Dispenser the best soap opera site online!
How will your favorite soap opera close out the week? Let's take a look...
All My Children:
Colby and Cassandra unwittingly admit a connection to Richie's death.
As the World Turns:
Parker and Liberty take their relationship to the next level.
The Bold and the Beautiful:
Brooke assists in Ridge's evil plan.
Days of Our Lives:
Steve and Kayla fight over Ava.
General Hospital:
Carly asks Spinelli to aid her in framing someone for murder.
Guiding Light:
Bill expresses concern about his son.
One Life to Live:
Brody professes his desire to become a better man.
The Young and the Restless:
Chloe tells Cane and Lily that she's pregnant... Cane's child.
On a recent edition of Hollywood 411, Madison Michele spoke with Days of Our Lives stars Jay Kenneth Johnson and Kristen Renton. Take a look and listen below:
Laurence Lau (ex-Greg, All My Children; ex-Sam, One Life to Live) has been cast as Brian Wheatley on As the World Turns.
This character is the man Lucinda hires to run Luke and Noah's foundation. He will debut on August 18.
Jacob Young and wife Christen are expecting their first child together!
The All My Children star and his wife announced that the baby is due in November. They've already decided that his name will be Luke Wayne Young. Congrats to the happy couple!
Shawn Christian, or at least his character, faces a major dilemma on Days of Our Lives:
He's interested in a future with young Chelsea, while having shared a mysterious past with her sexy grandmother, Kate. As the actor recently told Soap Opera Digest, though, he loves being at the center of this controversial story line.
Soap Opera Weekly: The show is being so mysterious about Daniel and Kate. What is going on between them?
Shawn Christian: There's definitely something bubbling beneath the surface.
Weekly: How long has this "bubbling" been going on?
Christian: That has yet to be determined. Lauren (Koslow, Kate) and I had scenes yesterday. We were trying to figure out how long, how many times, and when did this and that happen. I'm not sure if it's been clearly defined yet.
Weekly: What are your thoughts on the surprise storyline?
Christian: As an actor, you love the adventure. You want to figure out the unintended consequences of something like this happening. Daniel's felt for a while that Kate's been retreating from whatever experience they shared. She's completely closing herself off from him, probably as a means of protecting Chelsea. Daniel is perplexed, truly, and frustrated that Kate has been closing him out.
Beth Ehlers is all over the news these days.
That's what happens when you go from Guiding Light to All My Children.
Today, though, this actress is simply in the spotlight because she's turning 40. Let's wish her a happy birthday!
Florian Klein is about to enter the world of General Hospital.
he German native will make his debut on the August 6 episode of the show. Look for him to appear as a mysterious member of Port Charles’ Russian drug mafia.
"I don’t speak a word of Russian," said Klein (pictured), "But that’s why they call it Acting." He continues, "I have a dialect coach from Russia who helps me with the accent. Plus, Russian or German – we’re both used to playing the villains."
Winsor Harmon, as all fans of The Bold and the Beautiful know, portrays Thorne on that acclaimed series. He recently spoke to Soap Opera Digest about the role:
Soap Opera Weekly: So, should we be worried about poor Eric? Are the Forrester kids worried?
Winsor Harmon: Well, we've seen him once (laughs). We're doing a lot of offcamera visitation. We were laughing about it in a scene the other day. We were like, "My God. He's been in coma for two days, and we already want to pull the plug!" It was funny.
Weekly: Are you glad to see some conflict [on The Bold and the Beautiful] centering around the Forresters this summer?
Harmon: Summertime's always slow for us, and that's fine with me, because the kids are out of school and I'd rather spend time with my son. But, yeah, it’s fun.
Weekly: A lot of viewers are glad to see Thorne and Felicia doing stuff instead of standing around.
Harmon: I love those two characters together, for some reason. I love working with Lesli (Kay) and we really have great spontaneity. We play off each other, and most of the time we're not even following the script. There's a lot of ad-libbing, which is really fun. It's a shame we're brother and sister.