SOAPnet recently spoke with Aiden Turner of All My Children. Here are highlights from the interview:

What's your idea of bliss?
Aiden: My idea of bliss? I would say, to be on a nice beautiful island like in Thailand, maybe the Phi Phi Islands. I love Thai food, I love the tropics, and it's cheap. There are beautiful beaches and you can go scuba diving everyday. There are beautiful little huts that are very basic. You're not really spending $100 for every meal like you would on other vacations. You're waking up in the morning, you're in the ocean, that's my idea of bliss.

If you could go back in time to any era, what would it be?
Aiden: Wow. If I wouldn't get killed I'd like to go back to 2000 B.C. I'd like to see them building the pyramids in Giza, which is outside of Cairo. I think the Egyptians were very advanced. I don't know too much about them but I don't think they were a necessarily fierce civilization, they knew a lot about the stars and the galaxy. Just a great people. It really intrigues me.

Who are your personal heroes?
Aiden: It would have to be my mum. Mothers teach you right from wrong and how to deal with nasty people. They teach you how to make mistakes, learn from them. I would say, that's the greatest thing because the lessons stay with you. You get to my age now and can say, I'm not going to drive fast through a city [like she warned me not to do] or when it's raining because it's silly and I've crashed the car and it costs lots of money. She's been great.

Also, Judy Wilson, the casting director at AMC. She's great at her job and she's a sweetheart. Auditions can be quite nerve-wracking. And sometimes when you're nervous the casting directors make you really, really nervous. Or you're not nervous but they're so horrible, it makes you nervous. But she was wonderful and very supportive and kind.

What's the worst thing for you about acting?
Aiden: I'm quite shy, which people don't know. So, unless I'm comfortable – and I'm normally only comfortable with people I've known for a while – I'm not at my best. If there are people I don't know around I can be intimidated and that doesn't always work when you have to turn up on a set. If there's a great deal of work and the director's shouting at you…I'm quite sensitive.

(laughing) Being as sensitive as I am sometimes it doesn't work for me. Other days, sometimes I'll have what most would think would be difficult scenes but they're not so difficult for me because I am so sensitive.

Click here to read the full interview.

Here are The Young and the Restless spoilers for the upcoming week...

• Colleen throws a party to celebrate Lily's divorce, where Lily get a surprise kiss... from Cane (Daniel Goddard).

• After sturggling with memories of Dru, Neil (Kristoff St. John, pictured) takes a romantic step in his relationship with Karen.

• Jack decides to come clean about Jabot, drawing him closer to Sharon. But will he make his confession public before a scheming Gloria releases damaging evidence?

• Victor offers to help Phyllis reduce her jail sentence, for a price.

Here is a look at what you can expect on As the World Turns this week...

• Carly gets some devastating news as Katie heads down the aisle.

• Rosanna's memory of her accident returns as she prepares to take revenge against Craig (Scott Bryce).

• Maddie is devastated when she learns the truth about Noah.

• Dusty becomes a target.

• Sofie makes a life changing decision.

Here's your chance to catch a Days of Our Lives hunk, fans:

November 10 & 11: James Scott appears on the Telethon of the Stars in Paducah, KY
Affiliate: Channel 6 -WPSDTV in Paducah, KY
Time: Telethon airs on WPSDTV from 10pm on Saturday, Nov. 10. - 1pm on Sunday, Nov. 11th
More Info: http://www.telethonofstars.org/

In case you need extra motivation to see him, check out this topless Scott photo:

Here are links to our recaps from Friday, September 14 soaps ...

• One Life to Live
• As the World Turns
• All My Children
• Guiding Light
• General Hospital
• Days of Our Lives
• The Bold and the Beautiful
• The Young and the Restless

Thanks for visiting and get ready for another week of exciting daytime drama! Visit The Soap Dispenser for all your daily recaps of As the World Turns, One Life to Live, The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital and all your favorite soap operas, as well as the latest news, spoilers and gossip.

What's on tap for The Bold and the Beautiful next week? Let's take a look...

• Nick demands to know the truth from Bridget.

• Thorne rekindles a past relationship.

• Ashley turns to Taylor (Hunter Tylo, pictured below) for support.

• Eric (John McCook) sees a different side of Donna.

• Ridge is faced with a difficult decision.

Jay Kenneth Johnson has starred on The Young and the Restless.

And now, of course, he can be seen daily on Days of Our Lives.

Despite being a veteran of the soap opera world, Johnson may remain a mystery to some viewers. With that in mind, check out these tidbits about the actor:

• Originally auditioned for the role of Brady, but was cast as Philip instead.

• Grew up in the same Missouri town as Brad Pitt, just around the corner from him, in fact. They share other connections, as well: John Aniston, Jay on-screen father, was Pitt’s real-life father-in-law.

• Days of Our Lives fans were so heartbroken when he left the show that they hired a plane trailing a "Good Luck" banner to fly over the studio on his last day.

• In his spare time, Johnson is the lead singer in the band Solid Jones.

Co-star Lauren Koslow once said about him: "There’s something special about Jay. From the first day he got here he's been very professional and enthusiastic. He's a joy to work with."

Here is a bit of As the World Turns casting scoops:

Dylan Bruce has been hired to play show's eighth Chris Hughes, a role last inhibited by Bailey Chase in 2005.

Bruce first appears on October 255; alongside Emily, who's due back the day before. The actress who portrays her - Kelley Menighan Hensley - reports back to work for real today, after a three month maternity leave.

"The idea of going back to work is a little intimidating at this juncture, but I will manage. I have 21 scenes!" said the actress to Soap Opera Digest.

"Once [my daughter] got here, in all honesty, I haven't even thought about work. I don't know what that tells me. I'm reserving all of my judgment because I realize my daughter is only nine weeks old at this time.

Your perspective changes and hopefully I'll get back into a rhythm of work and I'll love who I'm working with and I'll still get to work with Grayson [McCouch, Dusty]. Hopefully all those things that I loved about work will be there when I get back. I'm banking on it."

She's also been catching up with the show.

"I slowly see the strife between Holden and Lily, obviously, because I love to watch Jonny [Hensley, Holden, her husband] and I followed the Jack and Katie story. The whole time I'm just throwing things at the television because I want her with Brad! I think they're so good together. And put Jack back with Carly where he belongs!"

Michelle Ray Smith (Ava Peralta) will be making an appearance on CBS' The Early Show Monday, September the 17.

The Guiding Light star will be there to talk about her work for The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). The actress is also appearing in the current edition of Glamour, where she discusses her father's suicide.

All My Children isn't the only place you can find Kassie DePaiva. She also hosts the PBS show Crochet Today.

Moreover, this actress is a also designer.

After learning the craft of crochet, DePaiba began to make hats as gifts for her fellow One Life To Live cast mates, until the show’s costume designer suggested she offer the hats for purchase, then turn around and donate the profits to charity.

Thanks to the support of the League of Hard of Hearing in New York City, Kassie's son JQ was able to learn how to speak with his cochlear implant, after having been born with a profound hearing loss.

Therefore, the actress wanted to give back to a place that meant so much to her family.

She did so by starting the line of Happy Hats, from which she donates all the profits to the charity that helped JQ and continues to help others in his situation.

This popular line of unique crochet hats are designed and crocheted by DePaiva personally. Check them out here.