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What's taking place on All My Children during the upcoming week? Here are a few snippets...

• Greenlee is there for Aidan (pictured, Aiden Turner) after Di ends their relationship.
• Amanda bites off more then she can hanle when she attempts to control Ava at Fusion.
• Zach (Thorsten Kaye) refuses to forgive Kendall for her neglect of Ian.
• Jamie prepares for his new life in Africa.
• Jonathan reminds a distraught Annie that they agreed he would pick up Emma from camp that day.
• Jonathan and Ryan (Cameron Mathison) both realize that something is wrong with Annie.
• Babe finds it hard to say goodbye to Jamie.
• Zach makes a painful visit to Ethan's grave.
• Tad (Michael E. Knight) investigates Dr. Hilliard.
• Amanda is stunned when Ava suddenly kisses her.

To beef up the current Spike story line, All My Children has enlisted the assistance of J.Q. DePaiva. Only 10, this young actor is deaf in real life.

He's been hired to guest-star September 20, 21 and 24 in scenes that involve Kendall Hart (Alicia Minshew) and her child.

Fans of One Life to Live, meanwhile, should recognize the last name of this rising star. J.Q.’s parents are actors Kassie DePaiva (Blair, OLTL) and James DePaiva (Max, OLTL). Kassie will also lend her help to this All My Children angle.

Deaf at birth, J.Q. now wears permanent cochlear implants that enable him to hear sounds and blend in normally with other kids. Co-writers Barbara Esensten and James Harmon Brown said they are committed to infusing authenticity into this story of Kendall’s and Ryan’s child, who went deaf as a result of a car accident.

Spike will not experience the miracle of hearing instantaneously, said Brown, as they hope to build up the deafness as a challenge that profoundly, realistically affects those who love the boy.

Here are a few All My Children spoilers for the upcoming week...

• Tests performed on Spike confirm he has gone deaf, probably for the rest of his life.
• Kendall (Alicia Minshew) turns a deaf ear (ironically) to Spike’s final diagnosis because she can’t bear to believe a word of it.
• Kendall affixes herself to Spike’s side. She's unstable.
• Zach (Thorsten Kaye, pictured) firmly holds Ryan responsible for Spike’s deaf condition.
• Josh fills Greenlee in on what the doctors have discovered about Spike’s deaf condition.
• Greenlee heads over to Spike’s room, to see for herself how the little boy’s faring, which Josh (Colin Egglesfield) takes notice of.

News from the set of All My Children...

• Sydney Penny’s (Julia) maternity leave is over, leaving her free and clear to take up her AMC duties again, come August 31.

• Billy Miller won the audition to become Wes, the Comeback bartender. He’s on contract and will first appear August 30.

• Stacy Haiduk reappears September 14 as Hannah.

Attention, All My Children fans: your favorite soap opera is adding a pair of hunks to its roster. Move over, Cameron Mathison!

The first role will be played by a newcomer to daytime, Billy Miller (pictured). He'll take on the role of Wes, a new bartender at The Comeback with a bit of interest in Babe. Prior to joining the cast, Miller appeared in an episode of CSI: NY.

His episodes will begin airing on August 3o.

The second role, Dre, will be played by soap veteran Sterling Sulieman. Dre will be a member of a garage band that practices near Tad Martin's home. Naturally, he and several other band members are expected to heat things up with the younger generation - Colby, Sean, Ava - in Pine Valley.

Before joining the cast, Sulieman played Chris on The Bold and The Beautiful. His episodes will begin airing on September 4.

Forget what Alicia Minshew thinks. All My Children fans wish to get inside the mind of her character, Kendall Hart.

Therefore, we present you with the Kendall Hart blog from Friday, entitled "Faith."

As nice as it was to get outside of the linoleum hallways and bad lighting in the hospital, I can't be far away from my babies. I know it's crazy, but I feel like if I'm not there every second something wrong will happen. I'm a mom, and my children need me there. I know it's a little irrational and completely sane all at the same time - I don't know. I usually have answer - most of the time it's the wrong one - but this time... with my sons...

I have no clue what I should be doing. Zach says all the right things (and he means them) to calm me down. Without him there is no way I could get through one minute of this torture. Maybe Zach's right... I can leave my sons for a little bit and have faith that everything will be okay...

What exactly is Kendall talking about? Catch up now with our All My Children episode guides.

Emmy-nominated Kelli Giddish will exit the role of Di Henry later this year.

The actress was brought on as a possible recast of Dixie Martin, but the character languished without story for much of her time in All My Children.

As Soap Central reports, two years ago, Giddish took the show by storm. Her character was revealed - or rather believed - to be the supposedly-dead Dixie Martin. But that story line quickly fizzled and Giddish's character was relegated to the back burner.

Giddish's addition to the All My Children cast in March 2005 was met with mixed reviews. Fans were initially skeptical of a newcomer being hired to tackle the role of Dixie Martin. Adding to the controversy was the fact that Giddish is younger in real-life than Jacob Young, the actor who portrays the character that was supposed to be her on-screen son.

Still, viewers were taken by Giddish's on-screen performance. So were the actress' peers: Giddish received a Daytime Emmy pre-nomination for Outstanding Younger Actress in 2006.

But now she'll be leaving the show. We'll let you know her next destination.

Here are a few highlights from a recent interview Soap Opera Digest conducted with All My Children hunk, Thorsten Kaye...

On Soaps' Tendency to Rewrite History: "It's not unavoidable, but I think for an outsider coming in, it's a different way of working. You don't know what's coming and you don't necessarily know what comes before you because that changes. That's something that bothers me. I don't mind the ride, but there has to be a cornerstone, there has to be a history to someone.

If something was a lie for the last three years, that kind of gets me. That's why I left One Life to Live [where he played Patrick Thornhart from 1995-97], because they changed the past. And suddenly, you have no tools left."

On Disciplining Four-Year-Old Daughter McKenna: "She'll do stuff that I have to tell her not to do, like throwing things in the air. It's terribly hard because our house is filled with cartoon art. I've got a big, eight-foot Chuck Jones bunny and one of the brooms from Fantasia and she doesn't understand why she can't play with them. They're cartoony and she's seen them on TV and so it's a little tough to explain."

On AMC's Transition From Ex-Head Writer Megan McTavish to the Head-Writing Team Of James Harmon Brown And Barbara Esensten: "If somebody else is coming in, it's like you're between coaches or something. You go, 'Let's just try to get through what has already been established by the last one.' We can't just completely stop it and come up with something else because whoever's coming in next will change it again. But I think over the next few weeks, it's all gonna change."

Here is some contract news that will affect the status of a few All My Children favorites:

• Fans of Zach and Kendall can rest easy. Soaps.com has learned that Thorsten Kaye (pictured) has extended his contract and will be staying in Pine Valley.
• Also, Jacob Young (JR) has lengthened his deal.
• John James (Jeff) will continue to be seen on the program. James came aboard in 2006 and is no longer under contract but sources say that he will remain on the Pine Valley canvas.

And who will be exiting from Pine Valley?

• Justin Bruening is saying goodbye. Sources say that Justin will not renew his contract when it is up in August.
  
• Real life wife, Alexa Havins, will also be coming to the end of her contract in the fall. There is no official word if she will follow Justin out of Pine Valley.
• Insiders also say that Kelli Giddish is leaving Pine Valley in a few weeks. Her last air-date has not been confirmed, but we'll let you know as soon as we know.

What's gonna happen to close the week on All My Children? Wonder no longer. Here's a brief look:

Wednesday, July 25, 2007:
Although Greenlee is able to call Ryan, she’s unable to tell him where they are.

Kendall is told that her baby will die if she doesn’t deliver immediately.

Thursday, July 26, 2007:
A very tiny baby is born to Kendall.

Spike continues to be in serious condition.

Krystal tries to keep her concern for Adam a secret.

Friday, July 27, 2007:
Ryan feels very guilty for letting Greenlee in to Spike’s life.

To stop Fusion from going belly up, Babe asks Ava’s help.

Jack tries to stop Erica from accusing Greenlee.