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Here's a look at Luke (Van Hansis) and Noah (Jake Silbermann) during this year's Thanksgiving on As the World Turns.

Marnie Schulenburg started on The Young and the Restless. Then, after appearing on the online series LA Diaries, the actress made the transition to As the World Turns.

Here are highlights of the interview CBS conducted with the rising star:

CBS.com: How has it been at As the World Turns?
MARNIE SCHULENBURG: It's been amazing. It's been so much fun, an amazing experience and everyone is so nice. A dream come true.

CBS.com: Did you get this role right out of college?
MARNIE SCHULENBURG: Pretty much. I graduated in May [2006] and I had a job in the summer at the Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival and then moved to New York in September.

CBS.com: Did working on LA Diaries help you get into the role of Alison?
MARNIE SCHULENBURG: Yes. It explained a lot. It was easier for me to know what Alison was talking about or where she was coming from and acting the way she was because there was that underlining subtext that had happened to her that nobody in the town of Oakdale knew about. She obviously is not the same person who left and doing LA Diaries taught me why.

CBS.com: Tell us about Alison.
MARNIE SCHULENBURG" Alison is a really good-hearted, loving person. She's very loyal; her heart is in the right place. [She] tries to put family first when she's in the right state of mind. She tends to follow guys when she's in love with them and ends up not making the best choices.

I think all the Stewart women sort of have bad taste in men. Weather it is right or wrong they tend to do whatever the guy is doing to make them happy. They are survivors. It's just how they survive, and it's usu

Take a look at the following As the World Turns spoilers for the week....

• A potential moment for Katie and Jack is ruined by Carly's call for help.

• Luke is frustrated with Noah's behavior.

• Alison (Marnie Schulenburg, pictured) puts the pieces together and prepares to tell Gwen the truth.

• Craig (Scott Bryce) questions Meg.

• Bob puts an unhappy Chris in his place.

We love to post inspiring information about stars from our favorite soap opera. To wit:

As The World Turns and Guiding Light actors will participate in the first ever Daytime Fights Pancreatic Cancer event on Thursday, December 6. It will take place from from 7:00-10:00 p.m. at Blondies, located at 212 W. 79th Street, New York City.

Cost is $25.00 at the door and all proceeds will go to the Lustgarten Foundation for Pancreatic Cancer Research.

Those scheduled to attend include Martha Byrne, Jennifer Landon and Grayson McCouch.

There's still one more As the World Turns episode left this week. But here's a glance ahead...

• Brad gets what he deserves from Katie.

• Luke (Van Hansis, pictured) gets out of his wheelchair.

• Carly begins an interesting partnership.

• The Snyders carve the Hubbard squash.

Here's a look into current As the World Turns story lines.

As Noah returns into Luke's life, the paralyzed boy makes progress. Now if only Lilly and Holden would stop being silly....

The following As the world Turns spoiler was taken from the show's message board, without a source cited, so take it with a grain of salt:

Look for the character of Simon Frasier (Paul Leyden, pictured) to reappear in late December. While bo official air date has been released, Simon is reportedly coming back to admit his wrongdoings and face the consequences of his actions.

From there, he won't be able to decide which woman he wants to be wit: Carly or Katie. But do they even want him back?

What do you think of this rumor? Let us know now in our As the World Turns forum.

Cady McClain is leaving As the World Turns. She addresses the rumors for this departure in the next issue of Soap Opera Weekly.

Already, though, the publication is wondering is this signals a return to All My Children. We'll let you know as soon as we learn more.

As the World Turns and Guiding Light fans, you have a chance to win $50,000 towards a college education.

Procter & Gamble Productions, producers of As the World Turns and Guiding Light, are sponsoring the College Education Sweepstakes, giving viewers an opportunity to win $50,000 towards their children's education; that, or a six-month supply of Pampers.

To enter, watch As The World Turns and/or Guiding Light on CBS on the following three days: November 12, 14 and 16.

Then, simply answer the question of which character spoke the opening line of the show that day. You can submit only one answer per day, and all three answers must be correct to qualify.

Visit www.pgpcollegeeducation.com by 6:00 pm ET on November 21 to submit your responses and be entered into the sweepstakes. The winner will be chosen on November 27.

In September, Jake Silbermann and Van Hansis sat down with CBS to discuss the biggest story line on daytime television: the kiss between their characters, Noah and Luke.

Below are a few highlights of this interview with the As the World Turns stars:

CBS.com: How has the reaction been to the pairing of Noah and Luke?
Van Hansis: I think it's been incredibly positive as far as I've heard. I don't know if the production office just doesn't give us the negative comments. Everything I've heard has been very positive. We were a top couple in a recent Soap Opera Digest, which was cool.

CBS.com: Do you discuss in advance the scenes you're shooting?
Jake Silbermann: Of course. [With] specific scenes there is an understanding and it's well-written so we understand what's going on.
Van Hansis: The hard part is memorizing our lines!

CBS.com: Jake, how about you...coming in as a new character, did you know this relationship would be the center of the Noah story?
Jake Silbermann: I knew coming in that it was going to go in this direction. And I was thrown for a loop when Noah and Maddie got together. I thought it was great and a very realistic side to the story because Noah is confused.

CBS.com: Now, do you two hang out off the set?
Van Hansis: Yes. We've gone to parties and stuff. It's a very easy friendship there has never been any awkwardness. Jake's a very easy-going guy. We both like comic books.
Jake Silbermann: By the way, I brought you one.
Van Hansis: Jake just gave me a comic book. It's a graphic novel called Watchmen. It's award winning they are making it into a movie.