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Billy Miller recently sat down for an in-depth interview with soap opera guru Michael Fairman.

In the excerpts below, The Young and the Restless star dishes on a new co-star and his former show...

How has it been working with your new on-screen mom, Jess Walton (Jill)?
She is great. I had researched who I would be working with before I came on the show. Jess is a lot of fun and very helpful. We joke a lot, and Jerry Douglas, who plays my father John, has different sides and different back-stories of who actually was a better parent…Jill or John. He would say in jest, “She did not know anything about you. She is a schemer. I raised you. I loved you,” and it’s a real broken marriage. I love it. It’s great.

Did you know in advance from All My Children that they were killing off your character, Richie; therefore, you could go after other roles?
Executive Producer Julie Carruthers at All My Children explained to me in advance that they were killing off the character, but they wanted to keep him around for awhile and weren’t sure for how long. So I went on about auditioning, and put myself on tape when the The Young and the Restless role came about. I flew out to LA to test and I was still working on All My Children.

Then I found out I got it, and everyone at the set in New York was happy for the good news! So I went back to All My Children to finish the role. I think I finished work five days before I had to start work out here. So, I had to move everything back to LA, and I got off the plane and came straight to the studio. I am getting used to these quick moves.

Here's exciting news from the soap opera world:

Richie may have been killed off All My Children - but his portrayer will soon be popping up on The Young and the Restless as the new Billy Abbott.

"He's a winner," a The Young and the Restless cast member told Soap Opera Digest about Billy Miller.

No word yet on when Miller premieres on the drama, but we'll be sure to pass along such news when it breaks.

Later this week on All My Children, Richie kidnaps JR. The reason? He wants to grab some of his bone marrow. Naturally.

"He hires a doctor and sets up his own little clinic, " Billy Miller joked to Soap Opera Weekly about the story line.

So, how does that work out for Kendall's brother? Pick up the March 4 issue of Soap Opera Weekly to find out.

As December comes to a close, we figured it was time to chime in on the numerous end-of-the-year awards handed out. Our thanks to Daytime Confidential for coming up with the crux of this list.

With that in mind, here are our 2007's Top 10 Newcomers in the world of daytime television:

1. Billy Miller (Richie Novak, All My Children)
2. Megan Ward (Kate Howard, General Hospital)
3. John Brotherton (Jared Banks, One Life to Live)
4. Sebastian Roche (Jerry Jacks, General Hospital)
5. Carolyn Hennesy (Diane Miller, General Hospital)
6. Murray Bartlett (Cyrus Foley, Guiding Light)
7. Dylan Bruce (Chris Hughes, As the World Turns)
8. Daniel Goddard (Cane, The Young and the Restless)
9. Brandon Barash (Johnny Zacchara, General Hospital)
10. Lauretta Vaughn (Kit, As the World Turns)

Why did we rank Billy Miller number-one? For his honesty. The man portrays Richie in a slick, twisted way that makes for a true, fun-loving villain.

Here is a bit more insight into the two new hunks joining All My Children in the next couple weeks:

Billy Miller will join the cast as Wes, a character being developed as a new romantic interest for Babe Chandler. The rumored exit of Alexa Havins will apparently not interfere with the character's debut. Show sources have already hinted that Babe will be recast once - or if - Havins exits the show.

Miller is a newcomer to the soap world, with previous credits including a guest spot on CSI: NY. He made his All My Children debut on August 30.

Meanwhile, Sterling Sulieman bows as Dre in September. The character is described as a young African-American man whose garage band sets up shop next to the Martin home. Dre will be woven into the teen scene with stories being developed with both Sean Montgomery (Brent Weber) and Colby Chandler (Ambyr Childers).

Sulieman appeared previously The Bold and the Beautiful.

The young actor has been a part of the Disney family - which owns ABC - for some time. In 2006, he was a member of the dance ensemble for Disney's High School Musical national tour. He first appears on September 4th.

The addition of the two new roles are the first signs of new head writers James Harmon Brown and Barbara Esensten putting their mark on All My Children. Typically, new scribes will phase out characters from previous writers that don't work into their vision of the show.

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.