If you find yourself tuning into CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” later this month and think you’re seeing things when Faith Newman appears on your screen as someone you may have seen not too long ago, don’t be too surprised. Actress McKenna Grace is once again stepping into the role of Sharon (Sharon Case) and Nicholas Newman’s (Joshua Morrow) little girl following news of current portrayer, Aly Lind, booking a role in a pilot for TNT. Grace actually took over the role of Faith from Lind when she appeared from July 2013 to June 2014, when Lind returned.
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Official Cause of Death of Julian St. John Delayed; ‘Y&R’s’ Kristoff St. John Releases Statement on Son’s Passing
On Sunday, November 23, artist Julian St. John, the 24-year-old son of “The Young and the Restless'” Kristoff St. John (Neil Winters) and professional boxer Mia St. John, was found unresponsive in the bathroom of a Long Beach facility. While cause of death has been listed as an apparent suicide, RadarOnline reports that the official cause of death has been delayed pending additional testing and a toxicology report.
Actress Jacqueline MacIness Wood is returning to “The Bold and the Beautiful” next week to once again film scenes as Steffy Forrester on the CBS Daytime drama series. Wood, who remains on recurring status with the soap and last appeared in February of this year, will begin airing in late January 2015.
You met the three finalists for the next male model search currently underway at CBS’ “The Price is Right,” via their appearance on the Monday, December 1 edition of CBS’ “The Talk,” but what does the game show’s first male model, Robert Scott Wilson (Ben Ridgeway, “Days of our Lives”; ex-Pete Cortlandt, “All My Children”) have to say about another person taking on his former daytime role? The actor recently spoke with Soap Opera Network about his experience on the game show, what it was like helping judge the competition, and responds to comments made about him by “Price is Right” executive producer, Mike Richards.
Previously appearing in episodes of TV Land’s “Hot in Cleveland,” former “All My Children” star Cameron Mathison (ex-Ryan Lavery) will appear in tonight’s episode of the network’s “The Exes,” starring Donald Faison, Wayne Knight, and David Alan Basche.
As if being the most watched daytime drama series for more than 25 years wasn’t enough, CBS Daytime’s “The Young and the Restless” has placed fifth on Bing’s Top TV Show Searches for 2014, just behind TV’s hottest primetime series, AMC’s “The Walking Dead.” “Y&R” beat out the likes of E!’s now defunct “Chelsea Lately” (#6), NBC’s “The Today Show” (#7), HBO’s “Game of Thrones” (#8), ABC’s “The View” (#9) and FOX’s “American Idol” (#10).
Spencer Neville has joined the cast of NBC’s “Days of our Lives” in the recurring role of Derrick. The actor/model/bodybuilder, who is reportedly set to appear in more than a dozen episodes beginning sometime next week, posted on his Facebook page in early September, “Big news coming soon on a TV show I’ve been working on…they are very secretive..” It’s not yet clear whether the actor was referring to his “DAYS” role or another project he may have been working on at the time. The “DAYS” episodes that feature Neville were filmed in late July/early August.
Guy Wilson is returning to “Days of our Lives” as Will Horton after taking a storyline dictated hiatus, plus look for Paul (Christopher Sean) to mix things up.
CBS’ “The Young and the Restless” is looking to cast a new contract male character, one of the first new characters under new head writer Charles Pratt, Jr., reports Soap Opera Digest.
Actress Reign Edwards, who’s appeared in episodes of Nickelodeon’s “The Thundermans” and “Brain Surge,” is set to make her daytime debut in January when she joins the cast of CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” in the contract role of Nicole Avant, Maya’s (Karla Mosley) younger sister.











