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As of today, Lucky Spencer is getting a temporary new look on General Hospital. Fan-favorite Jonathan Jackson is stepping away for a few episodes, making room for Days of our Lives alum Guy Wilson to step into the role. While temporary recasts can be jarring for loyal viewers, fans can rest assured that Jackson’s absence will be short-lived.

A Temporary Shake Up

Don’t fret, Jackson fans! Soap Opera Digest reports that this switch-up is only for a handful of episodes, and Jackson will be back in Port Charles before you know it. In fact, a spokesperson for the show confirmed that Jonathan is already back on set filming, and we can expect to see him return to our screens later this month.

More: Revisit Jonathan Jackson’s time on Maurice Benard’s State of Mind.

General Hospital Welcomes Guy Wilson

This recast is exciting news for Days fans.

The role of Lucky Spencer on “General Hospital” will temporarily be played by former “Days of our Lives” star Guy Wilson (ex-Will Horton), beginning with the Tuesday, February 18 episode, Soap Opera Network can confirm.

Jonathan Jackson, who originated the role in 1993, and has appeared off and on ever since (with two other actors assuming the role in between), returned to the series on a full-time basis in August 2024, signing a multi-year contract with the daytime drama series.

Genie Francis, Jonathan Jackson

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In the episode airing on Tuesday, Lucky (Wilson) and Elizabeth (Rebecca Herbst) are finally introduced to Aiden’s (Colin Cassidy) romantic friend, Tobias, who he had been talking about continuously since coming out to his mom in the December 20, 2023 episode of the series.

The name of the actor portraying Tobias was not released at press time, nor was the reason for the temporary switch in actors for Lucky Spencer.

One thing Chrishell Stause will do is keep busy between filming Selling Sunset. The last season showed her focused on her relationship with G Flip, and at the reunion, she said she's open to having kids one day. But it doesn't seem like the real estate agent is rushing to have a baby. The couple got married in Las Vegas and Emma Hernan acted as their officiant. Chrishell got her start acting by playing Amanda Dillon on All My Children. She left the role in 2011 and later was on Youthful Daze and The Young and the Restless. Her acting career is nowhere near done just because she's on reality TV. She has a new role, and she wore a fake pregnant belly for it.

Exclusive: Bryan Craig has joined Bowery Hill Entertainment’s feature Women Is Losers from Tribeca Institute and NYU Alum, Lissette Feliciano.

Craig will star opposite Lorenza Izzo. She plays a young Latina whose promising future is cut short with an unexpected pregnancy during the mid 1970s in San Francisco and against all odds fights her way to become a successful landowner.

Craig stars on the ABC series Grand Hotel opposite Demian Bichir and Roselyn Sanchez. His film credits include Ride and American Fighter both scheduled for release this year. Craig recurred on the CW series Valor and won his second Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Younger Actor in a Drama Series in 2017 for his portrayal as Morgan Corinthos on ABC’s General Hospital after previous nominations. Prior to this, Craig recurred on the award winning web series Youthful Daze. He is repped by Innovative Artists and Rkm management.

The Splathouse podcast team heads to Haddonfield with their new episode on Halloween: The Curse of Michael Myers, and you can listen to it in today's Horror Highlights. We also have a Q&A with the writer/director of Sightings, a new prize pack contest from our friends at Comet TV, a trailer for Aliens: Zone of Silence, release details and a trailer for the stranger than fiction documentary Mansfield 66/67, a look at Line Webtoon's horror anthology comic series, and details on the Kickstarter campaign for the Zombie Doctor tabletop game.

Listen to a New Episode of the Splathouse Podcast: From Splathouse: "One, two, Chucky’s coming for you, pinhead!

This week the goobs at Splathouse watched Halloween: The Curse Of Michael Myers (1995) and just barely survived! Pervy Paul (Don’t Call Me Stephen) Rudd, culty runes/ruins/ruse, miraculous household appliances, and the lack of any coherency: This movie has it all!

"Everybody Loves Raymond" star Madylin Sweeten dragged a soap opera creator's name through the mud ... according to him, and now he wants her to cough up $1.5 million. In the suit, Bryan James says Sweeten smeared his name and business when she sued him ... claiming he duped her into investing in "Youthful Daze" ... an Internet soap. James is asking the court to dismiss Madylin's lawsuit, and he wants the $1.5 mil for damages to his business and reputation.

Here comes trouble, Genoa City.

TVLine has learned exclusively that All My Children and Days of Our Lives alum Chrishell Stause will next heat things up on CBS’ The Young and the Restless.

RelatedAnother World‘s Alicia Coppola Joins The Young and the Restless

Stause will recur as Bethany Bryant, a young woman who relishes the chance to push things to the limit and live dangerously as long as she’s not the one who gets burned. The wild child will find herself immersed in a prominent family’s juicy drama when she first appears on Wednesday, May 25.

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CBS daytime drama “The Young and the Restless” leads this year’s Daytime Emmy Awards with 27 total nominations. ABC’s “General Hospital” (24 nominations), CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” (23) and NBC’s “Days of Our Lives” (16) follow. All four are nominated for best drama series, an honor for which “The Young and the Restless” and “Days of Our Lives” tied at last year’s ceremony. The Television Academy is also honoring Web series and its actors for the first time this year. Kristos Andrews (“The Bay: The Series”), Van Hansis (“EastSiders”), Rick Hearst (“Youthful Daze”), J. D. Pardo (“East Los High”), and Kevin Spirtas (“Winterthorne”) are the inaugural nominees for actor in a digital daytime drama. Mary Beth Evans (“The Bay: The Series”), Kathleen Gati (“Winterthorne”), Elizabeth Hubbard (“Anacostia”), Lilly Melgar ("The Bay: The Series"), and Patsy Pease ("The Bay: The Series") round out actress in a digital daytime drama.

Not all soap operas confine their drama to the small screen. “Everybody Loves Raymond” star Madylin Sweeten has filed a lawsuit against Bryan James, the creator of Internet soap opera “Youthful Daze,” claiming that he duped her into investing tens of thousands of dollars in the show with promises that he never intended to keep. In the suit, Sweeten — who played daughter Ally on the CBS sitcom — claims that James approached her in August to act in the next season of the series and, shortly after, asked her to invest in it. Also Read: 'Everybody Loves Raymond' Stars Pay Tribute.

"Everybody Loves Raymond" star Madylin Sweeten claims she was the victim of a classic Hollywood bait and switch, and she's suing to get her money back. According to a new lawsuit, Sweeten says Bryan James -- star and creator of an Internet soap called "Youthful Daze" -- approached her to appear in the new season, but also invest some cash into it as well.  Sweeten -- who played daughter Ally on 'Raymond' -- says she...

School spirit gets downright sinister in The Gallows. The found footage fright film has been slated for a September 29th Digital HD release and October 13th Blu-ray / DVD debut from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment.

The Gallows Blu-ray / DVD combo pack comes with six bonus features, including deleted scenes, "The Gallows: Surviving the Noose", "The Gallows: The Original Version", and more. We have the press release with full details, as well as a look at the cover art.

Press Release (via Home Theater Forum): Burbank, CA, September 2, 2015 – Don’t say his name when “The Gallows” arrives onto Blu-ray Combo Pack, DVD and Digital HD from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. From New Line Cinema comes the horror film “The Gallows,” starring Reese Mishler (“Youthful Daze”), Pfeifer Brown (“Molly’s Method”), Ryan Shoos (“As Night Comes”) and Cassidy Gifford (“God’s Not Dead”). The film will be...

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From New Line Cinema comes the horror film The Gallows.

Twenty years after an accident during a small town high school play results in death, students at the school resurrect the failed stage production in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy – but ultimately find out that some things are better left alone.

The film stars Cassidy Gifford (“God’s Not Dead”), Ryan Shoos (“As Night Comes”), Reese Mishler (the web series “Youthful Daze”) and Pfeifer Brown under the direction of Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff, who wrote the screenplay.

Warner Bros. Pictures will release The Gallows worldwide beginning July 10, 2015.

Wamg invites you to enter for a chance to win passes (Good for 2) to the advance screening of The Gallows on Monday, July 6th at 7Pm in the St. Louis area.

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Prior to the opening night showing of Insidious 3, audiences were shown the trailer for The Gallows. Needless to say, the packed theater (and me) freaked out. It would have been laughable if it hadn’t been so scary.

Twenty years after an accident caused the death of the lead actor during a high school play, students at the same small town school resurrect the failed stage production in a misguided attempt to honor the anniversary of the tragedy—but ultimately find out that some things are better left alone.

Producer Jason Blum and directors Chris Lofing & Travis Cluff recently sat down to discuss New Line Cinema’s upcoming horror film.

The film stars Cassidy Gifford (“God’s Not Dead”), Ryan Shoos (“As Night Comes”), Reese Mishler (the web series “Youthful Daze”) and Pfeifer Brown under the direction of Chris Lofing and Travis Cluff, who wrote the screenplay.

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All My Children alum Chrishell Stause is now heading to a primetime soap — ABC’s Mistresses.

After Stause tweeted about her gig on Thursday, TVLine confirmed that she will guest-star in the fifth episode of Season 3 as a woman April encounters when she gives “hot yoga” a try.

RelatedABC’s Summer Schedule: Mistresses, Rookie Blue, The Whispers and More

As previously reported, Justin Hartley, who dates Stause in real life, will reprise his Mistresses role of Scott for a pair of episodes this season.

In addition to her runs on AMC and more recently Days of Our Lives, Stause’s...

Film Picks: Just released today (January 26, 2015) is the independent short film Heat Wave with Twilight’s Kiowa Gordon and Catch Hell’s Russ Russo (making his directorial debut). The film has been released digitally on VHXKiowa Gordon (Twilight Saga’s Embry Call, SundanceTV’s The Red Road) stars in this tale of four friends who awaken to find that their reality may not be what they expected in the midst of a 2015 heat wave in La. Also starring Aaron Jaeger (TV’s Youthful Daze), Wolfgang Weber (The Magician’s Son), Jessica Andres (TV’s The Lizzie Bennet Diaries) & Russ Russo (An Act of […]...

Jonathan Lipnicki knows he used to be cute.The actor -- who got his adorable start as the precocious kid in "Jerry Maguire" -- just released a new web short called "You Used to Be Cute" -- giving fans an insight into what it's really like to be a former child star and poking fun at his past.In the clip, the now 23-year-old is seen going on an audition as a full-grown adult, but the mood in the room changes as the casting agents start grilling him about his rumored drug use and famous lines from the 1996 Tom Cruise film.While the short is clearly very tongue-in-cheek, Lipnicki tells toofab it's actually not too far from the truth."I got the idea from real life experiences," he says -- adding that people tell him how adorable he once was on a regular basis. When asked if he really gets confused for other child stars,...