The daytime community is continuing to mourn the passing of actress and writer Meg Bennett, who sadly lost her battle with cancer earlier this month. In a touching post on Twitter/ X, her one-time THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS co-star, Eric Braeden (Victor), paid tribute to Bennett, whose Julia was married to his Victor back in the early 1980s. “My first ‘wife’ Julia, played by my friend Meg Bennett, has passed away,” the Emmy winner wrote, noting that she “succumbed to the ravages of cancer.” According to Braeden, the two had not spent much time together recently — but Bennett was one of the s ..read more

Sad news to report for soap fans. Actress and writer Meg Bennett has died at the age of 75. Her family reported that she lost her battle with cancer and passed away on April 11. Bennet got her start in show business back in 1971 when she was hired as the Cadillac Eldorado convertible girl” for a New York auto show and after a role in the off-Broadway musical Godspell, became one of the original cast members of Grease on Broadway. This led to her being cast as the young heroine Liza Walton on SEARCH FOR TOMORROW in 1975. From there, she went on to appear as Julia Newman on THE YOUNG & THE R ..read more

Billy has been clashing with the Winters side of the Chancellor-Winters group on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS, and things don’t seem to be improving anytime soon. Especially with the ongoing animosity between Billy and Devon. “I think Billy is sincere when he says he wants to come at this as a collaboration,” Jason Thompson (Billy) told Soap Opera Digest, “but there are certain people he trusts and there are certain people he doesn’t trust.” Representing the Chancellor side of this blended family business is important to Billy, and he’s going to do whatever he can to make Jill proud. “It’s int ..read more

Even with 12 nominations and 2 wins under her belt, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS star Michelle Stafford (Phyllis) is still thrilled to be nominated again this year in the Lead Actress category at the 2024 Daytime Emmy Awards!  “It really is kind of new because last year, I think I hadn’t received a nomination in, I think it was over 10 years,” the actress confided to Soaps In Depth. “So to get one last year and this year is… yeah, it’s new. You never expect them, ever. And it sounds so trite — and I don’t even mean it tritely — but I am so honored. Not everybody gets this, and I ..read more

The full list of nominees for the 2024 Daytime Emmy Awards is not being released until noon ET on Friday, April 19, but a few categories are being announced the day before to get fans hyped up. While they include a couple of talk show categories, the other three are soap categories fans will definitely be interested in! And here are the nominees in those categories: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Daytime Drama Series Eric Braeden (Victor, THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS) Scott Clifton (Liam, THE BOLD & THE BEAUTIFUL) Thorsten Kaye (Ridge, B&B) John McCook (Eric, B&B) Eric Martsolf (Brady ..read more

Please join us in welcoming Christopher Cousins to the cast of THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS. The soap has announced that he will be playing the role of Alan Laurent, a psychiatrist and friend of Ashley’s from her time in Paris. His multiple-episode run will begin with the episode airing on Tuesday, April 30. Y&R is not Cousins’ daytime debut — Back in the ‘80s he appeared on ANOTHER WORLD and AS THE WORLD TURNS, in the early ‘90s, he played con man Cain Rogan on ONE LIFE TO LIVE, and he originated the role of Dante’s WSB physician, Dr. Kirk, on GENERAL HOSPITAL in 2020.  Cousins ..read more

Our thoughts are with soap vet James Hyde as he is mourning a heartbreaking death in his family. The actor — who most recently wrapped a run as Jeremy Stark on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS and is perhaps best known for his role of PASSIONS hero Sam Bennett — shared on Instagram on April 16 that his brother, Tom, had died. “My brother Tom passed away early this morning,” Hyde announced, sharing a picture of his lookalike sibling smoking a cigar and throwing up the hand sign for peace. “He was in hospice care and his son Dustyn said he passed peacefully.” Tom Hyde Instagram In his tribute, Hyde ..read more

Harrison Locke on THE YOUNG & THE RESTLESS was previously only seen in a picture on his mom’s phone, but that changed when the little boy made his debut in the May 14, 2021 episode of Y&R, with adorable soap newcomer Kellen Enriquez playing Tara and Ashland’s son — well, technically Tara and Kyle’s son! And while Enriquez was written off the soap by the end of the year with his dad, the young star was back in April 2022 along with Kyle. However, in April 2024, the role was recast with young Redding Munsell. The sweet little boy — look at those adorable curls! — had certainly been a hot ..read more

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