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Soap Hub Weekly News Wrap: Returns, Heroes, & Musical Mayhem

By Janet Di Lauro
Soap Hub Weekly News Wrap: Icon Sighting, New Additions & The Dark Side
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It was a wowza week in daytime. Jack returned to DAYS (although we only saw the back of his head), stars shared holiday greetings and songs, and a Y&R actress turned The Big 5-0. Here’s all the soap opera news you missed in the Soap Hub Weekly News Wrap.

Jack’s Back
Matthew Ashford (Jack) returned to Days of Our Lives on New Year’s Eve, and Kassie DePaiva (Eve) gave viewers the storyline scoop.

Holiday Greetings… and Songs
You absolutely won’t want to miss this fabulous video of the DAYS cast’s rendition of Jingle Bells.

Plus, Bill and Susan Seaforth Hayes (Doug and Julie) sent Camila Banus (Gabi) Christmas greetings.

Soap stars shared photos galore from their December 25th celebrations, and GH’s Max Gail (Mike) and Vernee Watson (Stella) wished fans the happiest of holidays.

Engaged for Christmas
No, it’s not the latest Lifetime movie title, but GH’s Elizabeth Hendrickson (Margaux) real life story…with pix.

Winner, Winner
Cast your vote in the Soap Hub end of the year poll for a chance to win an Amazon gift card

Memories of Marshall
Kristoff St. John (Neil, The Young and the Restless) shared his memories of working with the late Penny Marshall on Laverne & Shirley.

Music Man
Is it time to sign up Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) for Lip Synch Battle? The actor paid tribute to Queen and Elton John in two hilarious videos.

What do you think? Post a comment!

Mr. Cool
Peter Reckell (ex-Bo, Days) proved how cool he was to his daughter, Loden, by digging up video of his work with a sitcom star she adores.

Meanwhile, former co-star Drake Hogestyn (John) became a grandfather, again.

Who’s That Girl?
Learn more about Katelyn MacMullen, who plays sweet Willow on General Hospital.

Saying Goodbye
Martha Madison (ex-Belle, Days) experienced a sad personal loss, and so did
General Hospital’s Chris Van Etten (Chet).

Birthday Girl
Lauralee Bell (Christine, Y&R) celebrated a birthday milestone and received special wishes from a past co-star.

Annika Noelle (Hope, The Bold and the Beautiful) had a special holiday birthday, too.

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Janet Di Lauro
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Janet Di Lauro is a contributing editor at Soap Opera Digest and a writer at Cynopsis.com and Soap Hub.com.
She has been writing about daytime and primetime television for over 30 years.
Prior to her current gigs, Janet ran ThoughtCo.com’s Days of our Lives website. She has built a career in daytime television coverage that has spanned over 30 years and includes a stint as the West Coast editor of Soap Opera Weekly magazine from the publication’s debut in 1989 through 2010. In addition, she was the features editor of Daytime TV magazine and editor of Soap Opera Stars magazine during her publishing years working in New York.
Based in California, Janet has interviewed daytime’s biggest stars, past and present, from Peter Reckell and Kristian Alfonso (Bo and Hope, Days of Our Lives”) to Susan Lucci (Erica Kane, All My Children) to Maurice Benard (Sonny, General Hospital) to Peter Bergman (Jack, The Young and the Restless). In addition to her daytime work, she served as a contributing editor on the tween publication Pixie and was a feature editor on Reality Check magazine.

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