Judah Mackey (Connor
Newman): The new
face of Adam (Mark
Grossman) and Chelsea’s
son debuts on August 8.who’s
going
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
Kyle Lowder (Rex
Brady): Rex leaves town
on August 9. See page 36
for more.Gilles Marini (Ted
Laurent): Ted meets hismaker on August 5. See
page 4 for more.YOUNG AND RESTLESS
Gordon Thomson (Daryl
Tulane): The legal eagle
leaves Genoa City on
August 13.who’s
staying
BOLD AND BEAUTIFUL
Adain Bradley (Xander
Avant): The actor is not
leaving B&B, despite a
social media entry thathad fans worried he was
out. The actor originally
posted, “Woke up at 11
o’clock, I ain’t got no job,
what the hell should I
do today???” Later that
day, Bradley posted a
new message: “Just to
clarify my last post, I
haven’t been fired, I still
am very happy to be work-
ing @boldandbeautifulcbs
just not working today,
whilst I have you guys I
just want to thank you all
for the support during this
storyline, a lot went into
the past couple of months
of content, and I’m glad
it’s resonating with you
guys. Long story short,
Xander will return.”
13GREG VAUGHAN
ON QUEEN SUGAR
COMEBACK
QEmmy-winner Greg Vaughan (Eric,
DAYS) was thrilled to get the call to
return to OWN’s QUEEN SUGAR as
Calvin. “It’s definitely different from
where it was when we first began,”
he observes. “Going back in season
2 was kind of putting closure to theseason 4 was definitely exciting.”
He received a warm welcome from his castmates. “It was
an open-armed embrace,” he reports. “It’s like one of your best
friends you haven’t seen in a while. Once you reconnect, it’s still
there. It’s like you just picked up where you left off yesterday. It
was definitely challenging and the most they had given me since
the beginning of the show. They wrote for the character, which
was very interesting. It was really welcoming.”
The actor first appeared on July 31 and taped additional epi-
sodes revisiting the Calvin and Nova dynamic. “Oh, in a big way,”
he nods. “It’s eye-opening from beginning to end. You never
knew before what their history was. Calvin was once unhappily
married. The layers were there, but it was just never tapped into
over the course of the first couple of years. My return kind of puts
a little more emphasis on the depth of the relationship.”
The experience, he raves, “Was a lot of fun. Just being with
the crew ... We’re a family. I’ve been in their presence regardless
of whether I’m there. My photo’s always been up. It never left.”
BUZZ
QMatt Cohen (ex-Griffin,
GH), who has appeared
on SUPERNATURAL as a
young John Winchester,
will go behind the camera
to direct an episode on
the show’s final season,
TV Line reports. Cohen di-
rected the short film Mama
Bear earlier this year.S
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