Malachy McCourt (Kevin) can be heard narrating the story "Two Gallants" on the recently released CD Dubliners. Like Shaffer, McCourt has written his fair share of books, such as History of Ireland, Bush Lies in State, Danny Boy, and A Monk Swimming.

Tea at Five, the play starring Kate Mulgrew (Mary #1) as Katharine Hepburn, will be playing at the Pasadena Playhouse in Pasadena, California, from August 26 through October 2.

Alexandra Neil (Poppy/Teresa), also known as Dianne Thompson, appeared on One Life to Live on July 8th. She is the third RHer to pop up on soaps this year, after Roscoe Born (Joe #2) and Judith Chapman (Charlotte) became regulars on The Young and the Restless, where they play Tom and Gloria Fisher.

Trent Jones, who was one of Ryan's Hope's script writers from 1982-1983, has joined the award-winning writing staff of As the World Turns as assistant head writer. Jones was also co-headwriter of The Young and the Restless from 2000-2004.

Louise Shaffer, who played manipulative Rae Woodard on RH from 1977-84, is having another one of her books published. The title is The Ladies of Garrison Gardens; it's a sequel to 2003's The Three Miss Margarets. Shaffer's other books include All My Suspects and Talked to Death.

Starting on that day, RH will air at 12:30PM and 4:30AM. The 4:30AM airing will be a repeat of the 12:30PM airing. All in all, this means only one "new" episode will be broadcast each day, instead of the "two" per day that SOAPnet has been airing for the past five years.

Prior to RH, Chapman appeared on As the World Turns for three years (1975-1978). After her acclaimed RH stint ended, Chapman went on to appear on General Hospital (Ginny Blake Webber, 1984-86) and Days of Our Lives (Anjelica Deveraux, 1989-90).

Her first episode will air on January 17th.

Bailey is best known for his portrayal of Dr. Russ Matthews on Another World. He played the role from 1973 through 1978, 1979 through 1981, and again in 1989 and 1992. He also appeared on Where the Heart Is, Guiding Light, and As the World Turns. He recently joined the cast of Passions as Alistair Crane; the show has announced it will recast his role.

The show, which aired 13 episodes (with the first being two-hours in length) in 1984, was about a struggle for control of a modeling empire and starred Morgan Fairchild, Lloyd Bridges, Mimi Rodgers, Lauren Hutton and Nicolette Sheridan. In addition to these stars, Roscoe Born -- best known to RH viewers as the second Joe Novak (1981-1983, 1988) -- also appeared on the show in episodes 2 - 9 and 11 - 12 as a journalist.

Robin has had a very long career in daytime, which began when she was cast as Hope Bauer on Guiding Light in 1976. She remained with GL until 1977. In 1980, she joined General Hospital as the third (and best known) Heather Webber. Three years later, she chose to leave the show, but soon ended up playing Delia on Ryan's Hope, which was being written by former GH scribe Pat Falken Smith at the time. Unfortunately, she did not last long in the role.

In 1985, Robin Mattson joined the cast of Santa Barbara as Gina Blake, and remained with the soap until the soap's demise in 1993. A year later, she joined All My Children as Janet 'from another planet' Green. She remained with AMC for six years. More recently, she had a brief stint on The Bold & the Beautiful as Sugar.

This was Ilene's first Emmy nomination in her nearly thirty years in daytime. Although many actors and actresses from RH were nominated for Emmys during the shows run (and some won, such as Helen Gallagher and Louise Shaffer), her work was constantly overlooked during the show's run.

Cali is best known for portraying Maggie Shelby Greenberg Coleridge on RH from 1983 to 1988. She returned for the show's final week in 1989. A year later, she joined the cast of NBC's Another World as the original Paulina Cory. She was replaced with Judi Evans Luciano in 1991.

On April 24th, the original They Started on Soaps special will air at 1:00 PM. It featured many RH stars, including Kate Mulgrew (Mary Ryan Fenelli #1, 1975-1978), Marg Helgenberger (Siobhan Ryan Novak #3, 1982-1986), Yasmine Bleeth (Ryan Fenelli Hyde #3, 1985-1989), and Christian Slater (DJ, 1985). This re-airing will be followed by three classic episodes of All My Children, General Hospital, and Knots Landing. These three classic episodes will be followed by a re-airing of They Started on Soaps 2 at 5:00 PM. There will also be other re-airings, so check your local TV listings for air dates and times.

In 2002, SOAPnet aired every St. Patrick's Day episode the show produced. In 2003, they aired the first five episodes of Ryan's Hope and the SoapCenter tribute, which was hosted by Tanika Ray and featured interviews with many cast members.

Kristen played the first Delia Reid Ryan Ryan Coleridge Crane Coleridge on Ryan's Hope from 1975-1979, 1982-1983, and 1986-1989. In between her first and second stint on RH, she had a role on One Life to Live from 1981-1982 as Georgina Whitman. After Ryan's Hope ended, she played Norma Gilpin on Loving from 1990-1991. She briefly returned to daytime in 1995, when she played Madeline Thompson on Another World. In 2001, she returned to One Life to Life in a new role -- wacky Roxy Balsom.

Regis Philbin's Live with Regis and Kelly was nominated for six Emmys. Regis played Malachy Malone on Ryan's Hope from 1987 through 1988.