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Current News

 * Rick Springfield, who plays Noah Drake, will return to GH in March.
 * Michael Easton, who plays John McBain from OLTL, will first appear on GH in March. Easton previously played Caleb Morley on Port Charles from 2001-2003.
 * Roger Howarth, who plays Todd Manning, and Kassie DePaiva, who plays Blair Cramer, from OLTL will first appear on GH the week of February 27.
 * Tristan Rogers, who plays Robert Scorpio, will return to GH the week of February 27.
 * Emma Samms, who plays Holly Sutton, will return to GH the week of February 20.
 * Van Hughes, who plays Starr Manning's boyfriend Cole Thornhart from OLTL, will join GH the week of February 20. Cole is the nephew of Ian Thornhart, who appeared on Port Charles from 2000-2003.
 * Kristen Alderson, who plays Starr Manning from OLTL, will first appear on GH the week of February 20. Alderson has signed a three year contract with the show.
 * Finola Hughes, who plays Anna Devane, will return to GH the week of February 13.
 * Ron Carlivati has been named the new head writer for GH.
 * Kimberly McCullough, who plays Robin Scorpio-Drake, has decided to leave GH. She will leave in early 2012 when her character is written out.
 * Alyshia Ochse, who plays Cassandra, "the Woman in White", will leave GH soon.

Old News

 * Sarah Brown to the Bold & the Beautiful. Just one day after her departure from General Hospital, Sarah Brown makes her debut on another soap opera, The Bold & the Beautiful. She will join another former GH cast member, Rick Hearst (Ric Lansing) who left the show earlier this year. Will they work together.
 * Lesley Webber (Denise Alexander) and Audrey Hardy (Rachel Ames) return for Lucky (Jonathan Jackson) & Liz's (Rebecca Herbst) engagement party. They appeared on October 19th, 2009.
 * Carly Jacks, played by Laura Wright, will take a break from Port Charles starting October 15.
 * Brenda Barrett, played by Vanessa Marcil, will take a break from Port Charles as well starting October 18 until November 5.
 * Maitland McConnell, who plays Kristina and Michael's friend Ali, will leave the show January 6.
 * A new pediatrician, played by Khary Payton, will join the cast the week of January 3.
 * Minae Noji will return as Kelly Lee the week of January 10.
 * Suzanne Whang, from House Hunters International, will join the show as Carol during the week of January 10.
 * Ross Thomas will play Abby's abusive ex-boyfriend on January 11.
 * Heiko Obermoller will play one of the Balkan's henchmen.
 * Josh Wingate will return as Carter in a flashback on January 28, 2011.
 * Erin Chambers was put on contract as Siobhan McKenna.
 * Elizabeth's actress Rebecca Herbst will be leaving the show.
 * Sonya Eddy, who plays Epiphany Johnson on General Hospital, has been taken off contract.
 * Rebecca Herbst, who was recently reported to be leaving General Hospital, will be staying on the show.
 * James Franco returns to play Franco.
 * Jessie and Gianna Salvatierra, who played Emma, are being replaced by Francesca Cistone, the real life daughter of Danny Cistone, who played Jules.
 * Elvis Martinez will play Brenda's son Lucian.
 * Sean Blakemore, who plays Shawn Butler, has been signed to contract.
 * Tyler Christopher and Adrianne Leon, who play Nikolas Cassadine and Brook Lynn Ashton, respectively, will leave the show.
 * Rebecca Herbst, who plays Elizabeth Webber, is battling viral meningitis and will have to take a leave of absence. In her absence, Martha Madison will temporarily replace her, starting June 8.
 * Constance Towers, who plays Helena Cassadine, will rejoin the show the week of June 27.
 * Leslie Charleson will reprise her role of Monica Quartermaine starting in July.
 * Vanessa Marcil, who plays Brenda Barret, is leaving General  this week.
 * Ingo Rademacher, who plays Jax Jacks, has been fired from General Hospital and will be leaving this week.
 * Robert Guza, Jr. is out as the head writer of General Hospital. Garin Wolf has replaced him.
 * Leslie Charleston who plays Monica Quartermaine will be back on contract in mid-July.
 * Robin Christopher will return to General Hospital to play Skye Chandler-Quartermaine the week of August 1st.
 * Tyler Christopher will return to General Hospital to play Nikolas Cassadine sometime in August. Please note that Tyler (aka Nikolas) is only going to be back for a few episodes.
 * Erin Chambers will leave General Hospitall when her character Siobhan Spencer is written out the week of August 22.
 * Stuart Damon will return to General Hospital as Alan Quartermaine.
 * Aaron Sanders will exit General Hospital when his character Morgan Corinthos is written out.
 * Kate Howard will rejoin the show this fall. Megan Ward, however, will no longer play the character; instead, Kelly Sullivan has been cast, and will be on contract starting Spetember 12.
 * James Franco will return for a "long-term" stay as Franco on General Hospital starting September 20.
 * Actress Rebeka Montoya will play the recurring role of rookie cop Delores Padilla starting September 27.
 * Due to illness, actress Jen Lilley will temporarily replace Kirsten Storms in the role of Maxie Jones starting September 28.
 * Angie DeGrazia will play Briggs and Fred Cross will play MacLeod on October 18.
 * Rachael L. Hollingsworth will play Ranelle and Joanne Scorcia will play Sandy on October 27.
 * Lauri Johnson will play Mrs. MacInerny on October 28.
 * Lexi Ainsworth has been let go from her role of Kristina Corinthos-Davis. She has already taped her final scenes.
 * Brianna Brown is about to exit GH again when her character Lisa Niles becomes the center of a mystery.
 * Actress Kodi Kitchen will join the cast on November 10, 2011 in the contract role of Dr. Maggie Wurth, a pediatrician.
 * Erin Chambers, who previously played Siobhan Spencer, will reappear on General Hospital in November. It is not known whom she will be playing.
 * Alyshia Ochse will join the cast of GH as "The Woman in White" on December 2.
 * Actor Nathin Butler will join the cast as Dr. Ewen Keenan this fall.
 * Jonathan Jackson, who plays Lucky Spencer, has decided to leave GH, starting the week of December 19. It is said that his character will not be recast, but that the door will still be open for him to return in the future.  Jackson's real life son Titus, who plays Aiden Spencer, will remain on the show.
 * Ingo Rademacher, who plays Jasper Jacks, will return to GH right around New Years.
 * Brian Frons, President of ABC Daytime, has stepped down. He will completely leave ABC when his contract expires in January 2012.  Vicki Dummer replaces him.
 * Shelly Altman has been named the new co-head writer of General Hospital, along with Garin Wolf.
 * Teen actor Christopher Meyer will join the cast of GH in January as TJ, the son of the Marine Shawn Butler killed by friendly fire.
 * Executive producer Jill Farren Phelps has been let go, Frank Valentini replaces her.