The Young and the Restless‘ Lauralee Bell (Christine) as previously reported, and now with trailers and images from the set, portrays Daphne Dumas in Ruby and The Pearl in the Mist, in the first two movies in Lifetime’s upcoming V.C. Andrews’ Landry Family movie series.

The moving series will begin airing in 2021.  In the series, Lauralee plays the manipulative stepmother to Ruby (Rachelle Banno) and her sister Giselle (Karina Banno).  From the log lines: “Stepmom Daphne is unhappy with the new addition when Ruby arrives to disrupt her perfect family with husband Pierre (Gil Bellows)”

These movies mark Bell’s reunion with producer Reel One Entertainment after starring as the lead in their LMN films, Nightmare Tenant in 2019, where she also served as Executive Producer, and Mistress Hunter in 2018. Bell also previously starred in Lifetime’s Past Sins.

Bell posted the teaser for Ruby on her Instagram sharing: “Sneak peak of #vcandrewsruby The first of two movies I did for @lifetimetv at the beginning of the year! So grateful to have done this project before the quarantine! What a gift!Thank you producers, directors amazing cast & crew.”

You can check out the first look trailer below.

So, looking forward to seeing Lauralee in this Lifetime family movie series? Comment below.

Kicking off the fall, Days of our Lives has released their latest promo heralding the upcoming returns and more current returns to the NBC daytime drama series that should have fans excited.

Back to cause trouble is none other than Heather Lindell, who was the best part of the DOOL app’s, Last Blast Reunion series when she caused havoc for the “Last Blast Crew” with Jan Spears kind of crazy.  That means that Heather Lindell will be back on the airshows and Jan back in Salem.

Then, next week look for the return of Marci Miller in the role of Abigail Deveraux DiMera; a part she was nominated twice for her work in the Outstanding Lead Actress category at the Daytime Emmys.

Next, Tripp returns when Lucas Adams reprises the role of the son of Ava Vitali and Steve “Patch” Johnson; what will bring him back to Salem? Meanwhile, Stacy Haiduk and Eric Martsolf are back as Kristen and Brady, as are Jay Johnson and Nadia Bjorlin as Phillip and Chloe.

In a surprise, Casey Moss looks to be back on DAYS as well, reprising his role as JJ, as are Belle and Shawn played by Martha Madison and Brandon Beemer

At the top of the promo are Alison Sweeney as Sami and Camila Banus as Gabi; both actresses will be back at DAYS after finishing up their last runs.

The daytime drama begins production again next week following a lengthy shutdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but having the luxury of episodes in the banked through mid-October.

So, who’s return are you looking forward to the most? Comment below, but first check out the NBC promo!

One of the finest actors we know and who has ever graced the daytime screens, A Martinez is reprising his role as Eduardo Hernandez, the father to Gabi and Rafe, this week on the NBC long-running series, Days of our Lives.

Martinez is back to help usher off the canvas, Galen Gering (Rafe) and Camila Banus (Gabi), who before recent news wrapped up their run with this week of episodes, but over the last week and half, as viewers have read in the press, both Gering and Banus will now be returning to the show at some point in the fall, after the series returns to production on September 1st.

A told Soap Opera Digest (in their latest issue on newsstands now) that he was thrilled to get the call to come back, but that when he didn’t originally know the storyline he would be in involved the exit of Banus and Gering.

Martinez shared: “I got the call from my agent, saying, ‘DAYS is interested in having you back to do this  little arc of a story’.  My first response was complete celebration.  And then when i found out what it was, I felt kind of lousy about it on a certain level. But this is the nature of the beast, especially at this point,”

The Daytime Emmy winner for his role as Cruz Castillo on Santa Barbara also added about playing Eduardo: “I think he’s a wonderful character, I love playing him, He is so rich and deep and so wounded.”

In an Instagram post on Sunday, heading into Eduardo’s re-emergence on DAYS on Monday’s episode which sets the stage for Gering and Banus’ exits, Martinez shared: “I’ve played more problematic fathers than Eddie Hernandez — but not by much. Tomorrow he returns to Salem to blow up the lives of two of his children, harder and colder about it than when last we saw him, on his way to prison. A couple of years ago, when we learned about his horrific, emotionally disfiguring childhood, we understood the way he got be the way he is, and for me, in the playing, it anchored my affection for him. But to witness him now, forever on the run from his demons and still endangering everyone he claims to care about, it’s hard to muster a lot of sympathy for the dude. And yet, I do… maybe because it’s my job. And I always savor the chance to hit the stage with these fearless, steadfast actors.”

Now the question becomes: after the exit of Gabi and Rafe, and when they eventually return, will Eduardo be back with them,making the Hernandez family a unit again?  Share your thoughts via the comment section below, and also let us know if you will be  glad to see A again this week on DAYS!