DOOL    -  Jack and Jennifer will get good news in the form of a talk
        show.  Then they will get back on Palmer's scent.  Jennifer will
        follow Maria around, who will knock Jennifer out and put her in
        her trunk.  Jack will begin to worry about his bride to be. 
        Major action will happen with the drug bust.  
        -  Sami Brady is going to have to start looking for a new
        roommate. Matt Cedeno, who joined Days of Our Lives in 1997, has
        announced that his character, Brandon Walker, is being written
        out of the show. Cedeno will continue to air through May. "Matt
        got really close with the cast, and he's going to miss that,"
        says the actor's publicist. "But he's looking forward to new
        possibilities and opportunities that will come his way." Days
        declined to comment on the actor's release at this time. Cedeno
        will still participate in Fan Festival, an outdoor showcase of
        NBC soap and Telemundo stars on April 5 at Hollywood & Highland
        in Los Angeles, Calif. "I may be leaving the show, but I'm still
        dedicated to my fans, so I will definitely be there," Cedeno
        assures TV Guide Online. The handsome hottie, voted one of People
        magazine's Most Beautiful, may well be on to the next stage of
        his career. He's returning as a co-host on The Other Half on
        April 28 and 29 and May 19. (NBC, 12pm/ET) 
        -  Philip Kiriakis is definitely returning to Salem, but he won't
        be played by his last portrayer, Jay Kenneth Johnson. Johnson,
        who was in talks to reprise his role in August, had to pass on
        the opportunity to accept a leading role in Aaron Spelling's
        remake of Hotel, a pilot project for UPN. Johnson plays Ethan
        Cox, a handsome bartender who works at the lavish resort. Johnson
        is already shooting the production in Los Angeles and Florida.
        "He's very excited," declares his rep. "He's been
working out to
        get his body in tiptop condition for all those beach scenes."
        Days has put out a casting call to find the next Kiriakis heir.
        No word yet on whether he'll be a striking blonde as well. 


                Tritchen

... "She belongs with me, not my Neanderthal brother."  Lucas, DOOL
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