thestar.com

Talk about job description. "Vivian is conniving, stubborn, selfish, flamboyant, manic, childish, seductive and vindictive, all with a core of evil humour," says [Louise Sorel]. And those are her good points.

Vivian Alamain, Sorel's character on Days of Our Lives, has survived a leap from a building in a failed suicide attempt; has murdered a number of patients while faking a coma in hospital; has induced a death-like state in her nephew's lover, Dr. Carly Manning, and then buried her alive; and has given birth to a baby after stealing her rival's egg and her ex-lover's sperm from a petri dish and implanting herself with same.

Jerry Douglas is returning to Y&R as John Abbott very soon now that son Billy is back on the show as a teenager. David Lago has also joined Y&R as Raul, a friend of Billy's. David's first air date is July 30 ... Beth Ehlers (Harley on Guiding Light) returns from maternity leave, first airing July 20 ... Signy Coleman's (Annie on Guiding Light) last airdate is July 20 ... Paul Wasilewski has been cast as Max Nickerson on Guiding Light, first appearing on July 21. Paul played Sean McKinnon on Another World until recently ... Robin Christopher (ex Lorna on Another World and ex Sky on All My Children) is joining One Life To Live this summer. No word on her character name at this time.