More big names have been released from Days of Our Lives. That breaking news item leads today's dish on the world of daytime drama...

• Mary Beth Evans and Stephen Nichols (pictured) have been fired from the show. Is anyone over 40 years old safe?!?

• Jake Silbermann, on buzzed-about Noah/Luke sex scene on As the World Turns: "I really liked the way the show handled it by not really having it with bells and whistles and fanfare."

• How will Grant Alesksander be brought back to Guiding Light? Find out from the actor himself!

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