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Actress Briana Thomas is suing Sony Pictures Television and CBS Studios, the producers of long-running soap The Young and the Restless, alleging harassment on the set from its showrunner, Anthony “Tony” Morina. Thomas appeared on the show in a background role as a barista in 2018 and 2019. Legal papers filed Thursday…

The Young and the Restless actress Marguerite Ray was misidentified during the 48th Daytime Emmy Awards’ In Memoriam segment. The video tribute, presented on Friday, had her name appearing next to a photo of another Y&R alum—that being Veronica Redd. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences came forward on…

EXCLUSIVE: We’ll soon be seeing a new face on The Young and the Restless. Reylynn Caster (The Big Show Show) is joining the CBS daytime drama in a recasting. Caster will play Faith Newman, daughter of legacy characters Nick (Joshua Morrow) and Sharon Newman (Sharon Case). She makes her Y&R debut on Monday, April…

EXCLUSIVE: Desperate Housewives and General Hospital alum Richard Burgi is joining CBS’ daytime drama The Young and the Restless in a recurring role. Burgi will play Ashland Locke, an uber successful tycoon with a reputation for being a shrewd businessman. His character arrives in Genoa City to oversee a bidding war…

EXCLUSIVE: The Young and the Restless Daytime Emmy nominee Sasha Calle has scored the feature role of DC Universe’s new Supergirl. The Boston, MA-born Colombian actress is the first Latina Supergirl ever in DC and was chosen from more than 425 actresses who auditioned. She will make her debut in Warner Bros’ The…

Christopher Pennock, whose long career in daytime drama is best remembered for his portrayal of a Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde character on ABC’s supernatural soap Dark Shadows, died Feb. 12 following a brief hospitalization in California. Pennock, who was diagnosed with melanoma last summer, was 76. His death was…

Donny Boaz, who has portrayed Chance Chancellor on The Young and the Restless since 2019, will appear today for the final time. Boaz revealed the news on Instagram Sunday. “Sad news: Tomorrow, Monday, 02/01/21, as of now… will be my last air date on ‘The Young and The Restless.’ Here's what I know… I was told that…

Perry Botkin Jr., the Oscar-nominated and Grammy-winning TV and film composer known for creating the The Young and The Restless theme, has died. Botkin’s friend and The Happy Days of Garry Marshall writer John Scheinfeld announced the news on Facebook, noting that Botkin died on Monday. He was 87. “Today I share the…

Marguerite Ray, an actress who had a 10-year stint on The Young and the Restless and was a regular on Redd Foxx’s 1980s  Sanford and Son sequel series, has died. She was 89. The East Bay Times posted an obituary for Ray disclosing that she died November 18 in Los Angeles. She was born in New Orleans in 1931…

Sandy Dvore, the Emmy-winning graphic artist whose whose opening credit designs for such programs as The Young and the Restless, The Partridge Family and The Waltons are among TV’s most recognizable images, died Nov. 20 after a recent diagnosis of bone cancer. He was 86. His death was announced by a family…

EXCLUSIVE: Production on CBS’ daytime drama The Young and the Restless is slated to proceed as planned despite two people testing positive for the coronavirus, I have learned. According to sources, an email was sent to production crew yesterday informing them that the "production received two new positive test results…

UDPATE: CBS revealed Wednesday that Courtney Hope’s The Bold and the Beautiful character Sally Spectra will join The Young and the Restless universe. Hope’s fashion-savvy character will move from Los Angeles to Genoa City for a new start, while also trying to keep her past a secret. The network also announced that…