NEWS ROUNDUP: Adirondack Affair Weekend, Andrea Evans Beat Breast Cancer, Gregg Marx One Man Show

Second-annual Adirondack Affair Weekend This Weekend
Events from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday include a VIP reception, where attendees will meet Martha Byrne and Ellen Dolan from AS THE WORLD TURNS, and an open bar with hors d'oeuvres. Cost is $30, and reservations are required. A cabaret performance featuring Byrne and Dolan with area musicians Jason Hall and Paul Roalsvig starts at 8 p.m.; tickets are $10 at the door. Both events are at Quackenbush's Long View Wilderness Lodge, 681 Deerland Road, Long Lake.

Hugh Jackman wants GLEE role
He says, "I haven't been asked... I think I would (like to be on the show) if it was the right role. That would be fun."

Abc Tops Among Affluent Viewers
During the first week of the new season, CBS may have come out ahead in the ratings as the most-watched network among total adults and Fox as the most-watched among the key 18-49 demographic, but ABC wants it known that it came out on top among affluent viewers. Among adults 18-49 with incomes of $100,000 or more, CBS actually had the top-rated show of the week, TWO AND A HALF MEN. (It also led in every other ratings category.) But ABC observed that it had the No. 2 show in that demographic (back-to-back airings of MODERN FAMILY episodes).

Actress Andrea Evans Secretly Battled Breast Cancer
She tells People magazine, "In April I had been diagnosed with stage one breast cancer. I kept it private, but now I'm cancer-free."

Former DAYS and ATWT star Gregg Marx Appears October 9th in Palm Desert
Marx brings his newest one man show entitled "Desire" to the stage at Arthur Newman Theatre located at The Joslyn Center in Palm Desert on Sunday, October 9, 2011 at 2 p.m.