News Round-up: DAYS Summer, Craig Kelly, Meg Ryan

INTERVIEW: DAYS' Peter Reckell (Bo)
On Crystal Chappell's return: "Having another woman come between Bo and Hope is interesting because that whole relationship happened when Bo thought Hope was dead. I’m not really sure what happened after that because the guy playing Bo for a while [Robert Kelker Kelly] sort of resolved that. I’m just wondering what’s going to happen. It’s kind of a cool place to be because quite often I kind of know what’s going on. This is exciting news."

Felisha Terrell (Arianna), Casey Diedrick (Chad), Taylor Spreitler (Mia) and Lauren Koslow (Kate) also weigh in on summer storylines.

Ilene Kristen to direct Doreen Montalvo performan
Doreen Montalvo ("In the Heights") will be performing at the Triad on Monday, August 3. ONE LIFE TO LIVE and Manhattanites star Ilene Kristen will be directing the show, "I've Just Got to Sing My Song."

INTERVIEW: OLTL's Scott Clifton (Schuyler)
Clifton was a guest on "Stardish Radio" Friday afternoon.

The Dream Team, or Why CBS Should Have Asked Fans for Help
Lana M Nieves has come "to the conclusion that, among other problems, soap writers have failed to make use of some of the resources at their disposal: the well-established, strong female characters that fans like us have loved so much for so long."

Craig Kelly quits CORONATION STREET
Craig Kelly has announced he'll be leaving CORONATION STREET later this year. His character, factory boss Luke Strong, has been a bit of an enigma since he arrived in Weatherfield earlier in the year, but the soap's official website promises we'll see his true colors before he disappears in suspicious circumstances in October.

Sony shareholders OK new management
Sony shareholders approved a new management setup at the Japanese electronics and entertainment company on Friday that will center power around Chief Executive Howard Stringer and a team of younger executives. They approved 15 directors, including Welsh-born American Stringer, the first foreigner to head Sony, who is taking on an additional title of president as well as serving as chairman and chief executive.

Meg Ryan to guest star on CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM
Meg Ryan will guest star in an upcoming episode of CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM, EW.com has learned. The former AS THE WORLD TURNS actress will pop up early in the seventh season of Larry David's HBO comedy, which returns in September.

Janie Hereford Burleigh recalls radio soap days
Janie Hereford Burleigh, a Morgan Junction resident who often hangs out with her husband at Tolly’s on Alki to read, talked about a highlight in her life, appearing as an 11 year-old girl on a KOMO-Radio soap opera in the late 1930’s for a summer.

“It was called DELIA AND TIM and was sponsored by Fisher Flouring Mills,” she said with pride. “I made three dollars for the actual 15-minute show, plus a dollar-fifty for each rehearsal, a lot of money at that time. I thought it was really something. I took the bus down 35th Avenue, then jump on a streetcar on Avalon.”