NEWS ROUNDUP: Jai Rodriguez Joins DAYS OF OUR LIVES! SOUL FOOD Coming Back? Frank Rich Also In Wine Business

QUEER EYE's Jai Rodriquez cast in DAYS OF OUR LIVES
"Yay! I booked a great new role on Days of Our Lives!!! I start shooting in one week. Details to come!!"

Fox Looking to Bring Back SOUL FOOD TV Series
Twentieth Century Fox is looking to revamp the series for a new generation. The project is still in the very early stages of development, but executives at the company are said to be keen on it.

Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark Comes to THE BOLD AND THE BEAUTIFUL
Her Royal Highness will appear as Alison, a personal secretary to publishing baddie Bill Spencer (Don Diamont), in a story that has two of the soap's fashion houses, Marone and Forrester, preparing to stage major fashion shows on the same day. Alison will give Dollar Bill some valuable information on Forrester that he can use to his advantage.

John McCook to Narrate OC's Pacific Symphony's 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'
McCook will be narrating “Twas the Night Before Christmas” with Orange County’s Pacific Symphony on December 15, 16 and 17, 2001. The performances will be held at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa beginning at 8 p.m. each evening.

TOLN's Frank Rich says the movie and wine businesses have plenty in common
"The difference is that grapes don't talk back. Although, sometimes they show up late -- as we're seeing this year," said the former Walt Disney Studios president and current owner of Frank Family Vineyards in Napa Valley, which sells wine for $30 a bottle and more.

Chord Overstreet returning to GLEE?
Overstreet is expected to reprise his role as the sweet, sculpted Sam beginning with this season’s eighth episode (tentatively scheduled to air in early December).

Josh Duhamel to narrate G4's 'Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan'
Duhamel will narrate G4's 10-episode documentary, Bomb Patrol: Afghanistan, premiering Oct. 25.

Denise Vasi: "This Charity Is My Baby"
The scholarship fund will allow families who desire treatment, but do not have the financial means to afford it, an opportunity to be treated at the residence.

Hillary B. Smith and Paul Michael Valley starring in "Any Given Monday"
"The play considers a heady range of topics — violence, racism, loyalty, religion, conscience, free will — before reaching an unrealistic ending that is cynically amusing just the same."