Vanessa Marcil News

Never let it be said that Vanessa Marcil . Bannen tries to recruit her for a job, but she's too clever for him.

General Hospital writers have thrown carnivals , karaoke , Claudia's death, and now a bona fide movie star at the show hoping to boost ratings, and the only thing that actually has boosted ratings thus far has been the return of Jonathan Jackson as Lucky .

Movie star, James Franco , is going to be taking a break from his film career--which includes filming Eat, Pray, Love with romantic comedy queen, Julia Roberts --for a guest stint on a daytime soap .

Soap fans and James Franco fans will be happy about the news that Franco is finding time between his Queer Cinema classes to join General Hospital for a couple of months.

Lori Culwell used to look at the "stars" on tabloid Web sites like TMZ and wonder, "How did they wind up like that?" Culwell, a 1991 graduate of Palm Desert High School, grew up with some now-famous contemporaries.