General Hospital - COMINGS & GOINGS

*Lisa LoCicero (ex-Sonia from One Life to Live, ex-Jocelyn from "Loving" and "The City) will be on the September 19th episode as Kate's cousin Olivia. Read more details here.

*And the winner is...."Lipstick Jungle"! Vanessa Marcil just accepted a recurring role at the NBC primetime soap. She will play a music manager named Josie. "Lipstick Jungle" will start its fall run on September 24th.

*Graham Shiels (Cody) will air on September 3rd, 11th and 12th.

*Finola Hughes reports that GH has asked her to stay on "past November"! As well, her crossover stint on Night Shift begins on September 30 - she'll appear on the final 3 episodes of the season. Curious if she'll bring Robert (Tristan Rogers) back to GH with her? The answer is here.

*Although Julie Marie Berman and new husband Mike Grady will be honeymooning in Hawaii in September, fans won't miss a moment of Lulu.

*By now, fans all know that the highly anticipated return of Genie Francis (and Laura!) began on August 25. She has already started working and reportedly stays for a month. The news is that she'll be back on screen for a couple weeks in November, too!

*John J. York (Mac Scorpio) will appear on GH: Night Shift, specifically the 7th show of the season, to tie in with Tristan Rogers' (Robert Scorpio) life-saving surgery.

*There's yet another Russian mobster coming to Port Charles. The actor is Florian Klein and to report anything else would be a spoiler! Suffice it to say that Florian is young enough to be someone's son.

*Sarah Brown's (Claudia Zacchara) one-year contract is up on January 14, 2009. She has indicated that she would love to stay on, but would want flexibility to pursue other projects, such as prime time TV and films. Bob Guza has said that he will gladly accommodate her in order to keep Claudia around. (Word is that Sarah would be excited to stick around if Claudia and Nik were paired.)

*Vincent Pastore has been added on a recurring basis as Maximus Giambetti. Sound familiar? That's Max and Milo's father! He will first appear in late September and is slated to appear for only a week. "The Sopranos" fans will recognize Pastore as "Big Pussy" who was killed off in the finale of Season 2. Welcome Vincent.

*Contract status: Maurice Benard (Sonny) remains undecided as to whether (or not!) he'll resign this fall. Rick Hearst (Ric) is hopeful that GH wants to renew with him in October when his contract is up. Steve Burton (Jason) will only say that his contract is up in October (October 1 to be exact).

*The actress who plays Kate's sneaky right-hand woman is Kim Hoy. Expect to see more of her as Kate's wedding comes to fruition. Gregory Zarian plays Julius.