Bad news for "Lumi" fans: In the wake of their wrecked wedding, Lucas and Sami are drifting toward other lovers on Days of our Lives.
Sami (Alison Sweeney) will grow closer to her entrepreneurial ex, Austin, as they become roommates and coworkers at his new cosmetics company. Lucas (Bryan Dattilo) will be their fierce business rival after Titan honcho Victor Kiriakis offers him the executive job Austin declined. "All of this kills Lucas," Dattilo tells TVGuide.com. "Lucas wants to bury his brother and show Sami who the real man in town is."Sami is sure to notice the new looker in Lucas' life. Days has cast daytime rookie Sung Hi Lee as Sophie, a sexy new waitress at Alice's restaurant. "Lucas meets Sophie when he's covering for Shawn as the bartender — as every alcoholic should do," Dattilo laughs. "I guess he's spending time on the other side of the bar for a change. Anyway, this
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VH1 has announced the has-beens who will be cohabitating in the sixth season of its megahit The Surreal Life. They are — and I swear I'm not joking — The Jeffersons' Sherman Hemsley, Whitesnake video vamp Tawny Kitaen, Poison guitarist C.C. DeVille, Playboy TV's Andrea Lowell, Smashmouth rocker Steve Harwell and Alexis Arquette, Rosanna, Patricia and David's cross-dressing sibling. Wait, it gets better: Florence Henderson will also be on hand as the roommates' official den mother. Charlene Tilton's application was rejected yet again.
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FYI, Kelly Monaco isn't the only ex-Playboy Playmate making a career for herself in both daytime and prime-time TV. Passions' Daphnee Duplaix Samuel (Valerie) guest-stars as a flirtatious court reporter on Don Johnson's new WB series Just Legal on Sept. 18. She will later be seen as a pregnant lady in labor on Denise Richards' new UPN series Sex, Love and Secrets — costarring Days' Nadia Bjorlin (Chloe) — on Oct. 4 and 11. Good for her, but Miss Daphnee better watch out. If she keeps on doing so well, Playboy might decide to dredge up her old pictorials, too!
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