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So What's the Real Story with Vanessa Marcil and 'General Hospital'?

The News is Conflicting - and Marcil has an Exciting New Job

By , About.com Guide

Fans want to know if Vanessa Marcil will be returning to General Hospital as Brenda Barrett now that her primetime series, Las Vegas is off the air.

One rumor states that Brenda will be back for Sonny's wedding and have a six-week run on the show. At this point, the fans would be happy to have anything, and six weeks sounds too good to be true.

The latest news: It is too good to be true.

Regarding the beautiful Ms. Marcil, there's good news and bad news - fortunately, for Marcil, it's really all good. General Hospital wants her any time she can return, so the popular actress knows there is always a place for her in the GH family.

However, Marcil has just been cast in the NBC series, Lipstick Jungle as a music manager - shades of Brenda and L&B Records! The series stars Brooke Shields, Kim Raver, Sarah Hyland and Lindsay Price; it begins its second season on September 24. It's a sudsy look at the lives of three women on "New York's Most Powerful Women" list.

It's wonderful to know that we can see Vanessa Marcil in primetime again, but what does this mean for the talks she's been having with General Hospital? At this point, it's uncertain. A guess: Marcil has always accommodated the show and vice versa. When the actress can fit in an appearance as Brenda, she will.

The upshot of that is, fans will have to wait probably a little longer for a glimpse of Brenda. For a glimpse of Marcil - turn on Lipstick Jungle.

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