Soap Operas have traditionally offered a parallel universe, watched by people without day jobs, of actors and actresses made to move through impossibly sanitized sets reacting emotionally to adultery, betrayal and the occassional pizza delivery. The network with the most watchers wins as the Young and the Bold and the Restless and the Beautiful do for the dramatic arts what George W. Bush does for statesmanship.

So can you believe it? A Rolling Stones video is to have its world debut on October 18th on "Days of Our Lives." The song, "Streets of Love," comes from the Stones latest album, "A Bigger Bang." It will be used as "Days" background music for a month after the debut. What's next? Keith Richards doing a walk-on on General Hospital? (By Scott Rose)