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Yellowstone Spinoff Has Big Name at Its Helm

The Madison will star Michelle Pfeiffer

(Newser) - Yellowstone may be kaput , with the show's final episodes set to air this fall without star Kevin Costner, but the "Yellowstone universe" will live on, with a new big name at its helm. Variety reports that Married to the Mob and Dangerous Liaisons actor Michelle Pfeiffer is set...

Parks and Rec Star Got a Bit Too Much Rec This Weekend
Parks and Rec Star Got a Bit
Too Much Rec Last Weekend
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Jul 27, 2024 6:30 AM CDT

Parks and Rec Star Got a Bit Too Much Rec Last Weekend

Aubrey Plaza tears ACL in basketball skills challenge during WNBA All-Star Game event

(Newser) - The faceoff between Team WNBA and Team USA at Saturday's WNBA All-Star Game in Phoenix handed a 117-109 win to the former, but as the Arizona Republic notes, "one of the best storylines from this year's game didn't happen during the game," or even involve...

Shining Actor Shelley Duvall Is Dead
Shining Actor
Shelley Duvall Is Dead
Jul 11, 2024 10:48 AM CDT

Shining Actor Shelley Duvall Is Dead

She was 75

(Newser) - Shelley Duvall, best known for her role opposite Jack Nicholson in The Shining , has died at age 75, reports The Hollywood Reporter . "My dear, sweet, wonderful life partner and friend left us," Dan Gilroy, her partner since 1989, told the outlet. "Too much suffering lately, now she'...

Gena Rowlands Has Same Disease as Her Character in The Notebook

Son who directed her in 2004 movie says she is 'in full dementia'

(Newser) - Heartbreaking news from filmmaker Nick Cassavetes: He says his mother, Gena Rowlands, has Alzheimer's disease, like her character Allie did in The Notebook, which he directed. In the 2004 movie, Rowlands, now 94, played the older version of the character played by Rachael McAdams. "I got my mom...

Janis Paige Starred in Films, on Broadway
Star Thought
She Was
'Washed
Up at 25'
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Jun 3, 2024 6:55 PM CDT

Star Thought She Was 'Washed Up at 25'

Janis Paige, 101, starred in films and on Broadway

(Newser) - Janis Paige, a popular actor in Hollywood and in Broadway musicals and comedies who danced with Fred Astaire, toured with Bob Hope, and continued to perform into her 80s, has died. She was 101. Paige died Sunday of natural causes at her Los Angeles home, the AP reports. Paige starred...

Kate Beckinsale Keeps Posting Cryptic Hospital Pics
Kate Beckinsale Fans Fret
Over New Hospital Photo
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Apr 6, 2024 12:00 PM CDT

Kate Beckinsale Fans Fret Over New Hospital Photo

No one knows what's been ailing the 50-year-old UK actor

(Newser) - Kate Beckinsale fans are worried after she shared yet another photo online suggesting a serious illness. TMZ reports that on Easter, the 50-year-old Serendipity actor posted a photo on Instagram showing her legs and feet only, clad in pajama pants and bunny socks, in what appeared to be a hospital...

Judi Dench: It's 'Impossible' to Act Due to Vision Loss
Judi Dench Admits She
'Can't See on a Film Set'
UPDATED
Jul 31, 2023 10:35 AM CDT

Judi Dench Admits She 'Can't See on a Film Set'

Actor's macular degeneration worsens, though she's staying upbeat, complete with a new tattoo

(Newser) - Earlier this year, Judi Dench revealed how difficult it had become to learn her lines, as her deteriorating eyesight had made it too hard to read scripts. Now, the 88-year-old Oscar-winning actor tells the Mirror she "can't see on a film set anymore," though it doesn't...

Soap Opera Star Andrea Evans Dead at 66
A Stalker Nearly Ended
Her Acting Career
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Jul 11, 2023 6:33 AM CDT

A Stalker Nearly Ended Her Acting Career

But soap opera star Andrea Evans bounced back

(Newser) - Soap opera star Andrea Evans has died of breast cancer at age 66, reports USA Today . Fans likely know her best for her roles as Tina Lord on One Life to Live—she was nominated for a Daytime Emmy in 1988 for that one—and as Patty Williams on The ...

From Smallville to Jail Cell, Allison Mack Is Now Free

Actor involved in NXIVM sex cult is released from prison after 2 years of 3-year sentence

(Newser) - NXIVM leader Keith Raniere isn't getting out of prison anytime soon, but one of the highest-ranking members in his sex cult is now free. Per Federal Bureau of Prisons records, former Smallville actor Allison Mack was released Monday from a federal prison in Dublin, California, as first reported in...

Actress Glenda Jackson Won Office
Acclaimed
Actress
Went Into
Politics
obituary
Jun 15, 2023 3:55 PM CDT

Acclaimed Actress Went Into Politics

Oscar-winning Glenda Jackson later returned to acting

(Newser) - Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker before an acclaimed late-life return to stage and screen, has died at age 87. Jackson's agent Lionel Larner said she died Thursday at her home in London after a short illness....

Toni Collette, Husband Announce a 'Transition'

'Hereditary' star says decision to divorce after 20 years came after 'substantial period of separation'

(Newser) - Toni Collette is heading into the new year with a fresh start, including in her relationship status: The Hereditary and Knives Out star has announced she and her husband of nearly 20 years, drummer Dave Galafassi, are officially ending their marriage, People reports. "After a substantial period of separation,...

Despite Lies, Man Who Killed Gone Girl Actor Gets Light Sentence

Brian Boyd struck Lisa Banes on a New York street

(Newser) - The man who hit Gone Girl actor Lisa Banes with his moped on a New York street, killing her, was on Wednesday sentenced to one to three years behind bars, the New York Daily News reports. Brian Boyd had pleaded guilty to manslaughter in September, but prosecutors said that after...

After 12 Years of 'Heinous Evil,' Relief for CSI Actress

Man who stalked 'CSI: Miami' actress Eva LaRue sentenced to 3 years behind bars

(Newser) - For more than 12 years, Eva LaRue and her daughter were subjected to dozens of menacing letters and packages, with the sender threatening to rape, torture, and kill them. Now, "finally, we know where he is," the All My Children and CSI: Miami actor told NBC News on...

Marsha Hunt Endured Blacklist
'The Work Dried Up'
for Blacklisted Actress
obituary
Sep 10, 2022 3:35 PM CDT

'The Work Dried Up' for Blacklisted Actress

Marsha Hunt went to Washington with Bogart and Bacall

(Newser) - Marsha Hunt, one of the last surviving actors from Hollywood's so-called Golden Age of the 1930s and '40s who worked with performers ranging from Laurence Olivier to Andy Griffith in a career disrupted for a time by the McCarthy-era blacklist, has died. She was 104. Hunt, who appeared...

Actor Lindsey Pearlman Found Dead at 43
Actor Pearlman's
Cause of Death Revealed
UPDATED
Aug 16, 2022 12:39 PM CDT

Actor Pearlman's Cause of Death Revealed

Medical examiner says actor known for roles on 'General Hospital,' 'Empire,' died of suicide

(Newser) - Update: The actor Lindsey Pearlman took her own life, according to a report from the Los Angeles County Medical Examiner-Coroner obtained by People . The report deemed the cause of death for the 43-year-old, whose body was found in her car six months ago, to be suicide. Specifically, it cited lethal...

Anne Heche Said to Be in Critical Condition After Fiery LA Crash

Witnesses say car reportedly driven by Heche sped through neighborhood, smashed into home

(Newser) - A fiery car crash in Los Angeles on Friday left the driver of the car critically injured, and sources say that woman was Wag the Dog and Donnie Brasco actress Anne Heche. Brian Humphrey, a spokesperson for the Los Angeles Fire Department, tells NBC Los Angeles the accident happened around...

Somehow We All Missed This Wild Cameron Diaz Story

'Drug mule' detail from 2020 podcast interview surfaces

(Newser) - Before she made eyes at Jim Carrey in The Mask, Cameron Diaz may have had another job that no one (not even Diaz) was fully aware of. In one of those unexplained "why are we just finding out about this now?" items, a Second Life podcast Diaz appeared on...

Actor Charged in $96K Workers' Comp Fraud

Q'orianka Kilcher of 'Yellowstone' allegedly claimed injury kept her from work, despite just finishing job

(Newser) - Q'orianka Kilcher, an actor who had a breakout role as Pocahontas in 2005's The New World, is said to have collected nearly $100,000 in a case of workers' compensation fraud. The 32-year-old of North Hollywood allegedly injured her neck and right shoulder in October 2018 while working...

Investigators: Face Scratches a Clue to ER Actress's Death

Rep says Mary Mara may have had accidental fall before drowning

(Newser) - Update: Investigators believe actress Mary Mara may have suffered an accident before drowning in upstate New York on Sunday. That's according to rep Craig Dorfman, who tells TMZ that investigators found abrasions on Mara's face. Based on those abrasions, they think she may have fallen and hit her...

Soap Actor Dies of Breast Cancer at 37
Actor Marnie Schulenburg
Dies at 37
obituary
May 19, 2022 12:09 PM CDT

Actor Marnie Schulenburg Dies at 37

She was best known for her role on 'As the World Turns'

(Newser) - An actor diagnosed with breast cancer just five months after the birth of her daughter in 2019 has died of the disease at age 37. Marnie Schulenburg first gained fame for her portrayal of Alison Stewart on CBS' As the World Turns, for which she earned a Daytime Emmy nomination...

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