(10/1/25) Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair, Quentin Tarantino’s presentation of the revenge epic that was originally presented in two volumes, will be released by Lionsgate as one complete movie on December 5.

The Whole Bloody Affair removes the cliffhanger ending from 2003’s Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and the recap that began 2004’s Kill Bill: Vol. 2. New to this theatrical release will be a never-before-seen 7½-minute animated sequence. ?Select presentations of the release will be in 70mm and 35mm. Tarantino has spoken about a version that included animated footage, going as far back as San Diego Comic-Con 2014.

Tarantino said: “I wrote and directed it as one movie — and I’m so glad to give the fans the chance to see it as one movie. The best way to see Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair is at a movie theater in Glorious 70mm or 35mm. Blood and guts on a big screen in all its glory!”

Lionsgate manages library distribution rights for Tarantino films, which also includes Reservoir Dogs, Jackie Brown, Inglourious Basterds, Django Unchained, The Hateful Eight and Death Proof.

In the Kill Bill movies, Uma Thurman stars as The Bride, left for dead after her former boss and lover Bill ambushes her wedding rehearsal, shooting her in the head and stealing her unborn child. To exact her vengeance, she first must hunt down the four remaining members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad before confronting Bill himself. Combined, the Kill Bill movies grossed $333 million at the global box office.

Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair also stars Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Michael Madsen, Daryl Hannah, Gordon Liu, Michael Parks, and David Carradine as “Bill.” The film is produced by Lawrence Bender and written and directed by Tarantino, based on the character of The Bride created by Q&U.

Pat Crowley Dies: ‘Please Don’t Eat The Daisies’ Star With 100-Plus Credits Was 91

(9/15/25) Pat Crowley, a Golden Globe winner who starred in the 1960s sitcom Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, appeared in many film and guested on scores of shows during a 60-year career, died Sunday in Los Angeles, two days before her 92nd birthday.

Her son, Jon Hookstratten, and EVP at Sony Pictures, said his mother died of natural causes.

Crowley had more than 100 film and TV credits from 1950 to the early 2010s but probably is best known for toplining Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, the 1965-67 NBC series based on the 1960 movie starring Doris Day. She starred opposite Mark Miller as Joan Nash, a newspaper columnist who pooh-poohed the era’s traditional “housewife” tropes and didn’t care who knew it. Housework? No thanks. Cooking for the family? Nah. Joan slept till through mornings — in the same bed as her husband, a first for TV — and did her own thing.

The show — which also featured a massive sheepdog named Ladadig — wasn’t a big hit, not making the year-end Top 30 in the three-network universe, but was popular in reruns in the 1970s.

Before that, Crowley had guested on dozens of TV series ranging from Suspense, The Untouchables and Rawhide to Gunsmoke, Bonanza and Maverick. She also co-starred with Burgess Meredith and Robert Sterling in “Printer’s Devil,” an hourlong 1963 episode of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone.

After Daisies, she continued to guest on numerous popular TV shows well into the 2000s including The Rockford Files, Columbo, Hawaii Five-O, The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, Hotel, Friends, Beverly Hills 90210, Melrose Place, Frasier, Charmed and Murder, She Wrote. Crowley also played Mary Scanlon in more than 250 episodes of the daytime drama Port Charles, 60-plus of Generations and on other soaps including The Bold and the Beautiful, General Hospital and primetime’s Falcon Crest.

Born on September 17, 1933, in Olyphant, PA, Crowley moved to New York City and studied at the High School of the Performing Arts before beginning her career on stage and in modeling. Hollywood took notice and in 1954 she won the Golden Globe for New Star of the Year after performances in Forever Female opposite Ginger Rogers and William Holden and in the Dean Martin-Jerry Lewis film Money From Home.

Through the 1950s and ’60s, Crowley also appeared in a number of features films including the musical Red Garters, The Square Jungle and Douglas Sirk’s There’s Always Tomorrow. She appeared alongside such stars as Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Tony Curtis and Rosemary Clooney, transitioning easily among comedy, drama and musical roles.

Crowley’s last film appearance was Mont Reve in 2012, capping a career that bridged the golden age of Hollywood and modern television.

Along with her son Jon and his wife Marion, she is survived by her husband, Andy Friendly; daugher Ann Osher (Robert), five grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

‘Celebrity Weakest Link’: See Star-Studded Lineup, Trailer & More

(8/19/25) (Video) Say goodbye to the version of Weakest Link that you knew and hello to the all-new Celebrity Weakest Link. The revamped game show is set to premiere this fall with the same host, but on a new network, and a star-studded lineup of contestants.

Weakest Link first made its debut in 2001. Anne Robinson hosted the original version, which was canceled in 2003. The game show was revived in 2020 with Jane Lynch as the host. Weakest Link has a team of contestants who try to reach and complete a chain of correct answers from general knowledge questions within a certain time limit.

At the end of each round, one person is considered the “weakest link” by either answering questions wrong or not banking money. The contestants vote on who the weakest link is, and Lynch will tell them, “You are the weakest link. Goodbye!”

However much money is banked at the end of the round goes into the contestant’s total pot, and one person wins at the end. This time, celebrities will try to win money for charity.

Here is everything we know about Celebrity Weakest Link.

When does Celebrity Weakest Link premiere?

Celebrity Weakest Link will begin on Monday, September 15, at 9/8c on Fox, and air every Monday after that. The regular version of the game show used to air on NBC. Name That Tune will precede the new game show. Lynch is no stranger to Fox, as she starred in Glee, which aired on the network for six seasons.

Where can you watch Weakest Link?

'Weakest Link' Gets a New Twist & Moves to Fox From NBC

The new season will air on Fox. Old seasons of the game show currently stream on Peacock.

Is there a trailer for Celebrity Weakest Link?

Yes! Watch above. In the trailer, Jane Lynch is seen calling the celebrities “terrible people who suck at this game.” She also teased that this season will be “bigger, badder, better.”

“Hollywood will never be the same,” Lynch said.

Who is competing on Celebrity Weakest Link?

The new season will have 11 episodes with themed eight guest stars. They include:

Glee Homecoming: Max Adler, Dot Marie Jones, Heather Morris, Alex Newell, Chord Overstreet, Amber Riley, Becca Tobin, Jenna Ushkowitz

Roasters: Cedric the Entertainer, Margaret Cho, Kathy Griffin, Lil Rel Howery, Lisa Lampanelli, Natasha Leggero, Chris Redd, Iliza Schlesinger

TV Moms: Melinda Clarke, Jackée Harry, Mary-Margaret Humes, Constance Marie, Monica Potter, Caroline Rhea, Sherri Saum, Bellamy Young

8 Degrees of Jane: Joel Kim Booster, Laverne Cox, Ron Funches, Carson Kressley, Jon Lovitz, Cheri Oteri, Adam Pally, Andy Richter

High School Reunion: Tatyana Ali, Shenae Grimes, Matt Lanter, Beverly Mitchell, Scott Porter, Daphne Reid, Aimeé Teegarden, Barry Watson

Ex-Wives Club: Cynthia Bailey, Tamar Braxton, Kate Gosselin, Vicki Gunvalson, Dorinda Medley, Shanna Moakler, Kendra Wilkinson, Jill Zarin

Reality Couples: Kelsey Anderson, Melissa Gorga, Joe Gorga, Joe Graziadei, Lauren Speed-Hamilton, Cameron Hamilton, Heidi Montag, Spencer Pratt

Special Forces: Tyler Cameron, Gus Kenworthy, Kenya Moore, Jack Osbourne, Kyla Pratt, Jovon Quarles, Rudy Reyes, Christy Carlson Romano

TV Doctors: Torrey Devitto, Dr. Dubrow, Ryan Eggold, Jason George, Hill Harper, Dr. Will Kirby, Dr. Sandra Lee (Dr. Pimple Popper), Kal Penn

Holiday Heroes: Jonathan Bennett, Rachel Leigh Cook, Taye Diggs, Vivica A. Fox, Melissa Joan Hart, Eric Lloyd, Luke Macfarlane, Reginald VelJohnson

Football Legends: Emmanuel Acho, Vernon Davis, Keyshawn Johnson, James Jones, Cam Jordan, LeSean McCoy, Sony Michel, Andrew Whitworth

Celebrity Weakest Link, Season 1, Monday, September 15, 9/8c, Fox

Lynn Hamilton Dies: ‘The Waltons’ & ‘Sanford And Son’ Actress Was 95

(6/21/25) Lynn Hamilton, the veteran actress best known for her television roles on The Waltons, Sanford and Son and Generations, has died at the age of 95, her publicist Calvin Carson shared on Instagram.

Carson added that she “transitioned peacefully” on Thursday, surrounded by her “grandchildren, loved ones and caregivers.”

“With profound gratitude and admiration, we celebrate the extraordinary life of iconic actress Alzenia ‘Lynn’ Hamilton-Jenkins, whose remarkable legacy continues to uplift and inspire. Her illustrious career, spanning over five decades, has left an indelible mark on the world of entertainment, motivating audiences across the globe through her work as a model, stage, film, and television actress,” he wrote, in part.

Born on April 25, 1930 in Yazoo City, MS and raised in Chicago, Hamilton graduated from the Goodman School of Drama, being the sole Black actor among her peers. She soon gained experience performing with a South Side theater company, per The Hollywood Reporter, and translated that burgeoning skillset to Broadway for four plays from the late ’50s to early ’60s. Her experience on stage included productions of Shakespeare’s works and a world tour of adaptations of The Miracle Worker and The Skin of Our Teeth as a member of President John F. Kennedy’s cultural exchange program. In 1966, she joined the Seattle Repertory Theatre.

Among her TV credits are episodes of Gunsmoke, The Bill Cosby Show, Hawaii Five-O, Ironside, The Young and the Restless, Starsky and Hutch, The Rockford Files, Roots: The Next Generations, Days of Our Lives, The Jesse Owens Story (TV movie), The Golden Girls, 227, Sunset Beach, Moesha, Port Charles, NYPD Blue, The Practice and Curb Your Enthusiasm.

Her most significant arcs in television include her role as practical Nurse Donna Harris, Redd Foxx’s onscreen fiancée on NBC’s sitcom Sanford and Sun; Verdie Foster on CBS’ historical drama The Waltons and Vivian Potter on NBC sudser Generations. She also starred as ex-con Cissie Johnson on the early ’90s syndicated nighttime soap Dangerous Women. Hamilton also reprised her character from The Waltons for holiday-themed TV movies released in 1993 and 1997.

Hamilton was married to poet and playwright Frank S. Jenkins (Driving While Black in Beverly Hills) from 1964 until his death in 2014, and the two frequently collaborated together on various theater productions, including Nobody: The Bert Williams Story.

Fallen Giant Films Prepping Doc On Late Soap Star Kristoff St. John

(6/12/25) Fallen Giant Films, the production company of actor and filmmaker Randy J. Goodwin, on Friday announced a new documentary project exploring the life and legacy of famed soap opera star Kristoff St. John.

Directed by Bobby Razak, Kristoff will chronicle St. John’s journey from child actor to his groundbreaking role as Neil Winters on The Young and the Restless — one of the most enduring Black characters on television — while offering a raw and intimate portrait of the man behind the screen. The documentary will delve deeply into his struggles with mental health, personal loss, and his enduring impact on television and the Black entertainment community.

St. John earned two Daytime Emmys and 10 NAACP Image Awards for his role on The Young and the Restless, which he played from 1991 until he passed in February 2019. He garnered two Daytime Emmy nominations for his role on NBC’s soap Generations and is also known for starring in ABC’s miniseries Roots: The Next Generations.

Kristoff is a personal project for Goodwin, who was not only close friends but also roommates with St. John, and told us, “Kristoff was more than just an incredibly talented actor. He was one of my closest friends, my brother. This documentary is both a heartfelt tribute and a truthful exploration of the amazing, complex person he was. With Bobby Razak directing, we’re confident this story will be portrayed with the emotional honesty and artistic vision Kristoff deserves.”

Kristoff’s ex-wife, Mia St. John, a five-time boxing champion and mother of two of his three children —including their son Julian, who tragically passed away — is also a key partner in the project. Pic is slated for release early next year. In addition to the documentary, a scripted biopic about St. John’s life is currently in development.

Past films from Razak include Mask on TapouT apparel’s Charles Lewis; Fallen Soldier, on middleweight champ Gerald McClellan; and Mexican Fighter, which examined the historical impact of Mexican fighters in mixed martial arts.

On the producing front, Goodwin’s credits include Look Like Somebody: The Ricky C. Simmons Story, The Job, The Call, and The Holy Man. As an actor, his recent credits include the likes of Star Trek: Picard, All American: Homecoming, Dynasty, and NCIS. He’s repped by Global Artists Agency and Rugolo Entertainment.

Vivica A. Fox Guest Stars on Poppa's House

(3/13/25) “Say Wha?!” – Junior’s fundraising effort for his film takes a dramatic turn when he discovers Poppa’s flea market purchase is worth a fortune, on the CBS Original series POPPA’S HOUSE, Monday, March. 31 (8:30-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and streaming on Paramount+ (live and on demand for Paramount+ with SHOWTIME subscribers, or on demand for Paramount+ Essential subscribers the day after the episode airs)*. Vivica A. Fox guest stars as “Judge SayWha.”

WRITTEN BY: Kim Wayans, Kevin Knotts, Kristin Layne Tucker & Jack Sentell

DIRECTED BY: Damien Wayans

Make or Bake Christmas

(10/15/24) Air date: December 1 at 8/7c - Lifetime

Stars: Vivica A. Fox, Jackée Harry, Jasmine Aivaliotis, Landon Moss, and Corin Nemec

With Christmas fast approaching, Leslie (Vivica A. Fox), known for her expertise in all things domestic and top lifestyle brands, is looking to expand her business. She sets her sights on the bakery, Sugar Bakers, owned by Denise Sugarbaker (Jackée Harry) and run by her son, David (Landon Moss). Determined to make a deal before the end of the year, Leslie sends one of her top employees, Emma (Jasmine Aivaliotis), to go undercover as a seasonal employee in order to convince them to sell. Emma unexpectedly finds herself falling in love with the quaint bakery with its Christmas spirit, staff and especially, David. ‘Tis the Season to make or bake Christmas and discover everything sweet during the holidays, including love.

Make or Bake Christmas is produced by Hybrid, LLC. David DeCoteau directs from a script by Dana Verde.

Young and the Restless Star Kristoff St. John’s Struggles Are Examined in New Documentary

(6/7/24) (Trailer) Kristoff St. John is remembered by many viewers for his fine onscreen work, but behind the scenes, the beloved soap star dealt with struggles, which will now be explored in an eye-opening documentary.

Directed by Bobby Razak, Kristoff, which premieres in early 2025, will examine the life of St. John, who died in February 2019 from heart disease at 52. The actor, who received two Daytime Emmy Awards for his portrayal of Neil Winters on The Young and the Restless, a role he originated in 1991, also shared three children — Paris, Lola and his late son, Julian — with ex-wife Mia St. John.

The trailer provided exclusively to PEOPLE offers a glimpse at St. John’s difficult journey, including his success as a child actor, his sexual assault as a child by the late Sathya Sai Baba and Julian’s suicide in November 2014 at age 24 following a lifelong struggle with mental illness.

The trailer opens with a previously recorded voiceover of St. John professing a love for his “Hollywood life." Growing up as a successful child actor, he lived in the suburbs of Los Angeles and lived what he liked to call the “all-American middle-class dream."

“As a child actor, he never really got to know who he was or to learn how to be a normal child,” Mia says off camera.

Next, the trailer shows Baba, an Indian guru and spiritual leader followed by Kristoff’s family for 10 years, whom Kristoff claims sexually assaulted him when he was young.

“With shame and embarrassment, I told my dad in Baba’s private room, Baba had fondled me and sworn me to secrecy, claiming that he was giving me divine purification,” he recalls.

Cutting to Kristoff's onscreen work in projects like The Young and the Restless and footage of him receiving a Daytime Emmy Award, Kristoff explains he was “hellbent” on “resurrecting” his acting career.

“I was working with the best, starring on television shows and films. I was back,” he continues.

But as his work took off, he became addicted to drugs, Mia, 56, shares.

“After Sai Baba and the sexual abuse, he started with crack. It became an obsession,” she explains.

As intimate footage shows St. John drinking and lighting up a pipe, he says via voiceover he was “full of shame, adding more fuel to an already raging fire.”

“What most people didn't know about Kristoff was that he was bipolar,” Mia adds. “He was suffering from a mental illness.”

While the actor admits he was “completely confused” at the time, he was “not alone,” eventually tying the knot with Mia, a five-time world boxing champion, who remembers how she met the actor at an Alcholics Anonymous meeting.

“I stayed sober throughout the entire relationship,” she says. “Kristoff continued [drug use] off and on throughout his life. One day before I gave birth, Kristoff started back on crack cocaine.”

While Kristoff continued to land roles and went on to star on The Young and Restless for two decades, he struggled when the cameras weren’t rolling.

“He would come to the set with delirium tremors — the shakes,” Mia remembers. “He couldn't remember his lines. He just could not work.”

“When Julian started developing mental health issues, it became very difficult on Kristoff,” she continues. “He just didn’t know what to do.”

Julian’s death in 2014 was devastating for the actor, who said getting notified by phone was “the worst call I’d ever had in my life,” “It’s every parent’s nightmare,” he added.

While Julian’s death was officially ruled a suicide, Kristoff “remained adamant” until his own death in 2019 that his son was actually murdered. In the years that followed, the actor sought solace once again in alcohol.

“He [Kristoff] couldn't find a way out. He couldn't save himself. Nobody could save him,” Mia contends.

As the trailer winds down, zooming in on a portrait of Kristoff slowly dissolving, the actor himself offers a haunting sign-off.

“It's almost as if we invite the madness and enjoy the pain,” he concludes.

Kristoff premieres in early 2025.

If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, please contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673) or go to rainn.org.

If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, please contact the SAMHSA helpline at 1-800-662-HELP.

If you or someone you know is considering suicide, please contact the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988, text "STRENGTH" to the Crisis Text Line at 741741 or go to 988lifeline.org.

Marla Adams Dies: ‘The Young And The Restless’ Daytime Emmy Winner Was 85

(4/26/24) Marla Adams, best known for her 37 years in the role of Dina Abbott Mergeron on the CBS daytime drama The Young and the Restless, died Thursday in Los Angeles. She was 85 and the cause was not disclosed.

Born in Ocean City, New Jersey, on August 28, 1938, Adams’ love for the stage was ignited after winning the Miss Ocean City and Miss Cape May pageants. She also finished as a runner-up in the Miss New Jersey pageant and was the Miss Diamond Jubilee Queen during the 1954 celebration of the 75th anniversary of Ocean City’s founding.

A student at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, Adams appeared on Broadway in the 1958 production of The Visit at the Morosco Theatre with Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne. She also starred as June in the 1961 feature film, Splendor in the Grass.

Adams starred as Belle Clemens on The Secret Storm from 1968-1974¸and joined the cast of The Young and the Restless in 1982 as the Abbott family matriarch, Dina Abbott Mergeron, who returned to Genoa City to reunite with her estranged family.

She appeared on and off in the role though the years, returning full time to Y&R in 2017. She won a Daytime Emmy Award for her work on the show in 2021 and was previously nominated in 2018.

Adams also appeared on The Bold and the Beautiful, Days of our Lives, Generations, General Hospital, and Capitol. Over the span of her career, Adams starred in more than 40 productions including The Golden Girls, Hart to Hart, The Love Boat, and the feature film, Beneath the Leaves.

She is survived by her daughter, Pam Oates, son, Gunnar Garat, grandchildren, Gefjon and Stone, and her great grandson, Remi. No information on memorial plans has been revealed.

Meg Bennett Dies: ‘The Young And The Restless’ Star Who Played Julia Martin Was 75

(4/21/24) Meg Bennett, an actress and writer on soap operas General Hospital and The Young and the Restless, died April 11 of cancer at 75, her family said.

Bennett grew up in Pasadena began her career in 1975 on Search For Tomorrow, playing the role of Liza Walton on several episodes.

From there, she segued to The Young and the Restless, where she played Julia Martin, a role that was featured on the long-running soap in appearances over four decades.

She also contributed to the soap industry as a writer, becoming the associate head writer at General Hospital and penning 197 episodes.

Survivors include her husband, Sunset Beach co-creator and writer Robert Guza, Jr., two stepdaughters, four grandchildren, and two siblings.

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