Kathy Bates licked a ping pong paddle at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards as part of a spontaneous onstage bit tied to Timothée ...

Kathy Bates says Pretty Woman director Garry Marshall wouldn't cast her as romantic lead in 1991's Frankie and Johnny "He couldn’t make the leap that people would see me onscreen kissing someone. Me ...

Kathy Bates hilariously licked a ping pong paddle at the 2026 Critics Choice Awards and then said "That's so gross. I can't ...

Kathy Bates has cemented herself as a screen legend. The actress, who broke through with her Oscar-winning performance in the 1990 film Misery, has over 200 acting and directing credits to her name.

"I didn't agree with that at all," Bates said of a change to the script Virginia Chamlee is a Politics Writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE for three years. Her work has previously ...

Kathy Bates was overcome with emotion remembering how late director Rob Reiner helped fulfill her biggest dream. “Rob changed the course of my life, and if he hadn’t, I wouldn’t be sitting here in ...

Reiner and his wife, Michele Singer Reiner, were found dead in their Los Angeles home Dec. 14. Their son, Nick Reiner, is ...

Kathy Bates says Pretty Woman director Garry Marshall wouldn't cast her as romantic lead in 1991's Frankie and Johnny Bates had originated the role in a stage production; the movie part went to ...