For her portrayal of an older lawyer who returns to the workforce on CBS's hit new show that shares a name but little else ...

Kathy Bates and Billy Bob Thornton reveal during Variety's 'Actors on Actors' that they nearly starred in 'Misery' together.

Rob Reiner's Misery is a great movie with a number of fantastic behind-the-scenes tales – including the fact that a ...

Matlock' star Kathy Bates on her desert island shows, how 'Dolores Claiborne' changed a stranger's life and the movie that ...

Billy Bob Thornton and Kathy Bates almost crossed paths earlier in their careers — but it wasn't meant to be. "There was a ...

By McKinley Franklin Kathy Bates wishes Misery was even more miserable. The Matlock star took the stage at the TCM Classic Film Festival alongside director Rob Reiner, where they looked back on ...

"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 ...

The Matlock star talks candidly about longevity, mental health, and the decades she spent feeling like she didn’t belong.

Kathy Bates gave a career-defining performance in Misery — and won an Oscar for it. But both Bates and her director, Rob Reiner, were never sure that would be the outcome. In the film ...

The Oscar-winning actors also discussed the "Landman" star's recent foray into Western television during a wide-ranging Actors on Actors interview. “I swear to God. Originally, Richard ...

BILLY BOB THORNTON: There was a time I went in and read for Rob Reiner for “Misery.” KATHY BATES: You did not. THORNTON: I swear to God. Originally, Richard Farnsworth, who played the sheriff ...