Kathy Bates is still relatively new to leading a major network juggernaut, but at IndieWire Honors, the "Matlock" star ...

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Kathy Bates is in the Emmy conversation this year for her lead role on CBS’ new Matlock. But her name has been synonymous ...

Kathy Bates, IndieWire Honors Vanguard Award winner, unpacked the art of acting for CBS's hit legal show as she looked back ...

In celebration of Kathy Bates' IndieWire Honors 2025 Vanguard Award, Skye P. Marshall reflects on their friendship making CBS ...

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

Since her acting no longer resonated with viewers, Kathy Bates came dangerously close to retiring. But the part in Matlock was a game-changer. Playing Madeline “Matty” Matlock, a retired lawyer ...

Despite Kathy Bates originating the role of Frankie in the Off-Broadway production, she was allegedly denied the part for the ...

Her costar, Skye P. Marshall, looks back on filming her confrontation with Bates. The two share thoughts on if their ...

Kathy Bates says she lost the lead role in 1991's 'Frankie and Johnny' because director Garry Marshall "couldn’t make the ...

Bates wanted to star in 1991's 'Frankie and Johnny,' based on Terrence McNally's stage play, where she originated the role of ...

Kathy Bates revealed that Garry Marshall refused to cast her in a 1991 film because seeing a man kiss her onscreen "would not ...