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Boston Globe
16-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Boston Globe
‘Matlock' finale caps a season full of surprising twists and turns
Before the series premiered in the fall, all we really knew about it was that none other than Academy Award winner Advertisement From left: Skye P. Marshall and Kathy Bates in "Matlock." Robert Voets/CBS As it turns out, Urman and company had a very different plan all along. In fact, their 'Matlock' isn't a reboot of 'Matlock' at all. Instead, Bates stars as Mattie, a grieving, furious mother who revives her law career to investigate the firm she believes is responsible for keeping a notorious opioid company in business, thus leading to her daughter's untimely death. Advertisement In fact, the only reason the show's called 'Matlock' is because her cover story acts as a direct nod to the show itself. Mattie adopts a kindly Southern grandma persona and the last name 'Matlock' to disarm her corporate co-workers with a cutesy story about how fun it is to share a name with her favorite TV lawyer. With this entirely meta twist revealed so early, the show was off and running on its own track. By day, Mattie works cases at the law firm; by night, she's digging deeper and deeper into a sprawling corporate conspiracy. I'm not sure how much CBS had to keep the show's true direction under lock and key before it aired; I daresay that a new series starring Bates would attract plenty of curious viewers no matter what (though perhaps her short-lived stint on NBC's 'Harry's Law' begs to differ). Either way, I won't deny the ultimate reveal's impact. Though I went in thinking I knew exactly what to expect from 2024's 'Matlock,' I was thrilled to realize I was entirely wrong. While there's no doubt in my mind that Bates would've done a fine job playing a straight-up Matlock, it's been far more fun to watch her hone an entirely new character on her own intriguing journey that's full of the kind of narrative trickery that Urman (formerly of the cheeky, self-aware telenovela 'Jane the Virgin') is so practiced at producing with style. I can't wait to see how the season ends, and how much further Mattie can get from 'Matlock' in season 2. Advertisement The two-hour season finale of 'Matlock' airs Thursday at 9 p.m. on CBS.
CNN
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Kathy Bates says work feels ‘magnificent' after losing 100 lbs
Kathy Bates is feeling great these days. The 'Matlock' star spoke with People magazine about her current projects and how her weight loss has changed her experiences on set. 'When I was so heavy in 'Harry's Law,' I had to sit down in between every take, and it was awful,' she said, referring to her 2011 drama series. 'I'm ashamed to have put myself through that, to be honest.' Bates added: 'But now that I've been able to get really healthy, I can move, I can breathe, I can have fun, I'm not sore.' 'I get tired and realize I'm like an old lady, but even the kids get tired,' she said. 'But it's been a magnificent experience.' Bates, 76, said she 'never expected to have this at my age, at the end of my career.' The actress has lost 100 pounds over several years. She told the publication in a separate interview that she changed her lifestyle after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. '[Diabetes] runs in my family, and I'd seen what my father had gone through,' she said. 'He had had a leg amputation. One of my sisters is dealing with it very seriously, and it terrified me. It scared me straight.' Bates, who is also a cancer survivor, said she initially lost 80 pounds through diet and exercise and an additional 20 pounds with after starting a GLP-1 medication. She said her improved health 'coincided beautifully' with the timing of her new gig, a reboot of 'Matlock.' 'Physically, I'm capable of doing this show,' she said. 'I don't have to sit down. I can stand up all day long and walk and move and breathe and do so many things that I couldn't before.'
CNN
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Kathy Bates says work feels ‘magnificent' after losing 100 lbs
Kathy Bates is feeling great these days. The 'Matlock' star spoke with People magazine about her current projects and how her weight loss has changed her experiences on set. 'When I was so heavy in 'Harry's Law,' I had to sit down in between every take, and it was awful,' she said, referring to her 2011 drama series. 'I'm ashamed to have put myself through that, to be honest.' Bates added: 'But now that I've been able to get really healthy, I can move, I can breathe, I can have fun, I'm not sore.' 'I get tired and realize I'm like an old lady, but even the kids get tired,' she said. 'But it's been a magnificent experience.' Bates, 76, said she 'never expected to have this at my age, at the end of my career.' The actress has lost 100 pounds over several years. She told the publication in a separate interview that she changed her lifestyle after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. '[Diabetes] runs in my family, and I'd seen what my father had gone through,' she said. 'He had had a leg amputation. One of my sisters is dealing with it very seriously, and it terrified me. It scared me straight.' Bates, who is also a cancer survivor, said she initially lost 80 pounds through diet and exercise and an additional 20 pounds with after starting a GLP-1 medication. She said her improved health 'coincided beautifully' with the timing of her new gig, a reboot of 'Matlock.' 'Physically, I'm capable of doing this show,' she said. 'I don't have to sit down. I can stand up all day long and walk and move and breathe and do so many things that I couldn't before.'
CNN
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- CNN
Kathy Bates says work feels ‘magnificent' after losing 100 lbs
Kathy Bates is feeling great these days. The 'Matlock' star spoke with People magazine about her current projects and how her weight loss has changed her experiences on set. 'When I was so heavy in 'Harry's Law,' I had to sit down in between every take, and it was awful,' she said, referring to her 2011 drama series. 'I'm ashamed to have put myself through that, to be honest.' Bates added: 'But now that I've been able to get really healthy, I can move, I can breathe, I can have fun, I'm not sore.' 'I get tired and realize I'm like an old lady, but even the kids get tired,' she said. 'But it's been a magnificent experience.' Bates, 76, said she 'never expected to have this at my age, at the end of my career.' The actress has lost 100 pounds over several years. She told the publication in a separate interview that she changed her lifestyle after being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. '[Diabetes] runs in my family, and I'd seen what my father had gone through,' she said. 'He had had a leg amputation. One of my sisters is dealing with it very seriously, and it terrified me. It scared me straight.' Bates, who is also a cancer survivor, said she initially lost 80 pounds through diet and exercise and an additional 20 pounds with after starting a GLP-1 medication. She said her improved health 'coincided beautifully' with the timing of her new gig, a reboot of 'Matlock.' 'Physically, I'm capable of doing this show,' she said. 'I don't have to sit down. I can stand up all day long and walk and move and breathe and do so many things that I couldn't before.'
Yahoo
21-03-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Nursing body resigns from restraint in schools taskforce
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) has resigned from a taskforce set up by the Department of Education (DE) to look at the use of restraint and seclusion in schools, BBC News NI has learnt. In 2023, the department published draft statutory guidance on the measures, saying they should only be used as a last resort. It followed calls for tougher laws on when a child can be physically restrained in school. The RCN has now expressed serious concerns over the current direction of travel by DE on the issue. In a letter to the department, Rita Devlin, the director of the RCN in Northern Ireland, said that her organisation was being put in the "potential position of being ascribed a responsibility and accountability for a policy direction that we are unable to support". She added that due to failures to receive "clear assurances", the RCN was withdrawing from the Restraint and Seclusion Task Finish Group with "immediate effect". She said the RCN, along with the department and other stakeholders, had hoped to be able to "shape the guidance... in the best interests of children and young people and staff alike". But she added: "It is disappointing that the department is unable to set out clearly the policy position in respect of the use of restrictive practices, restraint and seclusion in schools." The letter went on to state: "The RCN would have expected that the response would clearly state that the policy position will be the elimination of the use of seclusion in educational settings, and both the recognition and minimisation of the use of all restrictive interventions." Hilton backs NI campaign to toughen restraint law Don't shut children in room alone, says new policy School seclusion 'could have damaging effects' Some parents in Northern Ireland have campaigned for "Harry's Law" for a number of years, which would make it compulsory for schools to report when they isolated or restrained a child. Similar recent guidance from the Department of Health (DoH) said that children should never be shut in a room alone and prevented from leaving. Ms Devlin added that her advice to health staff who provide services to children and young people would be to follow the existing DoH policy as it provides a "clear direction and standards" for the minimisation of the use of all restrictive practices. Her letter concluded that the RCN had previously made clear that it needed assurances from the department about ensuring the statutory guidance is human rights compatible, in order to remain a member of the task group. It also called into question whether the minister plans to follow through on a commitment made by the last education minister to repeal Article 4 (1)(c) of Education (NI) Order 1998, which still allows use of force to maintain "good order and discipline" in schools. "These assurances have not been provided. This puts the RCN in the potential position of being ascribed a responsibility for a direction that we are unable to support and was developed despite, rather than as a consequence of, our involvement," it stated. Alliance assembly member Michelle Guy called for the education minister to clarify the department's position. "The RCN withdrawing from this group is incredibly serious. Their letter outlined concerns as to whether the Department of Education is committed to the elimination of the use of seclusion in educational settings and the minimisation of all restrictive interventions," she added. "We are in danger of continuing to have differing guidance within educational settings and health settings, which only creates unnecessary inconsistency. "The outcome here must be clear guidance for our school staff that puts the needs of children and young people at its centre." The DE has been contacted for a response. Calls for tougher laws on when children can be restrained in schools have also previously been backed by the celebrity and businesswoman Paris Hilton. Ms Hilton has claimed that she was placed in solitary confinement when at boarding school in the US as a teenager. The DE had provided interim guidance on restraint and seclusion in 2021, but that did not place a legal obligation on schools to record when they restrained a pupil. Two years later the department drew up new statutory guidance for schools that was then sent out to public consultation. But some campaigners criticised that process and said there were still too many "grey areas". Boy restrained unnecessarily at special school, watchdog says Schools must inform parents if child restrained
