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Hilary Swank is ready to fight for her Emmy. Gold Derby has confirmed the two-time Oscar winner will be submitted in the guest drama actress category for her knock-out performance in Showtime's Yellowjackets.

The episode submission will be Swank's first appearance on the series: Season 3, Episode 8, titled "A Normal, Boring Life." She plays Melissa, Shauna's (Melanie Lynskey) wilderness girlfriend who was presumed dead after a supposed suicide. Very much alive, and going by the name Kelly, Melissa now lives a quiet married life in Virginia — and her new family is totally unaware of her cannibalistic past.

Melissa's ideal life is upended when she's discovered by a knife-wielding Shauna, whom Melissa finds lurking in her kitchen pantry. During the intense reunion, Shauna accuses Melissa of various misdeeds, including killing their friend Lottie (Simone Kessel). Swank-as-Melissa fires back, "You stew and you seethe, and you make it everyone else's problem...

ABC’s Tgif programming block had viewers hoping for Friday nights to watch their favorite sitcom.

Over the years, many people believed the acronym stood for “Thank God It’s Friday.” However, in a new interview, Jim Janicek, who help create the programming block, clarified that the letters stood for “Thank Goodness It’s Funny.”

“We were talking about things like the ‘Friday Fun Club,'” Janicek said on Pod Meets World about the names they considered before Tgif. “There’s a whole list somewhere I probably could dig up, but I remember that one. You know, ‘It’s Friday Night.’ Lots of little short-isms.”

Janicek recalled that the network’s executives were initially worried that using Tgif would cause problems with a chain of restaurants.

“We did our first animation, which kinda was more childlike, with a little mouse called Friday the Mouse. We were animating that with a guy...

Hilary Swank is joining the cast of “Yellowjackets” Season 3, according to multiple media reports. She will play a recurring guest star on the upcoming season. Details about Swank’s role have yet to be revealed.

Filming for Season 3 started in May of this year and is scheduled for a 2025 premiere.

The thriller originally premiered on Showtime in 2021. Created by Ashley Lyle and Bart Nickerson, it alternates between two timelines, one that follows a group of teenagers in 1996 who were involved in a plane crash and a second one that chronicles the consequences of those events in their adult lives in 2021. The critically-acclaimed series has received 10 Primetime Emmy Award nominations so far as well as a Peabody nomination. Because of corporate restructuring at Paramount Global, this new season will premiere on Paramount+ With Showtime.

The two-time Academy Award winning actor is best known for her roles in “Million Dollar Baby” and “P.S. I Love You.

Deb is part of a trio of quirky high schoolers in 2004's Napoleon Dynamite. Deb, a shy friend of Napoleon, sells trinkets and offers glamour photos to pay for college. Tina Majorino, who played Deb, also starred in Veronica Mars, showcasing her versatility as an actress.

Deb in Napoleon Dynamite is one-third of the strangest and funniest trio of high schoolers that has ever appeared in an indie film. Released in 2004, Napoleon Dynamite is the quintessential quirky high school comedy that millennials are still quoting to this day. Its listless story, aimless characters, and general lack of conflict make it a hard film to grasp, yet, it's one of the funniest movies of the 2000s and an unexpectedly heartfelt story. It's almost like the Napoleon Dynamite filmmakers took a camera, planted it in Idaho, and just presented what they caught.

Some may say it's not their cup of tea, but...

In the 1995 movie "Waterworld," Kevin Costner was the draw in more ways than one. To much of the audience, he was still the glamorous movie star who had managed to pull off a blockbuster "Robin Hood" movie despite his inability to successfully nail an English accent. To others, he seemed like he might be a potential trainwreck on the verge of derailment. "Waterworld" had fallen victim to many behind-the-scenes tales of sinking sets, director fights, and Costner rewriting the script to make himself look better. Ultimately, for one reason or another, enough people were curious about the film that it turned a profit. However difficult he may have been behind the scenes, the star turned out to still have it.

Within the movie, however, the person everyone wants to see is Enola, a nine year-old girl whose back tattoo features an encoded map to the last bit of dry land on a post-climate change world.

"Alaska Daily" was a crime drama that tackled the issue of missing and murdered Indigenous women in Alaska, but it was unfortunately canceled before gaining momentum. The show struggled to balance the sensibilities of a network procedural and a more mature streaming show, but it provided valuable insights into the work of journalists reporting on marginalized communities. The talent of the cast, including Hilary Swank, Jeff Perry, and other notable actors, was undeniable, adding to the potential of the series despite its tonal issues.

The cast of Alaska Daily includes popular television and film actors as well as a notable Oscar winner in its ensemble cast. Alaska Daily is an ABC crime drama that follows Eileen Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank), a New York journalist who comes to a small newsroom in Anchorage, Alaska to have a fresh start after personal and professional problems in NYC force her to leave. In Alaska,...

In the offices of Dunder Mifflin (Scranton branch), salesmen, accountants and even Hr got together to decide once and for all: Is Hilary Swank hot or not? They’re referring to her looks, but one could just as easily be talking about her career. At what point was Hilary Swank hot in her career? In 2008, when the episode aired: Yeah. In the years between her Oscars? Not exactly. Now? No. So, let’s take a look and find out…Wtf Happened to…Hilary Swank?

But to truly understand what the fuck happened to Hilary Swank, we go back to the beginning. And the beginning began when she was born on July 30th, 1974, in Lincoln, Nebraska. As a youth, Swank bounced around a bit, going from Nebraska to Washington to California, developing a love for both gymnastics (Junior Olympian; state finalist) and acting (appearing in The Jungle Book at 9 as Mowgli...

1992: Jared Leto made his acting debut as a shirtless hunk in an episode of a short-lived ABC sitcom called “Camp Wilder.” 1993: Leto played another hunk, this time fully clothed, in another short-lived sitcom, “Almost Home.” 1994: Leto jumped from television guest star to TV movie star when he played Alicia Silverstone‘s unhappily married husband in “The Cool and the Crazy.” 1995: Leto began making a name for himself after playing Claire Danes‘ high school crush, Jordan Catalano, in short-lived, yet critically-acclaimed drama “My So-Called Life,” which aired for just one season on ABC. 1995: Leto made the leap to the big.

Rolling Stone's latest cover star Jared Leto has been talked about all year for his stirring, disturbing performance in the upcoming Suicide Squad as the Joker. The method actor's on-set actions as he dove into the character's sick mind have also become a subject of exploration for fans and tabloids, adding mystery to the Academy Award winner's style and approach to his diverse history of on-screen characters.

Now we have a question for you: What is Jared Leto's best on-screen role? Feel free to vote for an early appearance,...

If you were a child or a parent during the early '90s, there's a good chance that ABC's Tgif lineup graced your TV set. Remember Tgif? A two-hour block of family-friendly comedies that tried to make it seem fun staying in on Friday nights?

It officially debuted 25 years ago this month – on Sept. 22, 1989, with a lineup that included Perfect Strangers, Family Matters, Full House and Just the Ten of Us. And notably, it debuted four years before that other landmark '90s TV block, Must See TV.

The early promos are a trip, as they're both introducing the concept...

If you were a child or a parent during the early '90s, there's a good chance that ABC's Tgif lineup graced your TV set. Remember Tgif? A two-hour block of family-friendly comedies that tried to make it seem fun staying in on Friday nights? It officially debuted 25 years ago this month - on Sept. 22, 1989, with a lineup that included Perfect Strangers, Family Matters, Full House and Just the Ten of Us. And notably, it debuted four years before that other landmark '90s TV block, Must See TV. The early promos are a trip, as they're both introducing the...

Before Matthew McConaughey was an actor he was a reenactor. In 1992, the Dallas Buyer Club star, portrayed Larry Dickens who was fatally shot by Edward Harold Bell—Dickens and his mother intervened and alerted authorities when they caught Bell performing lewd acts in public. One year later, the Oscar winner landed the Dazed and Confused role that made him and his catchphrase, "alright, alright, alright" famous. Much like the 44-year-old thesp, other Hollywood heavyweights took on supporting and background parts before making their way onto the A-List. Jared Leto and his perfect hair debuted on the early '90s sitcom Camp Wilder. Lindsay Lohan's breakout role as a child star...

By Rachel Bennett

Television Editor & Columnist

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Movies used to be gold standard for actors, with George Clooney, Tom Hanks and Leonardo DiCaprio leaving the small screen for the big to achieve great professional and financial success.

However, times are changing, and many actors who left TV to work in movies are coming back, including Eddie Murphy, Robin Williams and Michael J. Fox. Due to the addition of cable and subscription-based original programming, better roles are being created that will give actors a chance for the recognition, awards and job security that movies no longer provide. Just look at Claire Danes, who returned to TV to star in Showtime’s Homeland, for which she’s nominated for an Emmy.

There are several actors who should return to TV, but not all of them will. Take a look at the top 10 TV stars who’ve left TV but should return:

10. America Ferrera...