Author: Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY

Debra Winger says she quit her starring role in 1992’s “A League of Their Own” after director Penny Marshall cast Madonna, making “an Elvis film.”

Speaking in riddles and “broken sentences,” Johnny Depp spoke for the first time since his unsuccessful high-profile British libel lawsuit last year.

Marlee Matlin isn’t the only stand-out in the tear-jerker family drama “CODA.” Here are four other stellar performances that rock the AppleTV+ movie.

When Jennifer Hudson found she would portray Aretha Franklin in “Respect,” there was one request: “She did remind me that she was the Queen of Soul.”

Jane Withers, the one-time child star who shared the screen with Shirley Temple and Elizabeth Taylor, has died at 95. No cause of death was given.

Actor Jay Pickett died before filming a scene on his Western “Treasure Valley” in Idaho. “Ride like the wind, partner,” his co-star and friend wrote.

MacGregor Houghton, a gay character, and Veronica Falcon’s revamped Trader Sam join Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt on Disney’s “Jungle Cruise.”

Ashley Judd walked for the first time since her harrowing February ordeal where the actress broke her leg in four places in a Congolese rain forest.

“Playing with Sharks” star Valerie Taylor helped film dramatic shark footage for 1975’s “Jaws” – then devoted her life to undoing real shark fear.