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    Lidia Bastianich, Melody Thomas Scott and Ed Scott to receive life achievement honors at Daytime Emmys

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    Edward J. Scott (l) and Melody Thomas Scott
    LOS ANGELES (AP) --

    Public television host and cookbook author Lidia Bastianich, "The Young and the Restless" actor Melody Thomas Scott and "The Bold and the Beautiful" producer Edward Scott will be the Lifetime Achievement honorees at the Daytime Emmys in June.

    Bastianich has created Daytime Emmy Award-winning cooking shows over the last 25 years on PBS, including "Lidia's Kitchen." The 77-year-old chef has also published numerous cookbooks.

    Melody Thomas Scott has played Nikki Newman on the CBS soap opera "The Young and the Restless" for 45 years. She was nominated for a Daytime Emmy as lead actress in 1999. She made her movie debut at 8 years old in the Alfred Hitchcock thriller "Marnie."

    She has been married to Edward Scott since 1985.

    Edward Scott has won six Daytime Emmys for his producing work. He currently is supervising producer on "The Bold and the Beautiful." He joined "The Young and the Restless" as an associate producer in 1976 and eventually served as the show's executive producer for decades. He previously worked on "Days of Our Lives."

    "With a combined 93 years of contributions to our community, they are true institutions in the world of daytime television," said Adam Sharp, president and CEO of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

    The Daytime Emmys air June 7 on CBS.

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    Daryl Hannah issues scathing response to portrayal of her on TV series about Kennedy and Bessette

    Friday, March 6, 2026
    Daryl Hannah poses in the press room at the Oscars, Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

    Daryl Hannah has issued a scathing response to the new TV series about John F. Kennedy Jr. and wife Carolyn Bessette, denouncing the way she's been portrayed in the FX and Hulu show as false, damaging and misogynistic.

    "How Can 'Love Story' Get Away With This?" was the headline of the actor's guest essay Friday in the New York Times.

    "Love Story: John F. Kennedy Jr. & Carolyn Bessette" is a romantic look at the love affair and marriage of the famously stylish couple, who died in 1999 along with Bessette's sister, Lauren, when a small plane piloted by Kennedy crashed into the Atlantic on a hazy night.

    Hannah had dated Kennedy before he met and married Bessette, and is portrayed in what can only be described as a distinctly unflattering way in the series. The character is played by Dree Hemingway.

    "The character 'Daryl Hannah' portrayed in the series is not even a remotely accurate representation of my life, my conduct or my relationship with John," Hannah, 65, wrote. "The actions and behaviors attributed to me are untrue."

    She went on to refute specific actions attributed to her character, who appears in the first three episodes. "I have never used cocaine in my life or hosted cocaine-fueled parties," Hannah wrote. "I have never pressured anyone into marriage. I have never desecrated any family heirloom or intruded upon anyone's private memorial.

    "I have never planted any story in the press," she continued. "I never compared Jacqueline Onassis' death to a dog's. It's appalling to me that I even have to defend myself against a television show."

    FX said it had no immediate comment on Hannah's charges.

    Hannah is not the first to bitterly criticize the show and accuse producers, especially executive producer... Read More

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