Katie Holmes will once again play Jackie Kennedy Onassis in a TV miniseries. The actress has signed on to star in The Kennedys: After Camelot, a follow-up to The Kennedys miniseries for Reelz Channel. It’s based on a book by Randy Taraborrelli. The four-hour miniseries will begin production next year and is to air in 2016. Holmes, 35, will executive-produce and direct one episode. John Cassar, who directed The Kennedys, will direct the other three episodes. The Kennedys was originally made to air on the History Channel but was dropped because the channel said it didn’t fit its brand. The miniseries was later picked up by the Reelz Channel and scored record ratings for the channel when it aired in 2011. It starred Greg Kinnear as John F. Kennedy and Holmes as the first lady. Kinnear was nominated for an Emmy and SAG Award for his portrayal. Barry Pepper, who played Bobby Kennedy, won the Emmy Award for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or movie.
Items from the California home of Academy Award-winning actress Joan Fontaine, including her 1941 Oscar for best actress, are heading for the auction block. The 104 lots of fine art, silver, lighting, furniture and jewelry are scheduled to be spread over four auctions and could realize more than $1 million, Christie’s said Tuesday. Fontaine’s Oscar for her role as the timid wife in Alfred Hitchcock’s Suspicion opposite Cary Grant is anticipated to raise $200,000 to $300,000 on Dec. 11. The actress died in December in her home in Carmel at age 96. The proceeds will benefit the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals in Monterey, Calif., the auction house said. Fontaine was a big supporter of the SPCA, adopting three of her dogs— Kita, Fang IV and Samantha — from the organization. Fontaine appeared in more than 30 movies. She gained stardom in 1940 in Hitchcock’s Rebecca, which won the Academy Award for best picture and earned Fontaine the first of her three Oscar nominations. Three of the auctions will be held in New York between November and January. Fontaine, who also made New York her home for 25 years, was the sister of another Hollywood legend, Olivia de Havilland.