{"id":1576,"date":"2026-10-29T13:55:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T13:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1576"},"modified":"2026-10-29T13:55:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T13:55:10","slug":"in-brief-john-goodman-joins-the-beast-in-me-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/?p=1576","title":{"rendered":"In brief: John Goodman joins &#8216;The Beast in Me&#8217; and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/syndication.abcaudio.com\/files\/2026-10-28\/E_inbriefgraphic.jpg\" alt><\/figure>\n<p>John Goodman is joining Claire Danes in the cast of Netflix\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/the-beast-in-me-season-2-release-date-cast-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Beast in Me<\/em><\/a>. The actor will play Aggie\u2019s father, Jack, in season 2 of the thriller series. Season 1 starred Danes opposite Matthew Rhys, who won an Emmy for his role as a billionaire suspected of murder \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Melanie Lynskey has found her next role. The <em>Yellowjackets<\/em> actress will star in the new limited series <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DfBQXFoCU1f\/?hl=en&amp;img_index=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Mushroom Murders<\/em><\/a>, based on the true story of an Australian woman convicted of killing three of her family members by serving them poison mushrooms. The series has been greenlit for Paramount+ \u2026<\/p>\n<p>The Reba McEntire series <em>Happy\u2019s Place<\/em> is paying tribute to Dolly Parton with a special dedication in\u00a0its Oct. 30 episode. \u201cWe were filming this episode on the day she passed, and it just felt like the right thing to do as our way of honoring her,\u201d McEntire says in a statement. \u201cThe episode is all about remembering those we love who have passed on, and we will always love and remember Dolly.\u201d <em>Happy\u2019s Place<\/em> airs Fridays at 8 p.m. ET\/PT on NBC \u2026<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>John Goodman is joining Claire Danes in the cast of Netflix\u2019s The Beast in Me. The actor will play Aggie\u2019s father, Jack, in season 2 of the thriller series. Season 1 starred Danes opposite Matthew Rhys, who won an Emmy for his role as a billionaire suspected of murder \u2026 Melanie Lynskey has found her [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kcfj570am.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}