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Joan Collins in 'The Bitch': Sex tale based on younger sister Jackie Collins' novel. Author Jackie Collins dead at 77: Surprisingly few film and TV adaptations of her bestselling novels Jackie Collins, best known for a series of bestsellers about the dysfunctional sex lives of the rich and famous and for being the younger sister of film and TV star Joan Collins, died of breast cancer on Sept. 19, '15, in Los Angeles. The London-born (Oct. 4, 1937) Collins was 77. Collins' tawdry, female-centered novels – much like those of Danielle Steel and Judith Krantz – were/are immensely popular. According to her website, they have sold more than 500 million copies in 40 countries. And if the increasingly tabloidy BBC is to be believed (nowadays, Wikipedia has become a key source, apparently), every single one of them – 32 in all – appeared on the New York Times' bestseller list. (Collins' own site claims that a mere 30 were included.) Sex...

Jackie Collins, the bestselling author who sourced the TV miniseries Hollywood Wives and Lucky Chances, died on Saturday following a six-and-a-half year battle with breast cancer. She was 77.

“It is with tremendous sadness that we announce the death of our beautiful, dynamic and one-of-a-kind mother,” Collins’ family said in a statement to People. “She was a true inspiration, a trailblazer for women in fiction and a creative force. She will live on through her characters, but we already miss her beyond words.”

Among Collins’ myriad novels, Hollywood Wives was developed into a TV miniseries in 1985, with a cast that included Candice Bergen,...

With the holiday season quickly approaching, it's time for the November rush... which means we're in for a seriously packed DVD release day! When you look at the major releases, the only real blockbuster here is J.J. Abrams' Star Trek, but there are a ton of interesting indie releases and a solid line-up of Blu-ray discs as well. A pair of underperforming comedies hit stores today (Bruno and The Goods) plus Jim Jarmusch's The Limits of Control, Chan-wook Park's vampire drama Thirst, and the Sundance hit Humpday, not to mention the Lil' Wayne documentary The Carter. On Blu-ray, we have new anniversary editions of Fight Club and Gone with the Wind, plus three Kevin Smith flicks, Galaxy Quest, and Leon: The Professional. What's on your shopping list this week? Star Trek [1] (DVD, Blu-ray [2]) Bruno [3] (DVD, Blu-ray [4]) The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard [5] Thirst [6] The Limits of Control [7] Humpday [8] Franklyn [9] (DVD,...

Baseball was once again the hottest thing going in primetime on Sunday as the New York Yankees tied it up in their World Series battle with the Florida Marlins with a 6-1 victory in Game 2 of the World Series. Despite the baseball competition, NBC still pulled in solid numbers with 9 p.m. drama Law & Order: Criminal Intent, as did ABC at 10 p.m. with The Practice. CBS also did respectable adults 18-49 demo business from 9-11 p.m. with its campy Jackie Collins telepic Hollywood Wives: The New Generation. Reliable estimates for Fox's live game coverage won't be available until Tuesday, but preliminary estimates from Nielsen Media Research indicate that the game drew at minimum an average of about 17 million-18 million viewers and built throughout the night. In Nielsen's 55 overnight metered markets, the Yankees-Marlins contest averaged 15.0 household rating/22 share.

Pop vixen Christina Aguilera is poised to play a scheming mistress in an American TV movie - marking her first venture into acting. The Beautiful singer is set to join acting stalwarts Robin Givens, Farrah Fawcett and Melissa Gilbert in the small screen adaptation of Jackie Collins' raunchy novel Hollywood Wives: The New Generation. And the pop star - who's often been criticized for her saucy image - has reportedly refused to portray a "sweet" character in the film for American network CBS, preferring instead to be cast as a villain. A movie source says, "It's true Christina expressed an interest and we helped film a short screen test. She was sensational but instructed us that she did not want to play anyone sweet."...

NEW YORK -- Fox Sports Net will give Beyond the Glory, its three-year-old Biography-style series, its biggest push yet in the next week as it promotes a two-hour episode on Mike Tyson in which the former heavyweight champion gave producers hours of access to him. The show will also be notable for interviews with Tyson's ex-wife, the actress Robin Givens, who has said little during the past 15 years about her explosive and short marriage to Tyson. Givens, who has recently been cast in the CBS telefilm Hollywood Wives: The New Generation, explains her complex love for Tyson and describes how he used to beat her and cheat on her. In the show, Tyson frankly discusses his brutal nature and dismal upbringing that helped shape not only his fury and tenacity in the ring, but a self-loathing nature in which he says "I hate Mike Tyson. ... I mostly wish the worst for Mike Tyson."...