Kimmarie Johnson, a model who made inroads into acting during the late 1990s and early 2000s with a small role in Dude, Where’s My Car? and an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210, died Wednesday, November 4, at Cedars-Sinai Hospital in Los Angeles following a cardiac emergency the week before. She was 50.
Her death was announced by her niece Rhonda Scott. Johnson was determined to have suffered a heart aneurysm.
Born Kim Marie Johnson on April 8, 1976, in Pittsburgh, Johnson worked as a flight attendant after college, did some modeling and, in 1992, competed in and won the Miss Pennsylvania USA beauty pageant. The following year she finished in the top five at the Miss USA beauty pageant.
After moving to Los Angeles in the mid-1990s, Johnson continued modeling and in 1998 played the character Jane in an episode of Beverly Hills, 90210. In the 2000 Ashton Kutcher and Seann William Scott comedy Dude, Where’s My Car?, she was cast in a memorable scene as one of five aliens disguised as sexy “jumpsuit chicks.”
Also in 2000 Johnson appeared in an episode of the Pamela Anderson TV series V.I.P.
Johnson cut back on her acting career after giving birth to son Cameron Nino, now an L.A.-based musician, in 2003, but made the occasional appearance in such projects as Wanda at Large, comedy Spanish Fly and in 2017 the series Tucker’s War, her final credit.
In addition to her show business career, Johnson was an entrepreneur who in 2011 launched a skin care brand called SkinGlow by Kimmarie.
Johnson is survived by her son and niece.

NBC has finally revealed when it’s going to reopen “The Rockford Files.”
The new reboot starring David Boreanaz will get a special early premiere on Saturday, January 2 at 8 p.m., immediately following that day’s NFL broadcast on NBC, TVLine has learned. The show will then debut in its regular time slot on Thursday, January 7 at 8 p.m.
Fans can also call a special “Rockford Files” hotline, inspired by the original series’ iconic answering machine, at (760) JIM-ROCK. Callers will be able to hear a message from Boreanaz and sign up for text message updates from the show.
Check out a promo for the hotline here:
NBC’s “Rockford Files” reboot is billed as “a contemporary update on the classic series of the same name” starring James Garner that aired on NBC from 1974 to 1980, according to the official description. “Newly paroled after doing time for a crime he didn’t commit, James Rockford returns to his life as a private investigator using his charm and wit to solve cases around Los Angeles. It doesn’t take long for his quest for legitimacy to land him squarely in the crosshairs of both local police and organized crime.”
Along with Boreanaz, the cast includes Michaela McManus (“Memory of a Killer”), Ilfenesh Hadera (“Will Trent”), and Jacki Weaver (“Clipped”). Mike Daniels (“Sons of Anarchy”) serves as writer and executive producer. The reboot earned a series order at NBC in May.

The U.K. version of the “Married At First Sight” reality franchise will no longer air on Channel 4 after allegations that two women were raped during the production of the show.
Channel 4 chief executive Priya Dogra confirmed in a statement Thursday the network was cutting ties with the reality series following an external review of the allegations made while filming its sixth season.
The review found no wrongdoing by the network or the show’s production company, CPL, but Dogra said that the “right course was to bring Married At First Sight UK on Channel 4 to an end.”
“Whilst the review praised the welfare protocols in place and made no findings that … the format is inherently unsafe, I have to consider when is the right time for Channel 4 to move on from a format,” Dogra said.
The rape allegations were first revealed this summer in a BBC Panorama investigation. One of the two women alleged that the husband she was matched with raped her and threatened her with an acid attack, according to the BBC.
A third woman accused her onscreen husband of sexual misconduct.
All three men involved denied the allegations.
The premise of “Married At First Sight” is that a group of contestants agree to be matched with complete strangers and meet at the altar. Couples are then followed by the cameras as they navigate their relationship and discuss their problems on air with the show’s counselors. Version of the show have aired across the world, including the U.S., Australia, France, and Spain.
Channel 4 hired a law firm to review safety protocols at the time of the alleged sexual misconduct and how the production company handled them once they were raised, the company said in a press release. The network’s review did not seek “to adjudicate” the allegations, which it said “remain a matter for the relevant authorities.”
More than 30,000 documents were reviewed by law firm Clyde & Co in addition to hours of footage, according to Channel 4. The review found that the production company and network were compliant with regulations from the U.K.’s Office of Communications.
A full version of the review was not made available but Channel 4 did provide a summary of findings, noting that the report was a “legally privileged and confidential review.”
There was no overall breach of the broadcasting code, though the full “welfare framework” was not applied in some incidents, the review found. One of the incidents included contributors who broke rules regarding “prohibited substances” but were given a warning rather than being removed.
A report from former BBC One controller Lorraine Heggessey, who was asked to examine if any protocols should be changed, said that there are elements of the show that could put pressure on individuals to be physically intimate. She recommended that the show consider discontinuing events such as Intimacy Week and Partner Swap Week.
Heggessey’s report said that the show’s stars could “become dependent on production and lose touch with reality,” which could affect decision-making.
She also recommended the show consider changing the mechanism in place that forces a couple to remain for another week if one person in a couple wants to leave but the other asks to stay during their weekly commitment ceremonies.
Among some of the recommendations were to install video and recording equipment in couple’s apartments to be monitored 24/7, provide couple’s separate bedrooms, provide “panic buttons,” and allow contributors to have at least one unsupervised visit back home during production.
The network said the full implementation of the recommendations “would entail a materially greater level of intervention, monitoring and supervision that would fundamentally alter the format and editorial proposition of the programme.”
“The recommendations are eminently sensible and feasible, but considering their wholesale implementation provoked fundamental questions about the editorial proposition of a show that, I believe, has now run its course over ten years,” Dogra said.
Dogra said that the money budgeted for the series would be reinvested into finding “the next generation of distinctive and disruptive British television.” She thanked the staff who worked on the series and credited them for their “significant efforts to protect the welfare of contributors.”
The production company, CPL, said it understood Channel 4’s decision to part ways with the reality program, according to Sky News. It emphasized in its statement that Heggessey’s report found the welfare protocols to be “extensive, extremely thorough and of a high standard.”
“CPL has always put contributor welfare at the heart of its programme making and will continue to do so,” the company said.
This is not the franchise’s first controversy.
The show’s Australia series has been criticized for subjecting contestants to potentially harmful situations, including a man who had a history of domestic abuse allegations. While the allegations were dismissed before filming began, the woman who was matched with him told The Guardian in June that the show “obviously needed a better vetting process.”
“We are strangers sleeping in a bedroom on our own on the first night, you’ve got no security, you’re by yourselves,” Awhina Rutene told the outlet.
She added that she was not subjected to abuse, but noted that the environment felt invasive and that physical intimacy felt “forced.”
“Every morning (in interviews) they’d be like, ‘Why aren’t you having sex?’” Rutene said.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority has conducted 10 investigations, according to the Guardian, and no breaches of its code of practice were found.

Paris Jackson’s bitter battle over her late father Michael Jackson’s fortune has taken another dramatic turn.
A Los Angeles judge ruled Wednesday that the King of Pop’s longtime estate executor, John Branca, can keep certain financial information confidential amid ongoing litigation over his handling of the estate, according to court documents obtained by Page Six.
In two separate rulings issued Nov. 4, Judge Brenda J. Penny granted Branca’s requests to seal limited portions of court filings containing confidential information about the executor’s attorney fees, legal costs and estate accounting.
One order specifically allows Branca to conceal “confidential, nonpublic information regarding the amount of Executor incurred attorney fees and costs” involved in litigation over the reasonableness of his actions.
The second ruling concerns information related to the estate’s “Fourteenth Account Current and Report of Administration of Estate and Petition for Settlement Thereof; and for Instructions Re Family Allowance.”
The judge determined that making the information public could create a “substantial probability of prejudice” to the estate’s interests in pending litigation, future negotiations and ongoing business matters.
Both motions were unopposed.
The rulings mark a legal victory for Branca as he continues facing scrutiny over his management of the late singer’s multibillion-dollar estate.
However, the orders do not indicate that Paris, 28, opposed the requests or that the judge ruled directly against her.
In a third court order issued the same day, attorneys informed the judge that a separate matter involving motions previously heard on Oct. 7 had been resolved.
The document does not specify the terms of the resolution or identify which issues were settled.
Reps for Paris and Branca did not immediately respond to Page Six’s requests for comment.
The latest developments come just days after Paris demanded that Branca transfer $600 million from her father’s estate into the family trust intended to benefit her and her brothers, Prince, 29, and Bigi, 24.
As Page Six exclusively reported, the singer filed a bombshell petition Oct. 29 accusing Branca of withholding the siblings’ inheritance and maintaining an “iron grip” over when and how much money they receive.
Paris claims the family trust remains unfunded more than 17 years after her father’s death, despite the estate generating billions of dollars.
She further alleges that Branca retaliated against her for questioning his handling of the estate by reducing payments to her and her brothers by millions of dollars.
According to the filing, Michael intended for his children to begin receiving income from their respective trusts at age 21, followed by portions of their principal inheritance at ages 30, 35 and 40.
Paris argues the estate has approximately $600 million available for distribution even after accounting for outstanding financial obligations.
A spokesperson for the estate previously denied her allegations, telling Page Six that the claim Branca withheld or reduced payments was “a complete fabrication.”
The representative insisted that more than $200 million had already been distributed to or spent for the benefit of Michael’s children and other beneficiaries.
The estate also maintained that unresolved legal matters, including an ongoing dispute with the IRS, have prevented the family trust from being fully funded.
Paris’s petition is scheduled for a hearing Dec. 3.

Great news for Off Campus fans — the hugely popular Prime Video college soap will be back sooner than many expected, with Season 2 set to premiere on April 28, 2027. That is less than a year after the May 13 release of Season 1, a very rare gap of under 12 months for a streaming series and one of the smallest on record.
The quick turnaround for Off Campus, created by Louisa Levy based on author Elle Kennedy’s best-selling Off Campus Universe, was helped by the early Season 2 renewal in February, three months ahead of the Season 1 debut.
It is set to meet a global demand for the series which, six months after Season 1 was released, remains among Prime Video’s Top 10 most viewed series worldwide, most recently at #6 for the week of Oct. 26. Off Campus‘ staying power followed a red-hot launch, with Season 1 reaching 36 million viewers through its first 12 days to mark the third most-viewed debut season of any series in Prime Video history overall and most-viewed ever among Women 18-34.
Off Campus follows an elite ice hockey team, and the women in their lives, as they grapple with love, heartbreak, and self-discovery — forging deep friendships and enduring bonds while navigating the complexities that come with transitioning into adulthood.
As announced in May, Season 2 will center on the romance between Allie Hayes (Mika Abdalla) and Dean Di Laurentis (Stephen Kalyn) from The Mistake book in Kennedy’s series.
Along with the premiere date announcement, Amazon has confirmed the cast for Season 2.
As expected, coming back is the entire Season 1 series regular cast except Josh Heuston who had a one-season arc as Hannah’s (Ella Bright) crush. Those returning include Abdalla, Kalyn, Season 1 couple Belmont Cameli (Garrett) and Bright (Hannah), as well as the other two hockey players who will get their own love stories, Antonio Cipriano (John Logan) and Jalen Thomas Brooks (John Tucker). They are joined by new series regular India Fowler who will play John Logan’s romantic interest Grace Ivers.
From the Season 1 recurring cast, returning are Julia Sarah-Stone as Jules, John Logan’s younger nonbinary sibling who runs the Briar gossip account; Khobe Clarke as Beau Maxwell, Dean’s friend and brother of Joanna Maxwell; and Miles Gutierrez-Riley as Hannah’s friend Dexter. They are joined by new recurring cast member Philipa Soo as Scarlett, a theatre artist who is guest directing an original play at the college’s drama department.
Guest starring in Season 2 are Charlie Evans, who was introduced late in Season 1 as Dean’s high school hockey rival Hunter Davenport, and new addition Shay Rudolph as Dean’s younger sister Summer.
Among those not listed for Season 2 are Chad Willett, who played Coach Jensen, the head coach of the Briar Hawks, in Season 1; Steve Howey, who recurred as Garrett’s abusive father Phil; and Chelah Horsdal as Hannah’s mother Carrie.
Levy co-showruns and executive produces Off Campus with Gina Fattore. Wyck Godfrey, Marty Bowen and James Seidman executive produce and Annika Patton co-executive produces for Temple Hill. Leanna Billings of Billings Productions and Neal Flaherty also serve as executive producers.