Daveigh Chase, a former child actor known for voicing Lilo in Disney’s animated Lilo & Stitch and playing Samara in The Ring, has died. She was 35.
“Daveigh was the sweetest woman on the planet and this is a huge loss to all of us,” John Ryan Jr., a representative for Chase, told Yahoo. “Daveigh was one of my best friends for the last 17 years and we’ve managed her for over a decade. We were in the middle of a documentary about her during this tragic passing.”
TMZ was first to report Chase’s death. Her boyfriend, Roy Hernandez, told TMZ that she died on Tuesday after battling both meningitis and an infection in her blood. He said it had led to septic shock. Hernandez told the outlet that she was hospitalized for malnutrition earlier in June.
“She was the greatest. She loved cats. She worked with cat rescues with us. She was very to herself, ” Ryan told the BBC. “She was not very Hollywood,” he said. “She’d rather eat at Bob’s Big Boy and go home with the cats. She loved acting but wasn’t into the fame scene.
Chase began her Hollywood career in a 1998 episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch. Over the years, she’s had guest appearances on numerous TV shows, including CSI, Cold Case and Without a Trace. In 2008, she voiced the main character of Betsy on Betsy’s Kindergarten Adventures, a preschool series. Her longest-running role was that of Rhonda, a child bride, in the TV series Big Love, which ran from 2006 to 2011.
But it was perhaps her film roles that she’s most known for. Chase played the younger sister Samantha, opposite Jake Gyllenhaal’s character, in the 2001 cult film Donnie Darko. She later reprised the role in 2009’s S. Darko, a direct-to-video sequel.
In 2002, Chase appeared as the ghostly Samara Morgan in The Ring. That same year, she voiced Chihiro Ogino in the English dub of Spirited Away, from acclaimed Japanese filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki. She lent her voice again to Lilo in Disney’s animated Hawaiian adventure Lilo & Stitch, which earned her an Annie Award the following year for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Feature Production.
“I just want to make something that I love and people will respect,” Chase told Interview magazine in 2009. “I want to do things that will change someone’s life, not something they’ll forget about tomorrow.”
In 2016, she appeared opposite Rory Culkin and Nikki Reed in the independent horror movie Jack Goes Home. Her final acting role was in the thriller American Romance that same year.
Chase was arrested on a misdemeanor drug possession charge in Los Angeles in 2018. The year prior, she was arrested as a passenger in a stolen BMW during a traffic stop, resulting in a felony booking for riding in a vehicle without the owner’s consent.

Ms. Juicy was frightened after police told her she was going to be arrested and taken to jail … and her emotional reaction is all on video.
In the police bodycam footage from the “Little Woman: Atlanta” star’s April 18 arrest in Winder, Georgia, she chats with the cops who pulled her over … and when they tell her she’s being placed under arrest, she replies … “I’m going to jail? Woo.”
Ms. Juicy — whose real name is Shirlene King-Pearson — was booked on charges of driving on a suspended license and no proof of insurance.
During her chat with cops, Ms. Juicy told officers she was upset because she believed the issues with her license had been previously resolved in court.
She said she was warned about a warrant via a letter in the mail and wondered aloud … “How the hell did I have a warrant?” Ms. Juicy also said she truly believed her license was valid.
During her interaction with cops, Ms. Juicy talked to a friend on the phone … who was going to pick up her car from where she was arrested.
She told the friend … “I don’t want nobody to see me. If they see me, they gonna take photos.”
The reality star began tearing up on the call … and that’s when cops told her she was being arrested.

Last year, there was plenty of chatter about Netflix’s alleged directive for writers and showrunners to dumb down stories, lest anything too complex or thought-provoking distract viewers from spending time on their phone while the show plays, or worse, make them stop binge-watching altogether. In other words, not all (of course) but enough of the streamer’s originals seem curated for background viewing—surface-level thrillers (The Waterfront, Untamed, His & Hers) with plot points frequently repeated so you don’t miss anything, shockingly silly twists, and subpar work from talented actors who help maintain a facade of prestige. The latest to join this slate is I Will Find You, which, based on the title alone, indicates how plainly it wants to spell everything out for viewers.
The eight-episode series is Netflix’s 13th (!) adaptation of a Harlan Coben novel; evidently, there’s an appetite to see Coben’s engaging airport reads translated to the screen, even if it comes at the risk of dull storytelling. At least I Will Find You‘s creator, Robert Hull (Quantum Leap), brings a slew of cool stars aboard this mostly sinking ship: The ensemble features Sam Worthington, Britt Lower, Milo Ventimiglia, Madeleine Stowe, Chi McBride, and Logan Browning. It’s just too bad that each of them is saddled with a one-dimensional character who speaks in dialogue that mostly doubles as exposition dumps.
Everything about I Will Find You comes across as doing the bare minimum, including the acting, direction, and focus on any interpersonal relationships between characters, including the ones who are meant to be the show’s driving force. None more so than protagonist David Burroughs (Worthington) and his former sister-in-law, Rachel Mills (Lower), who team up to hunt for David’s presumed-dead son and evade the feds on their tail, all while David’s ex-wife/Rachel’s sister, Cheryl (Erin Richards), is mostly kept in the dark. Unfortunately, everyone’s phoning it in here, and the leads’ stiff performances just detract further from the plot’s urgency.
I Will Find You opens with David pointedly narrating that for the past five years, he’s been wrongfully incarcerated in a Maine prison for the murder of his three-year-old son, Matthew. When Rachel drops in one day with proof that his kid is actually alive and out there somewhere, they make it their mission to find both the truth and Matthew. David’s able to break out and head home to Boston because the prison’s warden (Peter Outerbridge) is a former cop who once worked closely with David’s dad (Hugh Thompson). David’s best friend, Adam (Jonathan Tucker), is also a police officer who helps him, in case you were wondering if the circumstances of the protagonist’s escape were getting a little too convenient.
Such contrived developments—not coherent, compelling narratives—push the show’s momentum forward, including how freewheelingly Rachel, a former Boston Globe investigative journalist, uses her contacts or gets stories published. She reaches out to her extremely wealthy ex-boyfriend, Hayden Payne (Ventimiglia), whose involvement only amps up I Will Find You‘s total suspension of logic. Hayden is hardly a step above a plot device; someone who lets David and Rachel crash at his penthouse and whose wealth is like a literal get-out-of-jail-free card. Any build-up required to sell Hayden’s relationship with Rachel is nonexistent, and yet, the show relies heavily on their bond.
I Will Find You—in a wannabe Mare Of Easttown way—hints at an emotional throughline about the lengths parents go to and sacrifices they make for their children, but this thesis is inconsistent and explored only on a surface level. Some of that weight is well carried by—mild spoiler alert—the father-daughter FBI task force duo hunting for David and Rachel. While looking into them and the case, agents Sarah Greer (Browning) and Max Williams (McBride) look back on their own relationship over the years, which lends I Will Find You some heft.
But the show’s suspense gradually spins totally out of control. Shady figures like a vengeful, semi-retired mob boss (played by Clancy Brown) and a calculating heiress (Stowe) emerge as underdeveloped suspects for David and Rachel to chase across the Eastern Seaboard. And once Cheryl eventually becomes a part of the mission, the twists go from ridiculous to downright offensive, with hardly any commitment to unpacking the implications of why David and his family were targeted in the first place. Somehow, the show takes itself too seriously and not seriously enough, leaving it an inorganic mess that not even its cast can elevate. At least it won’t distract much from the doomscrolling you’re doing while the episodes play.
Saloni Gajjar is The A.V. Club‘s TV critic.
I Will Find You premieres June 18 on Netflix.

Britain’s Prince Harry and his family will return to the United Kingdom for a visit next month, British media reported Wednesday.
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are expected to be accompanied by their two children, Archie, seven, and Lilibet, five, in what would be their first trip to the UK as a family in four years, according to the BBC, the Telegraph and ITV News.
Harry and his wife Meghan, who live in California, left the UK for North America in 2020 after stepping back from royal life, and have since been involved in a long-running, public falling out with his family.
The Sussexes cited a toxic cocktail of tabloid intrusion, entrenched racism in British institutions, online abuse and complex family dynamics, alongside a desire for financial independence as reasons for leaving the UK, in televised interviews and a memoir.
In the years since, Harry, 41, has made several short trips back to the UK, most notably attending the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in 2022 and his father King Charles III’s coronation in 2023.
Harry returned to England in September last year when he reunited with his father –– their first face-to-face meeting in 19 months. His last visit to the country was January this year, when he attended court as part of a lawsuit he and others have brought against the publisher of the Daily Mail over allegations of unlawful information gathering.
Harry has previously shared his desire to reconcile with his family, and the meeting triggered speculation the royal family’s rift might be abating.
It is not yet known whether the King will meet with his grandchildren during the reported visit next month. They last saw each other in person in 2022, when the Sussex family returned to the UK for the late Queen’s Platinum Jubilee celebrations.
Their visit coincides with an event marking one year to the start of the Invictus Games, the biennial sporting competition Harry founded more than a decade ago.

“NBD but I just achieved a major milestone as a woman online,” Reese Witherspoon and ex-husband Ryan Phillippe’s daughter wrote in a TikTok video posted in May 2024. “I saw 2 different strangers commenting on my body.”
She continued, “The first said I should get on Oz*mpic because I’m too fat. The second accused me of starving myself because I’m too thin. My weight did not change in the time period between their comments. (& it wouldn’t be any of their business if it did!)”
Ava said that “no one deserves to be picked apart for what they look like.” She added, “You don’t always know what someone’s gone through or what they struggle with. But no matter who you are… Your beauty exceeds such superficial measures.”
After some critics accused the House Bunny actress of looking too skinny in an Instagram photo, the star fired back, writing, “I know I don’t need to do this but in an effort to spread some awareness and shed some light on body shaming tactics i felt the need to share. After the barrage of some really inappropriate comments left on my pic I posted yesterday I was left really bummed cause I was really enjoying the silly pics I took. It was a weird angle that even made me feel life I looked smaller than I do in real life. But regardless even though you may think it’s your job or even your right to leave unfiltered thoughts or judgements about my body for me and others to read… it’s not.”
“Coming for me in my comments and telling me how I’m too skinny or I need to eat is absolutely not helpful and extremely body shaming,” she continued.”Body shaming of any kind is something I will not stand for.”
More than a week later, she shared a photo of herself sunbathing in a bikini, writing, “For the haters….with love and gratitude kindly [kiss emoji] my [peach emoji], I’ll keep smiling regardless [peace sign emoji].”
After being called “too skinny,” the legendary singer addressed the negative comments, telling Entertainment Tonight, “Is there anything wrong about my body? I’ve always been very thin. I do ballet. I do a lot of stretching and I work out because it helps my mind, body and soul.”
“If you don’t want to be criticized, you are in the wrong place. I take what’s good for me. I leave behind what is not good for me,” she explained. “I let my management take care of that, and if it hurts anyone, they will take care of that. And I need to focus on what’s right for me, how I feel and, last but not least, you can’t please everybody.”
The “Señorita” star previously took to Instagram Stories to send a message to her haters.
“I haven’t gone on social media AT ALL with the conscious intention of avoiding things that hurt my feelings,” she began her lengthy post. “My eyes accidentally ran over a head line of people ‘body shaming me.’ Honestly, first thing I felt was super insecure over just IMAGINING what these pictures must look like, oh no! My cellulite! Oh no! I didn’t suck in my stomach! But then I was like…of course there are bad pictures, of course there are bad angles, my body’s not made of f–king rock, or all muscles, for that matter. But the saddest part of young girls growing up in an airbrushed world is they’re seeking a perfection that’s not real.”
“I’m writing this for girls like my little sister who are growing up on social media. They’re constantly seeing photoshopped, edited pictures and thinking that’s reality and everyone’s eyes get used to seeing airbrushed skin, and suddenly they think THAT’S norm. It isn’t. It’s fake. AND FAKE IS BECOMING THE NEW REAL. We have a completely unrealistic view of a woman’s body. Girls, cellulite is normal. fat is normal. It’s beautiful and natural. I won’t buy into the bulls–t today!!!! Not today satan and I hope you don’t either.”
In May 2019, the singer posted a video of herself performing at Hangout Music Festival in a black leotard. After seeing the video, a social media user tweeted, “Okay don’t mean to disrespect but aint too thiccccck!?? I mean never saw her like that BEFORE!! from the song with other two country dudes!!” However, the pop star quickly clapped back, replying, “I gained weight get over it.”
She also called out the fashion industry after she claimed several designers refused to dress her for the Grammys because of her size. “Empower women to love their bodies instead of making girls and women feel less then [sic] by their size,” she shared on Instagram in January 2019. “We are beautiful any size! Small or large! Anddddd My size 8 ass is still going to the Grammys. #LOVEYOURBODY.”
Just a week after she welcomed her baby, the podcast host took to Instagram to send a message to her followers.
“A few things because honestly I’m so frustrated and I need to vent this,” she wrote in December 2018. “I wanted to post this photo (showing my stomach) because I wanted to show my journey back to healthy and my goodness I’m so glad I didn’t which is why this photo is now cropped. It’s amazing the comments and how rude some people can be from my last photo I took yesterday. A few things, no I didn’t get a tummy tuck, no I don’t have a personal chef, no I don’t have fortunes so I didn’t train everyday. Yes I had a c section, yes I am still in pain and on meds but I do have a high pain tolerance. I have had 3 stomach surgeries before this (appendix, gallbladder, and c section).. In that photo I had a belly bandit wrapped tightly, and high waisted pants and wow here I am defending myself. Why?!? If I would have posted the photo of my actual stomach in this photo I would have probably been shamed too even when I was wanting to be vulnerable with my journey. Why do we women have to compare ourselves to each other and then shame? I say this to myself as much as I say this to y’all…why can’t it be that we are all different. Our bodies are all beautiful and crafted differently, they heal different, they react different, they simply look different. Why do we need to shame someone for not looking a certain way? Or feel bad about ourselves for looking a certain way? Can we be kinder to ourselves and know that every women has a different journey but yet we are all beautiful? Can we lift women up but not tear yourself down in the process with comparing? Let’s give that a try…..I love y’all. Back to my baby.”