Todd McCarthy (May 22) What they said: “Kathy Bates is a nonstop pleasure as Randall’s full-bodied mom, a force of nature who drops her clothes to jump in a hot tub with Schmidt, the one scene ...

and what better way to celebrate than to soak up cinema’s Top 10 hottest hot tub scenes from days of olde… (Don’t worry gang, we’re going to spare you any Kathy Bates/About Schmidt love here!) ...

Kathy Bates would shudder at ... scene is alone worth recognition. To Schmidt's surprise, this woman, whom he barely knows, disrobes and hops into a hot tub with him. Before agreeing to the ...

If you didn’t see About Schmidt ... and Kathy Bates does drop her bathrobe. Yet Nicholson’s admirably modest performance and Bates’ admirably immodest hot-tub scene are far from the only ...

In a career full of critical raves, Kathy Bates received ... her character bares it all in a hot tub with Nicholson and he can barely stand to be there, Bates said she had a drink before filming ...

WHEN we worked together on About Schmidt, he didn't feel it was necessary for me to do that famous hot-tub scene [in which a naked Bates attempts to seduce Nicholson's equally naked Schmidt], but ...

That’s what people were saying this time last year when Kathy Bates appeared nude in “About Schmidt ... that the woman climbing into the hot tub with her breasts knocking on her knees ...

Kathy Bates has announced ... Bates is the mother of Schmidt's daughter's fiance and in a memorable scene, tries to seduce Nicholson in a hot tub. It's a wild sight, with Bates literally baring ...

Kathy Bates recounted an iconic Oscars moment she ... but admitted that she really wanted to win for her performance in "About Schmidt." "It really was a moment. We turned and toasted each other ...

Huddled inside on a rainy February afternoon, Kathy Bates points with delight ... pass at Jack Nicholson’s eponymous grump in her hot tub. Bates and Payne had several long conversations about ...

Two BAFTA nominations; four Emmy nominations; two Golden Globe wins, six nominations overall, including just received supporting nom for “About Schmidt ... hot tub scene that required Bates ...

In "About Schmidt" she gets mad and maternal once again ... an award for daring to do - the nude scene with Jack in the hot tub. How difficult was that? We hear you had a little help ...