Dawson’s Creek heartthrob James Van Der Beek, 48, says his first thought when he learned he had stage 3 colorectal cancer was “this is going to be the best thing that’s ever happened to me.” The actor shared the news of his cancer publicly in 2024 after undergoing treatment privately for more than a year.

“Dawson’s Creek” actor James Van Der Beek has provided an update on his battle with colorectal cancer. “I feel much, much better than I did a couple months ago,” Van Der Beek said in an interview with TODAY that aired Friday.

Life is imitating art for Katie Holmes and Joshua Jackson. A source tells Star that the Dawson’s Creek co-stars, who briefly dated in the late ’90s, are having some “no-strings fun” while filming their new movie,