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From ‘The Right Stuff’ to ‘Miami Blues’ and ‘The Player,’ Fred Ward was truly in a class of his own. Photo: Fred Ward in “Henry and June” ©Universal/Courtesy Everett Collection 13 May 2022 | Carmel Dagan | Variety Fred Ward, who starred in films including “Henry and June,” “Tremors,” “The Right Stuff” and “The Player,”…
Actor Robert Morse was a Tony-winning Broadway star, movie actor and played Bertram Cooper in the hit TV show, Mad Men. Photo: Robert Morse as Bert Cooper in Season 6 of Mad Men.AMC / Everett Collection 21 April 2022 | Robert Berkvist | New York Times Robert Morse, Impish Tony-Winning Comedy Star, Is Dead at…
Comedy, stand-up routines, hilarious stories, films, television, drama, impersonations… 16 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Kevin Pollak on comedy, Mrs. Maisel, and more 07 April 2019 | STEPHEN SILVER | PhillyVoice Photo: COURTESY OF KEVIN POLLAK /FOR PHILLYVOICE Kevin Pollak is one of those famous people well-known for different reasons by…
‘Living is so torrential, such an amazing experience that we often create moats to keep this vivacity away from our senses,’ William Hurt once said Photo: Actor William Hurt Rich Fury/Invision/AP 13 March 2022 | Christian Zilko | Indiewire | With additional material William Hurt, one of the most esteemed actors of the 1980s with…
Mitchell Ryan appeared in the TV series “Dark Shadows,” played a brutal businessman in “Santa Barbara” and a wealthy father in the sitcom “Dharma & Greg.” Photo: Mitchell Ryan – Actor 06 March 2022 | James Porteous | Clipper Media News Mitchell Ryan, Who Played the Villain in ‘Lethal Weapon,’ Dies at 88 05 March…
A yearly tradition, TCM Remembers celebrates the life and work of bright lights that will never fade. 22 December 2021 | James Porteous | Clipper Media #TCMRemembers the performers, filmmakers and creatives we lost this year. Their art will always serve as a beacon of joy for generations to come, with bright legacies that will…
They argued Quebec’s ban on indoor smoking goes too far, because it forbids actors seeking to capture a play’s essence from smoking even prop cigarettes onstage. 10 November 2021 | Jacob Serebrin | The Canadian Press via Toronto Star MONTREAL – A Quebec court judge has upheld fines issued to three Quebec City theatres where…
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Starting as a child actor, he was also standout in Paris, Texas, Quantum Leap and appeared with Kathern Hepburn, Frank Sinatra and Orson Welles. Photo: Dean Stockwell in 1989AP Photo/Alan Greth 09 November 2021 | Andrew Pulver | The Guardian Dean Stockwell, the former child star who became a key figure in the Hollywood counter-culture…
These details surrounding the accidental death will not stop the Legion of Twitter Opinionists, but here are some actual facts. Photo: The entrance to a film set where police say actor Alec Baldwin fired a prop gun, killing a cinematographer, is seen outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Bonanza Creek Ranch film set has permanent…
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Actor Martha Henry was a true legend of Canadian theatre, was a Stratford Festival mainstay for a remarkable 47 seasons. Photo: Solo shot of Martha Henry as Lady Percy in Henry IV (Henry IV, Part 1), 1965. (Photograph by Peter Smith) 21 October 2021 | Chris Montanini | Stratford Beacon Herald Actor Martha Henry, a…
‘It’s so far out of hand now that I can promise you that no one is safe. Not one of you. No one out that door. No one is safe.’ Photo: AP 22 September 2021 | Tom Grater | Dateline Johnny Depp went on the record today saying that he is a victim of cancel culture…
His many roles included the hit TV series ‘Room 222,’ the film ‘The Hustler’ with Paul Newman and as the father in ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding.’ Photo: Actor Michael Constantine 08 September 2021 | Margalit Fox | New York Times Michael Constantine, an Emmy-winning character actor known as the genially dyspeptic school principal on…
