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Erich Anderson, a prolific television actor perhaps best known for his portrayal on Felicity as the title character’s father, died of cancer June 1 in Los Angeles. He was 67.

His death was announced on social media by wife and actor Saxon Trainor.

Launching his film career in 1984 with a role in Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, Anderson was also featured at the same time in the TV series Bay City Blues. TV guest appearances kept him busy for the next years, with roles on The Paper Chase, Tour of Duty, and Quantum Leap, among others.

In 1990 he landed a recurring role that would become one of his most recognizable: On seven episodes of thirtysomething, he played Billy Sidel, a romantic partner for Polly Draper’s Ellyn Warren. After a sometimes rocky path, the two characters were married late in the series.

The ’90s also saw appearances on Star Trek: The Next Generation...

Robyn Bernard, who starred on General Hospital for several years in the 1980s, has died. She was 64.

According to the Riverside County Coroner’s Office, the actress’ body was found in a field behind a business in San Jacinto, California, early Tuesday morning. The cause of death was not immediately available, and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office is continuing to investigate.

Bernard, the older sister of Wings actress Crystal Bernard, was born on May 26, 1959, in Gladewater, Texas. She landed her first acting role in Diva in 1981.

But she didn’t score her big break until 1984, when she was cast as Terry Brock on the ABC soap opera General Hospital. She played the daughter of David Groh’s villainous D.L. Brock for 145 episodes until her exit in 1990. On the show, Terry developed a drinking problem, which ultimately impacted her character’s music career.

Bernard’s other acting credits included...

Former General Hospital actress Robyn Bernard was found dead in San Jacinto, California. The actress was 64, and while there were no signs of foul play, investigators are still looking into her death. Here is what we know about the passing of the former soap opera star.

Robyn Bernard Found Dead In California

Robyn Bernard, who played Terry Brock on the long-running ABC soap opera General Hospital, is dead at 64. According to TMZ, police found her dead in the morning hours on March 12 in San Jacinto, California. Her identity was discovered after police ran her fingerprints.

It is unclear what happened or where she was actually found. In the reports, the police were called to an area south of a 7-Eleven gas station on Commonwealth and San Jacinto Ave and found the dead body there. Despite this, the police say they do not believe there was foul play. However, an autopsy...

Carl Weathers, the former NFL player who made his mark in Hollywood as the boxer Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films and with appearances in such other projects as Predator, Happy Gilmore and The Mandalorian, has died. He was 76.

Weathers died Thursday in his sleep at his home in Los Angeles, his manager, Matt Luber, announced in a statement.

“Carl was an exceptional human being who lived an extraordinary life,” he said. “Through his contributions to film, television, the arts and sports, he has left an indelible mark and is recognized worldwide and across generations. He was a beloved brother, father, grandfather, partner and friend.”

The charismatic Weathers portrayed Detective Beaudreaux on the 1991-93 syndicated cop show Street Justice; the chief of police Hampton Forbes on the final two seasons of CBS’ In the Heat of the Night in 1992-94; a caricature of himself on episodes of Fox...

Film editor and former American Cinema Editors board member Doug Ibold, died Wednesday, Nov. 8 at the Motion Picture & Television Fund Mary Pickford House in Woodland Hills, California. He was 83 and died of cancer, according to a report.

Born January 23, 1940, in Cincinnati, Ibold was raised in St. Petersburg, Fl, and graduated from Florida State University.

In his early career, he worked for Wtvt in Tampa/St Petersburg. During his time there, he was the CBS pool camera operator on the pitching deck of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Wasp, televising the first live shots of the Gemini 6 and 7 space capsule landings via the Telstar Satellite.

Ibold shot and edited film for John Lennon and Yoko Ono in the early ’70s, then transitioned to a successful career as a film editor in Los Angeles. He cut shows for Don Bellisario and edited the original pilot for Dick Wolf’s Law and Order,...

Doug Ibold, who edited episodes of “Law & Order,” “Magnum, P.I.” and “Miami Vice,” died on Nov. 8 after a battle with cancer, his family announced. He was 83.

Ibold edited the 1990 pilot for Dick Wolf’s seminal “Law & Order,” as well as the 1999 pilot for “Law & Order: Svu”; he cut dozens of “Svu” episodes through 2005. Prior to “Law & Order,” Ibold collaborated with Wolf on “Miami Vice” between 1985 and 1987.

Ibold worked on the first six seasons of the original “Magnum, P.I.” series from 1980 to 1985, and handled other Donald P. Bellisario productions including “Quincy M.E.,” “Quantum Leap,” “Tequila and Bonetti” and the 1995 pilot for the drama series “Crowfoot.” Additional TV credits include “B.L. Stryker,” “Texas Ranger,” “Walker,” “Xena: Warrior Princess” and “Tour of Duty.”

Born Edward Douglas Ibold on Jan. 23, 1940, in Cincinnati, Ohio, he was raised in St. Petersburg, Fla., and graduated from Florida State University. Early in his career,...

Doug Ibold, the Emmy-nominated film editor whose 20-year collaboration with producer Dick Wolf included cutting the pilots for Law & Order and Law & Order: Svu, has died. He was 83.

Ebold died Nov. 8 of cancer at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his family announced.

Ibold also was a film editor on the first six seasons of Magnum, P.I. from 1980-85 and worked on such other Donald P. Bellisario productions as Quincy M.E., Quantum Leap, Tequila and Bonetti and the 1995 pilot for a drama series called Crowfoot.

After collaborating with Wolf on Miami Vice in 1985-87 and on the 1997 NBC crime series Players, Ibold edited the 1990 L&o pilot “Everybody’s Favorite Bagman” and the 1999 L&o: Svu pilot “Payback.” (He would handle dozens of Svu episodes through 2005.)

At the 2012 Eddie Awards, Wolf presented him with a Career Achievement Award (he served as an American...

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“Have I not given everything?” These words, filled with all of the pain and grief of a mother who has lost not only her son, but also her husband, and given of herself to and for her people, are those of Queen Ramonda, played regally by Angela Bassett in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”

When you see the name Angela Bassett in any cast list, you know that each scene she’s in will be one in which she captivates the audience, telegraphing everything felt through her words and body. With an acting career that spans four decades, and over a hundred acting credits to her name, Bassett has become a Hollywood screen legend in her own right, and as such is the honoree of Variety’s Creative Impact Award in Acting.

In selecting Bassett for this recognition of her work and impact on the film industry, Variety senior VP global...

New York, NY – Actor Kevin Conroy, the most beloved voice of Batman in the animated history of the character, died Thursday at age 66 after a short battle with cancer.

A noted stage, film and television performer, Conroy rose to unparalleled voice acting fame as the title character of the landmark Batman: The Animated Series (1992-1996). He would establish never-to-be-broken records as the quintessential voice of Batman, bringing the super hero to animated life in nearly 60 different productions, including 15 films – highlighted by the acclaimed Batman: Mask of the Phantasm; 15 animated series, spanning nearly 400 episodes and more than 100 hours of television; as well as two dozen video games. Conroy was also featured as a live-action Bruce Wayne in the Arrowverse’s 2019-2020 “Crisis on Infinite Earths” crossover event.

In recent years, Conroy was a notable fixture on the Con circuit, greeting fans with the same warmth, respect and enthusiasm they reserved for him.

Kevin Conroy, the voice actor whose distinct voice will forever be synonymous with Batman after voicing the character on “Batman: The Animated Series” and a number of other Batman projects, has died. He was 66.

In a statement to Et, a spokesperson for Warner Bros. Animation said the production company is “saddened by the loss of our dear friend Kevin Conroy.” The statement continued, “His iconic performance of Batman will forever stand among the greatest portrayals of the Dark Knight in any medium. We send our warmest thoughts to his loved ones and join fans around the world in honoring his legacy.

DC Comics, the comic book publishing home of the Cape Crusader, announced Friday in a statement that Conroy died Thursday after a short battle with cancer. Conroy helmed Bruce Wayne’s voice in “Batman: The Animated Series” from 1992 to 1996. According to DC Comics, he’d go on to voice Batman in nearly 60 different productions,...

Voice actor Kevin Conroy has died. He was 66.

The actor, who voiced the iconic Dark Knight across many of DC’s Batman animated series died on Thursday (10 November), Warner Bros announced.

His voiceover agent Steven Neibert confirmed the news to The Independent, writing: “The voice-over community lost one of the greats. I am completely devastated as I worked with him for over 25 years.”

Casting and dialogue director Andrea Romano added in a statement: “Kevin was far more than an actor whom I had the pleasure of casting and directing – he was a dear friend for 30+ years whose kindness and generous spirit knew no boundaries.

“Kevin’s warm heart, delightfully deep laugh and pure love of life will be with me forever.”

Conroy began his 30-year run voicing the titular superhero in 1992’s Batman: The Animated Series, which ran until 1996.

After the series concluded, he continued his role across a variation of nearly 60 productions,...

Kevin Conroy, the voice of Batman for three decades of animated TV, specials and video games, died Thursday. He was 66.

His death was announced by his rep Gary Miereanu and Warner Bros. A cause was not disclosed, but he reportedly had been battling cancer.

In a statement, Warner Bros. Animation said it “is saddened by the loss of our dear friend Kevin Conroy. His iconic performance of Batman will forever stand among the greatest portrayals of the Dark Knight in any medium. We send our warmest thoughts to his loved ones and join fans around the world in honoring his legacy.”

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An actor with credits on stage, television and film, Conroy became a premier voice actor as the title character of Batman: The Animated Series...

The Bat signal will burn brighter over the citizens of Gotham City this evening to honor the memory of Kevin Conroy, the beloved actor, writer, and voice of Batman. Diane Pershing announced Conroy’s passing, the voice of the DC character Poison Ivy, and publicist Gary Miereanu confirmed the sad news. Conroy passed after “a short battle with cancer,” according to Miereanu.

You can read Pershing’s heartfelt post about Mr. Conroy below:

Conroy starred in the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series from 1992-96 and continued wearing the cape and cowl through nearly 60 different productions spanning 15 films and 400 television episodes and video games. Recognized by millions as their favorite Batman actor, Conroy represented a generation of fans who patrolled the streets of Gotham City after school and were comforted to learn Conroy is a proud member of the LGBT community. In Conroy’s critically acclaimed story “Finding Batman,” he spoke...

Kevin Conroy, the voice actor best known for portraying Batman in an array of animated movies, television shows, and video games over three decades, has died. He was 66.

“It is with profound sadness that I send this to you today: Kevin Conroy, the quintessential voice of Batman, and a dear friend to so many of us, has passed away,” Conroy’s rep confirmed to Rolling Stone.

Conroy voice starred in Batman: The Animated Series for four years from 1992-1996 and continued on with the role in nearly 60 different projects.

Mark Hamill,...

Kevin Conroy, best known for voicing Batman in many shows over the years, has died.

He was 66.

Diane Pershing, the voice of DC's Poison Ivy, revealed the news.

“Very sad news: our beloved voice of Batman, Kevin Conroy, died yesterday," Pershing shared via Facebook.

2He’s been ill for a while but he really put in a lot of time at the cons, to the joy of all of his fans."

"He will be sorely missed not just by the cast of the series but by his legion of fans all over the world,” Pershing shared on Facebook today.

Pershing went on to speak about Conroy with a series of photos.

“Below are pictures of Kevin with Loren Lester who plays Robin another with me and Tara Strong who is in the later episodes of Batman cartoons."

"And then finally, one of Kevin and me in front of the huge...

Considered by many Batman fans to be the definitive representation of the character, beloved Batman voice actor Kevin Conroy has passed away at 66, we’ve learned today.

According to an official release, Conroy lost a short battle with cancer.

Kevin Conroy is best known for his voice role as the DC Comics character Batman/Bruce Wayne in “Batman: The Animated Series” back in the 1990s, a role he continued to play thanks to the incredible popularity of his performance. Conroy went on to voice the character for multiple animated movies from DC over the years – including Batman: Mask of the Phantasm in 1993 and Batman Beyond: The Movie in 1999 – along with the acclaimed video games Batman: Arkham Asylum (2009), Batman: Arkham City (2011) and Batman: Arkham Knight (2015).

Kevin Conroy can be heard as Batman in everything from “The New Batman Adventures” to “Superman: The Animated Series,” “Batman Beyond,” “Justice League,” “Justice League Unlimited,...

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Kevin Conroy, the prolific voice actor who defined Batman for generations of audiences, died Thursday in New York after a short battle with cancer, Warner Bros. announced. He was 66.

Conroy voice-starred in the acclaimed Batman: The Animated Series from 1992-96 and continued with the role through nearly 60 different productions, spanning 15 films and 400 episodes of television as well as video games. In recent years, he was a fixture on the comic convention circuit.

“Kevin was far more than an actor whom I had the pleasure of casting and directing — he was a dear friend for 30-plus years whose kindness and generous spirit knew no boundaries,” said casting and dialogue director Andrea Romano. “Kevin’s warm heart, delightfully deep laugh and pure love of life will be with me forever.”

Mark Hamill, who played Conroy’s onscreen foil the Joker, mourned his collaborator in a statement.

The news about Charlie Watts, who died yesterday at 80, deeply impacted the Rolling Stones drummer’s colleagues and peers — but also subsequent generations of rockers. Like the Stones, the Black Keys cut their teeth on blues songs and went on to write their own material, songs that never lost sight of their gritty origins.

For the last show of their 50th-anniversary tour, at Newark, New Jersey’s Prudential Center in December 2012, the Stones invited the Black Keys to join them onstage. (Other guests: Bruce Springsteen, Lady Gaga, and John Mayer.

The two film Series, Women Direct. Korean Indies! – Korean Women Independent Film Series and Here We Are. Here We Go.: Swiss Documentaries on Adolescence present their July and August line-ups, screening at the Louis Koo Cinema, Hong Kong Arts Centre. Let’s have a look,

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In South Korea, women have been voicing out loud through activist movements such as #EscapeTheCorset, #MeToo, #MyLifeIsNotYourPorn, and 4B. The first feminist political party, the Women’s Party, has also been recently formed to fight for more influence in the development of the deeply patriarchal and conservative Korean society.

More prominent and realistic images of women have also appeared in Korean cinema. A growing number of women filmmakers are creating courageous and captivating works to make their views be seen and heard, and #SendingMySpirit also encourages people to buy tickets for films with greater female involvement.

In South Korea, women have been voicing out loud through activist movements such as #EscapeTheCorset, #MeToo, #MyLifeIsNotYourPorn, and 4B. The first feminist political party, the Women’s Party, has also been recently formed to fight for more influence in the development of the deeply patriarchal and conservative Korean society.

More prominent and realistic images of women have also appeared in Korean cinema. A growing number of women filmmakers are creating courageous and captivating works to make their views be seen and heard, and #SendingMySpirit also encourages people to buy tickets for films with greater female involvement. Proudly presented by the Hong Kong Arts Centre, the Dmz International Documentary Film Festival and the Seoul Independent Film Festival, the Women Direct. Korean Indies! – Korean Women Independent Film Series brings you on a journey to explore the recent wave of women independent cinema. Our selected works observe and delineate women’s places and...

Ronald L. Schwary, who won the Academy Award for Best Picture for producing Robert Redford’s “Ordinary People,” died on July 2 in West Hollywood, Calif. He was 76.

Schwary, an Oregon native, had broken into the entertainment business through his friendship with John Wayne while working as a manager of the USC football team. Wayne assisted Schwary in getting work as a stand-in for Dustin Hoffman on “The Graduate” and as an extra in “Planet of the Apes.”

Schwary also became a DGA Trainee, which led to the start of his career as an assistant

director in the early 1970s. He began working with Jerry Lewis, Elvis, Peter Fonda, Ann-Margret, Jack Lemmon, and Walter Matthau and eventually became a production

manager with the assistance of director Bob Butler, and producer Ray Stark.

Schwary was hired by Redford as the sole producer on “Ordinary People” after Schwary had worked as an associate...

Ronald L. Schwary, Oscar-winning producer of Robert Redford’s 1980 drama “Ordinary People,” died on July 2 at age 76, his family announced.

He was forced into retirement in 2015 due to a rare neurological autonomic disorder that he had been struggling with. His death was due to complications of his disorder. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his sons.

Schwary’s extensive career as a producer took off in 1978 after serving as an associate producer on the film adaptation of the Neil Simon play “California Suite,” starring Jane Fonda, Alan Alda, Bill Cosby, Richard Pryor and many others. That same year, he also served as associate producer and production manager for the Sydney Pollack-directed film “The Electric Horseman,” starring Fonda and Robert Redford.

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The following year, Redford hired Schwary as the sole producer for his directorial debut, “Ordinary People.” That film...

Ronald Schwary, who won an Oscar as the producer of Ordinary People and whose other major film successes include A Soldier’s Story, Absence of Malice, Scent of a Woman and Tootsie, has died. He was 76. He passed away Thursday in West Hollywood, according to his sons.

No cause of death was provided, but reports indicate Schwary had struggled with a rare neurological autonomic disorder.

Schwary was the producer on six Sydney Pollack-directed films: The Electric Horseman (1979) and Havana (1990), with Robert Redford; Absence of Malice (1981), starring Paul Newman; Best Picture nominee Tootsie (1982), with Dustin Hoffman; Sabrina (1995), featuring Harrison Ford, and Random Hearts (1999), also starring Ford.

Even though the films were nominated for Best Picture, Schwary did not receive a nomination for either Tootsie or Scent of a Woman or because he was not credited as “Producer.”

On Tootsie, there was a dispute between Columbia and the production regarding the number of credited producers.

In the very earliest days of television in the 1940s and early 1950s, our country was still reeling from World War II. As time has marched on, we have waged wars in Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East. Throughout these years, our small screens have brought us many different types of military men and women who have represented the heroes of these and other battles.

One of the earliest successful television series was the Emmy-winning sitcom “You’ll Never Get Rich,” later retitled “The Phil Silvers Show,” which brought us the iconic Sgt. Bilko. Other successful comedies have followed, including “McHale’s Navy,” “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” “Major Dad” and the most successful and longest-running “M*A*S*H,” which gifted us a number of memorable characters from the 4077th.

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In the very earliest days of television in the 1940s and early 1950s, our country was still reeling from World War II. As time has marched on, we have waged wars in Korea, Vietnam and the Middle East. Throughout these years, our small screens have brought us many different types of military men and women who have represented the heroes of these and other battles.

One of the earliest successful television series was the Emmy-winning sitcom “You’ll Never Get Rich,” later retitled “The Phil Silvers Show,” which brought us the iconic Sgt. Bilko. Other successful comedies have followed, including “McHale’s Navy,” “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” “Major Dad” and the most successful and longest-running “M*A*S*H,” which gifted us a number of memorable characters from the 4077th.

Military series offered one of television’s first ventures into the action genre, with shows such as “The Rat Patrol.” A few years later,...

Kim Dong-ryung majored in English Literature and Filmmaking at Kafa and University of Paris 8. Starting out as a photographer, she made short films and documentaries on the daily lives of people in a Us military camp town. With “American Alley” (2008), a feature-length documentary about foreign women working as entertainers in the Us military camp sites she won the Ogawa Shinsuke Prize at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival. Park Kyoung-tae studied sociology and visual anthropology. Since 2000, he has made intimate, short documentaries on women and children from Us military camp towns in South Korea. Together they directed “Tour of Duty” (2012), a documentary about Park In-soon, a former Us military ‘comfort woman’ and “The Pregnant Tree and the Goblin” (2019), a fictionalised version of her biography and was in competition at the Seoul Independent Film Festival.

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Zev Braun, who produced the Vietnam-set CBS drama Tour of Duty and an Oscar-nominated documentary about German screen legend Marlene Dietrich, died Oct. 17 in Los Angeles, his family announced. He was 90.

Braun also produced such features as The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), starring Jodie Foster, and The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980), starring Peter Sellers; telefilms including 1979's Freedom Road, starring Muhammad Ali and Kris Kristofferson, 1994's Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills and 2014's The Gabby Douglas Story; and such series as Murphy's Law and Bagdad Cafe.

Tour of Duty, which ...

Zev Braun, who produced the Vietnam-set CBS drama Tour of Duty and an Oscar-nominated documentary about German screen legend Marlene Dietrich, died Oct. 17 in Los Angeles, his family announced. He was 90.

Braun also produced such features as The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane (1976), starring Jodie Foster, and The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu (1980), starring Peter Sellers; telefilms including 1979's Freedom Road, starring Muhammad Ali and Kris Kristofferson, 1994's Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills and 2014's The Gabby Douglas Story; and such series as Murphy's Law and Bagdad Cafe.

Tour of Duty, which ...

Zev Braun, a TV and film producer whose credits include the acclaimed CBS Vietnam War series Tour of Duty (1987-1990), died peacefully in Los Angeles on Oct. 17, just two days shy of his 91st birthday.

Braun got his start in show business with his debut of the film Goldstein, which he produced with his cousin Philip Kaufman; the film screened at the 1964 Cannes Film Festival, and shared the Prix de la Nouvelle Critique with Bertolucci’s Before the Revolution.

Productions or co-productions in the 1970s included The Pedestrian; the horror film The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, starring Jodie Foster and Martin Sheen; Angela, starring Sophia Loren and John Huston; Freedom Road, starring Muhammad Ali and Kris Kristofferson; and The Fiendish Plot of Dr. Fu Manchu, starring Peter Sellers and Helen Mirren.

In the ’80s, Braun’s credits include TV and features such as Stillwatch, starring Lynda Carter...

The Washington Nationals walloped the Houston Astros during Game Two of the World Series last night, but for the 2,362 fans who packed the pews at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium, there was only one October tradition worth watching: the fifth show of Jason Isbell’s yearly residency at the Mother Church.

Isbell’s annual Ryman gigs have become as familiar a part of Nashville’s modern-day makeover as construction cranes — which is appropriate, given that the songwriter is clearly building something here. In a city whose rapid growth spurt has resulted...

Barbara Claman, a casting director whose credits included three Albert Brooks films, the TV shows Silk Stalkings and Zorro and the soap opera Santa Barbara, died Jan. 17 in Winsted, Connecticut, her son said. She was 89.

Claman worked with Brooks on Lost in America (1985), Modern Romance (1981) and Defending Your Life (1991) and helped cast other films like Days of Heaven (1978), Boardwalk (1979), The Changeling (1980) and Iron Eagle (1986).

Her TV résumé also included the 1990s series Tour of Duty, Renegade, Sliders and Pensacola: Wings of Gold.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Claman started ...

Barbara Claman, a casting director whose credits included three Albert Brooks films, the TV shows Silk Stalkings and Zorro and the soap opera Santa Barbara, died Jan. 17 in Winsted, Connecticut, her son said. She was 89.

Claman worked with Brooks on Lost in America (1985), Modern Romance (1981) and Defending Your Life (1991) and helped cast other films like Days of Heaven (1978), Boardwalk (1979), The Changeling (1980) and Iron Eagle (1986).

Her TV résumé also included the 1990s series Tour of Duty, Renegade, Sliders and Pensacola: Wings of Gold.

Born and raised in Brooklyn, Claman started ...

When Jason Isbell asks if he’s the “last of my kind” in his wistful song of the same name, it’s hard not to wonder if the answer is “yes.” It was particularly resonant when he played The Nashville Sound track mid-set on Wednesday night, during the third show of his six-night 2018 residency at Nashville’s Ryman Auditorium — a performance that illuminated Isbell as, if not the last of a breed, then certainly as the most rare and complex of artists.

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Pamela Gidley, known for her role in David Lynch’s film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, died earlier this month at her home in New Hampshire. She was 52.

Gidley’s death was announced by her family Sunday in an obituary. She died April 16 “peacefully in her home” in Seabrook. The cause of death was not immediately clear.

Gidley began her career as a model in New York City, later segueing to acting. Her debut role came in the 1986 film Thrashin’ alongside Josh Brolin and Sherilyn Fenn. Brolin paid tribute to Gidley in an Instagram post below.

She went on to appear in several other films in the 1980s including Dudes, Permanent Record, The Blue Iguana and the cult sci-fi classic Cherry 2000. In 1992 she landed the role of Teresa Banks in David Lynch’s psychological thriller Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me, which served as a prequel to the Twin Peaks TV series.

Pamela Gidley, who starred in the “Twin Peaks” prequel film “Fire Walk With Me,” died earlier this month, her family announced in an obituary on Sunday.

Gidley died on April 16 at her home in Seabrook, New Hampshire; the cause of death was not cited.

In “Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me,” Gidley portrayed Teresa Banks, whose murder drives the plot of the film, set before the death of Laura Palmer (Sheryl Lee). Along with “Twin Peaks,” Gidley’s acting acting career included parts in “Thrashin,” and “Cherry 2000,” with TV appearances in episodes of “MacGyver,” “The Pretender,” “Tour of Duty,” “CSI” and “The Closer.”

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Her co-star in “Thrashin,” Josh Brolin, paid tribute to Gidley on Instagram last week. Brolin wrote “My co-star in ‘Thrashin’ and my girlfriend twice in a lifetime. Amazing and innocent memories of her: a spitfire, and a truly funny person she was. I remember is being in bed (I was 17) and hearing the radio come on saying that the Challenger had just exploded. These milestones in your life: amazing people to grace us with their spirit, their presence. She will have forever affected mine. Thank you for the gift of you, Pam. Rest In Peace beautiful girl.”

My co-star in “Thrashin” and my girlfriend twice in a lifetime. Amazing and innocent memories of her: a spitfire, and a truly funny person she was. I remember is being in bed (I was 17) and hearing the radio come on saying that the Challenger had just exploded. These milestones in your life: amazing people to grace us with their spirit, their presence. She will have forever affected mine. Thank you for the gift of you, Pam. Rest In Peace beautiful girl. ❤️???? #thrashin #dogtownbeginnings #godschildren @robertrusler #pamgidley

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Carl Weathers will be forever associated by many with the iconic role of Rocky opponent turned confidant Apollo Creed in Stallone’s fabled movie series, but he’s also had a long and industrious career in both the film and TV industries.

His latest high-profile appearance in the latter is via a substantial part in Us TV drama über-producer Dick (Law & Order) Wolf’s latest effort, Chicago Justice. We spoke to him recently about some of his prior work, this new role and the challenges that came with it.

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The Korean Film Critics’ Association announced its list of winners for the year earlier this week through a press release.

The highest honor for ‘Best Film’ went to South Korean spy film ‘The Age of Shadows’ which stars Song Kang-Ho and Gong Yoo, and directed by Kim Jee-woon. The film, which is South Korea’s entry for the 89th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Language Film category, also picked up the award for ‘Best Music’.

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Busan International Film Festival (Biff) has announced 22 projects to receive Asian Cinema Fund support this year, including Park Kyoung Tae’s Ne Me Quitte Pas and Venice Biennale College project Hotel Salvation.

“Although this year’s number of submissions went down, in comparison, we had a lot of good documentary projects from Korea. We also have our first project from Bhutan selected for post-production support,” said Acf director Hong Hyosook.

Park previously co-directed, with Kim Dong-ryeong, the documentary Tour Of Duty, also an earlier Acf recipient that went on to win the Jury’s Special Prize at the Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival in 2013.

Continuing his exploration of filmmaking through collaboration with women working around Us military bases in Korea, Ne Me Quitte Pas delves into the past while looking into the disappearance of a prostitute who in 1972 wrote a bestseller about her life and loves around an army base.

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Two groovy new additions have been made to the Season 2 cast of Ash vs Evil Dead, as Starz has announced that Lee Majors will play Brock Williams, the father of Ash, while Ted Raimi—who appeared in the first three Evil Dead movies—will play Chet Kaminski, Ash's best friend from childhood.

Press Release: Beverly Hills, Calif., February 10, 2016 - Starz has announced today that Lee Majors (Do You Believe) will play the role of Brock Williams, Ash’s father, and Ted Raimi (“Xena: Warrior Princess,” Spider-Man) will play the role of Ash’s childhood best friend, Chet Kaminski, in the Starz Original series “Ash vs Evil Dead.” The series was previously renewed for a second season and will return in 2016.

Majors started his television career in “The Big Valley,” going on to “The Men from Shiloh,” to “Owen Marshall Counselor at Law,” to “The Six Million Dollar Man,” to “The Fall Guy,...

Starz has announced today that Lee Majors (Do You Believe) will play the role of Brock Williams, Ash’s father, and Ted Raimi (“Xena: Warrior Princess,” Spider-Man) will play the role of Ash’s childhood best friend, Chet Kaminski, in the Starz Original series Ash vs Evil Dead. The series was previously renewed for a second season and will return in 2016.

Majors started his television career in “The Big Valley,” going on to “The Men from Shiloh,” to “Owen Marshall Counselor at Law,” to “The Six Million Dollar Man,” to “The Fall Guy,” to “Tour of Duty,” to “Raven” and countless television appearances on many series, specials, award shows and movies. He began his film career with Will Penny and Charlton Heston. Majors recently completed filming two movies Almosting It and Do You Believe. Majors will start filming on two feature films this summer, plus he has a lineup of...

Tour of Duty: Boorman Returns to Autobiographical Elements

Now at 82 years of age, British auteur John Boorman returns with Queen and Country his first feature since 2006. It is a follow-up to one of the director’s most cherished titles, Hope and Glory (1987), which documents war-torn England through the eyes of a child as his family survives the blitz. Though it’s been nearly thirty years, Boorman sets this follow-up chapter only nine years in the future, leaving behind the horrors of WWII for the Cold War ethics of the Korean conflict. Much like he managed with the film’s predecessor, Boorman achieves success by making the film a personal, insular story about a small group of characters’ experiences. The powerful emotional possibilities of the child’s perspective is left behind, now a young man discovering who he wants to be and what values he wishes to cherish. This makes for a more reserved,...

Exclusive: Producers Gina G Goff of Goff Productions and Rene Sheridan are at the Afm in talks with financiers and sales agents on horror-thriller The Black Album.

Writer-director Larry Brand’s story is based on the mythology around heavy metal bands that allegedly laced their albums with backwards Satanic lyrics.

Carlton Holder adapts the screenplay from his novel The Black Album: A Hollywood Horror Story.

“The film is all about cross-promotion of music and will have an extensive, unique and a heavy marketing campaign to interest, promote, scare and invest the movie audience before they enter the movie theatre,” said Goff.

Brand is currently in post production on Beyond Glory: Tour Of Duty starring Stephen Lang.

Up presents the Up Original Movie "My Other Mother," an emotional, heartwarming drama about a demanding national TV news anchor who reconnects with her equally-demanding birth mother. Starring Essence Atkins (Haunted House 2, "Half & Half"), Lynn Whitfield (The Josephine Baker Story, Up’s The Dempsey Sisters and Somebody’s Child) and Jasmine Guy (“The Vampire Diaries,” “A Different World”), My Other Mother will make its world television premiere on Up on Sunday, September 21, 2014 at 7 p.m. Edt / 6 p.m. Pdt. Produced by Swirl Films, the film is directed by Stan Foster (Peacher’s Kid, “Tour of Duty”). The ensemble cast also includes GregAlan...

Time to add some giant beastie action to your Hump Day! On tap right now is an exclusive clip from the remake of the '50s film The Giant Gila Monster, known simply as Gila! Check it out.

From the Press Release

"Rock 'n roll is here to stay" despite the best efforts of a giant gila monster in Polyscope's sci-fi comedy movie Gila!, scheduled for release on DVD this April 22nd.

Based loosely on the 1959 sci-fi classic Giant Gila Monster, the revived Gila! features a ferocious, rampaging giant gila monster, classy hot rods, vintage 50's rock 'n roll music, cute co-eds, fist fights, drag racing, and an all-star cast who rally to defend their small town.

"A perfect 'date night' drive-in movie," says producer Bill Dever. "Family fun with music, action, a very scary monster, and a terrific cast. Inspirational sci-fi horror."

It's not all the monster's fault since...

A still from The Seventh Walk

Two films directed by Amit Dutta, Field-trip (22 min.) and The Seventh Walk (70 min.), will be screened at the Documentary Fortnight 2014: International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media organized by MoMA (The Museum of Modern Art).

Documentary Fortnight, that will go on till February 28 in New York, will screen 20 feature films, 10 shorts, two classics, and one installation, from more than 20 countries.

A 22 minute film about an art historian who revisits the sources of historical and cultural information after a long lapse of time, Field-trip will have its world premiere at the festival on February 19.

The Seventh Walk, a 70 minute feature, about an Indian abstract painter Paramjit Singh’s landscape paintings of the Kangra Valley that open a free play of imagination, evoking diverse Eastern and Western, classical and folk associations, from Sanskrit poet Kalidasa and local myths and legends to haiku and Alice in Wonderland,...

China Beach

Created by William Broyles, Jr. and John Sacret Young

April 27, 1988 – July 22, 199, ABC

I never understood why more often than not, on lists of the greatest TV shows, greatest characters, or greatest anything TV connected, poor China Beach seems to get no love. How can a critically acclaimed show about an historic event so unforgettable be so often forgotten? With the cast recently reuniting for the first time in 25 years, there’s no better time to look back at one of my favorite series of all time. Hopefully, I’ll get the recently released box set for Christmas (and be able to finally get rid of that bootleg first season I’ve had for years).

I wasn’t a fan at first. When it originally aired, I was about 14 and initially thought ‘Who wants to watch a show about a war?’ A long, plodding hour-long drama on late night...

We’re back with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes a call for entries for Scream Factory’s 2013 Mini-Movie Massacre, a trailer for Alice D with Kane Hodder, details on a horror-based game show called Release the Hounds, video highlights of The Walking Dead‘s Norman Reedus’s interview with Conan O’Brien, and much more:

Scream Factory’s 2013 Mini-Movie Massacre Call for Entries: “Scream Factory, the premiere horror genre home entertainment provider, announced today the launch of its Mini-movie Massacre horror short film & video contest to be held on Scream Factory’s official YouTube channel Scream Factory TV. The call for entries is now open starting, October 31 through the deadline of November 17.

Presented by Scream Factory, the 2013 Mini-movie Massacre was created to shine the spotlights on some of today’s best independent horror short films and videos,...

We return with another edition of the Indie Spotlight, highlighting recent independent horror news sent our way. Today’s feature includes digital and DVD release information on The Seasoning House, a trailer for Loss of Life, first details on The Cage, the short film “Don’t Move,” and much more:

The Seasoning House Release Details: “Acclaimed prosthetic effects designer Paul Hyett (The Woman in Black, Unknown) makes his directorial debut with the harrowing horror revenge thriller The Seasoning House, debuting on Digital, Blu-ray™ and DVD December 10th from Well Go USA Entertainment. The chilling film stars Rosie Day (Sixteen), Sean Pertwee (Event Horizon), Kevin Howarth (Gallowwalkers, The Last Horror Movie) and Anna Walton (Hellboy II: The Golden Army). In The Seasoning House, young girls are prostituted to the military and an orphaned deaf mute (Day) is enslaved to care for them. She moves between the walls and crawlspaces, showing a little kindness when she can.

by Matt Hawkins

If you grew up with the Nes, you probably had a copy of Mike Tyson's Punch-Out, or at least knew someone who did. And as such, you also probably have fond memories of climbing the ranks, defeating the likes of King Hippo, Piston Honda, and Mr. Sandman. Only to have Iron Mike himself hand you defeat over, and over, and over again.

Figuring out and then dealing with Tyson's devastating right hook was not easy, something that only someone with comparable skills would be able to handle, or one might assume. Which begs the question: how would the real Mike Tyson fare against his digital counterpart? The answer: apparently not very well, considering how he can even beat Glass Joe, the very first guy in the game and a total pushover.

Polygon recently highlighted a brief on the street encounter between Tyson and someone at TMZ,...