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Michael Clarke Duncan dead at age 54
Actor Michael Clarke Duncan has passed away at the age of 54, from complications suffered from a heart attack he had in July.
Known for his big build and deep voice, Duncan was in the prime of his life. His first movie role was in 1995's Friday, and he had several small parts playing bouncers and muscle men. It wasn't until 1997's Armageddon that he had a meatier role with more lines, playing one of the rough-and-tumble drilling crew drafted into blowing up an approaching asteroid.
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Sunday, March 14, 2010
Peter Graves, star of Mission: Impossible, dead at 83
Throughout his six decades as a working actor Peter Graves became known to three different generations. When he began his career in the early 1950s, Graves became a leading man, a square-jawed hero. That image gave him the job serving as the agency director when ABC launched its spy adventure series Mission: Impossible. Graves' role as Jim Phelps, the no-nonsense commander that assigned agents missions on tape that would soon self-destruct, became the defining role of his career.
Add a comment (1)Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Corey Haim dead at the age of 38
Actor Corey Haim, who was once one of the hottest teen stars in the 1980s, has been found dead.
Add a comment (0)Sunday, February 28, 2010
At the Alice in Wonderland premiere in London
The stars and makers of Alice in Wonderland came out in the rain at the Royal World Premiere of their film. Braving the characteristic February English weather, stars Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Anne Hathaway, Mia Wasikowska, Crispin Glover, Matt Lucas, Stephen Fry, Michael Sheen, Christopher Lee, Alan Rickman, director Tim Burton, producers Richard D. Zanuck, Joe Roth, Disney Chariman Rich Ross and Disney CEO and President Bob Iger came to greet Prince Charles and Lady Camilla and watch the movie.
Add a comment (0)Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Two and a Half Men minus the star
When Charlie Sheen voluntarily checked himself into rehab there was a couple of big meetings taking place at CBS, the network where the troubled actor's hit comedy Two and a Half Men airs. While the show remains television's number one rated sitcom, CBS has had to deal with the fallout from the domestic incident between the actor and his wife, Brooke Mueller, that occured last Christmas Day.
Add a comment (0)Olivia Wilde's new position
We all know that actresses have to put up with some pretty slutty expectations if they're to forge a career in showbiz. I'm not questioning the ladies' virtue, no; instead, what I'm observing is the demands that modern pop culture have on a pretty face so that they can grace the pages of a magazine.
Add a comment (1)Thursday, February 18, 2010
This side of Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert is arguably the world's most famous living film critic. In the late 1970s it was both he and Gene Siskel, two Chicago-based newspaper film critics, that hosted the television movie review show Sneak Previews. And like that, suddenly movie reviews started to become pop culture. Without Sneak Previews there likely wouldn't have been an Entertainment Tonight or today's crushing wave of celebrity/movie/television news, reviews and opinion. The modern age of infotainment -- both the good and bad aspects of it -- owes its origin to Siskel, Ebert and public television broadcasting.
Add a comment (0)Saturday, January 30, 2010
Rip Torn arrested for breaking into bank
He was in Men in Black. Last night he shouldn't have been a man in a bank.
Add a comment (4)Sunday, January 24, 2010
Is the Brangelina breaking up?
At the Screen Actors Guild Awards handed out yesterday the cast of Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds took to the stage and accepted the award for Outstanding Cast of a Motion Picture. Except for Brad Pitt.
Add a comment (1)Monday, January 18, 2010
Christina Hendricks shows off her golden globes at the Golden Globes
This is perhaps the easiest headline for me to write since the return of Coming Attractions.
Add a comment (1)Sunday, December 20, 2009
Actress Brittany Murphy dies at age 32
Brittany Murphy died early this morning of cardiac failure at the age of 32. Details surrounding her passing are still emerging but what's known is that an emergency call was received at approximately 8 AM earlier today by the Los Angeles Fire Department to respond to a medical emergency. Murphy was taken to Cedars-Sinai Hospital where medical authorities pronounced her dead.
Add a comment (5)Saturday, December 19, 2009
Dan O'Bannon, co-screenwriter of ALIEN, passes away
For a kid that grew up in the 1970s and 80s on monster movies, the name Dan O'Bannon was one I was familiar with. His first screen credit was being a co-writer on John Carpenter's Dark Star, an ambitious student science fiction film whose influence had a big impact on the genre. Maybe it didn't have the biggest budget but the movie was big on ideas.
Add a comment (1)Wednesday, December 16, 2009
Roy E. Disney passes away
Roy E. Disney, the nephew of Walt Disney, died today at the age of 79. He was battling stomach cancer and passed away in Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Newport Beach, CA.
Add a comment (1)Tuesday, December 1, 2009
Twitter lands Oscar-winning screenwriter back in jail
Screenwriter Roger Avary, who shared a 1995 Oscar-win for Best Screenplay with Quentin Tarantino for Pulp Fiction, will have to serve the remaining nine months of a one-year sentence in jail because of his time spent on Twitter. Avary, 44, was found guilty of driving while intoxicated which resulted in the death of one of his passengers, Andreas Zini, 34, of Modena, Italy. The accident occured in January 2008 when Avary was speeding down a PCH highway while returning to his home from a local bar.
Add a comment (0)Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Fans out for New Moon premiere
Last night the stars of The Twilight Saga: New Moon came out to sparkle in front of the paparazzi and press. Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, the film's three main cast members, were in attendance and posing in front of the flashes, signing autographs and answering reporters' questions as they walked down the red carpet.
Add a comment (1)Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Joss Whedon bucks up for Terminator franchise
Buffy the Vampire Slayer mastermind Joss Whedon wants the Terminator franchise and he's willing to pay his hard earned cash right now for the franchise. Does $10,000 sound like too much?
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