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Actor Ena Hartman who played police dispatcher Katy Grant on the TV series Dan August and appeared in such films as Our Man Flint (1966), Airplane (1970) and Terminal Island (1973) has died, age 93. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ena-hartman-dead-dan-august-terminal-island-1236232278/

Damn! Wasn't expecting this in spite of Loretta Swit's age. She was great as Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan especially since the character was allowed to grow as a person. "The Nurses" episode is one of my favorites due to this. Also, while the show teased Margaret and Hawkeye, I always wanted her with Winchester. R.I.P. Ms. Swit.

Harrison Ruffin Tyler the last surviving grandchild of 10th President of the United States John Tyler, has died, age 96. President Tyler's birth and his grandson's death were separated by 235 years. https://www.npr.org/2025/05/29/nx-s1-5415207/president-tyler-grandson-harrison-ruffin-tyler https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/05/29/harrison-ruffin-tyler-grandson-president/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/us/politics/harrison-ruffin-tyler-dead.html https://www.cbsnews.com/news/harrison-ruffin-tyler-grandson-president-john-tyler-dies/

Academy Award winning documentary filmmaker Marcel Ophuls who directed and was nominated for a Best Documentary Oscar for The Sorrow and the Pity (1969) and won for Hotel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie (1988) has died, age 97. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/26/movies/marcel-ophuls-dead.html https://deadline.com/2025/05/marcel-ophuls-dead-sorrow-and-the-pity-1236411029/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/marcel-ophuls-dead-sorrow-pity-documentarian-was-97-1236230035/ https://variety.com/2025/film/news/marcel-ophuls-dead-the-sorrow-and-the-pity-1236410230/ https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/marcel-ophuls-dead-the-sorrow-and-the-pity-1235126757/

New York State of Mind.

WBD is a mess, so I believe it. I never trusted them to do right by TCM; I just hope they find a buyer who does.

Academy Award winning Director/Screenwriter Robert Benton who won Oscars for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay for Kramer vs Kramer (1980), Best Original Screenplay for Places in the Heart (1985) and nominated for Best Original Screenplay for Bonnie and Clyde (1968) has died age 92. https://deadline.com/2025/05/robert-benton-director-dead-kramer-vs-kramer-1236395867/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/robert-benton-dead-bonnie-clyde-kramer-kramer-1236215494/ https://variety.com/2025/film/news/robert-benton-dead-kramer-vs-kramer-1236396406/ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/movies/robert-benton-dead.html

What's the story, morning glory? What's the tale, nightingale?

Actor Charley Scalies best known for playing Thomas "Horseface" Pakusa on The Wire and Coach Molinaro on The Sopranos has died, age 84. https://deadline.com/2025/05/charley-scalies-dead-the-wire-the-sopranos-actor-1236384929/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/charley-scalies-dead-the-wire-sopranos-1236206891/ https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/charley-scalies-dead-the-wire-the-sopranos-1236386558/

I posted this on the Milestones board, but this news certainly belongs over here. R.I.P. Cora Sue Collins. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cora-sue-collins-dead-child-actress-mgm-1236202858/

Former child actor Cora Sue Collins who worked alongside such stars as Greta Garbo, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, Irene Dunne and Merle Oberon during the 1930's and 40's has died, age 98. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/cora-sue-collins-dead-child-actress-mgm-1236202858/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2025/04/29/cora-sue-collins-dead/

Actor Priscilla Pointer who played Rebecca Barnes Wentworth on the CBS television series Dallas and real-life daughter Amy Irving's mother in the movie Carrie has died, age 100. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/priscilla-pointer-dead-carrie-amy-irving-1236203396/ https://variety.com/2025/film/news/priscilla-pointer-dead-carrie-dallas-1236381607/ https://playbill.com/article/actor-priscilla-pointer-has-died-at-100

Or maybe his stuff is exactly why she picked him.

Thanks for your response @scarynikki12. It's not so much blood I have a problem with. It's the eating of body parts with blood dripping down the vampire's/zombie's chin as they enjoy their human luncheon special.

How gory is Sinners because I've pretty much given up on films/television shows featuring vampires or zombies. Too many are made as if I want to watch them chomping down at a human buffet.

. . ."HEATWAVE! This is my island in the sun."