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Tributes to Tony Bennett: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/tony-bennett-king-of-duets-lady-gaga-amy-winehouse-aretha-franklin-1235541140/ https://deadline.com/2023/07/tony-bennett-death-reactions-elton-john-amy-winehouse-foundation-1235444493/ https://www.sagaftra.org/sag-aftra-statement-death-tony-bennett https://people.com/tony-bennett-s-wife-susan-benedetto-shares-tribute-7564323

Breaking news: Singer Tony Bennett has died, age 96. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/tony-bennett-dead-singer-showman-1235541051/ https://variety.com/2023/music/news/tony-bennett-dead-dies-pop-vocalist-1235676390/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/21/arts/music/tony-bennett-dead.html https://www.wmur.com/article/tony-bennett-dies-at-96/44610356

"Dracarys"

I'm here for Barbie this summer and A Haunting in Venice in fall. Sorry Oppenheimer.

Laird Koenig author and screenwriter of Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane has died, age 95. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/laird-koenig-dead-little-girl-who-lives-down-the-lane-1235537965/ https://variety.com/2023/film/news/laird-koenig-dead-little-girl-who-lives-down-the-line-writer-1235672147/

I own the DVD’s. The cloud ain’t the boss of me.

The Hermès Birkin bag was named for her. Jane Birkin also starred in two of my favorite Agatha Christie Poirot movies: Death on the Nile (1972) and the delicious Evil Under the Sun (1982) which I rewatch every summer. R.I.P. Ms. Birkin.

Jimmy Weldon who was the voice of the Hanna-Barbera character Yakky-Doodle has died, age 99. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jimmy-weldon-dead-yakky-doodle-1235533224/ https://deadline.com/2023/07/jimmy-weldon-dead-voice-actor-yakky-doodle-hanna-barbera-cartoon-obituary-1235434442/ https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/07/jimmy-weldon-voice-of-yakky-doodle-dies-age-99/ https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/article277293603.html

Classical pianist André Watts who was one of the first African American instrumental classical music superstars has died, age 77. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/14/arts/music/andre-watts-dead.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2023/07/14/andre-watts-classical-piano-dead/ https://slippedisc.com/2023/07/america-mourns-its-gentleman-pianist/ https://music.indiana.edu/news-events/news/info/2023/07/andre-watts-passing.html https://deadline.com/2023/07/andre-watts-dead-groundbreaking-classical-music-pianist-was-77-obituary-1235439029/

Actor Andrea Evans who played Tina Lord on One Life to Live has died, age 66. https://deadline.com/2023/07/andrea-evans-dead-actor-one-life-to-live-young-and-the-restless-1235433386/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/andrea-evans-dead-one-life-to-live-passions-1235532372/ https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/andrea-evans-dies-at-66/

For me, Astroid City felt like a Wes Anderson stylize version of Nope.

Producer Lawrence Turman who was nominated for an Oscar for The Graduate (1967) and also produced such films as The Great White Hope, Pretty Poison, I Could Go On Singing, and American History X has died, age 96. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/lawrence-turman-dead-graduate-producer-1235528191/ https://deadline.com/2023/07/lawrence-turman-dies-oscar-nominated-producer-of-the-graduate-american-history-x-and-more-dies-at-age-96-1235429081/ https://variety.com/2023/film/news/lawrence-turman-dead-the-graduate-1235660226/

A lovely tribute to Alan Arkin from The Russians are Coming director Norman Jewison: https://variety.com/2023/film/news/alan-arkin-dies-tribute-russians-are-coming-director-norman-jewison-1235660060/

If you can find a DVD that includes Norman Jewison's commentary on the making of The Russians it's worth a listen to.

Damn not Alan Arkin. I’ve loved this man’s acting since first seeing him in The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming. R.I.P.

Actor Nicolas Coster a soap opera veteran who had roles on Santa Barbara, Another World, All My Children, As the World Turns, and One Life to Live and appeared in such films as All the President's Men, Reds, and Stir Crazy as well as various television shows has died, age 89. https://deadline.com/2023/06/nicolas-coster-dead-actor-santa-barbara-all-my-children-1235425211/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/nicolas-coster-dead-another-world-santa-barbara-all-my-children-1235524531/ https://variety.com/2023/tv/actors/nicolas-coster-dead-santa-barbara-1235655715/ https://www.thewrap.com/nicolas-coster-santa-barbara-star-dies/ https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/soap-vet-nicolas-coster-dies-at-89/

I know Phil Iscove not out there snapping at anyone when he, himself, changed OG author Washington Irving's Ichabod Crane from a played as a fool by Brom Bones, Katrina, and probably the entire town of Sleepy Hollow. Yeah, that was the discussion going on elsewhere when Phil Iscove inadvertently hashtaged himself into the conversation. Guess he picked the wrong day to talk about shipping.

Now why did Sleepy Hollow creator, Philip Iscove take to Twitter streets declaring "Shipping nonsense! and how two people can just be friends blah, blah, blah" about fans shipping some couple on Hulu's The Bear? A show the man has nothing to do with! Guess Iscove thought nobody remembered his name. They did. Tweet deleted but the memory lives again.

I'm fifth in line at my local library for Mo Ryan's book. I had forgotten Kurtzman and Orci's partnership ended during Sleepy Hollow. I'm sure the writers did feel like they were caught up in the hubris of a divorce. Kurtzman and Orci had known each other since high school. If you go through Sleepy Hollow's IMDB writers' credits (yes I went there LOL) and narrow it down to 2013 or 2013-2014 and then, poof they're gone, you have the list on who "Paul", "Frank" and "Robert" probably are. Now "Kelly" who repeated the alleged biting incident, I already had strong suspicions about. There was a S3/S4 writer constantly doing the most praising the senior writers on social media during that time. Not surprised at all "Kelly" is still gainfully employed in the industry. Every damn time. Yet again and again we find ourselves butting heads with those who refuse to believe there's nothing new under the sun. I await reading Mo Ryan's book.

Judy Norton became a Scientologist at age 13. I suspect she handed over the bulk of her Walton's earnings from the day Norton got the role of Mary Ellen.

Personally, I wouldn't trust him. Zaslav seems the type who says what you want to hear during the meeting then does what he wanted to do once you're out the door.

I never trusted them.

Mystery writer Carol Higgins Clark has died, age 66. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/carol-higgins-clark-dead-actress-best-selling-author-1235518431/ https://deadline.com/2023/06/carol-higgins-clark-dies-best-selling-author-and-actress-was-66-obituary-1235419674/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/16/books/carol-higgins-clark-dead.html https://www.nj.com/news/2023/06/famed-nj-mystery-writer-carol-higgins-clark-dies-at-66.html