kittykat October 16 Share October 16 Damn. That sucks. Never really cared for 1D myself although there was a Niall Horan single I liked. Still I knew there were New Kids level of huge about ten years ago so my sympathies to family, friends and fans. 2 Link to comment
OllieSocks October 16 Share October 16 My god that’s awful. Never followed them personally as I’m little too old to have them on my playlists but they were definitely on my radar. He was so young. RIP 7 Link to comment
Annber03 October 16 Share October 16 Wow, shocking news indeed. How awful. Condolences to his family, friends/bandmates, and fans. 4 Link to comment
BetterButter October 17 Share October 17 Alvin Rakoff, veteran director of British TV and film, dies aged 97 3 Link to comment
BetterButter October 17 Share October 17 Mitzi Gaynor, Showbiz Dynamo and Star of ‘South Pacific,’ Dies at 93 24 Link to comment
Spartan Girl October 17 Share October 17 1 hour ago, BetterButter said: Mitzi Gaynor, Showbiz Dynamo and Star of ‘South Pacific,’ Dies at 93 South Pacific had a lot of problems (though it was fair for its day) but her performance sure wasn’t one of them! 15 Link to comment
Wiendish Fitch October 17 Share October 17 21 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said: South Pacific had a lot of problems (though it was fair for its day) but her performance sure wasn’t one of them! Joshua Logan's inept direction sure didn't help (sorry, but that guy is my Classic Hollywood nemesis). 6 Link to comment
Dimity October 17 Share October 17 21 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said: South Pacific had a lot of problems (though it was fair for its day) but her performance sure wasn’t one of them! Same with Seven Brides for Seven Brothers. I have to overlook A LOT to enjoy it (and will always love it for the dance numbers). But I digress. Mitzi Gaynor in South Pacific was absolutely at her best. 11 Link to comment
Palimelon October 17 Share October 17 Alvin Rakoff, veteran director of British TV and film, dies aged 97. The much-loved director gave an unknown Sean Connery his first leading role as well as overseeing some of the biggest TV dramas of the 1970s and 80s. Rakoff specialised in TV plays and dramas, nearly all of them made in the UK which had become his permanent home. The Terence Rattigan-scripted Heart to Heart was part of the Europe-wide broadcast The Largest Theatre in the World in 1962, and Call Me Daddy, starring Donald Pleasence and Judy Cornwell, won an Emmy in 1967. (Rakoff remade it as a feature film in 1970 with Peter Sellers as the businessman who blackmails his secretary, played by Sinéad Cusack.) In the 1970s and 80s Rakoff embarked on large-scale, starry projects: The Adventures of Don Quixote in 1973 featured Rex Harrison and Frank Finlay; John Mortimer’s A Voyage Round My Father starred Laurence Olivier in 1982; and Mortimer’s Paradise Postponed was aired over 11 episodes in 1986. In 1997 he was one of two directors on the mammoth A Dance to the Music of Time, adapted from Anthony Powell’s novel series. 1 Link to comment
tearknee October 18 Share October 18 Since this has happened elsewhere in the last couple of days and it always happens as most people in the media are too young to know Old Hollywood... Mitzi Gaynor was NOT Mitzi Green... 1 Link to comment
MissAlmond October 19 Share October 19 Emmy winning Writer-Producer Sherry Coben who created the CBS television series Kate & Allie has died, age 71. https://deadline.com/2024/10/sherry-coben-dies-creator-of-kate-and-allie-age-71-1236119663/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sherry-coben-dead-emmy-winning-writer-creator-kate-and-allie-1236034804/ https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/sherry-coben-dead-kate-and-allie-1236181872/ https://www.thewrap.com/sherry-coben-dies-kate-and-allie-creator/ 14 Link to comment
andromeda331 October 19 Share October 19 5 hours ago, MissAlmond said: Emmy winning Writer-Producer Sherry Coben who created the CBS television series Kate & Allie has died, age 71. https://deadline.com/2024/10/sherry-coben-dies-creator-of-kate-and-allie-age-71-1236119663/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sherry-coben-dead-emmy-winning-writer-creator-kate-and-allie-1236034804/ https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/sherry-coben-dead-kate-and-allie-1236181872/ https://www.thewrap.com/sherry-coben-dies-kate-and-allie-creator/ I love Kate & Allie. It's the show that introduced me to the awesome Jane Curtin. 8 Link to comment
tearknee October 20 Share October 20 8 hours ago, andromeda331 said: Kate & Allie. Sadly, Kate and Allie is a show that is largely forgotten today. Curtin is remembered more for 3rd Rock and if you are an AARPer, SNL. 10 Link to comment
shapeshifter October 20 Share October 20 13 hours ago, MissAlmond said: Emmy winning Writer-Producer Sherry Coben who created the CBS television series Kate & Allie has died, age 71. https://deadline.com/2024/10/sherry-coben-dies-creator-of-kate-and-allie-age-71-1236119663/ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/sherry-coben-dead-emmy-winning-writer-creator-kate-and-allie-1236034804/ https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/sherry-coben-dead-kate-and-allie-1236181872/ https://www.thewrap.com/sherry-coben-dies-kate-and-allie-creator/ I guess it's my turn to say it: Fûçk cancer! 7 Link to comment
Bastet October 20 Share October 20 8 hours ago, andromeda331 said: I love Kate & Allie. I do, too. Maybe this news will motivate me to undertake the re-watch I considered a while ago; I was a contemporary of the teens, so it would be interesting to watch now that I'm older than the moms were when the show aired. To this day, if I see Allison Smith or Frederick Koehler (who played Allie's kids) in anything, I still say "It's Jenny!" or "It's Chip!" even though they're now well into middle age and I've seen them in many things as adults. (I would do the "It's Emma!" routine with Ari Meyers, too, but she's no longer working as an actor.) 8 Link to comment
Blergh October 20 Share October 20 2 hours ago, tearknee said: Sadly, Kate and Allie is a show that is largely forgotten today. Curtin is remembered more for 3rd Rock and if you are an AARPer, SNL. I'm old enough to first recall Miss Curtin as the one original SNL player who stood up to Belushi,etc. and stayed the likable voice of reason amongst the zanies whereas I first recall Miss St. James playing Sally McMillan alongside (of all people) Rock Hudson when they starred in the 1970's detective series McMillan and Wife which had occasional 'lighter comedic' moments among the whodunits but nowhere close to being a sitcom. Therefore, I had wound up being rather pleasantly surprised when Miss Curtin and Miss St. James wound up not only doing a good job helming their own sitcom but also that they had undeniable platonic chemistry that helped make it more fun. I only wish they had waited until the series finale for either of them to remarry instead of the awkward deal of Allie having a 'weekend only' new husband while inviting the still single empty nester Kate to live in their abode for the last wobbly season. In any case, Miss Coben is to be commended for having brought us a fun show with these two when it was fun. RIP, Miss Cobin! 10 3 Link to comment
tearknee October 21 Share October 21 On 10/20/2024 at 2:24 PM, tearknee said: "well into middle age" Thank you! There are chips and candy and drinks on sale in the lobby! ;) 1 Link to comment
tearknee October 21 Share October 21 (edited) On 10/18/2024 at 8:22 AM, Palimelon said: Alvin Rakoff, veteran director of British TV and film, dies aged 97. The much-loved director gave an unknown Sean Connery his first leading role as well as overseeing some of the biggest TV dramas of the 1970s and 80s. Rakoff specialised in TV plays and dramas, nearly all of them made in the UK which had become his permanent home. The Terence Rattigan-scripted Heart to Heart was part of the Europe-wide broadcast The Largest Theatre in the World in 1962, and Call Me Daddy, starring Donald Pleasence and Judy Cornwell, won an Emmy in 1967. (Rakoff remade it as a feature film in 1970 with Peter Sellers as the businessman who blackmails his secretary, played by Sinéad Cusack.) In the 1970s and 80s Rakoff embarked on large-scale, starry projects: The Adventures of Don Quixote in 1973 featured Rex Harrison and Frank Finlay; John Mortimer’s A Voyage Round My Father starred Laurence Olivier in 1982; and Mortimer’s Paradise Postponed was aired over 11 episodes in 1986. In 1997 he was one of two directors on the mammoth A Dance to the Music of Time, adapted from Anthony Powell’s novel series. He was married to: https://tardis.wiki/wiki/Jacqueline_Hill Edited October 21 by tearknee 3 Link to comment
Palimelon October 21 Share October 21 Yes, she was his first wife. He married his second wife, Sally Hughes in 2013, who survives him. 2 Link to comment
tearknee October 21 Share October 21 9 minutes ago, Palimelon said: Yes, she was his first wife. He married his second wife, Sally Hughes in 2013, who survives him. You possibly guessed I'm a Whovian *embarrassed* 3 Link to comment
BetterButter October 21 Share October 21 Ex-IRON MAIDEN Singer PAUL DI'ANNO Dead At 66 9 Link to comment
methodwriter85 October 21 Share October 21 On 10/16/2024 at 1:12 PM, roamyn said: That should be their choice. Sometimes there are religious issues with traditional treatments, trauma from perhaps another loved one's treatment. Dirk Benedict sought homeopathic treatment for his cancer and beat it - in the 1980s. I'm sure there are others. All I'm saying is we should respect another's decision and not shame them (not that anyone was) for the way they choose to treat their illnesses. From what I read, Shannen Doherty did not go on cancer suppressing drugs when she had her two year remission because she was trying to have a kid. It's a shame but everyone has the right to chose their treatments. 7 Link to comment
Vermicious Knid October 22 Share October 22 I don't think this was mentioned here. In the category of more things to make you feel old, Eminem's daughter is pregnant, which will make him a grandfather. 4 5 1 Link to comment
Bastet October 22 Share October 22 (edited) 16 hours ago, Vermicious Knid said: In the category of more things to make you feel old, Eminem's daughter is pregnant, which will make him a grandfather. Yeah, I saw the video of him finding out (via her giving him a "Grandpa" jersey and a sonogram image) a couple of weeks ago and had a sweet laugh at his reaction face -- and then realized someone my general age was going to be a grandpa and felt old (I don't have kids, and most of my friends are child-free as well, so, despite our bodies' constant hints, it's often famous contemporaries who remind us how damn old we actually are via their offspring benchmarks). Edited October 22 by Bastet 12 Link to comment
Palimelon October 22 Share October 22 Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with cancer – reports. Disgraced Hollywood movie producer undergoing treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia in a New York prison, NBC and ABC have reported. 2 Link to comment
Popular Post SVNBob October 22 Popular Post Share October 22 This might be the one time "Fuck Cancer" doesn't apply. 21 2 7 Link to comment
BetterButter October 22 Share October 22 Baywatch Lifeguard Michael Newman Dies at 68 After Parkinson's Diagnosis 18 Years Ago 12 Link to comment
proserpina65 October 22 Share October 22 On 10/5/2024 at 1:49 AM, Blergh said: because I believe a questionable death would be morally and fiscally worth investigating Except there appears to be nothing questionable about his death, other than family members not getting along. On 10/16/2024 at 1:12 PM, roamyn said: That should be their choice. Sometimes there are religious issues with traditional treatments, trauma from perhaps another loved one's treatment. Dirk Benedict sought homeopathic treatment for his cancer and beat it - in the 1980s. I'm sure there are others. All I'm saying is we should respect another's decision and not shame them (not that anyone was) for the way they choose to treat their illnesses. I'm fine with people making their own decisions but I absolutely do not have to respect someone who chooses not to treat cancer when it's still at the point where they could have years left. On 10/16/2024 at 3:12 PM, Palimelon said: We don't know that for sure. The statistics for survival with stage four breast cancer make it as close as humanly possible for us to know it. 4 Link to comment
proserpina65 October 22 Share October 22 9 hours ago, Palimelon said: Harvey Weinstein diagnosed with cancer – reports. Disgraced Hollywood movie producer undergoing treatment for chronic myeloid leukemia in a New York prison, NBC and ABC have reported. Sometimes cancer gets the right people. 9 1 Link to comment
Palimelon October 23 Share October 23 (edited) Dick Pope, cinematographer and Mike Leigh collaborator, dies aged 77. Pope worked with Leigh on 11 of his films starting with 1990’s Life is Sweet. Their other joint credits include Naked, Secrets & Lies, Another Year, Peterloo, and Vera Drake. He received an Oscar nomination for his work on the period drama Mr Turner. Pope also received a nomination for 2006 mystery The Illusionist. His other credits included 2000’s The Way of the Gun, 2008’s Me and Orson Welles, and 2019’s Motherless Brooklyn. Directors that Pope worked with also included Chiwetel Ejiofor, Gurinder Chadha, and Barry Levinson. His final credit is on Leigh’s new film, the London-set drama Hard Truths, which premiered to acclaim at this year’s Toronto film festival. The Oscar-tipped film, starring Marianne Jean-Baptiste, is set to be released later this year. Edited October 23 by Palimelon 4 Link to comment
MissAlmond October 23 Share October 23 (edited) Loved Dick Pope’s work; his cinematography in Topsy-Turvyand Mr. Turner being amongst my favorites. May he rest in peace. Edited October 23 by MissAlmond 1 1 Link to comment
MissAlmond October 23 Share October 23 (edited) Actor Ron Ely best known for starring in the 1966-68 NBC television series Tarzan has died, age 86. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ron-ely-dead-star-first-tarzan-series-television-1236042834/ https://deadline.com/2024/10/ron-ely-dead-tarzan-1236156747/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/arts/television/ron-ely-dead.html Edited October 23 by MissAlmond 14 Link to comment
Vermicious Knid October 24 Share October 24 Singer-Songwriter Matthew Sweet Suffers Debilitating Stroke On Tour There's a GoFundMe set up because he doesn't have insurance. 1 16 Link to comment
BetterButter October 24 Share October 24 Alan Sacks, Co-Creator of ‘Welcome, Back, Kotter,’ Dies at 81 12 Link to comment
Blergh October 24 Share October 24 12 hours ago, MissAlmond said: Actor Ron Ely best known for starring in the 1966-68 NBC television series Tarzan has died, age 86. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/ron-ely-dead-star-first-tarzan-series-television-1236042834/ https://deadline.com/2024/10/ron-ely-dead-tarzan-1236156747/ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/23/arts/television/ron-ely-dead.html What was especially tragic about Mr. Ely's twilight years is that in 2019, his wife Valerie was stabbed to death- evidently by their son Cameron who was supposedly in such an alarming state that he wound up being killed by police who had been summoned to the home over 'a family disturbance'. The elder Mr. Ely had been home throughout the whole horrific ordeal and would later attempt to unsuccessfully challenge his son's death as having been a justifiable homicide. It was also found out via autopsy that the son had been in the early stages of chronic traumatic encephalopathy. Mr. Ely seemed to have been cared by a surviving daughter so I hope that brought him at least some peace in the last part of his life even though I can't imagine that he could have ever recovered from the loss of his wife and son. RIP, Mr. Ely. 17 2 Link to comment
BetterButter October 24 Share October 24 Gary Indiana, iconoclast and author, has died. 3 Link to comment
MissAlmond October 24 Share October 24 (edited) Grammy winning singer Jack Jones who had hits with the songs Lollipops and Roses, Wives and Lovers and The Impossible Dream and sang the theme song for the TV series The Love Boat has died, age 86. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/jack-jones-dead-love-boat-theme-1236044634/ https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/Singer-and-Actor-Jack-Jones-Dies-at-86-20241024 https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/10/24/jack-jones-singer-love-boat-dead-obituary/ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/jack-jones-love-boat-singer-dead-obituary-1235142183/ https://deadline.com/2024/10/jack-jones-dead-1236157683/ Edited October 25 by MissAlmond 15 Link to comment
Dimity October 24 Share October 24 41 minutes ago, MissAlmond said: Grammy winning singer Jack Jones who had hits with the songs Lollipops and Roses, Wives and Lovers and The Impossible Dream and sang the theme song for the TV series The Love Boat has died, age 86. Aww, my mom was a huge fan. RIP. 3 1 Link to comment
BetterButter October 24 Share October 24 Sutton Foster to divorce Ted Griffin after 10 years of marriage 5 Link to comment
voiceover October 25 Share October 25 Jack Jones. What a voice! His “The Shadow of Your Smile” is one of those last-song, lights-low, slow-dance, records of all freaking time. The Crooners’ Room up there is lit tonight, my friends! “The shadow of your smile When you are gone Will color all my dreams And light the dawn…” Pouring one out for you, Jack. 9 1 Link to comment
Mr. Sparkle October 25 Share October 25 (edited) Grateful Dead bassist Phil Lesh passed at the age of 84. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/phil-lesh-grateful-dead-bassist-founding-member-dies-84-rcna177360 Edited October 25 by Mr. Sparkle 15 Link to comment
ABay October 25 Share October 25 The Privacy Badger extension on my browser blocks Twitter posts and unfortunately the images don't have alt image tags. It's like an exciting little mystery every day here. 8-) 3 Link to comment
Fool to cry October 26 Share October 26 My first exposure to Jack Jones was seeing Airplane 2 on TV and this funny moment: 1 8 Link to comment
dalek October 26 Share October 26 Star Trek writier, producer, and showrunner Jeri Taylor has died. https://trekmovie.com/2024/10/25/star-trek-voyager-co-creator-jeri-taylor-has-passed-away/ 10 Link to comment
andromeda331 October 26 Share October 26 3 hours ago, Fool to cry said: My first exposure to Jack Jones was seeing Airplane 2 on TV and this funny moment: They really don't make parodies like that anymore. I love Airplane and Airplane 2 you never knew what you were going to see next. 9 Link to comment
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