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15 hours ago, andromeda331 said:

Steve and Eydie appeared on The Nanny. Fran ran into them at a casino in Atlantic City but she mistook them for Steve and Eydie impersonators and told them both how they need to improve their act. After she walks away Eydie agrees with Fran about Steve's performance because people are starting to notice. 

I'd forgotten about this scene!  Later (the last season), Steve made a few appearances as Fran's father, Morty, who had been mentioned frequently but hadn't been shown to that point.  This didn't really fit with the descriptions that had been given of Morty as a slobbish homebody, but he did a nice job (and naturally sang a couple of times, including in the finale).

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Bradley Whitford has shared his thoughts on Matthew Perry's passing, along with a Studio 60 On the Sunset Strip-era video of the two of them on his Instagram.  https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzE2

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News is breaking that Tina Turner has died at 83. Will update with links. First update: Will post later as more information becomes available. R.I.P. Ms. Turner! https://news.sky.com/story/t

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The 2024 Academy Awards In Memoriam*

*Posted on YouTube by ABC News which aired The Oscars, although apparently the original music used as edited out.  IMO, this is one of the worst In Memoriam's The Oscars have done. At this rate, they'll soon have a singer do an entire set for the In Memoriam then flash a sign with the names of the deceased when they're done. 

Updated: ABC has now included the original music/sound.

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3 hours ago, MissAlmond said:

The 2024 Academy Awards In Memoriam*

*Posted on YouTube by ABC News which aired The Oscars, although apparently the original music used as edited out.  IMO, this is one of the worst In Memoriam's The Oscars have done. At this rate, they'll soon have a singer do an entire set for the In Memoriam then flash a sign with the names of the deceased when they're done. 

It was not well done. Even with a 65inch tv I hard a hard time seeing who was mentioned & I don't really want to see the instrument players for something like this no matter how good they might be.

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Browncoat

Browncoat

41 minutes ago, Spartan Girl said:

Maybe next year they can just cut the dancing?

Cut the dancing, cut the live music -- use pre-recorded music and focus the camera closely on the screen.  And ONLY on the screen so we can actually see it and maybe, just maybe, read the names.

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Trini

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I mean, I hope at least the people actually at the Oscars got something out of it? Because it did NOT work watching the televised version. Yeah - the dancers were distracting and unnecessary, although I didn't mind having singers. Of course the worst part was not being able to clearly see/read who they were honoring.

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I thought the whole point of the singer was to curb the mid memorial applause that was distracting and taking away from lesser known names.

But then the montage became an afterthought and the focus went to the singer.  Either have the singer in the background or go back to just an orchestra or pre-recorded track and focus on just the screen with a disclaimer at the beginning telling the audience to withhold applause until the end.

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Notabug

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Musician Eric Carmen has died.

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/eric-carmen-soft-rock-hitmaker-015943810.html

This is a blast from my past.  I first saw Eric play with The Raspberries at a dance at St Joe’s high school in Cleveland when I was about 15.  They started as a  Beatles cover band, wore matching suits with velour collars, the whole schtick.

They did an amazing  job covering the Fab 4 and anytime they tried to play their own stuff, they’d get booed by the musical sophisticates in attendance.  This was just prior to the release of their first album. The rest is history.

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Bastet

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7 minutes ago, Notabug said:

Musician Eric Carmen has died.

I recognized the name, but couldn't connect it to any songs until I read the article.  "All By Myself" I have seen parodied far more than celebrated, and I do laugh at those, but I also like the song.  And I unabashedly love "Hungry Eyes" thanks to Dirty Dancing (something else I unabashedly love, as one of the most feminist romance-centric movies I've ever seen).

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I loved Eric’s “comeback” 1988 vid of “Make Me Lose Control”.  Included such a sweet h/t to the Suzanne Somers character in American Graffiti.  My favorite song of his.

 

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His original 'All By Myself' is one of my favorite songs.   Celine's version is such a pale imitation.  There's no melancholy or depth like when Eric sings it.

Damnit, this one hurts as a fellow Clevelander.  It seems like all the singer/songwriters of my youth are leaving.  Where did the time go?

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Spartan Girl

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2 hours ago, roamyn said:

His original 'All By Myself' is one of my favorite songs.   Celine's version is such a pale imitation.  There's no melancholy or depth like when Eric sings it.

Damnit, this one hurts as a fellow Clevelander.  It seems like all the singer/songwriters of my youth are leaving.  Where did the time go?

Indeed. 😭

“All By Myself” is one of the go-to songs when you’re in a funk. Thank you, Eric Carman.

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The Raspberries were a favorite of mine in the '70s. I just listened to "Go All the Way" now after hearing Eric died. That song still slaps. What a voice.

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“…The American singer [Eric Carmen] was behind…Go All the Way. That song…had suggestive lyrics that were too controversial for some US and UK radio stations, and was banned from airplay by the BBC…” (theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/12/eric-carmen-death).

“…in 1975, Carmen embarked on a solo career…His first two singles were big hits in 1976: All by Myself – based on Sergei Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No 2 – and Never Gonna Fall in Love Again, which was based on a part of Rachmaninov’s Symphony No 2” (theguardian.com/music/mar/12/eric-carmen…

 

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On 3/12/2024 at 7:25 AM, rubaco said:

The Raspberries were a favorite of mine in the '70s. I just listened to "Go All the Way" now after hearing Eric died. That song still slaps. What a voice.

Same! It’s amazing. 

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I had a love/hate relationship with Benji movies as a kid. On the one hand, I found them entertaining and loved to watch the cute dog saving the day. On the other hand, I have always been hyper-sensitive to animal stories and would usually end up sobbing at some point.

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Oh no I always liked him! Also tend to agree with Ebert's theory that "no movie featuring either Harry Dean Stanton or M. Emmet Walsh
in a supporting role can be altogether bad."

I mainly associate him with Coen Brothers movies, but I was happy to see him still acting in Knives Out and The Righteous Gemstones.

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Shannon L.

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I'm just now learning that he and I grew up in the same town. It makes sense that I didn't know because he was 11 years older than my parents and we moved to town when they were 27, so he was long gone by then, but it's still cool to learn that. 

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Actor Jennifer Leak has died per a Facebook post by former husband Tim Matheson, age 76. Ms. Leak portrayed Colleen North in the film Yours, Mine and Ours, Olive Randolph on Another World, and Gwen Sherman on The Young and the Restless.

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It is with a heavy heart that I share the news of Jennifer Leak's passing. She wasn't just my screen sister in "Yours, Mine and Ours," but also my beloved first wife. Jennifer was a remarkable woman, strong, lovely, and incredibly talented. My deepest condolences go out to her husband of 47 years, James D'Auria and their multitude of friends.

 

https://www.easthamptonstar.com/obituaries/2024328/jennifer-leak-dauria

https://www.soapsindepth.com/posts/the-young-the-restless/daytime-actress-jennifer-leak-dead-at-76

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Spartan Girl

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12 minutes ago, BetterButter said:

Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

Nooooooooo!

9 minutes ago, Wiendish Fitch said:

He was so good in An Officer and a Gentleman.

Of course! That’s the one role everyone remembers, the harass drill sergeant with a heart that came out at the very end. “Get the hell out of here.” 😭😭😭😭😭😭

One also shouldn’t forget Fiddler in Roots! I loved how at first it’s easy to dismiss him as an Uncle Tom trope until you realize he’s doing what he has to do to stay alive…and even despite all that he still helps Kunta try to escape.

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Yogisbooboo64

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This one hurts.  Mr. Gossett has been a part of my childhood since the 70’s….from A Raisin in the Sun to Good Times to The Jeffersons* to Roots and of course, his Oscar winning role as Gunnery Sergeant Emil Foley in An Officer and a Gentleman.

Rest well, sir.

*One of many funny scenes in a favorite episode titled George’s Best Friend 

 

 

 

 

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2 hours ago, Spartan Girl said:

One also shouldn’t forget Fiddler in Roots!

I remember bawling my eyes out when he died…John Amos, holding him in his arms, crying: “What it like to be free, Fiddler?”

And Richard Gere’s salute to him after the graduation (“I’ll never forget you”)?  IMO, more powerful & memorable than that closing embrace of Debra Winger.

Flights of angels.

 

 

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ProudMary

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This one took my breath away. My eyes keep welling up with tears. 😢

I'm going WAY back now. The first project I remember "Lou" Gossett from (that's how he was billed in 1970) was a short-lived, but enjoyable ABC series called The Young Rebels, about younger colonials fighting against the British during the American Revolution. The series didn't last very long, but Mr Gossett made an indelible impression on me.

Many have already mentioned Roots and An Officer and A Gentleman. His performances there are legendary. (I was actually thinking of him just last night, when I needed to pull a new jar of a certain condiment from the pantry,  and in my head I heard his voice saying to Richard Gere's AOAAG character, "MAY-O-nnaise.") I'd like to call attention to a more recent character portrayed by Mr. Gossett, Will Reeves in HBO's brilliant Watchmen. His was a supporting, but pivotal role and he stole every scene he was in. Considering that most of his scenes were with Regina King in a phenomenal, Emmy-winning performance of her own, that was no easy task.

One of the all-time greats, he will be missed. Rest easy, sir.

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SusieQ

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Lou Gossett also co wrote with Richie Havens a great anti war song "Handsome Johnny". It's on Richie's first album Mixed Bag. 

Rest in peace, sweet Lou.

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4 hours ago, ProudMary said:

I'm going WAY back now. The first project I remember "Lou" Gossett from (that's how he was billed in 1970) was a short-lived, but enjoyable ABC series called The Young Rebels, about younger colonials fighting against the British during the American Revolution. The series didn't last very long, but Mr Gossett made an indelible impression on me.

OMG, I thought I was the only one in the world who remembered that show!

 

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Visual Effects Artist Tim McGovern who received a Special Achievement Academy Award for the 1990 film Total Recall has died, age 68.

https://deadline.com/2024/03/tim-mcgovern-dead-total-recall-visual-effects-artist-1235872486/

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/tim-mcgovern-dead-visual-effects-veteran-oscar-winner-total-recall-dies-1235863585/

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/tim-mcgovern-dead-vfx-total-recall-1235956282/

 

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Actor Barbara Rush who appeared in such films as Magnificent Obsession, Bigger Than Life, The Young Philadelphians, and It Came From Outer Space and TV series Peyton Place and 7th Heaven has died, age 97.

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/barbara-rush-it-came-from-outer-space-peyton-place-actress-dead-at-97-1235863798/

https://variety.com/2024/film/news/barbara-rush-dead-it-came-from-outer-space-1235956610/

https://deadline.com/2024/03/barbara-rush-dead-actress-peyton-place-all-my-children-1235872780/

https://www.thewrap.com/barbara-rush-dies-all-my-children-actress/

 

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