Legendary actress Florence Henderson has died at age 82. Henderson died surrounded by family and friends her manager said in a statement released on Thursday.
Henderson died Thursday night at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, after being hospitalized the day before, said her publicist, David Brokaw. Henderson had suffered heart failure, her manager Kayla Pressman said in a statement. Continue reading
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Voltron Live-Action Film Heads to Universal
Voltron has been going under a resurgence of lately, with the popular Netflix animated series “Voltron: Legendary Defender” picking up a second season soon after its first launched. DreamWorks Animation, who produce the series, were originally also in possession of the Live-Action rights to Voltron, and when they were acquired by Universal, it was officially moved over to their live action department. Continue reading
Gene Wilder Passes away at 83; Star of ‘Willy Wonka’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’
Gene Wilder, who established himself as one of America’s foremost comic actors with his delightfully neurotic performances in three films directed by Mel Brooks; his eccentric star turn in the family classic Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory; and his winning chemistry with Richard Pryor in the box-office smash Stir Crazy, died early Monday morning at his home in Stamford, Conn. He was 83. Continue reading
20th Century Fox will remake Hasbro’s board game, “Clue”
20th Century Fox has picked up the rights to remake “Clue”, the classic Hasbro board game, after it had been dropped Universal Studios.
Josh Feldman, the head of Hasbro’s TV and film division, is producing for Hasbro Studios. Daria Cercek is overseeing for Fox.
Hasbro launched development of a “Clue” movie in 2008 as part of a six-year partnership with Universal to produce at least four feature films based on branded properties: Clue, Monopoly, Candyland, Ouija, Battleship, Magic: The Gathering and Stretch Armstrong. Continue reading
Star Wars’s Mark Hamill, World, Mourns Loss Of Kenny Baker, The Man Behind R2D2
British actor Kenny Baker, who starred as R2-D2 in six Star Wars films, has died aged 81 after a long illness, his niece has confirmed.
Baker made his name as the robot in the first Star Wars film in 1977 alongside Anthony Daniels’s C-3PO character. Continue reading
David Huddleston, Actor Who Portrayed ‘The Big Lebowski,’ Dead at 85
David Huddleston, most famous for his role as the real The Big Lebowski in the film of the same name, has died, Los Angeles Times reports. He was 85.
His wife, Sarah Koeppe, confirmed to the newspaper that he died of advanced heart and kidney disease on Tuesday in Santa Fe, N.M. Continue reading
Anton Yelchin, Dead at 27
Actor Anton Yelchin has passed away today at age 27, TMZ reports.
2016 has been a rough year when it comes to celebrity deaths, but the loss of Anton Yelchin has a particular sting due to the actor’s young age and his impressive body of work, ranging from credits like Jodie Foster’s The Beaver to Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive to the Star Trek franchise. According to this morning’s report, Anton Yelchin was killed in a freak accident outside his home that caused his body to be pinned between his car and a brick mailbox pillar, which was attached to a security gate. Continue reading
New Ghostbusters Is Funnier & Scarier Than Original Says Biased Person Making a Cameo in Film
This should go over like a wheelbarrow full of lead-laced bricks. But shortly after original Ghostbusters star Ernie Hudson tweeted then deleted some disparaging remarks about this summer’s remake, co-creator of the franchise Dan Aykroyd stepped into shower praise on director Paul Feig’s hugely criticized summer blockbuster. Some are claiming that Sony is holding a gun to Danny’s head, demeaning that he speak highly of the movie on social media. Other’s are now slamming Aykroyd for his personal thoughts, just because they don’t mesh with the very loud critics coming out against the movie. We still have a month and a half left before we get to judge for ourselves. Continue reading
New York Comic-Con 2016 Will Be Stan Lee’s Last Appearance
Some sad news has arrived for all of you east coast True Believers out there…Perhaps one of the biggest reasons that we have fan conventions in general, Stan Lee will be making his last appearance at New York Comic-Con ever this year, the convention announced recently on their site. There’s no official reason why Lee has marked this year to be his last for the convention, though since the man is now 93 years old, I imagine traveling every year across the country to New York may sound a bit less appealing the older he gets. Continue reading
Artist Paints Herself To Look Like The New 52 Joker
When it comes to body painting, KayPikeFashion is on another level. Her ability to recreate iconic comic book characters using her own body as a canvas is truly remarkable! Her latest upload features a phenomenal paint job of the New 52 Joker! See how she made it happen in the time lapse below. Continue reading