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The 80s were a time when country music and a type of hero born of the good ol boy class that came into his own. This could be seen in shows like The Dukes of Hazzard, Bj and The Bear, as well as movies like Any Which Way But Loose and Smokey and the Bandit. They were a time of what would be considered fun action films and TV. Again, this was personified in shows where usually no one got seriously hurt, like The A-Team. The bad guys went to the same shooting school as your friendly neighborhood Stormtroopers. But, one TV show that would personify this “nobody better get hurt” adventure series was The Fall Guy.

The series was designed as a vehicle for star Lee Majors, who had become a household name thanks to The Six Million Dollar Man, but struggled to find a worthy follow-up. This would be it,...

Harvey Laidman, a television director known for working on multiple episodes of “The Waltons,” “Matlock” and “7th Heaven,” died Jan. 3 in Simi Valley, Calif. He was 82.

Laidman’s death was confirmed to Hollywood Reporter by his son, Dan Laidman, with the cause of death being cancer.

Throughout his multiple decades in the industry, Laidman directed episodes on a wide range of shows, including “Hawaii Five-o,” “The Incredible Hulk,” “Quantum Leap,” “The Dukes of Hazzard,” “Magnum, P.I.,” “Jake and the Fatman,” “The Fitzpatricks,” “Eight Is Enough,” “The Blue Knight” and “Kojak.”

Laidman went on to direct a total of 11 episodes of “The Waltons” as well as 10 episodes of “Scarecrow and Mrs. King,” 33 episodes of “Matlock” and 16 episodes of “7th Heaven,” marking his final screen credit in 2004.

Chester Spier, a set decorator on “Matlock,” shared a tribute to his longtime friend on Facebook, writing that “Harvey had a brilliant sense of humor and a keen eye,...

Harvey Laidman, a veteran television director who helmed episodes of such shows like The Waltons, Matlock and Magnum P.I., died Jan. 3 at the age of 82.

Per previous reporting by The Hollywood Reporter, his son, Dan Laidman, said his father died of cancer in a hospice facility in Simi Valley, Calif.

Laidman, who worked as a TV director across three decades, was born in 1942 in Cleveland to a librarian mother and an electrical contractor father. In his youth, he spent three formative summers working with the legendary Kenley Players theater company in Warren, Ohio, which hosted numerous productions with big-name Broadway, film and TV stars.

Laidman studied electrical engineering at Kent State University before transferring to USC, where he earned a degree in cinema in 1964. Thereafter, he worked at Kttv and Lorimar Productions and graduated from the Directors Guild of America Producer Training program. In 1975, he got his first directing assignment on The Waltons.

For a generation of viewers, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin Eve has been must-see viewing on December 31. The show celebrates its 52nd installment in 2024 with Ryan Seacrest as host, but how many others have led the series to ring in the new year with viewers?

‘Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ has had a surprising number of hosts

Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve was developed as a way to compete against the more traditional Guy Lombardo series on CBS. It was geared to a younger audience, with trending music superstars and celebrities of the day, versus Lombardo, who skewed towards their parents.

The series debuted in 1972. However, Dick Clark wasn’t the host.

The series’s first two years were hosted by musical group Three Dog Night and comedian George Carlin. It also aired on CBS.

In 1974 the annual party moved to the...

Jimmy Carter, who followed a principled yet tumultuous single term in the White House with a post-presidency dedicated to human rights and peace advocacy, died this afternoon in his hometown Plains, Ga., The Carter Center said.

The nonprofit organization said there would be public observances in Atlanta and Washington, D.C., as well as a private interment in Plains, Ga. The final arrangements of a state funeral are still pending.

Chip Carter, his son, said in a statement: “My father was a hero, not only to me but to everyone who believes in peace, human rights, and unselfish love. My brothers, sister, and I shared him with the rest of the world through these common beliefs. The world is our family because of the way he brought people together, and we thank you for honoring his memory by continuing to live these shared beliefs.”

At 100, Carter — who was born on Oct.

Mark Withers, who had recurring roles on such shows as Kaz, Dynasty and Days of Our Lives, has died. He was 77.

Withers died Nov. 22 after a two-year battle with pancreatic cancer, his daughter, Jessie Withers, told The Hollywood Reporter.

“He confronted his illness with the same strength and dignity he brought to his craft, creating a legacy of warmth, humor and dedication, along with his remarkable ability to make every role unforgettable,” she wrote in a tribute. His “enduring talent and commitment to the industry will be fondly remembered by colleagues, friends and fans alike.”

Withers portrayed Peter Colcourt on the Ron Leibman-starring CBS crime drama Kaz from 1978-79, Ted Dinard on ABC’s Dynasty in 1981 — he’s murdered by Blake Carrington (John Forsythe), leading to Joan Collins joining the series as Alexis Carrington — and Coach Locke on NBC’s Days of Our Lives from 1986-87.

He also appeared on dozens of other shows,...

Mark Withers, the actor known for roles in Dynasty, Stranger Things and more, has died. He was 77.

The actor’s daughter Jessie Withers announced on Friday that her father died on Nov. 22 after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.

“He confronted his illness with the same strength and dignity he brought to his craft, creating a legacy of warmth, humor, and dedication, along with his remarkable ability to make every role unforgettable,” said Jesse in a statement to Variety. “Mark’s enduring talent and commitment to the industry will be fondly remembered by colleagues, friends, and fans alike.”

In 1981, Mark had a six-episode arc on the first season of Dynasty as Steve Carrington’s (Al Corley) lover Ted Dinard, who meets an untimely demise that nearly breaks the Carrington family apart.

His other TV credits include episodes of Wonder Woman, Magnum P.I., The Dukes of Hazzard, Remington Steele, Hill Street Blues,...

Mark Withers, a television actor known for portraying Ted Dinard in the original “Dynasty” series, died Nov. 22. He was 77.

Mark Withers’ death was confirmed by his daughter, Jessie Withers. The cause was pancreatic cancer.

His daughter remembered him fondly, writing: “He confronted his illness with the same strength and dignity he brought to his craft, creating a legacy of warmth, humor, and dedication, along with his remarkable ability to make every role unforgettable. Mark’s enduring talent and commitment to the industry will be fondly remembered by colleagues, friends, and fans alike.”

In addition to his role as Steven’s boyfriend Ted in “Dynasty,” Withers had guest appearances on “Wonder Woman,” “Magnum, P.I.,” “The Dukes of Hazzard,” “Hart to Hart,” “Remington Steele,” “Dallas,” “L.A. Law,” “Days of Our Lives,” “Matlock,” “Kaz,” “The King of Queens” and “Frasier.”

In recent years, he continued his television career with roles in “True Blood,...

Nick Lachey opened up about his marriage to, and divorce from, Jessica Simpson.

He admitted to feeling the “hurt” and the “scars” from that experience.

Though Jessica remarried and so did Nick, their erstwhile marriage remains an indelible part of their story.

Nick doesn’t usually talk about it, though. It’s rare to hear him addressing it so directly.

Actress Jessica Simpson and husband Nick Lachey arrive at the 13th Annual Espy Awards at the Kodak Theatre on July 13, 2005. (Photo Credit: Mark Mainz/Getty Images)

On Wednesday, December 4, Netflix viewers watched as Nick Lachey spoke to a Season 3 contestant on The Ultimatum.

“I, too, was previously married, divorced,” he acknowledged.

“So,” Nick continued, “I understand the hurt, the scars that exist from that.”

Nick Lachey attends Michael Rubin’s Fanatics Super Bowl party at the Marquee Nightclub at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas on February 10, 2024. (Photo Credit: Ethan Miller...

Yellowstone is set to finish its fifth season, which is planned to be its last. The neo-Western series is expected to live on through a spin-off series, The Madison. That said, rumors of a six season have been around for quite some time. However, fans might have another reason to believe the series might not be done just yet.

Rumors Of A Sixth Season Have Been Around For A While

The Yellowstone series revolves around the Dutton family, who manage the eponymous ranch. The drama series has also had a few spin-off series over the years. In fact, there are even a few more spin-off series planned, including The Madison, which is believed to premiere sometime in 2025.

The main series, however, is expected to finish with the end of its fifth season. Aired in two halves, this season premiered in November 2022, with its final episode set to air on December 15, 2024.

‘Yellowstone’ – YouTube

That said,...

If Disney+’s new drama Star Wars: Skeleton Crew had debuted when I was eight or nine, it would have abruptly shoved Knight Rider and The Dukes of Hazzard aside to become Young Daniel’s favorite TV show.

While the original Star Wars saga, a three-and-only-three-movie series I was hardly alone in being obsessed with, was designed to be welcoming to kids, it was simultaneously a world that was generally without children. Instead, we focused on alien creatures or robots who either resembled or acted like children — as well as Luke Skywalker, whose arc took him from callow youth to mature Jedi.

At the same time, with Steven Spielberg’s Amblin Entertainment at the forefront, we were treated to a string of junior quest narratives of varying qualities — movies that captured one of the last cultural moments in which kids were allowed to wander off in the morning, carry out...

Actress Catherine Bach recently stepped out, making a rare public appearance in Los Angeles. The star is known to many fans through her work on series like The Dukes of Hazzard and The Young and the Restless. Interestingly, Bach previously shared with fans when they’d see her wear her famous outfit again.

Catherine Bach Went From Hazzard County To Genoa City

For many, Bach is best known for playing Daisy Duke in The Dukes of Hazzard. First playing the character in 1979, she would reprise the role in a variety of projects. Notably, she even voiced an animated version of the character in the cartoon, The Dukes.

Bach famously left her mark when it came to the character’s famous wardrobe. Initially, the character was intended to wear go-go boots and a poodle skirt, but she suggested her own outfit, which included cut-off denim shorts and high heels. This style...

Remember when television felt like a comforting escape?

Shows like The Love Boat, The A-Team, and Friends offered pure entertainment — a chance to relax, laugh, and forget about real-world problems.

Problems were solved in under an hour, laughs were abundant, and happy endings weren’t just expected — they were guaranteed.

The original Magnum P.I. (CBS/Screenshot)

These days, that carefree spirit seems harder to find, replaced by gritty dramas, morally ambiguous antiheroes, and narratives that demand heavy emotional investment.

While complex storytelling has its place, so does the simple joy of escapism.

So, how did we get here? And is it time for escapist TV to make a comeback?

Escapist TV: Fun, Fantasy, and Feel-Good Heroes I Dream of Jeannie (NBC/Screenshot)

There was a time when TV leaned unapologetically into escapism.

Shows like I Dream of Jeannie, Bewitched, and Gilligan’s Island didn’t ask audiences to confront tough questions or analyze deep themes.

Her kink is… country?

Chappell Roan went from the “Pink Pony Club” to the country club on “Saturday Night Live,” surprising fans by going country in both look and sound for her second number of the show, the premiere of a brand new song, “The Giver,” that marries C&w with LGBTQ+.

“I get the job done,” Roan sang in the refrain of the new song, which shares a theme with “Femininomenon” in making the argument that pleasing a woman is sometimes (or always?) a job best left to a fellow woman.

“All you country boys saying you know how to treat a woman right,” Roan said during a spoken word aside in the song — “Well, only a woman knows how to treat a woman right. She gets the job done.”

For this second appearance late in the show, Roan was still wearing the large red wig with white streaks...

Talking about famous TV shows, one cannot skip Supernatural, the beloved fantasy series starring Jared Padalecki and Jensen Ackles. The series was created by Erick Kripke, who is currently working on The Boys, and it ran for an amazing 15 seasons, becoming part of television history and a beloved show worldwide.

The series is, as you probably know, famous for several things, and one of the elements that form a part of the series’ lore is the car that the Winchester brothers were driving over the course of the series.

Today, there is almost no one who does not know their trademark 1967 Chevrolet Impala, but did you know that it wasn’t Kripke’s first choice?

Yes, as it turns out, Eric Kripke did not want this car to be featured in the series, but he was dissuaded from his first choice by a neighbor. If you want to know the whole story,...

Leslie Easterbrook is a seasoned actress whose Hollywood career spans over four decades, and while she's not a household name, she's had some impressive roles. Easterbrook became a staple of '80s sitcom television, with guest-starring roles in shows like The Dukes of Hazzard and The Loveboat. But it was her character in Laverne & Shirley, Rhonda Lee, that really got Easterbrook noticed. Not long after, Easterbrook scored her most famous role as Debbie Callahan in the Police Academy movie franchise.

But while Easterbrook cut her teeth in comedy movies and TV shows, she's also a seasoned horror actress, and has appeared in many low-budget horror B-movies in the later portion of her career. Easterbrook has notably collaborated with Rob Zombie in two of his movies, and at the age of 76, the actress doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon, with two upcoming credits listed on her IMDb page.

“The Gilded Age” Season 3 has added eight actors to it cast, Variety has learned.

Bill Camp, Merritt Wever, Leslie Uggams, LisaGay Hamilton, Paul Alexander Nolan, Hattie Morahan, Andrea Martin, and Jessica Frances Dukes have all been cast in the third season of the HBO period drama.

Full character descriptions can be found below.

The new additions will appear alongside the returning cast that includes Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Denée Benton, Christine Baranski, Cynthia Nixon, Louisa Jacobson, Taissa Farmiga, Harry Richardson, and Blake Ritson.

Camp is repped by Innovative Artists and Franklin, Weinrib, Rudell and Vassallo. Wever is repped by Innovative Artists and Viking Entertainment. Uggams is repped by Brs/Gage Talent Agency. Hamilton is repped by Greenlight Management and Innovative Artists. Nolan is repped by Schachter Entertainment and Gersh. Morahan is repped by Authentic Talent and Literary Management and United Agents. Martin is repped by Innovative Artists. Dukes is repped by Schachter Entertainment,...

Charles Cyphers, best known for his role as Leigh Brackett in the Halloween films, died Sunday, August 4 from a brief illness in Tucson, Az, his manager Chris Roe confirmed to Deadline. He was 85.

“Charles was a lovable and sensitive man,” Roe said in a statement. “He always had the best stories, and you got a full performance while he told you. He was a close friend and client of many years who will be dearly missed.”

“His family asks for privacy at this time,” Roe added. “Details on a celebration of life ceremony will happen at a date and location to be determined.”

Cyphers worked extensively with Halloween‘s John Carpenter, first in the 1976 action film Assault on Precinct 13, in which he played Starker, one of the ill-fated police officers gunned down by gang members. He next appeared in Carpenter’s 1980 horror film The Fog, playing Dan O’Bannon, and...

Over the course of a screen acting career that stretched across fifty years, Charles Cyphers racked up 100 credits, but he’s best known for his collaborations with John Carpenter, having appeared in the director’s Assault on Precinct 13, Halloween, Someone’s Watching Me!, Elvis, The Fog, and Escape from New York. His most popular character was Sheriff Leigh Brackett from the 1978 Halloween, a role he reprised in 1981’s Halloween II and, after a forty year absence from the Halloween franchise, 2021’s Halloween Kills. Sadly, we’ve lost this great character actor, as Variety reports that Cyphers has passed away “from a brief illness” at the age of 85.

Cyphers’ manager Chris Roe confirmed his passing to Variety and provided the following statement: “Charles was a lovable and sensitive man. He always had the best stories, and you got a full performance while he told you. He was a close friend and...

We’ve learned the sad news this week that Charles Cyphers, a veteran actor best known to horror fans for his role in John Carpenter’s Halloween, has passed away at the age of 85.

Variety reports that Cyphers passed away “from a brief illness in Tucson, Arizona, on Sunday.”

Chris Roe Management said in a statement to Variety, “Charles was a lovable and sensitive man. He always had the best stories, and you got a full performance while he told you. He was a close friend and client on many years who will be dearly missed.”

Charles Cyphers played Sheriff Leigh Brackett in both Halloween and Halloween II, the sheriff of Haddonfield and the father of Michael Myers victim Annie Brackett. He more recently reprised the iconic role from those movies in legacy sequel Halloween Kills (2021).

“So sorry to hear about dear Chuck,” said Nancy Kyes, who played the daughter...

The original Twister, released in 1996, emerged during a golden age in Hollywood that erased the previously held threshold that kept A-list actors away from B-movie material. It didn’t get much better than casting John Malkovich as Cyrus the Virus in Jerry Bruckheimer’s 1997 blockbuster bruiser Con Air, but making Helen Hunt the lead in a disaster movie — just a year away from winning an Oscar opposite Jack Nicholson in As Good as It Gets — certainly gave Twister some unexpected gravitas.

Twisters, however, is part of a more recent phenomenon: the Sundance-to-tentpole pipeline that started in 2012 when Colin Trevorrow went straight from Safety Not Guaranteed to Jurassic World.

Twisters marks a similar leap forward for director Lee Isaac Chung, who scored a big indie breakout hit in 2020 with the low-key family drama Minari. The two films share some rustic overlap — Chung shoots Oklahoma with the same affection he previously gave to Arkansas — but,...

I love The A-Team (which we also covered on an episode of Gone But Not Forgotten). I grew up watching the series and had the toys, the Mr. T Cereal, the whole bit. I wasn’t unlike many of my Gen X brothers and sisters in that regard. It was fun, insane, action-packed, and Murdock was my guy.

Over the last few decades, we’ve seen many of these 70s and 80s TV series be redone as feature films or new series for television. The Dukes of Hazzard, Starsky and Hutch, and the list goes on and on. Typically these films are done as just pure comedy. There are the two I just mentioned plus Land of the Lost…and in the case of these three they didn’t stick the landing.

But sometimes, you get a filmmaker and a group who know the assignment and decide to try and...

Actors Seann William Scott, Tara Reid, and more had their breakout roles in the teen comedy American Pie. Following the lives of a group of seniors in high school who hoped to lose their virginity before college, the raunchy teen comedy became a global phenomenon and spawned a $900 million franchise.

However, the actors who starred in the films have had varying degrees of success. While actors like Seann William Scott have continued to work frequently as actors, others such as Natasha Lyonne have gone to work behind the camera as well. On its 25th anniversary, here is where the stars of American Pie are after gaining fame with the s*x comedy franchise.

Where Are the American Pie Stars After 25 Years? The cast of the original American Pie films | Credits: Universal Pictures

American Pie became a global phenomenon and became an anthem of sorts to awkward teens of the late ‘90s and early 2000s.

Kevin Peter Hall, who played the Predator, was considered for Star Trek: Tng roles. Hall appeared as Leyor in Star Trek: Tng's "The Price," after not getting the Data or Geordi parts. Hall's career included various movie monsters and guest appearances, before his passing in 1991.

The actor who portrayed the Predator in the first two Predator films was considered for the roles of both Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge (LeVar Burton) and Lt. Commander Data (Brent Spiner) on Star Trek: The Next Generation. After its initial run in the 1960s, Star Trek: The Original Series developed a passionate fanbase, and many of these fans were wary of a new Star Trek series with different characters. This put a lot of pressure on Gene Roddenberry and the people at Paramount to perfectly cast the crew of the USS Enterprise-d for Tng.

The first Predator film premiered in 1987 and went on to become a classic,...

Spencer Milligan, who starred for Sid and Marty Krofft as the park ranger and widowed father Rick Marshall on the iconic Saturday morning kids show Land of the Lost, has died. He was 86.

Milligan died April 18 at his home in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin, his family announced.

Milligan played the heroic father of youngsters Will Marshall (Wesley Eure) and Holly Marshall (Kathy Coleman) on the first two seasons of NBC’s Land of the Lost, which featured a mix of live-action and stop-motion animated dinosaurs. On the sci-fi show, the family is caught in an earthquake while on a rafting trip and propelled into an alternative universe.

“Sid and Marty Krofft didn’t just cast our TV family, they created, for the cast, a lifelong loving family in real life,” Eure said Wednesday in a statement. “Today I have been overwhelmed by thousands of fans, reaching out to tell me how...

Spencer Milligan, who starred in the 1970s Saturday morning series Land of the Lost from Sid & Marty Krofft and was a regular guest star on TV into the late 1980s, has died. He was 86.

An obituary on the Huehns Funeral Home website said he died April 18 but did not provide details.

Born on September 10, 1937, in Oak Park, Il, Milligan was active in local theater during the 1960s before serving a tour in the Army. His screen career began with a small role as a head-change specialist in Woody Allen’s futuristic 1973 comedy, in which the filmmaker starred with Diane Keaton. He also appeared in the 1974 features The Man from Clover Grove and The Photographer, serving as an associate producer on the latter.

The following year, Milligan was cast as Rick Marshall in the Krofft brothers’ hybrid live-action/stop-motion sci-fi/adventure series Land of the Lost. It focused on Rick and...

Who Are the Known Dukes of Hell in KonoSuba So Far? Powers Explored - Main Image

The Dukes of Hell in KonoSuba have always been a mystery, including their personalities, motives, and powers.

Whether they have good or bad intentions, the known Dukes of Hell in KonoSuba, such as Vanir, make the series more interesting.

Who Are the Known Dukes of Hell in KonoSuba?

There isn't much knowledge about the Dukes of Hell in KonoSuba because they are as mysterious as the Demon King himself.

Some fans believe they are powerful enough to fight gods because of their formidable strength and special skills.

They could even be stronger than the demon king and his generals, making a human such as Kazuma appear insignificant to them. Others speculate they were based on the seven deadly sins, though this is not verified.

The anime has yet to touch on their story, so...

The Fall Guy was an early Eighties TV show that followed the adventures and misadventures of a stuntman who moonlighted as a bounty hunter. It was one of a whole slew of shows like The Dukes Of Hazzard and The A-Team where a quantity of loveable rogues, often with a good car, met and then vanquished a villain every week. Glen A Larson, who created the original series, would revisit that formula again and again.

Magnum Pi had a borrowed Ferrari, Bj (of And The Bear) had a Kenworth K-100, Buck Rogers had an Earth Defense Directorate Starfighter and Michael Knight had the Knight Industries 2000, better known as Kitt. Colt Seavers had a two-tone tan truck, one that suffered so frequently in the show's jumps that later version used in production had a midmounted engine to improve weight distribution and therefore the vehicle's longevity.

On Dukes Of Hazzard they...

John Schneider, who played Beauregard “Bo” Duke on The Dukes of Hazzard, has been opening up about finding love again just over a year after the tragic death of his wife, Alicia Allain. The actor appeared on the May 29 episode of the Grace Begins podcast, where he revealed he is in a new relationship, though he did not reveal the name of his new partner. However, he did note that she, too, lost a spouse, which is what bonded them. “The last year has been pretty wonderful. But the year before that was really rough,” Schneider said, per Fox News. “But God pays attention. God sent a widower to a widow and a widow to a widower who [gets] it, who understands.” “I tell you what, I was ready to give it up, all of it — everything. Then, just when I thought the very notion of dating or holding another hand was repulsive,...

When You Visit Bob Ritchie at his home in the jagged hills outside Nashville, the guy who will likely greet you at the door is a tall, well-dressed, exceedingly polite gentleman who goes by “Uncle Tom.” Because of course he does. Ritchie makes his living as Kid Rock, but a big part of being Kid Rock these days involves doing things that are simultaneously provocative, offensive, and, at least to him, funny. It tracks, then, that a middle-aged white guy who began his career more than three decades ago in...

Legendary producer and director Roger Corman, who died recently at age 98, had an immeasurable impact on American cinema as we know it. The number of actors, writers, and directors who learned their craft on a Corman production is staggering, and he was known for giving people chances to prove themselves on the low-budget pictures he either produced or directed himself. Tons of notable names went through the so-called "Corman school," including James Cameron, Martin Scorsese, Francis Ford Coppola, Peter Bogdanovich, Jonathan Demme, Ron Howard, and Joe Dante, just to name a few.

Three-time Oscar-winning actor Jack Nicholson is another significant alumnus of the Corman school of filmmaking — in fact, his very first movie, "The Cry Baby Killer," was a Corman production, and it provided Nicholson the first of many starring roles across his incredible career. The film follows a young man who thinks he's committed murder outside of a local hang-out restaurant,...

Before "Star Wars," there was "Thx 1138." A strange, dystopic science fiction movie packed with big ideas up to its eyeballs, "Thx 1138" is now mostly known as the feature directorial debut of one George Walton Lucas Jr. (though it also came back in conversation when the best episode of "Andor" paid homage to it). The future Lucasfilm founder originally created this story of repressed emotions and stymied sexuality as a student film, but by the time it was reimagined as a feature, it had gained backing from Warner Bros.

Lucas' American Zoetrope co-founder Francis Ford Coppola also had faith in the movie, and served as one of its producers. "Thx 1138" starred Robert Duvall, then already known for his work on stage and television, not to mention in films like "To Kill A Mockingbird," "M*A*S*H," and "True Grit." Future "Halloween" actor Donald Pleasence co-starred, along with a then-unknown actress named Maggie McOmie.

Exclusive: Michael Stahl-David (Cloverfield), Scottie Thompson (Crown Vic) and Michael Weston (Home Before Dark) are in production in Ohio on Down to the Felt, an indie dark comedy with action elements from filmmaker Jon Osbeck. The trio joins a cast that also includes Jo-Ann Robinson and Cullen Douglas.

Written and produced by Dino Tripodis, Ralph Scott, and Osbeck, Down to the Felt tells the story of Paul (Stahl-David), a down-on-his-luck compulsive gambler who makes a desperate deal with a psychopathic hitman (Weston) to kill him in two weeks. But then he meets Erica (Thompson), a mystery woman, and life suddenly starts dealing him aces.

Previously co-directing the award-winning military drama Minus One, Osbeck is also producing Down to the Felt through his production shingle Big Deal Pictures, alongside Douglas.

Stated Osbeck, “It’s truly an embarrassment of riches to be working with both Michaels and Scottie. Their roles all demand...

Normally, the summer movie season would kick off with a Marvel superhero movie, but this May, we’re doing things a little differently. Read on for Gold Derby’s box office preview.

This year and for the first time since the pandemic, Marvel isn’t launching the month of May. Instead, Universal jumped on the date for its new action comedy “The Fall Guy,” loosely based on the popular ’80s series starring Lee Majors. Two of the Oscar-nominated stars from last year’s blockbuster “Barbenheimer” phenom unite for this new action rom-com from filmmaker David Leitch (“Bullet Train”). Those stars, of course, are Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, who were nominated for Greta Gerwig‘s “Barbie” and Christopher Nolan‘s Best Picture-winning “Oppenheimer,” respectively, two of the biggest movies of 2023. “The Fall Guy” premiered at the SXSW Film and TV Festival and even played at the annual exhibitors’ convention, CinemaCon,...

Greg Finley, an actor, voiceover artist and Adr (additional dialogue replacement) specialist with credits including Robotech, The X-Files and Men in Black II, has died. He was 76.

Finley, who appeared and/or was heard in hundreds of movies and TV episodes, died Feb. 1 while on vacation in Phoenix, his son Guy Finley announced.

Finley served as a writer, director and voice actor on the 1980s syndicated anime series Robotech and created sounds for the Cigarette Smoking Man (played by William B. Davis) on The X-Files in the 1990s and a group of tiny aliens in Men in Black II (2002).

He retired in 2018 but still worked occasionally, appearing as recently as last year on the Netflix docuseries The King Who Never Was.

Greg Ronald Finley was born in Los Angeles on May 8, 1947. His father, Larry, a cousin of Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling, hosted shows on Ktla-tv and Kfwb radio and...

As 2023 comes to a close, we here at JoBlo.com would like to take a moment to pay tribute to some of the people who sadly passed away this year. Our deepest respect goes out to everyone in the industry we have lost, and our thoughts and prayers are with the friends and family of those who died in 2023. These talented individuals will always be remembered for their impact on the world of film and television.

In Memory Of…

Earl Boen

Earl Boen died at the age of 81 on January 5th. The actor was best known as Dr. Peter Silberman in The Terminator, a role he reprised in Terminator 2: Judgment Day and Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, making him the only other actor aside from Arnold Schwarzenegger to appear in the first three movies.

Boen always wanted to inject a little more humour into his performance, but director James Cameron kept telling him no…...

A new Masked Singer winner has been crowned, but runner-up John Schneider steals the attention for a controversial tweet that is facing an investigation by the Secret Service. Amid this scandal, Fox has pulled the plug on John's ability to be interviewed by the media following The Masked Singer season 10 finale. John denies threatening President Joe Biden, claiming his tweet was misinterpreted.

The Masked Singer just crowned a new winner, but it's runner-up John Schneider who's getting most of the attention right now for all the wrong reasons. During The Masked Singer season 10 finale, Cow, Gazelle, Sea Queen and Donut delivered their final performances. After the first round, Cow and Donut advanced to the Final 2. Sea Queen was unmasked as singer Macy Gray, while Gazelle turned out to be Pretty Little Liars star Janel Parrish. Then the Final 2 went head-to-head, and Cow came out on top. When his mask was removed,...

Update, with John Schneider statement and additional tweets: On the night he lost Fox’s The Masked Singer and spoke to various news outlets about the upcoming one-year anniversary of his wife’s death, former Dukes of Hazzard actor John Schneider called for the public executions of President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden.

In a since-deleted post on X/Twitter – screen-captured by many X users including Joe Adalian, West Coast Edtior of New York Magazine’s Vulture – Schneider responded to a tweet by the president with “Mr. President, I believe you are guilty of treason and should be public hung [sic). Your son too. Your response is..? Sincerely, John Schneider.”

In a statement released through his rep, Schneider denied calling for violence or making threats.

“Seriously, folks?,” Schneider said in a statement to Deadline. “I said no such thing. Despite headlines claiming otherwise, I absolutely did not call for an act of violence or threaten a U.S.

Dick Van Dyke is a Hollywood legend. But he’s not the only entertainer in the family. The Mary Poppins star – who turned 98 on Dec. 13, 2023 – has four kids and multiple grandchildren. Several followed in their dad and granddad’s footsteps with careers both on and behind the screen.

Christian Van Dyke Actor Dick Van Dyke, Michelle Triola, son Chris Van Dyke, and his wife | Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty Images

Dick Van Dyke married his first wife Margie Willet in 1948 on an episode of the radio show Bride and Groom. Their first child, Christian, was born in 1950. In 1962, Christian appeared in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show as a kid named Frankie. But Christian didn’t catch the acting bug. Rather than pursuing a career in Hollywood, he went to law school. He moved to Oregon, where he served as a district attorney and worked...

The Season 10 finale of “The Masked Singer” took place Wednesday, December 20. Cow, Donut, Gazelle and Sea Queen each rocked the stage before audience members and panelists Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, Ken Jeong and Nicole Scherzinger voted for their favorite. After the first round of voting, Sea Queen and Gazelle were eliminated and revealed to be Macy Gray and Janel Parrish, respectively. After a final showdown with Cow, Donut was announced as the runner-up. The delicious crooner was revealed to be “The Dukes of Hazzard” star John Schneider.

“I’m a theater brat,” he told host Nick Cannon during his unmasked interview. “I started in theater when I was a kid. I’ve done theater for a very long time. I have always considered myself a singer who will act for food. Robin, I’ve had five number one songs, so I have sold millions of records, but nobody knows it,...

Fox’s The Masked Singer Season 10 finale is here, and fans can’t wait to see the final four singers hit the stage. Cow, Sea Queen, Donut, and Gazelle are the finalists this season. So, who wins The Masked Singer Season 10? Fans suspect Fox might’ve accidentally given away the winner.

[Spoiler alert: The Masked Singer Season 10 finale spoilers ahead.]

Who wins ‘The Masked Singer’ Season 10? Fans think Fox spoiled the winner

The Masked Singer Season 10 finale will show who wins the season, and fans are anxious to see which of the final four masks takes the win. Cow, Sea Queen, Donut, and Gazelle will hit the stage for their final performances. Fans have their favorite masked singers this season, and many eagle-eyed viewers think Fox already gave away the winner. So, who wins?

According to fans on Reddit, the winner is either Cow or Donut, with more fans leaning toward Cow.

"The Dukes of Hazzard" was one of the biggest shows in the '70s, but where are the actors now? Did they all live to see old age? Sadly many of the show's main stars have since passed on, but their memory lives on in the timeless television series. The series centered around Bo and Luke Duke, played by John Schneider and Tom Wopat. They delivered vigilante justice for their county, protecting it from the corrupt political power-player, Boss Hogg. They are saddled with trying to save the Duke family farm from Hogg's grasp, which forces them to devise get-rich-quick schemes and lands them in various hijinks.

Many of the supporting actors were already middle-aged when the series aired, so sadly, Denver Pyle who played Jesse Duke, James Best who played Sheriff Rosco P. Coltrane, Sorrell Booke who played Boss Hog, and Waylon Jennings who played The Balladeer have all since passed.

A new era of the B-movie was born in the 1950s. While the term originally referred to the second film in a double feature that defined much of the moviegoing experience during the Golden Age of Hollywood, a 1948 landmark Supreme Court antitrust ruling against major studios’ monopolistic practices upended the way films were distributed. While the traditional double feature waned, the demands of the burgeoning drive-in theater market gave way to the rise in independent genre films.

Two such low-budget B-movies made a mark in 1959: The Giant Gila Monster and The Killer Shrews. Produced by radio broadcasting magnate Gordon McLendon and future Gunsmoke actor Ken Curtis, the sci-fi horror movies were shot back-to-back in under three months with much of the same crew before being distributed together.

Both films are directed by Ray Kellogg, who had no prior directing experience, but his visual effects work on the likes of...

Never say never. Former Dukes of Hazzard stars John Schneider, Catherine Bach and Tom Wopat reunited with fellow castmates Byron Cherry, Jeff Altman and Rick Hurst at Gallatin Comic Con 2023 in Tennessee recently where talk of a possible reboot of the hit ’80s TV comedy series surfaced.

“As far as a Dukes reunion,” Bach teased in an interview with Fox News Digital, “anything is possible.”

Bach starred as Daisy Duke, Schneider as Bo Duke and Wopat as Luke Duke in the hit action-comedy-drama series that aired for seven seasons on CBS from 1979 to 1985. The series, inspired by the 1975 film Moonrunners about a bootlegger family, revolved around the adventures of cousins Bo and Luke, modern-day Robin Hoods who continually tried to outwit a corrupt sheriff and “greedy rich, city slickers.”

The series also was not without controversy due to images of the Confederate flag that had been used in the show.

Fox’s The Masked Singer Season 10 brings Donut back to the stage for Trolls Night. Fans got their first glimpse at Donut during One Hit Wonder Night, and he now returns to sing a chart-topping hit from a fan-favorite boy band. So, who could Donut be? The Masked Singer Season 10 fans feel confident they already know Donut’s identity.

[Spoiler alert: The Masked Singer Season 10 spoilers ahead regarding Donut.]

‘The Masked Singer’ Season 10 spoilers: Who is Donut?

The Masked Singer Season 10 fans are divided over the Donut costume — but they’re confident they know who sings under the mask. According to fans, it has to be The Dukes of Hazzard star John Schneider.

Donut’s clue package gives fans plenty to consider when figuring out his identity. “I’ve been really lucky in my career,” Donut states. “I was part of a mega-hit that catapulted me to no. 1. But it also put me in a box,...

Sad news today as it’s been announced that Richard Moll, who played Aristotle Nostradamus “Bull” Shannon on all nine seasons of Night Court, has died at the age of 80. His publicist confirmed that he died at his home in Big Bear Lake on Thursday.

Although Richard Moll is best known for his work on Night Court, he had quite a sprawling filmography. He made appearances in movies such as Cavemen, Evilspeak, The Sword and the Sorcerer, The Dungeonmaster, Night Train to Terror, House, Wicked Stepmother, Sidekicks, Loaded Weapon 1, The Flintstones, Jingle All the Way, Scary Movie 2, and more. He was also featured in episodes of Happy Days, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy, T.J. Hooker, Remington Steele, The Dukes of Hazzard, The A-Team, Highlander: The Series, Dr. Quinn: Medicine Woman, Hercules: The Legendary Adventures, Babylon 5, Baywatch, Married… with Children, Smallville, and more.

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Richard Moll, the fun-loving actor who portrayed the towering and tenderhearted bailiff Aristotle Nostradamus “Bull” Shannon on all nine seasons of the popular NBC sitcom Night Court during its original run, has died. He was 80.

Moll died peacefully Thursday at his home in Big Bear Lake, California, his publicist announced.

Suitable for his 6-foot-8 frame, Moll played an abominable snowman alongside Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach in the comedy feature Caveman (1981), and he was a scary, decomposing Vietnam veteran in the horror film House (1986).

Moll also did lots of voiceover work, with a regular gig as the immortal bodyguard Norman on the syndicated series Mighty Max and turns as Harvey Dent/Two-Face for three Batman cartoons.

Moll had a shaved head — he did that to play the warrior Hurok in the sci-fi film Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn (1983) — when he auditioned for the role of Shannon on Night Court, created by Reinhold Weege.

Exclusive: For as long as anyone can remember, the broadcast networks have culled together fall preview specials in hopes of drumming up interest in their new sitcoms and dramas. Ratings for these inexpensive one-offs have certainly waned over the past decade, but there was always a decent amount of viewers who tuned into the full-of-promise clip shows that were hosted by network talent.

“We always would put them on and go, ‘Oh, I don’t know if anyone’s going to watch this,’” remembers one longtime scheduling executive. “But then they were watched by like 3 million people. They were never the lowest rated shows of the week, that’s for sure.”

There will be no such previews this year — another side effect of the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes that have already snuffed out any semblance of the fall launch on September 25. And that’s on top of Fox’s strike-related...

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When "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" was released to theaters in 2019, it was promoted as "The 9th Film by Quentin Tarantino." Technically, this is true. Though "Kill Bill" was split into two volumes due to its 247-minute runtime, it is one complete story. Still, there is one intriguing what-if that could bump Tarantino up into 10 completed features -- one that presaged his pop-culture cuisinart sensibility while displaying, in the crudest of forms, his formal daring.

The film is called "My Best Friend's Birthday," and only 36 minutes remain of what was once a 70-minute shoestring-budget indie comedy that, had Tarantino had been able to splice his footage into a coherent story, might've been able to land a competition slot at the Sundance Film Festival. Because, despite its ultra lo-fi aesthetic, it's got a hyper-referential swagger that plays like Jean-Luc Godard on a cocaine binge.

Country artist Oliver Anthony, who went viral earlier this month since debuting his song “Rich Men North of Richmond”, is reacting to the controversy surrounding the hit.

While appearing on Wednesday’s episode of the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, Anthony — who made chart history upon debuting at no. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making him the first-ever artist without any prior chart history to do so — said it’s been “really funny to watch” people debate over the controversial track and attempt to dig into his past.

Since Anthony — a former factory worker and farmer — released the track on YouTube on Aug. 8, “Rich Men North of Richmond” has been interpreted as a working class anthem, been condemned for being “fatphobic” and was labelled a “right-wing anthem,” mainly due to its lyrics.

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