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Post by jimsteel on Dec 27, 2023 12:05:37 GMT -5
  Tom Smothers, one half of famed comedy duo, dies at 86 Dick Smothers, Tom’s brother and co-star of their “Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” said his brother was at home at the time of his death related to cancer. |
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 27, 2023 12:20:32 GMT -5
 Actor Lee Sun-kyun, known internationally for his work in 2019's Parasite, has died at the age of 48 in Seoul, South Korea. |
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Post by TTX on Dec 27, 2023 12:36:14 GMT -5
If Tom died why is the top picture Dick Smothers?
RIP regardless.
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Post by topdollar on Dec 27, 2023 13:36:24 GMT -5
If Tom died why is the top picture Dick Smothers? RIP regardless. Because Mom always liked Dick best.
RIP Yo-Yo Man.
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Post by throwingtoasters on Dec 27, 2023 16:17:41 GMT -5
Tom Smothers, a true legend. Grateful to have met him briefly once, years ago. Big influence on me. RIP
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 27, 2023 18:36:42 GMT -5
 Casey Kramer, the daughter of film director Stanley Kramer who acted on stage and screen, has died at 67 years old, her family announced. She passed away at her home in Chicago, Illinois on December 24. No cause of death was given. Born in Los Angeles, California in 1955, Kramer made her big screen acting debut in her father’s 1979 drama film “The Runner Stumbles” and went on to appear in television series such as “Falcon Crest,” “General Hospital,” “The Young and the Restless,” “Criminal Minds,” “Southland,” “Baskets,” and “Transparent,” among others. Her film credits included “Behind The Candelabra” and the indie movies “A Rose For Emily,” “Mississippi Requiem” and “Darkness in Tenement 45.” A long time member of the Actor’s Studio, Kramer also acted in stage plays such as a production of “My Sister In This House” with Deanne Bray at Deaf West Theatre. Kramer was the daughter of Stanley and Anne Pearce. Her older brother, Lawrence Kramer, died in 2010. Her father was a prolific American film director known “The Defiant Ones,” “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” “On the Beach,” and “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.” |
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 30, 2023 17:38:39 GMT -5
 'The Full Monty' Star Tom Wilkinson Dead at 75 |
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 30, 2023 21:07:21 GMT -5
 Maurice Hines, Tap Dancer in ‘The Cotton Club,’ Dies at 80 Maurice Hines, an actor, dancer and choreographer who starred with his brother Gregory Hines in Francis Ford Coppola’s “The Cotton Club,” died Friday. He was 80. Friends including Debbie Allen and John Manzari reported the news of his death. Hines began studying tap dancing at 5 years old, making his Broadway debut in “The Girl in Pink Tights” in 1954. With an act modeled after the Nicholas Brothers, Maurice and his older brother Gregory, who died in 2003, began touring with their dancer father as Hines, Hines & Dad, appearing across the country and on several TV shows. When Maurice Hines decided to go solo, he was cast as Nathan Detroit in a national tour of “Guys and Dolls,” then performed on Broadway in “Eubie!” On “Uptown…It’s Hot!” he worked as choreographer and performer, netting a Tony nomination for best actor in a musical. Among the other shows he choreographed were “Harlem Suite,” in which he also starred; Louis Armstrong musical “Satchmo” and “Havana Night in Cuba.” Though Hines was a mainstay on Broadway and in touring shows, his only feature film role came in Coppola’s 1984 musical as part of the tap-dancing Williams Brothers team. He had television appearances on “Cosby,” “Eubie!” and “Love, Sidney.” In 2010, Hines starred in “Sophisticated Ladies” in Washington, D.C., which co-starred the teenaged dancing brothers John and Leo Manzari. John Manzari remembered him on Facebook, writing “It was an extraordinary privilege to be mentored by this man. Maurice – at nearly fifty years my senior, embraced me as a teenager with such generosity it boggles the mind.” Among the other shows he choreographed and/or performed in were “Yo Alice,” a tribute to his brother “Tappin’ Thru Life” and “First Lady of Song,” a tribute to Ella Fitzgerald. The biographical documentary “Maurice Hines: Bring Them Back” was released in 2019. |
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Post by jimsteel on Dec 31, 2023 8:04:52 GMT -5
 Richard Romanus, Actor in ‘Mean Streets,’ Dies at 80 After portraying the loan shark Michael Longo, he voiced a cab driver in ‘Heavy Metal,’ starred on ‘Strike Force’ and was Jennifer Melfi’s husband on ‘The Sopranos.’ |
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Post by jimsteel on Jan 1, 2024 10:10:52 GMT -5
 Sandra Reaves-Phillips, Actress and Singer on Stage and Screen, Dies at 79 ON THE 29TH Her credits included the films ''Round Midnight' and 'Lean on Me'; 'Hot Feet' with Maurice Hines; and 'The Late, Great Ladies of Blues & Jazz.' |
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