A24 4,338 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 9 hours ago, Tallguy said: Ok, still sad. To be sure. But I thought it said Tom WILSON. That would have freaked me out. Because you love ice hockey that much? Tallguy and Naïve Old Fart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,542 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 Tom Wilkinson was among the finest, yet, understated, actors, of his generation. It's just a shame that he couldn't do an American accent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,398 Posted December 31, 2023 Share Posted December 31, 2023 5 hours ago, Slipperman9 said: Tom Wilkinson was among the finest, yet, understated, actors, of his generation. It's just a shame that he couldn't do an American accent I wouldn't say "couldn't". Just "usually didn't." 😉 It has been forever, but he was OK in Eternal Sunshine, wasn't he? As opposed to, say, Batman. What was he like IRL? His characters could range from unassuming schlub to towering powerhouse. Benjamin Franklin was nearly in a class of his own. (As both a character and an historical figure.) Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,542 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 R.I.P., David Soul. Omen II 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demodex 557 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Once again I'll have to Google who that is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted January 5 Share Posted January 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,511 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Apparently, Laurie Johnson passed away last week, age 96. I'm mostly familiar with THE AVENGERS, DR. STRANGELOVE and occasional conducting credits, but I believe he's more of a famous figure in the UK. Naïve Old Fart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steffromuk 386 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 I'm a huge fan of his work. But somehow I assumed he past away a while ago. A great composer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,511 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Saw it in a couple of Facebook posts this morning (can't find them now). The Wiki page has also been updated: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurie_Johnson#cite_note-LarkinGE-1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,398 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 It was last week, but RIP Peter Schickele. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,542 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 12 hours ago, Thor said: Apparently, Laurie Johnson passed away last week, age 96. I'm mostly familiar with THE AVENGERS, DR. STRANGELOVE and occasional conducting credits, but I believe he's more of a famous figure in the UK. If he never did anything else, Johnson's place in the composing firmament would be assured, by The Avengers, alone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hooper 1,793 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 3 hours ago, Tallguy said: It was last week, but RIP Peter Schickele. After that intro, I was really wanting to hear the performance! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted January 22 Share Posted January 22 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Rick 1,157 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 https://deadline.com/2024/01/norman-jewison-dead-fiddler-on-the-roof-moonstruck-1235800983/amp/ Loert and Naïve Old Fart 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naïve Old Fart 9,542 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Aaw, shit, man! I love his films. ROLLERBALL is one of my favourite films of all time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giftheck 916 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Gary Graham, of Alien Nation fame, has died suddenly aged 73. https://news.sky.com/story/gary-graham-alien-nation-and-star-trek-enterprise-actor-dies-suddenly-aged-73-13054827 Tallguy, Mr. Hooper and Naïve Old Fart 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Rick 1,157 Posted January 23 Share Posted January 23 Aw man, I liked him on ST: Enterprise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted January 24 Share Posted January 24 On 23/01/2024 at 3:30 AM, Dr. Rick said: https://deadline.com/2024/01/norman-jewison-dead-fiddler-on-the-roof-moonstruck-1235800983/amp/ Damn! But for me his masterpiece is JCS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,286 Posted January 30 Share Posted January 30 Chita Rivera has died aged 91, probably most famous for originating the role of Anita in the original production of West Side Story but only one role in an illustrious Broadway career. Me and the other half were lucky enough to meet her and see her perform (and technically perform with her!) on a musical theatre cruise a few years ago. She was still quite the performer and very chatty and delightful when we had the chance to meet her. https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2024/jan/30/chita-rivera-broadway-star-dies-aged-91?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Tallguy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demodex 557 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 There should be another thread like this for celebrities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marian Schedenig 8,200 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 22 hours ago, Demodex said: There should be another thread like this for celebrities. Isn't this thread mostly for celebrities anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demodex 557 Posted January 31 Share Posted January 31 I was joking, but it is full of people I've never heard of. I don't consider them celebrities. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A24 4,338 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 We will wake you up when Tom Cruise dies. Brando and Giftheck 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mstrox 6,651 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 Oh god, when that happens please just let me sleep. Giftheck and Brando 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post A24 4,338 Posted February 1 Popular Post Share Posted February 1 Because in your dreams Cruise will still be alive? Tallguy, Brando and Giftheck 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,286 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 16 hours ago, Demodex said: I was joking, but it is full of people I've never heard of. I don't consider them celebrities. Well in that case we shouldn't include any film composers here as even JW or Hans are probably less famous than half the people mentioned here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demodex 557 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 No. There are people mentioned here that are a lot more obscure than them. By far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,398 Posted February 1 Share Posted February 1 So here's the bill for 2023: Spoiler Anita Pointer (The Pointer Sisters) Earl Boen (The Terminator / Battle Beyond the Stars) Jeff Beck Lisa Marie Presley Gina Lollobrigida Julian Sands David Crosby Tom Verlaine Melinda Dillon Burt Bacharah Hugh Hudson Raquel Welch Alain Goraguer Gerald Fried Richard Belzer John Motson Charles Knode Tom Sizemore Wayne Shorter Gary Rossington (Lynyrd Skynyrd) Topol Mystic Meg Robert Blake Lance Reddick Christopher Gunning Paul O'Grady Angie Mayhew Ryuichi Sakamoto Klaus Teuber Norman Reynolds Bill Butler Paul Cattermole Ian Bairnson Michael Lerner Barry Humphries Harry Belafonte Jerry Springer Gordon Lightfoot Menahem Pressler Terrence Hardiman Andy Rourke Helmut Berger Ray Stevenson Rolf Harris Tina Turner Francis Monkman Cormac McCarthy Glenda Jackson Treat Williams Alan Arkin Frederic Forrest Jane Birkin Tony Bennett Martine Tanghe Gergely Hubai Sinead O'Connor Paul Reubens Carl Davis Jim Parker William Friedkin Sixto Rodriguez Robbie Robertson Johnny Hardwick Michael Parkinson Bob Barker (who got as close to a dollar without going over) Arleen Sorkin Jimmy Buffett Meco Steve Harwell Gary Wright Mark Margolis Roger Whittaker Stephen Gould David McCallum Michael Gambon Terrance Davies Piper Laurie Suzanne Somers Burt Young Bobby Charlton Richard Roundtree Matthew Perry Spiros Focas Roger Kastel Robert Butler Joss Ackland Shane MacGowan Denny Laine Norman Lear Ryan O' Neal Andre Braugher Jim Ladd Kenpachiro Satsuma Tom Wilkinson Tommy Smothers Some obscure names, to be sure. Some names that would be obscure anywhere but here. And some nearly universally recognized names. Tom Guernsey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay 37,369 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Carl Weathers https://variety.com/2024/film/news/carl-weathers-dead-rocky-predator-star-wars-1235895634/ Edmilson, Andy, Knight of Ren and 7 others 8 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,398 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 2 minutes ago, Jay said: Carl Weathers https://variety.com/2024/film/news/carl-weathers-dead-rocky-predator-star-wars-1235895634/ Dammit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JNHFan2000 2,966 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Wooow. That's a real shock. I'm gutted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ollie 1,059 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 RIP. 😕 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crocodile 8,017 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 Really sad. He definitely made his mark. RIP. Karol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demodex 557 Posted February 2 Share Posted February 2 3 hours ago, Jay said: Carl Weathers https://variety.com/2024/film/news/carl-weathers-dead-rocky-predator-star-wars-1235895634/ Finally someone I've heard of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 Slightly belated R.I.P. to Carl Weathers. Was lucky enough to chat with him (also got a pic and autograph) at a convention, cool dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Rick 1,157 Posted February 6 Share Posted February 6 RIP Toby Keith, died after a battle with stomach cancer https://apnews.com/article/toby-keith-country-singer-dies-6c01efcdb59f4481f5290d6334f107e6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BB-8 3,479 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 Seiji Ozawa 6th February 2024 R.I.P. Maestro This event may require a special commemorative thread given Ozawa's close association with BSO and John Williams! http://www.jw-collection.de/classical/seiji.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,511 Posted February 9 Share Posted February 9 4 minutes ago, BB-8 said: This event may require a special commemorative thread given Ozawa's close association with BSO and John Williams! It has one, a few threads down. BB-8 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,398 Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 How the hell did we miss that Glynis Johns died in January? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,355 Posted February 25 Share Posted February 25 https://people.com/kenneth-mitchell-star-trek-discovery-and-captain-marvel-star-dead-at-49-from-als-8599917 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,355 Posted February 26 Share Posted February 26 RIP Toyman https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/chris-gauthier-dead-smee-once-upon-a-time-1235922191/ Smaug The Iron 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,398 Posted February 28 Share Posted February 28 Richard Lewis. https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/richard-lewis-dead-comic-curb-your-enthusiasm-actor-1235838668/ He worried about it for so long. It's finally happened. Mr. Hooper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hooper 1,793 Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 5 hours ago, Tallguy said: Richard Lewis. After reading this I watched one of the new 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' episodes I'd recorded, and it had Lewis in it talking about his death... Spooky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tallguy 3,398 Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 7 hours ago, Mr. Hooper said: After reading this I watched one of the new 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' episodes I'd recorded, and it had Lewis in it talking about his death... Spooky. I got that beat. I went back to a 1988 special at the Improv with him, Robert Klein, Paul Rodriguez, Martin Mull, Billy Crystal, and Robin Williams. Where he talks about worrying about having a heart attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Guernsey 2,286 Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 Probably not many anyone outside of the U.K. but sad news… https://www.instagram.com/p/C37XITSoqhC/?igsh=cXcwOTkzOGMxM3A0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweeping Strings 2,363 Posted February 29 Share Posted February 29 R.I.P. Richard Lewis. Loved his and Larry's sparring on Curb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thor 7,511 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 Professor David Bordwell has passed away, 76 years old: https://www.indiewire.com/news/obituary/david-bordwell-dead-film-scholar-1234959386/ For those of us who have studied film, Bordwell was - along with his wife Kristin Thompson - a TITAN. For me, especially, books like CLASSICAL HOLLYWOOD CINEMA, FILM HISTORY and FILM ART: AN INTRODUCTION were seminal in my education. Mr. Hooper and Chen G. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chen G. 3,949 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 I know Thompson's work pretty well. They're greats in the field of art history. Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faleel 5,355 Posted March 2 Share Posted March 2 14 minutes ago, Chen G. said: They're greats in the film of art history. Which film is this? Chen G. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Hooper 1,793 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 7 hours ago, Thor said: Professor David Bordwell has passed away. A name I remember well from my Film Studies courses, along with Kristin Thompson. Still have this edition somewhere in storage. RIP. Thor 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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