Peter Scolari , the prolific television and stage actor who found instant fame and a lifelong friendship with Tom Hanks when the two co-starred in the hit 1980 TV comedy Bosom Buddies , died early Friday morning following a two-year battle with cancer. He was 66. His death was announced by Ellen Lubin Sanitsky at Wright Entertainment. Scolari’s 43-year show business career included such highlights as his Emmy-nominated series regular role of producer Michael Harris on Bob Newhart ’s 1984-90 comedy Newhart , an Emmy-winning recurring role as the father of Lena Dunham’s character on HBO’s Girls , and, most recently, his role as Bishop Thomas Marx on the CBS supernatural drama Evil . A partial roster of other TV credits include Fosse/Verdon, Madoff, The Good Fight, Murphy Brown, The West Wing, ER, Gotham, Law & Order: SVU, Ally McBeal, From the Earth to the Moon and Honey I Shrunk the Kids: The TV Show , to name a relative few. Film credits include …
NFL Official Carl Madsen Dies After Working Titans-Chiefs Game
Getty 3:24 PM PT -- A spokesperson for the Nashville Police Dept. tells TMZ Sports ... initial indications are Madsen suffered "a medical emergency" while driving on I-65 North. The spokesperson said officers received calls about a motorist blocking a lane on the interstate and when they arrived on scene, they found Madsen unconscious in the driver's seat of the car. Police say they broke into the vehicle via the passenger side window and removed Madsen and immediately started chest compressions. Sadly, after transporting Madsen to a nearby hospital, he died. A cause of death is still unknown at this time. Sad news in the NFL ... replay official Carl Madsen died on Sunday shortly after working the Kansas City Chiefs vs. Tennessee Titans game in Tennessee. He was 71 years old. The NFL announced the tragic passing on Monday -- with league reporter Tom Pelissero saying Madsen died "while en route home" from the Week 7 matchup at Nissan Stadium in …
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Rami Malek & Pete Davidson Spoof Squid Game On SNL
Rami Malek last seen in No Time To Die , recently made his hosting debut on the iconic NBC series Saturday Night Live. He also presented a Squid Game spoof with Pete Davidson and showed off his singing skills with an R&B song about the popular Netflix show. During one of the skits, Rami and Pete presented a hilarious take on Squid Game. They wore the iconic green tracksuits and sang about their (fictional) lives before playing the game. "That's what happens in the squid game...that's the way you play the Squid Game," Rami sang. "Guess I gotta play the Squid Game / My only option is the Squid Game / I have a number, not a real name / 'cause I'm playing in the Squid Game," Davidson sings with a country twang. Rami added, "Weird cards, pink guards / Locked us in a big room / ... Bunk beds, new friends / Piggy bank up in the sky." Squid Game's Actor Anupam Tripathi Is Winning Hearts, Says His Ultimate Dream Is To Work In India Rami also gave a …
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James Michael Tyler Known As Gunther From Friends Passes Away
James Michael Tyler, best known for playing Gunther on 90s hit sitcom Friends passed away at the age of 59. The actor's manager Toni Benson revealed that he was battling prostate cancer since 2018 and succumbed to the illness on Sunday, October 24, at his Los Angeles home. Benson also shared a tribute to the star and said, "The world knew him as Gunther (the seventh 'Friend'), from the hit series Friends, but Michael's loved ones knew him as an actor, musician, cancer-awareness advocate, and loving husband. Michael loved live music, cheering on his Clemson Tigers, and would often find himself in fun and unplanned adventures." Back in May 2021, James had made a special appearance on Friends: The Reunion. At the time, appearing via Zoom he had revealed he was unable to attend in person due to his health issues. Talking about the show, he said, "It was the most memorable 10 years of my life, honestly. I could not have imagined just a better experience. All …
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First Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Clip Arrives with New Posters
Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City director Johannes Roberts has assured fans that his upcoming adaptation of the popular video game will be "faithful," with a pair of new posters giving us a detailed look at the core cast of familiar characters. Beginning with the latter, the newly released promos offer a good look at the likes of Kaya Scodelario as Claire Redfield , Robbie Amell as Chris Redfield, and Tom Hopper as Albert Wesker among others. As for the contents of the movie itself, director Johannes Roberts has offered some insight into his approach to bringing the horror property to the big screen. Adapted from the stories from the first and second of Capcom's beloved video game series, Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City will serve as a reboot of the Resident Evil movie series. "Welcome to Raccoon City is a very faithful adaptation of the Resident Evil game ," he says. "This is where it all started. This is an origin story where we meet all the iconic …
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Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City Trailer Has Arrived
The first trailer for Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City is here. A complete reboot of the movie series that starts over from scratch, this new feature is totally unconnected to the previous movie series from Paul W.S. Anderson and Milla Jovovich. Going back to the roots of the series, Welcome to Raccoon City brings us back to the creepy Spencer Mansion with characters from the original Resident Evil video games. Check out the trailer below. Johannes Roberts wrote and directed Resident Evil: Welcome to Raccoon City . Its cast includes Kaya Scodelario as Claire Redfield , Hannah John-Kamen as Jill Valentine, Robbie Amell as Chris Redfield, Tom Hopper as Albert Wesker, Avan Jogia as Leon S. Kennedy, Donal Logue as Chief Brian Irons, Neal McDonough as William Birkin, Lily Gao as Ada Wong, Chad Rook as Richard Aiken, and Marina Mazepa as Lisa Trevor. Per Sony Pictures Releasing, the official synopsis reads, "Once the booming home of pharmaceutical giant Umbrella …
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Ranjeet Recalls Hitting Sridevi With Hunter The Day His Father Had Passed Away
In his tete-a-tete with a leading daily, veteran actor Ranjeet who is one of the most celebrated villains of Bollywood, spoke about being extremely professional in his career and revealed how he had shot for his portions of a film in Hyderabad despite his father's demise on the same day. While speaking to Times Of India, Ranjeet revealed, "Do you know I flew down to Hyderabad to shoot for a film the day my father passed away? I was like a rock but when he died, I shook like a leaf. Relatives started coming down from all over the country to pay their last respects as he was the eldest in the family, but I took the flight out. I decided to shoot for my portions so that the sets don't go to waste, and my father, who had never been accused of any wrongdoing in life, didn't end up being blamed for the failed shoot on his death bed." He further added, "So, I went there, laughed aloud like a villain for the camera, went back to my room and sobbed, hit Sridevi with a …
Finalement! Wes Anderson’s ‘The French Dispatch’ Delivered To Theaters; ‘Becoming Cousteau’ Dives In – Specialty Preview
After a long Covid delay, The French Dispatch opens this weekend with distributor Searchlight Pictures and the industry hoping the whimsical Wes Anderson ’s film brings a touch of Grand Budapest Hotel -ish coin to the specialty box office. Hoping, but not counting on it, as the box office take beyond studio tentpoles has been largely dour and stubbornly unpredictable. The French Dispatch debuts in 52 theaters and 14 markets in a crowded field including the pop culture phenomenon called Dune . Searchlight acquired The French Dispatch in September of 2019 and it was to have played at a Covid-canceled Cannes in 2020. It premiered on the Croisette this year instead, then screened at the BFI London Film Festival, Telluride, the New York Film Festival –hitting 25 fests in all. Anderson’s tenth film — full name The French Dispatch of the Liberty, Kansas Evening Sun — brings to life a collection of stories from the final issue of an American magazine …
‘Dune’ Mines $6.5M Opening Day In China, Eyes $20M+ Weekend; UK Bows Strong & Imax Indexes High
Denis Villeneuve ’s sci-fi epic Dune hit China today with an estimated RMB 42 million ($6.5 million) on 28,274 screens and a 34.3% share of the market. While we do not yet have a social score, Friday’s estimate would portend a weekend in the $20M+ neighborhood as we noted coming into the session . Handled in China by Legendary East (via Wanda), the Warner Bros /Legendary title is also opening domestically this frame (where it did $5.1M in Thursday previews), as well as in 39 other markets including the UK, Korea, Brazil and Mexico. The current international box office cume, not including China or other Friday takes, is approximately $137M through Thursday. In China , Dune has a 7.7 critics rating on Douban and is the first major Hollywood movie to enter the market since Disney/20th Century Studios’ Free Guy in late August. Ticketing platform Maoyan, which regularly updates its estimates, is currently predicting a full run of $31M for Dune , …
‘Dune’ Over The Moon On Thursday With $5.1 Million In Previews
Legendary and Warner Bros ’ sci-fi epic Dune excavated $5.1 million from 6 p.m. showtimes at 3,200 theaters Thursday. The Denis Villeneuve -directed adaptation of the Frank Herbert novel was also made available on HBO Max streaming service as early as 3 p.m. PT/6 p.m. ET. In China, Legendary East is reporting a $6.5M opening day for Dune at 10,500 cinemas, a total of 28,274 screens. The pic is ranking as the No. 2 title in the market with a 34.3% share of the box office for the day. That figure bests the pre-pandemic take of Villeneuve’s previous sci-fi spectacle, 2017’s Blade Runner 2049, which saw $3.5M from 7 p.m. showtimes on its way to a $12.5M Friday and $32.8M opening — the director’s best domestic start. Tracking estimates for Dune are in the $30M-$35M range. Advance ticket sales indicate a number much higher, but we’ll need today and into Saturday to see how front-loaded business is as these day-and-date films have a tendency to bring the fans …
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