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Ángel Salazar, the actor best known as Al Pacino’s trusted sidekick “Chi Chi” in the 1983 film Scarface, has died. Salazar passed away in his sleep at a friend’s home in Brooklyn, NY Sunday, his rep and longtime friend Ann Wingsong confirmed to TMZ. He was 68.

A cause of death was not revealed, but Wingsong told the publication Salazar suffered from heart issues.

Salazar collected more than 50 acting credits over the course of his 45-year career, but it was his role as Chi Chi, Tony Montana’s (Pacino) devoted henchman in the Brian de Palma-directed Scarface for which he is best remembered. One of the more memorable scenes is the “chainsaw” scene where he saved Tony’s life. He starred alongside Michelle Pfeiffer, Steven Bauer, F. Murray Abraham, Robert Loggia and Mark Margolis in the film, written by Oliver Stone.

He went on to co-star with Tom Hanks...

Actor and comedian Ángel Salazar, who played Chi Chi in the hit 1983 gangster film Scarface, has died. He was 68. A representative for Salazar, Ann Wingsong, told TMZ that the actor “passed away in his sleep” on Sunday, August 11, at his friend’s home in Brooklyn, New York. A friend went to check on Salazar on Sunday morning and found his body in his bed. An official cause of death has not been revealed. However, Wingsong noted that Salazar suffered from several heart issues. Born on March 2, 1956, Salazar began his on-screen career with small roles in films such as Boulevard Nights, Walk Proud, Where the Buffalo Roam and A Stranger is Watching. His first major role came in 1983 when he landed the part of Chi Chi, the sidekick to Al Pacino‘s Tony Montana in the landmark gangster movie Scarface. From there, the Cuban-American actor would go on to appear in...

With Now Showing, your Halloweenies gather each month for a review on something new and something old in horror. This month, co-hosts Rachel Reeves, Dan Caffrey, and McKenzie Gerber shoot the shit about all kinds of spooky stuff, specifically Lisa Frankenstein, Out of Darkness, I Am Chanel, Rope, The Manitou, and A Stranger Is Watching.

Stream the episode below or subscribe via Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, RadioPublic, Acast, Google Podcasts, and RSS. New to the Halloweenies? Catch up with the gang by revisiting their essential episodes on past franchises such as Halloween, A Nightmare on Elm Street, Friday the 13th, Scream, and The Evil Dead. This year? It’s Chucky!

You can also become a member of their Patreon, The Rewind, for hilariously irreverent commentaries, one-off deep dives on your favorite rentals, and even topical spinoffs like this past summer’s greatest adventure Fortune & Glory: An Indiana Jones Podcast.

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Hello, everyone! I hope you have your wallets ready because we have a huge day of horror and sci-fi home media releases this week, and there are a ton of different titles fans are definitely going to want to add to their collections. Blue Underground has given the criminally undercelebrated Dead & Buried the 4K treatment for their 3-Disc Limited Edition release of the film, and if you’re a big fan of sci-fi/action movies, you’ll definitely want to pick up the latest Vestron Video release, The Wraith, which Lionsgate is putting out on Blu this Tuesday as well.

As far as recent genre fare goes, Spiral: From the Book of Saw, Jakob’s Wife, Initiation and 32 Malasana Street are all headed home on various formats, and if you happen to be a big fan of the Saw series, you can also nab brand new Blu-rays for the first eight Saw films this week,...

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Mary Higgins Clark encouraged the flame of inspiration and burned mysteries in the minds of generations.

Popular mystery novelist Mary Higgins Clark died of natural causes in Naples, Florida, on Friday March 31, according to the New York Times.

"It is with deep sadness we say goodbye to the 'Queen of Suspense' Mary Higgins Clark, author of over 40 bestselling suspense titles," her publisher Simon & Schuster announced on Twitter. "She passed away peacefully this evening at the age of 92 surrounded by family and friends."

Higgins Clark was a widow in her late 30s with five children to support when her she published her first book. She would go on to write 56 best sellers, including Loves Music, Loves to Dance and Daddy's Little Girl, in a career spanning over 45 years. Her book sales topped 100 million copies and she won honors like the "Grand Master" statuette from the Mystery Writers of America,...

Mary Higgins Clark, the bestselling and prolific mystery writer who earned the nickname the “Queen of Suspense,” has died at the age of 92.

Clark’s publisher Simon & Schuster announced the author’s death Friday, revealing she died of natural causes in Naples, Florida.

“It is with deep sadness we say goodbye to the ‘Queen of Suspense’ Mary Higgins Clark, author of over 40 bestselling suspense titles,” Simon & Schuster tweeted. “She passed away peacefully this evening, January 31, at the age of 92 surrounded by family and friends.”

“Nobody ever bonded more completely...

Mary Higgins Clark, a master of suspense who set many of her novels in New Jersey, has died. She passed at age 92 on Friday in Naples, Florida of natural causes, according to her family.

Simon & Schuster President and Chief Executive Officer Carolyn Reidy announced the news in a statement.

“It is impossible to overestimate the importance of Mary’s contribution to our success, and her role in the modern history of Simon & Schuster. Beginning in 1975 with the publication of “Where Are the Children?,” each of her 56 books has been a bestseller. There are more than 100 million copies of her books in print in the United States; they are international bestsellers and have been translated into every major and many less well-known languages,” Reidy said.

It is with deep sadness we say goodbye to the “Queen of Suspense” Mary Higgins Clark, author of over 40 bestselling suspense titles. She passed away peacefully this evening,...

Mary Higgins Clark, the prolific author known as the “Queen of Suspense” for her dozens of best-selling suspenseful novels, died Friday in Naples, Fla. She was 92. Publisher Simon & Schuster said Clark died peacefully and surrounded by family.

“It is with deep sadness we say goodbye to the ‘Queen of Suspense’ Mary Higgins Clark, author of over 40 bestselling suspense titles,” the company tweeted.

The writer spent more than four decades as a staple on bestseller lists, and her books sold more than 100 million copies in the U.S. alone. Many of Clark’s novels in her lengthy portfolio were developed into TV films including “The Cradle Will Fall” in 1983, “Moonlight Becomes You” in 1998, and most recently “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” which was adapted into the French production “Ce que vivent les roses.” Higgins Clark was extremely popular in France, where she was honored with the Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters.

With Friday the 13th being a box office behemoth in 1980, many people seem to consider this to be the high-water mark of Sean S. Cunningham's career. And while he hasn't ever had a film that became part of the lexicon the way that Jason and his ubiquitous hockey mask have, it would be wrong to toss aside a career that is actually quite varied. And with some perspective, who knows if one could say this about all the films that came after Friday the 13th, but The New Kids (released in 1985) is certainly a movie that deserves a much better life than it's had. In fact, it is so well done that The New Kids deserves to rise above it's cult classic status... if it even has that!

Sean S. Cunningham started making films in the 1970s. However, it wasn't until 1980's Friday the 13th that his career really caught fire.

In furtherance of my lifelong obsession with box-office numbers, I had every intention this morning of spending a couple of hours pouring over box-office grosses and comparing them to budgets to arrive at the ten most profitably movies of all time, on a percentage basis. As it turns out, the good people over at The Numbers have not only already compiled such a list, but they included the Top 20 most profitable movies of all time, percentage-wise. I'm not petty enough to deprive you of such information just because I didn't compile it, so I offer you their list and also encourage box-office enthusiasts to check out The Numbers.

Note that the following revenue numbers do not include DVD sales or other ancillary revenue.

1. Paranormal Activity (Budget: $15,000; Revenue: $193 million): 645,801.51%

2. Tarnation (Budget: $218; Revenue: $1.1 million): 266,416.97%

3. Mad Max (Budget: $200,000; Revenue $99.7 million): 24,837.50%

4. Super Size Me (Budget: $65,000; Revenue: $29,529,368): 22,614.90%

5. The Blair Witch Project...