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Sunday’s SAG Awards ceremony will be a streaming event for the first time on the Netflix YouTube channel. One of the highlights each year is the special In Memoriam segment. It’s been a particularly rough year with over 100 deaths of prominent actors and actresses who were likely members of SAG/AFTRA. Show producers typically are able to include approximately 40-50 people in a tribute.

Among that group will certainly be Oscar winners Louise Fletcher, William Hurt and Irene Cara, plus nominees Angela Lansbury (a SAG life achievement recipient) and Melinda Dillon. Emmy champs Mary Alice, Kirstie Alley, Leslie Jordan, Ray Liotta, Stuart Margolin, Robert Morse and Barbara Walters.

SEECelebrity Deaths 2023: In Memoriam Gallery

Here is our expansive list of over 100 people who died since last year’s ceremony, several of whom will be honored on Sunday’s event:

Ralph Ahn

J. Grant Albrecht

Mary Alice

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Vachik Mangassarian, known for his work in “NCIS,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” and more, has died. He was 78. A rep for Mangassarian told the Hollywood Reporter he died in Burbank, Calif. from Covid-19 complications.

On “NCIS,” he played a fake Iranian president and on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” he played a cleric. His other TV credits include “The Mentalist,” “Jag,” “NYPD Blue,” “Beauty and the Beast” and “Falcon Crest.”

The Iran-born Armenian actor moved to the United States at age 23 and worked as a waiter in Los Angeles while immersing himself into the entertainment scene. Mangassarian then landed his first film role for “The South’s Shark” in 1978.

In addition to Mangassarian’s extensive work in television, recently with a small appearance on “Chad,” he appeared on both the stage and big screen throughout the following decades — including “The Stoning of Soraya M” starring Jim Caviezel and “Moving On...

Vachik Mangassarian, a character actor with dozens of credits including Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Curb Your Enthusiasm and feature The Stoning of Soraya M., has died. He was 78.

His reps at McCaffrey Talent Management told Deadline that he died Saturday of Covid complications.

Born in Iran of Armenian descent in 1943, Mangassarian came to the U.S. in the mid-1960s, working in theater and occasionally returning to Iran, where he had roles in films including some by Iranian director Samuel Khachikian. He eventually landed his first Hollywood role in The South’s Shark (1978).

By the mid-’80s, he began scoring guest shots on such popular series as The Fall Guy, The A-Team, Sledge Hammer! and Murder, She Wrote. Mangassarian would work steadily through the 2010s, guesting on shows including Murphy Brown, Falcon Crest, Jake and the Fatman, NYPD Blue and Jag, along with some telefilms.

Mangassarian landed a key...

Hey, "NCIS: Los Angeles" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed episode 23 tonight. Now that it's officially done and just a mere footnote in time, it's time to see what the big season 10, finale episode 24 will have in store for you guys. That's right, guys. Episode 24 is indeed the final episode for this current season 10. That means after this one, you will have to wait about three months to see another new episode. The good news is that you will see another new episode because we can officially confirm that CBS has renewed the show for a brand new season 11! That's right. The show will be back with all new episodes this Fall 2019. We'll post more details on that at a later date. For now, let's get right back to the matter at hand. CBS did serve up a press release for the finale episode 24. So, that's what we'll be using for this spoiler session.

New Agents Of Shield episode 3,season 1 intense spoilers & clips hit the net. Last night, ABC released the new spoilers and sneak peek/spoiler clip (below) for their upcoming "Agents Of Shield" episode 3 of season 1. The episode is entitled, "The Asset, " and it appears to be quite intense, once again, as Skye will get into a major,problematic, predicament, and more. In the new "The Asset" episode, when the brilliant scientist, Dr. Franklin Hall, is kidnapped, Agent Coulson and his S.H.I.E.L.D. agents are going to have to race against the clock to locate him. Skye is going to be their only way in, pushing the team to their limits when the entire plan turns upside-down. It is going to guest star: Ian Hart as Dr. Franklin Hall, David Conrad as Ian Quinn, Josh Cowdery as Agent Tyler, Bodie Newcomb as Agent Mack, Scott Subiono as Todd Chesterfield, Vachik Mangassarian as Qasim Zaghlul,...

by Brett White

The first few episodes of "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." are starting to take shape now that we're less than a week away from the show's highly anticipated debut. Marvel has recently released the official synopsis for the third episode, entitled "The Asset."

When the brilliant scientist, Dr. Franklin Hall, is kidnapped, Agent Coulson and his S.H.I.E.L.D. agents must race against the clock to locate him. Skye is their only way in--pushing the team to their limits when the entire plan turns upside-down--on "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D."

But that's not all Marvel has revealed. Their announcement includes the guest cast list for the episode, which finally sheds some light on just who a few of the recently hired recurring characters are.

Guest starring are Ian Hart as Dr. Franklin Hall, David Conrad as Ian Quinn, Josh Cowdery as Agent Tyler, Bodie Newcomb as Agent Mack, Scott Subiono as Todd Chesterfield,...

This is the review of the Stoning of Soraya M, starring Shohreh Aghdashloo, Mozhan Marnò, James Caviezel, Navid Negahban, Ali Pourtash, David Diaan, Parviz Sayyad, Vida Ghahremani and Vachik Mangassarian. The film is directed by Cyrus Nowrasteh. When thinking of a film that shows bravery and heroism, and a battle between the power-hungry, and those that fight for truth, any number of blockbuster movies may spring to mind. Yet the heroism and bravery in this film does not have a CGI background, nor does it have futuristic gadgets or fast cars. But what this film has more than any other I have seen in recent years, if ever before, is a soul. The Stoning of Soraya M tells the story of the true events leading up to the stoning of an innocent woman in Iran in 1986. It is only because of the bravery and heroism of Soraya’s aunt, Zahra,...