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David L. Hamilton, who co-founded and played keyboards for the prog-rock group Pavlov’s Dog before pivoting to a composing career and earning an Emmy nom, has died. He was 74.

A rep for the family said he died June 20 but not give provide a cause or place of death.

Born on May 4, 1951, in St. Louis, Hamilton studied classical piano while attending Macalester College in St. Paul before attended the University of Stirling in Scotland on an English lit exchange fellowship. While there he continued studying piano at at the Royal Academy of Music in Edinburgh.

After returning to St. Louis, he co-founded Pavlov’s Dog, a seven-piece progressive rock band with which he would record a pair of albums for Columbia Records. The group toured with the likes of Journey, Elo and Kraftwerk but couldn’t break through commercially. Its albums Pampered Menial (1975) and At the Sound of the Bell (1976) did sell in Australia,...

Michael Douglas has revealed that while he’s not officially retired from acting, he has “no real intentions” of returning to the big screen.

Speaking at the Karlovy Vary Film Festival to present a newly restored print of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest — which he won an Oscar for as a producer on the 1975 classic — the 80-year-old Douglas was asked about his future plans as an actor.

“I have not worked since 2022 purposefully because I realized I had to stop,” Douglas said (via Variety). “I had been working pretty hard for almost 60 years,...

Michael Douglas … and a surprise Crystal Globe award for is contribution to film and the festival Photo: Film Servis Karlovy Vary

After a lifetime of making more than 60 movies and a battle with stage four cancer Michael Douglas feels he has earned the right to take it easy and stay home while his wife Catherine Zeta-Jones, 25 years his junior, goes out to work.

Talking at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival after a packed screening of a restored copy of the classic One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest which he helped to produce with Saul Zaentz, Doug,las who turns 81 in September, admitted that his throat cancer “had not been a holiday”.

He added: “I went through the programme involving chemo and radiation. And I was fortunate. I had a couple of friends at the same time who were not so lucky, including the Dallas actor Larry Hagman who had...

Ever since it kickstarted its run in 2020 as a police procedural television series following the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Fugitive Task Force (Ftf), FBI: Most Wanted has managed to rank among CBS’ breadwinners. If anything, it has contributed mightily to the network’s success and viewership. Currently, Dylan McDermott is leading the show.

Talking about McDermott, the actor has been doing a pretty good job so far as he embodies the character of Remy Scott in the spin-off show of Dick Wolf’s FBI. But while fans may know him for his dark, wry sense of humor onscreen, the actor’s real-life choices could actually leave you amazed. Like how his favorite TV show is a Barbara Eden gem!

FBI: Most Wanted Lead Actor’s Favorite TV Show Stars Barbara Eden Dylan McDermott as Supervisory Special Agent Remy Scott in FBI: Most Wanted. | Credit: CBS.

For more than three seasons now,...

The 1960s gave us cinema classics that everyone knows, but what about the hidden gems? While 2001: A Space Odyssey and The Graduate get all the attention, countless underrated masterpieces from this revolutionary decade tackled themes that feel surprisingly current.

From political paranoia to technological anxiety, these films were way ahead of their time, addressing issues that wouldn’t become mainstream talking points until decades later. Many were box office failures or met with confusion, yet today they feel almost prophetic in their insight.

Let’s dive into twenty forgotten treasures that deserve a spot on your watchlist, movies that somehow predicted the world we’re living in today.

1. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) Laurence Harvey and Leslie Parrish in The Manchurian Candidate (1962) | Credits: United Artists

Talk about a movie that hits different in 2025. John Frankenheimer‘s paranoid thriller about political brainwashing and conspiracy feels like it was ripped from today’s headlines.

Charlene made waves as Lucy Ewing on Dallas. It’s hard to believe she was only 17 years old. The actress looked back at her time on the primetime soap that changed the way we watched television.

Big Break

Tilton joined a legendary cast that included Barbara Bel Geddes, Jim Davis, and Larry Hagman. However, she was just getting her start in acting. In an interview with Woman’s World, she commended the cast for their “stellar work ethic.” Tilton took everything in as she “watched them” on set. She also shared the advice she received from her costars.

“I learned things such as you always arrive 15 minutes early,” Tilton explained. “You come to work prepared. You know your lines, it’s an all-for-one environment, no one is a diva, no one is demanding, and you always be professional. That’s how I got educated. I had no idea what I was...

One of the most successful creative minds working in television today is writer and producer Taylor Sheridan, whose shows consistently have won critics and audiences alike. In 2024, Sheridan teamed up with Christian Wallace to create the hit show "Landman," inspired by Wallace's podcast series "Boomtown." Billy Bob Thornton leads an all-star cast as Tommy Norris, a petroleum landman, someone who scouts and brokers deals for natural resource rights on behalf of an oil company. Set primarily in West Texas, Norris' life comes under scrutiny after being forced to deal with a local cartel.

Fortunately, while fans wait for new episodes of "Landman," there are plenty of thematically similar shows to check out next. Several on this list are also created and produced by Sheridan, while they all feature mature characters dealing with life-and-death issues, often with a criminal element involved. And just as "Landman" has the feel of a neo-Western,...

Judith Parker Harris, the president and CEO of Worldwide Entertainment Corp., the home of the 1958 sci-fi classic The Blob that featured Steve McQueen in his big-screen debut, has died. She was 74.

Parker Harris died March 31 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles after a long battle with multiple sclerosis, a publicist announced.

The Blob, directed by Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. at Paramount, revolved around an oozing, amoeba-like alien that crashes on Earth in a meteorite, then grows as it sucks up people and menaces a small town in Pennsylvania.

The movie, made for just $110,000 and produced by Parker Harris’ future husband, Jack H. Harris, went on to gross more than $3 million.

The Blob spawned a 1972 sequel — directed by Larry Hagman — and, a year after she wed Harris, a big-budget 1988 reboot that was helmed by Chuck Russell and released by TriStar Pictures. There’s another Blob film in the works, to...

If you love the wild drama of Succession, these 10 TV shows are right up your alley!

Just wrapping up its amazing run on HBO, Succession was one of the biggest hits of the network. It revolved around the Roys, a family of beyond-rich business tycoons seeking more power. That led to scores of backstabbing and dark comedy of this truly dysfunctional family trying to work together.

The show was a huge hit, with multiple Emmy Awards for its cast and Best Drama, among other accolades. It’s over now, but thankfully, there are plenty of shows like it for folks who enjoy tales set in the world of high finance and often involving bickering to the point of murdering families. So, if you like Succession, add these shows to your binge list for the same wicked vibes!

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There have been so many primetime soap operas,...

Long before the Roys of New York or the Sopranos of New Jersey, one family dominated television: the Ewings of "Dallas." The genre-shaking soap opera aired for 14 seasons from 1978 to 1991, chronicling the dramatic, twist-filled epic saga of the Ewing Oil dynasty. 

On a picturesque ranch in Dallas, Texas, the family used their money, connections, and cunning to bat away threats from outside and within. Whatever threats that rival oilman, spurned lovers, or wannabe politicians think they can pose, "Dallas" always reminds us that there's nothing stronger -- or more dangerous -- than family. 

Over 30 years have passed since the final episode of the original series, and there's been well over 10 years of silence from this world following a brief revival on TNT. As such, many are curious about what happened to the cast of "Dallas," so we tracked down as much information about its massive ensemble cast as we could.

Ted Danson was 34 when Cheers debuted in the fall of 1982, on the younger side for a TV star at the time. That season’s top 10 highest-rated shows included a few other thirtysomething leads in Tom Selleck on Magnum, P.I. and John Ritter in Three’s Company, but for the most part, the hits of the small screen were built around actors in their fifties (Larry Hagman on Dallas, George Peppard on The A-Team) or sixties (John Forsythe in Dynasty, Jane Wyman in Falcon Crest). By the time Cheers ended a dozen years later,...

Ask a non-fan about daytime soap operas, and they’ll say one of two things: “Luke and Laura” or “Susan Lucci.” They might mumble a phrase like “As the World Turns” or “Like sands through the hourglass.” And that’s it. Ask a non-fan about primetime soap operas, and they’ll say only one thing: “Who shot Jr?” And that’s it. This wasn’t a question that just swept the soap world or the English-speaking world. This was a phenomenon that swept the entire world. In the second half of 1980, that was all anyone wanted to know. This is an excellent reason to watch Dallas, which is newly streaming on Amazon. But it isn’t the only one.

Cast Aside

Victoria Principal (Pam) became a star thanks to Dallas. Larry Hagman (Jr), already known for I Dream of Jeannie, became a household name. Patrick Duffy (Bobby) ensured that he...

Did you miss the 1980s? Have you only heard about the golden age of primetime soaps? Do you know who shot Jr? Are you familiar with The Abby Scale (Abby being a 10)? What was the Moldovan wedding massacre? If not, it’s time to find out. And if you do understand all the above references, well, it’s time to relive the big hair, the big shoulder pads, and the big personalities of primetime soaps’ greatest decade. We start with the show that never got the acclaim and buzz of its sister soaps, but it was worth watching then, and it is definitely worth watching now that all seasons are available on Amazon Prime — Falcon Crest!

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Falcon Crest ran on CBS from 1981 to 1990, and it stood out from the start in numerous ways. To begin with,...

If you're looking for a bingeable series famous for its cliffhangers and long list of episodes, look no further than Dallas. Before shows like Law & Order and Grey's Anatomy, Dallas was one of the longest-running primetime dramas in American history, and for good reason. The iconic soap opera, which aired from 1978 to 1991, revolved around the wealthy Ewing family, a perpetually at-odds family who presided over their oil empire in (you guessed it) Dallas, Texas. The series featured a large ensemble cast that included the likes of Priscilla Presley and I Dream of Jeannie's Larry Hagman and was nominated for 21 Primetime Emmys, winning four over the course of its 13-year run. It also happened to produce the cliffhanger to end all cliffhangers: one that captured global attention, started an eight-month media frenzy, found itself referenced in a U.S. presidential election, and revolutionized television storytelling.

Charlene Tilton may not be as rich as her famous Dallas character, but the actress still has a high net worth. Tilton has been acting since the 1970s, with her first onscreen appearance in a 1976 Happy Days episode. That same year, she also appeared as Bambi in the original Freaky Friday, starring Jodie Foster. However, Tilton is by far most famous for her role as Lucy Ewing, daughter of Gary and Valene and niece of the villainous J.R. Lucy started the series as a troublemaking teen, and her many of her storylines revolved around her tumultuous romantic life.

Not much is known about Tilton's early life, other than that she was born to single mother Katherine Thacker, a secretary, in San Diego, California, and that she was living on her own at age 15. Tilton has been married twice. Her first marriage was to country singer Johnny Lee from 1982-...

The late, great Larry Hagman had an extensive filmography, but he's by far best known for playing J.R. Ewing in the primetime soap opera, Dallas (1978-1991), which is responsible for much of his net worth. The actor began his career on stage in summer stock productions. As he made his way to Broadway, Hagman also picked up small television parts. He got his big break when he was cast as Captain Anthony Nelson, Barbara Eden's love interest, in I Dream of Jeannie (1965-1970). But it was his role as Dallas' villainous oil baron J.R. Ewing that made him a star.

Hagman was born in Fort, Worth Texas to district attorney Benjamin Hagman and Mary Martin, who would go on to become a Broadway actress after Hagman's birth. Upon graduating high school in Texas, Hagman followed in his mother's footsteps and pursued acting. He enrolled in Bard College...

John Ashton, known for playing John Taggert in Beverly Hills Cop and two sequels, has died. He was 76.

Ashton died Thursday in Fort Collins, Colorado, after a brief battle with cancer, his manager, Alan Somers, told The Hollywood Reporter.

Ashton’s Detective Sergeant Taggart appeared in the first two Beverly Hills Cop movies in 1984 and 1987 alongside Eddie Murphy and Judge Reinhold. He returned as the character — now promoted to police chief — in 2024’s Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F.

Ashton also appeared in films and TV shows that spanned more than a half-century, including 1973’s An Eye for an Eye, 1974’s So Evil, My Sister, 1976’s Cat Murkil and the Silks, 1979’s Borderline and 1981’s Honky Tonk Freeway.

More recently, he had roles in 2006’s Sweet Deadly Dreams, 2007’s Gone Baby Gone, 2009’s Middle Men and 2023’s Lonesome Soldier. On television, he guest starred on Columbo, Police Story, Barnaby Jones and M*A*S*H.

The Young and the Restless spoilers document that Sharon Newman (Sharon Case) seemingly kills Heather Stevens (Vail Bloom) and dumps her body into a river.

But a series of delusional nightmares, evoked through Sharon’s unstable mental state, creates a natural question.

The fans are collectively wondering. Did Sharon kill Heather, or are they watching another nightmare?

The Young And The Restless Spoilers – Heather Stevens Is Dead

If Sharon killed Heather, then she would be eventually caught. Alternatively, Sharon could guilt herself into confessing.

The challenge with this type of plot is that Sharon could not be imprisoned for life. Case is a main character. So, this outcome is only possible if she’s knowingly working her final storyline as a regular cast member.

However, if Sharon killed Heather, she could receive a light sentence because of her mental health issue. That would likely still require many months, if not at least a year,...

Linda Gray wants to transform Southfork Ranch and produce a holiday movie for Dallas fans. The actress who played Sue Ellen Ewing is executive producing a holiday movie that will give her one more chance to revisit this special place. Most of all, she wants to also star in this movie along with one of her former castmates.

Here are all the details.

Used with permission by Lifetime Linda Gray Is Executive Producer Of Dallas-Inspired Holiday Movie

On Friday, Michael Fairman TV reported that “Dallas star Linda Gray signs on as executive producer of a proposed holiday-themed TV movie to shoot at Southfork.” The insider reports that Gray wants to return to Southfork to film a movie “with a major twist.” Describing this as a love letter” to the fans of the evening soap, this is a “lighthearted Christmas comedy.”

Co-starring with her would “potentially” be Patrick Duffy, who portrayed Bobby Ewing.

“Dallas” star Linda Gray has re-teamed with TV movie exec producer Larry Thompson to pitch a spooky film set at Southfork Ranch — the real-life location that served as the setting for the hit 1980s primetime soap. Gray and Thompson worked on last December’s hit Lifetime TV “Ladies of the 80s: A Divas Christmas.”

This time out, Gray and Thompson are shopping a project that finds Gray (and potentially her “Dallas” co-star Patrick Duffy) as poltergeists who haunt Southfork Ranch. They’re playing all-new characters — not their iconic “Dallas” roles — and because Southfork operates independently as a real-life venue for filming and tourism, the location is legit. But beyond the similar casting and perhaps some tongue-in-cheek references, there’s no connection to “Dallas.”

Former Hallmark Channel “Home and Family” producer William Keck wrote the script. The film follows Gray and (potentially) Duffy as the ghosts, who are up in supernatural...

John Carpenters The Thing is now a classic of sci-fi horror, but it has a lot to thank this other classic from 1958 for. The horror genre has a lot to thank John Carpenter for, especially the slasher genre. In 1978, Carpenter brought Halloween, which was key in developing the slasher genre in the 1980s. Carpenter continued his work in the horror genre throughout the 1980s and 1990s, with original stories like The Fog, adaptations of other works like Christine, and mixing other genres with horror as he did in They Live.

In 1982, Carpenter returned to the sci-fi genre now with horror mixed in with The Thing. Based on the 1938 novella Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell Jr., The Thing took the audience to Antarctica to follow a group of American researchers, among them pilot R.J. MacReady (Kurt Russell). There, the team encounters an extraterrestrial life form that assimilates and imitates other organisms,...

Nancy Kovack's TV and film career may have been short, but she made a significant impact with notable roles in popular shows and movies. Working alongside big names in Hollywood, Kovack showcased her range in both comedic and dramatic roles, leaving a lasting impression on audiences. Kovack's Emmy-nominated performance in Mannix displayed her talent for portraying complex characters with depth and nuance, solidifying her place in Hollywood history.

Nancy Kovack only acted for a short time, but she appeared in some notable TV shows and movies in the years she was performing. Born in Flint, Michigan on March 11, 1935, Kovack got her start acting in 1958, when she appeared in an episode of the TV series, The Verdict is Yours as "Prizefighter's Girl". One-episode appearances on TV shows came to be a staple of Kovack's career, and she appeared in numerous notable and lesser-known series over her career. But even when she was only a guest,...

Dallas actors have largely avoided tragic deaths, allowing fans to remember the original show fondly. Unlike other soap operas, Dallas has a manageable cast, making it easier for viewers to keep track of characters. Dallas characters, like J.R. Ewing played by Larry Hagman, have left a lasting impact on viewers.

Though the show premiered over four decades ago, there have thankfully not been a significant number of Dallas actors who have died. Dallas, the CBS prime-time soap opera, first premiered in 1978 and lasted until 1991 with 14 seasons centering on the Texas-set rivalry between sworn enemies the Ewing and Barnes families. As the series progresses, oil tycoon J.R. Ewing (Larry Hagman) becomes the focal point of the story, but each character has plenty of screen time to make an impact.

Dallas was rebooted in 2012 for three seasons, but it's the original show that is so fondly remembered. Unlike similar soap operas,...

Dallas premiered in 1978 on CBS and completely changed how Americans watch television. The show gave Americans soap operas after dark episodic story-telling that continued weekly, not in self-contained episodes. Splashy cliffhangers kept audiences talking all summer, eagerly waiting for the new season to start. "Who Shot J.R.?" was the question of the summer in 1980. Spoiler alert: the sister of his wife, Sue Ellen (Linda Gray), who also happened to be J.R.'s (Larry Hagman) ex-mistress, Kristin Shepard (Mary Crosby), shot J.R. because he threatened to frame her for prostitution if she didn't leave town. But no Dallas cliffhanger managed to shock the world or change the show more than the Season 9 cliffhanger when Patrick Duffy's character, Bobby Ewing, returned from the dead in that infamous shower scene. Not only was the return of a dead character shocking, but the show's explanation of how it happened changed Dallas forever.

The aunt of Star Trek: The Next Generation's Denise Crosby once had a brief romance with Star Trek: Deep Space Nine's Quark (Armin Shimerman). Denise Crosby played Lt. Tasha Yar in Tng, whose family continued to pop up in the show even after she was killed by Armus. Tasha's sister, Ishara Yar (Beth Toussaint), used the crew of the USS Enterprise-d to help her launch an invasion of the Turkana IV Alliance's territory in Tng season 4, episode 6, "Legacy". Star Trek: The Next Generation season 5 introduced Sela (Denise Crosby) Tasha Yar's half-Romulan daughter from an alternate timeline, who became a recurring villain on the show.

Tasha Yar's extended family appearing on Star Trek: The Next Generation was reflective of Denise Crosby's own family links to the wider Star Trek universe. Denise Crosby was the granddaughter of popular crooner and actor Bing Crosby, named after her father, and Bing's son, Dennis Crosby.

Bold dream twists can make or break a story based on how well they align with the themes and tone of the plot. Plot twists in TV shows can either be unforgettable or disappointing, taking viewers out of the story if they fall short. Using the "it was just a dream" device can indicate a cop-out ending in TV shows and movies that may not resonate with audiences.

When a TV show or movie uses the "it was just a dream" twist, it's a bold choice that can either elevate the overall quality of a story or completely ruin it. If the narrative is ruined, it's often because choosing to employ the dream trope doesn't align with the themes and tone of the rest of the plot. TV shows with incredible plot twists are unforgettable, but pieces of media that fall short of audience expectations can take the viewer out of the story.

Back in 1958, director Irvin Yeaworth brought the world a really fun creature feature called The Blob, which was followed by Larry Hagman’s late-to-the-party sequel Beware! The Blob (a.k.a. Son of Blob) in 1972 and an awesome remake directed by Chuck Russell – which ranks as one of the best remakes ever made – in 1988. We’ve been hearing rumblings of another Blob remake for over a decade now. Rob Zombie was attached to write and direct a new version of The Blob for a brief period of time, and commissioned some concept art before leaving the project. The Conjuring writers Chad and Carey Hayes wrote a draft of the script that reimagined the titular being as the B.L.O.B., which stood for Biological Lethal Organic Bomb. Their script was scrapped. Later, Con Air director Simon West was going to be helming the film, with Samuel L. Jackson signed...

Keith Levine, the Hellraiser reboot producer, disclosed updates regarding the anticipated remake of The Blob. Recent reports revealed Warner Bros. Discovery's involvement in developing a new rendition of The Blob earlier this month.

In an exclusive reveal to Comic Book, film producer Levine has unveiled some tantalizing details about the forthcoming remake of the cult classic The Blob. Expressing his enthusiasm, Levine stated, "Well, I personally am very excited about – because another one of these 'my parents are out movies' that I'm watching at a young age is The Blob - which we're doing at Warner Bros., also with [Hellraiser director] David Bruckner ... The Chuck Russell movie just, as a kid, it f**ked me up big time."

Related Why 1988's The Blob Remake Is an Underrated Gem of Horror Though an obscure film in today's eyes, 1988's The Blob is a smart and fun horror remake that deserves love and admiration.

Growing up with Nick at Nite, there was one classic series that I adored above all others: "I Dream of Jeannie." Comparisons to that other '60s rom-com fantasy about a supernatural lady causing mayhem in the suburbs be damned, Sidney Sheldon's sitcom was just the blast of silliness that I craved as a kiddo. 

As an adult, I've also come to appreciate that easily-rattled U.S. Air Force pilot Anthony "Tony" Nelson (Larry Hagman), his amiable buddy and co-worker Roger Healey (Bill Daily), and Barbara Eden's trouble-making, wish-granting genie ... Jeannie were clearly in a throuple but had to play coy about it to avoid ruffling their neighbors' feathers. Not that they were all that careful about maintaining their cover, what with Roger constantly strolling into Tony and Jeannie's humble abode uninvited with the casualness of someone who definitely doesn't secretly live there. Y'all ain't as slick as you think you are!

Before he started filling up the nation's drug store book racks with tawdry tales of romance and suspense, Sidney Sheldon was one of Hollywood and Broadway's most prolific writers. He could write comedies, musicals, musical-comedies, mysteries, dramas, thrillers ... just about everything short of slasher flicks (though he probably would've knocked out one of those had they been a thing during his 1940s - '60s heyday). Clearly, he had an ear for what worked, and he wasn't just knocking out quickie programmers. He won a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for the Cary Grant-Myrna Loy-Shirley Temple screwball hit "The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer," and earned a Best Musical Tony for the Gwen Verdon-led Broadway smash "Redhead."

And when television came calling, rather than turn up his nose as many of his established film and theater colleagues did during the medium's early days, he enthusiastically picked up the phone.

Sheldon...

'V/H/S' director David Bruckner is helming a remake of 'The Blob'.TheWrap is reporting that the horror filmmaker will write and direct a new version of the film for Warner Bros. Motion Picture Group.'The Blob' first hit cinema screens in 1958 and starred Steve McQueen in his first leading role. The plot follows a carnivorous amoeboidal alien that crashes to Earth from outer space, landing in a rural town, and proceeds to devour every living being in its path, growing in size each time, In 1972, 'Dallas' star Larry Hagman directed a sequel titled 'Beware! The Blob' and in 1988 Chuck Russell remade the original starring Kevin Dillon and Shawnee Smith.The original B-movie horror became a cult classic, and its goo special effects had a lasting impact on the horror and sci-fi genres.Phantom Four's David Goyer and Keith Levine of Phantom Four will produce, while Judith Harris...

David Bruckner – who previously remade Hellraiser – is to write and direct a new take on The Blob for Warner Bros.

Over 60 years after a bunch of devout Christians changed cinema history by making The Blob, there’s a new take on the oozing sci-fi horror classic in the works at Warner Bros.

As first reported by The Wrap, the remake will be written and directed by David Bruckner, who previously made the 2022 remake of Clive Barker’s Hellraiser and, among other things, The Night House (2020) and The Ritual (2017).

Like Hellraiser and The Night House, the new Blob will be produced by David S Goyer and Keith Levine via their company, Phantom Four Productions. The Wrap also reports that Judith Harris – widow of Jack H Harris, the film distributor who brought the 1958 and 1988 versions of the movie to the screen – will be credited as executive producer.

The original Blob was directed...

2023 did not lack for good-to-great original horror movies. You can't hate a year that gave us "When Evil Lurks," "Skinamarink," "Talk to Me" and "M3GAN" (among several others). So who cares if Hollywood persists in remaking horror classics, even if it's already been remade (and remade well)?

Irvin Yeaworth's 1958 "The Blob" is hardly a sacred text. It's an effective monster movie that gets surprisingly decent mileage out of its gelatinous, slow-moving creature. Yeaworth tries the viewer's patience by trying to shoehorn in a rebellious teen storyline (which was the rage at the time thanks to hit films like "Rebel Without a Cause"), though who could blame him with first-time leading man Steve McQueen doing the rebelling? All that matters is that he sticks the landing with a fun, movie-theater-set finale. The awful 1972 sequel, "Beware! The Blob," is notable for being the only feature directed by Larry Hagman, who would later...

According to The Wrap, David Bruckner has signed on to write and direct a remake of The Blob for Warner Bros. Discovery.

The original 1958 movie starred a young Steve McQueen, in his first leading role, and revolved around a carnivorous amoeboidal alien that crashed in a small Pennsylvania town and began consuming everyone and everything in its path. Plot details for this latest remake of The Blob remain under wraps, but… I’m sure you can use your imagination.

The original film was followed by a 1972 sequel, Beware! The Blob, directed by Larry Hagman of all people. Chuck Russell directed the first remake of The Blob in 1988, which featured much more gruesome effects. Although it was a box office failure at the time, the film has developed a strong following.

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David Bruckner is best known for helming The Ritual, The Night House,...

Part of the fun of watching TV shows and getting invested in their episodic drama was seeing what major plot twists would come out of the blue. These twists were almost always unexpected and genuinely Earth-shattering for the characters and the world they lived in. However, not all major twists were good. Some were downright terrible.

Whether they were universally praised or reviled, these TV twists were immortalized in the public consciousness for better or worse. Even still, nobody will forget these plot twists any time soon. Some unforgettable plot twists pushed their series to new and better heights, while others tanked any goodwill they had overnight.

Bobby Ewing Died in a Dream

Dallas (1978)

J.R. Ewing, a Texas oil baron, uses manipulation and blackmail to achieve his ambitions, both business and personal. He often comes into conflict with his brother Bobby, his arch-enemy Cliff Barnes and his long-suffering wife Sue Ellen.

Wolfgang Puck’s now-iconic Chinois on Main, which pioneered what came to be known as Asian fusion or Pacific Rim cuisine, has turned 40 this year. An entertainment industry haven since the day it opened in Santa Monica at the address of a former New Wave punk club, it’s since gone from radical to old guard. The restaurant’s starry clientele has ranged from Tom Selleck and Mike Ovitz to Gwyneth Paltrow and Frank Gehry (who is now designing Puck’s planned replacement of the oceanfront Gladstone’s restaurant along Pch).

Wolfgang Puck

Back in 1983, Angelenos first got a streetside sneak peek of Chinois in the months before its arrival, when the chef was buying a dozen ducks at a time from Chinatown wholesalers and blowing them up with a compressor at a gas station a few blocks down from Spago, the Sunset Strip restaurant that had earned him renegade...

Shannon Wilcox, a character actor who appeared in 1984’s “Songwriter” alongside Willie Nelson and in five episodes of “Dallas,” died Sept. 2 in Los Angeles. She was 80.

Wilcox’s death was confirmed by her talent agent Peter Young.

Wilcox worked on such films as 1982’s “Six Weeks” with Dudley Moore and 1991’s “Frankie and Johnny” opposite Al Pacino. She also played the mother of Elisabeth Shue’s Ali Mills in John G. Avildsen’s “The Karate Kid” and appeared in other notable films throughout her career, including “Se7en,” “Runaway Bride,” “Raising Helen,” “The Princess Diaries” and its 2004 sequel, “The Border,” “Legal Eagles,” “For the Boys,””Exit to Eden,” “Dear God” and “The Other Sister.”

Wilcox made her onscreen debut on the action series “Starsky and Hutch” in 1976. She later guested on several series from the late ’70s to ’80s, including the short-lived sitcom “Sirota’s Court,” “Dog and Cat,” “Hawaii Five-o,” “Hart to Hart,...

Shannon Wilcox, a character actress who appeared alongside Willie Nelson in Songwriter, with Dudley Moore in Six Weeks and opposite Al Pacino in Frankie and Johnny, has died. She was 80.

Wilcox died Sept. 2 in Los Angeles, her daughter, actress-director Kelli Williams — she played attorney Lindsay Dole on The Practice — told The Hollywood Reporter.

A life member of The Actors Studio, Wilcox also portrayed the mother of Elisabeth Shue’s Ali Mills in John G. Avildsen’s The Karate Kid (1994) and worked in many other notable films, among them Tony Richardson’s The Border (1982), Ivan Reitman’s Legal Eagles (1986), Mark Rydell’s For the Boys (1991) and David Fincher’s Seven (1995).

Wilcox was the resigned ex-wife of Nelson’s Doc Jenkins in Alan Rudolph’s Songwriter (1984) and the wife of a California politician (Moore) caught up with a woman (Mary Tyler Moore) and her sickly child (Katherine Healy) in Tony Bill’s...

Gayle Hunnicutt, the Texas-born actor known for 1969’s “Marlowe” and her role as Vanessa Beaumont in “Dallas,” died on Aug. 31 in London, according to The Times of London. She was 80.

Hunnicutt played Vanessa Beaumont, an English aristocrat who shares an illegitimate son with Larry Hagman’s J.R. Ewing, in the final three seasons of “Dallas” from 1989 to 1991.

Born on Feb. 6, 1943, in Fort Worth, Texas, Hunnicutt made her television debut in 1966 on the NBC sitcom “Mister Roberts.” She guested on several series in the ’60s, including “The Beverly Hillbillies,” “Hey Landlord,” “Love on a Rooftop” and “Get Smart.”

On the film side, Hunnicutt starred opposite James Garner in the 1969 neo-noir crime film “Marlowe,” in which she played television star Mavis Wald. She appeared in more than 30 films during her career, including “The Wild Angels,” “P.J.,” “Freelance,” “Running Scared,” “Target” and “The Legend of Hell House” opposite Roddy McDowell.

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David Jacobs, who created the smash 1980s primetime soaps Dallas and Knots Landing and was a two-time Emmy nominee for Homefront, died August 20 of Alzheimer’s complications at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his son said Tuesday. He was 84.

“He had Alzheimer’s for many years, and recently he had recurring infections that led to his death,” Aaron Jacobs told Deadline today.

Born on August 12, 1939, in Baltimore, Jacobs started out writing nonfiction books and magazine articles before pivoting to TV, penning episodes of series including Family, Chicago Story and The Blue Knight. He went on to create Dallas and its spinoff Knots Landing, with the former bowing in 1978 on CBS.

By its second season, Dallas was a certified smash, finishing the 1979-80 frame at No. 6 among all primetime series. Starring Larry Hagman, Linda Gray, Patrick Duffy and others, the ensemble drama about a Texas oil family became a...

TV writer David Jacobs, who created the classic primetime soap Dallas as well as its long-running spinoff Knots Landing, has died at the age of 84.

Jacobs died on Sunday of complications from a series of infections, his son Aaron told The Hollywood Reporter. He had battled Alzheimer’s over the years as well.

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Jacobs was a writer on the ABC drama Family when he wrote an outline for a series about a wealthy Texas family that controlled a vast oil empire.

David Jacobs, the writer and producer who changed the face of television in the 1980s by creating the primetime soap operas Dallas and Knots Landing, has died. He was 84.

Jacobs died Sunday at Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, his son Aaron told The Hollywood Reporter. He had battled Alzheimer’s over the years and died of complications from a series of infections.

Dallas in its original incarnation aired for 14 seasons and 357 episodes, starting out as a five-part miniseries in April 1978 before wrapping in May 1991, and it was the No. 1 show in the Nielsen ratings after its fourth, fifth and seventh seasons. Meanwhile, the spinoff Knots Landing debuted in December 1979 and also ran for 14 seasons — and 344 episodes — a solid Thursday night staple through May 1993.

Based on his work as a story editor for the ABC drama Family, Jacobs had scored a deal at Lorimar Productions, where he struck up a friendship with Michael Filerman,...

Good TV shows typically stand the test of time. But once in a while, network and streaming service executives realize that a conclusion might have happened too soon, or that they can capitalize on the popularity of an existing universe. They thus make the risky decision to bring back these small-screen projects.

Fan interest can lead to a TV show getting revived, with the powers that be figuring that the ratings will still be high if the show is brought back. Another factor can be networks wanting to bet on a known property that audiences will recognize. There are many reasons why reviving a TV show makes sense. Unfortunately, lightning often fails to strike the same place twice.

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Law & Order fans were excited for a return, particularly after the casting of Jeffrey Donovan. There was hope that the revival would...

When the final scene of the third season of Dallas was shown on March 21, 1980, it spawned a frenzy the likes that television still hasn’t seen in the 43 years since then. Because that’s when we saw the character of J.R. Ewing take a couple of bullets, with the episode ending on a double cliffhanger: 1) Did J.R. survive? and 2) Who did it? The “Who Shot J.R.?” controversy enthralled America for the next eight months, until the shooter was revealed. Coincidentally, that long wait happened at the same time the presidential campaign between Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter was going on, and when the mystery was solved, more Americans (83 million) watched the broadcast than voted in the election. When we spoke to the late Larry Hagman, he once told us about how he unwittingly became part of that election.(Click on the media bar below to hear Larry Hagman) https://www.

Betta St. John, who portrayed the lovely island girl Liat in the original Broadway production of South Pacific and starred as a princess alongside Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr in the MGM romantic comedy Dream Wife, has died. She was 93.

St. John died June 23 of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Brighton, England, her son, TV producer Roger Grant, told The Hollywood Reporter.

The California native played one of the survivors of an airline crash, who is chased by a crocodile in Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957) — the first Tarzan film in 15 years and the first one in color — and then returned for Tarzan the Magnificent (1960). Both films starred Gordon Scott as the King of the Jungle.

St. John also starred with Stewart Granger, Ann Blyth and Robert Taylor in All the Brothers Were Valiant (1953); with Victor Mature, Piper Laurie and Vincent Price in the 3-D adventure Dangerous...

The second season of original series “Almost Paradise” is set to premiere on Freevee on July 21. When hypertension forces DEA agent Alex Walker (played by Christian Kane) into early retirement, he moves to the Philippines in hopes of a quieter life. But unfortunately for him, he can’t avoid danger. Soon, the local police ask him to help solve a series of serious crimes.

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Also coming to Amazon’s free streaming service in July is the incredibly meta action series “Ze Network.” In the show, David Hasselhoff plays himself as he takes a gig at an English-language theater in Germany — and we all know that Germans love David Hasselhoff. However, once there, he is recruited into an elite society of super-spies, who must work together to prevent a dangerous plot from striking the nation.

Check out the trailer for “Ze Network”:

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Superman is on the lookout for Lex Luthor. Even though the criminal mastermind only appears in public under one of his many wigs, Superman knows that Lex Luthor is bald. So when he sees a hairless man on the street, Superman accosts the pedestrian only to see not Gene Hackman’s menacing smile, but detective/lollipop enthusiast Theo Kojak, played by Telly Savalas. Superman pauses for a moment for the audience to roar in laughter when they recognize the popular television character, who pulls out his sucker to utter his famed catchphrase, “Who loves ya, baby!”

Granted, this scene did not make the final version of 1978’s Superman, the start of the first wave of superhero movies, but it was in one of the movie’s later drafts, and while Donner was able to limit the cameos in his movie to low-key appearances by Kirk Alyn...

Marlene Clark, the statuesque actress who portrayed Lamont’s fiancée on Sanford and Son and stood out in such 1970s’ films as Ganja & Hess, Switchblade Sisters and Slaughter, has died. She was 85.

Clark died May 18 in her home in Los Angeles, her family announced. No cause of death was revealed.

Clark also starred as a reptilian seductress in Roger Corman’s Night of the Cobra Woman (1972) and as one of the suspected werewolves in the British horror film The Beast Must Die (1974), and she was an early victim in the Larry Hagman-directed Beware! The Blob (1972).

Clark played John Saxon‘s secretary in Enter the Dragon (1973), starring Bruce Lee, and her big-screen body of work also included Black Mamba (1974), Newman’s Law (1974), Lord Shango (1975) and The Baron (1977), where she appeared opposite her Beast Must Die onscreen husband, Calvin Lockhart.

In the surreal Ganja & Hess (1973), directed by Bill Gunn,...

Few people remember that Dallas started its life, without much fanfare, as a midseason replacement series. Its first season — which, in reality, was a five-episode miniseries — premiered 45 years and it only hinted at the show’s potential. It wasn’t until its third season that it broke into TV’s Top 10 shows, starting a run that lasted seven seasons (five of those at either No. 1 or No. 2). The late Larry Hagman, who famously played J.R. Ewing on the show, once explained to us why he thought the show exploded in the ratings the way that it did — and it had nothing to do with the actors or storylines! (Click on the media bar below to hear Larry Hagman) https://www.hollywoodoutbreak.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Hagman-memory-of-dallas2.mp3

Dallas is currently streaming on Amazon Freevee.

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The episode of Wtf Happened to This Horror Movie? covering The Blob (1988) was Written by Cody Hamman, Narrated by Jason Hewlett, Edited by Joseph Wilson, Produced by Lance Vlcek and John Fallon, and Executive Produced by Berge Garabedian.

When the Blob first appeared in 1958, the creature was presented in very simple ways. It was just some silicone that had been dyed red. For some shots, it was a balloon that had red silicone smeared on it. But when The Blob was remade in 1988, the creature got a substantial upgrade. The special effects artists working on the remake were able to make the Blob even more dangerous and frightening. And that helped the film become one of the most popular remakes ever made. So let’s look back at the making of The Blob ‘88 (watch it Here) and find out What the F*ck Happened to This Horror Movie.

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