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Nicholas Pryor, the busy character actor who portrayed Tom Cruise’s father in Risky Business and Kathleen Robertson’s dad on Beverly Hills, 90210 during a career that spanned seven decades, has died. He was 89.

Pryor died Monday of cancer at his home in Wilmington, North Carolina, his wife, actress Christine Belford, told The Hollywood Reporter.

In a note to be delivered to THR after his death, he wrote: “Nicholas Pryor was enormously grateful to have been, for nearly 70 years, a working actor.”

From 1997-2002, Pryor played the former spy Victor Collins on the General Hospital spinoff Port Charles, culminating a long career in daytime soap operas that included stints on The Secret Storm, The Edge of Night, Love Is a Many Splendored Thing, All My Children and Another World.

Pryor recurred on Fox’s Beverly Hills, 90210 as A. Milton Arnold, the chancellor of California University and father of Robertson’s Claire Arnold,...

Exclusive: Freestyle Digital Media announced today that is has secured the distribution rights to the Steve Sanulis-directed documentary Wasted Talent. The film will debut on demand on November 13.

The film, which also debuted its first trailer (watch above), follows 41-year-old actor Lillo Brancato who made his debut in Robert De Niro’s 1993 directorial debut A Bronx Tale. He went on to star in Renaissance Man, Crimson Tide, and The Sopranos, but Brancato fell from grace after becoming an addict and getting arrested for the murder of NYPD Officer Daniel Enchautegui during a drug excursion gone horribly wrong. Despite being cleared of the murder charge, Brancato still spent more than eight years in prison on an attempted burglary conviction. During his time in prison the actor was finally able to get clean and sober so that now, out from behind bars, he can hopefully pick up where is acting career left off.

A young boy residing in the Brewster projects of Detroit follows his friend to a stash house unaware that the consequences of this moment will shape the rest of his life. He’s coerced into dealing as a means for survival—the only way to convince his friend’s bosses that he isn’t a snitch being to actually engage in the activities he would be snitching on. So he ignores another friend just trying to say hello, his fear towards talking to her while “working” too much to utter a single word. A car pulls up, he walks over, and chaos commences. Off he runs with two grown men in pursuit. Either he avoids a speeding car by falling (and getting caught) or he diverts trajectory and keeps going.

Instead of choosing one outcome to follow, writer/director Qasim Basir brings both to life. One fork leads this boy...

"Party of Five" may go down in history as one of the most depressing shows in history -- but what was it like behind the scenes?Scott Wolf (Bailey Salinger), Paula Devicq (Kirsten), Wilson Cruz (Victor) and show creator Chris Keyser reunited at the Atx Television Festival in Austin, Texas, where they revealed some secrets about the long-running Fox drama. And while Jennifer Love Hewitt couldn't make it down to Texas for the event, she was on her costars minds.See what Scott had to say about his TV girlfriend's real-life pregnancy and engagement. Plus, hear about the emotional final day of filming back in 2000.Craving more TV flashbacks? Check out these additional stories from Atx:Original Morgan from "Boy Meets World" -- 25 & Gorgeous!"My So-Called Life" Reunion -- What Was Jared Leto Really Like?Texas Forever: Connie Britton w/ "Friday Night Lights" Cast Read more...

Jennifer Love Hewitt has a lot to be happy about right now.The star of Lifetime's "The Client List" recently announced she's expecting her first child with fiance Brian Hallisay, her costar on the sexy show.And she's already showing off both her gorgeous new engagement ring and her teeny, tiny baby bump!In just-released photos, the two are seen Florence, Italy on May 31 -- days after Hallisay popped the question. Look at her smile, she's already glowing!toofab recently interviewed her "Party of Five" costars, where Scott Wolf (who played her TV boyfriend Bailey) said he'd be contacting her soon to offer up his congratulations.See what else Wolf, Paula Devicq (Kirsten) and show creator Chris Keyser said in the video below: Congratulations to the happy couple! Read more...

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“Arbitrage,” which opens on Sept. 14, 2012 in limited theatres, also stars Brit Marling, William Friedkin, Monica Raymund, Laetitia Casta, Chris Eigeman, Nate Parker, Josh Pais, Bruce Altman, Stuart Margolin, Paula Devicq, Jennifer Butler and Barbara Vincent from writer and director Nicholas Jarecki. The film is Jarecki’s feature-film debut.

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Two new posters have been released for legal/financial thriller Arbitrage, which will be out in theaters and VOD on September 14th, 2012.

Writer Nicholas Jarecki makes his feature directorial debut with this drama centering on a Wall Street hedge-fund tycoon and family man who scrambles to maintain a picture-perfect façade as his empire slowly begins to topple behind the scenes.

Robert Miller (Richard Gere) is about to turn 60. One of the most successful businessmen in New York City, he lives a life of luxury that few will ever experience. But there’s a storm coming, and nobody knows it better than Robert. If he can finalize the bank purchase of his trading empire before any evidence of his shady business dealings is unearthed, there’s a chance he could emerge relatively unscathed. Not even Robert’s wife Ellen (Susan Sarandon) or their astute daughter Brooke (Brit Marling) have any idea...

On your TV this Friday: Nikita plots a prison break, Fringe is no longer Peter’d out, Grimm serves up an episode that is juuuuuust right, and more. Barring a World Series Game 8, here are 11 programs to keep on your radar.

8 pm Chuck (NBC) | As the team sets out to help a man (Lost‘s Jeff Fahey) find his abducted brother (Smallville‘s Justin Hartley), Chuck plays handler to an increasingly restless Morgan; the Buy More finds an Awesome spokesperson to drum up business; Carrie-Ann Moss (The Matrix) makes quite an entrance. (Watch preview video here.)

8 pm A Gifted Man (CBS) | While at the clinic,...

In the Fox series Party of Five, an irresponsible older brother (Matthew Fox) must take care of his siblings after their parents are killed by a drunk driver. The other siblings are played by Scott Wolf, Neve Campbell, Lacey Chabert, and Jacob Smith. Others in the cast include Jennifer Love Hewitt, Paula Devicq, Scott Grimes, Michael Goorjian, Jeremy London, Tom Mason, and Mitchell Anderson.

The Party of Five series was never a big success but was very important to the growth of the fledgling Fox network. It started out at #125 in the ratings and, over the course of four seasons, made it to #57. The ratings then started to tumble after and it was cancelled after six years on the air, in 2000.

The family's San Francisco house was featured at the start of every episode and remains very identifiable to fans of...