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Stop reading this right now if you haven't finished all of "You" — spoilers are coming!

The fifth and final season of "You," the Netflix series that lets noted Taylor Swift fan Penn Badgley play a serial killer convinced he's actually some sort of white knight, is finally out ... which means we can finally assess Joe Goldberg's (Badgley) body count. No, I don't mean how many people Joe has dated throughout the series; I'm talking about how many people he's killed.

In case you've forgotten exactly what went down in the show's first four seasons, here's the overview. Joe Goldberg, who presents himself as a hopeless romantic but actually seems to love murder much more than he loves love, had a very difficult childhood; his biological father abused both him and his mother, and ultimately, a young Joe shoots and kills him.

Fans of the beloved 1986 action comedy Crocodile Dundee awoke to some sad news this morning, as it’s been revealed that Burt, the saltwater crocodile that became famous for his appearance in the film, has passed away at the ripe old age of 90 – or thereabouts. Inspired by the true-life exploits of Rod Ansell, Crocodile Dundee starred Paul Hogan as Mick, an Australian bushman who’s tracked down by reporter Sue Charlton (Linda Kozlowski) for a news piece on his legendary status, and then invited back to the big city in your classic fish out of water tale.

Crocosaurus Cove made the announcement on their Instagram account (seen below) regarding Burt’s passing, saying that although no one knew his true age, he was "estimated to be over 90 years old." The reptile made his way to the Darwin, Australia location in 2008, where he became "one of the most recognized crocodiles in the world,...

Susan Seidelman on the Sex And The City pilot she directed: “The opening line of the script is “Once upon a time …” The opening starts off as a happy fairy tale and then it gets dark.”

In the first instalment with Susan Seidelman on her memoir, Desperately Seeking Something (St. Martin’s Press), we were joined by music producer and 99 Records founder Ed Bahlman, who over 40 years ago worked with Susan during the late stages of the editing process for her début feature film Smithereens (which had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982), starring Susan Berman opposite Richard Hell and Brad Rijn.

In the second instalment Susan Seidelman discusses Dianne Wiest, Emily Lloyd, and Brenda Vaccaro in Cookie, her Sex And The City pilot, friendship and fashion, fairy tales and their dark side, Lina Wertmüller, the passing of Mark Blum, and the lack of female role models in.

Susan Seidelman with Anne-Katrin Titze and music producer/99 Records founder Ed Bahlman: “Music has always been important in my movies.”

In the first instalment with Susan Seidelman on her memoir, Desperately Seeking Something (St. Martin’s Press), and her career as a filmmaker, we start out discussing the jacket choices for Susan Berman, Madonna, Ann Magnuson (Frankie in Making Mr. Right with John Malkovich), and Emily Lloyd.

Susan Berman as Wren in Smithereens and Madonna as Susan in Desperately Seeking Susan

We move on to the influence of Jacques Rivette’s Celine And Julie Go Boating, her love of Billy Wilder films, being named after...

It’s New York City, 1989. Susan Seidelman is in the delivery room, in labor with her son. “Siskel and Ebert” plays on the TV, and in between contractions, the two critics are tearing apart her new movie “She-Devil.” “Watching them review my film literally with the doctor’s hand inside of me telling me to push was very strange,” Seidelman recalls.

That surreal scene is just one of the memorable moments the trailblazing director recounts in “Desperately Seeking Something: A Memoir About Movies, Mothers, and Material Girls.” By turns reflective and celebratory, the book covers the surprises and setbacks of a career carved out at a time when women filmmakers were a rarity.

When Seidelman first realized she could aspire to become a movie director, she could barely find a role model. Outside of Elaine May, there was only a small handful of women directing. But Seidelman kept at it,...

To mark the Blu-ray release of Desperately Seeking Susan on 21st November, we’ve been given a copy of the boxset to give away on Blu-ray.

Rosanna Arquette (“The Aviator”) is irresistible in her first starring role and pop star Madonna (“Body of Evidence”) gives a marvelously comic performance in this delightful madcap comedy about mistaken identity. Bored New Jersey housewife Roberta (Arquette) fills her days by reading the personals and following an ongoing romance between “Jim” and “Susan” (Madonna), mysterious drifters who appears to lead the kind of free-spirited lives she can only dream about. And dream she does, until the day she actually shows up at the couple’s pre-arranged rendezvous in New York City… and after a bump on the head, a bout of amnesia turns her into Susan and opens the door to intrigue, laughter and love! Directed by Susan Seidelman (“Making Mr. Right”) with a...

Now streaming on Netflix, You‘s third season continues to explore how Joe Goldberg’s childhood traumas shaped him into the man he is today. But there’s another important piece of his story that never made it to the screen.

Actor Mark Blum, who recurred in the show’s first season as bookstore owner Mr. Mooney, was set to reprise the pivotal role in a series of flashbacks in Season 3. But that changed when the actor died of complications from the coronavirus in March 2020.

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Nearly two years after the second season of HBO’s crown jewel “Succession” delivered a jaw-dropping finale, the Emmy-winning corporate drama is back on October 17. The third season of the Emmy winner picks up after Kendall Roy (Jeremy Strong) dropped a bombshell gauntlet pitting him against power-hungry patriarch Logan (Brian Cox). Watch the official full trailer for Season 3 below.

Per HBO, this season’s official logline hints at lots of drama to come: “Ambushed by his rebellious son Kendall at the end of Season 2, Logan Roy begins Season 3 in a perilous position, scrambling to secure familial, political, and financial alliances. Tensions rise as a bitter corporate battle threatens to turn into a family civil war.”

This new look at Season 3 delivers plenty of classic Roy moments featuring your favorite cast members, including Sarah Snook as Shiv, Kieran Culkin as Roman, Matthew Macfayden as Tom Wambsgans, and Nicholas Braun as Cousin Greg.

Cue up the Nicholas Britell, “Succession” fans. The reigning Emmy Award winner for Best Drama Series will finally return for its long-delayed, longer-anticipated third season this fall on HBO and HBO Max. Created by Jesse Armstrong and starring Jeremy Strong (an Emmy Award winner for Best Actor), Brian Cox, Sarah Snook, Kieran Culkin, Alan Ruck, Nicholas Braun, and Hiam Abbass among others in its ensemble, “Succession” focuses on the corrupt lives of the ultra-wealthy Roy family and their media conglomerate. Here’s everything to know about Season 3 of the show so far.

Is there a ‘Succession’ Season 3?

Yes, of course. The third season of the acclaimed drama picks up immediately after the events of the Season 2 finale. In that episode, Kendall Roy (Strong) double-crossed his father, Logan (Cox), on live television, naming the Roy family patriarch as the main driver behind their company’s cruise ship scandal and cover-up. Kendall...

HBO’s Emmy winner “Succession” is confirmed to be making its long-awaited return for Season 3 this October, but don’t expect to see the Roy family navigating the pandemic when the new season begins. While many series on television and streaming platforms have found ways to incorporate the pandemic, “Succession” Season 3 will sidestep Covid and carry on business as usual. Creator Jesse Armstrong wrote the third season before the pandemic and did not change the scripts during it.

A new report from Vulture on “Succession” Season 3 confirms: “[Creator Jesse] Armstrong decided early on that the season’s finished scripts wouldn’t be rewritten to incorporate the ongoing pandemic. ‘These are really wealthy people,’ says [Shiv Roy actress] Sarah Snook. ‘And unfortunately, none of the world’s really wealthy people were going to be affected by the pandemic.'”

“Succesion” Season 3 won’t tackle Covid, but Covid directly affected the series. As the Vulture report continues: “In March 2020, Mark Blum,...

Few shows’ schedules were hit harder by the coronavirus pandemic than HBO’s Emmy-award winning drama Succession. As recounted in a sprawling (and superb) New Yorker piece, season 3 of the beloved satire about the wealthy Roy family was set to begin filming in April of 2020 before the pandemic upended the those plans.

According to the series creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong, HBO executives encouraged him to wait things out until they could have as normal a filming experience as possible “rather than have Logan do a series of Webinars we can put out on HBO Max.” The wait paid off as HBO announced today that Succession season 3 will be arriving in full this October. The network didn’t nail down a specific date yet but let it be known that Sunday, October 17 (the week after Indigenous Peoples Day) looks pretty juicy.

Despite feeling the effects of the pandemic more than other productions,...

"This would look very nice in my dining room." Ah yes, nothing like a good story about a struggling artist. But this short film has a bit more to offer. Victor in Paradise is a bleak dark comedy short film written and directed by Brooklyn filmmaker Brendan McHugh, and after initially premiering at the Palm Springs International Shortfest, it's now available to watch online. When his landlord arrives to collect long overdue rent, Victor, a daydreaming painter of little means, desperately attempts to gather money needed to stave off eviction. He tries to sell some of his paintings, but it doesn't exactly work out. Poor guy. Starring Nicholas Braun (from "Succession") as Victor, along with Colby Minifie, Mark Blum, Susan Blommaert, and Buddy Duress. There's layers to this short film that many shorts don't even consider. Beyond that, it's just stylistically clever - the film has a bit of a Wes Anderson vibe.

The Emmys’ In Memoriam segment Sunday left out a number of actors we lost in 2020, but the Television Academy hasn’t entirely overlooked them. Nick Cordero, Chi Chi DeVayne, Kobe Bryant, Shelley Morrison, Honor Blackman, and soap actors Roscoe Born, John Callahan, Marj Dusay and John Karlen are among the many names included in a more comprehensive roster on the Academy’s website.

Some of the names, including Morrison, actress Kelly Preston and Saturday Night Live‘s music producer Hal Willner, were represented in a not-particularly easy-to-read memorial segment during the Creative Arts ceremonies last week (see it below) but didn’t make the shorter roster on the Emmys broadcast Sunday.

The comprehensive scrolling roster includes performers whose body of work fell largely in other areas of entertainment – Cordero, Zoe Caldwell, Mark Blum and Brent Carver from the stage, Fleetwood Mac founder Peter Green from music, Honor Blackman from film...

In today’s film news roundup, Alicia Silverstone’s “Sister of the Groom,” faith-based “Everyday Miracles” and South Korean drama “House of Hummingbiord” get distribution and the Indian horror movie “Lapachhapi” gets a Hindi remake.

Acquisitions

Saban Films has acquired North American rights to the Alicia Silverstone wedding comedy “Sister of the Groom” from Premiere Entertainment Group.

Written and directed by Amy Miller Gross, the film also co-stars Tom Everett Scott, Jake Hoffman and Mathilde Ollivier. Miller Gross produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms.

Silverstone portrays a woman who tries to put a halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons. Silverstone served as executive producer and Justin Scutieri co-produced.

Charlie Bewley, Mark Blum, Julie Engelbrecht and Ronald Guttman are also in the cast. Silverstone and Everett Scott also previously appeared as...

Saban Films has acquired the North American rights to “Sister of the Groom,” a comedy set at a wedding starring “Clueless” star Alicia Silverstone, the distributor announced Thursday.

“Sister of the Groom,” which was written and directed by Amy Miller Gross, follows a woman (Silverstone) who tries to put a halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons. Saban Films will announce plans to release the film at a later date.

Tom Everett Scott, Jake Hoffman and Mathilde Ollivier co-star in the film. Charlie Bewley, Noah Silver, Julie Engelbrecht, Ronald Guttman and the late Mark Blum round out the key cast.

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Miller Gross also produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms, and Silverstone served as an executive producer.

Saban Films has RSVP’d for the North American distribution rights to Sister of the Groom, the Premiere Entertainment Group wedding comedy starring Alicia Silverstone. Amy Miller Gross wrote and directed the pic, which follows a woman (Silverstone) who tries to put a halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons.

Additional cast includes Tom Everett Scott (who co-starred alongside Silverstone in 2017’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul) Jake Hoffman, Mathilde Ollivier Charlie Bewley, Noah Silver, Mark Blum, Julie Engelbrecht, and Ronald Guttman.

Miller Gross produced via Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms. Silverstone served as executive producer and Justin Scutieri co-produced.

Jonathan Saba negotiated the deal for Saban along with Elias Axume and Devin Carter of Premiere on behalf of the filmmakers. Premiere handled worldwide sales.

Upcoming releases on Saban...

Premiere Entertainment Group launched Efm sales under previous title The Pleasure of Your Presence.

Premiere Entertainment Group has licensed North American rights on the Alicia Silverstone wedding comedy Sister Of The Groom to Saban Films.

Amy Miller Gross (Accommodations) wrote and directed the film which also stars Tom Everett Scott (truTV’s I’m Sorry), Jake Hoffman (The Irishman) and Mathilde Ollivier (Overlord). Miller Gross produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms, with Silverstone serving as executive producer.

Silverstone (Clueless) plays a woman on a mission to stop her brother’s marriage to a younger French woman at...

What will theater look like after the pandemic? How will stage artists address the societal upheavals wreaked by Covid-19? Everyone’s asking, no one knows, but Tony Award-winning playwright Richard Nelson and New York’s Public Theater offered up a much-needed and beautifully executed bit of hope last night with the era-suiting livestreamed world premiere of What Do We Need To Talk About?

The fifth and latest installment of writer-director Nelson’s series of dramas known collectively as the Apple Family Plays, What Do We Need… debuted Wednesday on YouTube and the Public’s website, picking up seven years after the last play, Regular Singing. While the first four installments were performed, with minimalist sets, as family dinner conversations on stage at the Public, What Do We Need… was presented entirely as a Zoom chat, with the homebound cast, performing live and in character, enacting the type of socially distanced...

The world has gotten used to condensing several years’ worth of grief into a handful of months in light of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and the day that Tom Hanks announced he and his wife Rita Wilson had contracted the infection back in early March was no different than any other. The couple was in Australia for a film shoot when they both tested positive, but have since returned to the Us after self-quarantining and receiving treatment.

Even as his condition is vastly improving, though, Hanks continues to make the news. Keeping up his reputation as one of America’s friendliest stars, he was recently lauded for writing a heartwarming letter to an Australian boy who was being bullied for his name, which has received a new and nasty connotation as a result of the pandemic.

As reported by 7News Gold Coast, Corona De Vries wrote Hanks and Wilson a...

Refresh for updates… The great Bill Withers is being mourned today by celebrities from Hollywood to Washington D.C. to Broadway. “My soul always has & always will be full of your music,” tweeted musician Lenny Kravitz, while Brian Wilson called the “Lean On Me” composer a “songwriter’s songwriter.”

Withers died Monday in Los Angeles from heart complications. He was 81.

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Former presidential candidate Kamala Harris tweeted that Withers’ song “Grandma’s Hands” is one of her favorites “and reminds me of my grandmother and so many other mother-figures in my life.”

Deadline will update this list of reactions throughout the day.

Actor known for his film roles in Desperately Seeking Susan and Crocodile Dundee

The actor Mark Blum, who has died aged 69 from complications of the coronavirus, gave a memorable performance in the screwball comedy Desperately Seeking Susan (1985) as a harried, unfaithful hot-tub salesman plunged into New York’s grungy bohemian underbelly when his wife goes missing. Searching for her, he teams up with the devil-may-care Susan, played by Madonna in her first major film role, and is exposed to her wayward, outrageous lifestyle.

Blum’s screen test with the singer followed a similar pattern. After first mistaking her for a bike messenger in the waiting room, he was invited by the director Susan Seidelman to rehearse a scene in which their characters are dancing and talking in a nightclub.

Actor John Callahan, best known for his roles on the daytime soap operas “All My Children” and “Santa Barbara,” died Saturday morning after suffering a massive stroke. He was 66.

Callahan’s former wife and “AMC” leading lady Eva Larue shared the news on Instagram.

“May Flights of Angels Wing You to Your Rest my Dear Friend. Your bigger than life, gregarious personality will leave a hole in our hearts forever,” she wrote.

“We are devastated-My great friend, co parent partner, and loving father to Kaya. That big belly laugh, bear hugs, bad puns, ability to harmonize to any song, great kitchen table singing-fests, and two steppin bad ass! ‘Johnny Numbers’, my All My Children soap stud, the great time keeper, Beatles fanatic ( I wish to God we could go back to ‘Yesterday’).”

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Stage and screen actor Mark Blum died on Wednesday in Manhattan due to complications with coronavirus (Covid-19), according to a statement released by the screen actors guild. He was 69. Blum starred in the movies Desperately Seeking Susan and Crocodile Dundee. More recently, he appeared in the Netflix series You, the HBO series Succession and […]

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Veteran character actor Mark Blum passed away on Wednesday in a hospital in New York. He died from complications arising from Covid-19, the disease associated with the coronavirus pandemic. Blum was a career stage actor who got his start on Broadway in the ’70s. However, it was his movie and television roles that brought him fame and worldwide fans. In...

Madonna is mourning the loss of her Desperately Seeking Susan costar Mark Blum, who died due to complications associated with the novel coronavirus.

“I Want to Acknowledge the Passing of a remarkable Human, fellow actor and friend Mark Blum, who succumbed to Coronavirus,” the actress and singer, 61, wrote of her onscreen love interest in a touching social media tribute, shared alongside two stills from the film on Thursday.

“This is really tragic and my heart goes out to him, his family and his loved ones. I remember him as funny warm, loving and professional when we made Desperately Seeking Susan in 1985!!” she added.

Mark Blum with Madonna in Susan Seidelman’s Desperately Seeking Susan

Mark Blum died yesterday in New York at the age of 69 from coronavirus complications. He starred opposite Rosanna Arquette, Aidan Quinn, and Madonna in Susan Seidelman’s Desperately Seeking Susan and had a recurring role as the character Union Bob in the series Mozart In The Jungle, created by Roman Coppola, Alex Timbers, Paul Weitz, and Jason Schwartzman. His film work includes Peter Faiman’s Crocodile Dundee and he was a constant presence on the Off Broadway stage, in plays such as Kenneth Lonergan’s The Waverly Gallery.

Blum was the Director of the Uta Hagen Institute’s Hagen Core Training at Hb Studio. On Tuesday the theatre community lost four-time Tony Award winning playwright Terrence McNally to Covid-19.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio just announced at his press conference that there are now 21,873 coronavirus positives and 365 deaths reported in the city.

Law & Order: Svu costumer Josh Wallwork has died following complications of coronavirus.

He was 45.

“Heartbroken we are. I don’t think I ever saw him without a smile on his face,” series costar Mariska Hargitay wrote on Twitter.

“He brought love and kindness everywhere he went. Always ready with the joke. The Svu Corredor will never be the same. We will miss you Josh. #ForeverInOurHearts“

The series showrunner, Warren Leight, shared a screenshot of a Facebook post, which confirmed the death.

“Very sad news today. One of our costumers, and a beautiful man, Josh Wallwork, passed away from complications of Covd-19," he wrote.

"Cast and crew send love and prayers to his family and friends. We are heartbroken.

Wallwork also worked on TV shows, including Bull, Madam Secretary, and The Get Down.

Abdul Qadir shared the news of the death on Facebook.

“It is with permission of The Wallwork Family,...

Singer Madonna has paid tribute to her "Desperately Seeking Susan" castmate Mark Blum following his coronavirus-related death.

The 69-year-old passed away on Friday after succumbing to the virus, which has now claimed the lives of more than 23,000 people globally, reports aceshowbiz.com.

Rosanna Arquette, who played the actor's wife in the 1985 film, paid an early morning tribute to Blum in a statement to The Wrap, which read: "I'm sad about this. He was really very kind, was always supportive and funny, a gentle man and a great actor who loved the work. I'm so sad for his family and all the people who love him. This is a tragedy on so many levels. Rest in peace and power Mark Blum."

The pair's co-star, Madonna shared: "I Want to Acknowledge the Passing of a remarkable Human, fellow actor and friend Mark Blum, who succumbed to Coronavirus."

She added: "This is really...

Fred Neal, the basketball legend and actor better known by his nickname “Curly,” whose entertaining and highly skilled playing made him a star over 22 seasons with the Harlem Globetrotters, died Thursday from undisclosed causes. He was 77

“We have lost one of the most genuine human beings the world has ever known,” Globetrotters General Manager Jeff Munn said in a statement. “Curly’s basketball skill was unrivaled by most, and his warm heart and huge smile brought joy to families worldwide.”

Born in 1942 in Greensboro, North Carolina, Neal played basketball for Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte, North Carolina. After college, he was recruited by the Globetrotters.

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Mark Blum, a veteran actor known for his roles in the movie Desperately Seeking Susan and Netflix’s You, has died at the age of 69. Blum passed away on Wednesday at the NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital due to coronavirus disease-related complications, his wife, actress Janet Zarish, said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The executive vice president of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-aftra),...

Stars of the screen and the stage like Madonna, Rosanna Arquette, Bernadette Peters and many more paid their respects Thursday to veteran actor Mark Blum, who died Wednesday due to complications from the coronavirus.

Blum’s “Desperately Seeking Susan” co-stars shared their memories of who they called a “remarkable human” and a “great actor.”

“I want to acknowledge the passing of a remarkable human, fellow actor and friend Mark Blum, who succumbed to coronavirus. This is really tragic and my heart goes out to him, his family and his loved ones,” Madonna said in an Instagram post Thursday. “I remember him as funny warm, loving .and professional when we made ‘Desperately Seeking Susan’ in 1985!! Another reminder that this virus is no joke, nothing to be casual about or pretend wont affect us in some way.”

“I’m sad about this. He was really very kind, was always supportive and funny,...

Madonna and Rosanna Arquette remembered their Desperately Seeking Susan co-star Mark Blum today, joining a lengthy and growing roster of Hollywood and Broadway stars mourning the actor who died of complications from the coronavirus.

“I Want to Acknowledge the Passing of a remarkable Human, fellow actor and friend Mark Blum, who succumbed to Coronavirus,” Madonna posted on Instagram. “This is really tragic and my heart goes out to him, his family and his loved ones. I remember him as funny warm, loving and professional when we made Desperately Seeking Susan in 1985!! Another reminder that this virus is no joke, nothing to be casual about or pretend wont affect us in some way….we need to stay grateful -be hopeful- and follow the quarantine rules!”

“He was a wonderful actor and a very good and kind man,” tweeted Arquette, saying she was deeply saddened by “this very very hard news…”

Others recalling Blum include Marlo Thomas, Dana Delany, Mark Hamill, Judith Light, Josh Radnor and Cynthia Nixon, among many more.

Read the remembrances below.

In addition to starring on stage, in films and on television, Blum was a sought-after acting teacher with New York’s Hb Studio. His generosity with younger co-stars was noted by both Topher Grace and James Van Der Beek.

Van Der Beek, who appeared with Blum in the 1997 Off Broadway production of Nicky Silver’s comedy My Marriage to Ernest Borgnine, recalled the late actor as “generous and kind,” noting “I learned so much from him about how to be a professional – lessons that got me through the insanity that was to come.” Van Der Beek recalls a particular act of kindness Blum showed to one of their co-stars.

One of our family of Mozart in the Jungle passed this morning from the corona virus. Mark Blum was a truly wonderful actor, but more importantly, was a funny sensitive, and beautiful man. Rip. – Malcolm pic.twitter.com/fapOBe6WYp

— Malcolm McDowell (@McDowellMalc) March 26, 2020

It is clear, we will all lose people we know and love. Sweet dreams friend… https://t.co/OWo24SJJHU

— Ron Perlman (@perlmutations) March 26, 2020

So sad to say goodbye to my dear friend, Mark Blum. Will miss him forever. A very good man.

— Brent Spiner (@BrentSpiner) March 26, 2020

8 years ago Mark Blum played my deadbeat dad in the play Lonely, I’m Not, but he was the complete opposite in real life – generous, patient, funny. I was terrified to do live theater for the first time and he was as much a great teacher (mostly by example)… pic.twitter.com/ZJYmmHkkYC

— Topher Grace (@TopherGrace) March 26, 2020

My thoughts are with his incredible wife Janet.

— Topher Grace (@TopherGrace) March 26, 2020

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I Want to Acknowledge the Passing of a remarkable Human, fellow actor and friend Mark Blum, who succumbed to Coronavirus. This is really tragic and my heart goes out to him, his family and his loved ones. I remember him as funny warm, loving .and professional when we made Desperately Seeking Susan in 1985!! Another reminder that this virus is no joke, nothing to be casual about or pretend wont affect us in some way. ♥️ we need to stay grateful -be hopeful- help each other-and follow the quarantine rules! #covid_19 #markblum #desperatelyseekingsusan

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Sharon Waxman informed me of this very very hard news today I’m so deeply sad for his family and for his fans. he was a wonderful actor and a very good and kind man. May you Rest In Peace and power mark. God bless you. https://t.co/r0QUGEYwVK

— Rosanna Arquette...

Mark Blum, a character actor known for playing a number of notable roles across stage and screen, has died due to complications associated with the novel coronavirus (Covid-19). He was 69.

News of Blum’s death was reported on Wednesday and later confirmed on Thursday by his representatives. Blum’s one of at least 1,069 patients with the virus who have died since its outbreak, according to a New York Times database.

A native of New Jersey, Blum began his career working in the theater, with his first credited role in the 1977 Broadway production of The Merchant.

He eventually moved on to the big screen,...

Actor Mark Blum, best known for playing Madonna's love interest in the 1985 movie Desperately Seeking Susan, has died.

The actor passed away due to complications of coronavirus.

He was 69.

Blum was a New Jersey Native, who also appeared in the 1986 movie Crocodile Dundee, as well as NYPD Blue, The Sopranos, Succession, Almost Family, The Blacklist, and The West Wing.

More recently, he played bookseller Mr. Mooney on the hit TV series, You.

“With love and heavy hearts, Playwrights Horizons pays tribute to Mark Blum, a dear longtime friend and a consummate artist who passed this week,” the off-Broadway theater tweeted.

“Thank you, Mark, for all you brought to our theater, and to theaters and audiences across the world. We will miss you.”

His onscreen wife in Susan, Rosanna Arquette, also expressed her sadness at Blum's death.

“Sharon Waxman informed me of this very very hard news today,” wrote Arquette.

Mark Blum, a veteran character actor who appeared on dozens of TV series throughout his career, has died of complications from the coronavirus. He was 69.

Blum’s small-screen career kicked off in the ’80s with a guest spot on the medical drama St. Elsewhere, and he went on to appear in episodes of numerous shows, including Roseanne, Frasier, NYPD Blue, The West Wing, The Practice and many more.

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Update, with reactions Mark Blum, a veteran New York stage actor whose credits also include roles in the film Desperately Seeking Susan and the Netflix TV series You, has died due to complications from the coronavirus. He was 69.

His death was announced by the Off Broadway theater company Playwrights Horizons. SAG-aftra confirmed the news.

“He was a wonderful actor and a very good and kind man,” tweeted Rosanna Arquette, his co-star in 1985’s Desperately Seeking Susan. Arquette said she was deeply saddened by “this very very hard news…” (Read her tweet and others here.

Actor Mark Blum, who appeared in “Desperately Seeking Susan,” “Crocodile Dundee” and the TV series “You,” has died due to complications from coronavirus. He was 69.

The Playwrights Horizons theater group and SAG-aftra executive vice president Rebecca Damon confirmed the news on Thursday.

It is with such deep sorrow that I’m writing to share the news that our friend and former board member Mark Blum has passed away as a result of complications from the coronavirus. Mark was a dedicated Screen Actors Guild and SAG-aftra board member serving from 2007-2013, pic.twitter.com/aA3yPfOwh7

— Rebecca Damon (@RebeccaDamonNYC) March 26, 2020

Blum, a New Jersey native who started acting during the 1970s, won an Obie Award for his performance in the Playwrights Horizons production of Albert Innaurato’s “Gus and Al” during the 1988-89 season. He’s also appeared on Broadway in Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers,” Gore Vidal’s “The Best Man...

Josh Wallwork, a member of the costume and wardrobe department on “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,” has died from coronavirus complications. He was 45.

The news was shared by “Law & Order: Svu” showrunner Warren Leight on Thursday. Wallwork had been employed on “Svu” dating back to 2018, and he had also worked on “Madam Secretary,” “The Get Down” and “Bull.”

“Very sad news today. One of our costumers, and a beautiful man, Josh Wallwork, passed away from complications of Covid-19. Cast and crew send love and prayers to his family and friends. We are heartbroken,” Leight tweeted.

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“Heartbroken we are. I don’t think I ever saw him without a smile on his face. He brought love and kindness everywhere he went. Always ready with the joke. The Svu Corredor [sic] will never be the same.

Idris Elba took to Twitter to alert everyone that his wife, Sabrina Dhowre, and him are “ok so far with no changes” after being diagnosed with coronavirus, and that the doctor informed them that “we will be immune for a certain time since our antibodies fought this.”

The actor also mentioned “at some point we’d like to go home to London.” Elba was diagnosed and quarantined in New Mexico where he was prepping for the Netflix Western The Harder They Fall. He announced his diagnosis on social media on March 17.

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Mark Blum, a veteran character actor who starred in the films “Desperately Seeking Susan” and “Crocodile Dundee,” as well as the recent TV series “You,” has died due to complications from the coronavirus. He was 69.

The New York theater company Playwrights Horizons first announced the news, and SAG-aftra executive vice president Rebecca Damon confirmed that Blum passed away due to Covid-19. Representatives for Blum additionally confirmed the news to TheWrap.

As news of his death became public, his peers and friends in the entertainment industry, including his “Desperately Seeking Susan” costars Rosanna Arquette and Madonna, paid him tribute. Read more here.

Blum was also a fixture of the New York theater community, having won an Obie Award for his performance in the Playwrights Horizons production of a play from Albert Innaurato, “Gus and Al.” He’s also appeared on Broadway in Neil Simon’s “Lost in Yonkers,” Gore Vidal’s “The Best Man” and more.

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Mark Blum, a veteran stage actor who appeared in such films as Crocodile Dundee and Desperately Seeking Susan and on TV shows including Mozart in the Jungle, has died. He was 69.

Blum died Wednesday at NewYork-Presbyterian hospital of complications from the novel coronavirus, his wife, actress and acting teacher Janet Zarish, told The Hollywood Reporter.

A busy actor, Blum also recently played bookstore owner Mr. Mooney on the Netflix crime drama You and had guest stints on HBO's Succession and Showtime's Billions.

On Broadway, Blum started out as an assistant stage manager and understudy in 1977's The Merchant and went on to appear in ...

Mark Blum, a veteran stage actor who appeared in such films as Crocodile Dundee and Desperately Seeking Susan and on TV shows including Mozart in the Jungle, has died. He was 69.

Blum died Wednesday at NewYork-Presbyterian hospital of complications from the novel coronavirus, his wife, actress and acting teacher Janet Zarish, told The Hollywood Reporter.

A busy actor, Blum also recently played bookstore owner Mr. Mooney on the Netflix crime drama You and had guest stints on HBO's Succession and Showtime's Billions.

On Broadway, Blum started out as an assistant stage manager and understudy in 1977's The Merchant and went on to appear in ...

Amy Miller Gross directed and produced for Mandorla Productions.

Premiere Entertainment Group has bolstered its Efm sales slate with worldwide rights to wedding comedy The Pleasure Of Your Presence starring Alicia Silverstone.

Tom Everett Scott (Parental Guidance), Jake Hoffman (The Irishman), and Mathilde Ollivier (Overlord) are among the key cast on the story about a woman (Silverstone) who tries to halt to her brother’s marriage to a much younger French woman over the course of their wedding weekend in the Hamptons.

Amy Miller Gross directed from her original screenplay, and produced for Mandorla Productions alongside Andrew Carlberg and Tim Harms,...

Exclusive: Alicia Silverstone will star in The Pleasure Of Your Presence, the sophomore feature for writer and director Amy Miller Gross (Accommodations). Tom Everett Scott (13 Reasons Why), Jake Hoffman (The Wolf of Wall Street), Mathilde Ollivier (Overlord), Noah Silver (Tyrant), Mark Blum (Mozart In The Jungle), Julie Engelbrecht (The Last Witch Hunter), and Ronald Guttman (Preacher) also co-star in the film from Mandorla Productions, LLC.

The plot follows a woman (Silverstone) who attempts to stop her brother (Hoffman) from marrying a young, French girl (Olliver) during their wedding weekend in the Hamptons. Production took place in the Hamptons and New York City.

Andrew Carlberg, Tim Harms, and Gross are the producers while Silverstone serves as executive producer.

Earlier this year, Silverstone wrapped production on Bill Teitler’s marriage counselor comedy Judy Small. She also starred in Paramount Network’s short-lived series American Woman and appeared in Paramount’s summer sleeper hit Book Club.

Clifton Webb grieved so much over the death of his 90-year-old mother, Mabelle, that Noel Coward was forced to comment: “It must be terrible to be orphaned at 71.” Coward’s spot-on quip about the epicene star of “Laura” and “Sitting Pretty” also applies to the harried brother-and-sister team in Lindsey Ferrentino’s new play, “Amy and the Orphans,” which opened Thursday at the Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre. Maggie and Jacob are closer to 60 when their father passes away, but they are quick to call themselves “orphans,” and as played by Debra Monk and Mark Blum they are also hilarious in their...

Crank up the music, and watch the official trailer for the fourth season of the Mozart In the Jungle TV show. Amazon has announced Mozart In the Jungle season four will premiere on Friday, February 16, 2018. A classical music comedy-drama, Mozart In the Jungle stars Lola Kirke, Gael García Bernal, Bernadette Peters, Malcolm McDowell, Saffron Burrows, Mark Blum, John Miller, and Hannah Dunne. The Amazon series is based on the Blair Tindall memoir: Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs & Classical Music. It centers on the backstage action at the New York Symphony. Read More…...

To help sift through the increasing number of new releases (independent or otherwise), the Weekly Film Guide is here! Below you’ll find basic plot, personnel and cinema information for all of this week’s fresh offerings.

Starting this month, we’ve also put together a list for the entire month. We’ve included this week’s list below, complete with information on screening locations for films in limited release.

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Here are the films opening theatrically in the U.S. the week of Friday, July 8. All synopses provided by distributor unless listed otherwise.

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Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates

Director: Jake Szymanski

Cast: Adam DeVine, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza, Zac Efron

Synopsis: Two brothers place an online ad to find dates for a wedding and the ad goes viral.

The Secret Life of Pets

Director: Chris Renaud,...

The title of writer/director Marc Meyers’ third feature film is a curious thing. Rather than fixate on one half of a relationship, “How He Fell in Love” instead becomes a much fuller look at how a relationship travels from casual acquaintances into unanticipated territory. With a sharp focus on an evolving relationship between Travis (Matt McGorry), an ambling part-time musician and Ellen, a married yoga studio instructor, Meyers foregoes easy judgment or condemnation to give a full view of a love with consequences.

Skillfully tracking the emotional parabola of their affair, “How He Fell in Love” gives breathing room to each stage of their interactions, beginning with their chance meeting at a wedding. As the two spend time together, casually flirting inside the yoga studio and beyond, their coded parsing of clues and discussions with friends afterwards help widen the scope of their potential romantic involvement. Early on in their friendship,...

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned. Don't get me wrong... guys can be hellish too, but anyone who has ever had a run-in with a vengeful loony with a vagina can attest to this fact. Case in point: the latest "devilish noir" flick to head our way, A Wife Alone.

The film will be available through major cable/satellite and On Demand enabled platforms across the United States on June 10th.

From the Press Release

A feature film by Justin Reichman, A Wife Alone is a dark psychological thriller about an ill-fated marriage in the suburbs of upstate New York. The plot centers around Jane, an attractive young bride who marries a naive investment banker named Park, desperate to marry before his 30th birthday.

The young, ostensibly happy couple buys a quaint house in a nice neighborhood and settles into the suburban dream before a visit to Park's godparents,...