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The newly formed Broadway In Memoriam Committee, composed of theatre owners in consultation with industry service organizations, has confirmed the inaugural June 10th marquee dimming will honor artists and industry members Marshall Brickman, Richard Chamberlain, William Finn, Athol Fugard, Helen Gallagher, Gene Hackman, Quincy Jones, Linda Lavin, Merle Louise, Ken Page, Joan Plowright, Tony Roberts, Charles Strouse and Lynne Taylor-Corbett. All theatre marquees will dim simultaneously on Tuesday, June 10 at 6:45Pm Et in their honor. Earlier this year, the Broadway in Memoriam Committee announced the establishment of “Broadway in Memoriam,” a quarterly tradition dedicated to honoring the remarkable individuals who have left an indelible mark on Broadway. <br...

Broadway’s inaugural group marquee dimming to honor multiple artists and industry members who have passed away will pay tribute to such luminaries as Gene Hackman, Linda Lavin, Helen Gallagher, Quincy Jones, Ken Page and Joan Plowright, among others.

The dimming of all 41 Broadway marquees will occur simultaneously on Tuesday, June 10 at 6:45 p.m. Et, two days after this year’s Tony Awards.

Others being honored by the first group dimming are Marshall Brickman, Richard Chamberlain, William Finn, Athol Fugard, Merle Louise, Tony Roberts, Charles Strouse and Lynne Taylor-Corbett.

The initiation of group dimmings, called Broadway In Memoriam and which will take place four times a year, was announced in March by the newly formed Broadway In Memoriam Committee as a response to criticism over what some in the theater community saw as a process that was both too secretive and too selective.

The practice of dimming theater marquees...

By 1973, Richard Lester, Philadelphia-born but as vital a figure in the cutting edge of ’60s British cinema as Tony Richardson and Lindsay Anderson, had run his film career aground with a string of flops. But he never fully gave up on his plans to adapt The Three Musketeers, a project originally intended as a vehicle for the Beatles.

A few years after the Fab Four went their separate ways, Lester finally got the production off the ground, and he approached his adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’s classic 1844 novel with the same comic lens that informed his earlier work. Initially planned as a single epic complete with intermission, the final movie would be split in two for greater ease of distribution and profit potential.

The films follow the plot of the novel faithfully: Lowborn but skilled swordsman d’Artagnan (Michael York) travels from the country to the capital to join the elite Musketeers,...

PBS Masterpiece has officially acquired rights to The Count of Monte Cristo, a high-profile new TV series adaptation of Alexandre Dumas’ legendary revenge tale. A collaborative production between Italy's Palomar and France's Demd Productions, the internationally ambitious project was shot entirely in English. It stars British actor Sam Claflin (Daisy Jones and the Six) in the lead role of Edmond Dantès, along with Egot winner Jeremy Irons (The Borgias) as Abbé Faria, Edmond's friend and confidante. The series originally premiered at the 19th Rome Film Festival in October 2024 and aired in Switzerland, Sweden, and Italy. Now, PBS Masterpiece is set to bring this fresh take on the iconic tale to American audiences.

Masterpieces Head of Scripted Content and Executive Producer Susanne Simpson announced at the PBS Annual Meeting that The Count of Monte Cristo was acquired alongside the British film The Great Escaper, saying in a statement, “I couldn...

The Three Musketeers / The Four Musketeers: Two Films by Richard Lester, Spine #1263, will be released in the Criterion Collection on May 27th, 2025.

As a child of the 90s, I grew up with Stephen Herek’s version of The Three Musketeers. It’s not particularly well-regarded these days, but with a cast including Charlie Sheen, Kiefer Sutherland, Chris O’Donnell, and Tim Curry, it perfectly encapsulated its era and served as a solidly entertaining swashbuckler, at least through the eyes of a seven-year-old boy.

I was aware of other adaptations, including Richard Lester’s, but for decades, Harek’s film was my sole experience with the characters of Alexandre Dumas’ iconic novel on screen. Now, with a digitally remastered 4K edition coming to the Criterion Collection, I’ve seen what is arguably the superior adaptation.

The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers plot

d’Artagnan (Michael York) dreams of becoming a musketeer. When...

With awards season all but done and dusted, Oscars. Golden Globes, SAGs, and BAFTAs all having been dutifully doled out over the past few months, this evening saw the BAFTA TV Awards 2025 — hosted by Avengers: Doomsday's Alan Cumming and held at London's Royal Festival Hall — take centre stage for a night of red carpet walking and shiny statue giving. And during a telecast in which the two most nominated shows — Netflix stalker thriller Baby Reindeer and ITV drama Mr Bates Vs The Post Office — took home one award apiece, the likes of Mr Loverman, Shōgun, and Blue Lights all scored big wins in major categories.

On the night, Baby Reindeer's sole win saw Jessica Gunning's turn as Richard Gadd's crazed stalker Martha recognised in the Supporting Actress race, while Mr Bates Vs Post Office, which was elsewhere nominated in both Lead acting categories, took home the coveted accolade for Limited Drama.

Get ready to return to the world of Shōgun as we have a big date on the production of season 2 of the Emmy-winning hit! FX and Hulu put out a press release confirming that season 2 will beging filming in January 2026. Returning as Sanada as Lord Yoshii Toranaga and Cosmo Jarvis as John Blackthorne.

For those who have forgotten, Shōgun focuses on Blackthorne, a British sailor who lands in 17th century Japan. He’s soon pulled into the various local conflicts between the various clans as well as the European explorers who wish to exploit the land for themselves.

Season 1 concluded with Toranaga rising up as the shōgun leader while Blackthorne was putting together a ship to return to England. Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks return as showrunners, and Sanada is also an executive producer.

“Rachel Kondo and Justin Marks, who created the series for television, recently wrapped a writers’ room...

Damien Thomas, the British actor perhaps best known for his turn as the vampire Count Karnstein opposite Peter Cushing in the Hammer Films horror classic Twins of Evil, has died. He was 83.

Thomas died April 18 at Salisbury Hospice in Wilshire England, and had been battling progressive supranuclear palsy, daughter Phoebe Court-Thomas told The Hollywood Reporter.

In high-profile miniseries, Thomas played the Portuguese priest Father Alvito alongside Richard Chamberlain in 1980’s Shogun at NBC, and he was the unsettling Richard Mason in a 1983 BBC adaptation of Jane Eyre, starring Zelah Clarke and Timothy Dalton.

Thomas also portrayed a ruthless first mate in Roman Polanski’s Pirates (1986), starring Walter Matthau. When the film bombed at the box office, he blamed himself and said the experience shattered his confidence, he recalled in 2013.

However, when he saw the movie again years later, he “realized it wasn’t me at all. Actually, I’m not so awful in it.

Will Hutchins, the eccentric actor who portrayed the wholesome sharpshooter and frontier lawyer Tom Brewster on the 1957-61 ABC Western Sugarfoot, has died. He was 94.

Hutchins died Monday, his wife, Barbara, told Western film and TV historian Boyd Magers.

Hutchins also starred as Woody Banner, who inherits a Manhattan brownstone from his uncle, on the 1966-67 NBC sitcom Hey, Landlord, created by Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson, fresh off their work on The Dick Van Dyke Show.

Two years later, the blue-eyed Los Angeles native played Dagwood Bumstead opposite Patricia Harty on the 1968-69 CBS comedy Blondie. Based on the comic strip and following a set of films and a 1957 NBC series, it lasted just 16 episodes before being canceled.

On the big screen, Hutchins appeared opposite Elvis Presley in two movies: as the gourmet cop Tracy Richards (the name was a Dick Tracy pun) in Spinout (1966) and as buddy Tom Wilson...

In the years leading up to 1982’s Murder by Phone, telephones had mostly been used as a portent in horror — that first tangible sign of danger. In many pitches, both old and new, the recipients of creepy calls would have anywhere from moments to days before meeting their grisly fate. The killer could be lurking right around the corner, or a death curse required extra time to ripen. The villain in Michael Anderson’s film, on the other hand, was less patient and more direct. Once a potential target was made, their demise was immediate, not imminent.

Prior to finding its way to the big screen, Murder by Phone started out as a novel, or to be more specific, a novelization. On average, a novelization is released ahead of its film counterpart, yet that gap also tends to be small and somewhat punctual. In the case of Murder by Phone,...

When it comes to the biggest big screen stars of the 1960s and 1970s, even a short list would have to include Steve McQueen. He's rarely mentioned in the same acting league as contemporaries like Paul Newman and Robert Redford, but his early death in 1980 at just 50 years old is arguably the biggest reason for that. Still, even without later performances that would have surely continued to flex his acting muscles, his existing filmography shows an immense and interesting talent bristling with both energy and calm.

It's McQueen's control between the relaxed and the electric, along with his genuine and visible appreciation for life, that led to the actor being dubbed "the King of Cool." The persona served him well in roles that saw him playing underdogs and disrupters, men who refuse to abide by the established order and instead forge their own path, and it's part of what...

Veteran actor Richard Chamberlain died on March 31 at 90 years old.

The actor’s publicist, Harlan Boll, reported the news in a statement on Saturday, sharing that Chamberlain died due to complications from a stroke while in Hawaii.

Born in Beverly Hills on March 31, 1934, Chamberlain started to pursue acting while studying art history and painting at Pomona College.

Chamberlain was best known for his role as Dr. Kildare in the medical drama of the same name, which ran from 1961 to 1966. His performance garnered him widespread acclaim, prompting one newspaper to declare Chamberlain looked as though he was “sculpted by a loving god out of butter, honey and grace.”

He is credited with venerated on-screen roles in The Bourne Identity, The Thorn Birds and Shōgun. He also appeared on stage numerous times, portraying characters such as Professor Henry Higgins in My Fair Lady and Captain von Trapp in The Sound of Music.

Chicago – When I heard of the passing of actor Richard Chamberlain on March 29th, 2025, I immediately flashed back to our interview in 2010. It was the first comprehensive celebrity interview in my career, and it was a whirlwind of show biz history and reveals. And Joe Arce took Exclusive Portraits of him then and in 2017.

Richard Chamberlain was born in Beverly Hills, attended Pomona College and served in the U.S. Army in the late 1950s. He was a founding member of the Los Angeles theater group “Company of Angels,” and started doing guest roles in various television shows.

A Florid Career: Richard Chamberlain in 2010

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His breakthrough came in 1961, when he portrayed Dr. James Kildare in the popular series “Dr. Kildare,” which catapulted him into superstar status for the time. This led to a smaller but successful singing career – his rendition of the “Theme from Dr.

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We have sad news to report from the world of television.

Richard Chamberlain — the longtime star who headlined countless beloved series and mini-series over the past 60 years — has passed away.

Chamberlain would have turned 91 on Monday.

Richard Chamberlain attends the premiere of Showtime’s “Twin Peaks” at The Theatre at Ace Hotel on May 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images)

News of his passing comes to us courtesy of his longtime partner, Martin Rabbett.

The world says goodbye to an iconic TV star

“Our beloved Richard is with the angels now. He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us,” Rabbett told CNN in a statement Sunday.

“How blessed were we to have known such an amazing and loving soul.”

No cause of death was mentioned in Rabbett’s statement.

Richard Chamberlain poses at an in-store appearance at the Virgin...

Actor Richard Chamberlain, known in part for his starring role in the original Shogun TV series, has passed away. He was 90 years old.

Per CNN, Chamberlain's publicist, Harlan Boll, confirmed that the actor died in Hawaii due to complications following a stroke. His passing happened just one day before he would have turned 91. Chamberlain's passing was further addressed by his longtime partner, Martin Rabbett.

“Our beloved Richard is with the angels now. He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us,” Rabbett said. “How blessed were we to have known such an amazing and loving soul.”

Boll's statement confirming Chamberlain's death noted that he was born in Los Angeles, California, and grew up in Beverly Hills with his parents and brother, Bill. Before getting into his acting career, he earned a bachelor's degree in arts from Pomona College. He then pursued the United States Army, serving 16 months in...

Richard Chamberlain, the three-time Golden Globe-winning actor known for his work on “Dr. Kildare,” “The Thorn Birds” and 1980’s “Shōgun,” has died. He was 90.

The star died from complications following a stroke late Saturday night in Waimanalo, Hawaii, TheWrap has learned.

“Our beloved Richard is with the angels now,” his partner Martin Rabbett said in a statement. “He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us. How blessed were we to have known such an amazing and loving soul. Love never dies. And our love is under his wings lifting him to his next great adventure.”

Chamberlain earned three Golden Globes across six nominations from throughout his career. He was also nominated for four Emmy Awards and appeared on Broadway and in film.

Born on March 31, 1934, in Los Angeles, Chamberlain grew up in Beverly Hills with aspirations of being an artist. After graduating from Pomona College and enlisting in the U.S. Army,...

Richard Chamberlain, a prolific actor known for his work on television series like Shōgun and Dr. Kildare, has died. He was 90. Chamberlain, whose notable projects also spanned across film and stage, passed away on Saturday, March 29, after suffering a stroke in Hawaii. His longtime partner, Martin Rabbett, delivered the sad news in a statement (via Variety):

"Our beloved Richard is with the angels now. He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us. How blessed were we to have known such an amazing and loving soul. Love never dies. And our love is under his wings lifting him to his next great adventure."

Chamberlain became well known in the 1960s with the medical drama Dr. Kildare, where he portrayed the titular character, a young and idealistic medical intern at Blair General Hospital. The series, which aired on NBC from 1961 to 1966, followed Dr. Kildare as he navigated professional...

Richard Chamberlain, the leading man who starred in blockbuster miniseries like The Thorn Birds and the original Shogun, has died. Chamberlain died of complications of a stroke on March 29, as reported by his longtime friend and partner, Martin Rabbett. Chamberlain was 90. Chamberlain was born on March 31, 1934, in Beverly Hills, California. After serving in the US Army, he turned to acting and formed a theater company, Company of Angels, with several fellow actors, including Leonard Nimoy and Vic Morrow.

His first big break came in 1961, when he was cast in the title role of the medical drama Dr. Kildare. Playing idealistic young medical intern James Kildare, Chamberlain rocketed to fame on the strength of the show's ratings and his matinee-idol good looks, and even had a Billboard Top 10 hit for his vocal rendition of the show's theme song. The show ended after five seasons, and Chamberlain had trouble being taken seriously; he relocated to England,...

Richard Chamberlain, the spirited actor known for his handle of larger-than-life characters on both stage and screen, passed away peacefully on March 29, 2025, at the age of 90, two days shy of his 91st birthday. As per Variety, the actor died in Waimanalo, Hawai’i due to complications following a stroke.

Throughout his remarkable career, Chamberlain captivated audiences with his easy-on-the-eyes visage, commanding presence, and zest for life and all of its adventures. Between his star-making turn on the original medical procedural “Dr. Kildare” and his treasured performance in the original mini-series adaptation of James Clavell’s “Shōgun,” Chamberlain has undoubtedly left a lasting impact on arts and entertainment.

Born on March 31, 1934, in Beverly Hills, California, Chamberlain served as a sergeant in the U.S. Army during the Korean War before beginning his journey as an actor in the 1960s. Returning to Los Angeles after his service, Chamberlain co-founded the theater group Company of Angels,...

Richard Chamberlian, the actor known for such shows as Dr. Kildare, Shōgun and The Thorn Birds, has died. He was 90.

The 3x Golden Globe winner died of complications following a stroke on Saturday afternoon in Waimanalo, Hawaii, according to multiple outlets, just days before his 91st birthday on Monday.

“Our beloved Richard is with the angels now. He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us,” Chamberlain’s partner Martin Rabbett said in a statement. “How blessed were we to have known such an amazing and loving soul. Love never dies. And our love is under his wings lifting him to his next great adventure.”

Born March 31, 1934 in Beverly Hills, Chamberlain was drafted by the U.S. Army after college, serving in Korea from 1956 to 1958, during which he achieved the rank of sergeant.

After founding the LA-based theater group Company of Angels in 1959, Chamberlain got his onscreen star in episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents,...

Sad news in the land of Hollywood, as legend Richard Chamberlain, known for his work in miniseries like ‘Shogun’ and ‘The Thorn Birds’, has passed away at the age of 90. According to his rep, he died in Hawaii on Saturday, March 29, due to complications from a stroke.

Richard Chamberlain’s Road To Acting

While he was best known for his work on television, Chamberlain enjoyed a dynamic career that included roles on Broadway and in films.

He grew up in Beverly Hills and wanted to be an artist; however, once he attended Pomona College, he switched shifts and became interested in drama, leading him to his acting career.

Upon graduation, he joined the U.S. Army and served in Korea, returning to Los Angeles to study acting. He began his career with a number of guest appearances on shows, with the first one being on ‘Alfred Hitchcock Presents’ in 1959.

His “break...

Richard Chamberlain, a stage and screen actor with a TV résumé more than a half-century long, has died. He was 90 years old. Chamberlain died on Saturday, March 29, in Waimanalo, Hawaii, of complications following a stroke, his publicist told Variety. “Our beloved Richard is with the angels now,” Martin Rabbett, Chamberlain’s longtime partner and Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold costar, said in a statement. “He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us. How blessed were we to have known such an amazing and loving soul. Love never dies. And our love is under his wings, lifting him to his next great adventure.” Chamberlain is best known for small-screen work as the star of the NBC medical drama Dr. Kildare in the 1960s and the 1980 NBC miniseries Shōgun and the 1983 miniseries The Thorn Birds. The latter two performances both earned him Golden Globe trophies and Emmy nominations.

Richard Chamberlain, the prolific Golden Globe-winning actor who starred in miniseries like Shogun and The Thorn Birds, has died at the age of 90.

Chamberlain’s publicist confirmed the actor’s death to Variety, adding that he died Saturday night in in Waimanalo, Hawai’i — where Chamberlain resided since the 1980s — from complications following a stroke.

After his acting debut in 1959 in an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Chamberlain appeared in minor roles in a handful of movies and television shows before landing his breakout role as the title character in...

Richard Chamberlain has sadly passed away.

The actor, known for roles in Dr. Kildare, Shogun and The Thorn Birds among many other TV and movie productions, died at the age of 90 on Saturday night (March 29) in Waimanalo, Hawaii due to complications following a stroke, his publicist Harlan Boll told The Hollywood Reporter.

Sadly, it happened one day before his 91st birthday.

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“Our beloved Richard is with the angels now,” his former longtime partner Martin Rabbett said in a statement.

“He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us. How blessed were we to have known such an amazing and loving soul. Love never dies. And our love is under his wings lifting him to his next great adventure.”

Richard starred in dozens of productions, including Petulia, Three Musketeers films, King Solomon’s Mines and Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold.

He...

The 1980s were the heyday of the miniseries, and of all the people who starred in them, the undisputed king of the format was Richard Chamberlain, who, Variety reports, has died at age 90 following a stroke. Chamberlain had already been a leading man for decades by the time he made his first miniseries, having starred on TV’s Dr. Kildare, as well as in a slew of movies during the 1970s, which included Richard Lester’s classic duo, The Three Musketeers and The Four Musketeers (he played Aramis), and Peter Weir’s apocalyptic drama, The Last Wave, plus roles in the disaster films The Towering Inferno and The Swarm (where his demise caused by killer bees triggers a nuclear meltdown).

However, his greatest fame came in the 1980s when he headlined a host of epic miniseries. His first, Shogun, is widely regarded as a classic adaptation of the James Clavell...

Richard Chamberlain, the handsome leading man who thrilled women as the young star of Dr. Kildare and then centered the epic, melodramatic miniseries Shogun and The Thorn Birds, has died. He was 90.

Chamberlain died Saturday night in Waimanalo, Hawaii, of complications following a stroke, publicist Harlan Boll told The Hollywood Reporter. He was two days shy of his 91st birthday.

“Our beloved Richard is with the angels now,” Chamberlain’s longtime partner, Martin Rabbett, said in a statement. “He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us. How blessed were we to have known such an amazing and loving soul. Love never dies. And our love is under his wings lifting him to his next great adventure.”

On the big screen, Chamberlain played Julie Christie’s brutal husband in Richard Lester’s Petulia (1968), the woman-loving Aramis in a trio of Three Musketeers films and the fortune hunter Allan...

Actor Richard Chamberlain, whose TV credits include Shogun and The Thorn Birds, has died. He was 90.

The news of Chamberlain’s death was confirmed to TVLine by his publicist Harlan Boll, who said Chamberlain died Saturday of complications following a stroke.

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“Our beloved Richard is with the angels now,” Chamberlain’s longtime partner Martin Rabbett said in a statement. “He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us.

Handsome leading man Richard Chamberlain, who came to prominence in the 1960s medical series “Dr. Kildare” and then became king of the miniseries with such ratings blockbusters as “Shogun” and “The Thorn Birds,” has died. He was 90.

Chamberlain’s death was confirmed to Variety by publicist Harlan Boll. The actor died Saturday, March 29 in Waimanalo, Hawai’i, of complications following a stroke, according to Boll.

“Our beloved Richard is with the angels now,” Martin Rabbett, Chamberlain’s longtime partner, said in a statement. “He is free and soaring to those loved ones before us. How blessed were we to have known such an amazing and loving soul. Love never dies. And our love is under his wings lifting him to his next great adventure.”

Chamberlain’s All-American matinee idol looks stood in the way of his acting career at times until he proved himself onstage in a highly lauded production...

Who doesn’t love the drama and intrigue of a well-written suspenseful medical drama series? As a kid, I loved Doogie Howser, M.D., and how this socially awkward teenage doctor (Neil Patrick Harris) would solve impossible medical cases despite the misgivings of attending adult doctors and nurses.

Medical drama series have been a fan favorite pastime since the first American medical drama Dr. Kildare (starring Richard Chamberlain) aired in the 1960s. Since then, we have cheered, mourned, and sobbed our way through medical melodrama in series such as ER, Chicago Med, The Good Doctor, Boston Med, House, Private Practice, Nurse Jackie, and arguably the most successful medical drama series with 19+ seasons – Grey’s Anatomy.

These medical series are typically set in either a clinic or hospital of some kind where patients are treated for a variety of ailments and medical conditions. Add in the theatrics of the interactions between the medical staff and their patients,...

The Odyssey just acquired another actor with a history of sailing, with the epic casting of a popular Shōgun star.

Per Deadline, Cosmo Jarvis is the latest actor to join director Christopher Nolan's adaptation of the iconic Greek tale of Odysseus, following his decade-long quest to return home after the Trojan War. According to the publication, filming on The Odyssey has already begun in Morocco, though the identity of Jarvis' character still remains unknown.

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Christopher Nolan is retelling The Odyssey, and part of the allure is the many big names attached to the epic adaptation.

While it remains to be seen how much of The Odyssey's story will be covered, the film boasts a large A-list cast including Matt Damon, Tom Holland, Anne Hathaway, Charlize Theron, Zendaya, Elliot Page, and many more. Damon, who previously collaborated with Nolan on Interstellar and Oppenheimer,...

Original “Shōgun” director Jerry London just took a samurai sword to FX’s acclaimed remake series.

London, who helmed episodes of “The Brady Bunch,” “The Bob Newhart Show,” and “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” before directing the nine-hour “Shōgun” limited series in 1980, told The Hollywood Reporter that the FX/Hulu version was not made for an “American audience.” London was baffled by “Shōgun” making awards history: The series set the record for most Emmys wins in a single season with 18 total, and also became the first Japanese-language series to win for Best Drama Series. Anna Sawai became the first Asian winner of Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series.

London’s “Shōgun,” which aired on NBC in September 1980, earned 14 Emmy nominations including Best Limited Series (or Special). The five-episode miniseries later won the Golden Globe Award for Best Television Drama. Both “Shōgun” series are based on James Clavell’s bestselling 1975 novel.

The recent first season of the FX series Shogun has continued its awards success into 2025, with the acclaimed show prevailing at Saturday’s WGA Awards and as one of the big winners at last month’s Golden Globes. But a key figure on a previous adaptation of the book does not quite understand the appeal of the recent version.

Jerry London, who directed the nine-hour Shogun that aired on NBC in September 1980, remembers his project as challenging, and says that producers initially pushed for a director of Japanese descent. “I had to convince them that I knew what I was doing,” London tells The Hollywood Reporter. “So after about a month or so, they accepted me and everything went well. But it was a very difficult show to do, and it turned out great.”

The director emphasizes that the new version felt much different from what he tried to accomplish with his miniseries,...

With the recent death of David Lynch, many people may be digging through his excellent filmography. While he only directed 10 feature films, he was involved in scores of other projects, one of which might seem familiar if you've browsed the filmographies of many other great actors and filmmakers. Johnny Depp, J.K. Simmons, Laura Dern, Sam Raimi, Peter Farrelly, Penelope Ann Miller, Chad Coleman, Richard Chamberlain, Catherine Hardwicke, Theodore Melfi, Jade Pettyjohn, and others. The title is The Black Ghiandola, and it's a short film written by and starring Anthony Conti, a 16-year-old cancer patient who made the film two months before he passed away.

The production was made possible by the Make A Film Foundation, a nonprofit established in 2007 that helps children enduring serious or life-threatening medical conditions to create short film legacies by teaming them with industry professionals who volunteer their time. Conti was diagnosed with Stage 4 Adrenal Cortical...

Everything you need to know about Shogun (Photo Credit – Facebook)

Shogun premiered on FX and Hulu with its first two episodes on February 2024, with the series releasing new episodes weekly until its conclusion on April 23.

The series is an adaptation of the 1975 novel of the same name by James Clavell, and it’s not even the first adaptation of the work. The novel had already been adapted into a miniseries in 1980, which aired on NBC and starred Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune.

The 2024 adaptation of Shogun received considerable media attention and critical praise upon its release, with reviewers noting the strong production values, faithfulness to its historical setting, and performance of the actors. In the 2025 Golden Globes, the miniseries won four nominations, including Best Television Series – Drama, and awards for the actors Hiroyuki Sanada, Anna Sawai, and Tadanobu Asano.

Shogun is based on a 1975 novel loosely inspired by historical...

Break out the brooms because Shōgun swept the Golden Globes on Sunday, converting all four of its nominations — Best Drama Series, Best TV Drama Actor for Hiroyuki Sanada, Best TV Drama Actress for Anna Sawai, and Best TV Supporting Actor for Tadanobu Asano — into wins. The FX epic’s victories in the drama categories replicated the same haul the original 1980 series nabbed.

At the 38th Golden Globes in 1981, NBC’s adaptation of James Clavell‘s novel also pulled off a clean sweep but in just those three categories: drama series, actor for Richard Chamberlain, and actress for Yoko Shimada. Chamberlain played John Blackthorne, who was portrayed by Cosmo Jarvis in the FX version. Shimada played Sawai’s role, Toda Mariko.

The Og Shōgun was the first show in Golden Globes history to win all three drama categories. Other shows that have since achieved this are The X-Files in 1997, The Sopranos...

“Shōgun” proves triumphant, capping off an awards season run that includes wins for Outstanding Drama Series at the 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards, Program of the Year from the Television Critics Association, and now the Golden Globe for Best Television Series — Drama.

The FX/Hulu historical series based on the novel by James Clavell seized the top award on Sunday, beating out Netflix’s “The Diplomat” and “Squid Game,” as well as Amazon’s “Mr. and Mrs. Smith,” Peacock’s “The Day of the Jackal,” and Apple TV+’s “Slow Horses.”

“Shōgun” wins for its first season, with Seasons 2 and 3 now in early development. It was initially conceived as a miniseries, just as the 1980 adaptation featuring Richard Chamberlain and Toshiro Mifune had been, but as a result of the show’s strong critical reception and viewership around the globe, FX/Hulu decided to expand the narrative into at least two more seasons.

Hiroyuki Sanada won best lead actor in a drama series at the 2025 Golden Globes for his role in Shogun as the Japanese actor followed his historic win in the same category at the 2024 Emmys.

“Thank you Golden Globes for recognizing me. I’m so happy to be here with these great nominees. Thank you FX, Disney+ and all the cast members and crew of Shogun for sharing this amazing journey. I’d love to say thank you for everyone who has been in my life. All of you have brought me here. And I’d like to say to the young actors and creators in the world: Please be yourself. Believe in yourself and never give up. Good luck,” Sanada said when accepting the award on stage Sunday.

He won the Golden Globe trophy for his role as Yoshii Toranaga in Shogun, the FX series that picked up 18 Emmys in...

We’ve had elections, high-minded dramas, down-and-dirty comedies and more filling our screens in 2024, but somehow when a Christmas tree-transfixed Otis Heiss (Klaus Tange) uttered “we’re all in the Night Country now” in the fourth episode of the HBO series True Detective, he spoke for almost all of us.

Fans of the fourth installment of HBO’s anthology series will recall the line, the mix of pathos and mystique. The party trick is how applicable it is around the all-encompassing nature of the best new TV shows of this year. Perhaps you could say it was the throughline, on and off screen.

After all, 2024 saw the fabled Doomsday Clock stay at the 90 seconds-to-midnight spot for a second year in a row. That’s the closest it has been to the end of the day and humankind since its inception in 1947.

Closer to home in Hollywood, in this year where...

Throughout the 1970s, audiences couldn’t get enough of disaster movies. The decade began with the all-star blockbuster bomb-on-a-plane thrill ride Airport, based on Arthur Hailey’s best-seller. Burt Lancaster, Dean Martin, Maureen Stapleton, Van Heflin, Jean Seberg, and Jacqueline Bisset headlined Airport, which became the second-biggest box-office hit of the year and earned nine Oscar nominations, including Best Picture, and winning Best Supporting Actress for Hayes. Airport also established the template for subsequent movies: trapping all-star casts on a plane, a ship, or a high-rise.

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Producer-director-writer Irwin Allen took disaster movies to the next level — so much so he was dubbed “The Master of Disaster.” Allen, who enjoyed great success on the small screen in the 1960s with the series Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, The Time Tunnel, and Lost in Space, brought his disaster savvy to the...

We have apparently seen the end of the Indiana Jones franchise, as Harrison Ford has stated that The Dial Of Destiny is the last time he’ll don the fedora and whip. Well, it will be the action and adventure franchise’s end unless Disney decides to squeeze every last drop they can out of it, which is never out of the question. Film fans always need something else to fill in their viewing void, so what are the best adventure movies like Indiana Jones for fans of the Indiana Jones series to check out?

U​ncharted (2022)

T​his is oddly a full-circle film when it comes to Indiana Jones. Uncharted is based on the video game of the same name, which was admittedly based on the Indiana Jones films. Nathan Drake (played by Tom Holland) teams up with a seasoned treasure hunter in Sully (Mark Wahlberg) to find a...

"Will you sacrifice me for your revenge?" "It isn't revenge. It's justice." Samuel Goldwyn Films has unveiled a new official US trailer for The Count of Monte-Cristo, which first premiered at the 2024 Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. Now set for a US release in December - catch this one in theaters! It's yet another new Alexandre Dumas adaptation, written & directed by the two writers who made The Three Musketeers movies recently, though this time they're also directing. A new take on the famous novel by Dumas, about a man who gets revenge after being unfairly imprisoned. It has been adapted many times before, most notably in 2002 with Jim Caviezel & Guy Pearce; in 1975 with Richard Chamberlain & Trevor Howard; and the Og classic in 1934 with Robert Donat & Elissa Landi. Starring Pierre Niney as Edmond, Anaïs Demoustier as Mercédès, Bastien Bouillon, Anamaria Vartolomei, Laurent Lafitte, & Julien De Saint Jean. After 14 years in...

Quentin Tarantino, best known for his supporting turn in "Destiny Turns on the Radio," has never been shy about his taste in movies. Tarantino has long been drawn to aggressively masculine genre films, Westerns, war pictures, martial arts films, and anything one might have seen at a run-down grindhouse theater in 1977. He also likes very terse, tense movies, and has listed Martin Scorsese's "Taxi Driver," William Friedkin's "Sorcerer," and Sergio Leone's "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" as his favorites. He's likewise admitted to having fond feelings for "The Great Escape" (who doesn't?) and thinks very highly of Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk." It's easy to guess that he similarly loves "Rio Bravo" and "Apocalypse Now," and he often recommends the Sonny Chiba vehicle "The Street Fighter" from 1974.

Despite his tastes, however, Tarantino remains cinematically omnivorous, taking in hundreds of movies a year, sussing out the pop...

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Shogun set a record at last night’s Emmys, racking up major awards in acting and picking up the Outstanding Drama Series Award. The FX series, streaming on Hulu, is a work of historical fiction centered on a political struggle for power in 1600s Japan. Shogun also broke ground as the first show with mostly non-English dialogue to win the Best Drama award. Originally slated to be a miniseries,...

Shguns cast brings James Clavells bestselling novel of the same name to life. While Shgun was originally intended to be a 10-part limited series based on the celebrated novel of the same name by James Clavell, the overwhelming success and popularity of the series inspired FX, Hulu, and creators Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo to expand the story in further seasons. Shgun earned a near-perfect 99% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and is poised to have a big night at the Emmys, which will take place on September 15, 2024. Shgun was previously adapted into a limited series back in 1980 and earned 3 Emmys, including Outstanding Limited Series.

Like the 2024 critically acclaimed series, 1980's Shgun received outstanding reviews and was widely considered one of the best series of the year in which it was released. The 1980 Shgun cast saw Richard Chamberlain as Anjin-san and Toshiro Mifune as Toranaga, characters that are now being played...

Shgun 1980 remains the only American series entirely filmed in Japan, a groundbreaking feat still unmatched today. Despite critical acclaim, Shgun 2024's authenticity is impacted by shooting in Canada, unlike its predecessor. 1980's Shgun relied on Chamberlain's character as a narrator for Western audiences, while 2024 offers a more universal perspective.

The original 1980 Shgun miniseries is superior to the Emmy-nominated FX/Hulu series in one key way. While Shgun was originally intended to be a 10-part limited series based on the celebrated novel of the same name by James Clavell, the overwhelming success and popularity of the series inspired FX, Hulu, and creators Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo to expand the story in further seasons. Shgun earned a near-perfect 99% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and is poised to have a big night at the Emmys, which will take place on September 15, 2024.

Shgun was previously adapted into a limited series back in...

Peter Marshall, the velvety-voiced host who presided over NBC’s celebrity-filled game show The Hollywood Squares for 16 years, died Thursday. He was 98.

Marshall, an accomplished singer who also was a leading man on Broadway and one-half of a popular comedy team before embarking on his game-show gig, died of kidney failure at his Encino home, his family announced.

The pride of West Virginia hosted some 6,000 episodes of The Hollywood Squares from 1966 through 1981, winning four Daytime Emmy Awards. Marshall often worked just one day a week, when he taped five shows. “It was the easiest job I ever had, and I never rehearsed,” he said.

Soon after starring in the Tony-nominated Broadway musical comedy Skyscraper opposite Julie Harris, Marshall was offered the job as host of The Hollywood Squares, created by Merrill Heatter and Bob Quigley. An earlier version of the show, hosted by Bert Parks, had been turned down.

Marshall...

Eric Gardner, Chairman and CEO of Panacea Entertainment who began his career coordinating tours for Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead before pivoting to talent management for such clients as Paul Shaffer, Donny Osmond, The Sex Pistols, as well as members of The Rolling Stones, The E Street Band and The Who, died at his home in Camarillo, California, July 19 from complications of pneumonia. He was 74.

His death was announced by Janis Gardner, his wife and Panacea Entertainment co-owner.

Born Eric Winslow Gardner on November 20, 1949, Garner’s long and notable career as a talent manager, film, television, and Las Vegas residency show producer began in 1970 when he started coordinating tours for the bands Jefferson Airplane, Kiss, and the Grateful Dead. By 1973 his company Panacea Entertainment Corp. was coordinating tours for major bands in 23 countries around the world.

In 1974 Panacea’s emphasis shifted to talent management and over the year’s...

On Dec. 16, 1974, 20th-Fox and Warner Bros. unveiled in theaters what would become a landmark disaster movie: The 170-minute, John Guillermin-directed Towering Inferno. The movie grossed $116 million domestically at the time. The Hollywood Reporter’s original review of the feature is below:

Movie technology is the star of this awesome Irwin Allen production, a formula disaster picture made into an event by the sheer size of its inflating production values. More ordeal than entertainment, it overwhelms the spectator like a bully playing on the fears of a society trapped in its own burning affluence.

Since the screenplay by Stirling Silliphant has nothing new to say (the “insanity” of building skyscrapers is dealt with in Earthquake), and the general doomsday appeal of the disaster genre has already been established, The Towering Inferno‘s appeal lies entirely in immediate visceral reactions.

So, like Cecil B. DeMille before him, Irwin Allen gives the...

Shgun earned 25 Emmy nominations due to its overwhelming success and popularity, leading to plans for future seasons. The series focuses on historical figures Lord Toranaga and John Blackthorne in 1600 feudal Japan, with Sanada's portrayal lauded. Chamberlain's 1980 Shgun focused on his character, while the 2024 version hones in on Toranaga, leading to a different perspective.

The outstanding FX/Hulu series Shgun has been nominated for an impressive 25 nominations at the upcoming 2024 Primetime Emmy Awards. While Shgun was originally intended to be a 10-part limited series based on the celebrated novel of the same name by James Clavell, the overwhelming success and popularity of the series inspired FX, Hulu, and creators Justin Marks and Rachel Kondo to expand the story in further seasons. Shgun earned a near-perfect 99% critic score on Rotten Tomatoes and is poised to have a big night at the Emmys, which will take place on September 15, 2024.

Shgun was previously...

The nominations for the 76th annual Emmys have dropped. There were some records broken, a lot of surprises including 36 first-time nominees and some major snubs. And a lot of fun facts and trivia about this year’s nominees. FX’s period drama series “Shogun” earning 25 Emmy nominations this year, the most of any dramatic series this year. The original NBC miniseries adaptation of the James Clavell best-seller which starred Richard Chamberlain and the legendary Toshiro Mifune received 14 nominations and won for limited series, costume design, graphic design and title sequences. Hulu’s “The Bear” broke the record for most nominations for a comedy series earning 23 nominations. NBC’s “30 Rock” had held the record with 22 nominations since 2009. Native Americans finally have some representation in this year’s nomination with Lily Gladstone and Kali Reis earning outstanding supporting actress nominations for Hulu’s “Under the Bridge” and HBO’s “True Detective: Night Country.