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It was the first dramatic movie to ever win the Best Picture Oscar, and... wait, no. Wrong "Wings." For '90s TV viewers, the name conjures up not a silent war classic that serves as the template for all subsequent wartime buddy movies, but a sitcom mainstay that ran for eight seasons on NBC, and, like many NBC sitcoms with longevity, led to bigger and better things for many of its cast. At its peak, "Wings" felt like it was on TV nearly all the time, not just on NBC, but also in constant reruns on the network's cable sister-station, USA.

"Wings" was a workplace comedy set at a small, two-airline airport in Nantucket, focusing predominantly on the Hackett brothers, who run the fictional Sandpiper Airlines, which has all of one plane. The show was create by former "Cheers" writers David Angell, Peter Casey, and David Lee, with a similar...

The Star Trek franchise has welcomed hundreds of guest stars, perhaps even 1,000 or more, since The Original Series debuted in 1966. And some of those guest actors and actresses have had exotic names. Redshirts Always Die went in search of the single most interesting name of the past nearly 60 years of Star Trek television. We skipped the feature films (including Section 31), video games, online games, unofficial productions, Short Treks, etc., and focused on examining the cast lists of The Original Series, The Animated Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, Discovery, Picard, Lower Decks, and Prodigy.

Among the names that caught our eye: Thalmus Rasulala, Clement von Franckenstein, Brian Demonbreun, Maurishka, Bumper Robinson, Symba, Olia Kashevarova, Somkele Ilyamah-Idhalama, Calyx Passailaigue, Xavier X. Sotelo, Ito Aghayere, Jon Jon Briones (the father of Picard co-star Isa Briones), and Menik Gooneratne. Some of these actors hail (or hailed) from countries other than the United States,...

One of John Candy’s 80s classics from director Carl Reiner, Summer Rental, was pretty elusive on physical media. Fans of this comedy don’t have to wait any longer as the boutique label Kino Lorber will now be releasing a new 4K restoration Blu-ray transfer of the film at the start of the new year. Blu-ray.com is reporting that Summer Rental, which was previously scheduled to hit retailers this year, will now have its physical media release on January 21, 2025.

The 1985 comedy stars John Candy, Karen Austin, Kerri Green, Joey Lawrence, and Aubrey Jene and is directed by Dick Van Dyke Show alum and Ocean’s Eleven star, Carl Reiner, who would direct another summer-themed comedy with Mark Harmon, Summer School, just a couple years later.

The description reads, “Comedy legend Carl Reiner (Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid) directed this tale of a family man who takes a vacation from...

Few actors have as extensive a filmography as Steven Weber, and his best movies and TV shows reveal an astounding level of variety that stands as a testament to the Wings and Chicago Med star's versatility. Born in 1961 with a career that started in 1984, Steven Weber has starred in dozens of movies and TV shows across the decades. He got his earliest experience as a child actor in TV commercials, but his big break came in the 1984 romantic comedy Flamingo Kid.

From this early appearance, Steven Weber went on to star in a variety of movies and TV shows throughout the 1980s, including the acclaimed Vietnam War movie Hamburger Hill. However, it was landing a leading role in the 1990-1997 sitcom Wings that truly kick-started Steven Weber's career, and decades later the actor is still enjoying an incredibly successful and active career. Picking out the best Steven Weber movies and...

Iron straps bind an innocent security guard to a chair. He writhes and screams as a contraption comes near his face, a Pov shot revealing buzzing blades, grinding gears, and a set of glowing red eyes. The security guard scrambles to set himself free, trying to control his hyperventilating long enough to shake loose one of the restraints. But it’s no good. The contraption settles on his face, drowning his screams under a mechanical mask.

No, I’m not describing one of Jigsaw’s new traps in Saw X. That movie does not shy away from eyeball-sucking vacuums or bowls of brain matter, befitting the franchise’s hard-r reputation. Instead, I’m describing the opening scene of Five Nights at Freddy’s, the video game adaptation that earned $80 million on its opening weekend. Despite earning middling reviews, the Five Nights at Freddy’s movie knew exactly how to please its target audience: tweens,...

Screenwriter Bo Goldman, who has won multiple Academy Awards for his work, has sadly passed away.

The New York Times reports that Goldman died on Tuesday in Helendale, California. The news was confirmed by his son-in-law, Todd Field, who helmed Tár. A cause of death hasn't yet been shared. Goldman was 90 years old.

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A talented screenwriter, Goldman has won two Academy Awards for his writing. This includes winning the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest in 1975. That script, co-written with Lawrence Hauben, also earned him a Writers Guild of America Award along with a Golden Globe. Goldman was back at it in 1980 when he won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for the film Melvin and Howard. That movie would also garner Goldman a WGA Award, among several others. In 1992, Goldman would...

When Bo Goldman, the two-time Academy Award screenwriter of "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" and "Harold and Maude," passed away on July 25, 2023 at the age of 90, the world lost a master dramatist and a razor-sharp observer of human behavior. Hailed by his Hollywood peers as a "screenwriter's screenwriter," Goldman possessed an unerring ear for dialogue and a cliche-eschewing sense of narrative. Be it a wistful satire of the American dream or a bruisingly authentic depiction of divorce, his name on the poster guaranteed an honest, offbeat view of humanity.

And it almost never happened. Goldman was born in the midst of the Great Depression on September 10, 1932. His father owned a chain of department stores that had fallen on hard times, but that didn't stop the besieged patriarch from sending his son to the prestigious likes of Phillips Exeter and Princeton University. It was at the latter institution that Goldman discovered a love for theater,...

Bo Goldman, the Academy Award-winning screenwriter, who co-wrote ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ (1975) and ‘Melvin and Howard’ (1980), died in Helendale, California. He was 90.

Director Todd Field, his son-in-law, confirmed the death, but did not give a cause, reports ‘Deadline’.

Goldman’s career took off when director Milos Forman read his first screenplay and invited him to adapt Ken Kesey’s ‘Cuckoo’s Nest’ novel for film.

The resulting script shared screenwriting credit with Lawrence Hauben and won the Oscar for Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material. The film was also named Best Picture, and earned Oscars for Forman, lead actor Jack Nicholson, and Louise Fletcher, who played Nurse Ratched.

As per ‘Deadline’, in 1980, ‘Melvin and Howard’ won Goldman his second Oscar, this time for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen. Goldman later worked with director Martin Brest on two other acclaimed films, ‘Scent of a Woman’ (1992) and ‘Meet Joe Black...

Bo Goldman, an Academy Award-winning screenwriter for One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) and Melvin and Howard (1980), died Tuesday in Helendale, CA. He was 90.

Director Todd Field, his son-in-law, confirmed the death, but did not give a cause.

Goldman’s career took off when director Milos Forman read his first screenplay and invited him to adapt Ken Kesey’s “Cuckoo’s Nest” novel for film.

The resulting script shared screenwriting credit with Lawrence Hauben and won the Oscar for Best Screenplay Adapted from Other Material. The film was also named Best Picture, and earned Oscars for Forman, lead actor Jack Nicholson, and Louise Fletcher, who played Nurse Ratched.

In 1980, Melvin and Howard won Goldman his second Oscar, this time for Best Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen.

Goldman later worked with director Martin Brest on two other acclaimed films, Scent of a Woman (1992) and Meet Joe Black (1998).

Born in New York City,...

Screenwriter Bo Goldman, who won Oscars for his scripts to “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and “Melvin and Howard” and was among a select group of film scribes including Robert Towne and William Goldman considered to be among that generation’s best, died Tuesday in Helendale, Calif., his son-in-law, director Todd Field, confirmed to the New York Times. He was 90.

Goldman was also Oscar nominated for 1993’s “Scent of a Woman.”

The 1976 Oscar he shared with Lawrence Hauben for co-adapting Ken Kesey’s novel “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” was a particularly impressive achievement considering that “Cuckoo’s Nest” represented only Goldman’s second screenplay and the first to be produced. The win for adapted screenplay was part of a sweep for the film that also included victories for best picture, director, actor and actress. No movie had won those five awards since 1934’s “It’s a Wonderful...

Throughout 2021, we have been updating our “In Memoriam” photo gallery (view above). Scroll through to remember 33 entertainers from film, television, theater and music. Many were winners at the Oscars, Emmys, Grammys and/or Tonys. Here is a closer look at just a few of those we celebrate in our gallery:

Legendary composer Stephen Sondheim died on November 26 at age 91. He was a seven-time Tony Award winner for “Company,” “Follies,” “A Little Night Music,” “Sweeney Todd,” “Into the Woods” and “Passion.” He received a lifetime achievement Tony in 2008. He was an Oscar winner for “Dick Tracy” and a seven-time Grammy winner. Other well-known shows were “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” “Pacific Overtures,” Merrily We Roll Along,” “Sunday in the Park with George” and “Assassins” plus “West Side Story” and “Gypsy” as a lyricist. He was also a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom and Kennedy Center Honors.

Most people know Matt Dillon as an actor who grew up in front of the cameras. He won two Indie Spirit Awards for “Drugstore Cowboy” and for “Crash;” that one also yielded a Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. Dillon also made a strong directing debut in 2003 with moody thriller “City of Ghosts” co-starring James Caan, Gerard Depardieu, and Stellan Skarsgård.

None of that addressed an all-consuming passion for world music with a vast collection of vinyl and shellac 78s (sorted alphabetically by artist or label), and making a documentary about Cuban scat singer Francisco Fellove that took him 20 years to complete. “The Great Fellove” debuted to rave reviews at San Sebastian 2020, and more recently, Telluride 2021.

in the film, Cuban rumba performer Chan Campos describes Fellove: “He was a drum from his feet to his head.” (See our clip below.) Dillon’s documentary captures the scat maestro who gave us the original “Mango Mangue,...

Most people know Matt Dillon as an actor who grew up in front of the cameras. He won two Indie Spirit Awards for “Drugstore Cowboy” and for “Crash;” that one also yielded a Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. Dillon also made a strong directing debut in 2003 with moody thriller “City of Ghosts” co-starring James Caan, Gerard Depardieu, and Stellan Skarsgård.

None of that addressed an all-consuming passion for world music with a vast collection of vinyl and shellac 78s (sorted alphabetically by artist or label), and making a documentary about Cuban scat singer Francisco Fellove that took him 20 years to complete. “The Great Fellove” debuted to rave reviews at San Sebastian 2020, and more recently, Telluride 2021.

in the film, Cuban rumba performer Chan Campos describes Fellove: “He was a drum from his feet to his head.” (See our clip below.) Dillon’s documentary captures the scat maestro who gave us the original “Mango Mangue,...

Our special In Memoriam photo gallery honoring the greats that have gone in 2021 has added another celebrated name. Five-time Emmy nominee Michael K. Williams, who is favored to win at the Emmy Awards later this month for “Lovecraft Country,” has died at age 54. You can also watch his recent acceptance speech when he won the 2021 Gold Derby TV Award.

Tour our gallery above featuring 26 celebrities from the entertainment worlds of music, film, television and Broadway. Here is a brief glance at some of those people being featured.

Michael Kenneth Williams died at age 54 on September 6. He was a four-time acting nominee at the Emmys for “Bessie,” “The Night Of,” “When They See Us” and “Lovecraft Country,” plus a producing nominee for “Vice.” He was well known for his TV role in “The Wire” and had film success in “Inherent Vice,” “12 Years a Slave,” “Gone Baby Gone” and “The Road.

Francis Ford Coppola's The Outsiders lit up screens on March 25, 1983, right in time to recapture a generation who fell in love with the novel of the same name which they had relished in their youth. Coppola's exquisite casting, locations, and strict adherence to the source material, not to mention his directing genius, makes The Outsiders a perennial top ten on most lists of all time favorite movies. Feast your eyes on the trailer that will transport you back. Do it for Johnny!

Warner Bros., Studiocanal, and American Zoetrope today announce the forthcoming 4K restoration of the 1983 American coming-of-age drama, The Outsiders The Complete Novel, from Academy Award-winning visionary director Francis Ford Coppola. Created to give fans more of the action that took place in S.E. Hinton's celebrated book, Coppola's latest, definitive version includes new music, as well as several scenes cut from the theatrical version which were reconstructed from original camera negatives.

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Actress Jessica Walter has died peacefully in her sleep at her home in New York City. She was 80 years old. Walter enjoyed a distinguished career that included an Emmy win and three other nominations. She made her big screen debut in "Lilith" in 1964 and two years later joined other female stars-in-making for director Sidney Lumet's "The Group". She went on to appear in "Grand Prix", Lumet's comedy "Bye, Bye Braverman" and opposite Charlton Heston in "Number One". However, her star-making role was as the female lead opposite Clint Eastwood in the 1971 thriller "Play Misty for Me", which marked Eastwood's debut as a director. In the film, Eastwood has what he believes is a one-night stand with Walter, who makes it clear she expects them to be in a traditional, monogamous relationship. When Eastwood spurns her, she unveils psychotic and murderous tendencies. Walter's performance was so powerful,...

Scroll through a photo gallery on the career of Emmy-winning actress Jessica Walter, who died Wednesday in New York City at 80.

In a career that spanned more than five decades, Walter could be seen in theater, television and the big screen. From a standout turn in Clint Eastwood’s 1971 directorial debut, Play Misty for Me, to The Flamingo Kid and her Emmy-nominated turns on Trapper John M..D. and The Streets of San Francisco, her career included everything. For her performance as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development, Walter earned another Emmy nomination (Outstanding Supporting Actress) and two SAG nominations.

Walter won an Emmy starring in Amy Prentiss, a mid-1970s Ironside spinoff about a young San Francisco police detective. She also voiced Malory Archer on Fxx’s long-running animated series Archer.

Click on the photo above to launch a retrospective gallery of her career.

Launch Gallery: Jessica Walter: A Career...

Jessica Walter died on Wednesday, March 24, at the age of 80. The Arrested Development and Archer actress passed away in her sleep at her New York City home, according to Deadline. She is survived by her daughter, Brooke Bowman, and 7-year-old grandson, Micah Heymann.

Jessica's career spanned more than 60 years, beginning in her hometown of New York City with her role as Liz in the theatrical production Advise and Consent. Some of her most prominent stage roles include Claire Ganz in Neil Simon's Rumors and Clarice in Photo Finish, for which she was given the Clarence Derwent Award for most promising newcomer. On screen, Jessica was recognized for her role as the title character in the police drama Amy Prentiss, for which she won an Emmy. She also played Tabitha Wilson in 90210 and Phyllis Brody in The Flamingo Kid.

"It is with a heavy heart that I confirm the...

Jessica Walter, the beloved actress whose career spanned five decades, has died.

She was 80.

Per Deadline, Walter passed away in her sleep at home in New York City on March 24.

Walter's expansive career included roles in movies such as Play Misty for Me, The Flamingo Kid, Grand Prix, The Group, Trapper John M..D., and Streets of San Francisco.

The actress was also well known for her role as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development, a role that earned her an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Supporting Actress and two SAG nominations.

Walter won an Emmy for playing the title role on Amy Prentiss, the police drama that aired on NBC from 1974-75.

Amy was a relatively young investigator on the series who became the first female Chief of Detectives for the San Francisco Police Department.

Prentiss faced opposition from the other police officers and their wives.

Walter also lent her voice to Fxx's Archer,...

Jessica Walter, the award-winning actress whose career spanned five decades, passed away in her sleep at home in New York City on Wednesday, March 24th.

Walter’s career included everything from a standout turn in Clint Eastwood’s directorial debut, Play Misty for Me to The Flamingo Kid to her Emmy-nominated turns on Trapper John M..D. and Streets of San Francisco. For her performance as Lucille Bluth in Arrested Development, Walter earned yet another Emmy nomination (Outstanding Supporting Actress) and two SAG nominations. Walter won an Emmy for Amy Prentiss. She also voiced Malory Archer on Fxx’s animated series Archer.

Speaking of SAG, Walter served as 2nd National Vice President of the Screen Actors Guild, and was an elected member of the SAG Board of Directors for over a decade.

Walter began her career in her hometown of New York City where she appeared in numerous Broadway productions including Advise and Consent,...

Ron McLarty, the familiar character actor known for his turns on Spenser for Hire, Cop Rock and Law & Order who became a published author thanks to a rave from Stephen King, has died. He was 72.

McLarty suffered from dementia since 2014 and died Saturday night in New York, his wife, actress Kate Skinner, told The Hollywood Reporter. "He was the light of my life and I am bereft and heartbroken," she said.

The Rhode Island native appeared in more than a dozen features, including Sidney Lumet's Daniel (1983), Garry Marshall's The Flamingo Kid (1984), Mike ...

Ron McLarty, the familiar character actor known for his turns on Spenser for Hire, Cop Rock and Law & Order who became a published author thanks to a rave from Stephen King, has died. He was 72.

McLarty suffered from dementia since 2014 and died Saturday night in New York, his wife, actress Kate Skinner, told The Hollywood Reporter. "He was the light of my life and I am bereft and heartbroken," she said.

The Rhode Island native appeared in more than a dozen features, including Sidney Lumet's Daniel (1983), Garry Marshall's The Flamingo Kid (1984), Mike ...

The Karate Kid is being developed as a musical for Broadway, with the 1984 film’s screenwriter Robert Mark Kamen penning the book and Drew Gasparini writing music and lyrics.

The project was announced today by producers Kinoshita Group, Kumiko Yoshii, and Michael Wolk. The Karate Kid will be directed by Japanese director Amon Miyamoto and choreographed by MTV Vma nominees Keone and Mari Madrid.

In a statement, Kamen said, in part, “Never in my wildest dreams did I think this little movie would reach across generations the way it has. And beyond my wildest dreams did I think what started out as a love letter to my devotion to Okinawan Karate and the man who taught me would become a full-blown Broadway musical. But here it is. Here I am. And here is hoping that what comes to the stage brings the same joy and relevance The Karate Kid has...

The first new musical of 2019-2020 Broadway season, “Moulin Rouge!,” is a sumptuous stage adaptation of Baz Lurhman’s film and the “spectacular spectacular” production will draw in crowds like moths to a flame. The tuner is bound to scoop up a slew of Tony nominations next April, but Original Score won’t be among them. Every Best Musical winner since 2013 has claimed the Original Score trophy, but jukebox musicals like this one aren’t eligible for that prize.

“Moulin Rouge!,” which incorporates a parade of pop hits, is not alone in its use of pre-existing music this season. Every new musical coming to Broadway this year uses familiar tunes. “Girl From the North Country” is a Depression era tale told through the music of Bob Dylan; “Jagged Little Pill” uses the songs of Alanis Morissette to chronicle inner pain; and “Tina: The Tina Turner Musical” pulls from the Queen...

Here’s a real kick in the head: It’s been 35 years since Columbia Studios released The Karate Kid. Fathom Events is marking the anniversary by bringing the 1984 classic back to the big screen Sunday and this Tuesday at more than 600 theaters nationwide. The special screenings are more than memory-lane matinees, they will be accompanied by a Season 2 preview of Cobra Kai, the acclaimed YouTube hit series (50 million views) that rekindles the Reagan Era rivalry between Daniel Larusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) and pulls a second generation into the All Valley Championships grudge match.

The Cobra Kai success has been a pleasant surprise for Macchio, now 57, but then again role of Daniel Larusso has never really faded from his day-to-day life. Asked, for instance, how often fans approach him and reenact Larusso’s fighting stance — the loose-limbed, one-legged “crane kick” pose — Macchio estimated that it might be...

One of the great action film franchises of all time is coming to 4K this November, when the films of the 1980s Rambo Trilogy debut on Ultra HD Blu-ray!

Two-time Academy Award® nominee Sylvester Stallone stars in the role that made him an action movie legend when First Blood, Rambo: First Blood Part II, and Rambo III arrive on 4K Ultra HD™ Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray™ and Digital) November 13 from Lionsgate.

Here is the breakdown for each film's 4K release, including technical specs and special features.

First Blood

Sylvester Stallone stars as the iconic John Rambo, alongside Golden Globe® winner Brian Dennehy, Richard Crenna, and David Carusso in this explosive action-thriller, available on 4K for the first time ever. Also features a new, never-before-seen featurette, “Rambo Takes the 80’s Part 1”, which looks back at the incredible impact of this evergreen film. The First Blood 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack is...

“Cruise,” written and directed by Robert Siegel, is its own intoxicating brand of youth nostalgia film. It’s set in the outer boroughs of New York in 1987, and it’s every bit as fresh and authentic about the period as a movie like “Adventureland” was — it gets the big hair and the bangles, the mall-boutique “street” fashions and greasy-synth-pop optimism, the whole dressed-in-attitude vibe of kids who’ve had five years of MTV to model themselves on. But “Cruise” also feels like a 1980s movie. That may sound like a contradiction in terms: How can an ’80s nostalgia film be authentic if it’s also mining our affectionate kitsch memories of what the ’80s looked like at the multiplex?

The reason it’s not a contradiction is that Siegel, who wrote the superb screenplays for “The Wrestler” and “The Founder,” isn’t interested in microwaving John Hughes tropes. He has...

If you’ve ever scrolled through multiple streaming services looking for an old favorite movie and came up empty, screenwriter John August feels your pain. August, one of the co-hosts of the popular Scriptnotes podcast, recently tried to track down 1984’s The Flamingo Kid only to find that it’s joined the sad membership […]

The post Many Older Movies Aren’t Available Online, But Screenwriter John August Wants to Change That appeared first on /Film.

For kids of the 1980s it might seem like we had the best time at the movies ever. More to the point, in our quest for the never-ending summer, it appeared like the movies we watched were never going to stop being made. And they haven't been. They've just gotten bigger budgets, better production values, and, in some cases, better actors. None of this is more present than in the 2018 Summer Movie Season.

There's no denying such films as Meatballs, Stand By Me, Cloak & Dagger, Dirty Dancing, Caddyshack, Red Dawn, Friday the 13th, The Flamingo Kid, and many other films from the 1980s are classics. And there have certainly been excellent summer movie seasons in the 1990s, the 2000s, and other decades. However, 2018 has them All beat by miles.

Many of you are going to argue with me. You are going to be outraged by my claims and call...

Happy Tuesday, "General Hospital" fans. Unfortunately, we have some bad news for you guys in this article. According to a new report from soapcentral.com and other news outlets, Monica Quartermaine portrayer Leslie Charleson recently suffered a pretty bad leg injury while walking her dog. The injury is so bad that she actually has to step down from her General Hospital role temporarily! The official General Hospital Twitter page ran a tweet about this back on April 17, 2018. They wrote, "@lesliecharleson's beloved dog, Riley Rose, was a little too eager for her morning walk and tripped Leslie - injuring her leg. Unfortunately, she will need to be replaced in shows already written. Cont'd... (1/2)." You guys can view that tweet on General Hospital's Twitter page by Clicking Here. Shortly after that, General Hospital wished Leslie a quick recovery, and confirmed that she will be back as soon as she gets better.

Garry Marshall’s 1984 film The Flamingo Kid is getting the Broadway treatment. The Matt Dillon-starring coming-of-age film set at a swanky beach club on Long Island in the early ’60s is being developed as a musical with book and lyrics from Tony winner Robert L. Freedman (A Gentlemen's Guide To Love And Murder) and music by Scott Frankel. Marshall directed and co-wrote the 20th Century Fox pic with Neal Marshall, based on the latter’s original spec. The news of the…...

On Tuesday July 19, Hollywood lost a giant in the world of comedy with the passing of beloved director/writer/producer/actor Gary Marshall at the age of 81. While most of the news outlets focused in on his considerable work in television (he practically owned Tuesday nights in the 1970’s with his “Happy Days” empire), this site would like to salute Mr. Marshall’s work on both sides of the camera.

After impressive writing credits on many of the classic sitcoms of the 1960’s, it was inevitable that the movie studios would tap him to contribute to several screenplays. The first was produced in 1968, a marriage comedy starring James Garner and Debbie Reynolds, How Sweet It Is. A youth-oriented romantic comedy starring Jacqueline Bisset, The Grasshopper, was released in 1970. TV triumphs quickly followed, so Marshall’s movie career was put on hold for more than a dozen years. 1982 was the year...

Sad news for movie fans. Iconic American filmmaker and legendary TV sitcom creator Garry Marshall has passed away. Perhaps best known for turning Julia Roberts into a household name with his classic 1990 romanic comedy Pretty Woman, the man succumbed to complications from pneumonia following a stroke. A Los Angeles resident most of his life, he died Tuesday night in a Burbank, California hospital.

Garry Marshall was 81 years old at the time of his passing. Along with Pretty Woman, he also helped establish actress Anne Hathaway as a true Hollywood star with both 2001's The Princess Diaries and its 2004 sequel The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement. A true legend in both the world of film and television, news of his untimely demise was first announced by Access Hollywood. Cause of death was then later confirmed by TMZ.

Born in the Bronx, New York, Marshall began his career on television writing for Jack Paar's Tonight Show.

Updated: Veteran filmmaker also created Us TV series Happy Days.

Comedy writer-director Garry Marshall, who created the iconic TV series Happy Days and directed Pretty Woman, has died from complications related to pneumonia in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 81.

Marshall was born in New York on November 13, 1934. He was a drummer at university and served in the Us Army in Korea.

He returned to New York and became a sports reporter and also performed at comedy clubs before he was hired as a comedy writer for The Tonight Show in 1960.

Two years later he moved to Hollywood and wrote for The Dick Van Dyke Show and other sitcoms before co-creating The Odd Couple, developing Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and co-creating Mork & Mindy.

Marshall directed for the stage and opera, while his feature highlights besides Pretty Woman include The Princess Diaries, Runaway Bride, Beaches, The Flamingo Kid and more recent releases such as Valentine’s Day and...

The comedy writer-director who created the iconic TV series Happy Days and directed Pretty Woman has died from complications related to pneumonia in a Los Angeles hospital. He was 81.

Marshall was born in New York on November 13, 1934. He was a drummer at university and served in the Us Army in Korea.

He returned to New York and became a sports reporter and also performed at comedy clubs before he was hired as a comedy writer for The Tonight Show in 1960.

Two years later he moved to Hollywood and wrote for The Dick Van Dyke Show and other sitcoms before co-creating The Odd Couple, developing Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley and co-creating Mork & Mindy.

Marshall directed for the stage and opera, while his feature highlights besides Pretty Woman include The Princess Diaries, Runaway Bride, Beaches, The Flamingo Kid and more recent releases such as Valentine’s Day and Mother’s Day.

He is survived by his wife Barbara, daughters...

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The creator of 1970s sitcoms such as Happy Days and director of movies like Pretty Woman, Garry Marshall, has passed away at the age of 81.

Producer, director, and actor Garry Marshall has died at the age of 81.

Garry Marshall was the creative force behind some of the most iconic sitcoms in American television history, including Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley, Mork & Mindy and many others. In total, Marshall executive produced over 1,000 half-hour episodes of television. Marshall’s film credits as a director are extensive and full of hits as well. His filmography includes Pretty Woman, The Flamingo Kid, Overboard and Runaway Bride. His final film, Mother's Day, was released earlier this year.

After getting his start writing in the Army for Stars & Stripes during a tour in Korea, Marshall wrote for the sports section of The New York Daily News by day and wrote stand-up comedy by night.

Garry Marshall, whose contributions to screens small and big included Happy Days and the original TV adaptation of The Odd Couple, died on Tuesday at age 81.

Access Hollywood was first to report on the legend’s passing; per TMZ, he died from complications from pneumonia.

A Bronx native and brother to actress/director Penny Marshall and TV producer Ronny Marshall Hallin, Marshall started out his career as a writer for Jack Paar’s Tonight Show, The Joey Bishop Hour and The Dick Van Dyke Show. From there, he went on to develop for TV an adaptation of the Neil Simon play The Odd Couple,...

Filmmaker Garry Marshall has died at the age of 81.

The Bronx-born director/producer was also an acclaimed writer and character actor. He began work as a joke writer in the 1960s before making the jump to television where he co-created "The Odd Couple" and went on to create "Happy Days," "Laverne and Shirley," "Joanie Loves Chachi" and "Mork and Mindy" in the 1970s and early 1980s.

Also in the 1980s he made the jump to directing with "The Flamingo Kid" his first hit. It was the one-two punch of megahits "Beaches" and "Pretty Woman" that made him a household name. Other notable hits include the two "The Princess Diaries" features, "Runaway Bride," "The Other Sister," "Georgia Rule" and more recently three holiday-themed ensemble rom-coms capped off by this year's "Mother's Day".

Over time Marshall also made a name for himself in acting circles, becoming a strong character actor and one...

If any man alive has the right to argue for TV's recent ascension over movies, it would be David Chase. But "The Sopranos" creator has never seen it that way, telling me a few years ago that the only obvious advantage he thinks TV has is that "there’s more of it, and you can get into more detail. I guess maybe this is what it comes down to: in a television show, you can spend a lot of money on very little small things about people.” That ability to expand stories and drill down on characters has always been TV's greatest strength, but it's been particularly obvious with the migration of indie filmmakers to TV over the last few years. Shows like "Transparent," "Girls," "Togetherness," and Hulu's new "Casual" could have easily been made into 90-minute movies that played the festival circuit; instead, we get longer versions that really...

Storybrooke, we have a problem.

As seen in this sneak peek at the opening minute of Once Upon a Time Season 5 — and as Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas told TVLine at Comic-Con — getting Emma back after she merged with the Darkness and thus became the Dark One isn’t as simple as commanding her via the dagger.

VideosOnce Upon a Time ‘Lost’ Scene: Rumple Goes Barking Up the Wrong, Evil Tree

Press play above to get the heroes’ assorted reactions to Emma’s tragic vanishing (including Regina’s distinct “Now Emma’s a problem” Pov) and find out why the...

Scandal is getting back to what it does best: gladiating.

The ABC drama’s upcoming fifth season will find Olivia shoring up her decimated Scooby gang, according to series creator Shonda Rhimes.

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Acknowledging that the show’s central Gladiator conceit was sidelined a bit in Season 4 because “we were busy healing” Olivia, Rhimes says Season 5 will feature “the reconstitution” of Team Opa.

“The Gladiators did gladiate,” Rhimes adds of Season 4. “But they gladiated on a different scale and a different level. And the Gladiators scattered.”

Indeed,...

Disney’s long-gestating big-screen Flamingo Kid reboot appears to have quietly morphed into a prospective TV series.

I’m hearing ABC Studios is in the very early stages of developing a half-hour comedy adaptation of Garry Marshall’s 1984 film, which starred Matt Dillon as a working-class kid who takes a summer job at a tony beach resort to stalk be close to the girl of his dreams.

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ABC is on the hunt for a writer to spearhead the project, which continues the TV biz’ current obsession with turning...

Miss Piggy is on the prowl in the wake of her break-up with Kermit, as seen in one of three new ABC star-studded promos for The Muppets.

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In the first of the teasers for the Muppets’ mockumentary-style comedy comeback (premiering Tuesday, Sept. 22 at 8/7c), Piggy — whose split from the frog was formally announced last month — can’t seem to get through taping a promo, given the Castle keister (belonging to Nathan Fillion) in her sightline.

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Elsewhere,...

In the criminal justice system (of ABC’s Mistresses)… things are getting wackier than a soundbite from (apologies for the next five words) Republican Presidential candidate Mike Huckabee.

RelatedRevenge Spinoff Not Impossible, Says ABC Boss: ‘It’s a Wonderful Brand’

Not only has Joss been formally charged with first degree premeditated murder, but she’s also being cruelly tortured by a combination of fluorescent lighting and muted prison blues that do absolutely nothing for her skin tone. Sure, Joss’ lawyer may have a jawline that looks like it was ripped from the pages of a Justice League cartoon, but I...

Late last month, Amazon released its third batch of series pilots, ahead of the premieres of any of the shows from the second batch. (“Transparent” is being released on the 26th, and I’ll have a bunch of content about that next week.) “Red Oaks” — a comedy about a teenage tennis pro at a New Jersey country club in the summer of 1985, created by Gregory Jacobs and Joe Gangemi, directed by David Gordon Green and produced by Steven Soderbergh— was easily my favorite of the five new pilots (you can watch it here), and I’m hopeful that after the round of costumer feedback concludes at the end of this month, Amazon will order it to series. I interviewed Jacobs — Soderbergh’s long-time 1st assistant director, an executive producer on Soderbergh’s Cinemax hospital drama “The Knick,” and director of the upcoming “Magic Mike” sequel — by email about the origins of “Red Oaks,...

Like most Americans living today, I was born after November 22, 1963, so I don't remember John F. Kennedy and can't tell you where I was when news broke of his assassination. So here's what I know about the man, his presidency, and his death, thanks to the history professors of Hollywood.

Let me see if I have this right: JFK was a handsome man with the charisma of a movie star. (Indeed, he had connections to Hollywood through his father, a onetime movie producer; through his brother-in-law Peter Lawford and fellow Rat Packer Frank Sinatra; and through his torrid affair with Marilyn Monroe.) Through his youth, good looks, charisma, and forward-looking rhetoric, he inspired a nation to stop wearing hats, build rockets to the moon, and join the Peace Corps. His even more attractive, youthful, stylish, and patrician wife Jackie swept out the dowdy cobwebs of the Eisenhower years and turned...

In a scene in 2000's "High Fidelity," Jack Black and Todd Louiso's record store clerk characters are coming up with a list of the top five songs about death. Black mentions "You Can't Always Get What You Want," but Louiso reminds him that the song was used in "The Big Chill." "Oh, God, you're right," says Black, and the song is disqualified.

That's how toxic "The Big Chill" was to popular culture -- so much so that even unassailable items that preceded it, like the Rolling Stones classic, were tainted by association.

It's true, of course, that "The Big Chill," released 30 years ago this month (on September 28, 1983), touched a huge raw nerve in the culture and became an enormous mainstream hit as a result. It's also true that it's a very enjoyable movie, full of witty and truthful moments in well-wrought performances by a stellar ensemble of then-rising stars.

Park City, Utah – Perhaps it’s due to the success of the Sundance hit “Beasts of the Southern Wild” and its story of a girl who was forced to grow up too soon or just the fact that it’s a common theme of independent cinema but coming-of-age stories dominated this year’s Sundance Film Festival. My final diary piece (although I’ll be back with a few wrap-up features) includes the one coming-of-age flick that will be the biggest crowdpleaser and box office hit from the fest, Nat Faxon & Jim Rash’s “The Way, Way Back”. This very funny, sweet, ’80s-esque comedy was already picked up by Fox Searchlight for at least $10 million and the studio has another “Little Miss Sunshine” or “Juno” on their hands.

Written and directed by Nat Faxon & Jim Rash (Oscar winners for their work on “The Descendents” and known to many as Ben from...

Mitch Glazer Talks Magic City Season 2 and the Season 1 Blu-ray, in stores now

When it first premiered in March of this year, critics were quick to call Magic City, which follows the life of a Miami City hotel owner in 1959, a Mad Men knock-off. But the series turned the other cheek and proved itself to be a wholly original drama that quickly garnered a solid fanbase throughout its limited 8 episode run.

The show arrived on Blu-ray and DVD last week amidst the news that it had also been renewed for a second season. We recently caught up with series creator Mitch Glazer to find out what we can expect from the series in 2013 (it hasn't been given an official premiere date yet), as well as what fans can expect to find on this excellent Blu-ray release. We even learned a little more about the recent casting of James Caan and Sherilyn Fenn.

At a certain point in the Hollywood remake game, you just have to throw up your hands and say, “sure, why not, let’s just remake anything!” And that seems to be what might have transpired in Brett Ratner‘s mind, because the filmmaker is now set to produce a remake of Garry Marshall’s The Flamingo Kid. See? Sure! Why not? Okay! Deadline Hollywood reports (via The Playlist) that Ratner will produce the film (through his Rat Pictures) alongside Walt Disney Pictures. And, while a remake like this certainly feels strange, this new film will also have a familiar face on board – veteran producer Michael Phillips, who also produced the original, Matt Dillon-starring production. Hey, look at that! Maybe this idea isn’t insane! Additionally, music video director (and For Colored Girls scribe) Nzingha Stewart will pen the script. Marshall’s 1984 film set Dillon as Jeffrey Willis, a recent high school graduate who doesn’t...