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Oscar-nominated actor Ryan O’Neal, who came to prominence on TV’s “Peyton Place” and became a top star of the 1970s in films including “Love Story,” “What’s Up, Doc?,” “Paper Moon” and “Barry Lyndon,” died Friday, his son Patrick said on Instagram. He was 82.

O’Neal was diagnosed with chronic leukemia in 2001 and with prostate cancer in 2012.

“Ryan was a very generous man who has always been there to help his loved ones for decade upon decade,” his son wrote. “My dad was 82, and lived a kick ass life. I hope the first thing he brags about in Heaven is how he sparred 2 rounds with Joe Frazier in 1966, on national TV, with Muhammad Ali doing the commentary, and went toe to toe with Smokin’ Joe.”

In later years, O’Neal’s acting work often took a backseat to media coverage on his personal travails, involving his combative relationship with longtime companion Farrah Fawcett,...

Other credits include the ’80s films “Cat People” and “Troop Beverly Hills”

Charles “Chuck” Fries, the prolific TV producer behind the 1970s “Amazing Spider-Man” series and “The Martian Chronicles,” has died at the age of 92.

According to a representative, Fries died Thursday “peacefully surrounded by family.”

A Hollywood veteran of nearly 70 years, Fries began his career at Ziv Television in 1952, working on syndicated shows like “The Cisco Kid,” “Highway Patrol,” “Bat Masterson” and “Sea Hunt.” He went on to work at Screen Gems, Metromedia Productions and, later his own company, Fries Entertainment.

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Fries was known as the “godfather of the TV movie,” having pioneered the genre with a number of projects and Metromedia and Fries Entertainment. Among the TV movies he produced were “Small Sacrifices” starring Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal; “The Martian Chronicles,” based on the Ray Bradbury novel and starring...

Charles “Chuck” Fries, whose career as a television and film producer included a long list of classic shows, series and films, died Wednesday, his family announced. He was 92. No cause of death was given.

During a prolific career that spanned more than 60 years, he participated in the production of more than 5,000 series episodes, 140 television movies and miniseries and more than 40 theatrical films. His producing credits range from Tales of the Crypt and The Call of the Wild to TV’s The Amazing Spider-Man and The Martian Chronicles to Leona Helmsley: The Queen of Mean, Troop Beverly Hills and Screamers.

Born on September 30, 1928, in native of Cincinnati, Fries began his career at Ziv Television in 1952, where he worked on legendary syndicated shows like The Cisco Kid, Highway Patrol, Bat Masterson, and Sea Hunt. He moved to Screen Gems in 1960, where he was involved in the production of such classics as Naked City,...

Charles “Chuck” Fries, the longtime film and television producer who helped introduce the TV movie concept and shepherded films including “Cat People,” died on Thursday. He was 92.

Over his six-decade-plus career, he participated in the production of more than 5,000 episodes of television, 140 television movies and mini-series, and more than 40 theatrical films.

Fries oversaw feature film production for Columbia Pictures, which produced movies during his time at the studio, including “Five Easy Pieces,” “Easy Rider,” “Getting Straight,” “The Horseman” and “Castle Keep.”

He pioneered the television movie while at Metromedia Productions in the 1970s, then launched his own company, Fries Entertainment. Fries Entertainment produced issue-oriented movies like “The Neon Empire,” “Small Sacrifices,” “The Martian Chronicles” and the Emmy-winning “Lbj” with Randy Quaid and Patti Lupone. He served as executive producer on “The Amazing Spider-Man” TV series that ran from 1977 to 1979. More recently, he had an executive producer credit on both the...

Known as the “Godfather of the TV Movie,” producer Chuck Fries cut his teeth in Hollywood at Ziv Television from 1952-60. The Cincinnati native would go on to produce more than 275 hours of TV movies and miniseries, including “Small Sacrifices,” with Farrah Fawcett and Ryan O’Neal, and “The Neon Empire,” starring Ray Sharkey, Martin Landau and Gary Busey. As production VP, first at Screen Gems, then at Columbia, he was involved with such hits as “I Dream of Jeannie,” “Bewitched” and Jack Nicholson’s “Five Easy Pieces.” He then moved to Metromedia and, ultimately, his own banner, producing films like “Cat People” and “Troop Beverly Hills,” the latter based on his wife Ava’s experiences. Fries, whose career spans six decades, was first mentioned in Variety on April 30, 1958, when Murray Seldeen joined Ziv as Fries’ assistant. But Fries was quick to say, “You know, it’s very funny. I swear to God,...

Turner Classic Movies (TCM) will open the 2014 edition of the TCM Classic Film Festival with the world premiere of a brand new restoration of the beloved Rodgers & Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! (1955). TCM’s own Robert Osborne, who serves as official host for the festival, will introduce Oklahoma!, with the film’s star, Academy Award®-winner Shirley Jones, in attendance. Vanity Fair will also return for the fifth year as a festival partner and co-presenter of the opening night after-party. Marking its fifth year, the TCM Classic Film Festival will take place April 10-13, 2014, in Hollywood. The gathering will coincide withTCM’s 20th anniversary as a leading authority in classic film.

In addition, the festival has added several high-profile guests to this year’s lineup, including Oscar®-winning director William Friedkin, who will attend for the screening of the U.S. premiere restoration of his suspenseful cult classic Sorcerer (1977); Kim Novak, who...

House M.D. is the multi-award winning Us TV series starring English actor Hugh Laurie alongside a host of other stars including Lisa Edelstein, Omar Epps, Robert Sean Leonard, Jesse Spencer, Peter Jacobson and Olivia Wilde. The show has received four Emmys from twenty-three nominations, two Golden Globes and two Screen Actors Guild awards and has gone from being a speculative entry into the already crowded market of TV medical dramas to being an outstanding show.

Hugh Laurie plays grumpy and sarcastic Doctor Gregory House whose bedside manner is entirely absent and whose constant companion is his walking stick as he struggles to manage his constant physical pain while running the diagnostic unit of Princeton-Plainsboro Teaching Hospital. Historically the standard fare of medical dramas has been to have a mix of the medical and the personal but House has raised the bar on this with outstandingly complex relationships partnering almost unbelievably...

Most TV characters are impeccably dressed, whether it’s in scrubs that fit just so (I’m looking at you, Cristina Yang), perfectly accessorized sweater sets (Emma Pillsbury), or party dresses so flouncy and festive you should wear something nice just to gaze upon them (Blair Waldorf). And yet … not all characters have that sartorial magic. Some have, oh, the opposite of that. And thus, we present the wall of shame: 2010′s Worst-Dressed Characters!

Taking top dishonors: Cate from Life Unexpected. Holy Moses. Pictured here are but two of her fashion missteps: harem sweat pants (so much crotch! pants don’t need that much crotch!

House aired its 467th episode about religion and lying this week.

But while those aren't anything resembling fresh territory for the series, "Small Sacrifices" did give us a few funny moments at least.

From the opening line about Cuddy's hatred for chickens (why else force House to choke one?), to House and Wilson's unique conversation that combined a cancer diagnosis with accusations of the latter fibbing about a flat tire, to the look Foreman gave Chase when the latter explained he had no choice but to ditch him because it was a threesome, the hour was full of great quotes and moments.

On a larger scale, however, the installment was problematic.

Let's start with Wilson and Sam. It was a stretch to believe he'd have referenced her questionable files/studies while on one knee proposing.

He had decided to take this step before ever seeing those files and before House...

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Here's the updated table for House Season Seven with the finalised results for episode seven, as well as the latest for episode eight 'Small Sacrifices' which aired a few hours ago. As you can see it has slotted in just above last weeks 'A Pox in our House' but there is still time for it to go up or down.

Do you agree? See below for yourself...

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I'll update the table next week as I believe that is all the House we are getting for 2010. Not 100% sure though, so maybe more :)

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On next week's new episode of House, the team is asked for a differential diagnosis on Jesus Christ, while Taub suspects his wife is cheating on him.

Intriguing enough teases for you? If so, tune in on Monday to "Small Sacrifices" (previewed on TV Fanatic Here), as House attends a wedding; a dramatic change affects the relationship between Wilson and Sam; and a patient re-enacts the Crucifixion.

We've posted a pair of sneak peeks at the installment here:

Jesus Diagnosis

Small Sacrifices Clip...

I was lucky enough this past Tuesday to attend the SAG Foundation event, "Conversations with House," and even got to sit front and center, just a couple of feet from where the cast was sitting. 

The evening included a screening of an episode and a question and answer with four members of the cast: Lisa Edelstein, Jesse Spencer, Peter Jacobson and Omar Epps. Little did I know that the screening would not be a past episode, but next week's, "Small Sacrifices," which turned out to be one of the best episodes of this season. It covers faith, religion, relationships and trust, four of the most interesting themes of the series. 

Before I get to teasing the episode, let me first say that the four members of the cast were funny, sarcastic, intelligent and engaging. I couldn't take pictures, so if anyone's curious, Lisa Edelstein was wearing jeans, brown platform ankle...

House has aired solid episodes with weak endings that focused too much on House and Cuddy over the last two weeks.

Let's hope it doesn't go three-for-three, in the disappointing sense of that term. At least the set-up for next week's "Small Sacrifices" looks promising, as the following developments are scheduled to take place:

A patient refuses treatment after reenacting the Crucifixion. House and the team attend a wedding Wilson's relationship with Sam undergoes a changes. Taub wonders if his wife is cheating on him.

Watch the official Fox promo for this installment now:

Small Sacrifices Promo...

How can you tell a sweeps month episode of House from a regular episode? Well, add in a dash of epidemic, put House in danger, kill a patient, and mix in a scantily clad woman. 

In this week's episode, "A Pox on our House," we have all four pieces of the sweeps puzzle.  Of course, never for a second did I worry that House was in actual danger. The real Housian parts of this episode were his reactions to the possibility that he might die. And Cuddy's piece in that brought over from last week's episode. Now, there's no way that this argument is the end of their relationship, but it did throw an undeniable kink in the way things have been going, which I'm assuming will be resolved by next week's episode aptly named "Small Sacrifices."

A Very Sick Man

Guilt is not an emotion we're used to associating with House.

How can you tell a sweeps month episode of House from a regular episode? Well, add in a dash of epidemic, put House in danger, kill a patient, and mix in a scantily clad woman. 

In this week's episode, "A Pox on our House," we have all four pieces of the sweeps puzzle.  Of course, never for a second did I worry that House was in actual danger. The real Housian parts of this episode were his reactions to the possibility that he might die. And Cuddy's piece in that brought over from last week's episode. Now, there's no way that this argument is the end of their relationship, but it did throw an undeniable kink in the way things have been going, which I'm assuming will be resolved by next week's episode aptly named "Small Sacrifices."

A Very Sick Man

Guilt is not an emotion we're used to associating with House.

As you probably already know, Amber Tamblyn is joining House, and she was recently available for a Q & A interview. Her role is an interesting in the grand scheme of the show, and probably comes at a good time, as the show seems to me to need a bit of a new push.

It’s a great interview, and I for one am looking forward to the new dynamic. Amber had a chance to talk about several aspects of joining the show, as well as a lot of other things she has going.

Amber Tamblyn joins House for a multi-episode arc as Martha Masters, a brilliant but inexperienced third-year medical student whom Cuddy forces House to hire as a female team member in Thirteen’s absence. In the midst of a tight senatorial re-election race, the New Jersey incumbent’s campaign manager mysteriously falls ill with liver failure and temporary paralysis.

With House taking a semi-hiatus until November 7, fans of the hit Fox series want to know what’s in store for our favorite cane-wielding diagnostician. To help supplement our popular “You Ask, We Answer: House” feature (and provide some additional photographic insight), we have included twenty-four photos from three episodes that are set to air in November.

In the “Office Politics” photos, you’ll see the introduction of Martha Masters (Amber Tamblyn) to House’s eclectic team, a glimpse at the patient of the week (Jack Coleman), and Foreman and Taub taking in a little game of basketball, to see who’s really the better athlete.

In the “A Pox On Our House” photos, you’ll see Martha Master seemingly become a member of the team and, most importantly, you’ll see House put his safety in jeopardy in order to save a patient’s life.

Of course,…

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It was previously announced that Amber Tamblyn would be joining the Princeton Plainsboro team on "House" for a "multi-episode arc." We can now whet your whistle with a few pictures from her first three episodes (hopefully the first three of many more).

In "Office Politics" (pictured above), Tamblyn's med student Martha Masters joins the team as they try to diagnose a New Jersey campaign manager (played by "Heroes" alum Jack Coleman).

In "A Pox on Our House" (pictured below, one and two) House challenges Masters to diagnose a patient who is exhibiting symptoms similar to smallpox. Dylan Baker ("Kings," "The Book of Daniel") also guest stars as a doctor from the Center for Disease Control.

In "Small Sacrifices" (pictured far below), a patient refuses the prescribed treatment in favor of an experimental treatment after his daughter's cancer is cured.

Are you getting excited to see Tamblyn come to "House"?  Tamblyn's...

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DVD Giveaway - Laffapalooza With Tracey Morgan

I just loved Comic Strip Live with John Mulrooney when I was a kid.

I would tape that show relentlessly every weekend, this being before TiVo and having to get the timing exactly right or else risking taping a completely different show 12 hours earlier/later than you wanted to or, God forbid, someone tuned it to a different channel after you physically set the recorder, and every weekend I was exposed to a few great comedians.

Tracey Morgan’s Laffapalooza was...

Farrah Fawcett has received a posthumous Emmy nomination, it has been reported. The late actress was recognised for her role as executive producer on documentary Farrah's Story, according to People. The TV movie chronicled Fawcett's three-year battle with anal cancer, which she succumbed to on June 25. The Charlie’s Angels star was previously nominated for her work on The Burning Bed (1984), Small Sacrifices (1989) and The Guardian (2004). "For the Television Academy to recognise (more)...

Three times nominated for her acting, though never a winner, Farrah Fawcett received her fourth Emmy nod posthumously on Thursday, as an executive producer of Farrah's Story, the May 15 NBC special that tracked the three-year cancer battle that eventually claimed her life on June 25. Fawcett, 62, was best known for her portrayal of Jill Munroe on Charlie's Angels, though she only remained with the show its first season, 1976-77. Her acting nominations were for roles in The Burning Bed (1984), Small Sacrifices (1989) and The Guardian (2004). In a statement Thursday, Fawcett's longtime companion, Ryan O'Neal said, "For the Television Academy to recognize Farrah's Story...

Farrah Fawcett never won an Emmy during her lifetime, though she was nominated three different times. Her acting nominations were for roles in The Burning Bed (1984), Small Sacrifices (1989) and The Guardian (2004). But this morning, Farrah received a posthumous Emmy nomination for her executive producing of her documentary Farrah’s Story. Farrah’s longtime best friend Alana Stewart said of her Emmy nod, “It's very bittersweet. Farrah passed away three weeks ago today. I know that she would be so, so happy. This was so important to her, this project. She's been nominated before, and I...

By Amanda Reyes

Farrah Fawcett is an icon. As part of the original trio of ridiculously beautiful and refined detectives known as Charlie’s Angels, the actress soared to untold heights of fame. She played Jill Monroe, the fun, furtively smart girl with golden tresses and a smile that could stop a missile en route. She only played Jill for one season, but left an impact on anyone who caught the show during its original run. Fawcett passed away at the age of 62 after a long and very public battle with anal cancer. She might not ever be synonymous with horror, but her resume is overflowing with plenty of incredible genre work on the big and small screen...

Before she was an Angel Fawcett worked mostly in commercials and in character roles on television. Appearing in everything from I Dream of Jeannie to McCloud, Fawcett was also honing her skills...

Farrah Fawcett proved more than once that she was far more than a mega watt smile and an impressive mane of hair. She will of course be remembered for “Charlie’s Angels” even though she spent only one season as one of the trio of female detectives who took orders from a disembodied voice, but that first season of “Charlie’s Angels” made her an instantly recognizable phenomenon who sold millions of copies of her swimsuit poster. The actress wanted more and left the show to pursue a film career. The film that was supposed to make that a reality was called Somebody Killed her Husband and instead it nearly killed her budding career. Instead of slinking away she reinvented herself as a serious actress taking on the unglamorous and difficult role of a battered wife in “The Burning Bed”. If “Charlie’s Angels” made her an instant icon, “The Burning Bed” made her a respected actress...

In sad but expected news, Farrah Fawcett has passed away at age sixty-two after a long and valiant fight with cancer. She was one of the most iconic sex symbols of all time, as well as a sadly underrated actress.

Most people will name the camp TV classic Charlie's Angels as her biggest claim to fame, but she was only on the show for one season (as well as a few guest appearances). Because of her enormous sex appeal, it was difficult for her to be taken seriously as an actress, but that changed in 1984 with a performance that would redefine her career.

Small Sacrifices/The Burning Bed

Like Cher in her Oscar-nominated dramatic turn in Silkwood, Farrah shocked the world with her gritty, Emmy-nominated performance as a battered wife in The Burning Bed. She would appear in a string of dramatic roles through the eighties, including Extremities, Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story,...

Charlie's Angels actress Farrah Fawcett has died. She was 62. The five-time Golden Globe-nominated star passed away on Thursday morning at St. John's Hospital in Santa Monica, California.

"The Insider" has the latest... Farrah Fawcett died this morning at 9:28 a.m. at the St. John's Health Center in Los Angeles after a courageous and lengthy battle with cancer. She was 62. The '70s style icon and "Charlie's Angels" star was born in Corpus Christi, Texas on February 2, 1947 and attended the University of Texas at Austin. She got her first career break in the late 1960s, appearing in TV commercials and then guest-starring on TV shows such as "I Dream of Jeannie," "The Flying Nun" and "The Partridge Family." She also appeared on several episodes of "The Six Million Dollar Man," starring husband Lee Majors. The couple married in 1973 but separated in 1979, divorcing in 1982. Afterwards, Farrah began a tempestuous, on-and-off relationship with actor Ryan O'Neal, and the pair had a son, Redmond O'Neal, in 1985. In 1976, Farrah's celebrity status skyrocketed after she posed in a red bathing suit with...

When I learned that the Fairfax 5 Theatres, in Fairfax, California, was to be installed with a solar photovoltaic system, I immediately thought of that old joke (unfortunately directed towards a certain nationality) about the idiotic invention of a solar-powered flashlight. Movie projectors running on solar-powered electricity? Absurd. Especially since most people go to the movies at night! But, of course, my initial thoughts were just as stupid as the flashlight idea, even if I was merely trying to think of a corresponding joke and all the time actually knew, obviously, that solar energy isn't only useful during the hours that the sun is out.

The second thing I thought of, though, all joking aside, was the possibility of a lowered electricity bill. One of the costliest parts of running a movie theater is all the electricity used for lighting, projection, air conditioning, etc. It's these costs that primarily keep concession prices up,...