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November 10, 2006

One-Armed Push-ups All Around in Honor of Jack Palance Opens in new window

Jack Palance, who made a career out of bullying good guys and portraying stern, craggy-faced menaces, died Friday. Surrounded by family at his California ranch, he passed away from natural causes at the age of 87. More...

August 16, 2006

Character Actor Bruno Kirby, Dead at 57 Opens in new window

You'd immediately recognize the face (and the voice) from movies like "City Slickers," "Good Morning Vietnam," and "When Harry Met Sally," but you might not remember the guy's name. (Good character actors are like that.) The man's name was Bruno Kirby, and we're sad to say that he passed away last night at the age of 57. More...

July 6, 2006

John Goodman to Play Santa Claus ... Again Opens in new window

Remember that cute old piece of seasonal animation called "The Year Without a Santa Claus"? It was an hour-long stop-motion animation special from those Rankin-Bass guys that has since gone on to be kind of a cult item for people of my generation. You remember it? Good. They're making a 2-hour, live-action TV movie out of it. More...