Long before he was Dirk Diggler, actor Mark Wahlberg went by another alliterative name... Marky Mark. Feeling overshadowed by his brother Donnie's success in the band New Kids on the Block, the younger Wahlberg created his own musical group, Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, which burst onto...
The great Iron Horse of the New York Yankees was notoriously camera shy and dead.For the most part, the famous people who turned up on that uncharted patch of land in the Pacific were then mid-level comedy celebrities like Phil Silvers, Don Rickles, and Larry Storch. Kurt Russell was ...
(the originalcast members certainly were). TheMission: Impossiblereboot used entirely new actors playing almost entirely new characters, with one notable exception. The man giving out the missions, Jim Phelps, was the same character played by a new actor. And, this time around, Phelps was ...
Charles Portis, 86. The novelist was a favorite among critics and writers for such shaggy dog stories as "Norwood" and "Gringos" and a bounty for Hollywood whose droll, bloody Western "True Grit" was a bestseller twice adapted into Oscar-nominated films. Feb. 17. Mickey Wright, 85. The ...
Odo was one of 100 infant Changelings who were sent out to the far reaches of the galaxy. He was eventually found drifting in space in his gelatinous state and was taken to the Bajoran Institute of Science on the planet Bajor. The scientists did not know that Odo was a sentient being...
Director Edgar Wright had a great time at this year’s Comic-Con — but there was one thing he wasn't able to do. “It was the first Comic-Con where I didnotgo on the convention floor. It was kind of sad,” he says, almost wistfully. “Especially because the only time I had of...
Nick Gordon, 30. He was found liable in the death of his ex-partner, Bobbi Kristina Brown, the daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. Jan. 1. Heroin overdose. Don Larsen, 90. The journeyman pitcher who reached the heights of baseball glory when he threw a perfect game in...
role, because his part inRogue Onewas so small. While the Saw Gerrera character also shows up from time to time inStar Warsanimated series, Whitaker’s live-action performance amounted to a handful of brief scenes in one film. It felt like a great actor had been wasted in a thankless ...
gnashing of teeth as it was soon learned that Michael Arndt had left writing duties, replaced by JJ Abrams and Lawrence Kasdan. The [perceived] controversy ocurred over a never confirmed feud between Abrams and Arndt about the direction of the script and who, exactly, were the main ...
While Oddjob is clearly a cool character and one of the most iconic villains in cinema history, there is no denying that he clearly choked in his big moment. Jango Fett - Attack Of The Clones Poor Jango Fett. Much like his son in the Original Trilogy, Jango Fett was a character with...