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For most of the history of television, the barrier to syndication—and to profitability—has been 100 episodes. The…

Actress Mary Ann Mobley has died after a long fight with breast cancer. She was 75. As an entertainer, Mobley’s most…

Actor Warren Clarke has died at the age of 67. Clarke became an increasingly familiar face on British TV in the…

Actress Carol Ann Susi has died at the age of 62, after having been recently diagnosed with cancer.

Comedic actor Richard Schaal has died at the age of 86. Schaal was a product of Chicago improvisational theater,…

Actress Marcia Strassman has died at the age of 66, after a long struggle with cancer. Strassman’s best-known…

The Hollywood Reporter reports the death of L. M. Kit Carson, a versatile man who maintained a Zelig-like presence…

Elizabeth Peña, a luminously talented actress who worked with such independent film directors as Leon Ichaso and…

We’ve previously covered the many bands with weed-related names, but what about the ones who go a little harder?…

The forensics­ detective show CSI: Crime Scene Investigation was something of a critics’ darling when it premiered…

For most of the history of television, the barrier to syndication—and to profitability—has been 100 episodes. The…

Character actor Stephen Lee has died of a heart attack at the age of 58. The tall, heavyset Lee was the kind…

With so many new series popping up on streaming services and DVD, it gets harder and harder to keep up with recent…

Actress Lauren Bacall, one of the most prominent surviving links to the Golden Age of Hollywood, has died at the age…

Filmmaker Menahem Golan—an Israeli-born fixture of the international movie business, who became a B-movie icon after…

Variety is reporting the death of Marilyn Burns, an actress best remembered as Sally, the most resilient of the…

Legendary movie makeup artist Dick Smith has died at the age of 92. Smith won an Academy Award for the aging makeup…

Documentary filmmaker Robert Drew has died at the age of 90. Drew was one of the founders of the cinema vérité…

Actor and singer James Shigeta has died at the age of 84. A Honolulu-born, third-generation American of Japanese…

Actor Peter Marquardt has died at the age of 50. Marquardt was best known for his performances in movies directed by…