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I spent my first decade in New York working at Variety’s former offices on Park Ave. South and more than once found myself sharing an elevator with James Earl Jones while he was on his way to or from Verizon to shoot commercials. The giant of an actor, who died today at age 93, never…
Just in time for the holidays, Chris Columbus’ Home Alone and Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas have been unwrapped with 23 other cinematic sparklers for entry into the Library of Congress’ National Film Registry, it was announced Wednesday. Among those also voted in: Dinner at Eight (1933), the seventh film from director George Cukor…
Ellen Holly, whose long-running turn as Carla on ABC’s One Life to Live made her the first Black actress to gain stardom on a daytime soap opera, has died. She was 92. Holly died in her sleep Wednesday at Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, publicist Cheryl L. Duncan announced. A member of The Actors Studio…
Lawrence Turman, the principled Oscar-nominated producer of The Graduate who was behind other films including The Great White Hope, Pretty Poison, American History X and the last movie Judy Garland ever made, has died. He was 96. Turman died Saturday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, his family announced. A former agent, he…
“James Earl Jones gives rights to Darth Vader voice to Ukrainian AI company” He was its father, but the voice of the Dark Side now belongs to other forces. James Earl Jones has given up voicing “Star Wars” villain Darth Vader after 45 years. The 91-year-old actor, who has voiced Vader since the franchise’s first…
“James Earl Jones only made $7K as Darth Vader in ‘Star Wars’” A resurfaced clip from the American Film Institute reveals that “Star Wars” director George Lucas paid actor James Earl Jones only $7,000 to voice Darth Vader in the first-ever “Star Wars” film. Actor David Prowse — who died in 2020 at age 85…
“Cherishing dear friend, Broadway legend James Earl Jones” “Driving” Jones to the Cort Broadway’s Cort Theatre was just renamed for my longtime friend James Earl Jones. I maybe know James Earl a week or two under forever. I’ve been backstage in his dressing room. The play was “You Can’t Take It With You,” and he was…
“#Broadway theater renamed for James Earl Jones” Broadway’s Cort Theatre is getting a famous new name. The venue on W. 48th Street, which has been called the Cort since the day it opened in 1912, will soon be renamed for the venerable actor James Earl Jones, the Shubert Organization announced Wednesday. James Earl Jones, a…
“#Twitter debates most recognizable voices in music and movies” He struck a chord on Twitter. When the hashtag “JamesEarlJones” started trending early Monday morning, Twitter users feared the worst. Thankfully the 90-year-old “Star Wars” actor is alive and well: Jones’ name had simply been mentioned during a raging debate over iconic celebrity voices. Twitter denizen…
“#How Zamunda in ‘Coming to America’ instilled African pride” Before Wakanda, there was Zamunda. Let me say that again for the people in the back: Before Wakanda, there was Zamunda. (No shade to “Black Panther.”) So it’s no wonder why black folks across the US, Africa and everywhere else melanin-blessed brothers and sisters who see…