Actress and singer Laura Osnes rose to prominence on the 2007 Broadway revival of “Grease,” subsequently landing leading roles in musicals like “South Pacific,” “Anything Goes,” “Bonnie & Clyde,” and “Cinderella.” However, the Minnesota native’s illustrious career in theatre was derailed in 2021 after the stage mainstay fell prey to the throes of cancel culture. […]
Actress Kate Micucci, best known for her role as Lucy in “The Big Bang Theory,” has revealed that she recently underwent surgery for lung cancer. Ms. Micucci shared her diagnosis in a video posted on social media over the weekend, explaining from the hospital that she’s currently recovering from surgery to remove the disease. The […]
American actress Suzanne Somers passed away on Sunday, Oct. 15. She was 76 years old and had struggled for 23 years with breast cancer. Her publicist R. Couri Hay, released a statement with details of her passing. “Suzanne Somers passed away peacefully at home in the early morning hours of October 15th.” “She survived an […]
This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. Yuka Shibuya, a struggling actress in Tokyo, goes to the rural town of Kasama every autumn to help out the Kinoshita family with their chestnut harvesting. But this year is different. Grandpa Kinoshita passed away in the spring and Hatsue […]
This film is only available in the United States and Canada because of territorial licensing. Actress Reid Donovan is giving what would appear to be a typical high-profile interview. When a bloodied carving knife is revealed moments into the interview, the tables start to turn. Is Reid really as innocent as thought, or is she […]
LOS ANGELES—Actress Raquel Welch died on Wednesday at age 82. Her death following a brief illness was confirmed in a statement released by Jane McKnight, her Los Angeles-based manager. Welch sprang to wide attention with her role in the 1966 sci-fi adventure “Fantastic Voyage,” playing a member of a miniaturized medical team injected into the […]
LONDON—Actress Sylvia Syms, who starred in classic British films including “Ice Cold in Alex” and “Victim,” has died, her family said Friday. She was 89. Syms’ children said she “died peacefully” on Friday at Denville Hall, a London retirement home for actors and entertainers. “She has lived an amazing life and gave us joy and […]
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates—Iran released a prominent actress from an Oscar-winning film on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after she was jailed for criticizing a crackdown on anti-regime protests, local reports said. Iran’s semi-official ISNA news agency said Taraneh Alidoosti, the 38-year-old star of Asghar Farhadi’s Oscar-winning 2016 film, “The Salesman,” was released on bail. Her […]
Cher is mourning the loss of her mother, Georgia Holt, who has died at the age of 96. The legendary singer posted on Twitter at the weekend, “Mom is gone,” alongside a sad-face emoji. The news was confirmed to The Washington Post by Cher’s representative Liz Rosenberg. CNN has contacted Cher’s representatives. While no further […]
Nicki Aycox, who played Meg Masters on the CW series “Supernatural,” died last week, her family announced. She was 47. Aycox’s sister-in-law, Susan Raab Ceklosky, revealed the news on Facebook on Nov. 17. “My beautiful, smart, fierce, incredibly talented, and loving sister-in-law, Nicki Aycox Raab, passed away yesterday with my brother, Matt Raab, by her […]
NEW YORK—Estelle Harris, who hollered her way into TV history as George Costanza’s short-fused mother on “Seinfeld” and voiced Mrs. Potato Head in the “Toy Story” franchise, has died. She was 93. As middle-class matron Estelle Costanza, Harris put a memorable stamp on her recurring role in the smash 1990s sitcom. Harris’ agent Michael Eisenstadt […]
An actress who disappeared in Los Angeles on Feb. 13 was found dead in her car on Friday five days after she had been reported missing, authorities said. The body of Lindsey Pearlman, 43, who was known for roles in television series such as “Empire” and “General Hospital,” was found on Feb. 18 around 8:30 […]
ROME—Monica Vitti, the versatile movie star of Michelangelo Antonioni’s “L’Avventura” and other Italian alienation films of the 1960s, and later a leading comic actress, has died. She was 90. Her death was announced Wednesday on Twitter by a former culture minister, Walter Veltroni, who said he had been asked to communicate her death by her […]
Actress Kathryn Kates, who appeared in hit TV series including “Orange is the New Black” and “Seinfeld,” has died aged 73, her representatives confirmed to CNN on Wednesday. “After a long, hard-fought battle with lung cancer, Kathryn passed away peacefully this past Saturday surrounded by her brother Josh, his wife Sue Ann and her sister […]
LOS ANGELES—Oscar-winning actress Halle Berry moved into the director’s chair for the first time for the new drama “Bruised,” a film she also stars in as a washed-up mixed martial arts fighter who attempts to revive her career. Berry said it took her years to get the movie to the screen, and she undertook intense […]
Jane Withers, the former child actor who played the nemesis of Shirley Temple on the screen and went on to star in a series of B movies that made her a box-office champion, has died, her daughter said. She was 95. Withers, also known as “Josephine the Plumber” from TV commercials in the 1960s and […]
