Fred Willard has died … TMZ has learned. The veteran comedic actor passed away late Friday night. His daughter Hope tells TMZ, “My father passed away very peacefully last night at the fantastic age of 86 years old. He kept moving, working and making us happy until the very end. We loved him so very
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CS Interview: Lisa Whelchel Talks Special Star Wars Edition of Collector’s Call MeTV’s Collector’s Call, hosted by Lisa Whelchel, is currently airing its second season and features a fascinating look at a number of pop culture collectors around the country. This week, Lisa travels to the home of mega Star Wars collector Eric Pfeifer, who
Beloved Indie Filmmaker Lynn Shelton Dies at Age 54 It is with great sadness that ComingSoon.net (via Deadline) must report the untimely passing of filmmaker and indie darling Lynn Shelton at age 54 from a rare blood disorder. She began her career as an editor before transitioning to directing with the low budget indie We Go
‘Success Is Counted Sweetest’ is not as famous as some of Emily Dickinson’s other poems, but she was a prolific poet, and this one is well worth reading. Indeed, it has a peculiar place in Dickinson’s oeuvre, being one of just seven poems which were published during her lifetime. (It’s not quite true that Dickinson
Whether it’s important, depressing or just entertaining, the telecoms industry is always one which attracts attention. Here are the stories we think are worth a second look at this week: Reports suggest the BT empire is beginning to crumble No-one in the UK should be in the same league as BT, but poorly executed strategy
Often, the idea of piling loads of superstars onto a single track sounds a lot better in theory than it turns out in practice. Record labels have never found a hit that they didn’t think could be improved (read: juiced for more streams) by throwing a new A-List name into the mix (case in point:
Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images for Vanity FairHasan Minhaj’s Patriot Act is back this weekend, the Banff World Media Festival is going virtual, and more. By Pahull Bains Date May 16, 2020 icon-facebook icon-twitter Hasan Minhaj’s Patriot Act announced its returnOn his Netflix show Patriot Act, Hasan Minhaj has tackled everything from Amazon’s hegemony to
Hollywood has come out to pay their respects to a comedy legend. Fred Willard passed away peacefully at home from natural causes, according to his family. He was 86-years old. “My father passed away very peacefully last night at the fantastic age of 86 years old. He kept moving, working and making us happy until
Realme has launched the Narzo 10 and Narzo 10A smartphones to target young people, particularly those who value style and gaming performance above all else. The company wanted to create a new sub-brand to emphasise these features, and to create a separate personality for what would otherwise be simple low-cost phones. The Narzo 10 and Narzo
There’s no doubt that we live in strange times. Though many have lives through various pandemics over the past 75 years, nothing has ever compared to the global crisis that COVID-19 has caused. And beyond the economic turmoil, there’s also a social turmoil brewing, at least according to the Dutch who criticized their government for
The idea of artificial intelligence bots creating music is one that doesn’t seem to sit right with a lot of people. At the very least though, these bots are pretty useful when it comes to writing parody songs. So, what happens when all of AC/DC‘s lyrics and music are filtered through AI? The hysterical song “Great
TODAY: In 1933 Joseph Stalin orders the NKVD to “preserve but isolate” Osip Mandelstam, after having been informed of the “Stalin Epigram”; Mandelstam is then arrested. A protest by literary figures, including Anna Akhmatova and Boris Pasternak, prompts Stalin to declare that he might “review the case” (he never will). Because not everyone has extra
And, actually, has a LOT of the same features On April 15, Apple announced it would be releasing a new phone—but not just any phone. The company is upgrading the smaller, more affordable and mega-loved SE model, which is now available for pre-order and begins shipping later this week. I got a chance to try
(CNN) — Air travel complaints surged eight times the normal amount in the past two months, as passengers complained about airline refunds during the coronavirus pandemic, according to the US Department of Transportation. In March and April, the Department of Transportation received more than 25,000 complaints, many of which were refund-related. In an average month,
Courtesy of Edgewood Tahoe Resort The lakefront Alpine lodge, Edgewood Tahoe temporarily closed during the coronavirus pandemic. Now after carefully thought out sanitizing and safety protocols, the luxury resort set in the Sierra Nevadas is reopening. First to open was it’s world championship 18-hole golf course on May 4, 2020. Then it opened a restaurant,
Every decade has a signature haircut. The fifties had a neat short, back and sides, the seventies had long hair and sideburns, the eighties had mullets. In the nineties, it was all about curtains. Worn by everyone from David Beckham and Brad Pitt to countless boyband members and that guy from Dawson’s Creek, it was
Exclusive Frank Bielec, one of the stars of “Trading Spaces” has died … TMZ has learned. Frank’s wife, Judy, tells TMZ, Frank passed away Friday … a day after suffering a heart attack. He was taken to a hospital in Katy, Texas, and then transferred to a Houston hospital for specialized treatment. Frank died Friday
In a move which is more suited to an authoritarian state, the US Senate has voted to extend the powers of intelligence authorities to search browser history without a court warrant. Although the amended text still has to be agreed by the House of Representatives before heading to the Oval Office to be approved by