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Post by Ben Grimm on Jul 15, 2024 10:12:41 GMT -5
James B. Sikking, 90. Had an illustrious character actor career, but the first thing I will always think of him in is this scene:
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Jul 15, 2024 10:25:22 GMT -5
Jacoby Jones, 40. Maybe only famous here in Baltimore, but I will always remember him fondly for the "Mile-High Miracle."
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Jul 15, 2024 13:42:18 GMT -5
On BlueSky, at least, there was a bad spate of people using Duvall’s death to talk about Kubrick, a lot of which has been debunked over and over again. I did see one behind-the-scenes clip from before they were going to shoot the axe-through-the-door scene. When Duvall goes behind the door she does a little “goodbye” with a cute little wave and laugh.
Kubrick took things seriously, of course, but it really drove home it was all pretend.
I only have seen a couple of episodes, but I think part of the specialness Fairy Tale Theater was that it emphasized the “pretend” part of acting—these are stories we make, not a world we enter into, which is something valuable but often lost given the emphasis on canons, immersive worldbuilding, etc. that’s spread across all media now.
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Jul 15, 2024 13:48:47 GMT -5
James B. Sikking, 90. Had an illustrious character actor career, but the first thing I will always think of him in is this scene:
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Jul 15, 2024 15:48:49 GMT -5
Evan Wright, 59, author of Generation Kill and Rolling Stone contributor from back when it was good. I am genuinely saddened.
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Post by ABz B👹anaz on Jul 18, 2024 15:20:43 GMT -5
Bob Newhart, 94. What an amazingly funny guy.
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Jul 18, 2024 15:21:27 GMT -5
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Post by Pedantic Editor Type on Jul 18, 2024 15:21:50 GMT -5
Bob Newhart, 94. What an amazingly funny guy. hahaha jinx! I'll leave mine since I had a link to the Hollywood Reporter piece. |
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Post by Nudeviking on Jul 19, 2024 2:25:00 GMT -5
Cheng Pei-Pei, 78. Absolute legend in the wuxia game. Probably best known to non-"All I watch is kung fu movies" freaks as the villainous Jade Fox in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.  |
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Post by Dellarigg on Jul 24, 2024 8:04:50 GMT -5
John Mayall, 90.
A big figure in the British Blues scene of the 60s, and beyond. His Bluesbreakers album with Eric Clapton was pretty seminal, and he also brought Peter Green and Mick Taylor to prominence.
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Post by pantsgoblin on Jul 28, 2024 11:59:37 GMT -5
DJ Polo, Kool G Rap's spinner and half of this immortal track.
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Post by Dellarigg on Jul 28, 2024 15:36:19 GMT -5
Edna O’Brien, novelist, 93.
Damn, another one of my favourites gone. At her most unflinching she would have Cormac McCarthy looking over his shoulder.
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Jul 31, 2024 10:02:42 GMT -5
Francine Pascal, creator of the Sweet Valley High book series, 92.
Are those books good? No. Did they burn themselves into my brain forever because they were soapy, pulpy nonsense featuring attractive Californian teenagers? Yes. And I'll always think of a lime-green Triumph as what all the cool girls drive thanks to Francine Pascal.
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Post by Powerthirteen on Jul 31, 2024 12:12:37 GMT -5
Roberto Linguanotto, one of the two people credited with inventing tiramisu, is dead at 81.
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Post by pantsgoblin on Aug 6, 2024 10:55:44 GMT -5
Joyce Brabner, longtime partner of American Splendor's Harvey Pekar and an accomplished comics author in her own right. |
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Post by Some Kind of Munster on Aug 10, 2024 16:07:12 GMT -5
RIP Dave Sweetapple, your favourite musician’s favourite musician, and bassist in a whole bunch of bands, including the rad power pop band Sweet Apple |
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Post by Desert Dweller on Aug 10, 2024 17:04:52 GMT -5
A couple days ago, Golfer Chi Chi Rodriguez, who was my father's favorite golfer for a long time. Lived to 88.
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Post by repulsionist on Aug 14, 2024 16:49:37 GMT -5
Wally Amos, 88.
Creator of Famous Amos cookies. Have had some minis in the past weeks. Thank you, grand snack creator.
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Post by repulsionist on Aug 14, 2024 19:50:20 GMT -5
Gena Rowlands, 94.
A Woman of Great Influence.
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Post by songstarliner on Aug 15, 2024 18:40:13 GMT -5
Greg Kihn, 75. They don't write 'em like that anymore.
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Post by Dellarigg on Aug 18, 2024 2:04:38 GMT -5
Alain Delon, 88. Can’t say he wasn’t handsome.
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Post by repulsionist on Aug 19, 2024 18:09:17 GMT -5
Phil Donahue, 88.
No Bill Hicks's routine without this guy.
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Post by Jean-Luc Lemur on Sept 6, 2024 18:34:47 GMT -5
Alain Delon, 88. Can’t say he wasn’t handsome.
Have to admit this was a case where I thought he was already dead (must have been stories about his families fighting about the inheritance years before he shuffled the coil)
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Post by pantsgoblin on Sept 7, 2024 16:12:06 GMT -5
Film producer and screenwriter Norman Spencer, 110. Frequent collaborator with David Lean, making Great Expectations, The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lawrence of Arabia as well as Suddenly, Last Summer and Vanishing Point. |
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Post by Dellarigg on Sept 8, 2024 10:00:04 GMT -5
Herbie Flowers, 86 - he played the bass on Walk On The Wild Side.
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Post by Dellarigg on Sept 9, 2024 16:24:07 GMT -5
James Earl Jones, 93. Probably best known for voicing Darth Vader, I’ll be remembering him as one of the pilots in Dr Strangelove.
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Post by pantsgoblin on Sept 9, 2024 16:38:39 GMT -5
James Earl Jones, 93. Probably best known for voicing Darth Vader, I’ll be remembering him as one of the pilots in Dr Strangelove. Good pointless vaguerism, Dellarigg. Dismiss Star Wars and claim a minor character in a Kubrick as the sum total of his career. Here, off the top of my head, The Lion King, Field of Dreams, Matewan, Bingo Long, Sneakers... |
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Post by The Stuffingtacular She-Hulk on Sept 9, 2024 16:42:10 GMT -5
James Earl Jones, 93. Probably best known for voicing Darth Vader, I’ll be remembering him as one of the pilots in Dr Strangelove.  |
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Post by Ben Grimm on Sept 9, 2024 17:06:25 GMT -5
James Earl Jones, 93. Probably best known for voicing Darth Vader, I’ll be remembering him as one of the pilots in Dr Strangelove.  |
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