Biopics about popular musicians are major moments for the actors who land the roles, and that was certainly the case for Austin Butler!
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Janis Paige, who racked up more than 100 film, TV and stage credits over six decades including The Pajama Game, Silk Stockings and Santa Barbara, died June 2 at her home in Los Angeles. She was 101.
Her friend Stuart Lambert told The Associated Press about Paige’s death.
During her long career, Paige toured with Bob Hope and danced onscreen with Fred Astaire, along with originating the Babe Williams role in The Pajama Game on Broadway in 1954. That same year she headlined It’s Always Jan, a CBS sitcom about the problems of single-parenthood during which she usually sang a song. It lasted a single season.
Born Donna Mae Tjaden on September 16, 1922, in Tacoma, WA, she began singing in talent shows at a tender age and moved to Los Angeles after graduating high school.
Paige made her Broadway debut in 1951 opposite Jackie Cooper in the mystery comedy Remains to Be Seen but found her signature stage role three years later in the hit musical comedy The Pajama Game. Babe Williams is a union organizer in a factory who falls in love with the new superintendent. Her role was played by Doris Day in the 1957 film version.
Paige later returned to Broadway three times, including starring roles in Here’s Love (1963) and Alone Together (1984). In 1968, she played the title role in Mame as part of a replacement cast. Angela Lansbury was the original star.
Along the way she appeared in dozens of movies and television series including 1946’s Hollywood Canteen, named for the famous nightclub where Paige was discovered. Through the next five years, she appeared in several Warner Bros films, often opposite Jack Carson, Dennis Morgan and/or Robert Hutton.
“When you go on an audition as an actor, it’s not about the job,” she said in a 2005
Biopics about popular musicians are major moments for the actors who land the roles, and that was certainly the case for Austin Butler!
Don’t Look Now and The Hunger Games, has died aged 88.With a career dating back to the 1950s, he is widely regarded as one of the most versatile and respected actors, winning numerous prestigious awards for his work in both film and television.His son Kiefer Sutherland, also an actor, announced on X earlier this evening (June 20) that his father had passed away. He reportedly died in Miami from a long illness.The statement read: “With a heavy heart I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away.
Before making his way into the Love Island villa in a quest to find the one, Sean Stone underwent a fitness transformation.The 24-year-old salesman from Hertford revealed that he focused on himself and went on a 'personal development' after 'losing' himself in relationships.The cheeky chappy delighted viewers when he rocked up to the villa on day one and they've been routing for him to find love ever since. While he's yet to find a "soul mate", Sean has openly spoken about loving himself after he focused on his fitness.
Anthea Sylbert, an Oscar-nominated costume designer on Chinatown and Julia who dressed Mia Farrow in Rosemary’s Baby among many other credits and also was a studio exec and an Emmy-winning producer, has died. She was 84.
Sir Ian McKellen is reportedly “in good spirits” after taking a fall off the stage during a showing of the Player Kings play in London.Yesterday (June 17), while performing a fight scene at the Noël Coward theater in West End during a performance of Player Kings, McKellen lost his footing and plummeted off stage. According to the BBC, McKellen was rushed to a hospital, while the audience was evacuated from the venue, and the rest of the performance was cancelled.In a statement (per IGN), McKellen’s publicist commented that the veteran actor is expected to make a “speedy and full recovery”.
Ian McKellen is recovering in the hospital right now after falling off stage in the middle of a performance.
Angela Bofill, who had numerous hits on the R&B charts in the 1970s and 1980s, died Thursday at her daughter’s home in Vallejo, California at 70. No cause was given by her manager and on her personal Facebook account.
Brits are raving about a lesser-known island that's a paradise for birdwatchers.
Running back Josh Jacobs of the Green Bay Packers said that the team and its fans will have to be cautious about which colors they wear when they take on the Philadelphia Eagles on Sept. 6 in Brazil.
Tom Bower, the veteran character actor best known for prominent turns on The Waltons and in Die Hard 2, has died. A family member confirmed the news to Deadline’s sister publication The Hollywood Reporter. He was 86.
told the Hollywood Reporter that Bower died in his sleep at home in Los Angeles, Calif., on May 30.Bower was still appearing in movies and television series right up until 2023, when he did a three-episode guest spot on AMC’s “Lucky Hank” as Bob Odenkirk’s father Henry Sr.One memorable role was as the janitor Marvin in 1990’s “Die Hard 2,” in which he helps Bruce Willis’ John McClane fight terrorists at Dulles International Airport.He also played the president’s father Frank in Oliver Stone’s “Nixon,” starring Anthony Hopkins as Tricky Dick.And Bower took on a variety of character roles through the years in other films, like “Beverly Hills Cop 2,” “The Hills Have Eyes,” “Pollock” and “Hearts in Atlantis.” On television, the actor appeared in 26 episodes of the wholesome series “The Waltons” as Dr. Curtis Willard.
Actor Nicholas Ball, famous for playing gang lord Terry Bates in EastEnders, has passed away, his agent has announced. In their statement, Nicholas's agent announced that he had "passed away following a short illness." They also paid tribute to his "successful acting career on stage and screen spanned an impressive six decades." He made a number of appearances in EastEnders between 2007 and 2009, where his character caused chaos in the Queen Vic, and event attacked the iconic Peggy Mitchell (played by the late Dame Barbara Windsor).
Terrence Beasor, a veteran character and voice-over actor best known for Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, The Gods Must Be Crazy and recurring roles on The Middle and Raising Hope, has died. He was 89.
Janis Paige, a popular actor in Hollywood and in Broadway musicals and comedies who danced with Fred Astaire, toured with Bob Hope and continued to perform into her 90s, has died. She was 101.Paige died Sunday of natural causes at her Los Angeles home, longtime friend Stuart Lampert said Monday.Paige starred on Broadway with Jackie Cooper in the mystery-comedy, “Remains to be Seen” and appeared with John Raitt in the smash hit musical “The Pajama Game.”Her other films included a Hope comedy, “Bachelor in Paradise”; the Doris Day comedy “Please Don’t Eat the Daisies” and “Follow the Boys.”In 2018, she added her voice to the #MeToo movement, alleging an assault when she was 22 by the late department-store heir Alfred Bloomingdale, who died in 1982.“I could feel his hands, not only on my breasts, but seemingly everywhere.
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Yungblud has announced the line-up for the second stage at BludFest – you can find all the details below.The Doncaster artist is due to play his biggest show yet at Milton Keynes Bowl on Sunday August 11. He’ll be joined by a host of support acts including recent collaborator Lil Yachty, as well as Soft Play, Nessa Barrett, The Damned, Lola Young and Jazmin Bean.Today (May 31), Yungblud – real name Dominic Harrison – has confirmed a further five artists who will perform on the second stage at the event.These are Noahfinnce, Jesse Jo Stark, Landon Barker (the son of Yungblud’s collaborator and Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker), Hannah Grae and Aziya.Sharing the updated BludFest poster on social media, Yungblud wrote: “Our world.
A mum lived through a "parents' worst nightmare" as her toddler had to be airlifted to hospital after pouring hot tea over himself. Michelle Downes, 38, called 999 straight away after then-two-year-old Jenson became covered in boiling water.
Taylor Swift and Blake Lively continue to go strong in their longtime friendship. This time the singer decided to show love for the family of the actress, as she is known to be very close with her daughters, 4-year-old Betty, 7-year-old Inez, and her 9-year-old son James.
George Maksian, who spent 44 years as a film and TV columnist for the New York Daily News at a time when it had the largest circulation in the U.S., died at 94 on May 23. No cause was given.
Elizabeth MacRae, known for her recurring roles in General Hospital and Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C., has died. She was 88.