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Nancy Frangione, best known for her role as the scheming villainess Cecile DePoulignac on NBC daytime soap Another World, has died. Frangione passed away August 18 in Barnstable, MA. A cause of death is not known. She was 70.

Pat Saperstein Deputy Editor Joyce Randolph, who played Trixie Norton on the classic sitcom “The Honeymooners,” and was the last surviving member of the cast, died Saturday in New York City. She was 99. Randolph was in hospice care at the time of her death and died of natural causes, her son, Randy, told TMZ.

her online obituary. A cause of death was not shared.Born on July 10, 1953, Frangione played Tara Martin on ABC’s “All My Children” from 1977-79.She also portrayed scheming villain Cecile DePoulignac on “Another World” from 1981-84, reprising the role a number of times.She won the Soap Opera Digest award for outstanding villainess in 1984.

Jaden Thompson Nancy Frangione, the soap opera actor known for starring in “Another World” and “All My Children,” died on Aug. 18 in her home state of Massachusetts. She was 70.

Henry Silva, who starred in Johnny Cool, fought Frank Sinatra in The Manchurian Candidate and was one of Sinatra’s fellow thieves in Ocean’s 11, among dozens of screen roles spanning a half-century, died Wednesday of natural causes at the Motion Picture and Television Fund Hospital in Woodland Hills, CA. He was 94.

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Pixar no more.Brad Bird, the Academy Award-winning director of such Pixar favorites as “The Incredibles” and “Ratatouille,” is reteaming with his former boss John Lasseter at Skydance Animation, on a new/old project “Ray Gunn.” Skydance Animation announced today.“Ray Gunn,” which Bird and Matthew Robbins wrote when Bird was at Warner Bros. Animation in the 1990s, is a retro-futuristic detective story set in “the sprawling, magnificent city of Metropia,” according to a 1996 script’s forward, written by Bird.

The Addams Family, has died from pancreatic cancer, aged 84.Silla’s death was confirmed by his friend and fellow actor Gil Gerard in a tweet on Friday evening (April 16). The pair starred together in sci-fi series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.“Felix died just a few hours ago and the only good I can draw from his passing is that he didn’t suffer any longer,” Gerard said.

Felix Silla, who worked inside a body-length hairpiece, behind a pair of sunglasses and underneath a bowler hat in his guise as the mumbling Cousin Itt on the 1960s ABC comedy The Addams Family, has died. He was 84.

LOS ANGELES -- Felix Silla, who starred as the hairy Cousin Itt on “The Addams Family” and a robot on “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century,” has died. He was 84.Silla’s representative, Bonnie Vent, said in an emailed statement Saturday that the actor died Friday after a battle with cancer.

Felix Silla has sadly passed away.

Haley Bosselman editorFelix Silla, the actor who played beloved hairy Addams family member Cousin Itt, has died. He was 84.His “Buck Rogers in the 25th Century” castmate, Gil Gerard, confirmed the news on Twitter.

Felix Silla, best known as the gibberish-spouting Cousin Itt on the 1960s TV sitcom The Addams Family, died today from pancreatic cancer. He was 84 and died in Las Vegas, according to a tweet from Gil Gerard, who costarred with him on the 1979-81 NBC series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century.

Legendary Pictures is remaining confident they’re the rightful owners of the “Buck Rogers” rights after the latest legal threat from the Nowlan Family Trust, who claims they own the rights.Legendary was hit with a cease and desist letter on Tuesday over the planned reboot with George Clooney which was announced last week. “We have secured the rights we need to proceed with our project and the company will not comment any further on these baseless claims,” said Legendary via a spokesperson.

EXCLUSIVE: A growing dust up over classic outer space hero Buck Rogers isn’t a fight over rights, and it won’t warming up to become one if Legendary Entertainment have anything to say about it.

48-year-old Ben Affleck just said his “Armageddon” days are behind him, but for 59-year-old George Clooney? Maybe they’re just getting started— and just when you think you’ve got someone pegged, they switch gears on you. Clooney seemed to be out of the game of genre and franchises—even his sci-fi film, “The Midnight Sky,” is more adult-oriented, a melancholy look at humanity’s place in the galaxy.

according to The Hollywood Reporter, which added that while there’s no acting deal currently in place, it could be a “potential starring vehicle” for the veteran actor.Legendary is developing the adaptation, written by Brian K. Vaughan, as a possible jumping-off point for a subsequent film and anime off-shoot.Buck Rogers first appears in the pulpy sci-fi magazine Amazing Stories in 1928 as a war vet who falls into a coma and wakes up in the 25th century.

Buck Rogers.In addition to being an executive producer, the project could also be a “starring vehicle” for Clooney, according to The Hollywood Reporter.First appearing in in the 1920s before becoming a comic book mainstay in the 1930s, Buck Rogers is a NASA astronaut who falls into a coma and wakes up in the 25th century.

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48-year-old Ben Affleck just said his “Armageddon” days are behind him, but for 59-year-old George Clooney? Maybe they’re just getting started— and just when you think you’ve got someone pegged, they switch gears on you. Clooney seemed to be out of the game of genre and franchises—even his sci-fi film, “The Midnight Sky,” is more adult-oriented, a melancholy look at humanity’s place in the galaxy.

Adam B. Vary Senior Entertainment WriterGeorge Clooney is heading to the 25th century.Through his production company Smokehouse Pictures, Clooney has signed on to executive produce a new limited series for Legendary based on the classic sci-fi character Buck Rogers, Variety has confirmed.

George Clooney, fresh from The Midnight Sky, is set to exec produce the television reboot of Buck Rogers.

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After nearly a century since his first appearance in 1920s pulp magazines, the famed hero Buck Rogers will finally make his return to the big screen. The Hollywood Reporter is reporting that, despite multiple years of legal disputes, veteran producer Don Murphy and his creative partner Susan Montford have obtained the screen rights for the iconic character, and under their Angry Films production banner, the two are developing a live-action “Buck Rogers” film for Legendary.

Also Read: 'Westworld' Season 3 Teaser: Forget Delos, Here's a Commercial for Incite Inc (Video)“Buck Rogers” has been adapted into various comic strips, a movie serial, radio and television shows. Developed by Chicago newspaperman John F.