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Nash Bridges, ER and Ray Donovan actor Mary Mara’s cause of death has been determined. Mara, who was found dead Sunday in the St. Lawrence River in Cape Vincent, NY, died of asphyxiation due to drowning, according to the Jefferson County Medical Examiner’s Office autopsy report. Her death was ruled accidental and an investigation is continuing, New York State police said.

Joe Otterson TV Reporter Don Johnson is the latest addition to the cast of Ryan Murphy’s upcoming ABC series “Dr. Odyssey.” Variety has confirmed that Johnson will star in the series alongside previously announced lead Joshua Jackson. Plot and character details for the show are being kept under wraps, but sources say the series is believed to be a medical procedural.

Oscar-winning Polish cinematographer Janusz Kamiński, best known for his decades-long collaboration with Steven Spielberg, and Stephen Lighthill, who shot the Oscar-nominated doc Berkeley, will be the two special award recipients at this year’s Annual Emerging Cinematographer Awards (ECA).

Peter Werner, Emmy-nominated TV director who won a Best Short Film Oscar in 1977, died suddenly this morning in Wilmington, NC from heart complications following a torn aorta.

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Helen Slayton-Hughes, a prolific character actor with small parts in scores of television shows and films but best known for her recurring role as court stenographer Ethel Beavers on the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, has died. She was 92.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJohn Wirth has signed on as showrunner and executive producer of “Dark Winds” Season 2 at AMC.Wirth takes over the role from Vince Calandra, who was the showrunner of the first season of the series. The show was renewed for a second season in June shortly after it debuted.This marks Wirth’s return to AMC Networks, as he was previously the showrunner on the AMC series “Hell on Wheels” for four seasons and an executive producer on the Sundance TV series “Hap and Leonard.” His other credits include “Wu Assassins,” “Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles,” “Nash Bridges,” and “Picket Fences.”“We are thrilled to welcome John Wirth, someone we know well and have collaborated with so successfully on multiple shows – most notably ‘Hell on Wheels’ – to the ‘Dark Winds’ creative team,” said Dan McDermott, president of entertainment and AMC Studios for AMC Networks.

Mary Mara’s cause of death has been revealed after she passed away at the age of 61.

died on Sunday after drowning, may have suffered blunt head trauma to the head prior to her untimely death.The 61-year-old actress’ rep Craig Dorfman told the family that investigators found that Mara might have slipped and hit her head following her swim in Cape Vincent judging by face abrasions, reports TMZ.Investigators say that after swimming in the St. Lawrence river, the “Love Potion” star slipped and hit her head causing her head and fall back into the water and drown. Police are still trying to determine what object the “Mr.

New York State Police, troopers responded to a possible drowning call at 8 a.m. on Sunday.

The board of governors at the American Society of Cinematographers on Monday reelected Stephen Lighthill as president for a third one-year term.

EXCLUSIVE: Don Johnson (Knives Out) will star alongside Isabelle Fuhrman in Andy Tennant’s thriller Unit 234, which is currently in production in the Cayman Islands.

Danielle Turchiano Senior Features Editor, TVSPOILER ALERT: Do not read if you have not watched “Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas,” streaming now on Roku.“Nash Bridges,” “Ray Donovan” and “Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist” are all fan-favorite television series that are continuing their stories with two-hour original TV movies, but only “Zoey’s” is set at the holidays and managed to turn its project around within six months of its series ending.The musical comedy centering on the titular young

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaOver the course of his long career, Cheech Marin has toked up with Tommy Chong in umpteenth Cheech & Chong movies, hung out on the driving range with Kevin Costner in “Tin Cup” and rode shotgun with Don Johnson on “Nash Bridges.” But he’s never taken on a role quite like the one he’ll be playing in “Lapham Rising.” The actor will be lending his distinctive voice to role of Hector, a born-again evangelical and unapologetic capitalist talking dog.

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Cliff Simon was a South African actor who played the villain Ba’al in “Stargate SG-1” for six seasons.Simon joined the cast of “Stargate: SG-1” in its fifth season in 2001, and his character became so popular that he remained through the show’s 10th and final season, becoming its longest-running villain.