BBC Greenlights Three Science Shows Including Brian Cox Mars Doc
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EXCLUSIVE: Filming has wrapped on documentary Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story about the life and career of Robert Englund who shot to fame portraying one of Hollywood’s most iconic horror characters: Freddy Krueger.
A classically trained actor and feature director, Englund’s early credits included cult surfing movie Big Wednesday. His career was cemented by his portrayal of supernatural serial killer Krueger in Wes Craven’s fertile Nightmare On Elm Street franchise. More recently the veteran actor scored a key role in the upcoming fourth season of Netflix hit Stranger Things.
Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story features a center piece interview with American actor Englund, as well as interviews with Lance Henriksen, Eli Roth, Tony Todd, Bill Moseley, Lin Shaye, Heather Langenkamp, Nancy Booth (Englund’s wife of many years) and others.
The long-in-the-works doc is a Cult Screenings UK Ltd Production made in association with Unannounced Films. The film recently wrapped in London following a two year shoot and is now in post-production and targeting a festival launch later this year.
Directed by Gary Smart (producer and writer on Pennywise: The Story Of IT) and written by Neil Morris and Smart, the film is produced by Smart, Christopher Griffiths (RoboDoc: The Story of Robocop), John Campopiano (Pennywise: The Story of IT), Adam Evans (Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser), Michael Perez (Never Sleep Again! The Elm Street Legacy) and Hank Starrs (Hollywood Bulldogs: The Rise and Falls of the Great British Stuntman) and executive-produced by Laurence Gornall.
Director Smart of Cult Screenings UK commented: “This unique and intimate portrait captures the man behind the glove and gives us a
BBC Greenlights Three Science Shows Including Brian Cox Mars Doc
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Britain’s Got Talent is facing another fix row after known act Titan the Robot appeared in last weekend’s opening episode.The giant mechanical performer sang and carried out a comedy routine poking fun at head judge Simon Cowell in the ITV series’ return on Saturday.Titan the Robot had members of the audience laughing whilst taking to the stage — which is not the first the act has performed on.Their entertainment past surfaced this week as it was revealed that the robot has in fact been in the industry scene for a while, and having featured in front of the camera with non other than BGT hosts Ant and Dec. Get exclusive celebrity stories and fabulous photoshoots straight to your inbox with OK!'s daily newsletter .
Mad Men, has died at the age of 90. The actor portrayed Bertrand 'Bert' Cooper, the eccentric head of advertising agency Sterling Cooper in the period drama led by Jon Hamm. The role of Bert earned Morse five Emmy nominations.
Robert Morse, who originated the role of J. Pierrepont Finch in Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, has died. He was 90.
Robert Morse has sadly died.
Mad Men and on Broadway, has died aged 90.His death was confirmed by his son Charlie on Wednesday night (April 20) to ABC’s Eyewitness News. A cause of death has not been reported.Morse was best known for playing Bertram Cooper, the co-founder of advertising agency Sterling Cooper, in the AMC series Mad Men. He was nominated five times for Outstanding Guest Actor In A Drama Series at the Emmys for the role between 2008 and 2014.The actor also won a Tony Award for his role as J Pierrepont Finch in the original Broadway production of How To Succeed In Business Without Really Trying.
Robert Morse, the impish actor and singer who found early fame and success as the Tony Award-winning star of Broadway’s How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying and enjoyed a late-career second act as an eccentric elder statesman of advertising in AMC’s Mad Men, died yesterday. He was 90.
Helen Mirren has paid tribute to her stepson Rio Hackford, who has died aged 51. Hackford was the son of film director Taylor, whom Mirren has been married to since 1997. He died from an unspecified illness on Thursday 14 April.
Rio Hackford, an actor whose credits include The Mandalorian, Swingers and Treme who also owned a popular club in New Orleans and was Taylor Hackford’s son, has died. He was 51.
Rio Hackford has sadly passed away.
Instagram post on Friday, and Hackford’s stepmother Helen Mirren also posted an image tribute on Saturday. “Rio was more attuned to experience than anyone I’ve ever known.
Disney Plus is already home to two seasons of American Horror Story. All of Ryan Murphy and Brad Falchuk’s award-winning horror series will soon be available on the streaming service.
EXCLUSIVE: Vico Oritz has signed with Paradigm for representation. Ortiz is a Latinx, non-binary and gender fluid actor known for their work in HBO Max’s Our Flag Means Death and The Sex Lives of College Girls, and Starz’s Vida.
Robert Downey Jr. is a master at transforming for his movie roles and he proved it once again when he was spotted filming in New York on Tuesday, April 12. The 57-year-old thespian looked unrecognizable sporting a full head of white hair as he worked on a scene with Cillian Murphy for Christipher Nolan’s new historical drama Oppenheimer.
Robert Downey, Jr. sports a full head of white hair on the set of his new movie, Oppenheimer, in New York on Tuesday afternoon (April 12).
Eleven has lost her powers at the end of Stranger Things’ third season and they don’t appear to have returned in the first trailer for the long-delayed fourth season of the Netflix supernatural drama series.
Starzplay Acquires HBO’s Max’s Ken Watanabe Crime Thriller Series ‘Tokyo Vice’