The Summer of Deaths continues

RIP, Patrick Swayze.

One of the weirder things I've seen today

If there's going to be a tribute to Michael Jackson, why shouldn't it be synchronized swimming in an aquarium?

Don't You Forget About Me - The Documentary

I totally want to see this and not just because they got an interview with WYATT from Weird Science! That guy dropped out of Hollywood almost immediately after that movie was made! Like everyone my age, or everyone who's ever watched and loved movies, John Hughes made movies that moved, enriched, and defined my life in so many ways. This documentary looks to be a fitting and timely tribute.

RIP John Hughes

He wrote some of, if not the, best movies in the 80's, and totally defined what being a teenager was then. Even though he's been out of the Hollywood scene for a while, his legacy remains and he will be missed.










I'd put clips and trailer for everything he did, but we'd be here all day.

RIP Michael.

Thank you for the music that shaped my childhood. For Thriller and Billie Jean; Beat It and Smooth Criminal; Man in the Mirror and Don't Stop Til You Get Enough; P.Y.T. (Pretty Young Thing) and Dirty Diana; I'll Be There and We Are The World. For red leather jackets and glittery silver gloves. For Zombies in music videos and monkeys as pets. For The Wiz and the Moonwalk.

No matter what happened to change the public's perception of you, no matter what happened in your personal life, the music you shared with the world will be remembered. You changed the world we lived in and made it joyous for so many, and you will be missed.

Thank you.

RIP Dom DeLuise

Dom DeLuise died Monday in Los Angeles. I don't know why he sticks out from my childhood so much; I honestly can't remember a single thing he was in that I would have watched...but I have a faint recollection of him maybe on Scooby Doo. Though, he's in Blazing Saddles, which is one of my dad's favorite movies, so maybe that's it.

My thoughts are with his family.

This is shocking and so sad

Andy Hallett, who played Lorne on Angel for years, died last night at the age of 33. He had a history of heart problems.

My thoughts are with his family and friends. He will be missed.

Paul Newman. :( It's still sad.

Robert Redford wrote a nice article about his departed friend here.

Entertainment Weekly has him on the cover (see above) and has a nice article, tributes, and a list of 30 unforgettable roles as well.

Lost another good one

Paul Newman died. We all kinda knew it was coming based on rumors for the last few months, but damn does it make me sad.

Another one gone.

Yesterday it was Bernie Mac, today it's Isaac Hayes. WTF is going on?!

:(

Holy shit, Bernie Mac died!

That SUCKS.

Is Mary-Kate hiding something?

Why would Mary-Kate Olsen be requiring immunity before she speaks with prosecutors regarding Heath Ledger's accidental overdose unless she is somehow involved with giving him the drugs that they haven't found prescriptions for? It just seems...curious.

Not funny.

George Carlin died yesterday. I admit I'm too young to have been a fan of his comedy in its heyday, but he is in a couple of my favorite movies, Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure and Dogma. We lost a good one.