This coming Sunday after 60 Minutes, CBS News will premiere the one-hour special Rob Reiner: Scenes from a Life. The acclaimed actor-writer-director was found murdered in his home last Sunday along with his wife and fellow activist, Michele Singer Reiner. The couple’s younest son, Nick Reiner, 32, has been arrested and charged with the slayings.
After a career spanning everything from The Streets of San Francisco to “Fatal Attraction,” Wall Street” and the “Ant-Man” movies, Michael Douglas stars in the epic, eight-part limited series “Franklin,” now streaming on AppleTV+. If you don’t think Douglas looks like Benjamn Franklin, neither did the actor. He does an extraordinary job, however, dissappearing undet
When you heard that Michael Douglas was cast in the role of Benjamin Franklin, be honest. Your first thought was, Whaat? Michael Douglas?? Maybe Paul Giamatti, but Michael Douglas does not look like the guy on the US hundred dollar bill. Yet, about four minutes into Franklin, AppleTV+’s epic, eight-part historical series about the founding
When Alan Arkin did not return for Season Three of The Kominski Method, you felt his absence. Today’s news is much harder to take. Arkin, who had a history of heart problems, passed away June 29 at his home in Carlsbad, Calif. He was 89. The Oscar, Tony and Golden Globe award winner was born
Eric McCormack enjoyed a sweet hometown homecoming this past Monday in Toronto at an “In Conversation” event hosted by the Canadian Film Centre. The 59-year-old Emmy winner was on stage with Zoomer magazine editor-in-chief Suzanne Boyd (above, right) before a well-vaccinated crowd assembled at the downtown Toronto Varsity VIP cinemas. McCormack, in town to shoot
The Kominsky Method returns for a third and final season Friday on Netflix. Michael Douglas is back as aging and raging acting teacher Sandy Kominsky. No longer by his side is his best friend and agent Norman, played by Alan Arkin. Now, I’d still watch a film with just Stan Laurel and not Oliver Hardy,
Sarah Paulson was queen of the virtual press tour scene Tuesday, helping to promote the upcoming Netflix drama Ratched. The Emmy-winning actress will put a chill in bedpans everywhere next month as the nurse from Hell in a prequel to 1975’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.” The role won an Oscar for Louise Fletcher,
Usually I beg off radio requests to pay homage to celebrities who have just died unless I have a personal story to tell. The latest request came with news of the passing of Kirk Douglas. The Hollywood legend passed away Wednesday at 103, and so many others have better stories to tell. Still, it was