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For someone who became one of the biggest stars in the world thanks to one of the biggest sitcoms of all time, Matthew Perry knew a lot about failed sitcoms. That's not a knock against the man whose comedy stylings are never given their proper due, having influenced an entire generation's sense of humor. It's simply an acknowledgement of how remarkably difficult it is to land a series that actually hits.

Prior to starring in "Friends," Perry starred in "Home Free," a sitcom that's almost impossible to watch today, in which he played a bachelor who lived at home with his mom, only for his divorced sister and her two children to move home and upend his carefree life. It only lasted one season. But Perry was used to sitcoms that didn't go beyond their first season. He also appeared...

When we go to the movies these days, we often expect maximalism. After all, superheroes have ruled the box office since the late 2000s, training audiences to expect massive budgets, big-name actors, bright colors, and flashy locations. We seem to want everything to be about the end of the world, or at least we want our blockbuster heroes to be globetrotters -- see, for example, the last few "Mission: Impossible" and "Fast and the Furious" films, which have raced around the world from Rome to Rio and the Arctic to South Africa and back again.

That's why it can seem like such a relief when a movie is happy to narrow its scope. Single-location films can be excellent counter-programming to movies that feel like they're doing too much, letting us really relax into a story rather than always remaining on edge to see where we're headed next. Plus, the limitations...

How many times have you walked out of a movie and exclaimed, "That was great, but what it really needs is to be a television show!" Your answer, hopefully, is never. This is no shade on the home-viewing medium, but merely an acknowledgment that what you loved about said movie is unlikely to be replicable as a TV series. There are exceptions. Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau killed it as Felix and Oscar in Gene Saks' film of "The Odd Couple," but Tony Randall and Jack Klugman quickly made those roles their own on the hit ABC sitcom. Peter Berg crafted a big-screen American classic out of Buzz Bissinger's "Friday Night Lights," but the five-season series proved to be a deeper, more resonant experience. And who knew the boys club counterculture comedy of Robert Altman's "M*A*S*H" could lay the groundwork for a long-running sitcom that...

Dick Van Dyke and Ed Asner almost teamed to remake a classic comedy from the 1960s, but the latter's passing means the project will never happen. Van Dyke has been a constant figure in showbusiness since the 1940s, but rose to prominence in his eponymous sitcom in the early '60s. Likewise, Ed Asner was a legend on the big and small screen for more than sixty years before his passing in 2021, and they are both part of a bygone era of Hollywood history. Nearing 100, Dick Van Dyke is a true elder statesman of entertainment who still dazzles today.

In a question-and-answer session at the Dick & Arlene Van Dyke Present Vandy Camp event in Malibu, California, Van Dyke revealed that he was planning to remake The Odd Couple with Ed Asner before Asner's passing at the age of 91 in 2021 (via People). "That would've been such fun, and we lost it.

Renowned comedian and actor Dick Van Dyke revealed that he and longtime friend, the late great Ed Asner, were set to team for a remake of classic comedy The Odd Couple prior to the latter’s death in 2021.

“That would’ve been such fun, and we lost it. I’ve lost a lot of friends,” Van Dyke said during a Q&a at a Dick & Arlene Van Dyke Present Vandy Camp event held in Malibu, Calif. today, per People.

Wife Arlene Van Dyke chimed in, adding, “He’s outlived everybody. That’s the curse of living to almost 100.” Despite this, she maintained that the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang star is “still so positive” in the face of grief.

“Well, life’s been good to me. I can’t complain,” Dick answered as to how he stays upbeat. He added later of...

Malcolm in the Middle and King of the Hill will soon experience a resurrection. These are just two of the many recent examples of long-dead sitcoms returning for new episodes. While this might seem like a relatively recent phenomenon, it’s not that far away from a much older TV tradition: the sitcom reunion special. These typically one-hour specials would drop in on the beloved star characters and see how they’re doing years later.

In fact, sometimes a reunion special was exactly what a show needed to tie up loose ends after the series was unexpectedly canceled; for example, in a Gilligan’s Island reunion, all the castaways were rescued. Other times, however, the whole thing comes off as forced and dated.

Here are five such examples of TV reunion specials with varying levels of success…

1 The Odd Couple

In the final episode of The Odd Couple, after five...

David W. Duclon, the creator of Punky Brewster who also produced a handful of hit sitcoms, including Silver Spoons, Family Matters, The Jeffersons and Laverne & Shirley, has died. He was 74.

Duclon died Wednesday morning in Franklin, Tennessee, after a long illness, his daughter Danielle Duclon announced.

Born Warren David Duclon on April 27, 1950, in Rockford, Illinois, he first made his way into Hollywood in 1972 as a writer and assistant producer on ABC’s The Odd Couple, starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman.

As Duclon continued his career in television, he clearly had a knack for sitcoms. He joined ABC’s Happy Days, starring Henry Winkler and Ron Howard, as a writer in 1976, as well as ABC’s Laverne & Shirley, starring Penny Marshall and Cindy Williams, that year. He also served as a producer on the latter.

Punky Brewster, which debuted in 1984 and ran for four seasons on NBC and in syndication,...

For my money, there's one easy answer to the question of the best television show of all time: it's "The Twilight Zone," obviously. Rod Serling's influential series, which originally premiered in 1959, offers something for everybody. There are scary episodes and thought-provoking ones, episodes with aliens and episodes with murder, and episodes that fall into the Western genre, science fiction, horror, and even comedy. That iconic theme music gives everything an air of the surreal, letting us know that we're watching a show where just about anything can happen.

Serling didn't like that the show reran in syndication, but that's part of what made it so enduring. From SyFy marathons to the series' ubiquity on various streaming services, audiences have been discovering "The Twilight Zone" for decades, sinking into its impressive back catalog in an effort to be scared, spooked, or simply entertained.

One of the joys of rewatching "The Twilight Zone...

The Golden Globes, alongside the Academy Awards, have become one of Hollywood’s most significant award shows. For 80 years, it has spotlighted blockbuster hits and lesser-known dramas alike. Winning a Golden Globe is a tremendous honor, but only one film can claim Best Motion Picture – Drama.

"Snub" is a strong term; often, the award comes down to a coin flip between two exceptional films. In some cases, movies gain greater appreciation as time passes. Either way, it’s a mistake to assume that a film-winning Best Motion Picture – Drama is inherently better than the other nominees.

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While almost all dramas are inherently emotional, movies like Moonlight, Dead Poets Society, and Past Lives are especially tear-jerking.

12 Angry Men was a Deceptively Deep and Thought-Provoking Movie

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Untold stories written by the legendary Rod Serling may finally be revealed. While the beloved host of The Twilight Zone passed away in 1975, he'd come up with several stories that were never adapted into episodes of the show, and now it's looking like that will finally change.

Per Syfy Wire, Serling was the driving force behind the immense success of The Twilight Zone, personally writing 92 of the original 156 episodes. Famously, he also served as the narrator for the series, and his presence helped give the show a unique feel that has never been replicated. Following Serling's death, his life story was explored by author Marc Scott Zicree, who collaborated with the family to publish The Twilight Zone Companion. For his research on the book, which is now in its third edition, Zicree poured through Serling's personal belongings, uncovering a plethora of never-before-seen material.

Related 20 Most Disturbing Twilight Zone Episodes, Ranked...

The writer and director worked on a string of successful comedies in the 1980s and 90s, including Private Benjamin and The Parent Trap, frequently with then wife Nancy Meyers

Charles Shyer, the director of Father of the Bride and Baby Boom, who formed a successful comedy film-making partnership with his then wife Nancy Meyers, has died aged 83. His family confirmed his death in a statement to Deadline, and his daughter, film-maker Hallie Meyers-Shyer, told the Hollywood Reporter he died in hospital in Los Angeles “after a brief illness”.

Shyer had a hand in a string of successful comedies made over four decades, often in conjunction with Meyers, whom he married in 1980. The son of studio executive Melville Shyer, he cut his teeth as a writer on the TV series The Odd Couple (starring Tony Randall and Jack Klugman), before breaking into movies with a writing credit on Smokey and the Bandit.

12 Angry Men is one of the most important courtroom dramas ever made. The entire movie takes place in a jury deliberation room, where 12 men identified only by their jury numbers must decide whether to convict or acquit a teenager accused of murdering his father. At first, Juror 8 (Henry Fonda) is the only juror to vote “not guilty,” to the chagrin of many jurors who see the case as open-and-shut. As the 12 jurors reexamine the details, they one-by-one change their minds until they ultimately find the defendant not guilty at the ending of 12 Angry Men.

Fonda not only led the cast of 12 Angry Men but also produced it. He masterfully played Juror 8, who never argues the defendant is “innocent,” only that there's not enough proof to assume guilt. Through the discussion of facts, individuals’ biases and prejudices come to light, influencing their votes. 12 Angry Men makes a debate-fueled...

The best Twilight Zone episodes offer a strong mix of sci-fi, horror, fantasy, and speculative fiction shorts that often play out as morality tales. The series was one of the original anthology television shows and is easily the most influential. Every anthology series that followed owes a lot to Rod Sterling's masterful collection of thought-provoking, often frightening, and disturbing tales of terror. Whether it was horror, sci-fi, or the fear of an unknown future, The Twilight Zone mastered it all.

There have been a few reboots of the series, including a critically acclaimed one by Jordan Peele. However, the original remains the best, and that series alone (running from 1959 to 1963) created some of the most haunting, frightening, scary, and sometimes hopeful and empathetic short films in genre television history. With major celebrity names like William Shatner, Jack Klugman, Burgess Meredith, and Jackie Gleason, the best Twilight Zone episodes are...

Sidney Lumets 1957 masterpiece, 12 Angry Men, is still as relevant as ever. Reginald Rose concocted a script so perfect it feels like the backbone for not only cinema, but modern stage plays as well. The themes explored by Lumet and Rose are so layered they cut through any courtroom drama or mystery and simply ask, Shouldnt we discuss this? The setting is simplistic but effective. The cast is large in terms of pivotal speaking roles but small in scope, and what we get is one of the tightest scripts and well-made films of all time.

12 Angry Men

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It's not uncommon for a line or a short scene in a movie to start feeling a bit outdated over time. Even films that feel timeless as a whole may contain elements that don't always hold up perfectly. Once in a while, though, there are entire films whose plots become obsolete due to developments in modern technology. Problems that once would have sent characters off on whole adventures can now be solved with the push of a button.

Now, this does not necessarily take away from the quality of the film itself. It is important to remember that all films are the product of their times; it's not the filmmakers' fault that the new technology did not exist when the idea for the movie was conceived. Nevertheless, it can still be enjoyable to reflect on how different these films would be if they had occurred in the present day. Though...

Homicide: Life on the Street is streaming on Peacock, bringing joy to fans of its original ’90s run, fans of Andre Braugher, and those who will become fans after their first viewing.

This popular and critically beloved show has been available on DVD for years but was Mia on any streaming service until now.

Homicide: Life on the Street joins two other classic shows, Moonlighting and Northern Exposure, that were lost to streaming until recently.

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Like Homicide: Life on the Street, these two shows had at least been available for purchase on DVD, whereas many other shows from that era weren’t so lucky.

Since streaming is how most people access visual media these days, just how many other forgotten gems of TV history are we missing out on?

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Streaming services first established themselves by offering as many popular TV shows as they could get,...

The X-Files is one of the biggest series of the 1990s, also regarded as one of the most influential series the Fox series follows Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigating the most mind-bending paranormal activities. The series’ original run was for 9 seasons with the series being revived in 2016 for two more seasons making the total season number 11 seasons. So, if you miss the amazingly mind-bending stories, compelling characters, and thrilling mysteries in The X-Files here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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The Twilight Zone is a sci-fi horror fantasy anthology series created by Rod Serling. The CBS series is a collection of mystical stories with sci-fi, horror, and fantasy elements, and in each episode, we get a new standalone story with a new set of characters. The Twilight Zone stars Rod Sterling, William Shatner, Burgess Meredith, Elizabeth Montgomery, Robert Redford, George Takei,...

The investigation into the death of Matthew Perry has resulted in some fascinating information about the people criminally charged. Three people have pleaded guilty, and two others pleaded not guilty. One of those who claim innocence, a doctor, has already reopened his clinic. Another, an alleged drug dealer known as the Ketamine Queen, remains in jail with her bail revoked.

However, there is new information coming from the investigation. This includes evidence that might link the Ketamine Queen with Matthew Perry.

Ketamine Queen Uses Matthew Perry’s Friends Name In Correspondance

Erik Fleming pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute ketamine and one count of distribution of ketamine, resulting in death. He was an acquaintance of Perry and reportedly hooked the actor up with Jasveen Sangha. While Fleming has pleaded guilty, Sangha has pleaded not guilty.

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In his plea agreement, Fleming offered to give...

Andrew Yancy (Vince Vaughn), the big-hearted, fast-talking cop at the center of Bad Monkey, has a way of stumbling into trouble. Based on Carl Hiassen’s 2013 bestselling novel of the same name, the series begins with a severed arm turning up in a tourist’s sport-fishing catch off the Florida Keys. Yancy’s boss, Sheriff Sonny Summers (Todd Allen Durkin), wants to avoid the hassle of an investigation and offers Yancy—who’s been suspended for assaulting the husband of his sometime girlfriend, Bonnie (Michelle Monaghan)—a deal: If he wants his badge back, he must make the arm (and the case) disappear.

The plan is upended when a suspicious woman named Eve Stripling (Meredith Hagner) turns up, tearfully claiming that the arm belongs to her late husband. Yancy’s curiosity is piqued, and what follows is a multi-plot romp involving insurance fraud, illegal property development in the Bahamas, and...

The mood in hell was light. All smiles and hugs, Sammy Davis Jr. was in high spirits as he arrived at Paramount Studios in the fall of 1972 to film Poor Devil, a new NBC comedy set in the netherworld.

The 46-year-old entertainer surveyed the Hollywood soundstage, where Hades had been reimagined as a corporate office with a side of sitcom camp. Gold double doors opened to Mr. Lucifer’s office, where a stately desk sat beneath a friendly pentagram — cute horns, a dangling inverted cross for a chin. Then there...

Some of the longest-running game shows of all time have managed to stay entertaining due to their unique formats or charismatic hosts. Shows like Jeopardy! and Family Feud have successfully transitioned to new hosts without losing their popularity. The longest-running game show of all time had an impressive run spanning several decades on air.

The longest-running game shows of all time have one important thing in common. Not only do they offer contestants a chance to win great prizes, with the audience living vicariously through them, but they also remain entertaining for a variety of reasons. This comes from either the format of the shows or the hosts who run the show. Jeopardy! is a great example of a show that offers challenging questions that keep viewers glued to their TVs, but the charisma of former host Alex Trebek added to the appeal, which is why it has lasted for over 50 years.

Plot: A deep dive into the Bruce Lee exploitation film craze that dominated grindhouse cinema after the iconic martial artist’s death.

Review: Flashback to the year 1994. On my 13th birthday, while cruising the video store for a movie to watch with my friends at my birthday sleepover, on a whim, I decided to rent Enter the Dragon. I was never the same. After watching it, I enrolled in Karate classes and tried to learn as much about Bruce Lee as possible. While cruising those same video store aisles, I was very confused by how many kung-fu movies had his name and image on the cover, given that, even back then, I knew there were only four Bruce Lee movies, plus Game of Death. And why were they constantly misspelling his name? Who was Bruce Le? Or Bruce Li? Or Bruce Liang?

This, of course, was my introduction to the...

Different adaptations of 12 Angry Men feature diverse casts with unique approaches to the classic characters, maintaining audience engagement. The characters in 12 Angry Men bring varied life experiences and viewpoints to the intense deliberation process that shapes their decisions. Despite the singular setting of the jury room, the script and cast changes in different versions ensure memorable and impactful performances.

Two adaptations of 12 Angry Men came 40 years apart and feature a diverse group of actors who put their spin on the famous jurors. Originally a teleplay written by Reginald Rose, 12 Angry Men follows a group of jurors that deliberate on the fate of an accused murderer facing the death penalty if given a unanimous guilty verdict. The teleplay has since been adapted numerous times in various formats and, despite its singular setting, 12 Angry Men has characters and dialogue that are sharply written and never lose the audience's attention.

1956's "Forbidden Planet" follows a crew of astronauts traveling the galaxy in a flying saucer. While visiting planet Altair IV, they find a scientist and his daughter (Anne Francis) living alone on this deserted world — and realize they are hiding something.

Directed by Fred M. Wilcox and starring a young Leslie Nielsen, "Forbidden Planets looks like a kitschy B-movie today — and in a way it always was, but it was also a trailblazer. It was one of the first films to show humans in the distant future flying around in faster-than-light starships. Without "Forbidden Planet," there would be no "Star Wars" or "Star Trek."

While the Enterprise has an underbelly and nacelles beneath its saucer head, the "Forbidden Planet" ship (the C-57D) is a simple flying saucer — except this UFO is operated by humans, not aliens. The ship and the other effects got the "Forbidden Planet" special effects team an Oscar nomination.

In the "Twilight Zone" episode "A Game of Pool", Jack Klugman plays a would-be pool champion named Jesse who feels that he would be more widely recognized for his billiard skills, were he not living in the shadow of the late pool champion James Howard "Fats" Brown. Jesse posits that if he had had the opportunity to play against Fats, he would definitely win. In a supernatural twist, Fats (Jonathan Winters) arrives from the afterlife to accept the challenge. The ensuing game, however, comes with a stipulation: if Jesse wins, he will indeed be granted the lifelong reputation as the greatest pool player of all time. If he loses, he'll die in obscurity. Jesse accepts.

Throughout their game, Fats points out that living well and happily is more important than the hard-edged fame of being a great pool player. Jesse doesn't listen. He wants fame.

Jesse, perhaps shockingly, wins the game.

The Twilight Zone is a classic TV show known for its scary and creative stories that explore mature themes and societal commentaries. It paved the way for other classic horror anthologies and has been revived multiple times, but none have matched the inventive nature of Rod Serling's original series. The best episodes teach valuable lessons while delivering spooky and suspenseful tales that have captivated viewers for decades.

The Twilight Zone is still considered one of the scariest and most creative TV shows of all time, and the best Twilight Zone episodes remain iconic decades later. It deals with mature themes and commentaries on society and blends them into well-crafted creepy and suspenseful stories that have terrified viewers from generation to generation. The best of the best has a lesson to teach its audience but hides it within a well-crafted spooky tale that is at turns terrifying, creepy, and often fantastical.

Sitcoms are among some of the most beloved TV shows ever made. Unlike respected premium drama series like "The Wire," "Breaking Bad," or "True Detective," which regularly top lists of the greatest TV shows ever made, shows like "Friends," "Seinfeld," "Cheers," and "The Office" are beloved in a way that feels a lot more personal. Sitcoms are feel-good experiences, even when they're shows about nothing, and are the exact opposite of David Fincher's intense thrillers.

Which is why I can't shake the feeling that the auteur is making fun of himself with his latest effort. As /Film's Chris Evangelista wrote in his review of "The Killer," "I'm not saying Fincher is on the same level as a cold-blooded killer, but he clearly sees a lot of himself (and his approach to his work) in his latest protagonist." But if the director was trying to draw this parallel between the...

Matthew Perry, the actor known for playing Chandler Bing on the hit NBC sitcom “Friends,” has died. He was 54.

Perry was found dead Saturday in a hot tub at his Los Angeles home, law enforcement sources told the Los Angeles Times. Authorities found him unresponsive around 4 p.m., and there was no signs of foul play or drugs on the scene.

Perry gained international recognition for his role as the wry, fast-on-his-feet twentysomething Chandler on “Friends,” which ran for 10 seasons from 1994 to 2004. He earned a Primetime Emmy nomination in 2002 for his performance on the iconic sitcom. Among the six stars in the “Friends” ensemble, Perry was ambitious as a performer and a producer, but he also grappled with a long struggle with substance abuse that stunted his career. Later in life, particularly with his 2022 book, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir,” Perry focused much of his energy...

Over the course of 76 years, there have been 429 instances of lead or supporting TV costars competing directly against each other at the Primetime Emmys. Given the fact that 72% of these cases occurred within the six featured player categories, lead cast mate battles are relatively rare, with the lowest amount having concerned male comedy series stars. Scroll through our chronological photo gallery to find out more about the 10 cases of dual nominations in the Best Comedy Actor category.

These 10 occurrences involved five different pairs of costars from as many shows and covered a span of over five decades, from 1968 to 2024. The newest entrants on the list are “Only Murders in the Building” duo Steve Martin and Martin Short, who received their second set of bids at the respective ages of 78 and 74. This makes them the oldest pair of lead male costars to ever face off at the Emmys, with the corresponding...

Over the course of 76 years, there have been 429 instances of lead or supporting TV costars competing directly against each other at the Primetime Emmys. Given the fact that 72% of these cases occurred within the six featured player categories, lead cast mate battles are relatively rare, with the lowest amount having concerned male comedy series stars. Scroll through our chronological photo gallery to find out more about the 10 cases of dual nominations in the Best Comedy Actor category.

These 10 occurrences involved five different pairs of costars from as many shows and covered a span of over five decades, from 1968 to 2024. The newest entrants on the list are “Only Murders in the Building” duo Steve Martin and Martin Short, who received their second set of bids at the respective ages of 78 and 74. This makes them the oldest pair of lead male costars to ever face off at the Emmys, with the corresponding...

Robert Klane, who wrote the screenplays for the irreverent comedy classics Weekend at Bernie’s and Where’s Poppa? and directed the disco-era favorite Thank God It’s Friday, has died. He was 81.

Klane died Tuesday in his Woodland Hills home of kidney failure after a long illness, his son Jon Klane announced.

He wrote for the films Every Little Crook and Nanny (1972), Fire Sale (1977), The Man With One Red Shoe (1985), National Lampoon’s European Vacation (1985), Unfaithfully Yours (1984), Walk Like a Man (1987) and Folks! (1992).

Among his TV writing credits were six episodes of M*A*S*H* and The Odd Couple: Together Again, a 1973 reunion telefilm starring Jack Klugman and Tony Randall that he also directed. He also wrote and produced Tracey Takes On…, winning an Emmy for his work in 1997.

“Bob had a brilliant comedy mind that went deeper and deeper to get to the truth,” Rob Reiner, an actor in Where’s Poppa? (1970), said in a statement.

She unashamedly owned her "nepo baby" status at the 2023 Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony, but even though she's the daughter of Hollywood power couple Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, Jamie Lee Curtis didn't exactly walk easily through the doors of fame and fortune. At age 18, she made her small screen debut in an episode of the Jack Klugman medical series Quincy M.E. as "girl in dressing room," followed by an appearance in the Peter Falk detective classic Columbo playing "waitress." In 1977, she landed a recurring role in TV's Operation Petticoat, a sitcom based on the 1959 film starring her father, but was dropped from the series after just one season. One year later, she snagged the lead in a horror movie with the rather innocuous title of Halloween. It had a budget of just $325,000 and was helmed by a relatively unknown writer-director named John Carpenter. Curtis was paid $8,000 for her role...

A remake of Neil Simon's The Odd Couple starring Jamie Lee Curtis and Tiffany Haddish sounds pretty funny, and it's exactly what the two women are pitching. The two star in Walt Disney Studios' Haunted Mansion, which premieres July 28, and they're already making plans for their next collaboration. Ahead of the film's premiere (and before the ongoing SAG-AFTRA stike), Haddish and Curtis sat down with Entertainment Tonight, where they revealed their plan to ensure that Curtis becomes an Egot winner.

When Curtis is asked where she'd go on a girls trip with Haddish, she says she'd first "go to an AA meeting" to get "settled into" her sobriety, while Haddish says the two should go to Colombia. Curtis then jokingly reveals:

"Well, no, we've come up with a plan, by the way. So we're gonna remake The Odd Couple on Broadway. So I can get an Egot."

Curtis...

Die Hard is an unquestioned action masterpiece. Thanks to revelatory performances by both Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman, plus John McTiernan’s assured direction, Die Hard still has the power to awe and entertain even decades after its release. Few can say the same about the sequels, but what about the Die Hard prequel, The Detective?

Oh, you’ve never heard of a Die Hard prequel? Well, that could be because the 1968 Frank Sinatra vehicle The Detective is based on the 1966 novel by the same name, written by Roderick Thorp. And in 1979, Thorp published a sequel to The Detective called Nothing Lasts Forever, in which criminals led by a man called Gruber take control of a Los Angeles high-rise during a company party. Gruber even holds hostage the family member of a hero cop who must go rogue upstairs if he is going to thwart the terrorists. Also it’s Christmas time.

The Twilight Zone is still considered one of the scariest and most creative TV shows of all time, and the best Twilight Zone episodes remain iconic decades later. It deals with mature themes and commentaries on society and blends them into well-crafted creepy and suspenseful stories that have terrified viewers from generation to generation. The best of the best has a lesson to teach its audience but hides it within a well-crafted spooky tale that is at turns terrifying, creepy, and often fantastical in nature.

It was definitely ahead of its time and The Twilight Zone paved the way for other classic horror anthologies such as The Outer Limits, Tales From The Darkside, and Tales From The Crypt. There have also been many revivals of the TV series, including a recent one by Jordan Peele, but no matter how good the stories were, they never really matched up to the...

Exclusive: Alona Tal (Seal Team), Jake Busey (Predators) and Craig Sheffer (A River Runs Through It) have joined Mark Feuerstein, Neal McDonough, Dermot Mulroney and Christopher Lloyd in Man in the Long Black Coat, from director Salvador Litvak.

The film tells the story of a troubled teen accused of a shocking murder, and the unlikely detective who seeks to prove his innocence and expose a far more sinister truth.

Zach Villa (American Horror Story), Ed Quinn (The Oval), Gabrielle Ruiz (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend), Mercedes Mason (The Rookie), Jackson Dunn (Avengers Endgame), Mila Brener (Ray Donovan) and JuJu Brener (Hocus Pocus 2) are also newly aboard the film.

Lee Broda of Lb Entertainment (A Private War) is producing. Lb is known for the films Call Jane, The Card Counter and Bandit. Aimee Schoof and Isen Robbins of Intrinsic Value Films will also produce. Natalie Marciano...

With shows like Stranger Things stirring up nostalgia for the 1980s, fans can't help but turn their attention to the groovy decade that came before it and explore all the great media that the decade produced. With dozens of TV shows on the air over those 10 years, some great programs have simply faded away.

From gripping procedural shows like Emergency! to sidesplitting irreverent comedies like Wkrp in Cincinnati, the 1970s had a lot more to offer than recessions and the gas crisis. Even though many '70s shows have been forgotten, only the very best deserve a modern rewatch.

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Though procedurals are all the rage now, it was the 1970s that actually laid the groundwork for the genre. Cannon is the story of an ex-LAPD officer who trades in his badge to become a private investigator to crack the toughest cases that Los Angeles can throw his way.

Joan Hotchkis, veteran stage and screen actor known for ABC’s “The Odd Couple” and “Legacy,” died Sept. 27 of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles, according to her daughter Paula Chambers. She was 95.

Hotchkis starred opposite William Windom in the NBC sitcom “My World and Welcome to It,” and played the on-again/off-again girlfriend of Jack Klugman’s Oscar Madison in “The Odd Couple.” As a playwright, she wrote 1974’s “Legacy,” a one-woman play about an upper-class housewife who deteriorates mentally. The following year, she wrote and starred in the film adaptation of “Legacy,” which won the best newcomer award at the Tehran International Film Festival.

Born on Sept. 21, 1927, in Los Angeles, Hotchkis was the last surviving child of civic leaders Preston Hotchkis and Katharine Bixby, who led the Metropolitan Water District and the California Historical Society.

After earning a B.A. in psychology from Smith College and an M.

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Joan Hotchkis, who appeared as Oscar Madison’s girlfriend on ABC’s The Odd Couple and in films including Breezy and Ode to Billie Joe before becoming a playwright, screenwriter and feminist performance artist, has died. She was 95.

Hotchkis died Sept. 27 of congestive heart failure in Los Angeles, her daughter, Paula Chambers, announced.

A member of The Actors Studio, Hotchkis played the wife of William Windom’s James Thurber-like cartoonist on the high-concept NBC comedy My World and Welcome to It in 1969-70 and the lascivious Lydia on the five-days-a-week syndicated sitcom The Life and Times of Eddie Roberts in 1980.

In 1974, Hotchkis wrote her first play, Legacy, about a day when an upper-class housewife suffers a mental and emotional breakdown. She starred in the one-woman drama, directed by noted Method acting teacher Eric Morris, at Actors Studio West in Los Angeles.

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Joan Hotchkis, a veteran actor, writer, screenwriter and playwright, known for The Odd Couple and Legacy, died on September 27 in Los Angeles. She was 95. Her daughter Paula Chambers said Hotchkis death was due to congestive heart failure.

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Hotchkis was the last surviving child of Preston Hotchkis and Katharine Bixby, civic leaders in Los Angeles with statewide and national influence throughout the last century, who led everything from the Metropolitan Water District to the California Historical Society.

After earning a B.A. in Psychology from Smith College and an M.A. in Early Childhood Education from Bank Street Teacher’s College, Hotchkis taught nursery school in New York before becoming an actor in 1954 at the age of 27.

She landed the leading role of Lizzie in The Rainmaker at the Players Ring theater in Hollywood. When she returned to New York she became a member...

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The Simpsons Season 34 Episode 2

The Simpsons are looking pretty good after 34 seasons, some of them stuck in ruts, others doing wheelies over their competition. Sometimes all they need is a little encouragement and a steep incline. The season opener mocked a turtle, episode 2 features a mock jury. “One Angry Lisa” has the feel of the earlier seasons, it is a sillier entry, based on Evergreen Terrace’s perennial theme of missed marital bliss, and throws no judgements. This is a missed opportunity for an installment perfectly named for a legal parody, and the handlebars should have been the sidebar.

The title comes from the classic courtroom drama 12 Angry Men directed by Sidney Lumet and starring Henry Fonda. Its almost-hung-jury premise is a TV trope. Jack Klugman, who played in the original feature film, was stuck on a jury as Oscar Madison against Tony Randall...

Within a single week in April 1964, CBS’s “East Side/West Side” concluded its one-season run and racked up eight Primetime Emmy nominations. The show, which starred George C. Scott as a New York City social worker, was reportedly cancelled due to its sensitive subject matter making it non-advertiser-friendly. Nonetheless, it was recognized by Emmy voters as one of the best drama series of the year and snagged a prize for its direction. Scott was also nominated for his role, as were guest performers James Earl Jones and Diana Sands.

Jones (33) and Sands (29) appeared together on the episode “Who Do You Kill?” as a young Harlem couple struggling to support themselves and their baby girl. At the time, the two of them were some of the youngest actors to have contended for Emmys, with Jones having been the youngest male guest performer ever recognized. Nearly 60 years later, he ranks as the 10th youngest,...

Within a single week in April 1964, CBS’s “East Side/West Side” concluded its one-season run and racked up eight Primetime Emmy nominations. The show, which starred George C. Scott as a New York City social worker, was reportedly cancelled due to its sensitive subject matter making it non-advertiser-friendly. Nonetheless, it was recognized by Emmy voters as one of the best drama series of the year and snagged a prize for its direction. Scott was also nominated for his role, as were guest performers James Earl Jones and Diana Sands.

Jones (33) and Sands (29) appeared together on the episode “Who Do You Kill?” as a young Harlem couple struggling to support themselves and their baby girl. At the time, the two of them were some of the youngest actors to have contended for Emmys, with Jones having been the youngest male guest performer ever recognized. Nearly 60 years later, he ranks as the 10th youngest,...

Besides his work on the 1978 Diana Ross and Michael Jackson-starring cult classic "The Wiz," I know the late, great director Sidney Lumet for his legal/courtroom dramas such tas "The Verdict" and "Find Me Guilty." I was first introduced to such works in college when a criminal justice professor showed my class Lumet's first feature film, "12 Angry Men." The movie allows viewers to become flies on the wall as a jury who, on the hottest day of the year, is sent into the deliberation room to unanimously decide whether to send an 18-year-old murder suspect to the electric chair.

Though the then 33-year-old Lumet had the simple goal of just getting his first feature film under his belt, "12 Angry Men" would go on to become one of the director's greatest films. For me, a feature about 12 hot and sweaty jurors doing their civic duty in a cramped...

A quarter century after making his screen acting debut as a guest star on “The Rockford Files,” 60-year-old James Cromwell received his first Emmy nomination for his supporting turn in the 1999 TV movie “Rko 281.” In the time since, he has racked up a win for “American Horror Story: Asylum” and four guest acting bids, including two for special appearances on “Succession.” To date, the dependable actor has embodied central character Logan Roy’s older brother, Ewan, in five episodes across the HBO drama’s three seasons.

Cromwell received his first “Succession” bid at 80 and thus became the 12th oldest Best Drama Guest Actor nominee ever. Two years later, his second nomination for the show allowed him to move to 10th place on the list. All but one of the nine older actors in the ranking joined after the turn of the century, with two being among the very few nonagenarian contenders in Emmys history.

A quarter century after making his screen acting debut as a guest star on “The Rockford Files,” 60-year-old James Cromwell received his first Emmy nomination for his supporting turn in the 1999 TV movie “Rko 281.” In the time since, he has racked up a win for “American Horror Story: Asylum” and four guest acting bids, including two for special appearances on “Succession.” To date, the dependable actor has embodied central character Logan Roy’s older brother, Ewan, in five episodes across the HBO drama’s three seasons.

Cromwell received his first “Succession” bid at 80 and thus became the 12th oldest Best Drama Guest Actor nominee ever. Two years later, his second nomination for the show allowed him to move to 10th place on the list. All but one of the nine older actors in the ranking joined after the turn of the century, with two being among the very few nonagenarian contenders in Emmys history.

When the 74th annual Emmy Award nominations were announced back in July, legendary comedy duo Steve Martin and Martin Short joined an incredibly short list of costars nominated in the Comedy Actor category for their performances on Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building.” Throughout all Emmy history, only four other sets of comedy acting pairs have landed nominations in this category in the same year. But now that they have accomplished this feat, could the internal competition keep either of them from netting the trophy?

The first duo of comedy actors to earn nominations in this category dates back to 1968, when Sebastian Cabot and Brian Keith were recognized for “Family Affair” but lost to Don Adams (“Get Smart”). Tony Randall and Jack Klugman had the longest streak of costar nominations in this category from 1971 to 1975: Klugman bested Randall in ’71 and ’73, but Randall had the last laugh by finally...

In 1998, Christian Clemenson made a guest appearance on a single episode of the ABC legal drama “The Practice” as a church worker who plays an integral part in solving the murder of a teenage boy. Seven years later, he was cast as a different character on the spinoff series “Boston Legal,” which quickly became a recurring role. In 2006, his performance brought him an Emmy award for Best Drama Guest Actor.

Clemenson’s Jerry Espenson first showed up in the middle of the second season and was soon established as a mild foil for lead character Alan Shore (James Spader). The 48-year-old’s win for this season initially made him the seventh youngest victor in the history of his category, and he currently holds the 10th spot on that list.

Since 1964, a total of 35 actors have won for their roles as guest performers on continuing drama programs, beginning with Jack Klugman...

In 2000, “The Practice” became the first drama series to receive five guest acting Emmy nominations in a single year. That record, which was matched by “House of Cards” in 2016, has now been shattered by “Succession.” Of the HBO show’s seven 2022 guest bids, an unprecedented four are in the male category. Included in this quartet of contenders is Alexander Skarsgård, who is back in the fold five years after taking home his first Emmy for his supporting performance on the limited series “Big Little Lies.”

Skarsgård earned this Best Drama Guest Actor nomination for his work in the third season finale of “Succession,” entitled “All the Bells Say.” His character, Lukas Matsson, was introduced two episodes earlier as a Swedish businessman considering selling his streaming platform, GoJo, to Logan Roy (Brian Cox), the founder and CEO of media conglomerate Waystar Royco. By the end of the season, he turns the...

Humble Marty Piletti finally gets to home video in its proper widescreen format. Paddy Chayefsky’s TV play-turned theatrical feature really shines in Kino’s new 4K remaster. The performances of Betsy Blair and especially Ernest Borgnine provide the gentle magic, as non-glamorous Bronx-ites learn that two lonely people can find romance. It’s a winning formula and a thoughtful meditation on social reality in the pursuit of happiness. With a new audio commentary by Bryan Reesman and Max Evry.

Marty

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Kl Studio Classics

1955 / B&w / 1:85 widescreen + 1:37 flat open matte / 90 94 min. / Special Edition / Street Date July 19, 2022 / available through Kino Lorber / 29.95

Starring: Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair, Joe Mantell, Esther Minciotti, August Ciolli, Karen Steele, Jerry Paris, Frank Sutton, James Bell, Jack Klugman.

Cinematography: Joseph Lashelle

Art Directors: Ted Haworth, Walter Simonds

Editing Supervisor: Alan Crosland Jr.

Original Music: Roy Webb

Written by Paddy Chayefsky from his teleplay

Produced by Harold Hecht,...