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While not exactly known for making sequels, John Wayne played the same character a whopping eight times in a classic 1930s Western franchise. John Wayne fronted around 80 Westerns in his career, and despite starting in every other kind of genre, he was forever (and happily) typecast as a cowboy; even Wayne's final film, The Shootist, was a Western. Hollywood was very different when Wayne became a star, with sequels and franchises generally frowned upon. In fact, outside of reprising the role of Rooster Cooburn, Wayne himself tended to avoid sequels.

There was once talk of a follow-up to his hit war movie Sands of Iwo Jima called Devil Birds, though that film ultimately went unmade; how it would have explained the survival of Wayne's very deceased Stryker is another question. Sequels to even major hits were fairly uncommon during Hollywood's so-called "Golden Age," so it's not surprising Wayne went almost...

Karen Pendleton, one original Mouseketeers from The Mickey Mouse Club in the 1950s, died Sunday of a heart attack in Fresno, CA. She was 73. Author and Disney historian Lorraine Santoli announced the news today.

Known for her shoulder-length blond curls, Pendleton was among the youngest of the original Mouseketeers. She appeared on The Mickey Mouse Club during its entire first run from 1955-59, one of only nine to do so among a regularly changing cast. She famously was paired with Carl “Cubby” O’Brien in the episode-closing “Now it’s time to say goodbye” song. Because of their tender ages, Pendleton and O’Brien originally were “Meeseketeers.” Both were part of what was referred to as the “Red Team” of Mouseketeers, which included Annette Funicello.

Produced by Walt Disney Productions, The Mickey Mouse Club was a variety show for kids and starring kids. Each day featured a different theme, including “fun with music,...

Robert Mitchum ca. late 1940s. Robert Mitchum movies 'The Yakuza,' 'Ryan's Daughter' on TCM Today, Aug. 12, '15, Turner Classic Movies' “Summer Under the Stars” series is highlighting the career of Robert Mitchum. Two of the films being shown this evening are The Yakuza and Ryan's Daughter. The former is one of the disappointingly few TCM premieres this month. (See TCM's Robert Mitchum movie schedule further below.) Despite his film noir background, Robert Mitchum was a somewhat unusual choice to star in The Yakuza (1975), a crime thriller set in the Japanese underworld. Ryan's Daughter or no, Mitchum hadn't been a box office draw in quite some time; in the mid-'70s, one would have expected a Warner Bros. release directed by Sydney Pollack – who had recently handled the likes of Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand, and Robert Redford – to star someone like Jack Nicholson or Al Pacino or Dustin Hoffman.

The actress who played Edith Bunker on the iconic series ‘All in the Family’ clearly had a huge impact on the entertainment world. As news broke that she had passed away on May 31, actresses and other stars took to Twitter to mourn her death.

As Edith Bunker, Jean Stapleton turned in one of the defining performances of a housewife on television. Her natural wit and sweetness played perfectly with Carroll O’Connor’s Archie Bunker, who was churlish and angry to the point of being foolish. Only Jean’s acting could make Archie’s nickname for Edith, “dingbat,” seem endearing. As her family announced that Jean had passed away from natural causes at the age of 90 on May 31, the iconic actress’ effect on the entertainment world only became clearer — celebrities almost immediately rushed to Twitter to get their thoughts out in remembrance of Jean.

Jean Stapleton Dies At 90: Celebs...

So sad! The actress behind one of the most iconic wives in television history died of natural causes on May 31. She was 90 years old.

Jean Stapleton, who played Edith Bunker on the iconic show All in the Family passed away at the age of 90 on May 31 in New York City. Her family stated that she died of natural causes.

Jean Stapleton: Iconic Actress Dies At 90

Jean breathed comic and endearing life into Edith, Archie Bunker’s long-suffering wife on All in the Family, one of the most popular television shows in the 1970s. She won three Emmys for the role and her co-star Carroll O’Connor, who played Archie, once wrote, “The benign, compassionate presence she developed made my egregious churl bearable.”

She was born in 1923, the daughter of a billboard salesman and an opera singer. She got her big acting break in 1949 when she was cast in the national touring company for Harvey.

The actress who quite possibly defined women in television in the 70s tragically passed away from natural causes on May 31. She brought so much joy to her craft and life, here are some pictures of Jean that capture that feeling.

The entertainment world was saddened to learn that one of its brightest stars had passed away on June 1. Jean Stapleton, known best for her iconic role as Edith Bunker on All in the Family passed away at the age of 90 in New York City on May 31, her family and agent confirmed. Read on to see some of the best pictures of the iconic actress.

Jean Stapleton Dies At Age 90

As Edith, Archie Bunker’s suffering wife who he often endearingly referred to as “dingbat,” Jean subtly stole All in the Family, one of the most popular sitcoms in the 1970s and now regarded as one of the most iconic series in television history.

Today, the Magic Kingdom — and the nostalgic boomers who yearned to make her either their girlfriend or their best friend — are mourning the death of Annette Funicello, the teen idol whose sunny, perky screen presence defined the ’50s and ’60s. The boys in Stand By Me lusted after her; Grease’s Rizzo mocked her (“would you pull that crap with Annette?”); Paul Anka, whom she dated, wrote “Puppy Love” for her in 1960, thus setting the boyfriend bar impossibly high.

Funicello succumbed to complications of multiple sclerosis, a debilitating disease from which she’d suffered since 1987. Her Ms effectively removed her...

Editor's note: A source at ABC Daytime informed us of a top secret unaired (and unrated even) episode of One Life to Live. This episode picks up where we last saw Oliver Fish and Kyle Lewis. While for various conractual and logistical reasons the episode itself cannot be broadcast – our own snicks will be watching it this afternoon via encrypted streaming broadcast, and he'll be liveblogging as he watches. So buckle up Kish fans, and refresh often for updates!

Here is the liveblog of the footage that you'll never get to see.

2:05Pm Est: Kyle is feeding Sierra Rose when a tired Oliver walks through the door. They kiss passionately (with tongue) and Kyle asks Oliver how his day went. Oliver sighs heavily, takes off his shirt and says "It's been a period of adjustment since Roxy became Chief Of Police, but with Bo retiring to run that cattle insemination farm with Nora,...

In my house, we can recite lines from Clueless at whim, so to see Alicia Silverstone all grown up among the formidable theater talents in Donald Margulies' new play, Time Stands Still, is an Occasion. This fine Manhattan Theatre Club production, superbly directed by Daniel Sullivan at the Samuel J. Friedman Theatre opens with Sarah Goodwin (the excellent Laura Linney) in a full leg cast with facial wounds, a war photographer who has been badly injured by a roadside bomb in Iraq, entering the Williamsburg loft she shares with James Dodd (the equally excellent Brian D'Arcy James), a war journalist. Particularly attentive to her, and admittedly feeling guilty because he left Iraq before the incident, he has retrieved her from hospital in Germany. With silver tipped hair, Richard Ehrlich (an excellent Eric Bogosian), Sarah's former lover and editor, arrives with his new...

I admit it... On the outside, I look like a big meanie. The motorcycle boots, the wallet chain, the free flowing beard... Yeah, it sure looks like I'm one tough cookie. But on the inside, I'm a pile of cutesy goo. Like a Lisa Frank Folder, coated with extra glitter and scratch and sniff stickers abound (and we're talking 'Strawberry Shortcake' scratch and sniff here, not He-Man Masters of the Sniffing-verse). So, today, my inner me wants to share with all of you rabble-rousers a new webcomic to melt your heart. I mean... make you laugh.

Now, I'll assume right now that some of you are waiting for the big 180 here, where I reveal a vile and disgusting comic devoid of anything but blood drenched fists soaked in farts, swimming in a pool of poorly worded racial comedy. Perhaps I've found some horrible webcomic starring a rotting zombie who tells...