Throughout his career, visionary filmmaker David Lynch, whose death was announced Thursday at the age of 78, made 10 features and dozens of short films. He only ever did two TV series (plus a 3-part anthology), but through one of them, Twin Peaks, his impact on the medium was profound. “Even though, he’s probably better
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In addition to creating Punky Brewster and co-developing Silver Spoons, comedy writer-producer David W. Duclon, who died Wednesday at the age of 74, worked on a number of hit sitcoms throughout his career. One of them was Family Matters, which he joined at the start of Season 2, staying on as an executive producer for
Lumon Industries employs several thousand workers across the world of Apple TV+’s Severance, created by Dan Erickson and executive produced by Ben Stiller, Adam Scott and more. The catch at Lumon is a surgical procedure called Severance, which aims to create a better work life balance by splitting the work employee into an inner self that
Following David Lynch‘s unexpected death, his legacy continues through his work and the people who were lucky enough to know him. Mädchen Amick, who played waitress Shelly Johnson in Lynch’s hit ABC series Twin Peaks, paid tribute to the show’s creator in a heartfelt statement on Friday after he died at age 78. “It’s hard
Jeannot Szwarc, the French director known for Jaws 2, Supergirl and The Rockford Files, has died. He was 85. Jane Seymour, who starred alongside the late Christopher Reeve in Szwarc’s 1980 film Somewhere in Time, announced the director’s death Wednesday with a heartfelt statement on social media. “Today, we say goodbye to a true visionary,”
UPDATED at 1 p.m.: With winds forecast between 40 and 60 miles per hour, a wildfire broke out in Pacific Palisades near Temescal Canyon at about 10:30 this morning. What began as a 10 acre blaze in the area of N Piedra Morada Dr near The Highlands, quickly spread to become a 200-plus acre blaze
The Completely Made-Up Adventures Of Dick Turpin was Apple TV+’s high jinks vehicle for the very best of British comedy talent, but there’s nothing whimsical about the series coming to a clattering halt this week. Production has ceased on Season 2 of the Big Talk Studios series about an 18th-century highway robber, putting a cast
Japan’s Fuji TV is facing criticism over its handling of alleged sexual misconduct by celebrity TV host and actor Masahiro Nakai, which have sent its parent’s share price tumbling in recent weeks. A group representing investors associated with U.S.’s Dalton Investments expressed “outrage” in a public letter to the Fuji board published this week over