Mar. 15, 2025
Sebastian Harrison details escape from Palisades Fire.Photo:Daniele Venturelli/Getty; livia pillmann/Instagram
Daniele Venturelli/Getty; livia pillmann/Instagram
Amid the devastating ongoingPalisades Fire, actor Sebastian Harrison did everything possible to escape.In a video from his harrowing ordeal shared withCNN, 59, the actor is seen hiding behind boulders as the dangerous wind gusts near his Malibu area home made it difficult to move.“So, I’m still hiding behind the boulders. Sparks [are] coming, so I have to duck behind these rocks.
Mar. 15, 2025
Kevin Thompson in 2019 (left); an Ewok in ‘Return of the Jedi’ (right) in 1983.Photo:Daniel Knighton/FilmMagic; Courtesy Everett Collection
Daniel Knighton/FilmMagic; Courtesy Everett Collection
Kevin Thompson played not just one of the most memorable characters in 1983’sStar Wars: Episode VI – Return of the Jedi. In fact, he played 20.
On the Feb. 10 episode ofPod Meets World, Kevin and his wife Tracey McCoy Thompson — who both worked as stand-ins for the child actors onBoy Meets World— opened up about his experiences playing Ewoks inReturn of the Jedi.
Mar. 15, 2025
William Sadler and wife Marni Joan Bakst.Photo:Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty
Ron Galella, Ltd./Ron Galella Collection via Getty
William Sadleris mourning the death of his wife,Marni Joan Bakst.TheSalem’s Lotactor, 74, announced Bakst’s death in a touching tribute written alongside a throwback photo of the two holding coffee mugs on their wedding morning on May 6, 1978.In the tribute, shared onFacebookon Thursday, Dec. 19, theRoswellstar wrote: “Early yesterday morning, my wife, Marni Bakst, finally lost her two year battle with cancer.
Mar. 15, 2025
Olivia Hussey and Leonard Whiting inRomeo and Juliet(1968).Photo:Courtesy Everett Collection
Courtesy Everett Collection
Olivia HusseyandLeonard Whitingfiled a new complaint against Paramount Pictures, this time over the Criterion Collection home release ofRomeo and Juliet.
Hussey and Whiting, who were both under 18 at the time of filming the 1968 Shakespeare adaptation, previously filed a lawsuit that was dismissed, accusing the studio of sexual harassment, fraud, sexual abuse and intentional infliction of emotional distress with a nude scene involving minors.
Mar. 15, 2025
Kelvin Harrison Jr. as Martin Luther King Jr. in ‘Genius’; David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr. in ‘Selma’.Photo:Richard DuCree/National Geographic; Atsushi Nishijima/Paramount
Richard DuCree/National Geographic; Atsushi Nishijima/Paramount
SinceMartin Luther King Jr.’s assassination on April 4, 1968, the entertainment industry has aimed to commemorate MLK’s legacy on stage and screen, entrusting actors to step into his monumental shoes.While many know his epochal"I Have a Dream" speech— hailed as one of the greatest speeches of all time — and honor the holiday in his name in January, the depth of MLK’s myriad contributions to the civil rights movement is sometimes overlooked.