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Tennant and Tate to Return to Doctor Who for 60th Anniversary Celebration

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To repeat what I said elsewhere:

"I have no beef with Tennant and Tate. My main concern is that Gatwa - and whoever his new companion(s) will be- deserve a chance to establish themselves without being overshadowed by old fan favorites returni

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RIP Lisa Loring

https://extratv.com/2023/01/29/lisa-loring-original-wednesday-addams-dies/

Loring played Wednesday Addams on  The Addams Family (1964-1966).  Her passing leavies John Astin as the sole surviving member of the show's regular cast.

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RIP Lance Kerwin

Story  He was in a lot of stuff when I was a kid, and then just mostly stopped acting.

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The CW drops a trailer for "Gotham Knights"

the CW drops a trailer for Gotham Knights, which by my count is its third Batman show that doesn't actually feature Batman (and the fourth overall, if one counts Birds of Prey from 20 years ago*). The premise? Bruce Wayne has been murdered and Gotham

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Question about buying music

I've long wanted to replace the huge LP collection I sold in the late '80s or early '90s for $200. (Yes, I was stupid.)

No, I don't want vinyl. One of the reasons I sold my vinyl collection is that my needle died and I was told by the stereo-store gu

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Superman: The Animated Series Blu-ray out Oct. 26

SUPERMAN: THE COMPLETE ANIMATED SERIES BLU-RAY™/DIGITAL BOX SET

Warner Bros. Animation | Running Time: 1,141 minutes | Rated PG | $69.99

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment and DC are celebrating the 25th anniversary of Superman: The Animated Series with

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RIP Paul Sorvino

Story  Another one who was never really a headliner, but who  was a solid performer who was always working.

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RIP Akira Takarda

Story  Takarada played Ogata in Godzilla (1954) and appeared in several other Godzill films up through Godzilla - Final Wars (2004), as well as many other films. He was a real mainsty of the Showa Era G-Films.

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'Batgirl' dead on HBO

The New York Post reports that Warner Bros. has shelved the 'Batgirl' movie planned for HBO Max due to poor test audience reactions. 

That's $90M down the hole, with their next two releases dogged by actor scandal. (Amber Heard in Aquaman 2, Ezra Mil

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Who has played Batman in live action?

If you're old enough, you probably remember a time when it was easy to rattle off the actors who had portrayed a given superhero in movies and TV. Not so much now! 

Batman is the most difficult, I think, as he is probably the most-often portrayed. He

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RIP Bill "You Can Call Me Ray" Saluga

Story    This happened about a month-and-a-half ago, but I just heard about it just now. You gotta give him credit, he built a career out of what was essentially one joke that wasn't inherently all that funny, but he made it work for him.

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Star Trek: Discovery

Star Trek: Discovery (DIS) launched in 2017 on the streaming platform CBS All-Access (an ironic name if ever there was one). I waited until it came out on DVD then, to kill time waiting for season two (to be released on DVD), I watched all of Star Tr

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The New Season (2022)

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RIP Robert Clary

Story  Clary was the last surviving original principal cast member of Hogan's Heroes (Kenneth Washngton, who replaced Ivan Dixon on the show in its final season, is still aliove as of this writing). 

Clary, who portrayed Corporal Louis LeBeau, was a 

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RIP Bob McGrath of "Sesame Street"

Story   I remember watching him when I was little, more than fifty years ago now.

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RIP Jackie Mason

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Another guy that I'd heard of a lot, but not seen much of.  I think his heyday was a little past by the time I came up.  I remember his best for his turn on The Simpsons as Krusty's father, but I knw that he did a lot more than that.

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"Laugh-In's" Ruth Buzzi incapacitated after several strokes

From People: "Ruth Buzzi's Husband Shares the Actress and Comedian Has Suffered a Series of 'Devastating Strokes'"

Ruth Buzzi's husband, Kent Perkins, posted this on her Facebook page July 19:

This photo was from nearly a year ago on Ruthie's birthda

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'Batwheels' premieres this fall

Buckle up for the Legion of Zoom!

Gina Rodriguez, Xolo Maridueña and Tom Kenny Lead Batman’s Iconic Rogues Gallery in Batwheels, DC’s First Preschool Animated Series Produced by Warner Bros. Animation

Premieres This Fall on Cartoonito on HBO Max and

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R.I.P. Bert I. Gordon (1922-2023)

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Ah, Bert I., Bert I. Bert I...What to say about Bert I. Gordon?  

Was he the greatest director ever? Were his movies occasionally cheesy?  Let's put it this way: eight of his movies - (King Dinosaur (1955), The Amazing Colossal Man (1957), Ea

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RIP Larry Storch

Story  Ave atque vale, Corporal Agarn.

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