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Remember Me: Jack Klugman (1922 – 2012)

26 December 2012 3:28 PM, PST | SoundOnSight | See recent SoundOnSight news »

For most, Jacob “Jack” Klugman’s defining role was Oscar Madison, the quintessential white collar guy with a blue collar New York sensibility – loud, oafish, impulsive, a compulsive gambler and an inveterate slob – on the TV series adaptation of Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple, which ran on ABC 1970-75. Those among the Aarp crowd who like their vintage 1970s cop shows – stuff like Cannon, McCloud, Barnaby Jones, MacMillan and Wife — might also have fond remembrances of Klugman in Quincy M.E. (1976-1983) as a pushy, passionate medical examiner – who was also, at times, loud, oafish, impulsive, a compulsive gambler and a bit of a slob.

But when I heard Klugman had passed away on Christmas Eve, what flashed through my mind was the singular appropriateness of his passing on such a spirit-filled day, because my favorite onscreen memories of the actor were his four appearances on The Twilight Zone. What was the tie for me? »

- Bill Mesce

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Interviews: 1960s Celebrities of TV, Film at ‘The Hollywood Show’

5 September 2012 12:11 AM, PDT | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – In the 1960s, network television became the ‘cool fire’ that families gathered around, and the array of trends and shows in that era had an odd but flavorful variety. Lee Meriwether (Catwoman from the 1966 ‘Batman movie), Kathy Garver (Cissy in the sitcom ‘Family Affair’) and Robert Colbert (ensemble player on the TV drama ‘The Time Tunnel’) represented those shows.

They appeared last March at ‘The Hollywood Show,’ a twice-a-year event in which fans can mingle, take photographs and get autographs from the celebrities – like the 1960s TV and film actors – who appear there. There is also a great opportunity to purchase memorabilia from a host of showbiz vendors, all in one room. The fall session of The Hollywood Show will take place at the Hilton Rosemont Hotel on River Road in Rosemont, Ill, on September 7th, 8th and 9th, 2012. For complete details click here.

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- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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Nancy Wolfe Joins Cast of Way Down In Chinatown

25 May 2012 4:42 PM, PDT | MoreHorror | See recent MoreHorror news »

By MoreHorror.com

Way Down In Chinatown Exclusive Casting Announcement

Nancy Wolfe (Susan Atkins/Sexy Sadie from Helter Skelter) joins the cast of Way Down In Chinatown

The Way Down in Chinatown production team – being independent filmmaker Eric Michael Kochmer, Angel Corbin, Maria Olsen and Jonathan Haloossim - are thrilled to welcome Nancy Wolfe of Helter Skelter fame to the cast.  Wolfe has bagged the supporting role of Lindie in Way Down in Chinatown, the utterly creepy and surprisingly intense noir horror feature that will soon be unleashed on horror fans.

Wolfe caused major waves in horror / serial killer movie circles with her eerily terrifying portrayal of Susan Atkins “Sexy Sadie” in the 1976 made-for-television movie Helter Skelter, which tells the story of the gruesome Los Angeles murders masterminded by Charles Manson.  Neither the Tate/Labianca murders nor Manson himself is ever out of public consciousness for long, nor should Wolfe’s portrayal of Atkins, »

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'Way Down In Chinatown' Exclusive Casting Announcement

7 May 2012 7:48 PM, PDT | MoreHorror | See recent MoreHorror news »

By MoreHorror.com

The upcoming dark and creepy film Way Down In Chinatown has exclusively informed MoreHorror of a huge casting announcement. Lisa Loring of The Addams Family has joined the cast of Eric Michael Kochmer’s Way Down in Chinatown.

Lisa Loring certainly needs no introduction – but we’re going to give her one anyway! – and Eric Michael Kochmer, Maria Olsen and the rest of the production team is proud to welcome this extremely talented but rarely seen actress into their soon-to-be-cult feature film, Way Down in Chinatown.

Loring first came to the notice of television watchers everywhere when she played the adorably dark "Wednesday Addams" on The Addams Family television show from 1964 through 1966. More television followed, with highlights including appearances on Barnaby Jones, Fantasy Island and The Girl from U.N.C.L.E. and the pint-sized performer became a cherished child-star.

Loring is also extremely well known »

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Actress Joan Taylor Dies: Movie Monsters/Flying Saucers

6 March 2012 9:10 PM, PST | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »

Actress Joan Taylor, best remembered for two sci-fi / horror B movies of the late 1950s, died March 4 in Santa Monica, in Los Angeles County. Taylor was 82. According to various sources, Taylor was born Rose Marie Emma in Geneva, Illinois, on August 18, 1929. She was the daughter of Austrian vaudeville player Amelia Berky and an Italian-born immigrant who later became a Hollywood prop man. Curiously, last Friday night I watched for the first time the 1957 Columbia release 20 Million Miles to Earth. Though wasted in a non-role in this King Kong rip-off with stop-motion animation by Ray Harryhausen, Taylor looked quite pretty (as an Italian) whether angry at leading man William Hopper (son of gossip columnist Hedda Hopper) or screaming at the ballooning Martian creature. I guess it says something about her screen presence that I was rooting for the Martian Monster to gobble up the film's director (Nathan Juran), writers (Robert Creighton Williams »

- Andre Soares

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