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I should get my hands on it. I remember being young and watching him doing some sort of New Year's special... I feel like I grew up with him... And I wasn't even around for the good stuff. |
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I am going to most likely buy this now. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...VL._SS500_.jpg Also later tonight I will be watching Bill and Ted, Dogma, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back, and Jersey Girl as an homage as well. |
Wow... I don't know what to say...
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Who, besides me, also remembers The Hippy Dippy Weather Man? It's been said already, but the man was a genius. He will most definitely be missed.
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sad shocking news ... his career was far from over.
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Seems like one of his more fitting routines for today...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3PiZSFIVFiU R.I.P. |
A huge loss to the industry and fans worldwide.
R.I.P. |
R.I.P. You'll be missed.:(
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Man.... This royally sucks. I've always wanted to go to one of his shows, but there was never one close to here. Thats something i've always wanted to do and now I can't.
R.I.P. Mr. Carlin. |
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Wow, shocking news. I had the pleasure of seeing him live a couple years ago. Very funny guy. This one stings a little. RIP
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Shit!
Piss! Fuck! Cunt! Cocksucker! Motherfucker! ...and Tits swearing just got a little less fun |
We've lost a hero. A paragon of free speech and one of the funniest motherfucking cocksuckers on the planet.
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Didn't notice either thread till just now, and haven't turned the tv on all day. Like bwind said, stung a little.
RIP |
I am still down about this.
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Producer William Vince, who received an Oscar nomination for "Capote," died of sarcoma June 21 in Vancouver, B.C.
http://a123.g.akamai.net/f/123/12465...0623_vince.jpg He was 44. Born and raised in British Columbia, he started out co-producing films with his brother Robert Vince. His early producing credits include "Café Romeo," "Samurai Cowboy," "Breaking Point" and "Killer." He was producer on two "Air Bud" movies as well as "Snow Walker," "Saved!" and "Bullet Proof Heart." After his Oscar nom for "Capote" in 2005, he went on to work on productions including "Push," "Stone of Destiny" and Terry Gilliam's upcoming "The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus." "I enjoyed his maverick ways, his passion for film and his love of life," said Pierce Brosnan, who starred in and co-produced "Butterfly on a Wheel" with Vince in 2007. Vince was also instrumental in the restoration of Vancouver's Golden Harvest Theater, which he transformed into a boutique theater for private screenings. In addition to his brother Robert, he is survived by his wife Cynthia Miles, two sons, a daughter, his parents and three sisters. |
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(Not to take anything away from his death but I can't believe how terribly tragic Gilliam's next film is turning out to be. I know he seems unlucky but this is seems like another impossible turn of events.) |
July 22, 2008
Estelle Getty, best known for her long-running stint of the classic 80s sitcom “The Golden Girls”, has passed away at the age of 84. http://www.nndb.com/people/958/000022892/EG01.JPG Getty, who had won a Golden Globe and American Comedy award for her role on the aforementioned sitcom, had suffered from dementia. Her other credits included “Tootsie”, “Stop or my Mom will Shoot!” and “Mask”. Her last on-screen appearance was in the Alfred Molina-starring sitcom “Ladies Man” in 2000. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA240_.jpg http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA240_.jpg Though she’ll always be Sophia from “The Golden Girls” (a character she reprised the on four other TV series: “The Golden Palace,” “Nurses,” “Empty Nest” and “Blossom”), her part in “Mannequin” is remembered just as fondly – she was the kindly department store manager that gave wet-behind-the-ears McCarthy a job! Rest In Peace, Estelle. |
Damn, estelle getty. My wife will bummed, she is a big golden girls fan.
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OMG..thats truly sad.
R.I.P you wonderful, talented actress. :( |
Whatta fucking gaddamned horrible year. Honestly. Jesus.
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I know this was only in the Philly newspapers, but rest in peace Robert Hazard. Robert was a legend in the Philadelphia music scene, and wrote "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun", which became a huge hit for Cyndi Lauper.
He died from complications from pancreatic cancer, and was 59. He leaves behind a wife and 3 children. You will be missed, Robert. Philadelphia music will never be the same. |
CHICAGO - Bernie Mac, the actor and comedian who teamed up in the casino heist caper "Ocean's Eleven" and gained a prestigious Peabody Award for his sitcom "The Bernie Mac Show," died Saturday at age 50.
ADVERTISEMENT "Actor/comedian Bernie Mac passed away this morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital," his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles. She said no other details were available and asked that his family's privacy be respected. The comedian suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body's organs, but had said the condition went into remission in 2005. He recently was hospitalized and treated for pneumonia, which his publicist said was not related to the disease. Recently, Mac's brand of comedy caught him flack when he was heckled during a surprise appearance at a July fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate and fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama. Toward the end of a 10-minute standup routine, Mac joked about menopause, sexual infidelity and promiscuity, and used occasional crude language. The performance earned him a rebuke from Obama's campaign. But despite controversy or difficulties, in his words, Mac was always a performer. "Wherever I am, I have to play," he said in 2002. "I have to put on a good show." Mac worked his way to Hollywood success from an impoverished upbringing on Chicago's South Side. He began doing standup as a child, and his film career started with a small role as a club doorman in the Damon Wayans comedy "Mo' Money" in 1992. In 1996, he appeared in the Spike Lee drama "Get on the Bus." He was one of "The Original Kings of Comedy" in the 2000 documentary of that title that brought a new generation of black standup comedy stars to a wider audience. "The majority of his core fan base will remember that when they paid their money to see Bernie Mac ... he gave them their money's worth," Steve Harvey, one of his costars in "Original Kings," told CNN on Saturday. Mac went on to star in the hugely popular "Ocean's Eleven" franchise with Brad Pitt and George Clooney. His turn with Ashton Kutcher in 2005's "Guess Who" topped the box office. It was a comedy remake of the classic Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn drama "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" — with Mac as the black dad who's shocked that his daughter is marrying a white man. Mac also had starring roles in "Bad Santa," "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle" and "Transformers." In the late 1990s, he had a recurring role in "Moesha," the UPN network comedy starring pop star Brandy. The comedian drew critical and popular acclaim with his Fox television series "The Bernie Mac Show," which aired more than 100 episodes from 2001 to 2006. The series about a man's adventures raising his sister's three children, won a Peabody Award in 2002. At the time, judges wrote they chose the sitcom for transcending "race and class while lifting viewers with laughter, compassion — and cool." The show garnered Golden Globe and Emmy nominations for Mac. "But television handcuffs you, man," he said in a 2001 Associated Press interview. "Now everyone telling me what I CAN'T do, what I CAN say, what I SHOULD do, and asking, `Are blacks gonna be mad at you? Are whites gonna accept you?'" He also was nominated for a Grammy award for best comedy album in 2001 along with his "The Original Kings of Comedy" co-stars, Harvey, D.L. Hughley and Cedric The Entertainer. In 2007, Mac told David Letterman on CBS' "Late Show" that he planned to retire soon. "I'm going to still do my producing, my films, but I want to enjoy my life a little bit," Mac told Letterman. "I missed a lot of things, you know. I was a street performer for two years. I went into clubs in 1977." Mac was born Bernard Jeffrey McCullough on Oct. 5, 1957, in Chicago. He grew up on the city's South Side, living with his mother and grandparents. His grandfather was the deacon of a Baptist church. In his 2004 memoir, "Maybe You Never Cry Again," Mac wrote about having a poor childhood — eating bologna for dinner — and a strict, no-nonsense upbringing. "I came from a place where there wasn't a lot of joy," Mac told the AP in 2001. "I decided to try to make other people laugh when there wasn't a lot of things to laugh about." Mac's mother died of cancer when he was 16. In his book, Mac said she was a support for him and told him he would surprise everyone when he grew up. "Woman believed in me," he wrote. "She believed in me long before I believed." |
I remember him clearly from his small role in "don't be a menace to south central..."
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Thats a shame, i really liked him. he always played that corporate asshole guy, my personal favorite role was him in Bad Santa.
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I was never a huge fan, but he was always entertaining and seemed like a pretty cool guy.
R.I.P. |
50? he was a baby... damn...
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Isaac Hayes, the pioneering singer, songwriter and musician whose relentless "Theme From Shaft" won Academy and Grammy awards, died Sunday, the Shelby County Sheriff's Office said. He was 65.
A family member found Hayes unresponsive near a treadmill and he was pronounced dead about an hour later at Baptist East Hospital in Memphis, according to the sheriff's office. The cause of death was not immediately known. In the early 1970s, Hayes laid the groundwork for disco, for what became known as urban-contemporary music and for romantic crooners like Barry White. And he was rapping before there was rap. His career hit another high in 1997 when he became the voice of Chef, the sensible school cook and devoted ladies man on the animated TV show "South Park." The album "Hot Buttered Soul" made Hayes a star in 1969. His shaven head, gold chains and sunglasses gave him a compelling visual image. "Hot Buttered Soul" was groundbreaking in several ways: He sang in a "cool" style unlike the usual histrionics of big-time soul singers. He prefaced the song with "raps," and the numbers ran longer than three minutes with lush arrangements. "Jocks would play it at night," Hayes recalled in a 1999 Associated Press interview. "They could go to the bathroom, they could get a sandwich, or whatever." Next came "Theme From Shaft," a No. 1 hit in 1971 from the film "Shaft" starring Richard Roundtree. "That was like the shot heard round the world," Hayes said in the 1999 interview. At the Oscar ceremony in 1972, Hayes performed the song wearing an eye-popping amount of gold and received a standing ovation. TV Guide later chose it as No. 18 in its list of television's 25 most memorable moments. He won an Academy Award for the song and was nominated for another one for the score. The song and score also won him two Grammys. "The rappers have gone in and created a lot of hit music based upon my influence," he said. "And they'll tell you if you ask." Hayes was elected to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002. "I knew nothing about the business, or trends and things like that," he said. "I think it was a matter of timing. I didn't know what was unfolding." It all started at Stax A self-taught musician, he was hired in 1964 by Stax Records of Memphis as a backup pianist, working as a session musician for Otis Redding and others. He also played saxophone. He began writing songs, establishing a songwriting partnership with David Porter, and in the 1960s they wrote such hits for Sam and Dave as "Hold On, I'm Coming" and "Soul Man." All this led to his recording contract. In 1972, he won another Grammy for his album "Black Moses" and earned a nickname he reluctantly embraced. Hayes composed film scores for "Tough Guys" and "Truck Turner" besides "Shaft." He also did the song "Two Cool Guys" on the "Beavis and Butt-Head Do America" movie soundtrack in 1996. Additionally, he was the voice of Nickelodeon's "Nick at Nite" and had radio shows in New York City (1996 to 2002) and then in Memphis. He was in several movies, including "It Could Happen to You" with Nicolas Cage, "Ninth Street" with Martin Sheen, "Reindeer Games" starring Ben Affleck and the blaxploitation parody "I'm Gonna Git You, Sucka." In the 1999 interview, Hayes described the South Park cook as "a person that speaks his mind; he's sensitive enough to care for children; he's wise enough to not be put into the 'whack' category like everybody else in town -- and he l-o-o-o-o-ves the ladies." But Hayes angrily quit the show in 2006 after an episode mocked his Scientology religion. "There is a place in this world for satire, but there is a time when satire ends and intolerance and bigotry towards religious beliefs of others begins," he said. Co-creator creators Matt Stone responded that Hayes "has no problem -- and he's cashed plenty of checks -- with our show making fun of Christians." A subsequent episode of the show seemingly killed off the Chef character. Hayes was born in 1942 in a tin shack in Covington, Tenn., about 40 miles north of Memphis. He was raised by his maternal grandparents after his mother died and his father took off when he was 1 1/2. The family moved to Memphis when he was 6. Hayes wanted to be a doctor, but got redirected when he won a talent contest in ninth grade by singing Nat King Cole's "Looking Back." He held down various low-paying jobs, including shining shoes on the legendary Beale Street in Memphis. He also played gigs in rural Southern juke joints where at times he had to hit the floor because someone began shooting. |
Just saw that Isaac Hayes was dead on Sky News. Shame. Really cool guy. And until he became a paedophile, Chef ruled too!
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Wow thats sucks.R.I.P Mr. Hayes.
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Rest in peace Isaac Hayes ..
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