Character actor Charles Durning has passed away of natural causes, the Associated Press reports. Durning died on Monday in his Manhattan home at the age of 89.
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Which of Meryl Streep's former costars would the Oscar-winning actress bed? Seh spilled the answer on Thursday night's episode of Watch What Happens Live.
Playing host Andy Cohen's favorite game, "Plead the Fifth," Streep was asked to choose if she'd shag, marry or kill Jack Nicholson, Robert Redford and Dustin Hoffman.
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Emmy voters are creatures of habit, known for nominating the same shows and stars year after year. Many deserve to be: Modern Family, Mad Men and their stellar casts, to name a select few. But in each of the top categories, there's opportunity to welcome new blood or correct past oversights. So here's a short list of some of the breakthroughs and/or underdogs I'd love to see make the cut when the nominations are announced Thursday morning....
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HBO has run out of Luck. On Wednesday, the pay cable network, along with executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann, announced an abrupt end to the Dustin Hoffman-starring drama, following news that three horses had died during production.
Whether it was the threat of continued negative press, or that no one could guarantee another horse would not perish during the run of the series, the surprising and quick decision to pull the plug has caused many in the media to theorize as to why.
HBO cancels Luck after three horses die during production
When a third horse died Tuesday during filming for the second episode of the second season, HBO quickly announced that all use of horses on the show would be suspended indefinitely. (Two other horses died last year during the filming of the first season.) But...
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HBO has ended production on Luck effective immediately following the death of three horses, the pay cable channel announced Wednesday.
"It is with heartbreak that executive producers David Milch and Michael Mann together with HBO have decided to cease all future production on the series Luck," the network said in a statement.
"We maintained the highest safety standards throughout production, higher in fact than any protocols existing in horseracing anywhere with ...
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