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Comedian and actor Fred Willard passes away at 86

By Reel 360 May 18, 2020 0 Comment

He was Michael Scott decades before there was a Michael Scott. For those of us eagerly awaiting Netflix’s new series Space Force its release this month will be bittersweet. C...

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Hollywood mourns the loss of director Lynn Shelton

By Reel 360 May 18, 2020 0 Comment

Hollywood and the indie film world is grieving the loss of Director Lynn Shelton. She and her partner comedian and actor Marc Maron had been together for one year before her de...

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Peers and fans mourn the loss of Andre Harrell

By Reel 360 May 9, 2020 0 Comment

This has been a terrible weekend for losing music royalty. Earlier today, we mourned the loss of the founding father of rock and roll, Little Richard. Now comes word that we ha...

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Little Richard dead at 87

By Reel 360 May 9, 2020 0 Comment

One of the founding fathers of rock and roll has left us. Little Richard, whose real name was Richard Wayne Penniman, has passed away. He was 87. His son, Danny Penniman, conf...

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Filmmaker, John J. Lafia passes at 63

May 4, 2020 0 Comment

Film and television writer, director, producer and musician John J. Lafia passed away on Wednesday, April 29. Born in 1957, Lafia was influential in the Los Angeles experi...

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Former Playmate Ashley Mattingly commits suicide

By Reel 360 Apr 20, 2020 0 Comment

After appearing as Playboy 's Miss March in 2011, Playmate Ashley Mattingly led a troubled life riddled with substance abuse battles. Sadly, the model finally succumbed and to...

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Veteran actor Orson Bean killed by multiple vehicles

By Reel 360 Feb 9, 2020 0 Comment

Veteran actor Orson Bean was tragically killed at the intersection of Shell Avenue and Pisani Place in Venice California after being struck by two vehicles Friday night. He wa...

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Kobe Bryant: through the advertising years

By Colin Costello Jan 27, 2020 0 Comment

There was a famous 1996 Michael Jordan-Nike commercial from longtime agency Wieden and Kennedy called "Frozen Moments." In it, Jordan gets the ball and goes for a typical "Mich...

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Kobe Bryant, daughter die in helicopter crash – Updated

By Reel 360 Jan 26, 2020 0 Comment

Tragic news from California. Not even 24 hours after tweeting congratulations to Los Angeles Laker LeBron James for passing his NBA All-time scoring record, NBA legend Kobe Bry...

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Burson-Marsteller founder dies at 98

By Reel 360 Jan 13, 2020 0 Comment

Harold Burson, once a 14-cents-per-column-inch stringer for a Memphis newspaper, who reported the Nuremberg Trial for the Army radio network in Europe and whose one-man consult...

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Former NBA Commissioner David Stern passes at 77

By Reel 360 Jan 2, 2020 0 Comment

He oversaw the growth of the NBA from "just a league" into a global marketing juggernaut during his 30-year tenure. David Stern, the former commissioner of the National Basket...

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Beloved character actor Danny Aiello dies at 86

By Reel 360 Dec 15, 2019 0 Comment

This is very sad news. Oscar-nominated character actor Danny Aiello, who made his mark in numerous hit movies such as Moonstruck and Do the Right Thing, died Thursday nigh...

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Caroll Spinney, Big Bird & Oscar puppeteer dies

By Reel 360 Dec 9, 2019 0 Comment

He was the man who was pulling the strings behind our childhood. Acclaimed puppeteer and actor Caroll Spinney, who breathed life into Sesame Street's Big Bird and Oscar the Gro...

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‘Star Trek’ writer D.C. Fontana passes at 80

By Reel 360 Dec 4, 2019 0 Comment

In the 1960s, Dorothy Catherine (D.C.) Fontana boldly went where no female writer had ever gone before - into the writers room of the the original Star Trek series. Variety is r...

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‘MasterChef’ Gary Rhodes passes away at 59

By Reel 360 Nov 27, 2019 0 Comment

The Associated Press is reporting that spikey-haired lauded chef to the celebrities, Gary Rhodes has sadly died with his wife Jennie by his side. He was 59. Rhodes’ family sa...