Scott “Top Ten” Kempner, a founding member of influential bands The Dictators and The Del-Lords, has passed away at the age of 69. The veteran musician had been battling early onset dementia, and had been living at a Connecticut nursing home at the time of his passing.
As the original and longstanding rhythm guitarist of The Dictators, Kempner was a punk-rock pioneer. The New York City band formed in 1972 and released their proto-punk debut album The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! in 1975, a year before the Ramones fully ushered in punk rock with their self-titled debut.
Kempner remained with The Dictators through nearly all their incarnations, playing with them up until 2021, when his health struggles forced him to leave the band. He appeared on all four of their albums, which also included Manifest Destiny (1977), Bloodbrothers (1978), and D.F.F.D. (2001).
In 1982, after The Dictators’ initial breakup, Kempner formed The Del-Lords, who were...
As the original and longstanding rhythm guitarist of The Dictators, Kempner was a punk-rock pioneer. The New York City band formed in 1972 and released their proto-punk debut album The Dictators Go Girl Crazy! in 1975, a year before the Ramones fully ushered in punk rock with their self-titled debut.
Kempner remained with The Dictators through nearly all their incarnations, playing with them up until 2021, when his health struggles forced him to leave the band. He appeared on all four of their albums, which also included Manifest Destiny (1977), Bloodbrothers (1978), and D.F.F.D. (2001).
In 1982, after The Dictators’ initial breakup, Kempner formed The Del-Lords, who were...
- 11/30/2023
- by Spencer Kaufman
- Consequence - Music
Lelia Goldoni, who was cast in the lead role for John Cassavette’s race-centered film “Shadows,” died over the weekend at the age of 86.
The actress died on Saturday at the Actors Fund Home in Engelwood, New Jersey, Goldoni’s friend, Jd Sobol, told TheWrap on Thursday.
The New York City native was born on Oct. 1, 1936, and got her start in the entertainment business during the 1940s, with one of her first roles being a cameo in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s “House of Strangers” in 1949. That same year she also had a role in John Huston’s “We Were Strangers.”
Martin Scorsese later brought Goldoni on to star as a friend of Ellen Burnstyn’s character in his 1974 film “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” Her resume also included performing in the original “The Italian Job” (1969), John Schlesinger’s “The Day of the Locust” (1975) and Robert Mulligan’s “Bloodbrothers.”
Goldoni, who...
The actress died on Saturday at the Actors Fund Home in Engelwood, New Jersey, Goldoni’s friend, Jd Sobol, told TheWrap on Thursday.
The New York City native was born on Oct. 1, 1936, and got her start in the entertainment business during the 1940s, with one of her first roles being a cameo in Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s “House of Strangers” in 1949. That same year she also had a role in John Huston’s “We Were Strangers.”
Martin Scorsese later brought Goldoni on to star as a friend of Ellen Burnstyn’s character in his 1974 film “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” Her resume also included performing in the original “The Italian Job” (1969), John Schlesinger’s “The Day of the Locust” (1975) and Robert Mulligan’s “Bloodbrothers.”
Goldoni, who...
- 7/28/2023
- by Raquel "Rocky" Harris
- The Wrap
Lelia Goldoni, who sparkled as the lead in John Cassavettes’ Shadows and played a friend of Ellen Burstyn’s character in Martin Scorsese’s Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore, has died. She was 86.
Goldoni died Saturday at The Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, her friend Jd Sobol announced.
Goldoni also appeared in the original The Italian Job (1969), in John Schlesinger’s The Day of the Locust (1975), in Philip Kaufman’s remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and in Robert Mulligan’s Bloodbrothers (1978).
A second cousin of famed New York Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto, Lelia Vita Goldoni was born in New York on Oct. 1, 1936. She was raised in Los Angeles, where she was one of the Lester Horton Dancers alongside Alvin Ailey and Carmen de Lavallade.
Goldoni studied acting with Jeff Corey and at age 19 moved back to New York, where she became a student at a drama...
Goldoni died Saturday at The Actors Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey, her friend Jd Sobol announced.
Goldoni also appeared in the original The Italian Job (1969), in John Schlesinger’s The Day of the Locust (1975), in Philip Kaufman’s remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) and in Robert Mulligan’s Bloodbrothers (1978).
A second cousin of famed New York Yankees shortstop Phil Rizzuto, Lelia Vita Goldoni was born in New York on Oct. 1, 1936. She was raised in Los Angeles, where she was one of the Lester Horton Dancers alongside Alvin Ailey and Carmen de Lavallade.
Goldoni studied acting with Jeff Corey and at age 19 moved back to New York, where she became a student at a drama...
- 7/27/2023
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Veteran TV star Ron McLarty has died following a battle with dementia.
He was 72.
McLarty was diagnosed with the condition in 2014 and retired from acting as a result.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, he passed away on Saturday. His wife Kate Skinner revealed the news to the outlet.
"He was the light of my life and I am bereft and heartbroken," Skinner said in a statement.
The actor was raised in Rhode Island and is best known for his role in the Law & Order franchise playing Judge William Wright.
He played the same role on an episode of Law & Order: Trial By Jury, and a different one in a 2006 episode of Law & Order: Svu.
McLarty also lent his voice to the Cartoon Network series Courage the Cowardly Dog.
The actor also appeared in a single episode of Sex and the City and had a role in the 1990s series Champs.
He was 72.
McLarty was diagnosed with the condition in 2014 and retired from acting as a result.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, he passed away on Saturday. His wife Kate Skinner revealed the news to the outlet.
"He was the light of my life and I am bereft and heartbroken," Skinner said in a statement.
The actor was raised in Rhode Island and is best known for his role in the Law & Order franchise playing Judge William Wright.
He played the same role on an episode of Law & Order: Trial By Jury, and a different one in a 2006 episode of Law & Order: Svu.
McLarty also lent his voice to the Cartoon Network series Courage the Cowardly Dog.
The actor also appeared in a single episode of Sex and the City and had a role in the 1990s series Champs.
- 2/12/2020
- by Paul Dailly
- TVfanatic
Eddie Jones, the dependable stage veteran who portrayed the kindly Pa Kent on the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, has died. He was 84.
Jones died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, his wife, Anita Khanzadian-Jones, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Jones also played the widowed father of Megan Cavanagh's second baseman Marla Hooch in A League of Their Own (1992) and was Samuel Riddle, the owner of War Admiral and Man o' War, in Seabiscuit (2003).
His solid big-screen résumé also included Bloodbrothers (1978), The First Deadly Sin (1980), Prince of the City (1981),...
Jones died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, his wife, Anita Khanzadian-Jones, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Jones also played the widowed father of Megan Cavanagh's second baseman Marla Hooch in A League of Their Own (1992) and was Samuel Riddle, the owner of War Admiral and Man o' War, in Seabiscuit (2003).
His solid big-screen résumé also included Bloodbrothers (1978), The First Deadly Sin (1980), Prince of the City (1981),...
Eddie Jones, the dependable stage veteran who portrayed the kindly Pa Kent on the ABC series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, has died. He was 84.
Jones died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, his wife, Anita Khanzadian-Jones, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Jones also played the widowed father of Megan Cavanagh's second baseman Marla Hooch in A League of Their Own (1992) and was Samuel Riddle, the owner of War Admiral and Man o' War, in Seabiscuit (2003).
His solid big-screen résumé also included Bloodbrothers (1978), The First Deadly Sin (1980), Prince of the City (1981),...
Jones died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, his wife, Anita Khanzadian-Jones, told The Hollywood Reporter.
Jones also played the widowed father of Megan Cavanagh's second baseman Marla Hooch in A League of Their Own (1992) and was Samuel Riddle, the owner of War Admiral and Man o' War, in Seabiscuit (2003).
His solid big-screen résumé also included Bloodbrothers (1978), The First Deadly Sin (1980), Prince of the City (1981),...
Exclusive: One of Hollywood's long-lost scripts, period horror thriller Harrow's Alley, could finally see the light of day after British actor and writer Emma Thompson partnered with His Dark Materials producer Bad Wolf to develop it for the small screen. The project is set up at HBO, sources said. The original script was written by Walter Newman, who was nominated for three Oscars, 1951's Ace In The Hole, 1965's Cat Ballou and 1978's Bloodbrothers, in the 1960s but…...
- 3/5/2018
- Deadline TV
David Tate's meticulously orchestrated plan finally came to its climax in "Take the Ride, Pay the Toll" - with devastating results.
He spent years after his wife and son's death planning his revenge against those that he held responsible. With a scheme in place, the police were no match for him. He succeeded in tormenting Marco in the worst possible way.
I wondered after "Old Friends" if Tate wanted Marco to have his gun in order to kill Daniel Frye. That ended up being the case, though it was much more complicated than that. It all goes back to the bridge and the death of his family.
Tate was serious about getting his revenge, yet had no intention of surviving. The bomb vest wasn't there to protect his life as much as it was to make sure he wasn't killed before his plan was completed. He wanted to see...
He spent years after his wife and son's death planning his revenge against those that he held responsible. With a scheme in place, the police were no match for him. He succeeded in tormenting Marco in the worst possible way.
I wondered after "Old Friends" if Tate wanted Marco to have his gun in order to kill Daniel Frye. That ended up being the case, though it was much more complicated than that. It all goes back to the bridge and the death of his family.
Tate was serious about getting his revenge, yet had no intention of surviving. The bomb vest wasn't there to protect his life as much as it was to make sure he wasn't killed before his plan was completed. He wanted to see...
- 9/19/2013
- by carla@tvfanatic.com (Carla Day)
- TVfanatic
"New Girl" fans have relished putting together the puzzle that is Nick Miller, TV's most lovable thirtysomething curmudgeon. Back in January, the episode "A Father's Love" introduced one piece in the form of Nick's scamming dad Walt (Dennis Farina). This Tuesday, an unexpected trip to Chicago offers a few more: Nick's mother Bonnie (Margo Martindale), brother Jamie (Nick Kroll), and cousin Bobby (Bill Burr). The reasons that force Nick and the roommates to visit the Windy City may be dramatic, but the results are nothing short of hilarious.
- 3/22/2013
- by insidetv.ew.com
- Huffington Post
It was kind of heartbreaking when Schmidt (Max Greenfield) and CeCe (Hannah Simone) couldn't make their relationship work on "New Girl." They were, after all, ridiculously cute.
But there may now be a new relationship on the show to rival this one. Schmidt has teamed up with CeCe's other ex, Robby (Nelson Franklin), to win her back. In the process, the two white guys created a couple that may take "New Girl" to unexpected heights of adorableness.
It's kind of funny how unexpected this is. After all, when CeCe broke things off with Robby in "Eggs," we all kind of forgot about the guy. There was too much Schmidt to love! We just didn't realize what we were missing -- Schmidt needed a bro, a comrade-in-arms. Their new alliance is brilliant: Meant to take down all other suitors, the duo will eventually, "Highlander"-style, be the final two left to win CeCe's heart.
But there may now be a new relationship on the show to rival this one. Schmidt has teamed up with CeCe's other ex, Robby (Nelson Franklin), to win her back. In the process, the two white guys created a couple that may take "New Girl" to unexpected heights of adorableness.
It's kind of funny how unexpected this is. After all, when CeCe broke things off with Robby in "Eggs," we all kind of forgot about the guy. There was too much Schmidt to love! We just didn't realize what we were missing -- Schmidt needed a bro, a comrade-in-arms. Their new alliance is brilliant: Meant to take down all other suitors, the duo will eventually, "Highlander"-style, be the final two left to win CeCe's heart.
- 1/16/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
A quick review of last night's "New Girl" coming up just as soon as I pick up calls on a banana... You can look at "A Father's Love" in one of two ways: 1)As a stealth epilogue to HBO's "Luck," bringing Dennis Farina back to the track under similar (but not identical) circumstances,(*) or 2)As a Nick Miller origin story. (*) Or maybe it was just an overall David Milch tribute, since the lead Russian gangster was played by Pasha Lychnikoff, who was Blazinov, the telegraph operator on "Deadwood." Either way, it wasn't the most wildly funny outing of this season,...
- 1/16/2013
- by Alan Sepinwall
- Hitfix
Season two of New Girl has been the season of Nick Miller. After the writers really began hitting their stride with Nick's character in the second half of the first season, Jake Johnson has had plenty of scenes that he has stolen, whether he is playing Nick, the lovable, agitated, goofball (shown in his "angry [...]
New Girl "A Father's Love" Review - Saris and Sons...
New Girl "A Father's Love" Review - Saris and Sons...
- 1/16/2013
- by Chris King
- TVovermind.com
This was not New Girl's finest hour.
While "A Father's Love" did attempt to tug on the viewer's heartstrings, it mostly failed to actually make me laugh for the majority of the half hour. As always, Schmidt had the winning lines, but tonight's episode banked too hard on horse semen and a weird Nick diabetic dance to carry the laughs.
It's interesting watching New Girl when it tries to do serious and heartfelt. I remember liking the episode on New Girl Season 1 titled "The Injury," but also thinking it wasn't all that humorous. It must be a difficult balance to strike: to be hilarious and also warm. But other comedies do it better.
I'm thinking of Parks and Recreation in particular, which allows its well-developed characters to be themselves and create their own moments. So maybe it was the the appearance of Nick's father that didn't quite do it for me?...
While "A Father's Love" did attempt to tug on the viewer's heartstrings, it mostly failed to actually make me laugh for the majority of the half hour. As always, Schmidt had the winning lines, but tonight's episode banked too hard on horse semen and a weird Nick diabetic dance to carry the laughs.
It's interesting watching New Girl when it tries to do serious and heartfelt. I remember liking the episode on New Girl Season 1 titled "The Injury," but also thinking it wasn't all that humorous. It must be a difficult balance to strike: to be hilarious and also warm. But other comedies do it better.
I'm thinking of Parks and Recreation in particular, which allows its well-developed characters to be themselves and create their own moments. So maybe it was the the appearance of Nick's father that didn't quite do it for me?...
- 1/16/2013
- by lisabethpalmer@gmail.com (Lisa Palmer)
- TVfanatic
What's done is done, but what has yet to happen is far from certain. This is especially true within the world of Fringe, where anything is possible and where the actions of characters have ripple effects that have impact on not only their lives but on entire universes. A father's love can doom a world or two. A child can become a lifeline to another universe. An ancient device could destroy the future. But the future, for all of its infinite possibilities, is a blank slate yet to be written. We can choose, we can fall, we can fail. But tomorrow is forever in front of us. Nothing, we're told, is written in stone. This week's sensational and gripping episode of Fringe ("Bloodline"), written by Monica Owusu-Breen and Alison Schapker, is set Over There and it's with a certain amount of relish that we dive through the veil to see...
- 3/23/2011
- by Jace
- Televisionary
Michael Lohan is somehow convinced the world hasn't heard enough of his voice -- because he's re-recording that song he wrote for Lindsay ... and this time he's actually going to sing it himself!!!! As we first reported, Michael wrote a song called "A Father's Love" with an old friend -- dedicated to LiLo -- but he didn't quite have the brass to get in front of the mic ... until now. His friend Joe Vulpis --...
- 8/4/2010
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
"American Idol" Season 5 finalist Bucky Covington just released his first single, "A Father's Love," off his sophomore album "I'm Alright," due out later this year.
He talks to Zap2it about his music, still being in touch with his fellow Idols and what he thinks of comparisons between himself and this year's "Idol" finalist Casey James.
Tell us about the new album, "I'm Alright."
One thing I just absolutely love about country music is the variety of it. I have a song on there, "Hold a Woman," that is very soulful, my "sexy side," if you will. Then we've got "Evel Knievel" that is a fist-pumping party song. The title song "I'm Alright" is about how you broke up and then got drunk and then end up showing up on her doorstep to see if she's okay. I absolutely love that song.
And what about your first single, "A Father's Love?...
He talks to Zap2it about his music, still being in touch with his fellow Idols and what he thinks of comparisons between himself and this year's "Idol" finalist Casey James.
Tell us about the new album, "I'm Alright."
One thing I just absolutely love about country music is the variety of it. I have a song on there, "Hold a Woman," that is very soulful, my "sexy side," if you will. Then we've got "Evel Knievel" that is a fist-pumping party song. The title song "I'm Alright" is about how you broke up and then got drunk and then end up showing up on her doorstep to see if she's okay. I absolutely love that song.
And what about your first single, "A Father's Love?...
- 3/24/2010
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Zap2It - From Inside the Box
To Kill A Mockingbird director Robert Mulligan has died at the age of 83.
The moviemaker, who received an Oscar nomination for helming the 1962 drama, passed away at his Connecticut home on Friday after suffering a heart attack.
Mulligan began his career working on live TV in New York in the early 1950s before graduating to movies in 1957 with Fear Strikes Out, the story of baseball pitcher Jimmy Piersall.
He went on to direct over 20 pictures including 1978's Bloodbrothers and 1991's The Man in the Moon, the film debut of Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon.
The moviemaker, who received an Oscar nomination for helming the 1962 drama, passed away at his Connecticut home on Friday after suffering a heart attack.
Mulligan began his career working on live TV in New York in the early 1950s before graduating to movies in 1957 with Fear Strikes Out, the story of baseball pitcher Jimmy Piersall.
He went on to direct over 20 pictures including 1978's Bloodbrothers and 1991's The Man in the Moon, the film debut of Hollywood actress Reese Witherspoon.
- 12/22/2008
- WENN
Robert Mulligan, who directed "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "Summer of '42," among other films, died Friday of heart disease at his Connecticut home. He was 83.
Mulligan received a best director Oscar nomination in 1963 for "Mockingbird."
The brother of actor Richard Mulligan, he also directed "The Great Impostor," "Love With the Proper Stranger," "Baby, the Rain Must Fall," "Inside Daisy Clover," "Up the Down Staircase" and "The Other." He also narrated "Summer of '42."
Known for his diffident nature and sensitivity toward players, Mulligan directed five different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Natalie Wood, Ruth Gordon and Ellen Burstyn, with Peck winning the best actor Oscar for "Mockingbird."
He also elicited consistently fine performances from a range of his players, including Anthony Perkins in "Fear Strikes Out," Jennifer O'Neill in "Summer of '42," Robert Redford in "Inside Daisy Clover" and Richard Gere in "Bloodbrothers."
Mulligan earned his...
Mulligan received a best director Oscar nomination in 1963 for "Mockingbird."
The brother of actor Richard Mulligan, he also directed "The Great Impostor," "Love With the Proper Stranger," "Baby, the Rain Must Fall," "Inside Daisy Clover," "Up the Down Staircase" and "The Other." He also narrated "Summer of '42."
Known for his diffident nature and sensitivity toward players, Mulligan directed five different actors in Oscar-nominated performances: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Natalie Wood, Ruth Gordon and Ellen Burstyn, with Peck winning the best actor Oscar for "Mockingbird."
He also elicited consistently fine performances from a range of his players, including Anthony Perkins in "Fear Strikes Out," Jennifer O'Neill in "Summer of '42," Robert Redford in "Inside Daisy Clover" and Richard Gere in "Bloodbrothers."
Mulligan earned his...
- 12/21/2008
- by By Duane Byrge
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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