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| Famous birthdays for March 15: Jai Courtney, Frances Conroy | Those born on this date are under the sign of Pisces. They include: -- Andrew Jackson, seventh president of the United States, in 1767 -- Musician Harry James in 1916 -- Astronaut Alan Bean in 1932 -- U.S. |
| Sarah Michelle Gellar confirms 'Buffy' revival dead at Hulu | Sarah Michelle Gellar announced on Instagram on Saturday that her revival of Buffy, the Vampire Slayer is not moving forward. Gellar was set to reprise her role of Buffy Summers training a new slayer in a Hulu series. "Unfortunately, Hulu has decided not to move forward with Buffy: New Sunnydale," Gellar said on Instragam. Gellar only announced the project three years after Executive Producer Chloe Zhao had pitched her an idea. Nora and Lila Zuckerman joined to develop the new series. "Thanks to Chloe, I was reminded how much I love her and how much she means not only to me but to all of you and this doesn't change any of that," Gellar said. Ryan Kiera Armstrong had been cast as the new anointed vampire slayer Buffy would be training. |
| Cary Elwes dove deep to play hero cop in 'Dead Man's Wire' | Stranger Things, The Princess Bride and Robin Hood: Men in Tights icon Cary Elwes says he thoroughly researched the life of Michael Grable, the real Indianapolis police detective he plays in Gus Van Sant's drama, Dead Man's Wire. "I went to Indianapolis and spent some time down there and met with my character's kids, Michael and Jason, and they gave me a ton of material to work with -- audio, visual, photograph albums, everything, and his behavior and his likes, his dislikes, his favorite phrases," Elwes, 63, told UPI in a recent Zoom interview, noting Grable died nine years before the movie was released. |
| NBCUniversal cancels 'Access Hollywood,' 'Karamo,' 'Steve Wilkos' | NBCUniversal has canceled its syndicated entertainment news program, Access Hollywood, and daytime talk series Karamo and The Steve Wilkos Show. "NBCUniversal is making changes to our first-run syndication division to better align with the programming preferences of local stations," Frances Berwick, chairman of Bravo and Peacock unscripted for NBCUniversal, said in a statement Friday. "The company will remain active in the distribution of our existing program library and other off-network titles, while winding down production of our first-run shows. These shows have provided audiences with great talk and entertainment content for many years and we're very proud of the teams behind them. |
| Production begins on fifth and final season of 'Mayor of Kingstown' | Production has begun on the fifth and final season of Taylor Sheridan's Michigan-set crime drama, Mayor of Kingstown. David Morse -- who was recently seen in We Were Liars -- joins the ensemble. "This season, in the wake of Tracy's murder and the vengeance visited upon Callahan (Richard Brake) by Mike (Renner) and Kyle (Taylor Handley), FBI agent Russell Hardy (Morse) arrives in Kingstown searching for the 'fugitive' Callahan," Paramount+ said in a press release. "A true lawman, Agent Hardy threatens to unearth all of Mike's sins and secrets, and disrupt Kingstown's tenuous balance of power." The cast also includes Edie Falco, Laura Benanti, Hugh Dillon, Tobi Bamtefa, Derek Webster, Necar Zadegan, Nichole Galicia and Lennie James. |