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Actor, director, and producer Kiefer Sutherland has been attached to a variety of popular and well-received projects in the Hollywood industry. From his iconic role as Ace Merrill in the cult classic film Stand by Me to Tom Kirkman in the hit series Designated Survivor, it is clear that Sutherland, like his late father, possesses a profound talent. Although Kiefer's films encompass nearly every genre, many of them fall into the categories of action, adventure, and thriller. One such project, which Donald Sutherland also stars in, encompasses the action genre while adding Western elements that 1923 fans are sure to enjoy.

Forsakenis a 2015 Western action film that was directed by Jon Cassar. Alongside Kiefer and Donald, the film also features Demi Moore (The Substance) and Brian Cox (Succession). With a Rotten Tomatoes audience score of 86% and multiple nominations for the Canadian Screen Awards, it is evident that the film has...

From Keanu Reeves to Laurence Fishburne, the cast of The Matrix trilogy is full of great movie stars who made unforgettable icons out of their characters. The Wachowskis assembled one of the best movie casts of the 90s when they were putting together their groundbreaking sci-fi actioner, and brought in even more screen legends when they came back to direct the sequels. They recruited actors who were already big names in Hollywood, like Reeves and Fishburne, and they also gave some new actors their big break. Carrie-Anne Moss first gained international attention with her role in The Matrix.

The Matrix almost had a very different cast. Will Smith was approached to play Neo and Sean Connery was approached to play Morpheus. Janet Jackson came close to clinching the role of Trinity, but she had to turn it down due to scheduling conflicts. With these original choices in the roles, The Matrix...

Tom Hanks has had nothing short of one of the most storied and incredible acting careers of all time, with some particularly career-defining films of his coming out in the 1990s. He is an actor capable of playing any role in a multitude of genres, from serious dramas to laugh-out-loud romantic comedies; his range and ability are seemingly never-ending. Hanks has a natural, universal appeal with his youthful good looks and effortless charisma that has helped him cement his status as one of the best acting talents to ever grace the screen.

Whether portraying the naive yet brilliant titular character in Forrest Gump or the commanding Captain Miller in Saving Private Ryan, he has an incredible way of bringing authenticity to every role. A career spanning many decades with multiple Academy Award wins, his work in the 1990s would be enough on its own to have a memorable body of work.

Teacup episodes 5 and 6 give us all the answers that we’ve been hoping for. The episodes disclosed the role of Harbinger, the significance of the iridescent tree, or at least the idea behind it, and why the assassins were after Harbinger. There are good and bad aliens in the show, and for the time being, Harbinger is the only good one out there. Protecting him is crucial for the greater good, but to do so, the assassins must be dealt with. Maggie and James will clearly have to make tough choices to protect their son, Arlo, because, at its very core, the series is about a family withstanding the test of time.

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James had no idea that he would find the answers to all his questions after being dragged into the basement of the Navarro house. A young man named Travis interrogated...

Courtney B. Vance is a Tony- and Emmy-winning actor and the president of the SAG-AFTRA Foundation. To Vance, legendary actor James Earl Jones was known as “Jimmy.” The two first met in the 1980s while starring in August Wilson’s drama “Fences,” which went on to win the Pulitzer Prize and four Tony Awards, including Jones’ prize for best leading actor in a play. Here, Vance reflects on the “Fences” family, their enduring friendship and his final visit with his onstage father.

James lived in upstate New York, and I was there about six months ago. The whole family was there, and we were all just laughing, talking about old times. He said to me, “Courtney, they’ve got me so ensconced in this bubble, I think I’m gonna live to be 100.” I said, “Jimmy, I know you will.” We didn’t have a chance to reminisce about our experience with “Fences,...

The world has just gotten a little brighter with the news that Netflix is developing a sequel series to A Different World. Can you believe it? We couldn't be more excited about this incredible news!

If you didn't know, A Different World is an iconic late '80s Black sitcom that aired on NBC for six seasons from 1987 to 1993. It's a spinoff of another classic Black sitcom The Cosby Show, and it follows the lives of the students and staff at Hillman College, a fictional, historically Black college in Virginia.

This show even launched the acting careers of talented individuals such as Jasmine Guy, Kadeem Hardison, Marisa Tomei, and many others. Other cast members included Lisa Bonet, Dawnn Lewis, Mary Alice, Darryl M. Bell, Sinbad, Charnele Brown, Cree Summer, and Glynn Turman.

While the first season mainly centered around Bonet's Denise Huxtable character, the subsequent seasons followed Denise's friends'...

Neo's most famous quotes establish that he does not completely believe in fate but will fight anyway. Morpheus often affirms his unwavering faith, while Agent Smith tries to rattle the heroes with arguments about the futility of their struggle. Trinity has some straightforward, memorable lines that emphasize her iron will.

The Matrix includes many great quotes that reflect the franchise's main themes of destiny vs. free will, or that highlight the characters' ingenuity and endurance. Following the saga of Neo's (Keanu Reeves) battle against the machines and their virtual reality known as the Matrix, the franchise's best (and worst) quotes are often deeply philosophical. There are points when The Matrix's discourses become too meandering, yet some simple lines from the characters affirming the threat they pose are also fan favorites.

Amazing quotes emerge from the characters' iconic personas: Morpheus' (Laurence Fishburne) belief in the importance of truth and destiny,...

With any long-running TV show, there are bound to be rumors of behind-the-scenes drama and feuds. Most of the time these are just ploys to get people talking, but sometimes they have some weight behind them. Weve seen these kinds of stories come out of shows such as The Good Wife, where a feud between Julianna Margulies and Archie Panjabi almost tore the series apart. And, of course, the ever-infamous feud between Kim Cattrall and Sarah Jessica Parker on, and off, the set of Sex and the City. But theres another series that has its fair share of scandals: Desperate Housewives. The show follows four housewives; Susan (Teri Hatcher), Bree (Marcia Cross), Lynette (Felicity Huffman), and Gaby (Eva Longoria), and the dramas and scandals that fill their day-to-day lives. The inciting incident is the death of their friend and fellow housewife Mary Alice (Brenda Strong), and when they discover that...

Today She MD launches, a one-of-a-kind weekly podcast dedicated to women’s health advocacy, hosted by former fashion designer and entrepreneur Mary Alice Haney and leading board-certified Obgyn to the stars and expert in Pcos/endometriosis, Dr Thais Aliabadi, lovingly known by her patients as “Dr. A.” She MD launches in partnership with Dear Media, the powerhouse female focused media company best known for catapulting talent and creators to new heights through audio.

Standing for Strong, Healthy and Empowered, the goal behind She MD is to empower women with the knowledge and tools to advocate for their own health, especially around oft-ignored yet critical topics like Pcos, endometriosis, infertility, hormone imbalance and more. The podcast will feature some of the most notable and powerful women in our world today, ranging from Grammy-award winning artist Sza, TV personality Olivia Culpo, and celebrated comedian and actor Tiffany Haddish, as well as top...

In the early 2000s, the women of Wisteria Lane ruled soapy television. Created by Marc Cherry, Desperate Housewives began airing in 2004 and portrayed a group of women who find themselves struck by tragedy when their friend Mary Alice (Brenda Strong) inexplicably kills herself. The entirety of the first season follows the aftermath of Mary Alice’s death, and sees her friends try to uncover the mystery behind it. The series lasted 8 seasons, and with each passing season the storylines got progressively more unhinged, with tornadoes striking the lane, and planes crashing onto it. But despite some more unique moments, the show’s inspiration is grounded in surprising, and dark, reality.

The Matrix franchise includes supplemental projects like video games, an animated series, and comic books that delve deeper into the series' lore and themes. These projects provide explanations and backstories that complement the movies, recontextualizing ideas and offering fans a refreshing way to view the franchise. The supplemental projects explore important elements such as the change in actresses for the character of the Oracle, the awakening process in the real world, and the origins of the man vs. machine war.

The Matrix franchise is beloved for its intricate, layered narratives, but there were still some important moments that were left out of the movies and were explained elsewhere. Across four films, audiences experienced mind-bending themes, stunning visuals, and an overall aesthetic that effortlessly oozes charisma. However, despite the popularity of the live-action franchise, there also exists an extended media that explores The Matrix's themes that aren't as popular. In addition to the movies,...

In a major twist to Spider-Man lore, Marvel just dropped a bombshell reveal about the serum which turned Norman Osborn into the Green Goblin. As Peter Parker prepares for battle against an upgraded Doctor Octopus, Otto takes the time to torture Norman for his past crimes. However, when he injects his rival with the Goblin Serum that originally turned him into a supervillain, he gets an unexpected result.

Last issue, Otto Octavius - getting revenge for Norman Osborn killing his former love Mary Alice - injected the reformed killer with the Goblin Serum, which grants the user enhanced strength and agility while warping their mind. Now, fans see the effect, and it's not what anyone expected, as Norman reveals he's essentially immune to the Serum. Norman admits that the serum didn't create his murderous urges - it merely brought his evil to the surface. Now that he's been literally purged of his sins,...

Judith James, producer of “Quiz Show” and “Mad Dog Time” and Richard Dreyfuss’ longtime collaborator, died in Santa Barbara after a bout with cancer. She was 86.

James’ friend, Alex. B Block, confirmed the news to Variety.

James’ was an accomplished producer who worked alongside Dreyfuss on projects including “Funny, You Don’t Look 200: A Constitutional Vaudeville,” “Prisoner of Honor” and “The Lightkeepers.”

“From the minute I met Judy James at the Mark Taper Forum, I knew I had found someone who had the same passion for storytelling that I did,” Dreyfuss said in a statement. “In all the years we were producing partners, we were of like mind, not gender, and we always found a way to agree and wouldn’t have done anything without each other’s approval. She was a wonderful woman and a great friend.”

James was born in Worcester, Mass., and graduated from Vassar College...

Judith James, a film, TV and Broadway producer who was Richard Dreyfuss’ producing partner for many years and worked on such projects as Quiz Show, Mr. Holland’s Opus and Eleanor: In Her Own Words, has died July 14 of cancer in Santa Barbara, CA. She was 86.

Her son, Jackson James, revealed the news.

“From the minute I met Judy James at the Mark Taper Forum [in Los Angeles], I knew I had found someone who had the same passion for storytelling that I did,” The Goodbye Girl Oscar winner Dreyfuss said in a statement. “In all the years we were producing partners, we were of like mind, not gender, and we always found a way to agree and wouldn’t have done anything without each others’ approval. She was a wonderful woman and a great friend.”

Born Judith Rutherford, James moved to New York after college to pursue a career in theater. She...

It was a night of firsts, lasts and an upset win as TV’s finest gathered together to celebrate the 45th Primetime Emmy Awards on ABC on September 19, 1993. Even the host made history — in more ways than one. Read on for our Emmys flashback 30 years ago to 1993.

For the first time ever, the ceremony was hosted solely by a female — who was also, ironically, the unluckiest actress in Emmy history. Up for her 13th Emmy nomination that evening, Angela Lansbury guided the ceremony with her usual grace. Lansbury passed away in 2022, with the record of most Best Drama Actress bids as well as the record for most overall nominations without a win at 18. However, she wasn’t the only one nominated at this ceremony who has never won despite numerous nominations, or the only one to lay claim to an unfortunate record.

After a stellar year in 1992, reigning Best Drama...

There’s something strangely compelling about murder mysteries. Murder mysteries have been a hallmark of television series for the longest time. From trying to figure out who killed Laura Palmer (Twin Peaks) to getting to the bottom of the mysterious circumstances that resulted in the death of Mary Alice in Wisteria Lane (Desperate Housewives), murder has reared its ugly head in pop culture for as long as some of us can remember. Nowhere is it more evident than in everyone’s favorite streaming service, Netflix. Netflix has been churning out hit shows left and right, and it’s a ground zero to explore the trend that's been popping up more and more frequently - shows taking a sharp turn into the murder mystery genre in later seasons.

Sheryl Lee Ralph and Tyler James Williams are looking to make some Emmy history this year as the current comedy supporting actor/actress category frontrunners for their performances in the ABC comedy hit “Abbott Elementary.” Ralph of course memorably won last year – complete with a powerful singing acceptance speech – and is going for two in a row after also taking the comedy supporting actress trophy at the Critics Choice Awards in January. Williams, who won a Golden Globe earlier this year, is looking to keep Brett Goldstein from pulling off an Emmy three-peat for “Ted Lasso” after being nominated a year ago.

Should both Ralph and Williams triumph, it would be the first time that performers of color won in the comedy supporting categories in the same year. In fact, it would be the first time African Americans took home an Emmy statue in the same year in any supporting series category – drama included.

After playing Kimberly Shaw in “Melrose Place” and Bree Van de Kamp in “Desperate Housewives,” Marcia Cross is ready for her next iconic role.

“I always assumed that after ‘Desperate Housewives’ there will be a third act. It has not happened yet. That’s the double-edged sword of being an ‘icon.’ Everybody thinks you are that character and by the time they forget about it, you are not on anybody’s list anymore,” she said at Series Mania in Lille, France.

“I am at this funny crossroad: I am this incredibly ripe human and yet Hollywood is not particularly interested. We are tackling LGBTQ+ issues, although there is still a long way to go, we are talking about people of color, but – and I hate to say it – we don’t love to see older women. We were 40-year-old women doing ‘Dh’ and that was a big deal. Now, I want to see 60-year-old women.

John Travolta choked up as he introduced the In Memoriam segment at the 2023 Oscars, which featured a performance by Lenny Kravitz.

Travolta was teary eyed as he spoke onstage at the Dolby Theatre on Sunday ahead of Kravitz’s performance of “Calling All Angels.” Before Kravitz performed, Travolta choked up as he paid a subtle tribute to Grease co-star Olivia Newton John: “They’ve touched our hearts. They’ve made us smile, and became dear friends who we will always remain hopelessly devoted to.”

Kravitz sang and played piano as photos of famous faces who recently passed appeared on the large screen, including Newton-John, Burt Bacharach, Ray Liotta, Kirstie Alley, Irene Cara, Mary Alice, Raquel Welch, Nichelle Nichols and many others.

It was one of several performances Sunday night.

Rihanna sang “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever while Lady Gaga performed “Hold My Hand” from Top Gun: Maverick.

Lenny Kravitz helped honor the scores of film industry professionals who died in the last year with a performance of “Calling All Angels” at the Oscars Sunday, March 12.

The performance was introduced by John Travolta, who snuck in a touching reference to his late Grease co-star Olivia Newton-John as he honored all those who’ve died over the last year: “They’ve touched our hearts, they’ve made us smile, and became dear friends, who we will always remain hopefully devoted to.”

John Travolta gets emotional as he introduces the...

Four-time Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz will perform for Sunday’s emotional “In Memoriam” segment on the Oscars 2023 ceremony. While only 40-50 people are generally remembered for the television ceremony hosted by Jimmy Kimmel on ABC, over 200 people will be recognized on the Academy’s webpage starting that evening.

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Here is a lengthy list of many contributors to film who died since last year’s Academy Awards ceremony:

Mary Alice (actor)

Gil Alkabetz (animator)

Kirstie Alley (actor)

Burt Bacharach (composer)

Angelo Badalamenti (composer)

Simone Bär (casting director)

Joanna Barnes (actor)

Carl A. Bell (animator)

Jeff Berlin (sound)

David Birney (actor)

Bruce Bisenz (sound)

Robert Blake (actor)

Eliot Bliss (sound)

Nick Bosustow (shorts)

Albert Brenner (production designer)

Tom Bronson (costume designer)

James Caan (actor)

Michael Callan (actor)

Donn Cambern (editor)

Irene Cara (songwriter)

Gary W. Carlson (sound)

Marvin Chomsky...

ABC's hit series Desperate Housewives aired for eight seasons; however, season 4 was cut short due to an unexpected challenge with the show's production. Desperate Housewives followed the mysteries and stories of four housewives in the fictional town of Wisteria told through the eyes of their deceased neighbor Mary Alice. The series began in 2004 and ran for several seasons before concluding in 2012.

During its long run on television, Desperate Housewives' eight seasons became an immediate success and cultural phenomenon. Its combination of female-led suburbia stories and dark mystery undertones led audiences to not only enjoy the series but, at times, relate to it as well. While the show covered macabre topics of murder and affairs, other parts of the series, such as problems of substance abuse and motherhood, spoke to viewers more intimately. Unfortunately, despite the show's success, the fourth season did not receive the typical 23 episodes that Desperate Housewives typically...

Sunday’s SAG Awards ceremony will be a streaming event for the first time on the Netflix YouTube channel. One of the highlights each year is the special In Memoriam segment. It’s been a particularly rough year with over 100 deaths of prominent actors and actresses who were likely members of SAG/AFTRA. Show producers typically are able to include approximately 40-50 people in a tribute.

Among that group will certainly be Oscar winners Louise Fletcher, William Hurt and Irene Cara, plus nominees Angela Lansbury (a SAG life achievement recipient) and Melinda Dillon. Emmy champs Mary Alice, Kirstie Alley, Leslie Jordan, Ray Liotta, Stuart Margolin, Robert Morse and Barbara Walters.

SEECelebrity Deaths 2023: In Memoriam Gallery

Here is our expansive list of over 100 people who died since last year’s ceremony, several of whom will be honored on Sunday’s event:

Ralph Ahn

J. Grant Albrecht

Mary Alice

Rae Allen...

Desperate Housewives aired 180 episodes throughout eight seasons, and all but two of the episode titles were connected by a secret, unique trend. From 2004 to 2012, Desperate Housewives aired on ABC before wrapping up the stories of its four main housewives, Susan, Lynette, Bree, and Gabrielle, in the season 8 finale. Desperate Housewives featured many twists, turns, and time jumps, but there was a thread that remained consistent throughout that can be found in almost every episode title.

Desperate Housewives was a hit right off the bat, receiving praise from critics, major awards, and nominations for its acting performances, directing, and writing. Created by Marc Cherry, Desperate Housewives featured a different mystery each season, with the first season revolving around the suicide of fellow housewife Mary Alice Young. Unfortunately, Desperate Housewives Season 9 never happened, but not due to cancelation, and the finale episode, "Finishing The Hat," aired in 2012.

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Charles Fuller, the pioneering Philadelphia playwright who received a Pulitzer Prize, a Tony Award and an Oscar nomination for A Soldier’s Play, has died. He was 83.

Fuller, who also explored racism and the Black experience with his earlier plays The Brownsville Raid and Zooman and the Sign, died Monday at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, his son, David, told The Hollywood Reporter.

A Soldier’s Play tells the story of the racially charged investigation by a Black captain for the murder of a Black sergeant on a segregated U.S. Army base in Jim Crow Louisiana in 1944.

Originally produced by New York’s Negro Ensemble Company, the courtroom drama/murder mystery debuted off-Broadway at Theater Four in November 1981 and ran for almost 600 performances through January 1963. It starred Charles Brown as Capt. Richard Davenport and Adolph Caesar as the murdered Sgt. Vernon C. Waters.

John Legend took the stage at the Emmy Awards on Monday to honor the stars who left us during the past year. The “In Memoriam” segment was one of the highlights of the night, with the Egot winner performing his new song “Pieces.”

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Anthony Anderson presented Legend and the segment, saying, “It never feels like the right time to say goodbye to a loved one, a friend or a cherished icon.”

He added. “To quote Shakespeare, ‘All the world’s a stage and all the men and women merely players, they have their exits and their entrances, and one man in his time plays many parts.’ As we acknowledge the legends within our industry will pass on, we celebrate all that they created and shared with the world. May they rest in peace and power.”

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During Legend’s performance,...

Producers of this Monday’s Primetime Emmy Awards ceremony have some difficult decisions to make about who to honor during the emotional In Memoriam segment. John Legend will perform “Pieces,” a new song he has written for the tribute. Kenan Thompson will host the 2022 Emmys for NBC at 8 p.m. Et; 5 p.m. Pt.

Our list below includes almost 100 people who made a strong contribution to television and have died since mid-September of 2021 following the previous Emmys ceremony. Only about 40-45 of these people will probably be in the video segment. Certain to be featured will be TV Academy Hall of Fame members actress Betty White and director Jay Sandrich.Other prominent names almost certainly chosen are: Mary Alice (acting winner), Louie Anderson (acting winner), James Caan (acting nominee), Anne Heche (acting winner), Howard Hesseman (acting nominee), William Hurt (acting nominee), Gregory Itzin (acting nominee), Ray Liotta (acting winner), Burt Metcalfe...

Get in touch to send in cinephile news and discoveries. For daily updates follow us @NotebookMUBI.NEWSAnne Heche in Psycho.Anne Heche has died at the age of 53, one week after sustaining critical injuries in a car accident. At Vulture, Matt Zoller Seitz offers a tribute to her "elastic," unclassifiable talent over 35 years of screen roles.Best known for Half of a Yellow Sun, an adaptation of the Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie novel, Nigerian director and novelist Biyi Bandele died aged 54 last week. His second feature, Elesin Oba, The King’s Horseman, is set to premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival next month.In New York, the Downtown Community Television Center (Dctv) will open a documentary cinema in lower Manhattan's Chinatown district, screening first-run debuts and curated programs starting on September 22.Mid-century Italian screen icon Gina Lollobrigida has said she will run for the Sovereign and Popular Italy party (ISP...

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On July 23 at San Diego Comic-Con, Dawnn Lewis shared an impromptu tribute to Nichelle Nichols, the trailblazing Star Trek star. Lewis, who voices Capt. Carol Freeman on Star Trek: Lower Decks, told 6,500 fans about looking up to Nichols as a child and later sharing a decades-long friendship. Days after that emotional Comic-Con moment, Nichols passed away on July 30 at the age of 89. Here, Lewis reflects on the iconic actor and activist, best known for playing Lt. Nyota Uhura.

Right after Comic-Con, I got home and I called Nichelle to tell her what happened. I said, “A bunch of people are probably going to call you to tell you that I lost it.” We talked for 45 minutes, and then four days later, she is gone. That was really hard for me. On that same Tuesday, we had a family member pass away. Wednesday, Mary Alice passed away.

It’s been a tough year for Hollywood, beginning with the tragic loss of comedian Bob Saget in January. Many other big-name celebrities and media figures have passed in the months since such as William Hurt, Ray Liotta, Sidney Poitier, Naomi Judd, Gilbert Gottfried, Nichelle Nichols, Peter Bogdanovich and many more.

Then there were the lesser-known — but no less beloved — talents such as Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins, Leave It to Beaver star Tony Dow, actress Mary Alice from The Matrix, comic book artist Neil Adams, producer Heather Gray and, of course, the great Paul Sorvino.

Deadline regularly updates this in memoriam dedicated to all those boldfaced names, as well as many of the unsung heroes of the entertainment industry — its groundbreaking artisans, brilliant executives and instantly-recognizable character actors. Each entry also contains a link to our larger tribute to that individual.

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Mary Alice, an Emmy and Tony Award winner best known to TV viewers for her roles in A Different World and I’ll Fly Away, died on July 27in New York City, the NYPD has reported.

Alice died of natural causes, NPR reports; the actress’ precise, eightysomething age was at press time uncertain.

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Alice’s TV career began in the 1970s,...

Emmy-winning actress Mary Alice, best known for A Different World and I’ll Fly Away has died. No cause of death has been revealed at this time but was reportedly confirmed by the NYPD. It’s unclear what Alice’s age actually is as conflicting reports claim she was born in 1936 and 1941, making her somewhere between 84 and 80 years old. Best known for playing Leticia “Lettie” Bostic on NBC‘s A Different World, Alice made her mark in several TV titles. In 1993 she won an Emmy for her performance as Marguerite Peck in I’ll Fly Away which also aired on NBC. Mary Alice with Beatrice Winde in Sparkle (Credit: Everett Collection) Over the years Alice appeared in several shows including Cosby, American Playhouse, The Women of Brewster Place, Good Times, Sanford and Son, The Doctors, Oz, and many more. And Alice delivered an unforgettable performance as Effie Williams in the 1976 musical drama...

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Mary Alice, the Tony- and Emmy-winning actress who starred in the original Broadway production of Fences, portrayed the mother of three singing daughters in Sparkle and appeared as The Oracle in The Matrix Revolutions, has died. She was 85.

Alice died Wednesday in her Manhattan apartment, an NYPD spokesperson told The Hollywood Reporter.

In 1990 films, Alice played Nurse Margaret opposite Robin Williams and Robert De Niro in Awakenings, directed by Penny Marshall; the family matriarch dealing with a disruptive guest (Danny Glover) in Charles Burnett’s To Sleep With Anger; and a woman whose son was struck by a car in the South Bronx in Brian De Palma’s The Bonfire of the Vanities.

The onetime Chicago schoolteacher received back-to-back Emmy nominations in 1992 and ’93 — winning in the second year — for her supporting turn as Marguerite Peck, whose child is murdered, on the Atlanta-set NBC legal drama I’ll Fly Away,...

Mary Alice, an Emmy-winning actor for I’ll Fly Away and a Tony winner for her performance in 1987’s Broadway production of August Wilson’s Fences, died yesterday in New York City.

Her age has been variously reported as 80, 84 and 86. Her death was confirmed to Deadline by the New York Police Department. No additional details were immediately available.

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“A shoulder we all stood on,” tweeted actor Colman Domingo today.

A prolific character actor on screen and stage, and a pioneer in the representation of Black actors on the Off Broadway and Broadway scenes, Alice is perhaps most widely known to TV audiences for her two-season run as a main character on NBC’s Cosby Show spin-off A Different World, in which she played dorm director Leticia “Lettie” Bostic. In 2003, she featured prominently in The Matrix Revolutions, portraying The Oracle, who imparts words of wisdom to Keanu Reeves’ Neo.

Emmy-winning actress Mary Alice, known for her roles as Leticia “Lettie” Bostic on NBC‘s “A Different World” and as Effie Williams in the 1976 musical drama “Sparkle,” died Wednesday in New York City, according to the NYPD. Her birth year had been reported both as 1936 and 1941 in various sources.

In “The Matrix Revolutions,” she played the Oracle and also played the role in the video game “Enter the Matrix.”

She appeared in “A Different World” for two seasons, and also played Ellie Grant Hubbard on “All My Children” in the 1980s.

In films, she appeared in “Malcolm X,” “The Inkwell,” “Down in the Delta,” “Beat Street,” “To Sleep With Anger,” “Awakenings,” “The Bonfire of the Vanities” and “Sunshine State,” among many others.

Born Mary Alice Smith in Indianola, Miss., she pursued acting at a very early age, starting her stage career in her hometown. After a brief stint as an elementary school teacher,...

“Millions of people just living out their lives…oblivious.” Those are the words first spoken by Hugo Weaving’s Agent Smith while interrogating Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) in the original Matrix from 1999. They’re the same words repeated to Keanu Reeves’ Neo 20 years later in The Matrix Resurrections, only it isn’t Weaving delivering the monologue this time, but the sinister villain played by Jonathan Groff (Mindhunter).

It’s one of many deja vu moments teased in the sequel’s new trailer, which is full of easter eggs and callbacks to the trilogy that saw Neo freed from the Matrix and later save the rest of humanity from vicious, reality-altering machines. Every character in this movie — whether it’s Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss), Jessica Henwick’s acrobatic Bugs, or Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s younger Morpheus — seems to rhyme with a character or event from the past. It may all have something to do with the “strange,...

In many ways, The Matrix Resurrections feels like a remake: Thomas Anderson is trapped inside the simulation once again, waiting to be woken up in the real world. A new group of runners led by Morpheus are fighting the Agents and Machines that threaten Zion. Once again, Keanu Reeves’ Neo is faced with a choice: the red pill or the blue pill?

But as much as history seems to be repeating itself, Resurrections is also a continuation of the trilogy of films that concluded with Revolutions in 2003. Not only is the new sequel bringing back characters like Niobe (Jada Pinckett Smith) and the Merovingian (Lambert Wilson) but Warner Bros. has also confirmed the return of another character from Revolutions.

The official Warner Bros. Korea Instagram handle has finally revealed that Priyanka Chopra is playing the adult version of Sati, the little girl/program who was at the center of one...

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Audra McDonald is the most lauded Broadway performer winning a whopping six Tony Awards in both musical and dramatic categories. And she may be receiving her seventh for the revival of “Frankie and Johnny in the Clair du Lune” when the 74th annual Tonys take place Sept. 26th at the venerable Winter Garden Theatre.

Despite that record, it took a long time for Black artists to be acknowledged by the Tonys, which were first handed out in 1947. It wasn’t until 2004 that a Black actress won for a lead performance in a play: Phylicia Rashad broke this barrier with her win for a revival of Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun.” Hansberry was the first Black artist to be nominated for Best Play in 1960 for the original production of “A Raisin in the Sun” as were its director Lloyd Richards and stars, Sidney Poitier and Claudia McNeil.

We’ve all been spending a lot of time at home these days. But thanks to the wonders of technology, we can also take trips to Twin Peaks, Wisteria Lane or California’s most famous zip code, among other notable TV locales.

Since the days of self-quarantine began earlier this spring, dozens of stars from long-gone television shows have reunited virtually. By way of nostalgia-filled Zoom calls, short-form YouTube series and Instagram Live videos, the casts of nearly two dozen shows have come together to reminisce, including stars from Friday Night Lights, The Office, Glee, Melrose Place and other series.

Was it a comedy? Was it a drama? Was it a soap opera? Let’s celebrate the 15th anniversary of the classic TV series “Desperate Housewives”!

In the Fall of 2004, creator Marc Cherry introduced us to the residents of Wisteria Lane. “Dh” begins with the mysterious suicide of resident Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong), and her group of friends wondering how they could not know their close friend was so desperate. Over eight seasons, Mary Alice narrates the ups and downs of her former neighbors from beyond her grave. Through flashbacks and a five-year flash forward between seasons four and five, we follow the nearly 20-year friendship and adventures of Mary Alice’s poker buddies: klutzy divorcee with a heart of gold Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher) and her pursuit of the perfect mate; control-freak, frazzled wife and mother of four (later five) Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman) and her efforts to...

Was it a comedy? Was it a drama? Was it a soap opera? Let’s celebrate the 15th anniversary of the classic TV series “Desperate Housewives”!

In the Fall of 2004, creator Marc Cherry introduced us to the residents of Wisteria Lane. “Dh” begins with the mysterious suicide of resident Mary Alice Young (Brenda Strong), and her group of friends wondering how they could not know their close friend was so desperate. Over eight seasons, Mary Alice narrates the ups and downs of her former neighbors from beyond her grave. Through flashbacks and a five-year flash forward between seasons four and five, we follow the nearly 20-year friendship and adventures of Mary Alice’s poker buddies: klutzy divorcee with a heart of gold Susan Mayer (Teri Hatcher) and her pursuit of the perfect mate; control-freak, frazzled wife and mother of four (later five) Lynette Scavo (Felicity Huffman) and her efforts to...

Last Year’s Winner: Thandie Newton, “Westworld”

Still Eligible: No.

Hot Streak: In the last 20 years, there have only been three repeat winners in this category: Anna Gunn for “Breaking Bad” (2013 – 2014), Blythe Danner for “Huff” (2005 – 2006), and Allison Janney for “The West Wing” (2000 – 2001). Nancy Marchand is the only actress to win Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series in three consecutive years: between 1980 and 1982 for playing Margaret Pynchon in “Lou Grant.” She also won in 1978 for the same role, which is the most of any actor ever.

Fun Fact: 2018 wasn’t the only year the Emmys nominated seven actresses in the supporting actress category. In 1992, Valerie Mahaffey (“Northern Exposure”), Mary Alice (“I’ll Fly Away”), Barbara Barrie (“Law & Order”), Conchata Ferrell (“L.A. Law”), Cynthia Geary (“Northern Exposure”), Marg Helgenberger (“China Beach”), and Kay Lenz (“Reasonable Doubts”) were all up for the Emmy, and each performer represented a broadcast network. In 2018, none were.

1953: The Guiding Light's Bert pestered her husband, Bill.

1969: Dark Shadows' Barnabas found a strange doll's head.

1987: B&B's Ridge & Caroline revealed their engagement.

1988: General Hospital's Simone had a miscarriage."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1953: On The Guiding Light, Bert Bauer (Charita Bauer) tried to convince her husband, Bill (Lyle Sudrow), he had to spend money to make money.

1955: On Golden Windows, Otto prevented Carl from calling the police.

1955: On The Brighter Day, Reverend Dennis (Blair Davies) told Sharky to...

Stars: Danny Glover, Mary Alice, Richard Brooks, Sheryl Lee Ralph, Paul Butler | Written and Directed by Charles Burnett

Made in 1990, the title To Sleep With Anger may make it sound like a straight-to-vhs domestic abuse thriller but this film is actually a sensitive, sad and funny drama about an African-American community in Los Angeles. Although this isn’t the standard Hollywood depiction of black La as a hotbed of gang violence and hopelessness, but instead a middle class made up of the working young and the comfortably retired.

As we join the story, connections are already frayed. Gideon (Paul Butler) and Suzie (Mary Alice) are tired of taking care of their grandson (DeVaughan Nixon), whose parents, Samuel (Richard Brooks) and Linda (Sheryl Lee Ralph), are trying to maintain careers whilst raising a child. Samuel, somewhat disparagingly nicknamed “Babe Brother”, is a reluctant father, and he’s full of repressed rage and resentment.

1984: Days of our Lives' Carrie decided where to live.

1985: The freedom flag was raised in Gh's Asian Quarter.

1998: Guiding Light's Danny and Michelle shared their first kiss.

2001: Atwt's Barbara & James plotted against Carly, Emily & Rose."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into different and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1946: On Life Can Be Beautiful, Stanley (Ralph Locke) tried to take charge of Chichi's (Alice Reinheart) affairs, but Chichi refused. She had her own ideas.

1964: On Peyton Place, Leslie Harrington (Paul Langton) became incensed when Betty Anderson (Barbara Parkins...

Out of all the winners (and losers) in the 26 competitive categories at the 2018 Tony Awards, several of them stand out as particularly noteworthy when considered in the context of history. So what were this year’s most interesting facts, records and milestones?

“The Band’s Visit” is the first Best Musical winner to have been based on a movie since “Kinky Boots” in 2013. Of its 11 Tony nominations it managed to win a whopping 10 awards (including Best Musical). The only prize it didn’t end up taking home was Best Scenic Design of a Musical for Scott Pask. It is now tied with “Hello, Dolly!” (1964) and “Billy Elliot” (2009) as the third most awarded production in Tony history, behind “The Producers” with 12 wins in 2001 and “Hamilton” with 11 victories in 2016.

“The Band’s Visit” is also the first Best Musical winner to have won every single acting award it was nominated for since...

When Kristin Chenoweth won an Emmy in 2009 for the cancelled ABC comedy “Pushing Daisies,” she joked, “I’m unemployed now, so I’d like to be on ‘Mad Men'” (watch below). Chenoweth’s triumph was hardly the first time someone prevailed at the Emmys for a cancelled TV show, and that’s the one potential bright spot for “Roseanne” scene-stealers John Goodman and Laurie Metcalf following the show’s shocking cancellation. However, while Goodman and Metcalf are still in the running for Emmys, might the icky demise of “Roseanne” thanks to Roseanne Barr‘s racist tweets make the entire program toxic to voters?

Seeabc cancels ‘Roseanne’ following Roseanne Barr’s ‘repugnant’ tweet

Goodman is no stranger to prevailing at the Emmys for cancelled shows, doing just that for “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip” a decade ago. He won Best Drama Guest Actor at the 2007 ceremony after NBC turned...

1953: The Guiding Light's Bert pestered her husband, Bill.

1969: Dark Shadows' Barnabas found a strange doll's head.

1987: B&B's Ridge & Caroline revealed their engagement.

1988: General Hospital's Simone had a miscarriage."All true histories contain instruction; though, in some, the treasure may be hard to find, and when found, so trivial in quantity that the dry, shrivelled kernel scarcely compensates for the trouble of cracking the nut."

― Anne Brontë in "Agnes Grey"

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1953: On The Guiding Light, Bert Bauer (Charita Bauer) tried to convince her husband, Bill (Lyle Sudrow), he had to spend money to make money.

1955: On Golden Windows,...

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Wednesday, Nov. 5

Four-and-a-half years after the Wachowski brothers redefined cutting-edge cinema with "The Matrix" and less than six months since the disappointing "The Matrix Reloaded", the trilogy comes to a conclusion of sorts with "The Matrix Revolutions".

Ending with neither a bang nor a whimper, the finale falls somewhere in between. It's an improvement over its concurrently shot, babbling predecessor, but it ultimately fails to capture any of that jaw-dropping sense of exhilaration that made the original such a must-see event.

While Andy and Larry Wachowski, again working in tandem with ever-innovative fight choreographer Yuen Wo Ping and accomplished visual effects supervisor John Gaeta, have cooked up some dazzling new set-pieces, the disjointed story elements prevent them from forming any kind of satisfying, cohesive whole.

Obviously, those eager to see how the potentially final adventures of Neo, Trinity, Morpheus and company unfold will ensure that "Revolutions" takes the boxoffice by storm, but less assured is its ability to generate the kind of repeat business key to the phenomenal success of the other Matrices.

Picking up where the second left off, the third finds Neo (Keanu Reeves) still in that comatose state. It's soon discovered that he's actually stuck in some kind of void between the Matrix and the Machine World represented by a gleaming white Mobil Avenue subway station. (Hmm ... scramble "Mobil" and you get "limbo." Aha!)

His true love Trinity (Carrie-Anne Moss) and the still believing Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne) manage to bring him back, but time is quickly running out as the Machine army is boring its way ever closer to Zion's final stronghold.

Neo does manage to find time to pay a quick visit to the Oracle (with Mary Alice taking over the role after the death of Gloria Foster), and after both acknowledge that her appearance has changed, she offers her usual oblique words of guidance.

With her credibility having been called into question after it was revealed in "Reloaded" that her Prophecy may in fact be yet another control system instituted by the Machines, Neo nevertheless takes what she says on faith.

But while the Machines pose the threat of imminent annihilation, a battle is also being fought on another front as the rogue Agent Smith (Hugo Weaving) has not only continued to replicate himself exponentially in the Matrix, but he also has hijacked the body of Bane (Ian Bliss), a real-world member of the hovercraft fleet.

As Neo and Trinity go off in one direction, the no-nonsense Niobe Jada Pinkett Smith in a nicely expanded role) proves to be one kick-ass ship navigator.

The various clashes again unfold impressively.

While Gaeta's swarming Sentinels provide the visual oomph during that protracted war with the Machines, Wo Ping demonstrates he's still got a few nifty tricks up his sleeve -- notably a hanging-from-the-ceiling melee in a nightclub's coat and gun check room and a mano a mano fight to the finish between Neo and Smith (while his legion of Smiths look on) making extensive use of motion-capture techniques that take the technology beyond "bullet time."

If only the storytelling felt as fully integrated as the visual effects.

Thankfully not as philosophically long-winded as "Reloaded", the finale still stumbles over its share of clunky dialogue (especially the lines written for the two lovebirds) while taking its arsenal of religious iconography to heady new heights. By the end, there can be No Doubt as to the identity of the One.

And, in terms of the "Matrix" trilogy, unfortunately neither of the two chapters of this epic sequel can claim that singular distinction.

THE MATRIX REVOLUTIONS

Warner Bros. Pictures

Warner Bros. Pictures presents in association with Village Roadshow Pictures and NPV Entertainment a Silver Pictures production

Credits:

Directors-screenwriters: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski

Producer: Joel Silver

Executive producers: Andy Wachowski, Larry Wachowski, Grant Hill, Andrew Mason, Bruce Berman

Director of photography: Bill Pope

Production designer: Owen Paterson

Editor: Zach Staenberg

Costume designer: Kym Barrett

Visual effects supervisor: John Gaeta

Music: Don Davis

Cast:

Neo: Keanu Reeves

Morpheus: Laurence Fishburne

Trinity: Carrie-Anne Moss

Agent Smith: Hugo Weaving

Niobe: Jada Pinkett Smith

The Oracle: Mary Alice

Sati: Tanveer Atwal

Persephone: Monica Bellucci

Bane: Ian Bliss

Seraph: Collin Chou

Zee: Nona Gaye

Mifune: Nathaniel Lees

Commander Lock: Harry Lennix

Link: Harold Perrineau

The Trainman: Bruce Spence

The Kid: Clayton Watson

Rama: Bernard White

Merovingian: Lambert Wilson

Ghost: Anthony Wong

Running time -- 129 minutes

MPAA rating: R...