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Across two decades, Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio have made six feature films together, joining forces for the storm-tossed streets of Gangs of New York (2002), the vertiginous heights of The Aviator (2004), the moral maelstrom of The Departed (2006), the fever dream of Shutter Island (2010), the manic opulence of The Wolf of Wall Street (2013), and the elegiac sweep of Killers of the Flower Moon (2023).

Together, they have conjured worlds both grand and intimate, as their canvas stretches across historical epics, biopics, crime sagas, thrillers, comedies, and westerns, each crowned by critical acclaim. Their partnership has not only courted awards, garnering 31 Oscar nominations and nine wins, but has captivated audiences to the tune of $1.3 billion at the box office. However, there is one Martin Scorsese movie that DiCaprio watches the most from his career.

The Aviator Is The One Movie That Leonardo DiCaprio Watches The Most From His Career

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After several weeks of relative inactivity, during which Ben Affleck and Jon Bernthal's The Accountant 2 had become a fixture at the number one spot, the Prime Video viewership charts have taken a dynamic turn in recent weeks. First, the action-comedy Heads of State claimed the top spot for itself, only to be replaced by the rather unlikely War of the Worlds reimagining a couple of weeks later. What made the development so surprising was that War of the Worlds was one of the most widely panned films in recent memory; it continues to hold a rare 0% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes. But only a week after its release, the "screenlife" thriller has been unseated from the number one spot by Eddie Murphy's new film, The Pickup.

Also starring Pete Davidson and Keke Palmer, the heist movie opened to mixed reviews. It holds a 33% score on the aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes,...

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The Pickup is a heist action comedy film directed by Tim Story from a screenplay co-written by Matt Mider and Kevin Burrows. The 2025 film follows two armored truck drivers with totally different personalities who get ambushed by ruthless criminals and forced to rob a casino. The Pickup stars Eddie Murphy, Pete Davidson, Keke Palmer, Eva Longoria, Andrew Dice Clay, and Marshawn Lynch. So, if you loved the wild comedy, thrilling heist, and entertaining characters in The Pickup, here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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‎30 Minutes or Less is an action comedy film directed by Ruben Fleischer from a screenplay by Michael Diliberti. The 2011 film follows Nick Davis, a hapless pizza boy who is strapped with a bomb and told to rob a bank by two idiotic ne’er-do-wells.

Here's something we didn’t have on our 2025 bingo card: Scarlett Johansson and Adam Driver are being used to deter wolves from attacking cattle on farms across the nation. Now that you've stopped laughing, we can tell you that it's true, as a new report from The Wall Street Journal goes into great detail to describe how the Usda is using "drone cowhands" to fend off the wolves and save livestock.

Part of the strategy involves using drones equipped with thermal cameras to expose wolves and bathe them in bright lights. Once spotted, a loudspeaker blasts all sorts of irritating noise, including the heated argument between Johansson and Driver that's featured in the Oscar-winning 2019 Netflix movie, Marriage Story. The strategy seems to be working, as after wolves killed 11 cows in the Klamath Basin of southern Oregon over a 20-day period, drones were deployed to knock that number back to just two deaths over 85 days.

Seth Rogen is the odds-on favorite to win so many Emmys for The Studio, he'll need to bring a mantelpiece as his plus-one.

According to Gold Derby's predictions for the 2025 Emmys, Rogen is out front to win Best Comedy Series (for which he's a producer), Best Comedy Actor, and Best Comedy Directing (for "The Oner"). Plus, he's the runner-up in Best Comedy Writing (for "The Promotion"), behind only the Hacks showrunning trio of Lucia Aniello, Paul W. Downs, and Jen Statsky (for "A Slippery Slope").

Should Rogen win all four, he'd be the only person in Emmy history to win those specific trophies in the same year. In 2020, Daniel Levy won three of the four for Schitt's Creek, but his acting award was for supporting, not lead. Here's what Rogen tells Gold Derby about potentially making history:

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When The Four Seasons debuted on Netflix in May 2025 as a limited series, fans were captivated by its heartfelt, comedic exploration of lifelong friendship and midlife change. Starring Tina Fey, Steve Carell, Colman Domingo, and an ensemble cast, it quickly became a hit, accumulating 39 million hours in the first half of 2025 on Netflix, according to its latest engagement report.

Despite being envisioned as a limited series, the Netflix show has been renewed for a second season. The unexpected renewal wasn’t just born of fan enthusiasm, but reflects a direct tie to the show’s emotional core.

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Originally pitched as a self-contained, eight-episode limited series, The Four Seasons was always meant to offer a complete arc until reality intervened. Ending with the aftermath of Steve Carell’s Nick’s death,...

Argo and Star Trek: Enterpriseactor Peter-Henry Schroeder has died. He was 90 years old at the time of his passing.

Per Deadline, Schroeder died peacefully on June 7, surrounded by his family at Lake City Va Medical Center in Florida. It was reported that during his final days, Schroeder frequently asked, "When are you going to get me out of here? I've got to get back to LA [to work]." A ceremony with military honors will be held for Schroeder in Los Angeles, after which he will be laid to rest at the Va National Cemetery.

Schroeder's career in theater began after he returned from serving in the United States Army during the Korean War from 1953 until 1955. Schroeder studied alongside Paul Strasberg, and became a recording artist for Capital Records and Ascot. In 1960, he released a single called, "Where's the Girl for Me," which was followed by "Memories of Marilyn," in 1964. Schroeder went on...

Peter-Henry Schroeder, a veteran character actor best known to Star Trek fans for his role in Star Trek: Enterprise, has died at the age of 90.

According to Deadline, Schroeder passed away peacefully in early June at the Lake City Va Medical Center in Florida.

Schroeder famously appeared in the 2-part series premiere of Star Trek: Enterprise, which aired back in 2001. In the 2-part “Broken Bow” event, Schroeder played Klingon Chancellor, a high-ranking member of the Klingon race. While his role might seem small in the grand scale of the series, which ran for four seasons and nearly 100 episodes, it was an integral part of the series premiere, and those two episodes are what helped to pave the way for the show’s successful run.

In addition to his role in Star Trek: Enterprise, Schroeder lived a truly fascinating life and lived life to the fullest.

While he is best remembered for his acting work,...

Peter-Henry Schroeder, who played roles as diverse as a producer in the Oscar-winning Argo and a Klingon in Star Trek: Enterprise, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on June 7 at Lake City Va Medical Center in Florida. He was 90 years old.

Schroeder was drafted into the U.S. Army to active duty in the Korean War from 1953 to 1955, where he was assigned to a unit that was involved with the Uso. After his return from service, he studied with Paula Strasberg.

Schroeder was also a recording artist for Capital Records and Ascot, where he released the singles “Where’s the Girl for Me” (1960) and “Memories of Marilyn” (1964), ten years after he saw her at a Uso show in Korea.

In Hollywood, he formed his own production company, Phs Productions, to pursue his own projects, was a guest teacher at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts and established the...

Chauvinism definitely played a role on 1970s sitcom smash Three’s Company, Joyce DeWitt told Suzanne Somers in 2012. But it was also about creative and financial control. Producers simply could not respect…

“Women!” interjected Somers.

“Feminine contribution,” agreed DeWitt.

For Somers, frustration centered on compensation. “You and I deserved to be paid equal with what the men were being paid, is my feeling,” she said.

For DeWitt’s part, she was frustrated about her inability to make creative contributions without secret help from male pals. Her suggestions for cuts and changes, especially in the show’s first season, were ignored by the men in charge, DeWitt writes in Come and Knock on Our Door: A Hers and Hers and His Guide to Three’s Company. The actor was used to collaboration in theater but found herself “up against a cement wall” with the show’s producers.

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Neil Patrick Harris, James Corden, and Bobby Cannavale are returning to Broadway this year in a new production of the play Art and rehearsals have begun!

The three actors gathered for the first time last week in New York City to kick off the rehearsal process.

Here is the play’s synopsis: “Three longtime friends. One ridiculously expensive painting. Is it art, or is it just the world’s priciest inside joke? What begins as a polite debate over aesthetics and taste devolves into a clash of egos and resentments. Can their friendship survive, or will one of them finally draw the line?”

The original production of Art opened on Broadway in 1998 and starred Alfred Molina, Victor Garber, and Alan Alda. The production won the Tony Award for Best Play and ran on Broadway for more than a year.

The upcoming revival of Art will be directed by Scott Ellis.

Netflix's breakout comedy series The Four Seasons has been one of the biggest surprise hits of the year, but we shouldn't be too surprised the show attracted such a wide audience given the talent involved. Tina Fey? Steve Carell? Colman Domingo? Come on! That's not even the full main cast of the series, which will be returning for a second season following it's smashing success.

The Four Seasons adapts the film of the same name, written and directed by Alan Alda, who makes a cameo appearance in the Netflix series. But in order to bring the story to a new generation, Fey's production company needed to secure the rights to the movie. In a new interview reflecting on the show's success, Fey revealed that getting those rights wasn't as easy as expected.

Tina Fey has always wanted to adapt The Four Seasons

Speaking with Deadline, Fey explained that...

Netflix has been home to multiple comedy hits recently, with the likes of Nobody Wants This, A Man on the Inside, and Running Point all earning season 2 renewals quickly after their debuts. Another hit comedy joined Netflix's ranks in May with the release of The Four Seasons, which like its fellow Netflix comedies before it, landed a season 2 renewal shortly after making a big splash.

The followup season hasn't started filming yet, but series star and co-creator Tina Fey has gotten back into the writer's room with the rest of the writers to begin crafting the hilarious stories that will take place in The Four Seasons season 2. Based on how the first season ended, with a major cliffhanger, we can estimate the directions some of the characters will take.

While the second season will be down one character after their surprising death, the rest of the characters will be back.

Marco Calvani, the Italian star who delivered a breakout performance in Netflix’s “The Four Seasons,” is leaning into his roots for “Italianna,” Universal Pictures and Will Packer Productions’ upcoming romantic comedy starring Halle Bailey and Regé-Jean Page.

Directed by Kat Coiro from a screenplay by Ryan Engle, “Italianna” will be released theatrically on April 10, 2026.

Calvani, who is also a playwright and filmmaker, joins the project after making his U.S. acting debut in “The Four Seasons,” Tina Fey’s adaptation of the 1981 Alan Alda film by the same name. Calvani plays the charming (yet sometimes over-the-top) Claude, husband to Colman Domingo’s Danny, in the comedy about a group of friends navigating life, love and loss. Calvani told Variety that Domingo, whom he calls a “dear friend,” recruited him for the role while he was working on his second feature.

“[He] called me one morning and was like, ‘Hey, are you still an actor?...

When I sat down for lunch in Bryant Park, Manhattan, with “The Four Seasons” star Marco Calvani, I asked him whether anyone had recognized him on the street during the press tour for the Netflix series.

“I am learning to enjoy this time until it lasts. Those billboards on Santa Monica Boulevard, in three months, there will be another face. Sunset Boulevard, we took over, everywhere, my big, giant face. I didn’t know any of this before, so I can’t say I was afraid, but I didn’t know what to expect. Yesterday, I was around New York, and 10 people in one hour on the streets [stopped me]. I’m actually more shocked by the fact that people actually watched it, many different people of different ages and looks. It’s another opportunity to be nice to people,” he said of the viral comedy series from Tina Fey, Lang Fisher,...

Emmy winner Tina Fey has addressed the possibility of Steve Carell’s return in the upcoming second season of The Four Seasons. In addition to playing one of the Netflix show’s lead characters, Fey also took on multiple roles behind-the-scenes, including serving as its co-creator, co-writer, and co-showrunner.

During the penultimate episode of The Four Seasons Season 1, Carell’s character Nick surprisingly died in a car accident while he was on a New Year’s Eve ski vacation with his girlfriend and her friends, whom he had trouble connecting with due to their age gap. In a recent interview with Deadline, when asked if Fey has any plans to bring back Carell in potential flashback sequences, she admitted that she doesn’t really know at the moment. “I couldn’t possibly say. We have our format. I mean, of the many mistakes I’ve made in my career, killing...

Over the past two months of Emmy campaigning, Gold Derby has spoken with several contenders in all categories. Now with voting underway ahead of the July 15 unveiling of the nominees, we have compiled nine interviews for stars vying for Best Comedy Actress, including: Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This), Bridget Everett (Somebody Somewhere), Tina Fey (The Four Seasons), Kate Hudson (Running Point), Margo Martindale (The Sticky), Wendi McLendon-Covey (St. Denis Medical), Melissa Rauch (Night Court), Natasha Rothwell (How to Die Alone), and Allison Tolman (St. Denis Medical).

Read on for highlights from each interviews and links to watch our full video Q&As.

Kristen Bell (Nobody Wants This)

Created by Erin Foster and inspired by her marriage, the show follows the interfaith romance between Joanne (Bell), an agnostic podcaster, and "hot rabbi" Noah (Adam Brody).

"What I liked so much about the dynamic was I was able to see clearly Joanne...

With Netflix comedy series The Four Seasons, co-creator and star Tina Fey skewers the intricate dynamics of romantic partnership, taking us on a series of vacations with four couples in a longtime friend group. Based on Alan Alda’s 1981 film in which he starred with Carol Burnett, Fey and co-creators Tracey Wigfield and Lang Fisher’s reimagining tracks the fallout among the friends when Steve Carell’s character Nick leaves his wife Anne (Kerri Kenney) and finds love with the much younger Ginny (Erika Henningson). Fey’s character Kate and her husband Jack (Will Forte) absorb the seismic impact, along with Colman Domingo’s Danny and husband Claude (Marco Calvani). With Season 2 on the way, Fey discusses the hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking reality explored by the show, if Steve Carell could appear in a flashback, and how she sees comedy evolving in the industry.

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Ted Danson has 18 Emmy nominations to his name, 14 of which are in Best Comedy Actor. If that sounds like a lot, it is. He holds the record for the most nominations in the category — a record he could extend if he scores his 15th bid this year with A Man on the Inside.

Danson, who won Best Comedy Actor for Cheers in 1990 and 1993, previously shared the record at 11 nominations with Alan Alda and Kelsey Grammer for 14 years before nabbing his 12th nomination in 2018 for The Good Place. He racked up two more in 2019 and 2020 for the NBC comedy to put more distance between them.

Alda was the first person bag 11 Best Comedy Actor nominations, all for M*A*S*H, winning in 1974 and 1982. Danson was also nominated for all 11 seasons of Cheers. After debuting Dr. Frasier Crane on Cheers, for which he earned two supporting actor bids, Grammer starred on Frasier for 11 years,...

Colman Domingo is waiting to exhale. Working primarily in the drama sphere, he’s snagged an Emmy for his role as a drug recovery counselor in Euphoria and Oscar nominations for Sing Sing and Rustin, where he played men oppressed by systemic inequalities. Unsurprisingly, he was more than happy to give himself “the gift of a comedy” with Netflix’s latest dramedy, The Four Seasons. In this reimagining of Alan Alda’s 1981 film, Domingo and Marco Calvani are paired as husbands, who, alongside their coupled longtime friends, go on multiple seasonal vacations while weathering the many highs and lows of marriage.

Deadline: Co-creator Tina Fey initially reached out to you about starring in this project. Why did you decide to take up the offer?

Colman Domingo: Right. She asked if I would be interested in this, and I was. I already knew the source material because I watched it...

The trailer for the Naked Gun reboot starring Liam Neeson went online this morning, and its brand of off-the-wall parody is a welcome return for fans of the original series of films, starring the coincidentally similarly named Leslie Nielsen.

But the legacy of Frank Drebin goes even further back than the original 1988 feature — to a prematurely canceled television show, Police Squad!

Criminally underseen at the time, the series was subsequently reclaimed by fans of the first three Naked Gun movies, which were all successful in their theatrical releases and eventually sparked a re-airing of the series in the late '80s.

Even so, Police Squad! became a sort of trivia fact for people to discover after they had seen a Naked Gun movie (or 2 1/2) , but what sometimes gets forgotten is that while television audiences may not have appreciated the brand of goofiness signature to creators David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker at the time,...

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Books and TV shows have had a special relationship for over a century now. There have been countless TV adaptations of popular books, and even if we count this year (which isn’t over), there have been over seven or eight. While there have been many brilliant books that were adapted through the years, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the TV shows are also good, and that’s why we decided to compile a list of the absolute best TV shows that were based on books. As a side note, we also decided not to include Game of Thrones and Dexter, mainly because of how they ended.

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True Blood is a fantasy horror drama series created by Alan Ball. Based on The Southern Vampire Mysteries by author Charlaine Harris, the HBO series is...

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Mash is a medical war comedy-drama series created by Larry Gelbart. Based on the 1968 novel by author Richard Hooker and its 1970 film adaptation by Ring Lardner Jr., the CBS series is set during the Korean War and it revolves around a group of military doctors as they defy orders and rely on humor to deal with the heartbreaking consequences of war. Mash stars Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, McLean Stevenson, Loretta Swit, Larry Linville, Gary Burghoff, Mike Farrell, Harry Morgan, Jamie Farr, William Christopher, and David Ogden Stiers. So, if you loved the hilarious comedy, heartfelt drama, and likeable characters in Mash, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Bluestone 42 is a British sitcom series co-created by Richard Hurst and James Cary. The BBC Three series is set in Afghanistan,...

We can all agree that M*A*S*H remains one of the greatest shows ever, and even the outstanding ratings prove so. The acclaimed dramedy, developed by Larry Gelbart, premiered on CBS on September 17, 1972, and ended with a laudable finale titled "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" on February 28, 1983, which to date is the most-watched finale of any TV series. Much of the classic’s success can be attributed to the stellar cast ensemble, which originally featured Alan Alda, Wayne Rogers, Larry Linville, Loretta Swit, McLean Stevenson, Gary Burghoff, Jamie Farr, and William Christopher.

However, over the years, some changes were made to the original M*A*S*H cast, one of which was the replacement of Rogers after his sudden disappearance. He was popularly known for portraying "Trapper" John McIntyre in the show's first three seasons before Mike Farrell took over as B. J. Hunnicutt. Rogers was one of the...

“Just one more time,” says Tina Fey. “It was time for me to go back into something just one more time, before they put me in the ground.”

With a string of successes from 30 Rock, Mean Girls, Saturday Night Live to Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt, turns out it was a 40-year-old movie that inspired the award-winning triple threat to take another creative swing.

“I’ve always loved the movie since I was 11 years old,” Fey tells Gold Derby of the 1981 feature The Four Seasons. As luck would have it, the film was made for Universal Studios, where she happens to have an overall deal. More crucially, she also secured the blessing of Alan Alda, who wrote and directed the original, and has a cameo in Fey’s limited series adaptation for Netflix. “I think he's delighted that this movie he made 40 years ago is still speaking to people in these two different ways,...

Has there ever been a more essential moment for a documentary than one about the making of Ms. magazine? Though it was founded more than half a century ago, nearly all the subjects it raised and debated continue to feel urgently relevant.

To wit, “Dear Ms: A Revolution in Print” opens with narration from founding editor Letty Cottin Pogrebin: “Try to imagine life where you are owned by, or controlled by, men.” There are, perhaps, some women who can still imagine what that might be like today.

Directors Salima Koroma, Alice Gu and Cecilia Aldarondo are well aware of the timeliness of their subject and subtly allow us to draw parallels even as they take us back to the 1970s.

They’ve chosen to split the film into three chapters, with each director telling a different part of the magazine’s story. This tripartite structure does make the film feel somewhat fragmented,...

After years of making audiences laugh with her sharp comedic timing, Kerri Kenney-Silver wasn’t looking for reinvention — but it found her anyway. In The Four Seasons, the ensemble drama inspired by the 1981 Alan Alda film, Kenney-Silver steps into the unexpected role of Anne, a soft-spoken woman navigating change in midlife. Best known for her offbeat characters on shows like Reno 911!, the actor found herself charting new emotional territory — and, in the process, experiencing a profound shift both on screen and off.

“It's any actor's dream to get to play, to have a full experience, so to speak,” Kenney-Silver says, reflecting on Anne’s evolution over the show’s debut season. “You meet her in one place in her life where she thinks her bed is made … she's going to just sort of finish out her life for better or for worse, but mostly for better in her eyes.

Based on the 1981 film by Alan Alda and starring an ensemble cast led by Steve Carrell, Tina Fey, Will Forte, Colman Domingo, Marco Calvani, and Kerri Kenney-Silver, the new series The Four Seasons was a hit when it debuted on Netflix in May 2025. Now, the show has emerged as a legitimate Emmy contender, hailed for its excellent cast and often hilarious yet always poignant writing.

At the 2025 Atx TV Festival, The Four Seasons co-creator and showrunner Lang Fisher (Never Have I Ever) and actress Kerri Kenney-Silver (Reno 911!) had a conversation about the show, its unexpected success in light of its second season renewal, and why they think a series like this is so refreshing in the modern television landscape.

The Four Seasons Panel Recap

Much of the praise that fans have showered upon The Four Seasons is thanks to it being an earnest comedy-drama made by and for adults.

Steve Carell is arguably famous for his comedic roles and for portraying Michael Scott for seven seasons on the U.S. version of The Office. However, the actor has further expanded his career with different roles and proven his acting skills in other genres, including drama.

His latest release, Mountainhead, is a drama film by Succession creator Jesse Armstrong. The film, which follows four friends reuniting at a getaway retreat during an international crisis, is the second release from Carell after The Four Seasons. Following the film's release on Max on May 31, Carell seems to have a new streaming hit, as Mountainhead debuted in second place in the global charts, per FlixPatrol.

Shortly after its release on the platform, the movie entered the charts in different territories around the world and reached the No. 2 spot in most of them. In its second day,Mountainhead reached the No. 1 spot in 22 countries,...

Hollywood is paying tribute to Loretta Swit after news of her death was announced Friday.

According to a police report, the M*A*S*H star died of suspected natural causes at her home in New York City, her publicist, Harlan Boll, announced.

Swit appeared in all but 11 episodes of M*A*S*H during its 11-season run, earning two Emmys for her portrayal of Maj. Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan. Notably, she was nominated for 10 Emmys, one for every season she appeared in except season one. After her tenure in the medical war drama, she went on to star in several films, including Freebie and the Bean (1974), Race With the Devil (1975), S.O.B. (1981) and BoardHeads (1998).

Alan Alda, Swit’s longtime M*A*S*H co-star, paid tribute to her on X. “Loretta was a supremely talented actor. She deserved all her 10 Emmy nominations and her 2 wins. But more than acting her part, she created it,” he wrote on Friday. “She...

M*A*S*H star and Hollywood icon Alan Alda says "she created" her unforgettable role while discussing Loretta Swit's impact on the series.

Per Deadline, Alda offered up a touching tribute to the late Swit on social media, noting that his fellow M*A*S*H star was "a supremely talented actor" who "deserved all her 10 Emmy nominations and her 2 wins. But more than acting her part, she created it." Alda explained, "She worked hard In showing the writing staff how they could turn the character from a one joke sexist stereotype into a real person — with real feelings and ambitions. We celebrated the day the script came out listing her character not as Hot Lips, but as Margaret. Loretta made the most of her time here."

Based on Richard Hooker's 1968 novel, Mash: A Novel About Three Army Doctors, the long-running M*A*S*H television series...

Following Loretta Swit’s death at age 87 yesterday, May 30, her M*A*S*H costars are mourning her on social media, including Alan Alda, who played Capt. Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce on the comedy-drama series. “Loretta was a supremely talented actor,” Alda wrote in an X post about the Maj. Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan portrayer. “She deserved all her 10 Emmy nominations and her two wins. But more than acting her part, she created it. She worked hard In showing the writing staff how they could turn the character from a one-joke, sexist stereotype into a real person — with real feelings and ambitions. We celebrated the day the script came out listing her character not as Hot Lips but as Margaret. Loretta made the most of her time here.” 20th Century Fox/Everett Collection Jamie Farr, who played Corporal Maxwell Q. Klinger on the show, also paid tribute to Swit. “I dearly loved Loretta!

Valerie Mahaffey, a veteran actress whose myriad TV roles included Northern Exposure (for which she won an Emmy), Desperate Housewives and Young Sheldon, died on Friday after a battle with cancer. She was 71.

“I have lost the love of my life, and America has lost one of its most endearing actresses,” her husband, actor Joseph Kell, told Variety. “She will be missed.”

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Valerie Mahaffey, a veteran actress whose myriad TV roles included Northern Exposure (for which she won an Emmy), Desperate Housewives and Young Sheldon, died on Friday after a battle with cancer. She was 71.

“I have lost the love of my life, and America has lost one of its most endearing actresses,” her husband, actor Joseph Kell, told Variety. “She will be missed.”

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Mash actress Loretta Swit died on May 30, 2025, from natural causes at the age of 97. She was at her home in New York City at the time of her death. Swit rose to prominence with her role as Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan in the war comedy-drama, Mash (stylized as M*A*S*H). She was one of the four cast members who remained throughout the eleven seasons of the show, and one of the two actors who appeared both in the pilot and the finale.

With Swit’s death, there are only a handful of members of the original Mash cast who are alive today. This includes the lead of the show from day one, Alan Alda, who played surgeon Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce. Alda is still active in the industry, last appearing in Tina Fey’s recent Netflix outing, The Four Seasons.

After Loretta Swit’s death, who are the...

Loretta Swit, whose quick wit and determination transformed Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan from a punchline into one of television’s most complex nurses, died Friday at her New York City home at age 87, according to publicist Harlan Boll.

The news set off a wave of online remembrances led by longtime co-star Alan Alda, who wrote on X that Swit “deserved every one of her 10 Emmy nominations and her two wins” and credited her with turning Houlihan “from a sexist stereotype into a real person—with real feelings and ambitions.”

Alda’s message was echoed by other surviving Mash* actors, who called Swit “the heartbeat of the 4077th” in posts collated by Parade magazine and Yahoo Entertainment. Fans added thousands of tributes, sharing clips of Houlihan confronting battlefield sexism—scenes Swit fought to include during script conferences throughout the show’s 11-season run.

Loretta was a supremely talented actor. She...

Alan Alda, who starred on CBS’ long-running comedy series M*A*S*H alongside Loretta Swit, spoke out Friday after the news of Swit’s death at age 87.

Swit, who played Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on all 11 seasons of M*A*S*H from 1972-1983, died at her home in New York City at age 87.

Alda played Capt. Benjamin Franklin “Hawkeye” Pierce also for the full run of the 14-time Emmy-winning show, which was based on Robert Altman’s 1970 feature film that starred Donald Sutherland as Hawkeye and Sally Kellerman as Hot Lips, the head nurse at the U.S. Mobile Army Surgical Hospital near the front lines of the Korean War.

“Loretta was a supremely talented actor,” he posted on X. “She deserved all her 10 Emmy nominations and her 2 wins. But more than acting her part, she created it. She worked hard In showing the writing staff how they could turn...

Loretta Swit, who played the groundbreaking character Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan in the classic war comedy drama M*A*S*H, has died. As per Variety, the animal rights advocate and beloved actress passed away on Friday, May 30, at her home in New York City. Harlan Boll, Swit's representative, said the New York Police reported her time of death at 12:01 Pm due to natural causes. She was 87. The actress is also known for being on the game shows Match Game, and Pyramid.

Swit was a trailblazer, being one of the first actresses to have a prominent starring role in a production full of men. Her portrayal of the 4077th's Head Nurse and the highest-ranking female officer in the unit earned her Emmy nominations from 1974-1983 for Outstanding Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy. She won two of the prestigious awards in 1980 and 1982. Alongside Alan Alda, William Christopher,...

In the wake of M*A*S*H star Loretta Swit's death at the age of 87, some of her former costars have posted remembrances of the two-time Emmy winner.

Alan Alda, who played Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce, celebrated Swit for her role in helping to shape "Hot Lips" into a character deeper than audiences were used to seeing on TV.

"Loretta was a supremely talented actor," the 89-year-old actor posted to X. "She deserved all her 10 Emmy nominations and her 2 wins. But more than acting her part, she created it. She worked hard In showing the writing staff how they could turn the character from a one joke sexist stereotype into a real person -- with real feelings and ambitions. We celebrated the day the script came out listing her character not as Hot Lips, but as Margaret. Loretta made the most of her time here."

Loretta was a supremely talented actor.

Emmy-winning actress Loretta Swit, best known for her iconic portrayal of Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on M*A*S*H's 11 seasons, passed away on May 30 at the age of 87. Beyond her unforgettable role on the hit series, Swit leaves behind an incredible legacy, including an Emmy record that may never be broken.

From 1974 to 1983, Swit earned 10 consecutive Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, Variety, or Music Series nominations for playing "Hot Lips" — the most consecutive bids ever in this category. This incredible streak also ties Swit with Rhea Perlman for the most nominations in the category overall. However, Swit’s achievement stands out because all 10 of her nominations were consecutive, while Perlman’s 10 nods for playing Carla Tortelli in Cheers were not; Perlman missed a nomination in 1992 before earning her 10th in 1993.

Swit's first of two wins came on her seventh try, but unfortunately she wasn't there to accept it.

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M*A*S*H actress Loretta Swit, who portrayed Major Margaret Houlihan — better known by the other characters as "Hot Lips" — in the hit comedy series, died on Friday, May 30 at age 87. Swit won two Emmy Awards for her time as a military nurse in M*A*S*H, underscoring the actress' influence and the impact of her character's journey. M*A*S*H* ran for 11 seasons, with Swit appearing in all of them. As the series' only main female lead, she left a strong impression and is remembered fondly.

According to BBC, Swit's representative confirmed her death, and a coroner's report is allegedly forthcoming. The Hollywood Reporter notes that Swit was found in her home in New York not long after midnight, and that she is suspected to have died of natural causes. Swit leaves behind a lasting legacy both on- and off-screen, with her involvement in 240 episodes of...

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We have sad news from the world of television today, as Loretta Swit has passed away.

The actress — who portrayed Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on the iconic sitcom M*A*S*H — was 87 years old.

News of Swit’s passing comes to us courtesy of her publicist, Harlan Boll, who noted that he spoke with Swit the previous evening and did not detect anything amiss.

Loretta Swit attends the Farm Sanctuary 25th Anniversary Gala at Cipriani Wall Street on May 14, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

No cause of death was given, but a police report obtained by USA Today indicated that Swit appeared to have died of natural causes.

Loretta Swit’s epic career spanned decades

Born in New Jersey in 1937, Swit moved to Los Angeles in 1970 to try and make it as an actress.

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Emmy winner Loretta Swit has died

The actress, who play Major Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan on the seminal television series M*A*S*H died on Friday at age of 87 at her home in New York City. Swit won two Emmy Awards for the role and was nominated 10 times in all for the series. She appeared in every season of M*A*S*H and 239 episodes in total, the second most of any actor, behind Alan Alda.

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Loretta Swit, the Emmy-winning actress best known for her iconic role as Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on the long-running television series M*A*S*H, is dead. She was 87.

Born on November 4, 1937, in Passaic, New Jersey, Swit’s career spanned television, film, and the stage, but her portrayal of the fiercely independent and compassionate army nurse during the Korean War made her a household name. She was part of M*A*S*H since the first episode debuted in 1972 and remained a central figure throughout the show’s 11-season run, winning two Emmy Awards and millions of fans. Along with Alan Alda, Swit was the only original actor to appear in both the pilot episode and the finale. Sally Kellerman, the actress who played Houlihan in Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H movie, died in 2022.

“[Houlihan] was [unique] at the time and in her time, which was the ’50s, when [the Korean War] was happening,” Swit said in a 2004 interview.

Loretta Swit, who won two Emmys playing “Hot Lips” Houlihan on the classic CBS sitcom M*A*S*H, has died at the age of 87, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Swit died just after midnight on Friday of suspected natural causes at her New York City home, her publicist Harlan Boll says.

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Loretta Swit, who played Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on the hit comedy series M*A*S*H, died today at her home in New York City. She was 87.

Her death was announced by her representative Harlan Boll, who said a New York City police report indicates Swit died just after noon today of suspected natural causes.

Swit was a mainstay on the classic and beloved comedy series for its entire 11-year run, nominated for Emmy Awards every year from 1974-83, winning in 1980 and 1982.

Born Loretta Jane Szwed on November 4, 1937, in Passaic, New Jersey, studied drama in New York City with Gene Frankel, the noted theater director and acting teacher. Swit appeared in Off Broadway productions throughout the 1960s, and in 1967 toured with the national company of the comedy Any Wednesday.

Swit made her TV debut in 1969 on Hawaii Five-o, with subsequent credits including Mannix, Mission: Impossible, Gunsmoke, Bonanza and The Bold Ones,...

Loretta Swit, M*A*S*H's Margaret "Hot Lips" Houlihan, has died at the age of 87. In addition to her acting career, which earned her two Emmy Awards, Swit was also a noted animal activist. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Swit died at home of natural causes on Friday morning.

Swit was born Loretta Jane Szwed in Passaic, New Jersey, on November 4, 1937. She studied drama in New York and made her stage debut in the 1960s, appearing in a number of Broadway and off-Broadway productions. She relocated to Hollywood in 1969, and made her on-screen debut in a 1969 episode of Hawaii Five-o as the ill-fated bride of a soldier. She made guest appearances on a number of contemporary series, including Mission: Impossible, Mannix, and Gunsmoke, before landing the role that would make her a TV legend.

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Loretta Swit, who played Major Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on seminal TV comedy “Mash,” died Friday at her home in New York City. She was 87.

Her rep Harlan Boll said she died of natural causes.

For her work on “Mash” Swit was Emmy nominated for outstanding performance by a supporting actress in a comedy every year from 1974-83, winning the Emmy in 1980 and 1982.

Her “Mash” co-star Alan Alda remembered her on X, writing “Loretta was a supremely talented actor. She deserved all her 10 Emmy nominations and her 2 wins. But more than acting her part, she created it. She worked hard In showing the writing staff how they could turn the character from a one joke sexist stereotype into a real person — with real feelings and ambitions. We celebrated the day the script came out listing her character not as Hot Lips, but as Margaret. Loretta made the most of her time here.

Loretta Swit, the actress and animal activist forever known for her pioneering turn as the disciplined Maj. Margaret “Hot Lips” Houlihan on the acclaimed CBS sitcom M*A*S*H, has died. She was 87.

According to a police report, Swit died just after midnight Friday of suspected natural causes at her home in New York City, her publicist, Harlan Boll, announced.

Swit won two Emmys for her portrayal of the Army nurse — she was nominated 10 times, every year the show was on the air except the first — and appeared on 240 of the series’ 251 episodes during its sensational 11-season run.

Adapting the character from Sally Kellerman‘s film portrayal of the lusty powerhouse, Swit was one of only two actors (along with Alan Alda as Hawkeye Pierce) to have a role in both the pilot and series finale of M*A*S*H.

That finale, which aired Feb. 28, 1983, attracted a record of nearly 106 million viewers, and a...