Oh, oh, oh honey. A producer for the iconic movie musical “Grease” revealed Tuesday that they almost cast a very different Coach Calhoun. Randal Kleiser — who directed the film at the urging of John Travolta — said that the production team almost hired “Deep Throat” actor Harry Reems as Rydell High’s athletics teacher, according … Read more
Legendary Television president Chris Albrecht has been placed on a leave of absence by the company, a spokesperson for Legendary confirmed to Variety Monday. No official reason for the exec’s leave of absence was provided. Albrecht has been benched just as an upcoming book, “It’s Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution and Future of HBO” … Read more
Chris Albrecht, the former chairman of HBO and current president of Legendary Television, has been placed on administrative leave, according to the company. The suspension comes as a forthcoming book, It’s Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO by Felix Gillette and John Koblin, reveals new details about how Albrecht allegedly disparaged … Read more
Actor Henry Silva, known for playing gangsters, goons and henchmen in hundreds of films including “Ocean’s Eleven” and “The Manchurian Candidate,” died Wednesday. He was 95. Silva died of natural causes in Woodland Hills, California twenty years after retiring from an epic career that spanned five decades, his son told Variety Friday. The prolific actor … Read more