News of the passing of writer/producer Ron Koslow, creator of television’s Beauty and the Beast, the romantasy series starring Linda Hamilton and Ron Perlman, has touched me in a very personal way. During its original run, I considered myself lucky to have had the opportunity not only to speak with, but to get to know, […]
Thirty-five years ago, Steven Spielberg invited audiences to return to Neverland with Hook, a sequel of sorts to J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan that asked a question nobody had seriously explored before: What if the boy who never grew up actually did? Released on December 11, 1991, Hook starred Robin Williams as Peter Banning, a […]
Losing cast members from Dark Shadows is, unfortunately, something that oldtime fans of the show have gotten used to, yet it’s always a sad moment and that’s particularly true with the loss of Lara Parker, who made such an impact in her role as Angelique Bouchard. I had the opportunity to interview Lara a number […]
Sitting down to watch the 1978 movie musical Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, one can only imagine the clash of egos that must have taken place on the set, given that the film starred the Bee Gees as the title characters with Peter Frampton as Billy Shears. At the time, the former had triggered […]