Tony Dow, who was best known for playing Wally on “Leave It to Beaver,” has died at 77. Confirmation of the actor’s death comes after it was prematurely reported by a since-deleted post on his official Facebook.
“We have received confirmation from Christopher, Tony’s son, that Tony passed away earlier this morning, with his loving family at his side to see him through this journey,” a new post on the account reads. “We know that the world is collectively saddened by the loss of this incredible man. He gave so much to us all and was loved by so many. One fan said it best—’It is rare when there is a person who is so universally loved like Tony.'”
Dow was re-diagnosed with liver cancer in May. On Tuesday, the star’s official Facebook page erroneously announced his death, which included statements from family members. That post was deleted as his son,...
“We have received confirmation from Christopher, Tony’s son, that Tony passed away earlier this morning, with his loving family at his side to see him through this journey,” a new post on the account reads. “We know that the world is collectively saddened by the loss of this incredible man. He gave so much to us all and was loved by so many. One fan said it best—’It is rare when there is a person who is so universally loved like Tony.'”
Dow was re-diagnosed with liver cancer in May. On Tuesday, the star’s official Facebook page erroneously announced his death, which included statements from family members. That post was deleted as his son,...
- 7/27/2022
- by Natalie Oganesyan
- The Wrap
Aaron Latham, a screenwriter, journalist and author whose story in Texas Monthly inspired the 1980 smash “Urban Cowboy,” died July 23 in Pennsylvania of complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was 78.
Latham was married to “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl. He died at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Stahl and the couple’s daughter, Taylor Stahl Latham, a producer on the Apple TV+ drama “Servant,” were with him as he died.
“He loved being two things: He loved being a writer and he loved being a father,” Stahl told Variety, noting that he got a good start as a writer at The Washington Post and moved on from there to even bigger accomplishments.
A native of Texas, Latham was known for writing about novels set in the Old West. His magazine journalism also inspired the 1985 movie “Perfect” about the aerobics exercise craze of that moment. The film reunited Latham with...
Latham was married to “60 Minutes” correspondent Lesley Stahl. He died at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Bryn Mawr, Pa. Stahl and the couple’s daughter, Taylor Stahl Latham, a producer on the Apple TV+ drama “Servant,” were with him as he died.
“He loved being two things: He loved being a writer and he loved being a father,” Stahl told Variety, noting that he got a good start as a writer at The Washington Post and moved on from there to even bigger accomplishments.
A native of Texas, Latham was known for writing about novels set in the Old West. His magazine journalism also inspired the 1985 movie “Perfect” about the aerobics exercise craze of that moment. The film reunited Latham with...
- 7/25/2022
- by Brian Steinberg
- Variety Film + TV
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Aaron Latham, the journalist, screenwriter and husband of CBS News veteran Lesley Stahl who penned the articles that served as the basis for the John Travolta films Urban Cowboy and Perfect, has died. He was 78.
Latham died Saturday at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Pennsylvania after a battle with Parkinson’s disease, his wife told The Hollywood Reporter. His health declined after he was diagnosed with Covid-19 in 2020, she added.
A native of Texas who wed Stahl in 1977, Latham worked for The Washington Post, Esquire, The New York Times and Rolling Stone, among other publications, during his career.
Urban Cowboy (1980) came from Latham’s Esquire piece that revolved around a romance between a mechanical-bull rider and a woman at the Houston-area nightclub Gilley’s. The real-life pair became Travolta’s Bud and Debra Winger’s Sissy in the box office hit.
Latham’s stories for Rolling Stone about young,...
Aaron Latham, the journalist, screenwriter and husband of CBS News veteran Lesley Stahl who penned the articles that served as the basis for the John Travolta films Urban Cowboy and Perfect, has died. He was 78.
Latham died Saturday at Bryn Mawr Hospital in Pennsylvania after a battle with Parkinson’s disease, his wife told The Hollywood Reporter. His health declined after he was diagnosed with Covid-19 in 2020, she added.
A native of Texas who wed Stahl in 1977, Latham worked for The Washington Post, Esquire, The New York Times and Rolling Stone, among other publications, during his career.
Urban Cowboy (1980) came from Latham’s Esquire piece that revolved around a romance between a mechanical-bull rider and a woman at the Houston-area nightclub Gilley’s. The real-life pair became Travolta’s Bud and Debra Winger’s Sissy in the box office hit.
Latham’s stories for Rolling Stone about young,...
- 7/25/2022
- by Mike Barnes and Chris Gardner
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Paramount+ is heading to the honky tonk.
The streamer has put in development a series adaptation of teh John Travolta-Debra Winger feature film Urban Cowboy.
The project, based on the 1980 romantic Western, comes from James Ponsoldt, the writer-director behind Tom Hanks-Emma Watson film The Circle, and Benjamin Percy.
The pair are behind 2022 Sundance film Summering, the story of four friends on the verge of middle school entering that strange phase of uncertainty about the notion of getting older.
Ponsoldt will direct and co-write Urban Cowboy with Percy. Paramount Television Studios produces.
Paramount+ Renews ‘Seal Team’, ‘Mayor Of Kingstown’, ‘The Game’
The film, which was directed by James Bridges, followed the love-hate relationship between Buford Uan “Bud” Davis (Travolta) and Sissy (Winger) and is centered at Gilley’s Club, a large honky tonk in Texas.
The series will go “deeper” into Bud’s journey from farm to the big city in...
The streamer has put in development a series adaptation of teh John Travolta-Debra Winger feature film Urban Cowboy.
The project, based on the 1980 romantic Western, comes from James Ponsoldt, the writer-director behind Tom Hanks-Emma Watson film The Circle, and Benjamin Percy.
The pair are behind 2022 Sundance film Summering, the story of four friends on the verge of middle school entering that strange phase of uncertainty about the notion of getting older.
Ponsoldt will direct and co-write Urban Cowboy with Percy. Paramount Television Studios produces.
Paramount+ Renews ‘Seal Team’, ‘Mayor Of Kingstown’, ‘The Game’
The film, which was directed by James Bridges, followed the love-hate relationship between Buford Uan “Bud” Davis (Travolta) and Sissy (Winger) and is centered at Gilley’s Club, a large honky tonk in Texas.
The series will go “deeper” into Bud’s journey from farm to the big city in...
- 2/1/2022
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
Feature Ryan Lambie 19 Mar 2014 - 06:21
The 1977 docu-drama Pumping Iron launched Schwarzenegger's career, and led to an era of fitness obsession and action heroes, Ryan writes...
In February 1976, the Whitney Museum in New York played host to a highly unusual exhibit: Arnold Schwarzenegger, clad in little more than a tiny pair of brown briefs, posing like a Greek statue on a rotating platform. Around him, some of the Manhattan art scene's most famous critics sat and pontificated.
Called Articulate Muscle: The Male Body In Art, the exhibition included two fellow Mr Universe bodybuilders, Frank Zane and Ed Corney, plus a panel of artists and historians, who discussed the notion of "the body itself as an art medium". The event was inspired and organised by Charles Gaines, a former weight lifter and author of the book Pumping Iron, a candid and in-depth account of bodybuilding with photographs by George Butler.
Originally expected to attract around 300 visitors,...
The 1977 docu-drama Pumping Iron launched Schwarzenegger's career, and led to an era of fitness obsession and action heroes, Ryan writes...
In February 1976, the Whitney Museum in New York played host to a highly unusual exhibit: Arnold Schwarzenegger, clad in little more than a tiny pair of brown briefs, posing like a Greek statue on a rotating platform. Around him, some of the Manhattan art scene's most famous critics sat and pontificated.
Called Articulate Muscle: The Male Body In Art, the exhibition included two fellow Mr Universe bodybuilders, Frank Zane and Ed Corney, plus a panel of artists and historians, who discussed the notion of "the body itself as an art medium". The event was inspired and organised by Charles Gaines, a former weight lifter and author of the book Pumping Iron, a candid and in-depth account of bodybuilding with photographs by George Butler.
Originally expected to attract around 300 visitors,...
- 3/18/2014
- by ryanlambie
- Den of Geek
'I Never drink - wine!" said Dracula.
The other eve, my good pal Les ley Stahl, of "60 Minutes" and other points famous, threw a launch party for her daughter Taylor. This offspring of Ms. Stahl and writer Aaron Latham was in town with her hubby, Andrew, and these newlyweds have started a niche clothing line aimed at wine lovers.
It's called Little Barrel (littlebarrel.com). At this pouring, people partied in wine-themed lush silk ties, scarves and headbands. Some of them carried tote bags with pockets for wine bottles. Lesley was wearing a fashion-forward radiant red tie...
The other eve, my good pal Les ley Stahl, of "60 Minutes" and other points famous, threw a launch party for her daughter Taylor. This offspring of Ms. Stahl and writer Aaron Latham was in town with her hubby, Andrew, and these newlyweds have started a niche clothing line aimed at wine lovers.
It's called Little Barrel (littlebarrel.com). At this pouring, people partied in wine-themed lush silk ties, scarves and headbands. Some of them carried tote bags with pockets for wine bottles. Lesley was wearing a fashion-forward radiant red tie...
- 11/16/2008
- by By LIZ SMITH
- NYPost.com
'I Never drink - wine!" said Dracula.
The other eve, my good pal Les ley Stahl, of "60 Minutes" and other points famous, threw a launch party for her daughter Taylor. This offspring of Ms. Stahl and writer Aaron Latham was in town with her hubby, Andrew, and these newlyweds have started a niche clothing line aimed at wine lovers.
It's called Little Barrel (littlebarrel.com). At this pouring, people partied in wine-themed lush silk ties, scarves and headbands. Some of them carried tote bags with pockets for wine bottles. Lesley was wearing a fashion-forward radiant red tie...
The other eve, my good pal Les ley Stahl, of "60 Minutes" and other points famous, threw a launch party for her daughter Taylor. This offspring of Ms. Stahl and writer Aaron Latham was in town with her hubby, Andrew, and these newlyweds have started a niche clothing line aimed at wine lovers.
It's called Little Barrel (littlebarrel.com). At this pouring, people partied in wine-themed lush silk ties, scarves and headbands. Some of them carried tote bags with pockets for wine bottles. Lesley was wearing a fashion-forward radiant red tie...
- 11/16/2008
- by By LIZ SMITH
- NYPost.com
Debra Winger's life has enough stories to fill a dozen movies. Want to hear about overcoming adversity? When Winger was 17, a car accident put her in a coma for weeks and left her partially paralyzed and blind for 10 months, during which time she vowed that if she recovered, she would become an actor. How about a great discovery story? As a struggling unknown actor, she crashed an audition and won the coveted role of the brash, sensual Sissy, opposite John Travolta, in Urban Cowboy, which made her an instant star. A hint of scandal? It's no secret Winger has had tense relationships on set, such as with her An Officer and a Gentleman director, Taylor Hackford, and her Terms of Endearment co-star Shirley MacLaine. And how about a tale with a surprise twist? After turning 40, with three Oscar nominations to her name, firmly ensconced as a sought-after actor, Winger...
- 10/3/2008
- by Jenelle Riley
- backstage.com
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