Month: August 2021

Markie Post, the actress best known for "Night Court" and "The Fall Guy," has died at age 70. Post’s manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, confirmed the actress died in a statement to Fox News on Sunday, noting that she passed after battling cancer for almost four years. "Our pride is in who she was in addition to acting," her family shared in a statement. "A person who made elaborate cakes for friends, sewed curtains for first apartments and showed us how to be kind, loving and forgiving in an often harsh world." Deadline notes that she was born in 1950 in Palo Alto, Calif. She got her career in show business started by working as an associate producer on the game show "Double Dare," oriiginally hosted by the late Alex Trebek. TREVOR MOORE, CO-FOUNDER OF SKETCH COMEDY GROUP THE WHITEST KID...

Kit Harington opens up about getting sober and feeling suciidal. (Photo: Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic)Former Game of Thrones star Kit Harington is opening up about his struggles with alcohol, admitting that he contemplated suicide during moments of depression. The British actor has been sober for two and a half years following a 2019 stay at a Connecticut treatment facility for “substances” and “behaviors," which he describes as “mainly alcohol.” When asked by the Sunday Times Magazine if he felt suicidal during this time, Harington responded, “I will give you an answer to that question: The answer is yes." He added, "Yes of course. I went through periods of real depression where I wanted to do all sorts of things.” The star — who welcomed a baby boy this year with wife and former co-...

“The Suicide Squad,” the very R-rated comic book adaptation directed by James Gunn, underwhelmed in its box office debut, collecting $26.5 million from 4,002 North American theaters. Those ticket sales were easily enough to lead domestic box office charts despite falling short of expectations heading into the weekend. There were several factors contributing to its less-than-stellar start, including but not limited to growing concern over the Delta variant of COVID-19, the Warner Bros. film’s hybrid release on HBO Max at no extra charge to subscribers, and its R-rating. An opening weekend below $30 million isn’t surprising, given the ongoing pandemic, but it’s disappointing because “The Suicide Squad” cost $185 million to produce and many millions more to promote globally. ...

Markie Post, who played the public defender in the 1980s sitcom “Night Court” and was a regular presence on television for four decades, has died. She was 70. Post’s manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, said Post died Saturday in Los Angeles after a years-long battle with cancer. Post was a longtime television regular who appeared in shows from “Cheers” to “Scrubs.” But she was best known for her seven-season run on NBC’s “Night Court,” the Manhattan municipal court sitcom that ran from 1984 to 1992 and starred Harry Anderson as Judge Harry T. Stone. Post became a full-time cast member of “Night Court” in season three as Christine Sullivan, a sincere and strong-willed woman who served as a constant foil to Dan Fielding, John Larroquette’s womanizing, narcissistic prosec...

Markie Post, the veteran television actress who starred on sitcoms like Night Court and Scrubs, has died at the age of 70. Post’s manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, confirmed her death to The Hollywood Reporter, adding that the actress died following a battle with cancer. Post was best known for her lengthy run on Night Court, joining the cast full-time as the lawyer Christine Sullivan prior to the series’ third season; Post appeared in nearly 160 episodes of the show, which ran from 1984 to 1990. Post’s Night Court co-star Gilbert Gottfried, who appeared on the show’s ninth season, tweeted a tribute to the actress: Nov 4, 1950-Aug 7, 2021@RealGilbert, @Franksantopadre and everyone at #GGACP bids adieu to actress Markie Post. In a career spanning five decades, Post was involve...