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Pierce Thiot, a creative executive at Ryan Reynolds’ production and marketing company Maximum Effort and two-time Emmy nominee who also worked on the launch of Apple TV+, has died. He was 40. The company said he died August 24 of a pulmonary embolism at his home in Orem, Utah. Thiot…

James Walsh, whose many Broadway producing credits in the 1980s and ’90s included the Tony Award-winning productions of 1986’s I'm Not Rappaport starring Judd Hirsch and 1989's Pulitzer-winning The Heidi Chronicles, died of sepsis Thursday, August 27, in New York City. He was 89. His death was…

As the world mourns the death Tim Curry, a whole generation is hit with the loss of Nigel Thornberry. Following Curry’s death at age 80 on Wednesday, the voice cast of Nickelodeon’s The Wild Thornberrys paid tribute to their onscreen patriarch from the animated series that ran for five seasons…

Andrea Eastman, who broke boundaries as a casting director at Paramount in the 1970s and as an agent at ICM, died August 25, Deadline has confirmed. She was 86. Eastman’s output as a casting director is not extensive, but it is impressive. She had an uncanny penchant for identifying untested…

Anna Louizos, a prolific, three-time Tony nominated Broadway scenic designer whose work brought vivid life to such productions as Avenue Q,  Lin-Manuel Miranda’s In the Heights, School of Rock, Steel Magnolias and the 2012 revival of The Mystery of Edwin Drood, died August 25, in New York City of…

Peter Cullen, the Canadian voice actor who voiced Optimus Prime in the original 1980s Transformers animated series, later reprised the role in the film and TV franchises, voiced Eeyore in the Winnie the Pooh franchise and was the announcer for the Smothers Brothers TV show, among scores of others…

Samuel Monroe Jr., who made his acting debut in 1993’s Menace II Society and went on to appear in Tales from the Hood, The Players Club and various TV roles, died Wednesday, August 26, months after first battling a severe case of meningitis and MRSA pneumonia. He was 52. His mother Joyce…

UPDATE: CBS is planning another special to pay tribute to Dolly Parton, with plans to air the Entertainment Tonight special Remembering Dolly: A Rhinestone Life on Sunday. Set to air at 8 p.m. ET, the special will be hosted by Kevin Frazier and Nischelle Turner. It will feature interviews from E…

Tributes are pouring in for Tim Curry, best known for his work on The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Clue and much more, following the beloved actor’s death Tuesday at the age of 80. Kiefer Sutherland, who co-starred with Curry in Disney’s The Three Musketeers (1993), penned a remembrance of Curry…

Miley Cyrus mourned the loss of her godmother and mentor Dolly Parton, who died Tuesday at the age of 80, writing in an Instagram post the following morning that “the feeling of losing my Aunt Dolly is beyond what feels right to share.” “Our most sacred moments were private and they'll stay…

Tim Curry, who shot to stardom in his signature role as Dr. Frank-N-Furter, the corset-wearing “sweet transvestite from Transsexual Transylvania” in the 1975 cult classic film The Rocky Horror Picture Show, died Tuesday at his home in L.A.’s Toluca Lake neighborhood. He was 80. His death was…

UPDATE, with additional details including survivor information: Jaye P. Morgan, the singer, actor, nightclub star and, perhaps most famously to fans of ’70s game shows, the outrageously risqué panelist on Chuck Barris’ The Gong Show, died of natural causes Monday, August 24, her family announced. She…