Yaphet Kotto (1939-2021). With his wife at his side, longtime actor Yaphet Kotto passed away on March 15th in the Philippines at the age of 81. He was one of those character actors I’d always hoped to meet someday, but this hope is sadly gone. At an imposing 6 ft. 3 inches tall, Kotto brought…
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That actor you knew from everywhere, John Saxon (1935-2020)…
The late John Saxon cameoed as an FBI agent being interviewed by the late Kelly Preston (1962-2020) in Robert Rodriguez’s “From Dusk Till Dawn” (1996). Hard to believe we lost both of these actors in the span of a couple weeks. 2020 has been a horrific year. 2020 has been a heavy-hearted year of great…
San Diego Comic Con 2019, final Megapost: Memories of Apollo 11, the Star Trek pilot, and The Night Gallery…
Another San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) is in the rearview mirror, and once again, it was (as usual) another grand, exhausting, epic celebration of pop culture. As readers of this site may or may not know, I usually don’t wait in line all night for the ‘big ticket’ events, such as those held in the…