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R.I.P. Debbie Reynolds (1932-2016)
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The year in heartbreak continues. Just one day following the passing of Carrie Fisher, her mother Debbie Reynolds has died at the age of 84 after suffering a stroke. Her son, Todd Fisher, told the Associated Press the death of Carrie Fisher “was too much” for Reynolds.
“She wanted to be with Carrie,” he added to Variety.
Her career career was launched after she won the Miss Burbank contest at the age of 16, and she went on to make a splash in an early film role that remains one of her best remembered in “Singin’ in The Rain.” Reynolds would go on to be nominated for both the Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Actress for “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” she’d win the National Board Of Review award for Best Supporting Actress in “The Catered Affair,” and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy for her guest turn on “Will & Grace. »
- Kevin Jagernauth
Debbie Reynolds, ‘Singin’ in the Rain’ Actress and Carrie Fisher’s Mother, Dies at 84
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Legendary actress, singer and entertainer Debbie Reynolds has passed away after suffering a stroke on Wednesday, December 28. She was 84.
The news comes just a day after Reynolds’ daughter, Carrie Fisher, died from having a heart attack during a flight from London to Los Angeles. According to TMZ, Reynolds was at her son’s Todd’s house in Beverly Hills on Wednesday afternoon when someone from the house called 911.
The “Singin’ in the Rain” actress had been distraught since Carrie’s heart attack and death, and according to reports, was discussing funeral plans for her daughter when she suffered a stroke.
Reynolds had last released a statement following Fisher’s death, saying, “Thank you to everyone who has embraced the gifts and talents of my beloved and amazing daughter. I am grateful for your thoughts and prayers that are now guiding her to her next stop.”
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- Liz Calvario
‘Castlevania’ Animated Series May Finally Happen Thanks to the Executive Producer of ‘Adventure Time’
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“Castlevania” is among the most enduring of all video-game series, with 1997’s “Symphony of the Night” often ranking as one of the greatest games ever made. The franchise may soon make the leap from console to cable, as one of the minds behind “Adventure Time” has hinted that he’s developing a “super violent” animated series on what deductive reasoning suggests might very well be “Castlevania.”
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Fred Seibert is working on an “unnamed” project based on “one of the most world-famous video games of the last 30 years” under the banner of his own Frederator Studios, the animation house behind both “Adventure Time” and “The Fairly OddParents” — as well as the company with the adaptation rights to “Castlevania.” He made the vague announcement during an appearance on Nickelodeon’s Nick Animation Podcast, explaining that Frederator has owned the rights for »
- Michael Nordine
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