L.A. Law actor Larry Drake died Thursday at his Los Angeles home. He was 66. Larry Drake Dies Drake’s passing was announced by his manager Steven Siebert, according to CNN. Prior to his death, Drake reportedly had been battling some health issues and had been trying to reduce his weight. As of yet, a cause […]
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- 3/18/2016
- by Chelsea Regan
- Uinterview
Larry Drake, best known for playing Benny on “L.A. Law,” died on Thursday at the age of 66, TheWrap has confirmed. Drake was found in his home in Hollywood and pronounced dead on the scene. According to Steven Siebert, the actor’s manager of 30 years, Drake had recently been struggling with health issues and had been hospitalized several times. The actor’s role as the office manager Benny Stulwicz on the NBC legal drama was hailed as a revolutionary portrayal of developmental disorders for the time, and earned him two Prime-Time Emmy Awards in 1988 and 1989. He reprised the role in the 2002 TV.
- 3/17/2016
- by Reid Nakamura and Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
Producers Steven Siebert and Christian Taylor have optioned the best-selling novel Hick, by first-time author Andrea Portes.
Hick, published in 2007 by Unbridled Books, was recently named among the best adult books for high school students by the School Library Journal.
The coming-of-age story centers on 13-year-old Luli McMullen, who runs away from her ramshackle Nebraska home after being abandoned by her deadbeat parents and heads to Las Vegas. Along the way, she learns the truth about American rootlessness and discovers both the power and peril of her own sexual curiosity.
The producers hope to mold the project with a lead character in the vein of Addie Loggins of Paper Moon and Iris Steensma in Taxi Driver.
Portes is in talks to adapt the screenplay.
Taylor, via his shingle Taylor Lane Prods., is developing Angela and Diabola, an adaptation of a novel by Lynne Reid Banks (The Indian in the Cupboard), with writers Mike Deseve and Andy Rheingold of the Gotham Group and producers Jane Startz and Gillon Stephenson.
Hick, published in 2007 by Unbridled Books, was recently named among the best adult books for high school students by the School Library Journal.
The coming-of-age story centers on 13-year-old Luli McMullen, who runs away from her ramshackle Nebraska home after being abandoned by her deadbeat parents and heads to Las Vegas. Along the way, she learns the truth about American rootlessness and discovers both the power and peril of her own sexual curiosity.
The producers hope to mold the project with a lead character in the vein of Addie Loggins of Paper Moon and Iris Steensma in Taxi Driver.
Portes is in talks to adapt the screenplay.
Taylor, via his shingle Taylor Lane Prods., is developing Angela and Diabola, an adaptation of a novel by Lynne Reid Banks (The Indian in the Cupboard), with writers Mike Deseve and Andy Rheingold of the Gotham Group and producers Jane Startz and Gillon Stephenson.
- 4/10/2008
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
NEW YORK -- Matthew Lillard will star in the Lighthouse Entertainment 1980s-set teen comedy Endless Bummer, playing a surf shop owner who helps a group of teens track down a prized stolen surfboard.
The actor joins rocker Joan Jett, Khan Chittenden (Introducing the Dwights) and Jane Leeves (Frasier) for the feature. He plays a veteran surfer who built the board and joins its current owner and friends on a road trip from Ventura, Calif., to the San Fernando Valley to get it back.
Bummer is based on the real-life experiences of screenwriter John 'J.D.' Drury. Lillard joins the production of director Sam Pillsbury's feature this week.
Lighthouse's Steven Siebert (The Darwin Awards, The Rookie) is producing the film with Drury, Todd Wiseman and John Sclimenti (Riding in Vans With Boys). Rosemary Marks ("thirteen") is co-producing.
Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman will executive produce with Darren Quon. The Bummer soundtrack will include new covers of '80s songs from several Vans Warped Tour artists.
"This is a genuine story of a pivotal day for a group of young Ventura surfers in 1984," Siebert said.
The actor joins rocker Joan Jett, Khan Chittenden (Introducing the Dwights) and Jane Leeves (Frasier) for the feature. He plays a veteran surfer who built the board and joins its current owner and friends on a road trip from Ventura, Calif., to the San Fernando Valley to get it back.
Bummer is based on the real-life experiences of screenwriter John 'J.D.' Drury. Lillard joins the production of director Sam Pillsbury's feature this week.
Lighthouse's Steven Siebert (The Darwin Awards, The Rookie) is producing the film with Drury, Todd Wiseman and John Sclimenti (Riding in Vans With Boys). Rosemary Marks ("thirteen") is co-producing.
Vans Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman will executive produce with Darren Quon. The Bummer soundtrack will include new covers of '80s songs from several Vans Warped Tour artists.
"This is a genuine story of a pivotal day for a group of young Ventura surfers in 1984," Siebert said.
- 8/22/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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