GRIZZLY ADAMS STAR DAN HAGGERTY DEAD AT 74
The actor who made Grizzly Adams one of TV's most distinctive faces of the late-'70s has died.
TMZ reported this morning that Dan Haggerty has died of cancer at his Southern California home. He was 74.
A former stuntman and animal trainer who made his acting debut in the Frankie-and-Annette movie Muscle Beach Party, Haggerty created the character of a wrongly accused outlaw with a remarkable bond with animals in a 1974 film The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams. NBC turned it into a TV series three years later.
He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1994. Most recently, he'd appeared in the reality series American Pickers.
POWER RANGERS: FORMER STAR CHARGED WITH MURDER
A former Power Ranger has been charged with murder.
Ricardo Medina Junior, who played the red ranger in Power Rangers Wild Force and Power Rangers Samurai, has officially been charged in the murder of his roommate, about a year after the incident.
Medina allegedly stabbed Joshua Sutter several times with a sword at their Green Valley, California, house. The two were reportedly fighting about Medina's girlfriend.
He was arrested last year but released after claiming it was self-defense.
If convicted, Medina faces 26 years to life in prison.
DEBRA MESSING SIGNS ON FOR ABC’S DIRTY DANCING
Debra Messing has signed on to portray the mother of Baby in the upcoming ABC remake of “Dirty Dancing.” Messing now stars in “The Mysteries of Laura, and was formerly in “Will & Grace.”
Her role as Marjorie Houseman has not been defined beyond what is known of the mother in the 1987 movie. The three-episode mini-series stars Abigail Breslin of “Scream Queens” fame as Baby. She reprises the role of Jennifer Gray from the original movie. The role of Patrick Swayze’s Johnny has not yet been announced.
“Dirty Dancing” will be produced by Lionsgate TV in association with Allison Shearmur Productions. Allison Shearmur and Eleanor Bergstein will be executive producers. Bergstein wrote the screenplay for the original movie. Jessica Sharzer will write the adaptation and Wayne Blair will direct. Adam Anders and Peer Astrom will handle the music along with Andy Blankenbuehler as choreographer. No date has been announced for the series to air.
The musical will film in and around Asheville, North Carolina. The series differs from previous productions “Peter Pan Live” and “The Wiz” in that it will be filmed for presentation.
ADAM LAMBERT JOINS FOX’S ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW
Adam Lambert has been added to the cast of Fox’s upcoming “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” He will portray Eddie, the ex-delivery boy who loves rock ‘n roll and who crashes the party at Dr. Frank-N-Furter’s eerie home.
The musical was released in 1975 and went on to become a cult classic.
“I grew up watching “Rocky Horror,” but could never imagine that I would be part of this new vision,” Lambert told “People.” The movie always made me feel like it was okay to celebrate my weirdness. Hallelujah, bless my soul! I love that old time rock-n-roll!”
Originally Lambert was one of the actors being considered for the Frank-N-Furter role, but it went to Laverne Cox of the popular “Orange Is The New Black.”
Fox’s two-hour “Rocky Horror Picture Show” will air this fall.
RENE ANGELIL IS DEAD
Rene Angelil, 73, has died at his home in Las Veags. He is the husband and former manager of Celine Dion, who announced his death on Thursday.
Angelil was born in Montreal, and began managing Dion when she was 12 at the request of her parents. According to “The Montreal Gazette,” he mortgaged his house to finance Dion’s first album. They were married in 1994, and had three children, Nelson, René-Charles and Eddy.
Dion, who has recorded 25 albums and toured world-wide, with recent residencies in Las Vegas at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace since 2003, took time off to care for Angelil after he was diagnosed with throat cancer 2000. She began performing again last year but has cancelled her upcoming shows.
As early as last year, the singer told “USA Today” that she was preparing for her husband’s death.
"When it hits me, it's going to hit me," she told the newspaper in August 2015. "But my biggest job is to tell my husband, we're fine. I'll take care of our kids. You'll watch us from another spot."
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