Chameleonic actor-comedian who leapt from the sketch comedy
show Saturday Night Live on NBC, for which he was a regular
cast member from 1980 to 1984 to "Beverly Hills Cop" and
"The Nutty Professor" film series.

Buckwheat

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey had its
world theatrical premiere on April 2, 1968.

Kubrick, whose 1964 Cold War satire Dr. Strangelove had been
popular with audiences and critics alike, was intrigued by
science fiction but felt the genre rarely produced interesting
films.

Filming required the construction of a giant centrifuge to serve
as the spaceship’s interior and numerous expensive visual
effects, including a groundbreaking psychedelic sequence near
the end of the film so complex that staff referred to it as the
“Manhattan Project.” Kubrick is said to have removed over 15
minutes from the final cut, which nonetheless ran well over
2 hours.

(FOX NEWS) – Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient
Roman tombs during the excavation of a necropolis – including
one bearing the epitaph of a gladiator.

The discovery was announced by the Archaeology, Fine Arts
and Landscape (ABAP) Superintendence for the Metropolitan
Area of Naples on March 21.

In a statement translated from Italian to English, officials said
that the dig took place in Liternum, an ancient town near the
city of Giugliano in Campania.

(FOX NEWS) – Actor Val Kilmer, who starred in many high-
profile films, including "Top Gun," "Batman Forever" and
"Tombstone," died Tuesday (April 1).

The New York Times reported that Kilmer died of pneumonia.

Kilmer, who played Tom "Iceman" Kazansky in the original
"Top Gun" in 1986, died in Los Angeles, according to his
daughter, Mercedes Kilmer. 

In 2015, Kilmer was diagnosed with throat cancer. He
subsequently underwent a tracheal procedure that
damaged his vocal cords, leaving him with severe
difficulty speaking. He also underwent chemotherapy
and two tracheotomies.

Val Kilmer and Tom Cruise in Top Gun (1986)

Kurt Russell and Val Kilmer (1993)

 
   
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