Daily Commentary – Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 – Oliver Stone and Hugo Chavez

• The director expressed his love for the socialist dictator in yet another recent article.

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Actor Dennis Hopper Dead at Age 74 from Prostate Cancer

The Easy Rider has passed away …

Rest in Peace

An American acting icon has passed away … Dennis Hopper has died at the age of 74 from his decade long battle with prostate cancer. Dennis Hopper stared in such movies as “Rebel without a Cause, Easy Rider, Blue Velvet, Hoosiers, Speed and the list goes on and on. Hopper passed away at 9 am Saturday surrounded by family in his Los Angeles, California home.

Actor Dennis Hopper, whose 50-year film career spanned such classics as “Rebel Without a Cause,” “Easy Rider,” “Apocalypse Now” and “Blue Velvet” died Saturday following a battle with prostate cancer, Reuters reported. He was 74.

Hopper died from complications related to the cancer at his home in Venice, Calif., at 8:15am PT and had friends and family by his side, friend Alex Hitz told Reuters.

The unconventional, enigmatic Hopper played villains, counterculture heroes and even a young Napoleon Bonaparte with equal aplomb.

I guess Dennis Hopper’s estranged wife can now feel like the heel she is. Guess he was sick after all, what do you think?

Easy Rider has met the end of the road. What an acting loss this is. Hopper has his demons; however, as an actor he was simply brilliant. Sadly, cancer has taken another.

A longtime resident of Venice who also was known as a photographer, artist and collector of modern art, Hopper died at his home of complications from prostate cancer, said Alex Hitz, a friend of the family.

A frail-looking Hopper, whose battle with prostate cancer was revealed in October, was able to attend a ceremony for the unveiling of his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in late March.

They certainly do not make them like Dennis Hopper any more … Rest in Peace.

Actor John Forsythe Dies at 92 … The Voice of Charlie Goes Silent

Actor John Forsythe, the man best known as the voice of Charlie from the hit 1970′s TV series Charlie’s Angles and Blake Carrington from the 1980′s prime time TV soap opera Dynasty has passed away at the age of 92.

John Forsythe (1918-2010)

He was born John Lincoln Freund on Jan. 29, 1918, in Penn’s Grove, NJ. John Forsythe died late Thursday at his home in Santa Ynez from complications of pneumonia after a year long battle with cancer. In a career that began in the 1940′s … he will be missed, rest in peace.

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The Dana Pretzer Show On Scared Monkeys Radio – Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 – Special Guests: Rusty Shackleford from the Jawa Report, Diane Dimond, ET Correspondent & Blink from Blink on Crime

LISTEN TO THE DANA PRETZER SHOW ON SCARED MONKEYS RADIO

Tonight Dana welcomes special guests:

• Rusty Shackleford, one of the the most preeminent bloggers from the counter-terrorism web site The Jawa Report will be discussing terrorism. He will be discussing the recent terror plots and arrests of Jihad Jane and Jihad Jamie and more HERE.  Rusty will be discussing all things terrorism and jihad. Don’t miss this interview, it will be a special treat. SM would like to thank the Jawa Report’s efforts to combat terrorism and helping keep us safe.

Diane Dimond

• Diane Dimond, ET Correspondent will be discussing the death of Hollywood actor Corey Haim. Another celebrity death due to an overdose of prescription drugs. She will also be discussing the John Edwards-Rielle Hunter “baby daddy” affair.
• Blink – Crime Blogger from Blink on Crime will be discussing the Casey/Caylee Anthony murder case.

The Dana Pretzer Show On Scared Monkeys Radio – Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 – Special Guests: Rusty Shackleford from the Jawa Report, Diane Dimond, ET Correspondent & Blink from Blink on Crime [51:30m]:  | Download

Peter Graves, Star of Mission Impossible Dies at Age 83

Peter Graves, best known for his role as Jim Phelps on the TV series ‘Mission: Impossible’ has died at the age of 83. According to reports he died of a heart attack at his home in Pacific Palisades, CA. He is survived by his wife, Joan Graves, and three daughters, Amanda Lee Graves, Claudia King Graves and Kelly Jean Graves.

Peter Graves: 1926 – 2010, Rest in Peace

Mr. Graves played his most famous television character from 1967 to 1973 in “Mission: Impossible,” reprising it from 1988 to 1990. He was Jim Phelps, the leader of the Impossible Missions Force, a super-secret government organization that conducted dangerous undercover assignments (which he always chose to accept). After the tape summarizing the objective self-destructed, the team would use not violence, but elaborate con games to trap the villains. In his role, Mr. Graves was a model of cool, deadpan efficiency.

In 1997, Mr. Graves was the subject of his own “Biography” presentation, “Peter Graves: Mission Accomplished.” In 2002, Mr. Graves was interviewed for a special about the documentary series, “Biography: 15 Years and Counting.”

Of course many remember Peter Graves for his role in the spoof movie Airplane, that was a farce of the Airport movies. Also for his numerous movies,  his documentary series, “Biography: 15 Years and Counting” and his most recent Geico commercials.    Graves had one of the best voices in the business. He will be missed.

It was a testament to Mr. Graves’s earnest, unhammy ability to make fun of himself that after decades of playing square he-men and straitlaced authority figures, he was perhaps best known to younger audiences for a deadpan line in “Airplane!” (“Joey, do you like movies about gladiators?”) and one from a memorable Geico car insurance commercial (“I was one lucky woman”).

E on line has further information on the life of Peter Graves.

Born Peter Aurness in Minneapolis, he served in the U.S. Air Force in 1944-45, studied drama at the University of Minnesota, and then followed his older brother, Gunsmoke star James Arness, to Hollywood.

How as a kid I could not wait until ‘Mission: Impossible’ would come in.  Rest in Peace Jim Phelps … This tape will self destruct in 5 seconds. Gog Bless.