Monday, December 16, 2019


THE FRIENDS OF MR CAIRO JON & VANGELIS

POURQUOI L'ALLIGATOR A-T-IL TRAVERSÉ LA RUE


POUR ALLER DE L'AUTRE 



An alligator was spotted crossing Jarry Street East in Montreal on Sunday afternoon, after it escaped from a van parked nearby.
Police confirmed the reptile belongs to a company that puts on exotic animal demonstrations.
Employees were stopping for lunch in the area, police said, and accidentally let the alligator get away.
The animal made a break for it as the van's automatic door was closing.
It crossed Jarry Street near Chateaubriand Avenue and hid under a car, attracting some attention from pedestrians.
Police said employees quickly captured the animal and returned it to the van before officers arrived on the scene. 

Sunday, December 15, 2019

RIP
Richard Easton
March 22, 1933 to December 2, 2019
Age: 86
Died From:
Notable For: Canadian actor, best known for his portrayal of Brian Hammond in the 1970s BBC serial The Brothers.
Easton was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, the son of Mary Louise (née Withington) and Leonard Idell Easton, a civil engineer. He started acting in a children's theatre group before moving, at the age of seventeen, to Ottawa to work in a weekly repertory theatre.
Easton has performed in a number of stage productions, as well as various film roles. He has had television guest appearances on Doctor Who, L.A. Law, Frasier, and Ed.
In 2002, Easton starred in the title role in a three-part documentary, Benjamin Franklin, on PBS. Between 2005 and 2011, Easton appeared as Benjamin Franklin in a series of commercials and videos about Freemasonry, produced for the Grand Lodge of Massachusetts A.F. & A.M.
On 18 October 2006, while performing Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia on stage during the show's second preview at the Lincoln Center Theater's Vivian Beaumont Theater, Easton suffered a heart attack and collapsed. His heart stopped beating, but after co-star Ethan Hawke realised that Easton's fall was serious and asked the audience if a doctor was present, a stagehand stepped up to perform CPR. An ambulance was called and Easton was revived with defibrillation. He underwent a procedure to correct a heart arrhythmia, briefly delaying the opening of the play, in which he played a central role.
In 2008, Easton was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
In 2011, Easton made a guest appearance in the second season of Boardwalk Empire, appearing as Jackson Parkhurst in the episode, "Gimcrack & Bunkum".
Easton died in December 2019 at the age of 86.
Filmography
Film
Film
Year Title Role Notes
1976 Feelings (Unknown Role)
1983 Young Warriors Bartender
1989 Henry V Constable of France Charles D'Albret
1991 Dead Again Father Timothy
2000 Finding Forrester Prof. Matthews
2005 Stealing Martin Lane Ed
2005 It's About Time Mr. Dawson
2005 Pizza Mr. Mitchell
2008 Revolutionary Road Mr. Givings
Television
Television
Year Title Role Notes
1959 Play of the Week Beliaev 1 episode
1960 The DuPont Show of the Month 1 episode
1963 No Hiding Place Simon McCowen 1 episode
1971-1976 The Brothers Brian Hammond 85 episodes
1982 Doctor Who Captain Stapley 4 episodes
1997 Frasier Mel White Episode: "Ham Radio"
2002 Benjamin Franklin Benjamin Franklin PBS mini series
3 episodes
2004 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Richard Sutton Episode: "Bound"
2011 Boardwalk Empire Jackson Parkhurst Episode: "Gimcrack & Bunkum
Stage
Hamlet - Claudius (1969 Lyceum Theatre production)
The Invention of Love - A. E. Housman, aged 77 (2001)
Noises Off - Selsdon Mowbray (2001 Royal National Theatre production)
Henry IV, Parts 1 and 2 - Henry IV (2003 Lincoln Center production)
The Coast of Utopia - Alexander Bakunin/Leonty Ibayev/Stanislaw Worcell (2006 Lincoln Center production)
Elling - Alfons (2010 Broadway production)
Video Games
Videogames
Year Title Role
2007 Manhunt 2 Watchdogs member
2013 Grand Theft Auto V Nigel
Awards
Year Award Category Film/TV Show/Play Result
2001 Tony Award Best Performance by a Leading Actor in a Play The Invention of Love Won
2001 Drama Desk Award Outstanding Actor in a Play Won
RIP DANNY AIELLO
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Daniel Louis Aiello Jr. was an American actor who appeared in numerous motion pictures, including The Godfather Part II, The Front, Once Upon a Time in America, The Purple Rose of Cairo, Moonstruck, Harlem Nights, Hudson Hawk, Ruby, Léon: The Professional, 2 Days in the Valley, Dinner Rush, and Lucky Number Slevin. Wikipedia
DiedDecember 12, 2019, New Jersey, United States
SpouseSandy Cohen (m. 1955–2019)
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