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Actor Quade Dies

13 August 2009 6:31 PM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

American actor John Quade, who starred as the villain in several Clint Eastwood movies, has died.

Quade passed away in his sleep at his home in Rosamond, California on Sunday, according to his wife Gwen. He was 71.

The actor began finding work as a character actor in Hollywood in the 1960s, landing numerous TV and movie roles, including the part of Sheriff Biggs in the 1977 U.S. TV miniseries Roots.

He is best known as the motorcycle gang leader Cholla in the 1978 Eastwood movie Every Which Way But Loose and its 1980 sequel Any Which Way You Can.

He is survived by his spouse, six children and 10 grandchildren. »

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Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton in Auto Accident

14 July 2009 9:45 AM, PDT | PEOPLE.com | See recent PEOPLE.com news »

LeVar Burton was injured in a five-car accident in West Los Angeles, police tell People. Burton, 52, whose TV acting has included roles on such programs as Roots and Star Trek: The Next Generation and who served as the longtime host of Reading Rainbow, was driving his 2006 Mercedes eastbound along Beverly Boulevard at about 7:40 p.m. Monday when a 74-year-old woman driving westbound turned left in front of him, says Lapd Officer Tenesha Dobine. The wreck caused a five-car pileup, although no one was seriously injured, Dobine tells People. However, Burton complained of neck pain and was treated at a nearby hospital and released, »

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How Scott Storch's Cocaine Addiction Made Him Spend $30 Million In Six Months

11 June 2009 12:29 AM, PDT | MTV Music News | See recent MTV Music News news »

Miami hit producer is back after almost losing everything to drug addiction.

By Shaheem Reid

Scott Storch

Photo: Courtesy of Scott Storch

Miami — It almost seems impossible, but it's tragically true. Scott Storch squandered $30 million. Not only that, he did it in less than six months.

"[It was] unlike anything I've ever seen in my entire life," the producer's manager, Derek Jackson, told MTV News of his friend of almost two decade's monumental fall. "Historical! It was historical without question."

Storch's decline started in 2006, which was arguably his most successful year creatively and definitely his most fruitful year financially. He was one of the top producers in the business, having worked on hits by Beyoncé, 50 Cent, the Game, T.I., Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera, Dr. Dre, Nas, Snoop Dogg, Pink and many others. He had a long way to fall.

"Honestly, about three years ago, he got really shady," said Jackson, sitting »

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DVD Round Up, Jan. 7, 2009: ‘Bangkok Dangerous,’ ‘Disaster Movie,’ ‘Friday Night Lights,’ ‘Towelhead’

7 January 2009 9:51 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – The time has come for another round-up, a collection of DVD and Blu-Ray titles that may have missed the front page in the Best Buy circular but that might be worth your attention. The DVD Round-Up is back (check out the first edition here and a few Blu-Ray Round-Ups here and here) with drama, comedy, TV, action, and even Hitler.

Nicolas Cage plays a killer in “Bangkok Dangerous,” Derek Luke a football player in “Friday Night Lights,” Aaron Eckhart a suburbanite in “Towelhead,” and Carmen Electra essentially herself in “Disaster Movie”. There’s something for everyone in the DVD Round-Up.

All of these titles were released on January 6th, 2009, unless otherwise noted.

“Bangkok Dangerous”

“The Hitman Has Become the Target.” Nicolas Cage stars in the remake of The Pang Brothers’ “Bangkok Dangerous,” a messy action film about Joe, a hired assassin caught in the middle of a hitman’s nightmare. »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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