Actor Ernest Borgnine has died. The New York Times has an obituary. Michael Wilson remembers his brushes with Borgnine. Bruce Campbell remembers Borgnine in his autobiography. TCM will remember him with a film marathon on July 26.
Peter Gutierrez interviews R.L. Stine. They talk about Goosebumps, reading, “John Landis’ son” and Stine’s influence on librarians: “We grew up on your books, and now we’re reading them to kids.”
The FantAsia site is up and running with many, many trailers to get you ready for the festival. (Or at least, what films to keep an eye out for).
A trailer for the documentary on text adventure games and their designers, Get Lamp.
Actor and comedian Andy Griffith has died. Boston.com has an overview of his career. The Hollywood Reporter has memorials from Jim Nabors and Ron Howard. And here is a Griffith stand-up bit from 1953 with images drawn by George Woodbridge.
At KPBS, Miguel Rodriguez reports on last weekend global live tweet of Godfrey Ho’s Robo Vampire, organized by the Mysterious Order of the Skeleton Suit, of which The Gutter is a member. The M.O.S.S. site has a transcript of the tweetalong.
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