Eric Dane didn’t imagine in an afterlife.

“I think when the lights go out, it’s over,” he said in an interview for “Famous Last Words,” a Netflix series that’s available now. “I do believe that once we go to sleep or however it is we — we go, once we’re gone, we’re gone.”

He additionally hoped within the interview that his two daughters, Billie and Georgia, would bear in mind how he was current of their lives. He went to seaside volleyball video games and dance recitals, including that he’d seen “The Nutcracker” many instances and his evaluate was, “That factor drones on, man.”

The “Grey’s Anatomy” and “Euphoria” actor died final Thursday lower than one yr after he introduced he was recognized with ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s illness, which is a deadly nerve system illness.

“Famous Last Words” relies on a present that originated in Denmark. The premise is that an individual is interviewed — government producer Brad Falchuk does the questioning within the Netflix present — and it’ll not be launched till their demise.

Dane’s interview is the second episode. The first was with primatologist and conservationist Jane Goodall, who died final October. Falchuk tells The Associated Press he is recorded 5 conversations already with plans for extra.

No one else was current on set for the taping final November and even the digicam operators had been in a unique room.

“The guest needs to be totally safe to speak honestly and say whatever they want and know that they’re leaving something for people to experience with them not here,” Falchuk said. Only a small number of people work on the production of the show afterward. “Very, very few people have seen it and very, very people even know whose done it,” defined Falchuk.

“Famous people don’t often get an opportunity to speak honestly about themselves and about what they think in the world,” stated Falchuk who’s married to Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow. “They have to be very protective, especially nowadays. They say things and it goes everywhere and it gets misinterpreted and they also want to keep working or keep you know doing what they do, so this is an opportunity for them not to have to be guarded.”

After his ALS prognosis, Dane turned an advocate to lift consciousness and cash to struggle the illness. After his demise, the group I AM ALS launched clips of him recorded for an upcoming documentary.

“It’s a tough thing to respond to, it’s a tough thing to live with, yeah. But it’s really hard for the people around me too. And it’s almost like — in a weird way, it’s to some benefit, because I spend a lot of my time consoling others,” he stated in a clip.

Filmmaker Chris Burke additionally captured Dane on a visit to Washington D.C. the place he lobbied politicians for a invoice that may assist speed up analysis, increase entry to therapy and safe one billion {dollars} in federal funding for ALS sufferers.

“He understood that ALS is not just a diagnosis; it is a call to action for families, for answers, and for change,” the group stated in a press release after Dane’s demise.

In the Netflix present, Dane additionally mirrored on the lifelong impression of shedding his father at age 7 and subsequent struggles with habit to medication and alcohol. He stated he instantly knew he would marry Rebecca Gayheart when he met her and shared a reminiscence of a household trip to France the place he spent a automotive trip talking with a “spot on” French accent that made everybody snigger.

The most poignant a part of the taping was on the finish — when Falchuk left the room for Dane to look into the digicam and ship a ultimate message which he devoted to his daughters. Dane shared that his prognosis with ALS taught him to be current. He additionally hoped the women would “fall in love,” whether or not it’s with an individual or one thing that may make them need to get up every morning.

“I hope you won’t just listen to me. I hope you’ll hear me,” he stated.

Falchuk stated this ultimate message is one thing every visitor has the chance to do. “People do all different kinds of stuff. Some people write it. Jane improvised hers. Eric wrote his,” stated Falchuk, who was visibly emotional on the thought of Dane’s daughters watching his message.

“It’s hard to think about that,” he said. “They’re grieving and he loved them so much. They loved him so much and they’re just a beautiful family. I don’t know. Maybe they’ll watch it. Maybe they’ll never watch it, whatever it may be.”

Falchuk and Dane had dinner previous to filming and so they did not know one another effectively, however a brand new friendship had developed from the expertise.

”I’m grieving Eric loads proper now. It’s very onerous. I used to be not anticipating this to occur this quickly. And I miss him,” said Falchuk. “It’s onerous after they die. It is difficult.”

The alternate appeared to additionally have an effect on Dane, who instructed Falchuk, “This is probably the most revealing and in-depth conversation I’ve had with just about anybody.”

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Robert Carradine, the youngest of his prolific Hollywood household and whose greatest hit was the 1984 comedy “Revenge of the Nerds,” has died at 71.

In a Tuesday assertion, his household mentioned he lived with bipolar dysfunction for 20 years. His brother informed Deadline that Carradine died by suicide.

“We want people to know it, and there is no shame in it,” Keith Carradine informed Deadline. “It is an illness that got the best of him, and I want to celebrate him for his struggle with it, and celebrate his beautiful soul. He was profoundly gifted, and we will miss him every day.”

Known for each his movie and tv work, Robert Carradine labored steadily within the business for over 40 years. Though he collaborated with a few of the most revered administrators of the day, he by no means gained the worldwide recognition of his extra well-known siblings Keith Carradine (additionally the daddy of Martha Plimpton) and half-brother David Carradine, who died in 2009.

Robert Carradine, a Los Angeles native and son to character actor John Carradine, was launched to audiences with roles on the tv sequence “Bonanza” in 1971 and within the John Wayne western “The Cowboys” in 1972.

Despite his household background, performing wasn’t his first calling, although.

“I always had a passion to be a race car driver, and that’s what I thought I was going to do, and at some penultimate moment … I think I was sitting with my brother David when ‘The Cowboys’ was being cast, and they were interested in David as the bad guy, and he didn’t want to be the guy that shot John Wayne in the back,” Carradine recalled in a 2013 interview with Popdose. “But he said, ‘You know, it is called The Cowboys, and they’re meeting all these young guys. Why don’t you go in?’”

In addition to starring in a short-lived tv spinoff of “The Cowboys,” and showing alongside David Carradine in his widespread ABC sequence “Kung Fu,” he would go on to nab roles in Martin Scorsese’s “Mean Streets,” Hal Ashby’s Vietnam drama “Coming Home,” and Samuel Fuller’s World War II movie “The Big Red One.”

The heights of his brother David’s success eluded Robert Carradine, however the two may typically be seen in the identical tasks, together with in Walter Hill’s “The Long Riders” and Paul Bartel’s “Cannonball.”

Robert Carradine’s greatest hit would are available 1984 with the off-color comedy “Revenge of the Nerds,” through which he performed head nerd Lewis Skolnick, along with his abrupt, infectious and guttural snigger. He reprised the position for the big-screen sequel and two made-for-television follow-ups, and continued to pay homage to the beloved character with a visitor position on the sequence “Robot Chicken” and as a co-host (with “Revenge of the Nerds” co-star Curtis Armstrong) of the popular culture competitors present “King of the Nerds,” which aired for 3 seasons.

In the late Nineteen Eighties and Nineteen Nineties, in line with the household assertion, Carradine realized his racing ambitions and was a driver for Lotus. In the 2000s, Carradine gained small-screen success in The Disney Channel’s “Lizzie McGuire” because the eponymous character’s father.

“It’s really hard to face this reality about an old friend,” Hilary Duff, who performed Lizzie McGuire, wrote on Instagram. “There was so much warmth in the McGuire family and I always felt so cared for by my on-screen parents. I’ll be forever grateful for that. I’m deeply sad to learn Bobby was suffering.”

Work remained constant even when the tasks diminished in status and high quality. Then Quentin Tarantino, ever the champion of fading character actors, solid Carradine in “Django Unchained” as one of many trackers within the 2012 movie after seeing a “very furry” {photograph}, as Carradine informed Popdose.

In 2015, Carradine was cited for a Colorado crash that injured him and his spouse, Edith Mani. They later divorced, after greater than 25 years of marriage.

Carradine’s survivors embody his three youngsters, actor Ever Carradine, Marika Reed Carradine and Ian Alexander Carradine.

“Whenever anyone asks me how I turned out so normal, I always tell them it’s because of my dad. I knew my dad loved me, I knew it deep in my bones, and I always knew he had my back,” Ever Carradine wrote on Instagram. “I think it’s partly because we basically grew up together. Twenty years age difference really isn’t that much, and while I never ever thought of him as a sibling, I did always think of him as my partner. We were in it together.”

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President Donald Trump has settled a lawsuit with the property of famend singer and songwriter Isaac Hayes that accused the president of utilizing the hit report “Hold On, I’m Coming” in his marketing campaign with out permission, Hayes’ household mentioned Monday.

Hayes’ property filed the lawsuit in August 2024 alleging that the Trump marketing campaign used the music in movies and marketing campaign appearances 133 instances in his 2020 and 2024 presidential bids. The lawsuit alleged that using the music by Trump, his marketing campaign and a number of other of his allies had infringed its copyright and that damages needs to be paid.

Hayes’ son Isaac Hayes III introduced on the social platform X that the household and property had settled the lawsuit and “are satisfied with the outcome.” The assertion did not specify what decision the events agreed upon.

Hayes, who died in 2008 at age 65, and David Porter co-wrote “Hold On, I’m Coming,” a 1966 hit for soul duo Sam and Dave.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Thrash granted the Hayes property a preliminary injunction in September 2024, compelling the Trump marketing campaign to cease utilizing the music in any appearances or movies. Lawyers for Trump mentioned they’d already stopped utilizing the music earlier than the ruling.

Sam Moore, of Sam and Dave, had carried out “America the Beautiful” at a pre-inauguration live performance for Trump and advised in a sworn assertion filed with the courtroom in September that he was against the motion sought by Hayes’ property.

A slew of artists — together with Sabrina Carpenter, ABBA and Celine Dion — have objected to Trump utilizing their songs throughout his occasions for years.

The White House referred inquiries to Trump’s private authorized counsel. An e-mail to the lawyer, Ronald Coleman, was not instantly returned.

Lawyers for Trump and his marketing campaign wrote in an earlier submitting with the courtroom that the Hayes property and Isaac Hayes Enterprises failed to point out that they personal the copyright at situation and could not present that they suffered any hurt.

Coleman informed reporters after a listening to in 2024 that the marketing campaign had already agreed to not use the music going ahead: “The campaign has no interest in annoying or hurting anyone, and if the Hayes family feels that it hurts or annoys them, that’s fine, we’re not going to force the issue.”

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The Sundance Film Festival could also be beginning anew in Boulder, Colorado, subsequent yr, however it’s sticking with its late January time-frame. Festival organizers on Tuesday mentioned the 2027 competition will start Jan 21 and run via Jan 31. They additionally revealed over a dozen key venues together with 11 theaters the place premieres can be held.

Some of the official theaters will embrace the Boulder High School auditorium, the Casey Middle School auditorium, the Cinemark Century Boulder, the Boulder Theater and a number of other University of Colorado Boulder places just like the Macky Auditorium Concert Hall and the Roe Green Theatre. Sundance Film Festival and public programming director Eugene Hernandez mentioned they’re working carefully with the Colorado group.

“Nestled at the base of Colorado’s iconic Flatirons, venues across the city and CU Boulder’s campus provide an ideal setting for festivalgoers from across the world to come together, revel in art, spark conversation, and create unforgettable memories,” Hernandez mentioned in an announcement.

Last month the nation’s premier impartial movie competition wrapped its closing version in its longtime house of Park City, Utah. Sundance organizers determined to seek for a brand new house as a result of they mentioned the competition had outgrown the ski city it helped placed on the map and developed an air of exclusivity that took focus away from the movies. Boulder emerged victorious from a yearlong search during which quite a few U.S. cities vied to host.

Robert Redford, who died in September at age 89, established the competition and growth packages for filmmakers within the Utah mountains as a haven for impartial storytelling removed from the pressures of Hollywood. Before his demise, Redford, who attended the University of Colorado Boulder, gave his blessing for the competition to relocate.

His daughter Amy Redford, who serves on the Sundance Institute’s board of trustees, instructed The Associated Press final month that she’s excited concerning the transition, even when it comes with a steep studying curve.

The piece of her father’s legacy that she mentioned meant probably the most to him — the institute’s lab packages for rising screenwriters and administrators — will stay in Utah, on the resort he based, about 34 miles (54 kilometers) south of Park City.

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