The man who gave us Ferris Bueller and Sixteen Candles died this week.

David P. Twomey, of Portland, Maine, died June 30.

Blast’s obituary and final reflection.

The actress died at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica after a long cancer struggle.

Blast’s West Coast reporter says goodbye to an American entertainment icon.

John Updike, 76, best selling author, died Tuesday after succumbing to lung cancer. [...]

Michael Crichton, award winning author and filmmaker, best known for his work on “Jurassic Park” and the television series ER, died Tuesday in Los Angeles, after a private battle with cancer. He was 66.
Mr. Crichton’s success began with his first novel, and his first bestseller, “The Andromeda Strain,” which was published in 1969 while [...]

Bernie Mac, 50, the comedic voice behind the Peabody Award winning “The Bernie Mac Show” and “Ocean’s Eleven” died today in Chicago from pneumonia complications.
His publicist, Danica Smith, confirmed the actor’s death in a statement from Los Angeles.
Smith said that the pneumonia he was suffering from was unrelated to his previous condition of sarcoidosis, an [...]

When Blast commissioned an interview feature with Don S. Davis, it wasn’t simply because he was an interesting character actor who our readers know, love, and largely grew up with. It was because I was inspired by the amazing range — actor, stunt man, painter, sculptor, set designer, writer.
He was never really a leading man, [...]

Don Bouchard had many interests and passions outside the audio/visual world, of which he was an integral part.
He had a great affinity for wine, music, literature and scuba diving. His friends say he was also very much into Native American culture, photography and travel writing.
He was especially fond of his motorcycle club, La Familia/Los Carnales [...]

It’s a common practice in journalism — major news organizations worldwide keep advance obituaries on file for major public figures. That’s why The New York Times, Boston Globe, ESPN, Time Magazine and CBS News have long, drawn out profiles posted to their websites the instant the doctor declares time of death on anyone of particular [...]