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DECEMBER 2025
Armin Mueller-Stahl - December 17, 1930 - Videos - Filmography - The Thirteenth Floor The only source of knowledge is experience; that is why we are here.
A time travel experiment gone awry, murder, and the realization that we exist in a simulation
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Gil Gerard, 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century' star, dies at 82
Back in the 1960's, TV space adventures took us to "Star Trek" starring William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy among others - a universe born of cardboard consoles, painted stars, and boundless imagination.
Moving into the 1970s we find the adventures of 'Buck Rogers in the 25th Century' - where disco-era futurism met rocket ships and ray guns in a brighter, bolder vision of tomorrow. As compared to future space voyages in TV and film, these early series were humble in production but rich in ambition. Special effects were handcrafted, sets were compact, and stories unfolded in tidy, episodic chapters.
Technology upscaled in all industries through the 1970s and on ... including film and TV. Special visual and sound effects, such as green screen, would now redefine science fiction to broaden the concept of possibilities of what lies beyond.
Geary's legacy, and that of Luke Spencer's, will live on through the generations of General Hospital cast members who have followed in his footsteps. Geary left the show in 1984 but eventually returned as Luke in 1993, reuniting with Laura.
Who could forget the high profile romantic storyline of Luke Spencer and Laura Webber on General Hospital. Their two-day iconic wedding in November 1981 was rivaled only by that of Prince Charles and Princess Diana four months earlier. Did either couple have a 'happily ever after' ending?
In real life, Genie Francis who played Laura, went on to marry actor Jonathan Frakes of Star Trek fame. Beam me up !
In the closing scene of the final Star Trek Episode - Jonathan Frakes uttered these words for the last time. "Computer End Program". Troi and Riker walked through the holodeck door - a room that created programmed holograms - just as our simulation creates programmed experiences for us in 3D.
On Hanukkah 2025, Hollywood mourns legendary film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and political activist Rob Reiner and his wife, producer Michele Singer Reiner who were murdered by their son Nick. Rob, like his father Carl Reiner, was a Hollywood legend. Rob, like his father Carl Reiner, was a Hollywood legend.
Nick Reiner, 32, is the middle child of Rob and Michele Reiner. He has a history of mental illness and substance abuse. He has been named in the stabbing death of his parents and is currently being held without bail. Nick has openly discussed his struggles with drugs and early rehab and his life on the streets, revealing a challenging path from adolescence into adulthood.
Take a look in his eyes. They are vacant - a common theme with the severely mentally ill and always with mass killers.
Robert Norman Reiner (March 6, 1947 - December 14, 2025) was an American film director, producer, screenwriter, actor, and political activist. He came to prominence as Mike "Meathead" Stivic on the CBS sitcom "All in the Family" (1971-1979), a performance that earned him two Primetime Emmy Awards. Reiner was born into a Jewish family in the Bronx, New York City. Read more ...
Rob Reiner was in my age group, also from NYC - his mannerisms often a reminder of my Jewish heritage - combined with friends and relatives who were part of my early childhood and neighborhood. It's a kinship we can only share with people shaped by the same era, culture, and society.
Trump, 79, from Queens, NY was also born into NYC culture in that timeline - many of current his mannerisms and perceptions taking me back to the way things were growing up. Rob Reiner had been outspoken about Trump - who due to his own mental illness and lack of impulse control - made harsh comments about Reiner's murder which sparked rare Republican pushback. Trump wrote in a social media post on Monday morning that Reiner's death was "reportedly due to the anger he caused by others through his massive, unyielding, and incurable affliction ... known as Trump Derangement Syndrome." Trump called Reiner "tortured and struggling, but once a very talented movie director and comedy star."
2025 Bondi Beach Shooting Wikipedia
On the first night of Hanukkah 2025 - at a crowded "Hanukkah by the Sea" celebration at Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia - a moment meant to be defined by light and tradition was shattered by an act of terrorism taking the lives of 15 and wounding 40 other innocent people including a Holocaust survivor and a rabbi.
Jewish communities around the world are uniting in prayer and mourning. Here in NYC - as Hanukkah set it - you could feel the connection of its Jewish population as Jews discuss the rise of antisemitism around the world in recent years.
Two students were killed and nine other students were wounded as they attended a review session in preparation for final exams.
Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov, 18 and Ella Cook, 19
Early Saturday afternoon, I read a college professor and mentioned how happy I was that there had been no school shootings in recent weeks - yet I felt one was imminent - even posting about it on my Facebook. A few hours later the Brown University Shootings happened. Live updates.
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