Norby Walters, a music agent who worked with Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Marvin Gaye, Kool & the Gang and Public Enemy before gaining renown in Hollywood for his annual “Night of 100 Stars” Oscar party and weekly poker game, has died. He was 91.
Walters died Dec. 10 of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Burbank, his son, producer Gary Michael Walters (Whiplash), told The Hollywood Reporter.
Walters hosted his first Oscar night gala in 1990 and the last in 2017, most often inside the Beverly Hilton’s Crystal Ballroom. Among those who attended were Shirley Jones, Robert Forster, Charles Bronson, Patricia Neal, Richard Dreyfuss, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Landau, Louis Gossett Jr., J.K. Simmons, Cliff Robertson, Red Buttons, Jon Voight and Allison Janney.
Walters for years also presided over a weekly poker game at his West Hollywood high-rise condo. The low-stakes $2 game was, his son said, “designed to be a place where actors could kibbutz,...
Walters died Dec. 10 of natural causes at an assisted living facility in Burbank, his son, producer Gary Michael Walters (Whiplash), told The Hollywood Reporter.
Walters hosted his first Oscar night gala in 1990 and the last in 2017, most often inside the Beverly Hilton’s Crystal Ballroom. Among those who attended were Shirley Jones, Robert Forster, Charles Bronson, Patricia Neal, Richard Dreyfuss, Eva Marie Saint, Martin Landau, Louis Gossett Jr., J.K. Simmons, Cliff Robertson, Red Buttons, Jon Voight and Allison Janney.
Walters for years also presided over a weekly poker game at his West Hollywood high-rise condo. The low-stakes $2 game was, his son said, “designed to be a place where actors could kibbutz,...
- 12/21/2023
- by Mike Barnes and Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Doctor’s orders: more Shrinking! Apple TV+ has renewed Shrinking for Season 2. The announcement comes with just three episodes left to release in its 10-episode freshman season. While no official casting announcements have been made, it’s safe to assume stars Jason Segel, Harrison Ford, Jessica Williams, and Christa Miller will return for the new season. Bill Lawrence and Brett Goldstein of Ted Lasso created Shrinking. The series follows grieving therapist Jimmy (Segel), who starts to break the rules and tell his clients exactly what he thinks. Ignoring his training and ethics, he finds himself making huge, tumultuous changes to people’s lives… including his own. In addition to Segel and Ford (as Paul), the series stars Williams as Gaby, Miller as Liz, Lukita Maxwell as Alice, Michael Urie as Brian, and Luke Tennie as Sean. In Shrinking Episode 8, titled “Boop,” Paul and Brian come to Jimmy’s aid when...
- 3/9/2023
- TV Insider
Ready or not, here comes the fall TV season. Unlike 2020, there’s actually a Premiere Week this year, with the broadcast networks kicking off their 2021-22 campaign on September 20 — the day after the Primetime Emmy Awards, as was the old normal. Here is Deadline’s comprehensive annual list of fall premiere dates for new series and new seasons of returning series. It covers more than 450 broadcast, cable and streaming shows bowing from September 1 through December 31 in all dayparts but does not include specials or movies. Please send any additions or adjustments to erik@deadline.com. We’ll update the post regularly as more dates are revealed.
September 1:
Future of Work (PBS, new documentary miniseries)
Expedition X (Discovery, Season 4)
Women Journalists of 9/11: Their Stories
September 2:
Q-Force
What We Do in the Shadows
A.P. Bio (Peacock, Season 4)
Trolls: Trollstopia (Hulu,...
September 1:
Future of Work (PBS, new documentary miniseries)
Expedition X (Discovery, Season 4)
Women Journalists of 9/11: Their Stories
September 2:
Q-Force
What We Do in the Shadows
A.P. Bio (Peacock, Season 4)
Trolls: Trollstopia (Hulu,...
- 9/20/2021
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
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