Caroline Mcwilliams

Latest Update News About Pernell Roberts, Dixie Carter, Andrew Koenig, Dennis Hopper, Corey Haim: I have to say, as much criticism as I have for the ending of Lost, I was hoping the actors would get a little Emmy love. I expected Michael Emerson and Terry O’Quinn to cancel each other out for the best supporting actor Emmy, but I thought Matthew Fox really had a shot of grabbing a much-deserved award.

Elizabeth Mitchell unfortunately didn’t have a chance against the heavyweights in the guest actress category, though she certainly had just as much right to the Emmy.

Ricky Gervais, how I love thee. You just never know what he’s going to say, or how naughty it’s going to be, and you’re always waiting for that trademark giggle of his to escape. He’s just full of so much glee–his exuberant joy at discovering that Winter Olympics Opening Ceremony director Bucky Gunts actually DID win the category after his riff on the guy’s name was absolutely priceless.

Alex Skarsgård in all his lofty gorgeousness made True Blood costars Stephen Moyer and Anna Paquin look like tiny elves–and then Al Pacino came out and somehow was even tinier. Serpico’s not quite so scary now…

Jimmy Fallon’s musical numbers on stage and with audience guests like Julianna Margulies, Tom Hanks, and Stephen Colbert were made of win. The Twitter comments Fallon read out–not so much.

Julianna Margulies, Mariska Hargitay, Susan Sarandon, and Christina Hendricks win the Classy and Gorgeous awards.

I’m thrilled that Jim Parsons won a much deserved Emmy award for his role as Sheldon on Big Bang Theory. I also loved that he said he was grateful just to be working, but even more grateful to get to play such an outstanding character. Modern Family gets tons of deserved buzz (yeahy for the Emmy!) but Big Bang Theory is consistently and inventively hilarious.

The In Memoriam was heartbreaking–we lost a lot of wonderful people this year. I was shocked and saddened to see Caroline McWilliams from 80s series Benson; she lost her battle with cancer earlier this year. Jewel’s tribute song was lovely, and for once it seemed to deter some of the clapping favoritism–though not all of it.

Over all the Emmy Awards was fast-paced, mildly amusing, and some of the “little people” gave great speeches. As is typical of awards shows, many of the programs that won were series or specials that I haven’t seen–which definitely dampens the whole enjoyment of the Emmy Awards. However, the awards do their job in enticing us to check out some of these award winning shows we’ve missed. I’m definitely curious about Temple Grandin now.

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Andrew Koenig

Andrew Koenig played the character “Boner” in the TV series “Growing Pains”. He was becoming very famous because of his role and was being offered many acting assignments from different producers but he turned down all of them in February 2010 and went missing on the 14th of February, 2010. He sent his father a letter on the 16th and then the family members of Koenig started searching for him.

On the 28th of February, 2010 Koenig was found dead hanging from a tree. It was reported that he hanged himself and committed suicide. His body was found in a park in Vancouver. He hung himself in a very deep part of the park and the location clearly suggested that he didn’t want to be found.

It was a very tough time for his family especially his parents. Andrew Koenig was 41 years old and he led a great acting career just like his father who played the character of Chekov in the original Star Trek. Andrew’s father held an emotional press conference to talk about him and the reason he took his own life.

The reason for Andrew’s suicide is the fact that he was very depressed for a long time and his symptoms were getting greater by the day. Andrew’s father also told that no one should ever ignore signs of depression unless it could get too late to save the person. The case of Andrew Koenig is a few months old but people are just getting to know about it.

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Corey Haim

Corey Ian Haim (December 23, 1971 – March 10, 2010) was a Canadian actor, known for a 1980s Hollywood career as a teen idol. He starred in a number of films such as Lucas, Murphy’s Romance, License to Drive and Dream a Little Dream. His best-known role was alongside Corey Feldman in The Lost Boys, which made Haim a household name.

The duo became 1980s iconsand went on to star in seven further movies together,later starring in the A&E reality show The Two Coreys.

Haim’s early success led to money and fame, and he began using drugs by fifteen. For three years in the late 1980s, Haim was the most famous teenager in the world. He had difficulties breaking away from his experience as a teen actor, and was troubled by drug addiction throughout his later career.The circumstances surrounding Haim’s death were far removed from the innocence and purity typified by his popular characters.

Corey Haim death:

At the end of his life, Haim shared a month-to-month rental at the Oakwood Apartments between Burbank and the Hollywood Hills with his mother, who has breast cancer.Haim did not own a car. Christopher Ameruoso, Haim’s neighbor for a year, said Haim sometimes could be seen wandering around the complex, “looking for companionship, looking for friends.

On March 10, 2010, after a 9-1-1 call from his mother, Haim was taken from their home by paramedics to Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center in Burbank, and pronounced dead at 2:15 a.m. (10:15 UTC). Los Angeles police stated that his death appeared to be an accidental overdose and that four bottles containing Valium, Vicodin, Soma (a muscle relaxant) and Haloperidol (an anti-psychotic) were retrieved, later confirmed as prescribed by a specialist, but that no illegal drugs were found at the scene. It emerged that Haim had used aliases to procure 553 prescription pills in the 32 days prior to his death, “doctor-shopping” seven different doctors and using seven pharmacies to obtain the supply, which included 195 Valium, 149 Vicodin, 194 Soma and 15 Xanax.
Filmography
Year     Film     Role     Notes
1984     Firstborn     Brian Livingston    
1985     Secret Admirer     Jeff    
Silver Bullet     Marty Coslaw    
Murphy’s Romance     Jake Moriarty    
1986     Lucas     Lucas Bly    
1987     The Lost Boys     Sam Emerson    
1988     License to Drive     Les Anderson    
Watchers     Travis Cornell    
1989     Dream a Little Dream     Dinger    
1990     Prayer of the Rollerboys     Griffin    
1991     Fast Getaway     Nelson    
Dream Machine     Barry Davis    
1992     Blown Away     Rich    
The Double 0 Kid     Lance Elliot     Direct-to-video
Oh, What a Night     Eric     Direct-to-video
1993     Anything for Love     Chris Calder     also known as Just One of the Girls
1994     National Lampoon’s Last Resort     Dave     Direct-to-video
Fast Getaway II     Nelson Potter     Direct-to-video
1995     Dream a Little Dream 2     Dinger Holfield     Direct-to-video
Life 101     Ramsy     Direct-to-video
1996     Fever Lake     Albert     Direct-to-video
Shooter on the Side        
Snowboard Academy     Chris Barry    
Demolition High     Lenny Slater     Direct-to-video
1997     Demolition University     Lenny Slater     Direct-to-video
Never Too Late     Max    
Busted     Clifford     Direct-to-video
2002     The Back Lot Murders     Tony     Direct-to-video
2007     Universal Groove     Jim    
2008     Lost Boys: The Tribe     Sam Emerson     Direct-to-video
2009     Crank: High Voltage     Randy    
Shark City     Chip Davis    
New Terminal Hotel     Jasper Crash    
American Sunset     Tom Marlow    
2010     Decisions     Det. Lou Andreas    
Television
Year     Title     Role     Notes
1984–1985     The Edison Twins     Larry     Twenty-six episodes
1985     A Time to Live     Peter Weisman     Television film
1987     Roomies     Matthew Wiggins     Eight episodes
1998     Psi Factor: Chronicles of the Paranormal     Research Project Intern     Episode: “The Egress”
Merlin: The Quest Begins     Wilf     Television film
2000     Without Malice     Marty     Television film
2007–2008     The Two Coreys     Himself     Nineteen episodes

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