Well, crap.

Corey Haim has died from an apparent drug overdose.

http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2010/03/10/breaking-actor-corey-haim-dead/?hpt=T2

It's sad, but I can't say I'm surprised. :( He never could conquer his drug problems.

He was in two of my favorite movies of the 80's- Lucas and The Lost Boys. And of course, he was the other half of The Two Coreys (the other being Corey Feldman).

What is with actors my age suddenly dying? It sucks. Haim was 38, same as me. Andrew Koenig (of TV's Growing Pains) was 41 (suicide). Who's next? :(

In other news- I did see all ten Best Picture nominees over the last two weekends- I'll do a wrap-up and my take on the Oscar winners later.

Good God, no!!!

A movie version of Gilligan's Island is in the works. Do they really have to do it?

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a206346/warner-bros-backs-gilligans-island-film.html

I knew Hollywood was losing originality, but this is ridiculous!

It's bad enough that T.V. is remaking Hawaii 5-O and (rumored) The Rockford Files. Do we really need Gilligan and company on the big screen?

Other T.V. shows turned into movies have bombed in the past (Land of the Lost, anyone?). The only reason The Brady Bunch was successful was because it was a spoof, and the Addams Family was more like Charles Addams' original drawings than the show.