'Take This With You:' Movieline Remembers the Career of Leslie Nielsen

· If you have 14 minutes to spare, spend them remembering Leslie Nielsen with this comprehensive montage from the master of deadpan’s sixty-year career. So long, friend.

· Daniel Radcliffe is 99.9 percent sure that he will never star in another Harry Potter film. [Access Hollywood]

· Eliza Dushku will star in Mike Robe’s TNT pilot Bird Dog about a father-daughter detective team in New York City. [Deadline]

· A casting director for Peter Jackson’s adaptations of The Hobbit was let go after showing preference for extras with “light skin tones.” Really. [ArtsBeat]

· Anderson Cooper will be your next daytime talk star. Warner Bros. Television announced today that the CNN anchor has already secured distribution in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. [The Wrap]

· Police raided the Deadliest Catch boat earlier this month in response to Captain Derek Ray’s allegation that Jake Harrison — son of the late Captain Phil Harris — was abusing prescription drugs. [TMZ]

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Naked Gun Actor Leslie Nielsen Dead at 84

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Sad news for people who like to laugh: Actor Leslie Nielsen of Naked Gun and Airplane! fame of has died of complications from pneumonia at the age of 84. For my money, there’s no better showcase of Nielsen’s deadpan comic timing and deft slapstick ability than this montage of epilogues from Police Squad!, in which Nielsen fakes a freeze frame at the end of every episode. Check them out along with a reminder of Nielsen’s non-comedy work after the jump.

Many forget that Nielsen first made his name playing serious roles in films like Forbidden Planet and The Poseidon Adventure. He was also one of the best performers in George Romero’s horror anthology Creepshow. The clip below doesn’t play quite as well out of context, but his break into hysterics at the end is something to cherish nonetheless. It’s mildly NSFW in an ocean-zombie type of way…

[The Hollywood Reporter]

Tagged: Airplane!, Creepshow, Forbidden Planet, Leslie Nielsen, Naked Gun, Police Squad!, The Poseidon Adventure

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