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Sandy Duncan Still Can't Watch Her Role In Roots
The actress portrayed Missy Anne Reynolds, the daughter of slave owners, in the acclaimed drama, which was based on Alex Haley's 1976 book, Roots: The Saga of an American Family, but almost 40...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 12 May 2016
Levar Burton Signs On As Roots Revamp Executive Producer
Burton will be a co-executive producer for the revamped mini-series, inspired by Alex Haley's novel Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The actor portrayed a young Kunta Kinte in the iconic...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 01 May 2015
The Geekie Awards 2014 [Pictures]
The geekiest of geek outs happened on Sunday night when The Geekie Awards took place. Returning for the second time and with a fresh batch of new sponsors, the ceremony was streamed on Twitch and,...
By Lenny Barksdale in Movies / TV / Theatre on 19 August 2014
Seth Macfarlane Offers To Double Kickstarter 'Reading Rainbow' Donations
Seth MacFarlane has promised to match up to $1 million dollars in Kickstarter pledges in order to fund an online version of Reading Rainbow. The project already has $4 million but, if backers contribute even...
By Elinor Cosgrave in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 27 June 2014
Levar Burton Recruits Star Trek Co-stars For Live Reading Fundraisers
Actor Levar Burton is rounding up his former Star Trek co-stars for live readings in support of a Kickstarter.com campaign to bring back his popular U.S. children's show Reading Rainbow.Last month (May14), The Roots actor...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13 June 2014
Alliteration Alert: 'Reading Rainbow' Reboot Raises Record Resources
The Reading Rainbow Kickstarter, launched by LeVar Burton and his team on Wednesday managed to reach and pass its $1 million goal in less than a day. To thank the supporters of the Reading Rainbow...
By Victoria Pavlova in Bizarre / Weird Wonderful on 30 May 2014
Levar Burton's Reading Rainbow Kickstarter Campaign Reaches $1 Million In Less Than 24 Hours
Actor Levar Burton is celebrating after fans surpassed the goal of raising $1 million (£625,000) in less than 24 hours of launching the Kickstarter.com campaign on Wednesday (28May14), in a bid to bring back his...
By WENN in Movies / TV / Theatre on 29 May 2014
Burton Sued For Outstanding Grocery Bill
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION star LEVAR BURTON is facing a lawsuit from bosses of a U.S. supermarket chain who have accused the actor of failing to pay $2,000 (£1,330) in grocery bills.In a suit...
By WENN on 09 August 2009
Star Trek's Burton Hospitalised After Car Crash
STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION star LEVAR BURTON is recovering after he was involved in a car crash on Monday night (13Jul09).The 52 year old was travelling in a vehicle in Los Angeles when it...
By WENN on 14 July 2009
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