Actor Erland Josephson dies

Published: Sun., February. 26, 2012, 12:04pm PTBy Connected PRESS Swedish actor Erland Josephson, who worked with with legendary film director Ingmar Bergman in additional than 40 films and plays, died in Stockholm on Saturday carrying out a lengthy fight against Parkinson's disease. He was 88. Born right into a group of artists and culture employees in Stockholm, Josephson was 16 as he first met Bergman, who had been pointing a manufacture of "The Merchant of Venice" by which Josephson was taking part being an amateur actor. Although he didn't have any formal acting education, Josephson ongoing to look in a number of Bergman stage plays within the nineteen forties and '50s younger crowd were built with a minor part in 1946 film "It Rains on Our Love." Within the late '50s he performed bigger roles in Bergman's films "The Magician" and "Edge of Existence," but Josephson first shot to worldwide fame using the role of Johan in "Moments From the Marriage," in 1973. Next, he received purports to come in many worldwide film productions and performed Friedrich Nietzsche in Italian director Liliana Cavani's 1977 effort "Beyond Good and Evil." Josephson made an appearance in Philip Kaufman's 1988 film "The Intolerable Lightness to beInch making memorable performances in Andrey Tarkovskiy's eighties films "Nostalghia" and "The Sacrifice." The actor won several Swedish film awards and received an honorary award in the Rimini film festival in 1986. 2 yrs later, he received the Off Broadway Theater Award for the best performance for his role as Gajev in Peter Brooks' NY manufacture of "Cherry Farm." Josephson also released many books and autobiographical books and 2 poetry collections, and that he composed some 40 scripts for stage, tv and radio. He offered as mind of Sweden's Royal Dramatic Theater between 1966 and 1975 and was director from the Swedish Film Institute within the the nineteen nineties. Josephson is made it by his wife Ulla Aberg and five children. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com

Watch My Show: Full Metal Jousting's Craig Piligian Answers Our Showrunner Survey

Dave Annable Brothers & Sisters star Dave Annable is checking in to ABC's 666 Park Avenue pilot, TVGuide.com has confirmed.TVLine first reported the news.The Complete Pilot Report: ABC's got Mandy Moore, Reba McEntire and Natalie PortmanFrom the producers of The Vampire Diaries, The Secret Circle and Gossip Girl, the supernatural project is based on Gabrielle Pierce's book series about an innocent Midwestern couple, one half of which will be played by Annable, who get hired as resident managers of an Upper East Side apartment building in NY. Terry O'Quinn will play the owner of the building, where the residents have all made deals with the Devil to have their desires fulfilled.David Wilcox will write and executive-produce, alongside Leslie Morgenstein and Gina Girolamo.Annable most recently appeared in What's Your Number?

Start Looking: American Dad's Roger Cruz Would go to Washington

American Father The 2012 race for that presidency got zanier as Roger Cruz, resident alien on Fox's American Father, has tossed his interstellar hat in to the ring. He offers his sights around the pressing issues he'll face within the campaign! TV Guide Magazine: What's your arrange for stimulating the economy?Cruz: My stimulation plan normally involves alligator clamps, a vehicle battery, a bucket of Wesson oil, two free-range chickens, a Swedish tourist and also the third season of Mr. Belvedere. TV Guide Magazine: Boxers or briefs?Cruz: Boxers. No, briefs! Really, each one as lengthy as they are edible. TV Guide Magazine: Who's the very first performer you'd invite towards the Whitened House?Cruz: Justin Timberlake. He's virtually the main reason I am running. During the last many years, I have been getting a dickens of the time getting ahold of him. But he can't keep disregarding me if I am leader, right? TV Guide Magazine: You are a connoisseur of great hairpieces. Which candidate's hair you admire most?Cruz: It isn't an amount playing area. Ron Santorum's the only real candidate who's clearly not putting on a hairpiece. Some will dsicover Santorum's follicular honesty admirable, but my real question is: How can you election for any guy who's so clearly antitechnology? Sign up for TV Guide Magazine now!

BBC nabs NRK's 'Lilyhammer'

LONDON -- The BBC has nabbed another Scandinavian drama skein -- Norwegian pubcaster NRK's breakout hit "Lilyhammer," which bowed inside the U.S. on Netflix. The eight-parter stars Stevie Van Zandt as NY mobster Frank 'The Fixer' Tagliano who moves to Norwegian incorporated inside a witness moving plan. In Blighty, "Lilyhammer" will air on trendy web BBC4, whose signature shows include Danish dramas "The Killing" and "Borgen," both created by Danish pubcaster DR. Henrik Pabst, director of worldwide format acquisition and regional sales director Scandinavia, Benelux, U.K., at distributor SevenOne Worldwide, mentioned: "Wow! Just what a series. First the acquisition to Netflix as well as the outstanding launch in Norwegian -- scoring a thrilling-time high for just about any Norwegian drama series -- now most significantly off it'll be airing round the BBC.""Lilyhammer" bowed on NHK lately drawing 998,000 audiences, an audience share of 56%.BBC purchases topper Sue Deeks known towards the skein as "fresh, funny and offbeat.""Lilyhammer" is produced by Norwegian shingle Rubicon in colaboration with SevenOne Worldwide.The other day the BBC introduced it had bought the second quantity of "Borgen." Contact the number newsroom at news@variety.com