The New York Times has an obituary for Bob May, the actor who portrayed the robot on "Lost in Space."
A veteran actor and stuntman who had appeared in movies and television shows and on the vaudeville stage, Mr. May was chosen by Irwin Allen, creator of “Lost in Space,” to play the Robinson family’s loyal metal sidekick in the series, a space-age retelling of “The Swiss Family Robinson,” which made its debut in 1965.
“He always said he got the job because he fit in the robot suit,” said the actress June Lockhart, who played the marooned family’s matriarch, Maureen Robinson.
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So is the much-talked-about "Arrested Development" movie just so much vapor? Actor Michael Cera, who played George Michael Bluth on the funniest TV show ever, says so.
Speaking to MTV, he said: "There's no script or anything, so the movie, I think, is more hypothetical than people think."
"People have asked me about it more than I've heard about it [in an official capacity] but I'd be very interested to see what the story is with it."
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Richard Jenkins (Burn After Reading) and Bradley Whitford (The West Wing) have joined the cast of "The Cabin in the Woods," a Joss Whedon-scripted horror flick.
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Paul McCartney will guest on a new album by the former Cat Stevens, Yusef Islam, Billboard reports.
The as-yet-untitled set is due in late spring from Universal.
"This one was really a result of me writing a lot of songs and being kind of inspired again," Yusuf tells Billboard. "After I recorded ['Cup'] people just wanted to hear me do a lot of simple stuff, just with the guitar."
The single "Boots & Sand" features Paul McCartney and Dolly Parton -- with a video shot by Jesse Dylan, son of Bob -- while Michelle Branch and Gunnar Nelson assist on the track "To Be What You Must."
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