Anthony Geary accepts the outstanding lead actor in a drama series award for ‘General Hospital’ during the 42nd Annual Daytime Emmy Awards, April 26, 2015, in Burbank, California. (Allen Berezovsky/WireImage via Getty Images)
General Hospital star Anthony Geary has died, his publicist confirmed to KABC. He was 78.
The soap opera star was known for playing Luke Spencer on the hit ABC daytime drama.
Fans remember Geary’s Luke Spencer for being quirky, impulsive, brash and sassy, which made him one of daytime TV’s most iconic characters.
Geary’s longtime role as Luke Spencer began in 1978. He played the iconic soap opera character on TV until 2015.
“He was not created to be a heroic character,” Geary told Nightline in 2015. “He was created to be an anti-hero and I have treasured the anti-side of the hero and pushed it for a long time.”
“He’s not a white hat or a black hat, he’s all shades of grey,” he continued. “And that has been the saving grace of playing him all these years.”
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It’s time to get things started on the return of the most sensational, inspirational, celebrational, Muppetational TV show ever.
In celebration of the 50th anniversary of its original launch in 1976, The Muppet Show returns Feb. 4 for a “special event” on Disney+ and ABC. A new teaser just dropped featuring special guest stars Sabrina Carpenter and Seth Rogen; Rogen is also an executive producer on the show.
In the teaser, Kermit the Frog turns the lights on and takes the stage, saying, “It’s the return of The Muppet Show, back on the very stage where it all started, and then ended, and is maybe starting again depending on how tonight goes.”
After a montage of scenes featuring characters like Rowlf the Dog, Gonzo, the Swedish Chef, and Bunsen and Beaker, we see Sabrina telling Miss Piggy, “You are an icon.” “You’re too sweet,” replies Piggy, before adding, “Go on.”
We then see Sabrina hitting a Muppet, while Seth, standing backstage, tells Fozzy Bear, “It’s always been a dream of mine to be here.” “Ooh,” Fozzy replies. “Got any other dreams?”
The original Muppet Show ran from 1976 to 1981, airing in over 100 countries and featuring musical guests like Elton John, Paul Simon, Diana Ross, Debbie Harry and Gladys Knight. All five seasons are available to stream now on Disney+.
Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams in ‘Heated Rivalry.’ (Sabrina Lantos/HBO Max)
The nominees for the 37th annual GLAAD Media Awards have arrived.
The award show, which honors fair, accurate and inclusive representations of the LGBTQ+ community in different forms of media, honored many popular TV shows and movies with nominations.
Some of the series honored with nominations in the outstanding new TV series category include Heated Rivalry, The Hunting Wives, Pluribus, I Love LA and Overcompensating. Also nominated in the category are Boots, ChadPowers, Clean Slate, The Four Seasons, Long Story Short and Mid-Century Modern.
Meanwhile, other popular shows made it into the outstanding comedy series and outstanding drama series categories, including Abbott Elementary, Hacks, The Righteous Gemstones, The Last of Us, Severance, StrangerThings and Yellowjackets.
Other shows nominated for outstanding comedy series include Big Boys, Ghosts, Hazbin Hotel, Loot, PalmRoyale, Survival of the Thickest and The Upshaws, while the remaining nominees in the outstanding drama series category are Brilliant Minds, The Buccaneers, Doctor Who, The Gilded Age, Power Book III: RaisingKanan and The Sandman.
As for the movies nominated in the outstanding film – wide theatrical release category, they are Blue Moon, Christy, Clown in a Cornfield, Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, The History of Sound, I Know What You DidLast Summer, Kiss of the Spider Woman, On Swift Horses, Twinless and The Wedding Banquet.
The 37th annual GLAAD Awards will be presented on March 5.
Buzz Lightyear (Tim Allen) and Woody (Tom Hanks) in ‘Toy Story 5.’ (Walt Disney Studios)
Toy Story 5 may be headed to big screens next summer, but Tim Allen has a couple of teases to share in the meantime.
The first teaser trailer for the Pixar film arrived on Nov. 11, and it showed how everybody’s favorite toys react to their caretaker, Bonnie, receiving a frog-shaped smart tablet called Lilypad.
Allen, who has voiced Buzz Lightyear in all five Toy Story films, caught up with ABC Audio back in May, where he spoke about what fans of the franchise can expect in the upcoming sequel film.
“Look, I’m a movie buff. I don’t like sequels, and I feel that [Toy Story] 3 was really, really good. [Toy Story] 2 was great. [Toy Story] 1, of course, is my favorite. [Toy Story] 4 was scary and very emotional. And I thought we were done at Toy Story [3]. They resurrected it,” Allen said.
The actor said that Andrew Stanton, who wrote the screenplay for the second film, is directing the fifth installment.
“He pitched this. I think it’s brilliant. And I’ll speak for Tom [Hanks],” Allen said, referencing the actor who voices the toy cowboy, Woody. “Tom did his part about a week ago. I finished the second [recording] series just yesterday, a five-hour session,” Allen said.
“It’s real funny,” Allen says of Toy Story 5. “It’s a big story about Jessie, which is wonderful. We’re all separated now because of time. It’s a real, real, real clever story.”
When asked if Jessie (Joan Cusack) and Buzz Lightyear’s romance factors in to the plot of Toy Story 5, Allen says, “Yes, that’s part of this.”
Allen then went on to tease a scene from the film.
“I’ll give you this. One of the kids that plays with us is giving a wedding with all the other characters. So she puts Buzz and Jessie together. And you know, kids are just doing that. But Buzz takes it very seriously.”
Toy Story 5 rides like the wind into theaters on June 19, 2026.
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