Actor James Tolkan, known for his role as the Hill Valley High principal in “Back to the Future” and the no-nonsense commanding officer in “Top Gun” has died. He was 94. Tolkan died Thursday in Lake Placid, N.Y., where he lived, his booking agent, John Alcantar, told the Associated Press on Saturday. In “Back to…
The report of this death is not an exaggeration: Rocky Carroll’s character Leon Vance, director at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service, died Tuesday on “NCIS” after appearing on the CBS series for 18 of its 23 seasons so far. For Carroll, one of the worst parts, obviously, was that his character would be dead and…
The Gaslighter makes his way to the stage of “NAW or Never: Smack Talk Open Mic” during a December show. Wearing a black hood over his fedora and sunglasses to complete his persona, he begins to boast about winning the NAW championship at the last show. “I am now the NAW, Intercontinental, Breakfast, Continental, World…
In “Dragon Mama,” the second part of her Dragon Cycle, writer-performer Sara Porkalob fleshes out the story of her Filipina American family. The focus here is squarely on her mother, another survivor who inflicts her own share of damage along the way. “How do you solve a problem like Maria?” Maria herself sings these words…
