Brutal Legend Cast
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The Ultimate Heavy Metal Action Game Starring Jack Black and an Epic Cast of Rock Legends is Available Now
Prepare to be summoned to a dark, unforgiving world of Metal madness and demon slaying rock gods as EA and Double Fine Productions Inc. today shipped the award-winning action game Brütal Legend to retailers in North America (shipping in Europe on Rocktober 16th). The brainchild of legendary game developer Tim Schafer, Brütal Legend stars Jack Black as roadie Eddie Riggs who embarks on an epic rock adventure featuring rich combat, storytelling and humor along with mind blowing imagery inspired by classic heavy metal album art and music. The game is already winning critical acclaim by critics worldwide, with PLAY Magazine scoring Brütal Legend a perfect 10 out of 10, calling it 'greatest video game ever created'. IGN also praised Brütal Legend, giving it 9 out of 10 and awarding it Editor's Choice, calling it 'one of the best games all year'.
'I can't believe Rocktober 13th is actually here and we're able to share the complete experience of Brütal Legend with our fans,' said Tim Schafer, President of Double Fine Productions. 'It's like the Age of Metal is finally upon us and Brütal Legend is a chrome volcano that has been trembling and rumbling and belching smoke for the past four years, and today it is about to erupt and cover the world in Metal!'
Brütal Legend is the epic 3rd person open-world action game created by visionary game developer Tim Schafer and his team at Double Fine Productions. Starring Jack Black as the voice of Eddie Riggs, Brütal Legend tells the tale of Eddie, the ultimate Metal roadie who is knocked unconscious in a stage accident and awakens to a world where heavy metal breathes life through mountains made of amplifiers, killer spiders spinning guitar strings and rock gods roaming the lands. Faced with the daunting task of saving humanity from the evil loins of demon Emperor Doviculus, Eddie must quickly learn to battle through the metal mayhem as he comes face-to-face with devilish druids and unrelenting demons ready to melt his face off.
In addition to Jack Black, Brütal Legend features an exceptional cast with vocal talent provided by some of metal's biggest names, including Rob Halford of Judas Priest, Lemmy Kilmister of Motörhead, Lita Ford, Ozzy Osbourne and more. Brütal Legend also boasts an impressive soundtrack featuring more than 100 fist-pumping tracks for over 75 bands including Black Sabbath, Judas Priest, Motorhead and more.
Brütal Legend is available for MSRP $59.99 on the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and Playstation 3 computer entertainment system. Brütal Legend is rated M for Mature by the ESRB and 18+ for PEGI.
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The late, great Phil Hartman.Source:News Limited
IT’S twenty years since celebrated comedy actor Phil Hartman, famed for roles in shows like The Simpsons, NewsRadio and Saturday Night Live, was killed in a brutal murder-suicide that sent shockwaves through Hollywood.
Twenty years on, fans are marking the actor’s death, sharing stories about his prodigious comedic talents and gift for impressions — and still trying to make sense of his shocking death.
COMEDY’S MR NICE GUY
Hartman (second from right) with the cast of Saturday Night Live in 1992.Source:AP
Hartman first found fame in 1986 as a Saturday Night Live cast member, and across his eight seasons on the show, he scored the nickname “The Glue” for his ability to keep the always-unpredictable live show from going off the rails, helping other cast members to stay on track.
Spot-on impressions of famous figures including Bill Clinton earned him widespread praise — and an Emmy.
Post-SNL, Hartman’s work as a voice actor on The Simpsons introduced him to a new generation of fans: He voiced the always grafting D-list Hollywood actor Troy McClure (“You might remember me from such films as …”) and incompetent lawyer Lionel Hutz, among other characters.
Voicing the sleazy, sad McLure was perhaps Hartman’s favourite role. “I do it for the pure love of it,” he once said.
At the time of his death, Hartman had just finished filming on the fourth season of underrated sitcom NewsRadio, playing the bombastic and egocentric radio broadcaster Bill McNeal. Gentle and softly spoken in real life, Hartman had carved a niche for himself playing jerky, unpleasant, comedic villains — and making audiences empathise with them.
ROCKY MARRIAGE
Hartman with wife Brynn on May 8 1998, just 20 days before their deaths.Source:AP
Hartman’s career was going from strength to strength, but the affable funnyman’s personal life was faltering. He had married his third wife, former model and aspiring actress Brynn Omdahl, in 1987. The pair had two young children, but theirs was a rocky marriage — Brynn was reportedly so intimidated by her husband’s success as an actor that Hartman considered retiring from the business in order to keep the marriage going.
Hartman attempted to help his wife land acting roles, but as her career failed to take off, Brynn turned to drugs and alcohol, entering rehab several times.
AN UNTHINKABLE END
LA Police officers walk along the street outside Hartman's home in Encino, Los Angeles, May 28, 1998. Picture: APSource:AP
Despite the couple’s difficult marriage, nobody could have predicted the events of the early hours of May 28, 1998.
Having dined at a restaurant with a female friend — who said she was “in a good frame of mind” — on the evening of May 27, Brynn returned home and got into a heated argument with Phil, who threatened to leave her if she used drugs again.
Hartman went to bed, and at some time before 3am, with the couple’s two young children asleep in the house, Brynn entered the bedroom she shared with her husband.
Using a .38 caliber handgun, she fatally shot Phil twice — once in the head and once in his side.
After this, Brynn drove to the house of a friend, confessing to the murder, but he did not believe her and accompanied her back to the Hartman home.
When he saw Phil’s body, the friend called 911.
“Officers responding arrived to find the couple’s nine-year-old, Sean, fleeing out the front door. They took the boy to safety, then returned to get his six-year-old sister, Birgen. A single shot was heard,” the Sun Sentinel reported at the time.
Brynn had locked herself in the bedroom — and took her own life as officers closed in.
SHOCKWAVES THROUGH HOLLYWOOD
Hartman as Bill in Newsradio.Source:News Corp Australia
While many friends knew the Hartmans had a tumultuous relationship, none could have predicted it would meet such a violent, tragic end.
Tributes poured in, the couple’s children were taken in by Brynn’s sister and husband, and the two TV shows Phil starred in scrambled to account for his murder.
NewsRadio returned for its fifth and final season in September 1998. The first episode of the season, ‘Bill Moves On’, centred on the rest of the characters reacting to news of Hartman’s character’s off-screen death from a heart attack. The cast could barely get through reading the script, breaking down in tears several times while filming the episode. NewsRadio limped to a finish and the show was cancelled in May 1999.
Hartman’s Simpsons family reeled. The show’s creator Matt Groening admitted that he “took [Hartman] for granted because he nailed the joke every time,” and that he could always produce “the maximum amount of humour.”
With Hartman gone, The Simpsons quietly retired two of its funniest characters — so distinctive were Hartman’s characterisations, the decision was made that Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz could not be revoiced.
Hartman’s death came as he was reaching the top of his long climb up the Hollywood ladder.
“I have a plane. I have a boat. I have a great house. I have a great family. In fact I have everything I ever wanted,” director Joe Dante recalled Hartman telling him in the months before his death.
“It feels great.”
HARTMAN’S LEGACY
Twenty years after his death, Hartman’s legacy lives on. His voice can be heard in just 52 episodes of The Simpsons — but Troy McClure and Lionel Hutz remain endlessly quotable fan favourites, two decades after they last uttered a word. And for many fans, he was the bright spark that elevated NewsRadio from forgotten ’90s sitcom to cult classic.
Reflecting on his life and death today, fans paid tribute to the comedy icon:
Phil Hartman did great work on both The Simpsons and SNL, but his best role will always be Bill McNeal on NewsRadio. A fantastic character on a truly underrated show. Still miss ya, Phil.
— CT Jeremy (@CriticallyTouch) May 28, 201820 years since Phil Hartman died so tragically. Sad to say sometimes I forget what a huge influence he was on me. I met him very briefly when I was in a sketch on SNL when I was 14 and I wrote about meeting him in my college essay and how thrilling that was. Here's to you, Phil. pic.twitter.com/2sBeLe88a3
— billy eichner (@billyeichner) May 29, 2018Today marks the 20th anniversary of the death of Phil Hartman. The most versatile performer to ever grace the Saturday Night Live stage. He’s still the greatest that has ever been. pic.twitter.com/OAGqtMl6nD
— Shawn Garrett (@ShawnGarrett) May 28, 2018Today marks 20 years since we lost the legendary Phil Hartman. Take a moment to think about your favourite Phil moment @TheSimpsons@thatbilloakley#loveforhartmanpic.twitter.com/4IMSKdVPys Brain games picture puzzles online.
— The Simpsons Podcast (@fourfingerpod) May 28, 2018Phil Hartman is one of my all-time favorites. He was never the star, but always the glue in an all-star cast. He's a big reason Newsradio is one of my favorite sitcoms.
— 🎤🖌📚 🤼♂️ 🎶 (@MrFrissoreDW) May 28, 2018We lost Phil Hartman 20 years ago today. When he was on SNL, he would greet the fans in the NBC lobby after a grueling 12-hour Friday rehearsal. We'd say 'Do Sinatra, do Clinton.' etc. You could see he was tired, but he always obliged. That's how sweet he was. We miss you Phil! pic.twitter.com/p3w2tQr1Kc
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