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Franchises Marvel Cinematic Universe Television

WandaVision

WandaVisionStreaming service Disney Plus premieres the first and second episodes of WandaVision, created for TV by Jac Schaeffer and starring Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany reprising the characters of Wanda Maximoff and Vision. Kathryn Hahn also stars. Set in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the series involves the characters after the events of Avengers: Endgame, and progresses through a succession of styles patterned on classic TV sitcoms (for reasons that become apparent as the story unfolds).

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Mira Furlan, actress, dies

Mira FurlanYugoslavian-born actress Mira Furlan, best known to genre fans as Ambassador Delenn from Babylon 5 (one of the few characters to appear in both the 1993 pilot movie and the 1998 series finale), and for her recurring role as Rousseau in Lost, dies at the age of 65. With her husband, director Goran Gajić, she escaped the Serbo-Croatian war and emigrated to the United States early in the 1990s, just in time to land the role of Delenn. She also continued film and stage appearances, as well as releasing an album titled Songs From Movies That Have Never Been Made, with lyrics in both her native tongue and English.

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Louis Clark, musician, dies

Louis ClarkOrchestral conductor, arranger and composer Louis Clark, best known for the chart-topping early ’80s mash-up Hooked On Classics, dies at the age of 73 after a period of illness. Aside from the Hooked On Classics single and album, Clark was the architect of the orchestral arrangements for Electric Light Orchestra during that band’s 1970s peak years, working in the albums Eldorado (1974), Face The Music (1975), A New World Record (1976), Out Of The Blue (1977), Discovery (1979), and ELO’s contributions to the Xanadu soundtrack (1980). He went on to become a full-time member of Electric Light Orchestra Part II (later renamed The Orchestra), creating that band’s orchestral arrangements as well as performing on stage, often playing the orchestral parts with synthesizers and samples. He also worked on numerous solo projects by members of ELO, including Kelly Groucutt’s Kelly album (1982), Roy Wood’s Starting Up (1987), and collaborating with Jeff Lynne on Roy Orbison’s Mystery Girl (1989). He also did orchestral arrangements for acts such as Asia, Renaissance, America, and Ozzy Osbourne.

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Arrowverse (DC) Franchises Superman Television

Superman & Lois

Superman & LoisThe first episode of Superman & Lois premieres on the CW, starring Tyler Hoechlin, Elizabeth Tulloch, Jordan Elsass, and Alex Garfin. The latest in a long line of television iterations of DC Comics’ most famous character, this series shares continuity with Supergirl, The Flash, Batwoman, and Legends Of Tomorrow.

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WandaVision: The Series Finale

WandaVisionStreaming service Disney Plus releases the ninth and final episode of WandaVision, created for TV by Jac Schaeffer and starring Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, and Kathryn Hahn. The series sets up both a spinoff for Hahn’s character, as well as a lead-in to future feature film Doctor Strange And The Multiverse Of Madness, to be released in 2022.

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