Burt Reynolds' remains find home at Hollywood cemetery
Read full article: Burt Reynolds' remains find home at Hollywood cemeteryFlowers are placed in front of a temporary headstone for the late actor Burt Reynolds in the Garden of Legends section of Hollywood Forever cemetery, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Los Angeles. Reynolds' cremated remains were moved from Florida to Hollywood Forever, where a small ceremony was held Thursday. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)LOS ANGELES – Burt Reynolds finally reached his final resting place Thursday at a storied Hollywood cemetery. A small, private ceremony, with relatives taking part remotely via Zoom, was held Thursday morning at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, where Reynolds' cremated remains were placed in a grave next to a lake nearly 2 1/2 years after his death. Reynolds’ grave is across the lake from rockers Johnny Ramone and Chris Cornell.
Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Twain, dies at 95
Read full article: Hal Holbrook, prolific actor who played Twain, dies at 95FILE - Actor Hal Holbrook appears during an interview in his New York apartment on Feb. 8, 1973. Holbrook died on Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, California, his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Associated Press Tuesday. Holbrook died on Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, California, his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Holbrook’s material is uproarious, his ability to hold an audience by acting is brilliant,” said The New York Times. AdWhen he wasn’t portraying Twain, Holbrook showed impressive versatility.
Burt Reynolds' Trans Am seized by US marshals, up for auction
Read full article: Burt Reynolds' Trans Am seized by US marshals, up for auctionJACKSONVILLE, Fla. - In a bizarre twist of events, the 1978 Pontiac Trans Am made famous and owned by Burt Reynolds himself is up for auction after the muscle car and about 150 other vehicles were seized by the U.S. marshals. According to a release from the marshals, the cars were seized from a federal civil case involving the owners of a defunct solar company in the Easter District of California. Marshals to hold an auction of such a stunning collection of vehicles," said Chief Deputy U.S. "We've got classic 1960s Ford Mustangs, 1990s Humvees, a 1960 Austin-Healey, and even a 1978 Pontiac Trans Am that was owned by Burt Reynolds as a memento of the car he drove in the movie Smokey and the Bandit.'" The auction will be held at Apple Towing on North Pioneer Avenue in Woodland, California at 12 p.m. EST on Oct. 26.