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Tommy “Tiny” Lister Played a Wrestler, For Real Lister achieved his greatest fame on the big screen, but had an oversized impact during professional wrestling’s most colorful and muscle-obsessed era. Tommy “Tiny” Lister, a glowering cinematic powerhouse who loomed and scowled larger than life throughout so many of our childhoods, died earlier this month at the age of 62. Lister was best known as an actor, associated most closely with the role of  “Deebo” i...

Screenplay News and Reviews Some of the entertainers, innovators, news makers and people of note we lost in 2020 Now that the year is finally over and done with, we at Village Media would like to take pause and remember those the world lost in 2020. Here are just some of the entertainers, innovators, news makers, and people of note that left us this year (in no particular order): Alex Trebek – Jeopardy! host from 1984 through 2020. The Northern Ontario native also made appearances in numerou...

Remembering those who died in 2020, from Ruth Bader Ginsburg and B. Smith to Chadwick Boseman and Eddie Van Halen Updated Dec 31, 2020; Posted Dec 31, 2020 FILE - In this Sept. 26, 2018, file photo, Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg leaves the stage after speaking to first-year students at Georgetown Law in Washington. Ginsburg died of metastatic pancreatic cancer at age 87. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)AP Facebook Share By BERNARD McGHEE, The Associated Press In a year defined by...

The founding member of the 80’s rap group “Whodini” died at age 56. His death was confirmed by his daughter. Throughout the group’s career, they gave us songs such as “Friends” and “Freaks Come Out at Night.” As of right now, a cause of death has been determined.   Jon Huber- December 26th  The wrestling world was shocked to learn of the sudden death of Jon Huber, also known as Brodie Lee or Luke Harper. Huber died at the age of 41 after suffering from lung issues.  Joe Clark...

Clifton Powell Wants to Do Friday 4 in Honor Pops and Deebo Clifton Powell Wants to Do Friday 4 in Honor Pops and Deebo Friday franchise star Clifton Powell wants to see a fourth movie get made as a way of paying tribute to John Witherspoon and Tommy Tiny Lister. Series star Clifton Powell wants Friday 4 to happen now more than ever as a way to pay homage to late franchise actors John Witherspoon and Tommy "Tiny" Lister. Last year, Witherspoon, who played Pops in all three movies, sadly passed ...

Brian Pillman Reportedly Got Elective Surgery To Get Out Of WCW PPV Main Event In the mid-90s, Brian Pillman started developing his “Loose Cannon” gimmick in which he was known for his unpredictable behavior. He used the gimmick in WCW, ECW and WWF, including working for all three promotions in the span of 18 months. Dave Meltzer brought up Pillman when discussing the recent death of actor Tiny Lister, who was also Zeus in WWF and Z-Gangsta in WCW. Lister was part of a Doomsday Cage match a...

Kevin Hart’s Laugh Out Loud, sports journalist and podcast host Jemele Hill, discusses the need for more females of color in sports, Colin Kaepernick and returning to ESPN, and the 49’ers being her favorite NFL team. She also suggests a name change for the Cold As Balls podcast. With that said … the episode highlights include:  Jemele discussing the need for more females and females of color in sports (9:00) “… A lot of people of color don’t come from the kind of backgrounds where...

December 15, 2020 By Nick Perkins, ProWrestling.net Staffer (@WesternRebel) I haven’t watched Impact since long before they even stopped calling themselves TNA. I have somewhat remained caught up on the happenings in the company, thanks to the coverage from Dot Net and various Twitter posts but I can honestly say I haven’t watched an actual episode of Impact for five or more years. Probably more. I’m glad Impact exists, as it gives more wrestlers and behind the scenes people jobs. I fully...

Gina Carano Accuses The Press Of Running A Smear Campaign Against Her It’s been almost a week since Gina Carano was last in the news for her social media activity, so it almost comes as a surprise that six full days have passed without The Mandalorian‘s Cara Dune dominating the conversation for her latest Twitter antics, based on how regularly it’s been happening over the past few months. The actress certainly has her own opinions and is more than happy to share them with her online fol...

Her work on “Chicago” earned her a 1997 Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle awards. Reinking replicated its choreography in productions throughout the world — England, Australia, Austria, Sweden, the Netherlands and elsewhere. She was portrayed by Margaret Qualley in the recent FX series “Fosse/Verdon.” The musical’s revival was first done in a concert version at City Center’s “Encores” series in 1996 and then moved to Broadway, where in 2011 it became the second longest...