Monday, September 05, 2016
Blind Item #1
Back in the day, this actor was headed up the ladder. Landed a great role on the NBC mini-series/movie of the year which everyone watched. The murder of a co-star really affected him though and he started wandering from guest spot to guest spot until he gave it all up to become a call center supervisor.
Brian Bloom/ murdered co-star Rebecca Schaeffer?
ReplyDeletenope he doesn't fit
ReplyDeleteThe only ones I can think of are roots and rich man, poor man
ReplyDeleteThe only NBC miniseries I can remember was Holocaust, everything else I can think of was aired on ABC. Although there was Winds of War which I think was on CBS.
ReplyDeleteNot to say that there weren't other NBC miniseries. Holocaust was huge though.
Never mind. Both were Abc not NBC
ReplyDeleteDavid Packer was in V. Dominique Dunne's murder.
ReplyDeletewas Dominique also in V?
ReplyDeleteThere's always The Day After
ReplyDeleteHer role had to be recast after murder.
ReplyDeleteWow, good catch. You got it. This was a tough one, I thought.
ReplyDeleteGood job, whimsy!
ReplyDeletePacker has a lot of credits since V, although just a handful in the last 5 years. Could be him.
ReplyDeleteFrom my observation, Enty might consider that prehistoric television.
ReplyDeleteThis is a person who uses "back in the day" when speaking of 2014.
I agree - those were the OG, everyone watched miniseries of all time. Everyone.
From D. Dunne's story in VF "Waiting nearby was a young actor in the same film named David Packer, his eyes red from crying. Packer, we learned, had been in Dominique’s house at the time of the attack and had called the police, albeit too late. Later we also learned that Packer became so frightened by the struggle he heard outside on the lawn that he left a message on a friend’s answering machine saying, “If I die tonight, it was by John Sweeney.”"
ReplyDeleteI checked David Packer's Imdb page and he has steadily worked two to three roles a year ever since the Dominique Dune murder.
ReplyDeleteWell, it does look like everything's been guest spots, the last one being in 2015.
ReplyDeleteShe was, then was murdered shortly after filming of V started and was replaced by Blair Tefkin. There is one scene in the original V where the back of Dominiques head was used in the scene where the family was watching the alien arrival on TV. The series is actually dedicated to her.
ReplyDeleteDunne was an incredible, inspired writer. He was very loyal to those who cared for his beloved daughter. What a sad life he had. Hope the good times and interesting events he covered dulled the pain a little. Miss his writing like crazy.
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ReplyDelete+100000. I stopped my subscription to vanity fair when he died. His articles were so riveting especially the sad story about his daughter and how that punk ass murderer got away with it. Slap on the wrist for him and was extremely upset that he lived in San Diego afterwards. Dominick Dunne was the best.
ReplyDeleteTrauma is cumulative and it can really cause problems if you do no get help and years go by.
ReplyDeleteI thought I was the only one who stopped my subscription at that time! Happy to know he had his devoted fans like we were. Graydon Carter has not found anyone to fill his shoes over at Vanity Fair. He has some so-so writers posing as good ones, but they aren't the real deal. There was only one Dominic Dunne!
ReplyDeleteVanity fair use to be top notch and is kneepads for the very boring upper crust elitist.
ReplyDeletenice job @ whimsy....
ReplyDeleteterribly sad story
well,this is a sad Blind--more fallout from that awful murder.And i agree w/all the commenters that Dominick Dunne was great..Along with his must-read articles in Vanity Fair, I loved his tv show "Power,Privilege and Justice" back on Court TV....
ReplyDelete... and i don't know what the hell planet I was on because I not only did NOT watch the mini-series "V" on TV...I never even heard of it til' tonight.
Dunne was a really good writer. Loved his work back when Vanity Fair was readable and not vomit-inducing star-effing. If you're a fan and haven't already done so, check out his books as well.
ReplyDeleteI also did not renew my subscription to VF after his passing in 2009, although I still read it sometimes at the hair salon or the doctor's office. The magazine still sends me renewal notices and I toss them in the trash.
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