Uncle Frank Of Kimmel Show Fame Dies At 77

La, Calif. -- Frank Potenza, an old New You are able to City officer who switched to comedy as Uncle Frank on his nephew Jimmy Kimmels late-evening talk show, died early Tuesday. He was 77. An argument from Basic steps Due To Jimmy Kimmel Live! stated Potenza was beloved by his co-employees and considered an uncle to any or all. His kindness and humor is going to be skipped by everybody he touched, the statement stated. This didn't include further particulars. The show is on hiatus until Sept. 6, and ABC was without any immediate details about an on-air tribute to Potenza. The silver-haired Potenza had offered like a officer for 2 decades so that as a personal security officer before Kimmel requested him to become listed on his fledgling show like a guard and cast member in 2003. On Due To Jimmy Kimmel Live! the uniformed Potenza was paired in comedy bits with Guillermo Rodriguez, a genuine-existence parking area security officer for that show. The 2 males also became a member of with Veatrice Grain, another show security officer, inside a unaware discussion about news occasions. Grain died last year. Potenza and the former wife, Conchetta Chippy Potenza, were sent by Kimmel on comic adventures for example focusing on a dairy farm and learning self-defense. A local of Brooklyn, N.Y., along with a Korean War veteran, Potenza offered like a officer for 25 years before being employed as a guard in Vegas and also at St. Patricks Cathedral in Manhattan. Then Kimmel requested him to maneuver to La to utilize him. Potenza is made it by his three kids along with a newborn daughter, based on the shows statement. Funeral plans weren't launched. Copyright 2011 by Connected Press. All privileges reserved.These components might not be released, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

Today on indieWIRE: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes Reteam & More

Today on indieWIRE, we recapped the weekend's news and box office amounts, learned why to shoot a film in a tiny town, David Lynch added solo recording artist to his resume, and David Cronenberg and Pedro Almodovar can get galas in the 49th New You are able to Film Festival. Todd Haynes and Julianne Moore Reteam for Cinemax Series, 'Dope': Todd Haynes has apparently reteamed using the Cinemax miniseries' executive producers, John Wells and Christine Vachon, for an additional go-round at Cinemax. indieWIRE's Weekend Recap: Listed Here Are Nine Tales You Might Have Skipped: Just in case you had been from your computer a few days ago, here is a tidy package in our weekend coverage which includes interviews completely from the Locarno Film Festival, box office reviews, an initial take a look at Jason Reitman's latest plus much more. Box Office: 'Senna' Scores Year's Best Doc Debut (Up-to-date): Asif Kapadia's acclaimed documentary 'Senna' found glowing amounts in the limited debut a few days ago. Locarno Fest Fetes 'Back to Stay' & 'Best Intentions' in Weekend Honours: Argentine/Swiss production 'Abrir Puertas Y Ventanas' (To Stay) won the golden leopard in the Locarno Film Festival over the past weekend, capping the ten-day event. David Lynch Set to decrease Solo Album Featuring Karen O This Fall: David Lynch, recording artist? You heard that right. Eight Great Good reasons to Shoot Your Movie in a tiny Town : It's only natural: You are making a film, you believe New You are able to. Or La. Nobody thinks Biddeford, Maine (Pop.: 21,000). David Cronenberg & Pedro Almodovar Get Galas at 49th New You are able to Film Festival: Inside a first for that New You are able to Film Festival, two galas will join the outlet, Focal point and shutting Evening galas, rounding the total of gala tests to 5. 'The Aviator' & 'Gladiator' Author John Logan Teams With Patti Cruz to evolve Her Memoir 'Just Kids': John Logan, the author behind 'Gladiator,' 'The Aviator' and Steven Spielberg's forthcoming 'Lincoln' will team with Cruz on paper the script for 'Just Kids.'

Alec Baldwin Reducing 30 Rock Role to Run for Mayor of NYC?

Alec Baldwin Alec Baldwin has never been tight-lipped about his plans to leave 30 Rock, or even the show's possible demise, after his contract expires in 2012. But now the Emmy-winning actor is finally opening up about what exactly he plans to do after he leaves the NBC comedy: run for mayor! Baldwin, 53, tells The New York Times he wants to eventually run for mayor of New York City, although he most likely will not enter the upcoming 2013 race because of his previous commitment to 30 Rock. Will 30 Rock end next year? Alec Baldwin says yes Instead, he says he plans to make occasional appearances on 30 Rock after the series' upcoming sixth season so that he can begin a graduate program in the fall of 2012 "to help me better understand what the fiscal imperatives of that job are," he told the newspaper. "What's the reality of the city unions, of contracts, agreements, teachers, infrastructure, decentralizing, everything? And utilities, Con Ed, the M.T.A. - how does it all work?" Baldwin is currently in discussions with two top universities about enrolling in a politics and government program. Baldwin has expressed interest in entering politics in the past, but says he's ready to take the risk - whether it pays off or not. "I am someone who is fully prepared for the fact that I could go into this and do it and completely have my a-- kicked," he said. "I could throw a party and no one could come. And it would be this staggering lesson for me." Alec Baldwin "very, very interested" in running for office Although Baldwin is one of the lead actors on 30 Rock - only second to Tina Fey - series executive producer Lorne Michaels is confident the show can and will go on with or without Baldwin. "I can't imagine doing the show without Alec, but I couldn't imagine doing [Saturday Night Live] without Chevy [Chase]," Michaels told Vulture. "And we're still on the air. ... It's got a lot of life and vitality and we all want to keep it going." 30 Rock returns to NBC midseason. Baldwin will host the season premiere of Saturday Night Live when it returns on Sept. 24 on NBC.

The 2011 Teen Choice Awards

Kaley Cuoco hosts the 13th annual gala honoring achievement in entertainment, sports and fashion. OneRepublic, Selena Gomez and the Scene, and Jason Derulo are slated to perform and will.i.am to act as DJ. Scheduled to appear: Justin Bieber, Taylor Swift, Robert Pattinson, Cameron Diaz, Joe Jonas, Demi Lovato, John Cena, Ellen DeGeneres, Ashton Kutcher, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Jason Bateman, Tyra Banks, Kristen Bell, Taylor Lautner, Avril Lavigne, Vanessa Marano, Tyler Posey and Zoe Saldana.

Rose lands role in 'Bag of Bones'

EXCLUSIVE: Anika Noni Rose continues to be cast inside a&E's approaching Stephen King miniseries "Bag of Bones."Rose will have Sara Tidwell, a blues singer who haunts a best-selling novelist (Pierce Brosnan) involved inside a bitter custody of the children fight.Four-hour small is placed to premiere on the&E within the 4th quarter.Actress is really a Tony Award champion on her role in "Caroline, or Change," were built with a guest performance like a politician in the newest season of CBS' "The Great Wife" and co-starred within the bigscreen version of "Dreamgirls." Contact Stuart Levine at stuart.levine@variety.com

Shawshank Redemption Tree Severely Hurt in Storm

Today in slow news, a tree was injured. But not just any tree — the picturesque oak featured at the end of the Oscar-nominated drama The Shawshank Redemption, as the location where Red (Morgan Freeman) uncovers money and a note from his beloved inmate buddy Andy (Tim Robbins) after 40 years of imprisonment. No word yet on whether the tree, damaged by high-speed winds and now rotted in the middle, will be cut down. It sits on private property in Mansfield-Richland County, Ohio. [Mansfield News Journal]

Leonardo DiCaprio Apparently Likes The Creed of Violence, and 5 Other Stories You'll Be Talking About Today

Also in this Monday edition of The Broadsheet: Only one Cameron Crowe film could get a sequel… Die Hard 5 is still happening and it might have a location… the “women can be funny!” debate hasn’t ended just yet… and more ahead. · My best friend’s sister’s boyfriend’s brother’s girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who’s going with the girl who saw… ahem. According to “a person who was briefed on the actor’s plans but could not talk about it publicly because he was not authorized to speak for [him],” Leonardo DiCaprio is reportedly interested in taking one of the lead roles in The Creed of Violence. Based on the book by Boston Teran, Creed is a Western-tinged drama that follows a criminal named Rawbone and the lawman who captures him while he tries to smuggle weapons into Mexico. Universal is setting this up — In the Bedroom director Todd Field has been developing it — though they refused to comment on DiCaprio’s involvement. [LAT/24 Frames] · From one possible fantasy project to another! At the TCA summer press tour over the weekend, director Cameron Crowe revealed that Lloyd Dobler could live again… someday. “It’s the only thing that I’ve written that I would consider doing that with,” Crowe said about the possibility of making a sequel to Say Anything. “I’ve thought about it from time to time and talked about it with John Cusack once and just said this is the only story that I kind of think there might be another chapter to that at some point.” [HitFix] · According to TwitchFilm, Die Hard 5 may be down a director. Noam Murro could reportedly drop the sequel because of his commitments to 300: Battle of Artemisia. Behind Enemy Lines’s John Moore could step in on the film, which apparently follows John McClane to Russia. Hey, just like that part in Transformers: Dark of the Moon! [TwitchFilm] · Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) will direct a film about Pablo Escobar for Warner Bros. — the third project about the famed drug lord to be announced in recent years. (Neither Oliver Stone’s take, nor Joe Carnahan’s, got off the ground.) As long as they don’t call it Medellin, things should work out? [THR] · Fun with casting rumors! If you believe David Varod, the CEO of the Bulgarian-based production company behind The Expendables 2, here are some people who might star in the sequel: Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham, John Travolta, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Chuck Norris, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, Mickey Rourke and Bruce Willis. [Novinite via Collider] · “Is this a great new feminist assertion of the self that says, ‘Yes, women fart, women belch, women get drunk? That Cameron Diaz being a disgrace, isn’t that fabulous?’ The feminist ideal was not that there was going to be equity of stupidity. Finding the lowest common denominator is not what everybody was marching for.” Sorry, Bridesmaids; it appears there are still some things to debate when it comes to women in comedy. [LAT]