Val Kilmer’s family issued a statement Thursday thanking the public for celebrating the actor’s legacy following his death earlier this week at the age of 65. “Thank you for honoring our extraordinary father’s memory,” Kilmer’s adult children, Mercedes and Jack, said in the statement (via People). “We are so proud …
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Cristóbal Tapia de Veer is checking out of The White Lotus. The Emmy-winning composer, who created the score and theme song for the first three seasons of the show, has confirmed he will not return for the fourth chapter. Tapia de Veer told The New York Times that he has …
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