Arleen Sorkin, Original Harley Quinn Voice Actor, Dies at 67

Rap superstar Travis Scott was questioned for several hours on Monday in a civil deposition he gave in connection with hundreds of lawsuits that were filed against him and others over the deaths and injuries at the 2021 Astroworld festival.

Smashing Pumpkins have re-staged the release show they held for their ‘Siamese Dream’ album 30 years ago and performed numerous rarities at the event.The show the band recreated was to celebrate the release of their 1993 album ‘Siamese Dream’, which saw them play a now-famous acoustic set at midnight at Tower Records, Chicago.Now, three decades after the moment took place, the band recreated the set at Madame Zuzu’s – a tea house located on the outskirts of Chicago and owned by frontman Billy Corgan.Taking place last Sunday (September 17), the band had the tea house made to look like the original Tower Records set. According to Stereogum, Tower Records itself also participated in the stunt, and in an Instagram update, Corgan revealed it marked the first physical version of a Tower Records store since 2006.As well as recreating the setting from their 1993 release show, the band also had another surprise installed for fans, as they brought out a nearly identical set to that of the original, as well as some rarities.These included the track ‘Luna’, which hadn’t been performed live since 2006, and ‘Spaceboy’ – a deep cut from the album which the band have not included in their setlist since 2016.Other highlights included a rendition of ‘Purr Snickety’ at the end of the 10-song setlist, which is a B-side to their ‘Cherub Rock’ single and was played for the first time since 1991.

Rolling Stone magazine has issued a statement following the recent controversial comments made by its founder Jann Wenner.The founder faced a wave of backlash last week after an interview for his new book titled The Masters saw him conduct discussions with seven “philosophers of rock”, all of whom were white and male.These included Bono, Bob Dylan, the late Jerry Garcia, Mick Jagger, the late John Lennon, Bruce Springsteen and Pete Townshend, and when interviewed by David Marchese of The New York Times, Wenner stated:“Joni [Mitchell] was not a philosopher of rock’n’roll. She didn’t, in my mind, meet that test.

Soap opera star Billy Miller’s mother is speaking out in the wake of her son’s death at 43 years old.

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A teenager has died after allegedly being stabbed to death in a housing estate.

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Oldham’s council leader says the Coliseum theatre building couldn’t have been saved despite a new report suggesting it could reopen.

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Alison Hammond has stunned her fans and followers after she was seen ditching This Morning for a rival ITV show. The presenter has been back on screens fronting the daytime show on a Friday with her co-host Dermot O'Leary.

Dangerous concrete has been identified at another college in Greater Manchester.

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Stacey Solomon entertained her fans as she shared how she spent her alone time, declaring: "It's got me through!" The Sort Your Life Out host took to social media to share a video of herself getting some cleaning done at her family home, Pickle Cottage, while her children slept.

Kate Garraway has shared her heartbreaking fear when it comes to her husband Derek Draper and his continued health challenges. The Good Morning Britain presenter has recently opened up about a change in his condition, saying he'd developed a "weird choking" condition that's baffling doctors.

Ryanair has warned passengers of potential delays to flights in and out of the UK today due to bad weather. It comes as the Met Office has issued yellow weather warnings for rain covering several areas across the country with strong winds forecast today and overnight into Wednesday.

Police have issued an appeal after a woman was robbed and attacked on a busy high street in Bolton.

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Film director Jamie Christopher, who was best known for working on the Harry Potter franchise, has died at age 52. Christopher has worked on some of the most popular moves of the 21st century, including all eight of the highly popular Harry Potter movies, multiple Star Wars movies, Guardians of the Galaxy, The Fith Element and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness - just to name a few. Christopher reportedly died due to heart complications in Los Angeles on August 29.

Jamie Christopher, who was an associate producer and first assistant director on such Marvel films as Thor: The Dark World, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron and more, died at his home today of heart complications. He was 52.

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told Entertainment Weekly.“We will always remember our dear Arleen for her immense generosity of spirit,” the family said in a statement. “Talented, yes, and dogged, too, as evidenced by her tenacious, decades-long fight with a terrible disease.”“But more than that, she was a loving presence in the lives of her two boys, Eli and Owen; her mother, Joyce; her brothers, Robert and Arthur; and the countless other children, old and young, whom she took under her beautiful wing over the years.”The statement continued by saying that while her passing was sad, it was “a joyous one, too, knowing how many people today are summoning her memory and smiling.”Sorkin made her TV debut as an extra in “Saturday Night Live” in 1982 but her breakthrough role came in 1984 when she appeared as Calliope Jones Bradford on the popular soap opera, “Days of Our Lives.”The gig earned her two Daytime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actress and she went on to reprise the role several times.In 1992, Sorkin made her voice-acting debut as Harley Quinn in an episode of “Batman: The Animated Series.”According to showrunners, fans loved the wise-cracking henchwoman so much that Sorkin was invited to return for eight more episodes as well as being invited to voice the character in several video game adaptations.Since her debut, Harley Quinn has become a DC staple and has spawned two live-action films where she is portrayed by Oscar nominee Margot Robbie as well as getting her own animated series on Max where she is voiced by Kaley Cuoco.

Batman villain Harley Quinn, has died at the age of 67.The news was announced last night (August 26) via voice actor Neil Kaplan on X/Twitter. “It broke my heart to hear… the original voice of Harley Quinn, [Arleen] Sorkin has passed away.

Arleen Sorkin, the original voice of Batman villain Harley Quinn, has passed away at the age of 67.The death was announced by her friend and fellow voice actor Neil Kaplan who took to X, formerly known as Twitter, to share the news with the world. Alongside an image of Arleen and an image of her as the Harley Quinn character, Neil wrote: "It broke my heart to hear… the original voice of Harley Quinn, Arleen Sorkin has passed away. I adored her work as HQ & as Calliope in Days of Our Lives." The news has sent shockwaves through the world of entertainment as tributes have poured in from former colleagues to fans.The cause of her death is yet to be revealed.

Arleen Sorkin has sadly passed away.

“It broke my heart to hear… the original voice of Harley Quinn, Arlene Sorkin has passed away,” he wrote. I adored her work as HQ & as Calliope in “Days of Our Lives.”Arlene Sorkin was a funny, charming and lovely soul.

Arleen Sorkin, known for voicing Harley Quinn across the animated DC Universe, has died. She was 67.

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