Herbert F. Solow Dies: Exec Who Developed Original ‘Star Trek’ & Held Senior Posts At Several Top Showbiz Companies Was 88

Margot Robbie in the awaited Barbie movie. While her role is undisclosed, Robbie will play Barbie and Ryan Gosling will play Ken.America Ferrera stars in her first COVERGIRL dual-language campaignThe film ‘Real Women Have Curves’ will be adapted into a Broadway musicalA post shared by America Ferrera (@americaferrera)Ferrera shared the news over Instagram, where she wrote: “come on Barbie, let’s go party.” The film is expected to start shooting this year.

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Bob Saget’s autopsy report showed that he had contracted COVID-19 at the time of his death. The report, which showed that he’d died from head trauma and internal injuries, also found that a test on his respiratory system showed that he was positive for COVID when he died on January 9.

Disney’s strong quarterly numbers, especially the rebound of its theme parks to 2019 levels of revenue and operating income, propelled a 3% gain for its stock despite the gloom on Wall Street.

Nearly two years after Cheer alum Jerry Harris was arrested for child pornography, he entered a guilty plea during a Thursday, February 10, hearing.

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Sarah Palin completed her testimony in her libel case against The New York Times, as she told a New York federal court that the publication’s editorial linking her political action committee to a 2011 mass shooting “was mortifying.”

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, there’s renewed attention surrounding Anna Delvey, aka the “Fake German Heiress” and convicted fraudster who scammed some of New York’s high society, hotels, restaurants and banks between 2015 and 2017. While Delvey, whose real name is Anna Sorokin, was found guilty of larceny in 2019 and was sentenced to 4 to 12 years in prison, one of her former friends is lashing out against the Netflix series for “running a con woman’s PR.” Rachel DeLoache Williams, who once was a part of Delvey’s inner circle and was later stuck with a $60,000 bill, writes in an essay for that the series is making Delvey “a star again.” Not only that, but it’s “repositioning the character of Anna Delvey from fraudster to front-row.” “Take it from someone who knows: This is the art of the con, a shell game that proffers irresistible thrills for low stakes, while a sleight of hand carries out the high-roller business unseen,” Williams writes.

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Jerry Harris has entered a plea.

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Herbert F. Solow was a TV executive with Desilu Studios and MGM who helped develop classic shows including “Star Trek,” “Mission: Impossible,” and “Mannix.”Solow began his career in entertainment working in the mail room at the William Morris Agency, rising through the ranks until he made it to the executive suite when he was hired as vice president of production by Desilu Studios in 1964.

,” Tinker later said.Along with “Star Trek,” Solow also oversaw production on two other television classics — “Mission: Impossible” and “Mannix.” The success of the three shows led Paramount to hire him as VP of Television Production after the studio bought Desilu and merged it into their TV division. After a brief run there, he joined MGM and turned around their struggling TV division, selling three new series — “Then Came Bronson,” “Medical Center” and “The Courtship of Eddie’s Father” — to CBS, NBC and ABC.

Herbert F. Solow, who as head of production at Desilu Studios oversaw the development of such landmark TV dramas as Star Trek, Mission: Impossible and Mannix, has died.

Pat Saperstein Deputy EditorHerbert F. Solow, a longtime television executive who pitched the original “Star Trek” series to NBC while he was at Desilu Studios, along with “Mission Impossible” and “Mannix,” died on Thursday, his wife, Dr.