TLC's My 600-lb. Life shows its subjects at critical stages of obesity, but mercifully, it seems like only two of the show's stars have died. And we just witnessed one of those sad endings on the reality show: Robert Buchel died on Nov. 15, with his episode airing posthumously on Feb. 28. In five months, this man from Forked River, NJ, lost 340 of his 840 pounds, Starcasm reports, but he developed a painkiller addiction following a lymphedema excision. And in November, as he filmed his episode, Robert suffered a fatal heart attack. "I lost my best friend and the person I was supposed to spend the rest of my life with," fiancé Kathryn Lemanski said on the show. "He told me, 'I don't think I'll make it through the night. I love you and I always will.'" In a Facebook post, Kathryn added, "The only consolation I have right now is...
- 3/11/2018
- by Dan Clarendon
- In Touch Weekly
Netflix is looking to bolster its operation overseas, and in order to further that goal, it has hired an experienced digital executive. According to a report by Variety, Larry Tanz, who previously served as the CEO of Vuguru, has joined Netflix as its VP of content acquisition for Europe. As CEO, Tanz led Vuguru's efforts to produce both digital content across multiple formats. Initially, it was best known for short-form series like Little Women, Big Cars and Prom Queen. Recently, it expanded its reach to include more long-form content, including several feature films. In the past six months, Vuguru has distributed two films on Hulu: Play Nice, starring Mary Lynn Rajskub, and Feels So Good, a teen comedy. Before recruiting Tanz, Netflix had already formed a relationship with Tornante, Vuguru's parent company. The Michael Eisner-owned firm helped create BoJack Horseman, an animated series that debuted on Netflix earlier this year.
- 11/3/2014
- by Sam Gutelle
- Tubefilter.com
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