A man was arrested Thursday in the 33-year-old Hollywood cold case murder of director Barry Crane, according to police.
Crane, who worked on shows like “The Incredible Hulk,” “Hawaii Five-0,” “Dallas” and “The Six Million Dollar Man,” was found dead in the garage of his Studio City, Calif., home in July 1985. He had been bludgeoned with a ceramic statue and strangled with a phone cord. He was naked and wrapped in bedsheets. His car was also stolen.
Authorities said they were finally able to match a fingerprint found on Crane’s car to a man named Edwin Hiatt last year. FBI investigators then used cigarette butts and a coffee cup from the parking lot of an auto repair shop where Hiatt worked in North Carolina to match the DNA to cigarette butts found in Crane’s stolen car, which was recovered shortly after Crane’s murder.
Detectives then flew to North Carolina to speak to Hiatt. "During the interview, Hiatt admitted to killing Barry Crane," a Los Angeles Police Department statement said.
Barry Crane worked on many shows like “The Incredible Hulk,” “Hawaii 5-0” and “Dallas.”
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In an interview, Hiatt told local station Charlotte's WSOC-TV that he had no memory of Crane or the alleged incident, but that “anything” could have happened because he was “big into drugs.”
Co-workers at Hiatt’s auto shop said he isn’t a violent man.
"He wouldn't hurt a flea," co-worker Dee Hall told the News Herald of Morganton. “This is something that supposedly happened 30 years ago. The man's changed. Christ has come in and he's become a new creature. If God's forgiven you, you're forgiven. That's it."
The Starbucks coffee cup spotted in a Game of Thrones episode sitting on the table in front of Daenerys Targaryen has caused quite a stir on the internet among fans, with rumors spreading that it was Sansa Stark aka Sophie Turner who sabotaged the shot. Alas, the Mother of Dragons herself have spoken, revealing the truth behind how the coffee cup got there.
In a post on Instagram on Wednesday, Emilia Clarke posted a photo of her and Peter Dinklage, who plays Tyrion Lannister, posing for a photograph with none other than the long-deceased Khal Drogo, Aquaman actor Jason Momoa.
In her caption, Clarke explained that Momoa had dropped by the set to hang out with his old co-stars on the show and have “a mid filming cuppa”. Momoa’s presence threw her off so much that she completely forgot about the coffee cup she left on the table in front of her when shooting resumed. Unfortunately to many fans’ disappointment, Clarke also reassured that Momoa’s showing up on set was not a set-up for a plot twist: he was just visiting for old time’s sake.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry recently moved from their “starter home,” Nottingham Cottage, in favor of a much larger home located in Windsor, England.
Their new home, Frogmore Cottage, underwent a massive renovation, with the addition of a lavish nursery for royal baby Archie, as well as a yoga room and a custom kitchen. Fit for royalty, the home boasts ten bedrooms and an ample amount of space, and there is no doubt it will be perfect for visitors. In fact, fans fully expect Meghan’s mother, Doria Ragland, to visit whenever possible.
Chances are, Meghan and Harry’s many friends will spend time with them at their new home, and maybe even Prince William and Kate Middleton will spend a night or two there when they are in Windsor.
Since the couple has so much room at their new digs for company, we have to wonder if Meghan’s father will ever get to visit Frogmore Cottage.
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Why are Meghan and her father estranged?
Up until a few days before Meghan and Harry’s wedding, Meghan and her father, Thomas Markle Sr., appeared to get along just fine. They kept in touch by telephone and seemed genuinely happy that his daughter had found the person she wanted to spend the rest of her life with.
Even Harry had spoken on the phone to his future father-in-law and was likely excited about meeting him.
Thomas currently lives in Mexico and had made plans to travel to England to be with Meghan on her special day. After an incident in which he was caught staging paparazzi photographs, then suffering from some health issues, Thomas canceled his trip, and he and Meghan have been estranged ever since.
Does Meghan Markle want to reconcile?
While Meghan has not made any public statements or specifically said that she wanted to reconcile with her father, there is always a chance that she does. She wrote him a letter regarding her feelings, and it ended up being leaked to the media.
Although Thomas made a statement after the birth of Meghan and Harry’s new baby, it does not appear that he has reached out to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex at this time.
Who has visited Meghan and Harry’s new home?
So far, Meghan and Harry have had a few visitors! Kate Middleton and Prince William came to see the Duchess of Sussex, who was still pregnant at the time, on Easter Sunday, after she was unable to attend church services with the rest of the family.
In addition, Meghan’s mother is spending time at Frogmore Cottage to visit with her daughter, son-in-law, and new grandson. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip also popped into Meghan and Harry’s new home after the birth of baby Archie.
What would happen if Thomas visited?
Only Meghan and Harry know for sure. While it would be wonderful to see Thomas have the chance to see his daughter, the decision is up to her, and she hasn’t shared her feelings about it.
Now that the new baby has arrived, fans are waiting to see what will happen.
Will Meghan Markle’s father ever get to visit her new home?
That remains to be seen. While their relationship is damaged, it is certainly not beyond repair. Hopefully, Meghan and Harry can come to a decision regarding how to handle the situation with her father, and the resolution will be the best choice for everyone involved.
One of the best things would be that Archie will have the opportunity to grow up knowing his maternal grandfather, and it will just be one more person in his life to love him. Fans can rest assured that Meghan will do what is right for her and her family.
We learned a lot from Game Of Thrones’ “The Last Of The Starks,” like how coffeehouses are already gentrifying the North, you should never sit near Tormund when he’s drunk, and the guy who makes giant crossbows is now the richest person in Westeros. But the episode raised plenty of questions, too, and in this Mailbag Of Thrones we’re answering yours about why Jaime really left Winterfell, if a defeated enemy could make a surprise return, and which allies and foes are coming for Daenerys. As always, be sure to send any questions that arise during or after this week’s episode to mailbagofthrones@avclub.com.
Lou asks: Will Jaime be fighting with or against Cersei? I am getting mixed answers from other fans.
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Jaime’s attempt to pull a reverse Harry And The Hendersons on Brienne, by saying he’s a bad person she shouldn’t love, seemed to show he knows that his co-dependence on the evil twin he’s been banging for decades is unhealthy. Yes, Jaime, it is. It really is.
That goodbye also felt like both he and Brienne knew he was unlikely to survive the trip to King’s Landing, so he’s either heading there to die with Cersei so she’s not alone at the end, or it’s a desperate attempt to save her and their unborn child he believes (maybe falsely) she is carrying, one he knows is almost certain to fail.
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That doesn’t mean he won’t end up murdering his sister, though. If she lied to him about being pregnant, it could finally open his eyes to how awful she is. Also, if Cersei looks like she is about to lose King’s Landing, there’s no way she’s going quietly. She’d rather see everyone in the capital die than let her enemies win, and there’s plenty of the Mad King’s wildfire she used to blow up the Sept of Baelor still hidden under King’s Landing.
Jaime once saved millions from that fiery fate by putting his sword through Aerys II’s back. What better ending could Jaime get than to once again be the hero who stops another mad ruler before they can “burn them all?”
Jenna asks: Is anyone left in House Mormont or did Lyanna and Jorah end the family?
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Like the Tyrells and the Martells, they are now completely extinct (on the show). You’d think families that survived thousands of years might have produced more offspring (no one has any freaking cousins in Westeros) for just this reason.
Unless House Mormont has their own Gendry to save the family, they’re completely gone. At least they went out like heroes though. The Tyrells were blown up alongside a bunch of dirty guys in potato sacks.
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Jim asks: The showrunners apparently have alluded to the White Walker threat not being completely vanquished for all time. Could the Night King’s mark on Bran be some form of transference, and that’s the big “shock” some of the actors have been saying is coming in the last several episodes?
Hopefully not, since that would mean we aren’t actually getting the “definitive ending” we were promised. The battle for power is always going to rage in Westeros, no matter who ends up on the Iron Throne at show’s end, but the Night King represented something very different, and that existential threat was dealt with.
I hated the way Game Of Thrones handled the defeat of the White Walkers, but turning around now and saying, “Wait! Bran kinda was the Night King all along,” would feel cheap and unearned. The Night King was so determined to kill Bran that it distracted him from a victory thousands of years in the making. Why lose your focus if Bran was secretly one of them already?
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That “shock” would also make it seem like HBO wants to leave the door open for a potential sequel, which would diminish the impact of the finale. Fortunately I think David Benioff and D.B. Weiss were being coy when they refused to say the White Walkers were done forever. Whatever big surprise they have left for us will be some kind of massive betrayal more in line with the story the show wants to focus on at the end: who gets to rule.
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Jeff asks: I really appreciated the seeming metaphor for global warming that was the White Walkers and the impending winter. If we choose to believe that was a real metaphor, what the hell was the conclusion to it?
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Whether it was intentional or not, I also thought it was a great metaphor for global warming. That would mean the show said, “There’s a silver bullet that will take care of everything right before we all die, so the whole thing isn’t as important as we think.” I no longer think the White Walkers were a great metaphor for global warming. Not unless Valyrian steel can stop the ice caps from melting.
Keegan asks: Why didn’t Dany use dragonfire on Euron’s fleet? And how in the seven hells did she hear what Missandei’s last words were from that far away?
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What? You didn’t think her strategy of dive-bombing all of those dragon-killing crossbows for no reason was wise? Let me guess, you also expected her to fly behind them and burn them instead of fleeing? What are you, a military genius?
No, seriously, are you? The leaders of Westeros could really use your help, after Jon inexplicably sent the Dothraki off to die last week, and Daenerys, despite being able to fly high above any possible threat, couldn’t see the most predictable ambush in history coming. Why did they assume Dragonstone, which isn’t far from King’s Landing, would be safe? It’s a big-ass castle with huge strategic value. No one considered the possibility Cersei would see its value or Daenerys would return to it? “Hey, Tyrion, what would you say you do here?”
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Just like with the Loot Train Attack and Euron’s nighttime attack on veteran Ironborn, clearly no one in the Seven Kingdoms has ever heard of advanced scouts.
As for Missandei’s final “dracarys,” Daenerys could hear her for two reasons. One, King’s Landing is now inexplicably located in a desert, so the sound traveled. Second, Daenerys wasn’t that far away. She thought it was a good idea to stand with a tiny force near her fortified enemy, a vengeful mad queen who then decided not to murder Daenerys and put an end to the war. It was… it was weird. Seriously, are you a military genius? The realm should be accepting applications.
Lauren asks: Who would/could Varys use to kill Daenerys? When does Dany call on her other armies to come help?
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Varys seemingly has no spies or people secretly in his service around him, but that’s what makes him the Spider. We likely won’t see his assassin coming. Unless he tries poisoning Daenerys himself, it could easily be some nameless soldier, maybe a disillusioned Northerner who comes south with Jon who Varys took under his employ while at Winterfell. Littlefinger sent a nobody to kill Bran in season one, so it’s not unprecedented to have someone like that try to kill an important character.
The only well-known person who might make sense is Davos, someone loyal to Jon who spent a lot of time with Varys and can get close to Daenerys, but that seems too wild and out of character for the Onion Knight.
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Someone anonymous killing Daenerys might seem anticlimactic (which is why it probably won’t happen), but it would fit with a theme of the show. Those who seek power are always in danger, from everyone everywhere. Good thing for Daenerys I expect her to call her other armies—Yara Greyjoy and that new anonymous Dornish prince—to join her immediately.
Daniel asks: Who shit in Tormund’s pants?
The coward who left that takeout cup on the table. Coffee will do that to you.
The star and his wife, famed international attorney Amal Clooney, are the parents of twin toddlers set to turn 2 in a month, and it sounds like the actor already has his hands full.
"You don't want me to be a godparent of anybody," he said. "I'm barely a parent at this point. It's frightening."
The Clooneys are part of a circle of celebrity friends including Oprah WInfrey, Serena Williams, Priyanka Chopra and David and Victoria Beckham who attended last year's wedding of Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, who is now the Duchess of Sussex.
On Wednesday, the BBC Radio 5 Live presenter tweeted a black and white photo of a man and woman holding hands with a chimpanzee in a suit and a top hat, with the caption, "Royal baby leaves hospital."
Amid widespread accusations of racism, Baker deleted the tweet and said he was sorry the "gag" had "whipped some up." He claimed the connotations had not occurred to him because his "mind (is) not diseased."
In a second message, Baker said that the tweet was "supposed to be a joke about Royals vs circus animals in posh clothes but interpreted as about monkeys & race, so rightly deleted. Royal watching not my forte." On Thursday, the broadcaster said he made an "enormous mistake."
A BBC spokesperson said: "This was a serious error of judgment and goes against the values we as a station aim to embody. Danny's a brilliant broadcaster but will no longer be presenting a weekly show with us."
Baker responded defiantly to the decision, saying on Twitter that the calls for his dismissal were a "masterclass in pompous faux-gravity" and that the BBC "literally threw me under the bus."
Prince Harry and Meghan's newborn son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, was born early on Monday morning. On Wednesday, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex presented the baby, their first, to the world in front of selected media.
In a significant milestone for British society, the newborn has made history by becoming the first biracial child in the royal family.
Since the announcement of her pregnancy, Meghan has been a target of racist abuse across social media.
In March, Kensington Palace staff announced they would devote more resources to deleting comments targeting the Duchess of Sussex, and to blocking abusive Twitter and Instagram accounts. The royal household also issued a set of guidelines for people engaging with its social media channels.
On Wednesday, the BBC Radio 5 Live presenter tweeted a black and white photo of a man and woman holding hands with a chimpanzee in a suit and a top hat, with the caption, "Royal baby leaves hospital."
Amid widespread accusations of racism, Baker deleted the tweet and said he was sorry the "gag" had "whipped some up." He claimed the connotations had not occurred to him because his "mind (is) not diseased."
In a second message, Baker said that the tweet was "supposed to be a joke about Royals vs circus animals in posh clothes but interpreted as about monkeys & race, so rightly deleted. Royal watching not my forte." On Thursday, the broadcaster said he made an "enormous mistake."
A BBC spokesperson said: "This was a serious error of judgment and goes against the values we as a station aim to embody. Danny's a brilliant broadcaster but will no longer be presenting a weekly show with us."
Baker responded defiantly to the decision, saying on Twitter that the calls for his dismissal were a "masterclass in pompous faux-gravity" and that the BBC "literally threw me under the bus."
Prince Harry and Meghan's newborn son, Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, was born early on Monday morning. On Wednesday, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex presented the baby, their first, to the world in front of selected media.
In a significant milestone for British society, the newborn has made history by becoming the first biracial child in the royal family.
Since the announcement of her pregnancy, Meghan has been a target of racist abuse across social media.
In March, Kensington Palace staff announced they would devote more resources to deleting comments targeting the Duchess of Sussex, and to blocking abusive Twitter and Instagram accounts. The royal household also issued a set of guidelines for people engaging with its social media channels.
