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Sports betting platform FanDuel will adjust its 2024 Super Bowl ad featuring Carl Weathers, who died at age 76 on Thursday. FanDuel is one of two sports betting sites planning to run an ad during the game. Prices for a spot run $6.5 million to $7 million and are sold out, according to reports…

Former Mandalorian vet Gina Carano wrote a warm, lengthy tribute to her fellow Disney+ Star Wars series co-star, Carl Weathers, on Instagram. The actor died today at 76. Carano, who was not welcomed back for a third season of The Mandalorian, or any other Star Wars spinoff, in the wake of making…

Sylvester Stallone paid tribute today to Carl Weathers, who played Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films and died Thursday at 76. In an emotional Instagram video post (watch it below), the three-time Oscar nominee recalled his longtime friend in a sometimes-quivering voice: “”My life was forever…

Carl Weathers died Tuesday at 76, it was announced today. And as the news spread, reactions began to pour forth from across Hollywood and the sports world. Pedro Pascal, Weathers’ fellow traveler in the Disney+ series The Mandalorian, wrote simply, "words fail 💔," with a photo of a younger…

UPDATED with Giancarlo Esposito statement: The Mandalorian star Pedro Pascal is remembering his former co-star Carl Weathers.  In an Instagram message posted following news of Weathers’ death, Pascal wrote simply "words fail 💔," next to a headshot of a younger Weathers. Weathers, the star of Roc…

Adam Sandler paid tribute today to his Happy Gilmore co-star Carl Weathers, remembering the late actor as a “true legend.” “A true great man,” Sandler posted on X/Twitter. “Great dad. Great actor. Great athlete. So much fun to be around always. Smart as hell. Loyal as hell. Funny as hell. Loved his…

Carl Weathers, who turned charisma, talent, hard work and athleticism into a 50-year acting career, died Tuesday at 76. Weathers studied theater in college, where he also played football. He parlayed the latter into a brief NFL career with the (then) Oakland Raiders in 1970. He began working as an extra in…

Carl Weathers, who starred as Apollo Creed in the first four Rocky films and appeared in Predator, The Mandalorian, Happy Gilmore, Action Jackson, Arrested Development and dozens of other films and TV shows, died Thursday, his family announced. He was 76. “We are deeply saddened to announce the…

Disney+ on Thursday showed off the official clip for the upcoming Season 3 of The Mandalorian, the streaming service’s flagship Star Wars live-action series from Lucasfilm. It hits the streamer March 1. Pedro Pascal returns as Mando aka Din Djarin, and…