“Over Your Dead Body” is described as an action-comedy-thriller. It opens in theaters on April 24. Here’s the premise: A dysfunctional married couple (JASON SEGAL, 46, and Samara Weaving) retreat to a secluded cabin to repair their relationship, but each secretly plots to murder the other.
“Outcome,” an original Apple+ ‘black comedy’ film, began streaming on April 17. Keanu Reeves stars as Reef Hawk, an Oscar winner who was a drug addict that didn’t act for a long time. He’s ‘clean’ and ready to act again when a blackmailer tells him that she has a video that could end Hawk’s career. Hawk hasn’t seen this video yet, and he has no memory of the alleged “bad stuff” in the video.
“Outcome” was directed by Jonah Hill, 44, and he co-wrote the script. There are new things in Hill’s life which I will discuss next week.
But I have to note that the movie takes a shot at Kanye West’s many anti-Semitic remarks. Hill has a small role as Ira Slitz, Hawk’s Jewish manager. Slitz tells Hawk that a scandal doesn’t usually hurt showbiz people. For example, he said, “We ran the numbers. Turns out hating Jews doesn’t negatively affect a person’s career. In fact, it can even help.”
Then the camera cuts to a photo of Kanye West on a near wall.
ERIC DANE, an actor, died on Feb. 19, 2026, age 53. In April 2025, he was diagnosed as having amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). It is a progressive motor neuron disease. In early 2024, he noticed symptoms and by June 2025, he had lost control of his right arm and hand.
He issued a public statement disclosing his ALS diagnosis right after the exam. In June 2025, he gave his first interview about his health with Diane Sawyer. (It is on the ABC News website and on Hulu). Dane was very candid about the ALS symptoms. He also sadly noted that he was afraid of ‘leaving’ his two daughters while they were still very young (BILLIE, now 16, and GEORGIA, now 14).
Dane’s father, William, wasn’t Jewish. He was an architect with “problems” and he was an alcoholic. He committed suicide when Eric was 7. Eric said that his father’s death was a huge shock. His daughter, Billie, was named after his father.
His Jewish mother, LEAH COHN, raised Eric, and SEAN, her younger son. Eric never disclosed much about his mother. He said that she was a hard-working, ‘in-house’ (San Francisco) mother and, later, she re-married. Eric and Sean went to Hebrew school and they had bar mitzvahs.
I believe, in public records, that I found Eric’s (Jewish) step-father. I won’t name him, since Eric didn’t disclose him by name. The stepfather married Leah in 1983 (three years after Eric’s father died), and he is buried in a Jewish cemetery. His gravestone says he was a Vietnam War vet.
I suspect Eric’s ties to Judaism were enhanced by this stepfather and, perhaps, he helped with Hebrew school and bar mitzvah expenses.
Dane was a handsome guy and good athlete in high school. After high school, he went to Los Angeles to “become a star.” From 1991 to 2005, he found steady guest spots on TV programs. In 2006, he landed a co-starring role on “Grey’s Anatomy,” a new hospital doctors’ show. He played Dr. Mark Sloan, a very good-looking doctor (nickname: “McSteamy”). Dane was “secretly” laid-off in 2012. The show was a hit, but the executives thought his salary was too high.
Dane never snared good movie roles. But he worked steadily in TV shows. Dane’s only “juicy” nasty guy role (“Cal Jacobs”) came in “Euphoria,” an HBO hit series mostly about teens. It premiered in 2019 and had a 2nd season in 2020. Its 3rd season began on April 12 of this year. Dane (as Jacobs) is in all the 3rd season’s episodes.
Jacobs is a closeted pansexual, with shady businesses. His son, Nate (a major character), is a star high school athlete with all sorts of issues, including sexual identity.
Dane married actress Rebecca Gayheart, now 54, in 2004. She isn’t Jewish. They had a secular wedding. Dane was very happy when his daughters opted to be raised Jewish and have bat mitzvahs. Gayheart said a few years ago that she came to love Jewish holidays. The couple proudly posted photos of their daughters celebrating many Jewish holidays.
Dane gave many ALS-related interviews. The most poignant was Dane’s appearance on Netflix’s “Famous Last Words” (program). It was recorded last November and it was released after his death. Family was the key theme. He said this: “Billie and Georgia, these words are for you…I stumbled sometimes, but I tried.”
