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Peter Robbins, original voice of Charlie Brown in Peanuts, dead at 65
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Peter Robbins, the original voice of Charlie Brown in beloved classic Peanuts cartoons, has died. He was 65.
Robbins’ friend and agent Dylan Novak confirmed the news in a statement to USA TODAY Tuesday, sharing that the former child star died by suicide.
“He was a dear friend of mine that I will greatly miss,” Novak said. “He was a great friend and the most generous celebrity I’ve ever met. He needed money more than anyone else at the shows he attended, but instead gave away so much free merchandise because he couldn’t stand someone to walk away sad.”
Novak added that Robbins “was always very open about… his mental illnesses.”
“Every convention we went to, he used his platform to encourage anyone who suffers from mental disorders to get help immediately,” Novak said.
As a child, Robbins lent his voice to a slew of Charlie Brown holiday staples, including 1965’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and 1966’s “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.” According to IMDb, Robbins was the first actor to voice Charlie Brown, beginning at age nine until he was 13.
According to the Los Angeles Times and San Diego local affiliate Fox 5, Robbins was so fond of his Peanuts character that he had Charlie Brown and his beagle Snoopy tattooed on his arm.
Robbins also appeared in a 1964 episode of “The Munsters” and a 1967 episode of “Get Smart” and had a recurring role as Alexander Bumstead on the show “Blondie” from 1968 to 1969. He quit acting in 1972.
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In 2015, Robbins faced legal trouble stemming from threatening letters sent to a manager at a mobile home park in suburban Oceanside, California, where he had been living, according to the Associated Press. He also sent letters to members of the media in which he offered to pay money to have San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore killed.
He was first arrested January 2013 at the U.S.-Mexico border on stalking charges. He later pleaded guilty to stalking an ex-girlfriend and the plastic surgeon who had operated on her. Robbins was sentenced to five years probation but violated its terms and was arrested again.
According to San Diego local affiliate NBC 7, Robbins was prone to outbursts in court. At one of his 2015 court dates, Robbins said he suffered from mental illness.
“This is what happens when you are bipolar. You behave as if you are on drugs,” he said in court. “I want justice to be served, but I’m mentally ill.”
In a 2019 interview with Fox 5, Robbins encouraged those struggling with mental illness to seek treatment.
“I would recommend to anybody that has bipolar disorder to take it seriously because your life can turn around in a span of a month like it did to me,” he said.
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If you or someone you know may be struggling with self-harm or suicidal thoughts, you can call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 800-273-TALK (8255) any time day or night, or chat online.
Crisis Text Line also provides free, 24/7, confidential support via text message to people in crisis when they dial 741741.
Contributing: Andrea Mandell
Peter Robbins, original Charlie Brown voice actor, dead at 65
Peter Robbins, the original voice actor of Charlie Brown in the 1960s “Peanuts” shows, died last week at the age of 65.
Relatives told Fox 5 San Diego that Robbins committed suicide.
Robbins, a California native, began voicing Charlie Brown at just 9 years old.
He also provided the voice of the title character in 1965’s “A Charlie Brown Christmas” and 1966’s “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown.”
Robbins battled lifelong mental illness, struggled with addiction and had several run-ins with the law as an adult.
In 2013, he pleaded guilty to threatening and stalking both his ex-girlfriend and a plastic surgeon who gave her a breast enhancement he paid for.
He also spent time behind bars for making criminal threats to a San Diego County sheriff.
After his release from prison in 2019, he discussed his time behind bars in an interview with Fox 5 San Diego.
“I would recommend to anybody that has bipolar disorder to take it seriously because your life can turn around in the span of a month, like it did to me,” Robbins told the news outlet.
“I came out of prison and I’m a better person for it. I’m much more humble and grateful and thankful that I lived through the experience.”
A memorial service for Robbins will be held at a future date, the report said.
Voice of Charlie Brown, Peter Robbins, is found dead from suicide aged 65
Peter Robbins, the original voice of Charlie Brown, has died aged 65.
The voice actor died by suicide last week, his family confirmed late on Tuesday.
Robbins began his career as a child actor at nine years old voicing the beloved Peanuts character in holiday classics including the 1965 A Charlie Brown Christmas and It’s A Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown in 1966.
The actor was a big fan of his character and even got a tattoo of Charlie Brown and his trusty sidekick Snoopy.
Peter Robbins (pictured in 2008), who famously voiced Peanuts character Charlie Brown, has died by suicide last week, his family revealed
The star started his career playing Brown at the young age of nine (pictured)
Robbins, second from right, is pictured with his fellow Charlie Brown costars in the 1960s
Sadly, the former child actor, who suffered from bipolar disorder, has been troubled later in life.
In 2015, he was sentenced to five years in prison for making criminal threats against several people.
He pleaded guilty for sending the media threatening letters offering money to kill San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore and sent threatening letter to a property manager of the mobile home park where he lived.
He reportedly sent drawings and letters to the property manager and threatened other residents of the site.
He was originally ordered to probation while he attended an in-house drug therapy program, but was later taken to prison after violating his probation.
While in jail, he made threats against the sheriff and offered $50,000 to have him killed.
The actor was released in 2019.
The star, who also appeared on the Munsters, managed to turn his life around and began promoting getting ‘professional help’ for mental health issues and was treated for addictions to drugs, alcohol and sex.
But, the actor said it was his mental health that got him transferred to a state mental hospital in Atascadero, California.
The actor – who was released in 2019 and ordered not to drink or take drugs and had to take anger management classes – was released into a North County sober living home and started advocating that take bipolar disorder ‘seriously.’
‘I would recommend to anybody that has bipolar disorder to take it seriously because your life can turn around in the span of a month like it did to me. I came out of prison and I’m a better person for it. I’m much more humble and grateful and thankful that I lived through the experience,’ he said at the time.
The actor was sentenced to five years in prison for making threats against the property manager of the mobile home park he lived in and against San Diego County Sheriff Bill Gore in 2015. He was released in 2019
‘I came out of prison and I’m a better person for it,’ Robbins told Fox 5 in 2019. ‘I’m much more humble, grateful and thankful that I lived through the experience.’
Robbins said he was going through a ‘manic phase’ when he purchased a ‘motor home, a mobile home, two German sports cars and a Pitbull named Snoopy.’
After being released from prison, the actor got his Charlie Brown tattoo – located on his right bicep – touched up and said it was a symbol of him ‘refurbishing my life.’
His friend Brian Billeck posted a tribute on Twitter honoring the actor, writing: ‘I spoke to him last back in mid Dec. He wanted people to watch “The Charlie Brown Christmas Special.” He said with everything going on – the world could do with a Little Bit of Charlie Brown & Linus’ message.’
Many fans also posted tributes to the actor, saying he ‘made the world brighter’ and remembering the childhood classic shows that they ‘loved’ so much.
His family is now asking for privacy and said they will hold a memorial service for him at a future date.
If you or a loved one are struggling with suicidal thoughts, please contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255), or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741.
Tony Robbins Spews COVID Misinformation, Supports Anti-Vaxxers
Tony Robbins can be added to the long list of folks spewing COVID-19 misinformation with misguided jokes and phony statistics, and unfortunately … he spread his message to a bunch of salespeople.
The controversial self-help guru was a featured speaker at something called Funnel Hacking Live in Orlando, a 3-day conference held by Russell Brunson … aimed at boosting attendees’ sales success by listening to motivational stories.
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Of course, that’s right up Tony’s alley, but he used his time to mock science and the seriousness of the coronavirus pandemic, while firing up the anti-vaxxers in attendance by questioning the effectiveness of the vaccine.
Let’s break it down — first, Tony rips nighttime curfew laws in Australia by joking the virus only comes out at night. As most everyone knows, the curfew is designed to keep people from packing indoor bars and clubs and spreading COVID.
Next, Robbins pokes fun at the concern over the unvaccinated spreading the virus, when in reality … the unvaccinated population largely accounts for the spread of the Delta variant and the lion’s share of hospitalizations and deaths.
Finally — like many others before him who have spewed false info about COVID — Robbins equates it to other everyday risks like driving your car … but makes up his own statistics to fit his narrative.
Tony claims 1,200 people die per day in the U.S. in car accidents, when the actual number is closer to 100 daily, while ignoring that more than 2,000 people have died from COVID every day over the past 2 weeks.
Also, the irony is not lost that Robbins was speaking to an audience in Florida, the state with the highest COVID death rate currently in the U.S.
Jim Gianopulos Exit At Paramount Reflects Fast-Shifting Times, Fast-Rising Fortunes Of Brian Robbins – Deadline
In November 2018, Paramount Pictures boss Jim Gianopulos revealed a major new initiative for then-parent Viacom: a multi-picture deal with Netflix. “Our priority is to expand our role as a major global content supplier,” Gianopulos said.
Priorities have changed.
Gianopulos is now headed toward the exits, and a rising star in the ViacomCBS executive ranks, Brian Robbins, is expected to add oversight of the studio to his growing portfolio. No one at the studio has commented publicly as yet, but the move is expected to become official in the coming days. Minted in July as CEO of Nickelodeon with global oversight, Robbins this year also gained more responsibility at Paramount+, the rebrand and expansion of CBS All Access that went live last March. That was the third big promotion for Robbins within ViacomCBS in that many months.
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It continues the ongoing post-merger consolidation in the top executive ranks of ViacomCBS under CEO Bob Bakish, which has seen Robbins, Chris McCarthy and George Cheeks consistently expanding their responsibilities. The trio are said to be getting along and work well together.
Gianopulos’ pending exit brings back the question about a potential merger of ViacomCBS’ two main scripted TV studios, CBS TV Studios and Paramount TV Studios, first raised when the Viacom-CBS merger was announced. The two studios remained separate post-merger, with Gianopulos considered Paramount TV Studios’ main protector.
Paramount TV Studios’ President Nicole Clemens’ recent responsibility expansion to oversee scripted content at Paramount+ could make a Paramount TV-CBS Studios merger easier logistically. However, according to sources, such a move is not in the cards, at least in the immediate future.
ViacomCBS has multiple production divisions that also include MTV Entertainment Studios, Nickelodeon Studios and BET Studios, and Paramount TV Studios has started differentiating itself recently by focusing on series based on titles from the Paramount film library, which could provide a lane for the outfit to remain standalone.
Press reports Friday morning revealed a move that blind-sided people inside the company, but in terms of which execs it favors, the shuffle is less of a surprise. Robbins came to the company from AwesomenessTV, a digital outfit known for nurturing low-cost, high-impact hits like To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, which became a teen franchise for Netflix. Instead of licensing those projects out, according to insiders, the plan will be to direct an increasing number of them to the company’s own streaming service, Paramount+.
“This change isn’t due to Jim’s performance,” said a person familiar with top management’s thinking. “He has done a remarkable job at Paramount and he’s widely respected at the company. It’s just a reflection of how dramatically the business has changed, and the need to position the company differently.”
Gianopulos, who had a long tenure as a top exec at Fox before jumping to Paramount in 2017, executed a significant turnaround at the 109-year-old studio. The year he got there, it booked an operating loss of $445 million. “That’s about as dark as it gets, particularly for a major studio,” Gianopulos said later, after getting Paramount back into the black. “Those numbers should never exist.”
While profitability returned, though, the mission became more complicated, certainly once Covid-19 upended everything. Along with the pandemic, media companies — and tech titans like Apple — all jumped into direct-to-consumer streaming. As a so-called “arms dealer,” ViacomCBS thrived in the changing environment. Paramount sold shows like 13 Reasons Why to Netflix and Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan to Amazon Prime Video. Stymied by theatrical shutdowns, the studio also shipped off major properties like Coming 2 America and Without Remorse to Amazon, and several others to Netflix.
The steady flow of licensing has offered welcome revenue for the company, which reunited Viacom and CBS (whose shares are controlled by Shari Redstone, now chairman of ViacomCBS) in December 2019. While executives maintain they exercise discipline when making decisions about licensing, those activities have resulted in some awkward circumstances in the streaming era. The Godfather trilogy — the ultimate Paramount trophy — is on NBCUniversal’s Peacock and a chunk of the home-grown South Park is on HBO Max. The financial motive was obvious, but Wall Street frequently wondered why the company wasn’t more inclined to use its estimable roster of IP to feed Paramount+.
ViacomCBS debuted its rebrand and expansion of the six-year-old CBS All Access, about six months ago with a full-tilt marketing blitz. A commercial during the CBS broadcast of last February’s Super Bowl featured a green-screen galaxy of company talent, including Stephen Colbert, Gayle King and Dora the Explorer, hiking up the Paramount mountain. The new offering promised “news, live sports and a mountain of entertainment.” In the second quarter, which ended June 30, the company added 6.5 million global streaming subscribers to pass 42 million. Though Paramount+ is a large chunk of that number, Showtime’s OTT service as well as BET+ and Noggin are also contributors.
Overall streaming revenue nearly doubled in the second quarter, reaching $983 million, the company reported. Plotting a course in subscription streaming has presented a daunting task, though, with the company’s subscriber forecasts notably more modest than those of Disney or WarnerMedia. Those two companies are generally viewed as the most legitimate long-term challengers to Netflix, which continues to lead the field with 209 million global subscribers.
ViacomCBS has talked up the global potential for Paramount+, which has expanded across Latin America and other territories. Last month, though, the company announced a joint venture with Comcast, SkyShowtime, as a vehicle to reach Europe as opposed to trying to go it alone. The joint venture followed months of speculation about a potential merger between the two companies — a potentially difficult maneuver to pull off in the current regulatory environment given the companies’ broadcast holdings. Getting Viacom and CBS back together — a process that took years to complete — was long viewed as the first of a multi-step process of attaining true scale. Especially with a hot M&A market spawning deals like Amazon’s pending purchase of MGM and Discovery’s combination with WarnerMedia, the need for scale continues at ViacomCBS.
Film revenue is about 10% of the total across ViacomCBS. In the second quarter, it inched up 3% to $667 million, with the clear highlight being A Quiet Place, Part II. More recently, though, the picture has gotten a bit fuzzier for Paramount. With the Delta variant keeping Covid case loads increasing, the studio decided to delay Top Gun yet again, to 2022, and also push back the next Mission: Impossible installment.
Robbins, whose prior outfit, Awesomeness, was acquired by Viacom, got the chance to stay on with the acquiring company and has prospered. According to a well-placed source, he has impressed Bakish and Redstone with his acumen in terms of shepherding material with young-skewing DNA and marshaling corporate resources. “As the nature of running a studio has completely changed, he has the combination of instincts and skills that have inspired confidence.”