“Rest in peace, Parker”: Sigourney Weaver pays tribute to fallen ‘Alien’ shipmate Yaphet Kotto

(LOS ANGELES) -- Sigourney Weaver has issued a statement mourning the loss of her Alien co-star Yaphet Kotto, who died Monday in the Philippines. He was 81. Kotto played engineer Dennis Parker, a crew member aboard the deep space mining vessel Nostromo in Ridley Scott's groundbreaking 1979 classic. Although their characters often butted heads, Parker eventually sacrificed... Read More.

Yaphet Kotto, ‘Alien’ hero, James Bond baddie, dead at 81

(PHILLIPINES) -- Yaphet Kotto, who played everything from a deep space miner in the seminal sci-film Alien to a dogged police lieutenant on TV's Homicide: Life on the Street, has died. He was 81.  The actor, who also played the James Bond villain Mr. Big in Live and Let Die, among many... Read More.