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Mel Gibson, Danny Glover, Steve Guttenberg, Helen Hunt Bolster FAN EXPO Philadelphia Celebrity List
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Gibson has starred in numerous blockbuster films and franchises, notably Braveheart, Lethal Weapon, The Patriot, Ransom, What Women Want, The Patriot, and many others. His breakout role came in the war drama Gallipoli in 1981, followed by The Bounty and the first of four Lethal Weapon movies in 1987. Born outside New York City in 1956 but raised in Australia, Gibson has also succeeded as a producer and director, winning the Best Director Oscar for Braveheart among numerous awards.
Glover, who already had standout roles in Witness, The Color Purple and Silverado to his credit, exploded into another level of fame with his turn as “Roger Murtaugh” opposite Gibson in the Lethal Weapon franchise. His memorable performance as the by-the-books detective who often lamented that “I’m too old for this…” hit just the right note in the four LW films over 11 years. He has more than 200 film and TV credits over seven different decades.
Guttenberg starred in the hugely successful Police Academy film series, in addition to leads in Cocoon, Short Circuit, Three Men and a Baby and many other popular film titles. He’s had recurring roles on “Ballers,” “The Goldbergs” and “Veronica Mars” television series, and this year co-stars as “Saul Burnstein” in the action series “Paper Empire.”
Hunt first caught the audience’s attention in the family drama “Swiss Family Robinson” in the 1970s, then appeared on hits like “It Takes Two” and “St. Elsewhere” before landing the starring role of “Dr. Jo Harding” in Twister in 1996. She later starred opposite fellow FAN EXPO Philadelphia guest Gibson in What Women Want and with Paul Reiser for the long original run and revival of the mega hit series “Mad About You.”
The four superstars join an incredible “who’s who” roster of dozens of celebrities already announced to the event, headlined by William Shatner (“Star Trek,” “Boston Legal”); Dolph Lundgren (Rocky IV, The Punisher); Anthony Daniels (Star Wars Episode IV – A New Hope, Star Wars franchise); Tyler Hoechlin and Bitsie Tulloch (“Superman & Lois); Priscilla Presley (The Naked Gun trilogy, “Dallas”); and many more. The full lineup to date can be viewed at fanexpohq.com/fanexpophiladelphia/celebrities/.
FAN EXPO Philadelphia features the biggest and best in pop culture: movies, TV, music, artists, writers, exhibitors, and cosplay, with three full days of themed programming to satisfy every fandom. Thousands attend annually to celebrate their favorite franchises, meet celebrities and comics creators, shop for unique themed items, attend the scores of interactive programming panel sessions, meet like-minded fans and participate in special events and evening activities over the full three days.
Adult, Youth, and Child Single-Day Tickets, Three-Day Passes, Family passes, and Ultimate and VIP Packages for FAN EXPO Philadelphia are available now at www.fanexpophiladelphia.com. Advance pricing is available until May 1. More guest news will be released in the following weeks, including line-up reveals for additional headline celebrities, comic creator guests, voice actors, and cosplayers.
The full 2025 FAN EXPO HQ Schedule is available at fanexpohq.com/home/events/.
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FAN EXPO HQ is the largest comic con producer in the world. Collectively it hosts over one million fans annually at FAN EXPO Philadelphia, FAN EXPO San Francisco, FAN EXPO Dallas, FAN EXPO Canada, MEGACON Orlando, FAN EXPO Boston, FAN EXPO Denver, CALGARY EXPO, FAN EXPO Chicago, FAN EXPO Cleveland, FAN EXPO New Orleans, FAN EXPO Portland, FAN EXPO Vancouver, Toronto Comicon, Dallas FAN FESTIVAL, and EDMONTON EXPO. The latest schedule of events is available on their website, along with up-to-date ticket information. Discover. Celebrate. Belong.
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Joe Reina has published a new novel, "Shadows over Scottsdale: An Unsolved Murder Mystery," built around a scenario true-crime statistics make uncomfortably familiar: a man commits a devastating crime and simply disappears, leaving investigators and a grieving community with no resolution.
The book follows a character named Robert, who flees the country using forged documents and a cargo ship after an act of destruction that leaves behind, as the publisher describes it, charred remains and an unanswered investigation. The case goes cold. The novel, according to its publisher, is less concerned with the mechanics of the escape than with what happens afterward, to the people left waiting for answers that never come.
Reina, now retired in Scottsdale, spent decades in international business across apparel, footwear, and real estate, with extensive time in Europe and a particular connection to Italy that shaped two earlier books, "The Goat Sleeps in the Kitchen" and "A Love Affair in Tuscany." "Shadows over Scottsdale" marks a different direction, built instead around the real scale of unsolved homicide in the U.S. The publisher’s materials cite roughly 346,000 unsolved homicides since 1965, with more than a dozen occurring unresolved each day. Separate reporting on the book has cited a figure of about 7,778 murders in 2023 alone, which it similarly frames as more than a dozen a day going unresolved.
"Writing ‘Shadows over Scottsdale’ forced me to confront uncomfortable questions about justice itself," Reina said, according to the announcement. "Too many crimes go unsolved, too many families wait endlessly for answers. I wanted readers to understand that behind every cold case statistic is a real story, real suffering, and real questions that may never be answered."
The publisher positions the novel as an examination of institutional limits as much as a crime story: the toll of a case gone cold on the people who can’t move past it, and what it means for a community when accountability simply never arrives.
"Shadows over Scottsdale" is published by Covenant Books and is available in paperback and hardcover through the publisher’s website and major retailers including Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple Books.
Cold-case statistics tend to get cited and then forgotten. Studio CarryOnHarry is curious whether fiction built directly around that number does more to stick with a reader than the number alone ever does.
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Reina comes to this material from outside the art world. His career was built in apparel, footwear, and real estate development in Chicago, and the publisher’s materials trace his interest in European history, and in Italy specifically, to years of international business travel. He has published several previous books, including "The Goat Sleeps in the Kitchen," "A Love Affair in Tuscany," and "Shadows over Scottsdale," before turning to this account of a fictionalized moment at the hinge of the Renaissance.
"I wanted to capture that extraordinary moment when masters speak to each other across time through their work," Reina said in the announcement. "These paintings represent not just gifts, but a conversation about what it means to pursue greatness while remaining grounded in purpose and principle."
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