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>> Read more trending newsThe 1977 Firebird Trans Am once owned by Burt Reynolds was sold at auction Saturday for $495,000 at a sale held by Barrett-Jackson. The car was not used in the filming of “Smokey and the Bandit,” but was given to the actor to thank him for his role in the movie, the company said. It was the only ‘77 Trans Am owned, according to Robb Report. >>Previous coverage: Burt Reynolds’ 1977 Pontiac Firebird Trans Am headed to auctionReynolds owned the vehicle until 2014. It also was sold with a professionally made show board and a DVD of “Smokey and the Bandit,” according to the auction’s listing.

Bandit car: A car owned by Burt Reynolds, similar to the one used in the 1977 movie, "Smokey and the Bandit," will be auctioned on Saturday. (Art Zelin/Getty Images)SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A muscle car that actor Burt Reynolds made famous in the movie “Smokey and the Bandit” is heading to the auction block. >> Read more trending newsReynolds, who died in 2018 at the age of 82, owned the Pontiac Firebird Trans Am similar to the one that was used in the 1977 film. The Trans Am, which sports a black-and-gold finish, will be sold Saturday without reserve at Barrett-Jackson’s auction in Scottsdale, Arizona. The movie became the second-highest grossing movie of 1977, pulling in $126.7 million at the box office, Yahoo News reported.

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Burt Reynolds A guest holds programs during the unveiling of a memorial sculpture of the late actor Burt Reynolds at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Monday, Sept. 20, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) (Chris Pizzello)LOS ANGELES — (AP) — A plaque and a palm tree weren't enough to mark the swagger and star power of Burt Reynolds. Anderson and her son with Reynolds, Quinton, chose the spot where Reynolds' cremated remains were laid to rest in February, because it was next to a palm tree and water, which evoked his native Florida. “It's absolutely beautiful, it's exactly what we both envisioned,” Quinton Reynolds told The Associated Press after a brief private ceremony where a crowd of several dozen people who were close to Reynolds gathered to mark the occasion. “That was one of the things we talked about, do we do baby Burt, do we do middle-aged Burt, do we do ‘Smokey’ Burt?

A bronze bust of Burt Reynolds, featuring his famous cowboy hat and even more famous mustache, now adorns his grave.

Even Oprah Winfrey has regrets. The legendary 67-year-old talk show host revealed the question that still makes her "cringe" while appearing as a guest on Rob Lowe's Literally! podcast on Wednesday, per People. "This was when I was younger and I was not living from the point of view of the surrogate," Winfrey said, explaining that she'd gotten a sit-down with actress Sally Field, who had dated Burt Reynolds in the late 70s. "I asked her, 'Does Burt sleep with his toupee on?'" Winfrey recalled. She said she only asked because the producers had pressured her, but that Field immediately "went cold on me." Lowe sympathized: "She's one of the most amazing actors I've ever known, but when Sally goes cold, it's like Khrushchev in the Cold War," he said. "She will bury you." Read more at People. More stories from theweek.comThe Republican theory of unemployment is classic MarxA short history of White House catsThe problem with Ohio's $1 million vaccine lottery

Flowers are placed in front of a temporary headstone for the late actor Burt Reynolds in the Garden of Legends section of Hollywood Forever cemetery, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, in Los Angeles. Reynolds' cremated remains were moved from Florida to Hollywood Forever, where a small ceremony was held Thursday. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)LOS ANGELES – Burt Reynolds finally reached his final resting place Thursday at a storied Hollywood cemetery. A small, private ceremony, with relatives taking part remotely via Zoom, was held Thursday morning at Hollywood Forever Cemetery, where Reynolds' cremated remains were placed in a grave next to a lake nearly 2 1/2 years after his death. Reynolds’ grave is across the lake from rockers Johnny Ramone and Chris Cornell.

FILE - Actor Hal Holbrook appears during an interview in his New York apartment on Feb. 8, 1973. Holbrook died on Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, California, his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Associated Press Tuesday. Holbrook died on Jan. 23 in Beverly Hills, California, his representative, Steve Rohr, told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Holbrook’s material is uproarious, his ability to hold an audience by acting is brilliant,” said The New York Times. AdWhen he wasn’t portraying Twain, Holbrook showed impressive versatility.

This image released by Netflix shows Chris Hemsworth, left, in a scene from "Extraction," premiering this week on Netflix. (Jasin Boland/Netflix via AP)Some of today's top action directors were first doubles for Brad Pitt, Neo and Wolverine. Hargrave is the latest in a lineage of stuntmen who have gone from stepping in for actors to directing them. It's a fairly recent career pathway thanks largely to the success of Chad Stahelski ("John Wick") and David Leitch ("Atomic Blonde"). They've been leaders in the field since founding the action design company 87Eleven in 1997.