On Saturday, 27 September 2025, Beyond Fest and the American Cinematheque hosted a heartfelt and elegant tribute to actor William Petersen at the Egyptian Theatre in Hollywood. The event celebrated his iconic roles in To Live and Die in L.A. and Manhunter, featuring screenings of both films followed by in-person Q&A sessions with Billy himself.…
LA Times – William Petersen on making MANHUNTER and TO LIVE & DIE IN LA
- on September 27th, 2025
- in Billy News
The LA Times have shared a great interview with Billy prior to today’s Q&As as part of BEYOND FEST. You can read the entire story here: Beyond Fest celebrates William Petersen, who made two iconic ’80s crime classics in one year Beyond Fest will screen “To Live and Die in L.A.” and “Manhunter” on Saturday…
A Tribute to William Petersen (Live Q&A)
- on September 11th, 2025
- in Billy News
There is ‘A Tribute to William Petersen’ as part of ‘Beyond Fest 2025′ Source: American Cinematheque website The American Cinematheque and Beyond Fest are thrilled to welcome actor William Petersen for an in-person tribute highlighting his starring roles in two of the most stylish, thrilling, and fascinating films of the 1980s: William Friedkin’s TO LIVE AND…
Fake Social Media Accounts
- on March 4th, 2024
- in Billy News
Due to some recent activity on our facebook page, we just want to remind everyone that Billy does not have any social media accounts. This is a game to the person creating these accounts, it’s an attention seeking exercise, do not engage with them, you only hurt yourself by playing along. DO NOT accept any…
CSI to NETFLIX in some regions
- on February 20th, 2024
- in Billy News
Good news for some! WHAT’S ON NETFLIX have shared that the original CSI will be heading to Netflix as of March 1st. This is for certain regions only. Now, for the first time in most cases, the show is bound to Netflix and is set to arrive on March 1st. Among the regions we’ve spotted…
ANOTHER MARRIAGE – OPENING NIGHT
- on August 14th, 2023
- in Billy News
Billy was in attendance for the opening night of ANOTHER MARRIAGE at Steppenwolf Theatre. Check out their instagram post below sharing lots of great images from the night. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Steppenwolf Theatre Company (@steppenwolfthtr)
William Friedkin Remembered
- on August 14th, 2023
- in Billy News
We were saddened by the news of the passing of William Friedkin on August 9, 2023. Billy and William were great friends for nearly 40 years. Variety have shared a great interview with Billy, where he shares how he got the role of Richard Chance in TO LIVE AND DIE IN LA and what made…
The Gallery
- on November 10th, 2022
- in WPAP Site Updates
Hey everyone, thank you all for your messages letting us know there is an issue with the link for THE GALLERY for the last few weeks. We are aware, we are working on some things in the background, but for the time being THE GALLERY will not be accessible until further notice. We are researching…
Chicago Cubs Documentary and other news
- on September 8th, 2022
- in Billy News , WPAP Fan Projects
Billy narrated the Chicago Cubs “5 OUTS” documentary back in 2013. We don’t believe an official video was ever released, but you can watch this on youtube. It’s been a while since we posted anything about the fan letter project. Apologies, personal circumstances did impact the project, and the letters were sent a lot later…
FAN LETTER PROJECT UPDATE
- on December 18th, 2021
- in WPAP Fan Projects
Just a quick update on this. We hope to be sending everyone’s letters in the next couple of days. Apologies for the delay, we had planned to send these much sooner but we had a bereavement that we were dealing with and organizing some of the funeral arrangements took priority over anything else. We appreciate…
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