‘The Studio’ Cancels Apple TV Press Day Panel After Catherine O’Hara’s Death

“The Studio” has canceled its panel at Apple TV’s upcoming press day after star Catherine O’Hara died on Friday.

“The Studio” was just one of the many scheduled panelists at the Apple TV press day, set for Tuesday at the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles. The streamer announced the cancellation on Friday shortly after O’Hara’s death. According to the program, O’Hara was not slated to attend the panel alongside her scheduled co-stars Seth Rogen, Ike Barinholtz, Kathryn Hahn and Chase Sui Wonders

“We are all heartbroken by the loss of Catherine O’Hara,” Apple and Lionsgate said Friday in a joint statement. “An undeniable legend, icon, and incomparable talent, Catherine elevated every project she was a part of, including the singular genius she brought to her role on ‘The Studio,’ and every transcendent performance she gifted to us. Her artistic accomplishments will forever bring humor, light, and love for generations to come, and her brilliance and generosity of spirit touched everyone around her. We will hold her in our hearts always, and extend our thoughts and deepest sympathies to her husband Bo, and children, Matthew and Luke.”

O’Hara’s manager announced Friday that the “Home Alone” star had died in her Los Angeles home after a brief illness. She was 71.

O’Hara’s prolific comedy career started with the Canadian sketch comedy show “Second City Television” and ended with a late-career renaissance that included “Beetlejuice Beetlejuice,” “Schitt’s Creek” and “The Studio.” After her death, there was an outpour of remembrances and tributes from the Hollywood community.

“Really don’t know what to say… I told O’Hara when I first met her I thought she was the funniest person I’d ever had the pleasure of watching on screen. ‘Home Alone’ was the movie that made me want to make movies,” Rogen, co-creator and star of “The Studio,” wrote on Instagram. “Getting to work with her was a true honour. She was hysterical, kind, intuitive, generous… she made me want to make our show good enough to be worthy of her presence in it. This is just devastating. We’re all lucky we got to live in a world with her in it.”