Film icon Peter O’Toole has died
Best remembered for his breakthrough performance as T. E. Lawrence in 1962’s ‘Lawrence of Arabia’ the British star could do drama or comedy with equal aplomb
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Famed stuntman and director Hal Needham has passed away
Hal Needham, who directed the films Smokey and the Bandit and a number of other films featuring actor Burt Reynolds has died. But long before he first sat in the director’s chair of a feature film, he was one of the best known stuntmen in the television and movie industry. Needham did stunts, stunt coordination…
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Tom Clancy, master of the techno-thriller, dead at 66
Prolific author of “The Hunt for Red October” and a number of other books has died in Baltimore.
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Remembering Karen Black
Karen Black, veteran and Academy Award-nominated actress who has been in roughly 200 works, passed away after battling ampullary cancer last month. She was 74.
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Oscar nominee Eileen Brennan has passed away
Actress Eileen Brennan, best known for her role in The Last Picture Show as a waitress with a generous soul, and as a martinet officer in Private Benjamin, has died at the age of 80. She passed away this past Sunday according to her manager, Kim Vasilakis. Vasilakis said that Ms Brennan had been suffering…
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Dennis Farina, star of ‘Law & Order’ and ‘Get Shorty’ has died
Actor Dennis Farina has died in a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona. He was 69 and his publicist says the cause of death was a pulmonary embolism. Born and raised in Chicago, he spent three years in the U.S. Army before joining the Chicago Police Department. He spent 18 years as a tough Chicago cop, becoming…
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‘Greedy Lying Bastards’ comes to VOD and digital download today.
The excellent documentary film “Greedy Lying Bastards” may not have made it into the city where you live, but starting today you can see it.
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Jim Kelly, ‘Enter the Dragon’ martial artist, dead at 67
He was 67 years old.
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Taken from us too soon: James Gandolfini dead at 51
Actor James Gandolfini, best known for playing “Tony Soprano” on the hit HBO series The Sopranos has died suddenly in Italy. He was only 51 years old.
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Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, 2-time Oscar winning screenwriter, dead at 85
She is known for her lengthy association with director James Ivory and the late producer Ismail Merchant, the duo who created Merchant Ivory Productions.
