Obits

LA Observed brings the terrible news that director and photographer Tim Hetherington has been killed while filming the ongoing conflict...

Washington Post When the war ended, he returned to Hollywood and was loaned by his studio to Hitchcock for “Rope”...

Farley Granger talks about working with Alfred Hitchcock at A Different Light bookstore in West Hollywood, c. 2007. A 30-minute...

Life publishes unpublished photos of the beautiful pair. Click here to see them. One more after the cut.

Still reeling from our loss of a legend. October, 2009: “How to Be a Movie Star: Elizabeth Taylor in Hollywood”

CNN reports that Elizabeth Taylor has died at 79 from heart failure. It's impossible, or nearly, to pin down what...

The news has just been passed on by Variety but hasn't yet hit the wire. In tribute to one of...

For some reason, the news keeps reporting that the "director of Bullitt" died. But to me, he'll always be the...

TCM's annual tribute, the filmmakers we lost in 2010. The Playlist identifies the featured song as “Headlights” by Sophia Hunger.

Our old buddy Scott Braun decided to write something for this site about Ronni Chasen.  We greatly appreciate it. by...

If you are in the Oscar business you know Ronni Chasen. I have so many emails from her stored on...

Jill Clayburgh has passed away at the age of 66, the New York Times reported. Clayburgh died from chronic leukemia....

A shocking bit of news today. Director George Hickenlooper, whose Casino Jack starring Kevin Spacey was opening this year, has...

MSNBC: Curtis appeared in Billy Wilder's "Some Like It Hot" with Marilyn Monroe and Jack Lemmon, and received an Oscar...

David Kehr, New York Times: A pioneering director of live television drama in the 1950s and a Broadway powerhouse in...

The Los Angeles Times just reported the death of Tarantino's editor, Sally Menke, after she took a hike with her...

This tribute for Gloria Stuart's 100th birthday now serves as a wonderful eulogy to her life, with a career spanning...

It's finally safe to sleep. R.I.P. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, after the cut.

The Telegraph obit, as linked by Ebert on Twitter, is likely the best online. Chabrol died today at the age...

Patricia Neal's Oscar-winning performance in Hud.