Tag: Obits

It was 1986. I'd graduated high school three years earlier. As with most things back then, the way into genius ...

(Matt Zoller Seitz at Moving Image Source via LiC)

Two-time Oscar nominee Lynn Redgrave has died. Best Actress, Georgy Girl (1966) Best Supporting Actress, Gods and Monsters (1998)

The editing master, Dede Allen, has passed way at 86 years old. In an obit in the LA Times, Bonnie ...

January 1, 1919 - January 28, 2010 Salinger famously didn't let Hollywood get its greasy paws on The Catcher in ...

The news has just come in via commenter "tmoves." Eric Rohmer, a French director and leading “New Wave” filmmaker whose ...

"She put herself completely in the hands of the director more than any other actress I have worked with," director ...

The brave Swayze put up a fight, even with the disgusting paparazzi following his every tragic move. He was only ...

The tributes for Karl Malden are pouring in. Thanks to readers Alexander and Erik for sending in the news. It's ...

I deliberately left out the rumors that were floating around when I posted the link yesterday about David Carradine's death. ...

My best friend in Bangkok emails me with this very sad news, from The Nation: David Carradine found dead in ...

From the BBC: French composer Maurice Jarre, best known for his music for Hollywood films, has died in Los Angeles ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oGVZ8Ku-TNU The two-time Oscar winner (To Kill a Mockingbird and Tender Mercies) died. True grit.

My favorite James Whitmore role, I'd say, is in The Shawshank Redemption. But since that character kills himself in one ...

Thanks to reader Zizo who passed this along, a compilation done by TCM to honor those who left us in ...

"I have written 29 plays and I think that's really enough," Pinter said . "I think the world has had ...