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James Earl Jones, Authoritative Actor and Voice of Darth Vader, Dies at 93
James Earl Jones, a commanding presence onscreen who nonetheless gained greater fame off-camera as the sonorous voice of Star Wars villain Darth Vader and Mufasa, the benevolent leader in The Lion King, died Monday. He was 93. Jones, who burst into national prominence in 1970 with his powerful Oscar-nominated performance as America’s first Black heavyweight […]
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Edgar Lansbury, Tony-Winning Producer and Brother of Angela Lansbury, Dies at 94
Edgar Lansbury, the Tony-winning producer and younger brother of famed actress Angela Lansbury who guided the Broadway and big-screen versions of The Subject Was Roses and Godspell, has died. He was 94. He died Thursday at his home in Manhattan, his son David Lansbury told The Hollywood Reporter. Lansbury also produced the popular 1974-75 Broadway […]
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Lynne Marta, Actress in ‘Joe Kidd,’ ‘Footloose’ and ‘Love, American Style,’ Dies at 78
Lynne Marta, the actress who appeared in films including Joe Kidd and Footloose, as a regular on Love, American Style and as a guest star on dozens of other TV shows, has died. She was 78. Marta died Thursday in her Los Angeles home after a battle with cancer, her friend Chris Saint-Hilaire told The […]
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Rose Gregorio, Tony Nominee for ‘The Shadow Box’ and Actress on ‘ER,’ Dies at 97
Rose Gregorio, who received a Tony nomination for her performance as the browbeaten daughter of Geraldine Fitzgerald’s declining old woman in the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama The Shadow Box, has died. She was 97. Gregorio died Aug. 17 of natural causes in her Greenwich Village home, her nephew Robert Grosbard told The Hollywood Reporter. Gregorio was […]
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John Beasley, Actor on ‘Everwood’ and ‘The Soul Man,’ Dies at 79
John Beasley, the admired character actor who played the school bus driver Irv Harper on The WB drama Everwood and Barton Bellentine, the father of Cedric the Entertainer’s character, on the TV Land comedy The Soul Man, died Tuesday. He was 79. Beasley died in a hospital in his hometown of Omaha, Nebraska, his son […]
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‘The Pale Blue Eye’ Review: Christian Bale Trudges Through the Murk of Scott Cooper’s Stodgy Period Murder Mystery
Harry Melling, Gillian Anderson and Lucy Boynton also star in Netflix’s adaptation of the Louis Bayard novel about an 1830 case at West Point military academy, where the young Edgar Allan Poe was a cadet.
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Bo Brundin, Actor in ‘The Great Waldo Pepper,’ Dies at 85
Bo Brundin, the Swedish actor best known for his turn as a demoralized German World War I pilot opposite Robert Redford in the aerial adventure film The Great Waldo Pepper, has died. He was 85. Brundin died Sunday in his hometown of Uppsala in Sweden, a spokesperson for Paar Productions told The Hollywood Reporter. The company worked […]
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Bill Robinson, Rep for Carol Burnett, James Garner and Many More, Dies at 92
Bill Robinson, the well-liked talent agent and manager who represented the likes of Audrey Hepburn, Alan Arkin, Carol Burnett, James Garner and Robert Duvall during his long career, has died. He was 92. Robinson died Aug. 6 at his home in Malibu after a long illness, his family announced. Robinson’s clients also included Judith Anderson, […]
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Adam Sandler and Queen Latifah in Netflix’s ‘Hustle’: Film Review
NBA player Juancho Hernangómez also stars in Jeremiah Zagar’s inspirational drama about a struggling Philly pro basketball scout betting everything on an unknown talent.
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‘The Godfather’ at 50: Cast Looks Back on Legendary Motion Picture and Shares New Insights on the Production
James Caan was so mad that Francis Ford Coppola cut one of his beefier scenes from The Godfather, he walked out of a screening. Fifty years later, he’s still irked. Based on the best-selling book by the late Mario Puzo, The Godfather debuted in theaters on March 24, 1972. Immediately receiving universal acclaim, the Paramount […]
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Adam Sandler’s Basketball Love Letter ‘Hustle’ Drops First Teaser
The first teaser trailer for Adam Sandler’s upcoming film Hustle dropped Friday, and it is clear that the Netflix project is a love letter to the actor’s favorite sport, basketball. A more serious picture than the typical Sandler streaming fare, Hustle is the story about a former pro basketball scout (Sandler) who tries to remake […]
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Luster Bayless, Legendary Costumer Who Dressed John Wayne, Dies at 84
Luster Bayless, the legendary Hollywood costumer and costume designer who outfitted John Wayne for more than a dozen features, from McLintock! and True Grit to Rooster Cogburn and The Shootist, has died. He was 84. Bayless died Friday of natural causes brought on by dementia at his home in Canyon Country, California, his daughter, Diana […]
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