Roger Corman, who for decades dominated the world of B movies as the producer or director of countless proudly low-budget horror, science fiction and crime films, has died. He was 98. He died on Thursday at his home in Santa Monica, Calif., his family said in a statement posted late Saturday on his official Instagram … Read more
Bernard Hill, a British actor who incarnated a humble style of masculine leadership in three hugely successful Hollywood movies, “Titanic” and two films in the “Lord of the Rings” franchise, died on Sunday. He was 79. His death was announced in a family statement sent by a representative of Lou Coulson Associates, a British talent … Read more
Laurent Cantet, an eminent director who made penetrating films about the prickly undersides of French life and society, died on April 25 in Paris. He was 63. His screenwriter and editor, Robin Campillo, said he died of cancer in a hospital. Mr. Cantet’s best-known film was “Entre les Murs” (“The Class”), which won the Palme … Read more
Bernard Hill, an actor best known for roles in “Titanic” and the “Lord of the Rings” trilogy, has died at the age of 79. Hill infamously played Captain Edward Smith, who went down with his sinking ship in James Cameron’s history-making hit “Titanic,” and later took on JRR Tolkien’s literary classic when he starred as … Read more
Barbara O. Jones, an actress whose captivating work in films like “Bush Mama” and “Daughters of the Dust” helped define the cerebral, experimental and highly influential Black cinema movement that emerged in Los Angeles in the 1970s, died on April 8 at her home in Dayton, Ohio. She was 82. Her brother Marlon Minor confirmed … Read more
Lourdes Portillo, the Oscar-nominated Mexican-born documentary filmmaker whose work explored Latin American social issues through spellbinding narratives, has died. She was 80. Ms. Portillo died Saturday at her home in San Francisco. Her death was confirmed by her friend Soco Aguilar. No cause was given. One of Ms. Portillo’s best-known works is her 1994 documentary … Read more
A mom from the UK feared her preteen daughter would die after inhaling several cans of deodorant while participating in the dangerous “chroming” trend claiming the lives of youngsters around the globe. “I could’ve easily lost my daughter that day,” Mikayla Solomon, 37 told Kennedy News of the horrific ordeal. Her 12-year-old daughter Tiegan was … Read more
“I may hold the world’s record for the person who has made the most documentaries about their family directing films,” she said. Her career, she wrote in “Notes on a Life,” a 2008 book, reflected that “I am an observer at heart, who has the impulse to record what I see around me.” Late in … Read more
Trevor Griffiths, a prolific and avowedly Marxist writer for stage and screen most widely known for his play “Comedians,” which was staged in London and on Broadway, died on March 29 at his home in Yorkshire, England. He was 88. His agent, Nicki Stoddart, said the cause was heart failure. An important figure on the … Read more
Eliot Fette Noyes Jr. was born on Oct. 18, 1942, in Alexandria, Va., and grew up in New Canaan, Conn. His father was a prominent industrial designer and architect whose designs included the IBM Selectric typewriter and round gas pumps for Mobil. His mother, Mary (Weed) Noyes, known as Molly, was an architect and interior … Read more
Barbara Rush, the supremely poised actress who rose to fame with supporting roles in 1950s films like “Magnificent Obsession” and “The Young Lions,” died on Sunday at her home in Westlake Village, Calif., in Los Angeles County. She was 97. The death, in a senior care facility, was confirmed by her daughter, Claudia Cowan. If … Read more
A British beautician has tragically died after undergoing a boob job in Spain. Donna Butterfield, 30, from Wrexham in north Wales, had a breast enlargement performed several years ago but had returned to have an imbalance corrected, costing her more than $6,480.30 (USD), according to her relatives. She flew back to Majorca, in Spain’s Balearic … Read more
Paula Weinstein, a movie producer, studio executive and political activist who became a fierce advocate for women in her industry, died on Monday at her home in Manhattan. She was 78. Her sister Lisa Weinstein confirmed the death. She said the cause was not yet known. In the boy’s club of Hollywood, Ms. Weinstein was … Read more
Louis Gossett Jr., who took home an Academy Award for “An Officer and a Gentleman” and an Emmy for “Roots,” both times playing a mature man who guides a younger one taking on a new role — but in drastically different circumstances — died early Friday in Santa Monica, Calif. He was 87. Mr. Gossett’s … Read more
Julie Robinson Belafonte, a dancer, actress and, with the singer Harry Belafonte, one half of a interracial power couple who used their high profiles to aid the civil rights movement and the cause of integration in the United States, died on March 9 in Los Angeles. She was 95. Her death, at an assisted living … Read more
M. Emmet Walsh, a paunchy and prolific character actor who was called “the poet of sleaze” by the critic Roger Ebert for his naturalistic portrayals of repellent lowlifes and miscreants, died on Tuesday in St. Albans, a small city in northern Vermont. He was 88. His death, in a hospital, was announced by his manager, … Read more
Mr. Seidler told the site filmcritic.com that his parents, aiming to inspire him, tuned the family radio to George VI’s speeches during the war as object lessons of mastering a stutter. “They would say to me, ‘David, he was a much worse stutterer than you, and listen to him now. He’s not perfect. But he … Read more
Ed Mintz, a mathematician who created an exit polling system for films called CinemaScore, which asks people leaving theaters on opening nights to grade the movies they have just seen — a precursor of the website Rotten Tomatoes, which aggregates and scores critics’ opinions — died on Feb. 6 in Las Vegas. He was 83. … Read more
Joe Camp, a pioneering filmmaker who created a groundbreaking franchise with his “Benji” movies, which brought a lovable live-action dog to the masses and became a smash success, died on Friday at his home in Bell Buckle, Tenn. He was 84. His son the director Brandon Camp announced the death in a statement. He said … Read more
Fitness influencer Giorgi “Tzane” Janelidze tragically died Wednesday after falling into a ravine while exploring an Italian ghost town with his pals. He was 23 years old. His death was confirmed by the content creator’s friend and fellow influencer Chris Kogias, who had accompanied him on the ill-fated trip. “Tzane is no longer with us,” the … Read more