Legendary actress Sally Kirkland has died. She was 84. Kirkland passed away Tuesday at 1:50 a.m. PT, her rep, Michael Greene, confirmed to TMZ. Greene said Kirkland “will be deeply missed.” Sally Kirkland. Getty Images for AFI Sally Kirkland at the 1999 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. Jane Caine/ZUMA Press Wire / Shutterstock The Post has … Read more
Diane Ladd, the Oscar-nominated actress and mother to Laura Dern, has died. She was 89. Dern announced the devastating news in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. She revealed that her mom died in California on Monday, Nov. 3. No cause of death was given. “My amazing hero and my profound gift of a mother, … Read more
Penelope Milford, the Oscar-nominated actress who starred in hits like “Coming Home,” “Valentino” and “Heathers,” has passed away. She was 77. Milford’s sister, Candace Saint, confirmed that she died in an assisted living facility in Saugerties, New York, on Tuesday, Oct. 14, per The Hollywood Reporter. No cause of death was given. Born in St. Louis, … Read more
Prince George was feeling the festive spirit at his mom Kate Middleton’s annual “Together at Christmas” carol service. The second-in-line for the throne, 11, was all smiles as he listened to Richard E. Grant, 67, do a dramatic reading of a passage from Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol,” clearly enjoying the Oscar-nominated actor’s performance. Young … 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
“The Zone of Interest,” the acclaimed Holocaust drama that’s up for Best Picture at the 2024 Oscars, will have its Polish premiere on Thursday at the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum. According to Variety, director Jonathan Glazer will introduce the harrowing film at the site of the Auschwitz concentration camp, where parts of the movie were … Read more
Lawrence Turman, the longtime Hollywood producer who received an Academy Award nomination for the 1967 classic “The Graduate,” died Saturday at the Motion Picture Home in Woodland Hills, Calif. at 96, Variety reported. A cause of death was not given. A UCLA graduate, Turman began producing movies in the 1960s, with films including “The Young … Read more
“Tár” director Todd Field says he may never make another feature film — despite rave reviews for the recent Cate Blanchett drama, which he also penned and produced. Field, 59, got candid about the next stage of his career in a recent interview with Cinema Scope, revealing that it’s “highly likely” he’s done with directing. … Read more
Gerald Fried, Emmy-winning composer of the “Roots” miniseries and scores of other TV projects, died Friday in Connecticut of pneumonia, according to media reports. He was 95. Born in the Bronx on Feb. 13, 1928, Fried attended New York’s High School of Music and the Juilliard School of Music. He was first oboist with the … Read more
If you think global recognition gets to everyone’s heads, think again. Actor James Martin casually resumed his day job at Starbucks despite starring in an Oscar-nominated film titled “An Irish Goodbye.” The Northern Irish star’s name has crept up in more and more conversations among the Hollywood elite as his most recent on-screen venture scooped … Read more
After 15 years and 30 films, an actor from the Marvel Cinematic Universe has finally received an Academy Award nomination. When the nods for the 2023 Oscars were announced Tuesday, included among the Best Supporting Actress nominees was Angela Bassett for her role as Queen Ramonda in “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.” Before now, none of … Read more