R.i.p 2010
 

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Art Clokey
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creator of "gumby" dies at 88, r.i.p.

i remember when i was a kid a man asked me if i wanted to see zombie, when he really said was gumby.i still watched the tape,lol

Art Clokey was a visionary and innovator. And the creator of some of the strangest images ever put on film. RIP Art.

This guy made my mornings something to look forward to as a kid.
RIP.

Director Eric Rohmer, one of the giants of modern French cinema, has died at age 89, his production company Campagnie Eric Rohmer said on Monday.

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With other groundbreaking filmmakers, such as Jean-Luc Godard and Francois Truffaut, Rohmer was one of the founders of French New Wave cinema that in the 1950s and 1960s transformed French and world cinema forever.

In a career spanning nearly 60 years, Rohmer directed more than 50 feature films and shorts, for the big screen and television, becoming an international symbol for both what was good and bad about so-called art house films.

In movies such as My Night at Maud's (1969), Claire's Knee (1970) and Pauline at the Beach (1983), Rohmer depicted the behaviour and emotions of human beings, often in the grip of an irrational passion, in a style that conceded little to the demands of entertainment.

Talky, slow-moving, with few of the usual artifices of film-making, Rohmer's movies have legions of passionate fans and detractors.

"You have to see one of (Rohmer's movies), and if you kind of like that one, then you should see his other ones, but you need to see one to see if you like it," American filmmaker Quentin Tarantino once said in an interview.

Depending on the source, Rohmer was either born on March 21, 1920, as Maurice Henri Joseph Scherer, in the southern city of Tulle, or on April 4, 1920, as Jean-Marie Maurice Scherer in Nancy.

Asked why he took his assumed pseudonym, he replied, "It was a name I chose just like that, for no particular reason, only because I liked it."

At the age of 26, after having moved to Paris, he published his first and only novel, under a different pseudonym, Gilbert Cordier.

After working as a teacher of literature and a journalist, he found his life's calling at the legendary Cinematheque Francais, where he met some of his future collaborators in cinematic revolution.

He shot his first film in 1950. One year later, he began working on the Cahiers du Cinema, which became the mouthpiece and bible of the French New Wave. He served as editor-in-chief of the magazine from 1956 to 1963.

Rohmer's first major success, and the film that established him as a major international cinematic figure, was "My Night at Maud's", which was nominated for two Oscars and won several international prizes.

The numerous awards his films, directing and screenwriting have received include a Golden Lion at the 1986 Venice Film Festival, Silver Bears at the 1967 and 1983 Berlin Film Festivals and the 2000 National Society of Film Critics Awards for best foreign film.

this is what you'd get if woody allen and donald sutherland had a kid.


pauline at the beach is the only movie i have/have seen by this guy. good film.

What a loss. I couldn't believe this when I heard it on the radio today.
RIP.

When I saw the picture I thought it was Robert Crumb.

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R.I.P Mr Reatard :(

Not that I'm a big fan or anything, but some other people may be so I thought I'd pass the info on.... R&B Singer Teddy Pendergrass died today of colon cancer.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100114/...pendergrass_42

R.i.p.

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Jean Simmons has died after losing her battle with lung cancer at the age of 80.

The Emmy Award winning British actress, who was recognised for her role in the 1980s drama The Thorn Birds, passed away at her home in Santa Monica on Friday, her agent told the LA Times.

Simmons moved from the UK to Hollywood in the 1950s and won roles playing Estella in Great Expectations, Ophelia in Laurence Olivier's Hamlet and sang with Marlon Brando in Guys And Dolls.

Other Hollywood greats that she starred alongside included Gregory Peck, Paul Newman and Kirk Douglas.

The Hollywood leading lady was Oscar-nominated for both her role in Hamlet and for her part in the 1969 movie The Happy Ending.

Zelda Rubenstein, best known for her work in Poltergeist, passed away today at the age of 76.

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http://movies.yahoo.com/feature/movi...ctor-dies.html

RIP Zelda. You were a great presence in many movies. You'll be missed.

Sad news indeed. RIP :(

Rip Zelda you will be greatly missed.

R I P Zelda......go into the light.


almost missed this one......a familiar face to those of us grew up in the 60s/70s

LOS ANGELES : Pernell Roberts, the ruggedly handsome actor who shocked Hollywood by leaving TV's "Bonanza" at the height of its popularity, then found fame again years later on "Trapper John, M.D.," has died. He was 81.

Roberts, the last surviving member of the classic Western's cast, died of cancer Sunday at his Malibu home, his wife Eleanor Criswell told the Los Angeles Times.

Although he rocketed to fame in 1959 as Adam Cartwright, eldest son of a Nevada ranching family led by Lorne Greene's patriarchal Ben Cartwright, Roberts chafed at the limitations he felt his "Bonanza" character was given.

"They told me the four characters (Greene, himself and Dan Blocker and Michael Landon as his brothers) would be carefully defined and the scripts carefully prepared," he complained to The Associated Press in 1964. "None of it ever happened."

It particularly distressed him that his character, a man in his 30s, had to continually defer to the wishes of his widowed father.

"Doesn't it seem a bit silly for three adult males to get Father's permission for everything they do?" he once asked a reporter.

Roberts agreed to fulfill his six-year contract but refused to extend it, and when he left the series in 1965, his character was eliminated with the explanation that he had simply moved away.

RIP: JD Salinger author of 'Cather in the Rye'

And who would have guessed Salinger was old enough to have known Willa Cather.


But seriously- not many authors had the effect he did on generations of readers.

RIP.

I always kinda thought that she'd live forever... RIP.

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RIP Howard Zinn.

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http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=123063395

Zinn literally rewrote history, telling the story of the People and giving the Liberals a voice in history.

true.....I wouldn't doubt if they make a video game about this Legend.

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Producer and former studio executive David Brown, who produced Oscar-winning films including "The Sting" and "Driving Miss Daisy," died Sunday, after a long illness, at the Manhattan home he shared with his wife, Helen Gurley Brown.

He was 93.

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Partnered for many years with onetime studio boss Richard D. Zanuck, Brown produced hits of the 1970s and '80s including "Jaws," "Cocoon" and "The Verdict," his personal favorite.

A courtly man, fastidious about his attire, Brown was a voracious reader and dedicated storyteller. Few commanded his knowledge of studio lore and his talent for summoning up stories about the Hollywood titans of generations ago. He and Zanuck seemed an ideal team, given his zeal for writing and Zanuck's dealmaking prowess.

Born in New York and educated at Stanford and Columbia, Brown started his professional career as a reporter, horoscope writer, drama critic and as editor-in-chief of Liberty magazine and managing editor at Cosmopolitan.

His pairing with Zanuck, son of 20th Century Fox's Darryl F. Zanuck, was one of the longer-lived production associations in Hollywood. The two had a history that began in the 1950s, shortly after Brown caught the eye of Darryl F. Zanuck and joined Fox in 1951 as a story editor. He then moved up to head the story department. In 1967, Brown became VP of story operations at Fox and then exec VP of creative affairs.

During their joint tenure, Fox turned out "The French Connection," "Patton," "The Sound of Music," "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "MASH," as well as costly disappointments "Doctor Dolittle," "Star" and "Hello Dolly."

Then, in 1970, Zanuck was ousted by his father in a power struggle, which saw Brown lose his job, too. In early 1971, Warner Bros. hired Zanuck for its No. 2 position; Brown came in as an exec VP.

Both Zanuck and Brown sued Fox and, in 1973, agreed to a deferred compensation settlement that was a fraction of their demands but a victory nonetheless.

Brown and Zanuck remained at WB for only 18 months before launching the Zanuck/Brown Co. in 1972.

"We realized we could have much more fun when we formed Zanuck-Brown and moved to Universal," Zanuck explained.

Universal won its first best picture Oscar in many years with Zanuck-Brown's "The Sting," which grossed more than $156 million in the U.S. The pair also produced Steven Spielberg's first film, "The Sugarland Express," and Clint Eastwood's "The Eiger Sanction." In 1975, they hit paydirt with "Jaws," which became the highest-grossing film for some time.

According to Brown, Spielberg at first didn't want to do the movie about a giant shark terrorizing beachgoers in a summer resort town.

"He said, 'There are movies and there are films, and I want to make films.' And we said, 'Well if this works, you can make films.'?" The movie set the standard for summer blockbusters and helped launch Spielberg's run of hits. Brown and Zanuck produced "Jaws II" in 1978.

In 1980 Zanuck and Brown returned to Fox, where, over the next three years, they turned out the Oscar-nommed "The Verdict" and had another success with "Cocoon." In 1983, they rejoined Warner Bros. (They eventually produced "Cocoon II.")

Brown split with Zanuck in 1988 and launched the Manhattan Project production shingle. "He wanted to stay in New York and produce for Broadway," said Zanuck. They remained close friends and reteamed for Robert Altman's "The Player" in 1992. One of their last pics as a producing team, the 1989 "Driving Miss Daisy," scored a best picture Oscar.

Zanuck and Brown were awarded the Irving G. Thalberg Award at the 1990 Oscars. Among Brown's other honors were the David O. Selznick lifetime achievement award from the Producers Guild and Showest producer of the year.

During the 1990s, Brown continued to turn out high-profile films such as Rob Reiner's "A Few Good Men," "Angela's Ashes," "Kiss the Girls" and "Road to Perdition." His 2000 production "Chocolat" was again Oscar-nommed for best picture. For television, he was exec producer of miniseries "A Season in Purgatory" and two movies for HBO.

Brown produced several plays, including Broadway musical "Sweet Smell of Success" as well as "Tru," "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels," "A Few Good Men" and "The Cemetery Club."

A prolific short story writer, Brown wrote five books of memoirs and humorous essays.

Helen Gurley Brown is his sole survivor.

Oh wow. Great book. He leaned a little too far to the sides a lot of times even for my taste, but had some great thought provoking essays on the history of America. The chapter on Columbus was particularly thought provoking.

RIP

Alexander McQueen killed himself yesterday

sad day

he was obviously troubled but I just can't seem to work up sympathy for someone who kills themselves.

His death has made me profoundly sad.
I didn't even know who he was till I saw something on facebook and then read more about him...

And I understand the mentality of the strong love life lump it etc but I also identify strongly with wanting out and being in so much pain you cannot see any options and life being complete blackness even when its perfect weather with the sun shining.
None of us know his personal darkness...might have been a way to save his family seeing him suffer through a terminal illness...we will never know.

I for one feel this strangers death with immense sadness because I understand it intimately.
I was at that edge 2 years ago looking at that same abyss and I know he did not make an easy decision.

Same here, I didn't really know who he was till I googled him,after I heard about his death.

That sucks. That guy was a real original.

I feel for people that commit suicide.I've actually tried it myself and I glad to be alive.But I can totally relate and understand how someone can feel like that is the only option.

The well-known actor and film director Lionel Jeffries has died at the age of 83, his family has announced. Best known for directing The Railway Children and appearing in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, his long career spanned theatre, film and television. Known for his bald head, baritone voice and bristling moustache, the London-born actor trained at RADA before making his screen debut in 1950.

According to a family friend, Jeffries died in a nursing home in Poole, Dorset.

Actress Jenny Agutter, star of The Railway Children, remembered him as being "an extraordinary character" and "wonderfully funny". "He was a total dear to work with," she told the BBC. "He very much created a family on set."

Born in the East End in 1926, Jeffries served in Burma during World War II and would later blame its humidity for his hair loss.

His career saw him play an array of larger-than-life characters, notably the odious Marquis of Queensbury in 1960 drama The Trials of Oscar Wilde. Despite the success of The Railway Children, whose script he wrote, he only made four more films as a director. These included The Amazing Mr Blunden in 1972, Wombling Free in 1977 and The Water Babies the following year.

Jeffries's features served him well over the years but would often consign him to authority figures and elderly relatives.

He played Dick Van Dyke's father Grandpa Potts in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, despite being the US actor's junior by six months.

Jamie Gillis passed away after losing his battle with cancer: http://www.cinesploitation.com/?p=4006

The actor who played Boner Stabone on Growing Pains was found dead in a Canadian park today. He went missing on Feb 14 and apparently commited suicide.

That was Chekov's kid.

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He was also the Joker in Batman: Dead End. It was just a fan-flick essentially, but I thought he did an admirable job.

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RIP Andrew Koenig.

Looks damn creepy.

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Corey Haim...R.I.P.

Such a young age too...only 38.


BURBANK, Calif. - Eighties teen idol Corey Haim died Wednesday morning of an apparent drug overdose, according to Los Angeles police.

The Canadian-born actor, who starred in "The Lost Boys" but was probably best known for his roles with fellow actor Corey Feldman, was 38.

He was found unresponsive at his Oakwood apartment around 3:30 a.m.,according to KTLA-TV. His mother was at the apartment at the time of his death.

The actor, who has struggled with drug addiction, was pronounced dead at Providence St. Joseph's Medical Center in Burbank.

Police were called to the hospital just before 4 a.m. to investigate his death.

Police sources told CBS Haim's death appeared accidental. Haim has been in and out of rehab and starred in a reality show with Feldman in 2007 called "The Two Coreys."

He talked about his struggle with drugs - specificially prescription drugs.

"I started on the downers which were a hell of a lot better than the uppers because I was a nervous wreck. But one led to two, two led to four, four led to eight, until at the end it was about 85 a day - the doctors could not believe I was taking that much," he told a reporter in 2007.

"And that was just the Valium - I'm not talking about the other pills I went through."

Haim's official website was last updated on Jan. 18 and promotes his upcoming film, a thriller titled "American Sunset."



A real shame. RIP Corey.

RIP Corey Haim

Just heard this news myself. I grew up with Haim and Feldman. Sad news.

More info:
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...ead-at-38.html