Eva Marie Saint, Oscar-Winning Star of ‘On the Waterfront,’ Dies at 102
The ‘North by Northwest’ actress starred opposite several generations of classic movie leading men in various films and TV projects, including Bob Hope, Montgomery Clift, Warren Beatty, Richard Burton, Gregory Peck, and Tom Hanks.
Oct 06 26October 06, 2026
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Gene Hackman, Versatile Screen Icon, Dies at 95
The two-time Oscar winner and his wife, Betsy Arakawa, were found dead in their home.
Feb 27 25February 27, 2025
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Norman Lear, Television Pioneer, Dies at 101
TV writer/producer Norman Lear, who died Tuesday at his home in Los Angeles at the healthy age of 101, enjoyed a career that stretched more than half a century, from the dawn of the medium to South Park. But he’s best remembered for the half-decade…
Dec 06 23December 06, 2023
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Bob Barker, Host of Price Is Right, Dead at 99
Asked how he wanted to be remembered, Bob Barker replied, “As the man who said, ‘Have your pets spayed or neutered.’” Maybe he will be, but Barker, who died on Saturday, August 26 at age 99, will almost certainly also be remembered as the greatest…
Aug 26 23August 26, 2023
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Harry Belafonte—Singer, Actor, and Activist—Has Died at 96
“The most powerful weapon that we have in the universe is the weapon of art,” Harry Belafonte told a social-activist teen theater troupe in Harlem in 2014. Like few other stars, Belafonte leveraged his talent, fame, and fortune to serve his…
Apr 25 23April 25, 2023
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10 best monkeys at the movies
See our ranking of Hollywood's 10 greatest scene-stealing simians Key Role: Bonzo in Bedtime for Bonzo (1951). Oscar-worthy Moment: Playing a chimp raised as a human child by an anthropologist (Ronald Reagan), Peggy gives a surprisingly understated…
Oct 10 22October 10, 2022
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16 Things You Never Knew About the 'Scream' Franchise
The new 'Scream' movie is in theaters now and doing pretty well at the box office with $30.6M on it's opening weekend. Showtimes & Tickets Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned…
Jan 23 22January 23, 2022
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Sidney Poitier, Oscar-Winning Icon, Dies at 94
The first black actor to win a best-actor Oscar, and the first to become America’s top box-office draw, Poitier leaves behind a singular legacy. BY GARY SUSMAN JANUARY 7, 2022 “As I see myself, I’m just the average Joe Blow Negro,” Sidney Poitier…
Jan 07 22January 07, 2022
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Betty White Dies at 99
White seemed to have held every conceivable job in television. The first woman to host a talk show, she was also a writer, producer, and game-show host, as well as an actress. She also had a knack for being in the right place at the right time. Born…
Dec 31 21December 31, 2021
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Christopher Plummer, Oscar Winner and Hollywood Legend, Dies at 91
He remained prolific until his death at age 91 at his home in Connecticut—even famously replacing Kevin Spacey in Ridley Scott’s All the Money in the World after Spacey was accused of sexual misconduct. “I was happy to hear they're going to do…
Feb 05 21February 05, 2021
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‘Elf’: Jon Favreau Reflects on Buddy’s Magical Legacy
‘Our goal was to make a movie that could be part of that pantheon,” the director says It’s hard to remember now, but there was a time before Elf was everywhere — on frequent cable rotation, Broadway, and everyone’s DVD shelf of classic Christmas…
Dec 25 20December 25, 2020
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‘Elf’: Jon Favreau Reflects on Buddy’s Magical Legacy
It’s hard to remember now, but there was a time before Elf was everywhere — on frequent cable rotation, Broadway, and everyone’s DVD shelf of classic Christmas movies. There was a time when Will Ferrell was not a surefire comedy movie star, and when…
Dec 24 20December 24, 2020
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Olivia de Havilland, Classic Hollywood Star, Dies at Age 104
Offscreen, de Havilland was gracious as well. She was too discreet to say much about her lifelong feud with her sister, fellow golden-age star Joan Fontaine—at least, until the eve of her 100th birthday, when she opened up about their difficult…
Jul 26 20July 26, 2020
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Carl Reiner, Comedy Patriarch, Dies at 98
Born in the Bronx, Reiner began his New York stage career as a serious Shakespearean thespian, but he found that comedy was what paid the bills. He worked as a Borscht Belt joker at the Allaben Acres resort in New York’s Adirondack Mountains, where…
Jun 30 20June 30, 2020
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The 14 Craziest Musician Acting Cameos
Looking back at some of the strangest cameos in film and TV history, we were struck by how many of them were by musicians. It makes sense. After all, musicians are already out of place among actors on a TV or film set. What they bring to the table is…
May 17 20May 17, 2020
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The 14 Craziest Musician Acting Cameos
Looking back at some of the strangest cameos in film and TV history, we were struck by how many of them were by musicians. It makes sense. After all, musicians are already out of place among actors on a TV or film set. What they bring to the table is…
May 16 20May 16, 2020
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Jerry Stiller, A Comedy Star for Seven Decades, Dead at 92
Stiller enlisted in the Army during World War II but wasn’t sent overseas until after the fighting was over; as he recalled, he spent most of his stint in Italy playing football. Through the G.I. Bill, he enrolled at Syracuse University, where he was…
May 11 20May 11, 2020
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Welcome to Jamrock
Bob Marley’s youngest updates the family legacy (impeccable reggae arrangements, political vision) with limber rhymes and urgent dancehall beats on Welcome to Jamrock. Damien Marley also has a dazzling command of styles, apparent in his disparate…
Mar 17 20March 17, 2020
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Kirk Douglas, Hollywood Giant, Dies at 103
“But to me and my brothers Joel and Peter he was simply Dad, to Catherine, a wonderful father-in-law, to his grandchildren and great grandchild their loving grandfather, and to his wife Anne, a wonderful husband.” “Kirk’s life was well lived, and he…
Feb 05 20February 05, 2020
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