She was perhaps the most powerful woman ever to work in Hollywood, with a hand in all aspects of movie making and a worldwide fame to rival that of any …
Academy Award Winners
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She was the first person to win an acting Academy Award in consecutive years.
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Oscar-winning actress Jennifer Jones made a name for herself in the 1940s and ’50s with successful films such as The Song of Bernadette, Duel in the Sun and Love Is …
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He was an EGOT, winning an Oscar, a Grammy, and multiple Tony and Emmy Awards.
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Mention Orson Welles and talk inevitably turns to Citizen Kane. Welles, who died Oct. 10, 1985, at 70, had a long and storied career that included television, radio and Broadway, …
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His explosions of pop culture riffs and impressions dazzled audiences for decades.
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When Laurence Olivier died 25 years ago this week at age 82, critics and fans mourned the loss of the actor considered to be one of the 20th century’s finest. …
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Composer Marvin Hamlisch, who would have celebrated his 70th birthday June 2, won every major creative award possible during his lifetime.
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Sydney Pollack, who was 73 when he died May 26, 2008, produced, directed or acted in some of the most popular and critically praised films of the last 40 years…
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Metaphorical demons and monsters plague the careers of many artists. Filmmaker Ray Harryhausen was obsessed with giving life to monsters of a more literal nature.