Classic holiday film “It’s a Wonderful Life” is 70 years old. To celebrate, we’re looking back at its director, Frank Capra.
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Michael Cimino, the Academy Award-winning director of “The Deer Hunter,” died July 2, 2016, according to multiple news sources. His age was believed to be 77. The news of Cimino’s …
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Gene Gutowski, who produced films of the director Roman Polanski during the 1960s and later teamed with Polanski to produce the Academy Award-winning Holocaust masterpiece, “The Pianist,” died May 10 …
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Actress won Oscar as a teen for “The Miracle Worker.”
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Ken Adam, legendary Bond film production designer, died in a London hospital after a short illness on Thursday, March 10, 2016 according to the BBC. He was 95. Adam designed …
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There was more to Boris Karloff than green makeup and grunting…
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When Halle Berry became the first African-American to win the Academy Award for best actress, for 2001’s Monster’s Ball, she dedicated her win to Dorothy Dandridge in her acceptance speech, …
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Melissa Mathison, who was Oscar-nominated for original screenplay for Steven Spielberg’s “E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial” and also wrote “The Black Stallion,” died Wednesday in Los Angeles after an illness, her …
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Colin Welland, the Academy Award-winning English screenwriter of “Chariots of Fire,” died Nov. 3 at 81.
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River Phoenix’s life was nothing short of fascinating. Here are 20 facts about the acclaimed actor who died at the peak of his career.