Oct 22 Halyna Hutchins remembered as gifted cinematographer By Hillel Italie, Associated Press The cinematographer who was fatally shot with a prop gun by Alec Baldwin on a movie set grew up on a Soviet military base in the Arctic Circle and worked on documentary films in Europe before studying film in Los… Continue reading
Oct 18 Colin Powell has died of COVID-19 complications, family says By Robert Burns, Associated Press In 1989 Powell became the first Black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. In that role he oversaw the U.S. invasion of Panama and later the U.S. invasion of Kuwait to oust the Iraqi army in 1991. Continue reading
Oct 14 Gary Paulsen, celebrated children’s author, dies at 82 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press Paulsen received the Newbery Honor prize for "Hatchet," "The Winter Room" and "Dogsong," a story about a young native Alaskan in search of a simpler past. Continue reading
Sep 22 Melvin Van Peebles, godfather of Black cinema, dies at 89 By Jake Coyle, Associated Press Melvin Van Peebles, the groundbreaking playwright, musician and movie director whose work ushered in the “Blaxploitation” wave of the 1970s and influenced filmmakers long after, has died. He was 89. Continue reading
Sep 22 Beloved ‘Sex and the City’ actor Willie Garson dies at 57 By Robert Jablon, Associated Press Willie Garson, who played Stanford Blatch, Carrie Bradshaw's friend on TV's “Sex and the City" and its movie sequels, has died, his son announced Tuesday. He was 57. Continue reading
Sep 14 Norm Macdonald, former ‘Saturday Night Live’ comic, dies By David Bauder, Associated Press Macdonald was a standup comedian born and raised in Quebec City, Canada, and worked briefly as a writer for the ABC sitcom "Roseanne" before he was asked to join "Saturday Night Live."… Continue reading
Sep 13 George Wein, Newport Jazz Festival co-founder, dies at 95 By Hillel Italie, Associated Press A former jazz club owner and aspiring pianist, Wein launched the Newport Jazz Festival in 1954 with a lineup for the heavens — Billie Holliday and Dizzy Gillespie, Ella Fitzgerald and Lester Young — and kept going for more than… Continue reading
Sep 06 Actor Jean-Paul Belmondo, star of ‘Breathless,’ dies at 88 By Associated Press Jean-Paul Belmondo, star of the iconic French New Wave film “Breathless,” whose crooked boxer’s nose and rakish grin went on to make him one of the country’s most recognizable leading men, has died. No cause of death was given. Continue reading
Aug 31 Jamaican reggae legend Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry dies at 85 By Associated Press Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness noted that Perry was a pioneer of dub music in the 1970s and produced more than one thousand recordings that earned him various nicknames, including "Upsetter" and "Mad Scientist."… Continue reading
Aug 19 Chuck Close, artist of monumental grid portraits, dies at 81 By Deepti Hajela, Associated Press Chuck Close, a painter, photographer and printmaker best known for his monumental grid portraits and photo-based paintings of family and famous friends, has died at age 81. Continue reading