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In Memoriam (10 posts found)
Personal Writing as Professional Empathy: On David Carr
The hardest thing about writing nonfiction is being a decent human being. For critics—who are paid to give their opinions on stuff—this seems even trickier. It’s a den of temptation for all of us who are secret egomaniacs: "Sure, we have something true to say ...
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Five Ways Robin Williams Changed My Life
The role of a teacher, in Dead Poets Society, always struck me as a perfect one for Robin Williams. After all, what is a teacher—like an actor—but someone whose gift finds its natural habitat in front of attentive observers, practiced within the rigidity of on...
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In Memoriam: Lauren Bacall, 1924-2014
Yesterday, one of the most legendary screen actresses passed away at the age of 89. Lauren Bacall was born in 1924, and just 20 years later would land her first film role across from future husband Humphrey Bogart in To Have or Have Not. Nothing was the same f...
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R.I.P. Robin Williams (1951 – 2014)
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it -- Robin Williams.
We recognise him from such films as Mrs Doubtfire, Dead Poets Society and Good Will Hunting, but the truth is that Robin Williams felt much like an uncle to many of us.
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In Memoriam: Ruby Dee (1922-2014)
Actress and civil-rights activist Ruby Dee passed away last night at the age of 91. Dee, a veteran of film and stage, was the winner of multiple awards including a Grammy, an Emmy, a Screen Actors Guild award and the National Civil Rights Museum’s Lifetime Ach...
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In Memoriam: Gordon Willis (1931-2014)
Cinema lost a true great when it was announced that legendary cinematographer Gordon Willis passed away. Gordon Willis was responsible for some of the greatest looking pictures of all-time over the course of his 31 year career. His trademark shadow-play is ins...
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‘Searching For Sugar Man’ Director Malik Bendjelloul Dead at 36
We have lost another emerging talent at far too young an age. It was announced today that Malik Bendjelloul, director of the Oscar winning documentary Searching for Sugar Man, has died at 36. No cause of death has of yet been reported, but according to local p...
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Artist and “Alien” Creature Designer H.R. Giger Dead
It's with much sorrow that we report that H.R. Giger has been confirmed dead by his museum, having passed on Monday from injuries he sustained during a fall. He was 74 years old.
Giger was a man of all artistic trades, dabbling in ink drawing, polyester, ai...
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Philip Seymour Hoffman Dies at Age 46
Today, actor Philip Seymour Hoffman was found dead in his fourth floor apartment in Greenwich Village of a heroin overdose. He was only 46 years old.
Hoffman is one of those actors who's managed to turn in great performance after great performance with cons...
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Peter O’Toole: One of Cinema’s Greatest Actors Has Died
"I pray that I may never see the desert again. Hear me, God." ~ T.E. Lawrence
Peter O'Toole was one of the most acclaimed actors to never actually win an Academy Award. He was nominated eight times for his performances in Lawrence of Arabia, Becket, The Lio...
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