
Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning actress known for starring in Annie Hall and The Godfather, has died in California at the age of 79, according to a family spokesperson.
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Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning actress known for starring in Annie Hall and The Godfather, has died in California at the age of 79, according to a family spokesperson.

Actress Teyana Taylor, known for her recent role in One Battle After Another, will be recognized as Power 100 Entertainer of the year at the 2025 EBONY Power 100 Gala.

Norwegian actress and filmmaker Liv Ullmann will be presented with the European Lifetime Achievement award at the 38th European Film Awards for “her outstanding body of work as an actress, director and screenwriter.”

James ‘Jim’ Mitchum, known formally as James Robin Spence Mitchum, the eldest son of Hollywood legend Robert Mitchum, has died. He passed away on September 20, 2025, at his ranch in Skull Valley, Arizona, after a long illness. He was 84.

Dame Patricia Routledge, best known for her portrayal of Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances, has died at age 96.

Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and activist, has died of natural causes while on a speaking tour in the US at the age of 91.

Filmmakers Alina Simone and Marlén Viñayo have been selected as the recipients of the 2025 Academy Gold Fellowship for Women.

Robert Redford, actor, director, environmentalist, and founder of the Sundance Institute, has died at his home near Provo, Utah, at the age of 89.

Filmmaker Jon M. Chu will be honored at the 2025 SCAD Savannah Film Festival with the Vanguard Director Award “in recognition of his visionary storytelling”.


Francis Ford Coppola (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now, Megalopolis) will honor director Werner Herzog with the “Laudatio” speech at the special ceremony where he will be awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement during the Opening Ceremony of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival of La Biennale di Venezia.

Marcel Łoziński, the Oscar-nominated Polish documentary filmmaker passed away on August 20, 2025 at the age of 85. He is known for his Oscar-nominated documentary 89 mm from Europe.

Actress and producer Viola Davis and film editor and sound designer Walter Murch received Doctorates of Fine Arts degrees, honoris causa, “for contributions of distinction to the art of the moving image” at the AFI Conservatory’s Class of 2025 commencement ceremony.