, died earlier today, Wednesday in Los Angeles. She was 79.
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RIP: Producer, Director Gary Winick
Gary Winick, a pioneering producer and director of independent digital films who found mainstream success with such movies as “13 Going on 30” and “Letters to Juliet,” has died. He was 49.
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Melissa Leo Drops the F-Bomb at the Oscars | Video
Dirty mouth. Actress Melissa Leo dropped the F-bomb while accepting the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at the 83rd annual Academy Awards on Sunday night.
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Why we love John Hawkes
We here at Vimooz just love it when an incredibly hard-working player from the independent film scene crosses over into the big-time, especially when you it’s someone who will keep their sense of humor, soul and integrity intact. That is why we are pushing for John Hawkes to win the Best Supporting Actor Oscar this weekend for his role as “Tear Drop” in this year’s little indie-that-really-did-it: Winter’s Bone.
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RIP: Walter Seltzer, Hollywood producer
Actor Charlton Heston feeds Edward G. Robinson in Soylent Green one of seven movies Heston made with producer Walter Seltzer who died Friday. Walter Seltzer, a Hollywood producer who made seven films with Charlton Heston, has died. He was 96.
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RIP: David F. Friedman, Horror Film Pioneer, Dies at 87
David F. Friedman, a film producer who cheerfully and cheesily exploited an audience’s hunger for bare-breasted women and blood-dripping corpses in lucrative low-budget films like “Blood Feast” and “Ilsa: She-Wolf of the S.S.,” died on Monday in Anniston, Ala. He was 87.
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RIP: Oscar-nominated British actress Susannah York
British actress Susannah York, one of the leading stars of British and Hollywood films in the late 1960s and early 1970s, has died in London at the age of 72. York reportedly died of cancer Saturday at the Royal Marsden Hospital in London.
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry Does Cameo for Indie Film “Deep in the Heart”
Texas Gov. Rick Perry Texas Gov. Rick Perry recently filmed a cameo in the independent film “Deep in the Heart”, a filmed based on the life of Richard Wallrath.
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Oscar-Winning Director Oliver Stone to be Honored at 2011 Boulder International Film Festival
Oliver Stone in the San Sebastian International Film Festival (Spain) The Boulder International Film Festival (BIFF) announced yesterday that Oliver Stone, Academy Award-winning film director, producer and screenwriter, will be honored with a “Master of Cinema Award” on Closing Night of the 2011 festival on Sunday, Feb. 20, at the Boulder Theater in Boulder, Colo.
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Robert De Niro, President Of The Jury Of The 64th Cannes Film Festival
Actor, director and producer Robert De Niro will be the President of the Jury of the 64th Cannes Film Festival, due to take place from May 11th to 22th 2011.
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Swedish actor Per Oscarsson and His Wife Feared Dead in House Fire
Swedish actor Per Oscarsson Swedish actor Per Oscarsson and his wife were feared dead after human remains were discovered among the ashes of their burned home. Oscarsson, 83, and his wife, 67, were both believed to have been home when their house near the small town of Skara, Sweden, burned to the ground overnight Thursday.
