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William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dead at 87
Read full article: William Friedkin, Oscar-winning director of 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dead at 87William Friedkin, the Oscar winning director of two gripping film classics, āThe French Connectionā and āThe Exorcist,ā has died.
What to stream this weekend: Foo Fighters, 'The Idol,' LeBron James and 'American Gladiators' doc
Read full article: What to stream this weekend: Foo Fighters, 'The Idol,' LeBron James and 'American Gladiators' docThis weekās new entertainment releases include an album from Foo Fighters and some lost songs by the late Kenny Rogers, a new gritty HBO series from āEuphoriaā creator Sam Levinson called āThe Idolā starring Lily-Rose Depp and The Weeknd.
New this week: Harry Styles, 'Angelyne' and 'The Valet'
Read full article: New this week: Harry Styles, 'Angelyne' and 'The Valet'This weekās new entertainment releases include Harry Styles' third solo album, a reboot of āChip ān Dale: Rescue Rangersā that has attracted some top āSaturday Night Liveā alums, and Emmy Rossum stars in a series about media personality Angelyne.
Dean Stockwell of 'Quantum Leap,' 'Blue Velvet' dies at 85
Read full article: Dean Stockwell of 'Quantum Leap,' 'Blue Velvet' dies at 85Dean Stockwell, a top Hollywood child actor who gained new success in middle age, garnering an Oscar nomination for āMarried to the Mobā and Emmy nominations for āQuantum Leap,ā has died.
āArrested Developmentā actor Jessica Walter dies at 80
Read full article: āArrested Developmentā actor Jessica Walter dies at 80FILE - In this May 17, 2018 file photo, Jessica Walter attends the LA Premiere of "Arrested Development" Season Five in Los Angeles. Walter, who played a scheming matriarch in television series, has died. The actor's best-known film roles included playing the stalker in Clint Eastwood's 1971 thriller, Play Misty for Me." āShe was a force, and her talent and timing were unmatched," Tony Hale, her āArrested Developmentā co-star said on Twitter. She loved playing difficult women because āthose are the fun roles.
Sean Connery, a lion of cinema whose roar went beyond Bond
Read full article: Sean Connery, a lion of cinema whose roar went beyond BondFILE - This March 4, 1992 file photo shows actor Sean Connery during a news conference in Hamburg, Germany. Connery, considered by many to have been the best James Bond, has died aged 90, according to an announcement from his family. Conneryās Bond became etched as an icon of its era, one increasingly distant from today. Itās a perfect role and performance for Connery, whose best work came when he ā this former bodybuilder of unimpeachable force and magnetism ā was humbled. That could be because the glint of mischief that accompanied nearly every Connery performance was so present in āThe Last Crusade.ā Connery always left you feeling if not shaken then very happily stirred.
Japanese director known for single shots releases Zoom film
Read full article: Japanese director known for single shots releases Zoom filmThis undated photo provided by the @One Cut of the Dead Mission: Remote shows Shinichiro Ueda, director of One Cut of the Dead Mission: Remote, a YouTube spinoff of his 2017 award-winning film. A comedic horror film centered around teleworking, "One Cut of the Dead Mission: Remoteā was released earlier this year and shared for free on YouTube. It features the same characters from his award-winning 2017 film āOne Cut of the Dead,ā which has one shot that was 37-minutes long. Uedaās style incorporates slapstick comedy and focuses on visual, rather than explanatory verbal storytelling, an approach relatively rare in contemporary Japanese film. āItās only after 200 or 300 bad films you will have that one great film,ā he said.
Floyds death hastens shift in police pop culture portrayals
Read full article: Floyds death hastens shift in police pop culture portrayalsIn this image released by NBC, Jason Beghe portrays Hank Voight, left, in a scene from the crime series "Chicago PD." The divide between crime fiction and real life dates back to the genre's origins, more than 200 years ago. Law enforcement violence and corruption were extreme in the mid-19th century and some police forces were rooted in the patrols that used to chase down runaway slaves. Meanwhile, The police in early crime fiction were depicted as good, courageous, and brilliant, says Otto Penzler, the crime fiction publisher and bookseller. Over the past 50 years, the image of law enforcement has sometimes mirrored debates between liberals and conservatives.