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Post by Doghouse6 on Mar 19, 2017 1:04:12 GMT
Chuck Berry: oh man, this one hurts.
90 years is a good long life, and none of us are immortal in the corporeal sense, but there are those who seem so, radiating all the vitality of youth decade after decade, unfailingly infecting everyone with the joy of what they do so well and serving as living connections to our own youth. And when Chuck Berry was playing, on a stage or screen, from a record or a radio, it was well nigh impossible not to feel happy and just generally better about everything.
That was a gift he gave in life, one that he's now left us with and which will keep on giving. In that sense, he is immortal. I'm grateful for all the good times he made and will continue to make possible. Just thinking about that lessens the hurt, so he's still making me feel happier and better about everything.
"C'est la vie," say the old folks, it goes to show you never can tell.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 19, 2017 20:38:22 GMT
LINKThe author-columnist Jimmy Breslin, a Pulitzer prize-winning chronicler of wise guys and underdogs who became the brash embodiment of the old-time, street smart New Yorker, died on Sunday. He was 87. Breslin died at his Manhattan home of complications from pneumonia, his stepdaughter, Emily Eldridge, said. Breslin was a fixture for decades in New York journalism, notably with the New York Daily News. It was Breslin, a rumpled bed of a reporter, who mounted a quixotic political campaign for citywide office in the 60s; who became the Son of Sam’s regular correspondent in the 70s; who exposed the city’s worst corruption scandal in decades in the 80s; who was pulled from a car and stripped to his underwear by Brooklyn rioters in the 90s. With his uncombed mop of hair and sneering Queens accent, he was like a character right out of his own work, and didn’t mind telling you. “I’m the best person ever to have a column in this business,” he once boasted. “There’s never been anybody in my league.” With typical disregard for authority, Breslin once took out a newspaper ad to “fire” ABC when it aired his short-lived TV show in a lousy time slot. The same year, he captured the 1986 Pulitzer for commentary and the George Polk award for metropolitan reporting. More than 20 years earlier, with Gay Talese and Tom Wolfe, he had helped create “New Journalism” – a more literary approach to news reporting. He was an acclaimed author, too, moving easily between genres. The Gang that Couldn’t Shoot Straight was his comic chronicle of the Brooklyn mob; Damon Runyon: A Life was an account of his spiritual predecessor; I Want to Thank My Brain for Remembering Me was a memoir. Breslin was to Queens Boulevard what Runyon was to Broadway – columnist, confessor and town crier, from the Pastrami King to Red McGuire’s saloon. He reveled in the borough, even as he moved far beyond it.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 20, 2017 22:38:23 GMT
Tributes are being paid to comic book artist Bernie Wrightson who's died at the age of 68. He had many friends in science-fiction, fantasy and horror cinema, including Stuart Gordon whom he did some artwork for. He's remembered in Variety : Bernie Wrightson (1948 - 2017) Li Li Hua has passed away at the age of 92. Between the 1940s and 1980s, Hua appeared in over 100 movies, solidifying her position as one of Hong Kong cinema's greatest superstars. Her friend and colleague Jackie Chan presented Hua with the prestigious Golden Horse Lifetime Achievement Award in 2015, a poignant moment that capped a remarkable career in movies. American actor Lawrence Montaigne has died aged 86. Versatile and multi-lingual, Montaigne also worked as a dancer and stuntman. Choreographer Trisha Brown has passed away at the age of 80. Brown was an original mind and one of the discipline of dance's foremost practitioners; the influence she's exerted across the arts has been considerable. R.I.P.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 22, 2017 7:54:16 GMT
variety.com/2017/tv/news/chuck-barris-dead-dies-gong-show-host-1202013790/Chuck Barris, who hosted “The Gong Show” and created “The Dating Game” and “The Newlywed Game,” died Tuesday of natural causes in Palisades, N.Y., his publicist confirmed. He was 87. His autobiography, “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” was made into a film directed by George Clooney and starred Sam Rockwell as Barris. In the book (subtitled “An Unauthorized Autobiography”), he claimed to have worked for the CIA as an assassin during the 1960s and ’70s, a claim which the CIA denied. “He also fabricated his life because it might have been the best way of getting at the truth. The truth was that back when he was the Jerry Springer of his day, he couldn’t stomach being attacked for doing something he considered harmless,” wrote Joel Stein in Time magazine. The multi-talented game show creator was also a songwriter, writing songs such as “Palisades Park” as well as music for his game shows. Born Charles Hirsch Barris in Philadelphia, he started out working as a page at NBC in New York, then worked backstage at “American Bandstand.” “Palisades Park” was recorded by Freddy Cannon and hit No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He formed Chuck Barris Productions in 1965 and created “The Dating Game,” hosted by Jim Lange, which introduced swinging 1960s double entendres to the formerly staid game show genre and ran for 11 out of the next 15 years. In 1966 he launched “The Newlywed Game,” hosted by Bob Eubanks, which ran for 19 years; Game Show Network still airs a version of the show. Barris finally made it in front of the camera when he began hosting “The Gong Show” in 1976. Though it only ran two years on NBC and four years in syndication, the show is still remembered for its wacky spoof of the talent show format. He introduced the amateur contestants dressed in colorful clothing with odd props, with judges Jamie Farr, Jaye P. Morgan and Arte Johnson adding to the goofy atmosphere. Other offbeat characters on the show included “Gene Gene the Dancing Machine” and Murray Langston, the “Unknown Comic,” who wore a paper bag over his head.
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Post by neurosturgeon on Mar 22, 2017 17:23:20 GMT
variety.com/2017/tv/news/chuck-barris-dead-dies-gong-show-host-1202013790/Chuck Barris, who hosted “The Gong Show” and created “The Dating Game” and “The Newlywed Game,” died Tuesday of natural causes in Palisades, N.Y., his publicist confirmed. He was 87. His autobiography, “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,” was made into a film directed by George Clooney and starred Sam Rockwell as Barris. In the book (subtitled “An Unauthorized Autobiography”), he claimed to have worked for the CIA as an assassin during the 1960s and ’70s, a claim which the CIA denied. “He also fabricated his life because it might have been the best way of getting at the truth. The truth was that back when he was the Jerry Springer of his day, he couldn’t stomach being attacked for doing something he considered harmless,” wrote Joel Stein in Time magazine. The multi-talented game show creator was also a songwriter, writing songs such as “Palisades Park” as well as music for his game shows. Born Charles Hirsch Barris in Philadelphia, he started out working as a page at NBC in New York, then worked backstage at “American Bandstand.” “Palisades Park” was recorded by Freddy Cannon and hit No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. He formed Chuck Barris Productions in 1965 and created “The Dating Game,” hosted by Jim Lange, which introduced swinging 1960s double entendres to the formerly staid game show genre and ran for 11 out of the next 15 years. In 1966 he launched “The Newlywed Game,” hosted by Bob Eubanks, which ran for 19 years; Game Show Network still airs a version of the show. Barris finally made it in front of the camera when he began hosting “The Gong Show” in 1976. Though it only ran two years on NBC and four years in syndication, the show is still remembered for its wacky spoof of the talent show format. He introduced the amateur contestants dressed in colorful clothing with odd props, with judges Jamie Farr, Jaye P. Morgan and Arte Johnson adding to the goofy atmosphere. Other offbeat characters on the show included “Gene Gene the Dancing Machine” and Murray Langston, the “Unknown Comic,” who wore a paper bag over his head. A bad week for guys named Chuck.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 23, 2017 18:53:21 GMT
British filmmaker Robert Day has died at the age of 94. Day was a talented technician who served his time on camera crews before being granted the opportunity to direct features. Among his horror gems are 'Corridors Of Blood' (1958), 'Grip Of The Strangler' (1958), 'First Man Into Space' (1959) and the classic television movie 'The Initiation Of Sarah' (1978). The great Cuban actor Tomas Milian has died at the age of 84. Milian studied at the Actors Studio in New York where he undertook occasional language classes and carried out odd jobs to pay the rent. He became a major star in Italy under the guidance of early mentor Mauro Bolognini, proceeding to work with Luchino Visconti, Alberto Lattuada, Francesco Maselli, Michelangelo Antonioni, Carlo Lizzani, Valerio Zurlini, Nanni Loy, Florestano Vancini, Franco Brusati, Renato Castellani, Lucio Fulci, Umberto Lenzi, Franco Prosperi, Alberto De Martino, Bernardo Bertolucci, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Lilliana Cavani, Sergio Corbucci, Bruno Corbucci, Sergio Sollima, Giulio Petroni, Giulio Questi, Romolo Guerrieri, Sergio Martino and Stelvio Massi, among others. He worked with many other fine directors during his long and illustrious career, including visionaries like Jean Cocteau and Franco Zefferilli in the theatre. An intense, hard-working performer, Milian often performed his own stunts. He was also a fine impressionist with a gift for improvisation and affectation, as well as being a master of physical disguise. I believe Tomas Milian was one of the great actors of our time and he will be missed by many. Thanks for the movies. Robert Day & Tomas Milian Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Mar 24, 2017 18:13:22 GMT
Lola Albright has passed away at the age of 92. Albright was a talented actress from Akron, Ohio who appeared in some crackerjack movies including the classic boxing picture 'Champion' (1949), downtown cult favourite 'A Cold Wind In August' (1961) and freewheeling satire 'Lord Love A Duck' (1966). She was also a gifted jazz singer whose hushed, mellifluous tones were cherished by many, not least 'M Squad' & 'Man With A Camera' stars Lee Marvin and Charles Bronson (her 'Kid Galahad' co-star) whom she could count among her fans. She's remembered today in the Akron Beacon Journal : Lola Albright (1924 - 2017)Ohio Magic : Lola Albright & Henry ManciniLola Albright Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Mar 25, 2017 14:51:27 GMT
Filmmaker Giorgio Capitani has died at the age of 89. Capitani was born in Paris, France and became a giant of the Italian entertainment industry, working with acclaimed performers hand-plucked from both nations and across Europe. He established a reputation early in his career for being an astute genre interpreter with a flair for absurdism, crafting a string of off-centre dramas, the sword and sandal entry 'Samson And The Mighty Challenge' (1964) and the popular western 'The Ruthless Four' (1967), but comedy soon became his calling. Capitani enjoyed considerable box-office success with a run of smash-hit comedies and slapstick farces that included 'The Archangel' (1969), 'My Darling Slave' (1973), 'Poopsie & Co.' (1975), 'Burnt By A Scalding Passion' (1976), 'Bread, Butter And Marmalade' (1977), 'Lobster For Breakfast' (1979), 'I Hate Blondes' (1980) and the anarchic crime spoof 'Go Ahead (You) As I Have To Laugh' (1982). Capitani assisted brothers Sergio Corbucci and Bruno Corbucci on the 'Rimini Rimini' series in the late 1980s which seemed to prompt a move into television where he'd remain until his final days. His life in pitcures is being celebrated this weekend as fans remember his films, his talent and his enduring commitment to the world of entertainment.
Giorgio Capitani Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Mar 25, 2017 15:15:50 GMT
Actor Tony Russel has died aged 89. Russel was from Kenosha, Wisconsin but spent time in Italy where he carved out a fine career as a character actor. Back home in America, he often found work in television but roles were hard to come by.
Lembit Ulfsak has died aged 69. Ulfsak was one of Estonia's most distinguished actors and an important associate of Arvo Iho. Just recently he had appeared in Georgian filmmaker Zaza Urushadze's critically acclaimed drama 'Tangerines' (2013) before turning out for Ingmar Bergman Prize winner Klaus Haro in 'The Fencer' (2015).
Screenwriter Denis McGrath has died at the age of 48. McGrath was a talented graduate of the Canadian Film Centre founded by Norman Jewison. He worked for Syfy (formerly Sci-Fi / aka. SyFy) in tv and is said to have made occasional uncredited script contributions to rewrites for genre features they produced.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 26, 2017 15:35:43 GMT
Tomas Milian, (1933-2017), aged 84. Tomas Milian, an American actor born in Cuba; was trained at the Actors Studio. He appeared in a few plays on Broadway in the 1950s. Italian director Mauro Bolognini noticed him and that was the starting point of a rich cinematographic career in Italy, where he played in all manner of genres.
We like him as the rich young guy propositioning Jean-Claude Brialy in Bolognini's 1959 saga of Italian youth LA NOTTE BRAVA, and he is Romy Schneider's husband in the Visconti episode of BOCCACCIO 70 in 1962, and Claudia Cardinale''s brother in TIME OF INDIFFERENCE in 1964, and with Belmondo in MARE MATTO. He was Raphael in THE AGONY AND THE ECSTASY in 1965.
He progressed to Spaghetti Westerns (DJANGO KILL in 1967) and Italian giallo thrillers, and the lead in Antonioni's IDENTIFICATION OF A WOMAN in 1982. Later films included TRAFFIC in 2000, Spielberg's AMISTEAD, Stone's JFK. He continued working, 120 credits in all, until 2014. Quite an acting career.
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Post by Richard Kimble on Mar 27, 2017 5:41:37 GMT
www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/jean-rouverol-dead-blacklisted-screenwriter-was-100-988772Jean Rouverol, who played W.C. Fields' daughter in It's a Gift and then became a screenwriter who was blacklisted in Hollywood and driven with her husband to self-exile in Mexico, has died. She was 100. A native of St. Louis, Rouverol married Butler in 1940, and he joined the American Communist Party three years later. She then co-wrote the screenplay for So Young So Bad (1950), starring Paul Henreid. Rouverol received Daytime Emmy nominations in 1976 and 1978 for her work on CBS' The Guiding Light, wrote for other soap operas like Search for Tomorrow and As the World Turns and provided the story for a 1974 episode of Little House on the Prairie.
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Post by petrolino on Mar 27, 2017 17:50:30 GMT
Composer Alessandro Alessandroni has died at the age of 92. Alessandroni was one of Italy's musical greats; a composer, conductor and arranger of incredible skill and artistery who was also a gifted multi-instrumentalist. He famously worked with Nino Rota and Ennio Morricone who found themselves enthralled by his whistling. Alessandroni also performed alongside his wife Giulia De Mutiis and legendary cinema soprano Edda Dell'Orso. During his career in pitcures, he composed scintillating jazz melodies and groovalicious lounge exotica, piecing together vibrant compositions for envelope-pushing genre specialists like Marino Girolami, Guido Zurli, Enzo Castellari, Joe D'Amato, Michele Massimo Tarantini, and his good friend Alfonso Brescia with whom he collaborated numerous times. He will be greatly missed.
"In the village of Soriano, where I grew up, there were small shops called Barber & Taylor shops and they had a myriad of instruments hanging on the walls. In between clients, or when there were no clients at all, anyone could play the mandolin, or guitar, or cello, or clarinet, .and that is how I started this journey. I am self-taught with no professional training."
- Alessandro Alessandroni
Thanks for the music.
Alessandro Alessandroni Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Mar 27, 2017 17:58:02 GMT
David Storey has died aged 83. Storey was a novelist, playwright and screenwriter. He's remembered in this article at the BBC : David Storey (1933 - 2017)Producer Richard A. Roth has died aged 76. Roth produced Robert Mulligan's 'Summer Of '42' (1971) and the Peter Hyams films 'Our Time' (1974) and 'Outland' (1981).
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Post by petrolino on Mar 28, 2017 17:33:37 GMT
Austrian theatre star Christine Kaufmann has passed away at the age of 72. Kaufmann had an interesting career in movies which took her all around Europe. She was part of the cast of 'Girls In Uniform' (1958), a major remake that elevated several young actresses towards stardom; later in Germany, the country of her childhood, Kaufmann would become an integral part of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's revolving stock company. In Italy, she was appreciated for her comic chops, but also appeared in adventure films and historical pieces. Her occasional forays in Hollywood proved to be a source of personal happiness, for she enjoyed spending time in America. Christine Kaufmann was a bright, intelligent performer who lit up the silver screen. Christine Kaufmann Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Mar 28, 2017 17:52:08 GMT
Screenwriter Allan Weiss has died aged 90. Weiss worked on a string of screenplays for Elvis Presley vehicles, tailoring situations and wordplay around the shakin' Pelvis.
Actress Darlene Cates has died aged 69. Cates gave a terrific, moving performance in 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape' (1993), Lasse Hallstrom's much-loved adaptation of a novel by Peter Hedges.
French actress Janine Sutto has died aged 95. After her family emigrated to Montreal, Sutto became a major figure in Quebecois theatre and film. She excelled at comedy, generating laughs alongside her friend Muriel Guilbault. Sutto's daughter Mireille Deyglun has followed her mother into the laughter business.
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Post by petrolino on Apr 2, 2017 22:41:55 GMT
Gary Austin passed away on April 1st 2017 at the age of 75. He'd been ill for some time. It's hard to overstate the importance of the Groundlings to comedy and entertainment. Austin worked with Lorne Michaels and with Del Close. He's remembered in Variety : Gary Austin (1941 - 2017)Thanks for the laughs, the teaching and the belief you showed in so many talented performers. Gary Austin Rest in Peace
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Post by petrolino on Apr 2, 2017 23:01:16 GMT
Cinematographer Sol Negrin has died at the age of 88. Negrin was a respected fixer who could be relied upon to take up any position on a camera crew.
Broadway dancer Sheila Bond has died at the age of 90. Bond won a Tony Award for her work in theatre and appeared in the movie 'The Marrying Kind' (1952).
Filmmaker Phillip Ko has died aged 67. Ko was a prominent actor who became a prolific director, working in Hong Kong, Taiwan and the Philippines.
Comedian Gosta Ekman has died aged 77. Ekman worked as an assistant director to Ingmar Bergman in the 1950s but went on to experience a long and varied career in Sweden, working as an actor, writer and director.
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Post by petrolino on Apr 7, 2017 19:05:13 GMT
In a sad week for the world of art and entertainment, movie fans from across the globe have bid a fond farewell to actress Chelsea Brown who's died at the age of 69, actor Meme Perlini who's died at the age of 69, actress Alma Delia Fuentes who's died at the age of 80 and comedian Don Rickles who's died aged 90; Groundling graduate Linnea Quigley described working with Rickles on John Landis' gangland bloodsucker comedy 'Innocent Blood' (1992) as an absolute blast.
Film director Jacques Pinoteau has died aged 93, director Armand Gatti has died aged 93, director Radley Metzger has died aged 88 and director Michele Rosier has died at the age of 86.
Writer, presenter and producer Glenn O'Brien has died aged 70 following a long period of illness. His studied contribution to the emerging stylistics of the punk cultures in lead-off states New York and Ohio - including their varied cinematic forms - is simply immense.
"Born in Cleveland, Ohio, and a graduate of Georgetown University, where he edited the school journal, O'Brien became a member of Warhol's Factory while studying filmmaking at Columbia. In 1970, O'Brien was hired to be an associate editor of Warhol's Interview. After four years at that magazine, O'Brien briefly became Rolling Stone's New York Bureau Chief in 1972 before landing at High Times in 1976, where he served as that publication's "Editor-at-large." I believe I was the first magazine editor to hold that title," O'Brien wrote on his website, noting that he was High Times' editor-in-chief "until fear and paranoia caused me to begin working outside the office." O'Brien was also a member of a punk group called Konelrad, which played at venues like CBGBs at the onset of punk; "Glenn O'Brien's Beat," a column dedicated to punk music, ran from 1978 to 1990 in Interview."
- Edwin Tse, Rolling Stone
Polish optical illusions artist Julian Stanczak has also passed away at the age of 88. Stanczak influenced a number of genre cinema's leading visual stylists including Brian De Palma, Wes Craven and David Lynch.
"After studying art in London, Julian Stanczak immigrated in 1950 to America, where he studied at the Cleveland Institute of Art. At Yale University, where he would later receive an M.F.A., Stanczak took classes with Josef Albers, the modernist painter, who taught him about color theory and geometry. Stanczak himself was a prolific teacher. He was a professor at the Cleveland Institute of Art from 1964 to 1995; his students included April Gornik and Dana Schutz. Yet even many who didn’t study with him seem to bear his influence, including emerging artists whose digitally minded paintings create jarring juxtapositions between people, grids, and background elements. For Stanczak, his work was always about color and its dramatic effects. He was a formalist at heart—a painter aware of the very mechanics behind his paintings—but one whose work had a surprising emotional undercurrent. “Color is abstract, universal,” he once said."
- Alex Greenberger, Art News
May they rest in peace.
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Post by mikef6 on Apr 7, 2017 19:25:09 GMT
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Post by gunshotwound on Apr 8, 2017 2:25:52 GMT
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