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Tony Scott Apparently Had Inoperable Brain Cancer

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Tony Scott apparently had been diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, preliminary reports have said. The Top Gun director died Sunday after jumping from a bridge in near Los Angeles. A source close to Scott, who also directed Days of Thunder and Crimson Tide told ABC News that the British-born filmmaker had the debilitating disease. Scott, 68, left several notes to loved ones in his car, according to the Associated Press. “I can confirm that Tony Scott has passed away. The family asks that their privacy is respected at this time,” Scott’s spokesman, Simon Halls, said in a statement, according to the AP. Scott’s body was found about 3pm Sunday. He had apparently jumped from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the city’s harbor in San Pedro. Tony Scott was the younger brother of producer and director Ridley Scott. Their production company, Scott Free Productions produced CBS dramas NUMB3RS and The Good Wife . Prometheus was the latest to hail from their joint company. Fellow director Ron Howard tweeted Sunday: “No more Tony Scott movies. Tragic day.” Scott is survived by his wife Donna and their twin sons. [ Source: ABC News ]

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Tony Scott Apparently Had Inoperable Brain Cancer

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Tony Scott apparently had been diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer, preliminary reports have said. The Top Gun director died Sunday after jumping from a bridge in near Los Angeles. A source close to Scott, who also directed Days of Thunder and Crimson Tide told ABC News that the British-born filmmaker had the debilitating disease. Scott, 68, left several notes to loved ones in his car, according to the Associated Press. “I can confirm that Tony Scott has passed away. The family asks that their privacy is respected at this time,” Scott’s spokesman, Simon Halls, said in a statement, according to the AP. Scott’s body was found about 3pm Sunday. He had apparently jumped from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in the city’s harbor in San Pedro. Tony Scott was the younger brother of producer and director Ridley Scott. Their production company, Scott Free Productions produced CBS dramas NUMB3RS and The Good Wife . Prometheus was the latest to hail from their joint company. Fellow director Ron Howard tweeted Sunday: “No more Tony Scott movies. Tragic day.” Scott is survived by his wife Donna and their twin sons. [ Source: ABC News ]

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Miss Karen Allen? (We Do!) Check Her Out Off Broadway This Fall In A Summer Day

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The last time Karen Allen was onscreen, according to IMDB.com, was back in 2010 in White Irish Drinkers , and, if like me, you miss her soulful presence at the cineplex, it’s time to start planning a trip to New York City in October. Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Artistic Director David Van Asselt and Managing Director Brian Long announced on Monday that Allen will star in the American premiere of Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse’s Summer Day this fall. Sarah Cameron Sunde will translate and direct the play. In its announcement, Rattlestick described Fosse’s play as a “deep meditation on the nature of loss” that is set in two time periods in the same idyllic house. According to the theater company, “a visit to an old friend sparks the memory of a similar visit years earlier.” Allen, who stole hearts and scenes with her wide-eyed performances in Animal House and Raiders of the Lost Ark made her Broadway debut in the early 1980s where she played Helen Keller in William Gibson’s Monday After The Miracle . In 1983, she won a Theatre World Award for her performance. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

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Miss Karen Allen? (We Do!) Check Her Out Off Broadway This Fall In A Summer Day

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The last time Karen Allen was onscreen, according to IMDB.com, was back in 2010 in White Irish Drinkers , and, if like me, you miss her soulful presence at the cineplex, it’s time to start planning a trip to New York City in October. Rattlestick Playwrights Theater Artistic Director David Van Asselt and Managing Director Brian Long announced on Monday that Allen will star in the American premiere of Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse’s Summer Day this fall. Sarah Cameron Sunde will translate and direct the play. In its announcement, Rattlestick described Fosse’s play as a “deep meditation on the nature of loss” that is set in two time periods in the same idyllic house. According to the theater company, “a visit to an old friend sparks the memory of a similar visit years earlier.” Allen, who stole hearts and scenes with her wide-eyed performances in Animal House and Raiders of the Lost Ark made her Broadway debut in the early 1980s where she played Helen Keller in William Gibson’s Monday After The Miracle . In 1983, she won a Theatre World Award for her performance. Follow Frank DiGiacomo on Twitter. Follow Movieline on Twitter.

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Comedian Phyllis Diller Dead At 95

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Groundbreaking comedian Phyllis Diller died at her L.A. home surrounded by family at 95, TMZ is reporting . She had recently fallen, injuring her wrist and hip and her health had been deteriorating since the incident. Diller received a pacemaker following a 1999 heart attack. She began her long career in 1952, rising to fame with her television specials, starring with Bob Hope in the 1960s. Her signature laugh became a staple of her various appearances. In 1998, Diller provided the voice for the queen in Disney/Pixar’s animated movie A Bug’s Life and in 2005, she was one of the contemporary comics featured in the indie box office hit documentary The Aristocrats (2005). But she’ll be most remembered for her onstage persona. Diller typically combined her wild-hairdos and act as an eccentric housewife as a backdrop to self-deprecating jokes about her age and appearance, terrible cooking, and a husband named “Fang.” She also would don a cigarette she’d pretend to smoke from a long holder. In 2005, she wrote her autobiography titled Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse / A screenplay based on her early years as a stand-up is in pre-production with Patricia Clarkson slated to play Diller, according to Wikipedia. Diller was born Phyllis Ada Driver in Lima, Ohio on July 17, 1917. [ Sources: TMZ , Wikipedia ]

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Comedian Phyllis Diller Dead At 95

Posted on August 20, 2012 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Groundbreaking comedian Phyllis Diller died at her L.A. home surrounded by family at 95, TMZ is reporting . She had recently fallen, injuring her wrist and hip and her health had been deteriorating since the incident. Diller received a pacemaker following a 1999 heart attack. She began her long career in 1952, rising to fame with her television specials, starring with Bob Hope in the 1960s. Her signature laugh became a staple of her various appearances. In 1998, Diller provided the voice for the queen in Disney/Pixar’s animated movie A Bug’s Life and in 2005, she was one of the contemporary comics featured in the indie box office hit documentary The Aristocrats (2005). But she’ll be most remembered for her onstage persona. Diller typically combined her wild-hairdos and act as an eccentric housewife as a backdrop to self-deprecating jokes about her age and appearance, terrible cooking, and a husband named “Fang.” She also would don a cigarette she’d pretend to smoke from a long holder. In 2005, she wrote her autobiography titled Like a Lampshade in a Whorehouse / A screenplay based on her early years as a stand-up is in pre-production with Patricia Clarkson slated to play Diller, according to Wikipedia. Diller was born Phyllis Ada Driver in Lima, Ohio on July 17, 1917. [ Sources: TMZ , Wikipedia ]

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