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Actress Brittany Murphy, 32, Found Dead

December 20, 2009 Rich Drees

Actress Brittany Murphy has died earlier today in Los Angeles of an apparent cardiac arrest. After being found unconscious in the shower by her mother, she had been rushed to Cedar-Sinani Hospital where she was [click for more]

WICKER MAN’s Edward Woodward Has Died

November 17, 2009 Rich Drees

Edward Woodward, the British actor who starred as a police officer investigating a young girl’s disappearance in the cult classic The Wicker Man, has died earlier today of pneumonia at a hospital in Cornwall, England. [click for more]

RIP- Steve Friedman, Mr. Movie

September 23, 2009 Rich Drees

If you knew nothing about Steve Friedman, it would only take you about two minutes of listening to his long-running, Philadelphia-based talk-radio show to know that he LOVED movies. It just shined out of your [click for more]

Comic Actor Henry Gibson Has Died

September 16, 2009 Rich Drees

Comic actor Henry Gibson, whose film career spanned four decades, died Monday, September 13, 2009, at his home in Malibu, California it was announced earlier today. He was 73. After making his breakthrough in the [click for more]

Actor Patrick Swayze Has Died At Age 57

September 14, 2009 Bill Gatevackes

Patrick Swayze, the actor whose chiseled chin, blond hair and piercing eyes made him a cinematic heartthrob in the 1980s and 90s, has passed away earlier today at his home in Los Angeles, after a [click for more]

Virginia Davis, Disney’s First ALICE, Has Died

August 21, 2009 Rich Drees

Virginia Davis, who starred in a series of short films for Walt Disney that combined animation and live action and pre-dated Mickey Mouse, died last Saturday, August 15, at her home in Corona, CA. She [click for more]

Petrillo Of BROOKLYN GORILLA Comedy Duo Has Died

August 18, 2009 Rich Drees

Sammy Petrillo, the nightclub comic who bore an uncanny resembelance to Jerry Lewis and co-starred in the 1952 cult film Bela Lugosi Meets A Brooklyn Gorilla, died August 15 in New York City. He was [click for more]

Updated: Writer/Director John Hughes Has Died

August 6, 2009 Rich Drees

John Hughes, the writer/director whose comedic films help define the problems facing teenagers in the 80s and launched the careers of many actors including “Brat Pack” members Molly Ringwald, Anthony Michael Hall and Judd Nelson, [click for more]

Oscar Winner Karl Malden Has Died At 97

July 1, 2009 John Gibbon

Karl Malden, the durable and revered Academy Award-winner who appeared in some of the most iconic and controversial films during the 1950’s, died earlier today at the age of 97. The character actor instantly recognizable [click for more]

Michael Jackson Has Died

June 26, 2009 Bill Gatevackes

Michael Jackson passed away Thursday, June 25, 2009 in Los Angeles, California from an apparent cardiac arrest. He was 50 years old. Known primarily as a music superstar of global proportions, the world of film [click for more]