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  Christopher Plummer, Oscar Winner and ‘Sound of Music’ Star, Dies at 91

  Christopher Plummer, the Canadian-born Shakespearean actor who starred in films including “The Sound of Music” and “Beginners,” died on Friday morning at his home in Connecticut. He was 91. “Chris was an extraordinary man who deeply loved and respected his profession with great old fashion manners, self deprecating humor and the music of words,” said […]

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  17 Actors Who’ve Played Al Capone: From Tom Hardy to Robert De Niro (Photos)

  Notorious mobster Al Capone was a larger than life bootlegger, racketeer, killer and organized crime boss in the first half of the 20th century, who has been portrayed on big-screen and small for seven decades. Here is a look at the actors who took on the challenge. And, if you’re curious, here is archival footage of Scarface himself.Rod Steiger – “Al Capone”  (1959)  •   Rod Steiger played Capone with deliberate showiness, from the roar of his voice to the tilt of hid fedora. Although he won a

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  Returning to acting, Jagger plays a man of wealth and taste

  It’s been nearly 20 years since Mick Jagger last acted, but as the new film “The Burnt Orange Heresy” shows, his chops have gathered no moss. In the film, which Sony Pictures Classics will release Friday, Jagger co-stars alongside Claes Bang and Elizabeth Debicki as a devilish art collector who cunningly convinces an art journalist (Bang) to use a rare interview with a reclusive artist (Donald Sutherland) as an opportunity to steal one of his paintings. When the 76-year-old hasn’t been perform

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  Melvin Dummar Dies: Inspiration For Jonathan Demme’s ‘Melvin And Howard’ Was 74

  Melvin Dummar, the man who inspired Jonathan Demme's 1980 dramedy Melvin and Howard, died December 9 in hospice care in Nevada. He was 74. Dummar was known as the man who argued that Howard Hughes bequeathed him over $150 million after he rescued him on a deserted road and drove him to Las Vegas in 1967. In the alleged hand-written "Mormon will", the Hughes estate also left The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a beneficiary of the inheritance. Dummar battled…

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  Happy 75th Birthday Mick Jagger: See The Rolling Stones Singer’s Top TV and Film Moments (Photos)

  Happy birthday Mick Jagger! The Rolling Stones frontman turns 75 today, and he hasn’t lost a step of his swagger in all that time. One of the first, unvarnished, humble looks at The Rolling Stones came in the 1970 documentary “Gimme Shelter.” The Maysles Brothers documented the Stones’ attempt to stage a massive free concert attended by 300,000 people, and things went poorly. Mick Jagger almost starred alongside Jason Robards in Werner Herzog’s historical epic “Fitzcarraldo,” looking youthful

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  Broadway Will Dim Lights Friday For Producer Elliot Martin

  The Broadway community will mark the passing of producer Elliot Martin, who died May 21 at home in Connecticut at 93, by dimming the marquees of Broadway theaters tomorrow for one minute at 7:45 PM. Elegant, charming and unfailingly gracious, Martin was a producer of the old school whose career spanned more than seven decades and included historic productions of such plays as Eugene O’Neill’s <em>A Moon For The Misbegotten</em>, August Wilson’s <em>Joe Turner’s Come And Gone</em> and David…

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  Don Rickles, Comedian Who Turned Insults Into Art, Dies at 90

  Don Rickles, the comedian who wielded the insult like a saber during a six-decade performing career in Las Vegas showrooms, on stages around the globe and in memorable appearances on “The Tonight Show ...

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  Mary Tyler Moore laid to rest in Connecticut

  FAIRFIELD, Conn. (AP) — Mary Tyler Moore has been laid to rest during a private ceremony at a Connecticut cemetery.

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  Forest Whitaker Plans 2016 Broadway Debut In O’Neill’s ‘Hughie’

  The Oscar winner will take on the lead role in a revival of the 1941 drama staged by British director Michael Grandage ( Red, Frost/Nixon). Whitaker ( Southpaw, The Last King Of Scotland, Bird, etc.) will play Erie Smith, the role created by Jason Robards Jr. in its 1964 Broadway premiere, over a decade after the Nobel Prize laureate’s death. Set during the pre-dawn hours in a grim hotel on Manhattan’s West Side, Hughie is a two-hander — essentially a monologue — about the…

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  Joy Saunders, Actress on Stage, TV, Dies at 89

  Joy Silver died at home in Scarborough, N.Y. on October 24, 2014, after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. She was 89. Under the stage name Joy Saunders, she made her Broadway debut in the controversial and short-lived “A Pin to See the Peepshow” with Roger Moore, and appeared Off Broadway, in film, TV, and radio.... Read more »

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