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Sydney Pollack: 1934-2008

Academy Award-winning director/producer/actor Sydney Pollack passed away on May 26 at the age of 73, leaving behind a legacy of films spanning nearly every genre. As a director, Pollack worked with a bevy of Hollywood legends—Dustin Hoffman, Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand—in movies like...  read more

Anthony Minghella: 1954-2008

Anthony Minghella, Oscar-winning director and accomplished screenwriter, has passed away at 54. Perhaps known best for directing The English Patient, Minghella led a long and illustrious career, which included his work on The Talented Mr. Ripley and Cold Mountain, as well as extensive writing for the stage, television and radio. His most recent project took him to Botswana, where he was filming The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, an adaptation from the novel by Alexander McCall Smith. According to his spokesperson (and reported by Bloomberg.com), the British filmmaker was taken to Charing Cross Hospital in London after he suffered a...  read more