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Val Kilmer obituary

Star of films such as Top Gun, The Doors and Batman Forever whose acting could combine playfulness and intensity

The Guardian - UK

10 best gangster movies, ranked —and where you can stream them

The gangster movie is a Hollywood staple. Here are our picks for the seven best.

Tom’s Guide

The 2025 Razzie ‘Winners’ Have Been Revealed: Peep The Worst Flicks And Actors Of 2024

The 2025 Razzie Awards have awarded actress Dakota Johnson, director Francis Ford Coppola and Jerry Seinfeld with a Golden Raspberry.

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The Godfather director Francis Ford Coppola has given a legendary response to his Razzie win for Megalopolis, which he is "thrilled" to accept

The legendary filmmaker welcomed the "distinctive honor" of Worst Director

Total Film

‘I chose to NOT follow the gutless rules’: Francis Ford Coppola says he’s ‘thrilled’ by Golden Raspberry votes

Veteran film-maker defends his sci-fi epic Megalopolis as it scores two Razzies from nominations that included ‘worst picture’

The Guardian - UK

Harrowing 911 call reveals moment that Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa were found dead

The couple were found dead at their Santa Fe home on Wednesday alongside one of their dogs

Evening Standard

Gene Hackman death mystery: Hollywood legend and wife Betsy Arakawa suffered ‘no external trauma’, say police

The preliminary findings from a medical investigation were revealed by the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office

Evening Standard

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Police give latest in mystery death of Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa

Police told a press conference the pair had been ‘deceased for quite a while’

The Independent UK

Gene Hackman was more than an everyman: An Appreciation

One of the greatest American actors of the 20th century was voted “least likely to succeed” by his first theater school, wasn’t a star until he was 40 and possessed a face he once described as “your everyday mineworker.”

The Independent UK

Gas company assisting with probe into Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa deaths

Police said they do not believe foul play was a factor in the death of the Oscar-winning film star and his wife.

Evening Standard

‘The greatest’: Hollywood pays tribute to Gene Hackman after actor’s death

Film stars and directors celebrate the life and work of the Oscar winner, who was found dead alongside his wife and one of his dogs, as it emerges there was a lengthy delay before their bodies were identified

The Guardian - UK

Gene Hackman tributes pour in from Francis Ford Coppola, Viola Davis, Paul Feig and more

Director Francis Ford Coppola, actor Viola Davis and director Paul Feig are among those paying tribute to Gene Hackman after his death at age 95

The Independent UK

Filmmaker Francis Ford Coppola hails Gene Hackman as ‘inspiring in his work’

The Oscar-winning American actor and his wife Betsy Arakawa, 64, were found dead in their Santa Fe home in New Mexico on Wednesday.

Evening Standard

The Last Showgirl review – Pamela Anderson dazzles as Vegas dancer hitting midlife

Anderson’s depiction of an older performer’s struggles, as youth slips away and family fractures, rivals Demi Moore’s in The Substance

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‘They wanted to attack me’: Aurore Clément on violent premieres and smuggling bananas for Brando

As the film that caused havoc at its Paris premiere resurfaces, the great French actor looks back on an extraordinary career, from the furore of Meetings With Anna to the meltdown of Apocalypse Now

The Independent UK

Francis Ford Coppola reveals the unexpected reason The Godfather became a classic

The Oscar-winning director says it wasn’t the mob violence or Marlon Brando’s performance that made the 1972 film a hit – but something far more domestic

Total Film

Borderlands, Madame Web, and Lady Gaga up for anti-Oscars as the Razzie Awards announces its 2025 nominations

Megalopolis and Reagan are also up for a bunch of... accolades?

The Independent UK

The 215-minute, Oscar-tipped epic that could save Hollywood – if we let it

INSIDE FILM: Brady Corbet’s ‘The Brutalist’ is a defiant, distinctive masterpiece at loggerheads with conventional film industry wisdom. And, just like Francis Ford Coppola’s maddening self-funded ‘Megalopolis’ last year, it’s a nod to a far more interesting kind of American filmmaking, writes Xan Brooks

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Salon

“SNL50" needs "More Cowbell"

If you get a fever for this docuseries special, it'll assuredly have been caused by one episode

Inverse

25 Years Ago, A Forgotten Flop Revealed Why Sci-Fi Horror Had To Change

Too many people were screaming in space. A generation of 'Alien' knockoffs ended with a terrible but instructive movie with three directors that included, of all people, Francis Ford Coppola.

Reason

The Brutalist Is Great American Cinema

Architecture and ambition collide in Brady Corbet's post-war epic.

The Guardian - US

But what about … the most overlooked performances of this awards season

As Oscar voting kicks off and other bodies continue to reward a similar rotation of actors, there are others who deserve inclusion

The Independent UK

From Liam Payne to Maggie Smith, the stars of music, film, TV and comedy we lost in 2024

One Direction star Liam Payne, Oscar-winning Harry Potter and ‘Downton Abbey’ actor Maggie Smith and ‘Charmed’ star Shannen Doherty were among the notable figures who died this year

Evening Standard

Robert Eggers on Nosferatu: 'After Twilight we deserve a scary, smelly corpse in vampire films again'

The acclaimed director of The Northman and VVitch on remaking the 1922 vampire masterpiece, his nod to Hammer Horror and how the film’s core themes of sex and death will never go out of fashion