Sadly, director John Hughes died of a heart attack today at age 59. He suffered the heart attack during a morning walk in NYC to visit family, TMZ.com reports.
John Hughes directed 80s favorites that were the mainstay of my existence, including “Sixteen Candles,” “The Breakfast Club,” “Pretty in Pink,” “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and “Planes, Trains and Automobiles”.
The Twilight sequel, “New Moon,” will go on – but without director Catherine Hardwicke this time. Catherine Hardwicke has left her post as director on the upcoming Twilight sequels, with Variety providing this statement from Hardwicke: Read the rest of this entry »
Could it be a Sherlock Holmes movie like we’ve never seen before? With Guy Ritchie signed on to write and direct a new Sherlock Holmes film for Warner Bros., it’s likely to have a much different look and feel than we’re used to for the super sleuth. Read the rest of this entry »
Director Sydney Pollack, the force behind movies like “The Way We Were,” “Three Days of the Condor,” “Tootsie,” “Out of Africa” and “The Firm,” died today at his Los Angeles home after battling cancer. Sydney Pollack was 73.
Sydney Pollack was also seen as an actor in a varity of films, most recently in “Michael Clayton,” opposite George Clooney, “Made of Honor” and the TV series “Entourage.”
Starting Wednesday, celebrities will begin blogging for the National Hockey League’s (NHL) web site. The celebrities involved include “Juno” director Jason Reitman, “The Hills” Lauren Conrad, Dierks Bentley, Kevin Smith, David Boreanaz, A.J. Buckley, Tom Cavanagh, William Fichtner and Geoff Stults.
More than a dozen celebrities will blog on the NHL site about their favorite temams during the Stanley Cup playoffs. Read the rest of this entry »
Oscar-winning director Anthony Minghella, who helmed “The English Patient” and “The Talented Mr. Ripley,” is dead at age 54.
While no details have been revealed about the cause of death, Anthony Minghella’s agent confirmed the director’s passed away today.
Update: Anthony Minghella died from a brain hemorrhage, the result of a neck operation at London’s Charing Cross Hospital.
The candidates for Best Achievement in Directing for the 80th Annual Academy Awards:
The Oscar goes to Joel and Ethan Coen for No Country For Old Men.
The candidates for Best Achievement in Directing (aka Best Director) for the 80th Annual Academy Awards are:
I’d like Reitman to win for Juno but I think Coens will take it. Anderson does have a good chance though.
Bo Zenga, who produced Scary Movie, is making a directorial debut on Stan Helsing, a horror spoof. (His last production was Turistas, starring Josh Duhamel of Las Vegas – see video clip below.) The movie, written by Zenga, is about a video store clerk, Stan Helsing, who has to save his town from various monsters. Shooting starts this April.
Filmmaker Mira Nair will be directing Hilary Swank as pilot Amelia Earhart in a biopic written by Ron Bass. Production starts in April, and Swank will be an executive producer. She’ll also be appearing in Birds of America this year, and is currently in 2007’s P.S. I Love You.
Nair is directing New York, I Love You (2008) – which she also wrote – and Shantaram (2009). She’s producing Little Zizou and Gangsta M.D., both for 2008.
