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Thursday, April 4, 2019
Monday, May 14, 2018
Margot Kidder, Lois Lane of 'Superman' Films, Dead at 69
Margot Kidder, Lois Lane of 'Superman' Films, Dead at 69
Courtesy of https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/margot-kidder-superman-actress-dead-at-69-w520293
Actress also
starred in 'Sisters,' 'The Amityville Horror' and 'Black Christmas'
Margot Kidder, the actress who portrayed Lois
Lane in four Superman films, died Sunday at her home in Livingston, Montana at
the age of 69.
The Franzen-Davis Funeral Home & Crematory first announced Kidder's
death, which was later confirmed to the Hollywood Reporter by the
actress' representative. No cause of death was provided.
During the Seventies and Eighties, Kidder's
most prolific decades, the actress starred in films like Brian De Palma's Sisters, The Amityville Horror, The Great Waldo Pepperwith Robert Redford, the slasher classic Black Christmas and, between 1978
and 1987, four Superman films: Superman, Superman II, Superman III and Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
However, the actress' popularity waned in the Nineties after she suffered a
public breakdown; Kidder was later diagnosed with bipolar disease and became an
activist for mental health.
Kidder was born in 1948 in Yellowknife, Northwest
Territories and lived in remote areas throughout her childhood. "We didn't
have movies in this little mining town. When I was 12 my mom took me to New
York and I saw Bye Bye Birdie,
with people singing and dancing, and that was it," Kidder told The Guardian in 2005. "I
knew I had to go far away. I was clueless, but I did OK."
Kidder first started acting in Canadian television and
film productions before making her American feature-film debut with a role in
1969's Gaily, Gaily. The
following year, Kidder moved to Los Angeles to pursue her acting career,
leading to roles in the Gene Wilder-starring Quackser Fortune Has a Cousin in the Bronx and the TV
Western series Nichols.
In 1973, Kidder broke out with her dual role of separated
conjoined twins in director Brian de Palma's psychological thriller Sisters. After starring alongside
Robert Redford in 1975's The
Great Waldo Pepper, Kidder scored the role she's best remembered
for: Playing the Daily Planet's star journalist and Clark Kent's love
interest Lois Lane in the Christopher Reeve-starring film series about the DC
Comics superhero. Kidder landed the Lois Lane role despite having little
knowledge of the Man of Steel beforehand.
"I had a very fierce English teacher mother who felt
that children should not read comic books. So I didn't know anything about
it," Kidder told Superman
Homepage in 2005. "I read one comic before my screen test
and it was about the Daily Planet having a bowling tournament with those
terrible women's libbers. And I thought of myself as a feminist so I read this
and went 'What is this?' So I based my interpretation on the script."
Following two years of filming Superman, Kidder capped off the
Seventies by playing Kathy Lutz in the 1979 hit horror film The Amityville Horror; Superman became
the highest-grossing film of 1979, while The Amityville Horror finished in the Top Five at the
year-end box office.
Over the next decade, in addition to three Superman sequels, Kidder starred
in films like Heartaches, Miss Right and the Richard Pryor
vehicle Some Kind of Hero;
Kidder and Pryor would also appear together in 1987's Superman IV: The Quest for Peace.
However, Kidder's career severely stalled in the
Nineties: In 1990, she suffered a serious car crash that prevented her from
acting for two years and forced her into bankruptcy. Six years later, Kidder suffered
a manic episode that became a source of tabloid fodder. As the actress later
explained, her meltdown – sparked by the loss of the computer containing her
in-the-works memoir – involved her believing her first husband was going
to murder her, so she fled her home, cut her hair and pulled her teeth out to
avoid identification. Police ultimately found her on a porch near the studios
where Superman was
filmed.
"I guess I came to terms with my demons,"
Kidder told The Guardian.
"Horrifying as it was to crack up in the public eye, it made me look at
myself and fix it. People were exploitative; that's human nature. I'll tell
you, being pretty crazy while being chased by the National Enquirer is not good. The British tabloids were
the worst. But you take the cards you're dealt, and I got better. I'm now
ferociously healthy in body and mind."
Kidder remained active in film and television until her
death, including guest roles on Law
& Order: SVU, The L
Word and the Superman-inspired TV series Smallville in a non-Lois Lane
role.
Kidder's last television role, a guest appearance on a
2014 episode of R.L. Stine's The
Haunting Hour, earned the actress a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding
Performer in Children's Programming.
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Superman Star, Margot Kidder dies aged 69
Hollywood pays tribute to Margot Kidder: Your Legacy will live on
forever
Hollywood mourns Superman actress, Margot Kidder
Celebrities pay tribute to Margot Kidder
Monday, May 15, 2017
Powers Boothe, ‘Sin City,’ ‘Nashville,’ and ‘Deadwood’ Actor, Dies at 68
Powers
Boothe, ‘Sin City,’ ‘Nashville,’ and ‘Deadwood’ Actor, Dies at 68
Powers Boothe, a character actor on the small and big
screen, died Sunday in Los Angeles. He was 68.
Boothe died in his sleep Sunday morning of natural causes, his rep
tells Variety.
Boothe appeared in several comic book shows and movies, portraying
Senator Roark in “Sin City” and it’s sequel “Sin
City: A Dame to Kill For” (pictured above). He also had a small role
in “The Avengers.”
He also played Gideon Malick for eleven episodes on
“Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.” As a voice actor, he voiced Gorilla Grodd and
Red Tornado on the animated “Justice League” series.
His talents weren’t only limited to genre material. He played former
mayor Lamar Wyatt on 26 episodes of the country drama “Nashville,” as well as
Judge “Wall” Hatflied on “Hatfields & McCoys.” Prior to that, he played
saloon owner Cy Tolliver on “Deadwood” and Vice
President Daniels on “24.”
Actor Beau Bridges tweeted news of Boothe’s passing on Sunday.
“It’s with great sadness that I mourn the passing of my
friend Powers Boothe. A dear friend, great actor, devoted father &
husband.”
In 1980, Boothe took home the Emmy for lead actor in a limited series or
special for playing infamous cult leader Jim Jones in “Guyana Tragedy: The
Story of Jim Jones.”
His other notable film roles included “Red Dawn,” “The Emerald Forest,”
“Tombstone” and Oliver Stone’s “Nixon,” in which he played Alexander Haig.
Born in Snyder, Texas, Boothe joined the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
after graduating from college and worked in theater before moving to film and
television.
According to reps, there will be a private service held in Texas where
he was from. A memorial celebration in his honor is being considered for a
future date. Donations can be made to the Gary Sinise Foundation, which honors
the nation’s defenders, veterans, first responders, their families and those in
need.
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Tuesday, November 8, 2016
Hollywood Actor, Will Smith's dad dies
'You truly were one of a kind': Will Smith's father Willard Carroll
Smith Sr dies... as actor's ex-wife Sheree Fletcher pays touching tribute
Courtesy of: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3915844/Will-Smith-s-father-Willard-Smith-Sr-dies-actor-s-ex-wife-Sheree-Fletcher-pays-touching-tribute-Daddio.html#ixzz4PRmTGfnp
Courtesy of: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3915844/Will-Smith-s-father-Willard-Smith-Sr-dies-actor-s-ex-wife-Sheree-Fletcher-pays-touching-tribute-Daddio.html#ixzz4PRmTGfnp
Will Smith's father Willard
Carroll Smith Sr has died.
The 48-year-old actor's ex-wife
Sheree Fletcher - who he was married to from 1992 to 1995 - confirmed the
passing of Willard Carroll Smith, Sr., on Monday.
Posting a picture of Will and his
father along with Will and Sheree's son Trey, 23, she paid a touching tribute,
while Will is yet to confirm the news himself.
She wrote on Instagram: 'We're
gonna miss you Daddio! You lived & played by your own rules...
'You truly were 1 of a kind! You instilled discipline, and a work ethic that has created a legacy in your honor!'
'You truly were 1 of a kind! You instilled discipline, and a work ethic that has created a legacy in your honor!'
The picture shows Hollywood actor
Will on the right of his father, and 23-year-old Try in the middle.
Will also has two children Jaden, 18, and Willow, 16, with his second wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
Will also has two children Jaden, 18, and Willow, 16, with his second wife Jada Pinkett Smith.
Willard was a refrigeration
engineer and a former member of the US Air Force.
In the book Will Smith: A
Biography, it claims Will's dad put him off doing drugs when he was younger by
driving him to tough neighbourhoods in Philadelphia to show him what it was
like for people on such substances.
On the fear of his father if he ever took drugs, he is quoted as saying: 'I felt my father would kill me. Literally.'
On the fear of his father if he ever took drugs, he is quoted as saying: 'I felt my father would kill me. Literally.'
Will has also previously praised
his dad as a 'steady and positive figure' in his life. He once said: 'Dad was
tough but not tyrannical.
'He kept me in line. He'd get
this look that said, 'One more step, Will, and it'll get ugly. 'He was an
independent businessman - he set up refrigeration in supermarkets - and he
always provided for us. He's a steady and positive figure in my life.'
Monday, July 28, 2014
COMIC CON 2014: BATMAN VS SUPERMAN TRAILER
TRAILER FOR BATMAN VS SUPERMAN
VIDEO: http://youtu.be/jSE1tnzTNdc
Watch the Best trailers at Comic Con 2014
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Saturday, April 19, 2014
BATMAN VS SUPERMAN: Zac Snyder explains Batmans role in Man of Steel 2 sequel
Zack Snyder Reveals How Batman Ended Up in ‘Man of Steel’ Sequel
Director Zack Snyder explains how Batman's planned cameo grew into a larger role in the "Man of Steel" sequel, and talks about the costume tests for Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman.
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Do you have high hopes for the sequel?
When it was announced last year at Comic-Con International that Superman would face Batman in the sequel to Man of Steel, many fans were excited by the possibility of a Dark Knight Returns-style showdown. Still, plenty of others wondered whether it was the right time, or the right place, to introduce a new actor beneath the cape and cowl.
While director Zack Snyder is clearly relishing the idea of the Dark Knight having such a large presence in the film — he’ll even share the title, if initial reports of Batman Vs. Superman are correct — he reveals in a new interview that’s not how he initially envisioned it.
“I gotta be honest, it definitely was a thing that … after Man of Steel finished and we started talking about what would be in the next movie, I started subtly mentioning that it would be cool if he faced Batman,” he tells Forbes. “In the first meeting, it was like, ‘Maybe Batman?’ Maybe at the end of the second movie, some Kryptonite gets delivered to Bruce Wayne’s house or something. Like in a cryptic way, that’s the first time we see him. But then, once you say it out loud, right? You’re in a story meeting talking about, like, who should [Superman] fight if he fought this giant alien threat Zod who was basically his equal physically, from his planet, fighting on our turf … You know, who to fight next? The problem is, once you say it out loud, then it’s kind of hard to go back, right? Once you say, ‘What about Batman?’ then you realize, ‘OK, that’s a cool idea. What else?’ I mean, what do you say after that? … But I’m not gonna say at all that when I took the job to do Man of Steel that I did it in a subversive way to get to Batman. I really believe that only after contemplating who could face [Superman] did Batman come into the picture
.”The significance of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman — DC Comics’ oft-mentioned “Trinity” — appearing together on the big screen isn’t lost on the filmmaker, either.
“The thing also that’s really fascinating for me is that, even just in the tests we’ve been doing, the costumes, right? You basically have Batman and Superman — and this is without Ben [Affleck] and Henry [Cavill] in the costumes, but just like the stand-ins, just testing to see what the costumes look like,” Snyder says. “And you have them standing there and they’re standing in the same shot — and then we have Wonder Woman, you know, all three of them in the same shot. Even just for a test, you really have to go, ‘Wow, that’s crazy!’ Not only is it the first time that I’m seeing them, it’s the first time they’ve ever existed together on screen in a movie. And that’s kind of a huge deal. Even just Batman and Superman standing next to each other … [I]t’s kind of epic. You do sort of sense the weight of the pop culture
iconography jumping out of its skin when you’re standing there looking at the two of them and Wonder Woman. It’s crazy. But it’s fun. I mean, I have the first photo, I’ve got it in my archive because I was like, ‘OK, I better keep this, it’s gonna be worth something!’”Arriving May 6, 2016, the Man of Steel sequel stars Henry Cavill, Ben Affleck, Gal Gadot, Amy Adams, Jesse Eisenberg, Jeremy Irons, Laurence Fishburne, Holly Hunter
and Diane Lane.(via ComingSoon)
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