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Griffin Dunne finds balance between madcap Hollywood adventures and family tragedy in new memoir

Jun. 10, 2024 16:18 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Griffin Dunne says he’s grateful his parents raised him with what he affectionately calls “benign neglect" in 1970s and '80s Los Angeles because it encouraged creativity and risk-taking that led to some wild experiences he chronicles in his new memoir. “The...

Janis Paige, star of Hollywood and Broadway, dies at 101

Jun. 03, 2024 19:27 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Janis Paige, a popular actor in Hollywood and in Broadway musicals and comedies who danced with Fred Astaire, toured with Bob Hope and continued to perform into her 90s, has died. She was 101. Paige died Sunday of natural causes at her Los Angeles home, longtime...

Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and 'King of the Bs,' dies at 98

May. 13, 2024 13:04 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Roger Corman, the “King of the Bs” who helped turn out such low-budget classics as “Little Shop of Horrors” and “Attack of the Crab Monsters” and gave many of Hollywood's most famous actors and directors early breaks, has died. He was 98. Corman died...

Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

Mar. 29, 2024 16:23 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87. Gossett's first cousin Neal L. Gossett told The Associated Press that the actor died in Santa...