Posted 3/8/10 12:39 am EST by Josh Wigler in News
Every year, the Academy Awards honor the members of the filmmaking community that passed away over the course of the year. This year's memoriam reminded viewers of some of the most prominent deaths over the year including Patrick Swayze, David Carradine and Michael Jackson -- but there were more than a few curious absences as well.
After the jump, we've remembered five of the motion picture professionals that died in 2009 but were absent from the Oscar's memoriam segment. Read More...
Posted 9/17/09 6:30 pm EST by Brian Warmoth in Uncategorized
If you haven't seen the T-shirts being given out to the crew for "Toy Story 3," you're definitely going to want to check out director Lee Unkrich's posts today. They're must-sees Disney and Pixar fans. I almost gave him Twitter Pic of the Day status, too, but Kevin Nealon's shot with Sarah Silverman in a headlock edged them all out. Furthermore, I couldn't pick just one side of one of the shirts to spotlight.
I've also got a nice memory of actor Henry Gibson, who passed away yesterday, thoughtfully tweeted by actor Michael McKean. You can check that out at the top of the Twitter-Wood rundown today, along with a David Slade "Eclipse" tweet, a TwitPic from Peter Facinelli out in the forest, and a note about Tom Arnold's bachelor party. I'm @brianwarmoth, and this is the Twitter-Wood report for September 17, 2009. Read More...
I don't even have the words anymore. Lots of tragedy this week. Henry Gibson was a gifted performer. He was acting at age 7 and got his break in "The Nutty Professor," the original from 1963. I'll always know him best as the creepy neighbor in "The 'Burbs." He left us today at the age of 73.
Gibson had more high profile roles and more serious ones as well, appearing in four of Robert Altman's films, Paul Thomas Anderson's "Magnola," comedy classic "The Blues Brothers" and, most recently, "Wedding Crashers." But I'll never forget the first time I saw him, in "The 'Burbs," when he seemed like this nice old neighbor being harassed by crazy Tom Hanks. Only then you find out that he actually is a psychotic killer, chopping up corpses and incinerating them in his basement. Read More...
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