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A favourite with Golden Globe voters in the late 1950s and 1960s, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. has died at his home in Solvang.

It’s been just over a year since famed film critic Roger Ebert passed away but his spirit remained very much alive at EbertFest, the namesake film festival he founded 16 years ago in his hometown of Champaign, Illinois. This year a stellar line up of film makers descended on the small town to honor the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, including Spike Lee and Oliver Stone both marking 25th anniversaries of their films, Do the Right Thing and Born on the Fourth of July.

We mourn the passing of Golden Globe winner (and three-time nominee) Bob Hoskins. The beloved British actor passed away at the age of 71.

After three weeks on top of the box office Captain America has finally been taken off his perch by the sly charms of The Other Woman trio Cameron Diaz, Leslie Mann, and Kate Upton in her first starring role. Fed by a predominantly female audience who flocked to the season’s first “girl power” release, the Nick Cassavetes directed comedy jumped to$25 million over its opening weekend.

Adrien Brody is on the stage and he’s holding a big envelope. Behind him, there’s a glitzy set, with big screens everywhere and the kind of set design than can be seen in any big awards show in the world.

Dorothy Faye Dunaway was born in rural Bascom Florida on January 14, 1941. She studied theater at Boston University, majoring in Liberal Arts in 1962, joined the training program at New York’s Lincoln Center taught by Elia Kazan where she learned Method acting.

The Cocoanut Grove Nearly three decades after it opened, the Cocoanut Grove at the Ambassador Hotel was still the hottest night spot in Southern California in 1950, attracting the biggest stars in an endless celebration of the Golden Age of Hollywood. So naturally it was a perfect match for the 7th annual Golden Globe Awards ceremony.

Golden Globe winner Bob Hoskins has died of pneumonia at the age of 71. The British actor, who won his Best Actor Globe in 1987, for his performance in Mona Lisa, had been nominated twice more, for Who Framed Roger Rabbit and Mrs.

The dismal performance of Johnny Depp’s starrer Transcendence at the U. S.

The 33rd edition of the Istanbul Film Festival showcased more than 200 films in over 20 different categories from April 5-20 in the Turkish city. Turkish Cinema is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year and the festival paid tribute with a series of panels devoted to different genres including documentaries, drama, horror as well as Q&As with filmmakers and crews alongside production and distribution meetings such as the traditional “Meetings on the Bridge” panel.