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Patty Duke, multi-talented actor who had a long and sometimes troubled career has died. She was nominated four times for a Golden Globe award and won twice -- as Most Promising Newcomer-Female in 1962, for her supporting role in The Miracle Worker, and in 1969 as Best Actress in a Comedy or Musical Motion Picture for Me, Natalie.

Mark Wahlberg is in a Boston state of mind. The Golden Globe nominated actor and producer (Best Supporting Actor for The Departed, in 2007 and Best Actor Drama for The Fighter in 2011), is back in his New England hometown shooting the Peter Berg helmed Patriots Day, which chronicles the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the citywide manhunt to find the terrorists responsible.

Earl Hamner Jr. , the prolific writer and producer has died, at age 92.

Influential and innovative comedian, actor and writer Garry Shandling died unexpectedly in Los Angeles, aged 66. He was nominated twice for the Golden Globes as best actor in television series-musical or comedy for his leading role in the Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998).

Veteran actor Ken Howard has died at age 71 after a career spanning almost half a century and covering more than a hundred movies, television shows, musicals and stage plays, collecting two Emmys, a Tony but no Golden Globe.

Depending on the point of view – and where you are in your career – playing super popular heroes such as Batman and Superman can be a blessing or a curse. It can launch an actor into the dizzy stratosphere of fame and glory, and it can also mark him for life.

Larry Drake, three-time Golden Globe nominee as Best Supporting Actor in Television Drama Series has died, age 67. He earned his Globes nominations (and two Emmys) for his portrayal of Benny Stulwicz, a hulking and lovable developmentally disabled gofer and office help in the fictional law firm of the drama series L.

One in a series profiling women working in Hollywood today.          “I’m a stubborn mule.

One in an occasional series featuring prominent women working in Hollywood today.   “It’s bittersweet.

Looks like in the current economic situation the Russian government listened to the strong distributors lobby and does not want to kill their precious golden goose, Hollywood’s high-profile and very profitable movies. Even with the drastic drop of exchange rate of ruble to dollar Deadpool Russia showed had the best box office numbers foreign markets in the pic’s initial rollout: more than 12 million dollars during the first weekend of release (the total to date is over $23 million, still the highest in continental Europe).