Actress and singer Jane Birkin, who charmed France with her English grace, style and accented French and made the country her home, has died at age 76, according to France’s Culture Ministry and French media.
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Abigail Breslin is fondly remembering her on-screen grandfather, Alan Arkin.
If was announced today that Alan had passed away at the age of 89.
Abigail had starred with Alan in Little Miss Sunshine, for which he won Best Supporting Actor at the Oscars.
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Taking to Instagram, Abigail shared a sweet message about Alan‘s impact in her life.
“Alan Arkin was one of the kindest, wittiest and most lovely human beings I have had the privilege of working with,” she wrote. “I remember when we were doing the ‘am I pretty?’ scene in Little Miss Sunshine and on the first take, he yelled out to ‘cut!’ and get my mother immediately because I was crying. I said, ‘No, Alan I’m acting!’, and he cracked up.”
Abigail went on, saying that “I love that story because that’s who Alan was. He cared deeply about his work, but above all and most importantly, he was a genuinely kind and thoughtful man.”
“Dearest, Alan… you will be profoundly missed. Thank you for everything,” she added. “My sincerest condolences and love are sent to his family, including his beautiful wife Suzanne.”
Abigail then concluded her tribute with: “Although we were not related in real life, you will always be ‘Grandpa’ in my heart. Rest peacefully. 3."
Alan‘s Kominsky Method co-star, Michael Douglas, also shared a tribute to him.
Actress and singer Jane Birkin, who charmed France with her English grace, style and accented French and made the country her home, has died at age 76, according to France’s Culture Ministry and French media.
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In 1979 Peter Falk and the late great Alan Arkin made the perfect odd couple in the classic action comedy, The In-Laws. It even spawned a not-bad remake with Michael Douglas and Albert Brooks in 2003. The difference between those films, and a bit of an attempt to do something similar in the cleverly-titled The Out-Laws, which starts streaming on Netflix today, is that those movies were genuinely funny, particularly the Arkin-Falk teaming, but this one, also a kind of Meet The Parents on steroids, relies far too heavily on non-stop and incessant action scenes to carry us through its 95 minute running time.
This is heartbreaking.
Brent Lang Executive Editor Alan Arkin etched many indelible performances over his long career in movies. From heroin-snorting grandfathers (“Little Miss Sunshine”) to ornery movie producers (“Argo”) to harried dentists (“The In-Laws”), Arkin, who died on June 29 at the age of 89, played an extraordinary range of roles with great gusto. But it’s fair to say that none of it would have been possible were it not for 1966’s “The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming,” a Cold War comedy that marked Arkin’s first major screen role. It’s the film that earned him the first of four Oscar nominations (he’d win for 2006’s “Little Miss Sunshine”) and a part that launched his career as a shape-shifting character actor.
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Joe Leydon Film Critic The reaction was always the same. During my high school days, I must have seen “Wait Until Dark” five times during its theatrical release. Audrey Hepburn was appealing, of course, but the main attraction for me was Alan Arkin’s chilling portrayal of a psycho sadist who, in the course of reclaiming a misdirected heroin shipment, terrorizes a blind woman in her apartment. Late in the 1967 thriller, the distressed damsel temporarily gets the upper hand by stabbing her tormentor. But as she walks away, the psycho leaps back into her kitchen and grabs her ankle. And every time he did this, every time I saw “Wait Until Dark,” people in the audience (including me, the first time) screamed. Really, really loudly. Like, louder than the folks around me in a theater seven years later during the first jump-scare in “Jaws.”
Anne Hathaway is sharing her tribute to Alan Arkin, whom she starred with in Get Smart.
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Alan Arkin was remembered by his friends and colleagues as a giant talent in film, television and theater, a man whose winding life paths seemed to be able to transform any role. But it was the small gestures that were most prominent, the little generosities that stayed with people many years.
Michael Douglas is remembering Alan Arkin.
The stars are remembering a legend.
Actor Alan Arkin, who won an Oscar for Little Miss Sunshine, has died. The 89-year-old star's death was confirmed by his agent.
Oscar-winning actor Alan Arkin has sadly passed away.
Alan Arkin was beloved by many. As family, friends and fans mourn the loss of the celebrated actor, many of Arkin's Hollywood admirers are offering heartfelt tributes in his honor. News of Arkin's death broke on Friday. He was 89. In a statement to ET, the star's sons, Adam, Matthew and Anthony, said, «Our father was a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and a man.
Sophia Scorziello editor Hollywood is paying tribute to Oscar winner Alan Arkin, who died on Thursday at 89. Known for his dry, straight-faced humor and wide range of roles, Arkin was a beloved member of the entertainment world throughout his more than seven decades of acting on screen and on stage. Arkin won his Oscar for his role in the 2006 indie road comedy “Little Miss Sunshine.” Arkin played Edwin Hoover, the nutty grandfather and biggest supporter of his granddaughter Olive Hoover (Abigail Breslin), a young girl competing in beauty pageant that sends her whole family on a road trip from New Mexico to California in their Volkswagen van.
Alan Arkin was beloved by many. As family, friends and fans mourn the loss of the celebrated actor, many of Arkin's Hollywood admirers are offering heartfelt tributes in his honor. News of Arkin's death broke on Friday. He was 89. In a statement to ET, the star's sons, Adam, Matthew and Anthony, said, «Our father was a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and a man.
Alan Arkin was beloved by many. As family, friends and fans mourn the loss of the celebrated actor, many of Arkin's Hollywood admirers are offering heartfelt tributes in his honor. News of Arkin's death broke on Friday. He was 89. In a statement to ET, the star's sons, Adam, Matthew and Anthony, said, «Our father was a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and a man.
Oscar– and Tony-winning star of Little Miss Sunshine and more, has died aged 89.The news was confirmed to People by Arkin’s sons, Adam, Matthew and Anthony.The family’s statement read: “Our father was a uniquely talented force of nature, both as an artist and a man.“A loving husband, father, grand and great grandfather, he was adored and will be deeply missed.”The actor was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1934 before moving to Los Angeles as a child. After a career with the folk band The Tarriers, he left for Chicago to start improvisational comedy group Second City, before making his Broadway debut in the early 1960s.In the next six decades, Arkin would win a Tony for Enter Laughing (1963) and an Oscar for his portrayal of grandfather Edwin Hoover in Little Miss Sunshine in 2006.Other roles came in Ben Affleck’s Argo, for which he was also nominated for an Oscar, and most recently in Netflix’s The Kominsky Method, for which be was nominated for Emmys in 2019 and 2020 and a Golden Globe in 2021.When receiving his Oscar for Little Miss Sunshine in 2007, Arkin said: “More than anything, I’m deeply moved by the open-hearted appreciation our small film has received, which in these fragmented times speaks so openly of the possibility of innocence, growth, and connection.”Upon news of his death, fans have been sharing some of Arkin’s best scenes from across his career, which you can see below.RIP Alan Arkin.
Alan Arkin, the veteran actor known for his work in Argo and Little Miss Sunshine, has died. He was 89.