Arthur Kopit Dies: Pulitizer-Nominated ‘Indians’, ‘Nine’ Playwright Was 83

Influential director Monte Hellman, whose 1971 film Two-Lane Blacktop starring musicians James Taylor and Dennis Wilson became a counterculture cult classic, died Tuesday. He was 91.

Priya Darshini Guest ColumnistWhen my debut album, “Periphery,” nabbed a 2021 Grammy nomination, messages began pouring in from back home, first from friends and family, and then from fans across social media.“You are our Indian pride,” posted one YouTuber. “Hope you’ll make India proud,” said another.

Meat Loaf, Bonnie Tyler, Celine Dion, and more, has died. He was 73.

Jonas recently joined actor Kabir Bedi in a virtual chat as she launched his new memoir, Stories I Must Tell: The Emotional Life Of An Actor. While Kabir himself has been an Indian actor who also starred in Hollywood films, the duo had a rather interesting exchange on their experiences in Hollywood.

statement Monday on Facebook.A master of period detail, he earned his Oscars for “Travels With My Aunt” (1972), the Agatha Christie adaptation “Death on the Nile” (1978) and “Tess” (1979).

Walter Mondale, who served as the United States’ Vice President from 1977-1981, has died at 93.

NEW YORK -- Members of the Monkees, R.E.M., Dashboard Confessional and The Black Keys are turning out for a virtual tribute concert next month for Adam Schlesinger, who died of COVID-19 a year ago.“Adam Schlesinger, A Musical Celebration, Virtual Show” will premiere May 5 on the Rolling Live platform, with proceeds going to MusiCares and the venue The Bowery Electric.Schlesinger, a prolific songwriter, was best known for his band Fountains of Wayne but was a producer and writer for several

David Miller, a veteran Canadian film publicist, producer and distributor who led an Oscar-winning animated short film campaign for the National Film Board of Canada in 2004, has died. He was 47.

The New York Times, a White House official said Biden tapped Magnus for the position because of his record reforming police departments in Richmond and Tucson, his embrace of community-policing programs, and because of his experience policing a city close to the U.S.-Mexico border.

Bernie Madoff, the convicted Ponzi schemer whose long-term, multi-billion-dollar financial manipulations ruined clients and rattled financial markets, has died.

Lee Aaker, best known as the 1950s child star of The Adventures of Rin-Tin-Tin, has died at 77. The news comes via a social media post by former child actor and activist Paul Petersen. Petersen said Aaker “passed away in Arizona on April 1st, alone & unclaimed, listed as an ‘indigent decedent.'”

Neon has landed the North American right to Ryan Gosling starrer The Actor. Duke Johnson is behind the movie based on best-selling novelMemoryby Donald E.

EXCLUSIVE: In a competitive situation, Parasite distributor Neon has come out on top for North American rights to Ryan Gosling package The Actor, the next movie from Anomalisa director Duke Johnson. We hear the pre-buy is in the mid 7-figure range.

DMX, the New York rapper behind such iconic songs as "Party Up (Up in Here)" and"X Gon' Give It to Ya" and the star of action movies includingExit Wounds, Cradle 2 the Grave and Romeo Must Die, died Friday. He was 50.

DMX dies days after being rushed to the hospital in critical condition. The New York native rapper, born Earl Simmons, passed away on Friday, April 9, 2021, at the White Plains Hospital in White Plains, New York, one week after suffering a heart attack.

DMX gave it to ya one last time.In an eerie twist of timing, “X Moves” — a new track by the “X Gon’ Give to Ya” rapper — dropped just hours before his passing on Friday at 50.

NEW YORK -- Arthur Kopit, a three time Tony Award-nominated playwright and two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist known for fusing disparate genres, absurdism and a darkly comic world view, has died. He was 83.Kopit died Friday, said Rick Miramontez, a senior publicist at DKC/O&M PR.

The Black Keys’ Patrick Carney stepped in as the in-stadium drummer for the baseball team the Cleveland Indians yesterday (April 5) – you can watch him in action below.Carney, who drums in The Black Keys, was in attendance during yesterday’s MLB season opener between the Indians and the Kansas City Royals at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio.The drumming opportunity for Carney came about after the stadium’s regular drummer John J.