John Romita Sr., Marvel Comics Icon and Co-Creator of Wolverine, Dies at 93

Charna Flam Eva Maria Daniels, producer of independent features “Reality,” “What Maisie Knew” and “Joe Bell,” died on Friday, June 30 in London, after battling cancer. She was 43. Throughout her career, Daniels maintained longstanding partnerships with producer Riva Marke and A24, worked as a producer for The Mill and Company 3 and served as a consultant for the Icelandic Film Fund. “Eva died on the same terms as she lived. She played her cards close to her chest. She didn’t seek recognition when she had success. She didn’t seek pity when she suffered. I will miss her friendship greatly, but mostly I will miss seeing what she would have done next,” wrote director Börkur Sigthorsson on Facebook.

J. Kim Murphy “Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” is staying in line with some tempered box office expectations, still tracking to fall in line with estimates that had pegged the film with an opening between $80 million and $85 million through the Fourth of July holiday. The Harrison Ford finale earned $11.8 million on Monday, pushing its domestic total to $71 million. Unlike some other holidays, Independence Day isn’t exactly the largest box office booster — with families hitting the beach, barbecuing red meat and waiting for fireworks, filmgoing isn’t exactly at the top of the agenda for most Americans. Rather, it’s the time off around the Fourth that can offer some extra lift to studio tentpoles.

Robert De Niro's daughter announced her son's death, she took to Instagram to pen a touching tribute to him. Leandro De Niro-Rodriguez was reportedly 19.«I can barely type through my tears but all the love, the messages, calls, texts, emails, the friends and family that held me up these last 24 [hours] I've not been able to respond yet but we're grateful for the all your love and condolences,» Drena began.

J. Kim Murphy “High Desert” is headed beyond the horizon at Apple TV+. In a video posted on Instagram Saturday morning, series star Patricia Arquette shared that the production had not received an order for a second season at the streamer. “A lot of you have asked about ‘High Desert’ and if there was going to be a second season, so I just wanted to let you know that we just found out that we won’t be coming back,” Arquette opened. “That’s a sad bummer for all of us.” Arquette extended her gratitude to the crew, writers and actors on the series. The post was accompanied with a text caption: “It stinks.”

Alan Arkin, the veteran actor known for his work in Argo and Little Miss Sunshine, has died. He was 89.

EXCLUSIVE: Fox is to adapt Dutch physical quiz show The Floor.

Julian Sands' body was positively identified by the San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department Tuesday after hikers found his remains on Mt. Baldy last weekend. He was 65.

Beauty fans have been going wild after spotting a Primark 'dupe' for the iconic Sky High Mascara from Maybelline that is nearly £10 cheaper.

Butthole Surfers who featured in Richard Linklater’s 1990 film Slacker, has died aged 60.The actor and musician, also known as Teresa Nervosa, died of lung disease, her former bandmates have announced.“Teresa Taylor passed away peacefully this weekend after a long battle with lung disease,” Butthole Surfers wrote in a social media post Monday (June 19). “She will live in our hearts forever.

Sir Elton John has said the reaction to Phillip Schofield’s affair with a younger colleague is “totally homophobic”. In an interview with the Radio Times, the 76-year-old singer claimed a heterosexual relationship with a similar age gap would not have attracted such negative coverage. Sir Elton made the comments as he denounced the status of LGBT+ rights and individuals in America, which he compared to the treatment of the former This Morning presenter.The acclaimed musician, famous for hits including Your Song and Candle In The Wind, said: “Well, it’s all going pear-shaped in America.There’s violence, (discriminatory) laws enacted in Florida, which are disgraceful.

pic.twitter.com/jWuGUiKAXZHeartbroken to hear my dear friend and mentor Paxton Whitehead has passed away.He was an extraordinary actor, a brilliant friend, and truly wonderful human being.He meant so much to so many people and always brought a smile to the faces of everyone he encountered. pic.twitter.com/jKQksZ0myvWhitehead also served as artistic director of Shaw Festival at Niagara-on-the-Lake in Ontario, Canada, from 1967–1977, and he began to regard himself as “kind of a Canadian actor,” as he said in 1997.

Kraven the Hunter,” which got a new red band trailer on Monday. The trailer shows “Avengers: Age of Ultron” star Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Sergei Kravenoff, a man raised by a vicious, amoral hunter played by Russell Crowe who detests weakness above all else. During a hunt in the African savannah, Sergei is ordered by his father to kill a lion, which mauls him when he hesitates.

The Witcher has dropped.In the clip, Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill), Yennefer (Anya Chalotra) and Princess Cirilla (Freya Allan) face villain Rience and his cronies in a fierce battle.Season three is the last time that The Witcher fans will see Cavill play Geralt before Liam Hemsworth takes up the role.The Witcher season three is being split into two parts, with the five episodes of part one landing on Netflix on June 29. The next half of the season will come on July 27 with three additional episodes.The fantasy series based on the book series of the same name by Andrzej Sapkowski as well as the action RPGs published by CD Projekt Red has proved popular since its launch.

Sophia Scorziello editor Brett Hadley, soap actor who starred as Carl Williams for two decades on “The Young and the Restless,” has died. He was 92. Hadley died on Thursday at the Motion Picture & Television Country House and Hospital in Woodland Hills, according to his friend Darcy Lee. “We talked about movies and art.. and we laughed a lot! He even made me laugh on his death bed,” wrote Lee in a post. “He waited to pass tonight until my show was over and I walked out of the theatre. He took his last bow as I got into the car to come home. I will miss you terribly Brett Hadley – and thank you for being in my life.”

It turns out Jon Hamm can do a pretty good impression of “Vanderpump Rules” star James Kennedy.

posted on Instagram. “He was the greatest man I ever met.”Born in Brooklyn, New York City in 1930, Romita entered comics as an artist when he was just 19, in 1949.

Iconic comic book artist John Romita Sr, known for his work on The Amazing Spider-Man and for co-creating such characters as Mary Jane Watson, Wolverine and the Punisher, has died. His son and fellow comic book artist, John Romita Jr, announced the news on social media saying his father passed away peacefully in his sleep on Monday June 12. He was 93.

J. Kim Murphy Robert Gottlieb, an editor extraordinaire who worked with writers as varied as Toni Morrison, John le Carré, Michael Crichton, Robert Caro and Bill Clinton, died Wednesday at a hospital in Manhattan. He was 92. Gottlieb’s death was confirmed to the New York Times by his wife, actor Maria Tucci. Working at publishers Simon & Schuster and Alfred A. Knopf, Gottlieb’s impressive record of shepherding manuscripts into well-regarded, sometimes bestselling and award-winning works earned him a towering reputation among literary elite. John Cheever, Joseph Heller, Doris Lessing, Chaim Potok and Ray Bradbury were among his clients, along with Katharine Graham, the once publisher of the Washington Post.

QTY, has died.News of the musician’s death was shared on The Lemonheads‘ Facebook page this week with the caption: “Life is short and unforgiving.“RIP Dan Lardner, we will forever love you.”The news was accompanied by a photo of Lardner hugging The Lemonheads frontman Evan Dando.The QTY musician was Dando’s guest of honour when the latter opened for Psychedelic Furs on their recent US tour.No further details about the cause of death have been shared.Lardner performed guitar and vocals in indie rock band QTY, alongside Alex Niemetz (guitar/vocals), Peter Baumann (bass), and Alan Yuch (drums).The New York group started in 2014 and signed to Dirty Hit Records, releasing their self-titled debut album in 2017, produced by former Suede member Bernard Butler.In 2017, NME described QTY as “New York’s most exciting new band”, before they were featured on the NME 100 list in 2018, describing their sound as “guitar-pop at its most catchy” that “follows in the long line of bands from New York who sound oh so very much like they’re from New York”.“There was a point in the studio where Alex and I wanted to play around a bit and Bernard told us we knew what we wanted to do with the songs – which we did, we knew what we wanted to do with them before we got into the studio – so we didn’t need to [do that],” Dan told NME back in 2017.

J. Kim Murphy Treat Williams, a veteran screen actor who received acclaim for his lead performance in the musical “Hair” and starred in The WB series “Everwood,” died Monday afternoon after being involved in a motorcycle accident near Dorset, Vt. He was 71. Williams’ death was confirmed by his agent, Barry McPherson, in a statement to People. Vermont State Police reported a road closure near Dorset due to a motor vehicle accident at 5:24 p.m. No further details about Williams’ death are available at this time. At the age of 28, Williams received acclaim for his performance in “Hair,” Miloš Forman’s big screen adaptation of the hit Broadway musical. Williams earned a Golden Globe nomination in the now-defunct category new star of the year (actor). Two years later he was competing again, this time in best actor in a motion picture drama for his performance in Daniel Ciello’s “Prince of the City.”