Screenwriter Walter Bernstein dies at 101

EXCLUSIVE: 101 Studios has acquired Janet Reitman’s 2017 New York Times Magazine article about the death of Marine Corps recruit Raheel Siddiqui that revealed a culture of brutality against Muslims at a South Carolina military training base. The article will be used as source material for a scripted limited series produced by 101 Studios.

All the President’s Men actor Hal Holbrook has died at the age of 95. The Oscar nominee, who also starred in Into the Wild, Wall Street and Lincoln, died on 23 January at his Los Angeles home, his assistant confirmed to The New York Times.

John Frey, an actor and screenwriter who taught acting in Lisbon, Portugal, and at the William Esper Studio in Manhattan, died Jan. 23 of heart failure in New York, his friend Frank Coelho announced.

Mitchell Krauss, a Middle East correspondent for CBS News who was wounded in the 1981 assassination of Egypt president Anwar Sadat, died Jan. 27 of kidney failure in a hospital in Rhinebeck, New York.

Mitchell Krauss, a Middle East correspondent for CBS News who was wounded in the 1981 assassination of Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, died on January 27 at Northern Dutchess Hospital in New York, near his home in Rhinebeck. He was 90 and died from kidney failure.

Cloris Leachman, a talented, prolific actress who won an Oscar and several Emmys across a consistent career, has died. She was 94.

Natalie Oganesyan editorMichael I. Rudell, a prominent entertainment industry attorney who represented high-profile clients such as novelists Dan Brown and John Grisham, and radio station WGBH, died on Monday in New York City.

South Korean actress and model Song Yoo-jung died on Saturday, January 23. She was 26.

Italian film producer Alberto Grimaldi, whose credits include The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly and Gangs of New York, has died. He was 95.

Ellise Shafer administratorAlberto Grimaldi, a film producer whose credits include the Spaghetti Western “The Good, the Bad and the Ugly” and Martin Scorsese’s “Gangs of New York,” has died. He was 95.Grimaldi’s son, Maurizio Grimaldi, confirmed his death to Variety, adding that his father died of natural causes.Born in Naples, Italy on March 28, 1925, Grimaldi originally studied law before starting his own production company, Produzioni Europee Associati, or P.E.A., in 1961.

NEW YORK -- Gregory Sierra, who had memorable roles in the 1970s sitcoms “Barney Miller" and “Sanford and Son," has died after battling cancer. He was 83.Sierra's widow, Helene, said Saturday in a phone interview with The Associated Press that the actor died on Jan.

Gregory Sierra, who was a key part of two major 1970s sitcoms as Julio Fuentes on Sanford and Son and Sgt. Miguel “Chano” Amenguale on Barney Miller, has died. He was 83.

Ben Halpern, a publicist for Paramount, United Artists, Filmways and Universal, died Saturday at his home in Los Angeles, his family announced. He was 99.

NEW YORK -- Bob Avian, a Tony Award-winning choreographer who had a role in some of the most beloved and influential shows on Broadway, including “Dreamgirls,” “A Chorus Line,” “Follies” and “Miss Saigon,” has died.

Bob Avian, the dancer-turned-choreographer who played an integral role in such pivotal Broadway musicals as A Chorus Line, Dreamgirls, Company, Follies and Miss Saigon, died of cardiac arrest yesterday at a hospital in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. He was 83.

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Longtime film and TV publicist Ben Halpern passed away peacefully on Jan. 16 at his home, surrounded by his family. He was three weeks shy of his 100th birthday.

NEW YORK -- Philip J. Smith, who rose from box office treasurer at the Imperial Theatre on Broadway to chairman and co-CEO of the theatrical giant Shubert Organization, has died from complications from COVID-19, according to his daughters.

Philip J. Smith, who as the longtime chairman of Broadway’s Shubert Organization was one of the most influential and powerful forces in American theater, died today in New York City of complications of Covid-19. He was 89.