Wertmueller, 1st woman nominated for directing Oscar, dies

Former manager and business partner of actor Michael Keaton, Harry Colomby has died at the age of 92. Colomby died on December 25, 2021. 

Former Senator, Democrat Harry Reid of Nevada, who played a major role in President Obama’s most essential legislative accomplishments, died at age 82 of pancreatic cancer. His death was announced by political reporter Jon Ralston, who called Reid, “probably the most important elected official in Nevada history.”

John Madden, the exuberant, successful NFL coach who became a broadcast-booth legend and pitchman and later lent his name to the wildly successful Madden NFL video game franchise, died today. He was 85.

Wayne Thiebaud, a Sacramento-based artist and teacher famous for his colorful paintings of desserts and California landscapes, died Dec. 25 at the age of 101. Thiebaud’s death was announced on Instagram by his gallery, Acquavella.

Abigail Breslin is remember her late father this Christmas season.

Janice Long, the first woman to have her own daily show on the BBC’s Radio 1, died at home on Christmas Day. She was 66 and had what was described as a “short illness,” according to reports.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Prize winner and leader who was a key figure in ending apartheid in South Africa, has died at 90, the country’s president confirmed today.

Desmond Tutu, South Africa’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist for racial justice and LGBT rights and retired Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town, has died, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced Sunday. He was 90.

Abigail Breslin is opening up about her first Christmas without her father, who passed away earlier this year after a battle with COVID-19.

The song became the Mavelettes signature, and has since been covered by many acts, most notably the Beatles. Young was not the lead singer on “Please Mr. Postman,” but was the lead vocal on “So Long, Baby,” the B-side of the single.

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorRichard Conway, a special effects supervisor who collaborated closely with director Terry Gilliam, has died, his family announced. He was 79.Conway began working in television in the 1960s, where he began his career working alongside Gerry Anderson.

Terry Flores Netflix’s investment in animation has paid off in a big way as the streamer’s content picked up a whopping 52 nominations for the 49th Annie Awards. The next closest was Disney, which received 29 bids between its film and TV projectsNetflix’s nominations haul was led by “Arcane,” its series based on the multiplayer online game League of Legends by Riot Games, with nine, it’s hit film from Sony Pictures Animation “The Mitchells vs.

Inspired by the loss of his grandfather, writer-director Erick Oh takes a deeply personal story into the virtual reality space for Namoo. Coming off of an Oscar nomination for his last animated short Opera, Oh returns with an equally complex short filled with many discoveries.

Cara Williams, the actress known for her Oscar-nominated turn in The Defiant Ones, her Emmy-nominated performance in CBS’ sitcom Pete and Gladys and more, died on December 9. She was 96.

Editors note: Deadline’s Read the Screenplay series returns to exclusively reveal the scripts of films that will be factors in this year’s movie awards race.

Michael Nesmith, the wool-capped singer and guitarist of The Monkees, died today from natural causes, his family has announced. He was 78.

Lina Wertmüller was an Italian filmmaker and the first woman nominated for an Academy Award for directing.Wertmüller directed her first film, “The Lizards,” in 1963. She built her reputation over the 1960s and ‘70s as a risk-taker whose films defied genre conventions.

Denis O’Brien, best known for producing the comedy Monty Python’s Life of Brian with former Beatle George Harrison, died Dec. 3 in a Swindon, UK hospital. He was 80 and passed from intra-abdominal sepsis, his daughter said.

An exercise disaster. After the Sex and the City revival chose to kill off Mr. Big with a Peloton bike induced heart attack, the company is clearing up the facts when it comes to who is responsible for the shocking death.

La Repubblica reported. In 1977, she became the first woman to receive an Oscar nomination for Best Director for the 1975 drama “Seven Beauties.” Two years ago, she accepted an honorary Oscar at the Governors Awards.More to come…