Mar 23

   

Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor died this morning of congestive heart failure at age 79, according to the Associated Press:
“My Mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love,” her son, Michael Wilding, said in a statement.
“We know, quite simply, that the world is a better place for Read More …



Mar 23

   

Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor died this morning of congestive heart failure at age 79, according to the Associated Press:
“My Mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love,” her son, Michael Wilding, said in a statement.
“We know, quite simply, that the world is a better place for Read More …



Mar 23

   

Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor died this morning of congestive heart failure at age 79, according to the Associated Press:
“My Mother was an extraordinary woman who lived life to the fullest, with great passion, humor, and love,” her son, Michael Wilding, said in a statement.
“We know, quite simply, that the world is a better place for Read More …



Mar 16

 

Hip hop artist Nate Dogg (Real name: Nathaniel D. Hale) reportedly died of a stroke last night at 41, according to People:
Hale was part of an extended family of rappers known as the Dogg Pound Gangsta Crips (DPGC), a group that also includes Snoop Dogg and Daz Dillinger – both of whom responded to news Read More …



Mar 1

   

Jane Russell, the Hollywood sex symbol of the 40’s and 50’s whose breasts some theorize actually won World War II by filling our boys in uniform with unquantifiable levels of vigor, died yesterday of a respiratory illness. She was 89. The AP reports:
“She always said ‘I’m going to die in the saddle, I’m not going Read More …



Jan 3

 

Omnipresent character actor Pete Postlethwaite, who was seen as recently as this year’s Inception and The Town – along with the cult-classic The Usual Suspects, died Sunday morning from cancer, according to People. He was 64:
Steven Spielberg, who directed Postlewaite in The Lost World: Jurassic Park and Amistad, once called him “the best actor in Read More …



Dec 16

 

(It was pretty much a given I was going to lead with this pic, wasn’t it? Predictability!)
Blake Edwards, the director of such films as Breakfast At Tiffany’s and “10″, the latter which brought the world the iconic image of Bo Derek above, passed away at 88, according to Variety:
Edwards has been compared favorably to other Read More …