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‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ & ‘Rockford Files’ Writer Was 84 – Deadline
Gordon T. Dawson, a costume designer-turned-screenwriter who worked on multiple movies with Sam Peckinpah and wrote on TV hits The Rockford Files and Walker, Texas Ranger among other films and series, died March 6 of pulmonary disease in West Hills, CA, his family announced. He was 84. Dawson was a fireman when Peckinpah used him to age costumes for his…
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Writer For ‘Cool Hand Luke’ And ‘Zorro The Gay Blade’ Was 85 – Deadline
Hal Dresner, a veteran writer for film and television who is credited for the memorable line, “What we have here is a failure to communicate” in the film Cool Hand Luke, died Friday in Medford, Oregon of cancer. He was 85 and his death was confirmed by his family. Dresner had a long career as a writer and producer, working…
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‘Loki’ Writer Michael Waldron Launches New Company Anomaly Pictures – Deadline
EXCLUSIVE: Following another successful year, Loki and Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness scribe Michael Waldron is launching a new feature film and TV production company, Anomaly Pictures, with his producing partner Adam Fasullo. The duo says their new banner believes that popcorn entertainment can also be prestige entertainment, and at the heart of every project lies the question:…
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Actor And Writer Of BBC Drama ‘Wilderness Road’ Was 71 – Deadline
Bob Goody, veteran British stage and screen actor and co-writer of 1985 BBC1 comedy Wilderness Road, has died aged 71. He passed away on March 5 after a long battle with cancer that he chronicled in a book of verse. Born in Brighton in 1951, Goody trained at RADA and became known as a charismatic actor and poet. He fronted…
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Ray Jenkins Dead: ‘The Sweeney’ Writer Was 87
Ray Jenkins, the British screenwriter behind shows including “The Woman in White” and “The Sweeney,” has died. He was 87. Jenkins died on Jan. 16, his agent confirmed to Variety. No cause of death was given. Jenkins was an accomplished dramatist who wrote for TV, radio and film. He was known especially for his work on British police and justice-related…
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World
Tom Whitlock, Writer of ‘Top Gun’ Anthem ‘Danger Zone,’ Dies at 68
Mr. Whitlock’s songs, including the chart-topping “Take My Breath Away,” were central to the 1986 movie. Source of data and images: nytimes
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USA
Ex-NYTimes writer describes ‘bloodthirsty’ colleagues demanding action over controversial Op-Ed
‘It was like a Maoist struggle session’: Ex-NYTimes writer describes ‘crying’ and ‘bloodthirsty’ colleagues demanding action over controversial ‘send in the troops’ Senator Cotton Op-Ed which sparked paper’s woke meltdown An ex-New York Times staffer has revealed how his ‘bloodthirsty’ colleagues sparked a woke meltdown inside the newsroom in 2020 An explosive interview with former Times staffer Shawn McCreesh saw…
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News
The death of journalist and writer Morsi Atallah at the age of 80
Egyptian journalist and writer Morsi Atallah, former chairman of Al-Ahram’s board of directors, has passed away at the age of 80. Where Morsi Atallah was born in 1943 in Gharbia Governorate, he worked as a journalist and former chairman of the board of directors of Al-Ahram newspaper, former president of Zamalek Club in 2005, founding editor-in-chief of Al-Ahram evening newspaper,…
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Sports
Oliver Holt is appointed as the Mail’s first ever seven-day Chief Sports Writer
Oliver Holt is appointed as the Mail’s first ever seven-day Chief Sports Writer… and you can read his first hard-hitting column TONIGHT at 6pm on MailOnline By Sportsmail Reporter Published: 04:32 EST, 13 February 2023 | Updated: 06:23 EST, 13 February 2023 <!– <!– <!– <!– <!– <!– Oliver Holt has been appointed the Mail’s first ever seven-day Chief Sports…
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Valiant Comics’ Live-Action Movie ‘Faith’ Sets Writer
The Valiant Cinematic Universe (VCU) is set to grow at Paramount, with female superhero project “Faith” joining the previously announced “Harbinger.” The live-action version of “Faith,” which is in early development, follows “Harbinger,” a title that also is part of the VCU and in development at Paramount. “Harbinger” is set to be directed by Paul Downs Colaizzo of “Brittany Runs…
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