LOS ANGELES, California — Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He was 87. Gossett’s nephew told The Associated Press that the actor died Thursday night in Santa Monica, California. No cause of death … Read more
After premiering at the Venice Film Festival, Netflix’s awards season pony “Maestro,” the Leonard Bernstein biopic from sophomore director Bradley Cooper, in which he also stars, is gearing up for its next major stop at the New York Film Festival on Monday. Ahead of its New York bow, the streamer invited a small group of … Read more
American actor Alan Arkin died on Friday at the age of 89. Several times nominated for the Oscar, he had won the statuette for his role as an obsessed but touching grandfather in “Little Miss Sunshine”. Hollywood veteran whose career was rich in more than a hundred roles, Alan Arkin died at the age of … Read more
SCOTLAND, UK: ‘Harry Potter’ writer JK Rowling has subtly criticized actress Emma Watson after it was revealed that a trustee of a transgender children’s charity, which the actress supports, had connections to an organization of pedophiles. The author took to Twitter to condemn celebrities, including Watson, who played Hermione Granger in the ‘Harry Potter’ series, … Read more
