Richard Todd Articles

According to People Online, Farrah Fawcett's family, friends, and fans have received "an apology" from Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences executive director Bruce Davis, who reportedly was responsible for the inclusions and omissions in the "In Memoriam" segment of Sunday's Academy Awards ceremony. As previously mentioned in this blog and elsewhere, Fawcett was left out of the tribute. Among those criticizing the omission [...]

Best Actor Oscar winner Ernest Borgnine, Best Supporting Actress nominee Betsy Blair in the 1955 Best Picture winner Marty I skipped most of the speeches and presentations at the Oscar 2010 ceremony, but I made a point of watching the In Memoriam segment just to see who was going to be included and who was going to be left out. As usual, once it was [...]

Ken Annakin, best remembered for directing the big-budget 1965 adventure comedy Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines, died of natural causes on Wednesday, April 22, at his home in Beverly Hills. He had suffered a stroke and a heart attack in February, and had been in poor health since. Like fellow British filmmaker Jack Cardiff, who also died on April 22, Annakin was 94. [...]