Actress Jane Russell has died at 89. She starred in films and television in every genre from noirs (Macao with Robert Mitchum) to musicals (Gentleman Prefer Blondes with Marilyn Monroe) to Westerns (The Outlaw). KPBS and The New Yorker have tributes.
The BBC has a fascinating story on Congolese comics and comic artists in Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Includes little interviews with Guy Delisle, Papa Mfumu’eto Premier, Bruno Luya and Stephane Oiry
Animation and comics creator Dwayne McDuffie has died. Among his many accomplishments was the founding of Milestone Media, the animated Justice League, the Ben 10 animated series and most recently the animated All-Star Superman. Comics Alliance has more. And Pop Culture Shock remembers him. (If you are interested, […]
It has always been my long held contention that cinema–while being a medium of mass entertainment–can also be a powerful art form that can illuminate, inspire and ultimately change the world we live in. One artist that worked in the mediums of photography and film making that truly […]
The inimitable Tura Satana has died at 72. She was a famed burlesque performer and acted in Billy Wilder’s Irma La Douce, but she’s probably best known for her spine-breaking performance as Varla in Russ Meyer’s Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! Cinebeats has an excellent retrospective of her life […]
The New Yorker tours Guillermo del Toro’s Los Angeles mansion and gets a look at Smaug and The Mountains of Madness. (via @Propnomicon)
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