Harrison Ford
Shel Bachrach, Leading Insurance Broker in Hollywood, Dies at 80
Shel Bachrach, a top insurance broker in Hollywood whose behind-the-scenes work helped movies like Cliffhanger, The People vs. Larry Flynt and Ali get made, died Monday in Palm Springs, a publicist announced. He was 80. Bachrach provided financial protection and mitigated risks associated with such potential problems as drug-related filming delays (think Courtney Love in […]
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Fred Roos, Casting Director Turned Oscar-Winning Producer on ‘The Godfather Part II,’ Dies at 89
Fred Roos, the casting director turned producer who jump-started the career of Jack Nicholson and collaborated often with Francis Ford Coppola, sharing a best picture Oscar with the filmmaker for 'The Godfather: Part II,' has died.
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M. Emmet Walsh, Actor in ‘Blood Simple’ and ‘Blade Runner,’ Dies at 88
M. Emmet Walsh, the wily character actor who became an audience favorite for his deliciously despicable performances in such films as 'Blood Simple,' 'Blade Runner,' 'Brubaker' and 'The Jerk,' has died. He was xx.
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Harrison Ford, Vin Diesel Pay Tribute to Helen Mirren at American Cinematheque Awards
Helen Mirren was honored at the 37th annual American Cinematheque Awards on Thursday night, with a star-studded list of presenters on hand to celebrate the actress’ achievements both on screen and off. Harrison Ford, Vin Diesel, Patrick Stewart, Bryan Cranston, Pierce Brosnan, Alan Cumming, Andrea Riseborough and Mirren’s husband Taylor Hackford toasted the star at […]
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Calista Flockhart Says She and Husband Harrison Ford Play Practical Jokes on Each Other
Harrison Ford and Calista Flockhart make sure to keep things playful and fun at home with practical jokes. Flockhart recently opened up to The New York Times about their life together and said she often refers to herself as the “Scare Monster” when they’re at their house. “Because I hide behind every corner,” the Ally […]
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Critics Choice Awards: Harrison Ford Gets Emotional Accepting Career Achievement Honor
Harrison Ford got emotional accepting the the Career Achievement Award at Sunday night’s Critics Choice Awards. The actor was introduced by his Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny director, James Mangold, who called Ford a “hypergiant.” “The largest stars in the known universe are called variable hypergiants. Hypergiants are about 1700 times larger than our sun. […]
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Harrison Ford to Receive Career Achievement Honor at Critics Choice Awards
Harrison Ford is nominated for best supporting actor in a comedy for his turn on the Apple TV+ series Shrinking at Sunday’s Critics Choice Awards. But even if he doesn’t win, the 81-year-old actor won’t go home empty-handed. The organization announced Tuesday that Ford will be feted with the Career Achievement Award at the 29th […]
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Adam Driver on ‘Star Wars’ Scene He’ll Never Live Down: “Somebody Reminds Me About That Every Day”
Adam Driver has revealed the scene he still can’t live down, even nearly a decade after 2015’s Star Wars: The Force Awakens was released. In a recent interview on Max’s Who’s Talking to Chris Wallace, the host mentioned the film’s shocking ending where Driver’s villain Kylo Ren kills his father, Harrison Ford’s Han Solo, to […]
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Water Works: Can Tears at a Festival Premiere Boost an Awards Campaign?
Brendan Fraser already had a fair amount of Oscars hype ahead of The Whale’s premiere in Venice in 2022, but it was his reaction afterward that, for many, laid the path toward his best actor win. While nobody’s taking anything away from Fraser’s powerful performance as a 600-pound recluse, several figures close to the A24 film have […]
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Harrison Ford Inspires Name for New Species of Snake Found in Peru’s Andes Mountains: “This Discovery Is Humbling”
Thanks to a line of dialogue from Indiana Jones in Steven Spielberg’s 1981 blockbuster Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Harrison Ford has long been linked to snakes. The association has now been formalized in real life. Researchers have discovered a new species of snake in Peru’s Andes mountains and named the […]
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Emmy Nominations: Harrison Ford, Elizabeth Olsen Snubbed as ‘Welcome to Chippendales,’ ‘Jury Duty’ Surprise
Harrison Ford was widely expected to land his first Emmy nomination this year for his two roles in Shrinking and 1923. Instead, he failed to earn a nod for either performance despite Shrinking landing multiple nods. 1923, on the other hand, is just one of several Taylor Sheridan shows that were shut out from this […]
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‘Indiana Jones’ Box Office Openings: How ‘Dial of Destiny’ Compares to the 4 Previous Movies
Rewind to summer 1981, and a box office slump. A variety of factors were to blame for the downturn, including rising movie ticket prices and production costs (sound familiar?). But the summer season ended on a high note after Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark rode to the rescue. Raiders of the […]
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