Jeanne Cooper, 'Young and the Restless' Star, Dies at 84
Jeanne Cooper, the soap opera star best known for her role on "The Young and the Restless," died from an undisclosed illness Wednesday morning. She was 84.
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Special F/X Pioneer Ray Harryhausen Dies At 92
Special f/x legend and stop motion animation pioneer Ray Harryhausen died Tuesday morning in London. He was 92.
Entertainment Attorney James Tolbert Dies at 86
James “Jimmy” Tolbert, one of the first African-American entertainment attorneys in Hollywood, died April 22 in Santa Monica after suffering from Alzheimer's disease. He was 86. Tolbert's clients at h…
Kathleen Fleming, Lego Production Exec, Dies at 39
Kathleen Fleming, director of entertainment development at Lego, died April 27 in an accident in Cancun, Mexico. She was 39. Fleming joined Lego in 2009 as a senior manager of entertaiment development…
Jeff Hanneman Dead: Slayer Guitarist Was 49
Jeff Hanneman, guitarist, songwriter and founding member of thrash metal titans Slayer, died May 2 after suffering liver failure in a Southern California hospital. He was 49. Though he had been forced…
Skip Chasey Joins WME's Television Business Affairs Department
Skip Chasey, former EVP at Imagine Television, has joined WME's television Business Affairs Department. Chasey had been with Imagine for 15 years and played a pivotal role in growing Imagine's televis…
Chris Kelly Dead: Kris Kross Rapper was 34
Chris Kelly (right), one half of the multiplatinum 1990s kiddie-rap duo Kris Kross, died in an Atlanta hospital on Wednesday after being discovered unresponsive in his home. He was 34. Kelly's cause o…
N.Y. Women in Film and TV to Salute Below-the-Line Femmes
Hairstylist Mandy Lyons, makeup artist Andrea Miller and costume designer Deborah Scott will be honored at the New York Women in Film & Television Designing Awards as part of the organization's New Y…
Will Smith to Benedict Cumberbatch: Call Sheets Pile Up for Busy Players
BMI Topper Del Bryant to Step Down Next Year
After nearly 10 years steering performing-rights group BMI as president and CEO, Del Bryant will ankle the position come June of 2014, the org announced May 1. A four-decade veteran of BMI, Bryant wil…
