Pat Saperstein

Author Ntozake Shange attends a special screening of "For Colored Girls" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York Oct. 25, 2010.

Ntozake Shange, ‘For Colored Girls’ playwright, dies at 70

August 25, 2019 at 5:35 a.m.

Playwright Ntozake Shange, who wrote the 1975 Tony-nominated play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow is Enuf," died Saturday in Bowie, Maryland, according to her family. She...

Bill Daily as Captain Roger Healey, Hayden Rorke as Dr. Alfred E. Bellows, Wayne Rogers as Major Tony Nelson, (foreground) Barbara Eden as Jeannie in "I Dream of Jeannie: 15 Years Later."

Bill Daily, Major Healey in ‘I Dream of Jeannie,’ dies at 91

August 22, 2019 at 2:07 p.m.

Bill Daily, the affable TV actor who starred as Major Roger Healey in "I Dream of Jeannie" as well as on "The Bob Newhart Show," died Sept. 4 in Santa...

Nick Cave has been singing about mortality for decades, and he's really good at it. Whether the narratives are biblical or pulpy, the victims innocents or death row convicts, the circumstances comprehensible or cruelly random, Cave's songs are on intimate terms with the infinite ways a life can be extinguished. And yet, "Skeleton Tree", his latest album with his estimable band, the Bad Seeds, is a relatively concise song cycle shadowed by death that feels different than all the rest. <a href="http://bancodeprofissionais.com/entertainment/music/kot/sc-music-nick-cave-skeleton-tree-ent-0916-20160916-column.html" target="_blank">Read the full review.</a>

Eddie Vedder sings Tom Petty song during Oscars In Memoriam segment

May 11, 2019 at 4:08 p.m.

The past year saw the death of many notable entertainment figures, particularly in the music business. For this year's Oscars In Memoriam segment, Eddie Vedder sang Tom Petty's "Room at...

Oscars: Faye Dunaway, Warren Beatty expected to return to present best picture after flub

May 11, 2019 at 4:07 p.m.

Despite last year's infamous best picture mix-up, Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty are expected back at this year's Oscars to again present the final award. Sources confirmed the duo will...

Keely Smith, jazz and pop singer, dies at 89

December 18, 2018 at 12:48 a.m.

Keely Smith, the Grammy winning singer known for her solo recordings of jazz standards as well as her partnership with her first husband, Louis Prima, died Dec. 16 in Palm...

Bill Paxton, ‘Titanic’ and ‘Big Love’ star, dead at 61

June 6, 2018 at 12:33 a.m.

Bill Paxton, the versatile actor who appeared in films including "Aliens" and "Titanic" and played a bigamist on HBO's "Big Love," has died from complications following a surgical procedure. He...

Actors Jack Larson, right, and Noel Neill pose together at the film premiere of "Superman Returns" in the Westwood section of Los Angeles, on Wednesday, June 21, 2006.

Noel Neill, actress who played first Lois Lane in ‘Superman,’ dies at 95

December 17, 2018 at 11:47 p.m.

Noel Neill, the first actress to play Superman's gal pal Lois Lane onscreen, died July 3 in Tucson, Ariz. after a long illness. She was 95. Her manager and biographer...

Catherine Coulson, ‘Log Lady’ on ‘Twin Peaks,’ dies at 71

December 18, 2018 at 12:55 a.m.

Catherine Coulson, who played the Log Lady on David Lynch's "Twin Peaks" TV series and was set to return to the new Showtime version, died Monday morning of cancer. She...

Richard Linklater’s ‘Boyhood’: Why It’s the Story of Our Lives

August 25, 2021 at 6:19 a.m.

I suppose it's not surprising that I had such a visceral reaction to Richard Linklater 's " Boyhood ," since I remember deeply identifying with "Dazed and Confused," whose stoner...

Jim Miller, Longtime Warner Bros. Exec, Dies at 72

August 25, 2021 at 5:54 a.m.

James (Jim) Miller, who oversaw business affairs for Warner Bros. for 20 years, died June 16 in Los Angeles. He was 72. A cause of death was not released. Miller...

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