Jake Coyle, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

‘Oppenheimer’ dominates Oscar nominees

by Jake Coyle Associated PressJanuary 23, 2024

NEW YORK — After a tumultuous movie year marred by strikes and work stoppages, the Academy Awards showered nominations Tuesday on Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic, “Oppenheimer,” which came away with a leading 13 nominations.Nolan’s three-hour…

FILE - Sacheen Littlefeather, a Native American activist, tells the audience at the Academy Awards ceremony in Los Angeles, March 27, 1973, that Marlon Brando was declining to accept his Oscar as best actor for his role in "The Godfather." Sacheen Littlefeather died Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022, at her home in Marin County, Calif. She was 75. (AP Photo/File)

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Sacheen Littlefeather, actor who declined Brando Oscar, dies at 75

by Jake Coyle Associated PressOctober 3, 2022

Philip Baker Hall arrives at the premiere of “Clear History,” July 31, 2013, in Los Angeles.

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Actor Philip Baker Hall dies at 90

by Jake Coyle Associated PressJune 13, 2022

Actor Bruce Willis appears at the premiere of “Glass” in New York on Jan. 15, 2019. Wills is stepping away from acting after a diagnosis of aphasia, a condition that causes the loss of the ability to understand or express speech, his family announced Wednesday.

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Diagnosed with aphasia, Bruce Willis steps away from acting

by Jake Coyle Asssociated PressMarch 30, 2022

FILE - William Hurt, a cast member in the Amazon series "Goliath," poses for a portrait during the 2016 Television Critics Association Summer Press Tour at the Beverly Hilton on Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016, in Beverly Hills, Calif. Hurt, the Oscar-winning actor of “Broadcast News,” “Body Heat” and “The Big Chill,” has died. He was 71. Hurt's son, Will, said in a statement that Hurt died Sunday, March 13, 2022 of natural causes. (Photo by Rich Fury/Invision/AP, File)

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Actor William Hurt, mainstay of ’80s films, dies at 71

by Jake Coyle Associated PressMarch 14, 2022

FILE - Director Peter Bogdanovich poses for a photo Feb. 17, 2005, at the Regent Beverly Hills in Beverly Hills, Calif. Bogdanovich, the Oscar-nominated director of "The Last Picture Show," and "Paper Moon," died Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022 at his home in Los Angeles. He was 82. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

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Director Bogdanovich dead at 82

by Lindsey Bahr Associated Press, and Jake Coyle Associated PressJanuary 6, 2022

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Actor Dean Stockwell dies at 85

by Jake Coyle AP Film WriterNovember 9, 2021

Actor Charles Grodin appears at a news conference announcing him as host of CNBC’s new primetime show “Charles Grodin” in New York on Nov. 15, 1994.

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Actor, writer Charles Grodin dies at 86

by Jake Coyle Associated PressMay 18, 2021

Amanda Seyfried, left, and Gary Oldman appear in a scene from “Mank.”

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‘Mank’ leads Oscar nominations

by Jake Coyle Associated PressMarch 15, 2021

FILE - In this June 14, 2018, file photo, Kelly Preston and John Travolta attend the premiere of "Gotti" at the SVA Theatre in New York. Preston, whose credits included the films “Twins” and “Jerry Maguire,” died Sunday, July 12, 2020, her husband Travolta said. She was 57. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)

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Actress Kelly Preston dies at 57

by Jake Coyle Associated Press Writers, and Lynn Elber Associated Press WritersJuly 13, 2020