Celebrity Deaths and Industry News

WIF Los Angeles (WIF LA) and WIFT Africa (Women in Film and TV Africa) have united to bring a delegation of women creatives from 10 African countries to the Cannes Film Festival. In a historic first, WIFT Africa will be represented at Cannes with an official booth in the Marché du Film, where attend

Keith Wood, former manager of LCD Soundsystem and longtime head of Caroline Records, died Wednesday after a long struggle with ALS (motor neuron disease), according to a social media post from his family. “He managed well on this horrible disease for over four years, but in the last six months it go

Connor Tomlinson, a breakout star from Netflix’s “Love on the Spectrum” docuseries, has set his next project after exiting the show: He will host a history-themed video podcast for indie podcast network PAVE Studios. Tomlinson, who has Level 1 autism, has built a loyal following of over

Production designer Dean Tavoularis, who shared an Oscar for art direction on “The Godfather: Part II” and was long associated with director Francis Ford Coppola, died Wednesday in Paris. He was 93. His death was reported to the Hollywood Reporter by critic Jordan Mintzer, who collaborated with him

EXCLUSIVE: Amazon MGM Studios is in advanced negotiations to land worldwide distribution rights to Hello & Paris, the rom-com set to unite Oscar winner Javier Bardem and two-time nominee Kate Hudson. Production is due to begin later this month on the movie, which is loosely inspired by Debo

Dean Tavoularis, the production designer whose collaborations with director Francis Ford Coppola produced the iconic looks and imagery of such seminal films as the Godfather movies, Apocalypse Now and The Conversation, died of natural causes in Paris on Wednesday, April 22. He was 93. His death was

Italian producer Fulvio Lucisano, who shepherded a slew of cult B-movies such as “Planet of the Vampires” and “What Have You Done to Solange?” and had a close rapport with Roger Corman, has died. He was 98. His daughter Paola confirmed Lucisano’s death on Tuesday in a statement sent to Italian

EXCLUSIVE: Amanda Warren (The Leftovers) and Evan Jonigkeit (The Hunting Wives) are currently shooting lead roles in Door, an indie sci-fi horror film also starring Akira Jackson (It Ends), River Blossom (Abbott Elementary), Johnny Sibilly (Hacks), and Henry Ian Cusick (Lost). Marking the

EXCLUSIVE: Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has hired Sophie Crowther to join the agency’s creators team in London. She from Billion Dollar Boy, where she built the company’s talent partnerships team and helped found and launch FiveTwoNine, a creator-focused brand and platform. In total, she has