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[Tex Murphy]

Znam da će malo nas suzu za njim pustiti

You got that right.

[pokojni Steva]

 

Mada, garant su ga klonirali, verovatno već skidaju kokunicu sa Holbruk II.

[Mark]

Branislav Kovačević Cole, bloger ovdašnji i čovek vrlo aktivan na mnogim poljima, umro je noćas, sasvim neočekivano.

http://blog.b92.net/text/16771/Umro-Cole/
http://blog.b92.net/text/16772/Umro-je-nas-Cole/
http://blog.b92.net/text/7723/Ura---Sunce-snegovi-ruzmarin-i-sas/

[ginger toxiqo 2 gafotas]

Director Blake Edwards dies in Southern California

Blake Edwards AP – FILE - In this Feb. 29, 2004 file photo, filmmaker Blake Edwards speaks after receiving an honorary Oscar

LOS ANGELES – Blake Edwards, the director and writer known for clever dialogue, poignance and occasional belly-laugh sight gags in "Breakfast at Tiffany's," "10" and the "Pink Panther" farces, is dead at age 88.

Edwards died from complications of pneumonia at about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, said publicist Gene Schwam. Blake's wife, Julie Andrews, and other family members were at his side. He had been hospitalized for about two weeks.

Edwards had knee problems, had undergone unsuccessful procedures and was "pretty much confined to a wheelchair for the last year-and-a-half or two," Schwam said. That may have contributed to his condition, he added.

At the time of his death, Edwards was working on two Broadway musicals, one based on the "Pink Panther" movies. The other, "Big Rosemary," was to be an original comedy set during Prohibition, Schwam said.

"His heart was as big as his talent. He was an Academy Award winner in all respects," said Schwam, who knew him for 40 years.

A third-generation filmmaker, Edwards was praised for evoking classic performances from Jack Lemmon, Audrey Hepburn, Peter Sellers, Dudley Moore, Lee Remick and Andrews, his wife of nearly half a century.

He directed and often wrote a wide variety of movies including "Days of Wine and Roses," a harrowing story of alcoholism; "The Great Race," a comedy-adventure that starred Lemmon, Tony Curtis and Natalie Wood; and "Victor/Victoria," his gender-bender musical comedy with Andrews.

He was also known for an independent spirit that brought clashes with studio bosses. He vented his disdain for the Hollywood system in his 1981 black comedy, "S.O.B."

"I was certainly getting back at some of the producers of my life," he once remarked, "although I was a good deal less scathing than I could have been. The only way I got to make it was because of the huge success of `10,' and even then they tried to sabotage it."

Because many of his films were studded with farcical situations, reviewers often criticized his work. "In Mr. Edward's comic world, noses are to be stung, heads to have hangovers, and beautiful women to be pursued at any cost," wrote The New York Times' Vincent Canby in a review of "10." Gary Arnold of the Washington Post added: "Edwards seems to take two dumb steps for every smart one. ... He can't seem to resist the most miserable sight gags that occur to him."

However, Richard Schickel wrote in Time magazine: "When director Edwards is at his best, there is something bracing, and in these days, unique about his comedy. ... He really wants to save the world by showing how stupid some of its creatures can be."

Although many of Edwards' films were solid hits, he was nominated for Academy Awards only twice, in 1982 for writing the adapted screenplay of "Victor/Victoria" and in 1983 for co-writing "The Man Who Loved Women." Lemmon and Remick won Oscar nominations in 1962 for "Days of Wine and Roses," and Hepburn was nominated for "Breakfast at Tiffany's" in 1961.

The motion picture academy selected Edwards to receive a lifetime achievement award in 2004 for "his writing, directing and producing an extraordinary body of work for the screen."

When he collected the award, he jokingly referred to his wife: "My mother thanks you, my father thanks you, and the beautiful English broad with the incomparable soprano and promiscuous vocabulary thanks you."

Edwards had entered television in 1958, creating "Peter Gunn," which established a new style of hard-edged detective series. The tone was set by Henry Mancini's pulsating theme music. Starring Craig Stevens, the series ran until 1961 and resulted in a 1967 feature movie "Gunn."

"Peter Gunn" marked the beginning of a fruitful collaboration between Edwards and Mancini, who composed melodic scores and songs for most of Edwards' films. Mancini won Academy Awards for the score of "Breakfast at Tiffany's" and the song "Moon River," the title song of "Days of Wine and Roses" and the score of "Victor/Victoria."

The Edwards family history extended virtually the entire length of American motion pictures. J. Gordon Edwards was a pioneering director of silent films, including more than 20 with the exotic vamp Theda Bara. His son, Jack McEdwards (the family name), became a top assistant director and production manager in Hollywood.

William Blake McEdwards was born July 26, 1922, in Tulsa, Okla. The family moved to Hollywood three years later, and the boy grew up on his father's movie sets.

Edwards began in films as an actor, playing small roles in such movies as "A Guy Named Joe" and "Ten Gentlemen From West Point." After 18 months in the Coast Guard in World War II, he returned to acting but soon realized he lacked the talent. With John Champion, he wrote a Western, "Panhandle," which he produced and acted in for the quickie studio, Monogram. He followed with "Stampede."

In 1947, Edwards turned to radio and created the hard-boiled "Richard Diamond, Private Detective" for Dick Powell; it was converted to television in 1957, starring Powell with Mary Tyler Moore as his secretary, whose face is never seen on-screen.

Tiring of the TV grind, Edwards returned to films and directed his first feature, "Bring Your Smile Along." After a few more B movies which he usually co-wrote, he made the big time in 1958 with "The Perfect Furlough," starring Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, and "Operation Petticoat" with Cary Grant and Curtis.

"Breakfast at Tiffany's" in 1961 established Edwards as a stylish director who could combine comedy with bittersweet romance. His next two films proved his versatility: the suspenseful "Experiment in Terror" (1962) and "Days of Wine and Roses" (1963), the story of a couple's alcoholism, with Lemmon in his first dramatic role.

"The Great Race," about an auto race in the early 1900s, marked Edwards' first attempt at a big-budget spectacle. He spent Warner Bros.' money lavishly, raising the ire of studio boss Jack Warner. The 1965 release proved a modest success.

Edwards' disdain for the studios reached a peak in the 1970 "Darling Lili," a World War I romance starring his new wife, Andrews, and Rock Hudson. The long, expensive Paris location infuriated the Paramount bosses. The movie flopped, continuing Andrews' decline from her position as Hollywood's No. 1 star.

For a decade, Edwards' only hits were "Pink Panther" sequels. Then came "10," which he also produced and wrote. The sex comedy became a box-office winner, creating a new star in Bo Derek and restoring the director's reputation. He scored again in 1982 with "Victor/Victoria," with Andrews playing a woman who poses as a (male) female impersonator. His later films became more personal, particularly the 1986 "That's Life," which he wrote with his psychiatrist.

After Sellers' death in 1980, Edwards attempted to keep the "Pink Panther" franchise alive. He wrote and directed "Curse of the Pink Panther" in 1983 and "Son of the Pink Panther" in 1993 but both were failed efforts.

A 2006 remake of the original with Steve Martin as Clouseau was modestly successful; its 2009 follow up was less so. Both had new directors, with Edwards credited as a writer.

He continued to supervise Andrews' career, which included a short-lived television series and her 1996 return to Broadway in a $8.5 million version of "Victor/Victoria." Edwards directed the show, which drew mixed reviews. When Andrews was the only one connected with the musical to be nominated for a Tony, she announced to a matinee audience that she was declining the nomination because her co-workers had been snubbed.

Andrews and Edwards married in 1968. She had a daughter, Emma, from her marriage to Broadway designer Tony Walton. Edwards had a daughter, Jennifer, and a son, Geoffrey, from his marriage to Patricia Edwards. He and Andrews adopted two Vietnamese children, Amy and Jo.

A longtime painter, Edwards began sculpting in mid-life, and his bronze works in the style of Henry Moore drew critical praise in shows in Los Angeles and Bucks County, Pa.

[Meho Krljic]

Ooooh... RIP. 

[Shozo Hirono]

 

[Tex Murphy]

RIP. Istinski velikan, srećom naživio se i ostavio nam dovoljno genijalnih filmova.

[shrike]

Legenda.
Bog da mu dušu prosti.

[pokojni Steva]

 

[Lord Kufer]

Vazda najduhovitiji... I još u tandemu s Piterom Selersom...

[Alexdelarge]

rip.

[Father Jape]

Juce umro Captain Beefheart.

[Meho Krljic]

Ooooo............................. Mada... dugo je bio bolestan.  RIP.

[Mark]

Captain Beefheart RIP

[Plottz]

Šta `š,laka mu

[shrike]

Umro Vladan Batić.

[Agota]

eh, uvek ce mi ostati u secanju u nekoj valjda  novogodisnjoj skrivenoj kameri sa  milanom st proticem i cvarkom

[Lord Kufer]

Kako ih je sredio...

[ginger toxiqo 2 gafotas]

Preminula Atina Bojadži

Prva žena sa Balkana koja je preplivala La Manš, Makedonka Atina Bojadži umrla je u 66. godini posle kraće bolesti. Bila je svetski šampion u plivačkom maratonu. Radila kao trener u Zvezdi i Americi.

Kraljica makedonskog sporta, pionirka ženskog plivačkog maratona u bivšoj Jugoslaviji, Atina Bojadži umrla je u 66. godini.
Atina Bojadži

Atina Bojadži je sa 18 godina postala najmlađi pobednik Ohridskog maratona, a posle trke od Kaprija do Napulja objedinila je titule svetske šampionke u slanoj i slatkoj vodi.

Najveći podvig postigla je septembra 1969. godine, kada je postala prva žena sa Balkana koja je preplivala La Manš na mestu gde je taj kanal širok 34 kilometra.

La Manš je preplivala za 13 sati i 20 minuta.

Taj podvig poslužio je kao predložak za film "Uspravi se Delfina", koji je dobio nekoliko jugoslovenskih i svetskih nagrada, a dokumentarac o Atini Bojadži snimila je, svojevremeno, i britanska mreža Skaj.

Radila je kao trener u Crvenoj zvezdi  a potom i u Los Anđelesu.

[Cornelius]

Umro Bobby Farrell (61), igrač i pevač na play back grupe Boney M.

[Alex]

RIP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fGyfxOCYvtM&feature=player_embedded#!

[Lord Kufer]

Zašto je on obučen kao žena? A čini i smešne pokrete... A i frizura mu je smešna...

[shrike]

Umro Pete Postlethwaite.
RIP

[Meho Krljic]

RIP.

[Father Jape]

Do dan danas nisam znao kako se zvao, a uvek sam voleo da ga vidim, jos od kad sam ga gledao kao klinac u Usual Suspectsima.

[Mark]

RIP Ono jeste izgledao propao u The Town-u.

PS

Heh, ubio ga Ben Aflek!

[Father Jape]

Umro Gerry Rafferty

Stuck in the Middle with you- Steelers Wheel

[Mark]

Mick Karn - Sensitive (1982)

Mick Karn (24. Jul 1958 - 4. Januar 2011.)

[Alex]

Mick Karn (24. Jul 1958 - 4. Januar 2011.)

RIP
bio je majstor

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWTLgBkw5fI&feature=player_embedded#!

[Meho Krljic]

RIP.

[Cornelius]

Umro hrvatski džez majstor Boško Petrović (76).

[Meho Krljic]

Oh... RIP.

[Shozo Hirono]

rip.

[Alex]

Oscar nominated British director Peter Yates who helmed sixties hits like Bullitt and Summer Holiday has died. He was 81.

The four-time Oscar nominee who had a career spanning five decades died in London on Sunday following an unspecified illness said his agent Judy Daish, reported Daily Mail online. After a brief stint as an actor, he began his directorial career in 1963 with Summer Holiday, which famously saw Cliff Richard taking a London double decker bus round Europe.

Yates then moved into TV and helmed several episodes of The Saint and Danger Man, before making Robbery, a film inspired by the Great Train Robbery, in 1967.

This led to Hollywood, and his first American film, the cop thriller Bullitt, was released the following year. Starring Steve McQueen, it told the story of a San Franciscan cop who is determined to track down the Mafia boss who put a hit on a witness under his protection.

It was best remembered for its high-octane car chase, which is regarded by critics as one of the finest ever put on film, and which many credit as setting the standard for future car chase sequences in Hollywood films.

Later on in his career Yates picked up four Oscar nominations.

He was shortlisted as Best Director and producer for the 1979 coming-of-age drama Breaking Away, and also received the same nominations for 1983's The Dresser, an adaptation of the successful stage play starring Albert Finney and Tom Courtenay.

Yates' other films included Seventies blockbuster The Deep, fantasy film Krull, Suspect starring Cher and Dennis Quaid and the Tom Selleck thriller, An Innocent Man. His final film, the made for TV movie A Separate Peace, was made in 2004.

Yates is survived by his wife Virginia Pope, a son and a daughter. A small private funeral is planned, followed by a memorial service.

[Shozo Hirono]

breaking away je sjajan coming of age, a the dresser je maestralan.

rip.

[Shozo Hirono]

Composer John Barry has died of a heart attack in New York. He was 77 years old. The Oscar-winner is perhaps best remembered for creating the James Bond theme, one of the most iconic pieces of music in cinema history, and he went on to provide the music for 11 further Bond films, including From Russia With Love and Goldfinger. Some of his best-known scores outside of the Bond franchise include Zulu, Midnight Cowboy, The Lion in Winter, Born Free, Out of Africa and Dances with Wolves.

[Meho Krljic]

Auuu. RIP.

[Tex Murphy]

Respekt za majstora, ali Bond temu je ipak napisao Monti Norman.

[Alex]

R.I.P.

Respekt za majstora, ali Bond temu je ipak napisao Monti Norman.

Osnovni motiv jeste, ali je John Barry radio aranžmane za filmove, uključujući i prvi, pri tome i dodavao delove, pa ga i potpisuju kao koautora, iako je Monty Norman kreditovan i dobijao "royalties" i tužbe za klevetu da nije kompozitor - koje su možda poticale od Barryja, koji je, pretpostavljam, smatrao da su njegove izmene bile tolike da je on glavni autor onoga što je ostalo poznato kao James Bond Theme.

[Kunac]

PARIZ  - Francuska glumica Marija Šnajder (Maria Schneider) preminula je jutros u 58. godini od raka u jednoj pariskoj bolnici, piše francuski list "Parizijen".

Ostaće zapamćena po ulozi u kultnom filmu Bernarda Bertolučija "Poslednji tango u Parizu" iz 1972. godine u kojem je igrala pored Marlona Branda. Film je zbog eksplicitnih scena seksa izazvao burnu kontroverzu u vreme kada je prvi put prikazan.

Marija Šnajder je glumila i u mnogim drugim ostvarenjima kao što su "Profesija: reporter" (1974) Mikelanđela Antonionija i "Bejbisiterka" (1975) Renea Klemana. Poslednji film u kojem je igrala je "Klijentkinja" (2008) Žozijane Balasko. (Tanjug)

[lilit]

RIP.

[Kunac]

Imala je baš turbulentan život. Mukica.

[Meho Krljic]

Opa... RIP. 

[Kunac]

Tura Satana RIP!

News hit Twitter this weekend that Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! icon Tura Satana passed away yesterday at 5pm PST in Reno NV. She was 75. It was first reported on her manager Siouxzan Perry's Facebook page, although an official release has yet to be posted.

Tura Satana (born July 10, 1935) is a Japanese-born American actress and former exotic dancer. She is known for her role as "Varla" in Russ Meyer's 1965 cult film, Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!. Varla was a very aggressive and sexual female character for which she did all of her own stunts and fight scenes. Renowned film critic Richard Corliss called her performance "...the most honest, maybe the one honest portrayal in the Meyer canon and certainly the scariest." - Wikipedia.

Other notable roles include The Astro-Zombies (1969) and The Doll Squad (1974).

[Джон Рейнольдс]

Jbt! Pre neki dan sam guglao da vidim gde je, šta radi... 

RIP

[Meho Krljic]

Auuuuu... šta je ovo... RIP

[Kunac]

Bila je mnogo jaka u FASTER PUSSYCAT.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z9VYESAQD34

[Perin]

Umro Geri Mur 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-12377862

[Meho Krljic]

Auuuuuu... Jedan od heroja moje mladosti ode... a nije bio ni mator preterano. RIP

[Perin]

Bio je jedan od omiljenih mi gitarista... Stvarno pravi maher. Pokoj mu duši.