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Alvin Sargent, Oscar-Winning ‘Julia’ and ‘Ordinary People’ Screenwriter, Dies at 92

Academy Award winner Alvin Sargent, who penned an extraordinary number of popular and critically successful films, from “Paper Moon” and “Ordinary People” to the “Spider-Man” sequels of the 2000s, died Thursday, his talent agency Gersh confirmed to Variety.He was 92.Sargent won adapted screenplay Oscars for “Julia” in 1978 and “Ordinary People” in 1981 and was […]

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Will and Grace Returns and Everything Has Changed With New Relationships and Siblings?!

Will Truman and Grace Adler…step-siblings? That’s what’s up in season two (or season 10) of Will & Grace, which begins tonight on NBC.However, it’s not the only new dynamic the show is dealing with.Love is in the air, for some of the characters.Will’s mom (Blythe Danner) and Grace’s dad (Sydney Pollack) are now married, and […]

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Thomas Stanford, Oscar-Winning Film Editor on ‘West Side Story,’ Dies at 93

Film editor Thomas Stanford, who won an Academy Award for his work on West Side Story, died Saturday, his family reported.He was 93.Stanford collaborated with director Sydney Pollack on three films — The Slender Thread (1965), Jeremiah Johnson (1972) and The Yakuza (1974) — and with helmer Mark Rydell on two: The Fox (1967) and […]

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