RIP Donald
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbubW7IxNG8
― omar little, Friday, 21 December 2018 18:18 (five years ago) link
Peter Masterson, theatre/film guy who directed Geraldine Page's Oscar role in The Trip to Bountiful
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/peter-masterson-playwright-actor-and-filmmaker-dies-at-84/2018/12/20/77bff1bc-04a3-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36_story.html
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 21 December 2018 22:37 (five years ago) link
Paddy Ashdown.
― Alba, Saturday, 22 December 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
Simcha "Kazik" Rotem. Last survivor of the Warsaw uprising.
― calzino, Saturday, 22 December 2018 23:35 (five years ago) link
improv pioneer David Shepherd
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/theater/ct-ent-david-shepherd-second-city-1219-story.html
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 23 December 2018 15:22 (five years ago) link
(Peter Masterson = dad of Mary Stuart Masterson)
― ... (Eazy), Sunday, 23 December 2018 16:13 (five years ago) link
Sister Wendy Beckett
https://www.rte.ie/news/2018/1226/1019145-sister-wendy-dead/
― Andrew Farrell, Wednesday, 26 December 2018 17:54 (five years ago) link
Honey Lantree of the Honeycombs
― tokyo rosemary, Friday, 28 December 2018 02:32 (five years ago) link
RIP, Honey, even if I wasn’t aware that you were still with us until recently
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 December 2018 03:08 (five years ago) link
It's been 5 (five) yeras, but I would like to take this time to celebrate/eulogize acclaimed writer Maya Angelou, who died five (5) years ago. She published seven autobiographies, three books of essays, several books of poetry, and is credited with a list of plays, movies, and television shows spanning over 50 years. She received dozens of awards and more than 50 honorary degrees.[3] Angelou is best known for her series of seven autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adult experiences. The first, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), tells of her life up to the age of 17 and brought her international recognition and acclaim.
We take this moment on ILXOR to remember Maya.
― del griffith, Friday, 28 December 2018 03:20 (five years ago) link
also, Honey Laneytree.
― del griffith, Friday, 28 December 2018 03:21 (five years ago) link
Excuse me, Lantree.
was Maya Angelou an original member of the Bobbettes and/or the session guitarist who played the wah-wah bits in Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On"? if not, I'm afraid she doesn't meet the notability requirements for this thread
― v. s. rupaul (unregistered), Friday, 28 December 2018 03:53 (five years ago) link
Israeli novelist Amos Oz: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/dec/28/amos-oz-dead-israeli-novelist-writer-dies
― pomenitul, Friday, 28 December 2018 15:50 (five years ago) link
Bre Payton, staff writer at The Federalist, at 26.
― Mr. Snrub, Saturday, 29 December 2018 15:01 (five years ago) link
David Cavanagh, editor of Select in the 90s and author of some great, great books. (His Creation Records history also functions as a hell of a portrait of the UK indie scene as such in the 80s and 90s, and was the best source of a history of Postcard Records for a long while as well.)
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 29 December 2018 17:24 (five years ago) link
Ringo Lam, director of (most notably) City On Fire.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 29 December 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
that is a loss for sure, though for me Full Contact is the go-to Ringo Lam picture.
― omar little, Saturday, 29 December 2018 19:03 (five years ago) link
the shadow he cast was a bit larger than his filmography might indicate; he doesn't have nearly the number of films (nor quality films) to his name as someone like Johnnie To, nor the same number of outsized classics as someone like John Woo, nor the industry-wide domination of someone like Tsui Hark. Nor the arthouse bonafides of Wong Kar-Wai and others. He faded after awhile, and after he made a pair of well-received films in the late nineties w/Victim and Full Alert, he moved into making a lot of Van Damme films and the Dennis Rodman action flick Simon Sez. But City on Fire, Prison on Fire, and Full Contact are absolutely astonishing movies, the latter is probably one of the most awe-inspiring low-grade action films of all time, if not THE most.
― omar little, Saturday, 29 December 2018 19:21 (five years ago) link
Been meaning to see Burning Paradise but I might bump Full Contact ahead.
― Robert Adam Gilmour, Saturday, 29 December 2018 20:03 (five years ago) link
Yeah Full Contact is a hell of a thing. Should bust out my copy.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 29 December 2018 20:09 (five years ago) link
was disappointed to find how little of Lam, Woo, To, et al's filmography is available on streaming services.
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 29 December 2018 20:14 (five years ago) link
Johnny To’s stuff sometimes pops up on Mubi but yeah
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 29 December 2018 20:20 (five years ago) link
like, I can't even find the Killer or Hard Boiled
― Οὖτις, Saturday, 29 December 2018 20:21 (five years ago) link
John Woo's got several up on Amazon/Netflix: Red Cliff (which is fantastic in its complete version, however this is the truncated version), Manhunt (his most recent one, mixed reviews abound), and his Dolph Lundgren flick Blackjack. The best Johnnie To available on streaming that I've seen is Breaking News, which is mid-tier To but pretty interesting as a police standoff thriller with *ideas*.
― omar little, Saturday, 29 December 2018 20:25 (five years ago) link
lots of the available To is from the '90s, before he hit his stride and he was at that point making pretty interesting but not very gripping films.
― omar little, Saturday, 29 December 2018 20:26 (five years ago) link
June Whitfield according to twitter, but haven't seen a legit source yet.
― Dan Worsley, Saturday, 29 December 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
Agent has confirmed, according to PA.
― suzy, Saturday, 29 December 2018 20:51 (five years ago) link
Ab Fab's Dame June Whitfield dies aged 93
― the battering ram's rolling (snoball), Saturday, 29 December 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
Man, that sucks.
― Ned Raggett, Saturday, 29 December 2018 22:26 (five years ago) link
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-46706705
Norman Gimbel, film and TV lyricist.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Saturday, 29 December 2018 23:19 (five years ago) link
Guitarist James Calvin Wilsey (Chris Isaak, The Avengers) Dead At 61
http://stereoembersmagazine.com/chris-isaak-guitarist-james-calivn-wilsey-dead-at-61/?fbclid=IwAR09UBr-7Hpo-V_C3ESXICqNVgypOBxw0_PbEQm8wYRm0Eyq01OpgMzMZEI
― nickn, Sunday, 30 December 2018 00:08 (five years ago) link
☠️ is really cramming them in before the end of the year
― flappy bird, Sunday, 30 December 2018 00:16 (five years ago) link
like, what is that today? 6?
― flappy bird, Sunday, 30 December 2018 00:17 (five years ago) link
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 December 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
Randomly enough I just searched for Johnnie To movies on Netflix the other day and they have a pretty good set right now. None of the more famous Johnnie films but still pretty cool ... they used to only have Three (which I didn't like much).
Netflix has Loving You (1996), Lifeline (1997), Justice My Foot (1992), Mad Monk (1993), The Barefooted Kid (1993), Don't Go Breaking My Heart (2011), Blind Detective (2013), Three (2016)
― reggae mike love (polyphonic), Sunday, 30 December 2018 00:27 (five years ago) link
Norman Gimbel, film and TV lyricist
Whenever you hear a bossa nova classic sung in English it's about even odds the lyrics are his.
(Sometimes they're from Ray Gilbert or Gene Lees, who are also no longer with us).
― Josefa, Sunday, 30 December 2018 01:48 (five years ago) link
RIght. Or every once in a while Tom Jobim even wrote them himself. Not a big fan of the Gimble or Gilbert bossa lyrics tbh.
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 December 2018 01:50 (five years ago) link
Okay, I guess I like some of his lyrics more than I thought. "How Insensitive" for bossa, "Sway" and "Bluesette" in other styles.
― Spirit of the Voice of the Beehive (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 30 December 2018 01:56 (five years ago) link
Ray Sawyer.
http://www.wkrg.com/news/mobile-county/dr-hook-s-ray-sawyer-chickasaw-native-dead-at-81/1681232151
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Ux3-a9RE1Q
"Oh, that's beautiful."
― clemenza, Monday, 31 December 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
Oh noooooooo. Will be watching this epic triumph / trainwreck in tribute:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4c3W-XoNXM
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 00:48 (five years ago) link
aw shithttps://youtu.be/7LXpnNKNxJI
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 1 January 2019 01:29 (five years ago) link