Once again, Twilight shines through the MTV Movie Awards
For the third year in a row, the movies based on Stephenie Meyer's books grabbed many of the MTV Movie Awards...
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Author Archives: Kit Hawkins
Actor James Arness Dies
Actor James Arness (1923-2011) was Gunsmoke's Marshal Matt Dillon for 20 years, but also had several genre roles...
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Actor Edward Hardwicke Dies
British actor Edward Hardwicke (1932-2011) was best known for playing Dr. John Watson to Jeremy Brett's Sherlock Holmes in the 1980s and '90s...
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Actress Dana Wynter Dies
Actress Dana Wynter (1931-2011) will be remembered for her role as Becky Driscoll in Invasion of the Body Snatchers...
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Actor/Director Jackie Cooper Dies
Actor and director Jackie Cooper (1922-2011) was the youngest person nominated for a Best Actor Oscar in 1931, and won two Emmys as a director. He co-starred in the Superman films...
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Actress Yvette Vickers Dies
Actress Yvette Vickers was found dead in her home. Born in 1936, she was a Playmate of the Month in 1959, and had a starring role in Attack of the 50 Foot Woman...
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Actor William Campbell Dies
William Campbell (1926-2011) found lasting fame for a few guest-starring roles in Star Trek...
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Television pilot writer Sol Saks dies
Sol Saks (1910-2011) wrote pilots for television series, including Bewitched and Out of the Blue...
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Actress Elisabeth Sladen Dies
Actress Elisabeth Sladen (1948-2011) was Doctor Who's companion Sarah Jane Smith, and then starred in her own spin-off television series...
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Actor Michael Gough Dies
94-year-old British actor Michael Gough was Alfred in the Tim Burton Batman films, a guest in several Doctor Who episodes, and most recently the Dodo Bird in Alice in Wonderland...
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Fantastic Books launches its web site
Ian Randal Strock's Fantastic Books now has its own web site, with book information and sample chapters already available...
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Movies won awards. A surprisingly large number of them were sf/f/h films. The winners...
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31st Annual Razzy Award Winners
The Golden Raspberry Awards, which honor the worst in cinema, are the much darker counterpart to the Oscars. This year, one sf/f/h genre film picked up five of them, sparing the films the ignominy...
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37th Annual Saturn Award Nominees
The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, & Horror Films has announced the nominees for its 37th Annual Saturn Awards (in 33 categories)...
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Actor Nicholas Courtney Dies
Actor Nicholas Courtney (1929-2011) found lasting fame as the Brigadier in more than 100 episodes of Doctor Who...
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