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The longtime studio exec and son of a movie icon, he also had a hand in such films as 'Blade Runner,' 'The Turning Point,' 'Alien' and 'Thelma and Louise.'Alan Ladd Jr., the revered Hollywood producer and studio executive who saved Star Wars when Fox wanted to shut down production and gained vindication when he received an Oscar for Braveheart after being dumped by MGM, has died. He was 84. Ladd, who headed production at Fox, Pathe Entertainment and MGM (in two stints) and ran his own outfit, The Ladd Co., with great success, died Wednesday, his daughter Amanda Ladd-Jones said....

WWE Hall of Famer 'Big Cat' Ernie Ladd passed away after a three year battle with cancer at the age of 68. Before entering the squared circle, Ladd was a player for the San Diego Chargers in NFL and won the American Football League title with the Chargers in 1963. He later joined Houston Oilers and then Kansas City Chiefs before moving to wrestling. Ladd debuted for the WWWF in 1968, managed by The Grand Wizard and had feuds with Bruno Sammartino, Bob Backlund and Andre The Giant. Upon leaving the WWF he joined Bill Watts in the mid-South and...

Five battling Dems put aside their disagreements long enough to please the Hollywood crowd and take some whacks at President Bush. Robert Redford, Barbra Streisand, Arianna Huffington, Alan Ladd Jr., "Pulp Fiction" producer Lawrence Bender and Laurie David (wife of "Seinfeld" co-creator Larry David) were behind the League of Conservation Voters debate in Los Angeles. So says the New York Daily News. League of Conservation Voters, which hosted the event on the eve of Bush's arrival in southern California, also ran a 30-second TV advertisement just as Air Force One was landing in L.A. The ad claimed that Bush has...