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Robert Forster Dies: Academy Award Nominee Who Appeared In More Than 100 Films Was 78 By Bruce Haring October 11, 2019 7:27pm Robert Forster, an Academy Award nominee for his work as Max Cherry in Quentin Tarantino’s Jackie Brown, died at his Los Angeles home today following a brief battle with brain cancer. His death was confirmed by his family and representatives. Forster appeared in more than 100 films, including his latest, El Camino: A Breaking Bad Movie, released today via Netflix. Born in Rochester, New York, Forster, a member of Triple Nine Society, graduated from the University of Rochester...

Director Quentin Tarantino's longtime film editor, who went hiking with her dog amid the extreme heat Monday, was discovered dead early Tuesday morning by searchers in Beachwood Canyon, according to law-enforcement sources. Award-winning film editor Sally Menke, 56, worked on such movies as "Pulp Fiction," "Kill Bill" and "Jackie Brown."

DURHAM -- The unfolding story of County Commissioner Lewis Cheek's potential write-in challenge to District Attorney Mike Nifong in November took a surreal twist Thursday when Nifong's campaign manager signed up to head up Cheek's bid to take his job. Jackie Brown, who managed Nifong's primary win over two challengers just last month, set up a campaign committee for Cheek that plans a mass mailing to voters to get his name on the ballot. "Women who behave rarely make history. We're getting ready to make history in Durham," said Brown, who claimed no campaign manager has ever won the same...

LOS ANGELES, July 15 — Miramax Films will take the unusual and potentially risky move of releasing "Kill Bill," the much-anticipated Quentin Tarantino martial arts action-adventure film, as two movies, the first to open in the fall. Miramax will in effect be taking a three-hour film with a 200-page script and turning it into a serial. Harvey Weinstein, a co-founder of Miramax, which is financing the film, said in an interview on Monday that the first installment would be in theaters on Oct. 10. The second release date is in still being negotiated, but it could be two to six...