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Texas Film Hall of Fame to Honor Its Best Emcee
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The Texas Hall of Fame awards ceremony always takes place on the night SXSW begins, and honors Texans who have contributed significantly to the film industry in some capacity. The evening has a reputation for being much more fun than the usual dry awards presentations. From 2002-2005, the evening's emcee was former Texas Governor Ann Richards, who added her trademark wit and humor to the proceedings. Richards was a longtime supporter and advocate of Texas film. In addition, she narrated a rollicking documentary about a favorite Texas food, Barbecue: A Texas Love Story, that played SXSW in 2004. In 2006, Richards had to back out of the ceremony due to illness. As you probably are aware, she died in September of esophageal cancer. The show may never be quite the same. Austin Film Society (AFS) has decided to dedicate the 2007 award ceremony to its most memorable emcee, and the theme of next year's ceremony will be "A Tribute to Ann Richards." Journalist Liz Smith, a longtime friend of Richards, will host the event next March. The Texas Hall of Fame didn't have to go far to pick some of its recipients for 2007, either: Richard Linklater, who founded AFS, and producer Elizabeth Avellan of Troublemaker Studios (you know, the movies directed by her estranged husband Robert Rodriguez). Other Hall of Fame honorees will include Betty Buckley and Bill Paxton (both from Fort Worth). Lily Tomlin and actress/playwright Anna Deavare Smith are also expected to attend. For those of us who can't be there, AFS has kindly posted a video made at the 2006 ceremony, in which various attendees send their best wishes to Richards.
RIP: Reel Important People -- September 18, 2006
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Gérard Bach (1927-2006) - Screenwriter who wrote scripts for Jean-Jacques Annaud (including The Bear; In the Name of the Rose; Quest for Fire) and Roman Polanski (including Pirates; Repulsion; Frantic) plus other screenplays including Antonioni's Identification of a Woman. He also directed The House and The Boat on the Grass. His last script, Sa Majeste Minor (His Majesty Minor) is currently in production, being directed by Annaud. He died of cancer on September 9th, in Paris. - Norman Brooks (1928-2006) - Actor and Al Jolson impersonator who played the actor in The Best Things in Life Are Free and himself in Ocean's Eleven (the original). He died Thursday, in Montreal.
- Pat Corley (1930-2006) - Actor (pictured) best known for playing the bartender on the show Murphy Brown; he also appeared in Audrey Rose, The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training, Coming Home, Night Shift and Against All Odds. He died of congestive heart failure on September 11th, in Los Angeles.
Cinematical's SmartGossip: The Circle of Life
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Did the title manage to invoke an earworm from The Lion King in your head? Sorry about that. But it seems like this is a record week for celebrity milestone events: birth, death, birth and death at the same time, divorce, and even strange addictions. Here are some of the highlights from this week's film-related celebrity gossip. I made sure all the celebrities mentioned had something to do with film, and noted their big movie achievements when it seemed doubtful.- Birth: Britney Spears (Crossroads) had another baby, a boy with nearly the same birthday as his brother. In an unbelievably tragic event, Anna Nicole Smith (The Hudsucker Proxy) had a baby daughter and lost her son at nearly the same time.
- Divorce: Whitney Houston (The Bodyguard) announced that she's filed for divorce from Bobby Brown (Ghostbusters II) after 14 years of marriage. I'm a little slow on the gossip uptake sometimes but even I knew that the couple had a somewhat turbulent relationship.
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