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Refresh for updates: Anxiety and pleas for patience are running high among Hollywood stars and industry players as the race between President Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Joe Biden remains tight and the White House remains in the balance. Mark Ruffalo reminded fans that all need to be patient and let the votes…

Refresh for updates Hollywood isn’t heeding an admonition from the Kentucky attorney general about celebrity opinions on today’s grand jury indictment – or lack therof – in the Louisville police shooting death of Breonna Taylor. “30 pieces of silver is the price for which #JudasIscariot betrayed #Jesus!,” tweeted D.L…

Refresh for updates Diana Rigg is being remembered today by co-workers and colleagues as a “blazingly talented” actress who conquered television, film and the stage. Game of Thrones costars including Nikolaj Coster-Waldau paid tribute. The Game of Thrones and The Avengers actress died Thursday at age 82. “Dame Diana…

UPDATED with latest reactions: Alan Parker, who died today at 76, was remembered Friday by colleagues and friends, with Andrew Lloyd Webber calling his Evita collaborator “one of the few directors to truly understand musicals on screen” and Matthew Modine, who starred in Parker’s 1984 drama Birdy, praising the…

Refresh for updates The Phantom of the Opera‘s Emmy Rossum and The Lost Boy‘s Corey Feldman were among the actors remembering director Joel Schumacher today, with Feldman writing a stream of tweets recalling how the director attempted, unsuccessfully, to prevent the actor’s “descent” into drugs. Feldman also credits…

Refresh for updates Lin-Manuel Miranda, Benj Pasek, Rob Reiner and other figures of Hollywood and Broadway paid tribute today to Larry Kramer, the Normal Heart playwright and AIDS activist who died this morning of pneumonia in Manhattan. “A man who never let comfort get in the way of progress,” tweeted Dear Evan…

Refresh for updates Comic and actor Jerry Stiller was remembered today by Hollywood and New York colleagues and friends for both his comedic brilliance and generosity. Earlier today, son Ben Stiller tweeted that his father had died at age 92 of natural causes. “I had the privilege of working with Jerry Stiller and his…

Refresh for updates… The great Bill Withers is being mourned today by celebrities from Hollywood to Washington D.C. to Broadway. “My soul always has & always will be full of your music,” tweeted musician Lenny Kravitz, while Brian Wilson called the “Lean On Me” composer a "songwriter's songwriter." Withers died Monday…

Madonna and Rosanna Arquette remembered their Desperately Seeking Susan co-star Mark Blum today, joining a lengthy and growing roster of Hollywood and Broadway stars mourning the actor who died of complications from the coronavirus. “I Want to Acknowledge the Passing of a remarkable Human, fellow actor and friend Mark…

Since the coronavirus is an equal opportunity disease, Hollywood stars, media and politicians are all on lockdown with the common folk this weekend. That leaves plenty of time for social media outreach and advice. With pressure mounting on governments to mandate confinement instead of merely suggesting it, it’s likely…

Pete Buttigieg made history as the first openly gay presidential candidate to win a presidential nominating contest and after running a trailblazing campaign which included winning the race for delegates in Iowa, he announced that he would be dropping out of the race on Sunday. As reported earlier, the news was…

Refresh for updates Hollywood today remembered Fred Silverman, the visionary TV executive, programmer and producer who headed all of the Big Three broadcast networks to achieve a fame that rivaled the stars of his many shows. “Fred gave me my first ‘shot’ in TV,” tweeted Jimmy Kimmel, who was hired by Silverman to…