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Bruce Glover, the unorthodox actor who portrayed Mr. Wint, the assassin with the distinctive aftershave who partnered with Putter Smith’s Mr. Kidd in the James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever, has died. He was 92.

His son, Back to the Future actor Crispin Glover, shared on Instagram that he died March 12. No other details of his death were immediately available.

Glover played Deputy Grady Coker alongside Joe Don Baker as Sheriff Buford Pusser in the unexpected box-office hit Walking Tall (1973), then returned for the 1975 and ’77 sequels that had Bo Svenson as the lead.

The Chicago native also portrayed a redneck thug in Stanley Kramer’s Bless the Beasts and Children (1971); Duffy, an associate of Jack Nicholson’s J.J. Gittes, in Roman Polanski’s Chinatown (1974); and a brutish debt collector leaning on a hustler (James Coburn) in Walter Hill’s Hard Times (1975).

Glover performed in hundreds of plays, appearing on...

Al Kasha, the songwriter who won Academy Awards in the 1970s for co-writing hit ballads for “The Poseidon Adventure” and “The Towering Inferno,” died Monday in Los Angeles. He was 83. No cause of death was immediately given.

As part of a songwriting team with Joel Hirschhorn, Kasha received two Tony nominations, four Golden Globe nods and a People’s Choice award, plus a pair of additional Oscar nominations for “Pete’s Dragon” in addition to the duo’s two wins for the Irwin Allen disaster movies.

“Write in Power,” tweeted Diane Warren, who succeeded Kasha as movie-theme royalty. “A great songwriter and lovely man,” she said, adding a broken-heart emoji.

“The Morning After,” from 1972’s “The Poseidon Adventure,” is still remembered as one of the more indelible movie themes of all time, either despite or because of the fact that it appeared within the body of the film, being sung on...

Today's Horror Highlights kicks things off with the doll, the myth, the legend: Chucky! Mezco Toyz presents a twisted version of a jack-in-the-box with this scarred Chucky Burst-a-Box. Also in today's Horror Highlights is a grindhouse extravaganza, as we cover the UK Blu-ray releases of Miss Leslie's Dolls and Who Killed Teddy Bear, starring Sal Mineo (Rebel Without a Cause), and we also have a Q&A with director Joe McReynolds for the grindhouse-inspired Inhumanity.

Scarred Chucky Burst-a-Box Details: "Introducing Mezco’s Burst-a-Box! A pop culture-infused twist on one of the most beloved, classic toys, the jack-in-the-box.

The Bride of Chucky Burst-a-Box features Scarred Chucky – the infamous homicidal doll containing the soul of a serial killer.

Approximately 14” tall when “popped”, the Burst-a-Box is a finely detailed tin music box that encases a detailed sculpt and clothed spring character.

Designed after his appearance in the film, Chucky features a scarred head...

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New York (AP) - Elaine Stritch, the brash theater performer whose gravelly, gin-laced voice and impeccable comic timing made her a Broadway legend, has died. She was 89.

Joseph Rosenthal, Stritch's longtime attorney, said the actress died Thursday of natural causes at her home in Birmingham, Michigan.

Although Stritch appeared in movies and on television, garnering three Emmys and finding new fans as Alec Baldwin's unforgiving mother on "30 Rock," she was best known for her stage work, particularly in her candid one-woman memoir, "Elaine Stritch: At Liberty," and in the Stephen Sondheim musical "Company."

A tart-tongued monument to New York show business endurance, Stritch worked well into her late 80s, most recently as Madame Armfeldt in a revival of Sondheim's musical "A Little Night Music." She replaced Angela Lansbury in 2010 to critical acclaim.

In 2013, Stritch - whose signature "no pants" style...

Cute-as-a-button, self-owned homosexual Sal Mineo would've been 74 today, which is pretty young considering the man garnered the first of his two Oscar nominations 57 years ago. Rebel Without a Cause made him a star, and though the actor's career went through ups and downs until his murder in 1976, he's legendary for his sheer talent and unprecedented openness about his sexual orientation. Mineo came out in the late '60s, and that decision wasn't even popular among some of his homosexual contemporaries. (Looking at you, Roddy McDowall.)

As a gay man who cares about film history, I find myself seeking out homosexual stories in the subtexts and subversive moments of old films because none existed in the foreground. Watch Anthony Perkins as a gunshy soldier in Friendly Persuasion. Watch Farley Granger gulp libidinously next to John Dall in Rope. You can't help but discover shards of gayness in these parts, whether they're intentionally presented or not,...

Today, we're featuring Cy Coleman with Bob Fosse and Juliet Prowse in 1981. Fosse won an unprecedented eight Tony Awards for choreography, as well as one for direction. He was nominated for an Academy Award four times, winning for his direction of Cabaret. Amongst his many Broadway credits are The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees, Sweet Charity, Pippin, Chicago, Dancin' and many more. Coleman's career as a Broadway composer began when he and Leigh collaborated on Wildcat 1960, which marked the Broadway debut of comedienne Lucille Ball. U's school songs, Hey, Fightin' Tigers. When Ball became ill, she left the show, and it closed. Next for the two was Little Me, with a book by Neil Simon based on the novel of the same name by Patrick Dennis. Prowse starred in such films as including The Fiercest Heart 1961 and Who Killed Teddy Bear 1965 with Sal Mineo and Elaine Stritch.

The Anthology Film Archives In New York City Is Presenting Rare Screenings Of Who Killed Teddy Bear. Below Is Information From The Theater's Web Site.

Rare 35Mm Print Of The Cult Classic!

Joseph Cates'

Who Killed Teddy Bear?

One Weekend Only!

Friday January 22-Sunday January 24

Friday night screenings introduced by Owen Kline, grandson of Joseph Cates!

Check out the Voice's exclusive interview with star Elaine Stritch!

USA, 1965, 90 minutes, 35mm. With Sal Mineo, Juliet Prowse, Jan Murray, Elaine Stritch, and Dan Travanti. Very special thanks to the Cates family.

A truly startling 1960s exploitation flick, and a key film in the fascinating and tragic career of Sal Mineo, Who Killed Teddy Bear? is one of the stranger, sleazier movies ever to have emerged from the underbelly of American cinema. When Times Square disco dancer Juliet Prowse begins receiving obscene phone calls, she finds herself facing a plethora of possible suspects,...