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Stuntman Hal Needham boasts in his autobiography that he “broke 56 bones, my back twice, punctured a lung and knocked out a few teeth.”

Those are the trophies from a life spent falling off horses, crashing cars, and plummeting from buildings for the sake of the movies. Now he can add a less painful one to the list — an honorary Academy Award.

Needham, 81, is one of four Hollywood figures selected late Wednesday to receive an honorary Oscar from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences at the upcoming Governors Awards, joining documentarian D.A. Pennebaker, American Film Institute founder George Stevens,...

With True Grit receiving widespread acclaim earlier this year, Joel and Ethan Coen are more successful than they’ve ever been. The duo are responsible for a varied history of films all wildly different from the last, with a unique ability to take any genre and create something which feels both uniquely their own, as well as a perfect film from the genre to which it fits the most.

Millers Crossing for example, is perhaps one of the greatest gangster films ever made – but it’s also completely unlike any other film in the bulging genre.The scene in which a dead man has his toupee stolen by a young boy and his dog will only be found in a gangster movie written and directed by Joel & Ethan Coen.

Here’s a look at the entire filmography of the directorial duo, listed from best to the worst.

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In October, Robert Plant's Band of Joy played a show in Birmingham, England. The theater is not far from the suburban roads where he and his friend John Bonham once siphoned gas from parked cars so they could get to gigs. About halfway through the set, a young woman jumped onto the stage. She brushed past his guitar player and kissed Plant on the lips. Plant smiled – this is not the first time this has happened – and continued singing. After the show, Joan Bonham, John's 81-year-old mom, made her way backstage.