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Olympia Dukakis, the veteran actress with over 200 roles to her name in stage, movie, and television production, has died. The beloved performer, perhaps best known for her Oscar-winning role in Moonstruck (1987), passed away on Saturday morning according to a Facebook post from her brother, Apollo Dukakis. No cause of death was given, but Apollo notes that Olympia had been suffering for months. She was 89 years old.

"My beloved sister, Olympia Dukakis, passed away this morning in New York City," Apollo wrote, including an image of Olympia. "After many months of failing health she is finally at peace with her Louis."

Apollo is referring to Louis Zorich, Olympia's late husband, who passed away years ago; the pair had been married since 1962 and had three children together. Zorich was also an actor who was famous for playing Burt Buchman, father of Paul Reiser's Paul Buchman, on the 1990s sitcom Mad About You.

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Estonian-Canadian cinematographer Alar Kivilo will receive the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival‘s inaugural lifetime achievement award.

Born in 1953 in Montreal into a family of Estonian emigres, Kivilo began his cinematography career shooting documentaries and short films, including “Boys and Girls,” which won an Academy Award for best live action short in 1984. He then shot several music videos and Bessie, Clio and Cannes Award-winning commercials. In 1987, Kivilo lensed his first dramatic feature film, “Da,” followed by Sam Raimi’s “A Simple Plan” (1997).

For his work on the small screen, he received an American Society of Cinematographers Award for outstanding achievement in cinematography for HBO movie “Taking Chance” (2009).

The festival runs Nov. 13-29.

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