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The actor was also known for his roles in ‘The Man From U.N.C.L.E.’ and ‘The Great Escape.’

David McCallum has died. The actor, best known for his role as Ducky on NCIS, died on Monday of natural causes while surrounded by family at New York Presbyterian Hospital. He was 90.

“He was the kindest, coolest, most patient and loving father,” McCallum’s son, Peter McCallum, said in a statement. “He always put family before self. He looked forward to any chance to connect with his grandchildren, and had a unique bond with each of them. He and his youngest grandson, Whit, 9, could often be found in the corner of a room at family parties having deep philosophical conversations.”

“He was a true renaissance man — he was fascinated by science and culture and would turn those passions into knowledge,” he continued. “For example, he was capable of conducting a symphony orchestra and...

This devastating romantic melodrama is Max Ophüls’ best American picture — perhaps because it seems so European? It’s probably Joan Fontaine’s finest hour as well, and Louis Jourdan comes across as a great actor in a part perfect for his screen personality. The theme could be called, ‘No regrets,’ but also, ‘Everything is to be regretted.’

Letter from an Unknown Woman

Blu-ray

Olive Signature

1948 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 87 min. / Street Date December 5, 2017 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98

Starring: Joan Fontaine, Louis Jourdan, Mady Christians, Marcel Journet, Art Smith, Carol Yorke, Howard Freeman, John Good, Leo B. Pessin, Erskine Sanford, Otto Waldis, Sonja Bryden.

Cinematography: Franz Planer

Film Editor: Ted J. Kent

Original Music: Daniele Amfitheatrof

Written by Howard Koch from a story by Stefan Zweig

Produced by John Houseman

Directed by Max Ophüls

A young woman’s romantic nature goes beyond all limits, probing the nature of True Love.

When Philippe McKie was seven years old in 1996, his cinephile father took him to a screening of the Japanese anime “The End of Evangelian” at the very first edition of the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal. “It blew my mind,” said McKie in a recent interview. “It created this love for international cinema — and this love for Japanese cinema.”

That passion continued through his teen years, as he continued watching movies at the three-week genre festival and eventually went to film school at Montreal’s Mel-Hoppenheim School of Cinema, before leaving the city to make movies in Japan. Now he’s back in an entirely new context, as a filmmaker with two short films in competition, both made abroad. “It hasn’t even fully dawned on me that I’m part of it now,” he said.

“I know the programmers by reputation but it’s my first time being a part of the fest.

Need to catch up? Check out the previous Nashville recap here.

From The Desk Of Highway 65 Records’ Bucky Dawes

Damien —

Great to have you in Nashville this week, love your work, happy to see you directing Scarlett and Gunnar’s new video. One thing: Rayna and I were talking, and I just wanted to touch base about a couple of line items in this bill your people submitted to Highway 65 for The Exes music video.

While I’m sure that “man-bun specialist” and “smeared lipstick remover” are perfectly respectful jobs, some of these peoples’ rates are a bit higher than what we’re comfortable with.

A version of this article originally appeared on EW.com.

The Golden Globes prides itself on being a rollicking bash and unpredictable live TV. Snarky, bleeped jokes, boozed celebs saying damnedest things, and bizarre picks in the TV categories like Mozart in the Jungle — the Drunk History version of the Oscars.

Maybe motivated by backlash to frequent emcee Ricky Gervais, maybe nudged by network partner NBC or maybe responding to our divided, touchy political moment, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, in their infinitely curious wisdom, decided to play it safe and sane this year, tapping people-pleasing late night party clown...

Get these two a set of friendship bracelets, already.

Viola Davis and Meryl Streep proved their ultimate #FriendshipGoals status this week -- first at Viola's Walk of Fame ceremony, then at the Golden Globe Awards.

On Thursday, Meryl took the podium in Hollywood to heap praise on her Doubt co-star as she was honored with a star on Hollywood Blvd.

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"Viola Davis is possessed. She is possessed to the blazing, incandescent power. She is arguably the most immediate, responsive artist I have ever worked with," she said. "She's so alive, she glistens. She plants herself in a scene where she has no words and she writes paragraphs with her eyes. She's a force of nature . . . and she's the most generous, present person I know. She has earned every step on the ladder to the leadership position she now enjoys in this business."

Watch: Viola Davis on Meryl Streep Speaking at Her Walk of Fame Ceremony...

Paralympian swimmer Brad Snyder has a very special "best friend" by his side as he heads to this year's Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro - his guide dog Izzy. The war veteran, who lost his sight during a tour in Afghanistan, gushed about Izzy to People at the USA Media Summit in March. He sang the praises of the 75-lb. German Shepherd, calling her a "diva" and a "princess." "She's incredibly smart. She gets me from one place to the other," Snyder said. "She waits on the side of the pool at [Loyola University] where I do my training and then,...

With only a mere handful of days to go until it’s released, Insomniac Games has taken to YouTube to debut its colourful launch trailer for Song of the Deep.

Marking GameStop’s first foray into the world of video game publishing, Song of the Deep is the story of a young girl whose father disappears while out to sea. She waits and waits for him, but knowing that he’s always home at the same time every night, the young woman decides to do something drastic, by using her talents to build a serviceable submarine out of parts that have been sitting in their old shed.

Upon finishing construction, the lass dives well below the ocean’s surface with the hope of finding her father, and quickly discovers that there’s more to the sea than she ever imagined. Thing like puzzles, varying types of dangerous enemies and evidence...

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Written by Lawrence Kasdan, J.J. Abrams & Michael Arndt

Directed by J.J. Abrams

USA, 2015

Star Wars: The Force Awakens is a welcome return to the franchise’s space opera roots. It’s a big schmaltzy mess, with a respectful eye turned toward the Star Wars canon. Though far from a perfect film, director J.J. Abrams has not only awakened The Force, but the hopes of disgruntled fans that have been waiting for a proper continuation of this beloved sci-fi saga.

George Lucas might have forgotten what made audiences love his Star Wars original trilogy, by J.J. Abrams was taking notes. The spirit and tone of those films has been lovingly restored, complete with old-fashioned dissolves and wipes, and an adorable robot that could be the spokesman for the 2018 World Cup. The Force and The Dark Side are well represented, with plenty of gravitas and ridiculousness to go around.

"I'm having a crisis of confidence, and it's taking up all of my time." Alicia wasn't kidding when she described her post-resignation, post-firing life to Finn Bolmar (who is, after all this time, still just the sort of character you have to refer to by first and last name); unemployment is not a good look on her. She's theoretically working on a memoir with a ghostwriter who seems affable enough, but who makes Alicia realize how few friends she has left by asking her questions about whom he might be able to speak with to get to know her better. She has enough time to actually answer telemarketers' calls. She waits by the door for Grace to get home from school. She … sands a door? It's a baffling project, and one that requires at least one trip to a hardware store, "incognito" under a too-fancy baseball cap. She dutifully...

Chicago – The diabetes-inducing Broadway musical “Annie” does not deserve two film versions – including the newest release – especially since both are tortuous and somewhat dark. The “modern” version even eliminates most of the strength that “Annie” possessed on stage, its chipper songs.

Rating: 2.0/5.0

Updating the musical from depression era comic strip to hip hoppy modern times was a stretch as well, and luxuriated mostly in the fact that the Daddy Warbucks character – named Will Stacks in this version – lives in excessive wealth and we’re suppose to admire it, dammit. It’s as if the Republican Party had financed the film. Annie is less a plucky orphan (excuse me, foster child) than Cinderella character, contrived to be saved by the wealthy prince, and given obstacles that hacks up even the most sappy elements of the original stage play. When they eliminated one of the best songs from the musical, “NYC,” and...

Low Down

Written by Topper Lilien and Amy Albany

Directed by Jeff Preiss

USA

Jazz can be vivacious and alive, but it can also get down real low. It becomes reserved, intimate, raw and wholly adult. Bebop demands a refined ear and a patient listener, and good music challenges you to listen closely and find the blues and pain within.

Low Down is a sharply jazzy, bleak and vital character drama based on the memoir of Amy-Jo Albany and her famous, piano-playing father and jazz musician Joe Albany. It’s less a music biopic and more a coming-of-age story about growing up real fast and learning to face the music all too soon.

Director Jeff Preiss sets Amy-Jo (Elle Fanning) up for disappointment right out the gate, with her father (John Hawkes) being arrested for failing to stay clean from his heroin addiction and breaking his parole. She speaks in...

Nany Nany’s boo boo?

What happened in Vegas may have stayed there, but Nany has some Uruguayan transgressions to confess on the next Free Agents.

After yet another night of antics at the Challenge house, Cohutta naively asks his crush, “Did I miss anything cool last night?” She waits a beat before saying, “Well… besides everybody in the house hooking up, ummm….” And, yes, Nany means everybody in the house.

So which guy’s underwear does Ct find strewn across a daybed, apparently removed in the middle of a romp with Nany? Find out below.

The Challenge: Free Agents airs Thursdays at 10 p.

The Following Episode 212

“Betrayal”

Written By: Lizzie Mickery

Directed By: Marcos Siega

Original Airdate: 7 April 2014

In This Episode…

Ryan is a bundle of emotions, staring at Claire. Once he accepts that she is there, alive and well, she gets down to what she is really there for: she wants to finish this by killing Joe. Her “brilliant” plan is that they can do it together. “I am the last thing he will see coming - we can surprise him!”

Pastor Tanner is doing an interview with Carrie, and Joe watches it, growing obsessively enraged. He rails against the hypocrisy of religion. When asked point-blank by Emma, Joe tells her, “No, I don’t believe in any god. I made that mistake once before, and I won’t do it again. Religion is only good for one thing: power.”

Joe’s next move is to send a van full of his...