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One of the most emotional segments of the annual SAG Awards ceremony is the “In Memoriam.” Netflix will live stream the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday with host Kristen Bell.

Among the Oscar winners and nominees who will have their lives celebrated are Teri Garr, Louis Gossett, Jr., James Earl Jones, David Lynch, Joan Plowright, Gena Rowlands, Maggie Smith, and honorary recipient Donald Sutherland. Some of the past Primetime Emmy winners and nominees include John Amos, Dabney Coleman, Shelley Duvall, Linda Lavin, Martin Mull, Bob Newhart, and Alan Rachins,

Seesag Life Achievement award: Full gallery of recipients since 1995

There are more than 100 actors and actresses who died since the last SAG Awards ceremony:

Marla Adams

Anouk Aimée

Jean Allison

John Amos

Erich Anderson

John Aprea

Niels Arestrup

Erica Ash

John Ashton

Susan Backlinie

Barbara Baldavin

Bobby Banas

Terrence Beasor

Joan Benedict

Meg Bennett

Robyn Bernard

Mark Blankfield

Tom Bower...

Peggy Moffitt, the iconic ’60s model who was also a contract player at Paramount and who appeared in Michelangelo Antonioni’s Blow-Up, died at her Beverly Hills home on Saturday from complications of dementia. Her son, Christopher Claxton, confirmed the news to the New York Times. She was 86.

Moffitt’s wide-ranging influence can be traced to the persona she created, often in collaboration with others. Her gamine, modern look was a construct made up of her signature pale skin, harlequin eye makeup, five-point Vidal Sassoon haircut and a sense of humor, all of which she never abandoned.

She had a cultural moment when, in 1964, she posed in a topless swimsuit from designer Rudi Gernreich. The controversial look referenced a schoolboy’s shorts, with thin suspenders rising in a “V” between the cleavage, but nothing else above the waistline. The resulting image, which ran in publications across the world, was condemned...

Peggy Moffitt, the actor and model who became a 1960s mod icon wearing designer Rudi Gernreich’s famous topless bathing suit design and other bold looks of the era, died Saturday in Beverly Hills. She was 86.

Her son, Christopher Claxton, told the New York Times she died of complications of dementia.

Moffitt’s husband, renowned photographer William Claxton, shot the photo that became a sensation for its daring design of a bathing suit held up only by slender straps, with no top portion. The 1964 photo, first published in Look and then a more explicit version in Women’s Wear Daily, was banned in some countries even though her arms were covering her breasts in some of the poses.

The actor and model was working at a trendy Beverly Hills boutique that sold pop art fashions when Gernreich asked her to pose, though she specified she would never wear the suit in public.

People, especially when younger, defer their dreams, figuring they have time.

Kaylin Andres doesn't have that sense of immortality.

The designer featured on MTV's Monday series "World of Jenks" is dealing with her third occurrence of cancer. She always wanted to be a fashion designer and wanted to work in the fashion capital of the United States, so she moved to New York.

"I knew pretty early on," she tells Zap2it from her home in Brooklyn, where she was resting after a chemo session. "My family taught me how to sew when I was really young, and I always loved drawing and sewing and creating, so I knew by age 10 that I wanted to design."

A huge fan of "British designers in particular because of their wit and sense of humor," Andres says she is partial to Alexander McQueen and Vivienne Westwood.

In her own creations she aims to...

The new Moca show The Total Look is a celebration of the fashion/art collaboration between designer Rudi Gernreich, model Peggy Moffitt and photographer extraordinaire William Claxton (who was also Moffitt's longtime husband until his death a few years ago). Gernreich, who invented the topless bathing suit, was once a sketch artist for costume designer Edith Head, but went on to become one of the designers who defined the mod sixties aesthetic with his chic body conscious designs and bathing suits. He and Mary Quant in London pretty much invented the colorful mini shift dress.  Photos And Video: Chanel Chic

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Photographer Nino Muñoz (L) and model Gisele Bündchen pose at the opening night of 'Beauty Culture' at the Annenberg Space for Photography on May 19, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)Last night in Los Angeles, all eyes were on the Annenberg. Described as a “photographic exploration of how feminine beauty is defined, challenged and revered in modern society,” the gallery’s “Beauty CULTure” exhibition comprises over 100 breathtaking images, prompting questions about what beauty means to us. And in a city like L.A., there was plenty to discuss. On hand were some of Hollywood’s most beautiful faces, including Halle Berry, Katie Holmes, Dita Von Teese, iconic 1960s model Peggy Moffitt, models Alek Wek and Petra Nemcova, Amber Heard, Olivia Munn, and supermodel Gisele Bündchen.

This month has been one of the best that I can remember for trailers. All the studios were desperate for their trailer to get released before the Christmas holidays and we were inundated with posts. Since I love trailers so much, the inundation was most welcome. In what I am considering making a monthly post, here’s a roundup of all the trailers so far for December which I have embedded below for your viewing pleasure!

I’ve embedded them in the order in which they were released start December 1st to 31st and if I miss any, please let me know and I’ll update the post.

I really want this to be intereactive so make sure you tell us which trailers you liked the best and which you think will be great or terrible movies from what you’ve seen! So, let’s go!

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Title: Cuckoo

Cast: Richard E. Grant,...

Last night was all about the first Thor trailer on Yahoo with the latest Marvel film completely taking over the Yahoo Movie Homepage. But if you look closely, you’ll se that another trailer was released last night for the new biopic based on legendary hairdresser, Vidal Sassoon.

The movie stars Vidal Sassoon, Mary Quant, John Frieda, Peggy Moffitt, Ronnie Sassoon and is direcetd by Craig Teper.

Synopsis: A portrait of revolutionary hairdresser Vidal Sassoon. With the geometric Bauhaus-inspired hairdstyles he pioneered in the ’60s and his “wash and wear” philosophy, he liberated generations of women from the tyranny of the salon. Here, we follow Sassoon’s life from a Jewish orphanage in London to his rise to the pinnacle of his craft.

Have a watch below and you’ll see snippets of the man who changed the way that people cut hair….We’re expecting this one early 2011.