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Rest in peace, Monty Hall. 

The host and co-creator of Let's Make a Deal died at his home in Beverly Hills, California, on Saturday, his daughter, Joanna Gleason, confirms to The New York Times. Hall died of heart failure. He was 96. 

The TV host made his debut with Let's Make a Deal in 1963, turning audience members into the zany, costumed characters audiences know and love. Hall remained involved in the game show throughout the years, as owner of the show and occasional guest, after Wayne Brady took over as host in 2009.

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Hall is survived by his two daughters, Gleason, a Tony-award winning actress, and Sharon Hall, a TV executive, as well as a son, Richard, a producer for The Amazing Race. His wife of almost 70 years, Marilyn Plottel, died in June. ...

Susan B. Landau, a film and TV producer and manager, has died at the age of 65. Landau’s brother Paul confirmed that she passed away on May 31 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles following a brief illness. A producer known for film and television, Landau also served as a manager for “Slumdog Millionaire” writer Simon Beaufoy, “Wayne’s World 2” director Stephen Surjik and “The Originals” co-executive producer Christopher Hollier, among others. Also Read: Marilyn Hall, Emmy-Winning Producer and Wife of Monty Hall, Dies at 90 She earned an Emmy nomination in 1987 for the TV special “Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color:.

Marilyn Hall, the Emmy Award-winning producer and wife of Monty Hall, has died at the age of 90. Hall won an Emmy for producing the 1985 TV movie “Do You Remember Love,” starring Joanne Woodward and Richard Kiley. Her other credits include 1982’s “A Woman Called Golda,” starring Ingrid Bergman; “Nadia,” the 1984 biopic about Olympic gymnast Nadia Comăneci; the 1989 PBS miniseries “The Ginger Tree”; and the 2007 feature film “The Little Traitor.” In the theater, she’s credited as an associate producer on the musical “Jelly’s Last Jam” and “Angels in America.” Also Read: Hollywood's Notable Deaths of 2017 (Photos) Hall married her husband,...

Marilyn Hall, an Emmy-winning TV writer-producer, philanthropist and wife of Monty Hall for 70 years, died on June 5. She was 90. A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, she got her start in entertainment starring and writing radio dramas for the CBC. Hall’s TV writing credits include Love, American Style and the 1975 ABC special Lights, Camera, Monty!. The latter was the first variety show hosted by the longtime Let’s Make a Deal host. Hall had producer credits on two Emmy…...

Marilyn Hall, an Emmy-winning TV writer-producer, philanthropist and wife of Monty Hall for 70 years, died on June 5. She was 90. A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, she got her start in entertainment starring and writing radio dramas for the CBC. Hall’s TV writing credits include Love, American Style and the 1975 ABC special Lights, Camera, Monty!. The latter was the first variety show hosted by the longtime Let’s Make a Deal host. Hall had producer credits on two Emmy…...

Marilyn Hall, an Emmy Award-winning producer and the matriarch of a show-business family that includes her husband, the legendary Let's Make a Deal host Monty Hall, died Monday in Los Angeles. She was 90.

Marilyn and Monty, 95, were married in September 1947.

In addition to her husband, survivors include their children Joanna Gleason, the Tony Award-winning actress and the wife of actor Chris Sarandon; Sharon Hall, president of Endemol Shine Studios and the wife of TV producer Todd Ellis Kessler; and Emmy-winning producer Richard Hall (The Amazing Race).

Marilyn Hall served as an associate producer on the celebrated 1982...

Screenwriters Jonathan Bissoon-Dath and Jennifer Dath had a bone to pick in court with Sony and "God of War" designer David Jaffe. The pair alleged that movie treatments they had produced contained story elements that were appropriated for Sony's game. Ultimately, the judge in the case disagreed with them, though, and Sony has been given a green light to carry on with their business, and the court's decision reads a little like a game review.

"While violence is not absent from plaintiffs' works, it lacks the thematic centrality and intensity seen in 'God of War,'" Judge Marilyn Hall Patel wrote in her decision, posted by The Hollywood Report. For instance, plaintiffs' protagonist refuses to kill such an 'amazing animal' as the rampaging Nemean Lion and instead transforms the beast into his 'tamed pet.'"

She also called the plot details in question too basic and explained why that was the case in her verdict.

U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel states that any similarities between the screenplays were "cliched and unprotected elements" According to Variety, a federal judge has spurned claims that Sony's God of War videogame infringes on a set of works from screenwriters Jonathan Bissoon-Dath and Jennifer B. Dath.

U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel issued her ruling on Tuesday. She wrote that any similarities between the screenplays were "cliched and unprotected elements."

"No reasonable trier of fact could conclude that God of War is substantially similar to any of plaintiff's works," Patel wrote.

The screenwriters had initially filed suit against Sony Computer Entertainment and David Jaffe who was the lead designer of the God of War videogame. The five treatments and screenplays they wrote feature a Spartan attack on Athens, while God of War also had the same ancient Greece setting.

Jonathan Bissoon-Dath and Jennifer B. Dath...

The confusion about what rights consumers have when they purchase movies on DVD is finally over. The answer? We don't have any. In two separate rulings this week, Us judges declared that while you may have dropped $19.99 for that DVD of Paul Blart: Mall Cop, you don't actually own it. It still belongs to Hollywood, and they can tell you exactly what to do with it. In cases involving RealNetworks' RealDVD software and Kaleidescape's movie jukeboxes, judges ruled these companies cannot legally sell products that allow consumers to make backup copies of their DVDs. Writing in the RealDVD case, Judge Marilyn Hall Patel ruleth: "While it may be fair use for an individual consumer to store a backup copy of a personally-owned DVD on that individual's computer, a federal law has nonetheless made it illegal to manufacture or traffic in...

The Hollywood film studios notched a victory in their war on digital piracy Tuesday when a judge ruled against the DVD-copying technology known as RealDVD.

The MPAA argued that RealNetworks -- through its RealDVD technology -- has been violating copyrights and, in doing so, harming the financial interests of the talent, producers and studios involved in creating TV shows and movies that make their way to home video.

RealNetworks says it simply provided a way for consumers to make backup copies of DVDs they already own.

On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Marilyn Hall Patel slapped a preliminary injunction on RealNetworks, preventing it from either selling the RealDVD software or licensing it to others. The judge cited a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

RealNetworks will likely appeal and there's a chance an injunction could be stayed, but the MPAA seemed confident that its victory will stand.

"Judge...