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Filmmakers for the hit John Wick franchise faced criticism over their decision to include the pivotal death of the main character’s puppy early in the first movie. This plot point sparked the retired assassin John Wick’s quest for revenge against those who wronged him. Directors David Leitch and Chad Stahelski recently opened up about the objections they encountered and Keanu Reeves’ support for their vision.

Many in the film industry warned Leitch and Stahelski that killing the puppy would upset viewers. They were told it was “bad luck” and “bad juju.” Critics compared it to the beloved classic book Where the Red Fern Grows. However, Leitch noted the hypocrisy, saying “We’re going to execute people at close range; killing the dog is one thing, but what about the brutal massacre of all these human beings?”

The controversial scene shows thugs taking both Wick’s prized car and...

Kris Kristofferson, country music singer and A Star Is Born actor, has died. He was 88.

Kristofferson’s family announced his death on Instagram in a statement posted to the country icon’s official account. “We’re all so blessed for our time with him,” the family’s statement read. “Thank you for loving him all these many years, and when you see a rainbow, know he’s smiling down at us all.”

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No cause of death has been reported.

Kris Kristofferson, known for his accomplishments in country music along with his acting career, has died. He was 88 years old.

Per Variety, Kristofferson died at his home in Maui, Hawaii, on Saturday. No additional information has yet been revealed concerning the cause of his death, but it was reported that Kristofferson was surrounded by loving family at the time. A statement has also been released by his family to confirm Kristofferson's passing. The joint statement as written on behalf of his wife, Lisa, along with his eight children, as well as seven grandchildren.

It is with a heavy heart that we share the news our husband/father/grandfather, Kris Kristofferson, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Sept. 28 at home," the statement reads. "Were all so blessed for our time with him. Thank you for loving him all these many years, and when you see a rainbow, know hes smiling down at us all.

Actor Dabney Coleman, who played many film and TV roles while excelling at portraying villains, has died. His daughter, singer Quincy Coleman, confirmed that her father had died on Thursday at his Santa Monica home. He was 92 years old.

My father crafted his time here on Earth with a curious mind, a generous heart and a soul on fire with passion, desire and humor that tickled the funny bone of humanity, Quincy said, per The Hollywood Reporter. As he lived, he moved through this final act of his life with elegance, excellence and mastery. A teacher, a hero and a king, Dabney Coleman is a gift and blessing in life and in death as his spirit will shine through his work, his loved ones and his legacy eternally."

Coleman can be recognized from a number of roles. Among his most well-known is as the chauvinistic boss in the iconic 1980 comedy movie 9 to 5,...

"The A-Team" and "High Plains Drifter" star Jack Ging has passed away, according to Deadline. The performer was a familiar presence for fans of early television, appearing in Western series as early as 1958 before his turn as General Harlan "Bull" Fulbright in the popular 1980s action series about a team of framed Vietnam vets. The actor's death came from natural causes at the age of 90, with outlets reporting that he passed away in his home in La Quinta, California.

Ging appeared in dozens of film and television roles over his career before his last on-screen turn in 1994. He's perhaps most-known for his turn on "The A-Team," where he played Bull, a general who hunted down the A-Team before being dramatically killed off in the fourth season finale. Another notable on-screen roles was that of Lieutenant Dan Ives in "Mannix," the long-running detective series that starred Mike Connors and began in...

Jack Ging, an actor who had more than 50 film and television roles from the 1950s through the 1990s, died Sept. 9 at his home in La Quinta, Calilf. No cause was given

Ging was best known as General Harlan “Bull” Fulbright on NBC’s The A-Team, and was a recurring character as Lt. Dan Ives in the detective show Mannix in the 1960s. He was also known for a supporting role in the final season of Tales of Wells Fargo, starring Dale Robertson.

Born to farmers in Oklahoma, he served in the US Marine Corps for four years and was honorably discharged. He went on to play college football at the University of Oklahoma, scoring five touchdowns during his career there and appeared with the team in the 1954 Orange Bowl. He later played briefly for the Edmonton Eskimos in the Canadian Football League.

Film credits included the Clint Eastwood films Sniper’s Ridge,...

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Jack Ging, the familiar character actor who recurred on such series as Tales of Wells Fargo, Mannix, Riptide and The A-Team and appeared in three films opposite Clint Eastwood, has died. He was 90.

Ging died Friday of natural causes at his home in La Quinta, California, his wife, Apache Ging, told The Hollywood Reporter.

In rare starring turns, Ging played the love interest of Diane Baker’s character in a remake of Tess of the Storm Country (1960), a soldier and reluctant hero in the waning days of the Korean War in the drama Sniper’s Ridge (1961) and a clinical psychiatrist on the 1962-64 NBC medical series The Eleventh Hour.

Alongside Eastwood, Ging portrayed a marshal in Hang ‘Em High (1968), a doctor in Play Misty for Me (1971) and Morgan Allen, the mine owner (and lover of Marianna Hill’s character), in High Plains Drifter...

Beloved character actor Ned Beatty, who made his film debut in 1972’s “Deliverance” and delivered memorable performances in classics like 1976’s “Network” and 1978’s “Superman,” died on Sunday at age 83.

“Ned passed away from natural causes Sunday morning, surrounded by his family and loved ones,” Beatty’s manager, Deborah Miller, said in a statement provided to TheWrap. “His family has decided to keep details private at this time. Ned was an iconic, legendary talent, as well as a dear friend, and he will be missed by us all.”

Born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1937, Beatty got his start as an actor in regional theater in the South in the 1960s before making his film debut in John Boorman’s 1972 film “Deliverance” as an Atlanta businessman on a canoe trip with three buddies who gets humiliated — and raped — by two Georgia mountainmen.

That memorable debut opposite Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight put...

Do you know Chris Evans' favorite Disney movie or who was his first kiss? His brother Scott Evans sure does. The two siblings put their knowledge of each other to the test by answering questions about the other on Monday's episode of Late Night With Seth Meyers. Some questions asked for basic information. For instance, Seth Meyers asked Chris about his younger brother's favorite book (Where the Red Fern Grows) and quizzed Scott on Chris' favorite Disney movie (Robin Hood). Other questions revealed hilarious childhood memories. For instance, Seth asked the brothers about each of their first kisses and grilled Scott on the lie The Avengers star told his class about their father's...

Summer is coming to an end and the 2016-17 TV season is just around the corner (not to mention football and more football). So it’s a good time to cram in a whole collection of shows and movies on Netflix before your schedule gets so full you won’t know what to do with yourself. Some exciting additions are a couple Fast and Furious movies, No Country for Old Men and Funny Or Die Presents: Donald Trump’s Art of the Deal: The Movie, which stars Jonny Depp as Trump. Check out the list. Find a comfortable spot and begin watching. New to Netflix August 1 The American Side An Inconvenient Truth Apex: The Story of the Hypercar Beethoven’s Christmas Adventure Big Daddy Black Widow Critical Condition Deadfall Destination: Team USA Funny Or Die Presents: Donald Trump’s Art of the Deal: The Movie The Family Man The Fast and the Furious...

Here at EW, we’re reminiscing about the pop culture moments that we still can’t get over — no matter how much time has passed.

Fact #1: A great book you read as a kid will always affect you more deeply than a great book read at any other age.

Fact #2: Katherine Paterson’s Newbery Award-winning Bridge to Terabithia happens to be one of the greatest, saddest, most unforgettable children’s books ever written.

Fact #3: During a summer when Jeff Bridges’ long-in-the-works adaptation of The Giver actually seems to be gaining traction and theaters are finally showing a...

Moviefone's Pick of the Week "Jiro Dreams of Sushi" What's It About? This documentary looks at Jiro Ono, a sushi chef in his mid-80s, who is regarded as the best in the world. See It Because: Ono is a fascinating character, and the movie's approach to his food preparation is meditative and hypnotic (plus, the film will make you really hungry). Moviefone's Blu-ray Pick of the Week "The Last Days of Disco" (Criterion Collection) What's It About? Kate Beckinsale and Chloe Sevigny star as two Ivy League graduates looking for love in New York, during disco's last moment in the sun. See It Because: Criterion is also releasing "Metropolitan" on Blu-ray today, but we're picking "Disco" as the one to see. The early '80s setting gives the film an exciting flavor, so if dialogue-heavy indies aren't really your thing, you can still give this one a shot. New...

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Nothing like a good book to get the rabble-rousers going.

In Field Of Dreams, Ray Kinsella’s wife, played by Amy Madigan, successfully shuts down the effort to ban Terence Mann’s books from the local Iowa school system. Terence Mann – played by James Earl Jones – was based on J.D. Salinger, the reclusive author of Catcher In The Rye.

Catcher was published in 1951, and has pretty much stayed on “attempts to ban it” lists since its publication. In fact, it was the most censored book in America from 1961 to 1982, even though, according to Wikipedia, it was the “second most taught book in United States public schools.” It most recently reappeared on the “most challenged books” list, published by American Library Association, in 2009.

These are some of the books I remember being on the curriculum when I was in school, along some that I missed because...

Most things from childhood become less compelling with age, like that book you loved ("Where the Red Fern Grows," in my case) and subsequently ruined when you reread it 10 years later. "The Adventures of TinTin," the comic-book series authored by Belgian artist Hergé, is not one of those things -- with its sophisticated, yet endearing illustrations and smart historical/cultural references that sometimes go beyond a child's understanding, it has the makings of a comic that can stand the test of adulthood. But what would Hergé say now to a new film adaptation by Steven Spielberg that looks to threaten what makes it timeless?

The trailer for Spielberg's film, "The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn," was released on Monday, revealing a film that turns the classically illustrated comic into a special effects spectacle using motion capture technology:

Strangely, the film we would have voted most likely to...

Did Scrooge McDuck cause the financial crisis? The answer to that question depends on how you choose to read the subtext of DuckTales, a frothy Reagan-era cartoon based loosely on the work of comics maestro Carl Barks. You could argue that Scrooge McDuck is the very image of insatiable capitalism unbound. He owns every company in Duckburg, an unthinkable monopoly that could only exist in a world with a financial system managed by Ayn Rand zealots. (There is something of Fountainhead protagonist Howard Roarke in Scrooge’s recurrent mantra: “I made my money by being tougher than the toughies, and smarter than the smarties!

Merry Happy End 2010, everyone. There's something about the end of the year, probably having much to do with the annual trek back to the suburb where I grew up, that brings everything into a sharp, marzipan-tinged relief. Choices I made throughout the year were good or bad, people I love and people I'm thankful for are the most important, and my year in media condenses drastically as I have free time to take in the many end-of-the-year lists. I'm not one for end-of-the-year lists. I like lists, and as someone who has worked on the internet for almost a full decade, I know the value of content that can be skimmed first and read second. However, the end of the year is such an arbitrary time to make these lists. It's commercialism that's the motivator, like it always is. Everyone gets time off at the end of the year, time...

'Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time'

Jake Gyllenhaal grows out his hair, dons a cod piece, and fights through the sands of time in this video game adaptation. In his review, Joe Utichi noted: "what Bruckheimer does best is deliver entertaining summer adventure for the multiplex masses, even if it does follow a tried and true formula. If it ain't broke, as they say, don't fix it. To that end Prince of Persia is a success; it's never less than a fun twist on sword and sandals epics, and while its band of misfits may not be quite up to Jack Sparrow's standards, they're still plenty to see you through its comfortable runtime." But overall critical reception wasn't kind, so Rent it only if you're interested in some Bruckheimer. On DVD and Blu-ray.

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'Letters to Juliet'

Years and years ago,...

Many of our readers have often claimed that Dead Dog movies are more anguishing for them than Dead Person movies (or Cancer movies). So today, because it's late August and I'm feeling particularly cruel, I thought I'd put theory that to the test in a torturous edition of Would You Rather .... ? which pits Decent to Good Dead Dog Animal Movies against Bad Dead Person movies, which also test your patience with bad cinema.

So, if forced to watch a marathon of better made dead animal movies or badly made dead person movies, which would you choose? There's a poll beneath your choices.

Dead Pet Marathon

Turner in Turner & Hooch

Samantha in I Am Legend

Old Yeller in Old Yeller

Artax in The Neverending Story

Old Dan and Little Ann in Where the Red Fern Grows

Dead Person Marathon

Jackie (Susan Sarandon) in Stepmom

Powder (Sean Patrick Flanery) in Powder

Hillary...