Withnail & I and
Enter The Dragon and
My Left Foot as executive producer, died on December 28 in Los Angeles. He was 93.
Heller, a longtime board member of BAFTA LA, was born in New York on September 25, 1927, and spent many years in England producing some of his most acclaimed films.
His first feature, the 1962 mental health drama
David And Lisa directed by Frank Perry, earned two Oscar nominations for directing and for Eleanor Perry’s adapted screenplay.
Encouraged to pursue his career with gusto, Heller produced Leopoldo Torre Nilsson’s Argentina-US political drama
The
Eavesdropper a couple of years later and the Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards honoured it with best film and best director prizes in 1967.
Gallery: Recalling lives lost in 2020
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English actress Honor Blackman poses for photographers during a break from the filming in London. Blackman, 94, the potent British actress who took James Bond’s breath away as Pussy Galore in “Goldfinger” and who starred as the leather-clad, judo-flipping Cathy Gale in “The Avengers,” died April 5. (AP Photo/Leonard Brown, File) Show MoreShow Less
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Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak delivers a speech at the first day of the 5th annual convention of the ruling National Democratic Party in Cairo, Egypt. Mubarak, 91, the Egyptian leader who was the autocratic face of stability in the Middle East for nearly 30 years before being forced from power in an Arab Spring uprising, died Feb. 25. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser, File) Show MoreShow Less
The 20 greatest martial arts stars of all time, ranked Get a kick out of the best martial arts stars.
21 December 2020
With Marvel s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings set to bring kung-fu back to the big screen and Cobra Kai doing a fantastic job of showcasing karate on the small screen, and all ready to go into its third season, we thought it was high time we rated the greatest martial arts stars of all time.
These are the ones that have brought something new to the genre or are just simply fantastic at the job of beating people up.
Meet the mayor of Trinity Bellwoods encampment Bruce Lee City
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Along the west end of Trinity Bellwoods Park, on the soft, muddy expanse of land between the playground and the seniors supportive living facility, there exists Bruce Lee City, a quiet settlement of about fifteen tents and tiny shelters encamped in a loose circle around a bare Scotch Elm.
In the grey-brown chill of early December, the utility blues and oranges of the tents are difficult to miss.
The shelter closest to the footpath which this afternoon is lightly bustling with joggers, delivery bikers, and nannies pushing expensive perambulators is covered in graffiti tags: the number 420, Beastie Boys lyrics, and the silhouette of a white squirrel.