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Raging Bull: How Robert De Niro, Martin Scorsese and Joe Pesci have retold the film s story Raging Bull, the dark and unrelenting story of violent boxer Jake LaMotta, is widely considered among the greatest films ever made, and certainly one of actor Robert De Niro and director Martin Scorsese s finest works. For the past year, British writer Jay Glennie has been working with De Niro and Scorsese to tell the story of how the film was made.
When you re chatting to Robert De Niro, you re told to call him Bob. For Jay Glennie, a writer from Essex who had first tried his luck emailing representatives for the star towards the end of 2016, it initially felt strange. This was
Lana Turner: 10 essential films
From The Postman Always Rings Twice to Imitation of Life. We celebrate the centenary of Hollywood icon Lana Turner with a look at her best movies.
8 February 2021
Lana Turner
“I want more!” Lana Turner spoke these words as aspiring actress Lora Meredith in Imitation of Life (1959), but they could have been uttered by almost any of her characters over her 4 decades in Hollywood. Turner played women who wanted things: money, status, a successful man. These desires often lead the women to unfortunate places – mid-century Hollywood wasn’t exactly encouraging of female ambition – but they gave Turner’s best performances a formidable intensity. Her acting was big, often a little campy (particularly in the melodramas of her later career), and always demanded your attention.
Neil Peart passed on January 7 from brain cancerCredit: Getty - Contributor
As a member of prog-rock group Rush, the 67-year-old Canadian was considered to be one of the great drummers. As Rush’s main lyricist, Neil – who died of brain cancer on Jan 7 – helped the band sell over 40million albums.
DEREK FOWLDS
Derek Fowlds died on January 17 from pneumoniaCredit: BBC
Best known for his role as naive Bernard Woolley in Yes Minister. As “Mr Derek” he was Basil Brush’s sidekick in the 70s and grumpy Oscar Blaketon in ITV’s Heartbeat for 18 years. He died aged 82 on Jan 17 with pneumonia.