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The memorial celebration for the late Broadway star Gavin Creel will be livestreamed in both the U.S. and UK today, with New York’s MCC Theater hosting the U.S. stream and the Society of London Theatre hosting in the UK. The public memorial at Broadway’s St. James Theatre begins today, Monday…

Marshall Brickman, the writer and director known for co-writing some of Woody Allen‘s earlier works, died November 29 in Manhattan. He was 85. The Oscar winner’s daughter Sophie Brickman announced that her father died Friday in Manhattan, following more than 50 years of writing, directing and…

Wayne Northrop, the actor known for his roles on Dynasty and Days of Our Lives, has died. He was 77. The soap star’s publicist Cynthia Snyder tells Deadline he died Friday at the Motion Picture and Television Woodland Hills Home following a years-long struggle with…

French-Danish actor, director and writer Niels Arestrup, known for his Cesar-winning performances in Jacques Audiard’s The Beat That My Heart Skipped and A Prophet, has died at his home outside Paris at the age of 75. Arestrup's wife, the actress, screenwriter and author Isabelle Le Nouvel announced…

After kicking off his solo tour last weekend, Zayn Malik is keep Liam Payne‘s memory alive on the road. The Room Under the Stairs artist paid tribute to his fellow One Direction alum, dedicating his song ‘It’s You’ to Payne in the late musician’s hometown Wolverhampton, U.K. during the Friday stop on…

Bob Bryar, the musician and sound engineer who served as My Chemical Romance’s longest-running drummer, has died. He was 44. The double-platinum artist’s body was found badly decomposed Tuesday at his home in Tennessee after he was last seen alive on November 4, law enforcement…

Oscar-nominated producer Adam Somner, who was among the most in-demand first assistant directors in the business during the past few decades, died November 27 from anaplastic thyroid cancer. He was 57. Somner was the go-to AD for the likes of Steven Spielberg (12 films), Paul Thomas Anderson (six)…

Silvia Pinal, an actress in Mexico’s Golden Age of cinema, has died. She was 93. Pinal had been hospitalized earlier this month for a urinary tract infection. Mexico’s Secretary of Culture confirmed Pinal’s death. “The Ministry of Culture of the Government of Mexico regrets the passing of…

Veteran stage actor Julien Arnold died suddenly Sunday, Nov. 24, midway through a performance of A Christmas Carol, after experiencing a medical emergency. He passed after collapsing onstage during an evening performance of the stage production at the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada…

Katie Phillips, UK publicist, podcaster and founder of PR firm KPPR, has died aged 46. Phillips passed away Wednesday after some weeks spent back in hospital, following her thyroid cancer diagnosis nearly three years ago, in February 2022. The illness prompted Phillips to set up podcast Talking With…

Malaysian billionaire Ananda Krishnan, whose businesses spanned across oil, gas and telecommunications, has died at the age of 86, his private investment company said on Thursday. No cause of death was given. Krishnan was a founding director of state oil firm Petronas and in 2007, he led the…

Mary McGee, the motor racing legend profiled in the Oscar-contending documentary Motorcyle Mary, died Wednesday in Gardnerville, Nev., according to her family. She was 87. "Mary embodied resilience, grace, and optimism," McGee's family wrote on Facebook. The post did not disclose a cause of death…