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FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA


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What to Stream: Nintendo's Switch 2, Addison Rae album, 'Presence' and Ariana Madix returns to Fiji

Read full article: What to Stream: Nintendo's Switch 2, Addison Rae album, 'Presence' and Ariana Madix returns to Fiji

A Shaquille O’Neal docuseries about his time at Reebok’s basketball division and Mario Kart World on Nintendo’s Switch 2 are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.

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Spielberg, De Niro, Freeman praise Francis Ford Coppola as he accepts the AFI Life Achievement Award

Read full article: Spielberg, De Niro, Freeman praise Francis Ford Coppola as he accepts the AFI Life Achievement Award

The annual AFI Life Achievement Award presentation is always a starry night in Hollywood, but Saturday’s ceremony at the Dolby Theatre brought together legendary stars from a seemingly bygone era of cinema to honor Francis Ford Coppola.

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The Vietnam War produced classic Hollywood films — and hardly any classic female roles

Read full article: The Vietnam War produced classic Hollywood films — and hardly any classic female roles

The Vietnam War produced some of the most classic films of the late 1970s and 1980s.

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10 movies that defined the Vietnam War on the big screen

Read full article: 10 movies that defined the Vietnam War on the big screen

The Vietnam War cast a long shadow across not just one of the most fertile periods of American filmmaking, but has led filmmakers for the past half century to reckon with its complicated legacy.

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What to know about Hollywood icon Gene Hackman's and his wife's deaths

Read full article: What to know about Hollywood icon Gene Hackman's and his wife's deaths

Authorities in northern New Mexico have released body camera video and other public records in the investigation into the deaths of Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy.

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From 'Top Gun' to 'Tombstone,' notable Val Kilmer films and where to watch them

Read full article: From 'Top Gun' to 'Tombstone,' notable Val Kilmer films and where to watch them

Val Kilmer once proclaimed that he’s almost been fired from all his movies.

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Josh Brolin, Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Mann pay tribute to Val Kilmer after his death

Read full article: Josh Brolin, Francis Ford Coppola and Michael Mann pay tribute to Val Kilmer after his death

Actor Josh Brolin and director Michael Mann are among those honoring actor Val Kilmer after his death on Tuesday at age 65.

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Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65

Read full article: Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65

Val Kilmer has died at age 65.

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Movie theater trade group unveils new name, Cinema United, and renewed mission to promote moviegoing

Read full article: Movie theater trade group unveils new name, Cinema United, and renewed mission to promote moviegoing

The trade organization that represents movie theater owners in the U.S. and abroad is getting a rebrand.

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Best mullet? Best use of Taylor Swift? AP hands out its own movie awards ahead of the Oscars

Read full article: Best mullet? Best use of Taylor Swift? AP hands out its own movie awards ahead of the Oscars

Hollywood’s never-ending awards season can make it easy to get a little lost in the run-of-the-mill “best” categories.

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Gene Hackman was more than an everyman: An Appreciation

Read full article: Gene Hackman was more than an everyman: An Appreciation

One of the greatest American actors of the 20th century was voted “least likely to succeed” by his first theater school, wasn’t a star until he was 40 and possessed a face he once described as “your everyday mineworker.”.

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Gene Hackman tributes pour in from Francis Ford Coppola, Viola Davis, Bill Murray and more

Read full article: Gene Hackman tributes pour in from Francis Ford Coppola, Viola Davis, Bill Murray and more

Director Francis Ford Coppola, actor Viola Davis and director Paul Feig are among those paying tribute to Gene Hackman after his death at age 95.

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What's going on with the Kennedy Center under Trump?

Read full article: What's going on with the Kennedy Center under Trump?

Until a few weeks ago, the biggest news to come out of the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.

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Movies in 2024: Lessons from a turbulent year at the box office

Read full article: Movies in 2024: Lessons from a turbulent year at the box office

Movie ticket sales are taking a bit of a hit in 2024.

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Kennedy Center pays tribute to Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Raitt, Sandoval and The Apollo

Read full article: Kennedy Center pays tribute to Coppola, the Grateful Dead, Raitt, Sandoval and The Apollo

Celebrities, cultural icons and a few surprise guests have gathered for the annual Kennedy Center Honors celebration in Washington.

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The best movies of 2024 as ranked by AP film writers

Read full article: The best movies of 2024 as ranked by AP film writers

Break out your “Dune” popcorn bucket: It's time for the best movies of the year.

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Francis Ford Coppola to receive AFI Life Achievement Award

Read full article: Francis Ford Coppola to receive AFI Life Achievement Award

Francis Ford Coppola will receive the 50th AFI Life Achievement Award, the American Film Institute announced Tuesday.

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'Megalopolis' flops, 'The Wild Robot' soars at box office

Read full article: 'Megalopolis' flops, 'The Wild Robot' soars at box office

Francis Ford Coppola’s decades-in-the-making, self-financed epic “Megalopolis” flopped with moviegoers, while the acclaimed DreamWorks Animation family film “The Wild Robot” soared to No. 1 at the weekend box office.

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Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' is one from the heart

Read full article: Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' is one from the heart

You have by now probably heard a few things about “Megalopolis.”.

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Francis Ford Coppola sues Variety over story alleging 'Megalopolis' misconduct

Read full article: Francis Ford Coppola sues Variety over story alleging 'Megalopolis' misconduct

Director Francis Ford Coppola has sued the entertainment trade publication Variety for libel.

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The 33 most anticipated movies of the fall

Read full article: The 33 most anticipated movies of the fall

The seasonal differences of the movie calendar have eroded a little bit with time.

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Trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ recalled over fabricated critics’ quotes

Read full article: Trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s ‘Megalopolis’ recalled over fabricated critics’ quotes

Lionsgate recalled its new trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s “Megalopolis” Wednesday amid revelations that critics’ quotes were fabricated.

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Directors Guild of America to honor Francis Ford Coppola in October

Read full article: Directors Guild of America to honor Francis Ford Coppola in October

The Directors Guild will pay tribute to Francis Ford Coppola at its 25th DGA Honors in October.

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The Grateful Dead and Francis Ford Coppola are among the newest Kennedy Center Honors recipients

Read full article: The Grateful Dead and Francis Ford Coppola are among the newest Kennedy Center Honors recipients

A filmmaking legend and one of the world’s most enduring musical acts headline this year’s crop of Kennedy Center Honors recipients.

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Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' wrapped at this Georgia hotel. Soon, it'll be open for business

Read full article: Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' wrapped at this Georgia hotel. Soon, it'll be open for business

The newest Coppola family property, The All-Movie, will soon host production companies and tourists in Peachtree City, an Atlanta suburb.

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'Seven Samurai' at 70: Kurosawa's epic still moves like nothing else

Read full article: 'Seven Samurai' at 70: Kurosawa's epic still moves like nothing else

Akira Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai” is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year.

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Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' will hit US theaters in September

Read full article: Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' will hit US theaters in September

After months of conjecture about the fate of Francis Ford Coppola’s self-financed epic, “Megalopolis” has finally found a home.

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Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of 'The Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby,' dies at 94

Read full article: Albert Ruddy, Oscar-winning producer of 'The Godfather' and 'Million Dollar Baby,' dies at 94

“The Godfather” producer Albert S.

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CANNES PHOTOS: See the standout moments from this year's film festival

Read full article: CANNES PHOTOS: See the standout moments from this year's film festival

The Cannes Film Festival draws glamour to itself like a moth to the flame.

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Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran to debut his film in Cannes. 'I have many more stories to tell,' he says

Read full article: Mohammad Rasoulof fled Iran to debut his film in Cannes. 'I have many more stories to tell,' he says

Mohammad Rasoulof was facing eight years in prison and likely more considering the uncompromising nature of his latest film, “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” when he decided to flee Iran.

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Fred Roos, ‘Godfather Part II’ producer and longtime Coppola collaborator, dies at 89

Read full article: Fred Roos, ‘Godfather Part II’ producer and longtime Coppola collaborator, dies at 89

Fred Roos, the Oscar-winning producer of “The Godfather Part II” who helped launch the careers of numerous superstars from Jack Nicholson to Tom Cruise, has died.

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The stuff that Coppola’s dreams are made of: The director on building ‘Megalopolis’

Read full article: The stuff that Coppola’s dreams are made of: The director on building ‘Megalopolis’

Of the many quotations and slogans that flitter through Francis Ford Coppola’s idea-stuffed, open-hearted, unabashedly optimistic “Megalopolis,” one that particularly resonates with the director is: “When we leap into the unknown, we prove that we’re free.”.

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Paul Schrader felt death closing in, so he made a movie about it

Read full article: Paul Schrader felt death closing in, so he made a movie about it

After a string of hospitalizations for long COVID, Paul Schrader had a realization.

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In Cannes, Francis Ford Coppola talks Trump, self-financing 'Megalopolis' and why he has no regrets

Read full article: In Cannes, Francis Ford Coppola talks Trump, self-financing 'Megalopolis' and why he has no regrets

Much attention has been paid to the $120 million of his own fortune that Francis Ford Coppola put up to make the futuristic epic “Megalopolis.”.

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Francis Ford Coppola debuts 'Megalopolis' in Cannes, and the reviews are in

Read full article: Francis Ford Coppola debuts 'Megalopolis' in Cannes, and the reviews are in

Francis Ford Coppola on Thursday premiered his self-financed opus “Megalopolis” at the Cannes Film Festival, unveiling a wildly ambitious passion project the 85-year-old director has been pondering for decades.

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All eyes are on Coppola in Cannes. Sound familiar?

Read full article: All eyes are on Coppola in Cannes. Sound familiar?

Francis Ford Coppola will soon premiere at the Cannes Film Festival a film on which he has risked everything that’s arriving clouded by rumors of production turmoil.

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Cannes kicks off with a Palme d'Or for Meryl Streep and a post-'Barbie' fête of Greta Gerwig

Read full article: Cannes kicks off with a Palme d'Or for Meryl Streep and a post-'Barbie' fête of Greta Gerwig

Beneath intermittent rainy skies, the Cannes Film Festival opened Tuesday with the presentation of an honorary Palme d’Or for Meryl Streep and the unveiling of Greta Gerwig’s jury, as the French Riviera spectacular kicked off a potentially volatile 77th edition.

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A combustible Cannes is set to unfurl with 'Furiosa,' 'Megalopolis' and a #MeToo reckoning

Read full article: A combustible Cannes is set to unfurl with 'Furiosa,' 'Megalopolis' and a #MeToo reckoning

The Cannes Film Festival rarely passes without cacophony but this year’s edition may be more raucous and uneasy than any edition in recent memory.

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Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and 'King of the Bs,' dies at 98

Read full article: Roger Corman, Hollywood mentor and 'King of the Bs,' dies at 98

Roger Corman, Hollywood’s “King of the Bs,” has died.

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Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87

Read full article: Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87

Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films, including the infamously tortured production of “Apocalypse Now,” and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died.

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Cannes sets lineup with Lanthimos, Coppola and Trump film 'The Apprentice'

Read full article: Cannes sets lineup with Lanthimos, Coppola and Trump film 'The Apprentice'

Organizers announced that tew films from Yorgos Lanthimos, Andrea Arnold and Francis Ford Coppola, as well as a portrait of 1980s Donald Trump, will compete for the Palme d’Or at the 77th Cannes Film Festival.

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Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' to premiere at Cannes

Read full article: Francis Ford Coppola's 'Megalopolis' to premiere at Cannes

Nearly half a century after Francis Ford Coppola won the Cannes Film Festival’s Palme d’Or for “Apocalypse Now,” he will return to the French Riviera festival to premiere his self-financed epic “Megalopolis.”.

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We may be living in the golden age of older filmmakers. This year's Oscars are evidence

Read full article: We may be living in the golden age of older filmmakers. This year's Oscars are evidence

Old age may be debated as a liability on the presidential campaign trail, but it's not at this year’s Oscars.

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Behind the sumptuous, monstrous craft of 'Poor Things'

Read full article: Behind the sumptuous, monstrous craft of 'Poor Things'

“Poor Things” is a Frankenstein-esque fantasia about a young woman (Emma Stone) reanimated by a demented surgeon (Willem Dafoe).

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Angelina Jolie joins producing team for Broadway-bound musical 'The Outsiders'

Read full article: Angelina Jolie joins producing team for Broadway-bound musical 'The Outsiders'

Add Angelina Jolie to the growing list of celebrities dipping their toes into producing on Broadway.

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Austrian actor Helmut Berger, movie star in the 1960s and '70s, dies at 78

Read full article: Austrian actor Helmut Berger, movie star in the 1960s and '70s, dies at 78

Austrian-born actor Helmut Berger, a European movie star in the 1960s and 1970s who rose to prominence with roles in films by Italian director Luchino Visconti, has died.

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Meryl Streep wins Spain's Princess of Asturias award

Read full article: Meryl Streep wins Spain's Princess of Asturias award

Meryl Streep has won one of Spain’s most prestigious awards in the arts for her long career of acting excellence.

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Arts and letters academy votes in Everett, Coppola, others

Read full article: Arts and letters academy votes in Everett, Coppola, others

The honors keep coming in for fiction writer-poet Percival Everett.

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Dominique Lapierre, French author and journalist, dies at 91

Read full article: Dominique Lapierre, French author and journalist, dies at 91

French writer Dominique Lapierre has died at age 91.

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Vietnam War photographer Tim Page dies in Australia at 78

Read full article: Vietnam War photographer Tim Page dies in Australia at 78

Legendary Vietnam War photographer, writer and counter-culture documenter Tim Page has died Wednesday at his Australian home.

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Bob Rafelson, New Hollywood era director, dies at 89

Read full article: Bob Rafelson, New Hollywood era director, dies at 89

Bob Rafelson, an influential figure in the New Hollywood era of the 1970s who was nominated for two Oscars for “Five Easy Pieces," has died.

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James Caan, Oscar nominee for 'The Godfather,' dies at 82

Read full article: James Caan, Oscar nominee for 'The Godfather,' dies at 82

James Caan, the curly-haired tough guy known to movie fans as the hotheaded Sonny Corleone of “The Godfather” and to television audiences as the dying football player in the classic weeper “Brian’s Song” and the casino boss in “Las Vegas,” has died.

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'Armageddon Time,' portrait of white privilege, stirs Cannes

Read full article: 'Armageddon Time,' portrait of white privilege, stirs Cannes

James Gray’s autobiographical coming of age film “Armageddon Time,” starring Anthony Hopkins, Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong, has made the biggest splash of an American film not starring Tom Cruise at the Cannes Film Festival.

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Exiled Russian director returns to Cannes, decries war

Read full article: Exiled Russian director returns to Cannes, decries war

The Russian filmmaker Kirill Serebrennikov, one of the few Russian filmmakers at this year's Cannes Film Festival, says “art is always against war."

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New this week: 'The Offer,' Kehlani, 'I Love That for You'

Read full article: New this week: 'The Offer,' Kehlani, 'I Love That for You'

This week’s new entertainment releases include new music from Future and Kehlani, a 10-episode Paramount+ series that dramatizes the behind-the-scenes story of the making of “The Godfather,” and the comedy “I Love That for You” starring former “Saturday Night Live” cast member Vanessa Bayer as a woman longing to be a home shopping channel host.

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Will Smith dances with family after Oscar win, shocking slap

Read full article: Will Smith dances with family after Oscar win, shocking slap

Will Smith danced with glee at the Vanity Fair Oscar party, waving his best actor Oscar in the air and rapping along to his own songs with wife Jada Pinkett Smith at his side.

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Tom Holland and 'Uncharted' stay No. 1 at box office

Read full article: Tom Holland and 'Uncharted' stay No. 1 at box office

For the eighth time in the last two and a half months, a movie starring Tom Holland is No. 1 at the box office.

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George Lucas, Kathleen Kennedy honored by Producer’s Guild

Read full article: George Lucas, Kathleen Kennedy honored by Producer’s Guild

George Lucas and Kathleen Kennedy, stewards of the Star Wars universe and numerous other notable motion pictures, are being honored by the Producers Guild of America for their contributions to the film industry.

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Hollywood reacts to the death of Peter Bogdanovich

Read full article: Hollywood reacts to the death of Peter Bogdanovich

Tributes to Peter Bogdanovich poured in following the death of the filmmaker, writer, critic and film historian.

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Dean Stockwell of 'Quantum Leap,' 'Blue Velvet' dies at 85

Read full article: Dean Stockwell of 'Quantum Leap,' 'Blue Velvet' dies at 85

Dean Stockwell, a top Hollywood child actor who gained new success in middle age, garnering an Oscar nomination for “Married to the Mob” and Emmy nominations for “Quantum Leap,” has died.

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Smoke, extreme heat pose harsh test for West Coast vineyards

Read full article: Smoke, extreme heat pose harsh test for West Coast vineyards

The heat wave that recently hit the Pacific Northwest subjected the region’s vineyards to record-breaking temperatures nine months after the fields that produce world-class wine were blanketed by wildfire smoke.

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1st cruise ship sails through Venice since start of pandemic

Read full article: 1st cruise ship sails through Venice since start of pandemic

Early risers in Venice have woken to the sight of a cruise ship traveling down the Giudecca canal for the first time since the pandemic, despite repeated government pledges to reroute the huge vessels on safety and environmental grounds.

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Wildfires again threaten business in California wine country

Read full article: Wildfires again threaten business in California wine country

Fire has been cruel to Northern California wine country lately. That can lead to smoke taint, an undesirable burnt taste in wine made from grapes with skins permeated by smoke. While Napa and Sonoma counties produce only about 10% of the state's wine, they have an outsized influence on Californias position as the nations leading wine producer. That creates a ripple effect in the economy that leads to fewer harvesting jobs and less wine to sell. Preliminary results show there is very little smoke taint, but he won't know until he can taste the wine after fermentation.

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Coppola and Henson companies get loans for winery, puppetry

Read full article: Coppola and Henson companies get loans for winery, puppetry

A statue of Kermit The Frog stands at the entrance to The Jim Henson Company, Tuesday, July 7, 2020, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. The U.S. government's small business lending program sent pandemic relief money into unexpected corners of the entertainment industry. The Muppet makers say they received about $2 million to keep their 75 workers employed through the coronavirus shutdown. While legendary names like Francis Ford Coppola and Jim Henson hardly evoke the image of small business, the leaders of modestly sized companies that bear their names say the funds have been essential to keeping ordinary workers afloat during the coronavirus pandemic. The Jim Henson Co. employs about 75 people, company spokeswoman Nicole Goldman said in a statement.

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Shirley Knight, Oscar-nominated actress, has died at 83

Read full article: Shirley Knight, Oscar-nominated actress, has died at 83

FILE - This June 18, 2012 file photo shows actress Shirley Knight at the "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" premiere in New York. Knight, the Kansas-born actress who was nominated for two Oscars early in her career and went on to play an astonishing variety of roles in movies, TV and the stage, has died. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)LOS ANGELES – Shirley Knight, the Kansas-born actress who was nominated for two Oscars early in her career and went on to play an astonishing variety of roles in movies, TV and the stage, has died. Knight passed away Wednesday at her daughter's home in San Marcos, Texas, according to her daughter Kaitlin Hopkins. Her TV career began in the mid-1950s, not the 1980s.

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