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"Snakes on a Plane" director David R. Ellis has died. He was 60 years old....

Earlier today, we reported that director Tony Scott was diagnosed with inoperable brain cancer before he committed suicide on Sunday afternoon. Now we have a report that the director's wife, Donna Scott, told investigators those claims are, "absolutely false."

Nora Ephron, an essayist and humorist in the Dorothy Parker mold (only smarter and funnier, some said) who became one of her era’s most successful screenwriters and filmmakers, making romantic comedy hits like “Sleepless in Seattle” and “When Harry Met Sally,” died Tuesday night in Manhattan. She was 71.

Arthur Laurents, the director, playwright and screenwriter who wrote such enduring stage musicals as "West Side Story" and "Gypsy," as well as the movie classics "Rope" and "The Way We Were," died Thursday. He was 93.

Sidney Lumet, 86, a versatile and influential movie director whose films included “12 Angry Men,” “The Pawnbroker,” “Serpico” and “Network,” died Saturday at his home in New York City.

British filmmaker Peter Yates, who sent Steve McQueen screeching through the streets of San Francisco in a Ford Mustang in "Bullitt," has died at the age of 81.

Blake Edwards, director of The Pink Panther and Breakfast at Tiffany's, dies in southern California at the age of 88.

Mr. Kershner’s “The Empire Strikes Back,” part of the “Star Wars” chronology, earned mixed reviews but, eventually, critical praise.

Arthur Penn, who directed "Bonnie and Clyde" and "The Miracle Worker," died after a long illness Tuesday night, his representative said.

John Hughes, whose 1980s films such as "Sixteen Candles," "The Breakfast Club" and "Some Kind of Wonderful" offered a sharp-eyed look at teenagers and their social habits, has died, according to a statement from his representative.