Twenty-five years ago, Lindsay Lohan made her film debut in the remake of The Parent Trap, playing identical twins Annie and Hallie. The twins, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, later discover each other for the first time at summer camp. The pair elaborately …

Frederic Forrest, the resilient character actor best remembered for his performance as the high-strung Chef Hicks in Apocalypse Now and for his Academy Award-nominated turn as Huston Dyer, the AWOL army sergeant who captured Bette Midler’s heart in The Rose, has died. He was 86.  Forrest died Friday at his home …

Glenda Jackson, the two-time Oscar winner who walked away from a hugely successful acting career to spend nearly a quarter-century in the U.K. parliament, only to make a comeback on the stage, died Thursday. She was 87. Jackson died peacefully after a brief illness at her home in Blackheath, London, …

Cormac McCarthy, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author whose searing novel No Country for Old Men served as the foundation for the Coen brothers’ 2007 film that earned Oscars for best picture, supporting actor, directing and adapted screenplay, has died. He was 89.  McCarthy died Tuesday of natural at his home in Santa Fe, …

When you have a list of Hollywood’s most memorable basketball movies, it’s not surprising that some of the most memorable basketball players pop up as well — crossing over from the world of sports to entertainment — and some more than once. Michael Jordan, for example, features prominently in no …

Barry Humphries, the Australian entertainer whose gladioli-waving alter ego Dame Edna charmed and roasted celebrities, all with a Cheshire grin, outrageous eyewear, a “Hello, Possums!” greeting and a flurry of caustic wit, died Saturday. He was 89. Humphries died at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney of complications from hip surgery, …

Bill Butler, the self-taught, Oscar-nominated cinematographer whose work on the landmark 1975 horror film Jaws unleashed a wave of anxiety for beachgoers that lasts to this day, has died. He would have turned 102 on Friday. Butler died Wednesday evening in Los Angeles, according to the American Society of Cinematographers. He is …

Ryuichi Sakamoto, the Oscar-winning composer, musician, actor, singer, producer, writer and activist from Japan, has died. He was 71. Sakamoto died on March 28 of cancer, recording company Avex said in a statement posted to Twitter Sunday that thanks his medical teams in Japan and the U.S. and asks for …

Bert I. Gordon, the sci-fi director who aimed to terrify drive-in denizens of the Nineteen Fifties and ’60s with low-budget movies that includes colossal creatures, shrinking people and radioactive monsters, has died. He was 100.  Gordon died Wednesday in Los Angeles of issues from a fall in his Beverly Hills …

Gina Lollobrigida, the Italian film sensation whose exotic charms and voluptuous curves made her an international sex symbol of postwar cinema, has died, Italian news agency ANSA reported Monday. She was 95.  The dark-haired, independent beauty, of whom Humphrey Bogart once quipped, “She makes Marilyn Monroe look like Shirley Temple,” …