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Bring On Bruce Lee! The Stars of Spartacus Pick Their Weapons and Wingmen

• Mar 29, 2012 09:30 PM ET
• by Hanh Nguyen

All men face the threat of death, but the Spartacus: Vengeance cast has faced it on a regular basis through their characters on the show.

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Going into the epic finale Friday (10/9c, Starz), we asked the actors to reflect on what it must have been like to be placed in Spartacus' sandals and had them weigh in on two very important subjects:

Report: Russell Crowe Eyeing Superman Role

• Jun 15, 2011 04:17 PM ET
• by Rich Juzwiak

Russell Crowe is looking to join Zach Snyder's cinematic Superman reboot, Man of Steel, reports Variety's Showblitz blog reports.

The Oscar-winning actor would play Superman's biological father Jor-El, the role immortalized by Marlon Brando in the 1978 film Superman.

Henry Cavill is engaged

Walter Seltzer, Veteran Hollywood Producer, Dies at 96

• Feb 20, 2011 11:52 AM ET
• by Robyn Ross

Walter Seltzer, a Hollywood press agent turned producer, died at the Motion Picture and Television Fund's retirement home, according to The Hollywood Reporter. He was 96.

Born in Philadelphia, Seltzer moved to Hollywood in 1935, where he got a job with Fox West Coast Theatres. He quickly moved into publicity at MGM, working on films starring Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo and Clark Gable.

Last Tango in Paris Actress Maria Schneider Dies at 58

• Feb 3, 2011 11:53 AM ET
• by Douglas J. Rowe

Maria Schneider, who shot to international fame with Bernardo Bertolucci's 1972 film Last Tango in Paris, has died after a long bout with cancer, her family told AFP. She was 58.

Arthur Penn, Director of Bonnie and Clyde, Dies at 88

• Sep 29, 2010 01:46 PM ET
• by Joyce Eng

Arthur Penn, the stage and film director whose iconic Bonnie and Clyde ushered in the post-classical age of Hollywood, has died. He was 88.

Penn died Tuesday — the day after his 88th birthday — his friend and accountant, Evan Bell, told The New York Times. Bell said Penn had been sick for a year, but did not disclose the cause of death.

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A Philadelphia native and brother of the late still photographer Irving Penn, Penn first made his name directing television dramas and Broadway plays in the 1950s and '60s. He earned Tony nominations for his stage productions of Two for the Seesaw, The Miracle Worker and All the Way Home, winning for The Miracle Worker. Star Anne Bancroft also won a Tony.

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