Dustin Hoffman

Birth Name:

Dustin Lee Hoffman

Birth Place:

Los Angeles, California, United States

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack, Producer, Director

Oscar-Nominated Actress Eileen Brennan Dies at 80

Eileen Brennan, who earned an Oscar nomination for Private Benjamin, died on Sunday, The Wrap reports. She was 80.The actress passed away in a Burbank, Calif., hospice, where she had been battling bladder cancer.

Tue, Jul 30, 2013

Oscar-Nominated Actress Eileen Brennan Dies at 80

The Weekend Playlist: Watergate Revisited, Hemlock Grove, TV Movie Deluge

This was another wrenching week in our nation's history when sudden tragedy galvanizes the country's attention, and all eyes (often fueled nowadays by social media) turn to TV for the latest developments — for better or sometimes worse, given the get-it-first-and-maybe-even-right nature of the 24/7 news cycle. We'll never forget those images of horror and heroism issuing from Boston, such is the nature of the medium and the immediacy of the message.

Fri, Apr 19, 2013

The Weekend Playlist: Watergate Revisited, Hemlock Grove, TV Movie Deluge

Character Actor Willy Switkes Dies at 83

Willy Switkes, a character actor who appeared in Tootsie and Taxi Driver, has died, The Associated Press reports. He was 83.

Tue, Mar 12, 2013

HBO Sued Over Alleged Horse Abuse Cover-Up on Axed Luck

A former American Humane Association employee has sued HBO and Luck producer Stewart Production for aiding and abetting an alleged months-long abuse cover-up, according to The Hollywood Reporter. According to the lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, Barbara Casey says the AHA observed drugged horses and...

Thu, Jan 3, 2013

HBO Sued Over Alleged Horse Abuse Cover-Up on Axed Luck

Oscar-Nominated Character Actor Charles Durning Dies at 89

Character actor Charles Durning has passed away of natural causes, the Associated Press reports. Durning died on Monday in his Manhattan home at the age of 89.

Tue, Dec 25, 2012