More from Stephen Galloway
Joan Plowright, Venerable Legend of the British Stage, Dies at 95
She won a Tony, was nominated for an Oscar and was married to Laurence Olivier for nearly three decades.
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David Lynch, Auteur Drawn to the Dark and the Dreamlike, Dies at 78
With such hallucinogenic masterworks as 'Eraserhead,' 'Blue Velvet,' 'Mulholland Drive,' 'Twin Peaks' and 'The Elephant Man,' he often left more questions than answers.
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Richard Parsons, Former Time Warner Chairman, Dies at 76
"The right guy in the right place at the right time," he steadied the ship after the ill-fated merger with AOL, then stepped in briefly for Leslie Moonves at CBS Corp.
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The William Friedkin I Knew: Feisty, Opinionated and Exceptionally Open to Others
Stephen Galloway, dean of Chapman University film school (and a THR alum) who wrote a biography of Friedkin's wife Sherry Lansing, remembers his Oscar-winning friend, who died Monday at 87.
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William Friedkin, Acclaimed Director of ‘The French Connection’ and ‘The Exorcist,’ Dies at 87
The Oscar winner "never played by the rules, often to my own detriment," he said.
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Jerry Springer, Host of a Scandalous Talk Show, Dies at 79
The former Cincinnati politician remained defiantly unapologetic about what he did for a living.
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How ‘Streetcar Named Desire’ Drove Vivien Leigh to the Edge of Insanity
Struggling with mental illness and a tumultuous marriage to Laurence Olivier, the actress sought a comeback (and a second Oscar) with the adaptation of Tennessee Williams' hit play — an exclusive excerpt from Stephen Galloway’s forthcoming book 'Truly, Madly.'
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Rush Limbaugh, Radio Talk Show Host and Conservative Firebrand, Dies at 70
He swayed the right and outraged the left in more than four divisive decades on the air.
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Disruption, Consolidation, Uncertainty: Welcome to Hollywood’s Age of Anxiety
Future of Netflix? Consolidation? Layoffs? Amid unprecedented tumult in entertainment (and the world), The Hollywood Reporter talks to execs and underlings struggling to cope in an age of anxiety, the experts soothing nerves and the fortunate few who are finding peace in troubled times: "You learn to not let your stress control you."
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Watch Out, Hollywood: Harvey’s Coming For You
As Harvey Weinstein mounts a defense, he's likely to implicate Hollywood for knowing what he was up to and doing nothing about it.
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TV’s Stormy Daniels Obsession Distorts What Really Matters
The sordid and the squalid are still given priority over anything that might shape actual lives.
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Lupita Nyong’o: From Political Exile to Oscar to Marvel’s ‘Black Panther’
The actress — who has an Academy Award, beauty megadeals and two Disney franchises — opens up about her globe-trotting childhood, lingering insecurities and why she went public on Weinstein: "I couldn't sleep. I needed to get it out."
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