(Reuters) – At nearly the same time filming of “12 Years a Slave” began in Louisiana, the man who would win an Academy Award for writing its screenplay was in Dublin to start shooting his movie about the year that changed the life of ro ck guitar icon Jimi Hendrix. “Jimi: All Is by My Side” from writer and director John Ridley was shown this week at the South by Southwest film festival in Austin, […]
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Oscar-Winner Danish Film Director Gabriel Axel Dies at age 95
DANISH film director Gabriel Axel, the first Dane to win an Oscar for best foreign film “Babette’s Feast”, died Sunday, February 9, at the age of 95. News about his death was announced by his daughter, Karin Moerch, in a statement. She said her father died “quietly and peacefully after a long and eventful life.” She did not say where he died or give the cause of death. Born April 18, 1918, in Denmark’s second […]





