Update: Mon, 10th March, 2025 When Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa, his wife, were found dead in their Santa Fe home on February 26, the circumstances surrounding their deaths were….curious, to say the least. Hackman was found in the kitchen, Arakawa in the bathroom; pills were scattered about the bathroom floor. One of the couple’s […]

…I have been half in love with easeful Death,  Call’d him soft names in many a mused rhyme,                           To take into the air my quiet breath;                                       Now more than ever seems it rich to die,                           To cease upon the midnight with no pain,                                       While thou art pouring forth thy soul abroad  […]

“I was an activist who became an artist. I was not an artist who became an activist.” – Harry Belafonte

Rock guitar legend Jeff Beck died unexpectedly on January 10th after a brief illness

Photo courtesy of Twin Peaks (1990) You may not know his name, but if you’re any kind of film buff – or a fan of David Lynch’s ‘90s cult television series Twin Peaks – you’ve definitely heard his music. Badalamenti – who died on December 11th at the age of 85 – composed the extraordinary […]