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Joe Leydon Film Critic During my interview a while back with a director of small-budget Westerns, he explained to me that if you keep your costs down low enough and, better still, cast a recognizable character actor or country music star — not a superstar, but someone recognizable — to promote in packaging and advertising, you could turn a profit just on DVD and Blu-ray sales. “You do it right,” he said, “and you make your money back from Redbox and big-box stores.

Fox News Digital about how he was focused on his health, and was “bothered” by aging, before he died last month at age 95 as a result of advanced Alzheimer’s, as well as heart disease and hypertension.Hackman’s pals said he played golf and did yoga in particular. “He was very fit, you know, and he was 6-foot-2 plus an ex-Marine,” said Stuart Ashman, a friend of Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa’s, who passed last month from Hantavirus.“He did Pilates like three times a week.

Instagram video on Monday where she advocated for caretakers.“So this is not something I’d usually comment on, but I do really believe there is some learning in regards to this tragic passing of Mr. and Mrs. Hackman,” Heming Willis, 46, began her video.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer A jury on Monday sided with Disney in a copyright trial involving “Moana,” clearing the company of an infringement suit brought by a screenwriter. The plaintiff, Buck Woodall, filed suit in 2020, alleging that “Moana” was based on his work entitled “Bucky the Wave Warrior.” After a two-week trial in federal court in Los Angeles, the eight-member jury found unanimously that Disney did not have access to the 2011 screenplay or earlier treatments. The jury deliberated for less than three hours.

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the actor’s “Rust” trial. On-screen, Hilaria, 41, reveals that when she flew out to New Mexico to support Alec, 66, at the trial, leaving five of their 7 kids at home with a friend, “I wrote [the kids] all little letters… and I hid them.

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The New York Times of Arakawa, who was seemingly the Oscar-winner’s sole caretaker prior to his shocking death. Maintenance workers discovered Hackman and his wife’s bodies at the couple’s Santa Fe, New Mexico home on February 26 after they were unable to get in touch with the couple.

The causes of death have been revealed for actor Gene Hackman, 95, and his wife Betsy Arakawa Hackman, 65. Hackman was found to have atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease along with advanced Alzheimer's disease, while his wife likely passed away first from "hantavirus pulmonary syndrome" (HPS), according to New Mexico authorities. Hantaviruses include a group of viruses primarily carried by rodents that can cause severe respiratory or renal diseases in humans, according to Dr.

Authorities are sharing their findings following the shocking deaths of Gene Hackman and wife Betsy Arakawa.

was found dead with Arakawa and their dog in their New Mexico home on February 26, after neighbourhood security conducted a welfare check.Though no foul play was initially suspected, their deaths were “suspicious enough in nature to require a thorough search and investigation”, according to a search warrant affidavit.There had been some speculation that the couple had died due to carbon monoxide poisoning from a gas leak, but authorities were quick to rule that out as a potential cause, with the Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office issuing an update based on the New Mexico Gas Company’s “extensive investigation for gas leaks and carbon monoxide at Gene Hackman’s home,” conducted on the evening of February 26.Now, investigators have confirmed the cause of death for both Hackman and Arakawa, finding that they both died of natural causes, but a week apart.Arakawa died from hantavirus pulmonary syndrome (HPS), a serious respiratory illness caused by exposure to infected rodents.She was last seen on 11 February, when she went to a farmers’ market, a pharmacy, and a pet store before returning home in the early evening.A New Mexico medical investigator said Hackman died from coronary artery disease, and his advanced Alzheimer’s meant it is possible that he was not aware his wife had died in their home several days earlier. Data from Hackman’s pacemaker suggests he died on 18 February.The couple’s German Shepherd dog was found dead in a bathroom closet near Arakawa.

caused by heart problems and advanced Alzheimer’s disease, officials revealed on Friday.New Mexico Chief Medical Examiner Heather Jarrell shared the details of Hackman’s health in his final days at a press conference in Santa Fe alongside Sheriff Adan Mendoza.According to Jarrell, the Oscar-winning actor died roughly a week after his wife, Betsy Arakawa, from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and Alzheimer’s.“Examination of the brain showed advanced Alzheimer’s disease as well as blood vessel changes in the brain,” Jarrell said.“It is reasonable to conclude that Mr.

A February 27 autopsy of Gene Hackman reveals the 95-year-old Oscar winner died of a combination of “advanced Alzheimer’s disease” and severe heart disease, the New Mexico Chief Medical Examiner announced today.

Betsy Arakawa, the classical pianist married to Gene Hackman, died last month of hantavirus pulmonary syndrome, a rare infectious disease linked to rodents, New Mexico officials announced Friday.Arakawa last left the Santa Fe, New Mexico, mansion she shared with Hackman on Feb. 11, which was also the last time she sent any communications, according to Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza.She likely died of the virus that day, New Mexico Chief Medical Examiner Heather Jarrell said at Friday’s news conference.Here’s everything you need to know about hantavirus pulmonary syndrome.Humans get hantaviruses through contact with infected rodents, either by inhaling virus particles from rodent droppings or nesting materials, eating food contaminated with mouse saliva, urine or droppings or being bitten or scratched by a rat carrying the virus.In the US, most infections occur west of the Mississippi River.Deer mice are the most common culprit in North America, but there are others as well.

succumbing to complications from heart problems and Alzheimer’s disease, officials revealed Friday.Betsy Arakawa died of Hantavirus, a rare flu-like disease linked to rodents, the Santa Fe officials said.Arakawa’s last left her and Hackman’s home on Feb. 11 which was also the last time she sent out any communications, according to Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza.She died of the virus likely that day, New Mexico Chief Medical Examiner Heather Jarrell said at a highly anticipated press conference Friday afternoon.Hackman, who had late stage Alzheimer’s likely died roughly a week after his wife from hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and from Alzheimer’s, Jarrell said.The bodies of Hackman, 95, and Arakawa, 65, were discovered by maintenance and security workers at their Santa Fe, New Mexico, mansion on Feb.

Gene Maddaus Senior Media Writer Gene Hackman likely died about a week after his wife, Betsy Arakawa, passed away due to hantavirus, a medical examiner announced Friday. Hackman died of cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer’s disease as a significant contributing factor, said Heather Jarrell, the chief medical examiner for the New Mexico Office of the Medical Investigator. Arakawa likely died about a week earlier, on Feb.

There’s a wave of new and intelligent life at the indie box office this weekend post-Academy Awards after the traditionally slow, slow period for new openings. There have been a smattering of interesting films (Universal Language for one) but things have absolutely picked up with a George R.R. Martin short story on screen, a nursing home creep-out starring John Lithgow and Geoffrey Rush, the latest Atom Egoyan film, a duo that landed really well at Cannes, a Bruno Dumont sci-fi, a Bruce LaBruce sex romp, an Italian box office hit and more.

More details are expected to be released regarding the investigation into the tragic deaths of Hollywood legend Gene Hackman and his wife, Betsy Arakawa.Their partially mummified bodies were found in their New Mexico home last month.The Santa Fe County Sheriff's Office has ruled out foul play, and tests for carbon monoxide poisoning came back negative. Sheriff Adan Mendoza, along with state fire, health, and forensic officials, will hold a press conference on Friday afternoon to provide updates on the case.

Alec Baldwin for discussing her death on his new reality show The Baldwins.On October 21, 2021, on the set of the film Rust, Baldwin discharged a revolver used as a prop and was unaware that it had been improperly loaded with live ammunition, resulting in the death of Hutchins.In 2023, the actor was charged with involuntary manslaughter in a case which was then dropped and was tried again in 2024. The case against him was dismissed last July, and officially concluded in December 2024 after New Mexico prosecutors decided not to pursue an appeal of the court’s decision to dismiss an involuntary manslaughter charge against him.On January 11, Baldwin filed a lawsuit against the district attorney and other Santa Fe officials for malicious prosecution and civil rights violations.

The “Grace & Frankie” star‘s son, Troy O’Donovan Garity, revealed the simultaneously scary and sidesplitting story while appearing alongside his famous mom on Tuesday’s episode of Netflix’s “Skip Intro” podcast.Asked by host Krista Smith what he could tell the world that they don’t already know about Fonda, 87, the 51-year-old actor, whom Fonda shared with late ex-husband Tom Hayden, replied, “She pushed a bear out of her bedroom.”The “Monster-in-Law” star smiled as she gave a confirmatory nod.“She was living in New Mexico, out in the wild…ish. And she was [taking] care, or looking after her grandson, who is in a crib in the bedroom,” Garity said, referring to Fonda’s now 25-year-old grandson Malcolm Vadim.“She heard something so she left the bedroom in the middle of the night to go see what the sound was. And when she came back in, the screen door was dismantled and there was a bear in the bedroom, sniffing over the crib.”A stunned Smith then asked Fonda, “What did you do?”“Go ahead!” Garity urged his mom, who then let out a giant roar as she raised her arms to look larger.

Santa Fe New Mexican.The outlet also reported that authorities stated there was no immediate indication of foul play. No cause of death was provided, along with a possible time of death.