Ned Beatty: Last News

Superman is soaring back to the forefront. A new iteration of the Man of Steel is coming from Warner Bros, which made a splashy acquisition at Sundance of the documentary Super/Man: The Christopher Reeve Story. That tells the story of moviedom’s first Man of Steel, and how he found his real superpowers in becoming an activist after suffering an equestrian accident that left him paralyzed.

Deliverance, has died.The 85-year-old was killed in a car crash on Wednesday alongside his passenger and girlfriend, Bertha Brooks, who was 78.The collision happened in Haywood County, North Carolina, and also caused the death of Coward’s pet Chihuahua dog and pet squirrel.According to People, the actor was turning onto the highway when he was hit by an oncoming vehicle, a truck driven by a 16-year-old, who was subsequently taken to hospital.Authorities reported that neither Coward nor Brooks were wearing seatbelts, and that the other driver was apparently not speeding.Coward’s most memorable role was in John Boorman’s thriller, Deliverance, starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox.His memorable role as ‘Toothless Man’, one of two sadistic mountain men in the movie, involved a disturbing assault scene with Voight and Beatty’s characters.It became the fifth-highest grossing film of 1972, and was nominated for three Oscars, three BAFTAs and five Golden Globe Awards.In 2018, the year before his death, Reynolds revealed that he recommended Coward for the role. He told Conan O’Brien: “John Boorman, an Irish director, the best director I ever had, said, ‘Where am I gonna find these guys … the Mountain Men?’ And I said, ‘I know a guy.

Herbert “Cowboy” Coward, the sometime actor and pal of Burt Reynolds who played one of the two scary, sadistic mountain men in John Boorman’s Deliverance, died Wednesday in a car crash in North Carolina. He was 85.

Benedict Fitzgerald, best known as the screenwriter of The Passion of the Christ, died at home in Marsala, Sicily after a long illness on January 17, 2024. He was 74 and no cause of death was given by his family.

Caroline Brew editor Benedict Fitzgerald, co-screenwriter of “The Passion of the Christ,” died Jan. 17 in Marsala, Sicily, after a long illness, his cousin Nancy Ritter told Variety. He was 74.

Appearing on ESPN’s “College GameDay” Saturday ahead of the University of Notre Dame and Ohio State University game, Vaughn rooted for the Fighting Irish while remembering his time as Jamie O’Hara in 1993’s “Rudy.” “This is like picking kids for me,” Vaughn said. “My dad’s from [Ohio]. My sister, born in Columbus.

Ben Masters, the actor best known for his role as Julian Crane on the old NBC soap Passions, died January 11 at the Eisenhower Medical Center in Palm Springs. He was 75.

Filmmaker, screenwriter and author Quentin Tarantino stopped by Real Time Friday night to talk with Bill Maher about his new book, Cinema Speculation, out on Tuesday.

READ MORE: Squealing 'inbred' family whose eyes point in different directions 'like in Deliverance'There have been reports that Ned Beatty who played the victim, Bill McKinney who played the rapist, or a crew member thought up the famous line.But in an exclusive interview with the Daily Star to mark the film's 50th anniversary, its iconic director John Boorman dispelled those rumours and revealed its true origin.And it might put you off lunch.Without going into too much detail, the squealing action basically aids anal sex, Boorman explained."I looked into this very closely... I researched it and spoke to homosexuals," said the 89-year-old.Understandably, Warner Bros was nervous about the scene.

Jaws did for inflatable lilo sales.And this July marks the 50th anniversary of the nightmarish 1972 backwoods thriller Deliverance, in which a group of city-slicker friends go on a weekend camping break in America's Deep South only to find the local hillbillies are anything but welcoming.Starring Burt Reynolds, Jon Voight, Ned Beatty and Ronnie Cox as the four pals, the film was a huge critical success but drew criticism for what some called its stereotypical depiction of the native Appalachian community as dangerous inbreds.An explicit scene of male rape, with its now-notorious "squeal like a pig" line, also shocked many who went to see it.However, despite its celebrity cast, the one character in the movie who everyone remembers is only actually on screen for a few minutes and isn't even played by a proper actor.A long-time fan favourite, he's the odd-looking young boy who, during his one brief scene, sits on a dilapidated front porch and challenges Cox's character to a banjo duel after the group stop to fill their car up with petrol.

READ MORE: Star Wars and Fantastic Beasts star Mads Mikkelsen announced at For The Love Of Sci-FiBut its production was plagued with problems. The film is infamous for cutting costs by having the actors perform their own stunts instead of doubles.

READ MORE: Crying teen exposes her inbred 'hillbilly sex ring' family where dad traded rape for beerBut things turn sour when the not-so-happy campers discover the locals are anything but welcoming.Here we look at some surprising - and little-known - facts about the iconic 70s flick.One of the most famous scenes is perhaps one of the most uplifting.Drew Ballinger (Ronnie Cox) challenges Lonnie, played by Billy Redden, to a musical duet and the resulting back-and-forth strumming stand-off is a moment of movie magic.Some of the native Appalachian locals said the film cast a negative impression of them as inbred sex offenders.But Redden said the film role was the best thing that ever happened to him. He featured in a couple of other movies and still lives in Rabun County where the film was shot.In his last interviews, he was working for Walmart in Clayton, Georgia.On the second day of their ill-fated trip, Ned Beatty's character is forcibly sodomised by a backwoods nutcase who orders him to "squeal like a pig".The brutal, lengthy and toe-curling scene is one which Beatty could never shake off."How many times has that been shouted, said or whispered to me since then?”, the actor wrote in a column for The New York Times.“It was my first film and my best.

Bob Saget, Betty White and Sydney Poitier were among those remembered in the In Memoriam segment at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday.The Lost Daughter director Maggie Gyllenhaal took to the stage at Santa Monica's Barker Hangar to introduce the video montage and reflected on the 'painful losses' of the last 12 months.Among those included James Michael Tyler, Willie Garson, Michael K. Williams and Norm Macdonald.

SAG-AFTRA’s unclaimed residuals fund has grown to roughly $76 million – up 60% from $48 million six years ago. According to the union, the fund now contains 124,000 separate accounts for members and others, living and dead, that it can’t locate. That’s up from 96,000 accounts in 2016.

It was another Year of Covid in 2021, and the sadness extended to many beloved and groundbreaking people in the show business and media worlds who died during the past 12 months.

Karla Burns (1954–2021), Tony-nominated singer and actressJohn Paragon (1954–2021), played Jambi the Genie on “Pee-wee’s Playhouse”Henry “Nacho” Laun (2021), reality star on “Wahlburgers”Ernie Lively (1947–2021), “Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants” actor and Blake Lively’s fatherBobby Unser Jr. (1955–2021), racecar driver and Bobby Unser’s sonJessica Morris (1963–2021), founder of nonprofit Our Brain BankJim “Mudcat” Grant (1935–2021), first Black American League pitcher to win 20 gamesMike Marshall (1943–2021), Cy Young Award-winning pitcherJoanne Linville (1928–2021), “Star Trek” Romulan commander actressRay MacDonnell (1928–2021), 40-year “All My Children” starStuart Damon (1937–2021), starred as Dr.

Ned Beatty, actor. Born: 6 July 1937 in Louisville, Kentucky. Died: 13 June 2021 in Los Angeles, aged 83The film Deliverance ends with Jon Voight’s character waking up from a nightmare that recalls how his dream canoeing trip with his buddies in the Appalachians turned nasty, leaving one friend and two hillbillies dead.

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Ralph Macchio has paid tribute to Ned Beatty following the veteran actor's death. The Deliverance and Superman star passed away from natural causes on Sunday, surrounded by his family, according to his manager, Deborah Miller. He was 83.

Ned Beatty was a prolific character actor known for roles in films including “Deliverance,” “Network,” and “Superman.”This is a breaking news story. We will continue to update this page as more information becomes available.

Veteran character actor Ned Beatty has died aged 83. The Deliverance star passed away from natural causes on Sunday, surrounded by his family, according to his manager, Deborah Miller.