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’12 Angry Men’ Director Sidney Lumet Dies At Age 86

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 01:18 PM PDT



One of those names that might not be quite as recognized as others, Sidney Lumet is one of the legendary directing talents of film history. Lumet died early Saturday in his sleep after suffering from lymphoma, his family confirmed.

Born in Philadelphia in 1924, Lumet soon moved to New York City where he would remain for the duration of his life and where he would set many of his eventual films. His career started early on with a radio job as a 4-year-old child and he had a run on Broadway in the '30s before going off to World War II where he was a radio repairman.

Upon his return, the director formed an acting company in 1950 and many of his first directing jobs were TV series throughout the '50s. Then came the big one: 1957's 12 Angry Men, which nabbed Academy Award nominations for best picture, best writing, and best directing for Lumet -- one of his five nominations. What's even more impressive, perhaps, is that it's listed at #7 on IMDB's top 250 movies of all-time. [...]

Watch Now: Metallica’s Kirk Hammett Talks Horror Book On ‘That Metal Show’

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 11:07 AM PDT

Too Much Horror Business - Kirk Hammett

Any longtime Metallica fan knows that lead guitarist Kirk Hammett has an obsession with horror films. Many of his guitars are decorated with classic horror imagery, like The Mummy, Frankenstein's monster, the Bride of Frankenstein, and much more. Hammett is an avid collector of horror memorabilia, so it makes sense that the musician would put together a photo book of all of his very rare collection, which will include commentaries on each piece written by Hammett himself.

Hammett was on a recent episode of VH1 Classic's That Metal Show where he talked about the book, titled Too Much Horror Business, and how he's spent the last two years so far cataloging for the book his vast collection of vintage horror movie toys and posters from the 1920s to the present [...]

DIY: ‘Harry Potter’ Wedding Bouquets

Posted: 09 Apr 2011 09:14 AM PDT

Harry Potter paper flowers

Reddit user Blegatron took the pages of a Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban book and made wedding bouquets and boutonnieres out of it using this paper flower tutorial.

Click here to see more images of these awesome paper flowers [...]
Posted by kotang at 6:12 AM

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