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Peter Shaffer, the Oscar-winning writer who penned works likeAmadeusandEquusdied Monday in Ireland, according to his agent. Shaffer earned an Oscar nod as well for best adapted screenplay. Daniel Radcliffe starred in the 2007 West End revival, which later transferred to Broadway. Credit: AP In all,Amadeusearned 11 Academy Award nominations and won eight, including best adapted screenplay for Shaffer. Survivors include his brother Brian, his nephews Milo and Mark, and his nieces Cressida and Claudia....

EW spoke with Tomasi about putting the book together, what inspired him, and more. How did the story idea forHouse of Penancecome about? What was the appeal of working with them as a publishing house? Literally a week later he had already read it and was working on getting it set up. That kinda speed is rare indeed! You were an editor before you were a writer. How did those experiences as an editor inform you when you started to write?...

Factorys recent remaster of 1988sPhantasm 2, fans will have all thePhantasmfilms available in HD). I first met him about 15 years ago. [The restoration] came about because he wanted to showPhantasmat Bad Robot. Credit: Silver Sphere Corporation I told him, Well, the prints are really bad. He generously offered to help create a restoration. Obviously thats an offer we couldnt refuse. Silver Sphere Corporation Phantasm: Ravagerreunites Baldwin, Thornbury, Bannister and Scrimm, whodied in Januaryat the age of 89....

A precocious athlete experiences unparalleled success at a rapid rate. The first trailer for writer-director Noah Buschels sports drama swirls around more of the latter than the former. In the process, hidden conflicts with his overbearing father (Ethan Hawke) are brought to light. Hawke was drawn to the project because it was dissimilar to other sports films. Theres a quality to the writing [Simmons] character was so interesting to me....

Last yearhe told NPRhe was on the list to receive another kidney. Malik was our loving husband, father, brother and friend, his family said in a statement. We love him dearly. Credit: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images How he impacted all our lives will never be forgotten. His love for music and sports was only surpassed by his love of God and family. Our hearts are heavy. We are devastated, ATCQ said in a statement....

A Tribe Called Quest have released a statement after the death of their former member,Phife Dawg. Our hearts are heavy. It was no secret about his health and his fight. Credit: Al Pereira/Getty Images But the fight for his joy and happiness gave him everything he needed. Phife Dawg, born Malik Isaac Taylor, died Wednesday due to complications resulting from throw in 1 diabetes. He was 45 years old. The late emcee appeared on all five of the groups studio albums....

With cameos from Kanye, Adele, and J. Lo’s Miami Mansion. So why did he choose that moment to record his debut solo album? Credit: Tony Buckingham/Redferns He may have been unlucky in love but what a boon for his music. I was encouraged by a lot of younger artists listing me as one of their influences, he says. Might the reissues be a prelude to Collins coming out of retirement?...

Both records fared well commercially, churning out folk pop hits Home and Raging Fire. The 25-year-old is currently at work on his third studio LP. Fellow folk star Matt Nathanson has toured with the likes of Train, Gavin DeGraw, and The Fray. Credit: D Dipasupil/FilmMagic He put out his latest effort,Show Me Your Fangs, last October to high praise. See existing dates below, with more stops to be announced soon, according to Nathanson....

The more you make records, the more you dig deep, frontman Thomas Mars tells EW. You attempt to recreate things that are very pure. ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY: Your lyrics arent always easy to interpret. Credit: Emma Le Doyen We want to write awkward, French, American-twisted lyrics that nobody understands. To create our own language is a goal. You think, Is what were doing worth it? Does it make sense to keep going?...

Lo) has made him an industry legend. He sat down with EW to revisit his triumphs, tribulations, and one or two regrets. Auspicious beginnings The music bug bit Reid early on. Courtesy L.A. Reid (And a drum kit.) But they werent some empty, mindless pop band. Not just Look at my booty!' Courtesy L.A. Reid People didnt know, they just speculated, and it was painful for them. Pink It was instant, he says of meeting the singer....

There is no Muslim ban. If there was… Morgan said before Jefferies cut him off. Oh, f off. Credit: HBO Its a fing Muslim ban, Jefferies said. He said there was a Muslim ban. Its a Muslim ban. Give him a fing chance, mate. Hitler didnt kill the Jews on the first day, he worked up to it, mate. Earlier in the show, Morgan claimed Trumps critics needed to take a massive gigantic chill pill....

So you didnt lovesomeofthe … okaymostofthe … okaynearly allof this seasons new broadcast shows. We are shocked, America!). Its like Hollywoods version of presidential primaries. Credit: Stroma: Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic; Sutherland, Mcdermott: Rob Kim/Getty Images (2); Shahi: Jason LaVeris/Getty Images; hawkins: Michael Kovac/WireImage; cox: Ernesto Di Stefano/WireImage; wilson: Theo Wargo/Getty Images; gellar: Daniel Zuchnik/WireImage And just like with the election, several primary themes have emerged. Heres how the Big 5 broadcast networks plan to Make TV Great Again....

The beach-based short will premiere before ‘Finding Dory’ this summer. Its always fun to show a world were familiar with but from a different perspective. That could be very fearful from a birds perspective. Credit: Pixar And then John [Lasseter] did the same. Theres remarkable encouragement at Pixar that when you think of an innovative idea, dont forget the story. It was their encouragement or else I would have stopped at the test phase....