Marvel star Jeremy Renner has been hospitalized and is in "critical but stable condition with injuries suffered after experiencing a weather-related accident while plowing snow on Saturday.
Poet-professor Bob Penny who after retirement appeared in small parts in projects including Forrest Gump, Sweet Home Alabama and the TV series 'In the Heat of the Night', died aged 87 on December 25.
Filmmaker-screenwriter Neal Jimenez, best known for helming 'The Waterdance' and who won an Independent Spirit Award for writing the 1986 cult classic 'River's Edge,' passed away aged 62 due to heart failure on December 11 in Arroyo Grande, Calif.
Italian filmmaker Ruggero Deodato, whose hyper-realistic found-footage horror pic Cannibal Holocaust got him arrested and was banned in more than 50 countries, passed away aged 83 on Thursday.
Elvis Presley's 'Spinout' co-star Diane McBain, who is also known for her role as Pinky Pinkston in 'Batman', passed away at the age of 81 after a battle with liver cancer.