Robert Redford

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    Movie stars who retired from acting

    Rick Moranis is bringing a 20-year acting hiatus to an end with the 'Honey, I Shrunk The Kids' reboot. But these actors have managed to stay away, for now at least.

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    Robert Redford mourning son James following his death aged 58

    James, an activist and filmmaker, had been diagnosed with liver cancer, his wife said.

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    James Redford, Filmmaker and Robert Redfordโ€™s Son, Dies at 58

    James Redford, filmmaker, environmental activist, philanthropist and the son of Robert Redford, has died. He was 58.His wife, Kyle Redford, confirmed the news on Twitter, writing: โ€œJamie died today. Weโ€™re heartbroken. He lived a beautiful, impactful life & was loved by many. He will be deeply missed. As his wife of 32 yrs, Iโ€™m most grateful for the two spectacular children we raised together. I donโ€™t know what we wouldโ€™ve done w/o them over the past 2yrs. โ€œOn Monday, she told The Salt Lake Tribu

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    Herb Stempel, Whistleblower Who Inspired Robert Redford Film โ€˜Quiz Show,โ€™ Dies at 93

    Herb Stempel, the federal whistleblower who exposed how the NBC game show โ€œTwenty-Oneโ€ was manipulated for ratings, died last month at the age of 93. His death was confirmed this weekend by Stempelโ€™s stepdaughter to The New York Times.Stempelโ€™s story was told in the Robert Redford film โ€œQuiz Show,โ€ which starred John Turturro as Stempel and earned five Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. Stempel, an Army veteran attending school on the G.I. Bill, applied to be on โ€œTwenty-Oneโ€ and was hand

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    Why Natalie Woodโ€™s Daughter Decided to Take โ€˜Hold of the Narrativeโ€™ About Her Motherโ€™s Death in New Sundance Doc

    Since Natalie Woodโ€™s untimely death in 1981, theories have swirled around what happened and if anyone couldโ€™ve been responsible for her drowning. Now, her daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner, decided to take control of the narrative around her motherโ€™s death in Laurent Bouzereauโ€™s new documentary, โ€œNatalie Wood: What Remains Behind.โ€โ€œIn 2012, I became a mom, so it started to become very important to me that I take a little bit of a hold of the narrative and diffuse some of the noise and shine a lig

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    Robert Redford Calls Trump Presidency โ€˜Monarchy in Disguiseโ€™

    In a new op-ed for NBC News published Tuesday, Robert Redford called President Donald Trumpโ€™s administration a โ€œmonarchy in disguise.โ€The actor/director used words like โ€œcrisisโ€ and descriptors like โ€œdictator-likeโ€ to describe Trumpโ€™s โ€œattackโ€ on โ€œeverything this country stands forโ€ in the piece for NBCโ€™s โ€œThink.โ€Redford wrote, โ€œitโ€™s time for Trump to go โ€” along with those in Congress who have chosen party loyalty over their oath to โ€˜solemnly affirmโ€™ their support for the Constitution of the Uni

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    Sundance Film Festival co-founder sentenced to minimum of six years for child sex offences

    Sterling Van Wagenen, who co-founded the Sundance Film Festival with Robert Redford, has been sentenced after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a child.