By Drew Grant 8/20/12 3:07pm

Death and...

Tony Scott, dead at 68 (ABC)

Update: Was Tony Scott Diagnosed With a Brain Tumor Before His Suicide Jump? [Video]

This morning we reported on the tragic, seemingly senseless suicide of Top Gun director Tony Scott, who jumped from the Vincent Thomas Bridge in Los Angeles after leaving detailed notes in both his car and his office of loved ones that he wanted notified of his death. (Among them, one can only assume, was Mr. Scott’s brother and creative partner, Ridley Scott.)

New information emerged about this case this afternoon, shedding some light on this sad turn of events. Read More

By Gillian Reagan 11/13/07 2:07pm

Ridley Scott to Roll With Stones

Ridley Scott, director of Blade Runner, Gladiator and American Gangster, has signed on to helm Stones, a supernatural thriller scripted by Brooklyn native Matt Cirulnick. Variety describes the movei as "a big-scale supernatural thriller revolving around the mysterious destruction of ancient religious sites around the world. It turns out that Stonehenge is the tie Read More

By J. Gabriel Boylan 11/06/07 12:17pm

Jay-Z’s American Gangster Is the Real Thing

The rapper Jay-Z recently told a reporter that Ridley Scott’s American Gangster, the film that opened on Nov. 2 depicting the dazzling rise and precipitous fall of the 70’s Harlem drug kingpin Frank Lucas, compelled him to write “a back story to the story.”Jay Z’s back story is released today in record stores as a Read More