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17-03-2025
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Gene Hackman Death BodyCam Footage & Autopsy Not To Be Made Public, For Now
The very private Gene Hackman will be allowed to retain some of his privacy posthumously, at least for a few more weeks. Almost three weeks after the two-time Oscar winner and spouse Betsy Arakawa were discovered dead at their Santa Fe home, a New Mexico judge today granted their estate's request to seal medical records As well, Judge Matthew Wilson has sealed all police photos and video footage of the couple's bodies and one of their dogs when they were found on February 26. More from Deadline Oscars: Conan O'Brien Returns To Host 2026 Ceremony, Producers Raj Kapoor & Katy Mullan Also Back Gene Hackman's Children "Not Named In His Will, But Could Still Claim Estate": Report 'The Substance' Producer Nicolas Royer Launches Campaign To Protect Hair Stylist Marilyne Scarselli Amidst Oscar Win Stand-Off Suffering from Alzheimer's and heart disease, 95-year-old Hackman is assumed to have died on or about February 18, according to New Mexico authorities. That was almost a week after 63-year-old Arakawa is said to have died as a result in part of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, a disease primarily spread mainly by rodents' feces as state medical officials and Santa Fe County Sheriff Adam Mendoza revealed on March 7. revealed on March 7. Unlike what occurred in the immediate aftermath of the January 2020 helicopter crash death of basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his second daughter Gianna with photographs of the wreckage and the bodies passed around for days by cops and others, today Judge Wilson ordered the potentially gruesome details of what was discovered in the Hackmans' secluded home to be kept out of the public eye. Monday's order follows a filing last week from the Hackman estate's Julia Peters to respect the couple's 'exemplary private life' and Constitutional rights. Today, Judge Wilson wrote the Office of the Medical Investigator and the Sante Fe Sheriff's office 'including each entities' agents, assigns, and employees are hereby temporarily restrained from disclosing through IPRA or other means, any, and all photographs or videos containing images of the following: The body of Gene Hackman The body of Betsy Arakawa-Hackman The interior of the [MJW] Mr. and Mrs. Hackman's residence Any Label footage that includes Mr. or Mrs. Hackman's bodies Any Label footage that includes images of any deceased animals at the Hackman residence' Additionally, even with that quite vivid press conference of earlier this month, the Medical Investigator is 'temporarily restrained from disclosing through IPRA or any other means means [MJW] the Autopsy Reports and/or Death Investigation Reports for Mr. and Mrs. Hackman.' The Santa Fe County Sheriff's office, which had basically asserted this matter was nearly wrapped up two weeks ago, did not respond to request for comment from Deadline on today's order. A hearing is set in Judge Wilson's courtroom on March 31 for the police and the University of New Mexico, which runs the Office of the Medical Investigator, to argue why the now sealed images and information should not be permanently kept under wraps. The case does reflect some conflicting legal and ethical headwinds for the state, the estate and the court. Traditionally, the availability of such material as images of dead bodies and medical info is not released into the public sphere in the Land of Enchantment. However, because Arakawa is believed to have passed away suddenly due to the Hantavirus raspatory disease that she could have picked up from rat or mice droppings, there is a public health and safety element to her medical records. Usually, with other potentially at risk, such informantion is made public under New Mexico's Inspection of Public Records Act – but not here, at least not now. On March 7, New Mexico Chief Medical Examiner was very open about what had gone down in the Hackmans' home in late February. 'The cause of death for Mr. Gene Hackman, aged 95 years, is hypertensive and atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease, with Alzheimer's disease as a significant contributory factor,' Dr. Heather Jarrell explained outside the County administrative building, noting the long ailing French Connection star had likely starved to death without the presence of his sole caregiver Arakawa alive to help him. 'Autopsy examination and a full body post mortem CT examination demonstrated no acute findings of internal or external trauma, and showed severe heart disease, including multiple surgical procedures involving the heart, evidence of prior heart attacks and severe changes of the kidneys due to chronic high blood pressure.' Having retired from Hollywood after 2004's Welcome to Mooseport, Royal Tenenbaums patriarch Hackman won Oscars for The French Connection (1971) and Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992). In a career spanning four decades, Hackman was Oscar-nominated for his performances in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and Mississippi Burning (1988). Best of Deadline Which Colleen Hoover Books Are Becoming Movies? 'Verity,' 'Reminders Of Him' & 'Regretting You' Will Join 'It Ends With Us' The 25 Highest-Grossing Animated Films Of All Time At The Box Office 2025 Deaths Photo Gallery: Hollywood & Media Obituaries
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07-03-2025
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Gene Hackman Died From Alzheimer's & Severe Heart Disease After His Wife Died Several Days Before
A February 27 autopsy of Gene Hackman reveals the 95-year-old Oscar winner died of a combination of 'advanced Alzheimer's disease' and severe heart disease, the Santa Fe Medical Examiner announced today. 'It is reasonable to conclude that Mr. Hackman died on February 17,' Dr. Heather Jarrell said in a press conference with Santa Fe Sherif Adan Mendoza and other county officials. 'He was in very poor health,' Dr. Jarrell also noted of Hackman, adding that there was evidence that he hadn't eaten for a number of days. Ms. Arakawa is assumed to have died on or around February 11, officials estimated. More from Deadline Oscars TV Review: Conan O'Brien Nails It In Hosting Debut On A Night Of Celebration For Cinema, L.A. & Gene Hackman Oscars 2025: The Good, The Bad & The Fugly Gene Hackman Memorialized By Morgan Freeman In Oscar Tribute: "Rest In Peace, My Friend" Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa seems to have passed away from Hantavirus New Mexico health officials confirmed. Hantavirus is spread mainly by rodents feces, and is not spread from person-to-person, according to the CDC The couple and one of their dogs were discovered dead and mummified in separate rooms of their Santa Fe residence at 1:45 p.m. MT on February 26, police said at the time. First discovered by maintenance workers on the property, Hackman and 63-year-old Arakawa were found on the floor of their gated community home in different rooms. A police affidavit from late on February 26 stated that as well as the bodies in the Hackman residence, there was 'another healthy dog near the deceased female, a deceased dog laying 10-15 feet from the deceased female in a closet of the bathroom, the heater being moved, the pill bottle being opened and pills scattered next to the female, the male decedent being located in a separate room of the residence, and no obvious signs of a gas leak.' The pills discovered on the scene turned out to be Diltiazem, the Tylenol and the thyroid medication Sheriff Mendoza told assembled media that the probe into the Hackmans' deaths are still ongoing, for the time being, Indicating the police were close to being finished, he noted there are some 'loose ends that we need to tie up.' Out of the public eye for most of the past 20 years, Hackman won Oscars for The French Connection (1971) and Clint Eastwood's Unforgiven (1992), and was Oscar-nominated for his performances in Bonnie and Clyde (1967), I Never Sang for My Father (1970), and Mississippi Burning (1988). In addition, Hackman was reknowned for his performance as arch-villian Lex Luthor in Superman (1978) and its sequel Superman II Along with the seminal sports movie Hoosiers (1986), Hackman also starred in Francis Ford Coppola's acclaimed The Conversation (1974, the sequel by any other name Enemy of the State (1998) with Will Smith. As well as star turns in The Royal Tenenbaums (2001) and with Denzel Washington in Crimson Tide (1995), Hackman starred in The Poseidon Adventure (1972), Scarecrow (1972), ), A Bridge Too Far (1977), Under Fire (1983), Power (1986), Loose Cannons (1990), The Firm (1993), The Quick and the Dead (1995), The Birdcage (1996), Behind Enemy Lines (2001), and Runaway Jury (2003). His very last on-screen appearance was in 2004's Welcome to Mooseport. MORE Best of Deadline The Best 7 New Movies On Netflix In March 2025 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery 2025 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys & More
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05-03-2025
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Oscars Audience Up To 19.69 Million After Disney Adds Mobile & PC Viewing
UPDATED: The 97th Oscars is up to 19.69 million viewers across ABC and Hulu after accounting for mobile and PC viewing, Disney said Tuesday. That's up quite significantly from the 18.07M viewers Disney reported Monday, and it does boost the show slightly above last year's four-year audience high of 19.5M viewers. PC and mobile viewing is always accounted for in Nielsen's final reporting, though it's not usually this large of a discrepancy. More from Deadline Oscars TV Review: Conan O'Brien Nails It In Hosting Debut On A Night Of Celebration For Cinema, L.A. & Gene Hackman Oscars Exploring New TV Home After ABC's Exclusive Negotiating Window Ends Pilot Season 2025 Forecast: Drought With A Chance Of Few Orders In Broadcast TV's New Normal Disney offered the Oscars on streaming for the first time this year via Hulu, which is where much of this viewership came from. It's a pretty big win for Hulu because it showcases (much like Tubi viewership for the Super Bowl) that audiences are responding positively to live events on streaming. However, while this year's Oscar number is slightly higher than 2024, making it a five-year audience high, it's not quite the boost that might have been expected by adding a streaming component for the first time, since the show only added about 169,000 viewers year-over-year. It's hard to say whether the show lost linear viewers completely and added a significant number via streaming, or if linear viewers of the past switched to Hulu this year. It's likely a combination of both. Oscars viewership has been on a steady incline, rising heftily from the hostless 2021 Oscars, which drew an audience of 10.4 million. About 18.8M tuned in for the 95th annual Academy Awards in 2023. In 2022, the year of the Slap Seen Around the World when subsequent Best Actor winner Will Smith took a whack at presenter Chris Rock, viewership leapt up to 16.6M. RELATED: Who's to say how Sunday's audience was impacted by the multiple technical glitches Hulu viewers experienced throughout the night. The issues started early on, with reports that some users couldn't access their accounts when the show began. Others say they were kicked out of the broadcast before the last two categories were announced. There's also the sheer length of the show. At 3 hours and 47 minutes, it was one of the longer Oscars on record — but not the longest, by far, as some ceremonies have lasted well over four hours. Longer shows can be a harder sell in keep audiences engaged. RELATED: However, like last year, the Academy opted for an earlier start time this year, kicking off the ceremony at 7 p.m. ET/4 p.m. PT, meaning the show stayed largely in primetime. That has certainly helped retain some of the audience who might have tapped out in previous years, when it was quite common for the Oscars telecast to go past 11 p.m. ET. This year's Oscars audience is pretty on par with other award shows recently, suggesting these ceremonies might be settling into a new normal after all of them saw viewership tank in 2020. The Grammys were down 9% this year, while the Golden Globes were basically the same year-over-year. The Emmys were a different story, up 60% year-over-year, but that audience likely took a hit at least in part because the 2023 ceremony was delayed several months due to the Hollywood strikes. RELATED: Oscars: ABC's Rob Mills On Conan, Sean Baker's Mission Statement, 'The Wiz', Adrien Brody's Speech, Luke Skywalker Saving Han Solo & Hoping To Run It Back In 2026 The 97th Oscars saw Sean Baker set a record by winning four Oscars in the same night for the same movie. His Anora took home Best Picture, and Baker also claimed awards for Director, Film Editing and Original Screenplay. Mikey Madison scored the Neon film another win for Lead Actress. Adrien Brody took Best Actor for A24's The Brutalist, 22 years after his win for The Pianist, and Zoe Saldaña of Emilia Pérez and Kieran Culkin of A Real Pain surprised few with their respective wins for Best Supporting Actress and Actor. See the full list of winners here, and check out Deadline's review of the Conan O'Brien-hosted telecast here. Best of Deadline 'Poker Face' Season 2: Everything We Know So Far A Full Timeline Of Blake Lively & Justin Baldoni's 'It Ends With Us' Feud In Court, Online & In The Media How Jon Gries' Return To 'The White Lotus' Could Shape Season 3
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04-03-2025
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Oscars: From Colman Domingo's Toast To Lap Dogs To Selfies, What TV Cameras Didn't Catch
Live awards telecasts like the Oscars air with commercials that take up about 15 minutes every hour, which means that we see those attending for about three quarters of the ceremony. During the remaining quarter when the cameras are not rolling, they tend to mingle and have fun. During the 2025 Oscars Sunday, nominee Colman Domingo jumped on stage during one of the commercial breaks, tequila in hand, offered a toast and engaged the audience to stand up and dance. More from Deadline Oscars Writer Wins Bet For Conan O'Brien's Joke About Kendrick Lamar & Drake Oscars Exploring New TV Home After ABC's Exclusive Negotiating Window Ends Oscars: ABC's Rob Mills On Conan, Sean Baker's Mission Statement, 'The Wiz', Adrien Brody's Speech, Luke Skywalker Saving Han Solo & Hoping To Run It Back In 2026 He came into possession of tequila after small Don Julio bottles were passed out to every member of the audience — even those who don't drink. Domingo was at the center of multiple behind-the-scenes happenings at the Oscars. This may not top Ellen DeGeneres' epic selfie from the 2014 Oscars but would come close. The five Best Actor nominees, Domingo, Timothée Chalamet, Sebastian Stan, Ralph Fiennes and Adrien Brody, had become chummy during awards season and commemorated its end by gathering together to take a photo during an Oscar break. It was a big night for dogs — and that's not only because Flow won in the Best Animated Feature category. Porcelain War co-director Slava Leontyev arrived with his little dog, a Yorkie named Frodo, who had accompanied him at other award shows. Best Actress nominee Demi Moore also had her award season staple dog, micro Chihuahua Pilaf, with her in the audience. Minutes before he took his place behind the microphone as the voice of the Oscars, Nick Offerman went on stage to greet the audience, giving them 'a brief and wondrous opportunity to feast your glamorous eyes upon my sturdy form.' Nick Offerman chatting with the audience ahead of the #Oscars — Deadline (@DEADLINE) March 2, 2025 Former Academy CEO Dawn Hudson is one of many in Hollywood who lost their homes in the Palisades fire. While her wardrobe burnt down, Hudson showed up for the Oscars wearing a beautiful gown. 'I borrowed it from Laura Dern', she told Deadline in the lobby of the Dolby Theatre. Speaking of the lobby, that was an area where many of the stars spent the commercial breaks and some of the telecast, watching the proceedings on monitors while getting drinks and snacks. Here are Gal Gadot and Sebastian Stan: Gal Gadot stunning in red for the #Oscars — Deadline (@DEADLINE) March 3, 2025 Sebastian Stan mingling outside of the Dolby Theater at the #Oscars during a commercial break — Deadline (@DEADLINE) March 3, 2025 Natalie Sitek contributed to this report. Best of Deadline 2025 TV Series Renewals: Photo Gallery How To Watch Sean Baker's Oscar Winner 'Anora': Streaming, For Rent And More Every Oscars Best Animated Feature Winner Since 2002
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03-03-2025
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‘Flow' Director Gints Zilbalodis Hopes Latvia's Animated Feature Oscar Win Inspires 'Independent Animation Filmmakers Around The World'
After a tense awards-season race for Best Animated Feature, Flow pulled ahead for the win at Sunday night's 97th Oscars. With their win, Flow beat out Inside Out 2, Memoir of a Snail, Wallace & Gromit: Vengeance Most Fowl and The Wild Robot. Flow follows a cat, whose solitary lifestyle changes once their home is devastated by a great flood. The cat must learn to overcome its fear of both water and others to survive, finding safety with a group of animals from different species. More from Deadline Oscars: 'Anora', 'Conclave', 'Wicked' & 'The Substance' Among Winners So Far – Updating Live The Oscars: Best Looks From The Red Carpet Adam Sandler Crashes Oscars For Another Timothée Chalamet Moment RELATED: Deadline's Oscars Live Blog Unsurprisingly, among the first in the list of thank you from director Gints Zilbalodis was to his cats and dogs before moving on to what the Oscar means for him and fellow winners Matīss Kaža, Ron Dyens and Gregory Zalcman. 'I'm moved by the warm reception our win has had and I hope that it will open a lot of doors to independent animation filmmakers around the world,' he says. Not only is this the first Oscar for Zilbalodis, but tonight Flow made history as the first Latvian film to win an Oscar. 'This is the first time a film from Latvia has ever been nominated so it truly means a lot for us,' he says. 'We are very inspired and we hope to be back soon. We are all in the same boat, we must overcome our differences and find ways to work together.' Flow also won Best Animated Motion Picture at the Golden Globes, and took home multiple awards at both the Annie Awards and the Annecy International Animation Festival. The film is also nominated tonight for Best International Feature Film. { pmcCnx({ settings: { plugins: { pmcAtlasMG: { iabPlcmt: 1, }, pmcCnx: { singleAutoPlay: 'auto' } } }, playerId: "32fe25c4-79aa-406a-af44-69b41e969e71", mediaId: "5d672ea1-cfcd-44f5-b1c0-8e9537327cb5", }).render("connatix_player_5d672ea1-cfcd-44f5-b1c0-8e9537327cb5_20"); }); Best of Deadline Every Oscars Best Animated Feature Winner Since 2002 How To Watch The Oscars Online And On TV All The Songs In 'Severance' Season 2: From The Who To Ella Fitzgerald
