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Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
'Glengarry,' 'Fear' director James Foley dies
May 8 (UPI) -- James Foley died earlier this week at 71. The Hollywood Reporter and Deadline confirmed with Foley's representatives Thursday and they stated the cause was brain cancer. Foley directed Madonna videos for "Papa Don't Preach," "Live to Tell" and more. He directed his first film in 1984, Reckless, followed by 1986's At Close Range starring Christopher Walken, Sean Penn and Mary Stuart Masterson. The '80s also saw Foley direct the Madonna vehicle Who's That Girl. In 1992 he directed Glengarry Glen Ross, the adaptation of David Mamet's play starring Jack Lemmon, Ed Harris, Al Pacino, Alec Baldwin, Alan Arkin and more as competing real estate salesmen. 1996's Fear was one of Mark Wahlberg's early film roles, as the stalker boyfriend of Reese Witherspoon. His most recent films were Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed, the sequels to Fifty Shades of Grey. On television, Foley episodes of Twin Peaks, Hannibal, House of Cards and Billions.
New Straits Times
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New Straits Times
#SHOWBIZ: 'Fifty Shades of Grey' director James Foley dies at 71
LOS ANGELES: Filmmaker James Foley passed away at the age of 71. The director's passing was confirmed yesterday following a battle with brain cancer. It was reported that he passed away on Tuesday at his home here. His publicist explained to The Hollywood Reporter that Foley "died peacefully in his sleep earlier this week" after a "years-long struggle" with the disease. He was best known for helming films that include Fifty Shades of Grey: Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed as well as Who's That Girl starring Madonna. Aside from his cinematic work, Foley also worked with the Queen of Pop on her Live to Tell, Papa Don't Preach and True Blue music videos under the name Peter Percher and was the best man at her wedding to now-former husband Sean Penn in 1985. After graduating from New York University and then USC in Los Angeles, he was able to jumpstart his career thanks to a chance meeting. He told Film Freak Central: "I was very lucky, and in the perverse calculus of Hollywood I was in the last year of film school and shared a house with a guy. There was a woman who was pursuing my friend so we had this film school party, which consisted of people projecting their student films onto a white wall and getting stoned. "And this girl came. Hal Ashby was pursuing her - she was pursuing my friend and Hal was pursuing her - and Hal called her up and asked to come to this party full of film students. Just as he walked through the door, my film was showing on the wall. I'll never know whether he was being polite or anything, but he told me he liked it and stuff and he was going to form a company that was going to produce other people's movies and what did I want to do? I could write something and direct it."
Metro
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Fifty Shades director James Foley dies aged 71 after 'years-long struggle'
Filmmaker James Foley has died aged 71 after a 'years-long struggle' with brain cancer. The director, who is best known for being at the helm of sequels Fifty Shades of Grey: Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed as well as Who's That Girl starring Madonna, had been fighting the disease for several years. On Thursday, his publicist confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter that Foley 'died peacefully in his sleep earlier this week' after a 'years-long struggle'. His official cause of death is yet to be confirmed. As well as his cinematic work, Foley also worked with the Queen of Pop on her Live to Tell, Papa Don't Preach and True Blue music videos under the name Peter Percher. He was also best man at her wedding to now-former husband Sean Penn in 1985. After graduating from New York University and then USC in Los Angeles, he was able to jumpstart his career thanks to a chance meeting. More Trending He told Film Freak Central: 'I was very lucky, and in the perverse calculus of Hollywood I was in the last year of film school and shared a house with a guy. 'There was a woman who was pursuing my friend so we had this film school party, which consisted of people projecting their student films onto a white wall and getting stoned. 'And this girl came. Hal Ashby was pursuing her — she was pursuing my friend and Hal was pursuing her — and Hal called her up and asked to come to this party full of film students. Just as he walked through the door, my film was showing on the wall. 'I'll never know whether he was being polite or anything, but he told me he liked it and stuff and he was going to form a company that was going to produce other people's movies and what did I want to do? I could write something and direct it.' This is a breaking news story, more to follow soon… Check back shortly for further updates. If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. For more stories like this, check our entertainment page. Follow Entertainment on Twitter and Facebook for the latest celeb and entertainment updates. You can now also get articles sent straight to your device. Sign up for our daily push alerts here. MORE: Pierce Brosnan reveals Robin Williams had 'really blue' jokes on Mrs Doubtfire set MORE: Country music is booming in 2025 – but its biggest problem is growing MORE: 'Terrifyingly good' 2025 horror movie has finally been added to Netflix
AsiaOne
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- AsiaOne
James Foley, director of Fifty Shades of Grey, dies at 71, Entertainment News
James Foley has died at the age of 71. The director was best known for being at the helm of films such as Fifty Shades of Grey: Fifty Shades Darker and Fifty Shades Freed as well as Who's That Girl starring Madonna but it was confirmed on Thursday (May 8) that he had following a battle with brain cancer. His publicist explained to The Hollywood Reporter that James "died peacefully in his sleep earlier this week" after a "years-long struggle" with the disease. As well as his cinematic work, James also worked with the Queen of Pop on her Live to Tell, Papa Don't Preach and True Blue music videos under the name Peter Percher and was best man at her wedding to now-former husband Sean Penn in 1985. After graduating from New York University and then USC in Los Angeles, he was able to jumpstart his career thanks to a chance meeting. He told Film Freak Central: "I was very lucky, and in the perverse calculus of Hollywood I was in the last year of film school and shared a house with a guy. There was a woman who was pursuing my friend so we had this film school party, which consisted of people projecting their student films onto a white wall and getting stoned. "And this girl came. Hal Ashby was pursuing her - she was pursuing my friend and Hal was pursuing her - and Hal called her up and asked to come to this party full of film students. Just as he walked through the door, my film was showing on the wall. I'll never know whether he was being polite or anything, but he told me he liked it and stuff and he was going to form a company that was going to produce other people's movies and what did I want to do? I could write something and direct it." [[nid:585727]]
Perth Now
09-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Fifty Shades director James Foley dies aged 71
James Foley has died at the age of 71. The director was best known for being at the helm of films such as 'Fifty Shades of Grey: Fifty Shades Darker' and 'Fifty Shades Freed' as well as 'Who's That Girl ' starring Madonna but it was confirmed on Thursday (08.05.25) that he had following a battle with brain cancer. His publicist explained to The Hollywood Reporter that James "died peacefully in his sleep earlier this week" after a "years-long struggle" with the disease. As well as his cinematic work, James also worked with the Queen of Pop on her 'Live to Tell', 'Papa Don't Preach' and 'True Blue' music videos under the name Peter Percher and was best man at her wedding to now-former husband Sean Penn in 1985. After graduating from New York University and then USC in Los Angeles, he was able to jumpstart his career thanks to a chance meeting. He told Film Freak Central: "I was very lucky, and in the perverse calculus of Hollywood I was in the last year of film school and shared a house with a guy. There was a woman who was pursuing my friend so we had this film school party, which consisted of people projecting their student films onto a white wall and getting stoned. "And this girl came. Hal Ashby was pursuing her — she was pursuing my friend and Hal was pursuing her — and Hal called her up and asked to come to this party full of film students. Just as he walked through the door, my film was showing on the wall. I'll never know whether he was being polite or anything, but he told me he liked it and stuff and he was going to form a company that was going to produce other people's movies and what did I want to do? I could write something and direct it."
