In this section, we remember the lives and legacies of those who shaped Hollywood—on screen, behind the camera, and in the quiet corners where art endures. Each profile offers not only a record of passing but a celebration of presence: the roles, the risks, the laughter, and the stories that remain. Through these remembrances, we honor the city’s long continuum of dreamers and creators whose work still flickers in the light of the projector and the imagination alike
MUNICH - Alice and Ellen Kessler, the identical German-born twins who became Europe’s most beloved sister act of the 1950s and 1960s, died together on November 17, 2025, in Grünwald near Munich. They were 89. For nearly nine decades, the Kessler twins lived, worked, and ultimately chose to depart the world side by side.
LOS ANGELES - In a town built on bright lights, punchlines, and fleeting applause, some artists manage to carve out a place not through spectacle, but through sincerity. Cleto Escobedo III, the longtime saxophonist and bandleader of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, was one of those rare figures — a musician whose presence was steady, warm, and unmistakably genuine. His passing on November 11, 2025, at the age of 59, marked the end of a quiet, steadfast chapter in late-night television.
MONTECITO - The world’s most curious, and kindest, Hollywood chronicler has died. Writer, broadcaster and film historian Richard Lamparski, best known for his Whatever Became of…? books, has died at the age of 93. Friends of the author announced his passing on social media, although it is not yet known when he passed away.
PALM SPRINGS - Hollywood has lost one of its brightest lights. Actress, iconoclast, teacher and Oscar-nominated star of Anna, Sally Kirkland has passed away on November 11, 2025, at the age of eighty-four. Her passing brings to an end a six-decade career that blazed with bold choices, raw emotion, and a kind of rare, exposed humanity.
OJAI - Hollywood has lost one of its grand Southern spirits. Diane Ladd, the three-time Oscar-nominated actress whose fierce intelligence and unflagging artistry lit up film, stage, and television for more than seventy years, died on November 3, 2025, at her home in Ojai, California. She was 89.
GILA - Maria Riva, actress, author, and devoted guardian of her mother Marlene Dietrich’s legacy, died on October 29, 2025, at her home in Gila, New Mexico. She was 100.
STOCKHOLM - There are faces that define an era, and then there are faces that haunt it. Björn Johan Andrésen, the Swedish actor and musician whose appearance in Death in Venice (1971) transfixed the world, has died at 70. The news of his passing on October 25, 2025, was confirmed by Swedish media; no cause has been announced.
SANTA MONICA - June Lockhart, the beloved and enduring presence behind television’s most iconic maternal figures, died of natural causes at her home in Santa Monica, California on October 23, 2025, at the age of 100.
SHERMAN OAKS - Samantha Eggar, the elegant British actress whose intensity and intelligence lit up films from The Collector to The Brood, died October 15, 2025, at her home in Sherman Oaks, California. She was 86.
LOS ANGELES - Diane Keaton, the Oscar-winning actress whose irreverence, openness, and idiosyncratic style shaped generations of American film, died in Los Angeles, California on October 11, 2025, at the age of 79.
SUNDANCE - Robert Redford — actor, director, and the subtly revolutionary creator of the Sundance Institute — died September 16 at his home in Sundance, Utah. He was 89.
We celebrate Hollywood—past and present. Through history, biography, and review, this blog explores the people, films, and places that shaped the dream factory, preserving its stories while connecting them to today’s entertainment world.