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Amy Adams portrayed her in Tim Burton's Big Eyes.

She also looks like she's practising her moonwalking.... Strange timing for that though.

Margaret Keane, famous for her paintings featuring large, sad eyes, has died. She was 94. https://www.nytimes.com/2022/06/28/arts/margaret-keane-dead.html

"He"? doesn't agree that women have an absolute right to bodily autonomy. Oh do fuck off. (and I'm male).

Excluding those considered as claimants; 1. Lucile Randon, 118. Seemingly doing fine. 2. Tekla Juniewicz, 116. In great condition for someone her age and still able to walk. 3. Maria Branyas Morera, 115. Declined during recent months, judging on how in recent pictures of her she's on a hospital bed. 4. Fusa Tatsumi, 115. Wheelchairbound since her centenarian years, now bedbound and incredibly frail, as R. Young said she was in worse condition on her 115th birthday than Kane Tanaka was around a week before she died. 5. Sofia Rojas, 114. Oldest Columbian ever, wheelchairbound. 6. Bessie Hendricks, 114. Had "no major illnesses" a year or a few ago but looked a bit frail on her 114th. 7. Mila Mangold, 114. Wheelchairbound since atleast 109. 8. Edie Ceccarelli, 114. Physically in pretty good health, but suffers from dementia. 9. Kahuro Furuya, 114. Oldest person ever with a pacemaker. 10. Erna Zahn, 114. wheelchairbound

After at least five years of hospice care. Talk about staying power!

And Tristan Thompson, Scott Disick, Travis Scott and so on, most of who are pretty troubled people themselves.

Emperor Moctezuma II died on this day 502 years ago, aged 54. Also known as Montezuma, he became the emperor of the Mexica (Aztec) Empire in 1502 following the death of his uncle, Ahuitzotl. Among the things he did as emperor included conquest into the modern day Mexican states of Guerrero and Oaxaca. In 1516, a civil war began following the death of the ruler of the city-state Texcoco, in which the state was split into three. One of the rulers of these new city-states, Ixtlilxochitl, disliked Moctezuma. In 1518, Moctezuma was alerted of Juan de Grijalva's arrival on the east coast, and began to set up watchtowers for future sightings- the following year, Hernan Cortes and his crew did so, and Moctezuma was informed ASAP. He sent diplomats to meet the Spaniards, and later met Cortes, gifting him an Aztec calendar, and some silver and gold. Six days later, Moctezuma was put under house arrest by the Spanish- this occurred following an attack on a Spanish garrison by a tribute collector. Hostilities by the occupying Spanish army and native civilians exploded in 1520 with the Massacre in the Great Temple. Five weeks after this incident, the Spanish forced Moctezuma to appear on his balcony to order his people to stop fighting. This had the opposite effect- violence immediately erupted, and Moctezuma was stoned to death. Two more emperors came after him, but their reigns were very short. Spain would rule their land for the next 300 years. Today, travelers' diarrhea that affects tourists visiting Mexico is colloquially known as "Montezuma's revenge".

That ones a classic. Dennis Hopper, the king of showing up for a film cameo and outshining everyone, outdone at his own game by Dean Stockwell. Sitcoms are classic for this sort of thing. Rik Mayall's Flashheart in Blackadder. I'm a huge favourite of Richard Easton's one scene wonder in Frasier as the classically trained actor Frasier pisses off into quitting his live radio production in Ham Radio. Mel: [German voice:] Ja, I saw zee Gentleman. Frasier: Stop! [to Mel:] That's wonderful, Mel. But he sounds to me just a bit more Austrian than German. Mel: I've done that accent both on Broadway and the London stage! Frasier: Yes, well perhaps they have different standards than I have. Frasier: Mel - I'm still not entirely happy with the second McAllister sister! She doesn't sound spinsterish enough for me. Mel: I see. You also told me that my gamekeeper sounded too cultured, that my Irishman sounded more Protestant than Catholic, and that my dwarf was too tall! Alas, I can't find that online, so here's Denis Lill's 90 seconds as a toff MP in another Blackadder episode! This thread may fill up when there's been more time to think about ones though.

Not bad adding a third place finish here to my advent avalanche title

Chuan Leekpai hospitalised, but it seems nothing serious.

The former President of Italy Giorgio Napolitano turns 97 today. British novelist Charlotte Bingham celebrates her 80th birthday today.

Gifting Bibliogryphon a bronze on the podium - well done that dead pooler.

The only place I had Deborah James.

I'll stick with the Lynch theme, with the cowboy scene from Mulholland Drive. Monty Montgomery, who played the cowboy, was the producer of the film and had never acted before, which didn't stop Lynch deciding he was the right man for the job. He is reading lines which are taped to Justin Theroux's chest.

@ladyfiona... I'm sorry, but Pat Carroll is one of my candidates.

Skidmore gets a full Telegraph obit.

Question: since your Brexit treaty had a mechanism to deal with disagreements, why are you trying to remove bits of the bill instead of utilising the mechanism you included for just this reason? Truss: BECAUSE I'M A PATRIOT! I mean, what the actual? She wouldn't even be a Sixth Form debating champion and she's claiming to be the next Maggie. But in other news, I read an article in the 'i' today stating that there's a growing backbench movement for Grant Shapps, so God help us all. I hear Michael Green is delighted, though.

Greg Jein, a Chinese-American model builder who worked on many a Star Trek miniature craft, working on the movies including the original apparently died in the last few weeks: Created the mothership used in Close Encounters Of The Third Kind, and worked on such as Fantastic Four, Avatar, Interstellar and The Scorpion King. Oh, and Flesh Gordon. Yeah you read that right. IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0420478/

Jill Dando's death is discussed earlier in this thread. It'd be fair to say that despite much discussion the investigation hasn't exactly stormed ahead since Barry George was acquitted. Court papers presented in Paris might just be the shot (heh heh) in the arm the case needs. Might have been a bungling mafioso hitting the wrong target. Daily Star story but - shock horror - it cites a little proper evidence! The intended target - Lisa Brinkworth, then a BBC journalist - remains alive but isn't exactly high profile these days. https://www.dailystar.co.uk/news/latest-news/jill-dando-been-killed-mistake-27334905

Abstract Expressionist and Lyrical painter and Color Field artist Sam Gilliam, who was associated with the Washington Color School, dies at 88 years: https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/sam-gilliam-dead-1234632790/ He conceived the idea of the "unsupported canvas" in 1965 and revolutionized the perception of the blank canvas.

Thue Christiansen, Greenlandic Inuit teacher, artist, politician best known for designing the Flag of Greenland, dead at 82.

American realist and Color Field painter Wolf Kahn best known for his oil paint and pastel landscapes, dead at 92 years: https://vtdigger.org/2020/03/16/vermont-artist-wolf-kahn-dies-at-age-92/ His prestigious awards included a Guggenheim fellowship and an Award in Art from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.

American Sculptor and painter John Henry Waddell dead at 98 years: https://eu.azcentral.com/story/entertainment/arts/2019/12/02/john-henry-waddell-arizona-artist-known-for-nude-sculptures-phoenix-herberger-theater/2586919001/ He was famous and perhaps best known for his nude sculptures. Over the course of his artistic career, he taught at both the Illinois Institute of Technology and Arizona State University.

Aron Eisenberg, probably best known for the role of Nog on Deep Space Nine, reported dead: https://heavy.com/news/2019/09/aron-eisenberg-dead/ IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0251969/