In the 1970s, he and the transgressive Dolls were proto-punk pioneers. He later refashioned himself as the pompadoured lounge lizard Buster Poindexter.
Netflix has beaten out multiple studios, in a heated biding war, and closing up a worldwide deal for Natalie Portman and Lena Dunham’s “Good Sex.” The final deal could reach a near-record $55M.
In “Hoosiers,” Gene Hackman, whose death was announced Thursday, created a man with understated strength, a taskmaster with emotional intelligence and a tormented winner.