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| *''[[Cosmopolis (film)|Cosmopolis]]'' by Cronenberg | *''[[Cosmopolis (film)|Cosmopolis]]'' by Cronenberg | ||
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| *''[[Looper (film)|Looper]]'' by Rian Johnson | *''[[Looper (film)|Looper]]'' by Rian Johnson | ||
| *''[[Hitchcock (film)|Hitchcock]]'' by Sacha Gervasi | *''[[Hitchcock (film)|Hitchcock]]'' by Sacha Gervasi | ||
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Events
Film
- Ruby Sparks by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
- Cosmopolis by Cronenberg
- Looper by Rian Johnson
- Hitchcock by Sacha Gervasi
- Berberian Sound Studio by Peter Strickland
Music
Albums
- Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974-1984
- The Orbserver In The Star House by The Orb featuring Lee Scratch Perry.
Singles
- Encore by Nicolas Jaar
- Thrift Shop by Macklemore
- Ride (Lana Del Rey song)
Visual art
- Sandworm (Marco Casagrande)
- Flemish Landscape Fables exhibition in Lille
Literature
- The Weird: A Compendium of Strange and Dark Stories an anthology of weird fiction edited by Ann and Jeff VanderMeer
In the public domain
Deaths
- José Bénazéraf, 90, French film director and producer.
- Fontella Bass, 72, American singer ("Rescue Me"), complications from a heart attack.
- Ravi Shankar, 92, Indian musician.
- Oscar Niemeyer, 104, Brazilian architect, respiratory infection.
- Dave Brubeck, 91, American jazz pianist, heart failure.
- Terry Callier, 67, American singer-songwriter.
- Sylvia Kristel, 60, Dutch actress (Emmanuelle), model and singer, throat and liver cancer.
- Neil Armstrong, 82, American astronaut, first person to set foot upon the Moon, complications from heart surgery.
- Carlo Rambaldi, 86, Italian special effects artist (Alien, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial).
- Mel Stuart, 83, American film director (If It's Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium; Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory), cancer.
- Gore Vidal, 86, American playwright, novelist, and political commentator, pneumonia.
- Chris Marker, 91, French writer, photographer, documentary film director and multimedia artist.
- Gerrit Komrij, 68, Dutch writer, cancer.
- Andrew Sarris, 83, American film critic.
- Susan Tyrrell, 67, American actress (Cry-Baby, Fat City, Forbidden Zone).
- Rodney King, 47, American victim of 1991 police brutality incident.
- Ray Bradbury, 91, American science fiction and fantasy author (Fahrenheit 451, The Martian Chronicles).
- Donna Summer, 63, American disco singer ("Hot Stuff", "Last Dance", "I Feel Love"), lung cancer.
- Carlos Fuentes, 83, Mexican novelist.
- Adam Yauch, 47, American musician (Beastie Boys) and film director (Gunnin' for That No. 1 Spot), cancer.
- Amos Vogel, 91, Austrian-born American founder of the New York Film Festival and Cinema 16.
- Jean Giraud, 73, French comic book artist (Blueberry, Métal Hurlant) and production designer (Tron, Alien).
- Whitney Houston, 48, American singer and actress.
- Ben Gazzara, 81, American actor (Tales of Ordinary Madness), pancreatic cancer.
- Mike Kelley, 57, American artist and musician (Destroy All Monsters), suicide. (body found on this date)
- Dorothea Tanning, 101, American surrealist painter, printmaker and sculptor.
- Etta James, 73, American singer ("At Last"), leukemia.
- Jimmy Castor, 64, American funk and R&B saxophonist ("Troglodyte (Cave Man)").
See also
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