Karl Malden Has Died
Some of you might remember the 1999 Academy Awards, the year the great Elia Kazan was finally given an honorary Oscar . The decision to honor Kazan was met with controversy and anger, especially among those who pride themselves on their tolerance, open-mindedness, charity and forgiveness . You see, before Kazan knew better he flirted with Communism, but being a true liberal with an open mind, after learning of the horrors of Stalin’s regime he turned against it and then committed a...

Actor and Oscar winner Karl Malden dies
Karl Malden, the bulbous-nosed star of the Streets of San Francisco, has died aged 97. Malden died of natural causes, surrounded by his family at his Brentwood home, they told the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences. Academy president Sid Ganis said: "Karl lived a rich, full life. He has the greatest and most loving family; a career that has spanned the spectrum of the arts -- from theatre, to film and television, to some very famous commercial work." While he tackled a variety of...

Durable Oscar Winner Karl Malden Dies at 97
Karl Malden, the bulbous-nosed character actor who won a Best Supporting Oscar for his role as Mitch, the guiless suitor of Blanche DuBois in the 1951 classic A Street Car Named Desire – a role he created on Broadway – and lent his particular brand of gravitas to American Express commercials in the 1980s, died Wednesday of natural causes in his Brentwood, Calif., home, his family announced. He was 97. Born Malden Sekulovich to Czech and Siberian immigrants in Chicago, Malden barely...