The British film director Hugh Hudson has died. He was best known for his first feature film, "Chariots Of Fire," which won Best Picture at the 1982 Academy Awards. It was based on the true story of ...

Welcome back to Oscars Playback, in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng revisit Oscar ceremonies and winners of yesteryear. This week, we cover the 54th Academy Awards ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Film director Hugh Hudson, shown in London in 2012, died Friday at age 86. (Stuart C. Wilson / Getty Images) Hugh Hudson, the ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Personal drama has always been a part of the Olympics and many of those stories have been set to screen. Watching the summer games in Paris might have viewers yearning for more ...

Ian Holm, an acclaimed British actor whose long career included roles in “Chariots of Fire” and “The Lord of the Rings” has died. He was 88. Holm died peacefully Friday morning in a hospital, ...

For a brief period, over 1982-86, the U.K. enjoyed a remarkable film renaissance. Four films – “Chariots of Fire,” (1982) “Gandhi,” (1983) “The Killing Fields” (1985) and “The Mission” (1986) – won a ...

SANTANDER, SPAIN - APRIL 01: Director Hugh Hudson attend "Altamira" photocall at Placio Festivales on April 1, 2016 in Santander, Spain. (Photo by Juan Manuel Serrano Arce/GC Images) (Getty Images) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Welcome back to Oscars Playback, in which Gold Derby editors and Experts Christopher Rosen and Joyce Eng revisit Oscar ceremonies ...

Hugh Hudson, the director of the influential 1981 film and 1982 Oscar best picture winner “Chariots of Fire,” died Friday at age 86. “Hugh Hudson, 86, beloved husband and father, died at Charing Cross ...

His first film — about two runners, one Christian, one Jewish, who compete at the 1924 Summer Olympics — won four Oscars, including for best picture. By Richard Sandomir Hugh Hudson, a director whose ...