Fame hasn't been kind to Melvin Dummar. He was the subject of a Oscar-winning movie, "Melvin and Howard," in 1980, and he even had a cameo. But he received a mere pittance from the film depicting ...

Dummar, who made international headlines and inspired the 1980 film “Melvin and Howard” with claims that ... New York Times movie critic Vincent Canby wrote that the filmmakers “take Melvin ...

Telly addict Andrew Collins casts his critical eye over New Worlds (above), Klondike, The Trip to Italy, Endeavour and Monkey Planet Last 24 hours Last 24 hours Noah review â 'a preposterous ...

That movie was based on the story of Melvin Dummar, a Utah gas station owner who claimed that Howard Hughes, in a handwritten will, had left him a share of his vast fortune. Vincent Canby ...

In case you need your memory jogged on, for example, Steenburgen's turn in Jonathan Demme's Melvin and Howard, here is a refresher. Below, see all of the presenters alongside the movie (and in ...

Don Phillips, a casting director and producer who helped launch the careers of such actors as Sean Penn, Matthew McConaughey and Mary Steenburgen, died on Thanksgiving Day from natural causes.

Dummar, who made international headlines and inspired the film “Melvin and Howard” (1980 ... New York Times movie critic Vincent Canby wrote that the filmmakers “take Melvin’s tale ...

Deadpool & Wolverine was the top film at the weekend box office for the fifth time in six weeks. Click to find out which new film made it to the top five. You Gotta Believe, starring Luke Wilson ...