Director, producer and screenwriter who won an Oscar for the film adaptation of LA Confidential
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Curtis Hanson: a thrilling film-maker and effective exponent of mainstream Hollywood style
Hanson got Meryl Streep whitewater rafting, Eminem to act and brought James Ellroy’s cult novel LA Confidential brilliantly to life on film
Curtis Hanson, Oscar-winning director of LA Confidential, dies aged 71
Hanson, who won an Oscar for his screenplay of the James Ellroy novel, also directed Wonder Boys and River Wild
September 2014
Brittany Murphy's father calls TV movie biopic 'hideous'
Ben Child: Angelo Bertolotti says Lifetime's The Brittany Murphy Story, about the late actor, is 'unauthorised and completely untrue'
November 2013
Brittany Murphy toxicology tests suggest heavy metal poisoning
Father commissions reports after 2009 death of troubled 8 Mile actor initially ruled as caused by pneumonia
October 2012
After Hollywood
Eastern bloc rocking: is Jesteś Bogiem the 8 Mile of Poland?
Phil Hoad: A new film about an early Polish rap crew is a hit in its home country, but misses its chance to make a real statement about post-communist hip-hop
December 2010
Eminem's film career enters round two with boxing movie Southpaw
Rapper will return to big-screen acting for first time since acclaimed performance in 8 Mile
February 2010
Actor Brittany Murphy died from pneumonia, coroners rule
Los Angeles County coroner's office say anemia and prescription drugs also played role in death of 8 Mile actor
December 2009
Brittany Murphy obituary
Brittany Murphy: a life
Brittany Murphy dies of heart attack aged 32
Brittany Murphy dies, aged 32
May 2003
8 Mile
A very serviceable lead role for Eminem in what amounts to a lightly fictionalised biopic (probably for legal reasons, knowing the writ-packed history of the Mathers family). Eminem's charisma survives intact and his blank-eyed stare is genuinely disturbing.
January 2003
Tolkien and Eminem in box office battle royal
The Two Towers and Eminem's 8 Mile are battling it out for control of the world's box offices.
Plenty of poise in the hood
Eminem makes the transition from studio to screen with ease in 8 mile.
8 Mile
Peter Bradshaw: The problem is Eminem himself, who has clearly been drilled by the director to play to what will have to pass as strengths: stillness, cool, control
