Screenplay writers are often the unsung heroes of the film and television industry, anonymously imbuing the shows and films they create with humor, pathos and resonance. Or, in the case of longtime ...

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NEW YORK — Robert Towne, an Oscar-winning screenplay writer behind some of Hollywood’s greatest films, has died. He was 89 years old. His publicist, Carri McClure, confirmed his death on Tuesday to ...

Anyone who has stared at a blank screen or struggled to fill an empty page can relate: Writing is not easy. But the panelists on Saturday at the Santa ...

FILE - Screenwriter Robert Towne poses at The Regency Hotel, March 7, 2006, in New York. Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail" and other acclaimed films whose work ...

Alongside his novels, Joe Hill is paid to write a screenplay each year. But he doesn't do it for the money. Hill, whose new novel King Sorrow published in October, has also found success in the world ...

Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenplay writer of "Shampoo," "The Last Detail" and other acclaimed films whose work on "Chinatown" became a model of the art form and helped define the jaded allure ...