Top Gun Director Tony Scott Jumped To Death From Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, CA In Apparent Suicide (Update: First Reported He Had Brain Cancer, Now Sources Say He Did Not)

Sad news out of Hollywood, Director-Producer Tony Scott is dead. Tony Scott, the brother of director Ridley Scott, apparently jumped off the Vincent Thomas Bridge in San Pedro, CA in an apparent suicide. The Top Gun director was 68 years old.  As reported at the LA Times, several witnesses told police they saw Scott get out of his Toyota Prius, which was parked on the bridge, about 12:30 p.m. Then he scaled an 8- to 10-foot fence and jumped off without any hesitation. A suicide note was later found at Scott’s office. Sadly, He leaves a wife and two twins sons.

Rest in Peace

A source close to the Scott family just confirmed to Deadline that famed movie director and TV producer Tony Scott “has passed away. We ask that the family’s privacy be respected at this time.” Hollywood is shocked by this tragic news that he committed suicide because British-born Scott was well-liked personally and professionally and had a lauded and thriving career. “He was the loveliest guy. Genuinely,” a family friend tells Deadline. “He was one of the good ones.” Scott was best known for classic action films like Top Gun, Days Of Thunder, Beverly Hills Cop II,  True Romance, and Crimson Tide, and the most recent Unstoppable.

UPDATE I: After hearing the news of Tony Scott’s suicide, many were left to only ask why? It was first reported this morning by SBC and others that Scott had inoperable brain cancer. However, that appears now to not be the case.

UPDATE II: Why count on the MSM for news when you have TMZ and Deadline to get the facts in a case like this. Deadline is reporting that Tony Scott did not have brain cancer.

Tony Scott’s widow Donna has told police that the famed filmmaker/TV producer did not have brain cancer,  informed insiders tell Deadline. That makes erroneous this morning’s Good Morning America report that he “had inoperable brain cancer” and quoted “a source close to him”.

Clint Eastwood Makes Mitt Romney’s Day … Oscar-winning director & Movie Icon Endorses Romney

Clint Eastwood looks to make a ‘Sudden Impact’ as he makes Mitt Romney’s day with a political endorsement for the 2012 Presidential election. Romney looks to improve the Obama economy by providing Americans with job growth and ‘A Fist Full of Dollars’.  Eastwood was among those attending a Romney fundraiser Friday night in Sun Valley, ID looking to get Romney ‘A Few Dollars More’.

The Oscar-winning director and longtime movie star says he’s endorsing the Republican presidential candidate.

Eastwood tells The Associated Press that he’s backing Romney because, in Eastwood’s words, “I think the country needs a boost.”

DRIVING MISS LAY Z … Morgan Freeman Donates $1 Million To the First Mixed Race President Obama Super PAC To Defend Him From “Right-Wing” Attack

Even though actor Moran Freeman said that Barack Obama was not the first Black President, that did not stop him from donation $1 million to Obama’s Super PAC to defend Obama against right-wing attacks. Mr. Freeman, you might want to take a good look see and determine who is attacking who in this campaign. What else would one expect from the actor who won an Oscar in 2005 for his role in “Million Dollar Baby.”

DRIVING MISS LAY Z

Actor Morgan Freeman is the newest seven-figure donor to the Obama super PAC Priorities USA Action, POLITICO has confirmed.

“President Obama has done a remarkable job in historically difficult circumstances.  He ended combat operations in Iraq, put in place sensible reforms of Wall Street, saved the auto industry and protected the health care of every American. He has led our nation to be more tolerant and placed impressive, accomplished women on the Supreme Court. In return, he is the target of hundreds of millions of dollars from right-wing sources,” Freeman said. “I am proud to lend my voice — and support — to those who defend him. Priorities USA Action is doing a great job of protecting the values I believe in.  I am happy to help them and I hope others will join me.”

Far Left moonbat Bill Maher gave Obama’s PAC a $1 million in donations, one would have thought that since Morgan Freeman said that Obama was not the first Black President, but instead the first “mixed-race” President that he would have only donated $500,000.

Oscar Winning Actor Ernest Borgnine dead at 95 … Rest in Peace

How sad, one of my favorite actors of all times has passed away … Rest in Peace Ernest Borgnine.

Oscar winning actor Ernest Borgnine has died at the age of 95.  Another one of Hollywood’s true icons has passed away. Borgnine died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from renal failure with his wife and children at his side according to Harry Flynn, his longtime spokesman.

Ernest Borgnine: 1917 – 2012, Rest in Peace

 Ernest Borgnine was born Ermes Effron Borgnino on January 24, 1917, in Hamden, Connecticut and his carrier spanned 60 years. The film and TV star was such an accomplished actor who starred in such movies as From Here to Eternity, ‘The Poseidon Adventure, The Dirty Dozen, The Wild Bunch, Ice Station Zebra Escape from New York and one of my personal sleeper favorites, ‘The Neptune Factor’.  He also stared in TV shows like McHale’s Navy, Airwolf and

Born in Connecticut to Italian immigrants, Borgnine — originally Ermes Effron Borgnino — began taking theater classes after serving in the Navy during World War II. He had joined the service after graduating from high school during the Great Depression and had been discharged in 1941, but re-enlisted after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor launched the United States into World War II.

He made the move to films and then television in 1951, racking up more than 200 credits in projects ranging from the era of live television drama to the children’s cartoon “SpongeBob SquarePants.”

Ernest Borgnine Wiki.

More at the NY Times.

Daily Commentary – Friday, June 15, 2012 – Joy Behar Wants to See Mitt Romney’s House Burn Down

• In an interview, Behar says she’d like to see one of his many homes burn down!

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