Robert Towne, who won an Oscar for his Chinatown original screenplay and was nominated for his Shampoo, The Last Detail and Greystoke scripts, died...

Writer, who died in his Los Angeles home, also worked without credit on The Godfather and Bonnie and Clyde

Celebrated for his mastery of dialogue, he also contributed (though without credit) to the scripts of “Bonnie and Clyde” and “The Godfather.”

The Oscar-winning writer penned the scripts for films like Chinatown and Mission: Impossible.

LOS ANGELES: Robert Towne, the Hollywood writer whose “Chinatown” script is often described as the greatest screenplay ever written, has died at...

The Oscar-winner also wrote "Shampoo," "The Last Detail," and the first two "Mission: Impossible" movies.

The Oscar-winning Robert Towne, who was also a producer, director and actor, was also nominated for The Last Detail and Shampoo

Towne also wrote The Last Detail, Shampoo, and the first two Mission Impossible movies.

Jon Landau, the illustrious producer and COO of James Cameron’s Lightstorm Entertainment, has died at age 63. Born in New York City, Landau...

Italian tenor Lando Bartolini has died at the age of 87 at his home in the Tuscan town of Pistoia.…