Diane Keaton is DEAD to me!

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She seemed like such a genuinely nice person. What a shame.

May she Rest In Peace.

She wasn't even in her 80s yet. I am really shocked.

Wow. Just wow.

There is no set date on death r3. You can die at any given moment.

This should be the official thread because that other one has an abomination of a typo.

This is fucking shocking. 😥

Wow!

Wow. That was a surprise.

I haven't seen her in a while, though, she must have been sick.

I thought I read here that she had been living with dementia.

R1, the DEAD TO ME threads are always the official threads.

[QUOTE] I thought I read here that she had been living with dementia.

Heartbreaking. That’s a sad way to go. 😔

The TCM tribute to her should be amazing.

I envision a montage ending with her saying "la-dee-da, la-dee-da."

The TCM montage should end with, “It was an ABORTION, Michael.”

The wrong 79-year-old dementia patient died.

According to the Datalounge Torah which was given on the mountain to Moses’ bitchy gay brother

The official thread is the one which

A) Uses the DEAD TO ME format

B) Includes a link

C) Has a picture of the deceased.

Who will get the final shot of the In Memorium at this year at the Oscars? Her or Redford? She won an acting Oscar unlike him but I bet it goes to the man.

The BEARKING guy is pathetic. A clear violation of DL protocol. And so desperate to try to derail this thread. Fuck you, R1.

I'm not sorry she's dead if she had dementia, because that's a terrible life for so many people.

[QUOTE] Who will get the final shot of the In Memorium at this year at the Oscars?

At their current rate, we have to hope they just remember to include her at all.

Variety.

R16, Redford. He’s a man.

The First Wives Club is enjoyable schlock.

I thought Keaton's goody-two shoes character was the most appealing of the 3.

Sadly I agree with r18. Dementia is a tragic way to leave this earth. May she RIP.

Baby go BOOM.

R22, over HAWN???!!! HAWN was robbed of a nomination!

The Little Drummer Girl has beaten her last beat.

No more looking for Mr. Goodbar.

I always think of her at that European press conference for one of her films where the reporters kept asking her stupid questions to fill the time, and she just completely broke down.

Link R28?

Keaton will get the last spot because Keaton was an actor’s actor, plus she’s probably worked with half the room. Redford was admired, but his stoic persona doesn’t exactly lend itself to the term “beloved”.

Renata has conked out.

So very appealing in her early Tonight Show appearances.

Faye.

Jane Fonda

And Liza is still alive!

"Looking for Mr. Goodbar" is one of my favorite movies. Diane was wonderful in it. Diane is a piece of cinematic history.

She had an odd thing for Justin Bieber

So sorry to hear this. I just rewatched Manhattan Murder Mystery. She was so funny in that.

USA Today.

The Hollywood Reporter.

With Redford and Keaton passing so closely, the curtain is coming down on New Hollywood. What an era.

I loved this actress…one of my favorites who was in favorite movie of all time….Annie Hall. She had her own unique sense of style and humor. She was truly a Hollywood icon in the best sense of the word. This one hurts….heartbroken💔

This was an actual gasp-worthy headline. I can't believe she kicked off before most of her former lovers. We better start checking on Woody, Warren and Al.

Redford will get the last shot at the AAs. He was the quintessential movie star.

R22, it's hilarious that's Hawn's exaggerated lips in the film are now considered a normal procedure.

When WAS the last time we saw Beatty?

LA LA LAND!!!!

R43 the Oscars are about actors, not stars.

Not if I can help it!

I am prepared to graciously step into her part in The First Wives Club 2.

She just died in the after life, too!

I genuinely loved seeing her.

My baby gay ass thought her penchant for wearing ties and pants instead of dresses was super cool.

Shoot The Moon- Her best. Watching this evening-

She had three films in pre-production, according to IMDB.

But who will be the star to die this year who will eclipse even Redford and Keaton?

This one would have been great-

r46, the Oscars always value stardom higher than acting for the In Memoriam segment, which is why Bing Crosby got the last position the year Joan Crawford died. He was the bigger box office star.

That being said, i think the final In Memoriam position will go to Redford over Keaton because he was not just a huge movie star in his day but was also an Academy Award-winning director.

And, R55, devoted to film (Sundance Film Festival).

R46, remember the time Uta Hagen and Lee Strasberg were mobbed at the airport and Redford went unnoticed by the crowd. Neither do I.

R53.

[QUOTE] But who will be the star to die this year who will eclipse even Redford and Keaton?

How’s Jack Nicholson doing these days?

R55 Excuse me, bitch, but I directed the critically acclaimed Belinda Carlisle video, "Heaven is a Place on Earth."

I WILL get the final segment.

She looked wonderful back in May at this private party with Bette Midler. How on earth do you look this normal, and then end up dead just 5 months later? Something's not right here.

TBH, I would have mobbed Uta Hagen at an airport... if only for the way she said "My lady izz NOT diabetic!" in Reversal of Fortune.

I think, r55, that it was more Joan dying in May and Bing dying after her in October.

R61 notice she’s the only one not looking at the camera. I originally thought it was just Diane being Diane but now I’m wondering it was dementia.

R61 Makes me think cancer rather than dementia.

Some types of cancer are aggressive and can take you out quickly. Pancreatic cancer, for instance.

Fuck this one hurts. Seems like old times...

Nicholson would overshadow Redford and Keaton.

Beatty!

I am NOT one of her fans!

Nicholson supposedly has dementia, yet he's been papped at basketball games. Realistically he could still attend games, but I would think someone with his level of fame, the family would have kept him out of public view if it were true.

Beatty is also reported to have dementia. I don't think I've seen him since the big Oscar fuck up.

R66, that was Goldie, lol. Yes, I lol'd.

Keaton will be the last one in the Oscars because she is UNREPEATABLE. There will never be anyone else like her.

Nicholson, Streisand and Pacino, among her contemporaries, are also unrepeatable.

There will always be Robert Redfords.

Is that Data's daughter LAL all grown up (and after many plastic surgeries) in the pic at r61?

I agree R71

One of a kind.

It looks like Bette Midler has had her breasts removed, or had a breast reduction, in that photo.

In thinking about her films, I’m struck by how many A-list stars she worked with and this is just off the top of my head-

Al Pacino

Warren Beatty

Bette Midler

Goldie Shawn

Jack Nicholson

Keanu Reeves

Sissy Spacek

Jessica Lange

Leo DiCaprio

Meryl Streep

Woody Allen

Sarah Jessica Parker

Rachel McAdams

Jane Fonda

Steve Martin

Martin Short

Harrison Ford

Meg Ryan

Mel Gibson

Richard Gere

R75 Yes! Her collaboration with Dick Shawn's sister Goldie was her best!

Yeah, R71? So, who's the current Redford? Actor, director, Sundance, box office star as well as handsome and charismatic.

R72, someone has to gently take Carole Bayer Sager aside and talk to her about her wig choices. Also, someone over the age of 30 should never wear anything that resembles a pot leaf, even a dead pot leaf.

R75, Bonus: She slept with most of them.

R72 Who's the chick wih the bad wig on the far right?

Book club 3 writes itself.

R72 Kathy Griffin's lookin' rough there on the far left.

My favorite movies of hers are “Baby Boom” and “Manhattan Murder Mystery.” Maybe I’ll watch both tonight.

r78 I have no idea, but that was who I thought was a "Lal-lookalike"

She definitely had a reduction some time ago, r74.

She was wonderful in every role. RIP Annie.

That's Lynda Resnick, one of the richest women in the world. She and her husband own The Wonderful Company, which owns POM, Wonderful Pistachios, FIJI Water, and Teleflora.

This is gut punch for me. I loved her and The First Wives Club remains one of my favorite movies of all time. I know there were rumors she was ill for the last couple months, but this is so unexpected. She's also the same age as my mom.

[quote]So, who's the current Redford? Actor, director, Sundance, box office star as well as handsome and charismatic.

Brad Pitt

R85 If she's one of the richest women in the world, she should have better taste in wigs and caftans.

How could she leave us to clean up the Trump mess.

She doesn't have to, r89, she's one of the richest women in the world.

Does anyone remember the poster from a month or two ago who was concerned about her delaying some projects?

I thought he was making too much out of it, but apparently not.

What terrible news. I was not expecting this.

R77 I am talking about her PERSONA, not CV. Star quality.

This is the current Robert Redford. Hollywood grooms Robert Redfords all the time. Ryan Gosling is another Redford.

There will never be another Diane Keaton. She cannot be repeated.

LOL, R92. LOL.

The R84 pic is like a gut punch

Diane Keaton actually had genuine acting talent and could stretch herself when asked, as in Mrs. Soffel and Looking for Mr. Goodbar. But she was a star like Katharine Hepburn was: she mostly did the same thing over and over again (which was to play her own personality type) because audiences loved it so much.

R87, braindead was not one of the qualifications.

R92, are you for real? You're comparing different eras and for that reason alone Redford wins every single time.

Even though the industry doesn't exactly welcome the indies with open arms, Redford did more for independent filmmakers than any other singular person. He also managed to stay a part of mainstream Hollywood by acting and directing commercial films. He'll get the last slot.

We need to start a new thread at the end of the year and start listing who we feel will make the In Memoriam. We can duke (not mayonnaise) it out to see who gets the last close-up.

[QUOTE] This is the current Robert Redford.

My heart dropped when it came up on my phone on the TMZ widget. It’s really heartbreaking. I think Diane would’ve made the best 96 yo woman, but alas it wasn’t meant to be. Total original and hell of an actress. We’re gonna miss the fuck out of you Miss Keaton.

Putting inside Susan Dey has Woody Allen, Warren Beatty, Al Pacino, Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep, Bette Midler, Steve Martin . . . commented?

Had the pleasure of meeting her about 25 years ago. Told her, "I always thought you were the original DKNY." She said, "I like that. That's cute." Keaton was a proud Democrat and strong supporter of women's rights. RIP

AP just posted. When the AP doesn’t have a prewritten obit … 🤯

A young Diane as the woman who has everything - a hot husband, adorable kids, and the ability to be a marathon runner, too!

Good thing she has Hour After Hour to keep her pits from stinking like a pig's ass!

Find me one Redford tribute like this.

Such a lovely actress, and one of the greats of her generation.

Baby Boom is one of my favorite movies, and she was fantastic in Father of the Bride.

She'll be missed.

Not an enormous acting range, but almost always a welcome presence. She seemed quite ditzy in real life. I remember first seeing her in Annie Hall and being really taken with her. She's one of the few actresses who emerged at that time who has still managed to have a career in first rate properties.

I first heard about Keaton’s being in the final stages of dementia last August by someone who’d worked very closely with her for many years. It bummed me out big time for the rest of the day. So sad.

Marybeth Hurt, who played her sister in Woody Allen’s film Interiors, is herself in final stages of Alzheimer’s.

Kristin Griffith? You in danger, girl.

[quote] Find me one Redford tribute like this.

You mean one that drips with MARY?

Great actress, great lady.

She publicly stood by Wood-Yi because she felt he gave her career she had, but she would have been a star regardless of that freak.

She will be missed.

Oh, no! What a shame! A wonderful lady, and incredible actress. RIP

This is a shocker.

Sad. I loved her in Sleeper, Annie Hall, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Manhattan, Reds, and Marvin’s Room. Probably others I can’t remember now. Her recent output was trash but she has so many good movies. RIP.

I DON’T WANT DIANE KEATON TO BE GONE 🥺

R54 I'm avaelable to take over the roll!

Louise Lasser outlived her.

R111 Her last movies reflect both the decline in Hollywood quality and the lack of roles for women of a certain age. Also by the late 90s onward, she got typecast as the kind of sweet neurotic type.

Carnie Wilson posted a lovely tribute on Facebook.

R103, too many to choose but here's one: It doesn't mention if he was quirky, it also doesn't mention his wardrobe like hats, ties or suits but it will have to do.

"Bob’s vision of a space and a platform for independent voices launched a movement that, over four decades later, has inspired generations of artists and redefined cinema in the U.S. and around the world. Beyond his enormous contributions to culture at large, we will miss his generosity, clarity of purpose, curiosity, rebellious spirit, and his love for the creative process. We are humbled to be among the stewards of his remarkable legacy, which will continue to guide the Institute in perpetuity."

Redford founded Sundance which was a game changer in the movie industry. He will most likely be last because of this.

[quote]That being said, i think the final In Memoriam position will go to Redford over Keaton because he was not just a huge movie star in his day but was also an Academy Award-winning director.

We tend to only think of the end but don’t they usually start the segment off with a huge star? If so, perhaps Diane will be first out the gate and then they’ll end with Redford.

R115- What sucks is that her "in development" projects sounded GOOD--

Why is the final position for the Oscar In Memoriam always such a big deal for Dataloungers? It will make no difference to Diane Keaton.

She had a side hustle flipping older homes, and she did fabulous work. Her taste was impeccable, and had that mix of authenticity and polish that made it feel both timeless and alive again.

R122- I agree, I loved her taste. In fashion as well- One of a kind-

Why is anything about the Oscars such a big deal? It's been soul killing for years and the horrible "Royal Will Smith" and "Empress Jada" Oscars slammed the final nail in the coffin.

The Oscars will always be a big deal.

She directed a documentary about what people think about heaven. Now she’ll actually know if it exists. Or not.

She looked perfectly fine in that Instagram photo. That does not look like someone with end stage cancer or dementia and only five months to live. Something’s Gotta Give. Why have we ruled out a sudden cardiac something-or-other?

Girls, girls. Stop fighting. Let Diane be the first face at Oscar memorial and Redford the last. Now, play nice or no Edna' edibles for you!

[quote] Why is anything about the Oscars such a big deal? It's been soul killing for years and the horrible "Royal Will Smith" and "Empress Jada" Oscars slammed the final nail in the coffin.

I prefer to call that moment: "When Gloria the Hippo sent her closeted husband to slap Marty the Zebra".

[quote]Now, play nice or no Edna' edibles for you!

As long as they're not Erna's edibles.

Even Bette had to set her cunting aside for a few moments to pay Diane proper homage.

[quote]Not an enormous acting range

The screen legends rarely did. They always kept their iconic personalities front and center. Keaton, John Wayne, Streisand, Joan Crawford, Bette Davis, Hepburn rarely deviated from their personas. That's what audiences wanted and they gave it to them.

What about ME????!?!?!??

File this under 'Only on Datalounge'.

So it begins, the annual debate over the Oscars In Memoriam because obviously whoever gets the final slot is the true star of the dead. A proudly idiosyncratic Datalounge tradition. Odds currently favor Diane Keaton, but Redford’s corpse could pull an upset.

She was an old time movie star actress in my opinion, in that she had a wholly unique look and persona. There was nothing method-y about her acting, and she wasn’t always inspired — I never think she‘s very good in “The Godfather” movies, mostly because I sense she was bored by the character of Kay.

But when she was given a role that really piqued her interest, she was astonishingly good — I especially loved her in “Reds” and “The Little Drummer Girl.” She often did her best work in extremely flawed-but-interesting movies that fell between the cracks. And in the bigger, starrier movies, she could, by the force of her charm and personality, make you think she was beautiful and irresistible, showing a little of what must have fascinated men as disparate as Woody Allen, Warren Beatty and Al Pacino. When Jack Nicholson looks at her in “Reds” and says, “What a heartbreaker you are, Louise,” we believe him and know it to be true.

I was lucky enough to meet her three times — once when she was clad head-to-toe in a black leather outfit —coat, leggings, boots, the works — and the second time in a winsome sailor dress right out of “Reds,” and both times she was warm, funny, completely charming, genuinely captivating.

She made you feel good. And she did that in her movies too.

I read her memoir, "Then Again," which is as much about her mother's life and dementia as about Keaton's career. It's a good read, very sad. RIP

Aww, I really loved her.

Will no one here mention how Diane hearkened back to those marvelous iconic screwball comediennes of the 1930s - Myrna Loy, Carole Lombard, Claudette Colbert, Rosalind Russell and Irene Dunne?

The talent, intelligence and charisma to be charmingly funny yet still beautiful. I don't think another actress since the 1940s has ever captured that madcap quality as much as Diane Keaton.

Ten or more years ago I’d heard a rumor that she was living with a woman and they were raising the kids together. Apparently everyone in Hollywood knew about it though it wasn’t talked about. At the time I wondered if it was an affair. I suppose it may have been, but with the stories about dementia, I wonder now if she could tell she was already losing herself and felt she couldn’t live alone, needed a minder.

[quote] There will never be another Diane Keaton. She cannot be repeated.

The modern version of her, albeit paling in comparison, would be Emma Stone. She fills the Diane Keaton persona in Hollywood. She can do comedy and earn dramatic Oscars.

As Grammy Hall said, “She was a real dame.”

Among many highlights she was utterly exquisite in the massively underrated Manhattan Murder Mystery. The scene where she is tipsy at the wine tasting and then see's the dead neighbour passing by on a cross town bus always makes me roar with laughter, just sublime.

Not true of Davis, R132--the characters and Davis' portrayals in Of Human Bondage, Jezebel, Dark Victory, The Old Maid, The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex, The Letter, The Little Foxes, Now Voyager, All About Eve, What Ever Happened to Baby Jane, Strangers, and The Whales of August all stood on their own as unique creations.

The same could be said for Keaton's performances in The Godfather series, Looking for Mr. Goodbar, Reds, Shoot the Moon, Crimes of the Heart, and Marvin's Room.

The beauty of it was that (often, maybe not always) when it called for it, both demonstrated a range far beyond their usual shtick.

One of the good ones Loved her. RIP

In 2023, Coppola finally explained what attracted him to Keaton, responding to a query from the actress herself. “I chose you, because although you were to play the more straight/vanilla wife, there was something more about you, deeper, funnier, and very interesting,” he said, adding, “I was right.”

She compelled her fellow actors and directors with her one-of-a-kind persona. In 2017, the American Film Institute honored her with the Lifetime Achievement Award. During the ceremony, Beatty enthused over his co-star and one-time flame, calling her “brilliant, beautiful, passionate, authentic.” “If you are lucky enough to cast Diane, you realize very quickly the truth in that old axiom that character is plot,” Beatty said. “Well, casting is character. Diane Keaton is a plot. She is an unpredictable, mysterious, suspenseful, constantly surprising, sometimes comedic, sometimes tragic, always engaging plot. The woman is a story.”

I don't see Emma being beloved, r140. This feels more like when Judy Holliday died, I imagine.

Dementia or not, she at least had the presence of mind to keep her hands hidden in that photo in r61 r72. Unlike the other tight-faced H'wood ladies with their wrinkly old claws betraying all that face work.

Oh, and wearing a fabulous pants suit and serious belt.

I just watched Looking For Mr. Goodbar for the first time last week. That's too bad.

I am impressed- Mia Farrow made a post on Instagram-

She was an absolutely wonderful actress- and a rare and fascinating person. Thoughts with her children and sisters. Rest in peace Diane.

I shuttered. I love how she aged naturally. She still seemed 65. I’m crying actually because she reminds me of my mom. Not in looks but in style.

Diana Keaton was the original awkward girl without being annoying or insufferable.

I never realized she and Meryl were so close in age. Did Meryl kinda make it later in life?

[quote]Did Meryl kinda make it later in life?

Meryl *zoomed* right outta, r154.

[quote]Meryl *zoomed* right outta Yale

I liked her singing voice, which wasn't strong but had enough technique and emotion to make a song her own. She sang in "Hair," "Annie Hall," "Reds," "Radio Days," and "The First Wives Club," and I'm probably missing a few others. I think her last recording was in 2023 and is best forgotten , a dire Carole Bayer Sager song, "First Christmas," on which she sounds horribly autotuned. This was from the Steve Martin tribute at the Kennedy Center in 2007--unvarnished and sweet.

Diane recorded an album around 1977/78 with Brooks Arthur producing, but it was never released. I have a feeling it would have given her a whole other career had it been. She sang on Carson all the time. I always wondered why she stopped appearing on his show. They had a great rapport together and he was clearly a big champion of her talent.

Carole was a close friend. Alana Stewart was another. They posted on Instagram earlier.

My forever friend. i will miss you so much. Be at peace now. i love you with all my heart.

- Carole Bayer Sager

I was so deeply saddened to hear about the passing of our lovely friend, Diane Keaton. She was such a beautiful spirit, so talented, so smart, so creative , so funny. She will be so missed. Rest in peace, dear Diane.

- Alana Stewart

R134 What the fuck am I? Chopped liver?

Really sad for her. She had such iconic presence, even if a somehow atrocious fashion sense, but one of a kind. She made her acting look effortlessly, unlike the men she worked with. Looking For Mr Goodbar, The Godfathers, Manhattan, Annie Hall and my favourite Manhattan Murder Mystery. Particularly liked how, generally, she was difficult to be pigeonholed (except for later on).

She never married, i think. Affected more than i would have thought.

Ladida, Diane.

R159 It’s definitely going to be her. Hackman has no filmography post 2000. Some of her biggest films box office was have come out in the past 20 years.

I loved the fashion

The sky was so blue today……

This was a shock! In thinking about Keaton, I must say that I truly appreciate a lot of her performances, but sometimes she bothered me as an actress. I think the irritation came from the fact that she was just not as simple as the goofy, dizzy, sweet lady that said 'la-di-da.' There was a ruthlessness about Keaton that came through in many of her performances and added another layer to her characterizations so that you couldn't quite categorize her. You can see it in Annie Hall where the titular character can be quite self-involved and callous. I think this was a big part of her appeal, you couldn't pin her down. She could do sweet, goofy and dizzy, but there was also a cold, calculating, self-seeking quality that was just beneath the service. I assume this was a big part of the attraction for straight men as well.

I cant 💔💔💔 she was such a talent and a big part of my career. She directed two videos of mine - Heaven Is A Place on Earth and the video for I Get Weak. She was kind and eccentric and I was blessed to know her. This is such a big loss… 💔💔💔 RIP Diane you will be missed….

- Belinda Carlisle

Does Woody Allen have any social media?

R164 She did wacky and aloof without ever seeming dumb or uncultured. Never.

I texted my mom with the news. She just texted me back - "I always heard she was a real bitch."

RIP Diane.

R168 So basically your mom needs to be a datalounger.

OMG r61 that's a wax museum!

r122, one of my friends bought one of her houses. It's a lovely house with a various views of L.A. from every room, even the bathrooms.

Easy prediction to make: the In Memoriam Segment, either The Oscars or TCM, the last clip will be Keaton saying "La-Di-Da" ......

I'm really sad. She seemed healthy - and she has done quite a few films in the past few years.

I never thought she really got her due - I know she has an Oscar, but she was in so many big films since the Godfather over 50 years ago.

Did she ever have any lifetime awards? Sad if she hadn't.

So many people are living longer - to go at 79 seems a bit premature nowadays.

[quote]someone has to gently take Carole Bayer Sager aside and talk to her about her wig choices.

She's been wearing that same KMart wig for 40 years.

The White House usually issues statements when major public figures pass, so Diane might get one of those.

R164, I am mesmerized by your post, and totally agree with you.

Annie Hall was in 1977? I really must investigate more the great cinema from long before I was born!

R176 Being as Diane was one o' dem librulz, I doubt the White House will issue a statement.

I loved her most in “Baby Boom, “ Father of the Bride,” and “As Good as it Gets.”

Which is not to say I see her as a mother. Quite the opposite. The “I really don’t need this shit” energy she brought to these roles made it ok for GenX women to NOT derive their whole identity from motherhood.

I really don’t know how I’m going to go on.

Diane was a WOKE ANTIFA MEMBER who HATED AMERICA!

Plus, she was old and had small tits

I usually watch The Family Stone at Christmas, but I just can't do it this year. That last scene would be too much to take.

R181 Unfortunately the original comment before editing has been leaked. That was it.

I'm definitely watching The Family Stone this year, and remembering her fondly.

Too close to home.

LOOKING FOR MR. GOODBAR (1977) Clip - Diane Keaton & Richard Gere

In his recent memoir, Al Pacino writes about her very affectionately and humorously. They dated off and on for many years. The funniest anecdote is in his lawyer's office, where Diane, who was very savvy, responds to the lawyer telling Pacino, who had no interest in the business side of his career, that he is broke, by yelling:

"How could this happen? Do you know who he is? He. Is. An idiot. He's an ignoramus. When it comes to this, you've got to take care of him!"

My BF always watches The Family Stone with me every Christmas.

R161 her film output since 2000, with the exception of Something’s Gotta Give, has been less than stellar. I think Hackman did more iconic films, and has another acting Oscar, but you could be right Keaton will get the first or last spot. Unless Nicholson, Beatty or Pacino dies by the end of the year. Morgan Freeman did a tribute to Gene at the Oscars earlier this year anyway.

R179 Keaton isn’t in AGAIG.

On an Ellen episode she was asked what was her favorite part of a man. She immediately said, "His Thing! You know, his Thing!" So she was charming, talented, and dick-loving, too. What a gal!

If it was dementia that killed her, it's doubly sad. In one of her memoirs she wrote extensively of her mother's bout with the disease and how much she feared it for herself.

Has no one mentioned LOVE AND DEATH? My favorite of her Allen movies.

I think Redford will be the featured death that leads into the In Memorandum, where Keaton may be the final.

Here's many celebs reactions.

She was in love with Pacino. They broke up for good during Godfather 3 when she found out he had gotten another woman pregnant. But he was the one she wanted to marry.

She later told Oprah she was in love with Jack Nicholson when they made Something's Gotta Give.

I don't know about Warren but he seems absolutely smitten as she speaks about him in this clip. He was fucking Mary Tyler Moore while they were dating and Mary lived across the street from Diane, which infuriated her.

R134, Gene Hackman died in February & was remembered in this year's Oscars.

I’m gonna watch Family Stone tonight. This one’s for you, Annie.

I meant R159.

R193, I remember those Oprah interview interviews and Warren Beatty always came across this the one she was least fond of remembering.

Any other fans of her nude work?

R194 my bad you’re right. I was thinking the calendar year, and then I remembered the Freeman tribute.

R171, are your friend’s initials PM?

Her brother Randy has it, too. Apparently he also struggled with alcoholism and mental illness.

Robert may have been more prolific being also a filmmaker but he and Keaton were of equal standing, A list wise.

I'm commenting again.

She's amazing. This is very sad.

But Woody Allen, though. 🤷‍♀️🤢

This appreciation of her work is very well done.

Diane wins the Oscar for Annie Hall

She wrote about her years of anorexia in the memoir too. Heavy stuff.

R205 her young speaking voice sounds like Taylor Swift. Anyone else hear it. Or swift sounds like her rather.

[quote] Does Woody Allen have any social media?

Just his OnlyFans account. Why?

[quote]OMG [R61] that's a wax museum!

With a pair of claws hanging below each pair of sleeves r171

I meant r170

[quote]But Woody Allen, though.

Apparently, he dated both of Diane's sisters too.

With Bea Arthur in "Lovers and Other Strangers" (1970).

R212, 'Lovers and Other Strangers', never seen it, worth a watch?

Lots of generation gap and ethnic jokes.

r213 that was actually a really sweet tribute - I don't think many people were aware that Diane Keaton and Reese Witherspoon had a genuine connection and worked together. I didn't, anyway.

Thanks for linking that. It was wonderful to hear a personal, heartfelt experience beyond just a penned tribute (not to denigrate those, though).

Good song.

People magazine's headline: Diane Keaton, Famed for Roles in Father of the Bride, First Wives Club and More, Dies at 79 (Exclusive)

"Annie Hall" was mentioned further down as one of the "other" movies in which she appeared. You know, the one for which she won the Best Actress Oscar.

This is such a shock. The last time I saw her, which was within the year, she looked as healthy as ever.

The thing about Diane Keaton is that on top of being supremely talented, she seemed so full of joy. The experts of DL might know better, but she seemed to be universally beloved…even by people who might not care for her body of work.

The Post article has a couple pictures of Woody and Diane from 1969 when she was starring in Play It Again Sam on Broadway

I gasped out loud when I saw this thread. Anymore, 79 is awfully young for a woman to die.

I always thought she was gorgeous, even in her later years. She had style and class that can't be replicated or put on -- it has to come from within. Looking for Mr. Goodbar is the only movie I have ever seen that was exponentially better than the book, and she tore your heart out in it. A masterpiece.

We'll miss you Diane.

And BTW, this is the kind of thing I meant when I said here that younger generations will be lost when the Boomers are gone. There will never be another like her.

I’m so desensitized from depression and the state of the world that my heart rarely sinks but when I saw this thread today, it hit hard.

I know she was a 79-year-old woman, but it just doesn’t seem right.

I hate this for her children. I know they’ll be well taken care of and they are legal adults now, but they’re still young.

She was in the original Broadway cast of Hair!

And declined to do the nudity. Good for her.

There are some tit pics of her from the 70s, but I’ve no idea which movie it is.

Goodbar?

Exteriors

I scrolled all the way to the end of this thread to say that to me she was always blah almost like anybody could have done her roles.

[quote]Goodbar?

She does show breast in Goodbar, r224.

R226- please go fuck yourself-

That is bullshit.

You sound like a miserable and severely overweight sow.

Probably named Harold or some shit.

Meryl Streep IS Annie Hall!

R227, that’s probably it, but I won’t link any pics because that would be tacky at this time.

I like that movie, but I don’t love it. It definitely helped her win that year. And that makes me wonder if all of her work had been split 50-50 between comedy and drama what would her legacy be now? She could do both so probably not much different.

I've read thru several of the obits that have appeared but none have mentioned her child....or children? Nor seen them mentioned in any of her colleagues' tributes.

Not sure if there is one or two kids. Were they adopted? if adopted was it after the age she could have given birth? How old are they now? Does anyone know if she talked about being a mother much?

Again, pardon me if there was only one child.

She had a child named Dexter, IIRC.

I just heard about Diane. Excellent excellent white hair, and complete attention to her overall style.

[quote]I like that movie, but I don’t love it. It definitely helped her win that year.

It was quite the one-two acting punch for her that year, r230. I always thought she needed it to win, but now looking back at the other nominees, I think she would have still won on Annie Hill alone.

R226 Did commas fuck your spouse or something?

I found her high school senior yearbook picture. Santa Ana High School, Santa Ana, California, 1963.

R226, your post can be summed up by: “I’m an asshole.”

The totally unnecessary detail of you scrolling all the way to the end of the thread.

I blocked that cunt R226. Very surprised that I blocked this person as I have only blocked one person ever here (who ended up being that miserable troll who was getting us all banned for 24 hours)

R226- You are a fucking idiot- Anyone could have played her roles? She is literally the antithesis of that kind of actress. (Minus her last decade- which I will give to any aging actress) who wants to make money while good scripts are not in abundance)

I truly fucking hate you.

R72

I don’t know the answer but Diane is the only one who looks normal.

She said she was very into white lipstick in high school.

Who wasn't back then, r240?

I know a lot of us make fun of the film Interiors due to its campy aspects- But I always loved it--

I am telling you, that film now has a lot of fucking street cred-

Diane is really good in this one, and it all just resonates more now... (This character is NOTHING like what she is known for) and the dread, the death, the depression- I don't know- through her death, you get to see how good she was- and things that were "campy" are not campy now.

A legend.

Does anyone else think this may have been assisted?

Al Pacino is now the only living cast member of the core cast from Godfather 1.

wow!

R243 I have been thinking about that since I learned about her passing. Dementia is the one ailment I could not and would not live through. I can deal with physical pain. They need to invent a technology for us to upload our minds.

The Charles Taylor essay above is well-written, but he is so off base on the quality of her films.

[QUOTE] Al Pacino is now the only living cast member of the core cast from Godfather 1.

No, he’s not. Robert Duvall is still alive.

R248 oh yes, you’re correct.

[quote]I know a lot of us make fun of the film Interiors due to its campy aspects

What campy aspects, r242?

79 seems young these days.

R1 No, sweetie. We FF those who use “bearking”

R250 is a vulgarian!

Ohh, I don't have my Still Life anymore.

[Quote] Al Pacino is now the only living cast member of the core cast from Godfather 1.

[Quote] No, he’s not. Robert Duvall is still alive.

Talia Shire is still alive

R255 l made that comment knowing she was still living but for some reason I thought Robert Duvall had passed.

After the "Still Life" book of old Hollywood p.r. photos was published, Gregory Peck, whose image she had written about in her introduction, sent her a very critical letter which made her reconsider her approach to the project:

[quote]After Still Life was published I received a letter from Gregory Peck. He wasn’t pleased. He thought the book was stupid. On top of that he didn’t appreciate being compared to a stuffed animal. It was such a lame, kitschy idea, he hoped I wasn’t the mastermind behind it. He ended by saying my heartfelt introduction was total crap. It never entered my mind that Gregory Peck might feel bad about looking almost real in front of a fake backdrop. I was busy patting myself on the back for a book Gregory Peck dismissed as camp, and how, miracle of miracles, it captured the essence of taxidermy and how it was going to put me on the map—which one I’m not sure. Gregory Peck is on my long list of regrets I hope to be forgiven for. I’m sorry I carelessly held him accountable for some publicist’s brainstorm. I’m sorry I picked an iconic photograph that shed light on his stiff upper lip and abiding lack of affect, which hounded him throughout his career, like my own eccentricity hounds me.

r256 "I thought Robert Duvall had passed. "

Passed what?

[quote]I picked an iconic photograph that shed light on his stiff upper lip and abiding lack of affect, which hounded him throughout his career, like my own eccentricity hounds me.

Self aware.

What an iconic actress! Bummer.

R257 If she truly wrote that herself, she is a very good writer.

Another insightful tribute to Keaton the actress.

Watching Reds again because if I watch Annie Hall I'll start to cry

I admire her for never speaking against Woody Allen. She remained a genuine friend. It would be so easy to follow the herd.

Diane Keaton shared an appeal similar to Angie Dickinson.

Powerful men loved and respected her in a complete way. She continued to be adored by them even after the breakups.

Powerful women loved her without feeling threatened by her.

She seemed to have no enemies.

What we have here is a dead shark.

R264 Diane is great but Woody Allen is disgusting, come on now.

R265 Agreed and in both regards I think it’s because she wasn’t gorgeous. Men who break up with beautiful women, unless they’re just intelligent or the breakup was just super amicable, tend to resent them. And women tend to resent beautiful women unless said woman is super down to earth acting.

R168 where did your mama hear that because I’ve honestly never heard that about her. Is your mom connected to the industry in some way?

I think the woman on the far left in that photograph is Joanna Gleason, no?

R.I.P. X

I’m rewatching Manhattan Murder Mystery right now.

In Looking for Mr. Goodbar, she's reading The Godfather when she first meets Richard Gere

Larry McMurtry dedicated his 1982 novel “Cadillac Jack” to her, referring to her as “the queen of the swap meets.” They worked together on a screenplay based on his novel “Somebody’s Darling,” but it was not produced.

laa dee dah

[quote]Kathy Griffin's lookin' rough there on the far left [in the photo at R61].

I think there's an avalanche of roughness in that photo.

For most of them I couldn't say with any certainty who it is. Each one seems a scramble of all the others, as though in a madcap Purple Hats Society moment they had switched wigs and clothes and tits and multiply lifted and reengineered faces.

She was completely unique as few stars are in that she invented a new "type". This fucking sucks.

so likeable

New York Times.

Yup, R277, she was the original manic pixie dreamgirl.

[quote]She was completely unique as few stars are in that she invented a new "type".

I beg your FUCKING pardon.

She always seemed contemporary. I can't think of another actor who has that quality.

[quote] Diane is great but Woody Allen is disgusting, come on now.

She believed him and she followed her conscience. She didn’t denounce a friend to avoid criticism like so many.

[quote]The totally unnecessary detail of you scrolling all the way to the end of the thread.

Not to mention that scrolling all the way to the end of a thread is itself unnecessary. The toolbar at the bottom will take you there instantly.

Woody Allen probably didn’t molest Dylan.

The obvious giveaway is that Allen rarely featured children in his films. Hollywood pedophiles usually surround themselves with children (Dan Schneider, etc). Allen never lived with Farrow, despite the opportunity that being around multiple children would have appealed to an actual pedophile.

The other thing that is rarely mentioned is that during vicious custody battles, mothers falsely accusing fathers of abusing the children to prevent them from getting custody is not uncommon. Dylan most likely believes she was molested, because that’s what she’s been told all her life by her mother. The story about being taken up into the attic and being molested evokes Dory Previn’s “In the Attic With Daddy”, which was on the other side of the record of the song she wrote about Mia stealing her husband, “Beware of Young Girls.” Additionally, Mia’s own brother is a convicted pedophile.

Never forget that after the child abuse investigation, Mia still planned on making Manhattan Murder Mystery and actually went to the costume fitting.

I read the nanny’s book and Dylan was most distraught at the time (repeating ’My poor, poor mother’) because her mother would no longer be featured in Woody Allen’s movies. Mia’s enviable role as Allen’s muse extended her career far past the shelf life of many actresses in Hollywood, and Mia used to boast to her children that all the other actresses in Hollywood were jealous of her.

Loved her in Annie Hall, Baby Boom and Manhattan Murder Mystery.

If Woody has a conscience (maybe yes, maybe no), this must sadden him.

^ That didn't make sense. I meant to say, if Woody is sentimental, this must sadden him.

(The word conscience came to mind as I wrote because of the posts previous to mine.)

R243 very perceptive. It would explain the suddenness after appearing publicly so recently. Diane certainly would have chosen assisted suicide given the impact her own mother’s own decline due to dementia.

Keaton’s uniqueness can likely be tied to neurodivergence (females are believed to adapt better to it than males and may merely be branded as eccentric or quirky). Neurodivergence is highly hereditary (Keaton’s mother likely had it, as does her brother who has a more debilitating version) and neurodivergence is very closely linked to dementia in old age. I am neurodivergent myself and have thought about what I would do if faced with a diagnosis in my autumnal years, and assisted suicide seems the most rational and compassionate solution for myself.

I can see Keaton receiving the diagnosis, and using the past few months to get her affairs in order and chose to exit on her own terms.

R265

Such an interesting comparison! I wouldn’t have connected the two in my brain but I think you’re right.

Good night

One of the last photos April 11

[quote]The obvious giveaway is that Allen rarely featured children in his films.

[quote] I can see Keaton receiving the diagnosis, and using the past few months to get her affairs in order and chose to exit on her own terms.

It’s a very depressing notion but I can imagine it.

Steve Martin, whom she starred alongside in 1991’s Father of the Bride, shared a clip of a 2021 interview she did with Martin Short for Interview magazine, in which Short asks Keaton, “Who’s sexier, me or Steve Martin?,” and Keaton replies, “I mean, you’re both idiots.” Martin captioned the post: “Don’t know who first posted this, but it sums up our delightful relationship with Diane.”

aw!!

She had me at black soap

Predictions for the next two celebrity deaths- Barbara Hershey and Stockard Channing.

She and Warren should had done the sequel to Reds - Pinkos.

I follow a great Insta account @elderordonez1, Elder Ordonez, who is a paparazzi photographer. He posted a photo of Diane that he took in 2014. She's not wearing gloves. You can readily see why she so often wore gloves. Sorry not to link. I'm a hopeless idiot.

Anyway, it's a great Insta account that could inspire an ongoing DL thread.

R243 that’s what I thought given the short window from dementia rumors to her death

Mia has agreed to join the gals for Book Club 3 -as Diane's estranged daughter.

Mia is bitch.

My favorite performance of hers for me is in "Looking for Mr. Goodbar."

It was brave, unvarnished, and raw. She didn't talk about that movie much, but I think it was iconic.

what movie is la-dee-dah from?

Annie Hall

Marshall Brickman accepting the oscar for Annie Hall; he also died recently. In his speech, he thanks "Keaton." ... Diane, that is.

It should be ME in Book Club 3. Mia is bitch!

r122, no it's JW.

Her house that Pinterest built was on the market or sold earlier in the year.

Cool house but hate "words on the wall"

[quote] Diane is great but Woody Allen is disgusting, come on now.

Has anyone but the very off Mia Farrow family leveled the allegations against Woody? And no, he was never his future wife's stepfather; he never even lived in the same household with her when she was a minor. I've always been on team Woody.

r299, it's pretty well known in the film industry that Diane suffered from eczema, and that's why she wore gloves most times.

Diane had skin cancer staring in her 20s, and she covered up because of that.

[quote]Diane Keaton maintained a mostly private life before her passing.

[quote]While the Something's Gotta Give actress—who died in California at age 79, according to a family rep—didn't publicly disclose any major health issues in her final months, she had previously been open about how she struggled with cancer and bulimia throughout her life.

[quote]In fact, her signature hats were about more than just fashion—she took her sun protection seriously after being diagnosed with skin cancer at age 21.

[quote]“It’s a family history,” she told the Los Angeles Times in 2015. “I remember my Auntie Martha had skin cancer so bad they removed her nose. My father had basal skin cancer and my brother had it. It’s tricky with this skin cancer. That’s why you’ve got to put the sunblock on.”

[quote]But Keaton—whose cause of death has not been shared—didn't start taking care of her skin until later in life.

[quote] Back in my 20s I didn’t pay attention much,” she admitted. “I didn’t research and didn’t really care and that was stupid because it’s dogged me my entire adult life, even recently. I didn’t start sun care until my 40s.”

[quote]Still, after battling basal cell carcinoma in her 20s, she was diagnosed with squamous cell cancer decades later, which took two surgeries to remove, per the Times.

Da da da da da da da da da da

NOXZEMA

I found that E Online article fucking weird as she likely did not die of skin cancer or Bulimia- It was pure clickbait-

Thanks everyone for these cool links like the one to the photographer above-

Andy Garcia posted some beautiful photos of Diane that he took during the making of Godfather Part 3- They are lovely..

I am also in the camp that Woody did not molest his daughter, and as much as I like Mia- you can tell she is a little nuts and was driven to madness by his betrayal with her daughter--

And so random- HOW THE FUCK is SARAH PAULSON connected with all of these amazing older actresses? I have never understood her appeal and success- nor her connections to such A list talent. (I just saw a NY Post article) of her outside crying in front of Diane's house- I guess they were dear friends..

God bless this lady. Never has "special" or "one of a kind" been more appropriate and more deserved. And a truly underrated actress.

[quote] I am also in the camp that Woody did not molest his daughter

Just needed to add that Soon-Yi was never Woody's daughter, step or otherwise.

Agree with you, R316.

Same here, R311.

I trust Soon-Yi. She says Mia is a bitch.

Woody was hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein AFTER he was a registered sex offender...weird that some people will go after other celebrities for partying with Epstein but Woody gets a free pass

Link please r320

[quote] I found that E Online article fucking weird as she likely did not die of skin cancer or Bulimia- It was pure clickbait-

It doesn't say she died of skin cancer or bulimia.

It brings up her "struggles"- It was pure clickbait and totally random in my opinion- It was sensationalized trash. Just my opinion..

R292 sixteen year old Mariel Hemingway is far different from the prepubescent minor that Mia is accusing him of molesting, but you know that

R282, I think Carrie Coon is also an actor who’s only believable in contemporary roles. I can’t stand her in The Gilded Age and adore her in everything else. I didn’t think Keaton was believable in Reds. She was just OK in The Godfather films.

The Woody freaks have arrived.

This is Diane's thread. Keep Chester the molester out of it, please.

You don't own me.

R325- The Nest. Carrie is amazing-

R288 Keaton’s uniqueness can likely be tied to neurodivergence (females are believed to adapt better to it than males and may merely be branded as eccentric or quirky).

Wow. I really want to look in this. I wonder if gay/queer men also have a better handle on it, and therefore are able to navigate social situations better. I’m bisexual and increasingly suspect I may be neurodivergent.

R285 wow, you laid that all the way down. And you know what. You’ve convinced me. He’s just a weird eccentric, who probably shouldn’t have taken it there with his wife’s now adult adopted child. But love is unpredictable and happens in mysterious ways. He is no pedophile though.

[quote] This is Diane's thread. Keep Chester the molester out of it, please.

If you think Woody's a molester, how can you be pro-Diane, who stood by him? You (& I) wouldn't stand by any celebrity who stood by Trump.

Viola is going full Florida Evans in her Instagram post.

Hopefully, no glass bowls are nearby.

[quote]No!! No!!! No!! God, not yet, NO!!! Man… you defined womanhood. The pathos, humor, levity, your ever-present youthfulness and vulnerability — you tattooed your SOUL into every role, making it impossible to imagine anyone else inhabiting them. You were undeniably, unapologetically YOU!!! Loved you. Man… rest well. God bless your family, and I know angels are flying you home. 💔💔💔

R332. Wow V. I guess Keaton took up not just space but the entire universe. Bravo.

Bitch stole all my parts.

Viola's insistence on the spotlight at all times is hilarious.

R332 Viola has to weigh in with her histrionics when any white celebrity dies. Wonder if she will do the exact same when Angela Bassett or Alfre Woodard dies?

R336 Well she said one white man merely took up space, so maybe she is overcompensating for that disrespect.

Woody and Soon-Yi have been married for almost thirty years, something Mia never came near.

This must really frost her ass.

[quote]Al Pacino is now the only living cast member of the core cast from Godfather 1.

DeNiro is still very much alive.

godfather ii r339

DeNiro was not in Godfather I, r339. He was in Godfather II.

R339 I see somebody has watched that TCM special where they combined the films into one long epic, too many times. DeNiro was not in Godfather 1.

Woody and Soon-Yi have been married for almost thirty year...This must really frost her ass.

R338 - You just know Soon-Yi would take him for everything has in a divorce.

Here's the Insta account that r299 was talking about.

Mia is still bitch.

I can’t help but think these people don’t know as much about Diane Keaton as they think they do. Do they really think she would stand by someone who she thought molested a child just because she liked them and they helped her career?

This is performative bullshit. These loons will drag anybody to look virtuous.

Consider the "national" source r346.

I say nothing more.

[quote]you tattooed your SOUL into every role

The Oscar show where Diane won for AH was the very first Academy Awards I ever watched in 1978 at age 11.

I remember it started later than it does today - 10 pm ET - and lasted until after 1 am. Mom went to bed long before but Dad let me stay up to the end watching with me.

A few hours later, at school (6th grade), Mr. R. couldn't believe that a few of us were up that late viewing to the very end.

That show was the 50th Oscars. It hard to believe that almost another 50 have taken place since.

Seems like old times - miss you, Dad.

"Do they really think she would stand by someone who she thought molested a child just because she liked them and they helped her career?"

Well Woody Allen was hanging out with Jeffrey Epstein knowing he had abused young girls

R349 Janet Gaynor presented best actress that year!

It’s really a shame that Diane won’t be able to present that award at the 100th ceremony.

[quote] She was just OK in The Godfather films.

Diame Keaton is excellent in the scene of The Godfather where Michael tells her at the wedding what sort of person his father is and she watches and reacts silently.

For someone so big and bold in persona, Francis Ford Coppola always writes personal, generous and humble remembrances of his deceased friends and colleagues. His tribute to Diane is no exception:

[quote] Words can't express the wonder and talent of Diane Keaton. Endlessly intelligent, so beautiful. From her earliest performances in "Hair" and throughout her amazing career, she was an extraordinary actor. I saw her in the film "Lovers and Other Strangers" and knew I had to have her play Kay in The Godfather, (which she told me she based on my wife Ellie) and her wonderful work in "Annie Hall" while simultaneously setting a new fashion trend. Everything about Diane was creativity personified.

I was 19, r349.

R350 Diane didn’t hang out with Epstein so put the straw man down, Mia.

Exactly. I don’t think Allen has done himself any favors since the scandal but if anyone thinks Mia Farrow had anything but bad intentions, I would suggest they go over the case again.

I’m not saying she shouldn’t have been upset. He cheated on her with her own daughter —then married her daughter. I just think if you look at how things unfolded and the conclusion the authorities came to you won’t be so eager to lock him up and throw away the key r350.

Deep dive, linked below for anyone who cares.

"I should've made love to you more often, even once."

She was great in Love and Death (1975)

Diane had a Kate Hepburn quality in her originality.

From TMZ:

[quote] Diane Keaton was taken away from her Los Angeles-area home Saturday by ambulance and died...and the dispatch audio to the fire department reveals a "person down." TMZ obtained the 911 audio from the call to service at Diane's house and you hear "Rescue 19, person down" before the dispatcher says her address.

Sounds like something sudden. A heart attack, perhaps?