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Yahoo
04-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Before Saving the Shop in ‘Tires' Season 2, Thomas Haden Church Hadn't Heard of the Show
Planes, Saddles and Automobiles. Thomas Haden Church began his acting career as the lovable airplane mechanic Lowell Mather on the beloved '90s NBC sitcom Wings. As Phil on Netflix comedy Tires season two, he's the one (gently) bossing the grease monkeys around, including his on-screen son Shane Gillis. More from The Hollywood Reporter Netflix Reveals First Look at 'Building The Band' Series, Confirms Liam Payne Guest Judge Role Netflix's Greg Peters on U.S. Tariffs, U.K. Levy Ideas, Why the Streamer Is More Sports Team Than Family 'Fixed': Genndy Tartakovsky's Long-Neutered R-Rated Dog Comedy Finally Gets Unleashed Church is happy to talk about being on both ends of the socket wrench, though really he's at his happiest relaying the cattle count on his Texas ranch. It's all good — I mostly wanted to talk about Tombstone (1993). How aware of were you? Not at all. And I had a connection with an executive at Rough House Pictures, Danny McBride's company (and a Tires production company), because I had another project that they were considering doing like three years ago — something that my partner and I had written. But I got to know this executive Brandon James, and he just reached out to me — it would have been, let's see, probably early September, because I was in London all last summer shooting a film for Netflix. And Brandon reached out to me, and he said, 'Hey, you know, we're doing this show Tires, and we're ramping up for the second season. Would you be interested in playing Shane Gillis' dad?' I knew who Shane was. I thought Shane was hilarious. And so they sent me some scripts and asked me to watch the show, which I did, and I really, really liked it. I really liked the chemistry. I read the scripts and then I jumped on a call with John McKeever and Steve Gerben — two of the guys that created the show with Shane — and we just had a great first meeting. And they just straight-out said, 'Look, dude, if it's going to be you, then we want to build the character of Phil with you — and Shane, obviously — but we all want to do it with you. Not for you, with you.' It was of the highest order of collaboration. I got there two weeks in advance, and every time they had a script meeting, I was there just pitching ideas and listening and really just becoming a cohesive gear in the machine. You came in for season two as Shane's dad, Phil. You dress great, you look great, you buy out Valley Forge Automotive to keep your son and nephew employed — how rich is Phil? He's got the kind of money where he can just show up and be like, 'I want to open half-a-dozen mattress stores, and I want you to manage them.' He's that guy. What was your response when you found out shoots in Westchester, Pennsylvania? That was absolutely a major attractant. I did (HBO's) Divorce for three seasons, but it felt like more than that. I lived in New York for the three seasons that we did, and I vowed that I would never do another TV series in New York. Of course, now that I've said that, it's out in the ether. Now I'm gonna get approached to do a series in New York. But I lived in L.A. for 12 years, and I did two television series in New York. Not terribly long after that, I just moved to Texas and I've been living [there] full time for 24 years now. I sold my house in L.A. in like 2001-2002 and just never looked back. You went back home. Yeah. The very first morning I was in L.A., there was like a 6.0 earthquake, and I was like, 'This is not for me.' As soon as I started working and making money, I almost immediately bought a home in Texas. I had a place in Austin for several years in the '90s, and then I sold that place and bought my ranch out here— we live about an hour from San Antonio, and then my ranch is about 90 minutes, give or take, from San Antonio. It's home. We grew up hunting with my dad, and the very first season of Wings, one of my brothers — who's an attorney in Dallas — was like, 'Do you ever think about deer hunting again?' And I was like, 'Yeah!' He said, 'Why don't we find a place to hunt?' And so we did. We found a ranch to hunt on that's about 20 miles from where I'm sitting right now — that was 35 years ago. And whenever I started hunting again, it just reignited my lifelong dream of owning a real cattle ranch and being a real cattle rancher. And I have been for 26 years. I've kind of downsized because I'm getting older, but I don't know, 10-15 years ago, we had about 400 head, which still not a big operation, but big enough that we were making money at it. You're a real cowboy, like your character Billy Clanton in . It wasn't easy to make that jump from TV in the '90s — especially for the guy who played Lowell — how did that come about? So, in the spring of '93 wings, Northern Exposure, Beverly Hills, 90210 and China Beach were all very popular shows, and when Tombstone was casting. The Disney execs apparently sent down to the producers and the writer/director some kind of a note that they wanted the movie to cast some television actors, and that's what they did. And they cast John Corbett (Northern Exposure), they cast Jason Priestley (Beverly Hills, 90210), myself (Wings), and Dana Delany (China Beach), and that's how I got into my first film. Well, I say Tombstone was my first film, but I had done a TV movie. It wasn't supposed to be a TV movie, but it ended up being a TV movie. I was working with Sam on (the TV movie) and we really hit it off. We were shooting one night, and I had gone in and met with with the [Tombstone] screenwriter Kevin Jarre and the director (George P. Cosmatos). It was just a meeting, it wasn't even an audition. We just talked about the Civil War, because I loved Glory (1989), which he wrote, and the Old West, because I'm kind of a little bit of an Old West history guy. Then I had to go back out to Palm Springs where we were shooting (the TV movie). That night — we were doing some night work — and Sam and I were standing there, and Sam goes, 'May need to get ya on the back of a horse.' I didn't get it. Again he said, 'May need to get ya on the back of a horse.' 'Oh, shit!' I got it. (Sam Elliott voice) 'Congratulations, Thomas, you deserve it.' And let me tell you something, I went to cowboy school on the back of Sam Elliott. Sam immediately got me with a wrangler friend of his who lived out there in the desert, and I started— every spare minute I had while I was shooting another movie, I would go out riding with this wrangler friend of Sam's. Then after I finished shooting that, Sam had a really good friend in West Texas who had a big ranch, and Sam, he literally told me, goes, 'You're going to go out there and you're going to work as a cowboy for them, because they're doing their their spring roundup — they're marking calves.' And that's what I did. I went out to cowboy on this huge ranch for a month, and then, literally, the day I finished, I drove back to Dallas, and I flew directly from Dallas to Tucson and went to work on Tombstone. When I showed up, I was pretty seasoned in the saddle. But we didn't do a lot of riding in Tombstone, that was always a little bit of a disappointment to me — because we were cowboys. This conversation has been lightly edited and condensed for clarity. 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Los Angeles Times
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
A ‘Tombstone' tribute to Val Kilmer, plus the week's best movies in L.A.
Hello! I'm Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. Opening this weekend and winner of the Waldo Salt Screenwriting Award at this year's Sundance Film Festival, 'Sorry, Baby' is the feature film debut for writer, director and actor Eva Victor. Personally, it's among my favorite films of the year for its complex mix of comedy and drama, offbeat whimsy and deep vulnerability. (I'd previously called it 'fresh, inventive and invigorating' and that still feels right to me.) The story tells some five years in the life of Agnes (Victor), a teacher at a small East Coast college attempting to move forward following a traumatic event. In her review for the paper, Katie Walsh called the film 'a movie that lingers,' attributing that to 'the profound and nuanced honesty Victor extracts from each moment.' I spoke to Victor about the process of making the film. The story is rooted in Victor's own experiences, so every stage, from writing to production to bringing it to audiences, has had its own nuances and contours. 'It's a very personal film for a lot of people and there's a sadness to that because it's a community of people who have experienced things that they shouldn't have had to,' says Victor. 'It's life-affirming for me to know that I wrote the film in a leap-of-faith way to be like: 'Is anyone else feeling like this?' And it's nice to know that there are people who are understanding what that is.' On Saturday, the Academy Museum will screen the world premiere of a 4K restoration of 1993's 'Tombstone' as a tribute to actor Val Kilmer. Directed by George P. Cosmatos, the film tells the legendary story of the shootout at the O.K. Corral, which has become one of the foundational myths of the American western. Kilmer stars as Doc Holliday, who comes to the aid of his friend, retired lawman Wyatt Earp (Kurt Russell). The cast also includes Bill Paxton, Sam Elliott, Powers Boothe, Michael Biehn, Charlton Heston, Jason Priestley and Dana Delany. The role was a special one for Kilmer, who titled his memoir 'I'm Your Huckleberry' after a line in the movie. In his original review of the film, Peter Rainer declared the film the latest of the then-in-vogue 'designer Westerns' and highlighted Kilmer's turn, writing, 'Val Kilmer's Holliday is classic camp performance, although it may not have started out that way. His Southern drawl sounds like a languorous cross between early Brando and Mr. Blackwell. Stricken with tuberculosis, his eyes red-rimmed, Doc coughs delicately and matches Ringo line for line in Latin. He also shoots straighter than anyone else in the movie — his powers of recuperation make Rasputin seem like a pushover.' The film will also be playing on July 26 at Vidiots. Winner of three prizes at the 2024 Venice Film Festival, 'Familiar Touch' is the narrative feature debut of writer-director Sarah Friedland. The sensitive and compassionate story follows Ruth (Kathleen Chalfant), an 80-something retired cook, as she settles into an assisted-living facility while grappling with memory loss. Friedland and Chalfant will be at select showings throughout the weekend for Q&As. In his review of the movie, Robert Abele wrote, 'The mystery of Ruth's mindfulness — which ebbs and flows — is at the core of Chalfant's brilliant, award-worthy performance. Hers is a virtuosity that doesn't ask for pity or applause or even link arms with the stricken-but-defiant disease-playing headliners who have gone before her. Chalfant's Ruth is merely, momentously human: an older woman in need, but no less expressive of life's fullness because of it.' Esther Zuckerman spoke to Friedland about shooting the film at Pasadena's Villa Gardens retirement community in collaboration with staff and residents. The production held a five-week filmmaking workshop, involving the residents as background actors and production assistants. 'It came a lot from the anti-ageist ideas of the project,' Friedland says. 'If we're going to make this film the character study of an older woman that sees older adults as valuable and talented and capacious, let's engage their capaciousness and their creativity on all sides of production.' Tsui Hark's 'Shanghai Blues' in 4K Though he is best known to American audiences for his action movies, Hong Kong director Tsui Hark has been versatile in many other genres. Now getting a new 4K restoration from the original negative for its 40th anniversary is Tsui's 1984 screwball romantic comedy 'Shanghai Blues.' Opening in 1937 Shanghai, the story concerns an aspiring musician, Do-Re-Mi (Kenny Bee), and a woman, Shu-Shu (Sylvia Chang), who, after a chance encounter, vow to meet again in the same spot after the war. Leaping forward to peacetime a decade later, the two find themselves living in the same building without realizing it, as he becomes involved with her roommate (Sally Yeh). The film will be playing at the American Cinematheque at the Los Feliz 3 on Fri., Tues. and Sat., July 5. It will also play multiple Laemmle locations on Weds. And expect more on Hong Kong cinema later this summer when Beyond Fest launches a series of new restorations of such classics as 'Hard Boiled,' 'The Killer' and Hark's 1986 'Peking Opera Blues.' 'Much Ado About Nothing' On Monday, Vidiots will screen Kenneth Branagh's 1993 adaptation of Shakespeare's 'Much Ado About Nothing.' About a bunch of incredibly good-looking people having a great time in the Italian countryside, the film stars Branagh, Emma Thompson, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Keaton, Robert Sean Leonard, Keanu Reeves and Denzel Washington. Branagh and Thompson were married in real life at the time, and in his original review of the film, Kenneth Turan wrote, 'Actors as well as athletes have a prime of life, a time when everything they touch seems a miracle. And the crowning pleasure of watching Emma Thompson and Kenneth Branagh in this rollicking version of 'Much Ado About Nothing' is the way it allows us to share in that state of special grace, to watch the English-speaking world's reigning acting couple perform at the top of their game. … Seeing them beautifully play off each other is an enormous pleasure for lovers of the romance of language as well as fanciers of romantic love.' 'The Spirit of '76' live commentary On Thursday, July 3, as part of the 7th House screening series at the Philosophical Research Society, there will be a screening of 1990's 'The Spirit of '76' featuring a live commentary by stars Jeff and Steven McDonald of the band Redd Kross. The film is something of a singular object: a loving satire of the 1970s made from the perspective of the burgeoning '90s, written and directed by Lucas Reiner, with a co-story credit to Roman Coppola, costumes designed by Sofia Coppola and a cast that includes David Cassidy, Leif Garrett, Olivia d'Abo, Don Novello, Rob Reiner, Carl Reiner and Devo. From the extremely drab future of 2176, three adventurers are sent back in time to July 4, 1776 but mistakenly land in the year 1976. They meet two teenagers (the McDonald brothers) who help them navigate the present and find their way back to their own time. In his original review of the film, Kevin Thomas did not catch the vibes, as he wrote, 'Movies do not get more inane than 'The Spirit of '76' … You have to wonder how this film ever got made, let alone released.' Jerry Bruckheimer is still revved up Among the big releases this weekend is Joseph Kosinski's racing drama 'F1,' starring Brad Pitt and Damson Idris. The film reunited Kosinski with screenwriter Ehren Kruger and producer Jerry Bruckheimer following their huge success with 'Top Gun: Maverick.' Josh Rottenberg spoke to the 81-year-old Bruckheimer about his legendary career working on movies such as 'Beverly Hills Cop,' 'Bad Boys,' 'Armageddon' and countless more, making sleek commercial pictures that have been defining the Hollywood blockbuster for decades. 'It's changed a lot,' Bruckheimer says of the movie business. 'Streaming hit a lot of places hard. They spent too much money and now they've got problems with that. Some of the studios aren't healthy. But the business, if you do it right, is healthy.' Bruckheimer is not one of the doomsayers foretelling the end of movies. 'I've been doing this over 50 years and that doom has been there every time a new technology shows up,' he says. 'And yet, look at what's happened. Look at 'Minecraft.' Look at 'Sinners.' Look at 'Lilo & Stitch.' If you do it right, people show up.'
Calgary Herald
18-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
14 notable deaths in the first half of 2025
Article content The year may only be half over, but already the list of notable people who have passed away in 2025 is significant. Here's a look at some of the well-known people and celebrities who died in the first half of 2025. Article content Michelle Trachtenberg: This Gossip Girl and Harriet the Spy actress passed away at age 39, from complications related to diabetes on Feb. 26. Val Kilmer: An acclaimed acting talent, Kilmer was lauded for his roles in movies such as The Doors, Tombstone and Top Gun, before passing away at age 65 of pneumonia on April 1. Wayne Osmond: The second oldest brother in the pop singing sensation Osmond Brothers, Wayne Osmond was also known for his musical prowess, playing eight instruments while in the group. He suffered a stroke on Jan. 1 and died at age 73. George Foreman: Foreman — a world heavyweight boxing champ, Olympic gold medallist and creator of the infamous George Foreman Grill — was 76 when he died on March 21. George Wendt: Nominated six times for an Emmy for his role of Norm on the TV show Cheers, Wendt died of cardiac arrest May 20 at age 76. Marianne Faithfull: A leading female singer who was part of the British invasion of the 1960s, Faithfull was 78 when she died Jan. 30. David Lynch: A renowned director, writer and multiple-Oscar nominee for films including The Elephant Man, Lynch was 78 when he died Jan. 16, suffering from emphysema complications. Sly Stone: At age 82, Stone — the musical genius behind Sly and the Family Stone — passed away June 9, after battling chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and other health problems. Brian Wilson: A co-founder of the Beach Boys and pop music icon, Wilson was 82 when he died of an undisclosed illness on June 9. Loretta Swit: The Emmy-winning Swit, known for her Margaret 'Hot Lips' Houlihan role on M*A*S*H, died May 30 at age 87 of still-unannounced natural causes. Pope Francis: The head of the Catholic Church, Argentina-born Pope Francis, became revered for his moderate approach and accepting nature before dying April 21 at age 88. Roberta Flack: This Grammy-winning Killing Me Softly with His Song songstress died Feb. 24 of cardiac arrest at age 88. Richard Chamberlain: The Emmy-nominated actor, known for roles in Dr. Kildare and The Thorn Birds, died at age 90 on March 30 after suffering a stroke. Gene Hackman: One of Hollywood's great actors, Hackman won two Oscars (for the French Connection and Unforgiven) and received a myriad of other awards before dying Feb. 26 at age 95 of heart disease.
Yahoo
13-06-2025
- General
- Yahoo
Review: Tombstone's French Fry Style Crust Pizzas Are The Ultimate Hybrid Comfort Food
Frozen pizza is the pinnacle of convenient American fare. The products typically promise restaurant-level quality for a fraction of the price, but we all know that this promise is rarely delivered upon. Honestly, most frozen pizzas should be avoided at all costs. The crust is usually too soft and doughy, the toppings are often low-quality and few and far between, and don't even get me started on the rubbery, plastic-tasting cheese. I'm of the belief that these sad frozen pies are often the product of a boring lineup. Most of these issues befall this convenient dinner option because few companies dare to venture past the norm — beyond the standard not-quite-thick but not-super-thin crust, typical toppings, and mediocre cheese. Enter Tombstone, a major player in America's frozen pizza scene, here to alleviate some of our boring pizza woes with its new French Fry Style Crust Pizzas. These pies are jazzing up the frozen aisle by combining two of the country's favorite foods into one quick and satisfying creation. I got my hands on the two available varieties of Tombstone's new pizzas — Chili Cheese and Loaded Bacon Cheddar — to give them a taste and see what all the comfort food fuss is about. So, let's open our minds and our stomachs and figure out whether french fries and pizza are a worthy combo, or if fries should stick with burgers as their sole companion. Some recommendations are based on firsthand impressions of promotional materials and products provided by the manufacturer. Read more: 12 Frozen Lasagnas, Ranked Worst To Best Tombstone's new pizzas are designed to be the ultimate bar food. Although they look like any old pizza you'd find in the freezer section of the grocery store, they have one specific element that separates them from the rest: Instead of being made with a wheat crust, the crusts are made from potato-based starch and potato flakes, for a bite that should feel and taste like a pile of crispy french fries loaded with toppings. Since they're made with potato in lieu of wheat, these Franken-foods are suitable for those who follow a gluten-free diet, although they'll likely capture the attention of any and all pub fare fans. The thin-crust pies come in two distinct varieties intended to bring some bold, unconventional flavor to the dinner table. Loaded Bacon Cheddar is cheese-forward, with melty cheddar sauce and extra shredded mozzarella and cheddar cheese on top. The meat is a surprisingly artisanal mixture of bacon and pork belly — not the cheap bacon bits that typically don frozen pizza. The Chili Cheese variety loads the potatoey crust up with hamburger meat and chili cheese sauce, chunky red onion, parsley, and plenty of cheddar and mozzarella, for good measure. Tombstone makes good on its spooky name by acting as the unofficial pizza for Halloween. To keep with the theme, the brand is unveiling its French Fry Style Crust Pizzas on Friday — erm, that's Fry-Day, according to Tombstone — the 13th of June, 2025. We normally celebrate this day by getting tattoos and watching a classic horror flick, but maybe Tombstone's frozen Franken-food will unlock a new (unexpected) holiday tradition. Come July, both of the potato-powered pizza flavors can be found at Walmart and other big-box stores and supermarkets around the country. They'll cost about $6.49 a pop, but this price can vary slightly depending on where you snag your 'za from. So, as soon as July hits, keep an eye on your local freezer section for bold packaging with a nostalgic neon, bar-themed aesthetic. These pizzas likely won't be hiding among all the common options — they'll be screaming about extra-cheesy, meaty, french fry-y goodness. First, I tried the pie with hamburger meat, onions, loads of cheese, and chili cheese sauce. This gluten free 'za contains 15 grams of fat (8 grams of which are saturated fat) 630 milligrams of sodium, 39 grams of carbs, and 9 grams of protein, and 350 calories per one fourth of the pizza. The package recommended cooking it for at least 20 minutes, but I ended up pulling it out about a minute sooner because the edges were starting to turn dark and the cheese was perfectly golden brown. The underside of the pie could have been browner and crispier, even though I skipped the baking sheet and cooked it directly on the oven rack. But if I had left it in any longer, the cheese and edges would have been burned, so I had a bit of pizza conundrum on my hands. Despite the bottom of the pie being a little too soft for my liking, the crust was still delicious, and not gritty whatsoever, like other GF frozen pizzas often are. The french fry taste was subtle at first but really hit me after a couple bites. The most prominent flavor, however, was the chili cheese sauce. It had just the right amount of peppery spice and a hint of sweetness, although it could have been a little less salty. The meat and onions were plentiful, surprisingly high-quality, and scattered evenly throughout the pizza, adding a bold umami flavor to the slightly sweet, spicy sauce. There was a tiny hint of fresh-tasting parsley, but I would have liked a bit more to help tame some of the saltiness in the meat and sauce and give the pie a more complex flavor. The Loaded Bacon Cheddar pie — with a bacon and pork belly blend doused in plenty of cheese — was my favorite of the two, but it was a close race. It contains 18 grams of fat (9 grams of which are saturated fat), 780 milligrams of sodium, 38 grams of carbs, 11 grams of protein, and 350 calories per quarter-pizza. The uneven baking issue that I encountered with the Chili Cheese variety also befell this pie, so I pulled it out about a minute before the recommended time of 20 to 22 minutes. The Loaded Bacon Cheddar pizza had a nostalgic quality that immediately brought to mind TGI Friday's famous loaded potato skins. It didn't have as sharp a flavor as the Chili Cheese — it was more mild and meat-forward, with crunchy bits of pork blending with plenty of mozzarella and cheddar for a rich, satisfying bite. This pie had the perfect amount of meat for enough in each bite, but not so much that the thin crust was weighed down. The crust (the star of this frozen pizza show) was hearty and a bit oily, but not overly so — just like a pile of hot, crispy, fresh-from-the-fryer fries. The savory potato flavor hit my palate mostly as an aftertaste, pairing perfectly with the melty cheese and indulgent meat. If you scoop up this 'za, grab some fresh herbs to sprinkle on top — this pie could have used a little greenery to add some complexity and herbaceousness. I really didn't expect the bold punch of potato, french fry-like flavor that I encountered in these pizzas. They look like standard thin-crust frozen pies, but Tombstone really delivered on the potent french fry taste, while keeping the texture firm enough to support substantial toppings. Each bite felt like chowing down on a pile of hand-held, loaded french fry nachos — what's not to love about that? The unconventional toppings make them stand out among typical frozen pies, but they're still rooted enough in the classics to be loved by most pizza fans. Most frozen gluten-free pizzas are made with cauliflower flour, and although the taste of the cruciferous veggie is usually masked by cheese and toppings, those who don't like cauliflower usually notice the flavor. These Tombstone creations could act as a delicious alternative for those cauliflower-haters among us — because who doesn't love potatoes? My only qualm with these pies was the uneven cooking, where the edges and cheese browned before the bottom, although I could potentially chalk this up to my oven and not the pie itself. Nevertheless, it might be worth it to employ a clever frozen pizza trick and flash-bake it — just like the pros do at your favorite pizzeria — in order to get the underside of the pie crispy without burning the cheese and edges. But if you're not too picky about your crust texture, Tombstone's potato-inspired pizzas — with their high-quality toppings and intense, nostalgic flavor — will whisk you away to childhood. Read the original article on Tasting Table.
Otago Daily Times
13-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Otago Daily Times
Obituary: Val Kilmer, actor
Val Kilmer films Kill Me Again in a casino in Las Vegas February 12, 1989 Las Vegas, Nevada . For some he was difficult to work with, for others he was a dedicated craftsman, but actor Val Kilmer was a performer everyone in Hollywood had an opinion on. A dedicated method actor, Kilmer's more extreme efforts at preparation included taking an ice bath before playing Doc Holliday's death from tuberculosis in Tombstone, wearing leather pants all the time and asking castmates and crew to only refer to him as "Jim" when playing Doors frontman Jim Morrison in The Doors. The Los Angeles native trained at Juilliard and quickly picked up theatre roles before making his film debut in 1984 spy spoof Top Secret! One of his more iconic roles — hotshot pilot Tom "Iceman" Kazansky opposite Tom Cruise in 1986's Top Gun — almost did not happen. Kilmer had turned the part down, but relented after the director promised his character would improve from the initial script. By the early 1990s, Kilmer had made a name for himself as a dashing leading man, but his career almost foundered on the rocks of 1995's Batman Forever — his sole turn as the Caped Crusader was much derided, something which the actor blamed on a suffocating Batsuit. Kilmer subsequently mixed arthouse and big box office films, as well as pursuing passion projects: Citizen Twain, a one-man stage show where he played author Samuel Clemens, was one notable example. A talented musician and published poet, Kilmer was also a visual artist. Val Kilmer died on April 1 aged 65. — APL/agencies
