In a statement posted on social media, the family said it was keeping the circumstances around his death private, but added that the 86-year-old was surrounded by his family and was at peace.
As the man who served as Kurt Russell's stunt driving double on Quentin Tarantino's 'Death Proof,' Buddy Joe Hooker deserves Hollywood canonization. There are few modern films featuring car stunts as impressive as those he choreographed and performed in Tarantino's imaginative, high-octane exploitation tribute.
"A self-funded film by Hunter Paull and David McMillan, produced by Hunt Cinema. A global collaborative film project showcasing like-minded crews and cultures that the journeyman David McMillan has met on his years of traveling the globe. COMING 2026" Featuring: David McMillan, Josh Bryceland, Matt Hunter, Ollie Hindley, Kade Edwards, Remy Morton, Matt Miles, Jonte Vink, Matteo Iniguez, Matt Begg,
For most big movie studios, January is a dumping ground, a dry, dead place to unload whatever cinematic leftovers they couldn't bother promoting during better attended theatrical seasons. But for director Ric Roman Waugh, January is the perfect time to have grizzled, waning action stars confront their mortality. In fact, Waugh's so fecund he's brought two movies to the box office graveyard of early 2026.
It's nice that you are asking about props, because they're not really acknowledged, says Jode Mann, a TV prop master in Los Angeles. When Mann worked on the children's comedy show Pee-wee's Playhouse in the 1980s, she got a call from its star, Paul Reubens, who said he was nominating her for an Emmy. It was only after Mann told her mother and promised to thank her if she won that Reubens called back to say he couldn't nominate her because there's no category for you.