Virginia Elizabeth "Geena" Davis  is an actress, film producer, writer, former fashion model, and a women’s Olympics archery team semi-finalist. She is known for her roles in The Fly (1986), Beetlejuice (1988), Thelma & Louise (1991), and The Accidental Tourist (1988), for which she won the 1988 Academy Award for Best Actress. In 2004, she won the Golden Globe award for Best Actress in a Television Series Drama for her role in Commander in Chief on ABC (2005 – 2006).

                          Geena Davis as Veronica in The Fly

     
     Geena with her 1988 Academy Award for Best Supporting  Actress

Steven Spielberg, director, screenwriter, and film producer
won the Academy Award for Best Director for Schindler’s
List (1993) and Saving Private Ryan (1998).

The 1971 made for TV movie was Spielberg’s directorial debut.

                                JAWS (1975)

             
                                    (1993)                    

 
Italian film producer Dino DeLaurentiis has died today. He was the
man who oversaw the Oscar winning film, “Serpico”(1973)and the
last film for John Wayne, “The Shootist”(1976). DeLaurentiis was
the producer of more than 500 wide-ranging films. He was 91.