Over-the-weekend news.

Jack Palance passed away of natural causes on Friday. Via Richard Severo in the New York Times:

Throughout his career, Mr. Palance, an imposing presence at 6 feet 4, was instantly recognizable for his rugged profile, deep-set dark eyes, high cheekbones and, when the part called for it, which was almost always, a deliciously sinister sneer. It was put to use over and over as he played crooks, murderers, maniacs, barbarians (like Attila the Hun), uncouth lovers and at least one violence-prone carrier of pneumonic plague.

When reporters asked him what he thought about most of his films, he tended to dismiss them as “garbage.” Still, his part as a homicidal husband stalking Joan Crawford in “Sudden Fear” (1952) also won him an Oscar nomination, and his role as a robber with a heart in “I Died a Thousand Times” (1955), a remake of Humphrey Bogart’s “High Sierra,” won him better reviews than the movie itself.

The AP reports that the "Borat" frat boys are suing 20th Century Fox and three production companies involving in making the film. "The young men 'engaged in behavior that they otherwise would not have engaged in,' the lawsuit says."

AFI Fest winners:

Grand Jury Prize, International Feature: "Grbavica"
Special Mention: "The Art of Crying"
Grand Jury Prize, International Documentary: "Buddha's Lost Children"
Grand Jury Prize, International Short: "Disappearing"
Special Mention: "Silence is Golden"
Audience Award, Feature: "Vitus"
Auduence Award, Documentary: "Blindsight," "Screamers"
Audience Award, Short: "Fair Trade"

David Lynch knows that for a real for your consideration campaign, you need dairy animals. Via Mark Lisanti at Defamer.

Reverse Shot has a new issue up, focus Brian De Palma. From the intro:

Welcome to Junk Art—with the emphasis squarely on the latter word—starring a director so divisive perhaps a symposium is the only way of getting at him. And with most of the pieces endlessly referencing other films in his oeuvre, this might be our most complete auteurist issue. So, step on up, horny straight boys and queer theorists, pure cinema thrill-seekers and film studies–drenched scholars, men, women, and chainsaws: this one’s for you.

+ Jack Palance, 87, Film and TV Actor, Dies (NY Times)
+ Humiliated frat boys sue 'Borat' (AP)
+ Update: David Lynch And His Favorite Cow Team Up To Drum Up Interest In 'Inland Empire' (Defamer)
+ Junk Art: Brian De Palma (Reverse Shot)