UPDATE: Philip Seymour Hoffman Dead At 46 Of Apparent Overdose

Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman has died. He was 46. According to NYPD, Hoffman was discovered Sunday morning in his Manhattan home after suffering an apparent drug overdose. Police were called to the scene by a friend who found Hoffman dead in the bathroom of the apartment this morning around 11:30 AM. An autopsy will be performed and results could take a few weeks.
Hoffman won the Oscar for Best Actor for 2005′s Capote and was thrice-nominated for Best Supporting Actor, including a nod for 2012′s The Master. Hoffman’s sudden death puts the fate of a number of his upcoming projects into question. Just last month he was in Park City for the Sundance premieres of God’s Pocket and A Most Wanted Man. Hoffman, who had segued into directing with his debut Jack Goes Boating, had just signed on to direct his second feature Ezekiel Moss with Jake Gyllenhaal and Amy Adams attached to star. In January, Showtime comedy pilot Happyish starring Hoffman was picked up to series with a 10-episode order. And Hoffman, who played the crucial character of Plutarch Heavensbee in Lionsgate/Summit’s 2013 blockbuster The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, was set to reprise the role in the two-part franchise sequels The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 & 2. That role may need to be recast or re-configured if ... Read More »

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