Dear Robert Freud Bastin: I never really met Gene Hackman, but I was at a press conference where he was getting interviewed, and I was close to him and saw how he spoke to people and carried himself.

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Kathleen Kennedy, shown in 2024, is reportedly set to step down as president of San Francisco-based Lucasfilm. Photo: Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney Kathleen Kennedy, the legendary producer who ...