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ALSO, RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAME OF JUDE LAW: Anthony Minghella, whose films include Cold Mountain, The English Patient, and The Talented Mr. Ripley, has died. I wasn't the biggest fan of Minghella's filmmaking, which was often far more pretentious than it needed to be, but he unquestionably made lush films with tremendous attention to detail and craft--something that's all too often missing in a world where Scary Movie has generated approximately 14 sequels/spin-offs/rip-offs. His final project, the pilot for HBO's adaptation of The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, will air later this year.