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TMZ is reporting that there's a Tony Scott suicide video being shopped around and, with evident pride, the Internet's leading gossip sight says that they totally wanted no part of it. Way to take a stand.
After the family of Tony Scott denied an ABC News report that the director, who committed suicide on Sunday, had inoperable brain cancer, the pile-on by media reporters has been fierce and unyielding.
A summary of the best reads found behind the paywall of The New York Times.
Tony Scott, famous for directing action-packed summer blockbusters like Top Gun and Unstoppable — and the brother of fellow director Ridley Scott — died on Sunday after jumping from a bridge in Los Angeles in an apparent suicide.
Also in film and TV: Ridley and Tony Scott take to diamond trading
Plus: Another day, another questionable remake from a Scott brother
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