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Retrospective: October 2025 in Review

Christopher Haskell
10–16 minutes

OCTOBER 2025

The Smashing Machine

October 3rd, 2025
A24
Directed by Benny Safdie (“Uncut Gems”)
Starring Dwayne Johnson, Emily Blunt, Ryan Bader, Bas Rutten, Oleksandr Usyk
Opening Weekend Box Office: $6,000,171
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Description: The story of mixed-martial arts and UFC champion, Mark Kerr.

Oct 3, 2025The Alabama SolutionHBO DocumentaryAndrew Jarecki &
Charlotte Kaufman		Documentary
Oct 3, 2025Are We Good?UtopiaSteven FeinartzMarc Maron
Oct 3, 2025Avatar: The Way of Water
(2022 Re-Release)		20th CenturyJames CameronSam Worthington ◦ Zoe Saldaña ◦
Stephen Lang ◦ CCH Pounder ◦
Giovanni Ribisi
Oct 3, 2025Bone LakeBleecker StreetMercedes Bryce MorganMaddie Hasson
Oct 3, 2025Casper
(30th Anniversary)		UniversalBrad SilberlingChristina Ricci ◦ Bill Pullman
Oct 3, 2025CoyotesAuraColin MinihanJustin Long ◦ Kate Bosworth
Oct 3, 2025The Devil’s Rejects
(2014 Re-Release)		FathomRob ZombieSid Haig ◦ Bill Moseley ◦
Sheri Moon Zombie
Oct 3, 2025The French ItalianLevel 33Rachel WoltherAristotle Athari
Oct 3, 2025Good BoyIFC FilmsBen LeonbergIndy ◦ Shane Jensen
Oct 3, 2025The Ice TowerYellow VeilLucile HadzihalilovicMarion Cotillard
Oct 3, 2025In Waves and WarParticipantBonni Cohen & Jon ShenkDocumentary

Taylor Swift | The Official Release Party of a Showgirl

October 3rd, 2025
AMC Theatres Distribution
Directed by Taylor Swift
Opening Weekend Box Office: $34,062,774
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Description: Celebrate The Official Release Party of a Showgirl in theatres only October 3rd – 5th. See the exclusive world premiere of the music video, “The Fate of Ophelia”, along with behind-the-scenes footage from the music video shoot, brand new lyric videos, and Taylor’s never-before-seen personal reflections on songs from her 12th studio album, The Life of a Showgirl.

Oct 3, 2025Ju Dou
(35th Anniversary)		MiramaxYimou ZhangGong Li
Oct 3, 2025Killing FaithShout! StudiosNed CrowleyGuy Pearce ◦ DeWanda Wise
Oct 3, 2025The LibrariansIndependent LensKim A. SnyderDocumentary
Oct 3, 2025One Big Happy FamilyElectricMatt SohnLinda Lavin
Oct 3, 2025Orwell: 2+2=5NEONRaoul PeckDocumentary (Damian Lewis)
Oct 3, 2025The PartisanBrainstormJames MarquandMorgane Polanski
Oct 3, 2025Peas and CarrotsBlue HarborEvan OppenheimerKirrilee Berger
Oct 3, 2025Perfect Blue
(1999 Re-Release)		FathomSatoshi KonJunko Iwao
Oct 3, 2025Play DirtyAmazon MGMShane BlackMark Wahlberg ◦ LaKeith Stanfield ◦
Keegan-Michael Key ◦ Nat Wolff ◦
Thomas Jane ◦ Tony Shalhoub
Oct 3, 2025The Road Between Us:
The Ultimate Rescue		CineplexBarry AvrichSharon Fiorentino
Oct 3, 2025Roads of FireNew MountainNathaniel LezraDocumentary

Anemone

October 3rd, 2025
Focus Features
Directed by Ronan Day-Lewis
Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Sean Bean, Samantha Morton, Samuel Bottomley
Opening Weekend Box Office: $681,655
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Description: In Northern England, a man heads out on a journey into the woods to reconnect with the estranged hermit brother with whom he shared a complicated past that was altered by life-changing events decades ago.

Oct 3, 2025Scared ShitlessBlue FoxVivieno CaldinelliSteven Ogg
Oct 3, 2025ScurrySignatureLuke SparkeJamie Costa
Oct 3, 2025She Loved Blossoms MoreDark SkyYannis VeslemesSandra Abuelghanam
Oct 3, 2025ShellRepublicMax MinghellaElisabeth Moss ◦ Kate Hudson ◦
Kaia Gerber ◦ Elizabeth Berkley
Oct 3, 2025Soul Of A NationGreenwichJonathan JakubowiczDocumentary
Oct 3, 2025ThriftersMcFarlane CreativeConnor McFarlaneHondo Hendricks
Oct 3, 2025Trade SecretUntitled Film WorksAbraham JoffeDocumentary
Oct 3, 2025TrainsEPF MediaMaciej J. DrygasAndrea Bocelli
Oct 3, 2025V/H/S HalloweenShudderVariousLawson Greyson
Oct 3, 2025Viva Verdi!La MonteYvonne RussoDocumentary
Oct 3, 2025A Writer’s Odyssey 2CMC PicturesYang LuChao Deng

Tron: Ares

October 10th, 2025
Walt Disney Pictures
Directed by Joachim Rønning (“Young Woman and the Sea”)
Starring Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Jodie Turner-Smith, Hasan Minhaj, Arturo Castro, Gillian Anderson, Jeff Bridges
Opening Weekend Box Office: $33,241,433
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Description: A highly sophisticated Program, Ares, is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission.

Oct 10, 2025100 MetersGKIDSKenji IwaisawaPressly James Crosby
Oct 10, 2025After The HuntAmazon MGMLuca GuadagninoJulia Roberts ◦ Ayo Edebiri ◦
Andrew Garfield ◦ Michael Stuhlbarg ◦
Chloë Sevigny
Oct 10, 2025American SkyjackerPegaloEli Kooris &
Joshua Shaffer		Logan Spahitz
Oct 10, 2025Battle Royale
(25th Anniversary)		LionsgateKinji FukasakuTatsuya Fujiwara
Oct 10, 2025Beast Of WarWell Go USAKiah Roache-TurnerMark Coles Smith
Oct 10, 2025Broken Mary:
The Kevin Matthews Story		FathomJonathan CipitiKevin Matthews
Oct 10, 2025The Dark Crystal
(1982 Re-Release)		FathomJim Henson
& Frank Oz		Jim Henson
Oct 10, 2025Darling (60th Anniversary)EmbassyJohn SchlesingerJulie Christie
Oct 10, 2025The Dating GameFish + BearViolet Du FengHondo Hendricks
Oct 10, 2025DeathstalkerShout! StudiosSteven KostanskiDaniel Bernhardt ◦ Patton Oswalt

Roofman

October 10th, 2025
Paramount Pictures | Miramax
Directed by Derek Cianfrance (“The Place Beyond the Pines”)
Starring Channing Tatum, Kirsten Dunst, Ben Mendelsohn, LaKeith Stanfield, Juno Temple, Melonie Diaz, Uzo Aduba, Lily Collias, Jimmy O. Yang, Peter Dinklage
Opening Weekend Box Office: $8,108,861
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Description: A charismatic criminal, while on the run from the police, hides in a hidden space of a toy store. There, he adopts a new identity and becomes involved with an employee, beginning a relationship as unlikely as it is risky.

Oct 10, 2025Edgar Allan Poe’s
“The Oval Portrait”		Blue FoxAdrian LangleyLouisa Capulet
Oct 10, 2025FairylandLionsgate | WILLAAndrew DurhamEmilia Jones ◦ Scoot McNairy ◦
Geena Davis ◦ Maria Bakalova ◦
Adam Lambert
Oct 10, 2025Hello BeautifulHamzehZiad H. HamzehTarek Bishara
Oct 10, 2025A House Of DynamiteNetflixKathryn BigelowIdris Elba ◦ Rebecca Ferguson ◦
Jared Harris ◦ Tracy Letts ◦
Anthony Ramos ◦ Greta Lee ◦
Jason Clarke
Oct 10, 2025Israel Palestine on
Swedish TV 1958-1989		IcarusGöran Hugo OlssonYasser Arafat
Oct 10, 2025John Candy: I Like MeAmazon MGMColin HanksDocumentary
Oct 10, 2025Maintenance RequiredAmazon MGMLacey UhlemeyerMadelaine Petsch ◦ Katy O’Brian
Oct 10, 2025Mr. KDoppelgängerTallulah Hazekamp
Schwab		Crispin Glover
Oct 10, 2025No! You’re Wrong or;
Spooky Action at a Distance		VolcanicCrispin GloverBruce Glover
Oct 10, 2025Pistachio WarsWatermelonYasha Levine &
Rowan Wernham		Documentary

Kiss Of The Spider Woman

October 10th, 2025
Roadside Attractions
Directed by Bill Condon (“Beauty and the Beast”)
Starring Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna, Tonatiuh, Tony Dovolan, Josefina Scaglione, Bruno Bichir
Opening Weekend Box Office: $891,046
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Description: Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, convicted for public indecency. An unlikely bond forms as Molina recounts a Hollywood musical plot starring Ingrid Luna.

Oct 10, 2025ProteinBuffalo 8Tony BurkeCraig Russell
Oct 10, 2025Re-ElectionPicturehouseAdam SaundersNathalie Kelley
Oct 10, 2025The RoughneckVRCKyle RankinAustin North
Oct 10, 2025SolventFilm MovementJohannes GrenzfurthnerJon Gries
Oct 10, 2025Soul On FireAffirmSean McNamaraWilliam H. Macy ◦ John Corbett
Oct 10, 2025StayHuluJas SummersMo McRae
Oct 10, 2025There Was, There Was NotWatermelonEmily MkrtichianGayane Hambardzumyan
Oct 10, 2025Urchin1-2 SpecialHarris DickinsonFrank Dillane
Oct 10, 2025ViciousParamount+Bryan BertinoDakota Fanning
Oct 10, 2025Within the PinesBuffalo 8Paul Evans ThomasBrendan Cooney
Oct 10, 2025The Woman in Cabin 10NetflixSimon StoneKeira Knightley ◦ Guy Pearce ◦
Gugu Mbatha-Raw ◦ Kaya Scodelario ◦
Hannah Waddingham

Diane Keaton (79)

January 5, 1946 – October 11, 2025
“Annie Hall”
Academy Award Winner
Actress
(deceased)

Black Phone 2

October 17th, 2025
Universal Pictures
Directed by Scott Derrickson (“The Gorge” & “The Black Phone”)
Starring Ethan Hawke, Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, Demián Bichir
Opening Weekend Box Office: $27,332,040
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Description: As Finn, now 17, struggles with life after his captivity, his sister begins receiving calls in her dreams from the black phone and seeing disturbing visions of three boys being stalked at a winter camp known as Alpine Lake.

Oct 17, 2025After AllBrainstormKerstin KarlhuberErika Christensen
Oct 17, 2025The AstronautVerticalJess VarleyKate Mara ◦ Gabriel Luna ◦
Laurence Fishburne
Oct 17, 2025Ballad Of A Small PlayerNetflixEdward BergerColin Farrell ◦ Tilda Swinton
Oct 17, 2025Blue MoonSony ClassicsRichard LinklaterEthan Hawke ◦ Margaret Qualley ◦
Bobby Cannavale ◦ Andrew Scott
Oct 17, 2025Delivery RunSabanJoey PalmroosAlexander Arnold
Oct 17, 2025Exorcism Chronicles: The BeginningVivaKim Dong-chulChoi Han
Oct 17, 2025The Family McMullenFathomEdward BurnsTracee Ellis Ross ◦ Halston Sage
Oct 17, 2025GrowFathomJohn McPhailNick Frost

Frankenstein

October 17th, 2025
Netflix
Directed by Guillermo del Toro (“Pinocchio”)
Starring Oscar Isaac, Jacob Elordi, Mia Goth, Felix Kammerer, Lars Mikkelsen, David Bradley, Lauren Collins, Charles Dance, Christoph Waltz
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Description: A brilliant but egotistical scientist brings a creature to life in a monstrous experiment that ultimately leads to the undoing of both the creator and his tragic creation.

Oct 17, 2025If I Had Legs I’d Kick YouA24Mary BronsteinRose Byrne ◦ Conan O’Brien ◦
Christian Slater ◦ A$AP Rocky
Oct 17, 2025It Was Just An AccidentNEONJafar PanahiVahid Mobasseri
Oct 17, 2025Köln 75ZeitgeistIdo FlukSusanne Wolff
Oct 17, 2025The Last Dragon (40th Anniversary)IconicMichael SchultzTaimak
Oct 17, 2025The Man Who Saves The World?Area 23aGabe PolskyDocumentary
Oct 17, 2025The MastermindMUBIKelly ReichardtJosh O’Connor ◦ Alana Haim ◦
Hope Davis ◦ John Magaro ◦
Gaby Hoffmann ◦ Bill Camp
Oct 17, 2025The Perfect NeighborNetflixGeeta GandbhirDocumentary
Oct 17, 2025Pets On A TrainViva KidsBenoît Daffis &
Jean-Christian Tassy		Damien Ferrette

Good Fortune

October 17th, 2025
Lionsgate
Directed by Aziz Ansari
Starring Seth Rogen, Aziz Ansari, Keke Palmer, Sandra Oh, Keanu Reeves
Opening Weekend Box Office: $6,163,433
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Description: A well-meaning but rather inept angel named Gabriel meddles in the lives of a struggling gig worker and a wealthy venture capitalist.

GOOD FORTUNE
LIONSGATE 4K ULTRA HD DIGIBOOK
Release Date: Dec 09, 2025

Oct 17, 2025River Of GrassFourth ActSasha WortzelDocumentary
Oct 17, 2025Stiller & Meara: Nothing Is LostApple TV+Ben StillerDocumentary
Oct 17, 2025Trick ‘R Treat (2014 Re-Release)FathomMichael DoughertyAnna Paquin ◦ Brian Cox
Oct 17, 2025Truth & TreasonAngelMatt WhitakerEwan Horrocks
Oct 17, 2025The TwitsNetflixPhil JohnstonMargo Martindale ◦ Natalie Portman ◦
Emilia Clarke ◦ Jason Mantzoukas ◦
Alan Tudyk ◦ Nicole Byer
Oct 17, 2025Vindaction SwimFreestyleElliott HaslerKirsten Callaghan
Oct 17, 2025The WildernessDark StarSpencer KingHunter Doohan
Oct 17, 2025Wisdom Of HappinessAbramoramaPhilip Delaquis
& Barbara Miller		Documentary

Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere

October 24th, 2025
20th Century Studios
Directed by Scott Cooper (“Crazy Heart”)
Starring Jeremy Allen White. Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Stephen Graham, Odessa Young
Opening Weekend Box Office: $8,887,255
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Description: Bruce Springsteen’s journey crafting his 1982 album Nebraska, which emerged as he recorded Born in the USA with the E Street Band. Based on Warren Zanes’ book.

Oct 24, 2025Bird BoyAngelJoel SoissonTéa Leoni
Oct 24, 2025BoxcutterFilm MovementReza DahyaViphusan Vani
Oct 24, 2025Chainsaw Man:
The Movie – Reze Arc		SonyTatsuya YoshiharaKikunosuke Toya
Oct 24, 2025The Dog Bite MurdersDog BiteGregory Shoemaker
& Clint Clarkson		Keith Lopez
Oct 24, 2025Dream EaterIconicJay Drakulic,
Mallory Drumm, &
Alex Lee Williams		Robin Akimbo
Oct 24, 2025Food Delivery: Fresh from
the West Philippine Sea		Insight 360Baby Ruth VillaramaDocumentary
Oct 24, 2025The Hand That Rocks The Cradle20th CenturyMichelle Garza CerveraMary Elizabeth Winstead ◦
Maika Monroe ◦ Raúl Castillo ◦
Martin Starr
Oct 24, 2025HeddaAmazon MGMNia DaCostaTessa Thompson ◦ Imogen Poots ◦
Nina Hoss

Bugonia

October 24th, 2025
Focus Features
Directed by Yorgos Lanthimos (“Poor Things”)
Starring Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Stavros Halkias, Alicia Silverstone
Opening Weekend Box Office: $709,848
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Description: Two conspiracy-obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.

Oct 24, 2025In Our BloodUtopiaPedro KosBrittany O’Grady
Oct 24, 2025IntruderBuffalo 8Christian Jude GrilloDana Godfrey
Oct 24, 2025Last DaysVerticalJustin LinSky Yang
Oct 24, 2025Luv Ya, Bum!Blue HarborSam Wainwright Douglas,
David Hartstein,
& Andrew Alden Miller		Documentary
Oct 24, 2025Mistress DispellerOscilloscopeElizabeth LoDocumentary (Wang Zhenxi)
Oct 24, 2025Mitski: The LandTrafalgarGrant JamesDocumentary
Oct 24, 2025Off School PropertyFathomNate LundquistDocumentary

Regretting You

October 24th, 2025
Paramount Pictures
Directed by Josh Boone (“The Fault In Our Stars” & “The New Mutants”)
Starring Allison Williams, Mckenna Grace, Dave Franco, Mason Thames, Scott Eastwood, Willa Fitzgerald, Clancy Brown
Opening Weekend Box Office: $13,687,530
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Description: Centers on the strained relationship between young mother Morgan Grant and her teenage daughter Clara, exacerbated by Morgan’s husband Chris’s tragic death, forcing them to navigate life’s challenges together.

Oct 24, 2025ParaNorman
(2012 Re-Release)		FathomChris Butler
& Sam Fell		Kodi Smit-McPhee ◦ Anna Kendrick ◦
Casey Affleck ◦ Leslie Mann ◦
Christopher Mintz-Plasse ◦ Jeff Garlin ◦
Alex Borstein ◦ John Goodman
Oct 24, 2025Queens Of The DeadIFC FilmsTina RomeroKaty O’Brian ◦ Riki Lindhome
Oct 24, 2025SeclusionIndicanLovinder GillLyndsey Bentham
Oct 24, 2025Shelby OaksNEONChris StuckmannCamille Sullivan ◦ Keith David
Oct 24, 2025The TenantGolden CreeperSushrut JainShamita Shetty
Oct 24, 2025TenementDark SkyInrasothythep Neth
& Sokyou Chea		Thorn Thanet
Oct 24, 2025This Too Shall PassBlue FoxRob GrantMaxwell Jenkins
Oct 24, 2025Where The Wind BlowsLevel 33John SchimkeTrevor Donovan

IT: Welcome To Derry: Season 1

October 26, 2025 (Premiere)
8 Episodes | HBO
Directed by Andy Muschietti
Starring Jovan Adepo, James Remar, Matilda Lawler, Clara Stack, Chris Chalk, Mikkal Karim Fidler, Bill Skarsgård, Amanda Christine, Miles Ekhardt, Taylour Paige, Blake Cameron James
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Description: Following the events in the 1960s, the time leading up to the events of the first film in the Stephen King “It” series.

Nouvelle Vague

October 31st, 2025
Netflix
Directed by Richard Linklater (“Hit Man”)
Starring Guillaume Marbeck, Zoey Deutch, Aubry Dullin, Adrien Rouyard, Antoine Besson
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Description: After writing for Cahiers du cinéma, young Godard decides making films is the best film criticism. He gets Beauregard to fund a low-budget feature, creating a treatment with Truffaut about a gangster couple.

Oct 31, 2025Aileen: Queen of
the Serial Killers		NetflixEmily TurnerDocumentary
Oct 31, 2025AuctionMenemshaPascal BonitzerAlex Lutz
Oct 31, 2025Back to the Future
(40th Anniversary)		UniversalRobert ZemeckisMichael J. Fox ◦ Christopher Lloyd ◦
Lea Thompson ◦ Crispin Glover
Oct 31, 2025Champions of
the Golden Valley		SturgefilmBen SturgulewskiDocumentary
Oct 31, 2025Depeche Mode: MTrafalgarFernando FriasDocumentary
Oct 31, 2025DorotheaDreadChad FerrinSusan Priver
Oct 31, 2025Dracula1-2 SpecialRadu JudeAdonis Tanta
Oct 31, 2025A Gunfighter’s DealBridgestoneR.J. Hendricks IIJesse Kove
Oct 31, 2025Hallow RoadXYZ FilmsBabak Anvari &
William Gillies		Rosamund Pike ◦ Matthew Rhys
Oct 31, 2025I Was Born This WayJungeFilmsDaniel Junge
& Sam Pollard		Documentary
Oct 31, 2025If You See SomethingJoint VentureOday RasheedKrystina Alabado
Oct 31, 2025Lesbian Space PrincessCineverseLeela Varghese &
Emma Hough Hobbs		Shabana Azeez
Oct 31, 2025Little Amélie or
the Character of Rain		GKIDSMaïlys Vallade &
Liane-Cho Han		Loïse Charpentier
Oct 31, 2025Love + WarNat GeoJimmy Chin & Elizabeth
Chai Vasarhelyi		Documentary

Anniversary

October 31st, 2025
Lionsgate
Directed by Jan Komasa (“Good Boy”)
Starring Diane Lane, Kyle Chandler, Madeline Brewer, Zoey Deutch, Phoebe Dynevor, Mckenna Grace, Daryl McCormack, Dylan O’Brien
Opening Weekend Box Office: $260,691
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Description: A provocative thriller about a very close-knit family that is torn apart as a new movement “The Change” envelops the country.

Oct 31, 2025MessyVerticalAlexi WasserAdam Goldberg ◦ Thomas Middleditch
Oct 31, 2025Nirvana the Band
the Show the Movie		NEONMatt JohnsonJay McCarrol
Oct 31, 2025Safe HouseVerticalJamie MarshallEthan Embry
Oct 31, 2025The Seductress From HellSacred EmberAndrew de BurghJason Faunt
Oct 31, 2025Self-HelpCineverseErik BloomquistLandry Bender
Oct 31, 2025Stitch HeadBriarcliffSteve HudsonAsa Butterfield
Oct 31, 2025The Twilight Saga
(Re-Release)		FathomVariousKristen Stewart ◦ Robert Pattinson ◦
Taylor Lautner
Oct 31, 2025UnbankedRocoDavid Kuhn &
Lauren Sieckmann		Documentary
Oct 31, 2025Vincent Must DieXYZ FilmsStéphan CastangKarim Leklou
Oct 31, 2025Violent EndsIFC FilmsJohn-Michael PowellBilly Magnussen
Oct 31, 2025Walk With MeOutsiderHeidi LevittCharlie Hess
Oct 31, 2025The White House EffectNetflixBonni Cohen, Pedro
Kos & Jon Shenk		Documentary
Oct 31, 2025The WreckerQuiverArt CamachoTyrese Gibson ◦ Harvey Keitel ◦
Mena Suvari ◦ Danny Trejo

Jane Goodall (91)
April 3, 1934 –
October 1, 2025
British primatologist
(deceased)

Remo Girone (76)
December 1, 1948 –
October 3, 2025
“Ford v Ferrari”
Actor
(deceased)

Kimberly Hébert Gregory (52)
December 7, 1972 –
October 3, 2025
“Vice Principals” (TV)
Actress
(deceased)

Drew Struzan (78)
March 18, 1947 –
October 13, 2025
Poster Artist
(deceased)

D’Angelo (51)
February 11, 1974 –
October 14, 2025
Singer
(deceased)

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