COURTS Blizzard Entertainment doesn't want to play the name game. On Feb. 23, the makers of the popular Diablo computer games filed a lawsuit in L.A., charging New Line Cinema with trademark infringement for producing Diablo, an action film starring Vin Diesel. The suit alleges that New Line's project would result in "consumer confusion." The company wants a judge to shut the movie down. Calls to New Line were not returned.
DEATHS Prolific poet A.R. Ammons, 75, who crafted beautiful language about everyday life, of cancer, Feb. 25, in Ithaca, N.Y. His book-length poem Garbage won 1993's National Book Award ... Tavern on the Green proprietor Warner LeRoy, 65, of complications from lymphoma, Feb. 22, in New York City. LeRoy grew up on movie backlots--his father, Mervyn, produced The Wizard of Oz, and his grandfather was Warner Bros. cofounder Harry Warner ... Film-biz writer Radie Harris, 96, who for more than 50 years penned The Hollywood Reporter's "Broadway Ballyhoo" column in the style of her contemporaries Hedda Hopper and Walter Winchell, of pneumonia, Feb. 22, in Englewood, N.J ... Folk guitarist and cult musician John Fahey, 61, of complications following coronary bypass surgery, Feb. 22, in Salem, Ore. (See Legacy on page 82.) ... Actress Rosemary DeCamp, 90, of complications from pneumonia, Feb. 20, in Redondo Beach, Calif. She played mom to film legend James Cagney in 1942's Yankee Doodle Dandy and to Marlo Thomas in the '60s sitcom That Girl ... Emmy-winning television writer Bob Weiskopf, 87, who with partner Bob Schiller wrote scripts for I Love Lucy, The Carol Burnett Show, and All in the Family, of congestive heart failure, Feb. 20, in Santa Monica.
--Nicholas Fonseca
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