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    Curtis Hanson, Director and Oscar-Winning Writer of 'L.A. Confidential,' Dies at 71

    Curtis Hanson, whose sterling adaptation of the noir classic L.A. Confidential earned him an Oscar and vaulted him to A-list status as a screenwriter and director, has died. Hanson, who also helmed such box-office hits as the Rebecca De Mornay horror thriller The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992) and the Eminem hip-hop drama 8 Mile (2002), died Tuesday of an apparent heart attack at his Hollywood Hills home, reports TMZ.