Six years after a life-altering health crisis, the megaproducer (and onetime "devoted pothead") talks 'Barbie' snubgate and why she's suddenly lost her filter: "I kind of don’t give a shit what people ...

Lynda Obst is a producer and writer who has made 15 films in her producing career, at almost every major studio. Lynda Obst was recruited to Hollywood from the New York Times Magazine in 1979 by Peter ...

Lynda Obst, a seasoned film producer whose work ranged from Oscar winners “Flashdance” and “Interstellar” to rom-com classics “Sleepless in Seattle” and “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” has died. She ...

She used her “crazy intuitive intelligence and taste” to get behind such films as 'Flashdance,' 'Sleepless in Seattle,' 'Contact,' ‘The Fisher King,’ 'How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,' 'Interstellar' and ...

Lynda Obst, one of the most prolific female producers in Hollywood, died Tuesday in Los Angeles, according to her brother, WME partner Rick Rosen. She was 74. Obst had previously been open about ...

Obst's first production credit came on the 1983 film Flashdance, starring Jennifer Beals as a welder with dreams of becoming a professional dancer. Though Obst played a key role in developing the film ...

The 74-year-old producer of "Flashdance," "Sleepless in Seattle," and "Interstellar" died October 22. Women don’t have it easy in Hollywood. And they didn’t back in the ’80s when former New York Times ...

HOUSTON — Lynda Obst, one of Hollywood’s most successful female movie producers, known for hits like “Sleepless in Seattle” (1993), “Contact” (1997) and this year’s “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days,” was ...

Lynda Obst, who had producing credits on high-profile films including “Sleepless in Seattle,” “Flashdance” and “Adventures in Babysitting,” died Tuesday in Los Angeles. She was 74. “I was immensely ...