Erik Lomis, the admired distribution executive who handled numerous blockbusters and Oscar winners during his three-decade career in Hollywood, died suddenly on Wednesday at his home in Santa Monica. He was 64. Lomis most recently served as MGM’s head of distribution and was in the midst of helping parent company Amazon Studios prepare for the […]
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