Hollywood was mourning one of its finest this week. Tinseltown reeled in shock after Rob Reiner, the director of When Harry Met Sally, This Is Spinal Tap and A Few Good Men, was killed with his wife Michele. Their son, Nick, has been charged with their murders.
The ghastly loss has, for a few days at least, distracted attention away from the gargantuan takeover battle for Warner Bros that, in a very different way, has brought a sense of grief for the passing of the old order in La La Land.
