Blake Edwards, the director of Breakfast at Tiffany's, the Pink Panther movies, Victor/Victoria, and many other famous comedies, died today from complications due to pneumonia. He was 88 and is survived by his wife, actress Julie Andrews.

Because the week wasn't ruined enough with RoboCop news and word of Gene Simmons judging ad jingles, the End of Ideas caravan rolls on today with not one, not two but three whole fucking remake concepts for us to dread — none more irritating than Hyde Park's reimagining of Blake Edwards's classic 10. It's not that the Dudley Moore/Bo Derek comedy is untouchable, but at least Edwards doesn't have hold it down while the new producers rape it: