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SeriesFest has wrapped its fifth edition in Denver after handing out juried awards to 15 winners.

Beyond the pilot competition, highlights of the June 21-26 festival, inlcuded panels featuring Netflix content chief Ted Sarandos and a team of executives and collaborators from Shondaland. NBC fall drama Bluff City Law had its world premiere, and Starz rolled out the first episode of The Rook. Stevie Wonder and Usher performed at Red Rocks Amphitheatre outside Denver, continuing the mostly TV-focused festival’s annual music undercurrent.

Currency, a drama imagining a “green-out” that threatens the capitalist system, captured Best Drama Pilot honors as well as the Audience Award. Best Comedy Pilot went to Brooklyn Moving Company, which depicts movers who burst into song and dance.

Jurors screened 53 pilots at the Sie FilmCenter, the arthouse multiplex that is the year-round home of Denver Film. (See the full list of winners below.)

“This year’s pilots...

Actor-director Tim Robbins has suffered a double loss in his family.

His mother Mary passed away on Sunday at the age of 78, just 12 days after his father Gil died at 80.

According to The Associated Press, Mary Robbins died of a heart arrhythmia on Saturday. On April 5, Gil Robbins died after battling prostate cancer, The Los Angeles Times reported.

The couple, who was married for 59 years, both died at their home in Esteban Cantu, Mexico.

Both of the actor's parents were musicians; Gil having been was a member of 1960's folk group ...

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Los Angeles -- Actor-director Tim Robbins' mother, musician Mary Robbins, has died. She was 78.

Robbins' father, Gil Robbins, died earlier this month.

Robbins says his mother died Sunday of a heart arrhythmia, just 12 days after her husband of nearly 59 years passed away. She died at the couple's home in Esteban Cantu, Mexico.

Mary Robbins studied music at the University of California, Los Angeles, and performed professionally in the 1950s.

She successfully battled colon cancer through nutrition and alternative medicine, eventually earning a bachelor's degree in holistic nutrition. She volunteered her services at a clinic near the couple's Mexico home.

Robbins says his mother "had a calm and cheerful demeanor, a sharp wit, a gentle spirit and a generous and loving heart."

She is survived by four children and four grandchildren.

Tim Robbins' mother has died, 12 days after his father passed away. Musician Mary Robbins, 78, died on Sunday, April 17 of a heart arrhythmia at her home in Esteban Cantu, Mexico, while Tim's folk singer father Gilbert Lee Robbins lost his battle with prostate cancer on April 5 at the age of 80. The couple had been married for 59 years.

"The Shawshank Redemption" star Tim, who split from partner of 23 years Susan Sarandon in 2009, said his mother "had a calm and cheerful demeanor, a sharp wit, a gentle spirit and a generous and loving heart".

Speaking after his father's death earlier this month, Tim had said, "His commitment to social justice was evident to us from an early age, as was his infectious mischievous sense of humor. His passing has created great sadness for all of us and our mother but we take comfort in knowing that the angels will soon be soothed...

Actor Tim Robbins' mother has died, less than two weeks after his father passed away. Robbins' dad, folk singer Gil Robbins, died earlier this month at the age of 80 at his home in Esteban Cantu, Mexico.

Now "The Shawshank Redemption" star is facing further tragedy - his mother, musician Mary Robbins, passed away on Sunday, April 17 from a heart arrhythmia - just 12 days after Gil Robbins' death.

Mary, who was 78, became a professional musician in the 1950s after studying at the University of California in Los Angeles. Tim has paid tribute to his beloved mum, insisting she had a "calm and cheerful demeanor, a sharp wit, a gentle spirit and a generous and loving heart".

Actor Tim Robbins' mother has died, less than two weeks after his father passed away.

Robbins' dad, folk singer Gil Robbins, died earlier this month at the age of 80 at his home in Esteban Cantu, Mexico.

Now The Shawshank Redemption star is facing further tragedy - his mother, musician Mary Robbins, passed away on Sunday from a heart arrhythmia - just 12 days after Gil Robbins' death.

Mary, who was 78, became a professional musician in the 1950s after studying at the University of California in Los Angeles.

Tim has paid tribute to his beloved mum, insisting she had a "calm and cheerful demeanour, a sharp wit, a gentle spirit and a generous and loving heart".