fictitious letter from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to the movie's star, Halle Berry, who had previously won an Academy Award in 2002. An excerpt of the letter follows: While we at the Academy pride ourselves on having open minds and a strict noninterference policy concerning the roles chosen by our previous winners, we're forced to make an exception in your case. If you would consult the paperwork that arrived with your statuette, I would direct you to section E, subsection 2b, in which the Academy can, in limited circumstances, rescind an award and request return of the statuette. The specific language in question refers to winners who bring "shame, ridicule or derision" upon the Academy through "wanton, reckless and repeated dramatic incompetence." Given your consistent overacting and mugging in "Catwoman" (not to mention your previous work in "Gothika"), I think it would be difficult to argue this codicil does not apply. So, at this time, we'd like to ask for our award back. For this, Muller received a 2004 award from the Arizona Press Club for best film, video and television criticism. The Press Club described his review of Catwoman as follows: “A review so fresh and clever that it's worth reading to the end, even knowing that the movie is a dog.” Planned scholarship in his honor Bill Muller was diagnosed with kidney cancer in March 2006, and died on September 6, 2007 from heart failure caused by the disease, at the age of 42. The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University announced plans to create a scholarship in honor of Muller. According to the dean of the Cronkite School, “In many ways, Bill represents what we want our students to achieve….He was a reporter who upheld the highest standards of accuracy, thoroughness and thoughtfulness.” Footnotes American newspaper reporters and correspondents American film critics 1965 births 2007 deaths