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Two-Time Oscar Winner Glenda Jackson, Who Mixed Acting With Politics, Dies At 87
(AP) LONDON — Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning actress who also served as a British lawmaker and pursued a second political career before making a well-received comeback to stage and cinema in her later years, passed away at age 87.
According to Jackson’s agent Lionel Larner, she passed away on Thursday at her London home following a brief illness. He claimed she had just finished filming “The Great Escaper,” where she had a supporting role alongside Michael Caine, 90.
Jackson received his training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London after being born into a working-class family in Birkenhead, northwest England, in 1936. She participated with the Royal Shakespeare Company, where she starred in the avant-garde drama “Marat/Sade” directed by Peter Brook. She became one of the biggest British stars of the 1960s and 1970s and won two Academy Awards for “Women in Love” in 1971 and “A Touch of Class” in 1974.
She won two Emmy Awards for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth I in “Elizabeth R.” in 1972, and in 1971, she played Cleopatra in a memorable spoof on “The Morecambe & Wise Show,” cementing her position in British pop culture history. She said in a famous one-liner, “All men are fools, and what makes them so is seeing a beauty like what I have acquired.
Jackson entered politics in her fifties and was elected to the Parliament in 1992. She represented the Labour Party for 23 years and was appointed transport minister in 1997 under Prime Minister Tony Blair’s first administration.
Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning actress.
She and Blair eventually fell out over the 2003 invasion of Iraq. She claimed that Blair’s decision to join the U.S.-led conflict without the UN’s approval had left her feeling “deeply, deeply ashamed.”
Before the invasion, she warned The Associated Press that “the victims will be as they always are, women, children, and the elderly.”
Throughout her political career, Jackson maintained her forthright demeanor and outspokenness, which may have contributed to her exclusion from important government positions. Margaret Thatcher, a previous Conservative Prime Minister, passed away in 2013, and instead of showing respect for the deceased, a member of Parliament railed in Parliament about the “heinous social, economic, and spiritual damage wreaked upon this country” by the late leader.
After leaving Parliament in 2015, Jackson returned to acting and landed some of her most well-known parts, such as the main role in Shakespeare’s “King Lear.” It debuted in 2016 at London’s Old Vic before playing on Broadway.
2019’s “Elizabeth is Missing” featured her in her first movie appearance in 25 years. Jackson’s portrayal of an Alzheimer’s patient seeking to unravel a mystery earned her a BAFTA award, the British version of the Oscar.
The crew was “shocked and deeply saddened” by her passing, according to Oliver Parker, the director of the upcoming film “The Great Escaper,” which Jackson and Parker had just collaborated on.
Parker remarked, “She had such fierce intelligence, such passion, and such fearlessness.” We watched the finished movie for her and Michael Caine less than a month ago, and she was just as enthusiastic and aggressive as ever. We will always cherish the memories of that touching and joyous day.
When the two recently collaborated, Caine remarked that it was “as wonderful an experience this time as it was 50 years ago.”
Glenda was one of our best actresses in films, he noted. I’m going to miss her.
Jackson, according to Keir Starmer, leader of the Labour Party, “leaves a space in our cultural and political life that can never be filled.”
“She played many roles with great distinction, passion, and commitment,” he remarked. Glenda Jackson, a celebrated performer, activist, Labour Party member of Parliament, and government minister, never stopped promoting social and human rights.
As a Labour legislator representing Hampstead and Kilburn in London, Tulip Siddiq, Jackson’s successor expressed her “devastation” at learning of Jackson’s passing.
“A strong politician, excellent performer, and a great mentor to me. Glenda, Hampstead and Kilburn will miss you,” Siddiq tweeted.
Her son Dan Hodges is the only survivor of Jackson.
SOURCE – (AP)
Al Pacino revealed that he nearly died from COVID-19 in 2020 and expressed his thoughts on what happens after death.
In interviews with The New York Times and People magazine, the Academy Award-winning actor discussed getting the virus and temporarily losing his pulse.
Al, 84, told the Times in a wide-ranging interview that he started feeling “unusually not good” and soon got a fever and dehydration. “I was sitting there in my house, and I was gone,” he stated. “I didn’t have a pulse.”
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Al Pacino Reveals He Nearly Died Of Covid-19 – And Gives His Thoughts On The Afterlife
“You’re here, and you’re not. I thought, “Wow, you don’t even have any memories.” You have nothing. “Strange porridge,” the “Scarface” actor claimed about his near-death encounter.
Within minutes, an ambulance arrived at Al’s house, and he regained consciousness with six paramedics and two physicians in his living room, he claimed.
“They had these outfits on that looked like they were from outer space or something,” he told the local newspaper. “It was very frightening to open your eyes and witness that. Everyone was surrounding me, and they said, ‘He’s back. “He’s here.”
Al told People that when he regained consciousness, he felt confused. “I looked around and I thought, ‘What happened to me?'”
Despite “everybody” believing he was dead, the movie veteran claimed he is not sure if he perished. “I thought I had died. I might not have. I honestly don’t think I have. “I know I made it,” he stated.
Al hailed his “great assistant” by swiftly alerting paramedics after his nurse confirmed that he no longer had a pulse.
“He got the people coming, because the nurse that was taking care of me said, ‘I don’t feel a pulse on this guy,'” remembered Al Pacino.
When asked if the health concern had impacted the way he lived his life, Pacino replied, “Not at all.”
However, this does not imply that the experience had no impact on the performer.
Al Pacino Reveals He Nearly Died Of Covid-19 – And Gives His Thoughts On The Afterlife
Pacino, who is presently prepping for a film rendition of Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” told The New York Times that the event had a philosophical significance.
“I did not see the white light or anything. “There is nothing there,” he explained. “As Hamlet says, ‘To be or not to be,’ and ‘The uncharted place from which no traveler returns.’ He then says two words: ‘no more.’ “It was no more,” Pacino concluded.
“You are gone. I’d never considered it in my life. But, you know, actors: It sounds good to say you died once. What happens when there is no more?
Pacino’s experiences are described in his book, “Sonny Boy,” which will be published on Tuesday.
SOURCE | AP
Washington — The Supreme Court declined to hear R. Kelly’s appeal on Monday, despite the fact that he is currently serving 20 years in jail for child rape charges in Chicago.
The Grammy Award-winning R&B artist, born Robert Sylvester Kelly, was convicted in 2022 of three counts of making child sexual abuse photos and three counts of enticing children for sex.
Supreme Court Declines To Hear Appeal From Singer R. Kelly, Convicted Of Child Sex Crimes
His lawyers contended that a lower statute of limitations on child sex crime prosecutions should have applied to actions committed in the 1990s. Current legislation allows charges to be filed when the accuser is still alive.
As is common, the justices did not explain why they declined to consider the case. There were no public dissents. Lower courts have previously rejected his arguments.
Supreme Court Declines To Hear Appeal From Singer R. Kelly, Convicted Of Child Sex Crimes
According to federal prosecutors, the video shows Robert sexually abusing a girl. The accuser, Jane, testified that she was 14 when the video was taken.
SOURCE | AP
Indianapolis — Hollywood actor Keanu Reeves made his professional car racing debut on Saturday, spinning out at the historic Indianapolis Motor Speedway.
Keanu Reeves Spins Out At Indianapolis Motor Speedway In Pro Auto Racing Debut
Keanu swerved into the grass without colliding on the exit of Turn 9, slightly more than halfway through the 45-minute race. He re-entered and started driving, indicating that he was uninjured.
Keanu, who qualified 31st out of 35 cars, raced as high as 21st and escaped a first-lap accident in Turn 14. Reeves placed 25th.
Keanu, 60, is racing in Indianapolis in the Toyota GR Cup, a Toyota spec-racing series and a support series for this weekend’s Indy 8 Hour sports car race. He has a second race on Sunday.
Keanu is driving the No. 92 BRZRKR automobile to promote his graphic novel, “The Book of Elsewhere.” He is teammates with Cody Jones from “Dude Perfect.”
Keanu Reeves Spins Out At Indianapolis Motor Speedway In Pro Auto Racing Debut
Keanu has previous racing experience, having competed in the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach’s celebrity race. Reeves won the event in 2009.
SOURCE | AP
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