The great American comeback continues for Great American Family fave Lori Loughlin. The When Hope Calls star will join James Tupper (The Detectives) in Fall Into Winter, an original movie premiering Jan. 28 at 8 p.m.
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Finding out his family history. Edward Norton appeared on the season 9 premiere of Finding Your Roots, where he learned that historical figure Pocahontas is actually his 12th great-grandmother.
“I understand that was family lore [you heard growing up],” TV host Henry Louis Gates Jr. told the Fight Club actor, 53, during the Tuesday, January 3, episode. “Well, it is absolutely true.”
According to Gates Jr.’s research, Norton’s family lineage can be traced back directly to John Rolfe, who was an English settler that married the Indigenous icon.
“John Rolfe and Pocahontas got married on April 5, 1614. Shakespeare dies in 1616, just to put this in perspective,” the Finding Your Roots host, 72, said in the episode. “Pocahontas died sometime in March 1617 in Grave’s End, England, and John Rolfe died around March 1622.”
Norton — whose ancestry also included a Civil War solider who once wrote a letter to President Abraham Lincoln and a former pro-union labor activist — was amazed by his connection to Pocahontas.
“This is about as far back as you can go unless you’re a Viking,” the Incredible Hulk star quipped in the episode. “Makes you realize what a small piece of the whole human story you are.”
Pocahontas, who served as the inspiration for the 1995 eponymous animated movie, was notably the daughter of the former chief of the Tsenacommacah tribe. When British colonizers arrived in what would become Jamestown, Virginia, Pocahontas was quickly captured in 1613. During her time with the English settlers, she wed tobacco planter John Rolfe. The pair welcomed son Thomas in January 1615.
Gates Jr. further noted that Norton has a “direct paper trail” to Pocahontas and Rolfe after he had long heard family stories claiming such an ancestral
The great American comeback continues for Great American Family fave Lori Loughlin. The When Hope Calls star will join James Tupper (The Detectives) in Fall Into Winter, an original movie premiering Jan. 28 at 8 p.m.
King Charles is set to make Prince Edward the Duke of Edinburgh following a "change of heart".
Prince Edward To Present New Production Guild of Great Britain Talent PrizePrince Edward, who is the royal Patron of the Production Guild of Great Britain (PGGB), will present the body’s new film and TV industry award that has been created in his name as part of its inaugural Talent Showcase, presented in association with Disney Studios Content and supported by Entertainment Partners. Four industry organizations have been shortlisted for The Earl of Wessex Award, created to recognise professionals working in the UK film and TV industry who have created “a successful way of inspiring local talent or skills, widening access or being more inclusive.” The nominees are youth-led production company Fully Focused; media charity MAMA Youth Project; social change enablers Resource Productions and mental health and wellbeing nonprofit 6ft From the Spotlight. He will present the prize at the first PGGB Talent Showcase on January 24. The Earl of Wessex recently visited the MAMA Youth Project. He said after his visit: “Congratulations to all the organisations who have been nominated for this new Award. The finalists are shining examples of how the production industry is attracting more people from different backgrounds to pursue careers in the business.”
Grab the tissues. Jason Katims‘ latest series Dear Edward is sure to be a tearjerker.
Edward Pressman, the legendary producer of “Wall Street,” “The Crow” and “Conan the Barbarian” has died, according to a rep for the Pressman family.
Every now and then, a film comes along that proves word-of-mouth marketing can be a powerful tool. Even though we are just beginning 2023, we already have an example of a film that has earned so much buzz without a hint of marketing, the indie horror film, “Skinamarink.” And in this episode of The Playlist Podcast, I got the chance to speak with Kyle Edward Ball, the writer-director of what some people are calling the scariest film of all time, “Skinamarink.” READ MORE: The 100 Most Anticipated Films Of 2023 For those who haven’t heard of “Skinamarink,” the most basic description is to say it’s an experimental horror film about two children who wake up to find their father is missing and all of the doors and windows in their house have disappeared.
Caroline Polachek is getting tired of people dubbing her “this generation’s Kate Bush”, which seems fair enough.I think we can all see how being compared to a music legend could initially seem like a nice thing, but soon become rather tedious. Plus, Polachek noted in a tweet on Friday night, surely Kate Bush is this generation’s Kate Bush? Especially since the good old ‘Stranger Things’ boost of 2022.“While I realise it’s a huge compliment”, she tweeted, “I’m endlessly fucking annoyed by being told I’m ‘this generation’s Kate Bush’.
Jeff Beck has died, aged 78, after recently contracting bacterial meningitis.In a statement yesterday, the guitarist’s family said: “On behalf of his family, it is with deep and profound sadness that we share the news of Jeff Beck’s passing. After suddenly contracting bacterial meningitis, he peacefully passed away [on Tuesday].
Rock musician Jeff Beck has sadly died at the age of 78 after battling bacterial meningitis.
EXCLUSIVE: Alona Tal (SEAL Team), Jake Busey (Predators), and Craig Sheffer (A River Runs Through It) have joined Mark Feuerstein, Neal McDonough, Dermot Mulroney, and Christopher Lloyd in Man in the Long Black Coat, from director Salvador Litvak.
Jeff Beck, who went from the Yardbirds to fronting his own group and is consider among the greats of rock guitar, has died. He was 78. His family said in a statement that Beck died Tuesday of bacterial meningitis.
just found out that she is related to another person who is very famous on this planet (no, it's not , although that would be iconic). The Oscar-winner is distantly related to star (and three-time Oscar nominee) Edward Norton. Roberts and Norton discovered they are connected in the season premiere of Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates Jr, which aired on Tuesday, January 3.