Variety reports that legendary actor Al Pacino had all sorts of stories to share at a talk he did at the 92nd Street Y in NYC this week. Among them: Pacino turned down the role of Han Solo in “Star Wars,” despite “so much money” being offered him.
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Elizabeth Hubbard, who earned eight Daytime Emmy nominations for her indelible performance as trouble-making businesswoman Lucinda Walsh on CBS’ As The World Turns, died over the weekend. She was 89.
Her death was announced by son Jeremy Bennett on Facebook. Additional details were not immediately available.
“I’m sorry to say with a broken heart mi mum passed over the weekend,” Bennett wrote. “Thank you for being an unmovable rock that guided me through life. I will try to honour your memory for as long as I live.”
Although best known for her portrayal of the tough-as-nails Lucinda, Hubbard won two Daytime Emmys for other performances: She won her first in 1974 for her role as Dr. Althea Davis on NBC’s The Doctors, and her second in 1976 for the daytime drama TV movie First Ladies Diaries: Edith Wilson.
Born in New York City, Hubbard began her TV career in 1962 as Anne Fletcher on the soap opera Guiding Light, and the following year played Carol Kramer on The Edge of Night. In 1964 she joined The Doctors, beginning a five-year run on the show. She also played the role from 1970 to 1977, and again from 1981-1982.
With the cancelation of The Doctors, Hubbard briefly pivoted to ABC’s One Life To Live in 1983, and the following year joined As The World Turns for what would be her signature daytime role of Lucinda Walsh. Except for a brief period in 1999, remained with the show until its final episode in 2010. In 2005 her character was featured prominently in a storyline about Lucinda’s battle with cancer.
Most Hubbard appeared in the digital drama series Anacostia, earning a Daytime Emmy nomination in 2016.
Other credits include the films I Never Sang for My Father (1970), The Bell Jar (1979) and 1980’s Ordinary People.
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Variety reports that legendary actor Al Pacino had all sorts of stories to share at a talk he did at the 92nd Street Y in NYC this week. Among them: Pacino turned down the role of Han Solo in “Star Wars,” despite “so much money” being offered him.
Remembering a legend. Queen Elizabeth II was celebrated by her loved ones on what would have been her 97th birthday following her death.
The late Queen Elizabeth is receiving a birthday tribute from her family.
Coronation Street star Georgia May Foote has given followers an update on her rare skin condition while on holiday. The actress, who played Katy Armstrong in the ITV soap, has previously opened up about her experience with Vitiligo, a condition caused by a lack of melanin in the skin. Taking to her Instagram stories, she shared a photo of the pale patches of skin on her wrist which have developed as a result of the condition.
Supporting his happily ever after. Summer House’s Lindsay Hubbard jetted off to Ireland to watch her ex-boyfriend Everett Weston say “I do” in a fairy tale wedding to Courtney Cavanagh.
Michael Appler Al Pacino passed on taking a trip to a galaxy far far away. During a talk Wednesday at The 92nd Street Y, New York, the Oscar winner recalled being offered the role of Han Solo in “Star Wars.” “Well, I turned down ‘Star Wars.’ When I first came up, I was the new kid on the block, you know what happens when you first become famous. It’s like, ‘Give it to Al.’ They’d give me Queen Elizabeth to play,” Pacino said. “They gave me a script called ‘Star Wars.’ … They offered me so much money. I don’t understand it. I read it. … So I said I couldn’t do it. I gave Harrison Ford a career.”
Emanuel Okusanya The fast-rising Afropop singer Ayra Starr says she always knew she was destined for greatness. It didn’t take long: She’d signed with the major African label Mavin, racked up hundreds of millions of streams, headlined a U.K. tour and gotten cosigns from many of her idols, all before her 21st birthday this coming June. After her debut single “Away” shot her to stardom in her native Nigeria, her hit single “Rush” has surpassed 100 million streams on both Spotify and YouTube, and she just dropped a tag-team single with labelmate DJ Big N and singer Oxlade called “How Many Times.” It all began simply enough: She’d been singing with her brother for most of her life, and one day when she was 18, “I posted a video — it was the first original song I posted online,” she recalls, “and the next day my executive producer called me and invited me to the studio. Literally three days later I was signed.” The label in question is Mavin Records, the powerhouse Nigeria-based company that launched the global careers of industry icons such as Tiwa Savage, Don Jazzy, Rema and others. Her career vaulted to the next level with “Bloody Samaritan” — an R&B banger that took off in the U.K. and caught the attention of Kelly Rowland, who later joined the remix and became a mentor to Starr.
After fueling speculation about Tayshia Adams and Luke Gulbranson’s relationship by posting — and deleting — a picture of the reality stars on Easter, Lindsay Hubbard provided fans with additional confirmation through her answer about the Instagram drama.
Amon Warmann Guest Contributor On almost any other day, a train car full of Mandalorians, Grand Admiral Thrawns, Ahsokas, and Obi-Wans may have seemed strange. But for the four days of Star Wars Celebration, this was the norm on the 8 a.m. DLR train. Even before you stepped foot inside the event’s vast ExCeL Centre venue in East London, the Star Wars community was well represented, with people of all ages and ethnicities cosplaying as their favorite characters, be they as popular as Darth Vader or as niche as the umbrella-like lightsaber-wielding Sith Lord from “Star Wars: Visions.” If you need a reminder that, sometimes, fandoms can be good, Star Wars Celebration is it. Without the racist backlash against new characters played by people of color, or interminable hate tweets about specific movies, the event showcases the fandom at its best — as a joyous, inventive, inclusive and delightfully weird affair; a place where you’re as likely to stumble upon a mob of prisoner-attired fans chanting “One Way Out!” in unison as you are to witness an Orson Krennic striptease.
A legendary Ayrshire youth leader has turned 80 - with no signs of slowing down.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead is joining the cinematic universe, and she couldn't be more excited!The actress is taking on the role of pilot Hera Syndulla in the upcoming standalone series — in which Rosario Dawson reprises her role as the titular Jedi, which she originally debuted on .But of course, she's not the only Force-sensitive performer in her household. Winstead married Ewan McGregor in April 2022 after several years of dating, and the pair shares a son, Laurie, who will turn two in June.«We do we have a household, and it's so much fun,» the actress shared with ET's Ash Crossan at Star Wars Celebration in London over the weekend. «My little boy, he hasn't seen anything yet, but he loves Grogu.
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"As the World Turns" star and Emmy-winning actress Elizabeth Hubbard has died at age 89. Her son Jeremy Bennett confirmed the sad news to Fox News Digital, with a statement from Hubbard before her passing. "Making you smile or cry was the juice for my engine.
confirmed the news in a Facebook post Monday.“I’m sorry to say with a broken heart mi mum passed over the weekend,” the post reads. “Thank you for being an unmovable rock that guided me through life.
Elizabeth Hubbard, who rose to stardom for her appearances in various soap shows, has died at age 89.
not the gossipy kind.A new book has alleged that then-Prince Charles was in the woods foraging in the muck for mushrooms on Sept. 8, the day Queen Elizabeth died.Charles, 74, flew to Balmoral Castle with his sister, Princess Anne, that morning after they were alerted about their mother’s bad health, wrote Robert Jobson in his book “Our King: Charles III: The Man and the Monarch Revealed.” After spending several hours with the queen, Charles went to his nearby Birkhall estate, as there “seemed no immediate reason for alarm,” according to an excerpt published in the Daily Mail.Charles then went for a walk in the “surrounding woods, armed with a walking cane and a basket” to scope for vegetables.“More importantly, he was drawing solace and strength from the trees, the smell of the earth and the murmur of the River Muick,” Jobson wrote.“Understandably lost in thought, the prince knew that the defining moment of his life, at the advanced age of 73, was fast approaching: the death of his mother and his accession as king,” he added.While his protection officers had “deliberately hung back to give him some privacy,” they knew which part of the grounds Charles was scrounging for mushrooms.
American actress Elizabeth Hubbard has died at the age of 89, her son has announced in a moving tribute to the TV icon. Jeremy Bennett shared the sad news that the star of soap opera As the World Turns had passed away over the weekend.
Facebook post Monday. Her cause of death was not disclosed.
“As the World Turns” star Elizabeth Hubbard has passed away at age 89.
since Queen Elizabeth’s passing in September. Alongside Charles, 74, stood Queen Consort Camila, 75, and behind them walked the future king’s sister Princess Anne and brother, disgraced royal Prince Andrew, reports The Independent.Prince Edward and his family trailed the senior royals followed by Prince William, Kate Middleton and their three children Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis.Bringing up the rear of the group were Princess Eugenie — who is pregnant — and her husband Jack Brooksbank.The service was held at the 15th-century Windsor Castle which served as the final resting place for Charles’ mother and father as well as his grandparents.