With the 20th year anniversary of that terrible event upon us, Natalie, now 48, still vividly recalls the night she became a widow.
27.09.2022 - 16:41 / usmagazine.com
Kathleen Turner may have lost at the 1990 Tony Awards, but she did gain a new friend that night — her competition, Maggie Smith.
Stars on Broadway
“I can tell you a funny story. The first time I was nominated for best actress in a Tony was Cat On A Hot Tin Roof. And that year I was also hosting the Tonys. And so bye-bye — Tony went to Maggie Smith,” Turner, 68, exclusively tells Us Weekly. “Quite right. Maggie and I have become friends ever since. And she was like, ‘Oh darling, were we competing?’ Yeah, yeah, we were. And she goes, ‘Oh, sorry.'”
The Harry Potter star, 87, won for her work in Lettice and Lovage. Turner, meanwhile, would go on to star in other plays such as Indiscretions, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Graduate in 2002 opposite a young Matthew Rhys. Oddly enough, it was Dustin Hoffman — who played Ben Braddock in the 1967 film version — that would give some comical advice to Turner after Smith took home the statue.
“Dustin was over there with me and he said — this is after Maggie had won — ‘I want you to say, ‘It’s an honor just to be nominated.’ I said, ‘All right. It’s an honor just to be nominated,'” Turner recalls. “And he said, ‘No, no, no. I’m not buying it. Again.’ ‘It’s an honor just to be nominated.’ ‘No, no.’ ‘It is an honor just to be nominated.’ And he said, ‘That’s acting!'” She mused: “It was great.”
Turner’s 45-year career has spanned across stage, TV and film. Although the mediums change, she’s consistent with why she chooses certain projects.
“Usually if I haven’t done it before. Usually if it is not a character I’m going to repeat or would be repeating. It’s not interesting to me if it’s sort of a ‘been there, done that,’” she explains. “So if there’s a quality, a conflict I haven’t
With the 20th year anniversary of that terrible event upon us, Natalie, now 48, still vividly recalls the night she became a widow.
Prince Andrew with his hand around the waist of a then 17-year-old Virginia Roberts – now Giuffre – with Ghislaine Maxwell beaming to one side. The man behind the camera is disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. That photo – which was first published by The Mail on Sunday on February 27, 2011 – came to symbolise Mrs Giuffre’s case that, having been trafficked to the UK by Epstein, she had been sexually abused by Andrew on three occasions.
Pierce Brosnan's role as Dr. Fate in isn't the first time he was up for a superhero role. He was also up for Tim Burton's, but a «stupid» comment may have stifled his chances at landing the iconic role.During an appearance on, the dashingly handsome Irish actor revealed that playing the superhero and sorcerer Dr.
Before Paul Newman passed away, the Hollywood star reflected on the loss of his only son. Scott Newman, a fellow actor, died in 1978 at age 28 from a drug and alcohol overdose. Newman, who passed away in 2008 at age 83, detailed his heartbreak in a memoir published posthumously titled "Paul Newman: The Extraordinary Life of an Ordinary Man." It’s out on Tuesday.
A panel of Virginia residents expressed their concerns on "Fox & Friends" Friday about the public education system and increasing politicization in schools without the approval of parents. "Education is such an important issue, and it should not be a partisan issue. Our group came together, of Democrats, Republicans putting party politics and party issues aside, we all want our kids to have a good quality education," said Bonnie Myshrall, a Fairfax County mother. Amy Carney speaks on behalf of parents during a protest against critical race theory being taught at Scottsdale Unified School District before a digital school board meeting at Coronado High Schoo in Scottsdale on May 24, 2021.
Disclosure have released their remix of ‘Unholy’, the single first shared by Sam Smith and Kim Petras last month.The remix sees the producer duo add an extra minute to the original runtime, distorting the song’s Arabian scale atop a punchy house beat. Disclosure mutes Smith’s vocals on the choir-led chorus, before inserting Petras’ adlibs in the song’s final minute.Listen to Disclosure’s ‘Unholy’ remix below: The remix arrives days after the 10th anniversary of ‘Latch’, a fellow Smith and Disclosure collaboration that was first released in 2012.
might catch a glimpse of Pierce Brosnan's tribute to his wife, Keely Shaye Smith.At the film's New York City premiere on Wednesday, the 69-year-old actor, who plays superhero and sorcerer Dr. Fate in the DC universe, revealed that he wore his actual wedding ring and another accessory gifted to him by Smith while filming . «This is our wedding ring and this is a watch that Keely bought me many years ago with an inscription that [reads], 'Time flies on love's wings,'» Brosnan shared with ET's Rachel Smith. «I decided to wear it for this character.
K.J. Yossman Molly Parker (“Lost in Space”) and Brian J. Smith (“Treadstone”) have been cast in upcoming Canadian ITV Studios drama “Essex County.” Joining them as lead cast are Stephen McHattie (“October Faction”), Finlay Wojtak-Hissong (“Blood”) and Kevin Durand (“Pantheon”). Christina Piovesan, executive producer and CEO of First Generation Films unveiled the casting. The five-episode series is based on Jeff Lemire’s graphic novel of the same name, which explores themes of loss, betrayal, trauma and redemption via two families living in a rural community. Lemire is also writing and showrunning the series, which is directed by Andrew Cividino (“Schitt’s Creek”).
Michele Amabile Angermiller Johnny Depp brought his tour with Jeff Beck at the Hackensack Meridian Health Center at the Count Basie Center for the Arts in Red Bank, NJ, Tuesday night, four months after a jury awarded the actor $10 million in damages following his Virginia defamation trial against ex-wife Amber Heard. The pair kicked off their U.S. tour in Washington, D.C. just a few nights earlier, on Oct. 5, after releasing the joint album “18” this summer, and Tuesday’s show capped off a two-night New Jersey stand that attracted a crowd of fervent Depp supporters who regularly screamed “I love you, Johnny” and showered the actor with bras, cards and notes tossed to the stage.
Small-town Main Streets around the country are competing to win the title of Great American Main Street. The award, first given out in 1995, has recognized over 100 Main Streets in America since the program's start. The Great American Main Street Award recognizes outstanding Main Street communities that can serve as a model across the country for preservation-based district revitalization. Main Street America, a nonprofit, has announced the top eight semifinalists for the 2023 award including Danville, Virginia, Denison, Texas, Florence, South Carolina and Metuchen, New Jersey. The winners will be announced on March 27, 2023, during the Opening Plenary of the 2023 Main Street Now conference in Boston.
Max George has clapped back at a review of girlfriend Maisie Smith in her new show. The former EastEnders actress is starring opposite former Strictly Come Dancing professional Kevin Clifton in a new musical adaptation of Strictly Ballroom.
Will Smith earn another Oscar after this year's on-stage showdown with Chris Rock? Technically, yes. As buzz begins to build around Antoine Fuqua's Apple Original Film, -- in which Smith stars as a man who escapes from slavery — speculation is swirling about the film's awards season promise. According to a report from, Smith still be nominated for another Best Actor Oscar even after his fallout from slapping Rock during the live 2022 Academy Awards broadcast.But there's a catch: following the incident, Smith resigned as a member of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences, and was ultimately banned from the Oscars telecast and other Academy-sponsored events for 10 years.
Will Smith screened the film Emancipation with an audience for the first time at a private event on Saturday (October 1) in Washington D.C.
Hollywood powerbrokers past and present officially said goodbye to one of their own Sunday.
The first screening of upcoming Apple TV+ drama “Emancipation” took place Saturday in Washington, D.C., with director Antoine Fuqua and star Will Smith both in attendance.
Strictly Come Dancing fans went wild on Saturday night as they spotted Lacey Turner in the audience. The Stacey Slater star, 34, was supporting EastEnders co-star James Bye, who performed a Tango to Bad Habits by Ed Sheeran with pro partner Amy Dowden.
Tempest for the ages.We’re excited for almost every season offering, but the one thing that fills us with an embarrassment of joy? The return of the Broadway Center Stage series to the Kennedy Center. Prior to the pandemic, the series routinely blew the roof off the national arts center with its extraordinary staged concerts that, in some cases, felt Broadway-ready.Other highlights of the 2022-2023 season include the returns of Les Miserables, Chicago, Wicked and — why not? — Cats; an Olney Kinky Boots; a Bountiful moment with Nancy Robinette at Ford’s; the return of Michael Urie and husband Ryan Spahn to the (boldly, beautifully rebranded) Shakespeare Theatre; Arena Stage tackling Tony Kushner’s gay masterpiece Angels in America; and the long-anticipated “Till Trilogy” at Mosaic. Buy stock in Kleenex now.1524 Spring Hill Rd.
Ten-time Grammy-nominated singer Tauren Wells is heading out on tour next week and we caught up with him to learn some things that fans might not know about him!
passed away in 2016, but his musings about his Hollywood career remain. His journals are set to be published in a book titled “Madly, Deeply: The Diaries of Alan Rickman,” out on Oct.
Brendan Fraser will receive the American Riviera Award at the 38th Annual Santa Barbara International Film Festival. The 53-year-old actor, whose critically-acclaimed role in Darren Aronofsky‘s upcoming psychological drama "The Whale" is sparking best actor Oscar buzz, will be honored on Feb. 14, 2023, at the Arlington Theatre in Santa Barbara, California, the festival announced on Tuesday.