From Blackadder, which helped him make a name for himself, to House, and a number of other films and projects, actor Hugh Laurie has had an incredible career. This British-born actor’s popularity has grown enormously over the years, and he’s now considered one of the best in Hollywood.
Recently, he has been spotted taking his dog for a walk and what many noticed was that he altered his looks. Wearing a pair of dark trousers and trainers, with a hat and a bushy beard, many agreed that he didn’t resembled his old self as we are used to see him clean-shaven most, if not all, of the time.
The photos were made shortly before the release of his three-part series Why Didn’t They Ask Evans?
Being a popular name in the industry, Laurie brings what he says is his favorite Agatha Christie novel to the screen with this mini series.
“I would say the novel has been a passion of mine for a long time,” Laurie, 62, shared with Reuters. “The more I thought about it, the more I enjoyed the idea of trying to get what I thought was a sort of comic adventure spirit onto the screen.”
The cast consists of Will Poulter and Frances Derwent, as well as Emma Thompson and Jim Broadbent, who play Lady Frances Marcham’s aristocratic parents.
Back in the day, before tying the knot with his wife of 33 years, Jo Green, Laurie and Thompson dated for a while.
Regarding his first major directing role, Laurie said: “The hairs on the back of my neck haven’t properly settled down from the first time I grasped the beauty of the essential mystery.
“Since then, I have fallen deeper and deeper in love with the characters, and feel immensely honored to have been given the chance to retell their story in this form.
“I will wear a tie on set, and give it everything I have.”
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Every act of kindness, no matter how big or small, always goes a long way.
65-year-old Diane Gordon is a woman who walks three miles to and from work every day. Some three years ago, her car broke down and she never managed to get the money in order to have it repaired. Things haven’t been easy for this grandma, but she didn’t have a choice because her finances were tight.
One day, as she was walking to work, she stopped by the gas station to grab something to eat when she noticed a bag on the ground. As she got closer, she noticed that there was money inside, and a lot of it.
“I looked down on the ground and found a plastic bag with a large sum of money in it,” she told WJBK. “When you turned it over, there was even more money.”
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Diane was in a complete shock. She wondered who could have lost that much money. And even those she knew that the $15,000 that were inside could solve many of her problems she never, not even for a second, thought of taking the money. Instead, she was quick to contact the local police station. “This doesn’t belong to me, I need to call a police officer,” Diane said.
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Since there was a card inside indicating that the money was given to a couple who got married earlier that day, it wasn’t hard for the rightful owners to be tracked down.
“There were wedding cards with a name on it, and we were able to get the money back to them,” Police Chief Dan Keller of the White Lake Township Police Department shared in an interview with The Washington Post.
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Diane’s act stunned the officers. “She didn’t hesitate; she didn’t question it,” the police chief said about Diane. “This doesn’t happen very often, that someone finds a large sum of money and turns it in.”
As a thank you for the kind deed she made, one of the dispatchers who received Diane’s call, decided to set up a GoFundMe page in order to raise money for Diane so that she could have her car repaired. However, once the story spread around, a local car dealership gave Diane a brand new Jeep. As of the fundraising, she was able to receive over $82,000.
Her kindness truly paid off. She did the right thing and the thank you she received was bigger that she could ever anticipate.
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Many of Hollywood’s biggest stars were honored at the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, and with that, many were present at the Dolby Theatre in LA. However, it didn’t go unnoticed that the Top Gun: Maverick star wasn’t in attendance despite the fact that his film was nominated for six categories and won one.
The reason why Tom Cruise didn’t attend the Oscars was a scheduling conflict. Currently, he’s shooting Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part II in the United Kingdom, and knowing that he puts work ahead of all else, this sounds like a valid reason.
However, according to certain media outlets, there’s more than meets the eye in this story and it involves Cruise’s ex-wife, award-winning actress Nicole Kidman.
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Cruise and Kidman met on the set of Days of Thunder after Cruise convinced the producers to make her his co-star in the film. Apparently, he noticed her in the 1989 flick Dead Calm and was eager to meet her in person ever since.
At the time, Cruise was married to actress Mimi Rogers but the chemistry between him and Kidman was too strong to ignore.
“I had three very strong relationships before I met Tom. But I was never going to get married. Never. But he was just the most incredible, unusual man I’d ever met,” Kidman said.
The two married during a private ceremony which lasted for 30 minutes. Only few people from both sides were invited.
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Cruise spoke of Kidman as of the love of his life. “It was that special connection when you recognize your soul mate. She is a person who understands. It was as if a whole new life had started for me,” he told Vanity Fair in 2002.
Kidman was in love with Cruise as much as he was. ”I fell madly, passionately in love. And as happens when you fall in love, my whole plan in terms of what I wanted for my life—I was like, ‘Forget it. This is it.’ I was consumed by it, willingly. And I was desperate to have a baby with him. I didn’t care if we were married. That’s what I wish I’d done,” she once said.
The two resembled a match made in Heaven and that is the reason why everyone was left in shock when Cruise filed for divorce after 11 years of marriage.
He cited irreconcilable differences as a reason for his decision.
Kidman was also shocked. She said the divorce wasn’t something she expected and added it came out of the blue.
There were rumors that he called their marriage quits because she refused to become part of the controversial church of Scientology that Cruise is a valued member of.
And now, according to the Daily Mail, Cruise missed the Academy Awards in order to “avoid an awkward run-in.”
“Tom was not there because she (Nicole) was there, and he did not want a run-in,” the source said.
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Do you believe there is a chance this could be the right reason?
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One thing most celebrity marriages have in common is that they don’t last long, so hearing of celebs who managed to stay together for years and are still going strong leaves us in awe. Such union is the one between Kevin Bacon and wife Kyra Sedgwick, both very famous names in the world of film.
Bacon and Sedgwick first met when she was 12 years old. According to her, she and her brother went to see a movie Bacon starred in and met after. Of course, she was way too young back then and didn’t think much of that encounter.
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Some ten years later, their paths crossed again while working on the film Lemon Sky, but it didn’t look like they were going to end up together because according to Sedgwick, she didn’t really find him attractive. He, on the other hand, was totally smitten with her from the beginning.
Speaking to Wide Open Country, the actress revealed, “He definitely wasn’t my type. In fact, I vividly remember looking at his butt when he walked away after we first met and thinking, Well, I guess some girls like that.”
However, they eventually started dating and tied the knot in 1988. The couple has two children together, son Travis Sedgwick Bacon, who is a solo musician, and daughter Sosie Ruth, who is following into her parents’ footsteps and is pursuing a career in the film industry. She’s best known for her portrayal of Skye Miller in the Netflix teenage drama 13 Reasons Why.
Bacon and Sedgwick have been married for 34 years, but they are still as affectionate for one another as day one. The Mystic River star uses every opportunity to remind his wife just how much he loves her. “I don’t know how he does it, but he always makes me feel like I’m the most beautiful woman in the room – the only girl in the room,” Kyra told People.
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However, when it comes to the key to long and happy marriage, Bacon told Entertainment Weekly, “Whatever you do, don’t listen to celebrities on advice on how to stay married.” It’s probably the love and the respect they have for one another that makes their union so solid.
“He is so honorable. He is so ethically true. He has high moral standards, and he doesn’t lie and he doesn’t cheat—and I find that sexy!” Sedgwick told Good Housekeeping back in 2012. “I am constantly in awe of Kevin’s levelheadedness and his lack of ‘crazy.’”
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During an appearance on the U.S. TV show “Finding Your Roots,” the couple learned they were ninth cousins, but that didn’t really affected their relationship in any way. According to Kyra, she did feel a bit unsettling but it was okay because although they appeared to be cousins, they were distant ones.
After investigating Kevin’s family ancestry, the show discovered that King Edward I, who fought William Wallace, was his 22nd great grandfather. Kevin joked that his ancestry did not get enough attention and said that as long as they are not first cousins, it’s all right.
With the ongoing pandemic, Bacon and Sedgwick are spending most of their time at home. She said she was doing some writing, and revealed that the two “are watching a lot of stuff and we’re reading. We continue to read stuff. I continue to read. I’m trying to touch into my work on a daily basis, for sure.”
One thing is certain, these two make one of the cutest Hollywood couples. Don’t you agree?
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It goes without a saying that the Trump family is one of the most famous ones in the States. Being a business mogul and a former president makes Donald Trump an influential public figure, and with that, the interest about his family is also huge.
The famous Trump empire started taking form when , Donald Trump’s father, Fred Trump, was still in high school. He graduated from Richmond Hill High School in 1923 and took classes in building construction at the Young Men’s Christian Association. In 1924, young Fred built his first home. In the following years, more houses arouse in Queens, and Fred, along with his mother, started the company E. Trump & Son.
Fred, being the oldest of the siblings and losing his father at the age of 11, took care of his brothers and sent them to college. But they, however, weren’t into the business as Fred was. At the time, the houses were sold for around $4,000 dollars. So, Fred was helping the middle class and was doing a lot for the community while getting extremely wealthy at the same time.
Business was booming, but then the World War II happened, and Fred was afraid he would lose clients, a lot of which Jews, so he hid the fact that he was of German origin. Instead, he claimed his father came to the U.S. from Sweden. During the war, Fred’s company was building apartments for the Navy and later homes for the veterans. He was well respected and helped improve the lives of those belonging to the middle class a great deal.
Today, Donald Trump’s children enjoy lavish lifestyles and they are all very close to their father.
Back in November, 2022, the family gathered together to celebrate Tiffany Trump’s wedding to billionaire Michael Boulos.
The couple met while on vacation in Mykonos in 2018, when Tiffany Trump was studying law at Georgetown Law and Boulos was studying project management at City, University of London, according to People magazine. Boulos is a Lebanese and he’s the son of Lebanese-Nigerian tycoon Massad Boulos, who runs Boulos Enterprises and is the CEO of SCOA Nigeria.
The wedding was a joyous occasion which took place at the family’s Mar-a-Lago Club, a place Tiffany holds close to her heart because of all the memories while growing up.
Tiffany’s wedding dress was a nod to Boulos’ heritage. “It’s a Lebanese American wedding, so we were so happy to have Elie Saab create the magic,” Marla Maples, the mother of the bride said. Maples also wore an Elie Saab gown for her mother of the bride look.
Ivana Trump was quick to share plenty of photos from the wedding, as well from the bridal shower.
Tiffany walked arm-in-arm with her father, smiling from ear to ear as the crowd looked on.
For the reception, the bride changed into a second gown where she was seen dancing with her new husband.
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Among the must-see moments from this year’s Oscars, which had the Hollywood royalty gathered at the Dolby Theatre, is the Everything Everywhere All at Once film which triumphed with major sweep.
There were plenty of other winners too, but it’s safe to say that it was Lady Gaga who stole the show.
She left fans guessing whether or not she would attend the big night, originally confirming she wouldn’t be able to perform her Best Original Song nominee, Hold My Hand from Top Gun: Maverick, due to conflicting schedule filming for The Joker sequel. However, seeing her walking the red carpet brought plenty of smiles and delight at her fans.
Lady Gaga wore a Versace gown and a full face of Haus Labs, her beauty brand. Yet it was the Born This Way singer’s outfit change that prompted many watching from the comfort of their homes to take real notice.
Moments before singing Hold My Hand, Gaga delivered an emotional speech, saying: “It’s deeply personal for me. I think that we all need each other. We need a lot of love to walk through this life. We all need a hero sometimes — there’s heroes all around us in unassuming places. But you might find that you could be your own hero, even if you feel broken inside.”
This time, she was completely makeup free and wore just ripped black jeans and a gray t-shirt. At one moment, the camera pushed in very close on her face, maybe too close, but that was likely a part of her wish that her performance be raw.
“She was really appropriate about the fact that this is a meaningful song to her and she wanted to really strip it down and do it not as an ‘Oscar performance,’ but as her,” showrunner Glenn Weiss explained. “And that’s exactly what we tried to capture.”
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Reacting to Lady Gaga’s performance, a fan commented, “Performance of the night. She started low then picked it up to the original production style. Took us home with the belt! One thing you can never take away from Gaga? is her MUSICAL DISCIPLINE. The woman will hide for 40 days and 40 nights and master any instrument.”
Another fan wrote, “Wonderful, in addition to singing extremely well, she cosplayed Ellie, from The Last of Us.” A third added, “You are just beautiful when you are natural.”
Others wrote, “Brilliant. Loved it stripped back amazing voice xx”, and “OMG I got chills as soon as the song started.”
Lady Gaga went to the Oscar stage with no makeup on, with a black t-shirt, witch ripped jeans and converse to gives a powerful speech and spill nothing but great, pure and raw vocals. This woman is one of the most talented artists out there. #Oscarpic.twitter.com/eqnQgjB9Oi
Less than two months remain until the very special event that will take place on the grounds of Britain. After more than 70 years, the nation would witness a coronation when Charles would officially be crowned a King.
However, besides Charles, his wife Camilla will also be given a new, more significant role, that of Queen Consort.
The much-awaited coronation is set to take place on May 6, which happens to be the birth date of Archie, Harry and Meghan’s son.
When late Queen Elizabeth was crowned in 1954, over 8,000 guests were in attendance at the coronation, and 129 nations were officially represented. King Charles is now allegedly planning to significantly reduce that number on his coronation, according to reports.
The coronation, which is given the code-name “Operation Golden Orb,” will take place at Westminster Abbey, conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby.
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The statement regarding this special event Britain hasn’t seen since June 2, 1953, when Queen Elizabeth became the head of monarchy, states that King Charles’ coronation “will reflect the monarch’s role today and look towards the future, while being rooted in longstanding traditions and pageantry.”
Further, the statement reads that “The Coronation is a solemn religious service, together with an occasion for celebration and pageantry.
“Across the Coronation Weekend, there will be further opportunities for people to come together in celebration of the historic occasion. On Sunday, May 7 2023, a special Coronation Concert will be staged and broadcast live at Windsor Castle by the BBC and BBC Studios, with several thousand pairs of tickets to be made available via public ballot,” Buckingham Palace added.
“The Coronation Big Lunch, at which neighbors and communities are invited to share food and fun together, will take place across the country on the same date.”
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Camilla would be crowned with Queen Mary’s Crown, which is set with 2,200 diamonds and was worn by Queen Mary for the coronation alongside her husband, King George V, in 1911. The crown would be altered so that is honors late Queen Elizabeth. According to some, the headpiece will be replaced with diamonds Cullinan III, IV, and V, which belonged to the late Queen’s personal jewelry collection.
As expected, many kept wondering if Harry and Meghan would be invited to the coronation, and Harry finally broke the silence and confirmed that they have been invited to King Charles’ coronation but he didn’t say whether they would attend it or not.
“I can confirm The Duke has recently received email correspondence from His Majesty’s office regarding the coronation,” a spokesperson for the couple told The Sunday Times.
“An immediate decision on whether The Duke and Duchess will attend will not be disclosed by us at this time.”
“We do know King Charles III has kept the invitation to the Coronation open,” royal expert Gareth Russell told US Weekly.
“And he’s made it really clear that not just the Duke of Duchess of Sussex but also Lilibet and Archie are very welcome in London in May for his coronation.”
In case they do attend the big event, which is very likely they would, Harry and Meghan are likely to try and keep themselves in the background.
According to royal expert Kinsey Schofield, the couple might end up taking becoming the main attraction on the big day – all down to their son, Archie who will be celebrating his birthday on the day of his grandpa’s coronation.
“I really think if we see anything around the Coronation, that would be a photo of Archie,” Schofield told Express.
“We haven’t seen very much of Archie, so that would be big news if we actually got to see him around the coronation, which is on his birthday.”
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Royal expert Robert Hardman, author of Queen of Our Times: The Life of Elizabeth II, believes the Duke and the Duchess would be respectful. “This is not our show, it’s his show, we are here because that’s the sort of respect for a beautiful thing to do,” he told Page Six. “Private family issues aside… that’s for another day.”
Further, he said, “Don’t forget, we kind of went through this last year with the Queen’s (Platinum) Jubilee,” he continued, adding that Harry and Meghan were “quite low-key” during that celebration.
“They didn’t seek to upstage the main event, they didn’t give any interviews, they didn’t have a Netflix crew following them up the aisle [at St. Paul’s Cathedral]. I think if they’re sensible, that’s how they’ll play it this time.”
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Sweet Lilibet Diana, the daughter of Harry and Meghan, was born on June 4, 2021. Her name is a homage to both her grandmother and great-grandmother. However, as the couple believed they did the right choice by naming their daughter Lilibet, they faced criticism by a number of royal experts.
Before the baby’s birth, the Sussexes claimed it would be very unlikely for their daughter to be named after her grandmother, late princess Diana, because they believed the name would not only come with responsibility but it would also “increase the public interest in the child’s life,” according to a source cited by Page Six. At the same time, the source indicated that Diana could be the middle name of Harry and Meghan’s second child, which happened to be true.
Lilibet is the Queen’s childhood nickname.
Apparently, she used to pronounce her name like that when she was still very young and her grandfather, King George V, continued to call her that throughout his life. It was also the name Prince Philip used for his queen.
According to The Guardian, shortly after his marriage to Queen Elizabeth, the Duke of Edinburgh wrote a letter to his mother which read: “Lilibet is the only ‘thing’ in the world which is absolutely real to me.”
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One of the people who criticized the couple over the name is royal commentator Richard Kay. He wrote in a column for the Daily Mail that Harry and Meghan took things too far naming the girl Lilibet.
“By giving the baby the name Lilibet, the Queen’s private family nickname – even though they intend to use the diminutive ‘Lili’ for their daughter – there is a risk,” Kay wrote, as quoted by Express.
“Will it be seen as a presumptuous choice for a royal baby who is eighth in line to the throne, but who will grow up on the other side of the world speaking with an American accent?”
He continued: “And how might Prince Charles feel about his fifth grandchild carrying such an intimate family pet name that he has never used himself? It is tempting to wonder if Harry would have been so emboldened in his choice if his grandfather Prince Philip – the only close family member permitted to call the Queen ‘Lilibet’ – had still been alive.”
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Lilibet met her British part of the family when she celebrated her first birthday on the grounds of Frogmore Cottage.
She was christened at the Sussexes’ family home in Montesito, California, and there were between 20 to 30 people in attendance.
“I can confirm that Princess Lilibet Diana was christened on Friday, March 3 by the Archbishop of Los Angeles, the Rev John Taylor,” a statement from the Sussexes read.
Royal fans quickly noticed that Lilibet’s christening took place exactly six months after the passing of her great-grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II.
However, this wasn’t the first time Harry and Meghan selected a significant date for an announcement. When they revealed Meghan’s pregnancy with Lilibet on Valentine’s Day in 2021, it coincidentally matched the date when Princess Diana had announced she was expecting Harry. The couple later shared that they only realized this connection after announcing Meghan’s pregnancy.
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle also revealed that filmmaker Tyler Perry is their daughter Lilibet’s godfather. The couple first connected with Perry in 2018 when he reached out to Meghan with a letter of support during the tense situation with her father, Thomas Markle, which unfolded before the royal wedding.
During that time, Thomas Markle was involved in a controversy where staged photos of him preparing for the wedding were published, leading to a fallout between him and Meghan, resulting in him not attending the wedding. Perry’s support for Meghan during this difficult period deepened their bond.
The little one’s name is now Princess Lilibet Diana and her parents believe it’s her birth right to be called Princess.
“The children’s titles have been a birthright since their grandfather became monarch. This matter has been settled for some time in alignment with Buckingham Palace,” a spokesman for the couple said.
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Many have been left puzzled as to why Archie and Lilibet got to receive the titles of Prince and Princess, but the explanation is in fact a very simple one.
In 1917, George V created the rules that are still in place today. He decided that the children of the sons of any Sovereign “shall have and at all times hold and enjoy the style title or attribute of Royal Highness with their titular dignity of Prince or Princess prefixed to their respective Christian names or with their other titles of honor.” So, when the Queen passed and King Charles became the monarch, Archie and Lilibet became eligible for their own royal titles.
“It wasn’t clear if they would use them or not since Harry and Meghan have left the family as working royals and headed to the States,” TalkTV Royal Editor Sarah Hewson told Sky. “We understand discussions took place after the Queen’s funeral and it has been agreed that they will be known formally as prince and princess – although Harry and Meghan won’t be using it in everyday life.”
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