3 d. ago Val Kilmer: an ethereally handsome actor who evolved into droll self

Kilmer, who has died aged 65, made his name with Top Gun and The Doors – but his exceptional talents were often under-appreciated by the mainstream film industryVal Kilmer, star of Top Gun and The Doors, dies aged 65A life in picturesWhy do some movie careers take off and others go a bit sideways? Val Kilmer was a smart actor, a looker, a terrific screen presence and in later years an under-appreciated comic performer. His finest hour as an actor came in Shane Black’s comedy action thriller Kiss Kiss Bang Bang in 2005, when he was quite superb as the camp private investigator Gay Perry Shrike: a gloriously sleek, plump performance which was transparently – and outrageously – based on Tom Ford. If only Kilmer could have started his acting life with that bravura performance, and shown the world what he could do. Instead, and at a crucial stage in his career, he was trapped in the body and face of a staggeringly beautiful young man.He could somehow never quite persuade Hollywood to acc...

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2 w. ago Mike Tyson, sports stars and more pay tribute to boxing great George Foreman

Boxers and leading sporting figures celebrate the late heavyweight champion, ‘knockout artist’, preacher and entrepreneurGeorge Foreman, boxing champion and entrepreneur, dies aged 76George Foreman – a life in picturesBoxing greats and sports stars from around the globe have paid tribute to world heavyweight champion, George Foreman, who died on Friday aged 76.The death of the boxing Hall of Famer and entrepreneur was announced by Foreman’s family on his Instagram account. Continue reading...

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3 w. ago Athol Fugard was a dreamer, listener and master storyteller – on stage and at home | Barney Norris

The South African writer, who has died aged 92, was grateful for his extraordinary life and wrote out of love rather than angerI feel that Athol Fugard and his wife, Paula Fourie, changed my life in the autumn of 2022 when I visited South Africa to spend time with them and their daughter Halle. We were supposed to be working on a book together, and we did; but our time became so much more than that. There were lunches in the house or the restaurant round the corner; walks in the woods; a braai that went on past midnight.Over coffee in the mornings I’d sit with Athol and we’d use an app on his phone to identify the calls of all the birds in the garden. Then he might tell me a story from his life – the awe he felt when he asked Yvonne Bryceland to smash a chair to bits during rehearsals for Antigone and she proceeded to do so for a full 30 minutes; the journey he made by sea at 18 from Cairo to Japan, when an illiterate Somalian sailor used to watch him every night as he wrote a novel...

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last month YouTuber Andrew Cross dies aged 36 after being taken off life support following horror crash

Andrew Cross, who was known as the Desert Drifter to his fans on YouTube, has died at the age of 36 after being taken off life support following a car accident

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last month Andrew Cross death: YouTube star dies following horrific accident, aged 36

‘Desert Drifter’ was best known by his half a million subscribers for his adventure and archaeology videos

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last month Tragedy as YouTuber Andrew Cross dead at 36 weeks after horror crash

"Then in the room, friends and family read scripture, prayed, and sang during the process of removing life support and for over an hour afterwards."

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last month YouTube star Andrew Cross dies age 36 weeks after horror crash

YouTube star Andrew Cross, who rose to fame on the platform as Desert Drifter, has died at the age of 36 weeks after he was involved in a car accident in Colorado

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last month YouTuber Andrew Cross dies aged 36 after being taken off life support following horror accident

The Virginia-born, Colorado-based adventurer was rear-ended at high speed while waiting at a stoplight on January 31 and the other driver was charged with vehicular homicide

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