Catherine Zeta-Jones Broadway Debut
Posted on Sep 23, 2009 @ 04:20PM - Add a comment
Catherine Zeta-Jones is dusting off her dancing shoes and tuning up her vocal cords in preparation for her big Broadway debut.
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Zeta-Jones and Angela Lansbury have been confirmed to star in the Broadway revival of A Little Night Music opening at the Walter Kerr Theater in December.
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Zeta-Jones, who won an Oscar for her part of Velma Kelly in the hit movie Chicago, is set to play the central character of Desiree, an actress in end of the century Sweden.
The musical is based on Ingmar Bergman's 1955 film Smiles of a Summer Night and had a benefit performance by the Roundabout Theater Company in January, starring the late Natasha Richardson and Vanessa Redgrave.
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A Little Night Music will begin previews November 24th ahead of a December 13th opening.
VIDEO: Liam Neeson Talks About Life After Wife’s Tragic Death
Posted on Aug 26, 2009 @ 12:26PM - 1 comment
Liam Neeson, in his first sit-down TV interview since the tragic passing of wife Natasha Richardson, discussed his day-to-day life since her passing, his new film, and the death of Senator Ted Kennedy on Good Morning America Wednesday.
"We're taking each day as it comes," a subdued Neeson said of his family's coping with Richardson's untimely death after a March 18 ski accident. "I'm still getting extraordinary condolence letters from American people that's deeply, deeply touching, and that's partly the reason why I've recently become an American citizen. I'm still a proud Irishman, but I've become an American citizen, and I'm very, very proud of that."
Liam Neeson Walks Red Carpet For First Time Since Wife’s Death
Posted on Aug 12, 2009 @ 06:56AM - 2 comments
Actor Liam Neeson has walked the red carpet for the first time since his wife, actress Natasha Richardson, died in a freak skiing accident last March.
Neeson appeared at the Tribeca Grand Hotel in New York on Tuesday night to promote his new film Five Minutes Of Heaven.
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AUDIO: Billy Mays 911 Call
Posted on Jun 29, 2009 @ 11:32AM - 2 comments
The urgent call to 911 on behalf of Billy Mays has been released, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Deborah Mays, the pitchman's wife, is audibly disturbed, tearing up as Emergency operators advise her what to do should the patient, in this case her husband, become irresponsive.
Mays died in his sleep on Sunday. Several media outlets have compared Mays' hematoma with Natsha Richardson's condition, which claimed her life after hours following a ski fall.
Sad Birthday for Liam Neeson
Posted on Jun 07, 2009 @ 09:15AM - Add a comment
Today marks Liam Neeson’s first birthday since the tragic death of his beloved wife, Natasha Richardson.
The Irish-born actor turns 57 and will be spending the day with his and Natasha’s sons, Michael, 13, Daniel 12, plus a few other very close friends and family members.
“It’s not a day for a big party,” a family friend told RadarOnline.com.
“But Liam is trying to make things as normal as possible for the boys and show them that life does go on.”
Richardson’s died in a skiing accident in Canada March 18.
Listen To Liam Neeson’s First Public Words Since Natasha Richardson’s Death
Posted on May 07, 2009 @ 02:12PM - Add a comment
Receiving an honorary doctorate from his alma mater at a ceremony at the British Consulate in New York on Wednesday night, Liam Neeson spoke publicly for the first time since the death of wife Natasha Richardson.
Liam Neeson Talks To Ski-Instructor Who Was with Wife
Posted on May 05, 2009 @ 10:43AM - Add a comment
Actor Liam Neeson has spoken to the ski-instructor who was with his wife Natasha Richardson seconds before the freak skiing accident that led to her death, RadarOnline.com can reveal.
Neeson, 56, phoned the veteran female instructor at Quebec’s Mont Tremblant Resort in Canada to ask what happened after his 45-year-old wife fell and hit her head in March.
A source at the resort told the UK Sun newspaper: “He was very dignified and never sought to blame anyone – he just wanted to understand what happened for his own peace of mind.”
Liam Neeson Lands New Role
Posted on Apr 09, 2009 @ 07:16PM - Add a comment
Natasha Richardson would be proud. Two of her favorite men- husband Liam Neeson and good friend Ralph Fiennes- are teaming up for their next movie following her tragic passing. The two will play warring gods in Clash of the Titans, an epic about the Greek gods.
Neeson will play Zeus, the wise but ill-tempered king of the gods while Fiennes will play Hades, ruler of the underworld who tries to take on Zeus in hopes of dominating everything. Fiennes' deal is in still in negotiations.
BREAKING NEWS: Natasha Richardson’s 911 Calls
Posted on Mar 29, 2009 @ 01:15AM - Add a comment
As friends and family struggle to move on following her death, new light is being shed on the possibly crucial moments that could have changed the fate of Natasha Richardson’s life. The 911 tapes of the ambulance calls following her March 16 fall on the ski slopes on Mont Tremblant resort have surfaced, showing how the actress’ condition quickly worsened.
At 1 p.m., the medic says “10-17”, meaning he arrived after a call to the 911 dispatch center near Mirabel Quebec. “Uhh, we’re still waiting for the patient.”
Report: Richardson's Organs Donated To Waiting Patients
Posted on Mar 25, 2009 @ 12:03PM - Add a comment
Liam Neeson, Vanessa Redgrave and other family members decided to donate Natasha Richardson's organs to waiting transplant patients last week before deciding to pull the plug on the actress, according to the New York Post.
"Some patient is going to wake up in the recovery room and start reciting Shakespeare," a source told the paper.
Doctors, a source told the paper, spent six hours harvesting Richardson's organs following her tragic fall on a Canadian ski slope two days earlier.
Natasha Richardson Laid To Rest
Posted on Mar 22, 2009 @ 04:07PM - Add a comment
Private services were held this afternoon in upstate New York for actress Natasha Richardson, who died following a freak skiing accident last week.
Click here to see photographs from today's funeral services.
Richardson's funeral was held at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Millbrook, N.Y., near the family's 19th century farmhouse where she lived with her husband Liam Neeson and their two sons. She's being buried in a nearby cemetery.
Neeson was among the pallbearers for her coffin as it was taken into the church. He arrived with his sons and mother-in-law, Vanessa Redgrave. Other stars at the funeral include actor Ralph Fiennes and actress Uma Thurman.
The service was open only to family and close friends.
Richardson's mahogany coffin — emblazoned with an Irish claddagh symbol, signifying love, friendship and loyalty — was driven Saturday from the couple's Manhattan townhouse to their home near Millbrook where she had married Neeson in July 1994.
Richardson, 45, died Wednesday, two days after hitting her head in a freak skiing accident on a beginner's slope in Canada. She and Neeson had two sons: Michael, 13, and Daniel, 12.
