Mar. 15, 2025
Damar Hamlin at the 2023 ESPYS.Photo:Christopher Polk/GettyBuffalo Bills safetyDamar Hamlinwas inspired when he made a surprise visit to meet Zeke, a teen athlete who returned to the track after undergoing heart surgery.In the clip, which aired last night onNBC Nightly Newswith Lester Holt, Hamlin, 25, tells correspondent Priscilla Thompson how Zeke’s story resonated with him.“I knew the road that it takes to be able to go through something very tough, very challenging, and be able to shift your mind and not let that determine what you want to do with your life or who you want to become,” says Hamlin, whoreturned to the NFLthis past season after his own health scare.
Mar. 15, 2025
Photo: Heather James Instagram
The mother of the lateDame Deborah Jameshas revealed that the BBC Podcast host did not want to die in the days leading up toher death from bowel cancer on June 28.
On Tuesday, Heather James recalled a conversation with Deborah, who was 40 when she died, to theBBCin which her daughter told her she had no regrets about her life.
“I went, ‘that’s brilliant,'” Heather told the BBC.
Mar. 15, 2025
Joan Collins attends the “Lady Boss: The Jackie Collins' Story” U.K. Premiere at The Curzon Mayfair on July 1, 2021 in London, England and The Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, at her greenhouse in Bois de Boulogne near Paris, France 1974.Photo:Stuart C. Wilson/Getty; Wolfgang Kuhn/United Archives via Getty
Stuart C. Wilson/Getty; Wolfgang Kuhn/United Archives via Getty
Joan Collins, a longtime supporter of the British monarchy, will playWallis Simpsonin an upcoming biopic.
Mar. 15, 2025
Joan Plowright in September 1989.Photo:Ted Blackbrow/Daily Mail/Shutterstock
Ted Blackbrow/Daily Mail/Shutterstock
British acting legend Dame Joan Plowright has died at 95.
Plowright was born in Lincolnshire, England, in 1929. She began appearing in dramas as a teenager, and she won a scholarship to train at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School. She eventually began appearing on the London stage, and was a frequent actress at the Royal Court.
Plowright made her film debut in 1960’sThe Entertainer, the screen adaptation of the play, but for the next three decades her work focused mainly on the theater.
Mar. 15, 2025
Judi Dench.Photo:Bob Haswell/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty
Bob Haswell/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty
Dame Judi Denchis 90 today!Born and bred in the U.K., Dame Judi is considered one of the best actresses to come out of her country, as she has forgeda career that spans six decades. The actress got her start in the theater in the late ’50s and expanded to film and television in the decades that followed. An Oscar, Golden Globe, Tony and BAFTA award-winner, there isn’t a part that Dench hasn’t brought her heart, regalness and poise to.