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AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Michael J. Fox to receive Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at 2026 Emmys

The Television Academy will honor Michael J. Fox with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards on September 14, recognizing decades of advocacy that turned a personal diagnosis into a multibillion-dollar research effort. Fox, the Canadian-American actor who won three consecutive Emmys in the 1980s for his role as Alex P. […] The post Michael J. Fox to receive Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at 2026 Emmys appeared first on American Almanac .

The Television Academy will honor Michael J. Fox with the Bob Hope Humanitarian Award at the 2026 Primetime Emmy Awards on September 14, recognizing decades of advocacy that turned a personal diagnosis into a multibillion-dollar research effort. Fox, the Canadian-American actor who won three consecutive Emmys in the 1980s for his role as Alex P. Keaton on NBC's Family Ties, has spent the past quarter-century building The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research into the world's largest nonprofit funder of Parkinson's science. The foundation has supported more than $3 billion in research programs and set a 2026 goal of $700 million in new commitments to fund scientific research and grants, The Hollywood Reporter reported . The…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Jonah Adams) - Michael J. Fox returns to acting 35 years after going public with Parkinson's diagnosis

Michael J. Fox is heading back to a television set for another season of Apple TV+'s Shrinking, a move that extends a comeback few expected from a man who retired from acting during the pandemic and whose foundation has now funded more than $3 billion in Parkinson's research. Fox, 65, confirmed he will return for […] The post Michael J. Fox returns to acting 35 years after going public with Parkinson's diagnosis appeared first on American Almanac .

Michael J. Fox is heading back to a television set for another season of Apple TV+'s Shrinking, a move that extends a comeback few expected from a man who retired from acting during the pandemic and whose foundation has now funded more than $3 billion in Parkinson's research. Fox, 65, confirmed he will return for Season 4 of the comedy series, where he plays a character who, like Fox himself, lives with Parkinson's disease. He is also currently nominated for an Emmy for his three-episode arc in Season 3, a run that marked the first time in his career he played someone whose Parkinson's was written directly into the role rather than worked around it. The Hollywood Reporter profiled Fox and his foundation co-founder Deborah W. Brooks in…Open