Oscar-nominated actress Stockard Channing, now 82 and living alone in London, says the death of her longtime partner left her content with solitude, and unsure whether she'll ever act again. Channing laid out the quiet arc of her life in a personal essay for The Sunday Times, describing how the 2014 death of cinematographer Daniel […] The post Stockard Channing says she's 'happy being a recluse' after losing partner Daniel Gillham appeared first on American Almanac .
Oscar-nominated actress Stockard Channing, now 82 and living alone in London, says the death of her longtime partner left her content with solitude, and unsure whether she'll ever act again. Channing laid out the quiet arc of her life in a personal essay for The Sunday Times, describing how the 2014 death of cinematographer Daniel Gillham reshaped everything. She and Gillham had been together since 1990, roughly 24 years, and his loss hit harder than she expected. She has lived alone ever since, first in Maine and now in London, where she moved just before the COVID pandemic. "My partner, Daniel, died in 2014 and it was more devastating than I realized; it had a lag effect," Channing wrote . "The pattern of my life shifted, so I shifted…Open
After decades of avoiding the commitment of a recurring television role, British actor Rufus Sewell earned his first Emmy nomination for best actor in Netflix's political thriller The Diplomat, and says he'd gladly keep going. Sewell, a London native who spent most of his career gravitating toward film and limited engagements, told The Hollywood Reporter […] The post Rufus Sewell lands first lead Emmy nomination for 'The Diplomat' — and says the role finally broke his fear of long-running TV appeared first on American Almanac .
After decades of avoiding the commitment of a recurring television role, British actor Rufus Sewell earned his first Emmy nomination for best actor in Netflix's political thriller The Diplomat, and says he'd gladly keep going. Sewell, a London native who spent most of his career gravitating toward film and limited engagements, told The Hollywood Reporter that his long-standing resistance to series television dissolved once he found a show that refused to repeat itself. The nomination, for his work in season three as the ambitious and morally complicated diplomat Hal Wyler, marks the first time the show broke into the best actor category, and the first time it earned recognition in writing and several other Emmy fields. That breakthrough…Open