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☆ Bruce Willis: Daughter Tallulah opens up about father's dementia diagnosis
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-01 | by ( Issy Ronald | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Bruce Willis’ daughter, Tallulah, has revealed her difficulties coming to terms with her father’s frontotemporal dementia (FTD) diagnosis and shared details about its impact on her family’s life. “I keep flipping between the present and the past when I talk about Bruce: he is, he was, he is, he was. She recalled the first signs of her father’s illness, which the family initially announced was aphasia, a condition that can hinder communication. He had had two babies with my stepmother, Emma Heming Willis, and I thought he’d lost interest in me. Though this couldn’t have been further from the truth, my adolescent brain tortured itself with some faulty math: I’m not beautiful enough for my mother, I’m not interesting enough for my father.”Tallulah Willis is the youngest daughter of Bruce Willis and Demi Moore.

Persons: Bruce Willis ’, “, Bruce, I’m, Demi Moore, ”, Emma Heming Willis, he’d, ” Tallulah Willis, Bruce Willis, Leon Bennett, Tallulah Willis, weren’t, ” Bruce Willis, Angela Weiss Organizations: CNN, Vogue, Mayo Clinic, Getty Locations: Tallulah, Texas

☆ Arnold Schwarzenegger's moving response to Bruce Willis retiring
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-30 | by ( Lisa Respers France | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Arnold Schwarzenegger has a lot of love for Bruce Willis. Schwarzenegger recently talked to CinemaBlend about his friend and fellow action star. “He was, always for years and years, is a huge, huge star. And I think that he will always be remembered as a great, great star. And a kind man.”The Willis family announced last year the actor was stepping away from acting because he was diagnosed aphasia, a condition that can hinder ability to communicate, according to the Mayo Clinic.

☆ ‘Fatal Attraction’ Star Amanda Peet Struggled in London. Then Came Bruce Willis.
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-16 | by ( Marc Myers | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Amanda Peet, 51, is an actress who starred in the films “The Whole Nine Yards” and “Please Give” and TV’s “Brockmire.” She co-created, wrote and produced TV’s “The Chair” and currently stars in the Paramount+ series “Fatal Attraction.” She spoke with Marc Myers. When I was 13, my girlfriends and I had a relationship with a few boys whose names we never knew. My family lived in a 12th-floor apartment on Manhattan’s Gramercy Park. Across the courtyard from my bedroom was another building.

☆ Mischa Barton joins 'Neighbours' reboot
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-18 | by ( Amarachi Orie | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

Reece will be an American that is new to the area and “not quite who she appears to be,” according to the show’s producers. The long-running drama series began almost four decades ago in 1985 and ended in July. The new season, which began production in Melbourne on Monday and is set to premiere in the autumn, will inaugurate the revitalized series’ new phase. “I’m excited to be part of this iconic show’s next chapter, and I am really looking forward to being back in Australia – a place I know and love,” said Barton in the release. Guests Ian Smith (as Harold Bishop), April Rose Pengilly (as Chloe Brennan) and Melissa Bell (as Lucy Robinson), will also reprise their roles.

☆ Bruce Willis Diagnosed With Frontotemporal Dementia, Family Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Joseph Pisani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Bruce Willis at an event in Los Angeles in 2018. Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, his family said Thursday, nearly a year after they said the movie star had trouble speaking and was stepping away from acting. “Unfortunately, challenges with communication are just one symptom of the disease Bruce faces,” according to Instagram posts by his wife Emma Heming Willis and ex-wife Demi Moore . “While this is painful, it is a relief to finally have a clear diagnosis.”

☆ Bruce Willis Has Frontotemporal Dementia, Family Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Joseph Pisani | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Bruce Willis at an event in Los Angeles in 2018. Bruce Willis ’s condition has progressed after the actor was diagnosed last year with aphasia, which can affect the ability to speak or write, his family said. Mr. Willis, 67 years old, was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, according to Instagram posts Thursday by his wife Emma Heming Willis and ex-wife Demi Moore .

☆ Actor Bruce Willis diagnosed with dementia
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Danielle Broadway | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

LOS ANGELES, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Actor Bruce Willis has been diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia, his family said on Thursday, nearly a year after the "Die Hard" franchise star retired due to aphasia that hampered his cognitive abilities. “Since we announced Bruce’s diagnosis of aphasia in spring 2022, Bruce’s condition has progressed and we now have a more specific diagnosis: frontotemporal dementia (known as FTD), his family said in a statement posted on The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration website. "Unfortunately, challenges with communication are just one symptom of the disease Bruce faces. The actor’s oldest daughter, actor Rumer Willis, also posted the announcement on Instagram and received support from others in the entertainment industry. But Willis is perhaps best known for playing the tough-as-nails New York cop who pursued bad guys in the five "Die Hard" movies, released from 1988 to 2013.

☆ Bruce Willis' 'condition has progressed' to frontotemporal dementia, his family says
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-16 | by ( Saba Hamedy | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Bruce Willis attends the Comedy Central Roast of Bruce Willis at Hollywood Palladium on July 14, 2018 in Los Angeles, California. Actor Bruce Willis has frontotemporal dementia, his family said Thursday. In a heartfelt Instagram post, ex-wife Demi Moore and Rumer Willis, the couple's eldest daughter, shared that the actor's aphasia diagnosis, which the family had announced in March 2022, has progressed. In March, the Willis/Moore family had said Willis would be "stepping away" from his career following the aphasia diagnosis, which they said had impacted his cognitive abilities. Representatives for Moore and Willis did not immediately respond to further request for comment on Thursday.

☆ Clarence Gilyard, ‘Die Hard’ and ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ star, dead at 66
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-29 | by ( Toyin Owoseje | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —Clarence Gilyard, the actor best known for playing computer hacker Theo in “Die Hard” and naval flight officer Marcus “Sundown” Williams in “Top Gun,” has died at the age of 66. His death was announced on Monday in a statement from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), where he had been working as an associate professor at the College of Fine Arts. Gilyard played Theo, the heist crew's hacker, in "Die Hard." According to UNLV, Gilyard ventured into acting after studying Theatre Arts at California State University. Despite his accomplished acting career, Gilyard stepped away from acting in 2006 to start teaching at UNLV and directing productions at the university’s Nevada Conservatory Theatre.

☆ I got my big break as a Lionsgate screenwriter after I moved 2,000 miles from Hollywood. Here's how I made connections and worked my way up from security guard to my dream career.
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-17 | by ( Ken Miyamoto | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +14 min

Ken Miyamoto was a security guard at Sony, and worked his way up to story analyst for the studio. In 1996, I took one University of Wisconsin screenwriting class, and that was the extent of my screenwriting education. I moved to California from Wisconsin with my wife in late 1999 to pursue a career in screenwriting. The apartment was way overpriced and much smaller than others we looked at, but we signed the lease that day. Lastly, don't write for free.

☆ Fetterman Oz debate for Pennsylvania Senate seat sends message to stroke survivors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Judith Hannah Weiss | Judith Hannah Weiss Is A Freelance Writer Whose Work Has Appeared In The Iowa Review | The Rumpus | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

John Fetterman suffered days before winning the Democratic Senate nomination in May. The stroke added a new wrinkle to a race that could determine which party takes control of the 50-50 U.S. Senate. The Oz campaign is clearly hoping that perception will hurt Fetterman. In one egregious example, Oz issued a list of “concessions” for their debate Tuesday night that many see as mocking. Benjamin Abella, a professor of emergency medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, criticized the Oz campaign for shaming a stroke survivor.

The Musk video by reAlpha included “robust disclaimers” establishing it as satire, said Christie Currie, chief marketing officer. The first Musk video went live days after reAlpha launched a public offering under regulation A+ in 2021. But the ease of creating deepfakes means some celebrities could soon be deluged by ads featuring their unauthorized, but very convincing likenesses, Mr. Moss said. At the same time, the language in contracts written years before the technology existed may be vague enough to allow marketers to use existing footage to create new deepfake videos. Companies most often request celebrity deepfake videos to use internally for training, communications, parties or other purposes—but not for ads, said Daynen Biggs, owner of Slack Shack Films, which produced the Elon Musk videos.

☆ Flying car by California startup Alef attracts early Tesla investor
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-20 | by ( Paul Lienert | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Oct 19 (Reuters) - The concept of a flying car is not new - inventors have been trying to add wings to wheeled motor vehicles for decades, with only limited success. Jim Dukhovny, founder of Alef Aeronautics, hopes to change that equation. One feature that sets the Model A apart from earlier versions of flying cars is how it flies. Most other recent attempts by competitors resemble giant drones - and are not capable of wheeled travel on the ground. Alef estimates a driving range of 200 miles (322 km) and a flight range of 100 miles.

☆ Don’t look up: Close encounters of the disaster movie kind
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-25 | by ( Gene Seymour | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The latter movie, whose threat was, as with “Don’t Look Up,” a comet, was a more earnest, conscientiously assembled and far less flustered variation on this theme. By the way, I bet you’re wondering whether a feature-length “Chicken Little” movie was ever made. All I’ll say here is that it sounds a lot more interesting than the movie turned out to be. The title character in 2005's animated "Chicken Little" faces ridicule after warning that the sky is falling. But that doesn’t necessarily mean the movies will altogether abandon “Chicken Little” themes.

☆ DOLIU în lumea cinematografiei. S-a stins din viață celebrul creator al filmului "Superman"
▼ + stars: | 2021-07-06 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Richard Donner, regizorul unor filme celebre ca „Superman”, „The Goonies” sau „Lethal Weapon”, s-a stins din viață la 5 iulie, la vârsta de 91 de ani. Tristul anunț a fost făcut chiar de soţia acestuia, producătoarea Lauren Shuler Donner, informează realitatea.net. Primul său mare succes a fost „The Omen” (1976), iar ulterior a produs „Free Willy” şi „The Lost Boys”. Donner a regizat şi produs „The Goonies” (1985), o comedie care spune povestea unor copii, porniți în căutarea unei comori. Richard Donner a realizat nu doar filme, ci și videoclipuri.

Persons: Richard Donner, Lauren Shuler Donner, Christopher Reeve, . Donner, Mel Gibson, Donner, cineastul îşi, Cyndi Lauper, Sting, Bruce Willis Locations: Bronx, New York, Hollywood

☆ John Travolta şi Bruce Willis vor juca, din nou, într-un lungmetraj, după 27 de ani
▼ + stars: | 2021-05-17 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Sursa foto: Jeff KravitzJohn Travolta şi Bruce Willis vor juca, din nou, într-un lungmetraj, după 27 de aniJohn Travolta şi Bruce Willis vor juca din nou într-un lungmetraj, la 27 de ani de la "Pulp Fiction". Cele două vedete hollywoodiene îşi vor da replica în filmul de acţiune "Paradise City" ale cărui filmări vor începe luni, în Hawai, anunţă site-ul de specialitate Deadline. Bruce Willis va fi Ryan Swan, un vânător de recompense renegat. Acesta va trebui să-şi croiască drum prin lumea criminalităţii hawaiene pentru a se răzbuna pe stăpânul său, jucat de John Travolta, care i-a asasinat tatăl. Prima dată a fost în 1994, în "Pulp Fiction" de Quentin Tarantino, care i-a adus Palme d'Or la Festivalul de la Cannes.

Persons: Jeff, John Travolta, Bruce Willis, Ryan Swan, John Drake, Corey, Chuck Russell, Quentin Tarantino, Palme Locations: Hawai, Miami, Cannes

☆ Greu de mascat. Actorul Bruce Willis a fost dat afară dintr-o farmacie pentru că a refuzat să poarte mască
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Bruce Willis a admis că a avut o „eroare de judecată” după ce i s-a cerut să părăsească un magazin din Los Angeles fiindcă a refuzat să poarte o mască de protecție, scrie BBC. Actorul în vârstă de 65 de ani a fost fotografiat luni intrând într-o farmacie din California fără o acoperitoare facială. „A fost o eroare de judecată”, a declarat Willis pentru revista People. „Fiți în siguranță oriunde ați fi și haideți să continuăm să purtăm mască”, a adăugat acesta. Refuzul lui Willis de a purta mască a stârnit comentarii acide pe Twitter, unii numindu-l „covidiot”.

Persons: Bruce Willis, Willis, Willis de, Jurnalista Olivia Messer, Bryan Behar, Hans Gruber, Eric Garcetti Organizations: BBC Locations: Los Angeles, California, Angeles, Statele Unite

☆ Bruce Willis, în centrul unei controverse după ce a refuzat să poarte mască într-o farmacie: „A fost o eroare de judecată”
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-13 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: 1 min

Bruce Willis, în vârstă de 65 de ani, a recunoscut pentru revista People că a greşit. „A fost o eroare de judecată. Comportamentul lui Willis a fost amendat de mulţi utilizatori de Twiter, unii numindu-l „Covidiot”. California şi, în mod special, Los Angeles, reprezintă unul dintre focarele majore de Covid-19 din SUA. Luna trecută, în stat a fost depăşit pragul de 2 milioane de cazuri.

Persons: Bruce Willis, Eric Garcetti, Willis Organizations: People Locations: Los Angeles, California, SUA

☆ Actorul Thomas Lister Jr, cunoscut pentru rolurile din „Friday” sau „Al cincilea element” a fost găsit mort în locuința sa
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-12 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +1 min

Thomas Lister Jr., denumit "Micuțul" datorită dimensiunilor impresionate (1,96 metri înălțime și 140 kg), era cunoscut pentru rolurile sale din seria de filme "Friday", unde a jucat alături de Ice Cube. Pe lângă rolurile din filme și seriale, a practicat și luptele în campionatul WWF între 1989 și 1996 și a apărut în videoclipuri ale cântăreților Akon, Micheal Jackson și 50 Cent. Când ofițerii au intrat în locuință, Thomas Lister Jr a fost găsit mort, scrie Digi24. "Moartea lui Thomas Lister Jr pare să se fi produs din cauze naturale, însă cauza exactă a morții va fi stabilită de medicul legist", a anunțat Biroul șerifului din Comitatul Los Angeles. Investigația în cazul morții lui Thomas Lister Jr este încă în desfășurare.

Persons: Cindy Cowan, Thomas Lister, Bruce Willis, Jackie Brown, Akon, Micheal Jackson Organizations: Cube, WWF Locations: Bel - Air, Comitatul Los Angeles

☆ Actorul Thomas Lister Jr. a fost găsit mort în locuința sa, după ce a manifestat simptome de COVID-19
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-11 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +1 min

Actorul Thomas Lister Jr. a fost găsit mort în locuința sa, după ce a manifestat simptome de COVID-19, informează CNN, care îl citează pe managerul său. Pe lângă rolurile din filme și seriale, a practicat și luptele în campionatul WWF între 1989 și 1996 și a apărut în videoclipuri ale cântăreților Akon, Micheal Jackson și 50 Cent. Când ofițerii au intrat în locuință, Thomas Lister Jr a fost găsit mort. "Moartea lui Thomas Lister Jr pare să se fi produs din cauze naturale, însă cauza exactă a morții va fi stabilită de medicul legist", a anunțat Biroul șerifului din Comitatul Los Angeles. Investigația în cazul morții lui Thomas Lister Jr este încă în desfășurare.

Persons: Thomas Lister, Cindy Cowan, Bruce Willis, Jackie Brown, Akon, Micheal Jackson Organizations: CNN, Cube, WWF Locations: Bel - Air, Comitatul Los Angeles

☆ Filmul asasinării şefului programului nuclear iranian. Cum ar fi fixat mitraliera telecomandată ţinta şi unde a fost lovită victima
▼ + stars: | 2020-12-02 | by ( Publika.Md - Aici Sunt Știrile | ) www.publika.md time to read: +5 min

Martorii au auzit focuri de armă şi explozii, care ar fi vizat vehiculul în care se afla Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, scrie digi24.ro. În timpul luptei dintre echipa sa de securitate și teroriști, Mohsen Fakhrizadeh a fost rănit grav și dus la spital. Maşina a fost lovită, după care s-a oprit, moment în care se presupune că cercetătorul iranian a ieşit afară din vehicul, aparent fără să realizeze că zgomotele din caroserie erau provocate de gloanţe. Mitraliera a continuat să tragă, iar Fakhrizadeh a fost lovit din lateral şi în spate. Unul din bodyguarzii lui Fakhrizadeh a fost şi el rănit, în timp ce a sărit peste acesta, în încercarea de a-l proteja.

Persons: Mohsen, Ali, Maşina, Fakhrizadeh, Bruce Willis, israeliană Smart Shooter, Hopper Organizations: Securitate Naţională, Ministerului Apărării, Ministerul Apărării, Nissan, israeliană Smart Locations: Israel, israeliană, Hollywood, Iranului, Absard, Teheran, SUA

☆ 15 common misconceptions and surprising realities about dementia and Alzheimer's disease
▼ + stars: | 2020-06-01 | by ( Lindsay Dodgson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

It's the umbrella term given to the symptoms caused by various diseases — most commonly Alzheimer's. Despite the massive impact dementia has, there are still many misconceptions around it. It's the umbrella term given to the symptoms caused by over 100 different diseases and conditions — most commonly Alzheimer's. There is also Bruce Willis' recent diagnosis of frontotemporal dementia, which is the most common form of dementia in people under 60. Despite the massive impact dementia has on the economy and people's livelihoods, there are still many misconceptions around it.

☆ Top 10 cele mai curajoase întrebări de la etapa a șasea a Campionatului CUC 2015
▼ + stars: | 2015-05-06 | by ( Onixmedia Srl | ) diez.md time to read: +6 min

Acesta a fost penultima etapă a Campionatului CUC 2015. Autor: Ion-Mihai Felea, Echipa AsachiBlitz dublu de la Bruce Willis. Autor: Ion-Mihai Felea, Echipa AsachiCe am cifrat în imagine, dacă știm că Beethoven are una, Mahler – una, iar Schubert tocmai 3? Autor: Ion-Mihai Felea, Echipa AsachiO întrebare așa și așa. Dar care filme erau descrise în felul următor:a) Istoria relațiilor dintre un vegetarian și o fată cu paralizia nervului facial.

Persons: Facebook, Loredana, Asachi, Mihai Felea, Bruce Willis ., Ea, Echipa Asachi, Beethoven, Mahler, Schubert, Victor, Ingrid Bergman, Gerard Depardieu, Penelope Cruz, Cruz, Andrei, Dorin, Harry Potter, Dumnezeu, Mark Twain Organizations: echipele Asachi, Campionatului CUC, Moldovenesc, Asachi, Echipa, Alfa, !, Echipa Asachi, Publika Locations: Persia, Lucerna, elvețian, Alfalfa, Franța

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