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Unforgettable character actor Walsh dies at 88
M. Emmet Walsh, the character actor who brought his unmistakable face and unsettling presence to films including “Blood Simple” and “Blade Runner,” has died at age 88, his manager said Wednesday.
Walsh died from cardiac arrest on Tuesday at a hospital in St. Albans, Vermont, his longtime manager Sandy Joseph said.
The ham-faced, heavyset Walsh often played good old boys with bad intentions, as he did in one of his rare leading roles as a crooked Texas private detective in the Coen brothers' first film, the 1984 neo-noir “Blood Simple.”
Joel and Ethan Coen said they wrote the part for Walsh, who would win the first Film Independent Spirit Award for best male lead for the role.
Walsh played a crazed sniper in the 1979 Steve Martin comedy “The Jerk” and a prostate-examining doctor in the 1985 Chevy Chase vehicle “Fletch.”
In 1982's gritty, “Blade Runner,” a film he said was grueling and difficult to make with perfectionist director Ridley Scott, Walsh plays a hard-nosed police captain who pulls Harrison Ford from retirement to hunt down cyborgs.
Springsteen returns to the stage after 2023 tour postponed
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band returned to the stage Tuesday evening at the Footprint Center in Phoenix in a triumphant reboot of the Boss' postponed 2023 world tour.
In September, Springsteen, 74, announced his tour would be delayed until 2024, citing doctor's advice as he recovered from peptic ulcer disease.
On stage with Springsteen was the legendary E Street Band which features drummer Max Weinberg, bassist Garry Tallent, keyboardists Roy Bittan and Charlie Giordano, guitarists Stevie Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren, saxophonist Jake Clemons – nephew of original sax man Clarence Clemons who died in 2011 – guitarist and violin player Soozie Tyrell, a full horn and brass section and four backup vocalists. The only missing member of the band was Springsteen's wife, singer and guitarist Patti Scialfa.
Springsteen performed most of the hits in his vast collection, minus “Born In The U.S.A.,” but he added covers “Nightshift” by the Commodores, “Because The Night” by Patti Smith Group, and a surprise: “Twist and Shout” by The Beatles. Fans went wild for “No Surrender,” “Born To Run,” “Rosalita,” “Dancing In The Dark,” “Glory Days” and “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” that left the rocker grinning from ear-to-ear as he conducted fans singing along like his own chorus.
Danson says skin condition made him feel like a fraud on ‘Cheers’
When you think of Ted Danson, you probably picture the charming Sam Malone behind the bar on “Cheers.” Or the conniving, supernatural architect on “The Good Place.”
But life for the sitcom star hasn't been all laughs behind the scenes. For much of his career, Danson says, he's struggled with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis − a chronic skin condition that had a debilitating impact on his self-esteem and made him feel like a fraud, even as his star was on the rise.
“People would come up and compliment me or think of me as Sam Malone or whatever, and I was always lying, because part of my brain was going, ‘If only you knew,' ” Danson says. “This is not a boohoo moment, meaning life has been very kind to me. I'm so blessed. But it does make you feel like you got to hide something, and that's not a good way to go through life.”
Now, the actor is teaming up with Bristol Myers Squibb − a pharmaceutical company that makes SOTYKTU, a drug aimed at reducing psoriasis symptoms − for the “SO, Have You Found It?” campaign, which encourages people with plaque psoriasis to explore treatment options with their dermatologists.
Mayo Clinic describes plaque psoriasis as a skin disease that causes itchy, scaly rashes, usually on the knees, elbows and scalp. According to the American Academy of Dermatology, about 7.5 million people in the United States have psoriasis, which is not contagious and can be exacerbated by stress. Though there are treatment options to manage symptoms, there is no cure.