Jeremy Renner wrote ‘last words’ to family after snow plough accident
Jeremy Renner has revealed he wrote his “last words” to his family while lying in a hospital bed after a snow plough accident.
The 52-year-old Marvel actor spent time in an intensive care unit after he was accidentally run over by his own six-tonne plough on New Years Day.
The incident left him with more than 30 broken bones.
In a clip from an upcoming interview, Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview – A Story of Terror, Survival and Triumph, the actor breaks down in tears as he describes lying in hospital.
“So I’m writing down notes on my phone [which are the] last words to my family,” he said, speaking to Sawyer whilst sitting in a wheelchair.
Pic: Instagram/@jeremyrenner
Last week, another clip saw Renner reveal that he was “awake through every moment” of the ordeal.
But he said he would “do it again” as the plough was heading straight towards his nephew Alexander Fries, whose car Renner was trying to free from the snow.
Renner appeared emotional again when Sawyer mentioned he had said “I’m sorry” to his family in sign language.
Renner’s nephew was the only witness and began “screaming for help” after the crash as he did not have his phone, police said in a report.
“If I was there on my own, it would have been a horrible way to die and surely I would have, surely,” Renner said in the interview clip.
“But I wasn’t alone, [there] was my nephew, sweet Alex, and the rest of the cavalry came.”
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The interview will feature a recording of the 911 call made in the aftermath of the incident, in which Renner’s nephew thought he was dead.
Throughout his recovery Renner updated fans via social media, from an Instagram post days after the accident when he was “too messed up” to type to a recent workout video showing his rehabilitation exercises.
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“I chose to survive. That’s not gonna kill me, no way,” the actor said later in the interview.
“I’ve lost a lot of flesh and bone in this experience, but I’ve been refuelled and refilled with love and titanium.”
The interview is due to air in the US on ABC News on 6 April.
Taylor Swift has revealed the release date for her new album, The Life Of A Showgirl.
The pop megastar announced her 12th studio album earlier this week but didn’t give many details.
Now, in social media posts and an appearance on boyfriend Travis Kelce’s sports podcast, Swift revealed just what fans can expect from the new album.
Taylor Swift and boyfriend Travis Kelce on the New Heights podcast. Pic: New Heights
The Life of Showgirl, written during the European leg of her record-breaking Eras tour, will be released on 3 October.
It consists of 12 songs, including the title track that features pop star Sabrina Carpenter.
The full track list is:
1. The Fate Of Ophelia
2. Elizabeth Taylor
3. Opalite
4. Father Figure
5. Eldest Daughter
6. Ruin The Friendship
7. Actually Romantic
8. Wi$h Li$t
9. Wood
10. Cancelled!
11. Honey
12. The Life Of A Showgirl (featuring Sabrina Carpenter)
Long-time collaborators Max Martin and Shellback, two Swedish producers who worked with Swift on some of her biggest hits, joined the pop star for this album.
Within four hours of posting the full podcast episode on YouTube, it had already gathered 4.7m views.
The cover of Taylor Swift’s newly announced album. Pic: Republic Records
The back cover of Taylor Swift’s 12th studio album The Life Of A Showgirl. Pic: Republic Records
‘The hardest-working star in pop’
The album follows last year’s The Tortured Poets Department, which was released during the Eras tour.
That tour, with shows on five continents and in 51 cities, raked in more than $2.2bn (£1.62bn) and was the highest-grossing tour of all time.
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“This album is about what was going on behind the scenes in my inner life during this tour, which was so exuberant and electric and vibrant,” Swift said during her podcast appearance.
Sky News culture and entertainment reporter Gemma Peplow said after her globe-trotting tour and a swathe of re-releases over recent years, the new album cemented Swift’s reputation “as the hardest-working star in pop”.
Disgraced US film producer Harvey Weinstein is to be tried for a third time in a sexual assault case.
A jury in New York could not reach a verdict in June against the 73-year-old who was accused of raping actress Jessica Mann, and a mistrial was declared.
Judge Curtis Farber has said he wants the new trial to happen before the end of this year.
The same jury found Weinstein guilty in June of sexually assaulting former Project Runway production assistant Miriam Haley in 2006 and not guilty of assaulting Polish former runway model Kaja Sokola the same year.
Weinstein will be sentenced for the guilty verdict in Ms Haley’s case on 30 September.
He denied all of the charges. Throughout the retrial, his lawyers insisted the sexual encounters with his three accusers were “transactional” and “consensual,” and labelled the women as opportunists.
Weinstein was originally convicted of rape and criminal sexual act by the same court in 2020 and sentenced to 23 years in prison for the crimes.
Last year, however, New York’s highest court overturned the conviction, prompting Weinstein’s retrial this summer.
Weinstein was once one of the most powerful people in Hollywood – the co-founder of film and television production companies Miramax and The Weinstein Company, who produced films such as the Oscar-winning Shakespeare In Love, Pulp Fiction, and The Crying Game.
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In 2017, a series of sexual misconduct allegations against him propelled the #MeToo movement.
Some of those accusations later led to criminal charges and his convictions in New York and California.
Before the retrial, Weinstein was also serving a 16-year prison sentence after being found guilty of rape in California in December 2022. He has also denied this charge.
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