Anne Hathaway reveals miscarriage while in play in which she had to ‘give birth every night’
Anne Hathaway has spoken about suffering a miscarriage in 2015 while acting in a play in which she had to “give birth” every night.
The Oscar-winning star told Vanity Fair her first pregnancy “didn’t work out”, and adding, “I was doing a play and I had to give birth on stage every night.”
The 41-year-old actress was speaking about her one-woman performance in off-Broadway show Grounded – about a pregnant pilot.
The six-week run required her to act going through childbirth every night, and it was during that time she suffered a miscarriage.
Saying she “pretended everything was fine” during the show, she admits she told friends who came to see her backstage as “it was too much to keep it in”.
Hathaway has since gone on to have two sons with husband Adam Shulman.
After welcoming baby Jonathan in March 2016, she announced her second pregnancy in July 2019 in an Instagram post, but also highlighted her past struggles with fertility.
Sharing a photo of her with her baby bump, she wrote: “It’s not for a movie. All kidding aside, for everyone going through infertility and conception hell, please know it was not a straight line to either of my pregnancies. Sending you extra love.”
‘It would have felt disingenuous’
She told Vanity Fair she’d written the message because “given the pain I felt while trying to get pregnant, it would’ve felt disingenuous to post something all the way happy when I know the story is much more nuanced than that for everyone.”
She added she “wasn’t going to feel ashamed” of something that seemed “statistically to actually be quite normal”.
Hathaway said she was later shocked to discover how common miscarriages are.
“I thought, where is this information? Why are we feeling so unnecessarily isolated? That’s where we take on damage. So, I decided that I was going to talk about it.”
She said the reaction to her post “blew my mind,” with women regularly coming up to her in tears, years after she shared the message.
She said: “And I would just hold her, because she was carrying this [pain] around and suddenly it wasn’t all hers anymore.”
‘You don’t always have to be graceful’
She went on: “When it did go well for me, having been on the other side of it, where you have to have the grace to be happy for someone, I wanted to let my sisters know, ‘You don’t have to always be graceful,'” she said.
“‘I see you and I’ve been you.'”
Hathaway’s second son, Jack, was born in November 2019.
Meanwhile, TV presenter Lorraine Kelly has spoken about a miscarriage she suffered more than 20 years ago and welcomes the fact people are talking more frequently about the experience of pregnancy loss.
Lorraine Kelly says women ‘should be allowed to grieve’. Pic: PA
Speaking to Saga Magazine, the 64-year-old said: “Sometimes I wonder what might have been. You’ve got this parallel life that didn’t happen.
“I do remember vividly the time when someone said, ‘Oh this is very common’.
“They were trying to make me feel better, which made me feel worse. I thought, ‘Oh my God, so many people feel like this’.”
‘It didn’t happen for us’
Discussing conversations around miscarriages, she added: “I think it’s good that we are talking about things like this a lot more. We are more open, and you should be. You should be allowed to grieve and go through that whole process the way it suits you.
“Some people don’t want to talk about it, and some do.”
Kelly, who has one grown-up daughter, Rosie, says she didn’t go on to have more children as “it didn’t happen for us,” adding “by the time you realise it’s not happening… I was in my early forties, and just thought our time had passed.”
The Scottish TV presenter will receive a special prize at the Bafta television awards this year in recognition of her four decades in broadcasting.
Hathaway will next appear in thriller Mother’s Instinct, which is out in UK cinemas on Wednesday.
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Jessica Chastain criticises decision to delay release of The Savant after Charlie Kirk killing
Jessica Chastain has criticised Apple’s decision to delay the release of political thriller series The Savant after the killing of Charlie Kirk.
The actress, who is also executive producer of the show for the tech giant’s TV+ streaming service, said she was “not aligned on the decision to pause the release”.
In a post on Instagram, she said the programme, in which she plays a woman who tries to draw out potential terrorists online, is “so relevant” and she has never “shied away from difficult subjects”.
Chastain portrays a military veteran who works at the Anti-Hate Alliance, where she secretly visits 4Chan-like message boards and poses as a white nationalist to identify possible terrorists.
“‘The Savant’ is about the heroes who work every day to stop violence before it happens, and honouring their courage feels more urgent than ever,” Chastain said.
“I remain hopeful the show will reach audiences soon. Until then, I’m wishing safety and strength for everyone.”
She listed several acts of political violence in the US in recent years, including a plot to kidnap Michigan’s governor Gretchen Whitmer, the attempted assassinations of Donald Trump last year and also the killing of controversial influencer Kirk.
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Apple said it chose to postpone the show after “careful consideration” but did not give a reason why.
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Meanwhile, millions of people tuned in to watch Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday after he returned to TV after Disney suspended him for nearly a week after he made comments about Kirk.
Jimmy Kimmel hosting his late night show. Pic: AP
ABC said 6.26 million people watched Kimmel as he said it was “never my intention to make light of” Kirk’s death. It was the late-night show’s highest-rated regularly scheduled episode.
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“I don’t think there’s anything funny about it,” he said as he choked up.
“Nor was it my intention to blame any specific group for the actions of what was obviously a deeply disturbed individual. That was really the opposite of the point I was trying to make”.
Kimmel had been accused of being “offensive and insensitive” after using his programme, Jimmy Kimmel Live, to accuse Donald Trump and his allies of capitalising on the killing.
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Claudia Cardinale: Star of The Pink Panther and Once Upon A Time In The West dies aged 87
Acclaimed Italian actress Claudia Cardinale, who starred in The Pink Panther and Once Upon A Time In The West, has died aged 87, according to French media reports.
The actress, who starred in more than 100 films and made-for-TV productions, died in Nemours, France, surrounded by her children, her agent told the AFP news agency.
At the age of 17 she won a beauty contest in Tunisia, where she was born to Sicilian parents, and was rewarded with a trip to the Venice Film Festival, kick-starting her acting career.
She had expected to become a schoolteacher before she entered the beauty contest.
Claudia Cardinale at the Prix Lumieres awards ceremony in Paris in January 2013. Pic: AP
Cardinale gained international fame in 1963 when she starred in both Federico Fellini’s 8-1/2 and The Leopard.
She went on to star in the comedy The Pink Panther and Sergio Leone’s Once Upon A Time In The West in 1968.
She considered 1966’s The Professionals as the best of her Hollywood films.
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When she was awarded a lifetime achievement at the Berlin Film Festival in 2002, she said acting had been a great career.
“I’ve lived more than 150 lives, prostitute, saint, romantic, every kind of woman, and that is marvellous to have this opportunity to change yourself,” she said.
“I’ve worked with the most important directors. They gave me everything.”
Cardinale was named a goodwill ambassador for the UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation for the defence of women’s rights in 2000.
She is survived by two children.
A convicted killer who turned up at Cheryl Tweedy’s home for a fourth time has been jailed.
Daniel Bannister, 50, was sentenced to 12 months after admitting a single charge of breaching a restraining order.
He was also given a new restraining order, which warns him against contacting the former Girls Aloud singer.
“You are causing her anxiety,” Judge Alan Blake told him.
“She does not wish any contact with you. You have shown defiance to the court order. You need to draw a line under that behaviour.”
Bannister turned up at Tweedy’s rural home for the fourth time on 19 June.
Reading Crown Court heard he arrived in a taxi just before 10pm and rang the intercom twice before peering over the gate.
Bannister believed the singer had invited him to her home over Microsoft Teams, the court was told.
Daniel Bannister. Pic: Thames Valley Police
Tweedy said she was “stunned” when Bannister visited her home yet again and had been forced to hire security.
“Each time he returns the worry of his intentions intensifies,” she said in a victim impact statement.
“I’m worried, nervous and on edge every time I open my gate. No person should have to feel this way.
“Daniel has made my young child scared,” she added.
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Bannister was initially jailed for four months in September last year – and handed a three-year restraining order.
But he breached it by turning up at Tweedy’s home in December.
In March, he was jailed for 16 weeks at Wycombe Magistrates’ Court for repeatedly going to Tweedy’s Buckinghamshire home while under the restraining order.
During that appearance, the court heard that Tweedy “immediately panicked” and was “terrified” when she saw him outside her home, fearing for the safety of her eight-year-old son Bear.
Bannister killed Rajendra Patel, 48, at a south London YMCA shelter in 2012 and pleaded guilty to manslaughter.
Mr Patel died from an injury to his leg, a court heard.
Tweedy’s former partner Liam Payne died last year in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after falling from his third-floor hotel balcony.
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