Sydney Hogarth

look for the lighter side of life in dark places.

[Jamesons @SiteJamesons]

Vou ser sincero com vocês: até algumas horas atrás, eu achava que Patrick Stewart fizesse parte da comunidade LGBTQ+. Via frequentemente fotos dele trocando selinhos com Ian McKellen e até imaginava que pudesse existir algo além de uma grande amizade entre os dois.

Para minha surpresa, ao pesquisar mais sobre sua vida, descobri que não. Patrick Stewart era heterossexual e foi casado três vezes, sempre com mulheres.

E os selinhos? Eram apenas uma demonstração pública de afeto e carinho por Ian, que é assumidamente gay e um dos seus melhores amigos. Mas o mais importante nunca foi o gesto em si. O verdadeiro significado estava no fato de Patrick usar sua imagem, como um dos atores mais respeitados de Hollywood, para apoiar a comunidade LGBTQ+ de forma aberta e natural.

Patrick Stewart não tinha uma masculinidade frágil e nunca precisou provar sua heterossexualidade para ninguém. Não se preocupava com o que pensavam ou diziam a seu respeito. O que realmente importava para ele era ajudar a construir um mundo mais tolerante e acolhedor.

Um mundo em que seu grande amigo Ian McKellen, e toda a comunidade LGBTQ+, pudessem viver com dignidade e paz.

Sir Patrick Stewart foi, sem dúvida, um homem à frente do seu tempo.

[Anson Mount 🖖 @ansonmount]

I am mid-flight right now and I have just received the news that Sir Patrick Stewart has left us. Modern technology is both an impressive and an extremely cold thing. Internet databases have already begun referring to him in the past tense. “Sir Patrick Stewart was…” and such a surreal sight hangs heavy on my heart.

Patrick was a friend. Not a close one, mind you, but it was a friendship, an “acquaintanceship” perhaps, that spanned more than half my life.

Ann Cook Calhoun was an extremely well published and well known Shakespeare scholar who also happened to be a dear friend of my family. A better way of describing our relationship is that she became something of a fairy godmother to me, taking an early interest in my education, both financially and academically.

Ann and Patrick had been dear friends for many years (since their mutual involvements with the Royal Shakespeare Company) and she often told me that I reminded her of a young Patrick. Of course, I always thought the comment was her way of being encouraging. Once, when I was attending the graduate Acting program at Columbia University, Ann came to New York with my parents and took us all to see Patrick play Prospero in a Broadway production of “The Tempest”. That was the beginning of my association with Patrick and, in that one evening, I saw what an artist and a professional truly looked like.

Flash many years forward, and you can imagine our mutual surprise at finding ourselves in the very small club of Enterprise Captains. Just… I’m not sure there’s another word for it but “bonkers”. Every time we saw one another, Patrick and I couldn’t help but marvel at this strange serendipity and how Ann, God rest her soul, would have been over the moon at this kismet. While I always thought that Ann had just been doing me a favor, I eventually realized that she really had seen something in me that would, for whatever reason, prove a connection to her dearest old friend. God, I loved her.

Like I say, I didn’t know Patrick incredibly well, but I always knew him to be generous and gracious to a fault. Our first time appearing together as captains was at the network up-fronts in New York. I had arrived late because of my production schedule so I didn’t get to rehearse our bit on stage before we walked out to the lights and cue cards. Of course, I completely missed my mark and had to adjust which made the entire audience laugh. Patrick held his opening line, looked at me and made a gesture as if to say, “You good?” I nodded vigorously, which seemed to elicit another laugh and he nodded back as if to say, “Alright then.”

Patrick had presence, generosity and good grace to spare, and along with an incredible intellect, he brought those qualities not only to Jean Luc, but into a lived integrity that made him an exemplar for lost, young actors looking for a way. I’ll always love him for it. I’m just sorry that was our one and only moment on stage together. Even our turn together in “Dr Strange” was pieced together in post. Why? Because he was shooting Star Trek: Picard” and they couldn’t get him off the set. Jean Luc was if not his first love, his deepest.

Oh well. Perhaps in the next play, in the next theater, he’ll hold a small, nameless roll for me and I will carry that spear with delight.

Bravo, Patrick. I will miss you dearly. Until next time… Engage.

[Variety @Variety]

Geordi La Forge actor LeVar Burton pays tribute to his “Star Trek” co-star Patrick Stewart:

“He was family. There is no other context in which to hold him that makes sense. I am lucky to have known and loved so many of the facets of a soul so rich in talent and generous of heart. Of all the Dames and Knights I’ve known he was deep down-the silliest.”

https://t.co/P2e24v8Ymy

[Ian McKellen @IanMcKellen]

SIR PATRICK STEWART (1940-2026)

Before everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end. You could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt. Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues. He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love.

We first met as ambitious young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company half a century ago but we weren’t in the same productions. My first strong memory was a few years later, meeting him in the street in central London when he told me about an offer to take over a leading part in 'Star Trek'. “But Patrick think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk—getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?”. Well, he took the risk and thank goodness for us all that he did for not just his devoted Trekkies but film and theatre audiences, who marvelled at his using international celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes ('X-Men' of course) and in great classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Peter Shaffer, Pinter and Beckett at Stratford-upon-Avon, in London’s West End and on Broadway.

America was his adopted home, where he met his adored Sunny who has cared for him through sickness and health, through thick and thin. But he never forsook his origins: and the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic, was his appointment as Chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire.

His farewell performance in 'Avengers: Doomsday' is yet to be seen.

Ian McKellen 29 October 2026

Photo: University of Huddersfield

[mktoon @mktoon]

"I rather believe that time is a companion who goes with us on the journey, and reminds us to cherish every moment because they'll never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we lived." - Captain Jean Luc Picard

[Seth MacFarlane @SethMacFarlane]

Patrick was one of those icons who we somehow all took for granted would always be with us.
I grew up as a fan, and was later gifted the privilege of becoming a colleague and friend, working with him for many years on “American Dad!”, “Family Guy”, and “Ted”. He was that rare actor who could take any bit of dialogue and elevate it, making a good writer sound great, and a great writer sound masterful. He was also as humble as they come. I remember exchanging emails with him a number of years ago when he was beginning day 1 of a new film. He commented to me that he always walked onto a new set feeling like the biggest novice there. My stunned reaction was the same as anyone’s would be. I said, “Patrick, if you feel that way, the rest of us are screwed.” We have lost a legendary actor today, and for many of us, a good friend. He will be deeply missed by the entire planet.

[Jeff Sneider @TheInSneider]

Don’t think you could ask for two better leads. Banderas deserves this kind of major showcase. He’s an underrated actor and he has a quiet intensity that should contrast Cage’s energy quite nicely.

[Emotion & Music @Emotion78687]

When Rita Moreno appeared as a guest on The Muppet Show in 1976, she created one of the greatest musical comedy sketches in television history.

Attempting to perform the classic jazz piece "Fever" with charm and elegance, she faced her arch-nemesis: Animal the drummer.

What made this act a timeless masterpiece was Moreno's exceptional comedic talent.

Instead of being genuinely overshadowed, she used every annoyed glance, every calculated silence, and every explosive reaction to perfectly counter Animal's chaotic drumming.

Nearly 50 years later, this iconic confrontation remains a classic example of how a talented artist can transform high-level music into pure, unadulterated comedy. 👑😂

[This Day In Gaming History @ThisDayGaming]

Remembering Sam Neill on his 79th Birthday 🕊️

Alan Grant escaped Jurassic Park, then returned to games decades later. Neill voiced Grant again in Jurassic World Evolution. Which Jurassic game felt most like Isla Nublar?

Happy Birthday Week, Sam! 🕊️

#ThisDayInGaming

[Today In History @historigins]

During the filming of "Gladiator," Oliver Reed, the actor who was playing Proximo, suffered a heart attack in a pub after drinking 3 rum bottles, 8 beers, several shots of whiskey and cognac, and beating 5 young Royal Navy sailors at arm wrestling. He really died like a true gladiator.

[Jason Voorhees (☥𝐃𝐁) @Jasonvoorheesdb]

Victor Miller hass passed away 🙏😔

He wrote the original Friday the 13th and created Jason and Pamela Voorhees, has died at 86.

He gave Camp Crystal Lake its first night of terror.
A celebration of his life will be held in November on Friday the 13th.

[Lou Diamond Phillips @LouDPhillips]

Still hard to believe he’s gone. Was literally speaking about him a few days ago and had to remind myself of that sad fact.

[Classic Moments ✨ @Sunflower15025]

When Dolly Parton approached Robert Plant for permission to record her version of “Stairway to Heaven,” she reportedly worried about how he would react. Instead, Plant’s response was wonderfully simple: “Of course you can, you’re Dolly Parton.”

And somehow, that feels like the perfect answer. Dolly didn’t try to copy Led Zeppelin — she took one of rock’s most iconic songs and made it unmistakably her own, adding a touch of country, gospel, and her unmistakable voice.

Sometimes, a legend recognizing another legend is all the permission you need.

[Michael Warburton @For_Film_Fans]

In 1976 the late great GENE WILDER — who left us 10yrs ago today, aged 83 — spoke about just how important meeting Mel Brooks was to him.

What a lovely, talented man.

[The Wolfman (☥𝐃𝐁) @TheWolfmanDB]

Good for Herman

[J @jasonllevin]

Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood are handing over a whole day of business to Dolly's books.

They are calling September 25 Dolly Day at Friends in Low Places, their bar on Broadway in Nashville. Every dollar that register takes that day goes to the Imagination Library. Trisha put it plain. Whatever the cash register says at the end of the day is going to Dolly's passion.

The date is 9/25, for "9 to 5."

And they are not doing it once. It becomes an annual thing at that bar.

Garth's line was that Dolly is proof if you spend your whole life loving, you will live forever.

[View🌶 @AestheticsFied]

Marisa Tomei At The age of 61

Absolutely stunning!

[Interesting things @awkwardgoogle]

In 1972, TV history gave us truly one of the most adorable moments ever broadcast

[Jeffrey Sachs @JeffreyASachs]

Fun fact: This was improved. The actress was supposed to sing the letters of the alphabet, but the crew laughed so hard when she said Cookie Monster that director Pier Paolo Pasolini decided to leave it in.