In virus chaos, some find solace, purpose in helping others
This image released by Damien Escobar shows Escobar with medical staff at Queens Hospital in the Queens borough of New York. Many people are reaching out to help others during the pandemic, and some say it's helping them regain a sense of control in their lives. He has pivoted to a new campaign, Masks for the Masses, to get masks to the homeless and low-income families. At a time of helplessness, she says, helping others makes a mark on a world that seems to be overwhelming all of us. โThe intuition that helping others is the key to our well-being right now fits with science,โ Santos says.
'Dark Shadows,' 'Cagney & Lacey' actor John Karlen dies
BURBANK, Calif. โ Emmy-winning character actor John Karlen, known for his roles on the television series โDark Shadowsโ and โCagney & Lacey,โ has died. Karlen played conman and scoundrel Willie Loomis, and later several other roles, on โDark Shadows,โ the cult favorite horror soap that aired on ABC from 1966 to 1971. He played Harvey Lacey, husband to Tyne Daly's Mary Beth Lacey, on the acclaimed CBS police drama โCagney & Laceyโ from 1982 to 1988. Karlen won an Emmy as best supporting actor in a drama for the role in 1986. His final major role was a reprise of his Harvey Lacey character for the 1996 television movie, โCagney & Lacey: True Convictions.โKarlen's survivors include his son, Adam.
Laura Dern narrates 'Little Women' audiobook
NEW YORK, NY โ Laura Dern likes the spoken word so much she even enjoys callbacks to re-record lines for her movies. Dern's memories of โLittle Womenโ date back to around age 13, when she and her grandmother would read it aloud together and when Dern read the novel by herself. Like the March sisters, she was raised mostly by women; her parents, the actors Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd, divorced when she was little and she spent much of her time with her mother and grandmother. Filming the movie, and reading the audiobook, reminded her of her deep attachment to the fictional family, especially to Marmee. Her immersion in โLittle Womenโ has her thinking about her family โ one of her children read โLittle Womenโ while Dern was working on the film last year โ and how to include them in future audiobooks.