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Daily Record
5 days ago
- Daily Record
The Walking Dead star Kelley Mack dies aged 33 after cancer battle
The star sadly passed away on Saturday. The Walking Dead star Kelley Mack has died at the age of 33 after a battle with cancer. The actress, known best for playing the role of Addy in the popular zombie drama, passed away on Saturday. Her death was announced in a post on her Instagram page, which read: "It is with indelible sadness that we are announcing the passing of our dear Kelley. Such a bright, fervent light has transitioned to the beyond, where we all eventually must go. "Kelley passed peacefully on Saturday evening with her loving mother Kristen and steadfast aunt Karen present. Kelley has already come to many of her loved ones in the form of various butterflies. She will be missed by so many to depths that words cannot express." In September, Kelley previously announced that she had been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer and was undergoing aggressive treatment as a result. As reported in the Mirror, she played Addy in five episodes of The Walking Dead in 2018 but had also appeared in 9-1-1, Chicago Med and TV film Mr. Manhattan. The young star had also starred in 2021 horror film Broadcast Signal Intrusion alongside Glee's Harry Shum Jr and This Is Us star Chris Sullivan. Her brother is fellow actor Parker Mack, who is best known for his roles in Ouija: Origin of Evil, Faking It and Divergent. Kelley had recently starred in the film Universal alongside The Inbetweeners' star Joe Thomas and Buffering's Rosa Robson. Chilling images show Scots racists meet neo-Nazis in Germany to plot 'revolution' The star had been recovering from cancer treatment earlier in the year, posting in March that she had finished proton radiation treatment and was undergoing physical therapy. She said at the time: "Overall, this journey has not been easy, but things are getting better — improvements are tough to see when you're in the thick of it. Thank you again and again for the support and prayers." Join the Daily Record WhatsApp community! Get the latest news sent straight to your messages by joining our WhatsApp community today. You'll receive daily updates on breaking news as well as the top headlines across Scotland. No one will be able to see who is signed up and no one can send messages except the Daily Record team. All you have to do is click here if you're on mobile, select 'Join Community' and you're in! If you're on a desktop, simply scan the QR code above with your phone and click 'Join Community'. We also treat our community members to special offers, promotions, and adverts from us and our partners. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like. To leave our community click on the name at the top of your screen and choose 'exit group'. Fans have taken to social media to post tributes to Kelley, with one writing: "How terribly sad. Thoughts go out to her loved ones." A second tweeted: "Oh no. Loved her in Broadcast Signal intrusion. Rest in Peace Kelley." A third wrote: "Kelley Mack, who played Addy on The Walking Dead Passed Away. This is so sad and so young."
Daily Mail
04-08-2025
- Daily Mail
Lindsay Lohan feels 'pigeonholed' by Hollywood after her early teen roles
Lindsey Lohan has opened up about how she has to fight be taken seriously as an actress, saying she was 'pigeonholed' by the roles that catapulted her to fame as a teenager. The 38-year-old actress found stardom in the early 2000s thanks to her roles in The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, and Mean Girls. But despite being recognized by critics and Hollywood heavyweights for her early career, Lindsay said she struggled to move beyond the teen persona that was created for her, even as her acting matured. Speaking to The Sunday Times Style Magazine, she was asked whether she ever felt 'pigeonholed' by her early roles and replied: 'Yeah, I do.' Lindsay added: 'Even today I have to fight for stuff that is like that, which is frustrating', referencing the 2006 Robert Altman film, A Prairie Home Companion, that starred Meryl Streep and earned Lindsay praise for her dramatic performance. 'Because, well, you know me as this - but you also know I can do that. So let me! Give me the chance. I have to break that cycle and open doors to something else, leaving people no choice.' The frustration of being typecast never left her, even after more than two decades in the business. While her performances have often been praised for their natural charisma and emotional range, she claimed the industry often failed to give her the space to grow. Her roles in movies like Bobby should have cemented her as a versatile leading lady but instead, she felt her career stalled as Hollywood continued to associate her with teen comedies and her personal life. Now, with the upcoming release of Freakier Friday, the long-awaited sequel to the 2003 body-swap hit, and a lead role in the psychological thriller Count My Lies, which she is also producing, Lindsay is determined to shift the narrative for good. This time, she wants the focus to be on her talent, not the tabloid legacy that overshadowed her twenties. She said: 'I miss films that are stories. Like All About Eve or Breakfast At Tiffanys. There are not many major movies I want to go and see that are like that - there's a gap and I'm craving to do work like that.' While she's not shy about admitting that her own life experiences have shaped the way she acts, she says the journey back to the screen has been about waiting for the right moment - and the right material. 'I wanted to take a minute,' she explained. 'I was losing that feeling of excitement about doing a film, and I wanted to live my own life for a bit. Figure out how to have a more private life, a real life. I wanted to wait to get that itch again.' Lindsay was just 15 years old when she first portrayed Anna Coleman in Freaky Friday alongside Jamie Lee, who played her on-screen mother Tess Coleman. It follows the bickering mother and daughter after a Chinese restaurant fortune cookie mishap causes them to switch bodies, forcing them to live the other's life. Now, the sequel, called Freakier Friday, sees Lindsay and Jamie Lee Curtis embroiled in quadruple chaos as they swap bodies again, 22 years after they first traded places. Shortly before the premiere last month, Jamie revealed the reason behind the long wait for the sequel: 'The truth is that Lindsay had to be old enough to have a 15-year-old daughter, people would ask me about the movie over and over again. 'And finally someone in Australia said, "well she is" and I was like "what do you mean?" because I know her as this young girl so I don't know how old she is. 'So someone told me and I was, like "Oh! well maybe we can make the movie. Let's go!"'
Metro
03-08-2025
- Metro
I was 19 when I realised I'm not special - I'm just gay
I once had a very curious experience in Soho (a sentence that launches a thousand stories). It was just after lockdown in 2020, when we could finally sit outside at bars. I was at a chic gay bar (on account of both my sexuality and great taste), when Lady Gaga's hit 911, which I'd played over and over to myself in lockdown, came on over the speakers. I looked around, bemused. Had my Bluetooth accidentally connected to the bar's speaker? Even more bemusingly, everyone else in the bar seemed to know the words. But that couldn't be right. This was a song I had discovered in lockdown on my own. And it was at that exact moment – at least for the benefit of this piece – that I realised I'm not on my own adventure. I am on the same adventure as many, many other gay men before and since. When I was younger, the chance to come out as gay was ruthlessly torn from me by my voice and personality. When people make assumptions about you and your sexuality, it can be really painful, especially when every single one of those assumptions is entirely apt. Could the guy who auditioned for every school musical, had a penchant for Sylvia Plath poetry and designed bespoke costumes for Cheryl Cole in his notebook really be gay? And is water wet, do we know? With thousands of members from all over the world, our vibrant LGBTQ+ WhatsApp channel is a hub for all the latest news and important issues that face the LGBTQ+ community. Simply click on this link, select 'Join Chat' and you're in! Don't forget to turn on notifications! I read as gay for much of my youth and so my identity was always at the forefront of my mind. When I started to come out to my family and friends, from the age of 14, it meant a lot to me. I could seize control of the narrative and speak my truth – like a gay Malala – but it was a major plot twist for precisely no one. But I had no queer elders to guide me because, while my heterosexual parents are incredibly supportive (shoutout Mum and Dad, you know who you are!), neither of them are gay men. I had understanding, but not empathy. Similarly, I was different to every other boy in my form group; whereas the other 14 boys in my class were of course in no way different to each other. Literally all 14 of them liked football and were called Callum. There were so many things that I thought only I knew about – the Glee cast cover of Smooth Criminal, Andrew Lloyd Webber's competition shows to find the next Nancy or Maria, the TV show Doctor Who. All in all, I was the only gay guy that I knew – which meant I must be the only gay guy, because I knew everyone. Throughout my teenage years, I felt like I was a complete outlier – and that's the biggest cruelty of gay youth. So much queer culture is built on feeling different, unique and out of place. Then, you enter the adult world and it becomes apparent that everything you think, feel and say is actually the same as every other gay guy; every single gay guy knows the lyrics to 911 (if you're a gay guy reading this who doesn't know the lyrics, yes you do). Whiplash alert! I thought I was some kind of radical trailblazer growing up, when really, I was embarking on one of the most well-trodden paths of all time, the Camino de Santiago of sexual awakenings. I remember when I first started hanging out with other gay guys at university, aged 19. It was genuinely chilling how many cultural references we shared. Of course, this is what community is about. I was delighted, for example, that people were suddenly finding my biting and cruel wit iconic, rather than just biting and cruel – and people could finally quote the same pop culture references as me. But they had also had the same weird hookups as me, felt the same latent shame as me. A lot of gay men are even called Will. And this meant I was not in fact a new frontier, but rather a member of the old guard, a traditionalist, even. There's something simultaneously reassuring and haunting about realising so many people share your life experiences. Will Owen: Looking Fab At Fifty will be performed at 8.30pm in Assembly Roxy (RoxyBoxy) from 30th July – 24th August (not 12th). Book here. I used to have a fantasy when I was younger about becoming some kind of queer icon. I hadn't got very far on how I would achieve that status – but it was a toss-up between starting a grassroots political movement that actively changed the lives of my fellow community members, or saying something kinda slay on a reality show. I could figure out the details later – but either way, I had these visions in my head of me inspiring the next generation and encouraging young queer people to live authentically. But as it became clear at university: I am not special. I am just gay. More Trending If I were to give any advice to my younger self, I would say: Even though it's lonely now, in every single classroom in the country there is a young gay man who has a story just like yours. So you really ought to start your podcast now because the market is going to become really oversaturated. I'm quite happy accepting my status as a generic gay guy, honestly. It took a moment, but the truth is, you can't hate the party from outside. And it will be a good party if there are gay guys there. Everyone thinks they are special because we have all been told it – but the truth is, we are not all special. Except for me. I'm the only one writing a first-person op-ed in Metro, after all. Do you have a story you'd like to share? Get in touch by emailing Share your views in the comments below. 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