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Daily Mirror
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Marvel star's gruesome injuries after horror boulder ordeal left her in hospital
The actress rose to fame by playing Kate Austen in the hit series Lost, which aired from 2004 to 2010, before going on to star in Marvel films including Ant-Man and Avengers: Endgame Lost star Evangeline Lilly shared a gruesome image of her bloodied, injured face after she fell into a boulder while on the beach. The actress, who also starred in the Marvel films, fainted while enjoying a day at the beach, falling face-first into a boulder, chipping a tooth. The 45-year-old described the horrific accident to her followers, explaining how she was even hospitalised, with nurses and doctors left frantically trying to get to the bottom of her fall. She wrote: "I fainted at the beach. And fell face first into a boulder." The Ant-Man star continued: "At the hospital, the nurses and doctor went straight into action, more determined to find the cause of my blackout than to stitch up the hole punctured into my face by the rock. I smiled wryly at them. 'You won't find anything.' I said with a woozy voice..." But Evangeline's boulder ordeal wasn't the first time she's dealt with random "fainting spells", with the star coming up with a theory behind her sudden-onset episodes. The star was even checked by medical professionals who were stumped by her condition, and was tested for epilepsy. Evangeline explained more in a Substack post: "For a good chunk of my life, I went with that – hypoglycemia. It added up — my metabolism is through the roof and I metabolise sugars, particularly, with [shocking] efficiency." But after her fasting glucose levels and iron were all confirmed to be in the normal range, Evangeline believes there is something more mystical at play. She added: "I have come to believe that this 'checking out' is a result of my little soul reaching her limit of what she feels she can cope with in this life, and she 'leaves the building,' so to speak." Evangeline elaborated on her "unmedical" theory in her post. She wrote: "That when she has had enough, when the pain becomes too great, the stresses beyond overwhelming, the shattered idealism crushing, my soul exits my body and returns to pure spirit." The Canadian star, who drew criticism during the Covid pandemic for refusing to self-isolate, also proposed changes to the healthcare system. She wrote: "I can picture hospitals where doctors are trained not just in biology, but also in philosophy and the mystic arts of healing; where patients are held not pushed along, seen not filed, heard not interrogated; where nurses are trusted not suspected, where doctors are given space to consult their deepest self when solving the hardest riddles." She added that her partner told her she looks like she "dies" when she has her attacks. The Reel Steel actress added: "He gets very afraid. My eyes roll back in my head, and all life leaves my body. "He is constantly checking my nose and mouth for breath. This time was no exception. He wasn't with me at the beach, but on the way to the hospital I blacked out again." Evangeline made the decision to step away from acting in June 2024, after initially rising to fame when she played Kate Austen in the ABC hit series Lost. Telling her fans with an Instagram video, the mother-of-two wrote: 'I am so filled with joy and contentment today as I live out my vision. "Praise God, I feel so grateful for my blessings. Stepping away from what seems like the obvious choice (wealth and fame) can feel scary at times, but stepping into your dharma replaces the fear with fulfilment. I might return to Hollywood one day, but, for now, this is where I belong.'
Scottish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Lost & Marvel star Evangeline Lilly shows off bloodied face after horror fall and hospital dash
Evangeline revealed she was retiring from acting last summer HORRIFIC INJURIES Lost & Marvel star Evangeline Lilly shows off bloodied face after horror fall and hospital dash Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) A NOUGHTIES television star has shown off her bloodied and bruised face after enduring a horrific fall. Evangeline Lilly, 45, who shot to fame as Kate Austen in the ABC drama series Lost, was at the beach when she suffered a fall. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 5 The noughties TV star is Evangeline Lilly from hit series Lost Credit: Instagram 5 Evangeline opened up about her horror fall in an Instagram post Credit: Instagram 5 She also wrote a lengthier post on her Substack Credit: Instagram The Ant-Man star revealed her accident and subsequent hospital dash when she uploaded a post onto her Instagram page on Friday. Sharing a slew of snaps where she looked blooded and bruised, Evangeline told her fans how she had fainted while enjoying a day at the beach. Fainting and falling face-first into a boulder, Evangeline - who is known for her work in Marvel movies - was then rushed to hospital. Alongside the selection of graphic snaps showcasing her injuries, the TV actress revealed all. "I fainted at the beach. And fell face first into a boulder," she explained. She continued: "At the hospital, the nurses and doctor went straight into action, more determined to find the cause of my blackout than to stitch up the hole punctured into my face by the rock. "I smiled wryly at them. 'You won't find anything.' I said with a woozy voice..." she added. She then wrote more about the ordeal in a Substack post where she detailed "absent" and "fainting spells" since she was little. Evangeline even revealed how she was checked for epilepsy before the doctors settling for a diagnosis of hypoglycemia without doing any tests. "For a good chunk of my life, I went with that – hypoglycemia. It added up — my metabolism is through the roof and I metabolize sugars, particularly, with [shocking] efficiency," she explained, as per Us Weekly. And Just Like That fans fume over huge character change as they slam show bosses for 'trying too hard' The actress then said that the cause of her blackouts remain a mystery. She went on: "I have come to believe that this 'checking out' is a result of my little soul reaching her limit of what she feels she can cope with in this life, and she 'leaves the building,' so to speak." Evangeline later penned: "That when she has had enough, when the pain becomes too great, the stresses beyond overwhelming, the shattered idealism crushing, my soul exits my body and returns to pure spirit." Fans flocked to the Instagram post, which promoted her full Substack post, to share their well wishes with Evangeline. "Oh my goodness Evangeline! I am sending you all of the healing energy in the world. Take it easy! We're all here for you," penned one. Another added: "Thank you so much for talking about this. Thinking of you." And a third wrote: "Hope you're feeling better and heal up quickly inside and out." Underneath the post, Lilly penned: "Thank you all for your beautiful well wishes." Evangeline's hospital dash and health update comes after she announced she was retiring from acting. Last year, after 20 years on screen, Evangeline said: "I am so filled with joy and contentment today as I live out my vision. "Praise God, I feel so grateful for my blessings. Stepping away from what seems like the obvious choice (wealth and fame) can feel scary at times, but stepping into your dharma replaces the fear with fulfillment." She then added: "I might return to Hollywood one day, but, for now, this is where I belong. "A new season has arrived, and I AM I AM HAPPY." 5 Evangeline shot to fame on Lost Credit: Alamy
The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
Lost & Marvel star Evangeline Lilly shows off bloodied face after horror fall and hospital dash
A NOUGHTIES television star has shown off her bloodied and bruised face after enduring a horrific fall. Evangeline Lilly, 45, who shot to fame as Kate Austen in the ABC drama series Lost, was at the beach when she suffered a fall. Advertisement 5 The noughties TV star is Evangeline Lilly from hit series Lost Credit: Instagram 5 Evangeline opened up about her horror fall in an Instagram post Credit: Instagram 5 She also wrote a lengthier post on her Substack Credit: Instagram The Ant-Man star revealed her accident and subsequent hospital dash when she uploaded a post onto her Instagram page on Friday. Sharing a slew of snaps where she looked blooded and bruised, Evangeline told her fans how she had fainted while enjoying a day at the beach. Fainting and falling face-first into a boulder, Evangeline - who is known for her work in Marvel movies - was then rushed to hospital. Alongside the selection of graphic snaps showcasing her injuries, the TV actress revealed all. Advertisement "I fainted at the beach. And fell face first into a boulder," she explained. She continued: "At the hospital, the nurses and doctor went straight into action, more determined to find the cause of my blackout than to stitch up the hole punctured into my face by the rock. "I smiled wryly at them. 'You won't find anything.' I said with a woozy voice..." she added. She then wrote more about the ordeal in a Substack post where she detailed "absent" and "fainting spells" since she was little. Advertisement Most read in Celebrity Evangeline even revealed how she was checked for epilepsy before the doctors settling for a diagnosis of hypoglycemia without doing any tests. "For a good chunk of my life, I went with that – hypoglycemia. It added up — my metabolism is through the roof and I metabolize sugars, particularly, with [shocking] efficiency," she explained, as per Us Weekly. And Just Like That fans fume over huge character change as they slam show bosses for 'trying too hard' The actress then said that the cause of her blackouts remain a mystery. She went on: "I have come to believe that this 'checking out' is a result of my little soul reaching her limit of what she feels she can cope with in this life, and she 'leaves the building,' so to speak." Advertisement Evangeline later penned: "That when she has had enough, when the pain becomes too great, the stresses beyond overwhelming, the shattered idealism crushing, my soul exits my body and returns to pure spirit." Fans flocked to the Instagram post, which promoted her full Substack post, to share their well wishes with Evangeline. "Oh my goodness Evangeline! I am sending you all of the healing energy in the world. Take it easy! We're all here for you," penned one. Another added: "Thank you so much for talking about this. Thinking of you." Advertisement And a third wrote: "Hope you're feeling better and heal up quickly inside and out." Underneath the post, Lilly penned: "Thank you all for your beautiful well wishes." Evangeline's hospital dash and health update comes after she announced she was retiring from acting. Last year, after 20 years on screen, Evangeline said: "I am so filled with joy and contentment today as I live out my vision. Advertisement "Praise God, I feel so grateful for my blessings. Stepping away from what seems like the obvious choice (wealth and fame) can feel scary at times, but stepping into your dharma replaces the fear with fulfillment." Read more on the Irish Sun She then added: "I might return to Hollywood one day, but, for now, this is where I belong. "A new season has arrived, and I AM I AM HAPPY." 5 Evangeline shot to fame on Lost Credit: Alamy Advertisement 5 The series came out in the early noughties Credit: Alamy
CBC
12-05-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Women's clothing exhibit at Acadian Museum dispels the myth of Evangeline's outfit
Curator says historical Acadian clothing much more diverse than people might think Image | AcadianClothing1 Caption: These dresses were worn by Acadian women after the deportation, when Acadians had more access to trade in urban centres and could use luxurious fabrics like silk. (Victoria Walton/CBC) For a long time, Annette Léger White says there wasn't much research being done into Acadian women's clothing. After the popularity of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, Evangeline, the idea of the typical Acadian woman was cemented in people's minds. "The long skirt and apron, and the bonnet and the corset, or the vest and the neckerchief, those were the ones that were being used to represent the Acadian clothing," she said. "Many people believed up until 20 years ago that there was only one simple traditional Acadian women's dress." Image | AcadianClothing Evangeline Caption: The 1847 poem Evangeline led to the idea that this outfit was the only one that Acadian women wore, and there were even early 20th-century dolls produced wearing the costume. (Victoria Walton/CBC) Open Image in New Tab But Léger White grew up watching and learning from her mother's work as a dressmaker and knew that Acadian culture was much more than that. "I wanted to represent all of the different social classes as opposed to perhaps just one," she said. For the past 40 years, Léger White has been researching Acadian clothing. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she began writing a book, L'Habillement des Acadiennes: Du mythe â la Réalité, or Acadian Women's Clothing: from myth to reality. That book has now been brought to life through an exhibit of the same name at the Université de Moncton's Acadian Museum. "But this one here is 1891 and it was worn by a woman from Shediac, N.B., who later with her husband ran a hotel in Richibucto," Léger White said, pointing to a dark-green silk dress with ruffled sleeves. "So these gowns, these dresses have real stories to each of them." Meticulous attention to detail There are more than two dozen dresses, jackets, shoes and accessories on display at the museum. Many of them are authentic pieces collected by museums throughout the region over the past several decades. "I've examined pretty much the back of most museums in the Maritime provinces," said Léger White, who previously worked as a textile conservator at the Acadian Museum. Moncton's Acadian Museum. But nine of them are recreations that Léger White created herself, after studying historical patterns, photos and documents. "I learned more about the particular time period that I wanted to reproduce, to make sure I had the right number of colours or motifs, or size motifs or types of motifs, on each fabric" she said. "And of course the fibre, the natural fibre." The exhibit begins with the earliest known Acadian period, when the French and English began colonizing the Americas. "The textile industry was No. 1 in France. So, therefore, these people did not arrive with no knowledge. They had a vast amount of knowledge," she said. Image | AcadianClothing2 Caption: These dresses from the 1920s depict that Acadian women were wearing the typical style at the time, which included a dropped waist and short sleeves. (Victoria Walton/CBC) Open Image in New Tab From there, it moves through the grand dérangement, when Acadian women were dispersed all over the world. "They also found themselves in centres that were highly fashionable," Léger White said. "So they would have been aware of the fashion of the period and the types of fabrics." The third time period the exhibit explores is the Acadian renaissance in the late 1800s. There are even pieces as recent as the 1930s. "I tried to make it as it would have been made at the time period as much as possible. I tried to sew everything by hand," Léger White said. Wedding dresses, not casual clothes Many of the historical items in the exhibit would've been worn as wedding dresses or "visiting dresses," rather than everyday clothing. Because these items weren't worn as often, they were more well preserved. "A lot of handmade or homemade, if you will, homespun-type outfits," said Léger White. One particular item on display belonged to Marie Landry, who lived just outside Memramcook. The elaborate two-piece burgundy outfit — a skirt with matching jacket — was worn around 1906 as a visiting dress. "The dress is just right up to par with top fashion," Léger White said. "So that was worn by an Acadian, made by an Acadian, who was highly fashionable." She said there's a similar dress on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. But the Acadian Museum also has, on loan from the family, the vintage Singer sewing machine that Landry would've used to make the dress. As Léger White walks between the dress forms at the museum, she knows the story behind each. And, she said it's important to remember the stories from this region are as diverse as the dresses women wore throughout the centuries.
Los Angeles Times
02-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Eric Church on his New Orleans-inspired new album and that polarizing Stagecoach set
Nearly 25 years after he moved to Nashville to make it as a country musician, Eric Church can count among his achievements 11 No. 1 country radio hits, five platinum-or-better albums, four CMA Awards and one six-story bar on Nashville's crowded Broadway called Chief's. (You'll remember the bar's opening weekend last year, when Church's pal Morgan Wallen was arrested for hurling a chair off the roof.) Chief's is just one of several business pursuits Church has undertaken lately, along with a line of whiskeys, co-ownership with Wallen of the Field & Stream brand and a minority stake in the NBA's Charlotte Hornets. Yet this week the singer and songwriter, who will turn 48 on Saturday, returns to music with 'Evangeline vs. the Machine,' his first album since 2021. Produced by his longtime collaborator Jay Joyce, 'Evangeline' moves away from the hard-rocking sound of earlier tunes like 'Springsteen,' 'Give Me Back My Hometown' and the weed enthusiast's 'Smoke a Little Smoke' toward a lusher, more orchestral vibe complete with strings, horns and a choir. 'Johnny' is a kind of response song to the Charlie Daniels Band's 1979 'The Devil Went Down to Georgia,' while 'Darkest Hour' offers help to someone in need — an idea Church actualized last year when he said he'd donate royalties from the song to victims of Hurricane Helene in his native North Carolina. The LP, which closes with a spooky rendition of Tom Waits' 'Clap Hands,' follows Church's controversial headlining performance at 2024's Stagecoach festival in Indio, where he and more than a dozen gospel singers blended the singer's originals with spirituals like 'Amazing Grace' and 'I'll Fly Away' and far-flung covers including Al Green's 'Take Me to the River' and Snoop Dog's 'Gin and Juice.' ('This is Friday night, not Sunday morning!' I recall one guy near me shouting in frustration after half an hour or so.) Church, who's married with two sons — and who will take 'Evangeline' on tour this fall, including a Nov. 15 stop at Inglewood's Intuit Dome — called from Nashville to talk about the Stagecoach set, the new album and his hobnobbing with billionaires. You opened Chief's a little over a year ago. What are the headaches you've run into as a business owner?S—, there's been a bunch of those. I think just managing the messaging of why we're different than other places. Listen, it's been a roaring success — maybe the best bar down there. But we're leaning into songwriter shows and shows by upcoming artists versus being somewhere to hear 'Friends in Low Places' and get blackout drunk. The biggest challenge is just trying to make sure that people know what it is when they walk in the room. Take me back to the Morgan Wallen of it called me from the street after it happened. I was watching college basketball, and he said, 'Hey, this just happened.' I said, 'Uh-oh.' I knew it was gonna be noisy, and it was — it was damn noisy. The next day on Fox News, the No. 1 story was Morgan throwing a chair, and No. 2 was Israel and Gaza. But you just kind of roll with it. It was actually a good thing for Mo. I think that was a line for him, and he's done really well since then — it was a thing he's reacted positively to as a person. I used the old Billy Joe Shaver line on him: 'I'm just an old chunk of coal, but I'll be a diamond one day.' He went down [to Chief's] and apologized to the staff, shook everybody's hand. I was proud of him. What motivated you to get involved with these extramusical endeavors?For me, it was COVID. All of a sudden, you can't play shows, and I just remember thinking, I need to do a better job of widening out what I do. Any entrepreneurial models in your mind?Jay-Z's done a great job. When I did the national anthem at the Super Bowl with Jazmine Sullivan [in 2021], I remember I was like, 'How does all this work?' And they said, 'Jay-Z runs it.' I went, 'What do you mean?' They said, 'Jay-Z runs the entertainment at the Super Bowl.' OK, well, that's f— cool. I'm in the Hornets with J. Cole — he's another guy that's done a really good job. Artists who get to a high level, they have these opportunities because they have the Rolodex. They meet people at shows, they meet people backstage. For me, I play golf with 'em. You've got Fortune 500 guys and billionaires and CEOs, so what do you actually do with that opportunity? Ten years ago, would you have seen yourself hanging out with rappers and billionaires?Negative [laughs]. Couple of questions about Stagecoach last year before we get into the new album. I was there that night —So you were the one. It was a polarizing gig.F— that — it was great. PBS did a documentary, and there's a moment midway through the show where you can actually see me start to grin. I'm like, this is going interesting. But as soon as it was over, I went back and listened to 'Springsteen' a cappella in 30-mile-an-hour winds that night, and I knew it was good. If it wasn't good, I would've had a problem. I kind of knew going in: This is probably not the place for this show. I'd played Stagecoach five or six times — you know there's gonna be 30,000 TikTokers out there on people's shoulders trying to take pictures of themselves. But I did it because it was the biggest megaphone and it would get the biggest reaction. Maybe it's because it happened right after Beyoncé's 'Cowboy Carter' came out, but I got the impression that one of your goals with the performance was to draw attention to the Black roots of country I was trying to show an arc musically — that this goes way back. I was trying to show where it all began. And I mean, maybe it was a little bit of a 'f— you.' I know we ran people off. But it wasn't for the people that left — it was for the ones that stayed. I got a text from Lukas Nelson the following day. He was there with his surf buddies. He said, 'We came in from Maui, and I just want to tell you that reminded me so much of my dad.' He said, 'I put my arms around my buddies, and we all sang along.' I thought, well, he probably had plenty of room. What would you say not to a hater but to an Eric Church fan — someone who did stay for the show but just didn't get it?What I hope fans understand is that it would have been easy for me to do what a lot of artists do and take too much money to come play the hits, then get back on the plane and go home. But I actually thought, I respect this festival enough that I'm gonna work my ass off for a month. I didn't just the day before go, 'Let's do this.' I know the effort that went into it. And what we gave you, good or bad, was a show you're never gonna see again. People talk about Dylan going electric at Newport, but in the moment that didn't go well for Dylan. He was booed — people threw s—. But now that's a paradigm shift, right? You and I are going, 'F—, I wish I was there.' Ten years from now, people are gonna go, 'I was at that Stagecoach show, and I stayed till the end.' Would you do it again?Oh, hell yeah. Tomorrow. I hear 'Evangeline vs. the Machine' as being on a continuum with but I'll tell you where it started. Trombone Shorty came and played a show with me in New Orleans on the Gather Again tour [in 2022], and we ended up in the dressing room after and got in this incredible conversation about brass instruments and string instruments and the history of music. Later he invited me to come play this show he does during Jazz Fest. There were probably two white people onstage that night: me and Steve Miller. So we do my song 'Cold One' and [the Beatles'] 'Come Together.' I've done 'Cold One' a thousand times, but I had never done 'Cold One' like that. It was a Black New Orleans band with horns and background singers and a violin player — not Juilliard violin but like a janky New Orleans violin. The dude had the damn thing on his shoulder, not under his chin. Everything was wrong for what that song is. I'm not convinced anyone even knew the song [laughs]. But we found our spot in the middle of it, and it was killer. I flew home thinking: I want to do a record this way. Your falsetto in 'Darkest Hour' — it's almost uncomfortably song actually started three or four keys lower. But I was listening to Jim Ford and Sly & the Family Stone — honestly, I was thinking about Andy Gibb — and I just kept moving it up. I was incredibly insecure the first time in the studio, but I think that insecurity is what led to the authenticity of the emotion. You've said you wrote 'Johnny' after the Covenant School shooting in Nashville in 2023. Do you envision the song reassuring a listener or making them angry?Maybe both? The hardest thing I've ever done in my life is dropping my boys off at school the day after the shooting. I sat in the parking lot for I don't even know how long because I didn't know what to do. Do I stay here just in case? Not like I could do anything. But just to be close. And for whatever reason, Charlie Daniels came on. What hit me was that the devil was not in Georgia — he was here in Nashville. Why finish the record with a Tom Waits cover?I had four years off [between albums], and I wrote a ton of songs. And a bunch of them are hit songs. I don't mean that arrogantly — I just know after this amount of time that they're hit songs. But some of them didn't work with the room and with the instrumentation. We were going in [the studio] at 10 o'clock the next morning, and I was watching some show on Netflix, and 'Clap Hands' came on. All of a sudden, I was like, 'Oh, s—…' I paused it, grabbed my guitar, laid down just me with the riff and sent it to Jay. I said, 'What about this?' He goes, 'See you at 10,' and we cut it the next morning. What's your relationship with weed these days?Mainly edibles. I don't really smoke anymore. And edibles are interesting — you have to learn that environment because you never know how it's gonna work out. Gimme a circumstance where you'd be like, 'All right — I'll do this again.'When a certain person passes you a joint, I'm gonna smoke it. I was on Willie [Nelson]'s bus one night. Toby Keith came up — this was when he was alive. Robert Earl Keen was up there. Lance Armstrong was up there. It was a whole vibe. I think I was high for a month. You played tribute concerts in L.A. last year honoring Jimmy Buffett and Robbie Robertson.I've done a bunch of those tribute shows — too many of them — but those guys meant the world to me. Jimmy and I were campmates at a club out there in California, so I spent a lot of time with him. At some of these tributes you'll be like the one country guy on the funny is that backstage everybody's the same. I'll tell you this story: At the Jimmy show, I was standing side-stage watching the Eagles with my wife. Paul McCartney was about to come out, and a guy comes up and says, 'Hey, when Paul comes out, just kind of hug the wall, because Paul likes to have a clear lane.' No big deal — it's Paul McCartney. So I hug the wall and Paul comes out. He's watching the Eagles, and I look back and we kind of lock eyes. I'm uncomfortable [laughs]. Then he walks up to me and he goes, 'Eric.' I said, 'Yeah?' He goes, 'Jimmy and I played tennis together, and he thought the world of you. You wanna come sing 'Hey Jude' with me?' I'd thought he was gonna say, 'Could you please move further to the left and get the f— out of my way?' And instead he's asking if I want to sing with him. I was like, 'Yes, Sir Paul, I would love to come sing 'Hey Jude' with you.' So me and Brandi Carlile and a few others, we went out and sang with Paul McCartney. That's one of those moments where you go, 'What the f— am I doing here?'
