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21 Jun 2024 - The Guardian Andrew Pulver Donald Sutherland, whose acting career spanned six decades and included films such as Don’t Look Now, M*A*S*H and The Hunger Games, has died in Miami after a long illness, aged 88, his representatives said. His son, the actor Kiefer Sutherland, also shared the news on X. “With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away,” he wrote. “I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film. Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life well lived.” Sutherland appeared in more than 190 films and TV shows and embodied an off-kilter appeal that served him brilliantly in a series of classic 1970s movies, which gradually evolved into a veteran gravitas in the latter stages of his career. He did not win a major award for any of his film roles – and was never nominated for a conventional Oscar – but he did win two...

Mr. Sutherland appeared in scores of diverse film roles:  Hawkeye Pierce in “M*A*S*H” (1970); a smalltown policeman in “Klute” (1971),  and the president in the dystopian “Hunger Games” series of the 2010s. EVERETT COLLECTION 21 Jun 2024 - The Boston Globe By Clyde Haberman - NEW YORK TIMES Donald Sutherland, whose ability to both charm and unsettle, both reassure and repulse, was amply displayed in scores of film roles as diverse as a laidback battlefield surgeon in “M*A*S*H,” a ruthless Nazi spy in “Eye of the Needle,” a soulful father in “Ordinary People,” and a strutting fascist in “1900,” died Thursday in Miami. He was 88. His son Kiefer Sutherland, the actor, announced the death on social media. CAA, the talent agency that represented Donald Sutherland, said he had died in a hospital after an unspecified “long illness.” He had a home in Miami. With his long face, droopy eyes, protruding ears, and wolfish smile, the 6-foot-4-inch mr. Sutherland was never anyone’s idea of ...

AS SMUG surgeon Capt. Hawkeye Pierce in the 1970 movie “MASH,” Donald Sutherland,  right, quickly rose to stardom. With Elliott Gould, left, and Tom Skerritt.  Kiefer Sutherland said his father “loved what he did.” His nearly 200 credits include ‘MASH,’ ‘Ordinary People’ and ‘Hunger Games.’ 21 giu 2024 - Los Angeles Times By Nardine Saad Actor Donald Sutherland, star of “MASH” and “The Hunger Games” and a Hollywood mainstay for 60-plus years, has died at age 88. Donald Sutherland, the prolific Canadian actor who roared to fame in the irreverent antiwar classic “MASH” and captivated audiences with his dramatic performances in films such as “Ordinary People” and “Don’t Look Now,” has died. A mainstay of Hollywood for more than six decades, Sutherland died Thursday in Miami after a long illness, his agency confirmed in a statement. He was 88. Son Kiefer Sutherland also confirmed his father’s death “with a heavy heart” in a statement Thursday morning on social media. “I personally...

After ‘M.A.S.H.’ breakthrough, he had five-decade career with 150-plus roles 21 giu 2024 - The Washington Post BY ADAM BERNSTEIN Donald Sutherland, an actor of breathtaking range who became one of the most compelling players in cinema, whether portraying a misfit combat surgeon, an inscrutable cop, a grieving father or a futuristic tyrant, died June 20 in Miami. He was 88. His agency, CAA, announced the death but did not provide a specific cause. With his lilting, velvety baritone and ghoulishly expressive features — gangly frame, prominent ears, wolfish smile and chilling green eyes — Mr. Sutherland perhaps unsurprisingly began his movie career in horror films. From there, he made a leap into eccentric parts in war films, as the dimmest of “The Dirty Dozen” (1967) and the aptly named Sgt. Oddball in “Kelly’s Heroes” (1970). His breakthrough came in 1970 heading the cast of “M.A.S.H.,” a raucous and absurdist antiwar comedy set in a mobile Army hospital. The film became a cultural phen...

La subida jiennense, meta en alto inédita en La Vuelta 2024 Pascual Momparler, el seleccionador español, descubre la ascensión para AS 21 Jun 2024 - AS DANI MIRANDA Dificultad “Hay dos rampones muy duros y un final exigente”, explica el seleccionador Entorno “Es un paisaje increíble: olivos, Parque Natural...”, dice Pascual Con una Vuelta, la de 2024, con un gran protagonismo para Andalucía tras la ausencia de este territorio en la edición de 2023, la Sierra de Cazorla, en general, y Jaén, en particular, era una cita ineludible. En la octava etapa, Cazorla tendrá un final en alto inédito en la ronda española, una ascensión de la que se hizo parte en 2015, cuando ganó el colombiano Esteban Chaves. También fue parte del camino en los Nacionales de 2020. Esta vez, el desenlace será todavía más alto, y más duro, en un entorno incomparable, con el mar de olivos al fondo y la montaña en el otro lado del campo de visión. La subida tiene un total de 4,9 kilómetros, con varias rampas muy pronun...

MODELLO EGEMONICO - L’idea di contrastare i rivali (Cina e Russia in primis) in tutto il mondo e puntare a un nuovo “secolo americano” non contribuirà a conservare un periodo di pace stabile sul pianeta 21 Jul 2024 - Il Fatto Quotidiano JEFFREY SACHS - Traduzione di Riccardo Antoniucci Nel 1992 l’ eccezionalismo americano in politica estera ha cominciato a strabordare . Gli Stati Uniti si sono sempre considerati una nazione “eccezionale”, destinata alla leadership, ma dopo la scomparsa dell’unione Sovietica nel dicembre 1991 una corrente di ideologi, poi diventati noti come neoconservatori o neocon, hanno cominciato a sostenere che gli Stati Uniti avrebbero dovuto governare il mondo come unica superpotenza incontrastata. Oggi, nonostante gli innumerevoli disastri in politica estera causati dai neocon, la Dichiarazione finale del vertice NATO di Washington continua a portare avanti la loro agenda geopolitica, spingendo il mondo sempre più sull’orlo della guerra nucleare. Il primo leade...

Depuis presque un an, l’Unité d’intégrité de l’athlétisme aide l’agence kényane à développer un programme antidopage. Tests avec des centaines d’athlètes, fuites, manque de moyens… la lutte ressemble parfois à un « far west », malgré des résultats probant 20 Jun 2024 - L'Équipe DE NOTRE ENVOYÉ SPÉCIAL ROMAIN DONNEUX (texte et photos) "Si tu veux garder l’intégrité sur le haut niveau,  tu es obligé de tester les athlètes qui sont en dessous.  Car, un jour, ils vont battre les tops et, si tu n’as pas anticipé ça,  tu te retrouves avec des athlètes qui gagnent des médailles aux JO  sans avoir été testés à un moment de leur carrière et c’est ce qu’on veut éviter"    - RAPHAËL ROUX, MANAGER DES TESTS HORS COMPÉTITION DE L’AIU “C’est une très bonne initiative pour rendre notre sport plus propre.  Il faut que les athlètes comprennent que c’est sérieux,  que ça fait partie du métier (…)  Certains ne se rendent peut-être pas compte ce que représente l...

Scomparso Mays, leggenda e icona sociale 20 Jun 2024 - Corriere della Sera Di Matteo Persivale © RIPRODUZIONE RISERVATA Le immagini in bianco e nero sgranate e il suono avvolto dai fruscii arrivano dal secolo scorso e dalla preistoria della televisione e raccontano in pochi secondi non soltanto il baseball ma anche l'America. Il ragazzo con la maglia numero 24 rincorre una palla impossibile che sfreccia verso il muro di fondocampo, la afferra al volo nel guantone e si libra in aria con una torsione di centottanta gradi e la rilancia, lontanissimo, verso i compagni. World Series, finali di baseball, 1954: «the Catch», la Presa, così la chiamano da allora gli americani senza bisogno di specificare altro, è soltanto uno dei mille capolavori disegnati da Willie Mays sui campi da baseball. Mays è morto l’altroieri a 93 anni dopo una vita e una carriera straordinarie, il saluto dell’america tutta in piedi per lui, ancora una volta, l’ultimo urrà per la leggenda del gioco più americano di...

Après le Pays basque à deux reprises (1992 et 2023), l’Espagne accueillera le grand départ du Tour de France dans deux ans, en Catalogne. 19 Jun 2024 - L'Équipe PHILIPPE LE GARS C’est officiel depuis hier matin. Le directeur du Tour de France, Christian Prudhomme, a révélé lors d’une conférence de presse, dans les salons de la mairie de Barcelone, que la capitale catalane serait le théâtre du grand départ de l’édition 2026. Après San Sebastian en 1992 et Bilbao l’an passé, l’Espagne sera encore à la fête dans deux ans avec, cette fois-ci, une autre place forte du cyclisme, où la Vuelta a l’habitude de poser ses valises.Le peloton du Tour de France lors du dernier passage de l’épreuve par Barcelone, pour la 7e étape en 2009, avec notamment le maillot vert Mark Cavendish et le maillot jaune Fabian Cancellara. Si le Tour a déjà fait étape à Barcelone, la dernière fois en 2009 avec la victoire du Norvégien Thor Hushovd au sommet de Montjuïc, c’est bien la première fois que la cité port...

Boston guard Jaylen Brown and Celtics fans celebrate as Mavericks guard Luka Dončić gets a hand from Kyrie Irving as they leave the court after head coach Jason Kidd calls a timout in the fourth quarter.  After a stirring Game 4, the Mavs couldn’t replicate that performance and fell to the Celtics 106-88, losing the NBA Finals in five games. (Smiley N. Pool/staff Photographer) Mavs’ season came a long way Unable to recapture Game 4 magic, Mavs fall in rout 18 Jun 2024 - The Dallas Morning News BOSTON — The Mavs are coming home without the finals or the Celtics, who may not make it out of the West End for a week. The locals take their hoops seriously. Deliriously, you might say. The Bruins flamed out, the Patriots stink and the Red Sox are already a dozen games back of the hated Yankees, but the C’s came through with their Nba-record 18th title and first in 16 years, locking down streets around TD Garden for blocks in anticipation of the post-game party. Back in Dallas, meanwhile, t...