#alecguinness — Public Fediverse posts
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“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it”*…
The line between life and death has never been clear—and, as Amanda Heidt reports, modern technology blurs it further…
Jimo Borjigin never intended to study death. Back in the mid-2010s, the consciousness researcher at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor was instead interested in circadian rhythms, the internal cycles that regulate our physical, mental, and behavioral states throughout each day. The circadian clock is a bit of a black box, Borjigin says, so to study it she and her team developed an automated system to continuously monitor neurotransmitters that regulate circadian rhythms in rats.
Over the course of her research, the scientists tracked the animals for weeks at a time, and Borjigin began to notice something unusual. A few of the animals died while under observation, and when they did, the researchers’ sensors recorded a massive and unexpected spike in serotonin for up to 30 seconds after their hearts stopped beating. In humans, serotonin dysregulation has been linked to intense hallucinations, but Borjigin didn’t know what to make of such a finding in the context of rats. Or in death. Like any good scientist, she looked to the literature.
“I was sure we must know everything there is about the death process already, but when I went looking for evidence of this serotonin spike, I found nothing,” she says. “Looking into the research on death more broadly, I was shocked at how little we truly understand about this thing that happens to every one of us.”
The experience prompted a shift in Borjigin’s research focus, and today she studies consciousness in relation to death and near-death experiences. In 2023, she and her colleagues published a contentious finding: that humans, like her rats, also experience a dramatic shift in brain activity when we die. The team monitored four comatose patients as they were taken off life support, and in two cases, detected a spike in gamma waves—the fastest type of brain wave, most active during periods of intense focus or problem solving—in a part of the brain correlated with dreaming, visual hallucinations, and altered states of consciousness. “To me, this suggests a covert consciousness that is not usually observed by bystanders who might otherwise look at a person and think they are unresponsive,” she says. “If that’s true, it definitely makes me think we need to revisit our definition of death.”
While Borjigin acknowledges that her work is preliminary, her observations and others like them show just how blurry the line between life and death has become, and how much science still stands to learn about such a pivotal event. As technological advances increasingly allow researchers to study death—including interventions that now allow for the use of so-called living cadavers in scientific research—so too have they necessitated new, oftentimes fraught conversations about the nature of death, its biological and societal underpinnings, and whether existing legal definitions are in alignment with current medical standards.
“The somewhat contentious space that we’re in right now is that we have different ways that we can say that someone is dead, and not all of them agree with each other. There are legal definitions and medical ones, social definitions, and many different religious interpretations,” says L. Syd M. Johnson, a neuroethicist at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. “It’s a surprisingly complicated question, but that also makes this an exciting time to be considering it.”
Read on to consider whether this work is a breakthrough, “a bane for bioethicists,” or both: “How To Tell If You’re Dead” (or here) from @scattercushion.bsky.social in @nautil.us.
* Haruki Murakami
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As we (attempt to) understand undoing, we might spare a thought for someone who crossed the threshold on this date in 1955: James Dean. An actor, he appeared in just three major films: Rebel Without a Cause (1955), East of Eden (1955), and Giant (1956), but became one of the most influential figures in Hollywood in the 1950s, and had a profound impact on cinema and popular culture.
Dean died in a traffic accident, when his 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder collided with a Ford near Cholame, California.
Dean in a publicity still for Rebel Without a Cause (source) #AlecGuinness #biology #consciousness #culture #Death #film #history #JamesDean #movies #ScienceActor Alec Guinness later claimed that, in a chance encounter with Dean at the Villa Capri a week before the crash, he had predicted the young actor’s death in his newly purchased sports car. In his autobiography, Guinness wrote that when Dean proudly showed him the vehicle, he found it “sinister” and recalled saying, in a voice he barely recognized, “Please, never get in it.” He then added, “It is now ten o’clock, Friday the 23rd of September, 1955. If you get in that car you will be found dead in it by this time next week.” Dean reportedly laughed and replied, “Oh, shucks! Don’t be so mean! “Author Jason Colavito argues that the story is “almost certainly Guinness’s ex post facto fabrication,” noting that at the time Guinness merely said Dean had told him that friends had begged him not to buy the car because they feared he would drive it too fast. – source
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“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it”*…
The line between life and death has never been clear—and, as Amanda Heidt reports, modern technology blurs it further…
Jimo Borjigin never intended to study death. Back in the mid-2010s, the consciousness researcher at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor was instead interested in circadian rhythms, the internal cycles that regulate our physical, mental, and behavioral states throughout each day. The circadian clock is a bit of a black box, Borjigin says, so to study it she and her team developed an automated system to continuously monitor neurotransmitters that regulate circadian rhythms in rats.
Over the course of her research, the scientists tracked the animals for weeks at a time, and Borjigin began to notice something unusual. A few of the animals died while under observation, and when they did, the researchers’ sensors recorded a massive and unexpected spike in serotonin for up to 30 seconds after their hearts stopped beating. In humans, serotonin dysregulation has been linked to intense hallucinations, but Borjigin didn’t know what to make of such a finding in the context of rats. Or in death. Like any good scientist, she looked to the literature.
“I was sure we must know everything there is about the death process already, but when I went looking for evidence of this serotonin spike, I found nothing,” she says. “Looking into the research on death more broadly, I was shocked at how little we truly understand about this thing that happens to every one of us.”
The experience prompted a shift in Borjigin’s research focus, and today she studies consciousness in relation to death and near-death experiences. In 2023, she and her colleagues published a contentious finding: that humans, like her rats, also experience a dramatic shift in brain activity when we die. The team monitored four comatose patients as they were taken off life support, and in two cases, detected a spike in gamma waves—the fastest type of brain wave, most active during periods of intense focus or problem solving—in a part of the brain correlated with dreaming, visual hallucinations, and altered states of consciousness. “To me, this suggests a covert consciousness that is not usually observed by bystanders who might otherwise look at a person and think they are unresponsive,” she says. “If that’s true, it definitely makes me think we need to revisit our definition of death.”
While Borjigin acknowledges that her work is preliminary, her observations and others like them show just how blurry the line between life and death has become, and how much science still stands to learn about such a pivotal event. As technological advances increasingly allow researchers to study death—including interventions that now allow for the use of so-called living cadavers in scientific research—so too have they necessitated new, oftentimes fraught conversations about the nature of death, its biological and societal underpinnings, and whether existing legal definitions are in alignment with current medical standards.
“The somewhat contentious space that we’re in right now is that we have different ways that we can say that someone is dead, and not all of them agree with each other. There are legal definitions and medical ones, social definitions, and many different religious interpretations,” says L. Syd M. Johnson, a neuroethicist at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. “It’s a surprisingly complicated question, but that also makes this an exciting time to be considering it.”
Read on to consider whether this work is a breakthrough, “a bane for bioethicists,” or both: “How To Tell If You’re Dead” (or here) from @scattercushion.bsky.social in @nautil.us.
* Haruki Murakami
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As we (attempt to) understand undoing, we might spare a thought for someone who crossed the threshold on this date in 1955: James Dean. An actor, he appeared in just three major films: Rebel Without a Cause (1955), East of Eden (1955), and Giant (1956), but became one of the most influential figures in Hollywood in the 1950s, and had a profound impact on cinema and popular culture.
Dean died in a traffic accident, when his 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder collided with a Ford near Cholame, California.
Dean in a publicity still for Rebel Without a Cause (source) #AlecGuinness #biology #consciousness #culture #Death #film #history #JamesDean #movies #ScienceActor Alec Guinness later claimed that, in a chance encounter with Dean at the Villa Capri a week before the crash, he had predicted the young actor’s death in his newly purchased sports car. In his autobiography, Guinness wrote that when Dean proudly showed him the vehicle, he found it “sinister” and recalled saying, in a voice he barely recognized, “Please, never get in it.” He then added, “It is now ten o’clock, Friday the 23rd of September, 1955. If you get in that car you will be found dead in it by this time next week.” Dean reportedly laughed and replied, “Oh, shucks! Don’t be so mean! “Author Jason Colavito argues that the story is “almost certainly Guinness’s ex post facto fabrication,” noting that at the time Guinness merely said Dean had told him that friends had begged him not to buy the car because they feared he would drive it too fast. – source
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“Death is not the opposite of life, but a part of it”*…
The line between life and death has never been clear—and, as Amanda Heidt reports, modern technology blurs it further…
Jimo Borjigin never intended to study death. Back in the mid-2010s, the consciousness researcher at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor was instead interested in circadian rhythms, the internal cycles that regulate our physical, mental, and behavioral states throughout each day. The circadian clock is a bit of a black box, Borjigin says, so to study it she and her team developed an automated system to continuously monitor neurotransmitters that regulate circadian rhythms in rats.
Over the course of her research, the scientists tracked the animals for weeks at a time, and Borjigin began to notice something unusual. A few of the animals died while under observation, and when they did, the researchers’ sensors recorded a massive and unexpected spike in serotonin for up to 30 seconds after their hearts stopped beating. In humans, serotonin dysregulation has been linked to intense hallucinations, but Borjigin didn’t know what to make of such a finding in the context of rats. Or in death. Like any good scientist, she looked to the literature.
“I was sure we must know everything there is about the death process already, but when I went looking for evidence of this serotonin spike, I found nothing,” she says. “Looking into the research on death more broadly, I was shocked at how little we truly understand about this thing that happens to every one of us.”
The experience prompted a shift in Borjigin’s research focus, and today she studies consciousness in relation to death and near-death experiences. In 2023, she and her colleagues published a contentious finding: that humans, like her rats, also experience a dramatic shift in brain activity when we die. The team monitored four comatose patients as they were taken off life support, and in two cases, detected a spike in gamma waves—the fastest type of brain wave, most active during periods of intense focus or problem solving—in a part of the brain correlated with dreaming, visual hallucinations, and altered states of consciousness. “To me, this suggests a covert consciousness that is not usually observed by bystanders who might otherwise look at a person and think they are unresponsive,” she says. “If that’s true, it definitely makes me think we need to revisit our definition of death.”
While Borjigin acknowledges that her work is preliminary, her observations and others like them show just how blurry the line between life and death has become, and how much science still stands to learn about such a pivotal event. As technological advances increasingly allow researchers to study death—including interventions that now allow for the use of so-called living cadavers in scientific research—so too have they necessitated new, oftentimes fraught conversations about the nature of death, its biological and societal underpinnings, and whether existing legal definitions are in alignment with current medical standards.
“The somewhat contentious space that we’re in right now is that we have different ways that we can say that someone is dead, and not all of them agree with each other. There are legal definitions and medical ones, social definitions, and many different religious interpretations,” says L. Syd M. Johnson, a neuroethicist at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse. “It’s a surprisingly complicated question, but that also makes this an exciting time to be considering it.”
Read on to consider whether this work is a breakthrough, “a bane for bioethicists,” or both: “How To Tell If You’re Dead” (or here) from @scattercushion.bsky.social in @nautil.us.
* Haruki Murakami
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As we (attempt to) understand undoing, we might spare a thought for someone who crossed the threshold on this date in 1955: James Dean. An actor, he appeared in just three major films: Rebel Without a Cause (1955), East of Eden (1955), and Giant (1956), but became one of the most influential figures in Hollywood in the 1950s, and had a profound impact on cinema and popular culture.
Dean died in a traffic accident, when his 1955 Porsche 550 Spyder collided with a Ford near Cholame, California.
Dean in a publicity still for Rebel Without a Cause (source) #AlecGuinness #biology #consciousness #culture #Death #film #history #JamesDean #movies #ScienceActor Alec Guinness later claimed that, in a chance encounter with Dean at the Villa Capri a week before the crash, he had predicted the young actor’s death in his newly purchased sports car. In his autobiography, Guinness wrote that when Dean proudly showed him the vehicle, he found it “sinister” and recalled saying, in a voice he barely recognized, “Please, never get in it.” He then added, “It is now ten o’clock, Friday the 23rd of September, 1955. If you get in that car you will be found dead in it by this time next week.” Dean reportedly laughed and replied, “Oh, shucks! Don’t be so mean! “Author Jason Colavito argues that the story is “almost certainly Guinness’s ex post facto fabrication,” noting that at the time Guinness merely said Dean had told him that friends had begged him not to buy the car because they feared he would drive it too fast. – source
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/686379/ Summer’s sweaty backside remains exposed as leaves begin to fall. Will we never be set free? – The Irish Times #AlecGuinness #AlfredHitchcock #ClimateChange #Éire #Entertainment #IE #Ireland #JamesStewart #JulianneMoore #RichardGere #RockHudson #SpikeLee #StevenSpielberg #TerrenceMalick #ToddHaynes
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Slow Horses' Gary Oldman opens up on his lifelong anxiety and why it disappeared 6 years ago
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/jackson-lamb-gary-oldman-horses-37596600
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John Irvin obituary
By Ryan GilbeyBritish film-maker and director of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy who was described by Alec Guinness as having ‘balls behind the camera’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/25/john-irvin-obituary
#Film #Dramafilms #Actionandadventurefilms #Documentaryfilms #HistoricaldramaTV #Drama #Documentary #AlecGuinness #JohnleCarr #BBC #TheGuardian #RyanGilbey
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John Irvin obituary
By Ryan GilbeyBritish film-maker and director of Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy who was described by Alec Guinness as having ‘balls behind the camera’
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/25/john-irvin-obituary
#Film #Dramafilms #Actionandadventurefilms #Documentaryfilms #HistoricaldramaTV #Drama #Documentary #AlecGuinness #JohnleCarr #BBC #TheGuardian #RyanGilbey
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/647760/ Film and TV director John Irvin dies aged 86 – The Irish Times #AlecGuinness #BAFTA #Éire #Entertainment #GabrielByrne #IE #Ireland #JohnLeCarre #KevinCostner #LiamNeeson #NelsonMandela
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#BehindTheScenes
#StarWars : Ep IV - A New Hope (1977)
A farmboy joins forces with various allies to save their galaxy from the evil Empire's planet-destroying battle station, while also rescuing the princess leading the rebellion against them.#MarkHamill and #AlecGuinness with landspeeder.
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#BehindTheScenes
#StarWars : Ep IV - A New Hope (1977)
A farmboy joins forces with various allies to save their galaxy from the evil Empire's planet-destroying battle station, while also rescuing the princess leading the rebellion against them.#MarkHamill and #AlecGuinness with landspeeder.
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#BehindTheScenes
#StarWars : Ep IV - A New Hope (1977)
A farmboy joins forces with various allies to save their galaxy from the evil Empire's planet-destroying battle station, while also rescuing the princess leading the rebellion against them.#MarkHamill and #AlecGuinness with landspeeder.
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#BehindTheScenes
#StarWars : Ep IV - A New Hope (1977)
A farmboy joins forces with various allies to save their galaxy from the evil Empire's planet-destroying battle station, while also rescuing the princess leading the rebellion against them.#MarkHamill and #AlecGuinness with landspeeder.
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https://www.europesays.com/it/640148/ E’ morto John Irvin, regista di film come Codice Magnum e Hamburger Hill #AlecGuinness #BenKingsley #ClaireEvans #DaniloDolci #Entertainment #GlendaJackson #GranBretagna #HaroldPinter #Intrattenimento #IT #Italia #Italy #JohnIrvin #TheGuardian #Wallasey
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John Irvin, director of Tinker Tailer Solider Spy, dies aged 86
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John Irvin, British film-maker who directed Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, dies aged 86
By Sian CainThe director’s BBC hit opened the door to Hollywood action films including Hamburger Hill, The Dogs of War and Raw Deal
#Film #Culture #JohnleCarr #AlecGuinness #UKnews #TheGuardian #SianCain
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John Irvin, British film-maker who directed Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, dies aged 86
By Sian CainThe director’s BBC hit opened the door to Hollywood action films including Hamburger Hill, The Dogs of War and Raw Deal
#Film #Culture #JohnleCarr #AlecGuinness #UKnews #TheGuardian #SianCain
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John Irvin, British film-maker who directed Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, dies aged 86 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/19/john-irvin-dead-british-director-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-hamburger-hill #Film #Culture #JohnLeCarr #AlecGuinness #UkNews
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John Irvin, British film-maker who directed Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, dies aged 86 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/19/john-irvin-dead-british-director-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-hamburger-hill #Film #Culture #JohnLeCarr #AlecGuinness #UkNews
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John Irvin, British film-maker who directed Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, dies aged 86 https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/aug/19/john-irvin-dead-british-director-tinker-tailor-soldier-spy-hamburger-hill #Film #Culture #JohnLeCarr #AlecGuinness #UkNews
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The two movies that convinced Mel Brooks to get into “the masterpiece business”
Credit: Far Out / YouTube Still Sun 12 July 2026 0:30, UK Mel Brooks was on a path…
#NewsBeep #News #Movies #1950s #1960s #AlecGuinness #Britain #Comedy #Entertainment #Italy #MelBrooks #Psychology #Thrillermovies #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/1071242/ The 2011 role that almost gave Gary Oldman a breakdown #2011 #AlecGuinness #Entertainment #GaryOldman #Movies #SpyMovie #UK #UnitedKingdom
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The 2011 role that almost gave Gary Oldman a breakdown
Credit: Far Out / YouTube Still Sun 5 July 2026 18:15, UK Gary Oldman’s most challenging part was…
#NewsBeep #News #Movies #2011 #AlecGuinness #Entertainment #GaryOldman #SpyMovie #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Adel verpflichtet (1949)
verfügbar bis 28.06.2026https://www.arte.tv/de/videos/040683-000-A/adel-verpflichtet/
https://www.imdb.com/de/title/tt0041546
#AdelVerpflichtet #KindHeartsAndCoronets #Film #Satire #SchwarzeKomödie #RobertHamer #DennisPrice #AlecGuinness #ValerieHobson #arte #artetv #artemediathek #mediathek
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https://www.europesays.com/es/574469/ ¿Hasta cuándo, Star Wars, abusarás de nuestra paciencia? | Cine: estrenos y críticas #actores #actrices #AlecGuinness #Cine #comic #Cultura #DirectoresCine #Entertainment #Entretenimiento #ES #España #Film #GeorgeLucas #Movies #Películas #Spain #StarWars #StevenSpielberg #Vietnam
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https://www.europesays.com/es/555657/ Ian McKellen revela que Alec Guinness, Obi-Wan Kenobi en ‘Star Wars’, le suplicó que abandonara su lucha: «No le hice caso» #AlecGuinness #Celebrities #Entertainment #Entretenimiento #ES #España #Famosos #IanMcKellen #LGTBI+ #Spain
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IAN McKELLEN FRENTE AL ESPEJO DE OTRA GENERACION.
Hay momentos en la historia del cine —y del teatro— que no se escriben sobre un escenario ni ante una cámara, sino en conversaciones privadas que revelan el pulso moral de una época. Uno de esos instantes tuvo como protagonistas a Ian McKellen y Alec Guinness…
https://nuevoimagenesdeactualidad.blogspot.com/2026/05/ian-mckellen-frente-al-espejo-de-otra.html
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#IanMcKellen says 'Star Wars' icon told him to avoid #LGBTQ politics
The actor and LGBTQ rights advocate revealed in a new interview that fellow actor #AlecGuinness once "pleaded" with him to avoid discussing the political issue.
by Edward Segarra
May 11, 2026, 1:25 p.m. ET"Ian McKellen doesn't need anyone's permission to stand on his soapbox.
In an interview with The Guardian published May 7, the Oscar-nominated actor revealed that he was allegedly discouraged by fellow actor Alec Guinness from speaking out on #LGBTQRights."Guinness, who died in 2000, was an acclaimed British actor, best known among sci-fi fans for his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original 'Star Wars' trilogy.
While discussing the 'worst piece of advice' he'd ever been given, McKellen recalled an alleged meeting he had with Guinness around the late '80s." 'He took me for an Italian lunch in Pimlico, where we chatted about this and that until he brought up the real reason for his invitation,' McKellen, 86, told the British outlet. 'He had heard about my work to establish #Stonewall – a lobby group to present to the government and the world at large the case for treating U.K. lesbians and gays equally under the law with the rest of the population.
" 'He thought it somewhat unseemly for an actor to dabble in public or political affairs and advised me, sort of pleaded with me, to withdraw. Advice from an older generation, which I didn't follow.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/TLa3k#UKPol #OutAndProud #LGBTHistoryMonth #PrideLondon #OxfordPride #GayGlos #FFLAG
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#IanMcKellen says 'Star Wars' icon told him to avoid #LGBTQ politics
The actor and LGBTQ rights advocate revealed in a new interview that fellow actor #AlecGuinness once "pleaded" with him to avoid discussing the political issue.
by Edward Segarra
May 11, 2026, 1:25 p.m. ET"Ian McKellen doesn't need anyone's permission to stand on his soapbox.
In an interview with The Guardian published May 7, the Oscar-nominated actor revealed that he was allegedly discouraged by fellow actor Alec Guinness from speaking out on #LGBTQRights."Guinness, who died in 2000, was an acclaimed British actor, best known among sci-fi fans for his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original 'Star Wars' trilogy.
While discussing the 'worst piece of advice' he'd ever been given, McKellen recalled an alleged meeting he had with Guinness around the late '80s." 'He took me for an Italian lunch in Pimlico, where we chatted about this and that until he brought up the real reason for his invitation,' McKellen, 86, told the British outlet. 'He had heard about my work to establish #Stonewall – a lobby group to present to the government and the world at large the case for treating U.K. lesbians and gays equally under the law with the rest of the population.
" 'He thought it somewhat unseemly for an actor to dabble in public or political affairs and advised me, sort of pleaded with me, to withdraw. Advice from an older generation, which I didn't follow.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/TLa3k#UKPol #OutAndProud #LGBTHistoryMonth #PrideLondon #OxfordPride #GayGlos #FFLAG
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#IanMcKellen says 'Star Wars' icon told him to avoid #LGBTQ politics
The actor and LGBTQ rights advocate revealed in a new interview that fellow actor #AlecGuinness once "pleaded" with him to avoid discussing the political issue.
by Edward Segarra
May 11, 2026, 1:25 p.m. ET"Ian McKellen doesn't need anyone's permission to stand on his soapbox.
In an interview with The Guardian published May 7, the Oscar-nominated actor revealed that he was allegedly discouraged by fellow actor Alec Guinness from speaking out on #LGBTQRights."Guinness, who died in 2000, was an acclaimed British actor, best known among sci-fi fans for his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original 'Star Wars' trilogy.
While discussing the 'worst piece of advice' he'd ever been given, McKellen recalled an alleged meeting he had with Guinness around the late '80s." 'He took me for an Italian lunch in Pimlico, where we chatted about this and that until he brought up the real reason for his invitation,' McKellen, 86, told the British outlet. 'He had heard about my work to establish #Stonewall – a lobby group to present to the government and the world at large the case for treating U.K. lesbians and gays equally under the law with the rest of the population.
" 'He thought it somewhat unseemly for an actor to dabble in public or political affairs and advised me, sort of pleaded with me, to withdraw. Advice from an older generation, which I didn't follow.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/TLa3k#UKPol #OutAndProud #LGBTHistoryMonth #PrideLondon #OxfordPride #GayGlos #FFLAG
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#IanMcKellen says 'Star Wars' icon told him to avoid #LGBTQ politics
The actor and LGBTQ rights advocate revealed in a new interview that fellow actor #AlecGuinness once "pleaded" with him to avoid discussing the political issue.
by Edward Segarra
May 11, 2026, 1:25 p.m. ET"Ian McKellen doesn't need anyone's permission to stand on his soapbox.
In an interview with The Guardian published May 7, the Oscar-nominated actor revealed that he was allegedly discouraged by fellow actor Alec Guinness from speaking out on #LGBTQRights."Guinness, who died in 2000, was an acclaimed British actor, best known among sci-fi fans for his role as Obi-Wan Kenobi in the original 'Star Wars' trilogy.
While discussing the 'worst piece of advice' he'd ever been given, McKellen recalled an alleged meeting he had with Guinness around the late '80s." 'He took me for an Italian lunch in Pimlico, where we chatted about this and that until he brought up the real reason for his invitation,' McKellen, 86, told the British outlet. 'He had heard about my work to establish #Stonewall – a lobby group to present to the government and the world at large the case for treating U.K. lesbians and gays equally under the law with the rest of the population.
" 'He thought it somewhat unseemly for an actor to dabble in public or political affairs and advised me, sort of pleaded with me, to withdraw. Advice from an older generation, which I didn't follow.' "
Archived version:
https://archive.ph/TLa3k#UKPol #OutAndProud #LGBTHistoryMonth #PrideLondon #OxfordPride #GayGlos #FFLAG
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Ian McKellen Says Obi-Wan Kenobi Actor Alec Guinness Told Him to Stay Quiet on Gay Rights Because ‘It’s Unseemly for an Actor to Dabble in Political Affairs’
#Variety #News #AlecGuinness #IanMckellen #StarWarshttps://variety.com/2026/film/news/ian-mckellen-star-wars-alec-guinness-gay-rights-1236744417/
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Ian McKellen Says Obi-Wan Kenobi Actor Alec Guinness Told Him to Stay Quiet on Gay Rights Because ‘It’s Unseemly for an Actor to Dabble in Political Affairs’
#Variety #News #AlecGuinness #IanMckellen #StarWarshttps://variety.com/2026/film/news/ian-mckellen-star-wars-alec-guinness-gay-rights-1236744417/
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Ian McKellen Says Obi-Wan Kenobi Actor Alec Guinness Told Him to Stay Quiet on Gay Rights Because ‘It’s Unseemly for an Actor to Dabble in Political Affairs’
#Variety #News #AlecGuinness #IanMckellen #StarWarshttps://variety.com/2026/film/news/ian-mckellen-star-wars-alec-guinness-gay-rights-1236744417/
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Ian McKellen Says Obi-Wan Kenobi Actor Alec Guinness Told Him to Stay Quiet on Gay Rights Because ‘It’s Unseemly for an Actor to Dabble in Political Affairs’
#Variety #News #AlecGuinness #IanMckellen #StarWarshttps://variety.com/2026/film/news/ian-mckellen-star-wars-alec-guinness-gay-rights-1236744417/
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Ian McKellen: ‘Of course Gandalf would beat Dumbledore in a fight’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/07/ian-mckellen-reader-interview #Film #Culture #IanMckellen #PatrickStewart #LordOfTheRings #DavidBowie #AlecGuinness
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Ian McKellen: ‘Of course Gandalf would beat Dumbledore in a fight’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/07/ian-mckellen-reader-interview #Film #Culture #IanMckellen #PatrickStewart #LordOfTheRings #DavidBowie #AlecGuinness
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Ian McKellen: ‘Of course Gandalf would beat Dumbledore in a fight’ https://www.theguardian.com/film/2026/may/07/ian-mckellen-reader-interview #Film #Culture #IanMckellen #PatrickStewart #LordOfTheRings #DavidBowie #AlecGuinness
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Mistodon: This #teletext portrait of #AlecGuinness as #ObiWanKenobi was drawn by @horsenburger and included in the science fiction-themed MIST0523 artpack collection released three years ago. #MayThe4thBeWithYou
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Mistodon: This #teletext portrait of #AlecGuinness as #ObiWanKenobi was drawn by @horsenburger and included in the science fiction-themed MIST0523 artpack collection released three years ago. #MayThe4thBeWithYou
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Mistodon: This #teletext portrait of #AlecGuinness as #ObiWanKenobi was drawn by @horsenburger and included in the science fiction-themed MIST0523 artpack collection released three years ago. #MayThe4thBeWithYou
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Mistodon: This #teletext portrait of #AlecGuinness as #ObiWanKenobi was drawn by @horsenburger and included in the science fiction-themed MIST0523 artpack collection released three years ago. #MayThe4thBeWithYou
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Ready for their close-ups: celebrity passport photos https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/may/04/ready-for-their-close-ups-celebrity-passport-photos #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #TildaSwinton #KateWinslet #MickJagger #Sting #VanMorrison #JoanCollins #SeanConnery #DudleyMoore #AlecGuinness #Celebrity
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Ready for their close-ups: celebrity passport photos https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/may/04/ready-for-their-close-ups-celebrity-passport-photos #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #TildaSwinton #KateWinslet #MickJagger #Sting #VanMorrison #JoanCollins #SeanConnery #DudleyMoore #AlecGuinness #Celebrity
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Ready for their close-ups: celebrity passport photos https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2026/may/04/ready-for-their-close-ups-celebrity-passport-photos #Photography #ArtAndDesign #Culture #TildaSwinton #KateWinslet #MickJagger #Sting #VanMorrison #JoanCollins #SeanConnery #DudleyMoore #AlecGuinness #Celebrity
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“Obviously, I never got to work with #CharlieChaplin; I never got to work with #AlecGuinness, I never got to work with #PeterSellers, but it is my absolute honor to say and to be able to tell my kids that I got to work with #EddieMurphy.” - #MikeMeyers 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 😆 ftw.usatoday.com/story/entert...
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“Obviously, I never got to work with #CharlieChaplin; I never got to work with #AlecGuinness, I never got to work with #PeterSellers, but it is my absolute honor to say and to be able to tell my kids that I got to work with #EddieMurphy.” - #MikeMeyers 🇨🇦 🇺🇸 😆 ftw.usatoday.com/story/entert...
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Movie TV Tech Geeks #MovieFeatures #AlecGuinness #StarWars One Star Wars Actor Hated Every Second of His Fan-Favorite Role http://dlvr.it/TRqvsl
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‘How to Make a Killing’ review: Riffing on a black comedy classic
“How to Make a Killing,” starring Glen Powell as a working-clas…
#NewsBeep #News #Movies #AlecGuinness #AndieMacDowell #Artsandentertainment #AU #AubreyPlaza #Australia #BillCamp #Comedy #DennisPrice #EdHarris #Entertainment #filmreviews #GlenPowell #JakeCoyle #JessicaHenwick #JohnPattonFord #LeeByung-Hun #MargaretQualley #NoahRedfellow #RichardLinklater #SendtoAppleNews #TopherGrace #ZachWoods
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EL CINE DE LOS AÑOS 70
HITLER, LOS ÚLTIMOS DÍEZ DÍAS (1973)
El principal problema de esta recreación de los últimos días de Hitler no está tanto en lo que cuenta, sino en cómo decide contarlo. Desde su planteamiento, la película opta por una vía que la condena a una comparación inevitable —y desfavorable— con El hundimiento, una obra que supo encontrar el difícil equilibrio entre humanidad y…
https://nuevoimagenesdeactualidad.blogspot.com/2026/02/hitler-los-ultimos-diez-dias-1973.html
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‘How to Make a Killing’ review: Riffing on a black comedy classic
“How to Make a Killing,” starrin…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Movies #AlecGuinness #AndieMacDowell #Artsandentertainment #AubreyPlaza #BillCamp #comedy #DennisPrice #edharris #Entertainment #FilmReviews #GlenPowell #JakeCoyle #JessicaHenwick #JohnPattonFord #LeeByung-Hun #MargaretQualley #NoahRedfellow #RichardLinklater #SendtoAppleNews #TopherGrace #ZachWoods
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David Lean – „Lawrence von Arabien“ (1962)Die Wüste als eine fast „grenzenlose“ Projektionsfläche, Männlichkeit als ein Mythos und das britische Imperium als Fiebertraum. Hier sehen wir keinen „Abenteuerfilm“, sondern eine Obsession in 70 Millimeter. Das vielleicht widersprüchlichste Werk in der Filmografie von David Lean. Ein Epos, mit dem er das Empire zugleich gefeiert und gnadenlos seziert hat. In einem Film, der gleichzeitig eine große antikoloniale Sehnsucht inszeniert und doch an kolonialen Blickregimen festhält. Mit Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif und Claude Rains. (3Sat, Wh.)
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David Lean – „Lawrence von Arabien“ (1962)Die Wüste als eine fast „grenzenlose“ Projektionsfläche, Männlichkeit als ein Mythos und das britische Imperium als Fiebertraum. Hier sehen wir keinen „Abenteuerfilm“, sondern eine Obsession in 70 Millimeter. Das vielleicht widersprüchlichste Werk in der Filmografie von David Lean. Ein Epos, mit dem er das Empire zugleich gefeiert und gnadenlos seziert hat. In einem Film, der gleichzeitig eine große antikoloniale Sehnsucht inszeniert und doch an fest kolonialen Blickregimen festhält. Mit Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif und Claude Rains. (3Sat, Wh.)
Zum Blog: https://nexxtpress.de/mediathekperlen/david-lean-lawrence-von-arabien-1962/ -
David Lean – „Lawrence von Arabien“ (1962)Die Wüste als eine fast „grenzenlose“ Projektionsfläche, Männlichkeit als ein Mythos und das britische Imperium als Fiebertraum. Hier sehen wir keinen „Abenteuerfilm“, sondern eine Obsession in 70 Millimeter. Das vielleicht widersprüchlichste Werk in der Filmografie von David Lean. Ein Epos, mit dem er das Empire zugleich gefeiert und gnadenlos seziert hat. In einem Film, der gleichzeitig eine große antikoloniale Sehnsucht inszeniert und doch an fest kolonialen Blickregimen festhält. Mit Peter O’Toole, Alec Guinness, Anthony Quinn, Omar Sharif und Claude Rains. (3Sat, Wh.)
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From 24 to Danger Mouse: it’s TV’s all-time top spies! https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jan/13/best-spy-tv-shows-night-manager-avengers-24-danger-mouse #Television #TheNightManager #Culture #TelevisionRadio #ClaireDanes #SlowHorses #GaryOldman #TomHiddleston #RogerMoore #JenniferGarner #KieferSutherland #AlecGuinness #JohnLeCarr
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From 24 to Danger Mouse: it’s TV’s all-time top spies! https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/jan/13/best-spy-tv-shows-night-manager-avengers-24-danger-mouse #Television #TheNightManager #Culture #TelevisionRadio #ClaireDanes #SlowHorses #GaryOldman #TomHiddleston #RogerMoore #JenniferGarner #KieferSutherland #AlecGuinness #JohnLeCarr
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Title (year) - rating/5 - summary - #WatchParty tag (if applicable)
*=1st watch
*The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) - 4.5/5 - Heist comedy w #AlecGuinness
*Time Trackers (1989) - 1/5 - confusing time travel - #MondayActionMovie
*TimeWalker (1982) - 1/5 - mummy from space - #Monsterdon
*Four Rooms (1995) - 1/5 - New Year's Eve anthology - #SundayFunnies
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Title (year) - rating/5 - summary - #WatchParty tag (if applicable)
*=1st watch
*The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) - 4.5/5 - Heist comedy w #AlecGuinness
*Time Trackers (1989) - 1/5 - confusing time travel - #MondayActionMovie
*TimeWalker (1982) - 1/5 - mummy from space - #Monsterdon
*Four Rooms (1995) - 1/5 - New Year's Eve anthology - #SundayFunnies
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Title (year) - rating/5 - summary - #WatchParty tag (if applicable)
*=1st watch
*The Lavender Hill Mob (1951) - 4.5/5 - Heist comedy w #AlecGuinness
*Time Trackers (1989) - 1/5 - confusing time travel - #MondayActionMovie
*TimeWalker (1982) - 1/5 - mummy from space - #Monsterdon
*Four Rooms (1995) - 1/5 - New Year's Eve anthology - #SundayFunnies
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Doctor Zhivago at 60: David Lean’s sweeping romantic relic endures https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/22/doctor-zhivago-at-60-david-lean-sweeping-romantic-relic-endures #JulieChristie #AlecGuinness #Romancefilms #Dramafilms #OmarSharif #Culture #Film
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Doctor Zhivago at 60: David Lean’s sweeping romantic relic endures https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/dec/22/doctor-zhivago-at-60-david-lean-sweeping-romantic-relic-endures #JulieChristie #AlecGuinness #Romancefilms #Dramafilms #OmarSharif #Culture #Film