News about Judy Davis

The classic novel, according to EM Forster's seminal A Passage to India, has 'offensive' words and 'attitudes of this time.'

www.dailymail.co.uk, August 20, 2023
Academic commentators of the notable work have referred to the decision by including a trigger warning in the US version of EM Forster's A Passage To India by publishers The Modern Library has been described as 'troubling' by academic followers of the valuable work. The warning, they say, is "completely unnecessary" and that the job is being "dragged into a culture war with no connection to the subject matter.' The book is set against the backdrop of the British Raj and the Indian independence movement in the 1920s, and it is notable for its critique of imperialism and depictions of Indians as culturally equals.

Sam Neill reveals the major Aussie actress who has shunned him for 30 years

www.dailymail.co.uk, March 25, 2023
Sam Neill has revealed the identity of the Australian singer who has shunned him for close to 30-years. Judy Davis, who co-starred with Sam in the hit Aussie film My Brilliant Career in 1979, says the 75-year-old fan favourite is no longer on speaking terms. In the film, the two young stars played characters trapped in a hot romance, but Sam now says that off-screen interactions between the pair became icy during filming.

At 89, actor George R. Robertson, who played Chief Hurst in SIX films, died

www.dailymail.co.uk, February 4, 2023
George R. Robertson, a Chief Hurst actor who appeared in six films on the franchise, died at the age of 89. His family told the Hollywood Reporter that he died in a Toronto hospital this past Sunday, and a memorial has been unveiled for the second half of March. The Police Academy franchise began in 1984 and spawned seven films in the ensuing decade, with Robertson in the first six. The films, which were set in an unspecified American town, revolved around a police academy that has been told it must admit any applicants, including the zaniest. Robertson put on a memorable appearance as a member of the old guard longing for the days when the cops 'all had Johnsons.'