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NEWS ABOUT: Liam Neeson

Liam Neeson stories: 29 news summaries

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 Richardson Off Life Support 


Mar 18, 09 4:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Natasha Richardson's family has taken the actress off life support, the New York Post reports. Family members including husband Liam Neeson, her two children, and her mother, Vanessa Redgrave, were standing vigil by her hospital bedside. Richardson, 45, suffered a critical brain injury in a ski accident two days ago.... More »

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life support • actor • traumatic brain injury • Liam Neeson • ski accidents • actress • Natasha Richardson

Could Helmet Have Saved Richardson?

Celeb's ski accident renews debate on safety gear

Mar 18, 09 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Natasha Richardson’s crippling accident while taking beginner's lessons has renewed the ski-helmet debate, the New York Times reports. Safety gear is more popular today—43% of Americans donned helmets last ski season, up from 25% 5 years prior—but still not required. Critics point out that fatalities haven’t... More »

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helmets • actor • traumatic brain injury • Liam Neeson • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson

 Richardson 
 Family 
 Gathers 
 to Say  
 Goodbye 

Actress taken to New York hospital; will be taken off life support

Mar 18, 09 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Family members have gathered at a New York hospital to say farewell to Natasha Richardson, reports the New York Daily News. The actress, on life support and believed to be brain dead after suffering a fall on a Canadian ski slope Monday, has been joined by husband Liam Neeson, the... More »

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actor • Liam Neeson • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson • Vanessa Redgrave

(Newser) - Actress Natasha Richardson is brain dead after a ski accident yesterday in Canada, sources tell the New York Post, and is being taken from the Montreal hospital where she was on life support to New York so loved ones, including mother Vanessa Redgrave, can say their goodbyes. Richardson, 45, fell... More »

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skiing • Montreal • actor • Liam Neeson • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson • Mont Tremblant • brain dead

 Richardson 
 Injured in 
 Ski Accident 

Actress in critical condition

Mar 17, 09 6:50 AM CDT
(Newser) - Natasha Richardson is in critical condition following a ski accident in Canada, reports Irish Central. The actress and wife of Liam Neeson suffered a traumatic brain injury and was admitted to a Montreal hospital. “Neeson left the Toronto set immediately to fly to Montreal upon news of his wife’... More »

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celebrity • Montreal • actor • traumatic brain injury • Liam Neeson • ski accidents • Natasha Richardson • Vanessa Redgrave

 Taken Snatches Box Office 

Thriller bumps Mall Cop from top spot

Feb 1, 09 4:09 PM CST
(Newser) - The CIA thriller Taken nabbed the box office title from Paul Blart: Mall Cop, simultaneously pushing Hollywood to its first billion-dollar January, reports AP. Taken, starring Liam Neeson as a former CIA operative pursuing kidnappers, pulled in $24.6 million on Super Bowl weekend—in which thrillers typically underperform... More »

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film • box office • Liam Neeson • Kevin James • Paul Blart: Mall Cop • Taken

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 Critics Not So 
 Taken With Taken 

Plot, lead character 'preposterous'

Jan 30, 09 11:09 AM CST
(Newser) - Critics disagree over whether Bourne-style action flick Taken is a quality picture, but they concur on one thing: Its plot is “preposterous,” as Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times puts it. It’s “a completely unbelievable action picture” in which Liam Neeson’s “sharpshooting, pursuit-driving, pocket-picking,... More »

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film • movie review • action movie • Liam Neeson • Taken

Spielberg to Shoot Lincoln Picture Next

He ducks rumor that Liam Neeson will portray prez

May 10, 08 5:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once he wraps up Tintin, Steven Spielberg will make a long-awaited biopic about Abraham Lincoln, the Los Angeles Times reports. The director spilled the beans while promoting Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and said he wants to shoot the flick next year, Lincon's 200th anniversary—but... More »

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Steven Spielberg • film • biography • Abraham Lincoln • movies • Liam Neeson

Schindler's
Autograph on Sale for $154K

WWII hero signed
photo for one of 1,400 Jews he saved

Apr 16, 08 12:33 PM CDT
(Newser) - The only known autographed photo of Oskar Schindler, the German industrialist who saved 1,400 Jews from death during WWII, is on sale for $154,000, the New York Post reports. The dealer plans to contact Liam Neeson, who played the legend in Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List to see if... More »

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Holocaust • Jews • World War II • memorabilia • autographs • Liam Neeson • Oskar Schindler

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