Vanessa Redgrave is to present the best actress award in memory of her daughter, Natasha Richardson, at this year’s London Evening Standard Theatre Awards.

Redgrave, whose father Michael twice won the best actor category, will announce whether Penny Downie, Juliet Stevenson, Rachel Weisz or American actress Deanna Dunagan has taken the coveted prize.

The Natasha Richardson award for best actress was renamed after the star’s death aged 45 following a skiing accident in March.

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Friends of late actress Natasha Richardson have apparently decided to name an English rose in her honour. The 45-year-old actress, who was married to Liam Neeson, died earlier this year after a skiing accident in Canada.

A friend of Richardson and Neeson is quoted by MSN as saying: “We all want something to remember Natasha and there’s no-one who better resembles a perfect English rose than her.”

They added: “The whole family loves the idea of having a rose named after her.”

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It has been announced that the Best Actress Award is being renamed in honor of Natasha Richardson, the actress daughter of Vanessa Redgrave who died following a skiing accident in March. In a press statement, the paper’s executive director Evgeny Lebedev has commented, “This year we lost one of the great stage talents of our age in a tragic accident. Natasha Richardson was not only an exceptional actress but a loving mother, sister, daughter and wonderful friend. She was loved by all whose lives she touched with her radiance, kindness and unforgettable glow of talent. We hope the London Evening Standard Natasha Richardson award for best actress will honor her achievements and her memory.”

The Best Actress category has been renamed this year in honour of actress Natasha Richardson, who died in March following a skiing accident. Announcing the longlists, Evening Standard executive director Evgeny Lebedev paid tribute to Richardson, calling her “one of the great stage talents of our age”, adding that the renaming of the award will “honour her achievements and her memory”.

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Six months after actress Natasha Richardson died following a fall at the Mount Tremblant ski resort in Quebec, the company that operates the facility has announced helmet requirements at its North American resorts.

Vancouver-based Intrawest said Thursday it will recommend all skiers and snowboarders wear helmets when the ski season begins in a few weeks.

Richardson, the 45-year-old wife of actor Liam Neeson, died in March after falling during a skiing lesson and suffering a head injury at Mount Tremblant.

Intrawest operates nine ski resorts including Mount Tremblant in Quebec, Panorama Mountain near Invermere, British Columbia, and Whistler Blackcomb, which will host alpine events for the 2010 Winter Games.

Source: The Associated Press

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Liam Neeson has said that he and his two sons are still trying to cope with his wife Natasha Richardson’s death, and are “taking each day as it comes”.

The ‘Taken’ actor said that he and his sons Micheal, 14, and Daniel, 12, were still in grief after the sudden death of Natasha in March, reports the China Daily.

“We’re doing good. We are still getting extraordinary condolence letters from American people. That’s deeply, deeply touching,” said the 57-year-old star in an appearance on US TV show ‘Good Morning America’.

In fact, he said that he was overwhelmed with the sympathy from the US public, which even inspired him to become an American citizen, more than 20 years after he moved to the country.

“That is partly the reason that I have recently become an American citizen. I was born in Northern Ireland but America has been very, very good to me,” he said.

“I am still a proud Irishman, but I have become an American citizen, and am very proud of that,” he added.

The interview was the first time Liam publicly spoke since Natasha died of a brain injury after a skiing accident.

Source: Trak.in

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Liam Neeson, whose wife Natasha Richardson died in March after a skiing accident, recently said he and his two sons are taking each day as it comes.

At a party Monday night to celebrate the 125th anniversary of the theater magazine Playbill, Richardson’s aunt Lynn Redgrave echoed Neeson’s sentiments.

“Well, we just go on, day by day,” the actress, 66, said. “We remember her every day, we’ll never forget. She was a bright, bright light in our lives.”

Redgrave attended the event, part of Bon Appétit’s annual pop-up Supper Club, along with such other stage and screen luminaries as John Stamos, Gina Gershon, Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Justin Kirk.

Redgrave wrote and stars in the one-woman play Nightingale, a fictional recreation of the life of her late grandmother, Beatrice Kempton. In a video interview about the play posted on her Web site, Redgrave, a breast cancer survivor, talks about Kempton and seems to allude to Richardson’s tragic death.

“And now, some other things have happened in my life, which have made it very, very, very important that I hold hands with both the living and the dead,” she says in the video. “In my journey through life to right now, I realize that most people feel that way, they have to have something reaching back.”

At the dinner, Redgrave – part of an historic acting dynasty – said she plans to continue working in the theater “until somebody tackles me and throws me to the floor and says, ‘Don’t do it anymore!’ ” She was also quick to note, “They haven’t done that yet.”

Source: People Magazine

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Scans of Natasha from “MOVIELINE” magazine in December 1994 issue are now available on the gallery and can be viewed here. Big Thanks to Lori Miller who has been kind enough donating these awesome scans for Adoring Natasha!

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Magazine Scans > Movieline – (December 1994)

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