It's a good thing this story is being typed, otherwise it would be smeared with many tears after reading this incredible, gut-wrenching, raw and emotional letter that Natascha McElhone released to Mail Online about the death of her beloved husband, Martin Kelly. The Californication star wrote the letter during a (what I'm sure will be one of many) sleepless, grief-stricken night — truly, this is a haunting, almost voyeuristic look into her life with Kelly.The vibrant plastic surgeon, who died of an undiagnosed heart condition at only 42-years-old, was more than a father, husband and humanitarian to McElhone... he was her one in six billion. It's rare that anyone, especially a celebrity, would open themselves up to share such a personal and life-changing tragedy with the public. It's impossible not to be moved by sentiments like, "I can’t believe that that magical, beautiful creature is not here any more. He was too good to be true. There was never a day when we didn’t...
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Plastic surgeon to the stars, Martin Kelly, who was married to actress Natascha McElhone, apparently suffered a heart attack in his London home. The Mirror reports that he was rushed to Chelsea and Westmintser hospital but was announced dead on arrival. McElhone and Kelly have two children and the actress, who is currently filming new episodes of Californication, is pregnant with their third child. Apparently, she was told about her husband's death while filming the series in Los Angeles. She's on route to London with her two children. If you'd like to leave a message for Natascha and her family, do so here. This is so sad. Our hearts go out to her and her children. — Erin Fox
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Sure, he may have boorishly overindulged in the bottle and in the bedroom — including an inadvertent tryst with the underage daughter of his ex’s fiancé — but as the first season of Californication (Mondays at 10:30 pm/ET on Showtime) comes to a close, troubled author Hank Moody has somehow become sympathetic.
"Hank’s motivation is usually out of his love for his family, pain or frustration. And everybody can relate to that," says star David Duchovny. "He’s not just an ass." In tonight’s finale, as Karen’s wedding to Bill draws near, Hank must come to terms with the fact that the woman he still loves may be unattainable.
"It’s a true TV cliff-hanger," teases Duchovny. "The force of the show is family, so I can tell you that the episode has to do with either the comi
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With another two strong hours under its belt, The Company is really shaping up to be the miniseries of the year, and one to watch out for come the next Emmy nominations. Though the second section of a three-parter often suffers a little from being necessarily transitional (see the Lord of the Rings and Bourne trilogies), this episode side-stepped that trap, starting with a tried-and-true device: Open with a shocking dramatic event — say, the capture and torture of a main character (Jack) — then fall back three days to show how we got to this point.But what looked from the previews last week to be the climax of this episode was only the beginning of the excitement. You could have made two stand-alone films out of this one’s two main set pieces: The Hungarian uprising, shot as a bloody gun battle in an urban wasteland, and the botched Bay of Pigs invasion, a full-scale beach-storming under cover of darkness that rivaled any Hollywood war movie. While "Night 1" was about...
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Let me start by saying that I am about as secular as they come. So this is just another TV show to me, folks. Which is as it should be, I think, critically speaking. That said, gee, you think the NBC folks were paying attention to Mel Gibson's The Passion of the Christ success? That might explain this Hail Mary (you can read that both in a prayer and a football sense) shot at pandering to the newly discovered religious audience, might it not?
I'll admit to being impressed early on with some of the creepy details — murderous Satanist Isaiah Haden snaps his fingers and stops airplane turbulence etc. — though I can't figure out why he and Dr. Massey (Bill Pullman) are on the same flight. But while I understand the advantages of casting pretty faces in lead roles, just once I'd like to see a big role for a nun who doesn't look as beautiful as Natascha McElhone. How about, for
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