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Hach, Otto....🥰 und jetzt der nächste sympathische Mensch mit Tobias Moretti, immer wieder nett, ihn mal in solchen Sendungen zu sehen! 🙂 #kleingegengross
Lol-ernsthaft @ProSieben ?
99% friedliche Demo und dann redet ihr von "massiven Eskalationen", und ein Reporter der vor dutzenden Polizisten und einem Wasserwerfer (ohne auch nur einen Demonstranten in Sicht) soll "auf sich aufpassen"? Widerliches Framing,enttäuschend #GenZregelt
JESUS CHRISTUS... das geht noch fast ne STUNDE??? Wie viel mehr nichts kann man in einen Film packen?#SchleFaZ
Der Spannungsfaktor heute... nicht mal gelegentliche Möpse helfen dem Machwerk... #SchleFaZ
(Einzel-) Sektion Kiel hier! Zwar ziemlich am kränkeln, aber vielleicht ist deshalb der Start einer neuen #SchleFaZ Staffel genau das richtige, in einen runden Geburtstag rein zu feiern.. Gäste ist ja nicht.. heißt aber auch, quasi nüchtern... 😬😱😅 #JohnSinclair
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Buckingham Palace Honours Sir Patrick Stewart (1940–2026) with Star Trek Theme Tune 🕊️
The Band of the Grenadier Guards performs the iconic Star Trek theme at Buckingham Palace in honour of Sir Patrick Stewart, following the sad news of his passing.
Queen Elizabeth II knighted Sir Patrick Stewart in 2010, recognising his outstanding contribution to drama and the arts 🇬🇧
🎥 @KingsGuardTours
📆 30 October 2026
📍 Buckingham Palace
#SirPatrickStewart #StarTrek #GrenadierGuards #BuckinghamPalace #BritishArmyMusic
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Because I see that Sir Patrick Stewart's passing has already been exploited by a couple of tankies:
Stewart was a member of the Labour Party, but he also had a moral compass. He criticized Corbyn's Labour Party, in particular for its Brexit stance. Stewart campaigned against Brexit and criticized it harshly.
He also critically mentioned the handling of the antisemitism issue by Corbyn's Labour Party.
Stewart also supported the measures during the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccination. He provided daily online readings of Shakespeare's sonnets to uplift people's spirits during the lockdown.
After the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, he spoke in an interview with the German newspaper "Die Welt" about Russia's war against Ukraine.
He said: "I feel paralyzed, as if I were frozen, when I think about what Putin and his supporters are doing in Ukraine."
He also said: "But Putin will not succeed in what he intends to do. Because his war has already caused people and countries around the world to unite in resistance against it. That gives me hope. And the fight against despots and authoritarian systems has always been at the heart of all Star Trek stories."
Stewart, on the comparison between Russian aggression and the Borg: "I feel a certain satisfaction, at least when I think about the fate that befell the Borg in Star Trek."
Links:
Patrick Stewart on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, authoritarianism and the Borg – Die Welt (2022): welt.de/kultur/kino/plus2375…
Patrick Stewart on Corbyn's Labour Party, Brexit and antisemitism – The New European (2018): thenewworld.co.uk/brexit-new…
Stewart's criticism of Labour and antisemitism – Mark Pack (2018): markpack.org.uk/155798/patri…
Stewart breaks with Labour over Corbyn's Brexit stance – Sky News (2018): news.sky.com/story/sir-patri…
Patrick Stewart's article against Brexit – The Guardian (2018): theguardian.com/commentisfre…
Stewart's Shakespeare readings during COVID-19 – Folger Shakespeare Library (2020): folger.edu/blogs/shakespeare…
Stewart discusses his Shakespeare readings during lockdown – BBC Front Row (2020): podcasts.apple.com/us/podcas…
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Rest in peace, Sir Patrick Stewart, who passed away today at the age of 86. Perhaps best known for his iconic role as Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Stewart spent the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown sharing videos of himself reading Shakespeare’s sonnets. Notably, he was once joined by his neighbor’s cat Glenn who appeared unimpressed by Sonnet 40.
#cat #catlovers #RIP
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En 2014, una niña de 11 años pidió conocer a Patrick Stewart.
Su familia esperaba que el actor le dedicara apenas dos minutos, pero él se quedó casi veinte.
Un fotógrafo tomó unas 5.000 imágenes durante aquella convención. Sin embargo, decidió publicar solamente una.
La niña se llamaba Dawn Garrigus y padecía una enfermedad mitocondrial grave.
Era admiradora de "Star Trek" y su mayor ilusión era conocer al hombre que interpretaba al capitán Jean-Luc Picard.
Gracias a la fundación Make-A-Wish, consiguió reunirse con Stewart durante una convención en Atlanta.
Sus padres pensaron que el encuentro sería muy breve. Pero Patrick se sentó junto a Dawn y comenzó a conversar con ella sobre sus personajes favoritos.
Le firmó sus figuras de acción y compartieron algunas risas.
En un momento, la niña le dijo que era un honor conocerlo.
Stewart respondió: "No, el honor es mío".
Después de unos quince o veinte minutos, cuando la conversación estaba terminando, Dawn lo abrazó espontáneamente.
El fotógrafo James Barker, que había permanecido a cierta distancia para darles privacidad, consiguió capturar aquel instante.
Durante los cuatro días de la convención había tomado unas 5.000 fotografías. Pero decidió publicar solamente esa.
La imagen se difundió ampliamente y conmovió a miles de personas.
El padre de Dawn contó después que aquel encuentro había cambiado su admiración por el actor. Ya no lo recordaba solamente por sus personajes, sino por la manera en que había tratado a su hija.
Hoy, 29 de octubre de 2026, se anunció el fallecimiento de Patrick Stewart a los 86 años.
Entre tantos papeles inolvidables, también quedan momentos como aquel: una niña que soñaba con conocer a su héroe y un hombre que consiguió hacerla sentir que la persona importante de aquel encuentro era ella.
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Sejanus has dropped his Gladius.
King Leodegrance has taken off his crown.
Captain Picard has handed over command of the starship.
Safe travels Mr. Patrick Stewart.
1940-2026
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In 1991, Patrick Stewart surprised STAR TREK creator Gene Roddenberry with a song and dance routine on the USS Enterprise-D bridge. The footage was never meant for public viewing, but eventually surfaced as a Season 5 DVD bonus feature.
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In memory of Patrick Stewart🙏🏻
What has the ECHR ever done for us?
Quite a lot actually, and we (🇬🇧) wrote it too.
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SIR PATRICK STEWART (1940-2026)
Before everything else, Patrick was defined by being born and bred in Yorkshire, the proud county in the north of England which he loved to the end. You could hear it in his accented voice and in the stern honesty with which he told you what he thought and felt. Yorkshiremen have no truck with half-truths or avoidance of big issues. He wore his heart on his sleeve, which made him a man to rely on, to admire and in my case, love.
We first met as ambitious young actors with the Royal Shakespeare Company half a century ago but we weren’t in the same productions. My first strong memory was a few years later, meeting him in the street in central London when he told me about an offer to take over a leading part in 'Star Trek'. “But Patrick think of your stage career in the UK. Do you really want to risk—getting lost in Hollywood for years and years?”. Well, he took the risk and thank goodness for us all that he did for not just his devoted Trekkies but film and theatre audiences, who marvelled at his using international celebrity to star in a string of cinema successes ('X-Men' of course) and in great classical plays by Shakespeare, Ibsen, Arthur Miller, Peter Shaffer, Pinter and Beckett at Stratford-upon-Avon, in London’s West End and on Broadway.
America was his adopted home, where he met his adored Sunny who has cared for him through sickness and health, through thick and thin. But he never forsook his origins: and the proudest achievement of the most respected and beloved actor of his generation on either side of the Atlantic, was his appointment as Chancellor of Huddersfield University in Yorkshire.
His farewell performance in 'Avengers: Doomsday' is yet to be seen.
Ian McKellen 29 October 2026
Photo: University of Huddersfield
