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Denzel Washington Has Been Sober for 10 Years, Says He Used to Drink Two Bottles of Wine a Day and ‘I’ve Done Damage to the Body’

20 November 2024 at 20:39
Denzel Washington revealed to Esquire magazine as part of a recent cover story that he is 10 years sober. He cut off alcohol at 60 years old after a 15-year drinking pattern that started in the late 1990s. Washington said he never got “strung out” on alcohol but was more or less drinking daily for […]

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Denzel Washington Lost Best Actor to Kevin Spacey and Stopped Voting for Oscars: ‘They Don’t Care About Me? I Don’t Care. I Gave Up. I Got Bitter.’

19 November 2024 at 20:39
Denzel Washington revealed to Esquire magazine as part of a new cover story that he got bitter after losing the best actor Oscar to Kevin Spacey in 2000. Washington was already a three-time Oscar nominee and one-time winner when his performance as Rubin Carter in “The Hurriance” landed him in the Oscar for best actor […]

Ridley Scott Says Denzel Washington’s ‘Gladiator II’ Same-Sex Kiss ‘Didn’t Happen’: ‘They Acted the Moment’

19 November 2024 at 05:12
Denzel Washington may have said that his same-sex kiss in “Gladiator II” was cut from the movie because the powers that be got “chicken,” but, according to director Ridley Scott, the kiss may not have happened at all. “No, that’s bullshit,” Scott told me Monday night at the “Gladiator II” premiere in Hollywood. He later […]

Denzel Washington Says People ‘Better Realize’ They’re ‘Being Manipulated’ by Both Political Sides: ‘We’re All Slaves to Information Now’

17 November 2024 at 18:45
Oscar-winning actor Denzel Washington recently spoke out about American politics and how people need to be aware of the ongoing manipulative tactics used by both parties.  In an interview with The Sunday Times, editor Jonathan Dean quoted a line from “Gladiator II,” the upcoming Ridley Scott sequel that Washington stars in: “Empires fall, so do […]

‘Gladiator 2’ Cut Gay Kiss, Says Denzel Washington: ‘I Kissed a Guy Full on the Lips and I Guess They Weren’t Ready for That Yet’

13 November 2024 at 23:52
Denzel Washington revealed in a video interview with Gayety that he kissed a man on the lips while filming “Gladiator II,” but the scene was cut out from the theatrical cut of the long-awaited sequel. The Oscar winner stars in Ridley Scott’s film as Macrinus, a wealthy powerbroker in Rome who keeps a stable of […]

Denzel Washington Says ‘Black Panther 3’ Will Be One of His Last Movies Before He Retires; Chadwick Boseman Once Declared: ‘There’s No Black Panther Without Denzel’

12 November 2024 at 14:17
Denzel Washington revealed in August that “there are very few films” left for him to make at this stage in his Oscar-winning career, but now he’s revealing that “Black Panther 3” is one of them. Speaking to Australia’s “Today” while on the press tour for “Gladiator II,” Washington said that director Ryan Coogler is writing […]

‘Gladiator II’ Review: Paul Mescal Is a Pensive Avenger in Ridley Scott’s Serviceable but Far From Great Sequel

11 November 2024 at 14:00
It’s a Saturday-night epic of tony escapism. But is it great? A movie to love the way that some of us love "Gladiator"? No and no. It’s ultimately a mere shadow of that movie. But it’s just diverting enough to justify its existence.

Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington Hail Ridley Scott’s ‘Gladiator 2’ in Tokyo: ‘There’s No Better Director for Focusing on an Audience’s Sense of Entertainment’

4 November 2024 at 11:04
A quartet of stars, headed by Paul Mescal and Denzel Washington, were on hand Monday in Tokyo to celebrate “Gladiator II” and its master filmmaker Ridley Scott. Mescal, who plays the gladiator Lucius, said that what separates “Gladiator II” from “Gladiator” is that Scott, who also directed the original 2000 film, “had more resources at […]

Woman who went on the lam with untreated TB is now cured

By: Beth Mole
24 July 2024 at 15:01
Scanning electron micrograph of <em>Mycobacterium tuberculosis</em> bacteria, which cause TB.

Scanning electron micrograph of Mycobacterium tuberculosis bacteria, which cause TB. (credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

"She's cured!"

Health officials in Washington state are celebrating the clean bill of health for one particularly notable resident: the woman who refused to isolate and get treatment for her active case of infectious tuberculosis for over a year. She even spent around three months on the lam, dodging police as they tried to execute a civil arrest warrant. During her time as a fugitive, police memorably reported that she took a city bus to go to a casino.

The woman, identified only as V.N. in court documents, had court orders to get treatment for her tuberculosis infection beginning in January of 2022. She refused to comply as the court renewed the orders on a monthly basis and held at least 17 hearings on the matter. The judge in her case issued an arrest warrant in March of 2023, but V.N. evaded law enforcement. She was finally arrested in June of last year and spent 23 days getting court-ordered treatment behind bars before being released with conditions.

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