All articles tagged with #grief
Kylie Minogue says that nearly 30 years after her former boyfriend Michael Hutchence’s death she can still feel his presence, reflecting on their relationship and the lasting memory he leaves her with.
At Cannes 2026, Hirokazu Kore-eda’s Sheep in the Box imagines a near-future where grieving parents lease a humanoid clone of their dead son, powered by AI. The film treats the unsettling premise with quiet melancholy, focusing on Otone and Kensuke’s struggle to grieve and heal, rather than promoting the technology or warning against it. While it nods to AI-dramas like A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Her, Kore-eda’s restrained approach centers on memory, guilt, and human connection instead of a dystopian alarmist message.
Sheep in the Box imagines a not‑too‑distant future where a bereaved mother and her husband hire a humanoid child to resurrect their dead son. Koreeda crafts a dreamlike, allegorical tale that blends dystopian tech with intimate family drama, asking who the dead belong to and what makes a family. Anchored by Haruka Ayase’s extraordinary performance and lush visuals, the film turns dystopian nightmare material into a wistful fairytale about rebirth and acceptance.
In a recent discussion, Martin Short describes how his late wife Nancy Dolman's final words—"I am trying to head toward the light"—have resonated with the suicide of his daughter, shaping the family's ongoing process of grief and healing.
Martin Short sits with CBS Sunday Morning to discuss the February death of his daughter Katherine Short, describing the loss as a 'nightmare' for his family and reflecting on grief, mental health, and resilience. He recalls his daughter's last words, notes how past losses—his wife Nancy Dolman and others—have shaped his perspective, and says he’s returning to public life as he promotes his Netflix documentary Marty, Life Is Short.
Martin Short delivered his first interview since his daughter Katherine's death by suicide, calling the last four months a nightmare for his family and stressing that mental illness is a disease; in CBS Sunday Morning he reflected on the losses surrounding him and spoke about his forthcoming documentary Marty, Life Is Short, which chronicles his life and the many personal losses he has endured, including his parents, his wife Nancy, and his daughter, while sharing her last words, 'Mart, let me go' and noting resources like the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (988) for anyone in crisis.
Martin Short candidly discusses the profound grief from his daughter Katherine’s suicide earlier this year and his wife Nancy Dolman’s death, describing the toll on his family and how it informs his work and mental-health advocacy. A forthcoming Netflix documentary, Marty, Life Is Short, explores these losses and Short’s coping approach as he continues his career.
A daughter grieving her father after a stroke seeks guidance on anger toward his wife; Dear Abby validates the anger as justified and advises therapy to work through the toxic family dynamics and focus on the daughter’s own healing as she mourns.
Washington Post journalist David Frum and writer Danielle Crittenden processed the sudden death of their 32-year-old daughter Miranda by telling her story in an essay and in a forthcoming memoir, turning personal tragedy into a public conversation.
Martin Short opens up about profound personal losses—his daughter Katherine Smart and longtime friend Catherine O’Hara among them—in Netflix’s Marty, Life is Short, a documentary that also explores his early life and career as he explains how humor helped him cope; it premieres May 12 on Netflix.
Christine Dawood recounts receiving her husband Shahzada Dawood and son Suleman Dawood's remains nearly three years after the Titan submersible tragedy, describing them as 'slush' delivered in two shoebox-sized containers and explaining how she kept their rooms intact while navigating grief.
Jake Reiner, Rob Reiner’s son, publicly addresses the murder of his parents in a Substack essay, describing his profound grief and praising his mother Michele Singer as a confidant and his father as a hero. He says some details of the tragedy should remain private, while his brother Nick Reiner remains in custody on two counts of first-degree murder and a weapon charge.
Jake Reiner published a Substack memorial essay for his parents, Rob and Michele Reiner, detailing how their deaths after Nick Reiner was charged with murder have upended his life, describing the loss as 'too devastating to comprehend' and a 'living nightmare,' and noting that his parents remain the center of his life and that the tragedy has altered his future plans.
56-year-old British mother Wendy Duffy traveled to Basel's Pegasos clinic in Switzerland and died by euthanasia at her own request, having paid about $13,500; her death followed the loss of her son Marcus four years earlier and occurred the same day a controversial UK right-to-die bill failed in Parliament, with Pegasos calling it a 'sane suicide' and noting she acted with capacity.
A physically healthy British mother, Wendy Duffy, who lost her only son four years ago, is traveling to Switzerland to undergo assisted suicide at Pegasos after the clinic accepted her application. She had previously attempted to take her own life and says she cannot feel whole again; she paid about $13,500 for the procedure. Her son Marcus died at 23 after choking on a tomato, a tragedy that, combined with stalled UK right-to-die legislation, has led her to seek death abroad with her family’s understanding support.