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This First-Time Oscars Winner Graduated From CT Boarding School This First-Time Oscars Winner Graduated From CT Boarding School
This First-Time Oscars Winner Graduated From CT Boarding School It turns out that celebrated actress Jaime Lee Curtis, who won her first Oscar during the 95th Academy Awards, spent a part of her youth at a school in the Nutmeg State.  Curtis, age 64, who won the award for best supporting actress for her role as IRS agent and antagonist Deirdre Beaubeirdre in the lauded film "Everything Everywhere All at Once," spent several years at New Haven County's Choate Rosemary Hall, a prestigious boarding school in Wallingford.  Curtis attended the school and graduated in 1976 before returning home to California and eventually starting her nearly five-decade-lon…

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by Ben Crnic
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This Golden Globe Winner Has Ties To Wilton This Golden Globe Winner Has Ties To Wilton
This Golden Globe Winner Has Ties To Wilton It turns out that many of the winners of the 80th Golden Globe Awards have ties to the Nutmeg State.  The awards, held on Tuesday night, Jan. 10, were held in Beverly Hills and recognized several of 2022's best films and television shows, including movies such as The Fabelmans and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, as well as shows such as The White Lotus.  The several top winners with ties to Connecticut include:  The White Lotus creator Mike White, who attended Wesleyan University in Middletown, where he met his writing partner Zak Penn, according to Vulture; The Fabelm…

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by Ben Crnic
Business
COVID-19: Actor Exits TV Drama After Refusing To Get Vaccinated COVID-19: Actor Exits TV Drama After Refusing To Get Vaccinated
Covid-19: Actor Exits TV Drama After Refusing To Get Vaccinated Another Hollywood star has been written out of a TV drama after refusing to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. The lastest to exit a popular drama is Rockmond Dunbar of "9-1-1," the Fox television series. The show requires all actors need to be vaccinated to participate, but, as a response, Dunbar applied for a medical and religious exemption, which he was denied, according to Deadline. On Monday, Nov. 22, his character on the series, Michael Grant, was written off the show with his deciding to move to Haiti with his boyfriend, Deadline reported. In a statement to Deadline, Dunbar said:&nbs…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
Netflix Shelves Movie With Area Native Huffman After She Admits Guilt Netflix Shelves Movie With Area Native Huffman After She Admits Guilt
Netflix Shelves Movie With Area Native Huffman After She Admits Guilt The hits keep coming for Northern Westchester native Felicity Huffman, who had her Netflix film postponed amid her role in the nation’s largest-ever college admissions scam involving her children. Last month, Huffman, 56, who spent much of her childhood in Bedford, was among dozens of prominent celebrities, wealthy parents and coaches who were implicated in “Operation Varsity Blues,” where they paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to get their children into some of the nation’s top colleges and universities. This week, Huffman and 13 others pleaded guilty to the college admissions scandal,…

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by Zak Failla