Anna Paquin: Last News

Anna Paquin is updating fans on her health.

We’ve reached the end of another long week. But before we clock out for the weekend, we’re giving props where they’re due. Here’s to our winners of the week.Not since and has the behind-the-scenes drama at been so compelling.

former “Grey’s Anatomy” writer Elisabeth Finch, who wove a web of lies more dramatic than anything Patrick Dempsey, Sandra Oh or Ellen Pompeo portrayed on-screen. As the documentary covers, Finch — who worked on the show from 2014 to 2022 as both a writer and a producer — fabricated a cancer diagnosis, lied about her brother dying by suicide, claimed that Oscar-winning actress Anna Paquin secretly gave her a kidney, and more. Vanity Fair first broke the story in 2022.

Jessica Kiang There’s an enormous amount to describe, but very little to actually say about Kevin Costner‘s bedraggled “Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2,” the second of a planned four installments in his sprawling, multistranded western, that plays, after “Chapter 1″‘s muted reception in Cannes, out of competition on the final day of Venice. Doubling down on the first chapter’s intermittent triumphs but also on its grievous structural issues, it is an exercise in contradictions: incident-packed yet oddly sedate; replete with characters new and returning, yet largely lacking in compelling characterization; and, running to over three hours, simply too long a film to be so jarringly abrupt.

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Anna Paquin is addressing concerns about her health.

“A Bit of Light.”Moyer, 54, directs Paquin, 41, in the indie movie, written by Rachel Callard and based on her eponymous stage play.It’s the second time that Moyer has directed Paquin in a big-screen movie following “The Parting Glass” (2018).He also directed her in episodes of “True Blood” when they co-starred on the HBO series as vampire Bill Compton and telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse from 2008-2014.“A Bit of Light” follows the journey of Ella (Paquin), an alcoholic mother living with her father (Ray Winstone) and dealing with self-loathing after losing her two daughters over her drinking — and the 13-year-old boy, Neil (Luca Hogan), who helps her see the “light” toward a better future.“Ella is at this excruciatingly mundane place after what she thinks is rock-bottom and realizes that the everday-ness of living with her choices and decisions is actually a level of rock-bottom she didn’t know existed yet,” Paquin told The Post.“Throughout the film we see her slightly coming out of her shell little by little … but she does a lot of things within her power to sabotage her own happiness.”Ella strikes up an unlikely friendship with the wise-beyond-his-years Neil, who she meets in the park where she used to take her daughters — and where she frequently goes to brood over her plight.Neil is an odd duck who speaks on an adult level (he addresses Ella’s father, Alan, by his first name) and appears to be friendless. He talks about his parents and older brother (who we never meet) but he always has time to materialize in Ella’s life (and the lives of other characters) at crucial junctures.“This strange, fabulous Neil is on a mission to help her put herself back together and get her life back on track,” Paquin said.

walked the red carpet of her latest film, “A Bit of Light,” with a cane in New York on Wednesday.The Oscar winner, 41, gave a bit more insight into her mystery health battle during “Today With Hoda & Jenna” on Friday.“I’m having a good day, today. Thank you for asking,” Paquin said on the NBC morning show, with her cane by her side.While the “True Blood” alum didn’t go into specifics about her condition, she noted that she will “probably talk about that at some point.”Paquin and her husband, Stephen Moyer, both matched in black ensembles as they attended the event at at the Crosby Street Hotel earlier this week.“He’s got my back, and I’ve got his,” she gushed about the British actor, 54.Moyer directed “A Bit of Light” while Paquin plays Ella, who tries to maintain her sobriety while moving back in with her father, Alan, after losing custody of her daughters.“We’re extremely lucky.

Anna Paquin is opening up about her ongoing health issues. The actress attended the premiere of “A Bit of Light,” a project she stars in and that was directed by her husband, Stephen Moyer. She took a minute to address the health concerns that have caused her some mobility issues and difficulties with speech over the past two years.Jennifer Garner shares her perspective on aging: ‘I am grateful just to be alive’Danna Paola gets emotional in her concert: ‘I’ve been very toxic with myself’Paquin wore an all black outfit made out of a sequin dress, tights and boots.

Anna Paquin used a cane while walking the red carpet with husband Stephen Moyer for a New York film premiere. Paquin, who was at the premiere of her new film, "A Bit of Light," Wednesday, revealed to People magazine her undisclosed health struggle "hasn’t been easy." In addition to needing a cane to get around, she has also had impaired speech but is "hopefully" going to make a full recovery, according to People, citing a source.

Anna Paquin has returned to the spotlight after a “difficult” few years.

Oscar-winning actress was seen using the stick while attending the premiere of her new film A Bit Of Light on Wednesday (April 3), alongside her husband and former True Blood co-star Stephen Moyer.It was Paquin’s first public appearance since the film received its festival premiere in October 2022.The Canadian and New Zealand star, who won Best Supporting Actress at the age of 11 for her role in Jane Campion’s 1993 film The Piano, briefly addressed her undisclosed illness while talking to press on the red carpet.“It hasn’t been easy,” she told People, without elaborating on her condition any further. The publication stated that she also seemingly had difficulties with her speech.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director Anna Paquin stepped onto a red carpet for the first time in well over a year to promote her latest movie, “A Bit of Light,” directed by her husband and “True Bood” co-star Stephen Moyer. The Oscar winner used a cane at the event to help her walk and disclosed to People that she’s had a “difficult” two years dealing with an undisclosed health issue that left her with mobility issues. “It hasn’t been easy,” Paquin told the publication of needing a cane to walk.

told People of her mobility issues and experiencing difficulties with her speech.Elsewhere, Paquin said she’s grateful to continue working during this time.“My first love was independent filmmaking,” Paquin said, who is the second youngest Oscar winner after winning the gong at age 11 for her role in “The Piano.”“That’s how I entered the film industry. I was working with people who were all about telling stories and telling them with integrity and truth,” she continued.A source told the outlet that Paquin is expected to make a full recovery.The “X-Men” actress also said she’s grateful for her husband’s support.“He’s my favorite person to play with,” she said of Moyer, who directed the pair’s latest project.

Anna Paquin is stepping out for the premiere of her new movie.

Anna Pacquin is battling an undisclosed illness that is hampering her mobility.

“True Blood” stars Anna Paquin, 41, and Stephen Moyer, 54, met on HBO’s beloved fantasy horror drama (2008-2014) known for its graphic sex scenes.That made it a little, well, awkward once Moyer (vampire Bill Compton) began directing “True Blood” episodes — and filming sex scenes involving Paquin, who played telepathic waitress Sookie Stackhouse.But the married couple, who live in Manhattan, told The Post that they eventually got used to what could have been an extremely difficult situation.“Steve started directing me when we were on ‘True Blood,'” Paquin said. “And in Season 7, our final season, he directed the season opener, which had Sookie in love with the giant beautiful werewolf Joe Manganiello.“Steve directed us in a rather explicit sex scene,” she said, “so when you ask if it is awkward to shoot a movie with your husband, the bar for awkward is set terribly high in our household, not to mention on that show in general.“Stephen cut his teeth directing [on ‘True Blood’] and by Season 3 or 4, it would be like, ‘Hi honey, who are you f–king on camera today?'”“There was actually a day where we were walking from our trailers, Alex Skarsgard and Anna and another actor, and we were all working in dressing gowns going toward our stages,” Moyer said.

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EXCLUSIVE: Quiver Distribution has acquired North American rights to A Bit of Light, the second feature helmed by Stephen Moyer, on the heels of 2018 family drama The Parting Glass. Starring Moyer’s wife and True Blood co-star Anna Paquin, as well as Ray Winstone (The Departed), the film is an adaptation by Rebecca Callard of her Bruntwood Prize-nominated play of the same name. It’s slated for release in select theaters across the country, as well as on VOD and digital on April 5.

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AMC+.Bon Temps, La.: home to all manner of vampires, werewolves, a bar owner who can shape-shift into a dog, a waitress who is part fairy and that memorable season with the were-panthers. “True Blood” originally aired on HBO from 2008-2014, starring Anna Paquin, her now-husband Stephen Moyer, Alexander Skarsgard, Sam Trammell, Ryan Kwanten, the late Nelsan Ellis, and Joe Manganiello. The ensemble drama was often messy — both literally, with blood and guts — and figuratively, with inconsistent writing.