Uggie biography of martin
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As the world mourns the loss of beloved Hollywood canine Uggie, we take a look at other famous pooches who left their pawprints on our hearts.
Uggie appeared in the 2012 Academy Award-winning film, "The Artist," alongside Jean Dujardin and Bérénice Bejo. He even joined Dujardin onstage to accept one of the film's Oscars. The talented pooch was put to sleep in August 2015, at the age of 13, due to a cancerous tumor and prostate illness.
Uggie's owner, Omar von Mueller took to Facebook to confirm the sad news: "We regret to inform to all our friends, family and Uggie's fans that our beloved boy has passed away. We were not planning on posting anything until we healed a little more but unfortunately somebody leaked it to TMZ and they will be announcing it. In short, Uggie had a cancerous tumor in the prostate and is now in a better place not feeling pain."
A true "Artist"
In addition to stealing the show in the 2011 Oscar-winning film, "The Artist," Uggie also sta
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Uggie, the adorable Jack Russell who starred in The Artist, is “writing” a memoir. The 10-year-old scene-stealing terrier retired earlier this year due to a neurological disorder and found himself with some time on his paws. In time-honored Hollywood tradition, he is using his newly found free time to work on his autobiography. Uggie: My Story, transcribed by presumed dog whispering-psychic Wendy Holden, is due out in October from Gallery Books.
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Uggie boasts a resume most bipedal actors would kill for: in addition to his role in the Oscar-winning French film he’s also appeared with George Clooney in The Descendants and worked with Reese Witherspoon and Robert Pattinson in Water for Elephants. Hopefully he’ll dish about life on the set, and about how it felt to be snubbed for a Best Supporting Actor nomination for his work in The Artist.
With any luck he will also
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Around the World in 30 Books
IN a writing career spanning forty years, former daglig Telegraph reporter and war correspondent Wendy Holden has written more than thirty books on everything from the Holocaust to fiction to canine capers. Ten of her books have become international bestsellers. Along the way she has worked with celebrities and animals, survivors of war and those who have suffered injustice or shown great courage.
In this fascinating and entertaining talk, Wendy takes her audience around the world via an illuminating Powerpoint presentation of her thirty favourite books. From her first about the controversial Irish abortion case to her latest on an indefatigable octogenarian known as ‘the Mother Teresa of Africa,’ Wendy speaks of her subjects with great humour and warmth.
Her many clients have included Goldie Hawn, Deana Martin, and Barbara Sinatra. She wrote the book of the rulle The Full Monty, penned the me