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Diane Ladd, Oscar-nominated actress and mother of Laura Dern, dies at 89
Diane Ladd, the actress known for her Oscar-nominated roles in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” “Wild at Heart” and “Rambling Rose,” has died, her representative confirmed to CBS News on Monday. She was 89.
Her daughter, Laura Dern, said in a statement that she was by Ladd’s side when she passed at her home in Ojai, California.
“She was the greatest daughter, mother, grandmother, actress, artist and empathetic spirit that only dreams could have seemingly created,” Dern said. “We were blessed to have her. She is flying with her angels now.”
Dern’s statement didn’t immediately cite a cause of death.
In 2023, the mother and daughter told “CBS Sunday Morning” that the two began taking daily walks in Santa Monica after learning that Ladd had developed a lung disease, believed to be caused by exposure to pesticides. Dern was told her mother only had six months to live.
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That’s when the two had conversations that eventually filled the pages of “Honey, Baby, Mine,” their joint memoir named for an old folk song Ladd’s father used to sing. They discussed everything, starting with Ladd’s marriage and divorce from Laura’s father, actor Bruce Dern, to her efforts to discourage Laura from joining the family business.
“She was only, like, 11 years old, and I said, ‘Don’t be an actress. Be a doctor, be a lawyer,'” Ladd said. “Nobody cares if you put on weight or your chin points when you cry if you’re a doctor. They just want you to be the best you can be. But an actress? They care, care, care, care, care.”
But Dern said there was no stopping her from being in movies: “No. It is all I knew.”
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A native of Laurel, Mississippi, Ladd was apparently destined to stand out. In her 2006 memoir, “Spiraling Through the School of Life,” she remembered being told by her great-grandmother that she would one day be in “front of a screen” and would “command” her own audiences.
By the mid-1970s, she had lived out her fate well enough to tell The New York Times that she no longer denied herself the right to call herself great.
“Now I don’t say that,” she said. “I can do Shakespeare, Ibsen, English accents, Irish accents, no accent, stand on my head, tap dance, sing, look 17 or look 70.”
A gifted comic and dramatic performer, Ladd had a long career in television and on stage before breaking through as a film performer in Martin Scorsese’s 1974 release “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” She earned an Oscar nomination for supporting actor for her turn as the acerbic, straight-talking Flo, and went on to appear in dozens of movies over the following decades.
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Her many credits included “Chinatown,” “Primary Colors” and two other movies for which she received best supporting nods, “Wild at Heart” and “Rambling Rose,” both of which co-starred her daughter. She also continued to work in television, with appearances in “ER,” “Touched by an Angel” and “Alice,” the spinoff from “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore,” among others.
Through marriage and blood relations, Ladd was tied to the arts. Tennessee Williams was a second cousin, and first husband Bruce Dern, Laura’s father, was himself an Academy Award nominee. Ladd and Laura Dern achieved the rare feat of mother-and-daughter nominees for their work in “Rambling Rose.”
Seth Meyers is known for his sharp jabs, so when the U.S. president called him out for previously joking about his idea for steam-powered catapults on the American aircraft carriers—he hit back.
“Look, in general, I try to live by the New Yorker’s creed. When someone is ranting and raving about you, ignore them. Chances are, they’re just going to move on and rant about something else,” says the host on his recent late-night show.
He continues, “But there is one thing that I simply have to address: You can say I’m untalented, you can say I’m deranged, but I’m not the one who talks endlessly about catapults on aircraft carriers. You’re the one who talks endlessly about catapults on aircraft carriers!”
Earlier, Donald Trump, in a post on Truth Social, raged that Seth is “the least talented person to ‘perform’ live in the history of television,” describing him as “a truly deranged lunatic.”
It is worth noting that since the beginning of his second presidency, the U.S. president has locked horns with several late-night show hosts, who have a history of criticizing him, including Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, and Jimmy Fallon.
Pakistan fast bowler Haris Rauf has been suspended for the next two ODIs against South Africa for breaching the ICC code of conduct during the Super Four game against India in the Asia Cup on September 21, the International Cricket Council (ICC) confirmed on Tuesday.
The ICC confirmed the disciplinary outcomes from the Asia Cup 2025 fixtures between India and Pakistan, with sanctions issued following hearings conducted by members of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees.
According to the press release issued by the cricket governing body, Rauf received two demerit points and a 30% match fee fine for conduct that “brought the game into disrepute” during the India–Pakistan final on 28 September.
He had earlier been fined and given two demerit points for the same offence in the 14 September group match. The latest ruling raised his total to four demerit points, triggering two suspension points under the ICC Code of Conduct and resulting in a two-match ban, the press release stated.
Rauf will now miss Pakistan’s ODI matches against South Africa scheduled for 4 and 6 November.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s Sahibzada Farhan received an official warning and one demerit point for the same breach.
The controversy arose from an official complaint by the BCCI regarding the players’ actions during the Asia Cup Super Fours match in Dubai in September.
The incidents that caught attention on social media involved Farhan’s celebration after his half-century and Rauf’s gesture toward some fans while fielding, drawing discussion among cricket followers.
In the 14 September match, India’s Suryakumar Yadav was similarly found guilty of conduct bringing the game into disrepute and fined 30% of his match fee, along with two demerit points.
For the 21 September encounter, Indian bowler Arshdeep Singh was cleared of an alleged charge under Article 2.6 regarding obscene or insulting gestures, and no sanction was imposed.
During the final on 28 September, India’s Jasprit Bumrah accepted a charge under Article 2.21 and received an official warning along with one demerit point, avoiding a formal hearing.
The ICC reiterated that all offences and sanctions were determined in accordance with the governing body’s established disciplinary framework.
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