he was lex luther, filmyjze was lex luther. nemesis, filmyjzewas lex luther. nemesis, not playing superman's "if r taking the mickey comedic role, taking the mickey out of himself very much. she says that he genius. one says that he was a genius. one of the many many tributes of the manyrmany tributes into gene hackman who hetrrihe "t“ ”ere “e'ier'r'er i“ ,, , a s, found dead at with was found dead at his home with his wife. he was 95. much more here on bbc hello again. the weather in the next few days is going high pressure is taking charge of things, really settling things down. all the time, though. for many of us, it will be dry with sunny spells, and also some mist and fog. dry with some sunshine. through this evening and overnight, the cloud and showers clear away from the south—east. into east anglia. with temperatures like this, we are looking tomorrow, high pressure still firmly in charge we will have a few showers. the fog, with not much breeze elsewhere, but when it does, you will find a lot of dry weather and a fair bit of sunshine and some fairweather cloud bubbling as this weat

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he was always lex luther. he could be anyone but lex luther. but what you points out is that he was so remarkable at playing so many characters. and when you look back at the films, so many of them stand out among them. the conversation, which was a movie that francis ford coppola directed and produced, and it's incredible. go back and watch it, even if it's just for the first shot of that movie and to watch him in it. but francis ford coppola today, sharing this message, the loss of a great artist always cause for both mourning and celebration. gene hackman, a great actor, inspiring and magnificent in his work and complexity. you know, as accomplished as he was, he was also prolific, and he worked from his 30s until his 70s, and he did more than 80 films, according to imdb. that means there were lots of years in there. jose, where he was doing multiple films a year. >> absolutely. hey, i. >> got to tell. >> you. >> hackman in. >> the birdcage. >> with with nathan lane. and. >> robin williams. >> i mean, the guy could just do it all. >> make us

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that is the thing, personally lex luther in "superman."rimeson tide," so many visuals that have stuck with me. did not have an easy life. father walked out, waved goodbye and that was it. >> cheryl: he was a united states maen radio, enlisted when he was young. >> carley: went to journalism school, u of i, acting worked out well. >> todd: talk about the brat pack from the '80s and the early 2000 with vince vaun vaughn and w will farrel. he was with duva ll and dustin heart hofman. gene hackman is in half of the movies from young life. >> carley: his wife. >> classic pianist. a lot of celebrities, shirley mcclane comes to mind, live in sante fe, it is a beautiful part of new mexico, he was known to the locals walking down the street in sante fe. >> carley: such sad news and so many questions that need to be answered, i'm sure we'll get ans answers after the day progresses. >> cheryl: we are hoping for more information today and camera crews are on their way to the home. >> todd: cheryl, thank you. there is other news this morning. chicago m

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lex luther to the president. as a young man, hackman lied about his age to join the marines.y was like a new challenge. it was going out and trying to get th job. and doing the auditions. and i loved it. >> reporter: it wasn't until he appeared in "bonnie and clyde" at age 36, that hollywood took notice. but the true breakout moment came with a car chase for the ages. hackman earned his first oscar for his role as popeye doyle in "the french connection." then, came the action, from "the poseidon adventure" to "superman" with hackman's lex luther. >> mind over muscle. >> reporter: in between, he worked on comedies and critically-acclaimed films. even the sports drama "hoosiers." he gained an oscar nomination for "mississippi burning" and his second win for his role as a sheriff in 1992's "unforgiven." >> i have to serve this. >> reporter: following it up opposite tom cruise in "the firm" and a run of hits. he kept working through the early 2000s, winning over new audiences with "the royal tenenbaums." in 2004, he reflected on his prolific career with al around the release of "

the poseidon adventure, the conversation, as lex luther in superman. he retired, in 2004, and for 20 years he lived as a virtual recluse. his only company, his wife, the classical pianist betsy arakawa, who was still only 64. david sillito takes a look back at gene hackman�*s career. all right, popeye's here. popeye doyle in the french connection was gene hackman�*s defining role. face the wall! it brought him the first of his two oscars in a career that saw him nominated five times. at acting school. he'd been given that particular award alongside and it did take him a while to get going. real nice meeting you. yeah. he was in his mid 30s by the time of his first big movie. for his role in bonnie and clyde. but the role didn't come naturally. i was popping these guys in the mouth and playing this tough i had never played a role quite that demanding. you get kind of used to it, you know? ..but i'm gonna hurt you. for mississippi burning. now, you either go on the record for us notjust the black kids. but there was more to him than that. of the royal te

he proved his versatility in playing the mastermind lex luther in three "superman" films and played in the film "hoosiers." a right-wing senator forced to dress in drag in "the bird cage." in 2000 he downplayed skills in an interview. >> i feel that in some ways that my efforts of being an actor are so all instinctive, and that i hadn't really maybe paid my dues in terms of my contribution. >> reporter: but many are now honoring hackman's lifetime of contributions to cinema. bradley blackburn, cbs news. >>> now to washington where the pathway to peace in europe could run through 1600 pennsylvania avenue today. president trump will soon sit down with ukrainian president zelenskyy to discuss how to end the war with russia. the two are expected to sign a minerals deal despite a recent war of words. jarred hill with more. last week president trump called zelenskyy a dictator. this week he says "i can't believe i said that." is he walking back his statements? >> no, he's not walking back his statements in calling president zelenskyy a dictator. and he also hasn't put the same label on russi

sflsisfl st ’ ' in the french connection roles in the french connection and as �* in superman and as lex lutherld one news outlet that the family believed carbon but the santa fe county sheriff's office are now treating the deaths as suspicious. testing by emergency crews found no evidence of toxic fumes at the home or a gas leak. which inspired his first novel. to take place which it's hoped will provide more answers. nearly 2,000 years after a young man died in in a cloud of extremely hot ash. but it really happened, to this man aged about 20. vesuvius violently erupted. fragments of glass inside one victim's skull. turn to hard glass? now, they have the answer. well above 510 degrees, by the ash cloud, rapidly passing through, heating up the body, probably damaging in the skull of the brain. inside the glass, proving that it really was georgina rannard, bbc news. before we go, turn to hard glass? now, they have the answer. the material must have been very fast heated, well above 510 degrees, by the ash cloud, rapidly passing through, heating up the body, probably damaging most of the other s

from tough as nails cop popeye doyle in the french connection, which earned him his first oscar to lex luther in superman. then after that, a remarkable run of iconic roles in dozens of films, including hoosiers, crimson tide and unforgiven. when hackman retired, he and his wife moved to santa fe where he worked as a novelist, publishing his fifth book in 2013. >> and our thanks to adam kuperstein for that report. >>> we are now entering day 40 of the new trump administration, which is facing more legal challenges. a judge is ordering the office of personnel mananagement to rescind a memo directing the mass firing of federal employees. the ruling does not reinstate any fired workers but tells the opm they have no authority to hire or fire people at other agencies. massive cuts were just made at noaa which runs the national weather service. about 5% of the workforce was let go. the agency's website says they have about 12,000 workers. fired workers at the u.s. . agey for international development cleared out their desks. 26 current and former employees are suing elon musk and doge for efforts

from tough as nails cop popeye doyle in the french connection, which earned him his first oscar to lex luther, opposite christopher reeve in superman, then roles like in crimson tide and hoosiers. when he retired, he and his wife moved to santa fe where he worked as a novelist, publishing his fifth book in 2013. >>> new this morning, the justice department had previewed a potentially explosive release of new documents in the notorious jeffrey epstein case. but when right wing media figures got hold of the files, they expressed disappointment. even attorney general bondi wrote the fbi, demanding what she called the full and complete epstein files by 8:00 a.m. eastern this morning. epstein was already a convicted child sex offender. he hanged himself in jail before he could go to trial, spsparkin conspiracy theories about the potential involvement of powerful people. >>> accused rapist and sex trafficker andrew tate has returned to the u.s. he came with his brother tristan who is facing the same charges in romania. prosecutors there lifted a travel ban on the brothers, provided they return if s

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hackman proved his flexibility playing lex luther in three superman films, "hoosiers" and a right wingor forced to dress in drag in "the bird cage." in 2000 he downplayed his skills in an interview with cbs' martha teichner. >> i feel in some ways my efforts of being an actor are so all instinctive that i hadn't really maybe paid my dues in terms of my contribution. >> reporter: but many are now honoring hackman's lifetime of contributions to cinema. bradley blackburn, cbs news. >>> during a meeting with britain's prime minister in the white house on thursday, president donald trump said he believes a peace deal in ukraine will either come fairly soon or not at all. cbs' erica brown reports from washington. >> reporter: at the white house thursday, british prime minister keir starmer said the uk is readyto put boots on the ground to support a peace deal between russia and ukraine. >> discussed a plan today to reach a peace that is tough and fair, that ukraine will help shape, that is backed by strength to stop putin coming back for more. >> reporter: when asked about a potential americ

he starred in "hoosiers," "french connection," "unforgiven" and playing superman's arch enemy, lex luther. >> this is california, richest state in the union. >> i don't need a geography lesson, luther. >> i forget, you have been there, you get around. where was i? >> todd: tributes pouring in. saying of the actor, loss of a great artist, cause for mourning and celebration, gene hackman, great actor, magnificent in his work and complexity. hackman just turned 95 last month. we'll bring details on his death as the investigation unfolds. absolute legend. >> steve: shocking news coming out around midnight. >> ainsley: bizarre, the wife, who is 63, is gone, too, and their dog, too. >> steve: no foul play, it does suggest, we had one of the world's greatest forensic scientists ever, he said it seemed like it could have been accidental carbon monoxide poisoning. >> ainsley: leaves behind three children from his first wife. over to carley with headlines. >> carley: fox news alert to get to, dozens of anti-israel protesters taking over a building at barnard college in new york city overnight. barn

he went on to play lex luther, superman's arch nemesis, in several films.an also appeared in reds, hoosiers, and no way out in 1993. hackman won his second oscar for best supporting actor as a gunslinger turned lawman in unforgiven. >> what interested me about acting is that that somewhat common character is put in uncommon situations. and what do you do? how do you react to certain things, given that you're a common man? >> wendell rohr, overdue pleasure. >> in 2003, hackman starred in the legal thriller runaway jury, where he got a chance to act with his longtime friend dustin hoffman. the following year, he appeared as the former president in the comedy welcome to mooseport. after stepping away from acting in 2008, hackman wrote several books and continued painting, which he had said was one of his hobbies. hackman had three children with his first wife, fay maltese, before getting divorced in 1986. he remarried in 1991. with over half a century in the public eye. gene hackman will be remembered for his intensity, charisma and magnetism. >> let's get the

1980s, retired from acting for the past two decades after starring in dozens of films, he played lex luthern movies. here he is in the movie hoosiers. >> what's the matter with you? >> i'll make it. >> give the ball to jimmy. let's go. >> hackman was 95 years old, his wife betsy, 63 years old. that investigation is ongoing this morning. well, in other headlines this morning, the number of measles cases in texas and new mexico rising to more than 130 and a young child in west texas has died from the virus, marking the first u.s. measles death in more than a deck ate. so far the outbreak has grown from a handful of cases. officials expect to learn more about these cases in the coming days. >> all of the patients who required hospitalization have not been vaccinated and vaccination is very effective in preventing illness. if you received one vaccine you're still 93% protected. even for those young children that have received one vaccine, that's pretty good protection. >> out of the 124 cases in texas, over 100 are from children. the child who died was unvaccinated. the president trump administ

he went on to play lex luther, superman's arch nemesis, in several films.ackman also appeared in reds, hoosiers, and no way out. in 1993, hackman won his second oscar for best supporting actor as a gunslinger turned lawman in unforgiven. >> what interests me about acting is that that somewhat common character is put in uncommon situations. and what do you do? how do you react to certain things given that you're a common man? >> wendell rohr, overdue pleasure. >> in 2003, hackman starred in the legal thriller runaway jury, where he got a chance to act with his longtime friend dustin hoffman. the following year, he appeared as the former president in the comedy welcome to mooseport. after stepping away from acting in 2008, hackman wrote several books and continued painting, which he had said was one of his hobbies. hackman had three children with his first wife, fay maltese, before getting divorced in 1986. he remarried in 1991. with over half a century in the public eye. gene hackman will be remembered for his intensity, charisma and magnetism. >> he's got t

he went on to play lex luther, superman's arch nemesis, in several films.ackman also appeared in reds, hoosiers, and no way out. >> oh no! >> in 1993, hackman won his second oscar for best supporting actor as a gunslinger turned lawman in unforgiven. >> what interests me about acting is that that somewhat common character is put in uncommon situations. and what do you do? how do you react to certain things, given that you're a common man? >> wendell rohr, overdue pleasure. >> in 2003, hackman starred in the legal thriller runaway jury, where he got a chance to act with his longtime friend dustin hoffman. the following year, he appeared as the former president in the comedy welcome to mooseport. after stepping away from acting in 2008, hackman wrote several books and continued painting, which he had said was one of his hobbies. hackman had three children with his first wife, fay maltese, before getting divorced in 1986. he remarried in 1991. with over half a century in the public eye. gene hackman will be remembered for his intensity, charisma and magnetism.

he's a great lex luther in those movies. hoosiers, of course. unforgiven. he won an academy award for that mississippi burning. you can go on and on. and the one i know, joe shares my love for royalton. >> and. >> royal tenenbaums. >> royal tenenbaums. >> oh my. >> my favorite. >> kids call me royal. >> yeah. >> that's right. >> that's right. >> gene hackman. yeah. also, don't. >> forget his great role in get shorty. >> yeah. >> he was great in that. >> wide range. wide range of acting abilities. >> he was who. he was off. >> i met him a couple of. >> times off. >> screen. >> and he. >> was the same off. >> screen as many of his characters were on screen. >> a legitimate, legitimate. >> movie star. >> yeah. so great. >> also. >> oh. sorry, joe. >> no, i was. >> just going to say jonathan and the staying power here. here. we're watching him in film in the early 2000, royal tenenbaums. but think about it. you talk to somebody who was a big movie fan in the early 70s to talk about french connection. >> bonnie and. >> clyde, you talk to somebody who's a big fan