He plays a lieutenant who helped keep 4,000 warriors in Zulu and a vengeful vigilant in Get Carter, but Sir Michael Kane is now involved in his boldest battle to date.
He is struggling to overcome an acute back pain that has just undergone major surgery in London hospital.
This meant that the double Oscar winner missed a big party in Mayfair on Monday to announce the sale of some of his most valuable belongings.
“He recently underwent back surgery,” confirms his wife Shakira in a private look at Sir Michael Kane: The personal collection at Bonhams. – He had spinal stenosis.
Lady Kane hailed the hard work of the 89-year-old star of The Italian Job in two weeks. “He’s great,” she tells me.
“He’s recovering.” He is a strong man. In fact, he is a lion.
The 75-year-old former model from Guyana added: “The operation was fantastic. He will get up soon and dance again.
Spinal stenosis is a condition that narrows the spinal canal and can cause back and leg pain. Surgery is usually recommended only when non-surgical treatments have not been effective.
Sir Michael Kane and his wife Shakira Kane, filmed together at Langan’s Brasserie, London, last December
Kane dressed in blue overalls while trying to reach a pile of gold in the famous scene from his role in The Italian Job in 1969.
Kane (pictured in The Italian Job) struggles to overcome an acute back condition that requires surgery
Kane and Maggie Bly in The Italian Work. The British actor will turn 89 in two weeks
The star of Ipcress File and Alfie, who used a cane during public appearances after breaking his ankle in an unpleasant fall on ice in 2018, said earlier this year: “I have a problem with the spine, which affects my legs, so I can “not walk very well.
He and Shakira, who have been married for 49 years, are auctioning off many items, including artwork, jewelry and pairs of his glasses, as well as souvenir tables from his long career as they dwindle from their Surrey mansion for 3 , 75 million pounds. .
A party tells me that an offer has already been made for each item for sale, although the auction should not take place until today.
Despite the circumstances surrounding his absence, Shakira joked, “I’m glad my husband isn’t here because he would have asked for everything back.”
Is Edward’s mission to be a spy prince?
The name is Windsor – Edward Windsor.
The Queen’s youngest son appears to be auditioning as the next James Bond when he appears at a fundraiser at the National Youth Theater wearing a red velvet jacket, similar to the one worn by the previous 007, Daniel Craig, at the premiere of No. Time To Die last September.
Not only Bond producer Barbara Broccoli was at the same event in North London as Prince Edward, 57, but also Bridgerton star Reg-Jean Page, 34, a favorite to succeed Craig as a superspy.
Prince Edward (left) made comparisons to Daniel Craig (right) after a fundraiser appeared at the National Youth Theater wearing a red velvet jacket
Maybe the queen could have a say in choosing the next film?
After all, she parachuted to the opening ceremony of the 2012 London Olympics with Craig.
Knebworth’s shoot gets on the hen in the evening
Her family’s mansion, Knebworth, was the venue for celebrations of rock bands, including the Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd and Oasis, so Morwenna Lytton Cobbold wanted to recreate the festival atmosphere in her hen night.
The Burberry model enjoyed “crowd surfing” on top of her friends at the stormy party, as well as standing behind the decks to present herself as a DJ and pose with a phallus-shaped pizza.
Morwenna Lytton Cobbold “surfed” on top of her friends at her wild chicken party, where she also stood behind the decks to introduce herself as a DJ
Moruena celebrates a chicken party before her plans to marry Phil Bush, a singer with The Cazals
Moruena, 32, is set to marry Phil Bush, who sang with rockers The Cazals, and the wedding will take place at her majestic home in Hertfordshire.
“Everything fits together,” she tells me of their wedding plans.
“Knebworth is the only place I wanted to do it.”
Another major role for Benedict
Benedict Cumberbatch, who hopes to win an Oscar for Best Actor later this month, has confirmed his rapid rise with his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
The 45-year-old Sherlock actor looked elegant as he knelt on the red carpet for the opening ceremony.
Harrow-educated Cumberbatch took the opportunity to pay tribute to his late sister, artist Tracy Peacock, who died of cancer last year – claiming she would laugh without interruption during the ceremony.
Benedict Cumberbatch poses as a star with his name added to the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Monday
Lady Harriet Walter, who has played ice maiden types in everything from Downton Abbey to Succession, admits she feels so cold that she can’t live without a hot water bottle.
“I once needed one in Morocco,” said the 71-year-old actress.
“I stayed close to the ocean and it was wet and cold at night, so I went to the bazaar and did a lot of imitations – they must have thought me crazy.
“But miraculously they found one.”
Being a distant relative of the greatest Russian writer has not spared secular lioness Alexandra Tolstoy from fierce criticism after she condemned the country’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Despite the trolling of paid Russian bots I received, I am extremely proud to be partly Russian and a member of one of her most creative families,” said Alexandra, 48, a relative of War and Peace author Leo Tolstoy. .
She has three children by Sergei Pugachev, who was known as Putin’s “banker” before insulting the Kremlin.
Broadcaster Alexandra added: “Please do not politicize Russian culture, heritage and its wonderful people, many of whom are boldly opposed to the war at great personal risk.”