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Cate Blanchett's adopted daughter is the spitting image of her

<p>Aussie movie star Cate Blanchett has been photographed with her adopted daughter, Edith. </p> <p>Holding on to her mother as she was carried through the streets of Paris, the three-year-old shares a striking resemblance to her Oscar-winning mother.</p> <p>Edith Vivian Patricia was adopted by Cate and her husband, Andrew Upton, in February 2015. </p> <p>The couple, who have been married for 20 years, have three biological sons together –15-year-old Dashiel, 12-year-old Roman and 8-year-old Ignatius. </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><img width="408" height="469" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/43728/screen-shot-2017-10-03-at-11355-pm.png" alt="Screen Shot 2017-10-03 At 1.13.55 PM"/></p> <p>The family sold their Hunters Hill mansion in January and have since being living in the English countryside. </p> <p>The actress revealed that she first wanted to adopt after having her first son in 2002. </p> <p>“I felt we had space, enough emotional room in our hearts and we’re privileged enough to have the capacity to have another child, so it wasn’t about biology,” she said at the Women in the World India Summit.</p> <p>“There wasn’t a desire to have a girl necessarily — gender of the children has never been particularly important to me, it’s more about their spirits, but it’s been a remarkable thing watching them welcome her and become a little troupe.”</p> <p>Cate was visiting Paris to attend Givenchy’s Spring-Summer 2018 show at Paris Fashion Week. </p> <p>Do you think Cate and Edith look alike? Let us know in the comments below. </p>

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John Cleese’s exciting news

<p>For the first time in almost 40 years, legendary British actor John Cleese is set to return to the sitcom world, starring in the BBC’s new comedy series <em>Edith</em>. It will be the <em>Monty Python </em>comic’s first sitcom role since his famous role as Basil Fawlty in <em>Fawlty Towers</em>.</p> <p>The new series, written by Oscar-nominated screenplay writer Charles McKeown, will also star Jason Watkins, Jessica Hynes, Anne Reid, Rosie Cavaliero, James Cosmo and Peter Egan.</p> <p>“If you had carte blanche on your fantasy BBC One comedy cast then you’d not be far off the <em>Edith</em> line-up,” Shane Allen, controller of comedy commissioning at the BBC, <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/latestnews/2017/edith" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">remarked</span></strong></a>. “It’s also a huge pleasure to welcome John Cleese back to the land of BBC sitcom – his last one did all right.”</p> <p>Despite appearing in dozens of TV shows since <em>Fawlty Towers</em>, Edith will mark Cleese’s first starring sitcom role in nearly four decades. “These are the most enjoyable scripts I’ve been sent in the last 100 years,” the actor joked. “It will also be particularly nice to work with Alison [Steadman] again since we joined forces in <em>Clockwise</em> all that time ago.”</p> <p>Cleese will star as Phil, the ex-boyfriend of the eponymous Edith, played by Steadman. “Phil dreams of marrying Edith […] But after months of turning him down, on the happy day Edith finally says ‘yes’, there's a knock on the door – and there on the step, with a large suitcase, is her 50-year-old son Roger (Jason Watkins),” the BBC synopsis reads. “He announces that he's left his wife, his kids and his good job at the bank, and come home in an attempt to find his lost happiness again. And in a blink, to Edith's dismay and Phil's fury, all dreams are on hold.”</p> <p>No word yet on when it will air here, but we’re definitely looking forward to seeing Cleese back on our screens. Do you agree? Share your thoughts with us in the comments below.</p>

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102-year-old scientist refuses to retire

<p>Most of us would be grateful simply to reach the age of 100, let alone still have the energy and passion to continue working, but that’s exactly how it is for Dr David William Goodall. The 102-year-old ecologist, who has three PhDs and an Order of Australia, has taken a stand after recently being asked to take a step back from his work at Perth’s Edith Cowan University.</p> <p>Andrew Woodward, Dean of the university’s School of Sciences, told <a href="http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-21/102yo-researcher-told-to-leave-his-edith-cowan-university-job/7769422" target="_blank"><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">ABC News</span></strong></a> the decision was made after concerns about Dr Goodall’s health and safety were brought up by faculty members. “This is not a decision we've taken lightly, this is something that has been considered over a period of time,” he said. “We are now of the opinion where the situation is at a point where we really do need to make this change in David's best interest and our own.”</p> <p>But this doesn’t sit well with Dr Goodall and his family. “I [told the university] it would be the worst thing you could possibly do, I don't know if he would survive it,” his daughter Karen said. “After everything he has contributed, for them to do that, I'm appalled.”</p> <p>However, the university claims they’re not trying to oust the decorated scientist, who travels 90 minutes to work at least four times a week, only relocate him to a home office for the sake of his wellbeing. Woodward also added that the university would be happy to organise transportation on the days Dr Goodall had to visit the campus.</p> <p>Dr Goodall reluctantly agreed, despite his one-bedroom apartment not having enough room for a home office. “I would be glad if they did reconsider it,” he said. “But I don't feel that I'm in a position to press it.”</p> <p>What do you think about the university’s decision? Share your thoughts with us in the comment section below.</p> <p><em>Image: Charlotte Hamlyn / ABC News</em></p> <p><strong>Related links:</strong></p> <p><a href="/news/news/2016/08/meet-the-iron-nun-an-86-year-old-triathlete-star/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>Meet the Iron Nun, an 86-year-old triathlete star</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="/news/news/2016/08/8-year-old-boy-saves-elderly-neighbour/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>8-year-old hero saves elderly neighbour</strong></em></span></a></p> <p><a href="/news/news/2016/08/103-year-old-secret-to-long-life/"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><em><strong>103-year-old reveals her surprising secret to a long life</strong></em></span></a></p>

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