Actor Patrick Stewart met the love of his life Sunny Ozell in a chance encounter, which led to a long-lasting marriage. But because of the age difference, there were a few things about marrying a much younger woman Stewart had to get used to.
Patrick Stewart is older than his own father-in-law Sunny Ozell and Patrick Stewart | Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
Age hasn’t been a factor in Stewart’s relationship with Ozell. Stewart and Ozell first locked eyes on each other in 2008. Ozell was working as a waitress at the time, and Stewart struck up a conversation with her over dinner. The two quickly bonded over their mutual interest in theater. After they set up a dinner date, they dated for a couple of years before getting married in 2013.
Stewart was also pleasantly surprised to find that Ozell was wise beyond her years.
“I’ve never met anyone like her before,...
Patrick Stewart is older than his own father-in-law Sunny Ozell and Patrick Stewart | Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images
Age hasn’t been a factor in Stewart’s relationship with Ozell. Stewart and Ozell first locked eyes on each other in 2008. Ozell was working as a waitress at the time, and Stewart struck up a conversation with her over dinner. The two quickly bonded over their mutual interest in theater. After they set up a dinner date, they dated for a couple of years before getting married in 2013.
Stewart was also pleasantly surprised to find that Ozell was wise beyond her years.
“I’ve never met anyone like her before,...
- 3/30/2024
- by Antonio Stallings
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The 1992 "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode "The Inner Light" has an intriguing sci-fi premise. While merrily soaring through the galaxy, the U.S.S. Enterprise happens upon a very ancient alien probe of unknown origin. Without warning, the probe beams a twinkling glimmer of light onto the Enterprise's bridge, striking Captain Picard (Patrick Stewart) right in the brain. Picard passes out on the floor and Dr. Crusher (Gates McFadden) is unable to revive him. Picard wakes up on a distant planet he doesn't recognize. He's wearing alien clothes and being addressed by a woman named Eline (Margot Rose) who claims to be his wife. Picard is told that his name is actually Kamin and that he has suffered a memory lapse. The "Picard" he recalls was only a dream, and he has actually always lived on this planet, Kataan.
Picard is understandably discombobulated and begins investigating how he came...
Picard is understandably discombobulated and begins investigating how he came...
- 11/12/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
A fun piece of trivia: the theme music to "Star Trek: The Next Generation" is actually a wholly unoriginal piece of music. It is a combination of the opening strains of the original "Star Trek" theme song composed by Alexander Courage, and the main theme for "Star Trek: The Motion Picture" composed by Jerry Goldsmith. The "Next Generation" theme merely re-orchestrated the "Tos" and "Tmp" scores a little bit. This wasn't always the plan, however. Dennis McCarthy, frequent composer for "Next Generation" (he worked on 88 episodes), wrote an alternate theme that was replaced at the last minute.
McCarthy also composed the score for "Encounter at Farpoint," the show's pilot episode. McCarthy's sound would come to define "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and dictate how other composers would move forward with the Paramount orchestra. Every Trekkie likely has, in their very DNA, the tense moment of suspense music that McCarthy so...
McCarthy also composed the score for "Encounter at Farpoint," the show's pilot episode. McCarthy's sound would come to define "Star Trek: The Next Generation" and dictate how other composers would move forward with the Paramount orchestra. Every Trekkie likely has, in their very DNA, the tense moment of suspense music that McCarthy so...
- 9/10/2023
- by Witney Seibold
- Slash Film
Born to humble beginnings, Sir Patrick Stewart has worked his way up to become one of the most recognizable stars today.
The veteran stage actor was prolific as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for over a decade. However, it wasn't until the late 1980s that Stewart broke out on screen, portraying Captain Jean-Luc Picard on "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Riding that wave, he was cast as the iconic Professor Charles Xavier in the film adaptation of the "X-Men" comic books. This summer, Stewart reprises the role of the mutant Xavier once again in Bryan Singer's "X-Men: Days of Future Past."
From the actor's early work as a journalist to his "bodacious man" award, here are 27 things you probably don't know about Patrick Stewart.
1. Stewart was born in Yorkshire, England to Gladys Barrowclough, a weaver and textile worker, and Alfred Stewart, a Regimental Sergeant Major in the British Army.
The veteran stage actor was prolific as a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company for over a decade. However, it wasn't until the late 1980s that Stewart broke out on screen, portraying Captain Jean-Luc Picard on "Star Trek: The Next Generation." Riding that wave, he was cast as the iconic Professor Charles Xavier in the film adaptation of the "X-Men" comic books. This summer, Stewart reprises the role of the mutant Xavier once again in Bryan Singer's "X-Men: Days of Future Past."
From the actor's early work as a journalist to his "bodacious man" award, here are 27 things you probably don't know about Patrick Stewart.
1. Stewart was born in Yorkshire, England to Gladys Barrowclough, a weaver and textile worker, and Alfred Stewart, a Regimental Sergeant Major in the British Army.
- 5/23/2014
- by Jonny Black
- Moviefone
Sir Patrick Stewart has embarked upon a new Enterprise: marriage! Stewart, 73, married his longtime girlfriend, Brooklyn singer and songwriter Sunny Ozell, 35, his rep confirms to People. "Yes, married," the actor, best known for traveling the galaxy as Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, wrote alongside a Twitpic of himself and his new bride having a ball, their bodies submerged up to their heads in a ball pit. And who officiated the nuptials but Sir Ian McKellan, Stewart's friend and costar in the X-Men franchise? "I did my part," McKellan, 74, posted on his Facebook page, alongside a...
- 9/9/2013
- by Wade Rouse
- PEOPLE.com
Star Trek: The Next Generation actor Patrick Stewart is dating an up-and-coming actress nearly forty years his junior, following his split from his producer wife Wendy Neuss. The 63-year-old star and Lisa Dillon, 24, played lovers on the London stage in The Master Builder last year - and their romance has now blossomed in real life, even though Dillon is younger than Stewart's two children Sophie and Daniel. A source reveals, "Their closeness is the talk of the theatrical world. They've been seen together on a number of occasions and seem to enjoy each other's company. He is incredibly attentive to Lisa, and quick to introduce her to his theatrical contemporaries. Despite the age gap, they have an awful lot in common."...
- 2/5/2004
- WENN
X-Men star Patrick Stewart and his wife have separated after 10 years of marriage. The 63-year-old actor and his producer spouse Wendy Neuss Stewart, 45, have filed for legal separation, but have yet to announce divorce proceedings. The couple met when Neuss served as a producer on his hit TV series Star Trek: The Next Generation. British-born Stewart has two adult children from his 34-year marriage to his first wife Sheila Falconer.
- 10/20/2003
- WENN
Patrick Stewart, known for such hit sci-fi characters as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard and Prof. Charles Xavier, tied with the knot with Wendy Neuss on Saturday. The couple first met eight years ago when Wendy, 39, was a production assistant on Star Trek: The Next Generation Although the relationship has been stable four years, Stewart could not marry until his divorce - to his ex-wife of 25 years - went through. Trek co-star Brent Spiner, a.k.a. Data, was the best man at the glittering ceremony, which took place at a lakeside mansion in Los Angeles.
- 8/28/2000
- WENN
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