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Kristin Scott Thomas shares grief over losing father and stepfather as a child: ‘Like the ceiling falling in’

Kristin Scott Thomas shares grief over losing father and stepfather as a child: ‘Like the ceiling falling in’

Published by Daniella Wilson

Get the latest entertainment news, reviews and star-studded interviews with our Independent Culture email Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Get the latest entertainment news with our free Culture newsletter Slow Horses star Kristin Scott Thomas has said the grief of losing her father and step father in similar circumstances when she was young felt “like the ceiling falling in”. The Four Weddings and a Funeral actor was just five years old when her father Simon, a Royal Navy pilot, died while on duty in 1966, aged 31. Scott Thomas’s mother remarried another man named Simon, who was also a pilot in the Royal Navy. History repeated itself and he was killed six years later, leaving behind Scott Thomas and her three young siblings. “I’m the last generation of people who weren’t allowed to talk about it,” Scott Thomas said of her grief at such a young age. “Literally nothing. It was a shock, like the ceiling falling in. “There was no idea of suffering before that. It just hit me …

AMC Networks CEO Kristin Dolan’s 2025 Pay Disclosed

AMC Networks CEO Kristin Dolan’s 2025 Pay Disclosed

Published by Daniella Wilson

AMC Networks has revealed C-suite pay for the company that operates cable networks AMC, IFC and Sundance TV and streaming services like AMC+ and Shudder. CEO Kristin Dolan earned $12.5 million in 2025, compared with $8.69 million in 2024 and $14.6 million in 2023, the firm disclosed in a regulatory filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Dolan, who was named chief of the company in February 2023, received a base salary of $2 million last year, the same as in 2024. She also received stock awards worth $4.2 million, compared with $2.3 million in 2024. Plus, Dolan received $6 million in non-equity incentive plan compensation — a cash bonus — last year, compared with $4.2 million in 2024. Dan McDermott, the AMC Networks chief content officer and the president of AMC Studios, made a hair under $5 million in 2025. His base salary was nearly $1.6 million and his bonus was $2.6 million. McDermott’s stock awards were about $759,000. Each were up some from 2024, when McDermott’s whole haul came in a bit below $4.2 …