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Goldie Hawn Heads Back to Big Screen in Amy Schumer Film, Puts Kids Ahead of Film Career

Goldie Hawn has signed on to play Amy Schumer’s mother in an upcoming film directed and produced by the Trainwreck producer and star. This will be Goldie Hawn’s first film role since starring in The Banger Sisters back in 2002.

Goldie Hawn Will Play Amy Schumer's Mom in Jonathan Levine's Untitled Vacation Comedy https://t.co/SWz8La0AHq pic.twitter.com/6SvgnkK8Ou

— Peter Sciretta (@slashfilm) February 10, 2016

On a recent episode of Good Morning America, Goldie Hawn’s daughter, Kate Hudson, shared her excitement about her 70-year-old mom’s upcoming role.

“I can’t wait!” she said. “I’m so excited! She hasn’t worked in 14 years.”

Goldie Hawn said Friday, during an interview with The Today Show, that she considers raising her two children–Oliver and Kate Hudson–to be an even greater accomplishment than her career as an actress.

This morning on @TodayShow: Comedy legend Goldie Hawn opens up about a serious topic – her mission to help kids. pic.twitter.com/gydnldZ3CC

— Joe Fryer (@joefryer) February 19, 2016

Her love of children doesn’t stop there either. The Private Benjamin star says her hiatus from the film world served a philanthropic purpose. She and longtime partner Kurt Russell worked to create The Hawn Foundation–a children’s education charity. The foundation introduces new teaching techniques to teachers in schools worldwide to make sure kids are well-versed in social skills–an important facet of their emotional wellbeing.

Goldie Hawn shares the real reason she never married Kurt Russell: https://t.co/gzfy8ebzUJ pic.twitter.com/LOuQt49otL

— TOWN&COUNTRY (@TandCmag) February 18, 2016

Do you remember when Goldie Hawn first appeared on TV in the late 1960s on Rowan & Martin’s Laugh-In? It’s hard to believe she is now 70 years old.

It will be fun to see Goldie Hawn back on the big screen when she appears alongside Amy Schumer. Alas fans have a while to wait for her return to the film world, as the as yet unnamed film isn’t set to premiere until 2017.

February 19, 2016
Goldie Hawn Celebrates 70th Birthday With Family, Daughter Kate Hudson Pens Heartfelt Poem

Goldie Hawn celebrated her 70th birthday on Saturday, surrounded by her adoring family.

Kate Hudson, Oliver Hudson of Nashville and their siblings showered Goldie with lots and lots of love.

Kate posted a picture of herself and her siblings on her Instagram account, noting that she was going “off the grid” to spend a week basking in the warmth of her family, celebrating Goldie.

Off grid with my bro's and parents for a week! We'll see ya on the other side 😉 #LoveMyFam #HappyBirthdayMamaGoldie #OnlyGirl #LoveTheSea

A photo posted by Kate Hudson (@katehudson) on Nov 21, 2015 at 12:50pm PST

Kate, 36, and Oliver, 39, never fail to express their love for their mother each year and this year was no different.

In honor of Goldie’s 70th birthday, Kate Hudson shared a sweet video on Instagram that first pans across cupcakes and a “Happy Birthday” banner on a plane and then shows her cuddling in her mom’s lap and planting a kiss on Hawn’s cheek. Throughout the video, Ellie Goulding’s new song “Army” plays, with lyrics like, “When I’m with you, I’m standing with an army.”

As if that wasn’t adorable enough, the Rock the Kasbah actress captioned the video with an original poem about her mother’s life.

On this day in the clouds I'm sure// A man had a plan for the twenty first// He took a sweet soul and said its time my dear// You must go back down to share your cheer// Your beauty will please// Your laughter will spread// You may even meet a man and be thirty years unwed// To many you will be their rising muse// And light will bath you in golden hues// So, with excitement she went back down to the earth// To meet her old friends, Laura Hawn to rebirth// She had no clue on that day what would be// And day by day it seemed God made her special in some way// She never seemed to follow in line// Always a bit on the outside, goofy by design// She danced her own beat// Played her own drum// Shook the worlds axis a bit being seemingly dumb// But dumb she was not// Smart as a whip// And her beauty was something many found hard to resist// But she had one desire that grew with the years// To be happy she says, to be happy without fear// People laughed in her face and said don't be so silly// But she paid no mind to those who could not see as clearly// She may not have remembered that day in the clouds// But her message is pure and of the touch of God// Find your joy she says, what brings you joy// Live fearlessly facing the sun// Bath gently under the moon// Love all around you// Laugh till you cry// Cry till you laugh// We live till we die// She says live with all your might! Happy 70th Mama I LOVE YOU ❤️ #MamaGoldie #70 #LiveWithAllYourMight #LoveMyMama #EllieGoulding #Army

A video posted by Kate Hudson (@katehudson) on Nov 21, 2015 at 10:26am PST

Don’t you think Kate Hudson‘s lovely tribute to her mother Goldie Hawn is to die for??

November 22, 2015
Oliver Hudson Reunites With Biological Father Following Father’s Day Post on Abandonment

Oliver Hudson called out his biological dad last June on Father’s Day, over having abandoned him and sister Kate Hudson many years back. Hudson did so in an Instagram post.

The post featured pictures of Kate and Oliver Hudson as kids, and he captioned it “happy abandonment day…”

A photo posted by Oliver Hudson (@theoliverhudson) on Jun 21, 2015 at 6:18pm PDT

It seems in hindsight that Oliver Hudson’s post might have done some good. He and his father have reunited, and while not everything is perfect, at least there is communication between the two.

Oliver Hudson chatted with Bravo’s Andy Cohen about his reunion with his biological dad on What What Happens Live.

“It actually started a dialogue,” Oliver Hudson said. “I haven’t talked to my father in 12 years. In my sort of dark, crazy sense of humor, I posted this ‘Happy Abandonment Day’ thing, which, you know, everyone went crazy about. I was just trying to be funny.”

“At the end of the day it was a good thing. We’re communicating now. I had an amazing three-hour conversation with him. We’re texting and we’re trying to see each other. We might be mending something,” the Scream Queens star explained.

Initially things didn’t look like they were reparable. After Oliver Hudson’s Father’s Day post, Bill Hudson said Oliver and Kate were dead to him.

“I had five birth children and I now consider myself a father of three,” Bill Hudson. “I no longer recognize Oliver and Kate as my own. I would ask them to stop using the Hudson name. They are no longer a part of my life. Oliver’s Instagram post was a malicious, vicious, premeditated attack.“

Oliver Hudson patching things up with biological dad Bill Hudson https://t.co/VdKy3d8aMA pic.twitter.com/I4wBqft4XW

— FOX411 (@Fox411) November 20, 2015

Kurt Russell, who served as a stepfather to Oliver and Kate, reached out to Bill Hudson, and tried to smooth things over.

“I understood Oliver’s sense of humor and since then, there’s been some nice back and forth between Bill and Oliver that’s nice to see,” Goldie Hawn’s long time partner said.

Hopefully this is the beginning of a new kind of relationship between Bill and Oliver Hudson. There is no word yet as to how Kate Hudson feels about their reunion.

November 19, 2015
Kurt Russell Says Infamous Posts and Disowning in Hudson Family Was Supposed to Be Humorous

Kurt Russell has finally spoken up about the row between his step-kids and their biological father.

Asked at Comic-Con about the now-famous Fathers’ Day posts on Instagram by Oliver and Kate Hudson, Russell said, “I understood Oliver’s sense of humor and since then, there’s been some nice back and forth between Bill and Oliver that’s nice to see.”

The whole mess started when Oliver Hudson posted a pair of pics to Instagram for Fathers’ Day. The first was obviously directed toward his biological father, Goldie Hawn’s first husband, Bill Hudson.

The picture showed a young Oliver and his sister Kate with Bill Hudson between them. But it was stingingly captioned:

“Happy abandonment day”

Happy abandonment day… @katehudson

A photo posted by Oliver Hudson (@theoliverhudson) on Jun 21, 2015 at 6:18pm PDT

Oliver Hudson’s post was followed shortly thereafter by another, this one praising Kurt Russell.

Happy Father's Day Pa… #neworleans #felixs

A photo posted by Oliver Hudson (@theoliverhudson) on Jun 24, 2015 at 1:19pm PDT

Kate Hudson backed that up with an Instagram post of her own, this one too praising Kurt Russell as her “Pa.”

Pa, just simply….. Thank you 🙏 Happy Fathers Day I love you to the moon and back. ✨ #HappyFathersDay

A photo posted by Kate Hudson (@katehudson) on Jun 21, 2015 at 9:40am PDT

Bill Hudson responded in an interview with the Daily Mail, effectively disowning his kids. He blamed Goldie Hawn for turning his kids against him after she started a relationship with Kurt Russell. Hudson and Hawn divorced in 1980. Hawn and Russell got together in 1983.

“Goldie wanted to create this myth of a perfect family with Kurt and she wanted me out,” Bill Hudson said.

“When we split up, she never had a bad word to say about me,’” he says. “But when Kurt came on the scene, the narrative changed and I became the big, bad wolf. I would say to her ‘Goldie, why are you trashing me and saying I’m an absent father when it’s simply not the case?’ and she’d laugh and go ‘Oh Bill, you know it makes for a better story.’”

Bill Hudson’s response to his kids’ social media posts, especially Oliver’s was public and scathing.

“I say to them now, ‘I set you free,’” he said. “I had five birth children but I now consider myself a father of three. I no longer recognize Oliver and Kate as my own. I would ask them to stop using the Hudson name. They are no longer a part of my life. Oliver’s Instagram post was a malicious, vicious, premeditated attack. He is dead to me now. As is Kate. I am mourning their loss even though they are still walking this earth.”

Kurt Russell says this as more a humorous post, but that all involved have had to see it played out in the public eye.

“You want people to enjoy life as much as they can,” Kurt Russell says. “We live in a world that if you say something or do something, it can be latched onto [you] for 24 hours or 48 hours.”

July 12, 2015
Kate Hudson And Brother Oliver Disowned By Birth Father

Speaking to the Daily Mail, Bill Hudson, 65, said he no longer considers Oliver and Kate Hudson as his children after being enraged by a Father’s Day insult.

“I no longer recognize Oliver and Kate as my own. I say to them no, ‘I set you free’,” Bill said during the interview. “I had five birth children but I now consider myself a father of three.”

Oliver, 38, posted a photo of himself and Kate, 36, with Bill accompanied by a message reading, “Happy abandonment day.”

A photo posted by Oliver Hudson (@theoliverhudson) on Jun 21, 2015 at 6:18pm PDT

What made Bill’s outburst even worse are the Father’s Day messages of Kate and Oliver addressing Kurt Russell as their ‘Pa’. Russell has been the long-time love of Bill’s ex, Goldie Hawn.

A photo posted by Kate Hudson (@katehudson) on Jun 21, 2015 at 9:40am PDT

“Oliver’s Instagram post was a malicious, vicious, premeditated attack,” said Bill. “He is dead to me now. As is Kate. I am mourning their loss even though they are still walking this earth.”

Bill also told the two to stop using his last name. “I would ask them to stop using the Hudson name,” Bill told Daily Mail. “They are no longer a part of my life.”

He told Kate to take Russell’s last name instead. “She wants to be Kurt’s daughter? Well then, take his name, stop using mine,” said Bill.

Moreover, Bill blames Russell on his estrangement with his family. According to Bill, Hawn never had a bad word to say about him but everything changed when Russell entered Hawn’s life.

“But when Kurt came on the scene, the narrative changed and I became the big, bad wolf. I would say to her ‘Goldie, why are you trashing me and saying I’m an absent father when it’s simply not the case?’ and she’d laugh and go ‘Oh Bill, you know it makes for a better story’,” Bill explained.

June 29, 2015
Goldie Hawn Tweets About Birth Of Granddaughter

This goes to show that social media is not just for the younger generation! The 67-year-old, Goldie Hawn, “tweeted” about the birth of her fifth grandchild, and first granddaughter.

Welcome Rio! Our first baby girl to join our family! @theoliverhudson and Erinn thank you for bringing so much JOY to our lives! #happiness

— Goldie Hawn (@goldiehawn) July 18, 2013

The Hollywood actress has three children, Wyatt Russell from her present long-term relationship to Kurt Russell, and Oliver and Kate Hudson from her previous marriage to Bill Hudson.

Hawn must have learned her “tweeting” skills from Oliver. The proud father “tweets” photos of his boys camping in their backyard.

Backyard camping.. pic.twitter.com/85r9uUAIDy

— oliver hudson (@theoliverhudson) June 13, 2013

Baby Rio makes the third child born to the “Rules of Engagement” star, Oliver Hudson, and his wife, Erin Bartlett, who were married in June, 2006. Wilder Brooks Hudson was born on August 23, 2007, and Bodhi Hawn Hudson on March 19, 2010, to the couple. The “Raising Helen” star, Kate Hudson, also has two children, 9-year-old Ryder Russell Robinson and 2-year-old Bingham ‘Bing’ Hawn Bellamy.

Hawn is best known for her roles in “The First Wives Club”, “Death Becomes Her”, “Overboard”, and “Private Benjamin”. Her most recent roles were in “Town & Country in 2001, and “Banger Sisters” in 2002.

Hawn’s spends the majority of her time now working on The Hawn Project, which she developed 10 years ago to help children’s overall well-being and mental health. “Keep your heart open and your MindUP™ for children!” said Hawn.

Assembling a team of educators, neuroscientists, positive psychologists and experts in mindful awareness training, the academy award winning actress, producer, author, child advocate and philanthropist created the evidence-based MindUP™ as a social and emotional literacy curriculum and training program. For 10 years, it has grown as the signature initiative of The Hawn Foundation and currently serves children and schools across five continents.
-thehawnfoundation.org

July 19, 2013