Emine Saner
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Emine Saner is a feature writer for the Guardian
August 2024
July 2024
Natalie Portman on love, divorce and Paul Mescal: ‘I’m very in awe of his talent’
She may have been on screen since she was 12, but with new drama Lady in the Lake, her TV career is only just beginning. The Oscar winner talks antisemitism, getting threatened on set – and the pictures that lit up the internet- How we surviveA noise like thunder – then my classroom went black. How I lost my brother, sister and stability to the Aberfan disasterIn 1966, a colliery spoil tip collapsed on a primary school in Wales. 144 people were killed, including 116 children. Gaynor Madgwick recalls waking up in the debris – and the horror and healing that followed
June 2024
‘Want to be a real artist? Keep going!’: Cyndi Lauper at 71 on self-doubt, success – and surviving sexual assault
She’s the subject of a new documentary, has just announced her farewell tour, and is about to play Glastonbury. The singer and songwriter discusses Trump, resilience and why she hated being pitted against Madonna
May 2024
April 2024
- WeekendWhat’s it like to be a sociopath?; Gen Z’s lust for Sex and the City; and Marina Hyde on ‘President’ The Rock – podcastMarina Hyde with her take on Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s surreal US presidential bid; Emine Saner meets the sociopath who learned to behave – and found happiness; why Gen Z has fallen in love with Sex and the City; and do our political opponents really hate us?
Helen Lederer on envy, rejection, fun and fame: ‘I wanted it so badly – maybe that’s not normal’
She has appeared in some of the biggest sitcoms in British comedy history, from The Young Ones to Ab Fab, but always longed for her own show. Now 69, she looks back on the hilarity of her life – and the mortification- The G2 interview‘I didn’t want to hurt that girl. I just felt this pressure building … ’ The sociopath who learned to behave – and found happinessPatric Gagne has spent most of her life fighting terrible urges. She is also a loving sister, daughter, mother and wife. She talks about her remarkable journey
March 2024
‘I’m still trying to recover’: Annie Potts on Ghostbusters, Toy Story – and the car crash that almost killed her
She has played Janine in Ghostbusters since the franchise started, not to mention her star turn as Bo Peep. But, as Potts says, her life and career were almost over before they had really begun