UMA THURMAN TELLS OF SADNESS OVER LOSS OF LIAM'S WIFE

Hollywood actress Uma Thurman has spoken for the first time about her sadness over the tragic death of Irish star Liam Neeson's late wife.
The Kill Bill actress opened up to disclose how much she misses her late friend Natasha Richardson, who lost her life following a freak skiing incident in March.
Thurman, 39, said that she missed being a "passenger" on 45-year-old Richardson's driven life.
"She would have a plan on arrival anywhere and would be carving the best out of life and every situation and every person," Thurman said.
The actress, who co-starred with Richardson in the 2001 box office bomb Chelsea Walls, added: "She wasn't as much a passenger as I am, which made us great companions in life - because every driver needs a passenger and every passenger needs a driver. So it's a big loss in my life."
The sudden death of Neeson's beloved wife has inspired Thurman, who co-starred with the still grieving Ballymena-born actor in the 1998 move Les Miserables, to make sure she lives her life to its fullest.
Twice-wed Thurman, who also co-starred with Richardson's mother, actress Vanessa Redgrave, in the 1995 romantic drama A Month By The Lake, is preparing to turn her latest romance into a marriage.
Thurman, who was previously married to British actor Gary Oldman and American Ethan Hawke with whom she has two children, is to marry British tycoon and philanthropist Arki Busson in London.
The actress, whose films include Pulp Fiction, The Producers and My Super Ex-Girlfriend, said: "Isn't life amazing? Isn't life full of surprises? When it comes to things like marriage, you just never know.
“I find that growing up has been all about realising that life gets more serious, and that it's also really important to increase your sense of humour."
For Thurman, it seems it is also really important to increase the number of houses you own in ritzy holiday destinations.
“I would buy a country house in virtually every country in the world if I could," she said - and with Busson's billions, she probably could.
"I also want a country house in Italy, France, Switzerland. I have aspirations in Mexico - virtually all coastal regions. I just have this constant curiosity to open a clam in every country and eat the squirming things from every shore.”
Perhaps her taste will stretch to some Dublin Bay oysters.