The Oscar-winning actor’s spokeswoman has confirmed that his next film, reuniting with There Will Be Blood director Paul Thomas Anderson, will be his last 
 
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 Daniel Day-Lewis is to retire from acting, according to his spokeswoman. 
 
 The 60-year-old British actor, who has won three Oscars, will make his final screen appearance in Phantom Thread, a fashion drama that reunites him with Paul Thomas Anderson, director of There Will Be Blood. 
 
 “Daniel Day-Lewis will no longer be working as an actor,” a statement to Variety from his spokeswoman Leslee Dart read. “He is immensely grateful to all of his collaborators and audiences over the many years. This is a private decision and neither he nor his representatives will make any further comment on this subject.” 
 
 The star has previously taken extended breaks from the industry, including a late-90s stint as an apprentice shoemaker in Florence. “My life as it is away from the movie set is a life where I follow my curiosity just as avidly as when I am working,” he said in a 2008 interview with the Observer. “It is with a very positive sense that I keep away from the work for a while. It has always seemed natural to me that that, in turn, should help me in the work that I do.” 
 
 After breaking out in 1985 drama My Beautiful Laundrette, Day-Lewis won his first Oscar for his role as an artist with cerebral palsy in My Left Foot. The 90s saw him work with Martin Scorsese in The Age of Innocence, Michael Mann in Last of the Mohicans and again with the My Left Foot director Jim Sheridan, in In the Name of the Father and The Boxer. 
 
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 The following decade, he worked with Scorsese again in Gangs of New York and won two further best actor Oscars for There Will Be Blood and Lincoln. His final film, Phantom Thread, released this Christmas, is set in London’s fashion scene in the 50s. He will play a dressmaker catering to high society. 
 
 Day-Lewis has three children with his wife, Rebecca Miller, who directed him in the 2005 drama The Ballad of Jack and Rose. ||||| CLOSE The Associated Press looks back at the top stories of 2017 from President Trump's inauguration to the Rohingya refugees to the deaths of notable figures. The Times Square Alliance featured the video at its New Year's Eve celebration in New York. (Jan. 1) AP 
 
 Rickie Fowler (Photo: Rob Schumacher, USA TODAY Sports) 
 
 With all the name calling, Twitter spats and vulgar rants filling our news feeds last year, 2017 saw its fair share of bad manners. 
 
 Despite cheap shots felt around the world and across political aisles, some beacons of hope shined through. On Tuesday, the National League of Junior Cotillions — yes, that same cotillion that may have organized your middle school dances — released its list of the 10 "best-mannered" people in 2017. 
 
 “We believe this year’s student nominations (and our ultimate winners) are a reminder that, whether you are a celebrity, athlete, musician, or politician, America’s young people are watching and they do value character," National League of Junior Cotillions President Charles Winters said in a statement to USA TODAY, calling this year's recipients' contributions "positive, uplifting, and honorary." 
 
 At the top of the list was golfer Rickie Fowler who displayed "consistently well-mannered conduct both on and off the golf course," the group said. 
 
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 Notching top-five finishes at the U.S Open and PGA Championship and winning the Honda Classic and Hero World Challenge, Fowler also took time for his fans in 2017. In December, he posted a photo on Instagram after playing a round of golf with a man who died just days later after a fight with pancreatic cancer. 
 
 Fowler also earned the praise of golf peers, like Jordan Speith, who called him "one of the nicest human beings in the world," ESPN reported. 
 
 Fowler was joined by: 
 
 Rickie Fowler Aly Raisman Deshaun Watson Joanna Gaines Sadie Robertson David Beckham Selena Gomez Thomas Rhett Matt Kuchar Meghan Markle 
 
 Winning the second spot, three-time Olympic gold medalist Aly Raisman showed "dignity and courage" in 2017 after she said that she, too, was sexually abused by Larry Nassar, former USA Gymnastics' team physician. 
 
 Raisman became the second Fierce Five member to come forward against Nassar, who was sentenced to 60 years in prison on child pornography charges and awaits sentencing on sexual assault charges. Teammate McKayla Maroney also said in 2017 that Nassar sexually abused her. 
 
 Aly Raisman says she, too, was abused by USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar. (Photo: Robert Hanashiro, USA TODAY Sports) 
 
 Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson ranked third on cotillion's list for his Hurricane Harvey relief efforts. The NFL rookie not only donated his first paycheck to stadium employees affected by the storm, he also paid to furnish 176 homes being rebuilt due to the damage. 
 
 The list rounded off with HGTV's Fixer Upper host Joanna Gaines, A&E's Duck Dynasty star Sadie Robertson, soccer player David Beckham, pop singer Selena Gomez, country musician Thomas Rhett, golfer Matt Kuchar and actress/soon-to-be British royal family member Meghan Markle. 
 
 The National League of Junior Cotillions announces the honors each year after students and directors nationwide nominate people with "commitment to honor, dignity, and mannerly conduct." 
 
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– With his plan for an “indefinite break” from golf, Tiger Woods isn’t the only celebrity to take some time out of the limelight for one reason or another. The Wall Street Journal lists some others: Michael Jordan: The Tiger pal left to try baseball after winning three titles with the Chicago Bulls. He returned in 1995, won three more, then retired. Until 2001, when he returned again for a stint with the Washington Wizards. Daniel Day-Lewis: After 1997’s The Boxer, the actor did some woodworking and was a cobbler in Florence. The break lasted until 2002, and didn’t prevent him from winning an Oscar in 2007. Kevin Spacey: In 2002, he claimed he was going to put producing over acting … but starred in at least one flick a year from 2002-09. Pat Tillman: He left a promising NFL career after 9/11 to join the US Army Rangers, and was killed by friendly fire in Afghanistan in 2004. Kal Penn: Actor’s ongoing non-Hollywood gig has him as associate director in the White House’s Office of Public Liaison and Intergovernmental Affairs. For the full list, click the link at right.