Singer Robbie Williams has only just started to “respect” himself as a performer.
The 49-year-old pop star found fame as a member of Take That in the early 1990s before breaking out as a solo artist with hits like ‘Rock DJ’ and ‘Angels’ but said that up until this point in time, he always just thought he had been “lucky” with his career.
“I’m just beginning to become fully formed as an entertainer. Whatever I was getting away with appealed to a great number of people because they bought tickets, came back and saw it again. It’s all been bluff all my life,”he said.
“This year is the first year as a 49-year-old where I respect myself now. Before, I just thought I was taking the p*** and being lucky,” He said as quoted by The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column.
The “Candy” hitmaker recently opened up...
The 49-year-old pop star found fame as a member of Take That in the early 1990s before breaking out as a solo artist with hits like ‘Rock DJ’ and ‘Angels’ but said that up until this point in time, he always just thought he had been “lucky” with his career.
“I’m just beginning to become fully formed as an entertainer. Whatever I was getting away with appealed to a great number of people because they bought tickets, came back and saw it again. It’s all been bluff all my life,”he said.
“This year is the first year as a 49-year-old where I respect myself now. Before, I just thought I was taking the p*** and being lucky,” He said as quoted by The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column.
The “Candy” hitmaker recently opened up...
- 12/23/2023
- by Agency News Desk
- GlamSham
Mena Massoud has cast doubt on the possibility of an 'Aladdin' sequel.The 32-year-old actor played the title role in Guy Ritchie's 2019 live-action remake of the Disney feature and explained that he is ready to move on from the project as progress on a follow-up film seemingly hasn't been made due to the Hollywood strikes this year.Mena told Screen Rant: "I don't have any updates. I think like you said, the strike kind of just put everything on hold. I know they were trying to get it off the ground for a long time but I have no idea where it's at."Listen, we shot in 2017. It's been six years now since we shot and wrapped the project. To me, at a certain point, life just goes on."He continued: "I'm sure they have their reasons. I know they were trying for a long time,...
- 12/18/2023
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Singer Lewis Capaldi has been diagnosed with Tourette’s syndrome. As for why the 25-year-old singer has decided to go public with his diagnosis, he notes that he doesn’t want fans to think he’s been “taking cocaine or something”.
“I have been diagnosed with Tourette’s. I wanted to speak about it because I didn’t want people to think I was taking cocaine or something,” the ‘Someone You Loved’ hitmaker explained, reports aceshowbiz.com.
Lewis is learning to live with the symptoms of the condition, and the chart-topping star has even had Botox injections to help to control his tics.
Speaking with The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column, he said: “My shoulder twitches when I am excited, happy, nervous or stressed. It is something I am living with. It is not as bad as it looks.”
Lewis also addressed the issue during an Instagram Live session with his fans.
“I have been diagnosed with Tourette’s. I wanted to speak about it because I didn’t want people to think I was taking cocaine or something,” the ‘Someone You Loved’ hitmaker explained, reports aceshowbiz.com.
Lewis is learning to live with the symptoms of the condition, and the chart-topping star has even had Botox injections to help to control his tics.
Speaking with The Sun newspaper’s Bizarre column, he said: “My shoulder twitches when I am excited, happy, nervous or stressed. It is something I am living with. It is not as bad as it looks.”
Lewis also addressed the issue during an Instagram Live session with his fans.
- 9/7/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
Director J.J. Abrams said it wasn’t easy finding a way to include Carrie Fisher as Princess Leia in “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker.” His choices were limited: he needed Leia to tell the story properly, but recasting the iconic character wasn’t an option, and he wasn’t going to use a digital version of Fisher, who died in late 2016.
But, in a new Vanity Fair feature published on Wednesday, Abrams said the production team ultimately “found the impossible answer to the impossible question.” The director ended up digging up old footage of Fisher from 2015’s “The Force Awakens,” writing scenes around the clips, wedging her dialogue into a new context while at the same time using a bit of creative lighting.
Also Read: Is 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Trying to Undo 'The Last Jedi'?
“It was a bizarre kind of left side/right...
But, in a new Vanity Fair feature published on Wednesday, Abrams said the production team ultimately “found the impossible answer to the impossible question.” The director ended up digging up old footage of Fisher from 2015’s “The Force Awakens,” writing scenes around the clips, wedging her dialogue into a new context while at the same time using a bit of creative lighting.
Also Read: Is 'Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker' Trying to Undo 'The Last Jedi'?
“It was a bizarre kind of left side/right...
- 5/22/2019
- by Wrap Staff
- The Wrap
Bob Einstein, the actor best known for his Super Dave Osborne character, has died at the age of 76, TheWrap has learned.
Einstein’s brother, actor and comedian Albert Brooks, also confirmed the news of Einstein’s passing on Twitter on Wednesday. “R.I.P. My dear brother Bob Einstein. A great brother, father and husband. A brilliantly funny man. You will be missed forever,” Brooks wrote.
An L.A.-born actor, writer and comedian, Einstein made first made his name as a writer for “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” alongside the likes of Steve Martin and Murray Roman before transitioning to performing as the bungling Super Dave Osborne character in the 1970s.
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Einstein first debuted the character, a sunny, naive and frequently-injured parody of daredevil stuntmen like Evel Knievel, on John Byner’s variety show in 1972 and later recurred on...
Einstein’s brother, actor and comedian Albert Brooks, also confirmed the news of Einstein’s passing on Twitter on Wednesday. “R.I.P. My dear brother Bob Einstein. A great brother, father and husband. A brilliantly funny man. You will be missed forever,” Brooks wrote.
An L.A.-born actor, writer and comedian, Einstein made first made his name as a writer for “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour” alongside the likes of Steve Martin and Murray Roman before transitioning to performing as the bungling Super Dave Osborne character in the 1970s.
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Einstein first debuted the character, a sunny, naive and frequently-injured parody of daredevil stuntmen like Evel Knievel, on John Byner’s variety show in 1972 and later recurred on...
- 1/2/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
Bob Einstein, a two-time Emmy winner who has recurred on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm since its launch and created the wacky Super Dave Osborne character, died today in Indian Wells, CA. He was 76 and recently had been diagnosed with cancer.
Best known to today’s viewers for playing the serious, often surly but always hilarious Marty Funkhouser on Curb, Einstein was a foil for its creator-star Larry David. He appeared in nearly two dozen episodes of the series dating from 2004 to the most recent season.
Einstein’s younger brother, actor-director Albert Brooks, tweeted today, “R.I.P. My dear brother Bob Einstein. A great brother, father and husband. A brilliantly funny man. You will be missed forever.”
A comedian’s comedian, Einstein first made his name as a writer. His career dates to the 1960s, when he won his first Emmy as part of the writing team for The...
Best known to today’s viewers for playing the serious, often surly but always hilarious Marty Funkhouser on Curb, Einstein was a foil for its creator-star Larry David. He appeared in nearly two dozen episodes of the series dating from 2004 to the most recent season.
Einstein’s younger brother, actor-director Albert Brooks, tweeted today, “R.I.P. My dear brother Bob Einstein. A great brother, father and husband. A brilliantly funny man. You will be missed forever.”
A comedian’s comedian, Einstein first made his name as a writer. His career dates to the 1960s, when he won his first Emmy as part of the writing team for The...
- 1/2/2019
- by Erik Pedersen
- Deadline Film + TV
In his latest effort, Yorgos Lanthimos takes on 18th-century royalty with “The Favourite,” a dark comedy loosely based on the story of Queen Anne of England and her closest confidants: the Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) and newcomer Abigail (Emma Stone) who battle for the monarch’s love. In what could be considered one of the best roles of Stone’s career to date, Olivia Colman and Rachel Weisz stun in this unique period drama with contemporary flair.
Continue reading ‘The Favourite’: Emma Stone, Olivia Colman & Yorgos Lanthimos Talk “Bizarre” Rehearsals, CGI Rabbits & More [Nyff] at The Playlist.
Continue reading ‘The Favourite’: Emma Stone, Olivia Colman & Yorgos Lanthimos Talk “Bizarre” Rehearsals, CGI Rabbits & More [Nyff] at The Playlist.
- 10/1/2018
- by Martine Olivier
- The Playlist
A documentary as sprawling and brilliant and flawed as the country it traverses, Eugene Jarecki’s “The Promised Land” is a fascinatingly overstuffed portrait of America in decline. In the process, it’s also: a biography of the 20th century’s most famous musician,; a story about how a man became king of a democratic nation; a nuanced analysis of cultural appropriation in a multi-racial society; a southern-fried rock n’ roll performance piece; a horrifyingly sober look at the rise of Donald Trump; a closed-casket funeral service for The American Dream; the best recent film about how the hell we got here; and more. So much more.
It’s the latest project from a filmmaker who has always been obsessed with the forces that fuel America (watch 2005’s “Why We Fight” for a perpetually relevant dissection of the military-industrial complex) and who always returns to the same one: Money.
The...
It’s the latest project from a filmmaker who has always been obsessed with the forces that fuel America (watch 2005’s “Why We Fight” for a perpetually relevant dissection of the military-industrial complex) and who always returns to the same one: Money.
The...
- 5/20/2017
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
Quick…name a favorable film where the landscape is run by (or at least partially include) the demographic of little people as part of the instrumental storyline? C’mon…it should not be that difficult, okay? If you want to mention say Darby O’Gill and the Little People then that would fine. How about Bad Santa or Poltergeist for that matter?
In That’s Good Enough, Short Stuff: Top Ten Films Featuring Little People we will take a look at some of the mini megastars that inhabited these movies and contributed their fair share of entertainment value to the on-screen proceedings. The debate as to whether some of these selected films featuring these pint-sized performers are considered positive, exploitative or dismissive are not up for discussion (although one of these considerations could apply in the minds of a few folks). Instead, we want to celebrate the inclusion of...
In That’s Good Enough, Short Stuff: Top Ten Films Featuring Little People we will take a look at some of the mini megastars that inhabited these movies and contributed their fair share of entertainment value to the on-screen proceedings. The debate as to whether some of these selected films featuring these pint-sized performers are considered positive, exploitative or dismissive are not up for discussion (although one of these considerations could apply in the minds of a few folks). Instead, we want to celebrate the inclusion of...
- 1/26/2015
- by Frank Ochieng
- SoundOnSight
Celebs just don't even know what to call their kids anymore.
2014 brought us a plethora of adorable celebrity babies-- with names that gave us pause. Now, to be clear, there is Nothing Wrong with these bundles of joy, we're just saying their famous parents got a little... creative when deciding what to call them.
Photos: You Named Your Kid What?! Bizarre Baby Names
Oh Boy, the creativity. Let's call out the most weird Af celebrity baby names we saw this year.
News: And Don’t Forget About All the Weird Af Things Your Kids Are Saying Now
1. Marlowe Monroe (Jenna von Oy + Brad Betcher)
Admit it. If Drunk History makes a Marilyn Monroe episode, This Is How The Hammered Comedian Will Say Her Name.
2. Wyatt Isabelle (Mila Kunis + Ashton Kutcher)
This is Not because Wyatt is traditionally a boy’s name (normativity is lame!). Wyatt and Isabelle (or rather, Isabella) are just so trendy right now. The...
2014 brought us a plethora of adorable celebrity babies-- with names that gave us pause. Now, to be clear, there is Nothing Wrong with these bundles of joy, we're just saying their famous parents got a little... creative when deciding what to call them.
Photos: You Named Your Kid What?! Bizarre Baby Names
Oh Boy, the creativity. Let's call out the most weird Af celebrity baby names we saw this year.
News: And Don’t Forget About All the Weird Af Things Your Kids Are Saying Now
1. Marlowe Monroe (Jenna von Oy + Brad Betcher)
Admit it. If Drunk History makes a Marilyn Monroe episode, This Is How The Hammered Comedian Will Say Her Name.
2. Wyatt Isabelle (Mila Kunis + Ashton Kutcher)
This is Not because Wyatt is traditionally a boy’s name (normativity is lame!). Wyatt and Isabelle (or rather, Isabella) are just so trendy right now. The...
- 12/18/2014
- Entertainment Tonight
Joel Ryan/AP
It must be hard being a famous musician, because so many of them desperately want to be other people. How else do you explain the sheer volume of alternate personalities that have been invented in music over the last few decades?
From David Bowie to The Beatles, even the most famous and beloved musicians get the urge to live in someone else’s skin for a bit. Sometimes, as with Ziggy Stardust and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the results are a smashing success and become catalysts for future musician’s to indulge in some split personality fun.
With the number of musicians who take a stab at acting later in their careers, it seems a lot of alter egos are born out of frustration for having chosen the wrong profession in the first place. Or maybe they were struggling actors at one point, made...
It must be hard being a famous musician, because so many of them desperately want to be other people. How else do you explain the sheer volume of alternate personalities that have been invented in music over the last few decades?
From David Bowie to The Beatles, even the most famous and beloved musicians get the urge to live in someone else’s skin for a bit. Sometimes, as with Ziggy Stardust and Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, the results are a smashing success and become catalysts for future musician’s to indulge in some split personality fun.
With the number of musicians who take a stab at acting later in their careers, it seems a lot of alter egos are born out of frustration for having chosen the wrong profession in the first place. Or maybe they were struggling actors at one point, made...
- 12/8/2014
- by Jacob Trowbridge
- Obsessed with Film
McM Expo/London Comic Con returns to ExCel London on 25th – 27th October. As well as hosting a galaxy of great sci-fi, movie, games, comics, anime and cosplay content, they’ve also got their usual huge line up of special guests – with more guests being added all the time! see www.mcmcomiccon.com for the latest London Comic Con news – but here’s a round-up of who’s been announced so far:
Red hot fantasy-noir show Lost Girl is coming to McM London Comic Com, with stars Ksenia Solo (Black Swan, Life Unexpected) and Rachel Skarsten (Transporter: The Series, Birds Of Prey) plus executive producer Jay Firestone (Andromeda, La Femme Nikita). Stars from hit sci-fi series Warehouse 13: Kelly Hu (Arrow, X-Men 2, The Vampire Diaries); Eddie McClintock (Bones, Desperate Housewives) and actor/director Saul Rubinek (Frasier, Curb Your Enthusiasm). The stars of new crime thriller By Any Means: Warren Brown (Luther,...
Red hot fantasy-noir show Lost Girl is coming to McM London Comic Com, with stars Ksenia Solo (Black Swan, Life Unexpected) and Rachel Skarsten (Transporter: The Series, Birds Of Prey) plus executive producer Jay Firestone (Andromeda, La Femme Nikita). Stars from hit sci-fi series Warehouse 13: Kelly Hu (Arrow, X-Men 2, The Vampire Diaries); Eddie McClintock (Bones, Desperate Housewives) and actor/director Saul Rubinek (Frasier, Curb Your Enthusiasm). The stars of new crime thriller By Any Means: Warren Brown (Luther,...
- 10/18/2013
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
A Canadian upbringing is about more than just playing lots of winter sports and having maple syrup instead of regular syrup on our pancakes. Regular exposure to Canadian television has long been an important part of what makes our childhood different from that of our brethren to the south. Now, Canadian television is decidedly less polished than American television. We grew up watching the genuinely awkward adolescents of Degrassi Street, not the beautiful airbrushed twentysomething "teenagers" of "Beverly Hills 90210." Bizarre, crudely drawn National Film Board short cartoons such as "The Log Driver's Waltz," "The Big Snit," and "The Cat Came Back" were a staple of the 1970s and 1980s, while American kids were tuning in to shows like the "Care Bears." One of our most revered television superheroes was Mr. Canoehead, a dude whose crimefighting "superpower" was to knock out criminals by, well, turning around and whacking them with the...
- 2/18/2010
- by Dustin Rowles
DVD Playhouse—August 2009
By
Allen Gardner
Watchmen—Director’S Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday...
By
Allen Gardner
Watchmen—Director’S Cut (Warner Bros.) Director Zack Snyder’s film of Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ landmark graphic novel is as worthy an adaptation of a great book that has ever been filmed. In an alternative version of the year 1985, Richard Nixon is serving his third term as President and super heroes have been outlawed by a congressional act, in spite of the fact that two of the most high-profile “masks,” Dr. Manhattan (Billy Cruddup) and The Comedian (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) helped the U.S. win the Vietnam War. When The Comedian is found murdered, many former heroes become concerned that a conspiracy is afoot to assassinate retired costumed crime fighters. Former masks Nite Owl (Patrick Wilson), Silk Spectre (Malin Akerman) and still-operating Rorschach (Jackie Earle Haley, in an Oscar-worthy turn) launch an investigation of their own, all while the Pentagon’s “Doomsday...
- 8/10/2009
- by The Hollywood Interview.com
- The Hollywood Interview
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