Monthly Archives: July 2011

Tom Felton thought his 'Harry Potter' co-star Gary Oldman was giving set tours when he first met him.

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The blonde actor – who has portrayed villainous Draco Malfoy in all of the films based on the novels by J.K. Rowling – admits he did not know who half of the cast of the movie were when he first signed up, even meeting legendary actor Gary twice before he understood he was playing Sirius Black.

He said: “I didn’t know who Gary Oldman or Michael Gambon were. I think I actually met Gary Oldman two times before realising that he’s an actor.

“I thought he was taking people on studio tours.”

However, Gary’s career was not the only thing Tom was surprised at when on the film – he also didn’t realise how big the series would become.

He added: “I was head over heels when I got the part of Draco, but I never imagined in a million years we’d be here 11 years later still talking about it.

“At that age, you don’t really grasp what you’re getting yourself in to!”

Dizzee Rascal is "definitely" releasing a new album next year.

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Dizzee Rascal is “definitely” releasing a new album next year.
The ‘Dance Wiv Me’ rapper – whose last record, ‘Tongue N’ Cheek’, came
out in 2009 – has been taking time out from the music industry this
year, but he is “looking forward” to starting work on his next project
even though he is not sure which direction it will take.
He told BANG Showbiz: “I will have definitely an album out next year.
I haven’t really started it yet so I’m not sure what sort of style it
will be or who will be involved in it. But I’m looking forward to
getting back to it.”
His forthcoming release looks unlikely to be a “grime” record, as the
25-year-old ‘Bonkers’ hitmaker has previously insisted the genre
doesn’t exist, despite being called a grime artist for the majority of
his career.
He said: “Everyone called it grime, but I didn’t. All it was was a
mixture of all the stuff I was into. There is no such thing as grime.
“It’s like hip-hop – journalists make it up. Grime is just a name
that’s from grimy areas and a lot of grimy s**t happening, but as for
the music, it’s everything from reggae to drum and bass to Nirvana.”

 

Anna Friel and Rhys Ifans own homes beside each other in Spain.

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Anna Friel and Rhys Ifans own homes beside each other in Spain.
The couple have known each other for years but only started dating
last year after the ‘Pushing Daisies’ actress split from her partner
of 10 years David Thewlis – who is the father of her six-year-old
daughter Gracie – and Anna loves spending time with her new love out
of the spotlight.
She said: “We both have houses in the same part of Spain. We have done
for years – I put every penny from ‘Pushing Daisies’ into renovating a
300-year-old house out there – but we didn’t really know each other
then. But really, I think I’m giving too much detail.
“He won’t talk about [the relationship] at all. Because if you don’t
keep something private for you, your life ‘s a reality programme. We
go to a little pub or camping to Wales. I won’t put myself in that
position because I want to keep my private life private.”
Anna is smitten with Rhys and revealed she also admires his career choices.
She said: “I’ve heard he’s incredible on stage, he makes such
brilliant choices and I’m like ‘What the hell is he going to do next?’

Kim Cattrall; Hollywood Prejudice Against Older Actresses

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Kim Cattrall feels she is “marginalised” as an actress.
The ‘Sex and the City’ star finds it hard winning roles now she is 54,
as casting directors are keen to get her to play characters who are
like man eater Samantha Jones, who she plays in the hugely successful
TV show.
She said: “Nobody wants to hire me unless I’m playing Samantha Jones.
Do you know what it’s like to be 54 and marginalised? It doesn’t get
any easier as you get older.”
Samantha admits prejudice in Hollywood is nothing new to her and she
has found it hard to break away from “sexualised” roles ever since she
started getting her first jobs – usually as sexy girls – in films such
as ‘Mannequin’ and ‘Porky’s’ in the 1980s.
She added to Reveal magazine: “I’ve been sexualised since I was a
young actress. If you want to get work as an actress – and not as a
waitress – you get sexualised. I think that can be part of your
journey, going through the Hollywood mill.
“Then you’re no longer as cute as the next crop coming up. It is
something I’ve been experiencing in one way or another in my entire
career.”
Kim – who is half English – said she has found a better attitude in
Europe, where she has received wide praise for her role in London play
‘Private Lives’ and in 2010 European shot thriller ‘The Ghost’.
She said: “One of the reasons I’ve come to Europe is because they tend
to think a little bit differently about getting older than people in
North America do.”

The Horrors' Faris Badwan doesn't like lyrics to be "too pretentious".

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The Horrors’ Faris Badwan doesn’t like lyrics to be “too pretentious”.

The 24-year-old lead singer in the band – which is also made up of Joshua Hayward (guitar) Tom Cowan (synthesizer and bass) Rhys Webb (bass and organs) and Joseph Spurgeon (drums)  – prefers people to “make their own insights” into his words.

He said: “I know everyone succumbs to the odd cliche and everyone writes a rotten lyric, but I never like them to seem too planned out or pretentious. I like it when people make their own insights.”

Rhys revealed the group – who have previously released albums ‘Strange House’ and ‘Primary Colours’ – wanted to experiment on their latest record ‘Skying’ and touch on their combined interest of a “warped sense of reality”.

He said: “I think you can really paint a picture with music. The early stuff was quite straightforward and monochrome. I think we did want to go technicolour and psychedelic and explore what we could do with what we had to do it with.

“We’re all interested in that feeling of a warped sense of reality, elevation in music and the way music can affect the listener and how you feel when you hear it. It’s a really powerful thing. The idea of elevation and euphoria is something that we like.”

Alicia Keys felt "directionless" when she first landed a record deal.

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Alicia Keys felt “directionless” when she first landed a record deal.

The 30-year-old singer was just 16 when she was given her first contract and admits people often forgot about her young age and she struggled at times to know where to turn.

She said: “I started in this business so young – I was just a girl. To keep your head together. I felt directionless, like a chicken with its head cut off.

“You feel like everyone wants a piece of you, everything is available to you, and it doesn’t matter that you’re only 16.”

The ‘Empire State of Mind’ hitmaker also admits she couldn’t understand why some reviews of her last album ‘The Element of Freedom’ criticised her lack of “passion”, insisting she is always “truly primal” in her work.

She added: “That’s just a reviewer’s opinion. I find myself to be truly primal and passionate. Everything I do comes from a primal place.”

Emily Mortimer on her Glamourous role

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Emily Mortimer thinks voicing an animated car is the most “glamorous” role she has ever had.

The British actress voices sexy sports car Holley Shiftwell in forthcoming sequel ‘Cars 2’ and was relieved she didn’t have to appear on screen because of her “bad” hair.

She said: “I’m convinced this is the most glamorous I’ll ever be in celluloid on this film.

“And luckily I don’t have any hair because my hair has always been my downfall. My hair looks really bad in all my movies so I was delighted to be a car that doesn’t have hair. I look better in this movie than I ever have or ever will look in any other movie.

“Even my agent complains about my hair.”

Emily’s character is also an undercover spy but she insists she could never have based her portrayal on one of the glamorous women who feature in ‘James Bond’ movies.

She explained: “I couldn’t do that because I knew if I tried to emulate a ‘Bond’ heroine I would just fall flat on my face.

“I just had to be me in that world. My natural instinct was to just do what I would feel, which is just completely dippy and pathetic in that situation and that’s what I was doing.

“Then we realised that if she was out in the field, in this high-powered spy mission, she wouldn’t be quite so c**p as that so we developed it together over time.”