BANG Showbiz – Dec 28, 2022 / 7:32 am | Story: 403507
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Sam Smith says even the biggest songwriters in the world have no clue “what they are doing.”
The ‘Writing’s on the Wall’ hitmaker has insisted it’s impossible to know if you have a hit on your hands, no matter how successful you are or how long you have been in the music business.
They said: “Absolutely no one knows what they’re doing.
“Even the biggest writers in the world, who have written so many hits, they can pretend like they do, but they don’t know.
“They don’t know the magic.”
Offering their advice to aspiring musicians, they said in a recent interview: “Never lower your standards … you know what you need.
“And if you don’t know what you need, you need to ask yourself what you need.
“And then do not stop until you get that.”
Earlier this year, the 30-year-old singer returned with their new single, ‘Love Me More’, a candid ballad about their “relationship with themself on a journey of self-discovery and happiness.”
The Oscar winner – who came out as non-binary in 2019 – reunited with their long-time collaborators Jimmy Napes and Stargate on the uplifting tune.
The song kick-started the next chapter for Sam and follows 2020’s ‘Love Goes’ LP and the festive track ‘The Lighthouse Keeper’.
BANG Showbiz – Dec 28, 2022 / 7:30 am | Story: 403506
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Ryan Reynolds loved trying to “murder” his brothers during his childhood Christmas holidays.
The 46-year-old star admitted some of his “fondest memories” are of the epic snowball fights he and his siblings used to have when the cold weather hit in Canada.
He said: “As a kid growing up, we’d get snow in Vancouver sometimes at Christmas and being out there with my brothers just quite literally trying to murder each other with frozen water gave me some of my fondest memories.
“I’m the youngest of four boys, so often I was more of a moving target than I was a brother, but I loved that.”
These days, the ‘Spirited’ star lives in New York with pregnant wife Blake Lively and their three daughters, and they love embracing all the city has to offer during the festive period.
He said in a recent interview: “Christmas, for me, is always about being with family.
“I love the lead-up to Christmas much more than Christmas itself, which can feel a little bit transactional sometimes.
“We live in New York City, so we get to do all these amazing things.
“We see ‘The Nutcracker’ at Lincoln Centre, stuff that’s truly magical.
“If you told the seven-year-old Ryan Reynolds growing up in Vancouver that I would one day get to experience those things with my kids, I wouldn’t believe it.”
BANG Showbiz – Dec 28, 2022 / 7:27 am | Story: 403505
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Olivia Colman had a “slightly embarrassing situation” while shooting a sex scene with Micheal Ward.
The 48-year-old star was left feeling awkward when her ‘Empire of Light’ co-star revealed he was 25 while she was straddling him.
Speaking on the New Year’s Eve special of ‘The Graham Norton Show’, she said: “There was one particular moment when I was astride Micheal in a compromising and slightly embarrassing situation and he said, ‘It’s my mum’s birthday today.’
“When he said she was 43, I was like, ‘OK, stop talking!’”
Olivia – who played Queen Elizabeth II in Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ – was director Sam Mendes’ first choice for the role of Hilary Small in the 2022 British romantic drama.
She said: “Apparently it was. But Sam is so nice he would say that anyway. He was watching ‘The Crown’ at the time and thought of me.
“We had a Zoom conversation during lockdown and I said ‘okay, yes’ before I even knew what it was. It is an incredible accolade for him to write something for me.”
Olivia quipped: “It was an amazing part thank god – can you imagine if it had been rubbish!”
Micheal was blown away by how nice Olivia is and “learnt so much” from her.
He said: “It was an amazing experience. It was incredible just to share the same space. I learnt so much about being a real person – everyone had a real sense of humanity.
“If Olivia had been rude I might have thought that’s how I need to be to reach a certain level of success but the fact she is so lovely showed me I can be a good person and still be successful.”
BANG Showbiz – Dec 28, 2022 / 7:20 am | Story: 403504
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Pete Davidson and Emily Ratajkowski are no longer dating.
After a brief fling, which started in November, the stand-up and the model found themselves in the “friend zone.”
A source told the New York Post’s Page Six column: “Their fling has moved into the friend zone.”
The insider added that they are both “fine” with that.
The pair had been spotted together several times, including in November at a New York Knicks versus Memphis Grizzlies game.
The brunette beauty has also recently been seen kissing artist Jack Greer outside her New York City apartment – following recent dates with 35-year-old DJ Orazio Rispo, the son of a property tycoon, while she was said to be seeing Pete.
A source told Page Six that when she and Pete were spotted together in November they were getting “more serious,” with the insider adding: “Pete takes her to dinner and events. They also hang out a lot at home.”
Emily divorced Sebastian Bear-McClard, 34, with whom she shares 21-month-old son Sylvester Apollo Bear, earlier this year.
As for Pete, the 29-year-old actor – who dated Kim Kardashian for a year after her split from Kanye West – has been seen out with his ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’ co-star Chase Sui Wonders, including at a Rangers game.
News of Pete and Emily ending their fling comes after the latter revealed she joined a dating app but fears it is “too white” and doubts it will result in her meeting a “lady crush.”
She signed up while holding a glass of wine on the December 22 edition of her ‘High Low’ podcast, but didn’t specify which site she was using.
The 31-year-old beauty said: “I was like, ‘F*** it’. I was feeling defiant because so many people told me not to get it.”
She also told how she quickly got “a few direct requests from women” which she said was “exciting.”
But Emily added: “I feel like this app is a little bit white. It’s very white and feels like a very particular man and very particular type of woman, so I don’t think I’m gonna meet my lady crush on here.”
BANG Showbiz – Dec 28, 2022 / 7:19 am | Story: 403503
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Drew Barrymore says she thought she could never change when she was drinking.
The 47-year-old actress added her 2016 divorce from Will Kopelman was so “messy” and painful it sent her on a downward spiral of boozing.
She told People magazine in an interview published Tuesday she “broke” after their “excruciating” split, adding: “It just took me down. It was just trying to… feel good – and alcohol totally did that for me.
“The drinking thing for me was a constant, like, ‘You cannot change. You are weak and incapable of doing what’s best for you. You keep thinking you will master this thing, and it’s getting the better of you’.”
“After the life I planned for my kids didn’t work out… it was a messy, painful, excruciating walk-through-the-fire-and-come-back-to-life kind of trajectory.”
Drew, who has daughters Olive, 10, and Frankie, eight, told last December how she had been sober for two-and-half-years as she felt drinking did not “serve” her.
She added about feeling her sobriety was “liberating” in an essay published in November for her ‘Drew’ magazine: “One of the bravest things you can do is slay those dragons and finally change an awful cycle in which you’ve found yourself stuck.
“(I have) finally become free of the torture of guilt and dysfunction.”
She added in a blog in October she also abstained from sex in the wake of her split from Will as she said she is “not a person who needs sex and has to go out there and engage with people on that level.”
BANG Showbiz – Dec 28, 2022 / 7:16 am | Story: 403502
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Cher wishes she could show her late mother the massive ring she was given at Christmas by her boyfriend Alexander ‘AE’ Edwards.
The singer said receiving the gift made her miss actress and singer Georgia Holt, who died on Dec. 10 aged 96.
Cher tweeted on Monday: “Woke up Min ago, and 1st thing… B4 I Opened my eyes, I Thought… I Need 2 Run To Mom’s and Show Her my ring… she Loves Diamonds.
“Before I realized it.. I Had Little Tear, But Im sure this is natural. Bet Moms ears were burning Last Nite. We were telling Stories about her, WHAT A WOMAN… Ok.. a few tears.”
Cher showed off her new sparkler on Christmas Day – sparking rumours she was engaged to her 36-year-old lover.
She tweeted alongside a picture of record producer Alexander holding a jewellery box: “THERE R NO WORDS, ALEXANDER, A.E,” before later telling fans she posted the image to show off her boyfriend’s “cool” nails, which had been given a black manicure with green details.
Cher has defended her and Alexander’s 40-year age gap and relationship by insisting they love each other.
In November, the ‘If I Could Turn Back Time’ singer said they “kiss like teenagers” and has declared: “Love doesn’t know math, it sees.”
She added earlier this month: “On paper, it’s kind of ridiculous. But in real life, we get along great… and I think he’s quite handsome.”
The couple first made headlines in November when they were photographed after a dinner date in Los Angeles holding hands.
Cher previously dated Tom Cruise, 60, when they had a 16-year age gap.
She has also been married twice, to Sonny Bono from 1964 to 1975 and Gregg Allman from 1975 to 1979 – and shares sons Chaz, 53, and Elijah, 46, with the late musicians respectively.
Alexander has dated Amber Rose and had son Slash, three, with the model in October 2019.
BANG Showbiz – Dec 28, 2022 / 7:12 am | Story: 403501
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Nicole Scherzinger is dreaming of a honeymoon in Tahiti – hinting she is ready to tie the knot with Thom Evans.
The Pussycat Dolls singer and the 37-year-old retired Scottish rugby player have been together since 2019 when they met on UK talent show ‘The X Factor: Celebrity’ – on which he competed as part of rugby singing group Tristar and she was a judge – and the pair got engaged during a romantic trip to Mykonos, Greece, in the summer.
Nicole, 44, seems to be planning her nuptials and celebrations already as she has confessed that her ideal honeymoon destination would be on the idyllic French Polynesian island.
Speaking to Us Weekly magazine, she spilled: “I’m dying to go to Tahiti. I’d honeymoon there.”
And it seems spending much of the past three years in the UK with Thom has had an influence on her taste buds.
The ‘Don’t Cha’ hitmaker has revealed that her favourite meal now is a traditional British Sunday roast – which is comprised of a roasted meat, roast potatoes, seasonal vegetables and gravy.
Speaking to the publication for its ’25 Things You Don’t Know About Me’ feature, she said: “You can always find me at a Sunday roast in England, I’m obsessed!”
However, Nicole – who is from Hawaii – still has a taste for more other foods from around the globe.
She added: “I love pizza, pasta and Mexican food.”
Despite being a successful pop star, an in-demand TV judge and revered for her beauty, ‘The Masked Singer’ panellist has confessed she suffers from insecurities just like anyone else.
She said: “I’m always insecure about what people think and want to make sure people like me.”
BANG Showbiz – Dec 27, 2022 / 5:30 pm | Story: 403448
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Snoop Dogg says the highest he ever got on drugs was partying with country music veteran Willie Nelson.
The 51-year-old rapper said he wanted to stop smoking weed when he was with the 89-year-old but didn’t want to show “weakness”.
Dad-of-four Snoop – born Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr – said on the new episode of ‘Let’s Go!’ podcast with Tom Brady, Larry Fitzgerald, and Jim Gray when he was asked when he was most stoned: “With Willie f****** Nelson. We was in Amsterdam on 4/20 (the annual worldwide cannabis celebration on April 20), and he was doing a concert out there.
“So, we went back to his hotel room, and we was playing dominoes.
“Me and him were playing dominoes one-on-one. He (was) whooping my a**, and I’m just getting higher and higher and higher.
“He just keep passing it (the joint) to me, and I’m like, ‘This old mother****** outsmoking me.”
Snoop – who claims his cannabis use is so high he has a professional joint roller on staff – has collaborated with Willie on drug-themed songs including ‘My Medicine’ and ‘Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die’.
The rapper said about his blunt roller, rumoured to make around $50,000 a year from the job, on an episode of the Howard Stern show: “That’s his J.O.B. – his occupation. On his resume it says, ‘What do you do?’ ‘I’m a blunt roller. P–B–R: professional blunt roller’.”
BANG Showbiz – Dec 27, 2022 / 4:11 pm | Story: 403443
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Rian Johnson is annoyed that ‘Knives Out’ is included in the ‘Glass Onion’ title.
The director says he worked hard to ensure that the original ‘Knives Out’, released in 2019, and the recent release ‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ felt like separate movies that could exist independently of each other and he was not happy with ‘Glass Onion’s full title.
Speaking to The Atlantic, he said: ““I’ve tried hard to make them self-contained. Honestly, I’m p***** off that we have ‘A Knives Out Mystery’ in the title. You know? I want it to just be called ‘Glass Onion’.
“I get it, and I want everyone who liked the first movie to know this is next in the series, but also, the whole appeal to me is it’s a new novel off the shelf every time. But there’s a gravity of a thousand suns toward serialised storytelling.”
Daniel Craig, who plays detective Benoit Blanc, is the only actor to return for the second movie.
And Johnson also admitted he would have preferred a longer theatrical release from Netflix.
He said: “I’d love it to be longer; I’d love it to be in more. But also, I appreciate that Netflix has done this, because this was a huge effort on their part, and the chains, to reach across the aisle and make this happen. I’m hoping it does really well so we can demonstrate that they can complement each other.”
‘Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery’ co-stars Edward Norton, Janelle Monáe, Kathryn Hahn, Leslie Odom Jr., Jessica Henwick, Madelyn Cline, Kate Hudson and Dave Bautista.
BANG Showbiz – Dec 27, 2022 / 4:09 pm | Story: 403442
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Gisele Bündchen spent her first Christmas without ex-husband Tom Brady in her native Brazil with their two children.
The model, 42, took her kids to her homeland to visit her parents and shared a series of photos of their break on Instagram on Tuesday.
She said alongside the snaps in a message written in Portuguese: “Where everything that is planted grows and what blooms the most is love.
“Always so good to be back home.”
Gisele, who shares son Benjamin, 13, and daughter Vivian, 10, with Tom, signed off the post with a heart emoji.
Her photos featured her enjoying horseback and bike riding as well as fishing and picnicking with her family.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback Tom, 45, whose 13-year marriage to Gisele ended in October, said earlier in December he would have to adapt to a “new experience” of Christmas without his family.
He added: “I’m gonna learn how to deal with Christmas Eve in a hotel, and I’m gonna have to learn how to deal with Christmas and Christmas night and still go out there and be a professional.
“It’ll be a new experience that I’ve never had before that I’m gonna learn how to deal with… I think that’s what life’s about.”
Tom, who also has son Jack, 15, with his actress ex Bridget Moynahan, 51, spent time with his kids on December 26 this year, saying he was looking forward “to celebrating Christmas with my kids the day after” the big day on December 25.
BANG Showbiz – Dec 27, 2022 / 4:06 pm | Story: 403441
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Princess Eugenie says it was an “honour” to mark the late Queen Elizabeth’s life at the Princess of Wales’ carol service.
The Duke of York’s daughter, 32, made the declaration about Her Majesty, who died aged 96 on September 8, in an Instagram post after she attended Princess Catherine’s second ‘Together at Christmas’ event at Westminster Abbey, which was shown on ITV on Christmas Eve.
Alongside photos of herself and her husband Jack Brooksbank, 36, at the service, Eugenie said: “It was an honour to celebrate HM’s life at the Princess of Wales carol concert, ‘Together at Christmas’.”
The mum-of-one also joined senior members of the royal family at the Sandringham Christmas service over the weekend.
Eugenie is the only member of Prince Harry’s family to feature in personal photos shared in his ‘Harry and Meghan’ Netflix documentary, and Vanity Fair’s royal correspondent Katie Nicholl has said the royal will be a “comfort” Prince William and Harry amid their reported feud as she is “keeping a foot in each camp”.
Katie told Hello! magazine: “Eugenie along with her mother has been able to have a foot in each camp and I think unlike the palace staff who had to put their stake in one team or another, Eugenie has managed to tow that line.”
Harry’s Netflix show featured claims the royal family suffers from “unconscious” racial bias” and that William screamed at his younger brother when he was doing a deal to quit royal duties with his wife Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, for a new life in America.
BANG Showbiz – Dec 27, 2022 / 10:03 am | Story: 403404
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Adele has boosted her fortune by £11.5 million in the past year.
The 34-year-old singer’s company now has cash reserves of nearly £15 million, according to the Daily Mail.
Statements for her Melted Stone Ltd company show its net assets were £14,940,260 as of December 2021 – up from £3,566,954 the previous year, the publication said.
It comes after Adele released her fifth studio album ‘30’ and started her delayed Las Vegas residency.
Adele tearfully cancelled her scheduled concerts at the last minute in January but is now understood to be earning around £750,000 per show for the 32-night run.
Tickets for the concerts were on sale for up to £200,000 each on resale sites.
Other big names to have headlined Vegas in recent years include Britney Spears, Lady Gaga and Jennifer Lopez.
Adele told fans on her opening night at Caesars Palace: “I should be giving you a standing ovation, thank you so much for coming back to me.
“I really appreciate it. You look amazing and it looks just what I imagined it would look like, it’s perfect.
“I’m so scared and nervous, but I am so happy, I don’t know what I was thinking putting piano ballads at the top of the set, hopefully over time my nerves will disappear.
“I would also really like to thank Caesar’s because there have been a lot of rumours and they never once asked any questions, they’ve been amazing.
“Only legends have been through these doors, I’m so honoured. I have no idea what I’ve embarked on for five months, but I can’t wait.”