Zayn Malik Marked 10 Years Since He Left One Direction With This Surprise Cover

Posted on 26/03/2025 by Boris Clair

Zayn Malik surprised fans at his show on Tuesday night with an impromptu throwback to his One Direction days – on the anniversary of his exit from the band being announced.

The chart-topping singer is currently nearing the end of his first ever solo world tour, but kicked things off in a different way at his show in Mexico City.

Much to fans’ delight, Zayn opened the set with a live performance of Night Changes, which also happened to be the last single One Direction released with him still a part of the group.

Zayn with his One Direction bandmates Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Harry Styles in 2012

Zayn had not performed the song – which he co-wrote alongside all four of his former bandmates – since parting ways with 1D in 2015.

Unlike the other four members of the group, One Direction songs have never formed part of his live setlists.

It has been an emotional few months for Directioners, following the shock death of Liam Payne in October 2024, at the age of 31.

Back in November, Zayn joined his bandmates Niall Horan, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson – with whom he’d not been seen in public since his departure from the group – at Liam’s funeral.

Prior to that, he paid an emotional tribute on Instagram, writing: “I lost a brother when you left us and can’t explain to you what l’d give to just give you a hug one last time and say goodbye to you properly and tell you that I loved and respected you dearly.

“I will cherish all the memories I have with you in my heart forever, [I have] no words that justify or explain how I feel right now other than beyond devastated. I hope that wherever you are right now you are good and are at peace A and you know how loved you are.”

He signed off the emotional message: “Love you, bro.”

This Is Why Netflix’s The Residence Is Dedicated To Andre Braugher

Posted on 26/03/2025 by Boris Clair

Those who’ve already made it to the end of Netflix’s new murder mystery The Residence will have seen that the show is dedicated to the American actor Andre Braugher.

Andre – who died of lung cancer in December 2023, at the age of 61 – was a two-time Emmy winner known for his roles in shows like Thief, The Good Fight and Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

He also appeared in the films City Of Angels, Salt and She Said.

Naturally, some viewers might have been left pondering what his connection to Netflix’s latest hit show was, after seeing that The Residence was dedicated in his memory.

Why was The Residence dedicated to Andre Braugher?

Andre had actually been cast in the show prior to his death in 2023.

He was due to play White House Chief Usher A.B. Wynter, the staff member whose death sparks the murder mystery that forms the central plot.

In fact, production was halfway through when Andre died, with half of his scenes having been filmed.

After production was shut down, the decision was made to recast the role, with Giancarlo Esposito taking over.

Creator Paul William Davies told Deadline: “It was brutal and it was really hard for so many of us. We were lucky enough that Giancarlo, who also knew Andre, was close to him and had the deepest respect for him, was able to come in and do that role, and do it in his own way, but also honouring Andre.

“That’s a very difficult assignment, just on so many levels and he handled it with extraordinary grace and navigated that in a way that comforted us. It was hard.”

Of the decision to honour Andre after the whole series, rather than just one episode, Paul added: “There might have been a natural inclination to do that after the first episode, but for me, it was important to do that at the end of the whole series, to say, you were part of all this, and we have not forgotten you.”

The Residence is available to stream in full on Netflix.

Nathan Lane Says He Didn’t Get This Big Film Role Because The Director Thought He Was ‘Too Gay’

Posted on 25/03/2025 by Boris Clair

Nathan Lane has revealed that he was up for a part in Space Jam but ultimately didn’t get it because of his sexuality.

“Apparently the director [Joe Pytka] saw me hosting the Tony Awards and thought that suggested I was too gay to play the part,” the Broadway star said in an interview with Vanity Fair published on Monday.

The Tony and Emmy winner had been asked about whether homophobia had limited his opportunities in Hollywood, leading him to mention his experience with the 1996 film, which starred NBA icon Michael Jordan alongside the cast of Looney Tunes.

Nathan had apparently been in consideration for the part of Jordan’s assistant Stan Podolak, a role that eventually went to Seinfeld star Wayne Knight.

However, Nathan noted that the film was one that he “didn’t really care about”, quipping: “So thank God, I didn’t have to do Space Jam…”

“But I don’t know,” he continued. “I’ll never know what people say. Homophobia is alive and well, still.”

Michael J. Fox and Chevy Chase were other names considered for the same part, the Space Jam director revealed to Entertainment Weekly in 2016, but Warner Bros. wasn’t fond of these choices.

Wayne Knight’s Seinfeld co-star Jason Alexander was also reportedly offered the role but politely declined it as well.

“Nobody wanted to be in this movie,” Pytka told the Chicago Tribune in 2009.

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Nathan, who publicly revealed he was gay in 1999, has previously detailed the challenges of being gay in Hollywood.

In a 2023 interview on Sunday Today, he recalled being “not prepared” to discuss his sexuality when he and Robin Williams, his co-star in the 1996 comedy The Birdcage, did an interview with Oprah Winfrey around the time of that movie’s release.

The two played a gay couple in the film, whose son is set to marry the daughter of a conservative couple. Nathan said he was “so scared” of how the interview could go down as he feared how Hollywood would react to him talking openly about his sexuality.

The actor retold how, when the host asked him whether he was afraid of being “typecast” for the role, Robin then jumped in and diverted the talk show host “because he was a saint”.

“Robin was just the greatest person ― such a beautiful, sensitive soul and so kind and generous to me,” he said of the late Oscar winner.

Patrick Schwarzenegger Gets Honest About Very Awkward ‘Fan’ Encounter

Posted on 25/03/2025 by Boris Clair

Thanks to his breakout performance in the current season of The White Lotus, Patrick Schwarzenegger is more recognisable than ever.

Or, at least, that’s what you would think.

The former Gen V star has revealed he recently had a humbling encounter with a “fan”, that turned out to be a case of mistaken identity.

Posting on X on Tuesday afternoon, Patrick recalled that he’d been approached by a girl who asked him: “Excuse me… are you the…?”

After confirming with an “awkward laugh” that “maybe” he was – she then professed her love for his work in Pretty Little Liars.

The only issue there, of course, is the fact that Patrick never actually appeared in that show.

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“Oh I’m so sorry!! I thought you were someone else!” the girl in question then told him, before walking off.

Still, at least he saw the funny side of the otherwise awkward encounter…

Those of us who actually are watching The White Lotus will know that Patrick’s character is currently embroiled in one of the show’s most outrageous storylines ever, after it emerged that his on-screen brother performed a sex act on him during a threesome.

Since the latest episode aired, the actor has spoken out in defence of the show, with both Patrick and co-star Sam Nivola insisting that the much-discussed storyline is about much more than just “shock value”.

“There’s some sensationalism, but then there’s also the stuff behind the wall of the character and what he’s dealing with in the conflict of what just happened,” Patrick claimed earlier this week.

He added: “There’s always more than what just meets the eye of the shock value on the screen.”

Patrick – the son of action star and former governor of California Arnold Schwarzenegger and journalist Maria Shriver – recently spoke candidly about the awkward moment he watched one of his earlier nude scenes alongside his famous family.

The White Lotus continues on Mondays on Sky and Now.

Patrick Schwarzenegger Shares His Take On The White Lotus’ Most ‘Insane’ Sex Scene Yet

Posted on 24/03/2025 by Boris Clair

This article contains major spoilers for the latest episode of The White Lotus.

Patrick Schwarzenegger has weighed in on the outrageous scene in this week’s episode of The White Lotus.

In what’s sure to become one of the Emmy-winning series’ most talked-about moments ever, the latest instalment of The White Lotus saw one of the Ratliff brothers performing a sexual act on his brother after a night of partying.

The episode picks up the following morning, with both Patrick Schwarzenegger and Sam Nivola’s characters having flashbacks to what went on between them as the day unfolds.

Speaking to Screen Rant, Patrick said that this marks a turning point and a moment when everything “definitely switches” for his character, Saxon.

Patrick Schwarzenegger as seen in the latest episode of The White Lotus

Asked how he reacted when he first read the script, he admitted: “It was a page-turner. I was waiting to see what was going to happen – and then when I read that, my mouth was kind of on the floor.

“I knew a little bit [about what to expect between the brothers], because during some of the audition scenes, it had some references to some stuff.”

He then recalled: “I remember reading it for the first time with my fiancée. We read it out loud and then I looked and was like, ‘did that say what I thought it said?’. But yeah, it’s a hilarious, absurd, insane scene.”

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Patrick went on to describe the moment as a “total power shift for him and his character”.

“He’s on the other side of what he would be doing to someone else before,” he claimed. “And, it’s something that totally changes him. He’s totally flustered, it’s this kind of internal conflict.”

In a separate video feature for HBO, Patrick said that at the beginning of the episode, “what I’m feeling that morning is total confusion, disgust of myself and just like curiosity of what that means for everything that I stand for. It definitely changes the dynamic.”

He continued: “Saxon is always the dominant one, but there’s definitely a sense of [him] being more insecure – and Chelsea and Chloe [Aimee Lou Wood and Charlotte Le Bon’s characters], they start to bully him.”

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Adolescence: How Did The Netflix Drama Pull Off Its Incredible One-Shot Technique?

Posted on 16/03/2025 by Boris Clair

There are a few things that look set to make Adolescence one of 2025’s most talked-about new shows – namely, its unsettling subject matter and the incredible performances from its predominantly British cast.

But there’s one other factor that sets Adolescence apart, too.

Much like another of Stephen Graham’s recent hits, the 2021 film Boiling Point, each episode of the chilling Netflix crime drama is filmed in one continuous shot, giving the whole show a relentless, claustrophobic feel.

And if you were wondering – no, there’s no trickery at play here. Every episode really was one filmed in one long shot which, as you can imagine, required some imaginative thinking from Adolescence’s creative team.

“Basically, that means we press record on the camera and we don’t press stop until the very end of the hour,” director Philip Barantini told Netflix. “But it’s much more complicated than it sounds.

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So, how exactly did Adolescence pull off that impressive one-shot technique on all four episodes?

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Because of the show’s unique filming style, months of meticulous planning went into making sure everything the team wanted to include would be achievable in a one-take style.

“A really fun day was working out how long the car ride takes from the house to the police station and walking that route,” co-writer Jack Thorne recalled to Deadline of just how fine the details had to be.

Barantini previously helmed Boiling Point, so he was no stranger to using long singular shots as a device.

However, where Boiling Point all took place under one roof, Adolescence was much more ambitious in its scale.

“The difference was we wrote Boiling Point with the location in mind so we would sit in a restaurant and write scripts,” he added. “This time it was all in Jack’s head then I’d have to go away and find these locations.”

Mark Stanley, Owen Cooper and Stephen Graham on the set of Adolescence

According to the LA Times, the rehearsal process lasted three weeks for each episode.

First, the cast would rehearse on location for a full week, after which cameras would be incorporated to make sure everyone involved in the process knew where they needed to be at each moment.

After that, for the final week, the cast would film two long continuous takes a day over a five-day period, resulting in 10 takes for each episode.

Thorne would also need to be on-hand in the event that the planned dialogue or other details included in the original script didn’t quite work in the one-take style depicted on screen.

What challenges were there to overcome when doing each episode of Adolescence in one shot?

Well, it required cinematographer Matt Lewis and camera operator Lee David Brown to work closely together throughout the shoot (Stephen Graham compared their collaboration to a “ballet” to the LA Times), often passing the camera between them mid-scene to get everything right.

Stephen Graham co-created and co-wrote Adolescence, as well as playing one of its leading roles

Of that gripping opening scene, Barantini told The Guardian: “When the episode starts, my cinematographer Matt is holding the camera. As we’re filming the actors in the car, the camera’s being attached to a crane. The car drives off, and the crane follows.

“While this is happening, Matt has gone in another car, driven ahead and jumped out so he can take the camera into the house. When we come back out of the house, the other camera operator Lee is sat in the custody van.

“Matt would pass Lee the camera, so now Lee’s got the camera while Matt drives ahead to the police station, so he’s ready to take the camera when we go inside.”

Thorne also told Deadline: “The cinematographers thought a chase scene I had written would look like a computer game and instead I got this call from Phil who said, ‘Imagine if the cameras could fly’.

“So, we strapped a camera to a drone that took off over traffic lights and then suddenly you’re at the murder scene. Emotionally it kicks you in the stomach.”

Impressive stuff, right?

The question is… why on earth would the Adolescence team want to put themselves through such an arduous filming experience in the first place?

Ashley Walters and Faye Marsay play detectives investigating the murder of a teenage girl in Adolescence

For Barantini, he said the one-shot device means viewers are more likely to be hooked by what’s going on onscreen.

“What the one-shot does is makes you sit up and you can’t take your eyes off it, because if you do blink for a second you miss something. It draws the audience in,” he told Radio Times.

“It’s like going to a play. If you go to a play, you can’t be on your phone, yeah? And so you’ve got to pay attention to everything.”

Similarly, Thorne told Deadline: “The camera doesn’t blink in this show and by being unblinking it allows for a certain rawness and honesty.

“The inability to cut away, the idea that all four episodes are partial, that allows you to tell a more complex story than if we were able to be inside the justice system.”

He added: “What has resulted is a piece that uses the technical to unlock the emotional.”

All four episodes of Adolescence are available to stream now on Netflix.