Arnold Schwarzenegger Confirms He ‘Started’ Sylvester Stallone Rivalry In Joint Interview

Posted on 25/04/2024 by Boris Clair

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Sylvester Stallone still vividly remember their rabid rivalry.

The elder statesmen of high-octane Hollywood action famously competed throughout the ’80s and ’90s and sat down to dish on the extreme lengths they went to for a joint interview titled TMZ Presents: Arnold & Sly: Rivals, Friends, Icons.

“As soon as I saw him, it was like, ‘Bang, two alphas hitting’,” Sly recalled to moderator and TMZ founder Harvey Levin. “If we walked into a party, we’d be staring at each other for a few seconds, and then, ‘I got to get that guy. He didn’t do anything wrong, but he will’.”

While Sylvester said Arnie’s rise helped “motivate” him, and the Terminator actor agreed his fellow action star “was very helpful” as someone he could “chase” after, Arnold admitted he “started this whole thing” by “saying stupid things” and “being competitive”.

“It was kind of like, ‘Well, what was your body fat?’” he recalled asking Sylvester. “And I was down to 7%, so I said I was down to 10%. So it became a competition with the body. Then he started using machine guns that were huge machine guns.”

“I was running after him,” Arnold continued. “He was not running after me. So I said, when we did Predator — you got to get a machine gun that is normally mounted on a tank or in a helicopter — I said … I got to have a bigger machine gun than he used in Rambo.”

Their competition had started much earlier at the 1977 Golden Globes, however, when Sylvester’s Rocky won Best Film after Arnold claimed the New Actor of the Year award for Stay Hungry. Sylvester said that he “lost it” when Rocky won.

“I literally went and picked up this entire bouquet of flowers and tossed them straight up in the air, sort of aiming toward [Arnold’s] side of the table,” he said. “And it all comes down, he’s sort of sitting there [thinking] … [he] just threw down the gauntlet.”

The former rivals have long patched things up, even carving Halloween pumpkins together in 2022.

The most insidious incident came in the early ’90s, however, when Arnold used certain sources and Hollywood agents to pretend he was circling Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot, a mother-son buddy cop movie, only to ensure it landed in Sylvester’s lap.

The film, which starred Sylvester and Golden Girls alum Estelle Getty, was a critical flop.

“I was, of course, absolutely in heaven,” Arnold said. “I felt like the only way that I could catch up with him was if he stumbled. It was psychological. This is a whole thing about Hollywood — when you’re always as good as your last movie.”

The action icons have long patched things up, even carving Halloween pumpkins together in 2022. Arnold said he admires Sylvester for his emotional vulnerability and “dedication and passion,” only for Sly to respond in kind.

“He’s like a chess player. You don’t know what’s going on, but he gets it done,” he said of the former California governor.

“And he really does have a big heart, he does. I mean, you wouldn’t think it because we’re ‘action guys,’ but we’re more emotional than a lot of more dramatic actors, trust me.”

Billie Eilish Shares Her Candid Thoughts On Masturbation And Self-Love

Posted on 25/04/2024 by Boris Clair

Billie Eilish had some serious thoughts on sex and self-pleasure in a new interview with Rolling Stone.

“I should have a Ph.D. in masturbation,” she told the magazine, where she went into great detail about why her me-time matters so much to her.

“TMI, but self-pleasure is an enormous, enormous part of my life, and a huge, huge help for me,” the Bad Guy singer shared.

“People should be jerking it, man. I can’t stress it enough, as somebody with extreme body issues and dysmorphia that I’ve had my entire life.”

Billie told Rolling Stone how masturbating in the mirror has helped her tackle those issues, saying that “watching myself feel pleasure has been an extreme help in loving myself and accepting myself, and feeling empowered and comfortable”.

Billie Eilish cradles her second Oscar at the 2024 Vanity Fair Oscar Party in March

“Partly because it’s hot, but it also makes me have such a raw, deep connection to myself and my body,” she explained. “And have a love for my body that I have not really ever had.

“I got to say, looking at yourself in the mirror and thinking ‘I look really good right now’ is so helpful.”

Elsewhere in the interview, Billie said talking about sex is “literally [her] favorite topic.”

The two-time Oscar winner told Rolling Stone she finds the subject more empowering than salacious, saying: “People are so uncomfortable talking about it, and weirded out when women are very comfortable in their sexuality and communicative in it.”

“I think it’s such a frowned-upon thing to talk about, and I think that should change,” she added.

For more of Billie’s bedroom philosophy, read the full interview at Rolling Stone.

Kim Kardashian Confirms A Few Rumours About Herself — And They’re Weird

Posted on 24/04/2024 by Boris Clair

Kim Kardashian does not have six toes, but she did confirm a few other details about herself on Jimmy Kimmel’s US talk show on Monday night — and a handful are pretty kooky.

Near the end of their chat, Jimmy decided to ask the Skims owner if a few “interesting” rumours about her were true or not.

The reality TV star was game, and Kim confirmed two pretty banal facts about herself: She knows how to change a tire, and she washes her feet every night before going to bed.

But she also admitted that she blow-dries her jewellery before putting it on.

“Because I hate being freezing,” Kim explained. “And when you put on cold jewellery or like anything with a zipper — I just need it warm.”

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OK, sure, we kind of get that, but nothing can explain the weirdest tidbit Kim confirmed — which is that she makes someone else take the cardboard sleeve off her Starbucks coffee because she hates the sound the cardboard makes.

“Yes … and I hate the feeling,” Kim admitted.

She said she doesn’t even like watching the sleeve come off.

“The cardboard getting moved off the cup is like nails on a chalkboard to me,” she explained.

Most of the rumours Jimmy mentioned turned out to be accurate — except the myth that she has six toes, which was at least one thing she was able to debunk.

“Were some of these not supposed to be true, but they really are, and you guys didn’t know?” she joked.

Elsewhere on Monday’s edition of Jimmy’s, Kim did admit that she once made a workout video with an extremely cheesy name. Check out the video above!

Celine Dion Shares The Emotional Reason She Kept Her Coat On At The Grammys

Posted on 24/04/2024 by Boris Clair

In a Life In Looks video interview to accompany Vogue France’s May issue, the French-Canadian chanteuse described her surprise appearance as “very nerve-wracking, but at the same time, a big honour,” and later gushed about the “magic” and “excitement” of returning to show business once more.

And as it turns out, the much-discussed mustard yellow Valentino coat she wore over her pale-pink gown served a very specific, and emotional, purpose.

“I was like, ‘I can walk onstage with a coat?’ Oh, yeah! You can do whatever you want in fashion. Have a good time, wear that coat, own that coat, go for it,” Celine explained.

“And it made me feel better for a moment to hold onto this coat, to hide myself a little bit from all these little things.”

She then broke into a song with a few impromptu lines from her 2019 single Imperfections, which appeared on her most recent album, Courage.

Watch Celine Dion’s Life In Looks interview with Vogue below. Her remarks on the Grammy Awards begin around the 12:04 mark:

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Celine was greeted with a standing ovation as she walked out onstage ― accompanied by her 23-year-old son, René-Charles Angélil ― during the final moments of the Grammys in February, where she presented Taylor Swift with the award for Album Of The Year.

It was one of just a handful of public appearances that Celine has made in several years, and by far the most high-profile.

In December 2022, the five-time Grammy winner announced she’d been diagnosed with stiff-person syndrome, a rare and incurable neurological condition that has impacted both her livelihood and ability to perform live.

Speaking to Vogue France in an interview, Celine stressed that she hadn’t “beat the disease,” noting that she undergoes a regimen of “athletic, physical and vocal therapy” each week

Celine Dion, backstage at the 2024 Grammy Awards in February.

“The way I see it, I have two choices,” she explained. “Either I train like an athlete and work super hard, or I switch off and it’s over, I stay at home, listen to my songs, stand in front of my mirror and sing to myself. I’ve chosen to work with all my body and soul, from head to toe, with a medical team. I want to be the best I can be.”

As for a possible return to the concert stage and the recording studio, Celine appeared optimistic but did not specify a time frame.

“As things stand, I can’t stand here and say to you: ‘Yes, in four months.’ I don’t know … My body will tell me,” she said.

“On the other hand, I don’t just want to wait. It’s morally hard to live from day to day. It’s hard, I’m working very hard and tomorrow will be even harder. Tomorrow is another day. But there’s one thing that will never stop, and that’s the will. It’s the passion. It’s the dream. It’s the determination.”

For now, fans hoping to catch more of Celine can check out her forthcoming Amazon Prime Video documentary, I Am: Celine Dion.

Due out on 25 June, the film promises an in-depth look at the singer’s “journey toward living an open and authentic life amidst illness”.

I Kissed A Girl Announces New Narrator – And It’s Some Truly Genius Casting

Posted on 23/04/2024 by Boris Clair

On Monday evening, it was revealed that TikTok fave Charley Marlowe will serve as the narrator for I Kissed A Girl when it debuts next month.

“You lot are in for a bloody treat, because I’m going to be the voice of I Kissed A Girl, the UK’s first ever dating show for girls who like girls,” Charley said in an announcement.

“Although you won’t be seeing me on your screens, I did audition and I did in fact get pied for being too sexy. But never fear, we’ve got 10 single girls ready to mingle and one iconic host.”

And on the subject of that “iconic host” – Dannii Minogue will once again be on presenting duties, after winning praise from viewers for her work on I Kissed A Boy.

I Kissed A Girl will premiere on the BBC iPlayer on Sunday 5 May. Episodes will also be airing on BBC Three at 9pm on Sunday and Monday nights.

Patti Smith Reacts To Taylor Swift Name-Dropping Her On Tortured Poets Department

Posted on 22/04/2024 by Boris Clair

On her new album’s title track, The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor sings: “I laughed in your face and said, ‘You’re not Dylan Thomas / I’m not Patti Smith / This ain’t the Chelsea Hotel / We’re modern idiots’.”

In response, the New York counterculture icon posted a black-and whit- Instagram photo of herself smiling behind a copy of Dylan Thomas’ Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Dog.

“This is saying I was moved to be mentioned in the company of the great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas,” she captioned the post. “Thank you, Taylor.”

While Patti and Taylor may seem worlds apart, the Horses artist talked about sympathising with the Reputation singer in a 2019 profile for the New York Times.

Asked if artists like Taylor should be more politically engaged in the era of Donald Trump, Patti said: “She’s a pop star who’s under tremendous scrutiny all the time, and one can’t imagine what that’s like. It’s unbelievable to not be able to go anywhere, do anything, have messy hair.”

“And I’m sure that she’s trying to do something good,” the singer and former muse of Robert Mapplethorpe went on.

“She’s not trying to do something bad. And if it influences some of her avid fans to open up their thoughts, what does it matter?”

Last month, Patti gave her seal of approval to another modern pop star, when she co-signed Dua Lipa’s spot on Time’s annual list of 100 Most Influential People.

Sabrina Carpenter Ends Coachella Set With Racy Shout-Out For Barry Keoghan

Posted on 22/04/2024 by Boris Clair

Sabrina ended her performance on Saturday with a rendition of her hit Nonsense – including a rewritten version of the song’s outro with new lyrics that reference Barry’s film Saltburn.

“Made his knees so weak he had to spread mine, he’s drinking my bath water like it’s red wine,” she said.

The new lyric, of course, references one of Barry’s most iconic Saltburn scenes, in which his character Oliver Quick drinks the remnants of his friend Felix Catton’s bath water from a drain, after spotting him masturbating in the tub.

Sabrina and Barry were first rumoured to be an item at the end of last year.

Back in January, it was reported in the press that they had been planning to “hard launch” their relationship at the Golden Globes, where he was a nominee.

Before his rumoured romance with Sabrina, Barry was in a relationship with orthodontic therapist Alyson Kierans, with whom he shares a one-year-old son, Brando.

As well as Barry-related lyrics, Sabrina’s rewritten Nonsense outro ended: “Coachella see you back here when I headline.”

Rihanna Shares The 1 Thing That Helped Her Personal ‘Rediscovery’ After Having Children

Posted on 21/04/2024 by Boris Clair

Rihanna didn’t have to find love in a hopeless place; instead she found it in her very own closet after adjusting to motherhood.

While speaking with BBC News at the Wednesday launch party of her collaboration with Puma in London, the singer explained how she went through somewhat of a fashion metamorphosis following the birth of her two young sons, RZA and Riot.

“With the first pregnancy, I feel like I was able to wear heels all the way through,” she recalled.

“But then with the second pregnancy, you have a toddler, a belly, it’s winter, you have a coat, a baby bag. You’re like, heels? Hmm, maybe not. That’s why I got a little bit more creative with my comfortable style.”

The Fenty Beauty mogul shared her feelings that she got “too comfortable” in her second pregnancy, with Riot.

“And then I got too comfortable after I had my second kid and I just was in robes, PJs, sweats. And now I’m playing again. Now I’m having fun with my clothes,” she said.

Rihanna and her partner, A$AP Rocky, welcomed their first son, RZA, in May 2022. The “Diamonds” crooner gave birth to Riot in August 2023.

She said getting back to her fashionista vibes in public again has given her “a rediscovery”.

Rihanna donned a sheer black ensemble while attending the Dior show during Paris Fashion Week in March 2022.

Now that she’s gotten the hang of motherhood, she said, she’s able to “allow myself that space mentally to approach my closet and create stuff”.

“After a while when you have kids, you think [fashion] is the dumbest… it really is the least important thing,” Rihanna explained. “But it does something for you as a woman, and as a mum, that’s important for us.”

Rihanna notably broke the internet with her stylish, belly-baring maternity ensembles, so it’s totally on-brand that she explained to BBC News why she “refused to buy maternity clothes.”

“I approached it like everything else I approach in fashion,” she said. “I just want to do things my way. I just want to always stitch it up and put my own twist on it.”

“But I just refused to buy maternity clothes, really and truly. I was like, whatever fits was what’s going to work. And that made me challenge myself to get clever with style,” the singer added.

Baby Reindeer Cast: Here’s Where You’ve Seen The Stars Of The Drama Before

Posted on 20/04/2024 by Boris Clair

Since the arrival of Baby Reindeer on Netflix this month, fans have been shocked and moved by the powerful new show about one man’s stalking ordeal.

The miniseries follows pub worker Donny and his experience dealing with a stalker called Martha, while also exploring themes of sexual assault and mental health.

Viewers have been shocked to learn that the TV series is based on leading star Richard Gadd’s real life, and even depicts incidents that really happened to him.

Baby Reindeer also features a host of British TV acting talent, who you might just recognise from other popular series.

Here’s where you might have seen the cast of Baby Reindeer before…

Richard Gadd

Leading star and creator Richard Gadd is a writer, actor and comedian with an impressive theatre background.

Baby Reindeer actually started as a one-man show at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2019, and he’s since crossed over into TV.

His previous roles include Clique, Code 404, Urban Myths, Wedding Season and one episode of Outlander.

Richard also co-wrote an episode of Sex Education’s second season.

Jessica Gunning

Jessica Gunning actor delivers a thoughtful, multi-layered performance as Donny’s stalker Martha in Baby Reindeer.

She caught Richard’s eye thanks to her impressive TV resume including roles in The Outlaws, Back and Fortitude. Going back further, her credits range from Trollied, Jericho, What Remains and the UK version of Law & Order: UK.

You might also have also seen Jessica in films like Pride – which co-starred Dominic West, Andrew Scott, Bill Nighy and Imelda Staunton – or the 2020 WWII drama Summerland.

Nava Mau

Nava Mau plays the love interest Teri in Baby Reindeer, and is fairly new to the TV industry.

She has appeared in a few short films, but her biggest role so far was playing Ana in the US dramedy, Genera+ion alongside Justice Smith.

Tom Goodman-Hill

Tom Goodman-Hill plays Donny’s abuser, Darrien, in Baby Reindeer, appearing in some of the show’s most harrowing moments.

He previously appeared in episodes of Silent Witness, Cheat, Humans and Mr Selfridge, as well as the very first episode of Black Mirror, The National Anthem, playing an advisor to the fictional prime minister Michael Callow.

The actor was also in the 2020 film Rebecca and The Imitation Game with Benedict Cumberbatch and Keira Knightley.

Danny Kirrane

Before playing one of the managers at Donny’s pub job in Baby Reindeer, Danny Kirrane’s TV show appearances included The Sandman, The Serpent Queen and Trollied.

He also appeared in single episodes of British classics Skins and The Inbetweeners, and even had a role in the fifth Pirates Of The Caribbean film.

You might also remember Danny’s brief appearance in Game Of Thrones season seven playing one of the Stark soldiers who tries to turn away Arya at the gates of Winterfell alongside none other than Stranger Things’ Joseph Quinn.

Hugh Coles

Hugh plays a drama school friend of Donny’s in Baby Reindeer, having previously been in TV shows like Juice Dreamland, Atlanta, Death In Paradise and Defending The Guilty. He also made his film debut in 2018’s The Festival, from the creator of The Inbetweeners.

On the stage he played the original role of George McFly in the stage musical version of Back To The Future, which earned him a nomination at the 2022 Oliviers.

Michael Wildman

Emmerdale fans will of course know Michael for playing Al Chapman on the soap between 2019 and 2022. He also has TV credits in Marcella, Rellik, Back, Family Affairs and Casualty.

As for film roles, he’s had small and supporting appearances in films like Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw, Ready Player One, London Has Fallen and The Bourne Ultimatum. And, not that anyone would recognise Michael under all the prosthetics and makeup, he even played the centaur Magorian in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix.

Shalom Brune-Franklin

Before she landed the part of Donny’s ex-girlfiend Keeley in Baby Reindeer, you probably recognised from her performance as DC Chloe Bishop in Line Of Duty’s seventh season.

She also appeared in Our Girl, The Tourist and the 2023 TV adaptation of Great Expectations.

Nina Sosanya

Along with playing Hugh Grant’s private secretary Annie in Love Actually, Nina boasts a huge TV resume including Screw, Good Omens, His Dark Materials, Staged, Little Birds, Brave New World, Killing Eve, Marcella, Last Tango in Halifax, Shetland, Vera, Teachers.

She was also in the season two Doctor Who episode titled Fear Her in 2006.

Baby Reindeer is available to watch on Netflix now.

‘Underwhelming’ Or ‘A Triumph’? Critics Can’t Seem To Agree On Taylor Swift’s Tortured Poets Department

Posted on 19/04/2024 by Boris Clair

There are only a few artists in today’s music scene for whom an album release is a major event – and Taylor Swift is undoubtedly one of them.

On Friday morning, she unveiled her 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department, and began dominating the conversation not just because of the release’s candid lyrical themes (which seem to allude to her past romances with Joe Alwyn and Matty Healy), but also the fact it was followed by 15 more surprise tracks just a few hours later.

Critics have been sharing their verdict all morning – and they can’t seem to agree on a consensus.

Taylor pictured during her 2021 Grammys performance

While many are hailing The Tortured Poets Department as among Taylor’s strongest ever, others are claiming it’s on the “underwhelming” side.

And while some have said parts of the album feel like do-overs of musical tropes and lyrical themes Taylor has tried out before, others are hailing its innovation and new direction for the Grammy winner.

Take a read of some of the reviews (which we should point out were written before the second half of the album’s surprise release) below…

“One of the things the album most powerfully conveys is that Swift sees herself as very much a member of the titular department. Yes, there are songs that are surely about her relationship with Alwyn.

“But, through the skill of her songwriting (and I’m not sure it’s been better), Swift moves beyond the diaristic to something impressionistic and, yes, poetic. And universal.”

“The music is full of the pillowy synths and muted drums that served the hypnagogic vibes of her last album, Midnights, so well. That’s fine when she submits to grief, on a song like the delicately percolating Bad Down, but when she writes something salty and mischievous like Who’s Afraid Of Little Old Me? it gets suffocated by layers of echo and gauzy strings.

“Some of her vocals mannerisms have become overly familiar, too – like the staccato pitter-patter of her verses, and the hooks she SHOUTS FOR EMPHASIS. But a few tracks point towards new musical directions.”

“The Tortured Poets Department is extreme in its emotions and uninterested in traditional hits; not everyone will love it, but the ones who get it will adore it fiercely.

“As Swift continues this current astonishing run of superstardom, she has once again pushed herself to strike a new pose. It’s what makes her special — and what turns The Tortured Poets Department into yet another triumph.”

“Dissecting heartbreak, and the complications of trying to navigate it in the glare of public scrutiny, may well make for ripe songwriting fuel, but as an idea, it is nothing new. And sonically, The Tortured Poets Department feels like ground that has already been trodden.

“Its glacial, artfully restrained synth-pop frames the storytelling well, but will come as no surprise. That said, the way that Swift approaches the difficult and intensely complicated topic of fertility is both moving and refreshing.”

“This isn’t the breakup album — or the new-love album — you might’ve expected. Swift doesn’t portray herself precisely as a victim as she did in old tunes […] nor is there anything dewy-eyed about The Alchemy, which likens falling for a new guy to a chemical imbalance. The LP turns out to be something of a heel turn; it’s got a proudly villainous energy as Swift embraces her messiest and most chaotic tendencies.”

“On the simplest of terms, what we have here is a very smart, seductive, lyrically sharp set of smooth synth pop songs about affairs of the heart, crafted with love, intelligence and passion – another hugely appealing addition to Swift’s expanding canon.

“But it can be hard to disentangle the hook lines from the headlines on an album that is not so much a blockbuster entertainment release as a global news event, to be endlessly deciphered, decoded and deconstructed from gossip forums to business pages.”

“Less cluttered and more conversational than those on Midnights, [the lyrics] return Swift to what you might call her safe space, letting a well-known ex have it in no uncertain terms […] But if we’ve been here before, it’s still hard not to be impressed by Swift’s efficiency and wit […] or her ability to turn a celebrity boyfriend into a relatable archetype.”

“Tortured Poets has the intimate sound of Folklore and Evermore, but with a coating of Midnights synth-pop gloss […] It sounds as though Swift was shocked at how it felt to play her quietest songs live [on the Eras tour] and hear how gigantic they could be given enough room. So Tortured Poets feels like Swift writing those Folkmore-and-(especially)-Evermore ballads, but giving them that stadium power in the studio.”

“As was the case on Midnights, these melodic hooks take time to sink in. But trust me, they’ve got anchors – designed to lodge slowly and securely in the mental seabed. The stories will snag you and you’ll be surprised to find yourself humming choruses hours later.”

“Swift seems to be in tireless pursuit for superstardom, yet the negative public opinion it can come with irks her, and it’s a tired theme now plaguing her discography and leaving little room for the poignant lyrical observations she excels at. It’s why the pitfalls that mire her 11th studio album are all the more disappointing — she’s proven time and time again she can do better.”

“The Tortured Poets Department feels like it comes the closest of any of her 11 original albums to just drilling a tube directly into her brain and letting listeners mainline what comes out.

If you value this confessional quality most of all, she’s still peaking: As a culmination of her particular genius for marrying cleverness with catharsis, Tortured kind of feels like the Taylor Swift-est Taylor Swift record ever.”

“There’s certainly a sense that she’s pulling out all the stops on The Tortured Poets Department […] an immersive, cinematic affair that often feels more like an old Hollywood film script than a straightforward pop record.”

“Solid but underwhelming […] Swift has released eight albums in the last four years, and the influence of that hyperproductivity is evident in Tortured Poets. Production-wise, many of Swift’s collaborations with Jack Antonoff sound like Midnights B-sides, or worse, like 1989 Vault Tracks (essentially, C-sides). Songs that are brand new feel done before within this Taylor Swift Experience context.”

“In moments, her 11th album feels like a bloodletting: A cathartic purge after a major heartbreak delivered through an ascendant vocal run, an elegiac verse, or mobile, synthesised productions that underscore the powers of Swift’s storytelling. And there are surprises.”

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