No-one is recognised as knowing more about Hollywood and celebrities than David Hartnell MNZM. He’s not only spent a lifetime reporting on Hollywood’s trivia, gossip and scandals, but he counts many celebrities among his personal friends. Every Monday morning David will give you an exclusive weekly update on the gossip, scandals and trivia of Hollywood’s elite.
David is an award winning broadcaster and columnist he’s also the patron of The Variety Artists Club of New Zealand Inc. Her Majesty The Queen, awarded David the Insignia of a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit (formerly an MBE) in the Queen’s birthday Honours list 2011. In 2012 he was made an Ambassador St James Saviours, the trust formed to save the iconic Auckland theatre. In 2014 he was made an Ambassador to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand.
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Known by some as the ‘Godfather of gossip’, David Hartnell MNZM has amassed a fabulous resource of detail about Hollywood and television movies and stars throughout his long career interviewing celebrities and reporting on trivia, gossip and scandals. His knowledge ranges easily from the 1950s to the present day.
Now David has written this quiz book as a celebration of the rich variety that the movies and television have brought us over many decades, and the personalities who’ve been working in both industries. Presented in an entertaining but informative fashion, the more than 1,700 questions and answers are arranged in rounds of three, with answers close by. There are also specialty feature quizzes with questions related to a single subject, such as Oscar-winning films, Lord of the Rings, Sequels and Remakes, even TV pets. Collected trivia about celebrities and stars also feature as interesting snippets through the book. People love to be an authority on celebrities – the celebrity pages are the most popular pages of any magazine.
Whether it is used for pub quiz nights, parties or even long car trips, David Hartnell’s Celebrity Quiz Book will highlight to a wide audience the important milestones in the development of this most popular of cultures, and test how well you really know the world of entertainment.
This book will appeal to everyone who watches television or film.This is his ninth book.
Available in all good books store’s and on line, published by New Holland $19.99.;
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Monday 7th March 2016
I’m not one to gossip but….We have just returned after spending a month in America, doing interviews and stories, best of all spending four days in Disneyland…say no more!
Somboon and I booked a state room on the Queen Victoria which was doing her world trip from Southampton to Southampton. We joined the ship in America and cruised back to New Zealand.
What a beautiful ship the Queen Victoria is, a wonderful elegant way to cruise if you ever get the chance to sail on her – just go for it.
Must say after a month away, I’m finding it hard to get back into
work..funny that!
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The late Robin Williams has been honoured by the San Francisco Bay Area with a special tribute almost two years after his death.
The late comedian – who lived and tragically died in Marin County – has been
recognised with a new homage to his life and career with a renaming of the
famous Waldo tunnel.
The passage connects the Golden Gate Bridge to Marin County, and is now
known as the Robin Williams Tunnel months after government officials
revealed their plans.
It is touching that it was previously nicknamed the Rainbow Tunnel – due to the colours on the outside arch – given the actor’s costume in Mork & Mindy featuring rainbow braces.
Williams sent shockwaves around the world when he committed suicide in August 2014 at the age of 63.
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Cynthia Nixon would love to step back into the shoes of attorney and mom
Miranda Hobbs in another Sex and the City movie.
‘I would love to do it,’ the actress told E! Online over the weekend at the
Independent Spirit Awards.
Nixon says she is asked by fans all the time when there is going to be
another film featuring Miranda, Carrie (Sarah Jessica Parker), Samantha (Kim Cattrall) and Charlotte (Kristin Davis).
The first feature film featuring the adventures of four best friends in New York City came in 2010 and was a box office sensation. The 2012 sequel, while still quite profitable, was not as successful as the first movie and put a question mark on whether there would ever be a third big screen instalment.
The original TV series ran on HBO from 1998 through 2004. Nixon says she’s on board for another movie if series creator “Michael Patrick King thought there was a story there that he wanted to write and tell.’
But don’t ask Nixon to come up with a future for her character and that of the other ladies. ‘I do not have a story in mind,’ she says. ‘Luckily that’s not my department.’
Nixon was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award this year for her performance as a woman dying of cancer in the film James White.
She didn’t win but her trophy shelf is already quite impressive with a Tony Award for the play Rabbit Hole, Emmys for Sex and the City and Law & Order: Special Victims Unit and a Grammy Award for best spoken word album for reading for An Inconvenient Truth.
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The 69-year-old Sylvester Stallone who starred in the movie Creed was
nominated for Best Supporting Actor at the 2016 Oscars last week, but the
award went to Mark Rylance for his role in Bridge of Spies.
Sylvester posted an encouraging note on Instagram following the ceremony
that showcased his positive attitude despite the loss.
“To all the ‘real Rocky’s’ of the world, Please hang on to your dreams,
NEVER GIVE IN , NEVER GIVE OUT , NEVER GIVE UP! thanks for the support,” he wrote.
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Amy Adams looks super sultry on the April 2016 cover of British GQ magazine.
Here’s what the 41-year-old actress shared with the mag:
On David O. Russell making her cry during American Hustle filming: He did. I was really just devastated on set. I mean, not every day, but most.
Jennifer (Lawrence) doesn’t take any of it on. She’s Teflon. And I am not Teflon. But I also don’t like to see other people treated badly.. It’s not ok with me. Life to me is more important than movies. It really taught me how to separate work and home. Because I was like, I cannot bring this experience home with me to my daughter.
On knowing she was being paid less than her male co-stars: Yeah, I did. I didn’t speak about it before and I’m probably not going to speak about it forever, because I disagreed with, not Jennifer per se, but people who had opinions on how women should go about negotiating. The truth is we hire people to negotiate on our behalf, men and women. I knew I was being paid less and I still agreed to do it because the option comes down to do it or don’t do it. So you just have to decide if it’s worth it for you. It doesn’t mean I liked it.
On Jennifer’s open letter addressing the pay gap: I’m really proud of Jennifer. What I liked is that it was not necessarily about getting paid, or not getting paid. It’s like we [women] have been conditioned to not be controversial, to not cause problems. It’s about finding your voice.
For more Amy, visit GQ-Magazine.co.uk.
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Rihanna looks fierce as she channels her inner country girl on the cover of British Vogue magazine’s April 2016 issue.
On her new show collection with Manolo Blahnik: “The day I see a woman in the street wearing my shoes, I am sorry for that woman because I’m going to literally run after her, shouting, ‘Stop! Selfie! Who are you? Where did you get them?’ I’m going to have a moment! Those boots are dangerous! If you’re trying to get back home to your bed, don’t wear them boots! You will get kidnapped in those boots, those boots are trouble.”
On her mother Monica: “Oh my goodness, my mother – she is a woman’s woman. I was obsessed with everything she did then, everything she wore, her scent, her shoes and her scarves. That was the glamour I wanted to be part of.”
For more from Rihanna, visit Vogue.co.uk!
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We had to laugh at the National Enquirer story accusing Leonardo DiCaprio of “Oscar worthy hypocrisy” when it comes to saving the planet.
In his Oscar acceptance speech Leo rambled on about climate change and the need for everyone to work together. (Meaning everyone but HIMSELF!) The Enquirer quoted Leo as saying “Our planet cannot be saved unless we leave fossil fuels in the ground where they belong!”
Yet Leo doesn’t give up his OWN comforts. The tabloid pointed out that Leo consistently flies by PRIVATE JET and frequently is seen lounging on gigantic yachts that guzzle enormous quantities of fuel. Of course he owns huge homes and properties in New York
and LA that use massive amounts of water and electricity. But he cares about the environment, so he wants US to conserve!
J Chalton Hollywood
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Grand Duchess Anastasia Nikolaevna Romanova is coming back to life again – on Freeform.
Deadline reports that the network is developing a series from McG based on
the once thought missing Grand Duchess.
The series will be set in vibrant Paris during the roaring 1920’s, and follows Anastasia after her escape from Communist Russia. While her sights are set on avenging the death of her family, she joins forces with an elite espionage agency that’s working to prevent another world war.
By day, Anastasia is a former princess trying to blend into a normal life, but by night, she’s acting as the world’s first female spy, influencing some of the biggest events in the first part of the 20th century.
In reality, Anastasia was killed at age 17, along with her sisters Olga, Tatiana and Maria, brother Alexei and parents Nicholas II and Alexandra during the Bolshevik revolution in 1917. After investigators could not locate her body, it was rumoured that she had escaped and survived, with a number of young women coming forward, claiming to be her.
However, Anastasia was one of the bodies discovered. Maria’s body was recovered from another location.
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Now that Fuller House got picked up for a second season on Netflix, fans are
still wondering whether we’ll see a cameo by Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
But according to E! News, the 29-year-old fashion designers still don’t have
any interest in appearing on the show.
“I’m friends with both of them, I love them a lot and they just didn’t really want to act that much, that’s not what they do,” star Bob Saget recently told the site. “It would be fun if the show is a success, comes back and then they could show up. I don’t know. They will do what they want and I love them a lot.”
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American actor Zac Efron takes a look through his binoculars while filming a boat scene for his movie Baywatch in Boca Raton, Fla.
The 28-year-old actor was joined on set that day by his co-star Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and both of their stunt doubles.
David Chokachi, the star of the Baywatch television series, recently spoke
to E! News and said Zac is having trouble swimming in the ocean.
“Alexandra Paul, who is Stephanie on the show, her husband trains triathletes and I know he’s training Zac Efron to be ocean competent.
Nothing against Zac, but I heard he’s got a little struggle going on with
his affiliation with the ocean,” David said. “He’s having a little trouble, let’s put it that way.
“People think, ‘Oh, we’re gonna go swim in the ocean.’ But it’s different. If you’re actually going to portray a lifeguard, there’s a lot going on-how you enter the water, how you get to a victim.You gotta be legit or you’re gonna look like crap on TV,” David added. “I’m sure he’s struggling because I trained for like three months before we started filming with a real
lifeguard, Mike Newman. He kicked my butt. It was hard. The water’s freezing, you’re running in your shorts, and you’re spending a lot of time in the water, and the waves, you kinda get used to it.”
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For you who are old enough to remember Tommy Steele, here’s an update. He has just featured in an extraordinary new stage production of The Glenn Miller Story, which has just completed a very successful 11 week tour of the UK.
The Glenn Miller Story with Tommy Steele will feature a live 16 piece authentic Glenn Miller orchestra as well as a company of singers, dancers and actors telling the life story of one the 20th Century’s most iconic
musicians.
For the past 15 or so years Bill Kenwright and his idol Tommy Steele have had supper two or three times every year to talk about the past (mainly Tommy’s past, as Bill can never have enough of Tommy’s stories about rock ‘n roll’s golden era!) the present (Scrooge or Doctor Dolittle) and the future (“we’ve got to find a show Tommy which I can produce for more than 10 weeks in the year like Scrooge!”)
The “let’s find another show” conversations have been long and varied. And have possibly included adaptations of every screen musical ever written. It was when discussing a particular favourite of theirs; the James Stewart box office smash The Glenn Miller Story, that Bill discovered that his all-encompassing love for Elvis was equal only to Tommy’s adoration for Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. Bill learned that Tommy is a true devotee; travelling all over the world to hear what remains of the original Orchestral Sounds, and is steeped in the knowledge and the glory of what Glenn Miller did for popular music.
Tommy enthused that Glenn changed the face of it from 1939 – 1943 when he was the most popular recording artist in
the world. Some might say similar to what Elvis did from the mid 50’s when he too was the most popular recording artist in the world.
The thought of Tommy Steele and The Glenn Miller Story was a wonderful opportunity to create something special in the mind of a producer like Bill. However, as Tommy told him, there was an obvious problem! Although he’s still one of this country’s greatest “8 shows a week” song and dance men, Tommy was too old to play Glenn! It was three years later – at a dinner party celebrating Tommy’s award as the Most Popular Entertainer of All Time at the London Palladium – that they came up with what they believed to be the answer!! What was it?? Come and see for yourself when The Glenn Miller Story is at a theatre near you. But here’s a clue – Tommy Steele will not be the Narrator.
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ONE CONCERT OVER 25 BOWIE MASTERPIECES SIX ACCLAIMED ARTISTS – NZ’S FINEST MUSICIANS.
Auckland Wellington Christchurch 15, 16 & 19 April
C O M E T O G E T H E R T O C E L E B R A T E I N A
S P E C T A C U L A R E X P L O S I O N O F S O U N D A N D V I S I O N
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FEATURING
EDDIE RAYNER – Split Enz
FINN ANDREWS – The Veils
JORDAN LUCK – Jordan Luck band
ALASTAIR RIDDELL – Space Waltz
ZAINE GRIFF – The Human Instinct
INTRODUCING THE EXTRAORDINARY VOCAL TALENTS OF OLYMPIA & SKYSCRAPER STAN
TAKE YOUR PROTEIN PILLS, PUT ON YOUR RED SHOES AND LET YOURSELF GO!
BOWIE: WAITING IN THE SKY is a salute to an unprecedented musical force and an icon of boundless possibility. Style savant, visionary and a true master of performance, David Bowie’s peerless legacy will be honoured in a spectacular concert – an explosion of sound and vision honouring Major Tom, Ziggy Stardust, the Thin White Duke and the Man Who Fell to Earth, in a spectacular gesture of thanks befitting a true legend.
January 10, 2016 was the day the world stood still. The mourning of David Bowie brought an outpouring of emotion as millions felt the loss of a guiding light for fearless invention and breathtaking beauty spanning generations.
As the shock fades, what remains is a universe of song as deep as the gratitude of those who follow. Space Oddity, Changes, Starman, Life On Mars?, Jean Genie, Rebel Rebel, Fame, Golden Years, Heroes, Ashes To Ashes, Let’s Dance and dozens more all-time classics shaped the progressive edge of rock’n’roll for decades.
FOR THE MUSIC INDUSTRY AND FANS – THE ONLY WAY FORWARD IS TO CELEBRATE HIS LEGACY
THE ARTISTS AND BAND
The awe inspiring mastery of Eddie Rayner’s Dark Horses band featuring some of NZ’s finest award-winning musicians, will deliver that authentic Wall of Sound synonymous with Bowie. Fronting the band are outstanding artists with chilling vocal talent, capturing the incredible range and performance of this musical genius.
PREPARE TO HAVE YOUR MINDS BLOWN!
BIOs
Eddie Rayner – Split Enz | Crowded House
Keyboard wizard, producer, songwriter and musical director extraordinaire, Eddie Rayner is known to the world as the musical backbone of 12 years and ten albums with Split Enz. His five decades in the spotlight have taken him from Space Waltz to The Makers, Crowded House to Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Paul McCartney to the NZ Symphony Orchestra and two solo albums, Horse and Play It Straight.
Finn Andrews – The Veils
Finn Andrews’ morphing art-rock band The Veils has cut a dramatic swathe from Auckland to London to Los Angeles since their arrival on the UK indie frontier in the early 2000s. Renowned for his possessed stage presence and rich, dark lyrical content, Finn’s songs have appeared in films by Tim Burton and Paulo Sorrentino. Time Stays, We Go was made in LA and Abbey Road in 2013. A fifth album is under construction.
Jordan Luck* – The Exponents | Jordan Luck Band
“Legend” is a word suffering from chronic overuse these days, but when it comes to Jordan Luck, the word regains its full meaning and one the NZ public associates with this true blue Kiwi artist. This affection is obviously felt among his musical peers as well, who bestowed Jordan the honour of Inaugural Inductee into the New Zealand Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of
Fame.
As front man and pop-writing genius with the legendary Exponents, he clocked up a staggering 18 Top 40 singles over the years, with Victoria recently voted by public as the 8th greatest song of all time.
* Performing in Auckland and Christchurch
Alastair Riddell – Space Waltz
A true child of bohemia, Alistair Riddell’s fate was sealed with The Beatles’ New Zealand tour of 1964, but it was the glam rock eruption of the early ’70s that made him a star. Featuring several future members of Split Enz, Space Waltz made instant impact with the classic Out In the Street in 1974. An overnight #1, it was voted into APRA NZ’s Top 50 songs of all time, and launched Alastair as our premier Stardust revolutionary.
Zaine Griff – Human Instinct
Zaine Griff is an Auckland born singer-songwriter who formed part of the English new wave scene of the 1980s. He had the kind of chic cred and looks other aspiring pop stars would have killed for. Although beginning as a musician in New Zealand, he moved to England in the 1970s, where he continued with his artistic and musical career, becoming a solo artist. He has had his work produced by David Bowie’s legendary producer, Tony Visconti. An excellent musician, songwriter and performer, he worked with Lindsay Kemp in arts, and The Human Instinct, The Kinks, David Bowie, Kate Bush and Hans Zimmer, in music.
Olympia
One of Australia’s most mercurial pop discoveries of recent years, Olivia Bartley playing under the moniker Olympia, features one the of most incredible voices in Australian music today. She has been described as “the best kept secret in Australian music right now.”
Olivia cut her teeth on the folk circuit of the early 2000s before making an assured left turn into the majestic conceptual pop of 2014’s Atlantis EP. After signing with EMI and touring as part of Paul Dempsey’s band, she made her richly composed 2016 debut Self Talk with producer Burke Reid (Courtney Barnett, the Drones, Sarah Blasko).
Skyscraper Stan – The Commission Flats
Skyscraper Stan Woodhouse blew out of Auckland like a dustbowl drifter around 2012 and made himself an indispensible part of Melbourne’s twangsome roots scene with and without his old-time rockin’ combo The Commission
Flats. Part medicine show barker and part campfire troubadour, Stan took his tall tales far and wide with his swinging harmony debut album of 2015, Last Year’s Tune.
Buy Tickets
Auckland – April 15 – ASB theatre – Ticketmaster
Wellington – April 16 – St James Theatre – Ticketek
Christchurch – April 19 – Isaac Theatre Royal – Ticketek
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The lovely Jennifer Lawrence poses with a variety of different handbags for the new spring-summer 2016 Dior campaign.
The 25-year-old Oscar winning actress was photographed by Mario Sorrenti inside a Paris apartment for the new campaign images.
The campaign notes that Jennifer “embodies the modernity and timeless elegance of Christian Dior.”
Be on the lookout for Jennifer’s full campaign, which is set to hit this month!
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English actor Eddie Redmayne didn’t win a second consecutive Academy Award
this year but while he was in Los Angeles for the Oscars, he met with a large group of homeless LGBTI youth.
Redmayne, Oscar nominated this year for his portrayal of a pioneering
transgender woman in The Danish Girl, had breakfast with about 70 young
people after he toured the Los Angeles LGBT Centre’s Youth Centre.
The winner of the best actor Oscar a year ago for The Theory of Everything talked with Centre CEO Lorri L. Jean about the education and employment programmes offered to help and empower these youth to build successful, independent lives for themselves.
About 40% of the youth experiencing homelessness in Los Angeles are LGBT or questioning and many have been kicked out of their family homes simply because of their sexual orientation on gender identity.
The problem is especially acute for transgender youth who are far more likely to suffer violence and abuse on the streets and who have a much more difficult time finding employment,’ Redmayne says in a short video message he made to promote the centre’s fundraising efforts.
‘Fortunately, the centre is here for them.’
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Salma Hayek recently posted on Instagram about how her 9-year-old dog Mozart was found shot to death on her ranch in Washington State. I immediately screamed, “MURDER!” But it turns out that it was an accident and the investigation is closed.
The Seattle Times says a neighbour told investigators with the Thurston County Sheriff’s Office that he fired a pellet gun at Mozart Hayek because the dog was causing trouble. The neighbours say that Mozart attacked his two dogs so he fired a pellet gun to scare the dog off. It did a whole lot more than scare Mozart off. That pellet sent poor Mozart’s soul to heaven. The neighbour claims that he didn’t know that he shot Mozart. A vet said that a lead pellet hit one of Mozart’s arteries and he bled to death.
Salma wasn’t at her ranch at the time. A caretaker went for a horseback ride with a few of Salma’s dogs. When they got to the end of the road, the dogs, including Mozart, heard the sound of barking and ran toward the neighbour’s house. The caretaker didn’t go after them. The wife of the neighbour who shot Mozart said that he regularly used to go onto their property to fight with their dogs. Her husband finally had it and fired what he thought was a warning shot. She said that they’re very sorry that Mozart died.
“I’m still coming to terms with all of this, as you can imagine. We didn’t even know we killed a dog. To find out we killed a dog that belonged to a high profile person, I’m in shock. My heart is broken. I’m really sorry that the dog died.”
Investigators ruled the shooting as “justified,” but they still passed the case over to prosecutors who will review it. So many questions. Why hasn’t Salma built a fence? Why did the caretaker just let the dogs go like that? Why didn’t the neighbour scare Mozart off in a harmless way?
I know that both of their ranches are probably many acres big, but this is definitely going to cause a whole lot of tension. My neighbour’s dog once pissed on my front door mat in front of me and I never stopped throwing them dirty looks. So I can’t even imagine the kind of looks Salma is going to throw at the neighbour who shot her dog.
Rest in peace again, Mozart.
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Some DVDs to keep an eye out for!
GAME OF THRONES
Game of Thrones returns for its fifth epic award-winning season. In the wake of the shocking conclusion to Season 4, this season opens with a power vacuum in Westeros and a scramble to fill it. At Castle Black, Jon Snow must balance the demands of the Night’s Watch with those of the newly arrived Stannis Baratheon.
Meanwhile, Cersei Lannister struggles to hold on to power in King’s Landing; Jaime embarks on a secret mission; Arya seeks out an old friend; Tyrion, now a fugitive, finds a new cause; and Daenerys finds that her tenuous hold on the city of Meereen requires hard sacrifices.
Special Features include: New Characters and Locations, Anatomy of an Episode, The Real History of Game of Thrones, A Day In The Life, Deleted Scenes and Episode Commentaries.
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LUTHER: SERIES 4
The Golden Globe-Winning series starring Idris Elba returns for Season 4. Still reeling from Ripley’s death, John Luther (Elba) has left the force and retired to a remote cliff top. When he discovers the one person he still loves might be dead, Luther has one aim – find whoever’s responsible and make them pay.
Meanwhile, a savagely intelligent killer is leaving a trail of bodies but no trace of his identity. Luther realises he must return to the job – only he can immerse himself in the killer’s complex psychosis and anticipate his next move. But John’s personal problems are stacking up too, and he will need to compromise his moral code once more. This is his toughest test yet – one that will push him closer to the edge than he’s ever been before.
Special features include: Behind the Scenes and In Cold Blood.
DOCTOR FOSTER
Written by award-winning writer Mike Bartlett and directed by Tom Vaughan, Doctor Foster tells the story of a woman seemingly in control: she is a trusted GP, the heart of her town, a woman people can trust. But Doctor Gemma Foster’s life is about to explode: when she suspects her husband is having an affair she is determined to find out the truth. She throws herself into an investigation that is going to propel her, her family, and even some of her patients, into chaos. Bit by bit, Doctor Foster uncovers secrets that shock her to the core. Now she has to choose how to react. One thing is certain – she is going to behave in ways she could never have imagined.
Starring: Suranne Jones (Scott & Bailey), Bertie Carvel (Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell)
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Until next week….my lips are sealed!
Copyright David H. W. Hartnell MNZM 2016
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Monday 1st February 2016
I’m not one to gossip but………..I’m taking a break for a few weeks, the next column will be posted on Monday 7th March.
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Pixar have revealed a new teaser trailer for Finding Dory.
Starring Ellen DeGeneres as the forgetful fish, this is the sequel to the 2003 megahit Finding Nemo.
The majority of the film takes place at the Marine Biology Institute of California, where Dory discovers she was born there and freed into the ocean at a young age.
‘I think that fish should be in the ocean…It’s what this whole sequel is about,’ Ellen has said. ‘It’s about rehabilitation and putting them back in the ocean,’ DeGeneres added to Yahoo Movies. ‘We have to protect our oceans. Hopefully that discussion starts with this film, because we really need to protect that environment.’
Diane Keaton, Eugene Levy, Idris Elba and Dominic West all also star in the film. Finding Dory will be released on 29 July in the USA.
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Reality star Kris Jenner, 60, recently opened up about the O. J. Simpson and Nicole Brown Simpson she knew before the murder trial.
“[O.J. and Nicole] were two of the best friends I ever had in my entire life,” Kris told People magazine ahead of the premiere of American Crime Story, which tackles the details of the case.
“I went to bed one night and I woke up the next morning and my entire universe had changed. They were two of the best friends I ever had in my entire life. They were my family. O.J. was like my big brother. So I not only mourned the loss of Nicole, but I mourned the loss of O.J. and that relationship,” Kris said. “I have these vivid memories of an amazing friendship and a life that we all had together. She was funny, she was beautiful and loyal and passionate and the best mom I had ever met.”
“I saw all the pictures and the police reports and I heard tapes of Nicole calling 911 [after she was abused by O.J.],” Kris added. “That was stuff I didn’t know anything about. I beat myself up because I felt like I wasn’t paying attention. Like, how did I miss this? But that’s typical in an abusive relationship – that the woman doesn’t speak out about how she’s being treated.”
“My heart breaks because of all the pain and suffering she went through. I wish I had noticed the signs. She was fighting for her life many days I’m sure. I try to pay attention to things more now. I follow my intuition.
“Domestic violence is a real tragedy in our lives,” says Jenner. “[Nicole’s death] could have been prevented. I have five daughters so of course I want women everywhere, especially women of this new generation, to know the story. They need to realize that they have a voice and they need to tell somebody if someone has hurt them. And if Nicole’s legacy can be protecting other women, then that would be a really positive thing.”
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Oprah Winfrey just got a little bit more richer thanks to her endorsement of Weight Watchers.
The 61-year-old media mogul posted a video on Twitter announcing that she has lost 26 pounds so far on the diet plan, all while still eating bread.
“I lost 26 pounds, and I have eaten bread every single day,” Oprah says in the clip.
Right after Oprah sent out the tweet, the Weight Watchers stock went up by a little over $2 per share. Seeing as she owns six million shares in the company, that means the valuation of her share in the company went up by $12 million (US) because of the tweet!
Just because the stock price went up, it doesn’t mean that Oprah has $12 million (US) more in her bank account though. She will have to sell the shares to receive the money.
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David Duchovny proudly shows off his star on The Hollywood Walk of Fame during the ceremony held on Monday (January 25) in Hollywood.
The 55-year-old actor and Gillian Anderson, his The X-Files co-star, graced the cover of Variety’s recent issue, where they dished on their current relationship.
Here’s what they said about working together:
“The crucible of doing that show made monsters out of both of us. Once we got to step back, it was like, ‘Oh, wow, we really like each other. I didn’t know that was going to happen. The way we work together has changed,” David said. “Whatever rapport we have as actors, we earned. It’s nice to be able to play that without ever even feeling like you’re playing it.
“Our relationship has definitely become a proper friendship over the last few years. I think we’re more on each other’s side. We’re more aware of the other’s needs, wants, concerns, and mindful to take those into consideration— and just sharing more about our experiences in the moment, under the sudden realisation that we’re both in this together, and wouldn’t it be nice if it were collaboration?” Gillian added.
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Broadway legend Chita Rivera turns 83 last week, and she is still working on stage in the US knocking em dead.
That would certainly be the case with Chita who earned a best actress in a musical Tony Award nomination last year for her performance in The Visit.
She is a national treasure and two-time Tony winner whose Broadway credits include Kiss of the Spider Woman, Bye Bye Birdie, Sweet Charity, West Side Story, Nine, Jerry’s Girls, The Rink, and Chicago, among many others.
Below is an in-depth, on-stage interview Chita did late last year.
Chita Rivera performs “America” from West Side Story and “All That Jazz” from Chicago on the 1982 TV special
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A new poster for Steven Spielberg’s upcoming movie The BFG, based on the book by Roald Dahl, has been revealed!
The BFG follows 10-year-old Sophie, as she befriends the Big Friendly Giant, who is unlike all the other scarier giants. The BFG brings Sophie to Dream Country where he collects dreams and sends them to children, teaching her all about the magic and mystery of dreams. Sophie and the BFG soon depart for London to see Queen Victoria and warn her of the precarious giant situation, but they must first convince the Queen and her maid, Mary, that giants do indeed exist. Together, they come up with a plan to get rid of the giants once and for all.
In the new poster, Sophie is seen standing on the toes of the 24-foot tall giant.
The BFG is set to hit theaters July this year.
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The 69-year-old actor Sylvester Stallone recently opened about how the death of his son Sage in 2012 affected his decision to do Creed.
“Every time you can vent emotions that are real, I think that’s very helpful,” Sly said, “Most importantly, I want to respect his memory. I think we did, so it was good.”
Sly says “it took a while” to commit to the project. “I really didn’t want to do it — I swear to you. It’s just too painful. It’s rough. There is no closure. There is nothing. The wonderful thing about acting is that it’s a release. I can take some solace in that.”
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According to the Evening Standard, a U.K. pop-up restaurant, Lucky Chip, recently had to change the name of their “Mark Wahlberg” burger after he sent a cease-and-desist letter through his lawyers.
“Fair enough if we were in America trying to compete with his brand, I could understand that, but we’re a small company and it’s quite fun and laidback,” founder Ben Denner told the outlet. “I don’t think we’ve disrespected him in any way. Personally, I would have thought he’d be happy…There are no hard feelings from my end. I hope he comes in for lunch one day.”
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Here’s some whoops moment’s from the movies.
In the Walt Disney’s The Story of Robin Hood, Maid Marian wears a gown with a zip in the back, which weren’t invented until many years later.
In the 1985 movie St. Elmo’s Fire there’s a scene where Demi Moore and Rob Lowe are making out in a jeep. Watch very carefully and you’ll see her dangling earrings come and go several times.
The 1998 block buster movie Titanic was handsomely praised for its recreation of the disaster by swooping 11 Oscars. But there were a number of so-called blunders right through the smash hit movie.
During the memorable scene between Jack and Rose’s “I’m flying” scene on the Titanic’s bow, we see the sun setting off the giant ships port side. Now in reality if this were true the ship would be steaming north, instead of west heading to New York where it was going.
Passengers at the service are herd singing from a hymn, Eternal Father, Strong to Save but that hymn wasn’t written until 1937 some twenty five years after the disaster. The Picasso painting, Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, is seen among the art works Rose and her fiancé Cal were taking to New York. All the artwork went down with the ship and lost, but that painting is on display today at the New York Museum of Modern Art.
In the movie it’s stated that the third class passengers, who Jack was, are barred from any of the services in the ships first-class dining room. When infact all religious services where open to all on board, no matter where they were on the ship.
Lake Wissota is a manmade lake, created back in 1917. But in the movie Jack say’s he went fishing there, remember, the Titanic sank in April 1912. As the ship was sinking, First officer William Murdoch shoots a passenger and then turns the gun on himself. History reports that First officer William Murdoch only fired warning shots from his gun and went down with the ship. The movies executives were forced to apologies to the residents of Murdoch’s Scottish home town, where to this day he’s been hailed as a hero for his efforts to help save many of the passengers on board that fateful night.
Keep your eyes peeled in the movie The Two Jakes which stars Jack Nicholson and is set in the 1940’s. In one scene Jack walks past a very 90’s automatic bank teller.
In the 1990 movie L.A. Story as Victoria Tennant’s car starts rolling away, she jumps into the driver’s seat and Steve Martin into the passenger side. A few minutes later in the movie you see Steve getting out of the driver’s side, there was not mention of them ever stopping to change sides.
In the movie Batman his hench man defaces a Rembrandt painting in a gallery, but when the hench man dances by the painting a moment or two later the painting is still untouched.
In the movie Jagged Edge (1985), Glen Close’s outfit changes three times in the mildest of a single sequence. When she enters the court room with Jeff Bridges she wearing a grey suit, then she gets up and makes her opening arguments standing before the judge wearing a dark blue suit with a white blouse, then a few minutes later, without leaving the courtroom, she’s seen questing a witness wearing a dark brown suit and a light brown blouse.
There’s a fight in a night club dressing room in the movie The Man with the Golden Gun starring Roger Moore playing James Bond. During the scuffle a dressing table mirror is knocked off the dressing table and for a brief second or two you catch a glimpse of the camera crew in its reflection, the next moment, the mirror is like magic back in its original place on the dressing table.
In the movie Forest Gump an early scene recreates the integration of the University of Alabama. A newscaster announces “Here by videotape is the encounter…” Videotape? In 1963? Then Gump and Dan Taylor go shrimp fishing and reel in a Mello Yello drink can. Remember this is now the mid 70’s, but Mello Yello wasn’t manufactured until 1979. After President Reagan’s assassination, Gump calls on his sweetheart Jenny, and she shows him her scrapbook on Gump, which included a clipping from the American newspaper USA Today dated 1978, but USA Today wasn’t published until 1982. Then when Gump visits Jenny’s grave, he says; “You died on a Saturday,” but the head stone is marked March 22, 1982, which happened to be a Monday.
When Captain Kirk plunges of a cliff in the Star Trek V movie, a wire supporting him around his waist is clearly visible.
In the Star Wars 1977 movie, way towards the end of the movie when Princess Leia, played by Carrie Fisher, rushes to welcome Luke Skywalker, played by Mark Hamill, back from the final battle, if you listen very carefully through the noisy tumult you can hear Luke shout “Carrie” instead of Leia.
Don McLean’s hit number American Pie was released in 1979, which wasn’t very authentic when the 1989 movie Born On The Fourth Of July set in the era of 1968-69 had the song playing in the background.
There is a huge blooper in the 1988 movie Twins starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito. Watch out for the bottle of beer which standing on the left-hand towel dispenser like magic it moves to the one on the right during a restroom visit from the twins.
In the 1956 movie The King And I you can clearly see Yul Brynner’s earrings move from one ear to the other in the same scene.
In Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1954 movie, Rear Window the plaster cast on James Stewart’s leg jumps from his left leg to his right for an entire scene.
In the 1990 movie Ghost Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore are covered in potter’s clay during one scene, but hey presto the clay magically disappears from their hands and clothing when they turn away to make love.
In Pretty Woman 1990 Julia Roberts removes Richard Gere’s tie. The suddenly, the next shot shows him wearing the tie, only to have it disappear again a few seconds later.
A reporter shoves a tape recorder in front of Harrison Ford as he leaves the courtroom in the 1990 movie Presumed Innocent it’s easy to see that the tape recorder didn’t have a tape in it.
When McCauley Culkin’s mum, played by Catherine O’Hara in the 1990 movie Home Alone leaves Paris, she departs on an American Airlines flight 767. But when she arrives she on an American flight numbered 757, how did she change planes in mid air?
In the 1957 movie Jailhouse Rock, Elvis Presley is seen standing between two policemen wearing his prison uniform #6239, in another scene it magically becomes #6240.
In 1990 when Audrey Hepburn visited Auckland, New Zealand as UNICEF’s goodwill ambassador in front of a huge outdoor rally, kiwi radio DJ Danny Watson who was the master of ceremonies, welcomed her as “Katharine Hepburn.” The then 60-year-old actress never blinked or stirred a mussel. Then in 1992 history repeated its self, in San Francisco she was being presented with the keys of the city when Mayor Frank Jordan called her “Katharine.” Again she never blinked.
At the start of E.T. 1982, Drew Barrymore and her mother played by Dee Wallace are eating their dinner. Keep your eye on Drew’s hamburger it goes from half-eaten to a whole new hamburger, and then it completely vanishes.
In the 1986 movie Black Moon Rising Tommy Lee Jones is shot at seven times from a six shooter gun.
Chevy Chase impersonates a doctor during a scene in the 1985 movie Fletch. During the front shots Chevy is seen wearing his stethoscope in his ears, when he’s seen from the back it’s hanging around his neck.
Lou Diamond Phillips wear silver tipped cowboy boots for most of the 1990, movie The First Power. But when he climbs through a church window he wearing sneakers, but the shot of him jumping back out of the church window and running down the road he’s again wearing his silver tipped cowboy boots.
In one episode of Star Trek Captain Kirk walks onto the bridge wearing a brilliant gold shirt. A few seconds later when the TV camera’s switch to another angle suddenly Captain Kirk is wearing a green-V-neck top.
If you look carefully when Captain Kirk plunges off a cliff in the “Star Trek V” movies, you can see a wire supporting him around the waist.
In the 1977 movie poster Wings Of The Dove it features the three protagonists, played by Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache and Alison Elliot, on a gondola in Venice. Despite the period setting, 1910, a motorised waterbus can be glimpsed bobbing in the background. These never came in until well after World War Two.
To settle squabbles, ads and posters for the movie Outrageous Fortune where reversed in different parts of America, so the stars Bette Midler and Shelly Long both shared the top billing.
When English actor Oliver Reed died of a sudden heart attack at 61 on May 2nd 1999, he was playing Proximo, a warrior trainer in the movie Gladiator. After his death they needed to complete the last few scenes in the movie, so the post- production magic went into over drive. Three million dollar’s later the computer had scanned Oliver’s face on a body double, and re-wrote his final scenes.
In 1959 Otto Preminger directed Lee Remick in Anatomy of a Murder. It was a serious movie, but he overlooked a point, which has become more famous than the film. Lee Remick is seated in a cafe wearing a snow-white dress; a couple of seconds later she emerges from it in a pair of pants.
In Dance, Fools, Dance (1930), actor Cliff Edwards was murdered at a subway entrance in Chicago. But there were no subways in Chicago until many years later.
In Psycho, watch Janet Leigh closely as she lies ‘dead’ on the bathroom floor and you will see her gulp twice.
In The Wrong Box, which is set in Victorian times, you can easily see a number of TV aerials on the rooves of the houses.
After only a couple of weeks shooting on Elephant Walk (1953), its star Vivien Leigh had a breakdown. Elizabeth Taylor instantly replaced her, but if you look carefully you can spot Vivien in a number of long shots, which were never retaken with Elizabeth.
Emma Hamilton was set in the year 1804 in London. In the movie you hear Big Ben strike, but Big Ben wasn’t built until fifty years later.
In the Oscar-winning It Happened One Night (1934) Clark Gable leaves his motel room at 2.30am, drives around New York, writes a story for his newspaper and returns to his room, where the clock still reads 2.30am.
The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) was set in the Victorian era, but as men on horseback ride towards a castle, a truck and two Volkswagen Beetles drive through the
If you look closely at the major love scene in The Sheik (1921) starring Rudolph Valentino, you will see a Cartier watch on his wrist. What sheik back then owned a Cartier watch, indeed, who had even heard of watches in that era?
The movie about the great volcanic explosion of Krakatoa in 1883 was entitled East of Java. Unfortunately, Krakatoa is west of Java.
In The Sound of Music (1965), which is set in the 1930s, you can clearly see a number of orange boxes stamped ‘Produce of Israel’ in a market scene. The story took place more than a decade before the founding of the state of Israel.
In Triple Cross, set during World War 11, there is a scene where Christopher Plummer opens a newspaper with the bold headline ‘Cost of Concorde Rises Again’. In 1943 we hadn’t heard of supersonic passenger planes.
In Decameron Nights Louis Jourdan is seen standing on the deck of his fourteenth-century pirate ship, when in the background a white delivery truck slowly makes its way down a hill.
If you look carefully in Son of Ali Baba (1952), you will see one of the corpses in the battle scene move his arm quickly just before somebody stands on it.
In Rich and Famous (1981), Jacqueline Bisset boards a flight on a Boeing 747. The year is 1969, quite a few years before the 747 was launched. In 1969 the plane was still on the drawing board.
In Raiders of the Lost Ark on the map marking Indiana Jones’s journey, one country is clearly marked ‘Thailand’; but the film is set in 1936 when Thailand was officially named Siam.
In The Viking Queen, set in the time of Boudicca, a leading character is seen to be wearing a wristwatch in one scene.
Singer Tony Orlando made his debut singing Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree in the 1970s on American TV. He was very well dressed except for one thing – he forgot to do up his fly.
Stagecoach, the classic 1930s Western starring John Wayne, was set in the nineteenth century, but if you look carefully you will see car tire tracks clearly visible in the desert sand during a couple of scenes.
In Cain and Mabel (1936), during the big production number starring Clark Gable and Marion Davies, a stage hand wearing dirty overalls wanders onto the set, and exits very sheepishly after a few seconds. The producer didn’t notice his screen appearance until the movie had been out for quite a few years, and it is still there.
When the Wicked Witch of the East was killed in The Wizard of Oz, all the Munchkins were seen singing out so that the entire land could hear. But at the first screening of the movie, it was discovered they had sung ‘Ding, dong, the bitch is dead’. Within twenty-four hours they had dubbed in the word ‘witch’ and removed ‘bitch’.
In Carmen Jones, the camera tracks its star Dorothy Dandridge down a street, and if you look in the shop windows you will see the entire movie crew reflected in them.
Until the 7th March…………………. my lips are sealed!
Copyright David H. W. Hartnell MNZM 2016
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Monday 25th January 2016
I’m not one to gossip but…………….. Cher, 69, never pulls punches on issues she thinks are important – and Donald Trump is no exception.
She questioned whether Trump is serious in his bid to become