Sky Sports pundits Jamie Carragher and Roy Keane have heavily criticised Manchester United attacker Marcus Rashford following his below-par showing in Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United at St James' Park.
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Fantasia Barrino did when the original “Color Purple” star approached her in 2021 to play Celie, an abused and uneducated Southern Black woman at the turn of the 20th century, in a big-screen musical reimagining of the classic film and Alice Walker’s novel. Sixteen years ago, when she was in her early 20s, Barrino had played the role on Broadway, but it had been a traumatic rather than triumphant experience. “My life was in shambles,” Barrino, now 39, says, explaining how draining it was to portray Celie’s harrowing journey for eight shows a week.
“I carried her every day, all day, and I didn’t like that feeling.” When her run ended nine months later, she swore she’d never play the role again. It was director Blitz Bazawule who changed Barrino’s mind about doing the film. He flew to her North Carolina home to explain his spin on the story, sharing his vision of Celie’s first encounter with Shug Avery, played by Taraji P.
Henson, the sultry songstress who opens Celie’s eyes to a world beyond her oppressed existence. In the scene, Shug asks Celie to crank the gramophone so she can listen to a record while soaking in a bathtub. Bazawule planned to have this encounter trigger Celie’s imagination, staging the action on a massive record player as the character sings her way through her awakening.
Barrino loved the idea. She realized that, in the movies, unlike onstage, the audience could have access to Celie’s inner monologue, giving the character, who rarely speaks, more of a voice. “You get to see how she made it through some of this stuff,” Barrino notes.
Sky Sports pundits Jamie Carragher and Roy Keane have heavily criticised Manchester United attacker Marcus Rashford following his below-par showing in Saturday's 1-0 defeat to Newcastle United at St James' Park.
Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige has shut down rumours that Robert Downey Jr. will return to the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU).Speaking to Vanity Fair for a new profile piece on Downey, Feige has revealed that Marvel Studios will not be bringing back the Iron Man actor after the character was killed off in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame.Feige said, citing Downey Jr.’s final performance as Iron Man: “We are going to keep that moment and not touch that moment again.
Piece by Piece Kelly Clarkson is scoring small victories in her legal battle against Brandon Blackstock.The “American Idol” alum’s ex husband was ordered to return the millions he allegedly overcharged the singer while booking gigs on her behalf, according to legal documents obtained by TMZ.A California labor commissioner ruled that Blackstock, 46, “crossed the line” when he booked jobs for the 41-year-old talk show host as her manager, a duty that is technically usually reserved for agents, and must hand over $2,641,374 back to Clarkson.In December 2020, Clarkson alleged that Blackstock acted fraudulently as her manager. But Blackstock denied defrauding his estranged wife out of millions at the time.The gigs and completed contracts for which Blackstock took home a hefty salary include booking Clarkson as a judge on “The Voice,” in ads for Norwegian Cruise Line and Wayfair, and hosting the Billboard Music Awards.
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Some of the world's favorite movies could have played out very differently on the big screen. Sally Field turned down the opportunity to be in "The First Wives Club," and Matthew McConaughey was passed up for the lead role in "Titanic." John Travolta was originally slated to appear in "Forrest Gump" before Tom Hanks was cast in the starring role. Steven Spielberg wanted Harrison Ford to star in "Jurassic Park" before the actor turned down the opportunity.
Emmerdale fans were left doing a double-take as they thought they had spotted a character returning from the dead. The latest trip to the Dales on Wednesday night (November 22) saw Charity Dingle and Mackenzie Boyd were seen enjoying a romantic moment.
A man brutally stabbed his mum 100 times in a horrifying attack at her home. Michael Rowe, 36, killed his mum, Bernadette Rosario, in her house in the quiet village of Penwithick, Cornwall, on March 28 this year.
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert continues to bring in the numbers, helped last week by David Letterman’s first return to the show since he stepped down.
Michaela Zee Adam Sandler first introduced “The Chanukah Song” in 1994 during the “Weekend Update” segment on “Saturday Night Live.” Although he penned the holiday tune himself, Sandler revealed in an interview with Access Hollywood that Roseanne Barr — who was hosting that week — almost performed the song on the late-night show. “They were talking about Roseanne singing it,” Sandler recalled. “And she was nice enough to say ‘no, let Adam do that, that’s his, he wrote it, that’s his song.'” During the “Weekend Update” segment with Norm Macdonald in 1994, Sandler explained that he wrote the song after noticing the lack of music about Hanukkah.
David Letterman received an extended round of applause in his big return to the Ed Sullivan Theater, home of The Late Show. The former late-night show host came back to his old stomping grounds and was greeted with a standing ovation from the audience in attendance, including his successor Stephen Colbert.
Zack Sharf Digital News Director “Twilight” director Catherine Hardwicke recently joined the “Happy Sad Confused” spinoff podcast “Watchables” to reflect on her 2008 vampire romance, which is celebrating its 15th anniversary this month. Hardwicke’s film launched a $3.3 billion movie franchise and turned leads Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson into global superstars. But Pattinson wasn’t exactly an exciting choice at first for Summit Entertainment.
Eight and a half years after David Letterman signed off as host of CBS’ The Late Show, the comedian is returning to the Ed Sullivan Theater.
Fantasia Barrino is opening up about her 2010 overdose in a new cover story.
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The Smile have revealed details of their brand-new album, Wall Of Eyes. The album is the second from the trio (Radiohead's Thom Yorke and Jonny Greenwood plus drummer Tom Skinner) and follows their 2022 debut A Light For Attracting Attention.
Netflix has dropped a video preview of the upcoming stage play “Stranger Things: The First Shadow,” which begins performances this month in London.“We were in the middle of breaking Season 4 with our writers, and we started going, ‘OK, well, there’s definitely more story to tell here,’” says Ross Duffer, who co-created the sci-fi series with his brother, Matt, in the featurette. “We wanted to tell an original story set in the ‘Stranger Things’ universe.”The all-new tale, written by series writer Kate Trefry, will be a prequel — so don’t come looking for Mike, Will, Dustin, Lucas or Eleven — partly about young Hopper and Joyce, played on the streaming show by David Harbour and Winona Ryder, respectively.Those roles will be taken on at the Phoenix Theatre by Oscar Lloyd and Isabella Pappas.