Maisie Williams opens up about 'traumatic relationship' with father

Jon Burlingame editor The centennial of Henry Mancini, composer of “The Pink Panther,” “Moon River” and other movie songs, isn’t until 2024. But the celebration began on Thursday when an all-star parade of Oscar, Emmy and Grammy-winning musicians got together to re-record one of his most famous works: “Peter Gunn.” With legendary composers John Williams and Herbie Hancock on keyboards, jazz great Arturo Sandoval on trumpet and music mogul Quincy Jones conducting an 18-piece band of L.A. session players, Mancini’s 1958 TV theme rocked the Warner Bros. scoring stage all afternoon. It was old home week for many, who seemingly spent half the three-hour session embracing, laughing and snapping photos. Williams and Jones called each other “Q” and “John T.,” the nicknames they had when the two were toiling side-by-side at Universal Television in the 1960s, before each started collecting Oscars and Grammys for their work in films and records.

William Earl Variety has announced the lineup for its annual Business of Broadway breakfast presented by City National Bank in New York on Oct. 17. Samuel L. Jackson and LaTanya Richardson Jackson will join the event for a keynote conversation about their collaboration on the revival of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson,” currently playing on Broadway. The programming will also include a Broadway producers panel moderated by Erik Piecuch, senior vice president and entertainment banking leader of City National Bank. The panel will feature Lee Daniels (“Ain’t No Mo’”), Cindy Tolan (“Death of a Salesman”), LaChanze (“Kimberly Akimbo” and “Topdog/Underdog”) and Ken Davenport (“A Beautiful Noise”). The producers will speak about their experiences premiering new productions on Broadway this season and how the business has changed since Broadway’s return.

Maisie Williams opened up about her traumatic childhood and the pain she still carries from her relationship with her father.

Max George has shared a naked video of himself cuddled up with girlfriend Maisie Smith after his ex warned the actress about The Wanted star. The couple first went Instagram official with their relationship earlier this month, after Eastenders star Maisie, 21 and her singer beau Max, 34 confirmed their relationship after weeks of speculation. In a clip shared on Instagram on Wednesday, Maisie could be seen kissing Max as she wrapped her arms around him in bed, with the couple covered by a duvet.

Carrie Baker has issued a warning to former EastEnders star Maisie Smith, who’s dating her ex Max George. The pair have started dating in recent weeks, and have since shared a series of gushy posts about one another on social media. Things appear to be going well between Maisie, 21, and Max, 34 – who met on Strictly Come Dancing – but Carrie thinks it won’t last for long as a “leopard does not change its spots”.

Maisie Williams has opened up about her traumatic childhood.The actress, who is best known for playing Arya Stark on Game Of Thrones, recently appeared in an episode of The Diary Of A CEO podcast. During which, she spoke about her traumatising relationship with her father and how it affected her later in life.“I had a traumatic relationship with my dad and ever since I can remember I have struggled sleeping,” she told presenter Steve Bartlett.“I think a lot of the traumatic things that were happening, I didn’t realise they were wrong. But I knew – I would look around at other kids and be like, ‘Why don’t they seem to understand this pain, or dread, or fear? Where does the joy – when does that come for me?’”Williams became visibly emotional at several points during the interview, prompting Bartlett to give her a comforting hug.She continued: “When I was about eight I was really struggling.

Maisie Williams had a "traumatic" relationship with her father which cast a shadow over her childhood. The former 'Game of Thrones' star's mother "escaped" the relationship when she was "about four months old", but the 25-year-old actress still went through a lot of "pain [and] fear" while not realising the behaviour she was exposed to was "wrong". She said: "“Well, I, as a young child before the age of, like, eight, had a traumatic relationship with my dad.

Last night's episode of Celebrity SAS: Who Dares Win saw former TOWIE star Ferne McCann break down in tears as she discussed her relationship failures. The reality star, 32, is taking part in the latest series of the gruelling Channel 4 show, alongside dancer and former Love Island star Curtis Pritchard, EastEnders actress Maisie Smith , and fellow TOWIE star Pete Wicks . Yesterday’s episode saw Ferne, who says that drawing on her experience of giving birth helped her prepare for the show, get upset saying that she’s terrible in relationships and doesn’t think she’s ever been part of a healthy one.

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