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Perth Now
19-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Jamie Lee Curtis felt it was 'important' to keep in contact with Lindsay Lohan
Jamie Lee Curtis felt it was "important" to stay in touch with Lindsay Lohan after they first worked together. The 66-year-old actress starred alongside Lindsay, 38, in 'Freaky Friday', the 2003 comedy movie, and Jamie was always determined to keep in touch with her younger co-star. Speaking to People, the Hollywood star explained: "Lindsay was 15, and as she's matured, we've stayed in contact our whole lives. "I think it's important, particularly with someone who is young in the movie business, if you connect with them, you have to let them know it's real. There's R-E-E-L life, and then there's R-E-A-L life. "I wanted her to understand that there was a bridge and that I was real, and that she always could be real with me. And she was. "Through the course of her young life, we've stayed in contact." 'Freakier Friday' - the much-anticipated sequel to 'Freaky Friday' - is slated for release later this year. And Jamie has explained how her meeting Lindsay and her 22-month-old son, Luai, prompted Disney to give 'Freakier Friday' the go-ahead. The veteran movie star - whose other film credits include projects like 'Halloween' and 'A Fish Called Wanda' - explained: "Now she is a mommy. "It was her visiting me, bringing her baby to visit me, that led to a picture of the two of us that I posted, and then the floodgate of people going, 'Oh my God, oh my God,' and then me calling Disney, going, 'Hi! Lindsay's old enough to have a teenager. Let's go!' And then they did." Meanwhile, Jamie recently confessed that she's "not that particular" about her career choices. The actress has enjoyed a hugely successful career in Hollywood, but Jamie insists she's not very picky about her film projects. She told Us Weekly: "Usually, if a part comes to me, there's a reason. It's not random. "I don't believe you'll be seeing me playing Lady Macbeth. I don't think you're going to see Lady Macbeth in my filmography." Jamie loves working in the film industry, admitting that she has "no complaints" about her work life. She said: "I pretty much do the work that comes to me … I love my life."
Daily Mirror
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
Jamie Lee Curtis admits cruel Hollywood swipes drove her to cosmetic surgery
Jamie Lee Curtis Got plastic surgery at 25 after a movie maker refused to film her saying: 'I am not shooting her because her eyes are baggy' Oscar winner Jamie Lee Curtis has revealed how a cruel jibe from a filmmaker pushed her into getting plastic surgery when she was still only 25 years old. The actress says the experience left her with physical, emotional, and addictive consequences that lasted for years. Speaking candidly to America's 60 Minutes, Curtis recalled the moment on the set of the 1985 film Perfect that changed her relationship with her body and career forever. 'He was like, 'Yeah, I'm not shooting her today. Her eyes are baggy.' And I was 25, so for him to say that, it was very embarrassing,' Curtis said. 'So as soon as the movie finished, I ended up having some plastic surgery.' The movie, directed by James Bridges and co-starring John Travolta, featured Curtis as an aerobics instructor opposite the leading man's investigative journalist. Though she took the role seriously, it was the behind-the-scenes body shaming that stuck with her. Curtis says the procedure didn't go well, nor did the aftermath. "That's just not what you want to do when you're 25 or 26," she said. And I regretted it immediately and have kind of regretted it since." The A Fish Called Wanda star, now 66, said the pressure to conform to Hollywood's beauty standards came at a steep personal cost. What began with cosmetic surgery soon led to a dependency on painkillers. 'I became very enamoured with the warm bath of an opiate,' Curtis added. "You know, drank a little bit… never to excess, never any big public demonstrations. I was very quiet, very private about it, but it became a dependency for sure.' Her struggle with addiction would follow her for years. In 2021, Curtis revealed in an interview with Fast Company that the surgery led directly to her dependence on Vicodin. 'I tried plastic surgery and it didn't work. It got me addicted to Vicodin,' she said. 'I'm 22 years sober now.' Curtis is now a vocal advocate for body acceptance and a staunch critic of society's fixation on altered appearances. ' 'I've become a really public advocate to say to women, you're gorgeous and you're perfect the way you are. So yeah, it was not a good thing for me to do,' she said. She also spoke out against the current trends in cosmetic procedures and social media filters. 'The current trend of fillers and procedures, and this obsession with filtering, and the things that we do to adjust our appearance on Zoom are wiping out generations of beauty,' she added. 'Once you mess with your face, you can't get it back." Curtis has often drawn from her own experience to help others on their path to recovery. During the filming of Freaky Friday in 2003, she had been sober for just nine months but created a safe space on set for others dealing with addiction. 'I put a big sign up by the catering truck, and it said, 'Recovery meeting in Jamie's trailer every day,'' she told Variety in 2019. 'I left the door open and didn't know if anybody would show up. We ended up calling it the Mobile Home Recovery Meeting.' Curtis said the group became a powerful support system. 'It was probably my favourite grouping of sobriety that I've ever participated in. I've participated in groups all over the world, but there was something about the cross section of ages and genders and jobs and races, and it was profound.' Growing up as the daughter of Hollywood legends Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh, Curtis also reflected on the pressures of beauty and ageing in the spotlight. She recalled watching both of her parents undergo cosmetic procedures and struggle with the slow decline of career opportunities. "I watched their work diminish, I watched their fame not diminish. And the contradiction of a lot of fame, but not a lot of work, is really hard to navigate for people,' she said. 'For the rest of your life, you're famous for something you did a long time ago, and you chase that attention.'
Irish Daily Star
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Daily Star
Jenna Bush Hager recalls time dad George W. Bush went ‘all Nancy Reagan' on friend's parent
Though George W. Bush is known for his playful demeanor, his daughters remember how protective he was throughout their childhood. Jenna Bush Hager has made a name for herself on the ' Today Show ,' but she comes from a political family. She recently shared that she's heading to Nashville for a Read With Jenna book festival, which will feature author chats, club talks, signings, meet-ups, a special episode taping for Jenna's Open Book podcast, and live music. On the Monday show of 'Today with Jenna & Friends,' Jenna shared an incident when her father lost his cool on a fellow parent. She's had a rotating list of co-hosts recently on her show, with this week's co-host Justin Sylvester. Read More Related Articles Jenna Bush Hager left in tears over emotional dedication involving career move Read More Related Articles Donald Trump and Melania slammed as they're caught chatting and smiling at Pope Francis' funeral Jenna explained: 'Once, my sister had a playdate, a sleepover in first grade. The mom let them watch A Fish Called Wanda when they were 6 and 7.' The 1988 movie has an R rating, meaning it's probably not suitable for children. It is a heist comedy film starring John Cleese and Jamie Lee Curtis that features some nudity and profanity. Jenna recalled a story of when her dad George W. Bush lost his cool on another parent (Image: Getty Images) Sylvester questioned: 'Your mother must have blew a gasket.' But Jenna revealed who was actually mad. 'You know who it was? It was actually my dad,' she said. 'My dad went all Nancy Reagan on that mom.' She also added: 'He went a little Tipper Gore, you know what I'm saying?' Jenna Bush Hager said her father George W. Bush went "all Nancy Reagan" on a friend's parent (Image: Bettmann Archive) Both Nancy Reagan, wife of former President Ronald Reagan and Tipper Gore, wife of former Vice President Al Gore, were known as advocates for moral issues, like parental controls over children's media. Jenna is twins with sister Barbara Pierce Bush. They are currently promoting their new book, I Loved You First. The book celebrates the bond between parents and children. Barbara was also a guest host on Jenna's show recently, and they were joined by mom Laura Bush to discuss the book. She was touched by the sweet tribute from her daughters. She said to the twins: "Daddy and I did love you first. Jenna and her husband - former President George W. Bush - are grandparents to the twins five children." For the latest local news and features on Irish America, visit our homepage here .
The Guardian
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
Pink smoke, pigs and Pixar: a dozen movie Easter eggs to feast on
One of Hollywood's most durable Easter eggs debuted in Howard Hawks's His Girl Friday (1940) when Cary Grant's character says: 'The last man who said that to me was Archie Leach just a week before he cut his throat!' And in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944) his character sits pensively in a cemetery where Archie Leach's gravestone is to be seen. In Charles Crichton's A Fish Called Wanda (1988), John Cleese's character is called Archie Leach. Leach is, of course, the real name of Cary Grant – a very goofy and unglamorous sounding name compared with the sonorous 'Cary Grant' – and a rare example of Hollywood alluding to the open secret of rebranding its stars and effacing the bland ordinariness of their origins. Peter Bradshaw My children dragged me to A Minecraft Movie recently. Packed screening. Loads of kids. A little way into the film, a pig crossed the screen wearing a crown, and a collective 'Awww' rose from the audience. For the life of me I couldn't understand why, and then my 10-year-old leaned over and explained it. The pig was the profile picture of Technoblade, a wildly influential Minecraft YouTuber who died in 2022. It was a sweet touch, both acknowledging Technoblade and the importance of the wider YouTube community to the game's success. Didn't like the film, but it was a nice touch. Stuart Heritage I'm a sucker for a fake trailer – the most delectable of ways the movie industry can disappear up its own fundament. So while the ones for the ecclesiastical Brokeback Mountain, AKA Satan's Alley, from Tropic Thunder and Edgar Wright's faux Britsploitation horror Don't, from Grindhouse, occasionally pop up in my head, it's Arnold Schwarzenegger's Hamlet from 1993's Last Action Hero that lives there rent-free. As 90s Hollywood was getting hip to postmodernism, this is a perfectly executed mashup of high and low culture, with the meathead as an Uzi-toting sweet prince, his payoff lines burning as bright as his stogie tip: 'Not to be!' And now surely the time is right for Arnie's Lear: 'As flies to wanton badasses are we to the gods / They kill us for their sport!' Phil Hoad Last Action Hero is a parody of the action genre so crammed with indiscriminate references to other films it's virtually one Easter egg after another. Mainstream audiences would have recognised nods to Basic Instinct, Amadeus, The Seventh Seal (already parodied in Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey) et al, but are less likely to have clocked the screenwriters' homage to Akira Kurosawa's High and Low (1963). Alas, Arnold Schwarzenegger spotting the telltale pink smoke produced by incinerated banknotes somehow lacks the impact of Kurosawa's burning briefcases sending pink smoke into a grey sky, the only touch of colour in an otherwise black and white film. Anne Billson My childhood spanned the golden Pixar era: I was six when Toy Story came out and 20 by Up. I knew their films were different from other kids' fare because my grownup relatives loved them (Toy Story was my grandpa's favourite film). An ITV documentary on the making of 2001's Monsters, Inc. taught me why. It introduced me to the concept of Easter eggs: how the studio loved to reference itself and, moreover, cinema history. The rotund green monster Mike Wazowski and his snake-haired girlfriend Celia Mae go on a date to the restaurant Harryhausen's, which the doc revealed was named after Jason and the Argonauts animator Ray Harryhausen – something I knew nothing about aged 12. When you're young, films feel like closed worlds designed just for you. The realisation that they were actually part of a vast history, and that they contained layers below the surface, made me gawp, and I'm certain it stoked the interest in learning how things are made that I now get to pursue for a living. Laura Snapes I adored last year's film adaptation of Wicked – to the bafflement of a number of my friends and colleagues, who had found the film long, confusing and generally 'a bit much'. Which I get. Because if you weren't a musicals-obsessed seven-year-old when the original production became the latest Broadway sensation, I appreciate that the film might not have hit in quite the same way. But Wicked was unapologetically a film for the fans, and the breathless excitement of my seven-year-old self was awakened when Broadway's original Elphaba, every 00s theatre kid's icon Idina Menzel, sings the famous 'ah-ah-ah-ah' run of notes from Defying Gravity in her cameo appearance. It's testament to Cynthia Erivo's talent that when at the end of the film she sings them again, in their proper place, they're just as arresting. Lucy Knight Predator 2 – Stephen Hopkins' urban sequel to John McTiernan and Arnold Schwarzenegger's arboreal shoot-em-up – is a far more interesting film than it's often given credit for. It isn't a patch on the peerless original, of course, and only the maniacal would claim otherwise. But Danny Glover's haggard and really quite terrified detective is a far more interesting protagonist than an invincible bodybuilder brandishing a gun the size of his own leg, and the film is content, for better and worse, to do its own thing, critics be damned. One of its finest diversions from the first movie comes at the climax, when Glover's Lieutenant Harrigan finds himself aboard the extraterrestrial game hunter's spaceship. There, he discovers a wall festooned with trophies from the beast's previous hunts, and given centre stage is the ossified, banana-like skull of a xenomorph, the acid-blooded chief biters of the Alien franchise. This brief nod implied a vast, shared cinematic universe before such things were drearily commonplace, and suggested that one day we would see these two enthusiasts of gory space violence face off. Sadly, that dream was infinitely preferable to the reality of the two Alien vs. Predator films that resulted, which are only slightly less unpleasant than slamming your fingers in a door. But let's just forget about those. Luke Holland My favourite Spielberg Easter egg is in virtually every summer film of his, from Duel through Jurassic Park: his monster-in-the-rearview-mirror shot. You may remember it best from Close Encounters: Richard Dreyfuss waves on the lights he sees in his rearview mirror only for them to go up and over his truck. Dreyfuss said he could hear the audience react when he read that in the script. But ideally the two bodies, pursuer and pushed, are in motion: Indy using his rvm to spy a Nazi climbing along the side of his truck in Raiders, Dennis Weaver doing the same for the monster truck in Duel, or Bob Peck spying a T rex catching up with his 4x4 in Jurassic Park. Spielberg even includes the warning 'objects may be closer than they appear'. The visceral intent of every chase scene of his in just seven words. Tom Shone Admittedly, 'what a clever nod to Colin Firth/Mark Darcy' wasn't my first reaction when Leo Woodall emerged from the pool in a soaking wet white shirt in Bridget Jones 4. But I did appreciate the nostalgia for fans who have loved Bridge for 25 years. It wasn't the only thing that brought back the best memories with our favourite spinster: blue string soup cocktails, awful dinner parties with smug marrieds, Bridget's newfound knowledge of Chechnya, the massive knickers and a snowy end-of-film snog. The most special, though, was Darcy's son wearing his dad's reindeer jumper. Hollie Richardson One moment you are youthful beauty personified. The next, you are white-bearded and crinkled, and your once-worshipped visage is being staved in with a mallet. Björn Andrésen was 15 when he played the sailor-suited twink in Luchino Visconti's 1971 adaptation of Death in Venice, and 63 when he stepped off a cliff as a human sacrifice in Ari Aster's sunlit horror Midsommar. (The jump didn't finish him off: hence the mallet.) His cameo represents a highpoint in the tradition of the casting Easter egg. Andrésen, whose life was ruined by Death in Venice and the ensuing adoration, must have relished destroying the face that started it all. Ryan Gilbey My favourite series as a slightly nerdy teen was Spaced, Channel 4's homage-heavy flatshare sitcom, so I felt bereft when it was announced that the show would end after just two series. But there was a mega consolation prize on offer: a big-screen outing for Spaced's creator and cast, in the form of Shaun of the Dead. In the main, while I enjoyed Shaun, it didn't quite live up to its predecessor – marauding zombies weren't as funny as bickering Robot Wars contestants or a man dressed as a vacuum doing performance art – but I did appreciate a blink-and-you'll-miss it Spaced Easter egg at the film's climax: there, among a horde of the undead, was a zombified version of Tyres, the sitcom's wild-eyed bike messenger raver, still wearing his little yellow cycling cap and listening to thumping techno through his wraparound headphones. Gwilym Mumford Some Easter eggs are sly nods, others lazy studio cross-promotion, but The Lego Batman Movie (2017) dropped one so audacious it deserves its own Bat-signal. In a gloriously meta montage, Alfred dryly recalls his master's 'weird phases', including 1966's dance-happy caper and the infamous Bat-nipple debacle, effectively canonising every previous cinematic dark knight as just chaotic footnotes in this Lego loner's emotional scrapbook. Keaton, Kilmer, Clooney – all downgraded to painful fashion faux pas in the life of one emotionally constipated minifig. Which means Batman & Robin wasn't a cinematic travesty - it was Lego Batman's rebellious club-kid phase, complete with rubber codpiece and lashes of neon regret. Ben Child
The Guardian
18-03-2025
- General
- The Guardian
Did you catch that? On the boats with Cornish fishers
For a year and a half, photographer Jon Tonks journeyed around the coast of Cornwall, from Newlyn to the Isles of Scilly, Mousehole and Cadgwith, spending time both quayside and at sea. A Fish Called Julie: In waters off Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly by Jon Tonks is at the Martin Parr Foundation, Bristol, 3 April to 22 June. The exhibition is part of the nationwide initiative We Feed the UK created by the Gaia Foundation. An exhibition of the We Feed the UK project is at The Royal Photographic Society, Bristol, 3 April to 22 June Jon Tonks: 'I was fishing with a guy called Jacob on the Isles of Scilly where he grew up. He's 23 years old and has his own fishing boat. He was pulling in his pots to check for lobsters, and would throw back anything undersized or spawning. This one was undersized, so I asked if I could try and capture the return. I primed myself with the camera and flash in my hand, counted to three, and we went for it. I didn't see the gulls top and bottom watching the whole procedure until I developed the film' 'This image was made when I was out with Will, who was line fishing for mackerel. He is 21 years old and lives in Newlyn. He's taken me out to sea a few times over the course of this project, and this was during the second outing. The first time was unsuccessful by comparison, but here he pulled in around 70kg of mackerel by hand. As the boat filled up, I started to run out of places to stand that weren't covered in blood or mackerel. My boots glimmered for days from fish scales' 'I named the project A Fish Called Julie after I came across two sea bass in a container. I was making pictures at the fish market in Newlyn where fish are offloaded, iced and sold. Whether the fish were destined for Julie, who would cook them that night somewhere, or if they'd been landed by a boat of the same name, I was unsure. But to me it looked like a name tag you'd get at a networking event. It made me smile. And for those who might miss the reference, it also made me think of the 1988 British movie A Fish Called Wanda' The work of fishing communities is dictated by the elements and the seasons. Knowledge and respect for both are passed down the generations. This project is a continuation of Tonks' previous work telling the stories of people whose lives are shaped by geography and history. He was drawn to small towns and islands because by focusing on a microcosm, he could tell a wider tale 'Jof and his son Inigo live on St Agnes, Isles of Scilly. I visited Jof for the first time in January 2024, after a short flight from Land's End and a quick boat trip. He is well known for making traditional withy pots entirely plastic free, using locally grown willow. His workshop was amazing – his industrial design background was immediately apparent. You could see the whole production process: pots that had spent a year out at sea, and some that were brand-new, the warm orange willow fading to a ghostly white' 'This image was made off St Agnes, in Isles of Scilly. After visiting Jof in January 2024, I returned in May to fish with him. His self-engineered catamaran allows him to row in shallow waters. His methods are plastic-free and motorless – I followed him in a kayak. The silence of being at sea without the chug of an engine was amazing. Using my Hasselblad on a kayak was less relaxing, but allowed me to get close to the water. My most lasting memory was of the silence being broken by an inquisitive seal breathing behind me' 'Being a small-scale fisher in Cornwall is a metaphor for how to live your life. When the weather tells you not to fish, listen. Allow the seas to replenish. Sustainable fishing means something different to everyone, but real sustainability teaches us not to be greedy, to give nature a chance and leave enough for the next generation' 'David had spent the day fishing for cuttlefish and I bumped into him at the harbour as he unloaded his catch to the market. The ink across his face was from the fish, released as a defence mechanism when they are caught – apparently it's hard to wash off.' You can read more about this series in this Observer piece At a time when there is an increasing disconnect between the food we eat and its origins, Tonks's photographs show the communities that have fished off the coasts of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly for generations, sharing their stories, traditions and challenges He captures the wind, rain and unrelenting swells; the nimbleness of the fishers navigating chaotic tumbles of nets and ropes on ever moving fishing vessels; yellow trousers punctuating the ocean grey Tonks heard the stories of fishers of 50 years, who have witnessed the cod moving north because of rising sea temperatures. He heard of pilchards thrown to the birds in thanks for guiding boats to the shoals as effectively as sonar; puffins starving for lack of the sand eels that have been overfished and fed to chickens. Giant commercial vessels are devastating populations and habitats through overfishing and bottom trawling, legitimised by laws that prioritise profit rather than sustainability Cornwall is a place of folklore and traditions. Tonks says: 'This is David, sat with a pint and a mince pie at the Ship Inn in Mousehole. It is December 2023 on Tom Bawcock's Eve, a celebration and memorial for a legendary villager who went to sea during severe storms, catching fish for the villagers during a period of famine' 'A huge stargazy pie is made at the pub each year, with fish heads poking out the top of the pastry. David worked much of his life for Trinity House, maintaining lighthouses around the country. He is sat next to a small plaque above an armchair commemorating his late brother'
