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Metro
11-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Metro
Tom Cruise praises Mickey Rourke after CBB star slammed him as 'irrelevant'
Tom Cruise has praised Mickey Rourke as a 'brilliant' actor after the controversial Celebrity Big Brother star infamously slammed the Hollywood icon as 'irrelevant'. During an appearance on Piers Morgan Uncensored in July 2022, Rourke made headlines for accusing Cruise of 'doing the same effing part for 35 years', adding that he had 'no respect for that'. When Morgan then pressed the actor and former professional boxer on whether he thought Cruise was a good actor or not, the past Oscar nominee announced Cruise was 'irrelevant in my world'. But there appear to be no hard feelings on the part of Cruise, who appeared at BFI Southbank on Sunday for a special in conversation event to celebrate his career and new release, Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, ahead of being given the organisation's highest honour, the BFI Fellowship. The Top Gun actor and producer, 62, reflected on the busy start to his career, which saw interest 'happen fast' after the release of just his second credited role, in 1981 military cadet drama Taps. However, he told host Edith Bowman that his 'opportunities grew' after his breakout role in Risky Business two years later, which he chose over working with Francis Ford Coppola a second time on Rumble Fish – a movie in which Rourke ended up starring alongside Matt Dillon and Dennis Hopper. Reflecting on the whirlwind of his career during the early 80s, Cruise told the audience – including Metro – that he had undertaken workshop-style auditions and rehearsals for Coppola to work on their collaboration, The Outsiders. And this is where Cruise remembers crossing paths with Rourke, now 72, and being impressed – even a little starstruck – by the older actor. 'We all rehearsed, and it was an amazing experience – here we are, two generations of actors and actresses are all doing workshops together, and it's an audition process. So I saw all of these incredible young actors,' Cruise recalled. 'Mickey Rourke came in. He was older than us, he was like 26, and he was, like, Mickey Rourke ! You know, Body Heat – and just a brilliant actor. Yeah, he was amazing,' the Mission: Impossible star enthused over his fellow actor. Rourke impressed in small roles in Heaven's Gate (1980) and 1981's Body Heat, where he played a bombmaker, before winning acclaim for Diner in 1982 and bagging his first leading role in Coppola's Rumble Fish. He didn't end up co-starring with Cruise, though, who opted to do Risky Business instead, but shared that he was still grateful to have worked with Megalopolis filmmaker Coppola so early in his career. 'I saw Francis recently again, and I – again – thanked him for that opportunity,' he added. Elsewhere, Cruise also shared that he has been 'global' in his moviemaking approach for over 40 years – desperate to travel and work around the world. 'At that time, Hollywood was very Hollywood. It was about America, and I was very much about global – and I wanted to go to these places, you know, I wanted to work there, so I wanted to be there and watch these movies,' he explained. He then spoke about bringing the 'Hollywood culture' to Europe and the rest of the world with red carpet premieres, a concept which predates him by decades – but with which he is credited with popularising it around the world. His BFI Fellowship recognises Cruise's long and varied career – including films like Jerry Maguire, A Few Good Men, Rain Man and The Edge of Tomorrow – as well as his 'huge contribution to the UK film industry as a producer'. Cruise has produced most of his recent Mission: Impossible movies among other films largely in the UK – but refused to be comment earlier this week on Donald Trump's proposed 100% tariff on non-US movies 'produced in foreign lands'. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video Rourke – whose film career stalled in the 90s before a comeback which included Sin City, Iron Man 2 and winning a Bafta and Golden Globe for his turn in 2008's The Wrestler – has recently made headlines for his stint on Celebrity Big Brother. He is currently in his reality TV era – following an appearance in 2020 on The Masked Singer US – having appeared more in indie films and direct-to-video titles in recent years. More Trending The Rainmaker actor was kicked off the show after less than a week – reportedly missing out on his rumoured £500,000 fee – following a series of incidents and warnings. Rourke sparked more than 1,000 Ofcom complaints for his 'unacceptable' behaviour and language, which included displaying 'creepy' behaviour towards host AJ Odudu during the live launch show. He then used a homophobic slur against pop star JoJo Siwa, saying: 'If I stay longer than four days, you won't be gay anymore.' After being given a warning by Big Brother, he was then axed just a day later after his behaviour and language towards Love Island star Chris Hughes during a task were considered to be threatening and physical, though no physical altercation took place. Got a story? If you've got a celebrity story, video or pictures get in touch with the entertainment team by emailing us celebtips@ calling 020 3615 2145 or by visiting our Submit Stuff page – we'd love to hear from you. 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Los Angeles Times
18-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Los Angeles Times
Stewart Copeland plays with the animals on latest project ‘Wild Concerto'
Stewart Copeland is best known as one-third of the Police, the chart-topping trio that called it quits after five acclaimed albums released between 1978-1983 and launched Sting to solo stardom. With the Police, which also included guitarist Andy Summers, out of the picture, the drummer-percussionist changed course and became an in-demand film and TV score composer, working on such notable films as 'Rumble Fish' and 'Wall Street' as well as TV's 'The Equalizer,' 'Dead Like Me' and more. After a worldwide Police reunion tour, which was the highest-grossing trek in 2007, Copeland again pivoted, scoring live orchestra music for the classic film 'Ben-Hur' in 2014. He later also reimagined the Police catalog with a pair of releases, 2023's 'Police Deranged for Orchestra' and the world music exploration 'Police Beyond Borders' with collaborator Ricky Kej, whom he also worked with on the 2021 album 'Divine Tides,' which won a Grammy for new age album. Our chat with Copeland, 72, was originally tied to his speaking tour, 'Have I Said Too Much? The Police, Hollywood and Other Adventures,' but the Los Angeles date was scrapped in wake of the Palisades and Altadena wildfires. Ever the raconteur, Copeland is taking the speaking tour to Europe this spring and fall. He also has a new album, 'Wild Concerto,' which is out April 18. We spoke to Copeland, first via Zoom and then a follow-up phone call, about his new project and his busy creative life outside of the Police. Tell me about your new album. This isn't the Beach Boys' 'Pet Sounds' or Pink Floyd's 'Animals' with just a few random animal sounds sprinkled in. You seem to be more committed. Stewart Copeland: Well, yeah, the animals get a much bigger dressing room on this. It's not just called animal sounds. It is animal sounds. How did it come about? Incoming phone call. Platoon Records, which is owned by Apple. They acquired this library from a naturalist, Martyn Stewart, who is like the [British biologist and TV host] David Attenborough of sound. That's how he's been described. He spent his life on his hands and knees out in the jungles and in the mountains recording mostly bird sounds, but all these other animals as well. He has this huge library of these sounds and they're wondering what to do with it. They said, 'How about we do some music?' So they called me and said, 'Can you work with this?' And I said, 'Why yes, I can. Perhaps the reason they called me was because I have been using found sound, beginning with 'Rumble Fish,' where Francis [Ford Coppola]'s ears pricked up when I started talking about doing loops with machines, billiard ball breaks, with dogs barking, all kinds of sounds in 1984.' So how did you compose music using the recordings of animal sounds? The folders that Martyn would send me were from different locales where the birds might have stopped, ecospheres of these different zones. I'd start with the background sounds, which are just a forest-scape or a wind-scape, and then I would look for the rhythmic elements, certain birds, which are rhythmic, and I'd build rhythms out of that. I didn't alter any of the sounds. I didn't change the pitch. I didn't change the rhythm, but I placed them all very carefully so I build up a rhythm with these rhythm animals, the rhythm section. And then I looked for the long lines, mostly birds, the wolves also have some very long soloistic melodic lines, which are on pitch. But I put a trombone next to those bad boys. And now we've got your [John] Coltrane wolves. Interesting. So, you didn't autotune any of the animal sounds? No autotune. No time stretching. You mentioned 'Rumble Fish.' When I put on the album for the first time, I definitely felt those 'Rumble Fish' vibes. Well, that's all the percussion that I did all by myself here in the studio. After doing two albums of reinterpretations of music by the Police was back to nature the only place to go from there? I forgive myself for looking backwards and doing Police stuff because I'm confident in my forward motion. Right now, I'm running a gigantic opera I wrote and this album about animals, so I'm moving forward doing cool stuff, which makes me more relaxed about looking over my shoulder. It seems like this is sort of a natural progression from your film composing and orchestrated work. Yes, absolutely. The other love of my life is the orchestra and all the amazing things it can do. The orchestra has such a huge vocabulary. In my short lifespan, I probably won't do more than scratch the surface of what an orchestra can do, but I'm working on it. This album was produced by Ricky Kej, who you've worked with in the past. What did he bring to the project? He's an incredible musician and a great producer and he works way over there in Bangalore. He came to Abbey Road [in London], which is where we recorded the orchestra and produced a session. Having a producer is a very new thing for me. I went through my whole career never having a producer. The Police never had a producer. We just had recording engineers. And so recently I had an experience with a producer and, man, what took me so long? This is great. Somebody else to lean on, to carry the load and to hit me upside the head when I need to be hit upside the head. But didn't the Police have producers listed along with the band, like Hugh Padham on 'Synchronicity'? He was used to producing Genesis and other civilized, well-behaved, respectful musicians not to be stuck on an island with three a— going at it. He did know where to put the microphones while dodging pizza. He did actually get a good recording. If there was a [more] active producer, he could have helped sort of break up those fights or keep things civil, but maybe not. Are you still playing polo? [Copeland's logo on his website is a polo player riding a horse] No. I traded all the horses in for children, and they turned out to be even more expensive. I've got seven kids, which is more expensive than 12 horses. Wow. What's the age spread of your kids? [Starts to say 50 but slurs his words to make it undecipherable] down to 25. And then I've got five grandchildren. When you start lying about your kids' age you know you're getting up there. What was the oldest? I didn't quite make that out? [Once again starts saying 50 but slurs his words]. Fifty-something? Yeah, 50-something. We'll go with that. But you still seem young and spry. My kids became middle-aged before I became decrepit. I could always outrun, out-climb, out-sport all of my kids. And then I started to get creaky around age 70. Are any of your kids involved in music or showbiz? Just one. He's in London. He's actually a filmmaker but he has the gift of music. He picks up any instrument and the music just falls out of his fingers. And one of my grandchildren, who is 8. Young Arthur hasn't got any musical chops, but whenever they come over he goes straight to the grand piano and he's looking for cool stuff on there. You can see that it's just there in his DNA.
Yahoo
06-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Laurence Fishburne Felt ‘Really Dejected' After Doing '40 Takes' of an ‘Apocalypse Now' Scene Talking About Sex at Age 14
Laurence Fishburne is recalling just how 'disappointed' Francis Ford Coppola was in part of his 'Apocalypse Now' performance. Fishburne, who later reunited with Coppola for 'Rumble Fish,' 'The Cotton Club,' 'Gardens of Stone,' and 2024's Razzie winner 'Megalopolis,' said during the Apple TV+ documentary 'Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood' that while filming 1979's 'Apocalypse Now,' his own lack of real-life 'sexual experience' impacted his acting ability. More from IndieWire 'Bring Her Back' Trailer: Sally Hawkins Is a Nightmare Foster Mom in the Latest Horror from the Directors of 'Talk to Me' The Beatles Biopic Cast Revealed: Paul Mescal as Paul, Joseph Quinn as George, Barry Keoghan as Ringo, and Harris Dickinson as John Fishburne was age 14 when he was cast in the film; a scene cut from the original theatrical release (and later re-added in Coppola's 2001 redux cut) included Fishburne's soldier character detailing sex. However, Coppola did not find Fishburne convincing. A source close to production told IndieWire that Fishburne misrepresented his age in his audition to land the role. IndieWire has reached out to Fishburne's representatives for additional comment. 'There's a scene in 'Apocalypse Now' that got cut from the original film, and then it's been put back in the redux,' Fishburne said, from The Hollywood Reporter. 'I was 14, 15, whatever, trying to do this scene talking about sex and I had no sexual experience. Like, none.' He added that Coppola 'couldn't figure out how to get me to be any more experienced than I am' and kept 'asking me to do it over and over again.' 'I did something like 40 takes. It was really bad,' Fishburne said. 'And I could tell that he was disappointed. So I was feeling really, really down, really dejected.' It was Fishburne's co-star Martin Sheen who helped him overcome the scene. 'I heard Martin whisper in my ear, he said, 'Did anyone ever tell you you were a really good actor?'' Fishburne said. 'And I said, 'No.' He said, 'You're a really good actor.'' According to Fishburne, Sheen 'saved [his] life,' saying of Sheen, 'That's what being No. 1 on a call sheet is about for me.' The acclaimed 'Apocalypse Now' was, at the time of its release, deemed by many to be a commerical failure, despite tying for the Palme d'Or at Cannes and receiving an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture. Coppola reflected on the film's legacy during an anniversary event in 2019. 'The avant-garde of yesterday is the wallpaper design of today,' Coppola said about negative reviews. 'Some of the greatest artists of their day, we may have never heard of them. But the 'failures' like Van Gogh or Rousseau, who had to take his paintings around in a wheelbarrow — you'd give your eyeteeth now to have those paintings. The things you get fired for when you're young are the same things you get Lifetime Achievements for when you're old.' Best of IndieWire Guillermo del Toro's Favorite Movies: 56 Films the Director Wants You to See 'Song of the South': 14 Things to Know About Disney's Most Controversial Movie The 55 Best LGBTQ Movies and TV Shows Streaming on Netflix Right Now
The Independent
25-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff cause of death confirmed weeks after death at 61
The cause of death for Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff has been officially confirmed, three weeks after she died at the age of 61. The model and actor was known for her television appearances during the 1980s and 1990s and her 17-year marriage to David Hasselhoff. TMZ reports that her Los Angeles County death certificate confirms she died by suicide on March 5. She has since been cremated. Originally from Oklahoma, Bach moved to Los Angeles in 1985 and met her future husband on the set of his hit show Knight Rider the same year. In a statement to TMZ after her death, Hasselhoff said: 'Our family is deeply saddened by the recent passing of Pamela Hasselhoff. 'We are grateful for the outpouring of love and support during this difficult time but we kindly request privacy as we grieve and navigate through this challenging time.' The former couple shared two daughters: Taylor, 34, and Hayley, 32. Bach was born Pamela Weissenbach on October 16, 1963. She was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the daughter of a model, and began her own modelling career as a teenager. She attended Tulsa East Central High School before studying Engineering/Theatre Arts at Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College. Bach made her film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish in 1983, which also starred Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke and Diane Lane. In 1985, she moved to Los Angeles to work in television, meeting Hasselhoff on the set of the Knight Rider episode 'Knight Racer.' They married four years later. She also worked with her husband on In 2006, Hasselhoff announced he was filing for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Their divorce was finalized later that year, with each being given custody of one daughter. Hasselhoff married model Hayley Roberts in 2018. In 2011, Bach-Hasselhoff appeared in that year's Celebrity Big Brother on British television. If you are experiencing feelings of distress, or are struggling to cope, you can speak to the Samaritans, in confidence, on 116 123 (UK and ROI), email jo@ or visit the Samaritans website to find details of your nearest branch. If you are based in the USA, and you or someone you know needs mental health assistance right now, call or text 988, or visit to access online chat from the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. This is a free, confidential crisis hotline that is available to everyone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you are in another country, you can go to to find a helpline near you
The Independent
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
David Hasselhoff's daughter pays tribute after mother Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff dies, aged 61
Taylor Hasselhoff-Fiore, the daughter of David Hasselhoff, has paid tribute to her mother Pamela Bach-Hasselhoff who died by suicide last week aged 61. Bach, originally from Oklahoma, was an actor and model known for her TV appearances during the 1980s and 1990s. She moved to Los Angeles in 1985 where she met her ex-husband Hasselhoff on the set of his hit show Knight Rider. In an Instagram tribute shared one week after Bach's death, her eldest daughter Taylor shared a heartfelt slideshow of family photos. The pictures show Taylor, 34, and her younger sister Hayley, 32, with their mother over the years. One picture shows Taylor cradling Hayley as an infant alongside their mother. In the post's caption, real estate broker Taylor wrote that she would 'do anything in the world' to hug her late mother again. 'My forever angel, you are my best friend, my whole heart, my everything,' she wrote. 'I promise to make you proud and celebrate you everyday.' Taylor, who has a baby daughter called London, said that she will teach her child about her mother's legacy. 'London will know all about how incredible you are and I promise I will protect Hayley forever…' She continued: 'Mama I love you so much, the pain is unbearable but I will be strong for you & hold onto your memory until we meet again my beautiful.' Following Bach's death, Hasselhoff said in a statement to TMZ: 'Our family is deeply saddened by the recent passing of Pamela Hasselhoff.' 'We are grateful for the outpouring of love and support during this difficult time but we kindly request privacy as we grieve and navigate through this challenging time.' TMZ reports that Bach died by suicide. Paramedics were called to her home late on 5 March, according to law enforcement sources cited by the outlet, and she was pronounced dead at the scene. Bach, born Pamela Weissenbach, made her film debut in Francis Ford Coppola's Rumble Fish in 1983, which also starred Matt Dillon, Mickey Rourke and Diane Lane. She also worked with her husband on Baywatch and spin-off series Baywatch Nights. Her other television credits included TJ Hooker, Cheers and The Young and the Restless. She was married to Hasselhoff from 1989 to 2006, when the actor announced he was filing for divorce, citing irreconcilable differences. Their divorce was finalised in 2006, with each being given custody of one daughter. Hasselhoff married model Hayley Roberts in 2018. If you are experiencing feelings of distress, or are struggling to cope, you can speak to the Samaritans, in confidence, on 116 123 (UK and ROI), email jo@ or visit the Samaritans website to find details of your nearest branch. If you are based in the USA, and you or someone you know needs mental health assistance right now, call or text 988, or visit to access online chat from the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. This is a free, confidential crisis hotline that is available to everyone 24 hours a day, seven days a week. If you are in another country, you can go to to find a helpline near you
