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News.com.au
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Gwyneth Paltrow's savage nickname for ex-friend Winona Ryder revealed in new book
Gwyneth Paltrow's alleged nasty nickname for Winona Ryder was revealed in Amy Odell's bombshell new biography about the Goop founder, titled 'Gwyneth.' Paltrow allegedly started calling her ex-pal 'Vagina Ryder' after suspecting Ryder was making up stories for attention in the 1990s, per the Daily Mail. Odell claimed the duo's fallout happened shortly after Paltrow split from Brad Pitt – whom she dated from 1994 to 1997 – and moved into Ryder's New York City apartment. At the time, Ryder, now 53, was dating Matt Damon while Paltrow, now 52, began a romance with Damon's best friend, Ben Affleck. According to Odell, Ryder and Damon once got into a fight and she rushed to tell him she had been robbed. Odell claimed this happened twice, and Damon was empathetic to his then-girlfriend. Meanwhile, Paltrow allegedly believed that the Stranger Things star was making up the robberies for the sake of attention. 'Damon consoled her, but Gwyneth and Affleck believed Ryder fabricated the robberies as a ploy for attention (there's no proof of this),' Odell writes in the book, per the Daily Mail. 'Gwyneth was annoyed that Damon couldn't see it. Though Damon was kind to her friends, Gwyneth didn't seem to like him after that.' 'Her friendship with Ryder would only deteriorate further, and Gwyneth gave her the nickname 'Vagina Ryder,'' Odell claims. Reps for Paltrow and Ryder weren't immediately available to Page Six for comment. Elsewhere in the book, Odell claims, per People, that Paltrow swiped the lead of 1998's Shakespeare in Love from Ryder after originally turning it down. 'After a story about Gwyneth allegedly stealing the script from Winona's coffee table reached the media, Gwyneth told friends that Ryder had started the rumour, and insisted she'd received the script through her agent,' the author alleges. While Ryder or Paltrow never addressed their alleged feud, the latter previously spoke of a 'frenemy' who wanted to see her demise in a 2009 Goop blog post. 'Back in the day, I had a 'frenemy' who, as it turned out, was pretty hellbent on taking me down,' Paltrow wrote at the time. 'This person really did what they could to hurt me.' 'I was deeply upset, I was angry, I was all of those things you feel when you find out that someone you thought you liked was venomous and dangerous,' the Iron Man star continued. 'I restrained myself from fighting back. … But one day I heard that something unfortunate and humiliating had happened to this person. And my reaction was deep relief and happiness.'
New York Times
11 hours ago
- Entertainment
- New York Times
United? Yanited? Man U? What to call Manchester United – and what it says about you
Shaun Ryder of the Happy Mondays took to the stage at Elland Road, Leeds. It was 1991, when the Manchester United and Leeds United rivalry was deeply hostile, yet here was a Man United fan on stage in Leeds headlining a festival along with other Manchester bands. Ryder surveyed the 25,000 crowd and asked: 'Are you Man U? Are you f****** Man U, you?' Advertisement The terminology was familiar to locals when trying to sniff out stray Mancs around football matches and the crowd loved it — although one of them scaled a 260ft floodlight and refused to come down as the anthemic bass from Loose Fit's opening chords followed. Man U. I'd only ever heard that term once before, when Everton captain Kevin Ratcliffe reckoned in a pre-season guide that 'Man U will be there or thereabouts'. In the 1990s, when Man U became serial winners, the term was more a pejorative and not something United fans would say. It was hardly 'Manure', which some rival fans used — and still do — but it marked the person out as definitely not a Manchester United fan. Cockneys and Geordies called the team Man U. Maybe that's why Steve Bruce, a Geordie who played more than 400 times for Manchester United, still calls his old club Man U. What else are they known as? The Reds, MUFC, the Red Devils, Manchester, or just United, which is bound to annoy fans of the many other Uniteds. In Leeds or Newcastle, United are the local heroes, not a team from Manchester. Most fans I know call them 'United' without meaning offence, though the club's superb official centenary book by the esteemed author Geoffrey Green in 1978 was called There's Only One United. When my dad referred to United he called them the Reds. My mother calls her team 'Yoo-nigh-tid' as if she's a Yorkshire sheep farmer and not an Old Trafford girl. It's not only the term you use but how you say it. The YouTuber Angry Ginge has popularised the term 'Yanited' and that's how the word United has long sounded when sung by fans in defiance during games. 'I say, 'u-NI-tid' (emphasis on the 'ni'),' supporter Neil Meehan tells The Athletic. 'But I emphasise the 'tid' on the chant and I'm fighting a losing battle.' 'If it's one of those who support Doncaster or someone and you know they're about to say, 'How many games do you go to?', I say, 'Manchester United Football Club',' says James Young. 'As a student in Salford, I had to justify why I supported the team in a way that a Peterborough United fan never would. And I don't like, 'Man Yernited', just grates me for some reason. Like people that say, 'footy' — trying a bit hard.' Advertisement Much is said in jest, too. I have a mate who says things like, 'Looking forward to some good man yoo-ing tonight…' Which means going to see United play. Manchester United. 'Going Man Yoo'ing tonight and the timing of those two fantastic performances previous are completely coincidental to my attendance,' wrote Bashy Mc on X in January after the 2-2 draw against Liverpool in the league and the penalty shootout win against Arsenal in the FA Cup. For years, until a certain other club in Manchester became more successful, United were simply known as Manchester by many in Europe. That's how most Spanish people referred to United, and still do — City are El City. A ticket printed by Milan for a game at San Siro in 2010 simply listed 'Manchester' as the opponents. There are terms of affection for groups of players like the Busby Babes or Fergie's Fledglings, but these were coined and used by journalists and not used in everyday vernacular. Ditto the Red Devils, which was first given to Salford's rugby league team after it took a two-month tour to France in 1934 and got the nickname 'Les Diables Rouges'. And then there are the names that rival fans use. Juvenile ones like Manure or Manush***-ed. Then there's Rags (Red Arrogant Gits). I've heard City fans call United the Stretford Rangers because Old Trafford is in Stretford, Trafford. There are also far more offensive terms. The term Munichs was and is used by a few rival fans as a slur relating to the Munich air disaster. In 2024, the novelist David Peace released a book about the Busby Babes called Munichs. Some fans were outraged at the title. 'From the moment he revealed he was giving his book that name, people, including the lifelong match-going fan and broadcaster Michael Crick, suggested to him this was not a good idea, that it would hardly be the most appealing of titles for book-loving United supporters,' wrote United fan Jim White in his fanzine column. Advertisement 'But the author responded that maybe it was time United fans reclaimed the word. That in the manner of other groups who had been insulted by provocative language, they needed to seize hold of it and use it as a point of pride. Maybe, he said, Reds should all chant 'Munichs' in the way Tottenham Hotspur followers use the Y word. Peace is a superb writer; his Red Riding Quartet and The Damned United are among the finest of modern novels. But on this, he is wholly wrong. There is nothing to reclaim here.' In Germany, Manchester United are commonly called Man U (there's a well-intended movement among hardcore fans not to say it, because of a misunderstanding that it's offensive and somehow comes from the Munich air disaster, which it doesn't), though they pronounce in it Men U. 'Essentially it sounds like the menu in a restaurant as a result of Germans learning at school that the sound 'a' is pronounced 'eh' in English and overdoing it,' explains Germany-based United fan Matt Ford. 'Hence they'll pronounce 'hand' as 'hend', 'bag' as 'beg' or, most annoyingly, my name as 'Mett'. Which is actually a type of raw meat, but never mind. Anyway, it also gives them 'Menchester' and therefore 'Men U'. With the weird emphasis. Does my head in.' Near the Lake District town of Windermere lies the grave of Fred Attock, a Liverpudlian who founded Newton Heath Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Cricket & Football Club in 1878. They became Manchester United in 1902, which is much easier to say.
Daily Mail
18 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Gwyneth Paltrow's cruel nickname for Winona Ryder revealed as new biography lays bare actress's mean girl past
Gwyneth Paltrow is known to preach wellness and self-care today, but her early years were anything but zen, a bombshell new biography claims. The actress and Goop founder, 52, mocked her classmates, iced out friends, and once gave Winona Ryder the savage nickname 'Vagina Ryder', in one of several brutal Hollywood fallouts, according to the book. In Gwyneth: The Biography - published July 29 - journalist Amy Odell reveals Paltrow was once close friends with Ryder but grew to despise her after suspecting her of fabricating stories for attention. At the time, Paltrow was dating Ben Affleck and Ryder was dating his best friend, Matt Damon - making the two couples a Hollywood power foursome until the actress's friendship with the pair soured. According to Odell, Paltrow also harbored disdain for Damon's co-star Minnie Driver, believing that the English actress had an 'air of faux British aristocracy'. After organizing a birthday party for Driver in 1997, Paltrow is alleged to have rolled her eyes and made a vomiting gesture when the actress wasn't looking, the book states. The biography also revisits Paltrow's discomfort while filming 1998 crime thriller A Perfect Murder opposite co-star Michael Douglas, who was cast as her husband despite being almost 30 years her senior. Paltrow, then 25, was reportedly uneasy with their romantic scenes, finding the experience 'creepy'. Odell's unauthorized biography of Paltrow has already seen explosive revelations about her previous relationships, including those with Brad Pitt and ex-husband Chris Martin, which Daily Mail has exclusively reported. But the book also delves into her privileged upbringing, ruthless climb to fame, and petty grudges with fellow Hollywood heavyweights. In the late 90s, Paltrow's star was on the rise although she had not yet starred in the role that would earn her the Oscar for Best Actress - Shakespeare in Love. Yet Odell writes that she had a habit of burning through friends on her way to the top, and that included Ryder. After breaking up with Brad Pitt in 1997, Paltrow moved into Ryder's house, apparently for consolation from her friend, but their friendship would soon crumble. According to the book, following an argument between Ryder and then-boyfriend Damon, Ryder left their New York apartment to say she had been robbed. Then Ryder left the home a second time, came back and claimed she had been robbed again. While Damon was sympathetic, Paltrow was convinced it was a ploy for attention and from there, the friendship deteriorated. 'Damon consoled her but Gwyneth and Affleck believed Ryder fabricated the robberies as a ploy for attention (there's no proof of this),' the book states. 'Gwyneth was annoyed that Damon couldn't see it. Though Damon was kind to her friends, Gwyneth didn't seem to like him after that. 'Her friendship with Ryder would only deteriorate further, and Gwyneth gave her the nickname "Vagina Ryder".' Ryder and Damon began dating after the actor had split with Driver, whom he met on the set of the movie Good Will Hunting. Driver would later claim that she only realized Damon had dumped her when he went on the Oprah Winfrey Show and said he was single. But Paltrow told friends that this was 'untrue'. 'Gwyneth understandably wanted to take her boyfriend's friend's side but she also seemed to sour on Driver,' Odell writes. She considered Driver an 'air-kiss friend' and disliked her alleged 'fake' aristocratic persona. Once while doing a photo shoot at a rented house in Los Angeles, Paltrow swallowed her distaste for Driver and organized a last-minute birthday party for her. 'When Driver wasn't looking, Gwyneth rolled her eyes to friends and mimed vomiting by putting her finger in her mouth,' the book states. Paltrow's icy reputation apparently extended to her on-set experiences, particularly while filming A Perfect Murder, according to the author. Though co-star Michael Douglas had been a longtime family friend - through Paltrow's late father, director Bruce Paltrow - the prospect of doing a nude scene with the then 53-year-old actor was too much. Odell writes that Paltrow 'hated' working with Douglas and found the 'whole experience creepy'. Paltrow later said that she thought the whole thing was a joke between her father and Douglas, describing it as a 'guy thing' between them. Odell quotes somebody who worked closely with Paltrow at Miramax as saying that in reality, she was more uncomfortable than she let on. In fact, Paltrow refused to fly back to Los Angeles for reshoots, prompting director Andy Davis to fume over the costly delays. According to the book, Davis said: 'Douglas was sort of saying, "Who is this prima donna that she won't come back to LA?" 'It's going to cost us millions of dollars to rebuild this set in London'. Paltrow's attitude resurfaced on the set of Shakespeare in Love in 1998 where she seemed deeply unimpressed with the production, despite filming taking place in a full size recreation of Shakespeare's Globe the 16th century theater in London where the playwright's plays were originally staged. One person who worked on the film remembered Paltrow was chewing gum on set and was 'looking like she didn't want to be there'. She was overheard saying 'I'm so over this', but it wasn't clear if she meant the UK, the film, or both. Elsewhere in the book there is an eye-popping and at times scathing account about Paltrow's privileged life as perhaps the ultimate 'nepo baby'. Her mother was screen legend Blythe Danner and her father was a director, meaning she grew up on the sets of films her parents were creating. According to the book, before the age of 10 Paltrow 'noticed early on that the world was eager to give her what she wanted and she didn't need anyone's permission to get it'. At Spence, the elite, $68,000-a-year prep school in New York that Paltrow attended, she was known to be 'polarizing' and sometimes 'cruel'. Former pupils noticed that Paltrow was 'remarkably adept at reading people' and smart enough to make 'devastating comebacks' when they tried to mock her. Everyone was 'terrified of her and in awe of her and wanted to be her', former classmates told Odell. The book claims that Paltrow, who remained thin throughout her youth, once fat-shamed another student with an unsubtle comment about her appearance. Paltrow supposedly told another girl: 'Isn't it interesting how different people's bodies are?' Part of the reason for Paltrow's 'supernatural confidence' was that she was born into 'Hollywood royalty', Odell says. Her godfather was Steven Spielberg, who she referred to as 'Uncle Morty': he got her one of her first big breaks in Hook, which came out in 1991. Paltrow's father treated her like a 'female Jesus Christ' and spoiled her so much he joked she didn't know how to turn right on a plane because she was so used to turning left to get to First Class. Discipline appears to have been light in Paltrow's house and she was allowed to stay out late partying and miss school. When the school would call up Paltrow was so brazen that she pretended to be her mother but didn't last long and was ordered back to class. But Paltrow's spotty academic record became an issue when it came time to go to college. After being rejected by Vassar for poor grades, her parents turned to a family friend to get her into the University of California. Michael Douglas duly stepped up, made the call, and Paltrow was admitted - but dropped out after a year to pursue acting. It would start a remarkable glide to fame and wealth which Paltrow still rides today, including a careful control over her image. Odell's previous book was about Anna Wintour and says that trying to get people to talk about Paltrow was more difficult than the Vogue editor, who provided some friends to speak on her behalf. According to Odell, people who used to work for Paltrow were 'terrified' of speaking about her. 'Her Goop staff seemed cagier than many of Wintour's former employees', Odell says. Some had seen Paltrow 'take action' against those who had crossed her in the past. As Paltrow herself has said: 'I can be mean. I can ice people out and I can definitely harbor revenge'.
The Star
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Star
Actress Winona Ryder claims director threatened to 'destroy her life'
, though both of her brothers have worked as production assistants on a select number of her movies. Photo: TNS Winona Ryder has revealed a director she once worked with decades ago threatened to 'destroy [her] f—ing life' after she reported him for inappropriate behaviour. The two-time Oscar nominee, 53, recalled to Elle UK that after she asked producers if they could handle the difficult director, he confronted her the following day when she had 'a big scene,' making one of his own. Ryder claims the director approached her as if he was going to discuss the scene, then 'changed his tone to a whisper.' 'He came up to me, and he was like, 'OK, so um, if we just try it like – you f—ing c–, I'm gonna destroy your f—ing life,'' recalled the Beetlejuice star, saying she was then forced to jump into the scene acting as if everything was OK. 'What's so crazy is my brother was working as a PA on the movie, and I didn't even tell him, and I didn't complain,' she said. The Stranger Things actress did not disclose the identity of the director nor the film, though both of her brothers have worked as production assistants on a select number of her movies. IMDb shows that Uri Ryder, who goes by Uri Horowitz, was a production assistant on 1994's Reality Bites , directed by Ben Stiller. Her half-brother, Jubal Palmer was meanwhile a production assistant on Janusz Kaminski's Lost Souls and Steven Brill's Mr. Deeds remake, both of which starred Winona. Palmer was also credited as his sister's own assistant on the set of Richard Linklater's A Scanner Darkly . Nearly a decade after Reality Bites , Ryder made a cameo in 2001's Zoolander ,1 also helmed by and starring Stiller, but she never again worked on projects directed by Linklater or Kaminski. The latter is best known as the Academy Award-winning cinematographer behind Schindler's List and Saving Private Ryan . – New York Daily News/Tribune News Service
New York Post
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Winona Ryder reveals how ‘Heathers' damaged her career
Winona Ryder suffered after 'Heathers.' In a new interview with Elle UK, the 'Stranger Things' star, 53, recalled how her role in the 1988 dark comedy teen film had a negative impact on her career. 'I was told I was never gonna work again if I did 'Heathers,'' she told the outlet, adding, 'I did lose a job.' Advertisement 7 Winona Ryder in 'Heathers.' ©New World Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Ryder revealed that she was dropped from the 1990 crime comedy 'The Freshman' because of 'Heathers.' 'They thought it was making fun of teen suicide,' she shared. 'They were deeply offended and, yeah, they revoked the offer.' Advertisement 'I'm like, 'I can't work with Marlon Brando?' she recounted. 'But I had to stand my ground. I wasn't gonna apologize.' 7 Winona Ryder at the 'Beetlejuice Beetlejuice' London photocall in Aug. 2024. Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures 7 Marlon Brando in 'The Freshman.' ©TriStar Pictures/Courtesy Everett Colle / Everett Collection In 'Heathers,' Ryder played Veronica Sawyer, who is involved in her high school's mean girl clique. She becomes romantically involved with JD Dean (Christian Slater), who goes on a revenge tour by killing his classmates and staging their deaths as suicides. Advertisement When asked if she still watches the cult classic also starring the late Shannen Doherty, Ryder replied: 'I never turn off 'Heathers' if it's on. I know it basically by heart.' 7 Winona Ryder, Christian Slater in 'Heathers.' ©New World Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection Last year, Ryder spoke to Harper's Bazaar about the audition process for 'Heathers.' 'I wasn't considered pretty enough, so I went across the street to the Beverly Center, to the Macy's counter,' she recalled. 'They had them do a makeover on me. Then I went back and I was like, 'Please!' Advertisement 7 Shannen Doherty, Winona Ryder, Kim Walker in 'Heathers.' ©New World Pictures/Courtesy Everett Col / Everett Collection 7 Winona Ryder in 'Heathers.' ©New World Pictures/Courtesy Everett Col / Everett Collection 'But my agent at the time literally got down on her knees, she's like, 'Please, you're gonna destroy any chance of a career,'' Ryder explained. 'But I actually did lose a job right when it was coming out. I had been cast in a movie, and the director took great offense to it. 'I think I made the right call,' Ryder added. In 2016, 'Heathers' director Michael Lehmann defended the film from claims that it mocks teen suicide. 7 Winona Ryder as Veronica Sawyer in 'Heathers.' ©New World Pictures/Courtesy Everett Collection 'The more horrifying or disturbing human behavior is, the more opportunity there is to mine it for certain types of comedy,' he told The Denver Post. 'You click it a few notches in one direction or another to make it absurd, and it allows to you to understand human behavior better, because people do horrible things with the best intentions.' 'Heathers' was a box office flop when it came out, but over time it has garnered a cult following. The film has been adapted into a 2018 TV reboot and a Broadway musical.
