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The Herald Scotland
29-07-2025
- Entertainment
- The Herald Scotland
A star is born in the hairdressing world
'So where d'you want to go for lunch when we get into town?' said the chap. His wife thought about this for a contemplative moment, then replied: 'Anywhere that doesn't take us past a Charles Rennie Mackintosh building, cos I can't be bothered with you giving me another lecture on how great he was.' Poor hubby looked crestfallen. Milk teeth Time to enter the jaws of despair. 'I'm not saying people in my area have bad teeth,' says reader Barry Molloy. 'But I saw a bloke smile in Sainsbury's and the barcode scanner picked it up as a two-pint bottle of milk.' Mouthing off The Diary continues to examine the gory innards of people's mouths. Claire Meehan's son visited the dentist and was surprised when the bloke with the pointy implements told him that, at the relatively mature age of 19, he had two new teeth burrowing their way through his gums. 'So you've got a couple of wisdom teeth coming in,' said Claire, when the lad returned home. From behind his newspaper, Claire's husband muttered: 'That can't be right. I've never seen any evidence of wisdom. Are you sure they aren't eejit teeth?' Talk is cheap More teenage shenanigans. Reader Nick Yorke went with his 17-year-old son to Glasgow to see the Fantastic Four movie. As the pair returned home on the train, Nick's son realised, to his horror, that his phone was out of charge, meaning he wouldn't be able to sit hypnotised by TikTok videos for the remainder of the journey. Nick told the boy that all was not lost, and the journey might not be a total wash-out. 'We could just, y'know, chat for a bit,' said Nick hopefully. Nick's son merely shrugged, then said: 'Yeah, that… or I could sit here in despair.' After a beat, the boy concluded: 'I'll just sit here in despair.' Heroes to zeroes On the subject of the Fantastic Four. Reader Tony Kerr reminds us that the blockbuster flick would have been more fun if the superhero gang were Glasgow based, with suitably appropriate names. Instead of Mr Fantastic we'd have… Mr Awright. The Thing would be… The Hingmy. The Invisible Woman… Mrs Ward-she-go?! And The Human Torch… Burny Boab. Booze news Bon vivant Chris Warrington tells us: 'I've discovered it's true that whisky improves with age. The older I get, the more I like it.'
Perth Now
25-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
‘I'll never shut up': Pedro Pascal speaks out on using his fame to take a stand on big issues
Pedro Pascal wants to use his fame to highlight big global issues. The 50-year-old actor has previously been seen championing causes such as the Free Gaza Movement by wearing Protect The Dolls T-shirts in public and posting about food blockages into Gaza on social media, and Pascal has now insisted he will 'never shut up' about issues he feels need to be addressed. Speaking with Sky News about the worries of having his statements being taken out of context, he said: 'I think it's very easy to get scared no matter what you sort of talk about. There's so many different ways that things can get kind of fractured and have a life of itself really.' He added: 'It's sort of a business part of the way media can work really. There's one thing that you can say and no matter what your intention behind it, it is absolutely lost in all of these different headlines, I suppose, but I'll never shut up.' Pascal can next be seen in the upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) blockbuster The Fantastic Four: First Steps, where he stars as Reed Richards/Mr. Fantastic. The movie - which also stars Vanessa Kirby as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman, Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing – follows the titular family as they gain extraordinary powers after a cosmic accident during their exploration of outer space. As they grapple with their new identities, the Fantastic Four must unite to stop the rising threat of Galactus (Ralph Ineson), who is hell-bent on destroying the Earth. Since becoming a Hollywood A-lister, Pascal has had to find new ways to manage his anxiety, and has revealed that speaking with other people helps his mental health - something he discovered during the Covid-19 pandemic. He told Men's Health: 'I notice, especially during this period of the summer 2020, and the kind of isolation and how long my FaceTimes were, and my phone conversations, that I had started to make an effort to engage more, having previously lost that option in many ways. 'I can think back on high school, and college, and I was always such a talker with friends. Conversations on the phone, and then I don't know how many days had gone by where we stopped doing that.'
South Wales Guardian
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- South Wales Guardian
Playing pregnant superhero in Fantastic Four was a great honour
The 37-year-old actress, who is currently expecting her first child, stars as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman in the 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic reboot in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film follows Marvel's First Family as they defend Earth from the cosmic threat of Galactus and his mysterious herald, the Silver Surfer. Pedro Pascal plays Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, alongside Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing. The film explores the team's origin story. Originally astronauts, the four are forever changed after an experimental space flight exposes them to cosmic rays, granting them extraordinary superhuman powers. At its core, the story is rooted in family, with Sue and Reed preparing to welcome their first child. Kirby, who won a Bafta for portraying Princess Margaret in The Crown, said she found it 'revolutionary' to have a mother at the centre of the family who was also part of the superhero team. 'When I first started talking about Sue, I was already so passionate about her,' she told the PA news agency. 'It was so exciting to me, this idea of having a pregnant superhero, a working mother. Even in the shooting of it, it was surreal because I had this pregnancy bump, but I was so included in everything. 'It was very daunting. I really cared and it's been a great honour to play her. I know that I'm just one of many that's kind of got to know her over the years.' She added that she loved the blend of the ordinary and the extraordinary in the film: 'This was such a combination of domesticity where Reed was smelling Sue's socks, or Sue was brushing her teeth and then we'd be in the intergalactic, epic cosmos. That, in a way, was the experience we had.' Pascal credited director Matt Shakman with helping him navigate the emotional journey of Reed Richards. 'As a father, the only way he (Reed) knows how to handle that is by trying to baby-proof the world rather than be present for the experience,' the 50-year-old American-Chilean actor said. 'Matt really guided me through that, especially since I'm not a father — I can only imagine what it's like. 'My favourite thing about it (playing Reed) was that this person, so brilliant, so at ease solving the most complex scientific equations, still struggles to grasp the far more complicated equations of relationships, family and love.' Shakman, known for directing WandaVision, said The Fantastic Four is a deeply personal film for him. 'It's about parenthood and marriage, it's about all these things so many of us relate to,' he said. 'Because we all come from families and that's what the Fantastic Four is.' Shakman is encouraging even non-Marvel fans to see the film, noting that audiences do not need any prior knowledge of the franchise to enjoy it. 'You don't need to have seen any other Marvel movies to come see this movie,' added Shakman. 'They're the only superheroes in this world. There are no Easter eggs to other Marvel movies.' A previous Fantastic Four film came out in 1994, followed by a reboot in 2005 starring Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis. They all returned in 2007 for Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer, in which they learned they were not the only superpowered beings in the universe. In 2015, Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B Jordan and Jamie Bell starred in another Fantastic Four movie and animated TV series based on the comics have aired throughout the years. Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps opens in UK cinemas on July 24.
Leader Live
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Leader Live
Playing pregnant superhero in Fantastic Four was a great honour
The 37-year-old actress, who is currently expecting her first child, stars as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman in the 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic reboot in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film follows Marvel's First Family as they defend Earth from the cosmic threat of Galactus and his mysterious herald, the Silver Surfer. Pedro Pascal plays Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, alongside Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing. The film explores the team's origin story. Originally astronauts, the four are forever changed after an experimental space flight exposes them to cosmic rays, granting them extraordinary superhuman powers. At its core, the story is rooted in family, with Sue and Reed preparing to welcome their first child. Kirby, who won a Bafta for portraying Princess Margaret in The Crown, said she found it 'revolutionary' to have a mother at the centre of the family who was also part of the superhero team. 'When I first started talking about Sue, I was already so passionate about her,' she told the PA news agency. 'It was so exciting to me, this idea of having a pregnant superhero, a working mother. Even in the shooting of it, it was surreal because I had this pregnancy bump, but I was so included in everything. 'It was very daunting. I really cared and it's been a great honour to play her. I know that I'm just one of many that's kind of got to know her over the years.' She added that she loved the blend of the ordinary and the extraordinary in the film: 'This was such a combination of domesticity where Reed was smelling Sue's socks, or Sue was brushing her teeth and then we'd be in the intergalactic, epic cosmos. That, in a way, was the experience we had.' Pascal credited director Matt Shakman with helping him navigate the emotional journey of Reed Richards. 'As a father, the only way he (Reed) knows how to handle that is by trying to baby-proof the world rather than be present for the experience,' the 50-year-old American-Chilean actor said. 'Matt really guided me through that, especially since I'm not a father — I can only imagine what it's like. 'My favourite thing about it (playing Reed) was that this person, so brilliant, so at ease solving the most complex scientific equations, still struggles to grasp the far more complicated equations of relationships, family and love.' Shakman, known for directing WandaVision, said The Fantastic Four is a deeply personal film for him. 'It's about parenthood and marriage, it's about all these things so many of us relate to,' he said. 'Because we all come from families and that's what the Fantastic Four is.' Shakman is encouraging even non-Marvel fans to see the film, noting that audiences do not need any prior knowledge of the franchise to enjoy it. 'You don't need to have seen any other Marvel movies to come see this movie,' added Shakman. 'They're the only superheroes in this world. There are no Easter eggs to other Marvel movies.' A previous Fantastic Four film came out in 1994, followed by a reboot in 2005 starring Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis. They all returned in 2007 for Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer, in which they learned they were not the only superpowered beings in the universe. In 2015, Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B Jordan and Jamie Bell starred in another Fantastic Four movie and animated TV series based on the comics have aired throughout the years. Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps opens in UK cinemas on July 24.
RTÉ News
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Playing pregnant superhero in Fantastic Four was a great honour
Vanessa Kirby has described portraying a pregnant superhero in Marvel's upcoming film The Fantastic Four: First Steps as a "great honour". The 37-year-old actress, who is currently expecting her first child, stars as Sue Storm/The Invisible Woman in the 1960s-inspired, retro-futuristic reboot in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). The film follows Marvel's First Family as they defend Earth from the cosmic threat of Galactus and his mysterious herald, the Silver Surfer. Pedro Pascal plays Reed Richards/Mister Fantastic, alongside Joseph Quinn as Johnny Storm/The Human Torch and Ebon Moss-Bachrach as Ben Grimm/The Thing. The film explores the team's origin story. Originally astronauts, the four are forever changed after an experimental space flight exposes them to cosmic rays, granting them extraordinary superhuman powers. At its core, the story is rooted in family, with Sue and Reed preparing to welcome their first child. Kirby, who won a Bafta for portraying Princess Margaret in The Crown, said she found it "revolutionary" to have a mother at the centre of the family who was also part of the superhero team. "When I first started talking about Sue, I was already so passionate about her," she told the PA news agency. "It was so exciting to me, this idea of having a pregnant superhero, a working mother. Even in the shooting of it, it was surreal because I had this pregnancy bump, but I was so included in everything. "It was very daunting. I really cared and it's been a great honour to play her. I know that I'm just one of many that's kind of got to know her over the years." She added that she loved the blend of the ordinary and the extraordinary in the film: "This was such a combination of domesticity where Reed was smelling Sue's socks, or Sue was brushing her teeth and then we'd be in the intergalactic, epic cosmos. That, in a way, was the experience we had." Pascal credited director Matt Shakman with helping him navigate the emotional journey of Reed Richards. "As a father, the only way he (Reed) knows how to handle that is by trying to baby-proof the world rather than be present for the experience," the 50-year-old American-Chilean actor said. "Matt really guided me through that, especially since I'm not a father — I can only imagine what it's like. "My favourite thing about it (playing Reed) was that this person, so brilliant, so at ease solving the most complex scientific equations, still struggles to grasp the far more complicated equations of relationships, family and love." Shakman, known for directing WandaVision, said The Fantastic Four is a deeply personal film for him. "It's about parenthood and marriage, it's about all these things so many of us relate to," he said. "Because we all come from families and that's what the Fantastic Four is." Shakman is encouraging even non-Marvel fans to see the film, noting that audiences do not need any prior knowledge of the franchise to enjoy it. "You don't need to have seen any other Marvel movies to come see this movie," added Shakman. "They're the only superheroes in this world. There are no Easter eggs to other Marvel movies." A previous Fantastic Four film came out in 1994, followed by a reboot in 2005 starring Welsh actor Ioan Gruffudd, Jessica Alba, Chris Evans and Michael Chiklis. They all returned in 2007 for Fantastic Four: Rise Of The Silver Surfer, in which they learned they were not the only superpowered beings in the universe. In 2015, Miles Teller, Kate Mara, Michael B Jordan and Jamie Bell starred in another Fantastic Four movie and animated TV series based on the comics have aired throughout the years. Marvel Studios' The Fantastic Four: First Steps opens in cinemas on 24 July.
