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The Sun
20-05-2025
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Nepo baby with Hollywood star parent defends landing first record deal – can you guess who his famous comedian dad is?
A NEPO baby with a Hollywood superstar parent has hit back at critics after landing his very first record deal. The 21-year-old budding star has put a pause on his college studies in order to sign his first recording contract and pursue music professionally - but can you work out who his A-list father is? 7 7 7 Magnus Ferrell, is the son of comedy legend Will Ferrell, and has admitted he still has to prove himself as a musician despite his staggering connections across the entertainment industry. Magnus and Will have worked together musically many times with the pair staging a series of DJ sets with one another. However, Magnus is now keen to step out on his own with his music. In a new interview with US Weekly, Magnus revealed that he had been handed opportunities thanks to his famous connections but that he had still been forced to prove himself despite this. He chatted to the publication backstage at US music event Wango Tango for leading radio station, KIIS FM. Magnus said: "Sure, there's been opportunities, and I've gotten extra opportunities because of my parents, but I still had to show up for the occasion. "I still feel like I have to prove myself, and I'm going to continue to prove myself just because it's what I love to do, and I obsess over it. 'I know I can't think about anybody else besides the music, and I'm excited to show the world." Magnus is the eldest son of Will and has two younger brothers - Mattias, 18, and Axel, 14. The trio's mother is Viveca Paulin, 55. Nepo baby with very famous A-list Hollywood legend dad reveals 'crazy' family life on new podcast - but can you guess who he is? Last year, Magnus and Will could be seen jamming out with each other at a college party where Magnus invited his father to help with his DJ set. Will could be seen dancing along to the classic hit Eye of the Tiger in the video as he encouraged his son's music and party endeavours. Speaking about his musical influences, Magnus recently revealed: 'I love Stevie Wonder. I love Michael Jackson, anything Soul Train and also some jazz influences. "I'm a jazz piano player from the start. "How I met some of my closest friends was from jazz piano, so it's just what I call groove therapy.' 7 7 7
South China Morning Post
28-04-2025
- Entertainment
- South China Morning Post
Who is Anchorman actor Will Ferrell's art-loving partner, Viveca Paulin? The collector and auctioneer shares his sense of humour – and introduced him to Eurovision
The most exciting time of the year for basketball fans is finally here. The 2025 NBA playoffs have tipped off, and with the league championship at stake the hardwood is on fire. The inaugural game, on April 19, was attended by some of the biggest names in Hollywood. Among them were comedy legend Will Ferrell, 57 and his wife, Viveca Paulin, 56, who turned up at the Arena in Los Angeles for a match between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves, per USA Today. Will Ferrell and his wife, Viveca Paulin, attend the game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves on April 19. Photo: IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect The couple were dressed casually – unlike on a previous appearance at an NHL game between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Los Angeles Kings late last year, where Ferrell showed up as his Elf character, Buddy the Elf. At the time, the Saturday Night Live star told Today that he had explicitly instructed Paulin not to smile. Sure enough, she hardly broke character while her husband channelled a post-Christmas, 'laid-off' Buddy. Advertisement Clearly, these two were made for each other. So, what else do we know about Viveca Paulin, who went from 'the one that got away', as Ferrell described her in a 2023 interview with Elle, to his 'partner in crime', which he calls her now, per People? What's her background? Will Ferrell and Viveca Paulin arrive for the Los Angeles premiere of Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, in 2006. Photo: AFP Viveca Paulin hails from Askim, Sweden. But she grew up in Boston, according to Elle and studied art history at Pomona College in Claremont, California. The You're Cordially Invited actor Ferrell once told People that the names of his sons with Paulin – Magnus, Mattias and Axel – are a nod to her Scandinavian roots. 'My wife was born in Sweden and we loved the idea of a Scandinavian name,' he said. Explaining Magnus ' name, which, in Latin, means 'the great one', he added, 'I've gotten a lot of flak: 'What kind of ego do you have to have to name your child the great one?' That is not it at all.' Ferrell's film Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020) was inspired by his first time watching the international music competition show with Paulin in Sweden, while at dinner with her cousin, he told the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. She used to be an actress
