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Perth Now
26-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Perth Now
Richard E. Grant still has his Spice World outfits
Richard E. Grant keeps his 'Spice World' outfits in his attic. The 68-year-old actor starred alongside the Spice Girls - Mel B, Melanie C, Emma Bunton, Geri Horner, and Victoria Beckham - in the 1997 comedy movie, and Richard has actually kept hold of his outfits from the film. He told People: "On 'Spice World' they said, 'We will give you all your costumes.' So I've got all of them in my attic." Richard also loved introducing his daughter Olivia, who is now 36, to the chart-topping pop stars. What's more, Olivia relished spending time on set with the Spice Girls. The actor shared: "My eight-year-old daughter was off-the-charts excited because she worshiped the Spice Girls and they were at the height of their fame. "So being able to take her to the set and get to know all of them was an incredible thrill." Richard previously opened up about his first-ever meeting with the Spice Girls, remembering that they were "so uninhibited". Speaking to Vulture in 2021, Richard shared: "I had just turned 40, and they were about half my age. And Scary Spice, Mel B, pinched my bum on the first day and said, 'You're not bad for an old guy.' "I thought, If that's a seal of approval from the rowdiest of the Spice Girls, then I was A for away. They just seemed able to talk about anything. They were so uninhibited, and so thrilled with the success that they had, that it was hard not to be taken up by all that energy." Richard also recalled the band being unaffected by their own fame. He said: "The producers were absolutely thrilled because, on the first day, each of us had huge Winnebagos with a living room and just about every modern thing that a Tom Cruise Winnebago could have. And they said, 'We feel lonely in here; we want to be with each other.' "I certainly didn't give mine up - it's the biggest one I'd ever had in my career - but they all insisted on joining up. So, to the producers' delight, they got rid of four Winnebagos that they no longer needed to pay exorbitant rentals on because they all wanted to be together all the time."
Yahoo
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Actor Frank Stallone claims he has to ‘batten down the windows' when driving through ‘scary' L.A.
Actor Frank Stallone is lamenting what he sees as the downfall of California, claiming that the state has since become a 'scary' and 'filthy' place since he moved in the 1970s. The 74-year-old New York native and younger brother of Rocky star Sylvester Stallone recalled moving to the Golden State in 1979 when he said it was 'sunny' with little crime. 'I came to California in '79 and it was totally — it was California Dreamin', and I wasn't even in the best time,' Stallone told Fox News Digital. 'No, it was a lot better it was real California sunny, you know? Cool. Not much crime,' he said. Recalling his recent drive through downtown Los Angeles, Stallone claimed the 'filth, the graffiti and the homelessness is almost like that movie Escape from New York.' Released in 1981 and starring Kurt Russel, Escape from New York is about a former soldier turned criminal tasked with rescuing the president, who's been taken hostage by inmates on the island of Manhattan after it's been turned into a maximum security prison amid a war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. 'I mean, it's that scary. I mean, I batten down the window, talking trash piled four feet high. Just filth,' Stallone continued. 'You've just got to move them out,' he said of homeless encampments. 'No more of these Winnebagos parked for months on the curb. You know, we got to move. No more pitching tents on sidewalks where people can't walk. No more pitching tents in front of people's houses. I mean, when I was going down to the gym, it was so compacted with homeless people. The stench — also that that type of unsanitariness breeds you know... All kinds of bad stuff… There's a lot of human excrement. It's just terrible.' He further blamed the current state of California on 'really bad' leadership. Of California Governor Gavin Newsom, Stallone said: 'I think this guy is so transparent. He's so phony. He's a terrible speaker. The hands and the hair and everything. He's just set up to be made fun of, you know what I mean? And he's a bad governor.' He added: 'I mean, this is such a beautiful state. Beautiful. We got the mountains, we got snow, we got the ocean. We've got everything. It's just run wrong…. I mean, the crime. It's just ridiculous. You know, $900 you can steal and nothing happens. But that, to me, is I'm lost on that one. You know, when I was a kid, you stole a candy bar, you get a kick in the butt.' To reduce prison overcrowding, California in 2014 passed Prop 47, which reclassified certain felonies to misdemeanors, including theft of property valued under $950. The Independent has contacted Newsom's representative for comment.
The Independent
13-03-2025
- Entertainment
- The Independent
Actor Frank Stallone claims he has to ‘batten down the windows' when driving through ‘scary' L.A.
Actor Frank Stallone is lamenting what he sees as the downfall of California, claiming that the state has since become a 'scary' and 'filthy' place since he moved in the 1970s. The 74-year-old New York native and younger brother of Rocky star Sylvester Stallone recalled moving to the Golden State in 1979 when he said it was 'sunny' with little crime. 'I came to California in '79 and it was totally — it was California Dreamin', and I wasn't even in the best time,' Stallone told . 'No, it was a lot better it was real California sunny, you know? Cool. Not much crime,' he said. Recalling his recent drive through downtown Los Angeles, Stallone claimed the 'filth, the graffiti and the homelessness is almost like that movie Escape from New York. ' Released in 1981 and starring Kurt Russel, Escape from New York is about a former soldier turned criminal tasked with rescuing the president, who's been taken hostage by inmates on the island of Manhattan after it's been turned into a maximum security prison amid a war between the U.S. and the Soviet Union. 'I mean, it's that scary. I mean, I batten down the window, talking trash piled four feet high. Just filth,' Stallone continued. 'You've just got to move them out,' he said of homeless encampments. 'No more of these Winnebagos parked for months on the curb. You know, we got to move. No more pitching tents on sidewalks where people can't walk. No more pitching tents in front of people's houses. I mean, when I was going down to the gym, it was so compacted with homeless people. The stench — also that that type of unsanitariness breeds you know... All kinds of bad stuff… There's a lot of human excrement. It's just terrible.' He further blamed the current state of California on 'really bad' leadership. Of California Governor Gavin Newsom, Stallone said: 'I think this guy is so transparent. He's so phony. He's a terrible speaker. The hands and the hair and everything. He's just set up to be made fun of, you know what I mean? And he's a bad governor.' He added: 'I mean, this is such a beautiful state. Beautiful. We got the mountains, we got snow, we got the ocean. We've got everything. It's just run wrong…. I mean, the crime. It's just ridiculous. You know, $900 you can steal and nothing happens. But that, to me, is I'm lost on that one. You know, when I was a kid, you stole a candy bar, you get a kick in the butt.' To reduce prison overcrowding, California in 2014 passed Prop 47, which reclassified certain felonies to misdemeanors, including theft of property valued under $950.
