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The Sun
2 hours ago
- Entertainment
- The Sun
Lottie Moss sets pulses racing as she strips to orange bikini on holiday
LOTTIE Moss looked incredible as she stripped off to a bright orange bikini while holidaying in Saint-Tropez. The younger sister of Kate Moss, 51, looked incredible as she posed for a string of photos at the luxury villa. 3 3 Lottie, 27, showed off her figure in the matching two-piece while on a getaway with pals. She posted a mirror selfie while standing in front of an outdoor pool and captioned it: "Life's a party I guess." Lottie accessorised with a pair of sunglasses and styled her blonde tresses in loose waves. The post also included snaps of her in a blue Bydee bikini in Zephyrus print, which she teamed with a matching skirt. The model also sizzled in a sequin bikini top and white skirt and then slipped into a burgundy backless halterneck mini dress for a night out. Lottie's getaway comes after The Sun revealed she's writing her first book — based on secret diaries kept since her teens. The autobiography is set to tell all about her relationships and battles with drug and alcohol addiction. An insider said: 'Lottie has always been known as Kate's little sister — but this is her chance to tell her side of the story. 'She has kept written and video diaries since she was a teenager, so will be compiling all her scribbles and memories into the book. 'Lottie is excited to tell the truth about her struggles with body image, addiction and relationships. Lottie Moss reveals 'new face' in emotional TikTok video after having filler dissolved and face tattoo removed 'She won't hold back and fans can expect no filter.' Speaking previously about supermodel Kate, Lottie said: 'I felt a lot of pressure to be like her and look like her. And you know, I dabbled in that party lifestyle. 'I always felt compared to her at the beginning of my career, and people expected me to be like a carbon copy.' Earlier this year, Lottie revealed she had quit adult content website OnlyFans after falling out with her family over it. She said: 'I lost a lot of friends from the modelling industry. 'My mum didn't speak to me for weeks and my family was a little bit in turmoil over it.' Lottie, who has launched podcast Dream On With Lottie Moss, is single after splitting from musician Evan Campbell last June. She has previously been linked to Brooklyn Beckham and radio host Roman Kemp.
Telegraph
5 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Ozzy's unforgettable prediction to me about life after his death
It's October 2009 and I'm drinking tea with Ozzy Osbourne in his LA study, as he shows me a series of (really rather good) pointillist felt-tip sketches he's been working on. Everything about this seems hilariously unlikely, and when I make a 'funny how life turns out' quip, the conversation naturally turns to bucket lists, to regrets, to death and whatever happens afterwards. 'Hell,' Osbourne grumbles, 'even if I do make it to heaven, you can bet your life that the toilet will stink.' That was just one of many unforgettable lines that came back to me on Tuesday, as I read about the Black Sabbath frontman's death. I'd met the heavy metal singer-turned-TV star on a number of occasions after moving to LA and getting to know his wife, Sharon, but that day I'd driven over to the couple's home in the Hollywood Hills to interview him about his forthcoming autobiography, I Am Ozzy. The visit included a dip in the Osbournes' infinity pool and a tour of Ozzy's state-of-the-art recording studio in the basement. Osbourne – then 60 and sober, with a tremor I'd put down to decades of drug and alcohol addiction – said he quite fancied a number one album before he died. (He went on to achieve this in 2022, with Patient No 9). He wanted a movie made of his life, too, 'maybe with Johnny Depp playing me,' he told me. But more than anything, he said, shaking his shaggy, aubergine-coloured head sadly: 'I'd like to go back in time and make better choices.' For a moment, the atmosphere in that study threatened to become maudlin, and I struggled to think of a suitable mood elevator. 'Oh, your choices weren't so bad!' wouldn't do, on account, you know, of the estimated 30 years lost to drugs and alcohol, of the time he threw himself off a 40-foot cliff because it seemed like 'a good day to fly!', the day he bit the head off a bat and threw it back into the crowd at a 1982 concert, the moment he snorted a line of ants and, of course, when he thought it might be a good idea to try and strangle Sharon. So, instead, I went with: 'Seems like you've got pretty much everything you could wish for.' I didn't just mean the enduring career, the estimated £110m fortune and the incredible Hollywood mansion (complete with a 10ft poolside Buddha, burnished by the sun), but the wife who still clearly adored him and the kids who were forever calling or dropping by. Eight years later, as I watched Osbourne talking sweet gobbledygook to one of his baby grandsons by the pool, I remember thinking how curiously functional this supposedly dysfunctional family was. Osbourne didn't miss the booze or the drugs, he insisted on that 107-degree October day, when the velvet skull-and-crossbones slippers he was wearing were probably the most rebellious thing about him, and the gym was his last remaining addiction. 'I got bored of always being f---ed up on something or other,' he explained, adding that 'by far the most addictive thing I've ever put in my body is tobacco. By the end, I was chewing the gum, smoking the fake cigarettes, wearing the patches and smoking 20 a day. I tried cigars, but within a week I was smoking 30 Cohibas a day, and inhaling.' For him – one of six children born in Aston, Birmingham, to a toolmaker father and a mother who worked for a firm specialising in car parts – money was always the most corruptive force, by far. 'I was 18 when Sony offered us a deal for Black Sabbath. £105 they gave me – and I'd never seen so much cash in my f---ing life. From then onwards,' he told me, peering up at me through his tinted glasses, 'I could get drunk morning, noon and night, and nobody would care. There isn't another job in the world where you can turn up p---ed as a wheel and not get fired.' One of the things that first attracted him to Sharon – the whip-smart daughter of his then manager, Don Arden – was that she suffered from the same 'extreme personality' issues. I've rarely seen a couple more besotted – or dependent – on one another. I remember Osbourne looking over at his wife while she was feeding one of her 16 dogs grilled chicken breast from the lunch table, and saying: 'If it weren't for her, without a shadow of a doubt, I would be dead. My lady's the greatest; I love her. For some reason, the shoe still fits, you know?' Their bickering was legendary, of course. No wonder The Osbournes was such a hit. But when Sharon complained a little too loudly, her husband liked to come back with: 'Sharon, it could be worse. You could be married to Sting.' Despite their idyllic LA life, Osbourne admitted that he didn't 'want to spend the rest of my life in California. There's so much bulls--- out here, and the reality is, I'm English.' I'm glad he got to die in the country he loved surrounded by his family. I'm glad he got to play one last concert in Birmingham's Villa Park, packed out by 45,000 fans and watched online by more than five million more metalheads. And Ozzy, if St Peter did wave you through those gates, I really hope you were wrong about that toilet.
BBC News
9 hours ago
- Entertainment
- BBC News
Dexys frontman Kevin Rowland remembers 'magical' Wolverhampton
Dexys Midnight Runners frontman Kevin Rowland has spoken of his love for said growing up there had been "magical", adding he continued to support Wolves when, aged 11, his family moved to London where he was teased at school for his Wolverhampton - known for songs including Come on Eileen and Geno - shared the memories while in contemplative mood for the release of his autobiography Bless Me 71-year-old revealed that away from his "very strict" Irish Catholic family, he had a "wild side" growing up, and recalled a time he got caught shoplifting at a shop on Dudley Road. His brother had told him to "just grab anything, don't matter what it is," he said. Rowland helped himself to a tin of dog food and was spotted by the of Wolverhampton also include the music and fashion of the time."I can remember standing outside the ABC in Wolverhampton," he said, "watching them all queuing up, all the teddy boys with their cool haircuts, winkle-pickers, tight trousers; girls with their beehives - incredible."When his family moved to London, he said he was laughed at because of his "broad Wolverhampton accent", when he gave a speech in school he said he was determined to continue attending Wolves matches, despite living in Harrow, although he was becoming "obsessed with the singing". After starting out in his brother's band, he said he felt he had a "blank page" when he started Dexys Midnight said there was a determination to make it work and he insisted all the band members he recruited had to quit their jobs and practice eight hours a day, five days a week for six months until they were ready to they found success in the 1980s he said he felt "vindicated" for his persistence, but he also had said: "It was so many boys and girls' dream and it was certainly my dream to have the success that I had, but I wish I'd been able to enjoy it more."I got stressed out really and took it all a bit seriously and didn't go out much and enjoy it. I just kind of worked."Rowland said he still loved music though and he planned to release a new album next year."I do feel like I've got a second wind," he said. "I don't know where it comes from." Follow BBC Wolverhampton & Black Country on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
Entrepreneur
2 days ago
- Business
- Entrepreneur
Mohamed Alabbar Announces Launch of Autobiography
Alabbar said he was "grateful to my greatest sources of support and inspiration: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and bin Rashid." You're reading Entrepreneur Middle East, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. Emaar founder Mohamed Alabbar has announced that his autobiography "For the Love of the Craft" will be released soon. In a post on social media announcing the book, he said it is "a memoir I've been working on for some time. It's inspired by a simple intention: to share reflections from my life journey with my children and grandchildren – to story of an Emirati Arab man shaped by his roles as a son, husband, father and grandfather, and by his deep pride in being a citizen of the UAE, devoted to his country, its leaders and its people." He added, "My hope s that younger generations will find something in these reflections that prompts thought and inspiration. Life has taught me that success is rooted in hard work, discipline and courage – and embracing every opportunity with one's full effort." Alabbar also said he was "grateful to my greatest sources of support and inspiration: His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and bin Rashid." Related: Revealed: First Picture of Cover of Mohamed Alabbar's New Autobiography
ABC News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- ABC News
Billy Joel finally lets fans into his life in documentary And So It Goes
In 2011, Billy Joel had every copy of his tell-all autobiography pulped just before release. It was a dramatic move, but not completely out of character for an artist who seems to have his guard permanently up. He rarely gives interviews and those that do happen tend not to reveal all that much about the man behind some of modern music's most enduring pop songs. As America's fourth-highest-selling solo artist, he has a lot of fans. But the desire for more information isn't just due to the size of his fanbase, it's also because he seems like the kinda guy you want to know. His songs are plain-spoken and relatable. They're songs we see ourselves in. "He comes across like one of us," Nas says towards the end of And So It Goes, a monstrous two-part, five-hour documentary that offers fans the most intimate insight we'll ever get into the world of Billy Joel. His reluctance to embrace the spotlight is interrogated early and often in the film. Joel considers himself a musician more than a rock star, he doesn't love being on camera and isn't particularly comfortable with the enormity of his success. It's a long way from his roots, raised poor by a loving but manic single mother in Long Island. In the late 1960s, homeless and suicidal after destroying his band and closest friendships, Joel checked into a metal health observation ward. He detested it so much he was determined to never come back, and it was his raw, dark emotions at the time that fuelled his debut album, Cold Spring Harbor. That record heralded the first of a few monumentally unsound business decisions but also started him on a roll of tireless writing and performing that would train him to become both the songwriting and performing force who would ultimately take over pop music. The film generally follows his life and career chronologically from here, showing him cutting his teeth as an opening act before finally cracking the big time with his fifth record, The Stranger. Striving for success is part of the story, but the deeper message lies in Joel's tenacity. Music initially gave him something to live for and was a dream worth pursuing at all costs. Ultimately, it was music more than fame that would inspire him to move forward, try out new moods and styles to the delight of fans and chagrin of critics. There's nothing groundbreaking about the way the film plays out: this is your tried-and-true talking-head music doco, where the artist is revealed through conversations with the talent, friends and famous admirers. Lovely as it is to hear from the likes of Bruce Springsteen, Pink and Paul McCartney, the most illuminating comments come from those who know Joel intimately. His band mates, his ex-wives, his family. It makes sense. Joel says relationships are at the core of his work, and his best songs all revolve around the ways we interact with one another and the ways that shapes our existence. Part one is dominated by first wife Elizabeth Weber, and for good reason. Her role in Joel's life and career has never received much public recognition, and she's a relatively humble but confident subject when speaking about the success she brought to him. Joel's band were as close to him as anyone, and his loyalty to them is another relational aspect that says a great deal about his character. By the time he met his second wife, supermodel Christie Brinkley, Joel was a superstar. She taught him to deal with the spotlight, gave birth to their daughter Alexa, and inspired some of his most enduring work. But another poor business decision forced Joel to spend more time at work than at home, ultimately leading to the breakdown of their marriage. This was another inflection point in the singer's life, and one that changed his trajectory forever. There would be no new pop music (OK, almost none) after this — Billy Joel was done. The length of this film allows directors Susan Lacy and Jessica Levin to tell so many under-appreciated stories from Joel's career. We see so much of his early years in bands like The Hassles and Attila, we learn about the lack of label support for multimillion-selling album The Stranger, and hear the deep-seated personal reasons for making his 2001 classical album, Fantasies and Delusions. Then, there are countless asides, like how he doesn't hate 'Piano Man' as much as you might think, Bob Dylan was the reason he signed with Columbia Records, and Linda Ronstadt and Phoebe Snow convinced him to put his career-saving smash 'Just The Way You Are' on record. If the interviews don't grab you then the archival footage surely will. There is a bevy of it: unseen clips from his youth, from studio sessions, from life on the road, and plenty of intimate home videos shot by those closest to him that show a Billy Joel most fans have never seen. There are also moments of great discomfort. As his family laments his alcoholism, Joel admits that rehab wasn't effective because he simply didn't want to be there. His consistently fractured relationship with critics is never far from the story, and there's clearly no love lost there. At one point, the spotlight even shines on his string of car accidents in the 2000s. Early in the film, Joel says that a chef once told him the key to success is about recovery, how you come back from your mistakes. Such is the story of And So It Goes. A flawed man makes countless mistakes across his extraordinary life but, driven by nothing more than a passion for making music, recovers with finesse. While one can't imagine And So It Goes converting any of the myriad Billy Joel haters out there, it's a rich vein for his many fans who've spent a lifetime in the dark about the extent of the famously guarded Joel's struggles. This is a music documentary like so many others, but it's also a tale of loyalty, tenacity, addiction, adversity, redemption and self-belief. The story of an outsider who happens to find himself at the epicentre of pop culture and whose work endures in the mainstream in a way so few manage. And So It Goes is streaming on Max.
