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CBS News
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- CBS News
Kristin Scott Thomas on the pain behind "My Mother's Wedding"
She may be Dame Kristin Scott Thomas, but you're just as likely to find her living in Paris as you might in London. "My blood is English, but my culture is French," she said. There is a duality about her. She can be as heartwarming in English ("Darkest Hour") as she can be heartwrenching in French ("I've Loved You So Long"). Many of her foreign films have been showcased at the Cine Lumiere, a French art house in London. "A little slice of Paris," she said. It's convenient, now that she's back in London, playing the deputy director of MI5 in the Apple TV+ series "Slow Horses." A chilly, stiff upper-lip has often been a calling card for Thomas – too stiff, she admits, early on: "I think it was Sydney Pollock – or it might have been Robert Redford, take your pick," she laughed. "One of them said to me, 'You know, you have to be generous. Forget what you're trying to defend. Forget trying to hide. Be more generous.' And I'm not sure I really understood what he meant by that. He just planted a seed, and then I was able to kind of unzip a bit more." And she about to unzip even more, creatively digging into something intensely personal in her past. She said, "When I was five, my father was killed, and my mother remarried. And tragically, he was killed five years later. And I know that a lot of the time when I was a younger woman, I had this feeling of something missing, this piece of my puzzle missing having grown up with only one parent." Both had been pilots in the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm; both were lost in remarkably similar training accidents; and both left a hole that had her climbing out into her imagination. When she was a little girl she wrote and illustrated stories: "A mommy and a daddy and two children, just doing ordinary things, like going away on holiday and things like that" – a family experience she never knew. The memories of her dad were incomplete, fuzzy, like sketches she played out in her head. But those images became the seeds for what grew into a screenplay, and then came to life as the first movie she's ever directed: "My Mother's Wedding." It garnered an all-star cast: Scarlett Johansson, Sienna Miller and Emily Beecham play Thomas' daughters who are each struggling in different ways with the loss of a father or stepfather, just as their mother prepares to marry again. To watch a trailer for "My Mother's Wedding" click on the video player below: Thomas has already done movie weddings, of course, as in "Four Weddings and a Funeral." Early on, she had a sarcastic confidence about her. She didn't have the most lines in that 1994 film, but in brevity she was brilliant: That demeanor might have been a surprise to those who knew her when she was bouncing around Royal Naval bases, a bit of a wallflower as a child, even into adulthood. "I was excruciatingly shy," she said. "I don't know when it changed, to be honest." She's hardly shy anymore, if her character in "Fleabag" is any indication. Perhaps it's fitting she was discovered by another admittedly shy success story, Prince. You'd think that would make her a pretty cool mom (she has three children with her first husband), but it turns out … not so much. "I hadn't watched it with them, but as I was leaving my teenage children alone one evening, and they were having pizza and a friend 'round, I said, 'Watch "Under the Cherry Moon," it's on the telly! Come on, it'll be fun!' And when I got back, they weren't actually very polite about it." She has more than made up for it, later starring opposite Robert Redford ("The Horse Whisperer"), Harrison Ford ("Random Hearts"), and Tom Cruise ("Mission: Impossible"). "I'm so proud to be in 'Mission: Impossible,' I cannot even get over it!" she said. "I'm in this thing, which is this enormous monster, and you know, these kids, they have no idea about 'Gosford Park.' They have no idea about 'Four Weddings,' but they've all seen 'Mission: Impossible'! And they have no idea I speak French or do all these other kind of slightly murkier films in France, you know?" And then, of course, there was "The English Patient," which earned her an Academy Award nomination for best actress. "It's quite moving actually, when you see yourself at sort of 30 acting your socks off," she said. Another place she acted her socks off is at the Royal Court Theatre, where she won an Olivier Award for her performance in "The Seagull," a role she later took to Broadway. "New York audiences, when they are enjoying themselves, I mean it's electric – you can really, really feel it," she said. And London audiences? "We are much more kind of passive, perhaps. Reserved. Of course we are!" she laughed. But even while talking at the Royal Court, she found herself thinking about her film. As intimate as the stage may be, for her, "My Mother's Wedding" is more so. "I love working on stage, as you can probably tell. I really, really love it. But the joy and satisfaction and exhaustion that comes from filmmaking when you are being a director, that is not far off. Pretty good. It's just extraordinary." At 65, and now a grandmother, she's working as hard as ever, not taking a lot of time to smell the roses per se, but she'll surely stop for someone who has a kind word or two: "A lady came up to me the other day and said, 'I know you hate this, but I just wanted to say...' and I said, 'I don't hate this at all! Keep it coming!'" WEB EXCLUSIVE: Extended interview - Kristin Scott Thomas: For more info: Story produced by Sari Aviv. Editor: Steven Tyler.
Yahoo
21-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Brent Faiyaz Plays ‘Peter Pan' and ‘Tony Soprano' on New Singles
Brent Faiyaz is back with two singles named for two very different, very famous fictional characters, but the singer tells Rolling Stone an important throughline connects them. 'Everything I'm creating right now is about showing [a] range of concepts, principles, emotions, and experiences,' he said via email. 'Innocence versus Indecency. Vulnerability versus guardedness. These tracks capture the core of that.' One, called 'Peter Pan,' is a dreamy love song, where Faiyaz coos, 'Darling open up your window and take my hand 'cause there ain't nowhere we can't go.' Meanwhile, 'Tony Soprano' is a melancholy slow burn where Faiyaz laments the perils of his fame and success like a tortured mob boss. 'These hoes mad funny/Bitch I'm not that funny,' he says, thinking of the women who indulge him for their own gain. 'Go 'head, laugh for me/Know you want that bag from me.' Through the track, he also takes comfort in what he can provide for himself. More from Rolling Stone Wizkid Taps Brent Faiyaz for 'Piece of My Heart' 'SNL': Watch 21 Savage Perform 'Redrum,' 'Prove It' Taylor Swift, Brent Faiyaz, Mr. Eazi, and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week 'I'm embracing duality,' Faiyaz tells Rolling Stone about the two-pack. ''Tony Soprano'' is about tapping into that leader mentality – handling real-life pressure, running my own label, building a team. 'Peter Pan' is outside of all that, free from limits. Full of wonder. They might seem like opposites, but that's what I'm living.' Faiyaz's last solo single was 2023's 'WY@,' a single from his mixtape Larger Than Life. At the time, he told Rolling Stone's Larisha Paul that the record, 'reflects having access and opportunity, and having to say no to certain shit — or the inability to say no to certain shit. That record is about addiction in a way, shape, or form, but more from the perspective of submitting to it versus fighting against it. It touches on addiction in a way that makes it a little more seductive.' Best of Rolling Stone Sly and the Family Stone: 20 Essential Songs The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked Solve the daily Crossword
Yahoo
10-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Louis Cheung: I should have relied on my wife much earlier!
10 Jun - Louis Cheung recently admitted that he did not expect that the public would be so enthusiastic about him and his wife Kay Tse holding a concert together. The singer, who is set to perform in Macau with Kay on 14 June, was recently seen with his singer wife at a theatre event together. When asked how they have been preparing for the concert, he laughed and said, "We have been preparing for decades!" "People always ask why we don't sing together. More than 10 years ago, I avoided doing so because my wife has a higher status in the music industry and I don't want people to say that I rely on her," he admitted. However, Louis joked that now that he has broken through his self-esteem barrier, he realised that it has been too late. "I should have relied more on my wife years ago," he added with a laugh. The concert, titled "The Duality", will see Louis and Kay performing together at the Galaxy Macau for one night only. (Photo Source: Louis IG)
