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Daily Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Winona Ryder, 53, reveals she was pressured by female directors to slow down signs of ageing and says it's weird now seeing 'women get s*** done' to look younger
Winona Ryder has revealed she was pressured by female directors to slow down signs of ageing in the early days of her career. The actress, 53, was just 15 years old when she landed her first big film role in the film Lucas, before being catapulted to stardom aged 16 after starring in 1988's Beetlejuice. In a new interview with ELLE UK, Winona opened up on other females in the industry advising her to slow down signs of ageing. She also revealed it feels strange working with 'woman who get weird shit done', alluding to cosmetic surgery and fillers. When asked how she feels about ageing, Winona explained: 'I don't mind it. But what's weird is when you're surrounded by young women getting weird s*** done.' 'I started my career as the youngest, and I always wanted to be older. 'I always knew I looked young. But I also knew that when I started ageing, it was gonna happen fast.' On feeling pressure from female directors to slow down signs of ageing: 'They'll say, 'Just relax your forehead. Relax.' I'm trying to be a great actor, and they're saying that over and over. It's nice that people are talking about how it's OK to age, but there's still enormous pressure. Every role I get is for a mother, you know? My career has definitely shifted.' During the cover shoot, Winona oozed confidence in a plunging black power suit, teamed with pointed heels. In another shot, the Stranger Things star bundled up in a stylish pale pink jacket and matching midi skirt. Elsewhere during the interview, Winona opened up about being sexually harassed by a director in the 90s. 'He [the director] came up to me, and he was like, 'OK, so, um, if we just try it like – you f*cking c*nt, I'm gonna destroy your f*cking life.' OK? So let's just do it like that?' And I had to f*cking act. And what's so crazy is my brother was working as a PA on the movie, and I didn't even tell him, and I didn't complain.' While she would not divulge the identities of those who harassed her, she added that she didn't realise the extent of her trauma until telling her Beetlejuice Beetlejuice co-star Jenna Ortega. She said: 'I was almost telling it like it was this funny story. Then I'm looking at Jenna [Ortega]'s face and imagining it happening to her. It wasn't until that moment that I was like, 'Oh my God, this is bad.'' In what was just her third big screen role, Winona landed her big break in 1988 in the quirky horror Beetlejuice. She starred as Lydia Deetz, the teenage goth who discovers her ability to see the dead, and is drawn into a marriage to the bio-exorcist Betelgeuse, who is desperate to return to the land of the living. Along with positive reviews, the film grossed a respectable $74.6 million at the box office, and has since become an 80s cult classic. Ryder starred as Lydia Deetz when she was just 16 years old. She has expressed in numerous interviews that she wasn't one of the popular kids in school and unfortunately, matters only got worse for her after Beetlejuice. 'I remember thinking, 'Ooh, it's, like, the number-one movie. This is going to make things great at school,'' she told Marie Claire UK. 'But it made things worse. They called me a witch.' After Beetlejuice, she starred in the cult classic Heathers (1988) and played Jerry Lee Lewis's cousin child bride Myra in Great Balls Of Fire (1989). The 90s were a pivotal time for her as she starred in Little Women (1994), The Crucible (1996), and one of her most iconic films, Girl, Interrupted (1999), which won star Angelina Jolie an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Winona herself also received two Oscar nods in this time, one for The Age Of Innocence, and another for Little Women. While Winona's career was on a solid trajectory throughout the 90s, things took a drastic turn in 2001, when she was arrested for shoplifting. She had allegedly stolen more than $5,000 worth of designer clothes and accessories from Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills. She was charged with grand theft and vandalism, but was acquitted on a burglary charge and ended up facing three years of probation, 480 hours of community service, $3,700 in fines and $6,355 in restitution to Saks along with mandatory psychological and drug counseling. The incident ultimately lead to her taking another break from her career to pursue 'other interests'. Winona began her return to the spotlight with an unlikely cameo in the 2009 Star Trek reboot as Mr Spock's mother, followed by the 2010 racy thriller Black Swan, starring as an bitter ballerina who is forced into retirement, to make way for a younger replacement. But it wasn't until Winona accepted the role as Joyce Byers in Stranger Things, starting in 2017, that she became a big name once more. The fantasy series tapped into a trend of 80s nostalgia, and told the story of a sinister threat terrorising the town of Hawkins, after the disappearance of young Will Byers. Winona was praised for her performance as the terrified mother Joyce, who is convinced a mysterious threat is reponsible for her son's disappearance. The show also kickstarted the careers of young stars including Finn Wolfhard, Millie Bobby Brown, and like Winona also helped to relaunch the career of star David Harbour. On offering words of wisdom to the younger cast of Stranger Things, she told ELLE: 'I was like, 'This doesn't happen. This is weird – the phenomenon. The work is the gift. That is why you're doing it.'' Which was what was instilled in me. And I think I was successful with some of them.' 'I've been trying to sort of change this narrative with the kids, because they have it drilled into them that they're so lucky and, you know, that this show 'made' them. I'm like, 'No. Netflix is so lucky. You guys are the special ones. Like, you guys are magic.'' The September issue of ELLE UK is on sale from 31 July.
The Sun
2 days ago
- Sport
- The Sun
‘I don't care' – James Wade doesn't know who Scottie Scheffler is as he launches into bizarre rant about darts and golf
JAMES WADE appeared to not know who Scottie Scheffler is as he emphatically rejected comparisons between golf and darts. The Oche veteran, 42, was speaking after his 11-7 victory over Wessel Nijman at the World Matchplay in Blackpool. 3 3 During the press conference, Wade was asked about comments made by recent Open champion Scheffler regarding handling pressure on the world stage. As the question was being delivered, Wade asked "Who?" - before appearing to turn to the moderator. He then had the room in stitches as he quipped: "I've got no idea what's happening in darts, let alone golf." Wade then added: "It sounds really disrespectful, I don't really care what's happening in darts." Giving the subject some more thought, Wade continued: "You get golf - they've got this whole new organisation they've moved across to, and I don't even know what's going on, if I'm honest with you. "Why do you play golf at a competitive level? To supply for your family. All I do is I take my hat off to them. "They're all earning a bundle of money. And no one really cares about what people think within reason. "As long as you try your best when you're at that stage, at that pinnacle of the game… you know. "It's non-comparable. Golf players aren't even close to being on the pressure or the pedestal that dart players are put upon." After checking with the moderator about whether Scheffler is world No1, Wade added of the American: "How does he get to a tournament? Is it a private jet? Right. So when I get on an EasyJet flight… you're laughing and joking, but seriously. "He doesn't have to get on a happy bus. He doesn't have to do all those things. It's non-comparable, really. I think you should perhaps do what dart players do and see what they have to see, and do what they have to do, you know. "It's quite amazing what dart players achieve when they don't have all that up their bottom, you know. "Don't get me wrong, I'd love to get in a private jet. I'd love to be in a backwards entrance in an airport. "But, you know, I'm a dart player. I will do EasyJet. I will do Ryanair. Because I am what I am. 'I MIGHT EVEN WASH HIS CAR' "Would you travel 12 hours to get to a floor tournament? Would you do that three times in a week? No, you wouldn't. "So I think you should probably reflect… and I don't mean that in a disrespectful way." Seeking not to cause any issues with Scheffler, Wade went on: "Sorry, I didn't mean that in a rude way. That's just how it really is. "There's no PDC player that gets any special treatment. I wish I was. I wish I did. "If this guy wants to invite me on his private jet to go to a tournament, I'm your man. I might even wash his car before it." World No8 Wade will be back in action tomorrow in Blackpool, as he takes on No22 Gian van Veen for a place in the last four. 3
Daily Mail
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Little Mix star Leigh-Anne Pinnock reveals why she struggled to enjoy working as a solo artist as she opens up about industry pressure
Leigh-Anne Pinnock has said that the 'pressure and expectation' that came from being in a successful girl band stopped her from 'enjoying' her work as a solo artist. The former Little Mix star, 33, embarked upon her solo career in 2022 and admitted that she initially felt the weight of 'impossible' expectations. After joining the group on the X-Factor, the former Pizza Hut waitress went on to have an impressive 19 top-ten singles and five number ones with the band. She told Capital XTRA Breakfast on Monday: 'The pressure is what stopped me enjoying it as much. 'Obviously, coming from such a massive group and having the pressure to do just as well as that massive group did is kind of impossible to do overnight. 'That took 10 years. It takes work. And also, I'm not doing music like the group did. 'Like, I've gone down a different route, and I just think those expectations kind of like weighed on me and it was like, "This is just not fun!"' Leigh-Anne Pinnock, 33, admitted on Monday that the 'pressure and expectation' that came from being in a successful girlband stopped her from 'enjoying' her work as a solo artist The former Little Mix star embarked upon her solo career in 2022 and said that she initially felt the weight of 'impossible' expectations after the band's success (pictured with Perrie Edwards, Jade Thirlwall and Jesy Nelson in 2015) The singer said that as a solo artist, she wanted to make music without feeling like she was under the same kind of pressure she felt in a girl band. She said: 'I'm doing this solo because one, I want to have fun. You know, I deserve to have that without feeling like this horrible pressure on me.' Little Mix announced in December 2021 that they were going to part ways after finding success on X Factor in 2011. The Little Mix star was then quizzed about how she is managing to alleviate the natural pressure she feels coming from an established act by radio hosts Robert Bruce and Shayna Marie. She admitted that she has had to 'change' her way of thinking since Little Mix went on a hiatus in 2021. Leigh-Anne stressed that, to her, being successful is being happy and having the ability 'to make music that I love and I'm proud of.' Compromise, she added, is no longer a priority for her as a soloist and she said she doesn't want to make music that is 'a little bit like how I want it to sound'. She said: 'That's not how I want to do this anymore. So, yeah. It's just to be fully proud and back and to love what I'm doing. 'I really feel I can really say that now with chest.' Leigh-Anne stressed that, to her, being successful is being happy and having the ability 'to make music that I love and I'm proud of' Leigh-Anne was appearing on the breakfast show to promote her new single 'Been a Minute'. Describing her new track as 'the song of the summer' to Rolling Stone, she promised that it is so catchy that it is impossible to listen to without wanting to dance. She told the outlet: 'It represents freedom, being fully in control and a sound that I feel needs to be heard and celebrated this summer.' The Little Mix star said she is welcoming in a new era in her music career and is doing everything on her terms and taking more risks. She said: '[I'm] worrying less about what people think and other people's expectations of me. We're coming to disrupt. No more miss nice girl…'
CNN
5 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Sen. Amy Klobuchar blames Trump for Epstein fallout: ‘This is his making'
Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar discusses the pressure mounting on President Trump to release all the Epstein files.
CNN
5 days ago
- Politics
- CNN
Sen. Amy Klobuchar blames Trump for Epstein fallout: ‘This is his making'
Democratic Senator Amy Klobuchar discusses the pressure mounting on President Trump to release all the Epstein files.
