“Not bad for a lad from Liverpool who arrived with five bob in his pocket.” As strip-club impresario Paul Raymond in Michael Winterbottom’s film The Look of Love, Steve Coogan says this line more than once.
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Kanye West slammed for ‘ignorant’ lyrics
Kanye West has been branded “ignorant” for including lyrics about Parkinson’s disease on his new album. The rapper’s sixth studio album, Yeezus, was released this week and a storm has already brewed up over one of the tracks.
Battle over Happy Birthday song
Makers of a documentary about the song Happy Birthday to You are suing a major recording company over copyright to the jingle, called the most famous song in the English language. They are also seeking damages and restitution of more than $5 million in licensing fees collected by Warner/Chappell Music Inc from thousands of people and groups who’ve paid it licensing fees
Paris Jackson ‘fine’ after suicide attempt
The 15-year-old daughter of Michael Jackson is physically fine after being taken to a hospital early Wednesday, an attorney for Jackson’s mother said.
Michael dodges criminal charges
George Michael won’t face criminal charges for falling out of a moving vehicle in England last month.
Michael suicide claims ‘absurd’
Claims George Michael tried to commit suicide by throwing himself from a moving car have been blasted as “absurd”. The British singer was involved in an accident in the UK last week, when he fell from the Range Rover he was travelling in
Liberace film spotlights gay rights
The relationship between the flamboyant pianist Liberace and his young lover has dazzled at the Cannes film festival and threw the spotlight on gay rights at the movie industry’s largest annual gathering. Director Steven Soderbergh said he struggled five years ago to secure funding for Behind the Candelabra because some financiers thought the film would only appeal to a gay audience and, at a cost of US$25 million (NZ$30.6 million), would be a financial risk
George Michael ‘could have died’
George Michael was “lucky he didn’t die” during his recent car crash. The British singer was airlifted to hospital with a head injury following a motorway accident in the UK last week.
How to turn fantasy into reality
Shane Cortese knew it was the worst audition of his career. He’d blown a role that had been written just for him
‘Michael Jackson was a paedophile’
Wade Robson has denied having a repressed memory, claiming he has “never forgotten one moment” of what Michael Jackson did to him. The 32-year-old choreographer is requesting money from the Michael Jackson Estate after alleging he suffered “childhood sexual abuse” during sleepovers at the late singer’s Neverland Ranch between the age of seven and 14