Kylie Minogue, after much speculation has decided to go back to her roots and begin acting again.
The Austrilian singer was first seen on our screens years ago back on Neighbours where she found fame but became a singing sensation soon after and hasn’t really taken up TV acting ever since. That was until she guest stared in Doctor Who in a christmas special last year, which seems to have re-lit her acting ambition.
“I started out as an actress and I thought if I was lucky that would be my career,” Minogue explained. “Then I started singing and I was in that weird space where people say: ‘You can’t be a singer, you’re an actress.’ Then they’re saying: ‘Well you’re a singer, you can’t be an actress.’
“I hate that! If you’re creative, there’s no reason you shouldn’t work in different mediums. Recording and being a performer, thankfully that’s gone really well, but now I’m starting to think again about acting.”
Kylie wants to try something a little new and would prefer to act in comedy for a change. Whether it will work or not is yet to be seen but she is ademant this is what she wants to do saying:-
“It’s so much fun. It’s where I come from so I’m very comfortable to go back to that. It’s not that well known that I’m funny, but I am funny. People who know me will tell you.”
It was only last Friday when Oscar winning Jennifer Hudson’s (Dream Girls) mother and brother were shot dead at their family home. Her nephew has been missing since, until now.
Police had launched a search for Julian King and a reward for $100,000 was offered by Julian’s family for his safe return.
Chicago police have now found the seven year old’s dead body in a car, abandoned on one of Chicago’s streets. The body was identified by Hudson at the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office.
Police are still looking for the person responsible for the murders but as of yet no one has yet been charged.
Christian Slater has spoken out about his drinking problem which started after he hit his partner (at the time) Michelle Jonas.
The Holly Wood star, who will remember from such movies like Broken Arrow & Churchill: The Hollywood Years hurt his one-time partner back in 1997. He opened a bottle of champagne following the incident and as a result didn’t stop drinking for another two years.
Slater said: “For a certain period of time I met a girl, got involved with her, and it was pretty much brought into that relationship all the tools that I had at that particular time, which was jealousy, insecurity, neurosis, fear, paranoia - not the best tools to enter into a relationship.
“I found myself at home one night with a bottle of champagne, popped the cork, poured the glass, said ‘God keep an eye on me’, downed the drink and went on this phenomenal two-year run where I pretty much drank my way around the world,” he said.
According to Daniel Craig, it would be better for an American to play the smooth talking secret agent 007 ‘James Bond’ than a British actor - bit strange as James Bond is British!.
The Hollywood heart throb, who plays James Bond for second time in ‘Quantum Of Solace’ feels that the British sense of self-mockery takes something away form the character and that ‘Brisishness’ could be the down fall of the spy character.
“I am always trying to self-mock. I am trying to put it down or to laugh it off but you have got to be careful because false humility is not a great trait,” he said.
“Sometimes I wonder if it would be easier if I was American, because I am deeply English.”
There have been rumours that Paul McGann who used to play Dr Who in the 1996 movie may be making a return as the doctor for a special addition however, these claims have been rejected by the BBC.
McGann was the eighth incarnation of ‘The Doctor’ who not only played him in the movie but also in spin off audio adventures. The speculation that he will be returning to the show started with The Sun .
The Sun wrote an article stating that McGann is expected to start filming in Oct or Nov, the scene he will be shooting will be set around the ‘Time War’.
Whether there is any truth in this claim is yet to be confirmed!
GMTV might be replacing Fiona Phillips with Ulrika Jonsson.
It has been reported that the show bosses have asked Ulrika to take Fiona place on the popular TV show when she leaves.
Ulrika isnt the only big name to be considered, others such as Myleene Klass, Jenni Falconer, Holly Willoughby and BBC presenters Kate Silverton and Christine Bleakley have been approached.
Fiona Phillips has been the shows anchor for about 12 years, she announced that she was going to call it a day this month.
“Ulrika is an experienced presenter and we are now in serious discussions,” said a source.
The TV show Emmerdale is having a few arguments between the cast and the screenwriters.
It would seem that the cast regard a lot of the stories they have to adopt are tacky and unsuitable for viewers. The scene that caused the trouble was when Douglas Potts was itching his groin after catching an STI.
An Emmerdale source told The Mirror: “This has to be the tackiest soap story of all time.
“Duncan was horrified. His character has casual sex, ends up getting crabs and is seen scratching himself in the corner shop. How can this possibly be suitable for a 7pm audience? Duncan is a top actor and it is terrible that he has had to go through this crackpot charade.”
They continued: “Some people are so unhappy they are seriously thinking of throwing in the towel. It is not the happy place it used to be. They have got rid of good people.
“Anita doesn’t seem to know what she wants. At first it was a return to family values, whatever they are. I wouldn’t like to try to explain to children why Douglas is fiddling about with his nether regions.”
A spokeswoman for the Yorkshire-based soap, however, said: “It raises awareness of what can be an embarrassing infection and stresses the importance of seeking medical advice.”
A few of coronation street’s longest members have been told that they should expect to see a large pay cut.
Betty Driver (Betty Williams), Barbara Knox (Rita Sullivan), Malcolm Hebden (Norris Cole) and Eileen Derbyshire (Emily Bishop) will stop being paid a regular salary and start to be paid on a scene-by-scene basis.
They current get between £180,000 and £250,000 per year. They will only now be able to reach this sort of level when they get involved in much high profile storys.
An insider told the newspaper: “It’s an absolute disgrace. These stars have given their heart and soul to Corrie over the years. None of them expect to be - or have the energy to be - at the centre of huge ratings-busting plots.
“Betty’s nearly 90, Eileen and Barbara are in their 70s and Malcolm Hebden is 68. Instead of being rewarded for their contribution, they are being treated little better than extras.”
A Coronation Street spokeswoman confirmed: “It is the season when a lot of the older stars will start negotiations for next year. But we do not discuss artists’ payments or contracts.”
Kate Winslet admitted that during love scenes for her new up and coming movie Revolutionary Road , it felt ‘a bit wierd’.
Kate’s co-star Leonardo DiCaprio (also starred along side her in Titanic) was not the main cause but her husband who happens to be the director for this movie, Sam Mendes.
She said: “I just kept saying, ‘This is too… weird’. And Leo was like, ‘Oh, get over it’. And I’m going, ‘Yeah, a little reminder: You’re my best friend. He’s my husband. This is a bit weird’.
“I hadn’t realised how much my chemistry with him since Titanic would still stick. It’s great to discover we can just slip right into it, like muscle memory.”
Mendes added that he was also feeling awkward directing his wife with DiCaprio. “I will admit it was quite bizarre to direct my wife in how to make love,” he said. “But it’s difficult whether you’re married to a person or not.”
Kiefer Sutherland has confirmed that the smash hit TV series ‘24′ are bringing out a movie once the show is over.
The lead male role in the show stated that the producers of the show don’t want his character ‘Jack Bauer’ in a movie until the TV series has been cancelled.
“It’s certainly on the table,” Sutherland told Extra. “We would certainly be thrilled to make it, but we’re going to wait until the series is finished.”
“It’s always been a desire but we’ve always known that for the writers, it’s so hard for them to actually get through the series every year that we put the film on the back burner, that we would do it after the series was over, and that might be as soon as next year.”
