Guy Ritchie fans have spent their weekend binge-watching the latest gritty gangster drama from the celebrated director. The Gentlemen is a spin-off of the 2019 film of the same title, following a new set of unassuming characters.
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“Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud.”But the “Super Bad” singer was also super proud of his hair — whether he wore a natural Afro or a straightened conk.In fact, after the Godfather of Soul was diagnosed with prostate cancer in 2004, his tresses were foremost on his mind in his treatment.“He was like, ‘I can’t do chemo, ’cause I don’t wanna lose all my hair.’ I mean, this was a real thing,” says his daughter Dr. Yamma Brown in the four-part A&E documentary “James Brown: Say It Loud,” which premiered Monday and is now available to stream and on demand.“Thank God it was in the early stages enough that all he really needed was radiation.
It was tough to see him go through that, but it was humbling.”Despite his diagnosis, the R&B legend known as the Hardest Working Man in Show Business — who also suffered from diabetes and high blood pressure — wasn’t about to stop grinding and gigging.“I don’t wanna be babied though. I just wanna go to work,” he says after his diagnosis in the doc, which was executive-produced by Mick Jagger and Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson.
And despite his failing health in the weeks before his death in 2006, Brown was still maintaining his holiday traditions of giving away turkeys for Thanksgiving and toys to needy children for Christmas.But after being admitted to the hospital for pneumonia, Brown would take his final bow, at 73, on Christmas 2006.“I was like, ‘Yo, that is the most epic exit of all time.’ Like, James Brown is such a star, ‘I want to take the one most iconic universal day and take it over,’ ” says Questlove. “Like, ‘Even Christmas don’t got nothing on me.’ ”Brown’s hair obsession was all part of his iconic image.
Guy Ritchie fans have spent their weekend binge-watching the latest gritty gangster drama from the celebrated director. The Gentlemen is a spin-off of the 2019 film of the same title, following a new set of unassuming characters.
With a minute or so to kill before the end of this year’s Oscars, Jimmy Kimmel read out a review of his performance as host of the Oscars.
Donny Osmond is hitting the road.From June through August, the ’70s pop icon — whose been performing since 1963 (!) — will take his ‘Direct From Las Vegas Tour’ to venues all over the United States.Along the way, the “I’ll Make A Man Out Of You” singer is slated to stop into Albany’s Palace Theatre on July 3, Atlantic City’s Hard Rock Live on July 7, New York City’s Beacon Theatre on July 12 and Niagara Falls’ Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino Event Center on July 13.At all shows, Osmond, 66, promises a 90-minute spectacle where he “performs (his) timeless hits, shares stories of his greatest show-stopping memories and introduces brand new music in a new and completely reimagined song and dance celebration,” according to a press release.Other expected highlights include a “full Broadway-style production of his classic ‘I’ll Make A Man Out Of You'” and “an interactive segment where anyone in the audience can request any song he’s ever recorded.”If this sounds like the show for you, tickets are available for all 46 tour dates, as well as for his ongoing Las Vegas residency at Harrahs Showroom.For more information, we’ve got everything you need to know and more about Donny Osmond’s 2024 ‘Direct From Las Vegas Tour’ below.A complete calendar including all tour dates, venues and links to buy tickets can be found here:All the way from March through November, Osmond will continue his celebrated ongoing live show at the Harrahs Showroom in Sin City.If you want to see him bring the hits on the Strip, tickets for all of his Harrahs gigs can be found here.The tireless showman has been performing live for seven (!) decades.Based on our findings, here’s what he took to the stage at a recent gig in the UK, courtesy of Set List FM.Set I:0
Titanic Live in 2015 – which was one of the composer’s final public appearances – and Aliens Live in 2016, attended by Cameron and star Sigourney Weaver.Created by Academy Award-winning James Cameron, the Avatar film series has left an indelible mark on the world of cinema. The first instalment, released in 2009, shattered box-office records and introduced audiences to the lush and breath-taking world of Pandora, a distant planet filled with vibrant flora and fauna.
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Happy Valley, Slow Horses and BBC drama The Sixth Commandment dominate the nominations for this year’s Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards, which is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
Thanks to the growing popularity of his Amazon Prime Video action thriller series “Reacher,” based on the Jack Reacher books by Lee Child, Alan Ritchson’s is starting to really take off. It’s only been on for two seasons but seemingly taken off in the last year and is quickly turning the 6 ft 2 actor into a star.
were stripped of funded police protection after they stepped back from being “working royals” and moved to the US in 2020.Harry’s lawyers had sought a judicial review of the government’s refusal of his offer to hire police officers as his private security detail, which was initially denied by London’s High Court in May 2023.After the duke’s lawyers appealed the ruling, a judge granted permission for a full hearing to take place that would review the Home Office’s decision to strip the Sussexes of security.The father of two appeared in court on home soil back in December where his challenge of the initial ruling was heard over a two-and-a-half day period.At the ruling, the High Court judge slammed Harry’s claim that he was entitled to a full risk analysis by the Risk Management Board (RMB).“The claimant had no right to require RAVEC to initiate a fresh RMB process in the light of his changed situation,” Judge Lane said.“In determining what fairness demands in this context, it is important to understand that undergoing an RMB assessment is not a right or even a benefit. It is, as Sir James Eadie KC (for the Home Office) submits, an analytical tool.”“I do not consider that there was any procedural unfairness, such as might vitiate the decision,” he added.The case was held in private over privacy concerns.Harry told a hearing that security concerns were preventing him from visiting his home turf.However, Judge Lane said that “there is no merit in this contention.”“The UK is my home.
Shane Gillis and James Austin Johnson went mono-a-mono as Donald Trump on “Saturday Night Live” this weekend, mocking the former president’s new sneaker line in a parody movie trailer called “White Men Can Trump.”In the skit — which aired amid Gillis’ sheepish return to Studio 8H after getting hired, then immediately fired from the sketch show in 2019 — the 36-year-old guest host plays an average guy named Gordon Dwyer who “can’t catch a break” in anything whether it be in love or basketball. However, things seem to change when Gillis is gifted a pair of the 45th president’s branded sneakers.
Celebrity beauty trends come and go fast, but one look that seems to be sticking around for the foreseeable is the statement fringe – a style that seems to provide a 'suits all' way to upgrade a look for big occasions.Take Cheryl, for example.The star has rarely been pictured out over the past year, and last week she popped up with a full fringe that gave her a completely new look. Ellie Leach also recently used a wispy fringe to give her look an update post Strictly, and Michelle Keegan adopted bangs after her Netflix hit show Fool Me Once took off.
Jimmy Page, Brian May and Tony Iommi came together to launch the new Gibson Garage in London.The moment took place in Soho yesterday morning (February 22) as the guitar manufacturer held a special preview of the shop, which is set to open on Saturday (February 24).It is inspired by the Nashville flagship branch and has over 300 guitars for sale, as well as a live music space downstairs and a made-to-measure counter for ordering bespoke, custom guitars.At the first preview of the store, Led Zeppelin icon Jimmy Page was in attendance to reveal a new collaboration with the brand – launching a replica of his iconic 1971 Doubleneck.As well as Page, Brian May of Queen and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath were in also attendance, and joined the Led Zeppelin guitarist in cutting the opening ribbon.
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Actress Pamela Salem, known for her role as James Bond's secretary Miss Moneypenny in Sean Connery's Never Say Never Again, has died at the age of 80.
“Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag,” 1966’s “It’s a Man’s Man’s World,” 1970’s “Super Bad” and 1974’s “The Payback” — James Brown’s recording career was decimated by the disco explosion in the mid-’70s.“Such an interesting time, especially in New York, there’s everything happening,” says Mick Jagger in the new four-part A&E documentary “James Brown: Say It Loud,” which the Rolling Stone legend executive-produced with Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson.“You’ve got punk happening, disco happening, all getting mixed up. A lot of other people were sort of left behind in this, ’cause this is a huge change, a sea change, in the musical scene.”And Part 3 of “Say It Loud” — which premieres tonight, along with Part 4 — reveals that Brown was “annoyed” about how much disco borrowed from his blueprint.“I’m the one who started disco,” says the Godfather of Soul in the doc.
Madonna took a tumble at a recent live show, while performing her 1986 hit ‘Open Your Heart’.The moment took place during a recent stop as part of her ongoing ‘Celebration’ tour, which kicked off in the UK last year and is currently on its US leg of dates.Held at the Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle, the 65-year-old had a minor fall mid-way through her set as she sang the track.In the set, the queen of pop was seated in a chair performing the choreography for the song – inspired by its music video. However, after commencing, one of the dancers made a mishap while pulling her seat across the stage in stiletto heels.During the routine, the dancer grabbed her seat, while she was still sitting in it singing, and proceeded to run with it across the stage, before losing their footing – resulting in both of them falling on the floor.NEW: 65-year-old Madonna falls out of her chair on stage during a performance at Climate Pledge Arena in Seattle.Maybe having a man in high heels dragging you in a chair on stage wasn't a good idea? Madonna was singing "Open Your Heart" during the mishap.
Jessie James and Eric Decker are proud parents for the fourth time over!
Harry Styles' girlfriend Taylor Russell stunned on the red carpet at the 77th EE British Academy Film Awards on 18 February. Watermelon Sugar singer Harry, 30, was nowhere to be seen at the BAFTAs, as he was busy cheering on Manchester United at a football match. Taylor, 29, a Canadian actress, who is the star of Bones and All, looked gorgeous at the awards, in a white silk floor-length, backless gown with cut-outs at her hips.
James Brown: Say It Loud” — a four-part series that premieres Monday and then continues Tuesday on A&E — the Godfather of Soul himself breaks down exactly why his 1968 anthem “Say It Loud — I’m Black and I’m Proud” changed the way African-Americans saw and spoke of themselves as “black.” “‘Black’ is a [bad] thing that was basically put on …the black man in America,” says an Afroed Brown in archival footage.“And hey, I’m black and I’m proud, but I really don’t want to have to say, ‘I’m black,’ [as if] you had to say, ‘You’re white.’ I want to say that we’re people and that we’re brothers and that we got the same fight.”But after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.