Taylor Swift may love a London Boy (or, at least, she used to…), but not enough to drop everything for one of them!
10.11.2023 - 12:01 / variety.com
Ellise Shafer Prince Harry can continue with his privacy lawsuit against Daily Mail publisher Associated Newspapers, a U.K. judge ruled on Friday. As the BBC reports, the case also involves six other celebrities, including Sir Elton John, David Furnish, Elizabeth Hurley, Sadie Frost, Sir Simon Hughes and Baroness Doreen Lawrence, who are all claiming that Associated Newspapers has partaken in “gross breaches of privacy” and unlawful information gathering.
According to the lawsuit filed by Harry and his fellow claimants, this includes allegations of listening into and recording phone calls, bugging cars and illicitly obtaining private financial and medical records. Associated Newspapers has consistently denied the allegations and sought to have the case dismissed because some of the claims happened years ago, falling outside the limitation period. However, now that a judge has ruled the suit can continue, it looks to become the latest high-profile trial in the U.K.
dealing with issues of privacy when it comes to tabloid newspapers. “We are delighted with today’s decision which allows our claims over serious criminal activity and gross breaches of privacy by the Mail titles to proceed to trial,” Harry’s lawyers told Variety in a statement. “The High Court has dismissed ‘without difficulty’ the attempt by Associated Newspapers to throw these cases out.
Taylor Swift may love a London Boy (or, at least, she used to…), but not enough to drop everything for one of them!
Rob Reiner has confirmed that the sequel to his 1984 heavy metal mockumentary This Is Spinal Tap is due to begin shooting next year and will feature a number of real-life musicians. “We’re making a sequel,” Reiner said during an appearance on comedian Richard Herring's podcast.
Rob Reiner, director, writer and star of This Is Spinal Tap, is talking about the sequel to the mockumentary and revealing when the follow-up film is set to start filming.
Ethan Shanfeld Forty years after making his directorial debut with the 1984 cult classic “This Is Spinal Tap,” Rob Reiner will begin filming the follow-up to the music mockumentary in February. Plus, the fictional heavy metal band will apparently be joined by real-life music legends Paul McCartney, Elton John and Garth Brooks, Reiner revealed on the “RHLSTP With Richard Herring” podcast. Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer are set to return as the members of Spinal Tap, alongside Reiner as the documentarian Martin “Marty” Di Bergi.
Paul McCartney and Elton John are set to appear in the upcoming sequel to This Is Spinal Tap.Rob Reiner, who directed the original 1984 mockumentary film starring Christopher Guest, Michael McKean and Harry Shearer, confirmed various guest stars in the sequel during an appearance on Richard Herring’s Leicester Square Theatre Podcast.Speaking on the podcast about the sequel, which was announced in May last year, Reiner said: “We’re going to start shooting in the end of February.“Everybody’s back. Paul McCartney is joining us, and Elton John. And a few other surprises, Garth Brooks.”Along with directing the sequel, Reiner is set to reprise his role as filmmaker Marty DiBergi.
Taylor Swift allegedly turned down an invitation to perform at King Charles’ coronation concert in May, royal expert Omid Scobie claims in his new book, “Endgame.”Scobie did not specify why the “London Boy” singer declined the gig, but at the time she was performing the last of her three concerts in Nashville on the day of the king’s concert. The Post has contacted a rep for Swift for comment.
Dolly Parton’s recently released feature-stacked rock album ‘Rockstar’ has become her highest-charting album ever. The country veteran’s latest release, which features a host of guest appearances from rock stalwarts including Sting, Steven Tyler, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Elton John, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr, debuted at number 3 on Billboard 200 during the week ending November 23, selling 128,000 album-equivalent units.Previously, the 77-year-old broke into the top 10 twice in her career, with her 2014 LP ‘Blue Smoke’ and her 1987 collaborative album with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris, ‘Trio’.
Netflix tell-all docuseries “Harry and Meghan,” a new book claims. According to Omid Scobie, who wrote the high-anticipated “Endgame: Inside the Royal Family and the Monarchy’s Fight for Survival,” Charles, 75, went from not wanting anyone to discuss his estranged son to openly mocking him.“[The Netflix series] took the wind out of everyone’s sails,” an unidentified royal aide told Scobie.
hit the market with a whopping price tag of $49 million.But at a preview of his new retrospective exhibit “Billy Joel: My Life — A Piano Man’s Journey” at the Long Island Music and Entertainment Hall of Fame, Joel hedged about movin’ out from his lavish Oyster Bay property — which is reportedly now off the market — or the LI stomping grounds where he grew up in Hicksville.“I know [you’ve heard] there’s a house for sale and on the market — that doesn’t mean I’m leaving Long Island,” Joel, 74, told the private audience on Tuesday night before the exhibit’s public opening on Friday.“This is my home; it will always be my home. We will always have this as our home — and we’ll come and visit this place a lot.”Certainly, the LIMEHOF — which opened its museum in Stony Brook last year — will feel like home for Joel until next August.
that loving feeling. When John Oates met Daryl Hall in 1967 is was the start of a beautiful friendship and musical partnership.
Dolly Parton has shared a cover of her hit song ‘Jolene’ with Måneskin – check it out below.The track is available as the Download Exclusive Version of Parton’s new star-studded collaborative album, ‘Rockstar’ that was released earlier this week (November 17).‘Rockstar’ is a 30-track compilation of new songs and covers of classics like Heart‘s ‘Magic Man’, Prince‘s ‘Purple Rain’, The Rolling Stones‘ ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ and more.The track list also features 40 guest stars including legends like Paul McCartney, Elton John, Sting, Debbie Harry, Steve Perry, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and more. NME also praised the upcoming album as “bursting with [the same] life and positivity as the woman who made it.”Check out the track with Måneskin here:"Jolene” featuring @thisismaneskin is AVAILABLE NOW as part of the Download Exclusive Version of Rockstar, only at https://t.co/xVpXzqylYQ! pic.twitter.com/2PjtEX1YQw— Dolly Parton (@DollyParton) November 19, 2023Earlier this week, Parton shared that she has no interest in becoming the next US President, claiming that there have already been “enough boobs in the White House”.The country music icon spoke about the prospect of getting into politics in a new interview with Metro.
Dolly Parton is not a rock singer.Nor — as her much-hyped head-banger makeover on “Rockstar” demonstrates — does she have any business making a “rock” album.But, at 77, the country legend has, as much as any living artist today, more than earned the right — at least three lifetimes over — to do whatever the hell she wants.And really, this whole vanity project was fueled by the humility with which Parton has become a goddess on earth. After she was nominated for the Rock & Roll of Fame last year, she gracefully and ever-so-graciously asked for her name to be withdrawn from the ballot.“I don’t feel that I have earned that right,” she said in a statement.
picked up the phone to call his father to wish him a happy birthday.And it seems as though Harry hopes the phone call serves as a stepping stone for the pair’s long-overdue reconciliation.“Harry always enjoyed large family Christmases. It’s a shame that his children will miss out on the fun,” a source told OK! magazine.“He used to say that nobody could celebrate Christmas like the Windsors.
Prince Harry looks set for a courtroom battle with The Daily Mail newspaper’s publisher in the UK.
Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music After the long life of Dua Lipa’s 2020 sophomore album “Future Nostalgia” — which was pandemic dance therapy for so many — there’s been a hot remix album, a year-long world tour, a global hit single with Elton John and her effervescent single from “Barbie,” so it really doesn’t seem like Variety‘s 2022 co-Hitmaker of the Year been absent. Yet it’s been almost three years since “Nostalgia” dropped, and today we get the first look at her next chapter with “Houdini,” the lead single and video from her still-untitled third full-length album.
Deadline’s Sound & Screen, our awards-season composer showcase of original music for some of this year’s most acclaimed films, gets underway tonight at UCLA’s Royce Hall, with a 60-piece orchestra tuning up to make it all sing.
under-the-radar appearance was meant to be devoted to spending the day with veterans and their families, the Duke of Sussex, 39, reportedly looked like he was “hiding behind” Markle, 41, during the event.According to body language expert Judi James, the “Suits” alum was happily chatting with attendees while Harry looked “anxious” on the sidelines.Markle took “charge” of the outing, James told the Daily Express on Thursday.“Meghan seems to make this look like a solo appearance, walking ahead of Harry and posing directly in the spotlight rather than standing next to him, using what looks rather like over-compensatory rituals,” she explained.James added that Markle was also “throwing beaming smiles and signals of enthusiasm that appear to cover for the fact that Harry looks more low-key and anxious.”James noted that the Invictus Games founder had his arms folded across his chest, which “became a barrier.”He also stayed behind Markle when they were listening to others speak.Additionally, he was often spotted rubbing his hands together and “seemed to hide behind Meghan at the ceremony, sucking his lips in.”Markle then helped “guide” Harry to their position and put her hand on his back.“There is a telling point when we see an echo of the maternal/child-looking steering gestures Meghan also used on Harry,” James added. “Her contrasting energy levels to Harry seems to put her in charge here, making it look like her event rather than his.”Days earlier, the duo attended the closing performance of Katy Perry’s “Play” residency at the Resorts World Theatre in Las Vegas on Nov.
It’s music video night in the ballroom, so everyone’s job was to find inspiration from certain pop culture hits to get a smile out of guest judge Paula Adbul. Turns out it wasn’t that hard; Abdul doled out lots of 9s and 10s!
Dolly Parton has revealed that her ‘Rockstar‘ duet with Stevie Nicks was originally written as a song for Fleetwood Mac.The country icon spoke about her duet with Nicks in a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter. Here, Parton shared that the two talked a lot about a bit of everything including business and personal stories.Speaking of the track, Parton said: “Our song, ‘What Has Rock and Roll Ever Done to Me’, she [Nicks] said, ‘This a song I wrote back when we were in the heat of our stuff… It’s a song I love but they didn’t think it was good enough to be on a record.’“She said, ‘I have an old demo of it.
Dolly Parton and Hayley Williams have bonded over their shared love of Miley Cyrus.The pair discussed the ‘Flowers’ star in a new conversation ahead of the release of Parton‘s new album ‘Rockstar‘ (out November 17) – her 30-track compilation of new songs and covers of classics like Heart‘s ‘Magic Man’, Prince‘s ‘Purple Rain’, The Rolling Stones‘ ‘(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction’ and many more.The track list also features 40 guest stars including legends like Paul McCartney, Elton John, Sting, Stevie Nicks, Debbie Harry, Steve Perry, Joan Jett & The Blackhearts and more.Parton most recently teamed up with her goddaughter Cyrus to release a new version of ‘Wrecking Ball’ from the album.During an in conversation feature with Consequence, the Paramore frontwoman told the country star: “Yours and Miley’s voices are perfect together.“You on this song, it feels like a song that you could have written.”A post shared by Dolly Parton (@dollyparton)“Well, I wish I had written that song,” replied Parton. “Miley, I’m crazy about.