Former Pop Idol hosts Ant and Dec paid a touching tribute to the late Darius Campbell Danesh after news of his death broke.
30.07.2022 - 12:33 / deadline.com
Stranger Things star Jamie Campbell Bower has received praise and support for his decision to speak publicly about struggles with addiction.
The British actor, who plays evil Vecna in the mega-hit, posted on social media that he was celebrating seven and a half years of sobriety, and sharing his experience of addiction and receiving hospital treatment.
But each day is a chance to start again. Atone for mistakes and grow. For anyone who wakes up thinking “oh god not again” I promise you there’s a way. I’m so grateful to be where I am, I’m so grateful to be sober. I’m so grateful to be.Remember, we are all works in progressJ x
His message received thousands of likes and replies from those among his nearly one million followers.
Nat Travis, a spokesperson for addiction charity Turning Point told the BBC of the positive effect such a high-profile figure speaking out could have on others seeking support, making a it “a little less scary.”
“A figure like Jamie being able to come out and do this helps people to identify that it could happen to anybody,” she said.
Campbell Bower, who previously appeared in The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn, has enjoyed a whole new fanbase through his portrayal of Stranger Things’ Vecna. He recently told the BBC how thrilled he was to see Kate Bush back in the charts, following the use of her song ‘Running Up That Hill’ in a key scene in the supernatural thriller.
For his role as the monstrous Vecna, Campbell Bower spent eight hours a day in makeup, ending with a 15-minute session dedicated to coating him in lubricant to make him “glossy.”
He also described creating a “mood board” to help get into terrifying mode, adding pictures of characters he would be interacting with.
“I spent quite a bit of
Former Pop Idol hosts Ant and Dec paid a touching tribute to the late Darius Campbell Danesh after news of his death broke.
has died. The former Pop Idol star has died in a US apartment with the cause of death still unknown. A statement said: "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Darius Campbell Danesh.
Using pain for inspiration. Millie Bobby Brown opened up about how she channeled her emotions about an “unhealthy situation” with TikTok star Hunter Ecimovic into her season 4 Stranger Things performance.
Some of the Love Island stars from this year's show proved their bond is stronger than ever as they enjoyed a group day out at a music festival in the summer sunshine.The stars in question included Danica Taylor, 21, Coco Lodge, 27, Summer Botwe, 22, Mollie Salmon, 23, Chyna Mills, 23, Jazmine Nichol, 21, Lacey Edwards, 25, Jay Younger, 28, Billy Brown, 23, and Josh Le Grove, 22.The group dressed to the nines as they showed up at We Are FSTVL, which was presented by British clothing retailer Pretty Little Thing, and it had performances from artists such as Craig David, Tyga, Mabel, Chipmunk and Yungen, to name a few. Dancer Danica, 21, who clawed her way to sixth place in Love Island after a very rocky road to finding love, confidently struck a pose in a black string bikini top and a cream belted mini skirt, which she styled with a pair of trainers, as she held a fan to cool off in the scorching temperatures.
Stranger Things added a few more tens of millions of hours viewed to its Season 4 tally this past week.The final viewership for the new season (Vol.1 and Vol.2 combined) is 1.352B hours in the first 28 days of release. That is the most for any English-language series on Netflix and more than twice the hours viewed logged by the second most popular season of an English-language series on the streamer, Bridgerton 2 (656M).
Script writing has begun on the final season of Stranger Things.
Squid Game was previously the most popular Netflix TV show ever, but many believed Stranger Things‘ fourth season could beat the Korean language thriller to become number 1.
Joseph Quinn made one of his dreams come true at this year’s Lollapalooza in Chicago, after meeting with Metallica and engaging in an epic jam session backstage at the highly anticipated music festival just hours before their performance.The fan-favorite band had a conversation with the British actor playing Eddie in the popular Netflix series ‘Stranger Things,’ as fans remember his character’s obsession with the band and the 1986’s hit song ‘Master of Puppets.’Metallica frontman James Hetfield revealed to the actor that he watches the sci-fi series with his kids, so he truly enjoyed meeting Quinn. “I’m a big fan.
Emmerdale fans. Daisy had been out on the town celebrating her recent 19th birthday.
Metallica gave Stranger Things a shoutout at Lollapalooza, playing a clip of season four’s Eddie Munson on screens during ‘Master of Puppets’.The rock legends headlined day one of the Chicago festival Thursday night (July 28). They shredded through a setlist comprising ‘Enter Sandman’, ‘Nothing Else Matters’ and a cover of AC/DC’s ‘It’s A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock ‘N’ Roll)’, before returning for an encore.Closing their set with ‘Master Of Puppets’, they paid homage to the Duffer Brothers’ cult Netflix show and its metalhead character Munson (played by Joseph Quinn) with footage of him onscreen.
Manori Ravindran International EditorBernard Cribbins, the beloved narrator of 1970s British children’s show “The Wombles” and actor on “Doctor Who,” has died. He was 93.Variety confirmed Cribbins’ death with his agent on Thursday.The actor’s career spanned seven decades, with memorable performances in the BBC’s iconic “Doctor Who” series, where Cribbins played the Doctor’s companion Tom Campbell in the 1966 film “Daleks’ Invasion Earth 2150 A.D.” He later returned to star in the revived TV show as Wilfrid Mott, the grandfather of actor Catherine Tate’s Donna.
“It’s hilarious that an article bashing the show for retroactively editing a scene (based off a false TikTok rumor) has now had to retroactively edit their own article. Oops,” reads a post on the Stranger Things Writers’ Twitter account this morning.
Stranger Things star David Harbour has admitted that he thought the show would be a disaster.During a recent appearance on BBC One’s The One Show, the Jim Hopper actor was asked if he ever expected the sci-fi Netflix series to become the huge hit it is today.“Not at all,” he told presenters Alex Jones and Jermaine Jenas. “I remember when we were shooting the first season down in Atlanta.
Joseph Quinn — the British actor behind ' beloved character, Eddie Munson — revealed to Jimmy Fallon that he almost didn't make it to the New York City set. «It’s so nice to be here because I very nearly didn’t make it,» Quinn told Fallon. «I was held up at immigration yesterday.» As the breakout star recalled, he was taken into what he described as a «dungeon» and was asked to wait there for 20 minutes. From there, he was summoned to a desk, where he was asked what he was doing in the United States.
Even celebrities get stopped at immigration – but apparently, they get through it a little faster if they play a beloved character on “Stranger Things.” That’s what happened to Joseph Quinn, anyway.Quinn made his talk show debut on “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon” Monday night, but confessed at the start of his interview that he almost didn’t make it to 30 Rock. When Fallon pressed him on why, the British actor admitted that he had gotten “held up” at the U.S.
Zack Sharf It turns out that Eddie Munson was such a massive breakout from “Stranger Things 4” that the character saved actor Joseph Quinn from a prolonged detainment at a U.S. airport.