What I, as a Rabbi, have in common with my friend Pamela Anderson
She told me her great aspiration for her life was to have a marriage like her parents that had lasted for decades, amid the kind of challenges…
Rabbi Shmuley Boteach on Pamela Anderson: ‘We should be wary of underestimating women like her’
She told me her great aspiration for her life was to have a marriage like her parents that had lasted for decades amid the kind of challenges…
Pam & Tommy and the relentless exploitation of Pamela Anderson
It had to happen to someone. Once the technology made it possible, the internet celebrity sex tape was an inevitability, and Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee were…
Adele’s lucky escape: the elaborate stage props that went very wrong
6. Yes’s tunnel troubles Seventies prog pioneers Yes were famed for their over-the-top productions. But the crew required to lug around their heavy sci-fi props wasn’t always…
‘Christopher Morris, does that ring a bell?’: when Brass Eye ambushed The Time, The Place
“He went into all this nonsense about ‘this is outrageous, how dare you, I’ve got a new book, it was one of the conditions of me coming…
Six ridiculous jobs that only the rich and famous need help with
There’s a good chance you did not see the photograph shared by the heiress Millie Mackintosh on social media this week of her supposedly chaotic kitchen storage….
Why Jeff Bezos’s girlfriend Lauren Sanchez could be the world’s most powerful woman
‘But back in the day his parties were legendary,’ says Evans, ‘and more difficult to get into than Vanity Fair etc. So after that Lauren had years…
Bono and the rock stars who can’t stand the sound of their own voices
In a rare moment of self-effacement, Bono has admitted that he hates his own singing voice and cringes when he hears U2’s songs on the radio. The…
Joss Whedon forgot the first rule of the ‘damage control’ interview – just shut up
He shared some regrets around how he spoke to Carpenter after learning she was pregnant. “I was not mannerly,” he said. But he refuted her claims. “Most…
Sleaze, sexism, and Scream: how Neve Campbell survived Hollywood with her dignity intact
It was partly true – in 1997, Campbell’s cameo in the disco drama 54, revolving around the intersecting lives of visitors, employees and proprietors of the iconic…
20 celebrities we’d love to see more of in 2022 – and the ones we’d rather forget
Madonna has an acute case of midlife goggles and someone (Lourdes, step up: it’s often the children who have to do the right thing in this situation)…
The soul of Cobra Kai: the extraordinary, heartbreaking life of Pat ‘Mr Miyagi’ Morita
Nobody – least of all Noriyuki ‘Pat’ Morita – would have predicted Mr Miyagi’s afterlife. Four seasons in and Cobra Kai, the Netflix sequel series that picks…
The soul of Cobra Kai: the extraordinary, heartbreaking life of Pat ‘Mr Miyagi’ Morita
Nobody – least of all Noriyuki ‘Pat’ Morita – would have predicted Mr Miyagi’s afterlife. Four seasons in and Cobra Kai, the Netflix sequel series that picks…
How Joan Collins put the ‘nasty’ in Dynasty
The line between Joan Collins, sexually provocative film star, and Alexis Carrington, ball-breaking man-eater, was a fine one, and the actress was happy to blur it further,…
How Joan Collins put the ‘nasty’ in Dynasty
The line between Joan Collins, sexually provocative film star, and Alexis Carrington, ball-breaking man-eater, was a fine one, and the actress was happy to blur it further,…
Cush Jumbo: ‘I love being a mum, but it’s also why I’m not going to have any more children’
Cush wears: dress, £1,095, Cecilie Bahnsen; Shoes, £980, Miu Miu; earrings, £125, Shrimps Born and raised in Lewisham, she trained in the theatre before appearing as DC…
The disappearing Spider-Man: what happened to Tobey Maguire?
Compare his flimsy post-Spidey filmography with that of Andrew Garfield, who, since peeling off his webbed jumpsuit following 2014’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2, has gone on to…
Mike Nesmith, the Monkees’ John Lennon, was the real deal
Even before the Monkees, Nesmith had composed Different Drum, a bluegrass song that has become something of a country standard, recorded by PP Arnold, Carrie Underwood, The…
Jussie Smollett’s grand delusion proves celebrities live in another world
“Here’s what folks are concerned about – that what he did might undermine future victims, legitimate victims of hate crimes,” the actor’s former friend, television journalist Don…
Val, review: a poignant, highly personal portrait of Hollywood’s most notorious perfectionist
“Cinematography by Val Kilmer” is one of the more unexpected credits to pop up in a documentary, until you realise he’s been shooting Val since his childhood…
Kirstie Allsopp: ‘Covid has definitely revealed a mealy-mouthed gutlessness in people’
‘If you say there is ignorance about this, you are shouted down. “Rubbish!” they say. Of course, young women are absolutely fed up with being told about…
Actor Sir Antony Sher dies age 72 from cancer
“We shall not look upon his like again” Thelma Holt, the RSC’s Associate Producer, said: “As Shakespeare might well have said, “We shall not look upon his…
Rock’s best frenemies: Inside Rod Stewart and Elton John’s 50-year ‘war’
The bad cover was forgiven, clearly, because by the early Seventies, when Elton’s then boyfriend lived near Rod, the two young singers became so inseparable that Baldry…
Rock’s best frenemies: a history of Rod Stewart and Elton John insulting each other
Rod Stewart and Elton John have always weathered a turbulent friendship. Despite reportedly having patched things up earlier this year after yet another falling out, Rod Stewart has…
All hail Hawkeye: why Jeremy Renner doesn’t deserve your scorn
A similar strand of bad luck extends to Renner’s work outside of acting. Like Gwyneth Paltrow’s GOOP and Reese Witherspoon’s Draper James before him, Renner too has…