Elizabeth Hurley recalls the ‘nightmare’ of working with Matthew Perry at the height of his addiction, and more news

Elizabeth Hurley says working with Matthew Perry was ‘a nightmare’ before he got help

While discussing his new memoir, “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” with Diane Sawyer last month, Matthew Perry admitted he had to re-voice all of his lines on 2002’s “Serving Sara” because they were scrambled, thanks to the regular regimen of Xanax, methadone and vodka he was consuming at the time. The revamp came after production had to be put on hiatus for months while Matthew went to rehab – which his co-star Elizabeth Hurley said alleviated an otherwise horrible work environment. “I have very fond memories of him,” she recently told Yahoo Entertainment when asked about her appearance in her book. “To be honest, it was a nightmare to work with him at that time and, as we know now, our film was stopped because of his addiction,” she continued. “We were in a force majeure situation and all had to sit at home twiddling our thumbs for some time.” Things apparently improved after the ‘Friends’ star got some help. “It was tough,” Elizabeth said. “Obviously he was going through a tough time, but he was still very charming and a lovely person to work with, but you could see he was in pain for sure.”

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Drake, Justin Bieber and More Stars Pay Tribute to Late Rapper Migos Takeoff in Atlanta

Music stars including Drake, Justin Bieber and Chloe Bailey reportedly joined thousands of Migos fans in Atlanta on Friday, Nov. 11, to honor Grammy-nominated rapper Takeoff at a “Celebration of Life” memorial at State Farm arena. Justin was scheduled to perform at the noon ceremony, according to Page Six, and at least one guest shared a video of Drake giving a speech about the 28-year-old rapper on Twitter (via BET). Migos bandmates and Takeoff’s family members Quavo and Offset are also believed to have been present – Quavo is Takeoff’s uncle and Offset is his cousin – as well as Offset’s wife, fellow rapper Cardi B. Takeoff, whose real name was Kirsnick Khari Ball, died earlier this month after being shot outside a Houston bowling alley. Police Chief Troy Finner said last week that Harris County police had “no reason to believe he was involved in anything criminal” at the time of the incident, the report reported. New York Post following a news conference about the shooting. As of Friday, no arrests had been made in connection with Takeoff’s death.

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‘The Crown’ star Elizabeth Debicki says she now understands why Princess Diana revealed so much to Martin Bashir

Episode 7 of Netflix’s ‘The Crown’ picks up on Princess Diana’s now infamous 1995 interview with Martin Bashir, who was later found guilty of breaching the BBC’s editorial contract by manipulating and deceiving Diana to get the TV session. And after playing Diana in the show’s fifth season – and watching this episode – Elizabeth Debicki gained new insight into how and why Diana agreed to the interview, which saw her speak candidly about her bulimia issues and of her separation from Prince Charles. “It’s this exploration of a very extreme vulnerability within this character, and getting to a point where you hit an edge, and how do you go about it,” Elizabeth told Entertainment Weekly in a published interview. this week. “Of course, when you’re an actor playing a role, you have tremendous compassion and love for the person you’re playing, and so you come to understand their choices from that perspective, from within that mind. I understood, in [creator Peter Morgan’s] writing this, why it happened and why it felt necessary at the time. She added that episode 7, in particular, shows “what ‘The Crown’ has the potential to do: it creates understanding in sort of hidden areas of history.” Elizabeth then credited the creator with the show for incorporating “the truth” about Martin Bashir’s deception.(In 2021, an independent investigation determined that the journalist falsified bank statements, among other things, to gain the trust of Diana and her brother so that he can land the interview.) “I watched this episode recently,” Elizabeth said, “and it wasn’t really until I watched it that I understood how all the pieces of the puzzle fit together and diabolically created the events that we came to know as this interview. “

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Sydney Sweeney calls out trolls for tagging her family in screenshots of ‘Euphoria’ graphic scenes

Life mimicking art isn’t always ideal, especially for the cast of “Euphoria,” where the teens battle everything from drug addiction and gun violence to abusive relationships and worse over the course of two seasons. But that’s exactly what happened after Sydney Sweeney’s character Cassie suffered a humiliating viral video leak that gave her entire high school access to footage of her naked in Season 1. Speaking to British GQ in a November interview, Sydney, 25, said viewers took screenshots of those scenes and then tagged her loved ones, turning Cassie’s fictional ordeal into real life viral abuse of Sidney. “It got to the point where they were scarring my family,” she said. “My cousins ​​don’t need this. It’s completely disgusting and unfairr. You have a character going through the exam of being a sexualized person in school and then an audience doing the same.” However, she refuses to let this kind of behavior intimidate her. When asked if the fiasco made him “want to hide,” Syndey replied, “Not anymore. I think that’s ridiculous. I am an artist, I play characters. After.”

Emma Thompson recalls feeling ‘half alive’ after Kenneth Branagh’s affair with Helena Bonham Carter

Looking back on her six-year marriage to Kenneth Branagh, Emma Thompson credits her failure to notice her affairs with Helena Bonham Carter as a great exercise in self-deception. “I was totally, totally blind to the fact that he had relationships with other women on set,” Emma told The New Yorker in a new profile tied to her upcoming musical “Nanny McPhee.” “What I learned was how easy it is to be blinded by your own desire to be wrong.” Emma and Kenneth met on the set of 1987 “Fortunes of Warand married in 1989. Their success in Hollywood quickly made them tabloid media targets, which didn’t help matters when news of Kenneth’s relationship with Helena, his co-star in “Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein “, surfaced after his split from Emma in 1995. . “I was half alive. Any sense of being a lovable or dignified person was completely gone,” Emma recalls. Elsewhere in the interview, she reflects on how the media attention affected her. “I was largely embarrassed by the version media coverage of our wedding,” she said. “We didn’t present ourselves as glamorous in any way. I don’t think we wanted to be a power couple, and we certainly didn’t. We’ve also been ridiculed and ridiculed — good enough if you’re famous and overpaid — but that’s no fun.” The Oscar-winning actress went on to marry Greg Wise, who she says “picked up the pieces and put them back together. ” first marriage. She also long ago passed all bad blood with Helena. In a 2013 interview with The Sunday Times, Emma called Helena “wonderful” and said that they “had made peace ages ago. years and years”.

Gallagher dies at 76

Gallagher, the prop comic best known in the ’80s for smashing watermelons with his “Sledge-O-Matic” hammer, died of organ failure Friday, Nov. 11, his former manager Craig Marquardo has confirmed. at Variety. He was 76 years old. Born Leo Anthony Gallagher Jr., Gallagher suffered a series of heart attacks beginning in 2011. He retired in 2012, ending a prolific touring career during which his act also became known for being enriched with racist, homophobic and xenophobic material, a fact Twitter users noted in droves after his death. While supporters like Melissa Rivers praised “the OG prop comic” and said he will “be sorely missed”, critics recounted Gallagher’s longtime penchant for cracking bigoted jokes. and his habit of unleashing angry tirades on the audience. During a now infamous appearance on Marc Maron’s podcast in 2015, Marc confronted the comedian with widespread claims that his act was laced with racism and homophobia. Gallagher denied ever writing a racist joke, then stormed off on the show. “While Gallagher had his detractors,” his manager told Variety, “he was an undeniable talent and an American success story.”

Madonna follows bizarre dog bowl video with creepy close-up on Instagram Stories

Madonna shared another social media post that concerned fans on Friday, November 11, a day after a video showing her licking a dog bowl and posing sexually with various accessories drew criticism on Instagram . In her latest post, shared on Instagram Stories, the 64-year-old singer plays her 1992 track “Waiting” as she stares straight at the camera as she sits in a dark car, looking dazed, according to Page. Six. “What have you done to yourself?” asked one user in the comments on the dog bowl video. “You do realize that a 64-year-old woman drinking from a dog’s bowl looks ridiculous, don’t you? Do you even look at your comments? God, I hope so.” Others indicated they were concerned for Madonna’s mental health, pointing to similar posts from the past few weeks, or called her desperate. “None of this is challenging or ‘different’. You lost touch. You were one step ahead of the game. You created it,” one person wrote. “It’s a screaming desperation to stay young or relevant.”