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Hugh Dancy's intimate challenge
The actor plays the role of a Victorian medic who helps cure psychologically troubled women in 'Hysteria' - which also stars Maggie Gyllenhaal and Felicity Jones - and he found it hard to be in the bizarre situation of shooting the intimate scenes.
He said: ’It's a professional challenge to stand between the legs of a series of esteemed actresses and put your hand down beneath their dresses and make rhythmical movements.
’Nothing can prepare you for that. There's no drama school which offers a course.’
Hugh is currently starring in 'Martha Marcy May Marlene' about a young woman - played by Elizabeth Olsen - who lives with an abusive cult in New York, and he admits he wanted a role because it is ’clever entertainment’.
He added: ’The film worked because of that growing sense of threat. You're not sure what any character is up to.
’Even with the couple who she seeks shelter from, who appear to be on the level, it's never quite clear how benevolent they are. It's a clever kind of entertainment.’
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Queen Elizabeth's happy staff
Broadcaster Andrew Marr has followed the monarch for a documentary to mark her Diamond Jubilee in June and says he found there was always a ’lot of laughter’ around her.
He recalled: ’When a dress designer arrived from Scotland, determined to measure her in person, she entered cheerfully into the spirit of it, sticking out her limbs - 'leg out!', 'arm out!'. There's a lot of laughter.
One of her Ladies in Waiting told me, as they entered another civic hall to shrill cheering, 'We're in the happiness business.' ’
In making the documentary, 'Diamond Queen', Andrew found most people to praise the queen as ’witty’ and a clever conversationalist.
He added to Radio Times magazine: ’I found very many people - politicians, civil servants, friends of the family - talking at length about how witty the queen is.
’[Politician] Douglas Hurd pointed out how clever she was at nudging conversations that were becoming tricky onto a different track with hardly anyone noticing.’
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Reese Witherspoon puts family first
The 35-year-old actress is proud of the way she and ex-husband Ryan Phillippe have maintained a good relationship for the sake of their kids Ava, 12, and eight-year-old Deacon.
She said: ’My ex-husband and I co-parent really well. We really balance each other's schedules and just communicate a lot.
’Nothing's more important for me than family. I definitely love having a career, but I just love being a mom - it's how I was raised.’
Reese - who is now married to Hollywood agent Jim Toth - also admitted she often feels surprised by the fact her kids are so different to herself.
She told Britain's Glamour magazine: ’Now that they're school age their personalities are emerging and it's always sort of a revelation that they are nothing like you.’
Ryan has previously spoken of how ’proud’ he is that he and Reese are hands-on parents,
He has said: ’I imagine it would have been more difficult if we weren't as hands-on as we were or allowed them to be raised by nannies - I think then they would become assholes.
’But you're constantly educating them - we have two incredible little people that we've raised. I'm proud of us for that fact.’
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Joan Rivers' 739 surgical procedures
The 78-year-old TV personality revealed she has gone under the knife more than 700 times and joked that she has had treatment done so often that she gets one free procedure for every 10.
Speaking on TV talk show 'Anderson', she said: ’Every weekend I just go in and I do something new. I get a 10th one free. It's a little like coffee you just keep going.’
Before Joan's revelation, the outspoken comedienne's daughter Melissa Rivers - who is starring alongside her mother in new reality TV show 'Joan & Melissa: Joan Knows Best' - explained how she finally felt motivated enough to stand up to her mum over her plastic surgery love.
Melissa explained: ’At one point I start to think the risk outweighs the reward, so I wanted my mom to know how I felt about it and I think I made myself fairly clear.
’I also found out that most of my friends are weak and she turned them very easily.’
Joan then interrupted: ’They all said, 'You shouldn't do it, you shouldn't do it.' And I said, 'What if I pay for everybody in this room? What would you do?' Every single person (accepted).’
But one physical change still on Joan's wish list is to get a tattoo, and she even visited a tattoo shop on her 78th birthday before deciding against getting inked.
She explained: ’Melissa wanted me to just put my home number, 'If Lost, please call Betty White.'
’I ended up not getting it because they put you in a room with mirrors and I was putting it on my ass and I took a look and I just got so depressed. I said, 'Cover this right up,' but my friend got a tattoo. I'm very proud of her.
’Maybe my 79th, I'll put a recipe on, at this age what do you put on? You put a recipe!’
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Brad Pitt once drove strippers to gigs
The Hollywood actor had to pick up the girls and take them to a specific party, where he then had to watch proceedings and catch the strippers' clothes as they threw them off to make sure people didn't steal them.
Speaking on an episode of TV show 'Inside the Actors Studio' - which is set to be broadcast on February 10 - he said: ’I drove strippers, which was interesting.
’It was an odd job. There's a place called the Job Factory where people listed odd jobs they needed for a little while and you'd go and sign up. It said, 'Drive strippers.' I said, 'I got a car.' My job was to go to the place and get the assignment, then go to the girl's apartment, pick her up, and drive her to the party.
’You'd then be responsible for playing the music, which was cassette then. Then you had to catch the clothes so the guys wouldn't steal them as they came off. And then you had to try to collect the money at the end and get out of there alive. It was not always easy.’
When asked if he enjoyed the work, Brad - who raises six children, Maddox, 10, Pax, eight, Zahara, seven, Shiloh, five, and twins Knox and Vivienne, three, with his partner Angelina Jolie - replied: ’Yes, I did.’
The 48-year-old star even met his late acting coach Roy London through the job after being persuaded to work for one more night after he tendered his resignation.
He explained: ’There was a new girl there that night and sometimes when you drive, you strike up a conversation.
’She said she was dating an actor, an actor I had actually heard of. I didn't know any actors - this was the closest I'd gotten to someone who actually worked. She told me about this class she started taking. I said, 'Give me the name.' It turned out to be Roy London, who was a beautiful human being.’
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Drake's ex-girlfriend sues over song
Ericka Lee, who claims to be the 'Headlines' hitmaker's ex-girlfriend, has filed a lawsuit against him seeking damages and a co-writer credit for his 2011 song 'Marvin's Room' as she alleges he agreed to split the profits from the track with her after she agreed to record the opening monologue and the song's ’hook’.
Ericka filed the lawsuit on Thursday (02.02.12) in California federal court and she claims the pair had a romantic and business partnership between early 2010 and mid-2011, in which time she said they swapped song lyrics and discussed joint creative projects, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
The complaint - which alleges that Drake sent Ericka a text message stating she could have two per cent of the ’publishing royalties’ - reads: ’Plaintiff's contribution is highly significant to the overall work.’
In July 2011, Ericka made a claim at the US Copyright Office regarding the song - which has been viewed more than 39 million times on YouTube - stating: ’My works and voice are used on this work.’
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Channing Tatum's toilet love for Jenna
The 31-year-old hunk - who has been married to Jenna Dewan for nearly three years after they met on the set of 'Step Up' - likes to constantly surprise the brunette beauty by writing messages and placing them around the house for her to find.
He told People magazine: ’I see caring for somebody as a creative outlet. I like drawing little faces and writing little stories and hiding them in places.
’I'm a practical joker. My favorite one is putting one under the toilet seat. She always wakes up before I do, so I enjoy the surprise of, 'Haha! I got you!' ’
But Channing - whose latest acting role in 'The Vow' sees him play a husband who has to try to make his wife fall in love with him all over again after she loses her memory in a car accident - finds it simple enough to be a ’thoughtful’ lover because he cares about Jenna so much.
He added: ’I don't think it's that hard to be thoughtful, especially when you do care about the person.’
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Julianne Hough loves private time
The 'Footloose' star - who has been dating Ryan Seacrest since 2010 - believes part of the reason the couple have managed to maintain such a solid connection is because they keep ’important things’, such as whether they are ever going to tie the knot one day, between themselves.
She exclusively told BANG Showbiz: ’He's cool. The great thing about being in a relationship with Ryan is that we can still keep important things private, like whether we are ever going to get married or have kids one day. That's the beauty of it.’
The 23-year-old star still manages to make time to see the 'American Idol' host - who has been linked with the vacant US 'X Factor' presenting role following Steve Jones' axing earlier this week - but Julianne isn't expecting Ryan to add to his busy schedule, which includes presenting his own radio show and running a production company, by swapping talent shows.
She added: ’I think he's just trying to get from one job to the next, but I don't know if Ryan could ever see himself not doing 'Idol'.’
'Footloose' is available on Blu-ray & DVD on 6 February from Paramount Home Entertainment.
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Robin Gibb: I feel fantastic
The Bee Gees singer - who has undergone seven rounds of chemotherapy in the last 18 months in a bid to beat liver cancer - revealed the disease has ’almost gone’ and he feels better than he has done for a decade.
He told BBC Radio 2: ’I mean the fact is, I've never spoken to anybody about my condition or the condition that I was in and a lot of them go over the top to the point where they're telling me things that I didn't even know about myself.
’The prognosis is that it's almost gone and I feel fantastic and really from now on it's just what they could describe as a 'mopping-up' operation. I am very active and my sense of well-being is good.’
The 62-year-old musician - who is preparing to make a comeback at a charity concert later this month - praised his doctor for helping him to make such great progress in his cancer battle.
He added: ’Well, it's all simple. I was diagnosed with a growth in my colon. It was removed. And I've been treated for that by a brilliant doctor, and in their own words 'the results have been spectacular'.’
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Elizabeth Banks' 'very easy' surrogacy choice
The 'Hunger Games' actress and her sports writer and producer husband Max Handelman became parents to 10-month-old baby Felix via a gestational surrogate last year, and she admits it was a simple choice to make once she had got over the initial realization that she wasn't going to be pregnant.
She told Women's Health magazine: ’It helps that other moms had said that once they had their babies, they forgot they were ever pregnant.
’So once my focus became the baby and not the pregnancy, it was a very easy decision.’
The 37-year-old star - who has been married to Max, who she co-owns a production company with, for nine years - believes her ’amazing’ marriage will be ’long-lasting’ partly because the couple are able to spend time with each other at work.
She added: ’Working together provides a lot of balance in our life and it's a way for us to [see each other], because I travel so much for work.
’I have an amazing marriage and it will be long-lasting. I think I'm a good mom. I could run for office, no problem, because there are no skeletons in my closet. Not that I would run for office.’
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Demi Moore partied with Miley before hospitalization
The 'Striptease' star - who was taken to hospital last week after she suffered a seizure - is said to have attended a birthday bash put on for her 'LOL' co-star's boyfriend Liam Hemsworth at Club Icon in Los Angeles last month.
Sources told TMZ.com that Demi attended the party - which saw the 'Hunger Games' actor presented with a penis-shaped cake to celebrate reaching his 22nd year - with her 23-year-old daughter Rumer and her friends.
The 49-year-old actress - who split from husband Ashton Kutcher in November amid speculation he had cheated on her - was spotted sipping Red Bull in the VIP section of the club for most of the night before she and Rumer left sometime after midnight.
Following her release from hospital, Demi has been visited by her ex-husband Bruce Willis - who she has daughters Rumer and Tallulah, 18, who are now living with him and Scout, 20, with - and Ashton, who went to see her on Monday (30.01.12).
Bruce is thought to have urged Demi to seek help before she was hospitalized last week after she was rumored to be suffering from substance abuse and anorexia.
A source told People magazine: ’He was worried about her and wanted her to get better. Many of her friends did the same thing, but she just wouldn't listen.’
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