Blooming gorgeous! Lily stuns from top to bottom
OTHER than that lapse in judgment when she shared a scooter with Dominic West, Lily James, pictured, has been flawless – enchanting us in Cinderella,
wowing us in Rebecca, Downton Abbey and Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again. Now she arrives at the British Film Institute charity gala wearing a backless red dress, patting her behind. If there were an Oscar for the most perfect bottom, it would surely go to our adorable Lily. Although Mrs Dominic West may not agree.
CONTROVERSIAL rapper Coolio, who has died aged 59, had a career as colourful as his love life. Four children with his ex-wife Josefa and six more with other women: that’s going to be one hell of a funeral if they all turn up.
BROOKLYN Beckham and Nicola Peltz attended Victoria’s show at Paris Fashion Week, after David read his son the riot act. Nic had hurt Vic’s feelings by saying that, contrary to the rumours that she had snubbed Posh, it was VB who’d declined to make her a wedding dress. Well done to Becks for standing up for his wife, but isn’t there a strong whiff of Brand Beckham’s PR team milking this saga?
HURRAH for the frankness of 52-year-old Bridget Jones actress Sally Phillips, who has said the menopause isn’t always a disaster, that for many women it can be ‘very sexy, you can get a massive rise in libido’, and ‘you might feel a bit la la for a couple of years, but you get over it’. And what a welcome slap in the face of the Menopause Police to say that, while horrible for some, it is not a misery for every woman.
IF YOU can get over Kenneth Branagh’s absurd prosthetics, there are touching moments in the new Sky series This England. When Boris Johnson (Branagh) calls his four children with ex-wife Marina to wish them a happy Christmas, none picks up. And when Carrie becomes pregnant, he fails to tell them before they read it in the press. Boris didn’t just lose his job; tragically, he lost the respect of his own kids.
VIRGIN Atlantic has a new ad campaign highlighting that male and female staff (if we’re allowed call them that) can wear skirts or trousers and passengers can book with gender-neutral pronouns. Why would the ad make me fly with Virgin when I can do so cheaper elsewhere?
LENNY Henry says the abuse he’s received for his role in Amazon’s new The Lord Of The Rings series has come from viewers unhappy about so many actors from ethnic backgrounds. Perhaps they’re simply attacking his over-the-top portrayal of the Harfoot elder. Lenny may have mastered Shakespeare’s Othello, but as Sadoc Burrows, he’s a joke – and not a funny one.