Lifelong fan to take on her idol
Baby takes its toll
how the old routines with firemen’s helmets are a bit dated.
They fall in with his old flame, Rome (a slinky Jada Pinkett Smith), who runs a raunchy club full of big, under-clad male lapdancers for women who need to think men fancy them because their husbands don’t bother.
The choreography is fantastic: athletic, erotic, faintly ludicrous. The idea of hunky male strippers as a tribute to womankind is central to what you might call the philosophy of the film: they’re certainly more worshipful than predatory.
They meet a rich divorcée – Andie McDowell, who is less annoying than usual – and thwartedin-love Zoe (Amber Heard). Mike explains that “doing random crazy things” with new people is the way to sort out your problems. Which may well be true. – Daily Mail PARENTHOOD is one of the most challenging jobs anyone can take on. But model Lily Cole, 27, fears becoming a mother will see her ambition and energy disappear.
Cole, who is expecting her first child with boyfriend Kwame Ferreira, 37, reveals her feelings in a documentary on how having children affects artists. She said: “The fear of some sudden creative death is certainly something I’ve pondered over the past few months as I’ve felt my ambition and my energy wane.” – Daily Mail HEATHER Watson has been at the IMG Academy in Florida since she was 12 and recalls when Serena and Venus Williams would come to Bradenton for training.
Watson, who faces her biggest match yet at Wimbledon today when she plays Serena for the first time, says: “When I was 12 or 13, and at school there… teachers let us watch her practise. Now I get the chance to play her. It’s exciting.” Watson, who lost to Venus in Beijing last year, was 7 or 8 when she bought a poster of the sisters. “It went up on my wall.”
Unlike the other British women in the main draw, Watson earned her slot through her world ranking, 59, rather than a wild card.
Does she regard the match with Williams as the biggest of her career? “I haven’t thought of it like that… She is a great champion and a legend, so it will be a great experience for me.”
Had she talked to Williams? “The most is ‘Hi’. She does have a presence. She is a strong woman.”
Asked what she knew about Watson, Williams said: “I see her around the locker room. She’s always smiling, she seems super sweet… I know it’s not going to be easy for me. She has nothing to lose.” – The Independent