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“I always say my dad’s a crazy stage mother. Whenever we’re out and about, he’s always introducing me and talking about me and he gives my full movie credits to whoever we’re having dinner with.”
Eve Hewson, star of The Luminaries and new Netflix series Behind Her Eyes, proves that it’s still possible to be embarrassed by your parents, even when your dad is one of the world’s biggest rock stars, U2’s Bono.
“He told me I needed to start slowing down. It was a case of, ‘Imagine you’ve got 1.5 million steps to run over the next 30 years – pace yourself’.”
TV chef and avid runner Gordon Ramsay, 58, on learning to take it easy after doctors discovered arthritis in his knee. It might be time to switch to Netflix marathons, Gordon...
“It’s what nobody really wants to hear. You have to eat right, you have to exercise, you have to sleep. We’re always looking for that cheating magical bullet, but it’s not right.”
Actress Michelle Pfeiffer says her youthful looks come from a healthy lifestyle, rather than expensive creams and potions. Well, if the 62-year-old beauty recommends an afternoon nap, who are we to question her?
“I’m never going to take anything for granted again. We’re all guilty of taking things for granted. Just the fact we can go out, hug our friends, go for food. It’s the little things I’m excited for. I just can’t wait.”
Scarlett Moffatt gets all emotional on Insta about the end of lockdown, which will hopefully come later this year. We hear you, sista... we’re desperate for hugs here at PS HQ.
“Oh man, I feel great. When it hit at 12 o’clock that night, I just cried like a baby because I made it.”
Mary J Blige on turning 50 earlier this year. Well, Mary, if we look half as gorgeous as you at half a century, we won’t mind our big birthday either.
“Wasn’t bad at all.”
Author Irvine Welsh is a master of understatement describing Trainspotting, 25 years after the movie’s release. Choose re-watching an iconic classic!
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It’s almost 24 years since Christopher George Latore Wallace, aka the Notorious BIG or Biggie Smalls, was murdered in a drive-by shooting in Los Angeles.
He was just 24, but had been hailed as the greatest rapper of all time, despite his often controversial lyrics.
This documentary, a collaboration between Sean Combs and Biggie’s mother, Violetta Wallace, offers an in-depth look at his life and career, charting his rapid rise to success before being cut down so cruelly in his prime.
It also features rare footage filmed by his friend Damion ‘D-roc’ Butler.
After seven weeks of fierce competition, we discover the identity of the nation’s top dog groomer.
But before host Sheridan Smith announces the winner of the Golden Stanley trophy, the three contenders must prove they can execute one of the toughest challenges in the industry – a continental clip on a standard poodle.