OHMYGOSSIP — Adele has been “panic buying” Spanx after the brand discontinued her favourite bodysuits.
The 36-year-old singer confessed she’s been wearing the company’s shapewear – designed to provide a flattering silhouette under clothes – since she was a teenager and she was devastated when she discovered her most-loved garment was being shelved so she went on a shopping spree in a bid to track down as many of them as possible before they disappear forever.
According to Dailymail.co.uk, Adele opened up about the dilemma during a show in Las Vegas over the weekend (08-09.06.24), telling the audience: “Spanx. I trust them. I’ve been wearing them since I was about 16, so I trust them. It’s like half of my life. So I trust them with my life.
“And my favourite pair of Spanx are full body Spanx. I know they’re not sexy. But I like to feel safe in all dresses. I know that my lumps and bumps that I love are contained.
“Well, they decided to just discontinue my favourite pair of Spanx. So everyone I know has been panic buying whatever is left at the stores …”
Adele revealed Spanx bosses took pity on her and sent her some of their remaining stock, but the bodysuits were a size too small – so she decided to try to squeeze into them anyway before the show.
She added: “I had to go and put these Spanx on that were a size small. It was like pumping sausage meat. It was so stressful. And then I was contemplating, maybe I don’t go on in a pair of Spanx tonight, but I was like, oh no, that’s too risky.
“But I managed to get into them and it’s made me look great. But I’m nervous that is my blood is going to get cut off or something.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Prince Louis has told the England football team to eat double portions in preparation for Euro 2024.
The six-year-old royal’s advice was passed on by his father Prince William as he met with Gareth Southgate’s squad on Monday (10.06.24) ahead of their departure for the tournament in Germany which begins later this week – after he asked his children Prince George, 10, Princess Charlotte, nine, and Louis about what he should tell the players.
William, who is the president of the Football Association (FA), said: “The best bit of advice I got to tell you was to eat twice the amount you normally would eat.
“So I then had visitors of you running around, massive great tummies and loads of stitches on the pitch… so I think maybe take my youngest’s advice with a pinch of salt, particularly around the physio team.”
England are amongst the favourites to win the tournament but William warned it will take a lot more than talent to claim glory at Euro 2024.
Speaking at the St George’s Park training ground, the 41-year-old royal said: “Tournament football is brutal and it requires a lot more than you’ve already given.
“You’ve had a long old season as it is and we’re going to ask you to go again.
“It’s going to be difficult, it’s going to be fun, it’s going to be challenging, it’s going to be everything that you’ve ever dreamed of, you know wearing that England shirt, and all the experience you’ve had at club football… you’re going to have to draw on those experiences you’ve had at club football are going to have to be in the back of your head.”
William also stressed to the England players how much their efforts at the tournament will mean to those watching on at home.
He said: “And I just really want you guys to know how much it means to everyone back here, that you go out there, you give it your all, you play for the shirt, play for each other, play for the country, because everyone’s behind you.
“We really care about what you’re going to do.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Emilia Clarke feared being fired from ‘Game of Thrones’ after suffering a brain haemorrhage.
The 37-year-old actress suffered a bleed on the brain when working out in 2011 and while she returned to work shortly afterwards, she was terrified she’d be axed from the fantasy drama series, in which she played Daenerys Targaryen, because she thought bosses would no longer think she was “capable”.
She told Big Issue magazine: “When you have a brain injury, because it alters your sense of self on such a dramatic level, all of the insecurities you have going into the workplace quadruple overnight.
“The first fear we all had was: ‘Oh my God, am I going to get fired? Am I going to get fired because they think I’m not capable of completing the job?’”
And Emilia – who suffered a second brain haemorrhage two years later – feared she’d die from another bleed because of the stress and pressure she was under.
She recalled thinking: “Well, if I’m going to die, I better die on live TV.”
The ‘Me Before You’ actress felt “profoundly alone” in the aftermath of her medical episodes, prompting her and her mother to establish the SameYou charity in2 019 to develop better mental health recovery for those who suffer brain injuries and advocate for change.
She said: “Having a chronic condition that diminishes your confidence in this one thing you feel is your reason to live is so debilitating and so lonely.
“One of the biggest things I felt with a brain injury was profoundly alone. That is what we’re trying to overcome.”
Emilia felt she “couldn’t carry on” after her brain injury and feared she’d never act again, but she’s ultimately thrived.
She noted: “It has given me a superpower.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Naomi Campbell hopes to raise her children in London.
The 54-year-old supermodel has a three-year-old daughter and a 12-month-old son, who were born to a surrogate, and though she hasn’t yet planned where her family will “set up shop”, she’d love to see them have a similar childhood to her own.
She told the Evening Standard newspaper: “I love London and I want my kids educated here. I loved going to school in London, and I’d like my kids to follow in my footsteps.
“I haven’t decided where we are going to set up shop, but I hope it’s here.
“I like the English education system, absolutely. I don’t like the American version of the English education system.”
Naomi tries not to leave her children for long periods of time and loves the unpredictability of parentood.
She said: “Motherhood is so much fun. You just don’t know what’s going to happen at any given moment. I feel like I’m reliving my childhood. I just hate leaving home.
“These days when I travel, I try to make it not longer than 48 hours as it’s too disruptive.
“Unless I can do a job in and out, then the kids have to come with.”
Naomi’s little girl has already inherited her love of dancing, though the model admitted she doesn’t get to class as often as she’d like.
She said: “I don’t know about a star, but I definitely wanted to be in theatre or the arts as I loved dancing.
“Whenever I’m in London I’m always saying I want to go to class. But I never find the time.
“There’s nothing that smells like a ballet room – the floor, the bar – it’s the freedom of expression of dance that I love so much.
“My daughter likes to dance too.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Julia Louis-Dreyfus has branded “push back” on political correctness a “red flag”.
The ‘Seinfeld’ actress, 63, who played Elaine Benes on the sitcom from 1990 to 1998, hit out at PC critics after her former co-star on the show Jerry Seinfeld, 70, said in a new interview it was “something of a worry for people that can’t think” – and added in a separate chat he misses the days of “dominant masculinity”.
Julia told the newspaper in an article published on Monday (10.06.24): “If you look back on comedy and drama both, let’s say 30 years ago, through the lens of today, you might find bits and pieces that don’t age well.
“And I think to have an antenna about sensitivities is not a bad thing.
“It doesn’t mean that all comedy goes out the window as a result.”
Julia – who has appeared in a famous so-called ‘woke’ sketch on Amy Schumer’s skit show in 2015 about ageing women no longer being “f***able” – admitted she understands why people “might push back” on political correctness.
However, she stressed: “But to me, that’s a red flag because it sometimes means something else.
“I believe being aware of certain sensitivities is not a bad thing. I don’t know how else to say it.”
The Times piece said Julia called back 11 days after her initial chat with the publication to clarify her position on the issue.
She added to the paper: “I wanted to make sure that I answered this whole idea of political correctness correctly, and I can’t really remember what I said. So I wanted to go back to that and be very clear about where I stand.
“My feeling about all of it is that political correctness, insofar as it equates to tolerance, is obviously fantastic.
“And of course I reserve the right to boo anyone who says anything that offends me, while also respecting their right to free speech, right?”
Julia said the “bigger problem” in the world is the “consolidation of money and power”.
The actress believes the “siloing of studios and outlets” as well as “streamers and distributors” is a threat to the “creative voice”.
She added: “So that’s what I want to say in terms of the threat to art.”
The actress also said the shift towards more diversity in the arts is “very much for the good”.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Mamie Laverock’s family have shared the first photo of the ‘When Calls the Heart’ actress since she was almost killed in a hospital balcony fall.
The 19-year-old actress, famed for her role as nursing student Rosaleen Sullivan on the popular Hallmark show, plunged five storeys in May in an accident her mother last week branded “negligence” by medical authorities.
Her family have now posted an updated on her condition by posting a close-up image of her in her hospital bed on Facebook.
The image showed the teen’s hand resting on a teddy bear, with her fingernails painted red.
Mamie’s face was out of the frame but it was clear she was hooked to an IV.
News broke in May Mamie was on life support after she plunged from a five-story balcony at a Vancouver hospital where she had been recovering from an undisclosed “medical emergency”.
Her mother Nicole Rockmann has said St Paul’s Hospital now has a “negligence-type case” to answer.
She told the Los Angeles Times: “We have a case. All we care about is that Mamie can make a recovery and that she’s alive and that she’s fighting and that she’s strong.
“It’s unbelievable that she’s with us. There will be accountability.”
Nicole said it was an “absolute miracle” Mamie is alive and blamed St Paul’s for the fall – which she stressed was not “intended” and wasn’t a suicide attempt by the actress.
Mamie was transferred from St Paul’s to a trauma centre after her fall.
A spokesperson for Providence Health Care, which operates St Paul’s, confirmed to the LA Times an “incident happened” at the hospital but could not get into details due to patient privacy.
The representative added: “In cases related to patient safety, an internal critical incident review is conducted to determine exactly what happened and to make recommendations for improved patient safety.
“Our hearts go out to the patient, family, and all affected by this event, and we offer our best wishes for a full recovery.”
When Nicole spoke to the LA Times, she said Mamie had “just opened her eyes” and was “aware” enough to be able to squeeze her hand.
But she added the actress was in “tremendous” agony and she was being sedated after multiple surgeries.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kylie Minogue says she and Madonna have “both survived the ups and downs of being a woman” in showbusiness.
The ‘I Should Be So Lucky’ singer, 56, duetted with the Queen of Pop, 65, in March to mark International Women’s Day when she made a surprise guest appearance at her fellow entertainment veteran’s performance at the Kia Forum in Los Angeles – with the pair singing an acoustic version of Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’ and Kylie’s ‘Can’t Get You Out of My Head’.
Kylie has now told the new issue of Grazia about the poignancy of their joint performance: “Singing with her felt weirdly natural. There’s an unspoken bond between artists that I hold very dear.
“I respect how she has forged her own path and continues to do things her way.
“She wanted us to cover ‘I Will Survive’ for various reasons… she lost her mother to breast cancer and she knows of my history with it.
“And we have both survived the ups and downs of being a woman in the industry.
“There was much that didn’t need to be said or explained to the audience, but it was understood.”
Kylie was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005 before being declared cancer-free the following year.
She also told Grazia she compares her longevity in the entertainment business to treating it like surfing.
The Australian native added: “A long time ago I was in Costa Rica on a longboard – which makes me sound like I can surf, which I can’t – but I clearly remember paddling out, missing, paddling out, missing, paddling out, missing.
“And then when I finally got up on a wave, I felt weightless and euphoric.
“That is kind of the motto of my life. If you don’t keep paddling, you’re never going to catch a wave. So I just keep paddling.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Steven Van Zandt’s life was “saved” by a publisher after he spent seven years in the “wilderness” of showbusiness.
‘The Sopranos’ actor and E Street Band rocker, 73, believes he ended up in a career desert after he quit the group in 1984 to focus on political activism before its frontman Bruce Springsteen, 74, made it big with its hit ‘Born in the USA’.
He told Page Six it was not until Lance Freed, the son of influential DJ Alan Freed, came to his aid that his career took off again – after the publisher heard his music with the band Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes.
Steven added at the premiere of a documentary about his life, titled ‘Stevie Van Zandt: Disciple’: “(Lance) said, ‘Listen man, people don’t write like this anymore. I want to help you out, what can I do?’
“So, he administered my publishing – gave me a big chunk of money that saved my life.”
A year after he left the E Street Band, Steven wrote a song called ‘Sun City’ that lambasted the South African government, with the video featuring cameos from his former bandmate Bruce as well as Bono, Darlene Love, George Clinton and others.
He says he thinks his political activism “scared the hell out of everyone” and left him out in the cold in the entertainment industry.
Steven added: “I intended to politicise our entire industry and I’m happy about that, (but) at the expense of commercial success, which is a complicated story.”
The guitarist said he has “never had any commercial success” and “can’t blame” the record companies for staying away from him – admitting “a combination of things” left him “in the wilderness for seven years”.
As well as Lance’s help, Steven was able to land financial security thanks to his role as Tony Soprano’s right-hand man Silvio Dante on HBO’ shit mafia drama ‘The Sopranos’.
He hailed the role as a “new rebirth” for his career and life, adding: “That was a gift from (‘Sopranos’ creator) David Chase.
“He handed me a new craft, right on time.”
Steven admitted that at the time he took the role in the late-1990s he “wasn’t looking at a whole lot of choices” at the time.
After taking the part, he also rejoined the E Street Band, with his acting career continuing with his lead role as a former gangster in the comedy-drama TV show ‘Lilyhammer’.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Natalie Portman has thanked friends in the wake of her divorce from Benjamin Millepied for lifting her spirits “again and again”.
The ‘Black Swan’ actress, who met her choreographer ex-husband, 47, on the set of the ballet drama in 2009 before they tied the knot in 2012, shared her gratitude for her supportive pals in a post to mark her 43rd birthday.
She said in the message on her Instagram sent on Sunday (09.06.24): “This year, on my birthday, I want to celebrate my gratitude for my friends who lift me up again and again.”
Natalie accompanied the message with a carousel of photos showing her on adventures with friends and relatives over the years.
Her A-list pals flooded the comments section of the post to send birthday greetings, with ‘Black-ish’ actress Tracee Ellis Ross, 51, writing: “@natalieportman happy birthday gorgeous lady.”
Comic Mindy Kaling, 44, added: “Happy birthday, beautiful!”, while actress Reese Witherspoon, 48, said: “Happy Birthday, you incredible diamond of a human! I love you.”
And 48-year-old actress Isla Fisher – who recently said she and her ex-husband Sacha Baron Cohen, 52, had secretly filed for divorce in 2023 – added: “Ports I love you. Happy Birthday I’m so grateful you were born.”
Among the other famous faces sending birthday wishes to Natalie were Kerry Washington, 47, Julianne Moore, 63, Ali Wong, 42, and 40-year-old Chris Hemsworth.
This year marks Natalie’s first birthday since she finalised her divorce from Benjamin in February.
She filed for a split from her ex in July 2023 amid reports from Page Six he had allegedly cheated on her with a then-25-year-old woman named Camille Étienne.
Natalie and Benjamin initially separated in 2022 but worked through their marital issues before their marriage collapsed.
The former couple have two children – son Aleph, 12, and seven-year-old daughter Amalia.
Natalie has recently been at the centre of rumours she is dating ‘Normal People’ actor Paul Mescal, 28, after the pair were photographed smiling and laughing as they enjoyed a smoke together outside a cocktail bar in London – although an insider insisted to Us Weekly she is not currently dating.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Michael Strahan’s daughter Isabella is celebrating finishing her final round of chemotherapy.
The 52-year-old NFL player-turned TV host’s girl, 19, marked the milestone amid her brutal brain cancer battle in a video on TikTok that showed her dancing inside what appeared to be a hospital alongside her twin sister Sophia, while wearing a shiny paper gold crown.
She captioned the clip: “Just finished chemo (party popper-blowing emoji.)”
Isabella, who is a student at the University of Southern California, and her twin soundtracked the video to Bryson Tiller’s ‘Let ‘Em Know’.
She was diagnosed with medulloblastoma in October 2023 and underwent emergency surgery, followed by two additional procedures.
Isabella has spent months documenting her emotional and agonising health battle in YouTube videos which have revealed her severe pain and memory loss among other symptoms.
In April, Isabella gave her followers an update on her treatment as her chemotherapy sessions were reduced from six to four.
She said through tears of joy: “I can kind of try and have a summer to feel better.
“And I’m so happy because I thought I’d be done at the end of July.
“I was supposed to do six rounds in total. And then I really would just have to go straight back to school. I’m so happy.”
Isabella opened up about her condition alongside her father in an interview on ‘Good Morning America’ in January with his 63-year-old CBS co-host Robin Roberts.
She said she started experiencing headaches soon after starting her freshman year of college in the autumn of 2022, which she initially put down to vertigo before her symptoms turned more serious in October the following year when she started vomiting blood.
Michael said on the show he was sure she would “crush” her cancer treatment, adding: “I know she’s going through it, but I know that we’re never given more than we can handle.”
He and his ex-wife Jean Muggli, 58, had Isabella and Sophia in October 2004, and he’s also father to Tanita, 31, and Michael Jr, 28, with his 54-year-old former wife Wanda Hutchins.

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OHMYGOSSIP — Kylie Minogue battles to maintain her energy.
The 56-year-old ‘Padam Padam’ pop veteran opened up about her rollercoaster body and moods while reflecting on the ups-and-downs she has endured during her 40-plus year showbiz career, which she says included being vilified by the Press.
She told the new issue of Grazia: “Some days I feel like I can do it all and then, on others, it feels like doing Pilates on a wobble board in midair and I’m wrecked.
“One of the guys I work with a lot says, ‘You’re like an amusement park – some days the rides are just shut; and other days it is like, “Whee! Everything’s open, the bells are going and the big dipper is on”’.
“There are certain moments where I think, ‘Oh, God, how to keep it up? But for the most part it’s giving energy to create energy. I just have to colour the hair more often!”
When asked if the mental toll of fame has ever got to her, Kylie added: “I remember many, many years ago, I was really getting it from the Press and I just couldn’t understand how it was possible to be so untrue or so mean.
“There was no name behind the article or the untruth, so there was no way of responding.”
Kylie, who beat breast cancer in 2006 after being diagnosed with the disease a year earlier, also said she is glad the issue of mental health is now at the forefront of people’s discussions like never before.
She went on: “I am happy that mental health is a conversation for everyone, including those within my industry.
“People generally understand that there are highs and lows of performing and putting yourself out there, but it is obviously much more complex and nuanced than that and, of course, different for every individual.
“Has it ever got too much for me that I’ve had to walk away? No. But it has definitely challenged me at times.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Sir Ian McKellen fears each script or acting offer he gets may turn out to be his “last job”.
‘The Lord of the Rings’ acting veteran, who turned 85 in May, says his mortality is on his mind so much he now only takes work he knows will be quality in case he shuffles off after it’s done.
He told The Times: “You are aware that this life doesn’t go on for ever.
“If you want to know that you are mortal you just have to look at your address book.
“And so when a script comes through, or the hint of an offer, you think, ‘This might be my last job. No. I’m not doing that.’”
Ian is now playing hard-living raconteur Falstaff on London’s West End in ‘Player Kings’, the director Robert Icke’s three-hour-plus condensation of Shakespeare’s Henry IV, Parts I and II.
He added: “So if Falstaff is my last job, I’d better get it right, hadn’t I?”
Despite admitting he’s now dwelling on death, Ian added he hopes ‘Frank and Percy’ – the play he and his friend Roger Allam, 70, took to the West End last year, will become a film.
And he said he has heard there are “stirrings in Tolkien land” after it was recently announced that ‘LOTR’ director Peter Jackson, 62, will produce and Andy Serkis, 60, will direct a new film in the franchise called ‘The Hunt for Gollum’, which is set to be released in 2026.
When asked if he could reprise his role as the wizard Gandalf in the movie, Ian said that thanks to his part as Falstaff, he’s already got the long white locks for the part.
He added: “I haven’t shaved in months.”
The Times said he admitted he’s heard Gandalf will feature in the upcoming ‘LOTR’ installment, but he added: “There is no script, there is no offer, there is no plan.”
When asked if he would be interested if he was once again offered the part he joked: “If I’m alive.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Mel Brooks is now an ultra-rare PEGOT winner.
‘The Producers’ director, 97, added a Career Achievement Award to his trophy of gongs at the 84th annual Peabody Awards on Sunday (09.06.24) – making him one of only four entertainers in the world to have a Peabody, Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony trophy.
He was presented with the honour by his fellow comedy veteran Billy Crystal, 76, who said at the ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Los Angels that Mel’s “fearless genius and boundary-pushing humour” have been his “guiding light” in showbusiness “since day one”.
Billy went on: “Mel is a genius who believes that comedy should push boundaries, challenge societal taboos and yes, be a little vulgar when the mood calls for it.
“And with Mel, the mood often calls for it. Mel is one of the big reasons that I have a life in comedy.
Dad-of-four Mel said about being only the world’s fourth PEGOT winner: “It’s a big deal – I’m just an ET.”
He also joked about how he had no idea what a Peabody was for: “I want to tell you, I wasn’t sure when they said, ‘You’ve won a Peabody.’
“I said, ‘No s***?’
“I thought, ‘Well, maybe it was for being the best looking guy in show business.’”
The ‘Spaceballs’ and ‘Young Frankenstein’ filmmaker also made a gag about how he is “not humble”.
He added: “Humility is not a part of my vocabulary. I don’t even know how to spell. I think humility probably starts with a ‘U’ – no idea.”
But he added more seriously: “This is a great honour and it has been won by a distinguished group of esteemed, well-worth winning this award and I feel a little, I don’t know: ‘You really want me to be part of this? These are people that go to good restaurants.’
“Anyway, but seriously, I thank you for this prestigious and fabulous award.”
Mel ended with a gag about having sold all his previous trophies, adding: “I promised the George Foster Peabody people, I will not sell this one.”
Mel won his Oscar for Best Original Screenplay for ‘The Producers’ in 1969, then completed his EGOT in 2001 when the stage version of the musical comedy won three Tonys.
He has won a total of three Grammys and four Emmys throughout his career.
The world’s other three PEGOT winners are Barbra Streisand, 82, Rita Moreno, 92, and the late director of ‘The Graduate’ Mike Nichols, who was killed in 2014 aged 83 by a heart attack.

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OHMYGOSSIP — YouTube star Ben Potter has died aged 40 in “an unfortunate accident”.
The comic book content creator – who was best known as Comicstorian and had three million subscribers following his work – has passed away suddenly, as confirmed by his wife Nathalie Potter.
She wrote on her late husband’s account on X, formerly Twitter: “Two days ago, on June 8th, my husband, Ben Potter, passed away in an unfortunate accident.
“To many of you, he was Comicstorian, voicing stories from across multiple different mediums. To his loved ones, he was one of the best and most supportive individuals anyone could ask for.
“As a husband, a son, a brother, a friend, or even just a stranger, Ben was loving and genuine. He was someone who would listen and make time for his loved ones.
“He would do his best to make everyone laugh and make sure they were okay. He was our rock and he’d reassure his loved ones whenever they needed it.”
She asked her husband’s fans to “respect her privacy” as well as that of his family and friends, and admitted she needs time to “grieve”.
She added: “He was my world and I need time to be with friends and family. I have so many things I need to figure out but firstly, I need to grieve.
“I ask that you respect my privacy as well as everyone else’s. Right now my priority is preserving everything he’s built and I don’t have any plans beyond that.”
Nathalie also confirmed her plans to continue her partner’s work by telling “great stories by great people”, as she hailed Potter as “our very own superhero”.
She continued: “His channel was one of his greatest accomplishments, and while we all need our time to mourn him, I know he wouldn’t want it to end like this.
“Ben spent over 10 years spreading his love and appreciation for his hobbies. It was through his love of exciting stories and well written characters that got him started on YouTube.
“The team and I want to keep that going. To honor him by continuing to tell great stories by great people, as well as to keep the memory of our very own superhero alive.
“We supported each other on everything we wanted to do and I’m not about to stop now.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Bill Nighy led tributes to Sir Martin Amis at a memorial service for the late author.
The world-renowned writer, who was behind novels such as ‘Time’s Arrow’ – which was shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 1991 – passed away last year aged 73, and several stars attended a special remembrance service for the late novelist on Monday (10.06.24) at London’s St Martin-in-the-Fields, a Church of England parish church.
‘Love Actually’ star Bill – who is a huge fan of the author’s work – gave readings from Martin’s writings at the event, which was also attended by Vogue magazine editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson, and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour and his wife Polly Samson.
According to the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Martin’s widow, author Isabel Fonseca, gave an emotional speech at the service, and she was joined by the likes of fellow novelists Zadie Smith and Ian McEwan, and poet James Fenton.
Sir Salman Rushdie, a friend of Martin, was unable to attend the service, but he penned a written tribute to his late pal.
He said: “Only Martin sounded like Martin Amis, and it was unwise to try and imitate him.
“He used to say that what he wanted to do was leave behind a shelf of books – to be able to say ‘from here to here, it’s me’.
“His voice is silent now. His friends will miss him terribly. But at least we have the shelf.”
Following his death, Martin was posthumously knighted for services to literature.
He passed away from oesophageal cancer in May 2023 at his home in Florida.
Martin published 15 novels over the course of his career and was best known for his so-called London trilogy of novels, comprised of ‘Money: A Suicide Note’, ‘London Fields’, and ‘The Information’.
Speaking about his works in a 1985 interview, Martin said: “What I’ve tried to do is to create a high style to describe low things: the whole world of fast food, sex shows, nude mags.
“I’m often accused of concentrating on the pungent, rebarbative side of life in my books, but I feel I’m rather sentimental about it. Anyone who reads the tabloid papers will rub up against much greater horrors than I describe.”

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OHMYGOSSIP — Céline Dion did not “take the time” to understand the early symptoms of her Stiff Person Syndrome.
The 56-year-old ‘My Heart Will Go On’ singer was forced to stop performing following her 2022 diagnosis of the condition, and she has now opened up about how she was distracted from the signs of the condition by caring for her ailing husband and her family.
She told broadcaster Hoda Kotb, 59, in an interview to be shown on the ‘Today’ show on Tuesday (11.06.24): “I did not take the time I should have stopped, take the time to figure it out.”
Referring to how she was caring for her throat cancer-stricken husband René Angélil – who died from the disease aged 73 in 2016 after they were married for 22 years – she added: “My husband as well was fighting for his own life. I had to raise my kids, I had to hide. I had to try to be a hero.”
But she added about her symptoms becoming too unbearable to stop sharing with her loved ones: “Feeling my body leaving me, holding on to my own dreams… I could not do this anymore.
“Lying for me, the burden was too much. Lying to the people who got me where I am today, I could not do it anymore.”
She said in a preview clip of her chat with Hoda about how the disease has left her fighting for air: “It’s like somebody is strangling you. It’s like somebody is pushing your larynx (or) pharynx.
“It was like talking like that, and you cannot go high or lower.”
She added the stiffness can also sometimes feel like parts of her body are locked into place, saying: “It feels like, if I point my feet, they will stay (there.)
“It’s cramping but it’s like in a position where you cannot unlock them.
“I have broken ribs at one point because sometimes when its very severe, it can break.”

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