Of mice and men… Of pigeons and chipolatas. We can only talk about Coleen Rooney and Rebekah Vardy; and starting next Wednesday, the highly anticipated Disney+ documentary Coleen Rooney: The Real Wagatha Story will be streaming.
She will tell her side of events during the three-part series and I’ll be there too, explaining the circumstances behind why Ms Vardy compares her WAG colleague to a pigeon pooping on your head.
Coleen told me: “I knew what I believed from start to finish.” The documentary gave me the opportunity to tell my side of the story – how and why it happened and how I feel about it now. “I had never been in a courtroom before and was afraid to take the witness stand.”
She’s relieved that it’s finally out and that she can put an end to the whole crazy story. “It’s a weight off my shoulders,” she admitted. “I can really concentrate on my family and friends again.”
“I am a busy mother of four and my littlest started school last year. Now seems to be the right time to put an end to all this and look forward to new opportunities.”
Coleen added that although many people had fanatically followed the details of the case, “I feel like some still haven’t heard the whole story.”
Will Becky tune in?
Rooney stars as herself in the series, which details her legal battle against Rebekah Vardy
Rebekah Vardy leaves the Royal Courts of Justice after day 7 of Coleen Rooney’s libel trial
Will Top Gear live on on Netflix? After the accident last December in which presenter Freddie Flintoff was seriously injured, the omens for the BBC series are not good.
However, I’m told that Netflix has approached BBC Studios about making their own version of the series… and paying the BBC for the privilege.
Despite reports to the contrary, bosses have yet to officially decide on abolition. But that would at least allow the Beeb to continue making money from its embattled hit.
Things come full circle when the Queen of Christmas, Darlene Love, duets with Cher on her upcoming album, “Christmas.”
Sixty years ago, Cher (then just 17) was Love’s backup singer on the track of the same name, Christmas (Baby Please Come Home).
The song appeared on Phil Spector’s festive compilation album A Christmas Gift For You.
Cindy’s girl Kaia starts with the bottoms
Look out for Cindy Crawford’s beautiful daughter Kaia Gerber (pictured) as she follows in the footsteps of her star boyfriend Austin “Elvis” Butler.
Gerber, 22, has her first speaking role in a film called “Bottoms,” a lesbian high school comedy in which she plays cheerleader Brittany (right), who is an object of desire.
Actress Ayo Edibiri from “The Bear” is a supporting cast member. The film was released in the US over the summer and will be released in the UK by Warner Bros. on November 3rd. In an interview before the current actor’s strike, Gerber said the entire process was a joy. “I had never read anything like this script before. It’s the kind of movie I wish I could have watched as a kid.”
Her next project is “The Shell,” a dystopian film starring Kate Hudson and Elisabeth Moss.
Meanwhile, friend Butler stars in The Bikeriders – a film about a US motorcycle gang in the 1960s, which had its UK premiere at the London Film Festival last week.
Kaia Gerber attends the 2023 TIME100 Gala at Jazz at Lincoln Center on April 26, 2023
(L-R) Virginia Tucker as Stella Rebecca, Kaia Gerber as Brittany and Havana Rose Liu as Isabel in BOTTOMS
Would Peter’s return leave a bad mark?
Actor Peter Davison is lining up for a role in the reboot of All Creatures Great And Small – more than 30 years after he hung up his stethoscope as vet Tristan Farnon in the BBC’s original version.
“I would like to do a guest appearance in the new series on Channel 5,” says Peter, who was last seen as a swearing vicar in ITV series The Larkins. “How about being a hot-tempered farmer?”
Peter admits he hasn’t seen the new series, which stars Sam West as lead vet Siegfried Farnon. “I’m sure it’s very good, although I doubt it’s as authentic as our version because the rules have changed regarding the animals.” “We used to be able to stick our hands up the butts of cows – “What you’re no longer allowed to do if you’re just pretending to be a vet,” he sighed – no doubt eliciting a sigh of relief from the vets. animal co-stars.
Hot Fuzz actor Nick Frost has revealed he can handle a lot of shirts – because when he needs to blow off steam, he hides in a room and treats himself to some Incredible Hulk-themed clothes.
Frost (pictured) has enjoyed talking about his ADHD diagnosis and now he can laugh about his unusual habit and how it’s fun for his children.
The father of three said: “I have ADHD and sometimes I just can’t control myself – I’ve gotten better at it since I realized I was doing it.” But I’m a great shirt ripper. Sometimes when I get angry or feel a million emotions, I literally grab my shirt and rip it in half.
“The kids like it when an adult does something really weird. I think kids love that.”
When asked on the Parenting Hell podcast if he even destroys the t-shirts he loves, he said: “Whatever…it’s gone!”
“I go to the downstairs toilet with my clothes on and come out without a shirt.”
Nick Frost attends the UK premiere of Fighting With My Family at BFI Southbank on February 25, 2019
Marty’s mom made De Niro giggle
Legendary director Martin Scorsese held 2,500 film fans in the hands of a comprehensive 90-minute talk at the BFI London Film Festival last weekend in the festival hall.
Scorsese was in town for the screening of his new epic “Killers Of The Flower Moon,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert De Niro.
Among other things, he remembered directing De Niro in “Taxi Driver” – in the famous “You Talkin’ To Me?” scene. “Bob improvised… ‘Are you talking to me?!’ I ask him to talk to the mirror and say, ‘Do it again, do it again,’ and he gets into a rhythm.
“It was the repetition. “He said it so beautifully.”
He also revealed that his late mother, Catherine Scorsese, made De Niro giggle while they were improvising on another film, “The King Of Comedy,” in the scene where Rupert Pupkin’s (De Niro’s) mother is downstairs with her son shouting that he should “Loser it” while trying to record a role for talk show host Jerry Langford.
“Bob said to her, ‘I’ll get a fighting dog if you don’t shut up!’ And she says, ‘One more mouth to feed!’ And he starts laughing. It’s the only time I’ve seen him do that during an improv. He couldn’t help it.’
Catherine was also cast as Tommy DeVito’s (Joe Pesci) mother in her son’s other hit, Goodfellas.
A very colorful confession
Sir Tim Rice has admitted that one of his most famous lyrics from Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat was actually written by a group of schoolchildren.
“One of the most famous pieces is perhaps the list of colors at the end of Joseph’s song about his cloak.” And the terrible truth is that I didn’t write most of those colors. I wrote, “It was red and yellow and green and brown and blue…” End of lyrics.
“We sent a new song to the school every week [Colet Court in London, where a teacher friend had asked us to write the musical as a favour]. When we sent them the coat in many colors, they said, “Can we add more colors?” Each child in the class named a color and glued it to the end.
“When we first heard it, they sang, ‘It was red and yellow and green and brown and blue and scarlet and ochre…’ And it went on to this incredible list of colors.”
“Later, someone wrote a complimentary article saying that one of the great things about the text was the list of colors Tim Rice chose. But I only chose five of them – and they were the least interesting!’
Star of The Hobbit films Richard Armitage (who played Thorin) says plans to play one of the main characters in a TV version of his debut novel could fall through if producers don’t take action.
Geneva is being adapted into a six-part series by Sony. But Armitage, 52, says: “By the time we get to filming I might be too old to play Daniel!” “I’m still young enough to be believable but I know how long it can take for something to happen is actually being made into a film.”
In the book, Daniel persuades his wife, a Nobel Prize winner, to come out of retirement to support a revolutionary implant.