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SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 2012
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Princess Beatrice leads Bon Jovi sing-along he 23-year-old British royal went to the bash at exclusive London nightspot Barts, in Chelsea, dressed as an elf and after she and her four friends drank some glasses of wine and cider, she proceeded to jump onto the bar and start dancing. A source told The Sun newspaper: “It was quite a sight. The DJ was playing the Bon Jovi song ‘Livin’ On A Prayer’ and Beatrice start-
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Gavin Rossdaleis proud of Daisy Lowe s career he Bush singer - who was the model’s godfather before he was revealed to be her biological dad when he took a paternity test in 2004 - is glad of how well Daisy has done in life and tries to see her as
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ed conducting the punters with her hands. She was really getting into it and everyone was singing along.” Although Beatrice - whose parents are Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson - came dressed as an elf she eventually ditched her costume and changed into regular clothes to enjoy the rest of the night and according to one fellow reveller she had a “brilliant
time”. Barts bar is a popular hangout with friends of the Royal Family and is owned by Charles Gilkes, who is an acquaintance of Prince William’s wife Duchess Catherine.
Hanson find maintaining their relationship as brothers challenging
much as he can. The 46-year-old musician who fathered Daisy after a brief relationship with singer/songwriter Pearl Lowe exclusively told BANG Showbiz: “I see Daisy whenever I can. She’s done so well, she’s an amazing girl. I’m very proud of her career.” Gavin - who also has two sons, Kingston, five, and three-year-old Zuma with his wife Gwen Stefani -takes a “relaxed” approach to parenting, and he wasn’t concerned when Daisy recently posed naked in an edition of racy men’s magazine Playboy. He added: “The Playboy pictures were nothing really to do with me, I’m just there to support her when she needs me and look out for her. She’s an adult. “I’m a pretty relaxed person, and that is reflected in my parenting style, too. I like my kids to express themselves and do what they want.”
he Oklahoma-based band made up of brothers Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson explained while they share a “passion for music”, working together for the past 20 years has encountered its “awkward” moments. Isaac exclusively told BANG Showbiz: “There are plenty of challenges. But we share a passion for music and an appreciation for one another’s skills and things they add to the band and so on. “And so I think, at the end of the day, despite the fact that yes, it can be challenging and awkward because you spend so much time around each other, but we get along pretty good mostly because we have shared goals and shared passion for music.” However, Issac admitted as he’s never been in a group with anyone apart from his siblings, he can’t say whether it would be “less awkward” with someone else. He added: “I think it would be a lie to say that I have perspective because I’ve never been in a band with someone that wasn’t my brothers. So I’m not so sure I can speak to you about whether or not it would be less awkward with someone else. But what I will say is that relationships are challenging.” Hanson’s album ‘Shout It Out’ is out now.
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Pittwants to make good movies he ‘Moneyball’ actor believes it doesn’t matter if a film doesn’t win top awards when it is released, as the key to a good project is one that ages well and will stand the test of time. He said:
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“Filmmaking is about longevity. Is it a quality picture? A quality story? Is there something original about it? The thing we miss the most is the degree of difficulty, like in ‘The Tree Of Life’. “Just to aim for something like that - I think there’s a quiet victory in the degree of difficulty there beyond what’s going to be in the record books as the best picture of the year. “Films that I’ve loved doing like ‘Jesse James’ and ‘The Tree of Life’, they’re ‘fine wine’ pictures they’ll age well. They’ve got legs.” Brad doesn’t like to take risks in his career but believes he has made “smart” choices with his movie projects. He said: “I think of, say, Cary Grant who made a career of doing similar things all the time, and I love him every time I see him, but it’s not for me. My choices have been smart, not risky.”
Clarkson believes TV shows encourage artist development he ‘Mr Know It All’ hitmaker, who won ‘American Idol’ in 2002, believes it is tougher for singers to crack the music industry in a traditional way, but by going on shows such as ‘The X Factor’ they are given the opportunity to learn a lot in a short space of time. She told BANG Showbiz: “There’s no money in music now, so if an artist comes in and they don’t hit it right away then that’s it. So, there’s not really artist development in that. “But with talent shows, whether it be ‘X-Factor’, ‘American Idol’ or ‘Pop Idol’ or ‘The Voice’, you’re learning from the judges, and the mentors and yourself every week, so I think it’s just another form of artist development, in a contemporary way.” The 29-year-old singer thinks people need to accept singers and groups from talent shows dominating charts worldwide because it is tougher for record labels due to the rise of the internet. She added: “I don’t know if it’s a good or a bad thing that these artists are in the charts a lot. “I think it’s just the way it is right now. Everybody’s struggling because of the internet, downloading and nobody’s making as much money as they used to so I think artists development at labels has really just diminished.” Kelly’s latest album ‘Stronger’ is out now.
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Jeff Bridges suffers from reverse vanity he Oscar-winning actor believes getting older helps him feel better about his looks and he has learned to “let go” and not be concerned about age. He said: “As you get older, there’s maybe some-
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thing like a reverse vanity, where you just let your age go and not be concerned about it.” The 62-year-old star believes working on the movie ‘Tron: Legacy’, a follow-up to 1982 film ‘Tron’, taught him how to be a leading man after years in the shadows. He said: “I’d never done a film before where I had to be on set all day and every day. I’ve always been the supporting actor trying to write his role bigger.” However, the film’s director Joseph Kosinski thinks Jeff is the only person who could take on the role because he “grounds” it. He said: “You really need an actor like Jeff. Especially in a film like this where you’re going to this other world. “You need something that grounds it in the centre and when you see Jeff Bridges walk on screen it just pulls the movie together in the way that only a great actor can.”
Will Youngachieved everything he wanted to in 2011 he ‘Come On’ hitmaker makes a list of targets at the beginning of each year, and looking back over the last 12 months, he is pleased to have accomplished almost everything. He said: “I’m a big list maker, so I make a list of stuff I want to do, personally and work wise, and it works because it helps you focus. “I wanted to do French lessons and I haven’t, that was my big thing. And I wanted to do a cooking course, but apart from that, I’ve done everything else this year. “I minimize my lists, sometimes I put things on there like ‘breathe’, so I can tick it off... No, I’ve achieved everything else I wanted to this year, personally and professionally.” Will has already began compiling his list for 2012 and has set
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himself a lot of professional targets. Asked what is on his list for next year, he said: “Cooking course. The French lessons have been a bit sidelined, I was getting a bit too much like a retired person. “I want to do more dancing, the dance show that I go on and on and on about wanting to do. Some more acting. Possibly a classical record but I don’t think I’ll have time, depending on other things. And a bit of a travel.” While he makes lists each year, Will insists he doesn’t believe in New Year’s Resolutions. He said: “I don’t see it as new year, new start, if you’re going to do something, do it.”