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TURKS AND CAICOS WEEKLY NEWS
Rihanna reportedly drained by rollercoaster romance after Drake speaks out
Gwyneth Paltrow plays PA turned CEO Pepper Potts in the latest Iron Man film.
Iron Man 3 betters Avengers international debut AUDIENCES around the world flocked to see Iron Man 3 over the weekend, enabling the latest title from Marvel to beat the debut of Avengers Assemble. The film, starring Robert Downey Jr as a metal-clad crimefighter, made $195.3 million (£125.7m) in 42 markets ahead of its US release on Friday. That tally exceeded the $185.1m (£119m) made by the Avengers blockbuster when it opened in 39 markets 12 months ago.
Crime yarn Pain and Gain was the top film in the US and Canada this weekend. Starring Mark Wahlberg, Michael Bay’s tale of bodybuilders who become kidnappers made $20m (£12.8m) between Friday and Sunday. The mid-budget thriller, which also stars former wrestler Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson, marks a change of pace for the director of Pearl Harbour and the Transformers films.
Billy Porter (left) and Bertie Carvel (far right) are both nominated, for their work in Kinky Boots and Matilda respectively.
Kinky Boots and Matilda musicals lead Tony Awards field MUSICAL adaptations of 2005 British film Kinky Boots and Roald Dahl’s children’s book Matilda lead the nominations at the 2013 Tony awards. Kinky Boots, about a shoe factory that finds a new outlet making fetish footwear, has received 13 nods, including one for Cyndi Lauper’s original score. Tim Minchin is also nominated, for his Matilda score - one of 12 nominations for the RSC production. The Tonys will be presented on 9 June. Tom Hanks receives his first Tony
nomination, for his Broadway debut, in Nora Ephron’s play Lucky Guy. Hanks, who starred in Ephron’s films Sleepless in Seattle and You’ve Got Mail, received praise for his performance when it opened last month. Ephron receives a posthumous best new play nomination for Lucky Guy, which she was writing when she died last year aged 71. British actor Tom Sturridge, recognised for his role in the revival of Lyle Kessler’s 1983 play Orphans, is up against Hanks for the best actor award.
WHILE Barbadian superstar Rihanna recently broke a 20-year Billboard record with “Stay,” reports suggest that she’s pretty broken-up on a personal level amid rumours that her rekindled romance with Chris Brown may be on unsteady ground following her ex-boyfriend Drake’s recent disclosures on East Village Radio’s “Keep It Thoro” show. In an interview with journalist Elliott Wilson, the Canadian rapper lashed-out at Brown, apparently in retaliation for Brown’s March 29 release of lyrics on Young Jeezy’s song “R.I.P” that taunted Drake, telling him to “come out the closet.” When Wilson asked about his feud with Brown, which started when the two rappers came to blows at the SoHo nightclub last year, Drake responded: “His insecurities are the fact that I make better music than him. At one point in life, the woman that he loves fell into my lap.” The much-publicised nightclub brawl was reportedly over Rihanna, who Drake had briefly dated during the period when her relationship with Brown was ostensibly over for good in the aftermath of Brown’s infamous assault on the “Umbrella” girl in 2009. Now, sources are claiming that Rihanna, who has cancelled some shows from her Diamonds World Tour reportedly due to illness, is grappling with concerns over her future with the 23-year-old American R&B star after Drake’s on-air comments. The “We Found Love” star is said to be worried about the impact of Drake’s remarks on her relationship with Brown.
The Barbadian star is said to be worried about the impact the Canadian rapper’s radio interview will have on her relationship with Chris Brown.
Insiders have been quoted as saying that the last thing Rihanna needed was for old news to be brought up again. The famous party animal is said to have lost her usual zest for life and barely touched a drink at BFF Melissa Forde’s recent birthday bash, in light of her latest romantic concerns. “Ri is normally the life and soul, but at Melissa’s party she didn’t even drink,” a source told Heat magazine. “She’s emotionally drained by the Chris rollercoaster, and she’s now
even worrying if it will last. “Chris kept Rihanna at arm’s length last time the Drake thing blew up. The last thing she needed was for it to be brought up again. She’s spent most of the tour in her hotel room – she’s feeling so low.” The 25-year-old Barbadian star’s younger brother Ronald Fenty also expressed his concerns about his sister to the magazine, saying: “I think she needs a little rest. I think she might be working too hard. It’s taken a toll on her.” (Caribbean360)