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lifestyle TUESDAY, JULY 1, 2014 Gossip Fisher’s daughter cast in Star Wars arrie Fisher’s daughter has been cast in as she wanted somebody in her family to play ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’. The 57-year-old her most famous role.” Lourd - whose father is Cactress reprises her role as Princess Leia in entertainment agent Bryan Lourd - will feature in the upcoming latest installment of the sci-fi flashback scenes as a younger version of Princess series, which is currently being filmed at Leia, hero Luke Skywalker’s sister, whom her Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, south- mother portrayed in the first three ‘Star Wars’ east England. And although her daughter Billie films. Meanwhile, Abrams has also created walk- Lourd is a relative unknown, director J.J. Abrams on parts for his father Gerald and father-in law is said to have chosen her to play a young ver- James H. McGrath Jr, who both appeared in ‘Star sion of her mother’s character because of their Trek’ under his direction.-Bang Showbiz visual similarities. A source told The Sun newspaper: “Billie flew into the UK to join her mother earlier this month.”She will even have her hair tied up in Princess Leia-style buns. She’s an aspir- ing actress and singer so she grabbed the oppor- tunity with both hands. “Carrie backed the move Tatum spread skin disease hanning Tatum spread a skin disease around his family. The ‘22 Jump Street’ actor loves being outdoors, but a recent camping trip saw him Ccatch poison oak, with the itchy rash quickly spreading to his wife Jenna Dewan Tatum and their daughter Everly, 12 months. Speaking in an interview given in April, Jenna said: “We’re going to the [MTV] Movie Awards tonight, but I have to rethink my dress. “After this I’m heading to the dermatologist because my husband decided to go camping and bring back Poison Oak - the perks of living with a man who loves to be outdoors! “We’re a family of poison oak at the moment. We’ll be really sexy on the red carpet tonight.” The 33-year-old actress is a doting mother to Everly, but insists it is important for the little girl to fit into her parents’ lives, rather than them changing theirs to suit their daughter. She told DuJour magazine: “Kids are life-transformative, but they should fit into your life.”You don’t want to feel resentful for forgetting about a whole part of yourself. It’s tough learning how to balance and multitask; it’s a lot of balls to juggle. That’s been the biggest learning curve of this year for sure.” Lowe comfortable in own skin aisy Lowe is finally comfortable in her own skin. The 25-year-old model admits it has taken her a decade in the fashion industry to embrace her fig- Dure and become body-confident because she is constantly surrounded by stick-thin girls. She said: “If you stand me next to a normal model I look like an ele- phant, and that’s alright. It’s taken me 10 years to say, ‘I’m actually comfortable in my shape and I’m proud of being a woman and my feminine form.’ It’s tough - but I’m still only a size eight! “I always say to my friends when they’re worrying about their weight and pulling at their bodies, ‘If I didn’t do what I do for a living, I’d love to be a size 12 or 14 and have that curvy body.” Daisy is releasing her first cookery book on July 3, ‘Sweetness & Light’, a guide to whipping up low-calorie, gluten-free Zendaya sweet treats in the kitchen. The British beauty told the London Evening Standard newspaper: “I’ve always loved cooking and I’ve always been a big eater. I’ve got the no longer playing Aaliyah in TV film sweetest tooth ever - I love sugar. “So I thought, ‘Right, I’m going to do this without making myself feel sad and depriving myself of that treat.’ ust yourself off and try again Lifetime Network: Zendaya will no longer play Aaliyah in an upcoming film. The 17-year-old Disney Channel star said Sunday that she Dpulled out of the project because “production-wise, (it) wasn’t all the way there.” “Because it’s someone that I honor and I respect so much, it has to be 128 percent, espe- cially for all her fans, including myself,” Zendaya said on her way into the BET Awards, where she’s up for the Young Stars award. “I didn’t feel like it was all the way there, so I did- n’t want to do that. And when the time comes when it’s done right and it’s 100 percent, by all means, I will be the first person there ready to go.” Lifetime announced Zendaya’s partic- ipation two weeks ago. The announcement sparked anger from Aaliyah’s family, who are Swinton not participating in the project. The network tweeted Sunday: “We are sad Zendaya will no longer portray Aaliyah. Production is currently on hold.” Others on social media suggested that another actress should play the late singer, who died in 2001 at age 22. Zendaya has to like collaborators defended winning the role in an interview with The Associated Press a day after the ilda Swinton only makes movies with people she likes. The announcement. The 17-year-old said she wanted to show young people what Aaliyah was ‘Snowpiercer’ actress worked on a number of projects with able to do. “Of course it was hard” to pull out of the film, Zendaya said, “but again, I just director Derek Jarman - including ‘Aria’, ‘Caravaggio’ and ‘The think she deserves the world. She deserves something really, really incredible and so I T would rather wait for that.” The biopic was scheduled to film this summer. Last of England’ when she was first beginning her career and the fun she had on set in the early days quickly made her realize work was at its most enjoyable if she got on well with the cast and crew. She said: “I first started making films with Derek Jarman in England in the 1980’s.. we were very close friends and we made 7 films together over the nine years before he died in 1994. I learned very early on that filmmaking is amongst the most fun things that can Serkis be done in a group, in the cold and the rain in the middle of the night when the food has run out.. so ever since then, I have chosen to appear in Avengers: Age of Ultron the people first above every other element.. life is too short to be working alongside people you don’t like A LOT for years on end..(sic)” The 53-year-old actress also admitted she likes arranging ndy Serkis has confirmed he will props in a rude manner, and is always amused when directors don’t appear in ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron’. notice, such as when she and Brad Pitt were shooting ‘The Curious Lewis AThe ‘Star Wars: Episode VII’ actor - Case of Benjamin Button’ with David Fincher. Discussing an interest- who is already working on the sequel as a ing filming experience in a Reddit Q and A session, she said: “The vows to ‘work hard’ at acting consultant through his motion-capture time when Fincher failed to notice that BP and I had arranged two eona Lewis has vowed to “work really hard” at acting. company The Imaginarium’ - has revealed potatoes and a carrot in a specific configuration on the kitchen The ‘Bleeding Love’ singer - who stars in the new he will also be making an appearance in table we were sitting at.. and had to have it pointed out to him at musical movie ‘Walking On Sunshine’ - has promised the film. He told Variety: “The Imaginarium the END of a take..(sic)”. L is the performance capture consultant and to devote herself to her new craft and wants to work as hard as her actor pals to get parts. She told The Sunday I’m playing a role in both Avengers and Star Express’ S magazine: “I don’t want it to be like, ‘Oh, she’s a Wars.” However, when asked if his face will musician and she’s a bit famous so that’s why she got the appear in the Marvel follow-up, he part. “I have friends who are actors. They go for millions of explained: “I’m not at liberty to mention. auditions and they’re having classes all the time, and in no But it’s all the same to me. I’ve never drawn way would I want to take that away from them. “I want to a distinction when playing a role, whether do the exact same thing and work really hard at it.” Leona, it be live action or performance capture. 29 - who shot to fame after winning the ‘The X Factor’ in “Acting is acting. It’s just basically what you 2006 - has defended her decision to try her hand in the film wear to the set that’s different.” The 50-year- industry. She told Digital Spy: “People always want to get old actor also spoke about working closely the claws out straight away, but I feel like this film... was so alongside Mark Ruffalo after he was hired natural for me.”It’s a musical - they want someone who can to assist the 46-year-old with his portrayal sing to be in it.” Meanwhile, the pretty brunette recently of The Hulk for the comic book blockbuster.

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