lifestyle THURSDAY, MAY 21, 2015

GOSSIP Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson thanks Spielberg

ctor Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson gave a shout-out to director and-rescue helicopter pilot who must save his daughter after an earth- Steven Spielberg on Tuesday as he imprinted his hands and feet quake devastates the California coast. The film opens in US theaters on Ainto the concrete outside the historic TCL Chinese Theatre in May 29. Johnson, 43, has become one of Hollywood’s most bankable stars, Hollywood. The wrestling champion-turned-actor called Spielberg one of thanks in part to his recurring role in the “Fast and Furious” franchise. The his idols and thanked the Oscar-winning director for sending him a con- most recent film, “Furious 7,” has earned more than $1.4 billion at the gratulatory note “out of the blue.” “This man who has inspired me over the worldwide box office. years, inspired movie-making and created characters that I loved this man told me: ‘you’re going for it, and just keep going for it,’” he said. Johnson is set to star in the disaster movie “San Andreas,” in which he plays a search-

Arnold Schwarzenegger: My kids being on set was like Christmas

rnold Schwarzenegger says his children being on set whose children Patrick, Christina and Christopher from his with him was like “Christmas”. The ‘Terminator: marriage to estranged wife Maria Shriver are now grown up AGenisys’ actor admits that although being known as - is also adapting to the different ways in which you have to an action star can get frustrating when he’s trying to take on promote a movie now. Speaking about his new film ‘Maggie’, different roles, he likes that his children were always enthu- he told TheWrap: “We had a Reddit screening, that was really siastic about seeing him at work. He said: “People know me a huge success. It’s funny, when I told the studio about it, as kind of the action star, and how many actors or people they said, ‘I don’t know if this will work, let us get back to have their own M47 tank? I used to drive an American tank you.’ I said, ‘There is no getting back to me. This is what we’re when I was in the Austrian army and they handed it over doing. I already told the Reddit people.’ “With ‘Terminator’, Girl who got call when it was outdated. They wanted to destroy the tanks we’ve already been out there with posters and trailers. I feel completely but they shipped this one over and I drive it very strongly about going directly to our audience and not around. It works 100 per cent! “My kids’ friends, every time having to worry about holding a press conference.” from Swift dies after we did an action scene, they said, ‘Make sure you’re gonna be on the set when your Daddy blows things up’. It was king of Christmas for them, so I think people would enjoy driving around and crushing things in a tank.” The 67-year-old star - cancer battle 12-year-old Chicago girl who talked to singer Taylor Swift about music, touring and disease and served as an honorary police officer, Ahas died after a battle with cancer, her family said Tuesday. The mother of Emily Beazley posted a message about the girl’s passing late Monday on her Facebook page. “My beautiful Emily got to use her angel wings,” Nadia Beazley wrote. “She fought hard to the end. Her last gift to me was passing peacefully.” Emily was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s lym- Tupac film seeks crowdfunding phoma when she was 8. She went into remission, but the aggressive form of cancer returned. The family decided earlier this year to stop chemothera- upac Shakur’s friend Gobi Rahimi is crowdfunding a 7Dayz is the story of my experience at the hospital amidst py once doctors said the treatments wouldn’t help. Beazley’s supporters, film about the late rapper’s final days. The producer - death threats, undercover FBI informants and an uncoop- known affectionately as “Emily’s Entourage,” won an effort to have the street Twho directed two of the star’s music videos - is hop- erative Police Department.” Continuing to speak about her family lives on named in Emily Beazley’s honor. The city honored Emily ing to raise $300,000 in seed money through an Indiegogo what has spurred him on with the production, the film- with a Chicago skyline lit up in purple and green. Friends and family crowdfunding campaign to make the film, titled ‘7Dayz’, maker added he felt he owes it to the ‘Ghetto Gospel’ rap- appealed for a call from Swift via social media to call Emily, including a which will tell the story of the week the musician spent in per, who died at the age of 25, to make the movie. He video with about 200 children singing and dancing to Swift songs. Emily’s hospital before his death, after being wounded in a drive- wrote: “I was inspired to tell this story because I believe mother, Nadia Beazley, says her daughter had “the biggest smile” and by shooting in Las Vegas in 1996. Speaking about the story that ‘history is written by great people’s contemporaries’. I “jumped up and down” after the Grammy Award winner’s call. She says behind the movie, he wrote on the crowdfunding page: “I was witness to Tupac’s final days and I owe it to him and to Swift’s manager offered the family tickets and a chance to meet the singer was waiting for Tupac at club 662 in Las Vegas after the the world to tell this story.” However, Gobi’s production at her Detroit concert on May 30. Swift announced in April that her mother Mike Tyson fight on September 7, 1996. Soon after, I was isn’t the only film being made about the musician, as Carl has cancer. Throughout Beazley’s ordeal, the girl who had ambitions of informed by rapper Nate Dogg that Tupac and Suge Knight Franklin was recently announced as the replacement direc- being a pediatric oncology nurse, was hopeful. “You’ve got to stay strong had been shot and taken to University Hospital. I immedi- tor for Morgan Creek’s biopic of the rapper, for which film- and you’ve got to stay positive, no matter what happens,” she recently told ately rushed there to be by Tupac’s side. This was the first ing is expected to begin in September. a crowd outside Chicago police headquarters. The family is asking for priva- of an emotional 7 days that I sat guard over Tupac who was cy, though a public memorial is being planned, the mother said in the in an induced coma, riding the line between life and death. Facebook post. Duffy Gyllenhaal had to duck wants to Southpaw at Cannes

‘reclaim her place’ ake Gyllenhaal’s new movie ‘Southpaw’ had to be pulled from the screening schedule at the Cannes Film JFestival because the actor is part of the judging jury. next to Adele on charts The 34-year-old star’s boxing drama has been creating quite a buzz and was due to be entered at the festival in uffy is planning a “major comeback” for next year. the South of France. However, as Gyllenhaal is part of the The 30-year-old ‘Mercy’ singer is working on new jury the Weinstein Company decided to desist with their material and wants to “reclaim her place” on the D plans as they decided it would be too much pressure on charts next to Adele, who she was compared to when the the actor to act as a judge and appear as a promoting tal- two emerged and released their debut albums ‘Rockferry’ ent, according to the New York Post newspaper. Instead, a and ‘19’ at the same time in 2008. A source told The Sun special private screening was arranged to take place on newspaper: “Duffy is working on new material with her Tuesday but it had to be cancelled as Gyllenhaal was too sights set on a major comeback in 2016. She wants to busy with his official duties. Gyllenhaal is sitting on the reclaim her place among the likes of Adele in the music judging panel at the film festival alongside Sienna Miller, industry.” Duffy is starring in a new film ‘Secret Love’ and directors Ethan and Joel Coen, Guillermo del Toro, Spanish has been writing and singing on the soundtrack too, and is actresses Rossy de Palma and Sophie Marceau, composer hoping to use the film as a springboard back into the Rokia Traore and filmmaker Xavier Dolan. The jury’s job is music industry. Duffy’s first album ‘Rockferry’ was the to decide which film receives the coveted Palme D’Or fourth biggest selling album of 2008 worldwide and award on 24 May. In ‘Southpaw’ Gyllenhaal plays pugilist earned her a Grammy for Best Pop Vocal Album and three Billy Hope and he stars alongside Rachel McAdams, Brits in 2009, but her second album ‘Endlessly’ flopped by Naomie Harris, Forest Whitaker, Rita Ora and Tyrese Gibson. comparison in 2010, only charting at number nine in the It is directed by Antoine Fuqua and is scheduled for a July UK, and the Welsh singer hasn’t released anything since. 2015 release. Meanwhile, Adele’s second album ‘21’ went on to become the biggest selling musical release for both 2011 and 2012, and had sold 30 million copies worldwide by July 2014. It also won the 2012 Grammy Award for Album of the Year and the BRIT Award for British Album of the Year.

West says he was ‘over-censored’ at Billboard Awards

anye West is apologizing to TV viewers who saw his Skinhead” at Sunday’s ceremony, which was broadcast on performance on the Billboard Music Awards. The ABC. West’s statement apologizes to the television audi- Krapper released a statement Tuesday saying he was ence, who he says was “unable to enjoy the performance “grossly over-censored” during his performance on the the way he envisioned.” ABC did not immediately respond show. He says some of his lyrics were muted for 30 sec- to a request for comment on Tuesday. onds, which misrepresented his voice and performance. The audience at Las Vegas’ MGM Grand Garden Arena booed as West performed his songs “All Day” and “Black