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36 MONDAY, JUNE 8, 2015 LIFESTYLE

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mma Stone pretends to be a “little cooler” Ethan she really is. The 26-year-old actress always does her best to be as “natural” as pos- sible but sometimes has to hide her anxiety and tries to seem more “relaxed” than she feels. She said: “Sometimes I try to show that I’m a little cooler and more relaxed than I actually am. “But I prefer being to act myself and not trying to hide my nervousness or vulnerable sides rather than trying to put on a facade or hide behind any contrived public per- sona. “I think the public also appreciates it when you are able to be natural and just relate to people as honestly as possible.” The ‘Birdman’ actress - who recently reunited with boyfriend Andrew Garfield - has previously spoken about her struggles with anxiety but says her work helped her overcome her difficulties. She explained to Britain’s HELLO! maga- zine: “Acting was a way of overcoming my anxiety. I’m much more secure now, but I still deal with anxi- ety. “Acting allows me to make productive use of my overly sensitive side and channel all that nerv- ous energy, which would otherwise be more of an Jenner obstacle in life. “My work is such an important and wonderful creative outlet for me that I couldn’t imagine my life without it.” Delevingne urges

ara Delevingne thinks Kendall into acting too. If there’s a possibility of a CJenner should launch a movie career. film career, she needs to distance herself Vaughn got ‘sucked The British supermodel has recently from the reality TV world now.” Though made a move into acting and has advised Kendall hasn’t yet made a decision on her her friend - who shot to fame on ‘Keeping future, show bosses at E! seem resigned to into’ rom-coms Up With the Kardashians’ before becoming the fact she will be departing ‘Keeping Up a model - to follow in her footsteps and it with the Kardashians’. An insider told ince Vaughn wanted to “kill off” his romantic is now looking increasingly likely the 19- Grazia magazine: “Everyone is convinced Vcomedy persona. The 45-year-old actor enjoyed year-old beauty will quit her family’s reality it’s only a matter of time before Kendall working on “smart and cool” comedies, but show. A source said: “It seems some people quits. She’s got so much else going on - admits as his career progressed, he got “sucked into” in the fashion world have advised her to she’s never in LA.” Another source added: more mainstream movies. He said: “I wanted to kill quit the show. She’s been advised to focus “Kendall is more in demand than ever. that guy off. I was very defiant right up until I did on fashion rather than making herself She’s getting booked for modeling jobs all ‘Old School’ [in 2003]. “Things like ‘Dodgeball’ and available for filming at the drop of a hat. over the globe. It seems she’s got to priori- ‘Wedding Crashers’, these things were smart and “Cara has been encouraging her to move tize.” cool. I thought they were badass. And the char- acters were appealing. “It felt like we were kind of doing rock’n’roll back then. I felt good about those movies.”It was after I had written ‘Couples Rose Byrne: Hollywood is Retreat’ and I wanted to bring that character as far as I could, bring him to his knees and then knock the romantic comedies on the head. “ [But] forgetful and unforgiving you kind of get sucked onto a sort of conveyer belt. It’s the cliche but it’s true. I started doing what I would call assembly line comedies where ose Byrne thinks the movie industry is “forgetful and unforgiv- there wasn’t a filmmaker or someone like Jon Ring”. The 35-year-old actress - who stars in the Paul Feig-directed Favreau whom I could bounce off.” And the ‘True comedy ‘Bridesmaids’ and has reunited with the filmmaker for Detective’ star takes full responsibility for getting “idle” new movie ‘Spy’ - admitted that although her career has exploded with his career. He added to Britain’s GQ magazine: “I’m over the last four years, she’s aware that it remains a fickle industry. not blaming anyone else but myself here. The machine can She explained: “It helps you see how far you’ve come: from living on make you idle. You read a script and then you agree to a role, unemployment in LA in my early 20s until now. And it’s a great way to then soon enough you’re on set looking at a scene that has had do that to yourself and all the juice and the life sucked right out of it. “You become a hired help you to be grateful to gun doing a very inoffensive PG-13 movie and, well, you kind of just be working. “It’s really go along with it. Like anything in life you’re either growing or you’re dying. important. But for my life, When you get too comfortable you start to decline.” every day is still every day. It accumulates slow- ly in that sense. It’s just you looking at yourself in the mirror, if you know Blunt for The what I mean? So it’s a strange thing to quantify. “This business is such a forgetful and unforgiving Girl on the Train one so I’m always a true skeptic about any mily Blunt is in talks to star in ‘The Girl on the Train’. The 32-year-old actress has grandiose statements Eentered into negotiations with Dreamworks to star in the movie adaptation of about my career.” Despite Paula Hawkins’ bestselling novel, according to The Wrap. The story centers making her name in around an alcoholic divorcÈe named Rachel, who finds herself embroiled in a mys- comedic roles, Rose tery after watching a young couple in their home as she commutes to work on the revealed her desire to train each day. ‘House of Cards’ actress Kate Mara has also been tipped for the other move into other genres female lead. Tate Taylor will direct the film while Erin Cressida has penned the script. of cinema. She told The brunette beauty is currently starring with Charlize Theron and Chris Details.com: “Diversity is Hemsworth in ‘The Huntsman’ and has also key. Any time I can do reportedly been asked to return to something different from ‘Gnomeo & Juliet’ in the new sequel the last thing and keep ‘Gnomeo & Juliet: Sherlock exploring and challeng- Gnomes’. The ‘Devil Wears Prada’ ing yourself, it’s totally at star - who voiced Juliet in the the top of my list.” first film in 2011, alongside James McAvoy [Gnomeo] - is wanted for a part in the new 3D computer-animated roman- tic comedy film based on William Shakespeare’s play ‘Romeo and Juliet’. lorence Welch wears a cape for “protection” on stage. The FFlorence + the Machine star knows her outlandish outfits “dictated” the tone of her gigs and she deliberately chose her concert attire because she was nervous of how successful she had become. She explained: “We did some gigs in-between Ella Henderson on Take That tour ‘Ceremonials’ era and this album and we had these gowns.”As I was putting them on, it just felt so... it wasn’t right. “I felt I had to fill the sound of ‘Ceremonials’ because it was so big. If you’re wearing a lla Henderson thinks touring with gown and a cape, it dictates the presence... and actually that was a ETake That is “surreal”. The ‘Ghost’ protection, a way of dealing with how big everything had got. And singer - who shot to fame when she that was fun, but it’s hard to keep up.” The ‘Shake It Off’ singer competed on UK TV talent show ‘The X struggled when her last tour ended as she no longer felt sure of Factor’ in 2012 - is having a “priceless” her identity or tastes. She explained to NME magazine: “When you experience on the road with the veteran come off tour, it’s hard to know what you like. “You’re this big but pop stars and gets along very well with then that’s not here, in this house. I was trying to figure it out, like, them. She said: “They invited me on tour, ‘Do I like partying? I’ll just do that loads. Do I wanna have a rela- which is surreal. I knew Gary [Barlow] tionship? That’s not working either. What is it? What am I looking Al Pacino hasn’t done musi- from ‘The X Factor’ and Mark Owen and I for? “I had to contend with my own feelings for the first time. I did some writing together. “They’re couldn’t just be swept away and do a gig. Gigs have this magic cape protective northern, I’m northern and we get along. thing of absolving. “As long as you did a good gig, no matter cals The experience is priceless.” As well as what’s happened, no matter what’s going on in your personal life, hanging out with Take That, Ella can also it’s such an exorcism for me that it just resets everything.” count on the likes of her record label boss since he ‘forgot his words’ Simon Cowell and OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder - who co-wrote her hit single l Pacino refuses to appear in musicals because he forgot his ‘Ghost’ - for advice. She told LOOK maga- Alines during an audition in 1968. The Oscar award-winning zine: “Ryan told me to enjoy every second actor - who’s starred in a string of hit movies, including the of it because coming into this industry, ‘Godfather’ series and ‘Scarface’ - has not tried out for any musicals you can forget to enjoy it.”He always asks since he forgot the words at his Hal Prince audition for ‘Zorba’, when me if I’m happy whenever I see him... he sung ‘Luck Be a Lady’. Stevie Phillips, Al’s former manager, has “Simon texts me, he’s always involved recalled the incident in her new book, ‘Judy & Liza & Robert & when there are serious decisions or I need Freddie & David & Sue & Me .?.?.: A Memoir’, writing: “Prince was advice or something.” Meanwhile, the casting Zorba and Pacino sang ‘Luck Be a Lady’ at his 1968 audition. ‘Mirror Man’ singer is shocked her “big But he forgot some words. “Al sang: ‘Luck be a lady tonight ... Luck brother” Dermot O’Leary is leaving his job be a lady tonight ... Luck be a lady tonight’ ... The lyrics had moved as host of ‘The X Factor’. She said: “I was on, but Al had not. “The stage manager was now coming out with with Dermot the other day as I was per- the hook, a heavy right arm with which he ‘escorted’ Al off the stage. forming on Radio 2.”He was like a big Al innocently asked: ‘So how do you think I did?’... At last I said, ‘Al, I

Florence Welch’s Welch’s Florence brother to me when I was on the show, so don’t think a musical is your thing.’” The closest the legendary actor I can’t believe he’s leaving.”