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Gossip Dolly Parton to headline Glastonbury 2014?

olly Parton is reportedly set to Dheadline Glastonbury 2014. The country music icon has been secretly booked to fill the Glastonbury Legends slot on the Sunday of the UK festival, according to The Sun newspaper. A source told the paper: “Dolly is perfect for the Sunday Legends slot. It didn’t take any convincing - she’s always wanted to play Glastonbury.” The ‘9 to 5’ hit- maker is expected to perform a setlist comprising her greatest hits from her lengthy career when she takes to the Pyramid Stage at Worthy Farm in Somerset, South West England, next June. Dolly is supposedly jetting in from London after performing at the O2 arena on the Saturday evening as Ed Sheeran was drunk when part of her ‘Blue Smoke’ tour, and con- veniently has a “day off” on the Sunday, according to her schedule. offered Hobbit track The festival insider added: “It is being kept free deliberately. She’ll get a heli- d Sheeran was drunk when he was offered the chance to record a track for the new ‘Hobbit’ film. The 22-year-old copter straight down on Sunday, or singer wrote the song ‘I See Fire’ for ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ but almost missed out on the chance to maybe even Saturday night after the E show.” Arcade Fire were the first act work on the film after receiving an email from the movie’s director, Peter Jackson. Ed told the Daily Star newspaper: “I was off my face drunk.I looked at my email. It was like a dream. I didn’t process it. “So then I put my phone away and con- confirmed to headline Glastonbury tinued partying. “The next day I read it again and said: ‘OMG!’ Then I told my manager and he said: ‘OMG!’” Peter first met last week, with the indie rockers Ed, who also wrote the track ‘Drunk’, when he took his daughter to one of the musician’s shows. Ed previously said: “Then I announcing the news by posting a was invited round for lunch the next day, we hung out, and it was fun.”About six months later I got a call asking if I wanted picture online spelling out four dates to be involved in the end credit song. “So I instantly got on a plane to New Zealand, met everyone that was involved in the for next summer, including the leg- film and watched the film. Then I wrote the song.” Ed played all of the instruments on the track, including the violin, which endary three-day summer festival. he had never played before. He explained: “We got a violin player in, but he didn’t get it right, so yeah, I thought I’d attempt to doing it myself.”

Gomez cancels tour to spend time on self

elena Gomez has cancelled her upcoming tour dates to “spend some time on myself”. The ‘Come and Get It’ Shitmaker was due to visit countries including Australia, China, Japan and the Philippines on her ‘Stars Dance’ tour next year, but has now cancelled the entire slate of shows to reflect and “be the best person I can be”. In a statement obtained by Billboard, the 21-year-old star said: “My fans are so important to me and I would never want to disappoint them. But it has become clear to me and those close to me that after many years of putting my work first, I need to spend some time on myself in order to be the best person I can be. To my fans, I sincerely apol- ogize and I hope you guys know how much each and every one of you mean to me.” The Asian leg of the tour - in support of her latest , ‘Stars Dance’ - was due to touch down in Tokyo, Japan, on January 16, followed by dates in China, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore. Selena also booked five dates in Australia in February, vis- iting Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. The songstress completed the US leg of her jaunt in Michigan on November 26.

Gnarls Barkley reunite in 2014 narls Barkley are reuniting in 2014. The ‘Crazy’ hitmakers - which included Brian Joseph Burton, known as Danger GMouse, and CeeLo Green - were catapulted to fame after the release of their debut solo album ‘St Elsewhere’ in 2006, and had further success with their record ‘The Odd Couple’ in 2008, after which they decided to focus on their individual careers. Quizzed on the prospect of teaming up again, CeeLo told TMZ.com: “Yeah, like next year.” The gossip site report it is “highly possibly” they’ll team up at Coachella Valley Music Festival in California. During the duo’s hia- tus, CeeLo, real name Thomas DeCarlo Callaway, has had huge success as a solo artist with hits including ‘Forget You’ and ‘It’s OK’. This year he’s been busy with , releasing their fifth studio album ‘Age Against the Machine’, but has confirmed ’s plans to release more music in the upcoming year. Danger Mouse went on to work with the likes of U2 and the Black Keys and won a Grammy Award in the Producer of the Year category in 2011. The pair’s reunion has been in works for a while now with CeeLo previously announcing they would be releasing another album in 2012 dur- ing the Virgin Fest in America in September 2011.

Elizabeth McGovern: I was too Paquin cut from X­Men: Days Of Future Past young for Oscar nomination he ‘True Blood’ actress’ one and only scene has been scrapped from the upcoming time- Ttravel sequel because director Bryan Singer felt it was “extraneous”. The scene in question lizabeth McGovern thinks she was “too young” to be nominated for an saw Paquin’s character Rogue - who absorbs the memories, strength and powers of any- Oscar award. The 52-year-old actress was just 20 when her performance one she touches - in action alongside Sir Ian McKellen’s older version of Magneto, Sir Patrick E Stewart’s older Professor X and Shawn Ashmore’s Iceman. Singer told Entertainment Weekly: as Evelyn Nesbit in her second movie ‘Ragtime’ earned her a nod in the Best Supporting Actress category. Although she was flattered to be considered “Through the editing process, the sequence became extraneous. It’s a really good sequence for the honor, she was unsure whether she deserved to be in the running for and it will probably end up on the DVD so people can see it. But like many things in the editing the prestigious prize. McGovern said: “I was thrilled to be nominated for an process, it was an embarrassment of riches and it was just one of the things that had to go. Oscar, but there was a part of me that thought, ‘I’m not sure I deserve this year. “Unfortunately, it was the one and only sequence Anna Paquin was in, the Rogue character was I was very young and working with marvelous people.” The ‘Downton Abbey’ in. Even though she’s in the materials and part of the process of making the film, she won’t star - who was briefly engaged to her ‘Racing with the Moon’ co-star Sean Penn appear in it.” The mutant movie comprises a huge ensemble cast, including the stars of the orig- - admits she initially struggled with her success she began to achieve in the inal ‘X-Men’ trilogy and the stars of 2011 prequel ‘X-Men: First Class’, featuring the likes of Hugh acting industry because she felt so “lonely”. She told Grazia magazine: “I was Jackman, Jennifer Lawrence, James McAvoy and Michael Fassbender, so cutting Paquin out of busy growing up and being a professional actor and, at times, that was diffi- the film was a “disappointing” but necessary move. Singer added: “She completely understood. cult. Those two things are sometimes in conflict. You have to do all the stupid It’s very disappointing, but she’s very professional and she knows that stuff happens, particular- things kids need to do but you’re in the glaring light of public opinion and I ly with material you shoot early on in production. Films evolve.” ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ is think when I was first working it was more uncommon for someone so young due for release in May 2014. to be successful.”In my day, I found it slightly lonely because my friends were in such a different place with their lives and the people I was working with were so much older. I was in the middle of both worlds.” Julianne Moore’s red Quentin Tarantino: hair affects her style ulianne Moore says her red hair affects her style choices. The No plans for ‘Kill Bill 3’ J53-year-old actress usually opts for black and neutral tones when it comes to her everyday clothes because her flame-col- ored tresses clash with bold hues. She said in an interview with uentin Tarantino says he has no plans for ‘Kill Bill 3’. The Academy Net-a-Porter’s online magazine The Edit: “I don’t wear a lot of color QAward-winning director claims he has no intention of revisiting the because, having red hair, I carry a lot of color with me. I read a violent kung fu thriller starring Uma Thurman, which follows a former quote from an actress who said, ‘Only wearing black is like not tak- assassin seeking revenge on the ex-colleagues who massacred members of ing chances’, and I was like, ‘I guess I don’t take chances then! I wear her wedding party and tried to kill her. Tarantino told Ireland’s Independent a lot of black!’ “The striking star is close friends with designer Tom newspaper: “There are no genres I absolutely want to do any more, like tick- Ford, who cast her in his directorial debut, 2009’s ‘A Single Man’, but ing boxes - ‘This, done.’ I don’t doesn’t think of herself as anyone’s “muse” and says she simply think about ‘Kill Bill 3’ that much enjoys the creative and fun nature of his clothing. Julianne pon- as we already visited them.” The dered: “I don’t know that I’m his muse. I’m definitely a friend. He’s 50-year-old director claims he is not mysterious about fashion, which I love. I don’t think it’s a mys- happy with the work he has pro- terious business. I think it’s something that should be a lot of fun, duced throughout his 20-year and expressive, and obviously have some cultural relevance. “It’s career and would be keen to about who we are at that moment in time. He’s just a great, wonder- rework Japanese films or try his fully creative and soulful person, and a really good friend.” The ‘Carrie’ hand at producing a scary film. actress always chooses “unusual” He mused: “To me, the last 20 pieces because she likes to make a years have gone well; I’m happy statement on the red carpet. with my career, I’m happy to be Recalling her favorite fashion where I am now, I’m happy with moments, she said: “The yellow Dior the way my work has been dress I wore at the [2012] Emmys - oh received, inside the cinema industry and outside. “If there was something I my gosh. It was such a strong silhou- would like to work on again, it would be Honshu’s movies, maybe. Or a hor- ette. The beautiful Balenciaga with the ror movie, perhaps.” Tarantino has seemingly had a change of heart after ruffle [at the 2010 Golden Globes], hinting that there would be a ‘Kill Bill’ follow-up by suggesting he would that was great. I like stuff that’s a little revisit the series in celebration of its tenth anniversary. During a 2010 inter- unusual. I like a dress with a bit of an view, he teased: “After ‘Kill Bill 2’ I said I would do ‘Kill Bill 3’ 10 years from edge.” —Bang Showbiz now. And we’re not there yet!”