lifestyle MONDAY, APRIL 7, 2014 GOSSIP Kelis: Pregnancy Upton has best improves revenge on songwriting elis thinks women write better music when ex-boyfriend Kthey’re pregnant. The 34-year-old singer, who has four-year-old son Knight with ex-husband Nas, claims her last album ‘Flesh Tone’ in 2010 was one of her best records because she was expecting her first child when she recorded it. She said: “For me, my last album was the bright- est, just because I was pregnant when I recorded it and that’s a really powerful time for a woman artist. If I think about female artists in the past 15 Backstreet Boys shocked to 20 years that I love, I look at their body of work and I’m like, ‘Oh, she was pregnant at O2 Arena sell-out then!’ It makes so much sense. And ackstreet Boys never thought they would sell out returning to the band two years ago following his depar- ‘Flesh Tone’ definitely the O2 Arena in the London. The superstar boyband ture in 2006. The ‘As Long As You Love Me’ hitmakers signifies that. It’s Bput on an energetic show at the huge venue on didn’t disappoint, putting on a great show with a hit-filled about life, it’s a very robust record.” The ‘Milkshake’ hit- Friday as part of their worldwide ‘In a World Like This’ tour. set including the likes of ‘I’ll Never Break Your Heart’ and maker will release her next record, ‘Food’, on April 18, Addressing the fans, Kevin Richardson said: “Two years ‘All I Have To Give’. The concert also had its share of emo- and insists it’s “different” from her previous albums ago [A. J. McLean] mentioned he would rejoin the band tional moments, with the group paying tribute to their ate Upton believes the best way to seek revenge because she’s in a more settled place. She told NME and two years later I can’t believe we have ... sold out the families and friends. As well as Nick kissing a fan during Kon a cheating ex-boyfriend is to “go on enjoying magazine: “I’m very content, and as much as I didn’t O2. “Thank you, you’re amazing. It feels good to be back new song ‘Permanent Stain’, Kevin and A.J. dedicated your life”. The 21-year-old model insists she’s not want to acknowledge that that would happen four or on stage with my brothers tonight.” The group are on the ‘Show ‘Em (What You’re Made Of)’ to their sons. In anoth- one for getting payback on an ex-lover, but she thinks five years ago, being a mother totally has made that road celebrating their 20th anniversary, and are happy to er tender moment, the boy band held a moment’s silence one way to make him feel bad about his decision is to happen.” be back with their original line-up - completed by Howie for their bodyguard Johnny Q, who tragically passed move on. She said: “I think the best revenge is to go on Dorough, Nick Carter and Brian Littrell - with Kevin away last year. enjoying your life and not to waste another second with him.” Meanwhile, ‘The Other Woman’ star insists she doesn’t feel pressurized by her level of fame as she just wants to be the best that she can be. She explained: “I’m trying to be the best that I can be, that’s all I can do.” Kate’s co-star Cameron Diaz believes she The Cure wanted double album has a similar outlook on fame as she doesn’t really see herself as being different from anyone else and her main priority is looking after herself. She told Star he Cure’s Robert Smith is “so angry” the magazine: “I don’t worry about a lot of things! I don’t band’s label wouldn’t let them release a look at myself in that way. I just take care of myself and Tdouble album. The ‘Friday I’m In Love’ hit- that’s the thing I concentrate on for my own personal makers are set to release ‘4:14 Scream’, the needs on a day-to-day basis. There’s nothing to worry band’s first LP in six years and follow-up to about, life is good.” 2008’s ‘4:13 Dream’, but frontman Robert is annoyed the songs weren’t included on the first record. He told NME magazine: “It was just pure bloody-mindlessness why the tracks weren’t included on the last album. I was so angry that [the label] wouldn’t release a double album. I wouldn’t give them the other songs.” The new album features music recorded by Robert, along with bassist Simon Gallup, drummer Jason Cooper and guitarist Porl Thompson, who no longer plays with the band. It’s the first release since the addition of former Tin Machine musi- cian, Reeves Gabrels, who is now on guitar, and keyboardist Roger O’Donnell, who joined them at the recent Royal Albert Hall gig in London. Robert continued to NME magazine: “There were a number of reasons why I felt unable to com- plete what we were doing with the last line-up. It was impossible to just get another group and bang out the songs we didn’t release. It would have been wrong.” Meanwhile, the new line-up plan to record their own new album and insist it will be something “that’s really different to any- thing else we’ve done”. Johnny Depp Olivia Cooke heard ‘ghost’ on set livia Cooke was convinced she heard a ghost doesn’t Owhile filming ‘Ouija’. The British actress admits she and her castmates were so nervous about the unexplained noises, they asked a set assistant to go want to be safe and check an empty room. She said: “Just before Christmas we were in a bedroom filming and there was ohnny Depp changes his look for film roles noise going on upstairs. We sent a PA to go up and ask Jbecause he doesn’t want to play it “safe”. The whoever was up there, could you just hold the work? Hollywood icon is famed for his radical character She went up and then came back down and told us Jennifer Hudson transformations - namely as eccentric swashbuckler there was no-one up there!” As well as shooting ‘Ouija’, Captain Jack Sparrow in ‘Pirates of the Caribbean’ and ‘The Bates Motel’ actress is currently promoting Native American Tonto in ‘The Lone Ranger’ - and horror/thriller ‘The Quiet Ones’ - which also stared Sam never considered acting claims his dedication stems from not wanting to “bore” Claflin and Jared Harris - and can be seen in sci-fi ‘The ennifer Hudson Signal’ later this year, but she insists she isn’t only drawn “never thought” about becoming an the audience to death. He said: “I love the idea of actress. The 32-year-old star shot to fame after com- changing my look. I think one owes it to the audience, to supernatural stories. She said: “I think I’m drawn to J the characters more so I think I’m definitely moving peting on ‘American Idol’, and went on to pick up an to go out there and give them something different Oscar and a Golden Globe for her role in ‘Dreamgirls’, and each time, so as not to bore them to death. “And I away from horror. ‘The Signal’ was sci-fi so that was more of a branch out, but I love thriller, I love sci-fi and I’d love doesn’t think she would have been considered for the film always felt that if you’re not trying something different if it hadn’t been for one of her performances on the show. each time out of the gate, you’re being safe, and you to explore that more but I think I’m just open to any- thing.” And the actress admitted to finding filming ‘The She said: “I always wanted to sing and make my living don’t ever want to find that place of safety. I like that, doing that, it’s that simple. But God always gives you a little each time, before I even go in front of the cameras, the Quiet Ones’ very different to her role as Emma in American series ‘The Bates Motel.’ She told BANG bit more than you asked for and I ended up acting. Now Showbiz: “There’s a lot of me crying in it, so I was emo- I’m an actress and singer and it’s so weird. “I never thought tionally drained. With the stunts and when I was attack- about acting, but because of ‘American Idol’ I had this plat- ing people I had like bruises and cuts all over me and I form and Barry Manilow arranged the song I was eliminat- knew I had worked hard that day. “I didn’t really prepare ed off on as if it was ‘I’m Telling You’. “It had the same struc- myself for the intense scary scenes, I kind of just threw ture and people thought I was singing ‘I’m Telling You’ and myself into it. I just went in to it expecting nothing and from the performance they started saying Jennifer Hudson tried to react off what the surroundings were. When you for Effy White [in ‘Dreamgirls’].” And Jennifer still can’t read a script it’s always so different to what you actually believe she won awards for her role in the film. She added: do so I just went in open to everything.” ‘The Quiet Ones’ “As far as ‘Dreamgirls’ all I wanted to do was get my lines opens in cinemas on April 10th. right and do the job I was hired to do and I ended up win- ning an Oscar, and it’s still surreal to this day.” Samuel L Jackson: Captain America shooting scared public amuel L Jackson has revealed workers in Cleveland out of the windows and were like, damn’ “ Jackson is now a thought he was being shot at when he filmed scenes veteran of superhero and sci-fi films having appeared as studio’s reaction will be fear.” The 50-year-old actor S for ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’. The actor Nick Fury six times with a contract to appear in another also revealed his physical transformations help him reprises his role as super-spy Nick Fury in the Marvel sequel three movies and the three ‘Star Wars’ prequels. The 65- overcome his shyness when it comes to promoting his - which sees Chris Evans return as the titular superhero - year-old actor portrayed Jedi Knight Mace Windu in the films. Johnny admitted in a conversation with Iggy and he recalls one shoot-out sequence filmed in the city trilogy and was thrilled when director George Lucas told Pop for Interview magazine: “I’ve always enjoyed hid- left some office staffers fearing for his safety. During an him he’d make him look like the “baddest” man in the uni- ing behind these characters. It’s a strange thing, you’re interview on ‘The Daily Show’ - which airs on ‘Comedy verse when he added CGI to his green screen scenes. more comfortable as a character than you are in life. “I Central’ and ‘Comedy Central Extra’ - Jackson said: “At one Jackson explained: “Lucas said, ‘You kick all the ass you could stand up in front of, it doesn’t matter how many point in the movie there’s a moment where you see 19 want and we will make sure you look like the baddest in people, as a character. But if I had to do it as myself guys shooting at the car I’m in, the windows are bullet the universe!”So (I’m shooting and) I have the music play- and give a speech, I would be liquid.” proof so I’m just sitting there feeling dope but the people ing in my head, making the lightsaber moves and then in the office buildings didn’t know so they were looking when I go to see it in the theatre I was like ‘Look at me!’