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GOSSIP Dua Lipa finds writing lyrics therapeutic

ua Lipa finds writing songs like therapy. The 21-year-old pop beau- ting all my feelings out." Simply jotting down her thoughts brings the ty channels her "sadness" in her lyrics and finds it helps get things 'Hotter Than Hell' hitmaker "clarity" about that moment in life she is writ- D"off her chest" by putting pen to paper. She said: "I say that a lot of ing about. She added: "It gives me so much clarity. I can then understand my inspiration comes from sadness, and I am okay, thank you. I find it the why certain things happen in the way that they have, and I'm able to final- easiest and most therapeutic to be able to write about my experiences in ly put it out on to paper. It makes me okay with the situation." Dua has a that way, and that's how I get things off my chest." The 'Lost In Your Light' ballad in 'Homesick' on the record, which is out now, but she wasn't wor- singer's self-titled debut album talks a lot about love and heartbreak ried it would change the style of the entire album, which is mainly upbeat despite sounding upbeat, but Dua is no longer fazed by her exes knowing pop. Asked if she was reluctant to include the track, which features Chris she has written about them. She told DIY magazine: "It used to be scary Martin from Coldplay, she said: "No because I love them. I love ballads, I when I'm writing about a certain experience and I'm worried about the love singing along to them. They're really emotional. As long as I could put person I'm writing about will find out it's about them. But I'm no longer my own take on it, and that it didn't feel that far away from what I do. I feel worried. I'm really okay with people knowing certain songs are about like the ballad still touches on my personal style, musically." them. I just feel good about it. But yes, I'm okay. It's just a way of me get- Jim Carrey's The Guns n' Roses 'planning on' album Mask was supposed uns N' Roses are "planning on" releasing another ning on it." Richard also went on to praise frontman Axl album. The 'Paradise City' rockers - currently com- Rose on his songwriting skills, as he dubbed the 'Welcome Gprised of Axl Rose, Slash, Duff McKagan, Richard To The Jungle' hitmaker as a "genius". He told the Fortus, Dizzy Reed, Frank Ferrer, and Melissa Reese - 'StageLeft' podcast: "I think the genius of Axl is his ability to be a horror film haven't "started recording anything" for a potential sev- to assemble songs, from different parts, and make them enth studio album just yet, but guitarist Richard Fortus feel cohesive as a song. I've never seen anybody able to believes the idea of a new album would be "too good not do that in the same way." If the band were to release a im Carrey's beloved fantasy comedy film 'The Mask' to happen". He said: "We haven't started recording any- new record, it would be their first in almost a decade, as was originally intended to be a horror movie. The 1994 thing, when I say that, as far as in the studio doing an their last album 'Chinese Democracy' was released in Jmovie - starring the Hollywood funnyman and a album. We've been recording a lot of stuff, just ideas, 2008. A new album would also mark the first since 1993's young Cameron Diaz - was a huge box office hit and is still assembling ideas, but not going into a studio and actually 'The Spaghetti Incident?' to include Slash and Duff popular with family audiences now who love Carrey as tracking a new record. "It's sort of too good not to happen McKagan, who left the 'Sweet Child O' Mine' hitmakers in unlucky bank clerk Stanley Ipkiss and his madcap green- at this point, that's how I feel about it. This band is really a 1996 and 1997 respectively. faced alter ego. Now, director Chuck Russell has revealed force right now, and I definitely hope that we do, and I he had to battle bosses at New Line to let him make the think we're all sort of counting on it, and we're also plan- film a comedy as opposed to the horror romp they had envisioned. Speaking to Xfinity about the 30th anniversary of his cult classic Freddy Krueger installment 'A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors', Russell said: "It's a great example of really fighting for your vision in a film. We changed it from a horror film into a comedy. It was original conceived as being a horror film. That was a real battle. New Line wanted a new kind of Freddy [Krueger] movie." The 'I Am Wrath' helmer understands why New Line thought the character would best be presented on the big screen as murderous villain because the Dark Horse comic book series - which is what the film is based on - presents a far more gruesome individual. Russell added: "By coinci- dence, I had seen the same original Mask comic they end- ed up buying, and I thought, 'That's really cool, but it's too derivative of Freddy Krueger.' It really was. He would put on Selena Gomez the mask and kill people. And have one-liners. It was a real- ly cool, splatterpunk, black and white comic. They've redone the comics to be more like my movie, but the origi- admits her music nal comics were really cool, dark and scary. But I knew, as a film, it would be very reminiscent of Freddy Krueger." 'The Mask' was one of three films released that year starring is 'evolving' Carrey, the other two being 'Dumb and Dumber' and 'Ace Ventura: Pet Detective', which made him a global superstar. elena Gomez's new music will mark an "evo- Russell, 59, knew he wanted Carrey, 55, for the lead role, lution" in her sound. The 24-year-old star has even though he wasn't widely known back then, after Spromised that her upcoming record will be watching him do a stand-up comedy routine in Los markedly different from her 2015 album 'Revival', Angeles. The filmmaker shared: "He wasn't really desired as which featured hits such as 'Hands to Myself' and a leading man at that time. [When I saw] him he looked 'Same Old Love'. She told SiriusXM: "It's an evolu- like a hallucination live on stage. Jim read it and he said, 'I'll tion and I know it's different and I just wanted it to be doing this role at grocery store openings when I'm 70.' Jake Johnson Joel Kinnaman: sound like something I've never done before." As well as touring and making new music, Selena has recently served as a producer on the TV series '13 took on Mummy Suicide Squad 2 Reasons Why' - which is based on the book 'Thirteen Reasons Why' by Jay Asher. And the brunette beauty has admitted she can see "so much" of herself in the show's character Hannah for wife to film in 2018 Baker, a school girl whose suicide is central to the oel Kinnaman has revealed 'Suicide Squad 2' will be plot. She recently explained: "I see myself in filmed next year. The 37-year-old actor "definitely" Hannah so much. Seven years ago I did and even wants to return to the franchise as Red Flag, and con- more so today, which I think is funny because it's J backwards. The older I get the more insecure I get, firmed work is currently underway on a script, with shoot- ing expected to commence "sometime" in 2018. He told which is odd. But that's something a lot of people The Hollywood Reporter: "As far as I know they're writing can relate to." In the show, Hannah is the subject of the script and I think the plan is to shoot it sometime in constant rumors and is perceived to be promiscu- 2018, but that could change. I think I'll definitely come ous by her classmates. And according to Selena, back for it." Joel would love 'Suicide Squad' director David she can empathize with some of the character's Ayer to return to helm the highly-anticipated sequel, but struggles. She shared: "Her personality is a quiet he hasn't signed up for the project and is busy working on strength. I've never really been the one to be in another DC Universe movie, 'Gotham City Sirens'. And anyone's face. A lot of girls feel like they have to be though he hasn't seen a plot for the film yet, the actor a certain way for attention. "Social media has knows what he'd like to see his character and fellow amplified all of that. I get that she didn't want that supervillains, including Harley Quinn (Margot Robbie), to be what her life was." Deadshot (Will Smith) and Captain Boomerang (Jai Courtney), get up to in the sequel. He added: "Ultimately, ake Johnson took on his role in 'The Mummy' I'd love for David Ayer to direct it, but if he doesn't want to because his wife is fascinated by Tom Cruise. The direct it then someone who is great with character and J39-year-old actor had reservations about signing that's able to ground the story and maybe put these char- up for the movie as he was aware of the 54-year-old acters in a more normal situation. It would be really inter- Jamie Foxx suffers from star's passion for doing his own stunts, and was reluc- esting to see these crazy characters interact with regular tant to put himself at risk, but eventually changed his people as well." Mel Gibson was previously linked with the mind at the request of spouse Erin Payne. He said: "I vacant director's chair, but insisted it was all just specula- remember saying to my wife 'I have a chance to play tion. He said recently: "I don't know. I just met some guys 'performance anxiety' Tom Cruise's friend in 'The Mummy' but I don't know about story points. It's not a done deal or anything, but it's if I want to do it', because there were a lot of stunts just fun to shoot the pool, you know, when it comes to sto- amie Foxx thinks all actors and actresses suffer from ing to add some originality to it. "I think we're in a time and I know that Tom does them himself and I didn't ries. "I love doing it. And if we can elevate any type of con- "performance anxiety". The Hollywood star's latest now where there's not a lot of original movies. I don't want to die on the side of an airplane for a movie. cept, it's good. We'll see." Jmovie sees him appear alongside the likes of Ansel know if you could name an original. So, he tries to make his "And my wife said 'I have never said this before but I Elgort, Lily James and Jon Hamm in the new action film mark. Him and Quentin Tarantino are homies, so they share really want you to do it because I really want to hear 'Baby Driver' - but Jamie believes that even the best, most the same type of creative mind. There's not a lot out there." more about Tom Cruise'. "There is no PR team telling experienced performers feel anxious about watching me to say this but he is genuinely just a sweet, pas- themselves on screen. He shared: "They're cutting the sionate, awesome guy." And Jake - who plays movie as it goes and that's sort of fly. I think every actor Sergeant Chris Vail - admits making the film was and actresses has performance anxiety. We're like, 'Damn, unlike anything he'd ever experienced because Tom does this s**t look right?!'" Jamie plays the part of Bats, a is so "relentless" and passionate about details, to the cohort of the movie's bank robbing crew, and the actor point where the 'New Girl' star and his wife had to revealed he's already received the seal of approval from his relocate to London just so he could learn to ride a daughter Annalise. He told Collider: "He's sort of like the horse with a family of experts sought out by his co- angry dude. He's killing everybody. My seven-year-old star. He told the Metro newspaper: "It was a lot of daughter asked me what I was doing today and I'm like, work because Tom is relentless. "He loves making 'Killing some more people.' "She's cool with it. She was on movies in a way that, honestly, I have never seen. the set of 'Django' before, so she understands what it is. It's Every single detail matters to this guy. "There is a sort of a familiarity with the role. But, I think the difference sequence where I ride a horse, so he and Universal is how the music is playing and how it's being set up." got me the best horse trainers - the Dent family in Jamie's on-screen character has a number of tattoos in the England. "I moved my family to Richmond in London movie and the actor revealed the idea belonged to direc- for three and a half months so I could train on the tor Edgar Wright. Asked how long it took him to get ready Dent farm, galloping through the English country- each day on set, Jamie explained: "It's about 25 minutes. side. It was utter madness." It's just some stick-ons, like the character's name is Bat, so he's got bats and stuff. But I think it's sort of his way of styl- izing this movie as well. It's sort of on the nose. They're try-