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'Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory' stars Julie Dawn Cole and Paris Themmen have joined a new musical parody. The two actors - who played Veruca Salt and Mike Teavee respectively alongside Gene Wilder in the original 1971 movie - will take part in a live stage reading of 'Willy's Candy Spectacular', which is inspired by the disastrous 'Willy's Chocolate Experience' event in Glasgow earlier this year. The upcoming musical parody will perform live stage readings at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival, with the former child stars each stepping in as narrators. Cole will be part of the cast ...
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Philip Seymour Hoffman’s younger sister will forever remember him as a “cuddly person”. The troubled ‘Punch Drunk Love’ actor was found dead on 2 February, 2014, aged 46 in his Manhattan apartment with a syringe in his arm after he accidentally overdosed on drugs including heroin and cocaine – and his paediatric nurse sibling Emily Barr has now written an essay about him for The Paris Review to mark what would have been his 56th birthday. She said in the piece: “He was a cuddly person, much more so than me. “He loved to sit close on a couch, walk arm in arm down the street and hug big.” Emily ...
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Gene Wilder’s last words were: “I love you.” The ‘Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory’ actor, who died from Alzheimer’s disease aged 83 in 2016, made the statement to his wife Karen Boyer while they listened to Ella Fitzgerald’s rendition of ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’ in bed. Karen, 81, who was married to Gene from 1991, says in the new documentary ‘Remembering Gene Wilder’: “The music was playing in the background – Ella Fitzgerald was singing ‘Somewhere Over the Rainbow’, and I was lying next to him and he sat up in bed and he said, ‘I trust you.’ “And then he said, ‘I love you.’ That’s ...
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Natasha Rothwell has promised people are in "for a treat" with White Lotus season three. The 44-year-old actress - who starred in the first season of the comedy-drama as spa manager Belinda Lindsey - was confirmed earlier this year to be back for the next story in the anthology series, and she's teased the plot will "blow people's minds", though she refused to give any specific details. Speaking to the Hollywood Reporter, she said: "I’ve read all the scripts and I can’t say anything but I will say it’s going to blow people’s minds. I gasped out loud no less than five times and that was just re...
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Timothee Chalamet is open to returning for a 'Wonka' sequel. The 27-year-old actor stars as a young Willy Wonka in Paul King's blockbuster musical movie, which tells the origin story of the character from Roald Dahl's classic tale 'Charlie and the Chocolate Factory'. And Timothee believes there is plenty more to his chocolate inventor character's story for a second film. Asked about a sequel, he told 'Entertainment Tonight': "If there was a story to be told. And evidently there is." There is a whole 25 years that is blank before the late Gene Wilder's Wonka in the 1971 version of 'Charlie and ...
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Timothee Chalamet has described 'Wonka' as his "favourite" film. The 27-year-old actor plays a young Willy Wonka in Paul King's movie that tells the origin story of the eccentric chocolatier and has had more "fun" on the flick than any other project. Speaking on 'The Graham Norton Show', Timothee said: "I am proud of all the films I have done but this is my favourite. It is the most fun I've had working on anything ever. It is sweet and good and will feel you with joy." The heartthrob has previously starred in movies including 'Call Me by Your Name' and 'Dune' and explained that he simply trie...
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Whoopi Goldberg has defended ‘Blazing Saddles’ against accusations the 1974 Western satire is racist. The comic, 67, warned critics to leave Mel Brooks’ film alone during her appearance on ‘The View’ on Wednesday (07.12.22) as it poked fun at all types of prejudice. She declared: “Leave my ‘Blazing Saddles’ alone – don’t make me come for you!” Whoopi added about the movie, which mocks small-town racism against its first black sheriff, it “deals with racism by coming at it right, straight, out front”. ‘The Color Purple’ actress also said the comedy makes viewers “think and laugh” about bigotry ...
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Timothee Chalamet will play Willy Wonka in an upcoming prequel to ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. The 25-year-old actor has been rumoured to be taking on the iconic role of the chocolate factory proprietor for several months, but according to Deadline he is now confirmed to be starring in ‘Wonka’, the upcoming film in the works at Warner Bros. Timothee will play the inventor and chocolate maker in his younger days, before he became the infamous character seen in Roald Dahl’s popular 1964 children’s book, ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. ‘Wonka’ will look at the character’s adventures ...
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