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Sharon Stone has nicknamed her fame “Barney” the purple elephant. The ‘Basic Instinct’ actress, 66, recently told how she feels like she lost her career after she was almost killed by a brain haemorrhage in 2001 – and has now said she uses the term to describe her celebrity as it feels like a huge animal she has to drag around with her in public. She said at the Hollywood Unlocked Impact Awards at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Beverly Hills, California, on Friday (21.06.24), where the ‘Casino’ star accepted the Icon Award: “I call my fame Barney, the purple elephant, and that sometimes I don’t w...
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Sharon Stone is looking out for Austin Butler after relating to his "journey and destiny". The 66-year-old star feels protective over the 32-year-old actor and the pair share a "special connection" as she saw a lot of her own early rise to fame in the way he became a sensation after 2022 biopic 'Elvis'. Austin told Entertainment Tonight: "We have a really special connection, because when 'Elvis' premiered in Cannes, she was sitting right in front of me." Sharon added: "I was at the Elvis premiere and, I have to say, I've been in a lot of premieres, I've been a lot of premieres in Cannes, and t...
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Sharon Stone is celebrating her son Laird’s high school graduation. The ‘Basic Instinct’ actress, 66, cheered the 19-year-old on at the milestone and posted a series of pictures of them beaming at the event on her Instagram. She captioned the set of snaps, which showed Laird in a maroon cap and gown: “LAIRD VONNE STONE GRADUATION!!” The actress also included a photo of Laird after he received his diploma in which he appeared to be smiling under a mask while making a rock-on sign with his hand. Sharon adopted the boy in 2005 along with her youngest son, Quinn, now 17, in 2006. She also has son,...
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Sharon Stone says her paedophile grandfather was so out of control he would have had sex with a “chair leg”. The ‘Basic Instinct’ actress, 66, who was abused by the molester, also saw her maternal grandad Clarence Lawson sexually abusing her five-year-old sister when she was aged eight, and has now recalled how he would also beat her grandmother. She told The Times: “He was a paedophile and a sexual deviant. There wasn’t anybody he wasn’t trying to have sex with. He’d have sex with a chair leg. “My grandfather was just out of control. He was very abusive. “He beat the living s*** out of my gra...
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Sharon Stone feels she is being robbed of an acting career due to ageism in the movie business. The ‘Basic Instinct’ actress – who turned 66 in March – added the roles she has been offered have got limited to clichéd bit-parts as she gets older. She told The Times: “People would like to say, ‘You’re too old or you can’t do this or you can’t do that.’ “It’s a little bit hard to cast me as the grandmother. It’d be easier to cast me as the lawyer or the judge or the cop – so they’re not really sure what to do with somebody like me. “I still don’t have my acting career back. I would really like to...
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Sharon Stone wants her acting career back, following a 2001 stroke. The 66-year-old actress revealed her health negatively impacted her career but she would love to get back to doing what she loves. She told The Times newspaper: "I still don't have my acting career back. I would really like to work again as an actor so much … not just a weak, supporting part. "I'd like to really have the parts that I have earned and can do. I would really like to have my own real career back. I would really like to have my life back." Sharon admitted she went through hell after the stroke, which impacted every...
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Faye Dunaway has opened up about being diagnosed with bipolar disorder. The 83-year-old ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ actress tells of her health woe in the new HBO documentary about her life titled ‘Faye’ and explains how she was put on medication for the condition after being probed by doctors. She says in the movie: “I worked with a group of doctors who analysed my behaviour, who gave me prescriptions for pills they thought would be good for me. And that helped. “So I am quieter. But throughout my career, people know there were tough times.” Faye gained a reputation for being “difficult” in Hollywood ...
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Sharon Stone believes Kevin Spacey should be allowed to resume his acting career. The 66-year-old actress has hailed the Oscar-winning actor as a "genius" and suggested that he's the victim of his own fame and success, after Spacey was charged - and later acquitted - of committing a series of alleged sexual offences in the US and the UK. The actress told the Daily Telegraph newspaper: "I can’t wait to see Kevin back at work. "He is a genius. He is so elegant and fun, generous to a fault and knows more about our craft than most of us ever will." Sharon believes that aspiring actors "wanted and ...
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Michael Douglas thinks the use of intimacy coordinators is wrecking movie sex scenes. The 79-year-old Hollywood veteran, famed for his romps in films including ‘Basic Instinct’ and ‘Fatal Attraction’, says the experts are “taking control” away from filmmakers when it comes to showing actors getting intimate. He told the Radio Times: “I’m past the age where I’ve got to worry about that! But it’s interesting with intimacy co-ordinators. It feels like executives taking control from filmmakers.” Michael added he accepts the need to make sure women are not being exploited on screen in the wake of H...
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Jeff Bridges "resisted" the idea of being an actor because it made him "anxious". The 'Big Lebowski' star has enjoyed a long and glittering career but he was initially hesitant to follow in the footsteps of his parents, Lloyd and Dorothy Bridges, as there were other things he wanted to pursue, but some advice from his dad that he could utilise his other interests in acting persuaded him to give it a try. Speaking on stage at the Chaplin Awards Gala in New York City earlier this week, he explained of why he "resisted" acting: “It made me nervous, anxious, and I had other things I wanted to do. ...
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