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Queen Camilla hosted authors and actors at a star-studded event in London to celebrate reading. The royal oversaw the glitzy bash at Clarence House on Tuesday night (26.03.24) to mark the third anniversary of her Reading Room book club charity and it was attended by writers including Harlan Corben, Donna Tartt and Philippa Gregory and actors Helena Bonham Carter, Dame Joanna Lumley, Rupert Everett and Sir Derek Jacobi. Camilla, 76, gave a speech at the event which highlighted new research which suggests just five minutes of reading a day can have significant health benefits. She told the star-...
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Rupert Everett hates the idea of “people piling in” on Russell Brand. The actor, 64, starred with the sex abuse-accused comic in 2007’s schoolgirl romp ‘St Trinian’s’, and has now admitted his former colleague has been taken “down”. When asked for his thoughts on the Brand scandal that erupted on 16 September – when four women accused him of rape, sexual assault and emotional and physical abuse – Rupert told The Times: “There’s nothing more to say than has been said. “Sorry to be a bore, but I’m against people piling in.” He added: “It’s done. He’s down. Let’s all move on.” Rupert made the rem...
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Rupert Everett created a “prison” for himself by “f****** everyone” when he found fame. The ‘My Best Friend’s Wedding’ actor, 64, got his break in 1981 at the Greenwich Theatre and later West End production of ‘Another Country’, playing a gay schoolboy opposite Kenneth Branagh, and went on to make films such as 1984’s ‘Another Country’ alongside Cary Elwes and Colin Firth. He said compared to peers such as Sir Kenneth, 62, he had no idea how to handle the “mechanics of fame” until it was too late. Rupert told The Times newspaper: “Compared to Kenneth Branagh? What a mess. I had a lot of indivi...
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Madonna and Rupert Everett have been blasted by Oscar-winning screenwriter Frederic Raphael. The Hollywood veteran takes aim at the pair in his new book, as he blames them for making the late director, John Schlesinger's final movie experience miserable, when he directed 'The Next Best Thing'. Madonna, 64, and Rupert co-starred in the critical and commercial flop and Schlesinger's friend Raphael claims his pal was not treated well on set. In a letter to Schlesinger published in his new book 'Last Post' and obtained by the Daily Mail's Eden Confidential column, Raphael writes: "You once again a...
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Rupert Everett has claimed he knows who Prince Harry lost his virginity to. The Duke of Sussex caused a stir when he revealed in his memoir 'Spare' that he'd had sex for the first time when he was 17, in a field behind a pub with an older woman, but the 'My Best Friend's Wedding' actor has suggested the 38-year-old prince made up the story. He told Telegraph magazine: "By the way. I know who the woman he lost his virginity to is. And it wasn’t behind a pub. And it wasn’t in this country.” After asked if he was suggesting Harry had purposefully told a different story to protect the identity of ...
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Rupert Everett has condemned the "blinkered" backlash which prompted Scarlett Johansson to drop plans to play a transgender role in the new movie 'Rub and Tug'. The 'Lost in Translation' star had been due to portray crime boss Dante 'Tex' Gill, who was born Lois Jean Gill but identified as a man but exited the film after the casting angered the trans community. Now Rupert has insisted the furore over Scarlett's role was misguided, telling 'Piers Morgan Uncensored': "People forget that Hollywood is a business. "So for example, when Scarlett Johansson was stopped from playing a trans role, there...
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Rupert Everett has cast Kit Clarke, John Malkovich and Kristin Scott Thomas in the autobiographical film 'Lost and Found in Paris'. The 62-year-old star will explore the hedonism, seduction and intrigue of the French capital in the 1970s and is set to direct from his self-penned screenplay based on his own real-life experiences. Kit will star as Rupert's younger self – an unruly teenager sent by his exasperated parents to live with a Parisian socialite family to learn French and grow up. The 'My Best Friend's Wedding' star will also have a supporting role in his own movie. The flick follows Ru...
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Alan Cumming told 'Harry Potter' producers to "f*** off" when he was offered a part in the wizardry franchise. The 56-year-old star was offered the chance to play Professor Gilderoy Lockhart in 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets' – the second movie in the series – but was fuming when he realised that Rupert Everett, who was also being considered for the role, would be paid more. Alan told The Daily Telegraph newspaper: "I told them to f*** off. They wanted me and Rupert Everett to do a screen test, and they said they couldn't pay me more than a certain sum, they just didn't have any more...
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David Dawson will play Harry Styles' lover in 'My Policeman'. The 'Ripper Street' actor will play Patrick Hazelwood in the upcoming movie opposite the former One Direction singer as Tom Burgess, the titular cop, and Emma Corrin as Tom's wife Marion. The movie is based on Bethan Roberts' 2012 novel and begins in the 1990s when the elderly invalid Patrick goes to the home of Tom and Marion, prompting a journey back in time to explore the sexual politics of the 1950s, a time when homosexuality was illegal. And according to the Daily Mail newspaper's Baz Bamigboye, bosses on the Amazon Films-backe...
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Rupert Everett thinks he's "too shy" for an actor. The 61-year-old star still wonders whether he chose the right career, despite the success he's enjoyed in the industry over the years. He explained: "I’ve realised too late that I’m too shy. I should never have done the job I’m doing. I’m not very good, and I kind of buckle under scrutiny." Rupert also thinks that straight actors should be able to play gay characters in films and on TV shows. The actor cited 2013's 'Behind the Candelabra' - which starred Matt Damon and Michael Douglas - as one successful example of straight actors playing gay ...
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