Spice Girls lose out on '£4million' after coronavirus pandemic cancelled gigs - The Mirror
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- Spice Girls lose out on '£4million' after coronavirus pandemic cancelled gigs - The Mirror
- 'Cruella' star Emma Stone on making Disney villain likable and that fake-news Spice Girls story - Report Door
- Mel B remembers her father as she posts heart-warming birthday video - Daily Mail
| Spice Girls lose out on '£4million' after coronavirus pandemic cancelled gigs - The Mirror Posted: 28 May 2021 10:15 AM PDT The Spice Girls cancelled reunion tour has reportedly cost them around £4million after the shows were unable to go ahead due to the coronavirus pandemic. The government put a halt on all mass gatherings as the UK was plunged into lockdown last year - and like thousands of other gigs - the the 90s power house had to disappoint fans by cancelling shows. Spice Girls -Geri Horner, Mel B, Mel C and Emma Bunton - were due to perform at the gigs but Posh Spice Victoria had opted out of the tour. The four-piece last had been hoping to recreate the magic of the 2019 tour which included 13 live performances before nearly 700,000 fans and totalling a whopping US$78.2 million.  Meanwhile latest figures from the stars' Spice Girls Ltd firm just filed books to Companies House that reveal the trading arm has a bottom line of £436,432. But despite not getting on stage Victoria Beckham made nearly £1million by not joining her girls on the reunion tour, according to The Sun, but benefitted from renewed interest in the band. The five piece are the only active members and directors of the firm, according to Companies House records.  Leeds Lass Mel B previously told how she was itching to get back to live performing when it's safe to do so. She explained: "People need a bit of entertainment," she says. "Music brings people together. I would love it - as soon as the rules allow it, then yeah." And Ginger Spice aka Geri is also keeping her mind on the band as she shared a throwback snap from the iconic Brits performance two weeks ago.  At the height of their fame the 90s fame the Spiceworld Tour saw the group perform to an estimated 2.1 million fans over 97 total shows, covering the UK, continental Europe and North America. The now cancelled 2021 tour was due to mark their 25th anniversary with the girls due to perform in America, Europe and Australia while also making a movie about their year. Get all the latest celebrity news delivered straight to your inbox From secret feuds and sexy scandals to the biggest showbiz headlines - we're serving up a daily dose of gossip. Get the inside scoop on all your favourite celebs with our daily newsletter delivered straight to your inbox for free. You can sign up here. Do you have a story to sell? Get in touch with us at webcelebs@trinitymirror.com or call us direct 0207 29 33033. |
| Posted: 27 May 2021 08:20 AM PDT Call it the Wicked effect. Ever since the hit Broadway musical that told Wizard of Oz witch Elphaba's side of the story, redeeming famous movie villains has been a major Hollywood trend, from a double dose of Disney's Maleficent adventures to the Disney Channel's popular Descendants trilogy to stand-alone adventures from DC antiheroes like Joker and Harley Quinn (Birds of Prey). Rehabbing Cruella de Vil, though — a villainess known best for her desire to kidnap dogs and skin them from fur coats in 1961 animated classic 101 Dalmatians and its 1996 live-action remake starring Glenn Close — had to be an especially tricky proposition, even for the world-class mythology remixers at Disney. Casting an actress as likable and magnetic as Emma Stone certainly helps. "I don't think that Disney would want to make a live-action version of a person who was like, 'Let's seriously skin some dogs.' Like we want to see that," laughed the La La Land Oscar winner Stone in a new interview with Yahoo Entertainment (watch above), where she was joined by her Cruella castmates Paul Walter Hauser (Horace), Joel Fry (Jasper), Kirby Howell-Baptiste (Anita Darling) and Mark Strong (John the Valet). The script, as you would expect, finds clever ways to make the aspiring fashion queen Cruella — introduced as orphaned girl-turned-grifter — relatable. And as Stone implies, the prequel leaves open whether any animals are harmed by Ms. de Vil in the future. "The thing that I kept repeating to myself over and over as the script went through different processes, because it took about four years to come to the final conclusion that we were making this movie, was that in 101 Dalmatians, the dogs are returned, they do escape, we don't actually see her skin the dogs, so what could be the backstory to why she wants to steal these dogs, no matter what she's saying? And I think this movie does enough to sort of open up the lens that it could go, potentially, either way." In preparing to play Cruella, there was only one previous iteration Stone would look at. "I did reference the animated version a bit just in physicality, but I really tried not to watch the Glenn Close version because I would just pale in comparison, so there was no point in trying to do a crappy imitation of what she already did incredibly well. So I just decided it was probably better to reinvent it in my own way." (Stone says she did listen to a lot of Tallulah Bankhead, the Lifeboat actress who inspired the original Cruella in 1961, while Hauser says he cribbed his Cockney accent from Bob Hoskins's pirate character Smee in 1991's Hook.) After four years of development, the production of Cruella — written by Dana Fox and Tony McNamara and directed by Craig Gillespie (I, Tonya) — was delayed two more months when Stone suffered a separated shoulder before shooting began. The injury was originally reported as occurring when Stone fell off a friend's shoulders at a Spice Girls reunion tour concert in London, but the actress says that's fake news. "It's not true, I wish it was true. But it did bite into my Spice Girls concert experience," she says. "The night before I went to the Spice Girls concert at the O2 Arena. … I ran in boots on a wood floor in a house and slipped and my arm went back and I broke my shoulder in two places. They had to postpone the movie six or eight more weeks so I could go to physical therapy and heal my shoulder because I couldn't move my arm for a good amount of time. "But the next night was the Spice Girls concert and we got a sling, and I was in so much pain because I hadn't had the X-ray yet and I didn't know it was a break, I thought it was some type of sprain, which it was not. And then the next day I went to the hospital." So the story of how Stone broke her shoulder is fake — but her continuing Spice Girls diehard fandom, that's as real as can be. Cruella opens in theaters and on Disney+ with premier access Friday. — Video produced by Jen Kucsak and edited by Jimmie Rhee Watch the trailer: Read more on Yahoo Entertainment: |
| Mel B remembers her father as she posts heart-warming birthday video - Daily Mail Posted: 29 May 2021 10:58 AM PDT Mel B shared an emotional message remembering her father on social media on Saturday as she celebrated her birthday with her children. The 46-year-old Spice Girls singer took to Instagram to upload a heart-warming video of herself mid-celebrations with her children. In the video, Mel and her three daughters could all be seen holding onto birthday balloons and bouncing up and down.  'He is looking down on me smiling': Mel B remembered her late father as she posted a heart-warming video of her and her children celebrating her 46th birthday  'It's ma birthday!!!': Mel B shared an emotional message with her fans on Instagram on Saturday as she celebrated her birthday with her children The clip then goes into slow motion as the family turns and runs away from the camera, with their balloons trailing behind them. Penning a message alongside the video, Mel wrote: 'Oh yeh it's ma birthday!!! Anyone who no's me no's I don't really like this day one of the reasons being it's my dads birthday the day before mine god rest his soul. 'But I feel he is looking down on me smiling as I have THE best birthday gifts today ever being surrounded by family and my 3 baby girls that are my world. 'Thank you for all your birthday messages it really does mean ALOT now I'm off to go spend time with my nearest and dearest #greatful #familytime #birthday #bighair #raisingstrongwomen #lifeisgood.'  Birthday fun: In the video, Mel and her three daughters could all be seen holding onto birthday balloons and bouncing up and down The other Spice Girls also took to Instagram on Saturday to show some love to their fellow band member on her birthday. Uploading a monochrome photo of herself with Mel B, Emma Bunton said: 'This powerhouse of a woman I get to call my best friend! Happy birthday @officialmelb (We're wearing g-strings, taking meetings, feeling music to the beats).' Geri Halliwell uploaded a picture onto her Instagram story to celebrate Mel B's birthday. She chose to share a picture taken while the band was performing on stage and in costume, with the pair of them jumping in the air.  Best friends: Uploading a monochrome photo of herself with Mel B, Emma Bunton said: 'This powerhouse of a woman I get to call my best friend! Happy birthday @officialmelb (We're wearing g-strings, taking meetings, feeling music to the beats)'  Having fun: Geri Halliwell uploaded a picture onto her Instagram story on Saturday to celebrate Mel B's birthday Meanwhile Mel C uploaded a touching photo to her own Instagram account showing her and Mel B hugging one another. Writing alongside the picture, Mel C said: 'It's my favourite northerner birthday today! Happy birthday my love.' While Victoria Beckham also joined in with the birthday well wishes, uploading a throwback photo of her and Mel B during their early days in the Spice Girls. The celebrations come after Mel B made an appearance on Game of Talents in which she revealed her horror at watching Vernon Kay defy death during a terrifying knife throwing display.  Close friends: Meanwhile Mel C uploaded a touching photo to her own Instagram account showing her and Mel B hugging one another She looked on nervously as a participant dressed as the Queen of Hearts hurled knifes at the presenter on the episode set to air on Saturday night. Speaking of the adrenaline racing ordeal, Mel said: 'My heart almost stopped because it looked shockingly dangerous and seriously I thought he had an incredibly close call which even he looked a bit taken aback by.' She continued: I don't think he had planned it liked that to be honest, I was all ready to run for help!' The ITV programme sees contestants join forces with celebrities as they try to decipher the hidden talents of different mystery performers, in the hopes of winning a big cash prize. Keen to win the competition, Mel said: 'I'm a very competitive person. When I was a kid at school my dad used to take me to the park and train me for sports day and I'd win nearly all the prizes so that's the sort of person I am. 'All my kids are competitive too which made Monopoly games fun during lockdown. We're all screaming and shouting and jumping up and down. But because I'm so competitive I wanted my contestant to win big time.' I don't think he had planned it liked that to be honest, I was all ready to run for help!'  Flashback: Victoria Beckham also joined in with the birthday well wishes, uploading a throwback photo of her and Mel B during their early days in the Spice Girls |
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