Late Night Hosts React to George Floyd Murder Trial and Derek Chauvin Conviction With Powerful Monologues
Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, James Corden and more weighed in on the guilty verdict passed down on Tuesday.Jimmy Fallon, James Corden, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert all made special remarks addressing the trial's outcome, and what it means for justice and the fight against systemic racism in America.
Florence Welch is writing songs for a 'Great Gatsby' musical.
© Bang Showbiz Florence Welch The Florence and the Machine hitmaker is teaming up with Pulitzer prize-winning writer Martyna Majok and Grammy nominee Thomas Bartlett to bring a new stage adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's classic novel to Broadway and she is "honoured" to have been asked to get involved with the project.
Martyna will helm the writing of the adaptation, as well as working with Florence on the lyrics for multiple original songs, while the 'Shake It Out' hitmaker will be collaborating with Thomas - who is also known as Doveman - on the music.
Susanna Reid among stars up for multiple prizes at National Reality TV Awards
Susanna Reid, Jacqueline Jossa and Anne Hegerty are up for multiple prizes at this year's National Reality TV Awards.The 'Good Morning Britain' co-host has been nominated in the Best Presenter and Celebrity Personality of the Year categories for the 10th National Reality TV Awards, which will take place on July 22nd at London's Porchester Hall.
Florence said in a statement: "This book has haunted me for a large part of my life.
"It contains some of my favourite lines in literature. Musicals were my first love, and I feel a deep connection to Fitzgerald’s broken romanticism.
"It is an honour to have been offered the chance to recreate this book in song."
Meanwhile, Martyna is "thrilled, honoured, and inspired to work with this company of extraordinary artists, and to get to live in F. Scott Fitzgerald's transcendent, gorgeous words."
Gallery: She was homeless?! 10 things you never knew about Lizzo (BANG Showbiz)
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If I'm shining, everybody gonna shine!
Happy Birthday, Lizzo! The Grammy award-winning singer turns 33 on April 27, 2021, and to celebrate we take a look at some hidden facts about the star. Although it’s hard to imagine a time without the body-positive queen, Lizzo landed her breakthrough in 2016 and the world has been twerking ever since. Before her rise to fame, the ‘Juice’ hitmaker led an incredible life that helped her gain confidence and empowerment. Here are 10 things you never knew about Lizzo…
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Her real name is Melissa Jefferson
Lizzo took inspiration from her real fame to form her moniker and has been known by her nickname ever since middle school. She first went by the name “Lissa” but changed it to the name we all know and love after hearing Jay-Z’s ‘Izzo’. The ‘Boys’ hitmaker said: "[Lizzo] kind of stuck with me and I brought it with me. It made me feel way more comfortable."
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She taught herself to play the flute
The chart-topper is unrecognizable without the musical instrument but when she first started out, she was was largely self-taught. Lizzo learned to play songs by ear and would use sheet music to figure out the notes. She told CBS News: "By the time I got private lessons, they were like, 'Whoa, like, where did you learn technique? You're like a wild horse. And that's an amazing thing, 'cause you have all this power. And you have all this style. But we need to give you some technique.' And so I had to actually go back and learn how to, like, play notes properly when I got older."
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Lizzo dropped out of college
Lizzo earned a music scholarship to the University of Houston with the goal of joining a symphony ensemble after graduation. However, she had a hard time adjusting to life at university and ultimately choose to follow her dream of becoming a musician. She told CBS News: "I basically had to choose between flute or this other lifestyle that I was chasing where I was up super-late with my friends, goin' to parties, tryin' to rap at shows, and then waking up early, gettin' to the band hall, rehearsing, being on the field, taking maths class, which was torture."
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She took a three-month vow of silence
After dropping out of college, Lizzo suffered an identity crisis and, unintentionally, took a vow of silence where she only communicated through shrugs. The time period put a strain on her relationship with her mother but the two have since reconciled. She explained to Greenroom Magazine: "My mom is still like - anytime I'm quiet she's like, 'Hey, Melissa! Don't go nowhere!' [I went] crazy ... in a good way though, because I got inspired. That was a summer of metamorphosis."
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She didn’t love herself until she was 21
Lizzo suffered the “worst year” of her life in her early twenties following the death of her father. Sadly, it took losing someone close to her to build up her self-confidence and follow her dreams. She told Teen Vogue: "Twenty-one was the worst year of my life ...That's just the society we're all unfortunately born in — the one where you have to hit your worst and hate yourself in order to love yourself.”
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Lizzo was once homeless
At the age of 21, the ‘Truth Hurts’ singer became homeless after she decided to stay in Houston when her family moved to Denver. She tried to make it with a rock band and would often crash on a friend’s couch or live in her car. Lizzo told NPR: ". . . when it was actually happening to me, I didn't think of myself as homeless. I think that I had a luxury and a privilege to be able to sleep on the floor of my drummer's house, to be able to sleep in a car my sister gave me, to be able to sleep at the studio where my rock band performed, to be able to sneak into 24 Hour Fitness and use the showers there."
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She collaborated with Prince
Before finding fame as a solo artist, Lizzo performed with an all-female hip-hop collective called The Chalice. The Chalice was discovered by the music legend, who invited Lizzo and her fellow band member Sophie Eris to collaborate on his track ‘Boytrouble’. She told Fuse: "It's almost like a fairy tale in my mind...I felt like I transcended from being just a vocalist to an artist."
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She nearly quit music
After releasing ‘Truth Hurts’ in 2017, Lizzo nearly gave up on her music career. She believed the song was the best she had ever written but it didn’t initially gain much success. Lizzo said: "The day I released 'Truth Hurts' was probably one of the darkest days I've had ever in my career. I remember thinking, 'If I quit music now, nobody would notice. This is my best song ever, and nobody cares."
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Her unconventional job before fame
Before finding fame, Lizzo once worked for Liberty Taxes as a sign spinner. She would dress up as Lady Liberty and encouraging people to hire help to file their taxes. On Twitter, she shared a picture of herself in costume along with the message: "On the left was when I worked for liberty taxes, as a sign spinner . . . on the right is my @nbcsnl debut. Don't stop . . . we need you. Your time is coming."
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She hates the word “unapologetic”
The ‘Scuse Me’ hitmaker hates being referred to as “unapologetically herself” as she believes it can be a loaded compliment. She explained to Essence: "Sometimes the label 'unapologetic' bothers me because it can be loaded because it means we have to apologize for something in the first place. I'm not ignorant to the fact that we had to have a demeanor of lowering ourselves culturally just to exist. But I'm trying to shake up the narrative about how we're supposed to act."
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The Broadway show will be directed by Rebecca Frecknall, but the cast has yet to be revealed.
Nicole and Javier transform into Lucy and Desi filming biopic
Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem were virtually unrecognizable whilst filming their new movie in Los Angeles this week. The dynamic duo are playing Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in a biopic.The dynamic duo are playing Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in an upcoming biopic called Being The Ricardos written and directed by Aaron Sorkin.
Further details of the production, including dates for a pre-Broadway run, will be announced soon.
Florence previously claimed she became more creative when she gave up drinking.
Shee said: "I'd gone through a lifestyle change -- as in, I'd had to stop drinking. I was a party monster and it was getting to the stage where I was just mashing myself to bits all the time.
"The scariest thing is, I used to think what made me creative was the fact I was a big hedonist. But towards the end, it was actually quite hard to make songs because I was in so much pain and all I was writing about was: 'How do I get out of this trap?'
"The theme of my writing was like: 'I'm stuck, I'm f*****, I don't know how to make this stop. Help, help, help!' "
By making a big lifestyle change, it meant a shift in Florence's songwriting and she was delighted that it has been accepted by her fans.
She explained: "I sort of stopped [the abuse] just before I made the track 'How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful.' To show people this side of yourself, which is so frightening to you, and for people to accept it with love, and to sing it with people, was a really big catharsis.
"So I just found that my brain was more open. I just kind of wrote it down and let it all go."
Bebe Rexha doesn't think Dua Lipa and Rita Ora's feud will end .
The singer, 31, has reportedly said that she has 'tried to always be the peace keeper' and 'bring the girls together' but her efforts have failed.The singer, 31, has claimed that she has 'tried to always be the peace keeper' and 'bring the girls together' but her efforts have failed.
Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, James Corden and more weighed in on the guilty verdict passed down on Tuesday.Jimmy Fallon, James Corden, Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert all made special remarks addressing the trial's outcome, and what it means for justice and the fight against systemic racism in America. 
Susanna Reid, Jacqueline Jossa and Anne Hegerty are up for multiple prizes at this year's National Reality TV Awards.The 'Good Morning Britain' co-host has been nominated in the Best Presenter and Celebrity Personality of the Year categories for the 10th National Reality TV Awards, which will take place on July 22nd at London's Porchester Hall. 
Nicole Kidman and Javier Bardem were virtually unrecognizable whilst filming their new movie in Los Angeles this week. The dynamic duo are playing Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in a biopic.The dynamic duo are playing Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz in an upcoming biopic called Being The Ricardos written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. 
