Friday, March 29, 2024

Dua Lipa announces Royal Albert Hall gig

Dua Lipa has announced a hometown show at London's Royal Albert Hall on October 17. The 'Levitating' hitmaker releases...

Latest Posts

Boardmasters adds The Streets, Maisie Peters and Cat Burns

The Streets, Maisie Peters and Cat Burns are among the final names confirmed for Boardmasters 2024. The five-day music...

YUNGBLUD has really bad insomnia triggered by anxiety

YUNGBLUD hasn't slept properly for "eight years". The 'Fleabag' hitmaker, 26, gets overexcited and has bountiful energy levels due...

Dolly Parton wants you to stream the original Jolene before Beyonce shares her version

Dolly Parton has requested fans listen to her mega-hit 'Jolene' before Beyoncé shares her version on Friday (29.03.24). The...

Camila Cabello warned I Luv It collaborator Playboi Carti is ‘mysterious’

Camila Cabello was warned not to ask Playboi Carti to work with her because he's "mysterious". The 'Havana' hitmaker,...

Chadwick Bose: James Brown spoke to me from beyond the grave

Chadwick Boseman claims the late James Brown spoke to him from beyond the grave to give him his blessing to portray him in ‘Get on Up’.
The ‘Black Panther’ star played funk legend Brown in the 2016 biopic and after fretting over whether he should accept director Tate Taylor’s offer he claims the ‘ghost’ of the ‘It’s A Man’s World’ singer – who died on Christmas Day 2006 at the age of 73 – spoke to him to tell him he was "going to be good".
In an interview on the ‘The Graham Norton Show’, he said: "I had a lot of questions about playing James Brown. I’d actually said no to the role a few times. But after I accepted I was really worried about his movement, his walk, his voice, all of it. I went to sleep one night and when I woke up I was kind of doing his voice and ‘he’ said, ‘You’re going to be good, but you ain’t going to be better than me!’"
Brown’s ‘spirit’ seemingly inspired an incredible performance from Boseman, with his depiction of the iconic singer earning critical acclaim and the actor very rarely stepped out of character during the shoot.
He previously revealed: "If we took a break and you sat beside me to eat, you’d be eating with James Brown. Until I went home at night, it was JB … The thing is, when something clicks, it makes you want to keep doing it. I would be with friends, just talking, and I’d still be dancing. They’d be like, ‘What you doing?’ "
Chadwick has since earned countless fans from his portrayal as T’Challa, aka the Black Panther, in the 2018 Marvel Cinematic Universe movie of the same name and admits there isn’t a day that goes by where someone doesn’t speak to him about it.
During his appearance on the UK chat show – which airs on BBC One on Friday (08.11.19) at 10.40pm – he said: "It’s quite hard to grasp and quite overwhelming. I can’t go anywhere without people reminding me of it by asking me to do the Wakanda pose. People even chase me in their cars, doing the pose over and over with both hands off the wheel to get my attention!"

Latest Posts

Boardmasters adds The Streets, Maisie Peters and Cat Burns

The Streets, Maisie Peters and Cat Burns are among the final names confirmed for Boardmasters 2024. The five-day music...

YUNGBLUD has really bad insomnia triggered by anxiety

YUNGBLUD hasn't slept properly for "eight years". The 'Fleabag' hitmaker, 26, gets overexcited and has bountiful energy levels due...

Dolly Parton wants you to stream the original Jolene before Beyonce shares her version

Dolly Parton has requested fans listen to her mega-hit 'Jolene' before Beyoncé shares her version on Friday (29.03.24). The...

Camila Cabello warned I Luv It collaborator Playboi Carti is ‘mysterious’

Camila Cabello was warned not to ask Playboi Carti to work with her because he's "mysterious". The 'Havana' hitmaker,...

Don't Miss

Paloma Faith to release memoir

Paloma Faith will release a new memoir. The 42-year-old musician has penned a deeply personal book 'MILF', delving "deep...

Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing named biggest song of all time

Journey‘s ‘Don’t Stop Believing’ has been named the biggest song of all time by Forbes. The 1981 track -...

Nicole Scherzinger wishes she had ‘enjoyed’ Pussycat Dolls fame more: ‘I was always struggling!’

Nicole Scherzinger wishes she had "enjoyed" her time in the Pussycat Dolls. The 45-year-old singer shot to fame as...

Catherine, Princess of Wales paid ‘£2k bar tab’ for St Patrick’s Day

Catherine, Princess of Wales is said to have paid the bar tab at a regimental bar after missing this year's St Patrick's...

Princess Eugenie reads to children for charity close to Royal Family’s heart

Princess Eugenie read a children's tale at the launch of the Elephant Family charity's Little Egg Hunt this week.

Stay in touch

To be updated with all the latest news, offers and special announcements.