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Johnny Flynn insisted “nobody is interested” in hearing him sing David Bowie songs in ‘Stardust’.
The 37-year-old singer-and-actor portrays the late music legend in the new biopic – which is set during the singer’s first trip to America in 1971 – and though Bowie’s son has distanced the family from the project and insisted they wouldn’t be granting director Gabriel Range the rights to use his music in the film, Johnny insisted that doesn’t matter.
He said: “From the start, Gabriel was not seeking the permission of the estate or the rights of the songs.
“Nobody is interested in me singing David Bowie songs, just like I’m not interested in Rami Malik singing Queen songs.
“As for the lack of the family’s permission, I feel that has been spun out.
“We all love Bowie, but the film was made independently and I believe it is the right of a storyteller to do that.”
Johnny admitted he initially worried the role would be a “poisoned chalice” and was reluctant to sign on because he didn’t want to see a diluted story in the way he’d watched first-hand how the Queen biopic ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ changed over time.
He told The Times magazine: “I’m not into music biopics because they create a spectacle around someone who is already a spectacle.
“I had been cast as Roger Taylor in the Queen film and as it went from Sacha Baron Cohen to Ben Whishaw playing Freddie, the script kept changing to something more homogenised and less interesting until eventually I pulled out.
“So I was reticent about playing Bowie. It seemed like a poisoned chalice.”
But the actor ultimately changed his mind and is thankful the film was an independent movie that allowed the director to explore the mental illness of David’s brother Terry and suggest the ‘Aladdin Sane’ hitmaker’s own multiple personas were a reaction to his own fear of also developing schizophrenia.
He said: “If this were a bigger-budget movie, a studio would probably tell you to take that stuff out.
“That happened with the Queen film, which is why it ended up with its manipulated, emotional finale.”
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Speaking in a joint video interview with her sisters, Danielle, 31, and Este, 34 – who make up the band Haim – for Vogue, Alana confessed: “I have to be honest with you, these are Danielle’s jeans that I stole and she asked me earlier. She was like, ‘Oh, where are those jeans from?’ I was like, ‘They’re yours!’ These are vintage Levi’s. Danielle is the Queen of finding vintage Levi’s. She really is the Queen.”
Their older sister, Este, also admitted she takes Danielle’s clothes after she finds great bargains in stores.
She added: “There’s gonna be a lot of that in this video. Danielle gets the things and we steal the things.”
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She explained: “I have an unhealthy obsession with Prada Sport. I’m always on the internet searching, finding.”
Meanwhile, Alana previously shared how she refused to dress in an overtly sexy way after she was asked to dress in a schoolgirl outfit by an unnamed music executive in the early days of her career.
She said: “When we were first starting out, someone said I should dress like a schoolgirl.
“And I was like: ‘That’s not going to happen.’ We’ve always had a very strong sense of self.”
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Tiffany Haddish | Tiffany Haddish shaves her catchphrase ‘She Ready’ into hair

Tiffany Haddish has had “She Ready” carved into her shaved head.
The 41-year-old actress debuted her shaven head in July and is now sporting a buzzcut with her famous catchphrase on the back of her head.
During an Instagram Live, in which she thanked her hairstylist LaMarr Randle for her new look, she said: “I’ve always wanted something cool on my head. When people see me coming they’ll be like, ‘I think that’s Tiffany.’ Then I’m gonna walk past them and they gonna see “She Ready” and they gonna know what it is!”
The ‘Girls Trip’ star said last summer that the best part of having short locks is that when water hits her head “it feels like kisses from God”.
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Her pal Kelly Rowland commented alongside a red heart emoji: “She don’t need no hair, she is gorgeously gorgeous! (sic)”
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He told the Indian edition of Elle magazine: “I hope the fashion industry slows down. We don’t need as many seasons as there were. I would like it to go back to a couple of years ago when there were two seasons, and in between those, you would have a one-week sale period.”
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Elsewhere, Paul shared his goal to “expand” his Paul Smith Foundation, which he launched in 2021 to give back to the “younger generation”, after five decades in fashion.
He said: “I have launched the Paul Smith Foundation to mark our 50th anniversary this year. The foundation is created with an endeavour to give something back to a younger generation. At the moment, it is an online platform where people from all different professional fields can come to find inspiration. I hope to expand this over the years to come.”
The homepage for the foundation’s website reads: “This is the best advice gathered and given by Sir Paul Smith over the past 50 years. It won’t teach you how to cut a suit, but it will help you figure out how to take your ambition to the next level.
“Please explore our regularly updated archive of advice, or keep scrolling for more insights and inspiration…”
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