Gwyneth Paltrow in court. (Photo: Rick Bowmer/POOL/AFP)
Rhewal brings you a summary of this week’s latest international entertainment news.
Gwyneth Paltrow in die sop
The 50-year-old actress, Gwyneth Paltrow, appeared in court earlier this week to contest summons over a skiing accident.
Gwyneth and another vacationer, Terry Sanderson, had a collision in the ski hills during a 2016 ski vacation in Utah, America. Terry claims that Gwyneth caused this collision and that it led to his drastic physical deterioration. The 76-year-old Terry sued her for $300,000 (about R5.4 million) in damages.
However, the actress insists that he is talking bogus and has sued him for $1 (about R18) back.
Terry’s first summons, of about $3.1 million (about R56.5 million), was rejected. He suffered a concussion and four broken ribs in the accident.
Meanwhile, Gwyneth has also been sharply criticized on social media for her unusual eating habits. In a recent episode of Dear Media’s The art of wellness-podcast said that she follows a lifestyle of intermittent fasting and that she only eats bone broth and vegetables during the rest of the day.
She also said in the conversation that it forms part of her “detox”. However, this has led to many social media users wondering why she needs the detox.
“It’s dangerous. It’s deadly. More than obesity will ever be. It’s okay to expect more from those with more social power, no one is exempt,” one Twitter user wrote.
Gwyneth later explained in an Instagram question-and-answer session that she eats more than that, but that this diet helps her with chronic health problems.
Amanda Bynes found on the street, hospitalized
After a video of a distressed Amanda Bynes in the streets of Los Angeles spread like wildfire on social media, there are thousands of people who expressed their concern for this former child star.
Amanda Bynes. (Foto: Amanda Bynes/Instagram)
A TikTok user named Kaytlin uploaded a video of her and Amanda on this video app. In the video, she walks with Amanda clinging to her to steady herself.
This video was shared on social media a few days before Amanda’s eventual psychiatric hospitalization. TMZ reports that Bynes walked the streets of Los Angeles on March 19, beckoned a car over and asked to call 911, the US emergency services number. She was then placed in custody in a psychiatric hospital for 72 hours.
Amanda rose to fame in the 1990s with series on Nickelodeon and movies like She’s the man, What a girl wantsin Sydney White. She was extremely popular at that stage of her career and shared the screen with many other big names in the industry.
However, in 2012, her career began to decline after she was arrested for drunk driving. She was placed under guardianship the following year, which would eventually last nine years, and continuously struggled with psychological and addiction problems.
Hugh Grant believes romantic movies are a lie
Forget about the handsome bookstore owner Notting Hillthe 80s musician in Music and Lyrics and even the charming back plug in Bridget Jones’s DiaryHugh Grant believes that romantic films are a “big, fat lie”.
Hugh Grant. (Foto: Ricardo Moreira/ Getty Images North America/AFP)
“The big question is whether a man and a woman really belong together is the truth – and whether it’s something we should be desperate about – and whether it’s actually a lie,” Hugh told reporters on a red carpet in Paris, where he his new film, Dungeons and Dragons: Honour amongst thieves market, tell.
“And I have a feeling that it’s a big, fat lie, despite the fact that I’ve built an entire career on it.”
He also believes that if there were ever to be sequels to his own popular romantic films, most of them would be set in the offices of divorce lawyers.
He also believes that he has now become too “old and ugly” to play the hero in romantic films, and that these days he enjoys the role of the villain more.
Paris Hilton hand out book
Paris Hilton is a rich man’s daughter, reality star, disc jockey, mother and also now a book writer.
She just released her autobiography, Paris: The Memoir, in which she makes numerous revelations about her life before and after fame, released. She delves deeper into some of the moments that have shaped part of her life and career and offers fans the opportunity to get to know her better.
Paris Hilton. (Foto: Xavier Collin/Image Press Agency/NurPhoto/AFP)
In the book, she writes about her famous sex video that aired in the 2000s, her obstacles with attention deficit hyperactivity syndrome and the path she walked with Provo Canyon School, a reform school.
In an interview with Vogue Paris said that she decided to write the book after a documentary, This is Pariswas released in 2019 about her life.
She has already expressed her displeasure in this documentary with how she and numerous other teenagers were allegedly mistreated by the Provo Canyon School. She also revealed that the fine voice she has become known for is actually not how she speaks at all.
“That documentary changed my life,” she said.
“It was the first time I could be defenseless and show that side of me.”
Additional sources: Glamour, BBC News, TMZ, Jacaranda FM, Vogue.
