ENTERTAINMENT 41
FRIDAY JANUARY 30 2015
Ellie hits ground running
in support of Nike app
LONDON: British pop star
Ellie Goulding (pictured) is
helping fans get fit and healthy
this year by teaming up with Nike
for
the
sports
giant’s new training app.
The Burn hitmaker, a keen runner, has helped
Nike officials design a new 15-minute exercise regime
for their Nike+ Training Club
app, incorporating all of her
favourite fitness moves to give
users a full body workout. Discussing the A Melody of
Movement campaign, which
celebrates women’s
fitness,
Goulding
says: “I feel quite
proud to be an ambassador for women
who realise that
being fit is better
than being skinny.
“I like the fact
that I can be that
role model. I still
think there’s a little bit of work
to do with promoting fit, not
thin. But it’s getting there.”
Pratt favourite to take on
Indiana Jones role in remix
LOS ANGELES: Guardians of
the Galaxy star Chris Pratt has
emerged as the latest frontrunner to lead the
cast in a planned
Disney remake of
Indiana Jones.
Movie
studio
bosses are working
with Star Trek director J.J. Abrams
to relaunch the
franchise and are
keen to land Pratt
(pictured) as its lead star, taking over Harrison Ford’s iconic
role as the daredevil archaeologist, according to Deadline.com.
Twilight hunk Robert Pattinson previously dismissed rumours linking him to the job
last year, while
Oscar
nominee
Bradley Cooper’s
name has also been
put forward as a
favourite to tackle
the George Lucascreated character.
The first three
films became hits in
the 1980s, while a
fourth instalment, Indiana
Jones and the Kingdom of the
Crystal Skull, was
released
in
2008.
Panic room saves
celebs being prey
By DARREN CARTWRIGHT
BRISBANE: A panic room has
been built into the set of I’m A
Celebrity ... Get Me Out Of
Here! so the cast can escape
immediate danger posed by
wild animals.
Co-host vet Dr Chris
Brown has revealed the 10
celebrities would be instructed
to use the panic room if a
predator wandered on to the
set.
Already, a leopard has
walked through the site where
10 celebrities will be sleeping
under the stars in the South
African jungle from Sunday.
Brown says the most immediate problems will be two
warring tribes of baboons in
the hills, scorpions and ticks
but there are leopards who
pass through as well.
“We’ve certainly got facilities if people are in immediate
danger,” Brown said from the
set of I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me
Out Of Here! “There is a place
in the camp where they can
seek refuge if necessary.
“We had to shut down the
camp because a leopard walk-
Dr Chris Brown and Julia Morris host I'm a Celebrity get Me Out
of Here.
Picture: RICHARD DOBSON
ed through the other day and
we have a baboon war raging.
“These guys may have
some sleepless nights.”
Network Ten will reveal
the identities of the celebrities
when it launches the first Australian season of the reality
show. The vet says some celebrity names that have been
mentioned in the press and on
social media are correct but
many guesses are way off.
Brown says the celebrities
will have to be careful about
how they handle, dispose and
store food otherwise they can
expect baboons to drop by for
a feed.
“Baboons are up for any
type of food and the moment
they start cooking in the camp,
it’s going to ramp up and they
are going to steal food.
“There are baboon proof
lids on containers and the bin,
but unless they put them on
correctly and store food correctly, baboons may turn up.”
The show is set within Kruger National Park, South Africa, and Brown asserts that the
dangers posed are very real.
“Before I came here I
thought we were going to have
to borrow a few animals from
a nature park and have something slither through the camp
just to scare a few celebrities,”
he said. “Within a few minutes
of being here I realised it was
not necessary and I picked up
five ticks in about four minutes the other day.
“There are five guys embedded in the jungle, in
camouflage gear, to look out
for danger.
“This isn’t the stuff of make
believe, it’s very real.”
Besides co-hosting the reality show with Julia Morris,
Brown is using his time in
South Africa to shoot episodes
for Bondi Vet. He’s hooked up
with a local veterinarian to assist with helping animals who
have been the victims of illegal
poaching or hunting.
“They always need a hand
out here so it’s great to be able
to help out,” Brown said.
î I’m A Celebrity ... Get Me
Out Of Here! launches on
Sunday, February 1 at
6.30pm.
Spacey gives guiding hand and
hope to young Arabic actors
Rush to honour
‘divine’ Byrne
SYDNEY: Geoffrey Rush has
praised fellow Aussie Rose
Byrne as a “divinely beautiful
actor”.
The veteran of Australian
acting handed Byrne the inaugural AACTA Trailblazer
Award last night.
He says the 35-year-old
New-York-based actor has
gone from strength to strength
since starting her career as a
teenager in the 90s.
“In Rose’s case I’d call it the
Trailscorcher Award,” he told
Kyle and Jackie O.
“Not only is she a divinely
beautiful actor but she’s just
shown such ... amazing range.”
Byrne, who got her breakthrough performance opposite Heath Ledger in
1999’s Two Hands, has
since starred in horror
films, TV Series and hit
American comedies.
Rush, who is the
president of the AACTAs, says Byrne is a
perfect example of the
type of Australian talent the award was
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“Not only is
she a divinely
beautiful actor
but she’s just
shown such ...
amazing
range.”
Geoffrey Rush
will hand Byrne
(left) the
inaugural AACTA
Trailblazer
Award
created to recognise. “We just
looked around and went ‘there
are so many actors who have
made such a big impact nationally in this country and internationally’. She’s ... ridden a
roller-coaster for the last 21
years and just keeps going in
new directions.
“I think that diversity is kind
of what we’re celebrating.”
Rose, who is in Australia to
accept the award in person,
says she’s humbled and thrilled
to be honoured by her peers.
By AYA BATRAWY
SHARJAH: Actor Kevin Spacey has flown to the United
Arab Emirates to watch a play
performed by aspiring actors.
The cast, all 25-years-old or
younger, are from war-torn
Arabic countries including
Syria, Egypt, Yemen and Iraq.
The are involved in a joint
initiative launched in 2011 with
the Kevin Spacey Foundation
(KSF) and Emirati businessman Badr Jafar.
After two weeks of training
with acting coaches from KSF,
the 34 actors performed a play
titled Dhow Under the Sun.
The play is set in a fictional
Kevin Spacey with Sheik Sultan
bin Mohammed Al Qasimi, the
ruler of Sharjah
refugee camp and deals with
issues of poverty and hope.
With a two-night run, it premiered before an intimate
gathering which included the
ruler of Sharjah, Sheikh Sultan
bin Mohammed al-Qasimi.
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