Cast opposite award-winning British star Josh O’Connor in upcoming movie Three Incestuous Sisters, might Sir Mick Jagger finally achieve the acting success he craves? Filming his role as O’Connor’s father on the Italian island of Stromboli, Sir Mick, 82, has long hankered for a second screen career alongside Rolling Stones commitments, only to be left frustrated by executives offering him “a lot of rubbish”. Still thin-skinned about his acting struggles all these decades on – he’s had a handful of largely forgettable parts down the years – Jagger’s been heard to lament: “I wish I’d done a bit more, I wish I’d got better roles.”
It’s often suggested the damage was done as long ago as 1970, when Sir Mick landed his biggest film role to date playing Irish-Australian outlaw, Ned Kelly. Mercilessly ridiculed for his hopeless accent at the time, the rock legend maintains he’s never seen it.
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Promoting Boyzone’s last ever shows at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium next month, band member Keith Duffy, 51, chortles: “I’d like to apologise to my oldest child, Jay... it’s difficult for him being 30 and having a daddy in a boy band!”
Recalling being introduced to sleazy host Frank Bough when hired as a news presenter on BBC’s Breakfast Time in the early Eighties, Fern Britton reveals: “He leaned back in his chair with a fag, turned his knees to mine and said: ‘Well, I wonder how long it’ll be before I’m having an affair with you?’”
The late Bough was subsequently brought down by a sex and drugs scandal.
Noting Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page’s romance with poet Scarlett Sabet is still going strong after 12 years – despite a 45-year age gap – Wombles songwriter Mike Batt, 77, cattily tweets: “What first attracted you to the multi-millionaire Jimmy Page?”
While Dame Prue Leith’s decision to leave The Great British Bake Off inevitably garnered plenty of headlines earlier this year, it’s looking like a long goodbye.
After being replaced by new judge Nigella Lawson, 86-year-old Prue clarifies she’ll still be “filling in” when needed and is in talks to continue appearing on the show’s US version.
Paying tribute to Dame Joan Collins on her 93rd birthday, Jane Seymour gushes: “I’ve looked up to her my whole life, and I continue to be inspired by the way she embraces life with passion, resilience and style... you are timeless in every sense of the word.”
Joan hasn’t been shy to rebuke Jane, 75, however. When the latter bragged she was one of the very few mature actresses in Tinseltown not to have had “work” done, indignant Joanie responded: “I am another actress in Hollywood who hasn’t had any ‘work’ done, Jane Seymour!”
Celebrating Crystal Palace’s first European triumph following their UEFA Conference League final win, Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid’s links to the South London club aren’t in doubt.
As well as being a long-time supporter, Susanna used to date chairman and co-owner Steve Parish.
