Critics loved BBC’s new Boy George biopic, Worried About the Boy, which premiered last night in the UK. But the Culture Club singer himself was not as complimentary about the film on Twitter: “Verdict, beautifully shot & styled but badly written, it lacks heart and soul!”(Digital Spy)
Check out a clip from Worried About the Boy. It features Gavin & Stacey‘s Mathew Horne as Jon Moss, Culture Club drummer and Boy George’s erstwhile lover. Horne’s performance has received some rave reviews. The Daily Telegraph‘s Ceri Radford says, “It was a joy to see Horne lifted from the chirpy blandness of Gavin to a more subtle role, playing the down-to-earth music professional who succumbed to O’Dowd’s ersatz charms.”
Meanwhile, Gavin & Stacey star/co-creator Ruth Jones has two projects in the works: The Great Outdoors, a comedy about ramblers, and Hattie, a biopic about Carry On actress Hattie Jacques.(The Stage)
Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon slams Green Day‘s decision to go Broadway (“Like lemmings, they’re heading straight for the cliff”) and laments Public Image Ltd.‘s lack of a recording contract (“It’s a shame that this industry, one that tried to co-opt me into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, isn’t prepared to pay one dollar to help me. I have a recommendation where to stick said awards. Use your Preparation H sparingly.”) (New York Post)
Dame Helen Mirren will play a 1970s madam in Love Ranch, a film directed by her husband, Taylor Hackford. But the real kicker? She’ll have to do an American accent. Shouldn’t be an issue for the Oscar-winning actress, should it? “It’s very weird. I live in America, I have American stepsons and an American husband, and I find it so difficult,” Mirren says. (Telegraph)
Dawn French is “the fat lady who doesn’t sing” in a new London opera.(Daily Mail)
Check Out Gavin & Stacey’s Mathew Horne in a Dramatic Role
Check out a clip from Worried About the Boy. It features Gavin & Stacey‘s Mathew Horne as Jon Moss, Culture Club drummer and Boy George’s erstwhile lover. Horne’s performance has received some rave reviews. The Daily Telegraph‘s Ceri Radford says, “It was a joy to see Horne lifted from the chirpy blandness of Gavin to a more subtle role, playing the down-to-earth music professional who succumbed to O’Dowd’s ersatz charms.”