Former Corrie star Charlie Lawson slams 'fame-obsessed' young soap actors

Peter Debruge Chief Film CriticEvery so often, a movie comes along that sends culinarily inclined audiences into rapture — “Babette’s Feast,” “Big Night” or “Like Water for Chocolate” spring to mind — getting eyes glistening and mouths watering in anticipation of a meal that only the characters will ever taste. “Flux Gourmet” is not that foodie movie.

Middle-earth has never looked so good. Amazon has given a sneak peek at its highly anticipated, highly expensive “Lord of the Rings” prequel series “The Rings of Power” — and its very attractive cast look more at home in Hollywood than they do in Hobbiton. After debuting a teaser trailer last month, the studio has now shared snaps of the show’s sexy stars with Vanity Fair, including an alluring portrait of Welsh beauty Morfydd Clark, 32.

Anna Delvey, who swindled New York’s elite out of hundreds of thousands of dollars  – if only the show had faith in its own premise. Now streaming on Netflix, “Inventing Anna” is based on a viral 2018 New York Magazine article about Delvey (nee Sorokin), 31 — Russian-born and raised in Germany — who defrauded banks, hotels and acquaintances while posing as a trust-fund heiress in New York between 2013-2017. She was convicted for multiple accounts of grand larceny, indicted in 2017 and incarcerated from 2019-2021. Helmed by Shonda Rhimes and starring Julia Garner (“Ozark”) — a skilled actress who seems to have been given bad directing to hide behind a distracting marble-mouthed accent to play Delvey — “Inventing Anna” is a bloated affair, with episodes regularly clocking in at over an hour, which feels punishing.

Luke Bryan has a special surprise in store for him on the opening night of his US tour  - wife Caroline has brought along a new fan.MORE: Luke Bryan receives outpour of love as he shares bittersweet message"Fireball the monkey is ready for opening night!" she captioned a picture of her with a large stuffed monkey that wears a grey sweater with a red hood that reads: "Wild about you."WATCH: Luke Bryan surprised on stage by wife Caroline in sweet videoCaroline was on a private jet with girlfriends as they headed to Las Vegas for the opening night, and she also shared a picture of Luke smoking a cigar and giving Fireball a cuddle."You three have a blast opening night. It is going to be epic," commented one fan as others shared laughing emojis and one wrote: "I absolutely love that you brought him!! You’re awesome!"MORE: Luke Bryan gets fans talking with rare pictureThe Raised Up Right tour kicks off on Friday 11 February in Las Vegas and alongside a teaser image of the upcoming gigs, the American Idol judge wrote: "My favorite place to be is on stage performing to country music fans.

Kendrick Lamar is a hip hop music superstar, who will certainly gain a new legion of fans with his highly anticipated Super Bowl LVI halftime show alongside his iconic peers Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige and Eminem. On the way to him becoming a household name, the 34-year-old rapper, songwriter and producer has accomplished the unthinkable feat of earning 13 Grammys, a Brit Award, 11 MTV Video Music Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and an Academy Award nomination! In case you missed that, yes, Kendrick won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize in Music for his recording of Damn.

Greetings, lovers! John Legend, 43, has a seductive new offer just in time for Valentine’s Day, and it involves him sleeping beside you and whispering into your ear…platonically, of course! In a new Super Bowl commercial for mindfulness company Headspace, John invites fans to “sleep with him” just in time for Valentine’s day, by listening to the soothing Sleepcast he recorded for Headspace’s app.

Dana Carvey is opening up about his alleged feud with Mike Myers.

Mehmet Oz, the celebrity heart surgeon who recently ended his daytime TV “Dr. Oz Show” to run for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, got a star Friday on the Hollywood Walk of Fame — just as he was being attacked 2,000 miles away in a rival’s TV ad saying he’s too “Hollywood.”

For “The Price Is Right” contestant Catherine Graham of Marshfield, Massachusetts, the price was right but the prize was not.

Derek McInnes has led the tributes to a Kilmarnock fan who tragically passed away following the Ayrshire derby as the club prepares to honour his memory.

ADELE'S ex Simon Konecki looked unrecognisable as he was seen for the first time since their shock divorce. The superstar and the charity boss shocked the world when they split in 2019.

MARK Wright and Michelle Keegan have been living the dream as they jetted off on their second holiday this year. The Brassic actress and the Heart Radio star, both 34, have been sunning themselves on paradise beaches in Turks & Caicos.

WORRIED pals of James Argent have urged him to “be kind to himself” after paramedics were called to an emergency at his home.  Towie star Arg's worried pals were forced to call 999 after an emergency at his home. The reality favourite, 34, has turned his life around over the past year, losing an incredible 11 stone in weight But Arg suffered a scare on Monday after hitting a blip in his recovery and desperately concerned pals called an ambulance when they couldn’t get hold of him.  Thankfully medics were able to treat Arg but he’s been ordered to rest up and friends are now rallying round.

Julia Roberts shared a birthday video for her niece, Emma Roberts. Julia shared the clip on her Instagram, featuring the two blowing party horns in slow motion.Emma Watson has a funny response to Emma Roberts mix upEmma Roberts looked beautiful and chic at the premiere of ‘Spencer’A post shared by Julia Roberts (@juliaroberts)Julia’s video features herself and Emma looking straight at the camera. The two are wearing paper hats and are blowing on party horns, all dramatically set to slow motion.

Getting through it. Jennifer Aydin got real about how her husband Bill Aydin’s past affair coming out on The Real Housewives of New Jersey has affected their five children.

Joey King made the hit horror movie The Conjuring when she was only 12 years old and something crazy happened to her during filming.

With “The Book of Boba Fett” in the rearview, Lucasfilm is putting its attention towards other upcoming streaming series. The third season of “The Mandalorian” is the most recent “Star Wars” show to go in front of cameras, even though star Pedro Pascal has been shooting “The Last of Us” in Calgary, Alberta simultaneously.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterBill Lawrence is staying put at Warner Bros. Television, with the TV writer and producer inking a massive five-year deal sources value at nine figures, Variety has confirmed.WBTV would not comment on the financial terms of the deal.

Coronation Street, said he thinks some actors care more about their profile than “practising their craft”. He urged those wanting to get into acting to “stop being obsessed by fame.The actor added: “Throw all that bad attitude away and go to drama school.

Coronation Street actor Charlie Lawson has slammed today’s stars as "fame-obsessed, awful" actors.The 61-year-old Irish soap legend, who played Jim McDonald, reckons young wannabe stars do not put enough effort into learning how to act.And he reckons they are instead too focused on just becoming famous.Charlie, who last returned to the show in 2018 for a brief stint, also warned today’s aspiring soap icons to lose their "bad attitude" if they want to be taken seriously.The actor said: "If you want to get into acting, stop being obsessed by fame. "Most young actors I meet are more interested in being famous than practising their craft."Throw all that bad attitude away and go to drama school.

European Union amidst comments they may halt vaccine distribution.The star best known for playing Jim McDonald in Coronation Street said the EU “really are the pits” in an impassioned tweet.Posting in front of his 26,000 followers on Twitter, Lawson complained about the EU’s actions.He wrote: “The EU really are really are (sic) the pits!“First they sulk, then they reinstate the vaccine, then they throw their dollies (sic) out and now they threaten us! @Iromg @talkRADIO”His comments come after it was announced today the EU could restrict exports of the vaccines.The threat came from European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen.She told reporters in Brussels earlier today how the EU was seeking to block exports of coronavirus vaccines to