David Beckham - Visits Helmand Province

The former England captain visited Camp Bastion in Helmand Province where he took part in a question-and-answer session, posed for pictures with servicemen and received a lesson in how to handle a heavy machine gun.

Beckham, who arrived at Camp Bastion on Friday night wearing a helmet and body armour, said: "To see the morale of the troops is really incredible. It first kind of hit me on the way over when we were on the military plane flying in to Afghanistan.

"You can see the faces, you can see obviously they know they are leaving their families, but they're so focused and they've got this look in their eyes that they're just so confident and just ready. That really is an unbelievable sight to see, and you feel it as well."

His day began yesterday with a 7.30am fried breakfast in the cookhouse and included a tour of the camp, which is currently home to 9,000 British soldiers. He was shown how to handle weaponry, given a metal detector demonstration and even scored a penalty on a makeshift goalmouth in the sand.

Beckham, 35, who is missing the World Cup through injury, said: "Just yesterday one of the troops was killed, and you feel it and you see the flags at half-mast and you feel the tension there. It really is, like I said, amazing to be around but you feel the love from everybody.

"It just really is scary work. These guys are the bravest people that I've ever met and it really is, it truly is, an honour to be here."

He has also paid tribute to fallen British soldiers during his visit.

The former England captain stood silently with his head bowed before the Camp Bastion memorial dedicated to those who have given their lives for their country as a Union flag flew at half mast.

He took time to read the full names, engraved on the brass plaques, of members of the UK Armed Forces who have fallen in service, complete with their regiment and date of death.

The British death toll since operations began in 2001 stands at 286.

Beckham paid his respects at the memorial during the second day of his visit to Camp Bastion in Helmand Province, where around 9,000 British soldiers are based.

Reflecting on his trip to Afghanistan, the 35-year-old said it had been "one of my best experiences of my whole life, to actually be here, to see first hand what you all go through.

"You have to leave your families, your friends, your loved ones, your kids, that must be hard."

He also spoke of his admiration for the comradeship among the troops.

He said: "I've represented my country on the field, and I've got great team mates and great friends, but every now and again I can let my team mates down on the field, you out here, you have to trust your friends, trust the people that you are next to, and your team mates, you don't get another chance. I have huge admiration for everything that you do, everything that you believe in, and everything that you are doing for our country; it's a real honour for me to be here."

Earlier Beckham met senior officers during breakfast, including Deputy National Contingency Commander of British Forces, Brigadier Angus Fay. He said: "I think it's been fantastic for the British forces that he has shown so much interest in the work we are doing. He is such an iconic figure to everyone of all ages and background. His effect on the morale has been phenomenal and we are very grateful for his commitment to us."

Article from The Press Association

Ed Westwick

Ed at the Vogue / Express 30th Anniversary Party in NYC





Loving the stubble, grrrr!!

Street Dance 3D

Street Dance 3D is the UKs first street dance movie and also the first UK full-length feature to be shot in 3D. It features some lovely Brit Boys from Britains Got Talent - George Sampson, Flawless and Diversity.



The film tells the story of a group of street dancers rehearsing for the StreetDance Championships. When they lose their rehearsal space and are forced to team up with a group of ballet dancers, the dancers are challenged to succeed in a whole new world.
With some of the best dancers in Europe, StreetDance is a fun, uplifting, celebration of UK dance.

Out in UK cinemas today 21st May 2010

Rob Pattinson - Homme Greece

Heres is the interview from the Greek magazine Homme;

Q: When did you become aware of the hysteria surrounding your persona?
A: I had no idea of the hysteria surrounding Twilight, specially when we were filming the first movie. But when we came back to LA for some reshoots, we met 500 and more fans screaming and some girls were asking for autographs. There are a lot of girls who cry as well- but lately more and more want me to bite them, and that worries me a little bit. Once a girl asked me what she could do to get my attention. I told her to take her clothes off and she actually started to take her clothes off. Some people really would do anything…

Q. How do you feel about all this fame?
A. Overnight I wasn’t able to be a normal person anymore. I remember the day before the premiere of “Harry potter and the goblet of fire” I stood in Leicester Square and no one knew who I was. Suddenly people start screaming as soon as they see me. I mean, crazy!

Q. When did you decide to be an actor?
A. When I was 12, everything changed in my life. I went to a mixed school and I found out what it felt like to be cool. I discovered the hair gel as well. One day I was with my father in a restaurant and we were looking at some girls who had just ended their class in the local drama school. My father suggested I entered that school. I didn’t know exactly what his purposes were by suggesting me that, but I entered. It ended up being my only way out. I was among those guys who didn’t like doing their homework or studying. According to my teachers, I had great possibilities, but I was too lazy to find out. I really had no interest in school.

Q Do you like being interviewed?
A During interviews I’m extremely nervous. I don’t want to stay silent, because otherwise I would burst into tears owing to my nervousness. I just say the first thing that comes to mind. Of course the only way to protect your private life is to keep your mouth shut and not to talk about it with anyone. But, unfortunately, I have to talk. It’s in the contract.

Q If you had an actor to look up to, who would he be?
A Actors don’t seem to mention him that much, but I admit looking up to James Dean.

Q How do you feel when you face shows up on screen?
A I don’t like watching my movies. I hate seeing my face on screen because I am always worried about not being fake. I have always been worried about that and about looking like someone who fakes his emotions, I remember that when I was in my teens a girl that I was in a relationship with had cheated on me and so I tried to cry but it was a total failure. I couldn’t feel anything.

Q. Are you afraid of failure?
A. I think that when you fancy yourself as invincible, nothing matters. I understood that when , after I got my role in Harry Potter, everyone saw me as the hottest guy in all the UK. But then, all the noise ceases and no one cares. It’s important to understand that as soon as possible. In the end, no one cares about you.

Q. What do you think will happen when the twilight saga ends?
A. I don’t know. I’m a bit scared of the idea, to be honest.

Q. And if everything ended right now, how would you feel?
A. I don’t care. What is important to me right now is to be seen as a serious actor. I don’t want to be ashamed either of what I am or what I do.

Robert Pattinson - Water for Elephants

Rob on set of his new film Water for Elephants which started filming yesterday. Rob plays Jacob Jankowski starring alongside Reece Witherspoon as Marlena Rosenbluth and Christoph Waltz as August Rosenbluth. The film is based on the best selling book of the same name by Sara Gruen

Film synopsis;

When Jacob Jankowski, recently orphaned and suddenly adrift, jumps onto a passing train, he enters a world of freaks, drifters, and misfits, a second-rate circus struggling to survive during the Great Depression, making one-night stands in town after endless town. A veterinary student who almost earned his degree, Jacob is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. It is there that he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her. Water for Elephants is illuminated by a wonderful sense of time and place. It tells a story of a love between two people that overcomes incredible odds in a world in which even love is a luxury that few can afford."








Phew wee !!
Rob as Jacob = Major Hotness :-D x

Tom Hughes

Tom graduated from RADA in 2008 with a BA in acting. In 2009 he featured in the spin-off BBC series Casualty 1909, and in ITV's Trinity with Christian Cooke. In 2010, he appeared in Ian Dury biopic Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll as bandmate Chaz Jankel.



He has also recently starred in Sweet Nothings at the Young Vic Theatre and then also starred as rebellious Bruce Pearson in the brilliant Ricky Gervais and Steve Merchant film Cemetery Junction with Christian Cooke Jack Doolan Felicity Jones and Matthew Goode.







Aside from his acting career, he appeared in a Burberry campaign alongside actress Emma Watson and the lovely Douglas Booth. Tom also has a band and plays guitar.


He's sooo pretty :-) x

Marc Elliott

Congratulations Marc

EastEnders star Marc Elliott won best newcomer at the British Soap Awards for his performance as conflicted gay Muslim Syed Masood.

The 30-year-old actor has only been in EastEnders a year, but has quickly become one of the soap's central characters, around whom a major storyline has been weaved about a young Muslim dealing with his homosexuality.

Marc is from Stratford-Upon-Avon and is half Anglo-Indian and half Scottish.

He has also been in Holby City, The Invisibles, The Bill,
the brilliant Lewis and Mile Hile all tv programmes shown in the UK