Norton wanted to talk to the legend about the fact that someone is going to be playing her in a biopic. So, Julia Roberts yelled out, “Say it’s me. Please, say it’s me.” Then, Cher looked over her, tapped her shoulder, and said, “OK. It’s you.” to shut her up, which Roberts didn’t do.
Julia then imitated the unique way Cher flicks her back. And you can tell at this point Cher was over it because the singer looked at Norton as to say to him that he should pay attention to me and not her.
So he got the message and did. That is when he asked her if they had cast someone to play the part. And she said they haven’t because she can’t find anyone to fit her extraordinary life into a script short enough to be a movie.
So Cher asked for Tom Hanks’ help since he produced Mamma Mia 2, a movie she starred in, and he loved her singing in it. He especially loved the way she sang Abba’s Fernando. So he said as long as someone sings that song, it will be fine.
Hanks accidentally opened up a can of worms because she explained to him that she will be doing her own singing in the film. She hates it when people sing other people’s songs in production because it never sounds like the original singer.
That is when Roberts chimed in again, to explain not all the time. That is because Timothée Chalamet, who was also a guest, had just been cast to play Bob Dylan.
The difference between Cher and Dylan, is she is known for her voice, and Dylan for his lyrics.
Anyways, back to Cher. Roberts added that no one is like Cher and lovingly asked her, “How do you stand yourself?” Cher told, “I don’t! I’m a pain in the ass.”
But not as big of a pain in the ass as Roberts was to her during this episode.
And there was just one more zinger from Cher to Julia. When Cher said that her life was too big for a movie script, Roberts suggested they turn it into a miniseries. Cher didn’t even look at her when she said with disdain, “Yeah. I don’t think so.”
And with that, I love Cher even more! Because she doesn’t have time for anyone’s bullshit, including another Oscar winner who used to be highest paid female film actress.
Cher has had a loyal fanbase for over 50 years. But there is one person who is not a member of the Cher crew.
Today, when the legend was on The Graham Norton Show, the host asked her if she listens to her own music. “I am not a big Cher fan, so I don’t usually.” Then she added, “I usually like the songs that were hits.” Can you Believe that?
Norton followed up by wanting to know if she watches her own movies, and she told him no without hesitation.
Then Tom Hanks interjected and told her, “You’re missing out. Motion picture perfection, Mamma Mia 2. Fernando. When she busts out Fernando, the World stops, suns clash with the stars.”
Norton added Moonstruck, while Julia Roberts said Silkwood. I say Mask is by far her best film. That final scene has me ugly crying every time. What movie do you think is her best?
Now, back to her not being a Cheraholic. That makes me love her even more. Because so many Divas love themselves more than they should. For example, one who just released an audiobook for her memoir that is almost 50 hours long.
It seems like every few years, Diddy changes his name. He’s been Sean Combs, Sean Puffy Combs, Puffy, P Diddy, Diddy, now Love,
So today, when he was on The Graham Norton Show, the host wanted to know where Love fits in with all of his names.
The guy with many names explained that each name is like a different era for his life, and his life is his art.
Then he said, “Now, this is the ultimate goal. I have become Love.”
So Norton, in a high-pitched voice, asked, “Do I call you Love?” Love said, “This is where it gets confusing.”
We need an explainer after that statement. “Call me Diddy,” the Rapper said. “But when I am being Love, and I’m in that mood. Because I always have to remind myself we live in a toxic world. And it’s love versus hate. That’s what’s going on right now. And I choose love. That’s my new name. Love wins.”
OK, Puffy! I don’t know what you are puffing, but I need some of that.
We know Sir Patrick Stewart as bald. But if the studio execs had their way, he would’ve worn a wig on Star Trek: The Next Generation.
Today, when Picard was on The Graham Norton Show, he told the story about the audition process for the Sci-Fi series.
Stewart did three auditions, and he was getting ready to do the fourth for the heads of Paramount Studios. They decided they wanted to see what he would like with hair on his head. So, his agent asked him if he had a wig. The actor did, but it was still in London. Therefore, they had it flown over the pond to Los Angeles.
Finally, it was audition time, and he wore the hairpiece.
After it was over, he went to take it off. And the execs walked in to see what he would look like without it.
I think we all know which way they preferred him! Although, is it wrong for me to say I kind of like him with hair?
Back when Kate Winslet was 18 years old, she starred in the stage production of What the Butler Saw. And one night, he almost saw too much.
What did he see? The Oscar winner told Graham Norton there is a moment in the show when she has to go behind a curtain and take all of her clothes off. Then she lies down on a bed with a white sheet. When she goes horizontal, she feels the urge to poop.
She clenches her butt, hoping that nothing will come out. But she feels like something did. Since she is in full view of the audience because it is a theatre in the round, she scrunches the sheet around her so that no one will be none the wiser.
When she stands up, Winslet still feels the need to go and feels like if she moves the wrong way, there will be crap all over the floor. Finally, she runs off stage, gets to her dressing room, finds out nothing came out of her, gets to the bathroom just in time, and it was like gunfire.
And that is the shittiest thing to happen to a stage actor in the history of theater.
