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A constant flow of hilarious anecdotes about everyone from Hollywood idols to rock ‘n’ roll stars trip off Steve Read’s tongue.
But it is the lensman’s images that really do the talking, a gallery of which are on show in his new exhibition – Shooting Stars Pays The Rent.
The original art director of lads’ mag loaded , Steve’s incredible pictures take viewers on a journey through the celebrity world of the late 1990s and early noughties, when he swapped commissioning photographers for taking pictures himself – and rubbing shoulders with La La Land’s glitterati. It comes after The Face magazine celebrated its 45th anniversary.
He tells The Mirror: “Soon I was on a different planet.”
One of his favourite memories comes from photographing Sharon and the late Ozzy Osbourne.
“This was before she was properly famous, but The Osbournes reality TV show was just about to come out in 2002,” he says. “The shoot was supposed to be all about her, but you couldn’t stop Ozzy getting in the shot and they just couldn’t put each other down.
“Sharon had wanted to do another shot, but the one that worked was them giving me the finger while they were kissing. ‘Pussy’ the cat is in the pic too.”
Now 64, Steve’s picture of the couple can be seen in his exhibition, which opens in Edinburgh at Kimpton Charlotte Square Hotel on Monday, 18 August, before touring the UK.
Also a filmmaker, Steve continues: “Ozzy was getting his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame the next day and he asked me if I wanted to go with him. Robbie Williams had just moved out to L.A. and he was like his new best friend and hanging out as well so I just tagged along. That was the level of intimacy you used to get back then.”
Another priceless anecdote comes from his shoot with Princess Anne’s daughter, the talented equestrian Zara Tindal.
He anticipated some problems, because he wanted her to bring her horse indoors, but he needn’t have worried – recalling how a middle-aged woman in a headscarf even offered to help.
“No, I’m ok love thanks,” he told her, without looking up.
His assistant ran up after she had walked off and told him: “That was Princess Anne you tw*t.” While Steve blushed, Zara laughed.
He says: “Zara is a dream to work with.”
As a photographer, Steve often found celebrities very different to their public persona.
“I bumped into John Lydon in a diner when he was in the States with the reformed Sex Pistols and he was on his own,” he says. “This was when I was working for loaded and he loved the magazine, took my number and said he’d call the next day. I thought no more about it until he actually did. Lovely guy. We had a great couple of days.”
His knack for putting famous people at ease comes from his childhood, according to Steve, as his dad was a Luton Town goalie and he became used to seeing celebrities, like Eric Morecambe – who was a director of the club – coming to his house.
Steve, who also worked with legendary editor Tina Brown on Talk magazine – an iconic celebrity title in America – adds: “Celebrities are like everybody else. “They have good days and bad days.”
Taylor Swift fans are eager to listen to their idol chat alongside her man on his New Heights podcast – and they may be able to early. The Shake It Off star, 35, will take her fandom of Travis Kelce’s podcast to the next level when she appears on the latest episode.
And for those who can’t wait until the UK midnight launch time tonight (Wednesday, August 13) there could be a way to get a hold of the content hours beforehand.
The upcoming episode is rumoured to be filled with many clues about Taylor’s upcoming album, titled The Life of a Showgirl. Earlier on Tuesday, she changed her website to read “Expires August 12 at 12:12 AM ET” along with an orange background.
The episode is set to be released stateside at 7pm ET, making it a UK release time of midnight. Fans can watch it on Travis’ New Heights YouTube channel.
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Fans of New Height can check out new episodes every Wednesday. Follow the Kelce brothers, Jason of the Philadelphia Eagles and Travis of the Kansas City Chiefs as they team up to provide access to life in the league as it unfolds.
However, on this occasion, Travis has brought his partner along for the ride. Those looking to listen to the unique content can do so on a number of streaming services.
The New Heights podcast is available on the Wondery App, YouTube and a number of other sights from where you can get your podcasts.
The episode has already sent Swifties wilds without evening airing in full yet. Teasers for the much-hyped cameo from TayTay have seen the singer announce her new album and take a cheeky swipe at male sports fans.
New Heights is part of the Wondery group, which offers subscribers the chance to get early access to content. New Heights’ official accounts routinely state, including as recently as last week’s episode, that by paying for Wondery+ you “can listen to new episodes early and ad-free, and get exclusive content on Wondery+. Join Wondery+ in the Wondery App, Apple Podcasts or Spotify.”
However, it has not been confirmed whether the Taylor episode will be released early, like all previous episodes. The cost to join is a £5.99 monthly subscription fee for Swifties that fancy taking a chance. The Mirror has approached Wondery for comment regarding this.
Taylor announced her 12th studio album, The Life Of A Showgirl, during her boyfriend Travis’ podcast. There is no confirmed release date, but it has been made available for pre-order and will be sent out by October 13.
In a teaser, Taylor appeared in a clip with her NFL star boyfriend Travis and his brother Jason, a former NFL player, on their New Heights podcast, where she opened a briefcase with “TS” printed on it, which contained the album but with its cover blurred out.
In the clip, she told the brothers: “So I wanted to show you something, this is my brand new album, The Life Of A Showgirl.” The brothers screamed and Travis shouted “TS 12”.
In a second teaser, Taylor jokingly took aim at the usual demographic for the podcast. “As we all know, you guys have a lot of male sports fans that listen to your podcast,” she quipped. “I think we all know that if there’s one thing that male sports fans want to see in their spaces and on their screens — it’s more of me.”
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Rob Beckett has revealed that he was kicked out of Mick Jagger’s wild 82nd birthday party last month as he partied with rock legends. Crashing the party as fellow funnyman Jimmy Carr’s plus one, Rob was already two sheets to the wind after rocking out at Oasis’ Wembley gig, knocking back beer, cocktails and wine, before accepting the last minute invite.
Hotfooting it over to a swanky Chelsea nightclub The Rex Rooms, he couldn’t believe his luck as he partied with the rock legends. “It was a tiny little back room and Mick Jagger was there,” he shared.
“Obviously, a lot of his ex-wives and children from his ex-wives. There was Mariella Frostrup. Someone Guinness (Lulu), this sort of like fashion lady. She looked like Lady Gaga. Sacha Baron Cohen. Ronnie Wood.”
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“It was really nice. They were really chatty and hospitable. The music was quite loud. I said hello to Mick Jagger. I didn’t properly chat to him.
“Because there was another separate room that had him in it with Sacha Baron Cohen,” he continued, talking on the Parenting Hell podcast. Rob isn’t the only one who has been letting his hair down.
“And I was chatting to Ronnie Wood and his wife, Sally, who are lovely.” But it all got a bit much for Rob, who started to get the beer fear.
“Then I was like, I’m too p***ed to be here. I was so p***ed. I’ve had six pints of lager, two espresso martinis, and I’d say a bottle and a half of rose, and just been to the best gig of my life.
And I’m stood wearing a Stone Island anorak with a vodka and soda after being on a motorbike chatting to Ronnie Wood and Sally Wood and Jimmy Carr. And I’m just talking absolute s****.”
Making a beeline for the door in his drunk state, he was helped on his way by some burly security.
“I got like frog marched out by four people that were like holding on to me,” he laughed.
Teased by co-host Josh Widdecombe that he’d been forcibly ejected, he mused: “Maybe I got kicked out. I don’t know! They’re walking me out, like they’re extracting me, like I’m a Rolling Stone and there’s like 10,000 people trying to grab me.”
He woke up in the morning to a banging headache and a friendly check in from his new pals Ronnie and Sally Wood. “They said they wanted to come to a gig!” he squeals. “That was one of the most mental nights of my life.”
It is not every day that Mickey and Minnie Mouse rock up at Newcastle United’s training ground.
But this was not your typical afternoon at the club’s Benton base.
A barbecue had been arranged for the players and their young families before the new season.
The words “better together” may have been signposted inside the canteen, but there was a notable absentee.
As much as Eddie Howe would love to be able to call upon Isak, the Newcastle head coach said it was “clear at the moment that we can’t involve him in the group”.
Isak remains determined to leave Newcastle and join Liverpool.
But Newcastle have stood firm, rejecting a £110m bid from the champions earlier this month.
Should that come as a surprise?
After all, what sort of message would it send to sell Isak to Liverpool?
What precedent could it set for other Newcastle players given that Isak still has three years left on his contract?
How would Newcastle even go about finding a worthy replacement, particularly so late in the window?
But could Isak really be reintegrated one day?
This situation is a “complicated mix of employer/employee relations and the specificity of sport” in the words of Dan Chapman, the partner and head of employment and sports teams at Leathes Prior.
“Contractually Newcastle are likely to be well within their rights to insist that Isak trains away from the first team and are absolutely entitled to hold him to his contract and reject any advances from Liverpool,” the lawyer said.
“However, balanced against that is a compelling commercial reality which is that he is a very expensive player to be paying if not involved with the first team – and if they refuse to sell him this window and do not play him, his market value will only diminish.
“For that reason, we often see that the so-called player power will be perceived to win out in the end, though Newcastle will be trying to ensure that, if they are going to end up selling the player, they absolutely maximise the value they receive.
“They will also want Isak to recognise that if he did end up spending this season as no more than a fringe player, he would be harming his own value and, potentially, entering a World Cup year in less than ideal conditions.
High stakes, indeed.
There has been an acknowledgement behind the scenes that a tight-knit group have been “disrupted” “during an “unsettling” period without their talisman.
But experienced defender Kieran Trippier vowed “we are together” and those words have been echoed by Howe.
“The group has been together,” the Newcastle head coach insisted. “Since the moment I stepped through the door, we had our challenges.
“We had big mountains to climb on the pitch, but we were always united off it. It’s been one of our biggest strengths and that’s why we have been successful.
“It doesn’t mean that we can’t overcome this and come back even stronger. I have to work really hard with a group of players who will fight and give everything for the football club so that we use any adversity or challenge to our benefit.”
It will likely fall to winger Anthony Gordon to lead the line against Aston Villa on Saturday because of a lack of senior alternatives up front.
That had never been part of the plan, but the same could be said of these past couple of months in general on Tyneside.
Last summer was challenging enough after Newcastle had to dash to raise funds to avoid a breach of profit and sustainability rules (PSR).
Where do you even begin?
There has been further boardroom upheaval following the departure of sporting director Paul Mitchell while chief executive Darren Eales is serving his notice.
Newcastle have also missed out on several transfer targets, including Benjamin Sesko, Hugo Ekitike, Joao Pedro and James Trafford.
These pursuits have highlighted the challenge Newcastle face to compete with clubs such as Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea and Manchester United, who have superior wage bills and a greater legacy of success.
It has left fans concerned.
Thomas Concannon, who helps plan the huge flag displays before home games, admitted it was “hard not to be a little bit nervous and down” particularly with the Isak situation “adding a big cloud of doubt over the whole project”.
But the Wor Flags volunteer still retains hope after the bulk of the squad helped the club qualify for the Champions League and end a long wait for silverware last season.
“The one thing you have learned with this team is that anything can happen when Eddie Howe is in charge,” he said.
“Newcastle still have St James’ behind them and a lot of things in their favour. I still think they can definitely do something.
“So many things have to go right to have a good season, but there’s nothing to say it can’t happen – especially if they finish the transfer window on a high.”
That remains a big if before the window shuts on 1 September.
But Newcastle have made progress this week.
Newcastle announced the arrival of AC Milan defender Malick Thiaw and the club are in advanced negotiations with Aston Villa to sign midfielder Jacob Ramsey, having brought in Anthony Elanga and Aaron Ramsdale.
Newcastle also remain interested in Brentford striker Yoane Wissa, who would be viewed as a replacement for Callum Wilson, rather than as a successor to Isak.
Timothee Chalamet has taken on another role as he adds to his impressive acting catalogue and this time, he is flirting with Gwyneth Paltrow. The trailer for his latest film project, Marty Supreme, has seen the actor step into another leading role.
It follows a young man, played by Timothee, who “goes to hell and back in pursuit of greatness” and has a dream “no-one respects”, according to a description from producers A24. Timothee, 29, has been transformed for the role as he dons a moustache and glasses.
The Wonka star said he was “in pursuit of greatness” himself after a win at the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards earlier this year. It comes after Liam Neeson’s son reacts to his dad’s romance with Pamela Anderson.
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In the trailer for Josh Safdie’s Marty Supreme, Timothee can be seen on the phone, speaking to Gwyneth’s movie star character. “I saw you in the lobby yesterday, well, I’ve never talked to an actual movie star, you know I’m something of a performer too,” he told her.
Across the two-minute video are clips of Marty getting out of an aeroplane, playing at ping-pong tournaments and throwing a bin during a match. In another scene, he said: “I have a purpose and if you think that’s some sort of blessing, it’s not.
“It means I have an obligation to see a very specific thing through and with that obligation comes sacrifice.” US rapper Tyler, The Creator makes an appearance as he is seen driving in a car with Marty and pushing his forehead in another clip.
Supporting cast members include Fam star Odessa A’zion, Canadian TV personality Kevin O’Leary, US filmmaker Abel Ferrara, and Saturday Night Fever actress Fran Drescher.
Filmmaker Safdie is known for directing Good Time, with Robert Pattinson, as well as Uncut Gems, starring Adam Sandler and Julia Fox. Timothee, has starred in films including Call Me By Your Name (2017), Little Women (2019), and Dune (2021), and won the leading actor prize at the SAG Awards in February for his role playing Bob Dylan in the biopic A Complete Unknown.
Marty Supreme will be released on Christmas Day 2025. It’s not just Timothee’s work that has grabbed headlines, as his romance with Kylie Jenner came as a surprise to fans.
The unlikely couple were first linked in April 2023 after reports surfaced that they had been spending time together. They made their first public appearance as a couple in September that year at Beyoncé’s Renaissance World Tour in Los Angeles, where they were photographed kissing and laughing together in the VIP section.
Since then, the couple have kept their relationship relatively low-key, occasionally being photographed on outings but avoiding public commentary about one another.
However, some fans have grown concerned about the status of the relationship after Kylie shared a series of revealing bikini snaps. The Kylie Cosmetics mogul, 28, stunned in a barely-there leopard print bikini earlier this month.
Over the past month, fans have noted the absence of any new images of the pair together, with Kylie also posting a series of Instagram Stories featuring melancholy song lyrics which have further fuelled rumours of a split.
She shared a photo with a glass of wine and added the Jeff Buckley classic Lover, You Should’ve Come over to her post. In the chorus, the Hallelujah legend sings: “Lover, you should’ve come over / ‘Cause it’s not too late.”
One fan rushed to X to share a screenshot of the breakup songs and wrote: “I hope Kylie and Timothee are doing good.” Another, who was hopeful that no split added: “They look so good together. I hope they get married.”
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