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Rebel Wilson’s controversial memoir Rebel Rising is bemusing, tone-deaf and obsessed with money

Rebel Wilson’s controversial memoir Rebel Rising is bemusing, tone-deaf and obsessed with money

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For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Rebel Wilson landed in Hollywood with a mission: she would be the female Jonah Hill. She sensed there was a gap in the market for a girl like her, who grew up, dreaming of networking opportunities, in an Australian suburb and was taught in a university course on comedy that “people like to laugh at people that they don’t want to sleep with”. “I can create content, and that’s valuable,” she told Hill’s agents at a meeting in 2010, while hoping to get them on board with the Rebel Wilson business plan. “I see them pondering my potential and future in their minds,” she writes in her new memoir Rebel Rising. “My boob sweat starts to drip again.” Wilson’s book may be the first celebrity memoir to forgo gossip and myth-making in favour of detailing marketing strategies and movie-star asset management. Yes, there is a gripping – and, …

Sacha Baron Cohen Passages to Be Redacted From Rebel Wilson’s Memoir in UK

Sacha Baron Cohen Passages to Be Redacted From Rebel Wilson’s Memoir in UK

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When Rebel Wilson’s bombshell memoir drops in the United Kingdom today, allegations of inappropriate behavior by her onetime costar Sacha Baron Cohen won’t be in it. Rebel Rising was released by Simon & Schuster in the United States earlier this month, but her publisher in the UK has opted to redact sections of a chapter titled “Sacha Baron Cohen and Other Assholes,” a spokesperson for HarperCollins confirmed to The New York Times. “We are publishing every page, but for legal reasons, in the UK edition, we are redacting most of one page with some other small redactions and an explanatory note,” the statement said. “Those sections are a very small part of a much bigger story.” According to The Guardian, Wilson writes in the UK edition that the passages “can’t be printed here due to peculiarities of the law in England and Wales.” In a statement to Vanity Fair, a spokesperson for Baron Cohen lauded HarperCollins’ choice to redact the claims from UK editions. “HarperCollins did not fact-check this chapter in the book prior to …

Sacha Baron Cohen’s team reacts to Rebel Wilson’s redacted memoir in UK

Sacha Baron Cohen’s team reacts to Rebel Wilson’s redacted memoir in UK

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Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse Loughrey Get our The Life Cinematic email for free Sacha Baron Cohen’s legal team has declared the redacted UK release of Rebel Wilson’s memoir in the UK a “clear victory”, following her allegations of “disrespectful” behaviour on set. Wilson’s book, Rebel Rising, was published in the UK on Thursday (25 April), following its release in the US and other territories earlier this month. Among the chapters is one titled “Sacha Baron Cohen and Other A**holes”, in which the Pitch Perfect star makes claims about Baron Cohen’s behaviour during the filming of their 2016 comedy Grimsby, which he has strongly denied. However, the UK version does not include details of Wilson’s allegations of Baron Cohen’s behaviour, as expressed in full in the US version of the book. Instead, it includes a reference to “the worst experience of my professional life. An incident that left me feeling bullied, humiliated and compromised. “It can’t be printed here due to the peculiarities of …

Sacha Baron Cohen Passages To Be Censored In UK Edition Of Rebel Wilson’s Book

Sacha Baron Cohen Passages To Be Censored In UK Edition Of Rebel Wilson’s Book

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The UK edition of Rebel Wilson’s new book will feature a censored version of her account of working with Sacha Baron Cohen. Last month, the Pitch Perfect star made headlines when she posted a cryptic video on Instagram, in which she teased that a chapter of her new memoir Rebel Rising would see her speaking about an undisclosed “asshole” co-star. She later named the actor in question as Sacha Baron Cohen, with whom she appeared in the 2016 comedy Grimsby. At the time, a spokesperson for the Borat creator told HuffPost UK: “While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production…” The Guardian has now reported that a chapter of Rebel’s book titled Sacha Baron Cohen And Other Assholes reads: “SBC summoned me via a production assistant saying that I was needed to film an additional scene. What followed was the worst experience of my professional life. An …

Rebel Wilson’s Memoir to Be Published in UK With Passages Redacted

Rebel Wilson’s Memoir to Be Published in UK With Passages Redacted

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The U.K. edition of Rebel Wilson’s new memoir Rebel Rising will be published with redacted passages about her past on-set experiences with Sacha Baron Cohen. The Pitch Perfect actress previously shared that in chapter 23, titled “Sacha Baron Cohen and Other Assholes,” she recounts filming 2016’s The Brothers Grimsby with Baron Cohen. Earlier, she also claimed that the previously unnamed actor had hired “a crisis PR manager and lawyers” to “threaten” her over a chapter in her book. While the complete chapter is still in the U.S. version of the memoir, which hit bookshelves April 2, publisher HarperCollins told The Guardian in a new statement, “We are publishing every page, but for legal reasons, in the U.K. edition, we are redacting most of one page with some other small redactions and an explanatory note. Those sections are a very small part of a much bigger story.” Following the news of the redaction, a spokesperson for Baron Cohen shared in a statement, “Harper Collins did not fact check this chapter in the book prior to publication and …

Owen Wilson’s rarely-seen sons Ford, 13, and Finn, 10, look just like their dad at rare celebratory outing

Owen Wilson’s rarely-seen sons Ford, 13, and Finn, 10, look just like their dad at rare celebratory outing

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Owen Wilson tends to keep his private life out of the spotlight, but when the time came to cheer on the Los Angeles Football Club for their game against the New York Red Bulls, he was right by their side. The actor, 55, has been one of the team’s celebrity fans for quite a while, with the LA club boasting other famous fans like Prince Harry, Selena Gomez, Will Ferrell, and Jason Sudeikis. Joining him were his two rarely-seen sons, Robert “Ford” Wilson, 13, and his younger brother Finn Lindqvist Wilson, 10, who were captured in a video by the LAFC shared on Instagram. You may also likeVIDEO: Famous dads and their sons The trio broke out into screams and cheers when the team scored a goal, although the match ended with a hard-fought 2-2 draw between the teams. The boys looked quite like their dad, with Ford sporting longer hair with blonde and brunette shocks that resembled Owen’s, while Finn sported a shorter cut, his golden locks slicked back, and his braces on display …

A Noise Within: Actors shine in August Wilson’s ‘King Hedley II’

A Noise Within: Actors shine in August Wilson’s ‘King Hedley II’

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Not all of the 10 plays in August Wilson’s 20th century cycle are masterpieces. But each and every one provides opportunities for actors to inhabit characters whose dreams, relationships and histories are as intricately arranged as a network of roads, bridges and tunnels in a bygone metropolis. “King Hedley II,” in a revival at A Noise Within in Pasadena under the crisp and clear-eyed direction of Gregg T. Daniel, shares many of Wilson’s trademark faults. The play is verbose, the plot is sluggishly novelistic and the operatic scale is indulgent. Playwrights benefit from limits, and “King Hedley II” cries out for compression. On the page these problems are more glaring than they are in the theater. Actors have a way of activating the gifts that Wilson has given them. And the gifts of “King Hedley II” are richly abundant, as this production from A Noise Within makes clear. One of Wilson’s everlasting strengths is the complexity of his supporting characters. Consider Ruby, King’s mother in “King Hedley II,” who left her son in the care …

Rebel Wilson’s controversial memoir pulled from stores amid bombshell comments on Sacha Baron Cohen

Rebel Wilson’s controversial memoir pulled from stores amid bombshell comments on Sacha Baron Cohen

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Rebel Wilson’s new memoir has been highly publicized as she’s made bombshell statements about her experiences working in Hollywood as one of the industry’s most beloved comic actresses. But fans in the actress’s native country Australia were disappointed to find that Rebel Rising has been ‘indefinitely’ delayed despite due for release on April 3, 2024. © Chris HydeGOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – FEBRUARY 10: Rebel Wilson attends the 2024 AACTA Awards Presented By Foxtel Group at HOTA (Home of the Arts) on February 10, 2024 in Gold Coast, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images for AFI) Fans were reportedly confused when they received refunds for the book without explanation as to why the book was no longer available for purchase.  Some fans attempted to purchase the book in Australia online, but were reportedly met with 404 errors. Meanwhile Amazon Australia’s website told customers: “We don’t know when or if this item will be back in stock”. In a statement to Yahoo Lifestyle, HarperCollins AU said: “Publication of Rebel Rising has been delayed but we have no …

Sacha Baron Cohen denies Rebel Wilson’s claims of ‘asshole’ behaviour on set | Film

Sacha Baron Cohen denies Rebel Wilson’s claims of ‘asshole’ behaviour on set | Film

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Rebel Wilson has named Sacha Baron Cohen, who she worked with on the 2016 film The Brothers Grimsby (known as Grimsby in the UK), as the “massive asshole” she refers to in her forthcoming memoir, Rebel Rising. The Australian actor also claims that the Borat star is attempting to block publication of the book. Writing on Instagram today, Wilson said: “I will not be bullied or silenced with high priced lawyer or PR crisis managers. The ‘asshole’ that I am talking about in ONE CHAPTER of my book is Sacha Baron Cohen.” In a statement shared with the Guardian, representatives for Baron Cohen strongly rejected the allegations of bad behaviour on set, saying: While we appreciate the importance of speaking out, these demonstrably false claims are directly contradicted by extensive detailed evidence, including contemporaneous documents, film footage, and eyewitness accounts from those present before, during and after the production of The Brothers Grimsby. In previous Instagram posts, Wilson claimed that a “massive asshole” she once worked with had hired a crisis PR team and started …

Brian Wilson’s Family Pursues Conservatorship Following Wife’s Death

Brian Wilson’s Family Pursues Conservatorship Following Wife’s Death

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Brian Wilson’s family is seeking the best possible care for the 81-year-old Beach Boys legend. According to court documents obtained by ET on Friday, Wilson’s family is seeking a conservatorship for the singer, who is suffering from a “major neurocognitive disorder (such as dementia)” — and naming “longtime Wilson family representatives” LeeAnn Hard and Jean Sievers as co-conservators. The legal action — which came “after careful consideration and consultation among Brian, his seven children, Gloria Ramos [reportedly Wilson’s housekeeper] and Brian’s doctors (and consistent with family processes put in place by Brian and Melinda)” — is in part because Wilson’s wife, Melinda, died on Jan. 30. According to the docs, she was his primary caregiver at home and no successive caretaker was named in his Advanced Health Care Directive. “This decision was made to ensure that there will be no extreme changes to the household and Brian and the children living at home will be taken care of and remain in the home where they are cared for by Gloria Ramos and the wonderful team …