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Daily Mail
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Jamie Dornan's wife Amelia Warner gives rare insight into marriage with her 'humble and funny' husband and why their children look set to follow in the actor's footsteps
's wife Amelia Warner has given a rare insight into the couple's private family life together. The 50 Shades of Grey star and the musician, both 43, have been married since 2013 and are parents to daughters Dulcie, 11, Elva, nine and five-year-old Alberta. Speaking to MailOnline, Amelia told how she believes at least one of their children will follow in their parents footsteps and get into showbusiness. 'I think the chances are high,' she said. 'I think that one of them will end up doing something in the industry, who knows? 'They're still quite young, and I think at that age they're still forming, but I think definitely at least one [of them will] I don't know what they'll do. I don't know what field.' But Amelia admitted she does worry about the rejection they might face, which comes with being in the industry. 'I always have mixed feelings about that because in some ways it's really hypocritical, because for me and my husband, we've had amazing opportunities, and amazing careers, and we have a wonderful life,' she said. 'So, I feel it wouldn't be fair for me to say no, you can't do it. A lot of our friends are from the industry so they'd be around people who can help them work, which would make it a bit easier, but it's hard. 'There's a lot of setbacks and rejections, and there are various things are difficult, but it's also incredible, and I would always want them to pursue whatever they want to pursue. I would never try and put them off anything.' Amelia, also known by her stage name Slow Moving Millie, added that her eldest daughter is working out that her dad is famous. 'My eldest – this was years ago – but she said, 'Oh Daddy really has a lot of friends. Every time we go out, people always come up to him.' 'She thought all these people were all his mates coming up and saying hello. I'm sure there is an awareness, but she won't always talk about it,' she said. Gushing about Jamie, she added: 'I think anyone that meets him thinks that [he is humble]. He's just very humble, funny, down-to-earth and a great guy. Many people forget very quickly.' Regarding her stunning good looks, Amelia insisted she has never gone under the knife but wouldn't be opposed to it in the future. 'I'm open to everything. I also think having daughters there's that extra [pressure]. I'm quite conscious of trying not to present anything to them that I wouldn't normally do, or that's not natural,' she said. It comes after Jamie made a very cheeky revelation about his sex life while talking to Nick Grimshaw at a Diet Coke event late last year. The Irish actor took on the role of an ambassador for the drinks brand with the campaign encouraging fans to proudly take ownership of their unique tastes, personal interests and own their Diet Coke break moment. And as host Nick asked The Fifty Shades star to reveal his 'optimum Diet Coke moment' Jamie appeared to hint at a cheeky response. Agreeing with the radio host that a Diet Coke on holiday is the best, he then added: 'Or in the morning after a sport,' he said in a playful manner to much laughter. Jamie - who's been married to composer Amelia Warner for 11 years - continued: 'It is quite nice after that,' as the audience chuckled. 'I'm also a golfer, so a nice one after golf.'
Indian Express
a day ago
- Entertainment
- Indian Express
11-year-old Taylor Swift knocked on every Nashville door, had them slammed in her face; now she writes the rules
Taylor Swift has changed the pop culture game for the foreseeable future. Today, she's the force even presidential hopefuls wait on for an endorsement, given her influence on youth and the massive power she holds to sway millions with one powerful post. But her rise wasn't some overnight sensation with one song blasting off the charts. It's been 19 years already since the 'Cruel Summer' singer stepped into the business, and while many know her early songs were bedroom tracks she wrote in high school—over breakups and the chaos of growing up—it didn't just catch a label's eye that easily. Before the Grammys, before the record-breaking tours, before she was Taylor Swift, she was just an eleven-year-old knocking on the doors of Nashville, the place she now calls home. Her refusal to sing anything she didn't write made her walk away from multiple deals… until the right one came along, Scott Borchetta's Big Machine Records. 19 years ago today, Taylor Swift released her first single 'Tim McGraw'. Also read: Body found near Taylor Swift's home identified: Who was Eric Wein, the 13th victim of the Rhode Island's serial killer havoc? Taylor Swift was just eleven when her parents, Scott and Andrea, realised their daughter was different. They sold their family home in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, and moved to Tennessee to be closer to Nashville, the land of country music. Her father took a job there, and her mother gave up her own career to manage Swift's. They would watched her fill notebooks with lyrics and perform at county fairs, all for one shot at Music City. Swift soon flew to Nashville with demo CDs, singing karaoke tracks that, in her own words, made her sound like a chipmunk. Her mom stayed in the car with her younger brother while Swift went door to door on Music Row asking for a record deal. ''Hi, I'm Taylor. I'm eleven. And I want to be a country music singer. Could you please pass my CD to the right person?'—that's how she introduced herself. Nobody called back. Some even shut their door, saying 'girls won't make it', but rejection didn't crush her. She came back home, realised karaoke wouldn't cut it, and picked up a 12-string guitar. Her parents said her hands were too small for it, but she practised till her fingers bled, taped them up, and kept going. By 12, she had already written 'The Outside' and a Christmas song that ended up on her early releases. At 13, Taylor Swift landed a development deal with RCA. A big breakthrough was on the line, but when they wanted her to record songs she didn't write, she walked away. The now 14-time Grammy winner was dead set on only singing what she wrote. Soon after, she signed with Sony/ATV Publishing, becoming the youngest to do so in Nashville. Taylor's middle school days were rough, while other kids talked about quizzes, dressed up, and played around, she wrote music. She once said industry rejection felt kinder than what she faced in middle school. When she met Scott Borchetta, he wanted to sign her, but had just left Universal. She signed anyway. No big building, no fat budgets, Swift and her mom used to sit on the floor stuffing promo CDs into envelopes for radio stations. Back then, Swift was hands-on with a social media platform called MySpace, pre-Instagram, pre-Twitter era, replying to fans herself. When her first single didn't hit on radio, she took it online. Her page blew up. Her team used that fan response to prove to the radio that the audience was already there. Even after breaking through, she stayed close to her fans, signing autographs until the last person went home smiling. By 2008, she wasn't just opening for Rascal Flatts, she was outselling most of the industry. Her mom said, 'She never once said she wanted to be famous. Her happiest moments are after writing a killer song. If that's where she finds joy, she'll be just fine.'
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
How many times is too many times to flake on someone?
We've all been there: You've made plans with a friend and been looking forward to the get-together all day. Maybe you turned down other invitations to keep this commitment or you're just excited to spend time with someone you like. You're standing in front of your closet deciding what to wear when suddenly your phone dings: 'Hey. I've had the longest day and I feel like I just need to be in my pajamas,' a text message from your friend reads. 'Let's try again soon!' Oof. You've just been flaked on and it hurts. 'It feels like rejection and nobody wants to feel that,' said Danielle Jackson, a friendship coach in Tampa, Fla., and author of the book 'Fighting for our Friendships: The Science and Art of Conflict and Connection in Women's Relationships." 'You wonder if the person is invested in you or respects your time. And you may feel you are not going to put yourself in that situation again.' Read more: Can straight married men and women be friends? I went on a quest to find out It's totally understandable to feel angry, hurt or embarrassed when someone flakes on you, and you might want to write that person out of your life entirely. But not all flaking is the same. I talked to some friends about flaking, asking them how many times is too many times for someone to cancel a plan, and found that, as with everything in life, context matters. One friend shared that when it comes to one of her best friends from childhood, there is no limit to the number of times they cancel on each other. 'Every time we make a plan I know there's only a 50% chance it will actually happen,' she said. 'But I've known her for 30 years. We will be friends forever.' Molly, who, like me, is in her late 40s and is the busiest person I know, said the older she gets, the less upset she feels when people cancel on her, even when it means derailing her carefully arranged schedule. 'I've come to realize that when somebody flakes, it's usually not about me,' she said. 'People can't keep plans for so many different reasons — they probably just have some [stuff] going on.' My friend Carol offered a similarly nuanced take. 'It depends on the background of the friendship and if they earned the right to flake,' she said. 'And that's tenure and showing up for the big things.' I respect these friends' patience and understanding, but personally, I agree with my friend Laura's perspective. "My time feels very valuable to me, and I'm very discerning about how much of it I give and who I give it to," she told me. "Generally speaking it's hard for me with my personality to get really close with unreliable people." Stephanie took an even more hard-line stance: "I tend to feel like grit and effort are admirable traits and I feel a little allergic to self-indulgence in general," she said. "So if someone is a self-care queen, we're not going to be a good match." Figuring out how you feel about flaking — whether you're thinking about flaking or if you're the person being flaked on — is hardly trivial. A growing number of studies over the past two decades have demonstrated that healthy friendships play an important role in both well-being and longevity. They have shown that people with close friends are more satisfied with their lives and less likely to suffer from depression. They are also less likely to die from all causes including heart problems and a range of chronic diseases. If making and maintaining close friends are a pathway to health and happiness, then it's useful to understand how canceling on people and being canceled on by others impacts these relationships. Researchers have also noted that at the same time that Americans, and particularly young Americans, are experiencing high amounts of loneliness, the ease with which people cancel plans to tend to their own well-being appears to be growing. TikTok is filled with Gen Z guidance on setting boundaries and the internet has no shortage of memes touting the joy of canceling plans. Read more: How to help a friend after a breakup? Your first instinct is wrong But while there may be a real personal cost to keeping a dinner date with a friend when you're tired, overwhelmed or emotionally spent, there can be serious costs to breaking that commitment as well. 'Yes, you can always change your mind when you make a plan, but you may not like what happens as a result,' said Mia Schachter, an intimacy coordinator and consent educator. 'If it's important to you that your friends think you're reliable and a person of your word, then even if you don't have the energy right now, you may need to push yourself beyond your capacity for the greater good of something you ultimately believe is important.' It's also true that no matter how dedicated we are to our friendships, there are times when we have to cancel plans. When that's the case, friendship researchers say there are ways to cancel that are less likely to damage the relationship. In a survey of 1,192 people, Michigan State University Professor Bill Chopik and his students asked respondents to share how upset they feel when someone cancels on them and which cancellations are the least hurtful and annoying. In a 2023 paper, they shared the following takeaways: If you have to cancel plans with someone but want to preserve the friendship, don't cancel at the last minute, don't lie about it and make sure you have a good reason for canceling. And for those times when we are canceled on ourselves, experts say we might offer our friends grace, especially if they apologize and try to repair the situation. As Jackson, the friendship coach, explained, if someone cancels on you and says, 'I'm the worst, this is a weird week, but does next Thursday at 6 work?' this person is acknowledging they probably put you out and disappointed you, and also demonstrating that they really do want to see you another time. "That's a completely different tone than 'Life happens,'' she said. Sign up for The Wild newsletter to get weekly insider tips on the best of our beaches, trails, parks, deserts, forests and mountains. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
Daily Mail
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Jamie Dornan's wife Amelia Warner gives rare interview about private couple's family life and raising their children
's wife Amelia Warner has given a rare insight into the couple's private family life together. The 50 Shades of Grey star and the musician, both 43, have been married since 2013 and are parents to daughters Dulcie, 11, Elva, nine and five-year-old Alberta. Speaking to MailOnline, Amelia told how she believes at least one of their children will follow in their parents footsteps and get into showbusiness. 'I think the chances are high,' she said. 'I think that one of them will end up doing something in the industry, who knows? 'They're still quite young, and I think at that age they're still forming, but I think definitely at least one [of them will] I don't know what they'll do. I don't know what field.' But Amelia admitted she does worry about the rejection they might face, which comes with being in the industry. 'I always have mixed feelings about that because in some ways it's really hypocritical, because for me and my husband, we've had amazing opportunities, and amazing careers, and we have a wonderful life,' she said. 'So, I feel it wouldn't be fair for me to say no, you can't do it. A lot of our friends are from the industry so they'd be around people who can help them work, which would make it a bit easier, but it's hard. 'There's a lot of setbacks and rejections, and there are various things are difficult, but it's also incredible, and I would always want them to pursue whatever they want to pursue. I would never try and put them off anything.' Amelia, also known by her stage name Slow Moving Millie, added that her eldest daughter is working out that her dad is famous. 'My eldest – this was years ago – but she said, 'Oh Daddy really has a lot of friends. Every time we go out, people always come up to him.' 'She thought all these people were all his mates coming up and saying hello. I'm sure there is an awareness, but she won't always talk about it,' she said. Gushing about Jamie, she added: 'I think anyone that meets him thinks that [he is humble]. He's just very humble, funny, down-to-earth and a great guy. Many people forget very quickly.' Regarding her stunning good looks, Amelia insisted she has never gone under the knife but wouldn't be opposed to it in the future. 'I'm open to everything. I also think having daughters there's that extra [pressure]. I'm quite conscious of trying not to present anything to them that I wouldn't normally do, or that's not natural,' she said. It comes after Jamie made a very cheeky revelation about his sex life while talking to Nick Grimshaw at a Diet Coke event late last year. The Irish actor took on the role of an ambassador for the drinks brand with the campaign encouraging fans to proudly take ownership of their unique tastes, personal interests and own their Diet Coke break moment. And as host Nick asked The Fifty Shades star to reveal his 'optimum Diet Coke moment' Jamie appeared to hint at a cheeky response. Agreeing with the radio host that a Diet Coke on holiday is the best, he then added: 'Or in the morning after a sport,' he said in a playful manner to much laughter. Jamie - who's been married to composer Amelia Warner for 11 years - continued: 'It is quite nice after that,' as the audience chuckled. 'I'm also a golfer, so a nice one after golf.' Amelia attended Tuesday night's ASCAP Awards at the Shard, where she won the Composer's Choice Accolade for Young Woman and the Sea.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Meghan Markle Says She Struggled To Find Mixed-Race Acting Roles Before ‘Suits,' Leading To 'Chapter Of Self-Doubt'
Meghan Markle has revealed that she struggled to find work before her Suits breakthrough because of a lack of mixed-race roles. In an interview for Emma Grede's Aspire podcast, Markle explained how she learned to overcome rejection during the formative years of her acting career. She described this as a 'chapter of self-doubt.' More from Deadline Prince Harry & Meghan Markle Lose 4 Staffers Amid Latest Shuffle Meghan Markle Recruits Bill Gates' Ex-Assistant As Chief Of Staff To Oversee "Dynamic Period Of Growth" Prince Harry Videoed On Doorbell Camera "Looking For Friend At Wrong House" During UK Visit 'I was an auditioning actress — and this was well before Suits — [and] you have to think: at that time, there were certainly not a lot of mixed-race parts,' Markle said. 'If I was going in for an audition, it was either — you have to remember, this was a very different time than it is now — girl next door. That was typically blonde-haired, blue-eyed, and a certain look, but because I'm half white, I would also be submitted for those roles. 'And then if it was a character that had any sort of ethnicity, there was always a bit of an edge to those characters, but I'd be submitted for those roles. And I also, to a lot of people in casting, they thought I was Latina.' Markle, who has not acted in many years and is now focused on her Netflix series and lifestyle company, said it was a 'numbers game' that could result in tens of rejections from casting directors. She continued: 'That is a lot to chip away at your self-esteem. That is really hard. I went through my chapter of self-doubt as an auditioning actor and beyond that. When you're so consumed by what everyone around you thinks of you, that can be a really hard way to live.' Markle has spoken about this period in her career in the past. In an op-ed for Elle magazine in 2015, she wrote: 'I wasn't black enough for the black roles and I wasn't white enough for the white ones, leaving me somewhere in the middle as the ethnic chameleon who couldn't book a job.' Markle was ultimately cast in Suits in 2010, and the series became a big hit for USA Network, before enjoying a second life on Netflix. Best of Deadline 'The Buccaneers' Season 2 Release Schedule: When Do New Episodes Come Out? 2025 TV Cancellations: Photo Gallery 2025-26 Awards Season Calendar: Dates For Tonys, Emmys, Oscars & More
