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Sir Elton John is trying to reunite the original cast of the film The Devil Wears Prada for the opening night of his musical version in the West End.
Invitations have been pouring into Hollywood, and now he and his fellow producers are waiting for RSVPs.
“We don’t know if Meryl Streep will come, but the invitation is there,” said a source. “I think Anne Hathaway is coming.”
The show has its gala night at the Dominion Theater on December 1, World AIDS Day, with Sir Elton, who wrote the music, and her husband David Furnish in attendance.
The stage version stars Vanessa Williams as terrifying editor-in-chief Miranda Priestly, the role Streep made famous, and Georgie Buckland as aspiring journalist Andy, first played by Hathaway. Emily Blunt also played assistant Emily.
The musical debuted in Chicago in 2022 and the cast hopes to enjoy a performance in New York next time. At a Fortnum & Mason Salcombe Gin party, Georgie tells me: ‘We hope it moves to Broadway. That’s the goal, to get there.’
Genuine designer clothing from 2005 is used on the show when the action takes place, but my source tells me it will be kept under lock and key.
“No expense is spared on the program,” they said. “But there will be a solid inventory so that no items are lost, in case a cast member tries to borrow a bag for the evening.”
Sir Elton John is trying to recruit the cast of the film The Devil Wears Prada (pictured: Anne Hathaway and Meryl Streep) for the opening night of his musical theater version.
Opening night will take place at the Dominion Theater on December 1, World AIDS Day (pictured: Elton John attending the 2024 Gershwin Prize)
Favor paid when Kate signs nepo baby Ned Sims
Kate Moss is clearly not worried about the ‘nepo babies’ row, as the supermodel-turned-agent has hired the son of the man who made her famous.
Her agency now represents Ned Sims, the son of photographer David Sims, who photographed 17-year-old Kate in 1993 for his groundbreaking Calvin Klein campaign.
Interestingly, Ned, who at 5ft 11in, a bit small for a male model, went straight from unknown to the face of Zara’s autumn/winter 24 campaign. Before this important job, Ned had only appeared in the specialized fashion magazine Homme.
Moss has several nepo babies (the derogatory term for people considered to have benefited from nepotism) in her books, including her own ‘mini-me’, Lila Moss.
Kate Moss is apparently unfazed by the recent talk surrounding the nepo baby speech (Pictured: Kate Moss leaving the Ritz in Paris)
Ned Sims (pictured), son of photographer David Sims, who photographed 17-year-old Kate in 1993 for his groundbreaking Calvin Klein campaign, is the latest edition signed by his agency.
The soprano Charlotte has become crazy about the Moon
From performing for President Clinton in 1999 to waving incense sticks at the moon, has Charlotte Church undergone a spiritual transformation?
The singer, 38, appears to have lost her mind while presiding over a ceremony to celebrate the Pisces Full Moon in Wales last week.
“Imagine you’re on some kind of path or bridge to the moon that takes you up into the sky,” Charlotte (right) told the crowd as she walked barefoot along the Barry Island Promenade, humming and swaying as she did so.
Next, the soprano handed out a coconut bowl full of petals, which the attendees scattered into the sea.
Lastly, headphones were distributed for a silent disco, all in aid of Charlotte’s Anwen Education Project.
Charlotte Church on stage during Action for Children’s Starry Night Gala on November 30, 2023
Toyah’s £36 kiss isn’t strictly intimate
Punk star and Strictly contestant Toyah Willcox, left, has started whipping ‘kisses’ for £36 each.
But don’t expect a real kiss – fans are given an A5 sheet of paper that she kissed while wearing red lipstick.
But not everyone likes how he makes a profit. “I wish he would stop being embarrassed,” wrote one cruel online commenter. ‘From punk to money grabber!’
Punk star Toyah Wilcox (pictured at the Lies We Tell premiere on September 17, 2017) has been selling kisses for £36 each.
Math whiz Hannah finds her other half
Mathematician Hannah Fry has shrugged off her divorce from husband Phil and found love once again, I can reveal.
The teacher told me: ‘I have a new partner, Oliver, who I met on a dating app, so maybe kissing as many frogs as possible will work!’ Maybe love really is a numbers game after all.
That experience surely helped with a recent episode of her BBC Uncharted series, Love Bytes, which dealt with online dating.
Hannah is about to return to Radio 4 with her series Curious Cases, with comedian Dara O’Briain as her new co-presenter.
Despite her divorce from husband Phil, mathematician Hannah Fry (pictured at a Hey Duggie event) has found love again.
Actress Amanda Abbington, right, sparked the bullying crisis that engulfed Strictly Come Dancing, so fans will be surprised to learn she still watches the show.
The 50-year-old told me at a Future Dreams luncheon that she tunes in regularly, adding: “I’m I love Nancy (Xu) and Gorka (Márquez). It’s always very good. I have been talking to some of the professionals, and sending my votes.”
It’s a sad day for David Beckham fans who like to see him half naked, as the football icon has removed the ice bath in which he posed wearing only his Calvin Klein underwear, right?
The barrel-shaped tub was taken from the garden of the family’s Cotswolds home and placed unceremoniously in a landfill next to a skip at the edge of the property, apparently ready to be taken to the tip.
Age is just a number if you’re former Bond girl Sue Vanner. The 73-year-old, who snogged Sir Roger Moore over a pile of fur coats in The Spy Who Loved Me, lists her age as 67 on her dating profile.
She joined Raya, the members-only dating app used by celebrities, after her husband of 32 years left her for a younger woman who was pregnant.
Vanner’s ex, real estate mogul and reality TV star Warren Todd, is 16 years her junior. She filed for divorce last year and enlisted the help of King’s Divorce Lawyers in Payne Hicks Beach.