LONDON: Actor Jonathan Rhys Meyers, star of the Tudors television series, was taken to hospital this week after what tabloid newspaper The Sun reported was a suspected suicide attempt. Meyers, who played King Henry VIII in the TV series and has starred in movies such as Woody Allen’s Match Point, is believed to have taken pills at his home, the Sun said on Thursday. (PTI)
Pitt, Jolie hide behind walls
London: Actor Brad Pitt says he and his long-term partner Angelina Jolie hide behind the walls sometimes to escape their celebrity status. Pitt, 37, raises children, Maddox, 9, Pax, 7, Zahara, 6, Shiloh,5, and two-year-old twins Knox and Vivienne with the Jolie, 36. “It took me a good decade of hiding in my house and not going outside to even, like, get my arms around this idea of celebrity, where suddenly people are looking for you to pick your nose or get a shot of you kissing some woman,” Pitt said. “It’s a very discombobulating thing. But Angie and I have got it down pretty well. We have to hide behind some walls, but we’re good,” he added. (IANS)
Timberlake: Stealth Silicon Valley angel?
LOS ANGELES: As it turns out, Justin Timberlake’s role as Napster founder Sean Parker in The Social Network was a wink and nod to the celebrity’s little publicized role in driving Silicon Valley start-ups. But his involvement in the technology industry drew public notice this week with news that Timberlake, whose character in the Oscar-nominated movie helped shape Facebook’s early days, will take a stake in Myspace, the ailing social network website that New Corp is selling at a large loss. (PTI)
