Gerard Butler Details His Heavy Boozing Past ‘I Didn’t Care If I Died’
Posted on Feb 13, 2012 @ 05:00PM - 1 comment
Gerard Butler has certainly come a long way since hitting bottom and giving up booze!
The Scottish actor, whose blackout drinking destroyed his career ambitions to become a lawyer in his twenties, explains why he quit drinking and how he got his life back together just in time to become an internationally known actor in an extensive new interview.
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“I had gone from a 16-year-old who couldn’t wait to grasp life to a 22-year-old who didn’t care if he died in his sleep,” the actor revealed to Chris Sullivan of The Red Bulletin about his heavy drinking.
Butler, who was working as a trainee at an Edinburgh law firm during the time, explains that his drinking got him fired from the job.
Great Scot! Brad Pitt Signs The Shirts Of Soccer Team
Posted on Aug 23, 2011 @ 12:30PM - Add a comment
He's one of the busiest men in showbiz, but big hearted Brad Pitt took time out from his hectic schedule to sign the shirts of a youth soccer team in Scotland, and RadarOnline.com has the photos.
Pitt -- who is filming 'World War Z' near Glasgow -- was all smiles as he posed with the kids and chatted to the team, but his generosity didn't end there.
Brad Pitt Signs Shirts Of Soccer Team
Posted on Aug 23, 2011 @ 10:52AM - Add a comment
Brad Pitt Signs Shirts Of Soccer Team
Susan Boyle "Pretty Shaken Up" After Home Break-In Says Brother
Posted on Jan 27, 2010 @ 11:30AM - 9 comments
Susan Boyle’s music producer brother Gerry Boyle has blasted her management team for a ‘severe’ lack of security surrounding his famous sister after an intruder broke into her Scottish home.
The singing sensation had just returned home Tuesday night from recording a charity record for Haiti quake survivors when she found a young man inside her home in Blackburn, West Lothian.
Susan Boyle "Very Distressed" After Finding Intruder In Home
Posted on Jan 27, 2010 @ 08:15AM - 10 comments
Singing sensation Susan Boyle got quite a scare Tuesday night when she discovered an intruder inside her home in Scotland.
Boyle had just returned home from recording a charity record for Haiti quake survivors when she found a young man inside her home in Blackburn, West Lothian.
Susan Boyle Returns Home After Whirlwind U.S. Visit
Posted on Jan 15, 2010 @ 06:30AM - 1 comment
Scottish songstress Susan Boyle, affectionately known as SuBo, returned to her rural home in Scotland Thursday after a whirlwind visit to the United States that included taping of The Oprah Winfrey Show.
The 48-year-old I Dreamed a Dream singer smiled for the waiting paparazzi in front of her home in Blackburn, West Lothian -- a sharp cry from her much publicized meltdown last year when she became an overnight worldwide sensation after wowing the judges and audience of Britain’s Got Talent.
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Posted on Nov 25, 2009 @ 02:39PM - 8 comments
Susan Boyle is living the high life. With her debut album I Dreamed A Dream poised to top the music charts, the Scottish sensation has all the cards in her favor.
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Her brother Gerry Boyle spoke to RadarOnline.com exclusively about how she is handling the fame, what their holiday plans are, and who should play his sister in a biopic about her life.
“There have been scripts made from a lot less than Susan’s story which by any standards is remarkable," Gerry said. “I would not be surprised in the least if there was a film made of her life and I would personally like to see Kathy Bates play my sister. Other British actresses like Brenda Blethyn would also be great and I just hope they get Brad Pitt to play me!"
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While Pitt may be a bit of a pipe dream, Boyle is hoping his sister's success will spill over to the rest of the family. He's currently establishing the venture aninstantworld.com which encompasses business, banking, and insurance. For now, the Boyle's are looking forward to a nice holidays at home.
“Susan is planning to be with her family over Christmas and New Year and it will be great to have her home with us over the holidays,” he added. “If an unknown woman from a small town in Scotland can go on to become the biggest selling artist in America then anything is possible. We are all very proud of Susan and her dream really has come true with these fantastic CD sales."
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Boyle, who recently made the morning show rounds in America, this past week was "not nervous at all" about her trip across the pond.
“I’ve seen a tremendous change in my sister over the last year and she really has a strong team of people surrounding her now," Gerry said. “I think that the sales of her CD will also be strong in other markets around the world because Susan’s story is so unique and it gives a lot of people hope.
