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Susan, a globally famous reality icon after performing on the televised competition Britain’s Got Talent, is contributing her “Who I Was Born to Be” song as the theme of the June anime film Welcome to the Space Show.
The anime is the first feature-length film from the R.O.D. Read or Die anime franchise‘s core team of director Koji Masunari, writer Hideyuki Kurata, and character designer Masashi Ishihama at A-1 Pictures Inc. The three later worked together on the Kamichu! anime series.
Not quite – Nick Jonas is heading to London’s West End for his return to the stage. The teen star will join the summer production of “Les Miserables” as Marius, a rep confirmed to Access Hollywood. He previously starred in productions of “Beauty and the Beast,” “Annie Get Your Gun” and “Les Mis” as a 7-year-old before branching out into pop-rock.
Susan Boyle, a devout Roman Catholic, has reported accepted the Vatican’s invitation to sing at a tribute honoring the church’s most reverend saint. According to British newspaper The Daily Express a top Vatican official flew to Scotland to propose the offer Boyle in-person.
Comic Ricky Gervais has sparked fury after claiming that Susan Boyle looks like a “mong”. The Office star made the sickening jibe about Scots star SuBo during his current UK tour.
Charity bosses have now written to Gervais to demand he stops using the word – a cruel nickname for Down’s Syndrome sufferers. During the tour, he said: ‘Look at Susan Boyle – if you can. Well, she’s a mong, isn’t she? She looks like a mong, doesn’t she?’
Xanthe Breen, of the Down’s Syndrome Association, said: ‘We’ve had a campaign to have that particular word removed from common usage and we really don’t want a resurgence. Families who live with Down’s are left very upset by it. I have contacted Mr Gervais’s PR company. I look forward to hearing from them.’
Ricky Gervais clears up Susan Boyle joke confusion
“The Office” creator sparked fury after using the word “mong” – a British saying often used as a derogatory term for sufferers of Down’s Syndrome – in a joke about Boyle.
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