Dolly Parton, 78, country singer, promotes her goddaughter. “I hope she wins everything,” said the US icon about her goddaughter, the singer Miley Cyrus, 31, before this year’s Grammys. “She’s my little darling.” Cyrus, who scored a hit in 2023 with the song “Flowers” and released her album “Endless Summer Vacation,” is nominated for a Grammy six times this year. Parton, who already owns eleven of the golden trophies, told the US magazine People, that she feels “very close” to Cyrus: “I know she’s nervous and excited, so I hope she does well.” The Grammys will be awarded for the 66th time on February 4th.
Jens Knossalla, 37, entertainer, honed his entertainment talent at school. “Some students hate giving presentations. Things used to be completely different for me at school,” said “Knossi” to the German Press Agency. He always looked forward to presentations and always addressed his classmates directly (“Hey Tobi, now laugh!”) and got them involved. “It was really well received. It was always a mixture of very solid preparation and a lot of improv comedy.” If he remembers correctly, he “always” got an A for it. “You might have already noticed that this presenter thing is somehow in me.”
Austin Butler, 32, US actor, always has to look twice. Butler told the German Press Agency that he often watches films twice, the first time with a more professional look at the style. “I tend to be emotional. But it’s very difficult because I spend a lot of time on film sets and always have this professional perspective and ask: How did you shoot that?” The second time he tries to block it out “to soak up all the emotions.” The actor was nominated for an Oscar last year for his role as Elvis Presley.
Conchita Wurst, 35, singer and drag artist, sees the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) as an important role model for society. The competition is extremely powerful again this year, she told the German Press Agency in Hamburg. “Because it simply shows how nice we could have together if we were benevolent towards each other and not so consumed by fear.” Fear is often exploited in politics. This is bad because this fear is usually unfounded and artificially constructed.
Charles III, 75, British king, also uses his representative power in the hospital. “The King was admitted to a London clinic this morning for planned treatment,” Buckingham Palace said on Friday morning. Charles said he was pleased to learn that making his diagnosis public had a positive impact on public health awareness. The palace announced last week that Charles was being treated in hospital for an enlarged prostate. The announcement of the diagnosis was considered unusual. However, the king is said to have decided to do this in order to encourage other men to have themselves examined.