Mary Poppins, 60, nanny brought to the screen by Walt Disney, is no longer suitable for young people. The British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) has now changed the age rating of the 1964 film classic from “U – Universal” (suitable for all) to “PG – Parental Guidance” (suitable under parental supervision), a BBFC spokeswoman confirmed to the BBC. The reason: “discriminatory language”. The term “Hottentots” is used twice in the film, which white Europeans originally used for nomadic peoples in southern Africa, but which in the film refers to chimney sweeps blackened by soot. The film, which stars Julie Andrews, won five Oscars in 1965, including Best Actress and Best Song.
Sterling K. Brown, 47, actor, missed an important moment because of a dead cell phone battery. He read 126 congratulatory messages on his phone one morning after he fell asleep with his children and then was no longer reachable because the battery was dead. What did people want from him? Congratulations on the Oscar nomination for the supporting role in “American Fiction”, which Brown had not known about until then, he now told US magazine The Hollywood Reporter. But before Brown could celebrate, he first had to take the children to school and then answer messages throughout the day.
Scott Kingsley Swift, 71, father of Taylor Swift, is said to have fiercely protected his daughter. A paparazzo accuses Swift of being beaten when he tried to photograph the singer partying on a yacht in Sydney, reports the British The Guardian. When Taylor Swift got into a car around 2:30 a.m., a man hit him in the face, the paparazzo claims. “I didn’t know it was her father at first,” he only later identified him based on photos. “It was a bit of a shock, but I’ll leave the job to the police,” said the unnamed man. Scott Kingsley Swift immediately denied the allegations, AAP news agency reported. The Australian authorities are now investigating the allegation.
Isaac, 28, Germany’s singing ambassador at this year’s Eurovision Song Contest in Malmö, is not allowed to swear on stage. Like the online portal Schlager.de reports, the singer is set to change the lyrics to his song “Always On The Run.” The organizers probably disliked the passage “No one gives a shit about what’s on the run” because of the word “shit”. “Somehow there’s a ‘shhh’ or something like that. We’ve thought about it, we’ve also censored it. We’ll manage it, no problem,” Isaac told the portal. The ESC final will take place on May 11th in Malmö.