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Feb262021 by adminNo Comments

How unseen GoPro footage in new documentary captured Billie Eilish’s rise to superstardom

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Going from "a poorly kept secret to the biggest star on Earth" with an album you wrote in your brother's bedroom isn't normal - but neither is your mum hanging a GoPro on the wall to film every moment.For Billie Eilish, her journey from childhood to superstardom has been captured from day one - and now an intimate new documentary by filmmaker R J Cutler is letting fans in on the story behind the star. Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry starts with her first radio play aged just 13 with Ocean Eyes and goes on to show her writing, recording and releasing her debut album When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go? at 17. Image: A crew followed Eilish for a year. Pic: Billie Eilish: The World's A Little Blurry/Apple TV+ With around ...

Feb202021 by adminNo Comments

Billie Eilish granted restraining order against alleged death-threat stalker

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Billie Eilish has been granted a temporary restraining order against an alleged stalker accused of sending her a letter containing a death threat.In court documents obtained by NBC News, the 19-year-old singer claims the man, John Hearle, 23, had camped outside a school across the street from her home in Los Angeles. Eilish said in her request for the order that Hearle would speak indiscernibly in a "low and disturbing voice" while watching her leaving and arriving at the house, and on one occasion made a "throat-slitting gesture", the news outlet reported. "I no longer feel safe going outside my home and enjoying basic physical exercise in my neighbourhood, as he could attempt to approach and hurt me," the multi-Grammy winner said in her statement. "Every time I see him I just want to...

Mar252020 by adminNo Comments

Coronavirus: Mariah Carey, Billie Eilish to play home-made benefit concerts

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Billie Eilish, Mariah Carey and Alicia Keys will play a benefit concert with a difference to raise funds for those facing hardship as coronavirus spreads.The socially-distanced stars will sing live from their own living rooms in a one-hour charity special to be hosted by Sir Elton John on Sunday.The following day, Eilish will appear alongside BTS, Dua Lipa and others on another televised fundraising show.They will star on a special edition of James Corden's Late Late Show. Broadcasting from his garage, the British host will link up with BTS in South Korea, Dua Lipa in London, Andrea Bocelli in Italy, and Eilish, her brother Finneas O'Connell and John Legend in Los Angele...

Mar102020 by adminNo Comments

Billie Eilish responds to body shaming in concert video

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March 10 (UPI) -- Billie Eilish began her "Where Do We Go?" tour Monday in Miami, showing a video between songs in which she sheds her traditionally baggy sweater and spoke out against body shaming. "Some people hate what I wear, some people praise it, some people use it to shame others, some people use it to shame me, but I feel you watching, always," Eilish said. "Nothing I do goes unseen." Eilish said she could not live or perform for the approval of others. "While I feel your stares, your disapproval or your sighs of relief, if I lived by them, I'd never be able to move," she said. "Is my value based only on your perception? Or is your opinion of me not my responsibility?" At 18, Eilish has experienced the upside and downside of fame as a teenager. She won awards from Grammys to BRIT...

Feb182020 by adminNo Comments

Billie Eilish on Bond and online bullying

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The new James Bond theme No Time to Die only took three days to write, Billie Eilish and her producer and brother Finneas O'Connell have said. In an exclusive interview with BBC Breakfast, they spoke about the song and their experiences with social media.Let's block ads! (Why?) BBC News - Entertainment & Arts