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Promoción de X-men: Entrevista a Gary, Howard y Jason

A familiar venue for star-studded film junkets, The Dorchester hotel has still never seen anything like the launch of X-Men: First Class. In a lavish suite on the first floor, Robbie Williams is patiently explaining to a journalist why his superhero alter-ego would be an invisible flying onanist with the name "Wankneto". Next door, Mark Owen is discussing how the country's biggest man-band came to soundtrack Matthew Vaughn's Sixties-set superhero prequel. Thankfully, GQ.com had an audience with the members who seemed most excited about the whole surreal enterprise: Gary Barlow, Jason Orange and Howard Donald. Here they discuss celluloid inspiration, Mad Men and what we can expect from the biggest pop tour of the year...

So which of you was most excited about appearing on an X-Men soundtrack?
Gary: That's me. I used to live next door to someone who had all the Marvel comics. We used to go into his bedroom and read them all. I've got a ten-year-old son who has never been interested in comics, but I thought it was a brilliant part of growing up - imagining the explosions in your head. I've always loved the X-Men movies and I'm quite into sci-fi actually. When the chance came up to do it, I more or less dragged everyone to the screening. They all loved it though.

Which film soundtracks do you admire?
Howard: I loved the original Tron. I've not seen the new one but I like Daft Punk.
Jason: The Chemical Brothers have just done the score for Hanna- I bet that's good.
Gary: Tedious link here, but we were most interested hearing the score for First Class. Matthew had originally said, "Think John Barry, think the Sixties," but we'd made this piece of music that was nothing like the Sixties - or John Barry! But then we went to see Henry Jackman, the guy who was doing the score, at Hans Zimmer's studios. We were dreading hearing all this Sixties stuff - but there was none of it. We knew it was going to be fine then. It's more synth-led then orchestral. We felt pretty safe handing it in knowing that the goal was it sounding futuristic.

Which character in the film did you think was the most stylish?
Gary: I thought January Jones [as Emma Frost] wore some lovely garments of clothing. Only about two? Well, they're the right two.
Jason: I thought Jason Flemyng [as Azrael] looked the dog's bollocks. He looked frightening! Intimidating!

GQ Style's Luke Day [the band's stylist] told me that you wore custom-made Mugler breastplates for the National Movie Awards. What do you think of Nicola Formchetti's work for the label?
Howard: I didn't even know I was wearing Mugler! I didn't want to wear [the breastplate] but for the video it looked absolutely brilliant. It worked a treat for First Class.
Gary: I've got to be honest, fashion is a bit wasted on me. Even when I wear it. Mark's more into the fashion - he'll cut things out of magazines and bring them in.

The First Class sequels are going to be set in the Seventies and Eighties respectively. Fancy soundtracking them as well?
Gary: Is that what they're doing? Sixties/Seventies/Eighties? Wow.
Jason: Clever that! But "Love Love" isn't Sixties - it's perfect for the Progressed album as well.

Were you at all disappointed that you didn't get the song into the strip club scene?
Gary: We wrote it for the end. Matthew said that to us that they were running our song after the line about Magneto.
Howard: We played the trailer for First Class on YouTube, turned down the music and pumped up "Love Love" and we thought it was great with everything that was going on: all the bombs, the missiles and the helmets. That Gnarls Barkley song works really well in the strip club.
Gary: It's the only way of working with pictures - they won't let anything out of the studio.
Jason: I know what you mean though - it's cheeky to have in your music in a classic film in a classic scene. That's a memorable scene in the sex club. I love the fact we've had "Back For Good" in The Office and "Never Forget" in Shameless - which are my favourite programmes.

What films did you used to watch on the bus when you first started touring?
Gary: Three In A Bed. Erm…
Jason: You talking porn? [laughs] That tells you how much Gaz watches porn - it tends to be a bit more explicit than a ménage à trois. That's a bit too polite.
Howard: Snow Sluts 3.

Not a patch on Snow Sluts 2. That's a classic.
Gary: There's no comparison. And no, I don't know who did the score... [laughs] What did we used to watch?
Jason: Robbie and Mark dominated the TV back in those days playing their silly little boy computer games.
Howard: I'm a big fan of Star Wars, me. With First Class it works better for me than when they made the Star Wars prequel with Jar Jar Binks.

Matthew Vaughn said he wanted Magneto to be " James Bond with superpowers". Fancy doing a Bond theme?
Jason: If we were asked we'd be flipping all over it!
Gary: Our fans did a petition for us to do Quantum Of Solace, the one Jack White did with Alicia Keys. His was great - one of the best. I know the guy who does the Bond music, David Arnold, and he said to me, "Will you tell all your fans to f*** off?" He had a thousand petition notes in his inbox and he was really annoyed. A Bond theme is a great one to do, isn't it? It's the ultimate.

Christopher Mintz-Plasse told me that when he went to Matthew Vaughn's house, he was seated next to Robert De Niro. Did any of you have a similarly awkward encounter?
Gary: To be honest, we've been to his house a couple of times because we did Stardust with him, but he's based in LA at the moment. I think he's still editing the movie tonight. We saw him out there and he was -
Howard: Stressed! And full of flu.
Jason: I can't see past Matthew's wife [Claudia Schiffer], never mind any other guest in the room. I'd be like, "Robert De Niro who?" [laughs]

Given the setting of First Class and the fact that it stars January Jones, are you big Mad Men fans?
Howard: Nope.
Gary: You've never seen it? You got to watch that. It's set in a similar era.
Howard: Is that the one with superpowers?
Gary: No, it's set in an advertising company in America. I'm a big Mad Men fan - so that's why getting involved with this is a double whammy.
Jason: Is it the birth of advertising? Is that the premise?

It's basically lots of people wandering around smoking cigarettes in great suits...
Gary: And drinking all day in the office. It's just amazing.
Jason: Mad in it? Clever.

The Pet Shop Boys are supporting you on tour. Has Neil Tennant given his verdict on the new song yet?
Jason: I went to watch a show that they did - a ballet - and I met them when they'd just signed up to do our tour. I was trying to say thanks and to show my gratitude but I was surprised how chuffed and excited they are. I know it's a coup for us. We're as grateful as anything.

Given that you've ridden an elephant into a stadium, would you say you're comfortable working with the surreal and the spectacular?
Howard: Yeah, we like a bit of that!
Gary: For a tour though, you do step into another world, becoming people's entertainment for the evening. It's got to be spectacular and fairytale-like. We seem to do it quite naturally now. This is a massive week for us. This will undoubtedly be our biggest tour ever. It has come all the way round to the beginning again - all five of us are going to be up there. It's just beautiful, really beautiful. I know we're going to remember it for the rest of our lives.
Fuente: GQ

Manchester, 3/6/11 - Jason con nuestra bandera

Take That's Jason Orange: 'I love single life'

Take That star Jason Orange has admitted that he enjoys being the only single member of the group.

Speaking ahead of the launch of the Progress Live tour later this week, the 40-year-old singer insisted that he has no interest in settling down.

"I have no problem with being single. In fact, I love it," Orange told the Daily Star. "The other lads have to go home early as they are with their partners and some of them have children.

"But I enjoy being single and being able to go out partying. I don't want to settle down just yet."

However, his bandmate Mark Owen confessed that he is adjusting to avoiding alcohol following time in rehab last year.

"I'm enjoying not drinking," he said. "It is fine by me. It does seem strange not drinking at parties but I am doing all right now."

Take That will release Progressed, a repackaged version of their chart-topping album, on July 13.

Fuente: DigitalSpy

Take That! Jason Orange's bargain eBay Merc

Hidden away on eBay is a Mercedes CLK55 AMG, owned for five years by Jason Orange of Take That.

A 2000X with 90,000 miles and full history, this is a hugely fast car and silly value at its classified ad price of – £6,490. At this money you should Take That...

Fuente: Mirror

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Jason’s voice couldn’t Take That

Jason Orange believes Take That robbed him of his voice.

The 40-year-old singer - who is joined in the band by Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald and Robbie Williams - admitted his time in the group constantly took from him, and he is now “on guard” about the five-some reuniting for the first time since Robbie quit Take That in 1995.

He explained: “I think every person's job either feeds them or takes from them. Take That, for me, the first time, took from me. It gave me money, it gave me a standard of living, but it robbed me of my voice.

“To come back as an older adult, on my guard and a bit wiser, I know it sounds melodramatic but it's like there's this thing up there, and we all give to it and get back from it, and it shines into us, and we can all grow from it - or it will just rob us again, and we'll leave, with all this sh*t that we didn't say or do.”

Meanwhile, Robbie - who quit Take That in 1995 amid a public feud with Gary Barlow - explained the band have been “grown-up” about the reunion.

He added to Culture magazine: “You see how many bands can't reunite after a falling out and then still do it. The when-hell-freezes-over sort of thing with the Eagles etc.

“Basically, we were all grown-ups about our sh*t, and owned it. If you own your own sh*t, you can move on. And we all did. From me and Gary having a proper chat, to then instantly falling into each other's arms and rolling about in my kitchen, laughing, was a moment in my life I will never forget.” - Bang Showbiz


Fuente: IOL

Más fotos de los Brits - Con sus parejas

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Fotos de Mark, Gary y Jason en Barbados

Fotos tomadas de: Mark Owen Daily Photo Gallery

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Take That iTunes Takeover: Day 3

As you all know, The Flood was released this week and in celebration, the band have been posting up a selection of their favourite things over on iTunes.

Today, Jason has uploaded his list, that is a must-see for all Take That fans out there. Check it out by clicking here.

What's more, you can also listen to 30 second clips of each track on the album, out next Monday 15 November.

Fuente: Take That

Jason in NYC

Aparentemente la foto se tomó ayer en el Grand Soho Hotel de Nueva York

La fiesta de cumpleaños de Jason

TAKE THAT's JASON ORANGE staged a lavish 40th birthday bash last night - and treated guests to a curry feast.

The singer spared no expense by taking over a whole hotel from 4pm to midday today in home city Manchester.

Bandmate HOWARD DONALD, 42, arrived at around 6pm carrying a spare set of clothes - and the rest of the lads were due to arrive later. Details of the do for Jason and his twin Justin were kept hush-hush, with invites sent out only days before.

Last night a source close to the star said: "Jason and Justin are up for a mad one.
"Everybody's wondering whether there will be 40 or 80 candles!

"Jason's pulled out all the stops to make this a night he'll never forget.

"The roof terrace is covered with a huge marquee and twinkly lights, and he's got all sorts of surprises up his sleeve.

"The food alone is something else - he's ordered curries galore, fish and chips and even a huge hog roast." A sign outside the Great John Street hotel yesterday said: "Exclusively booked until 12pm tomorrow. We apologise for any inconvenience."

Band hits such as Shine, Rule The World and classics from debut album Take That And Party blared from the hotel through the evening.

Even No Regrets by ROBBIE WILLIAMS was played - in a tribute to the singer who is rejoining the band for a tour and new album. He joined the lads last week rowing on the Thames as they filmed they new video.

Fuente: The Sun

Las consecuencias de la vuelta de Robbie xD

Jason Orange demoted to fifth favourite Take That member, again

In a move that is fooling absolutely nobody, Robbie Williams has rejoined Take That, pushing Jason Orange back to the position of everyone’s fifth-favourite band member, a position he hasn’t occupied since the band was reduced to four members in 1995.

Williams is rejoining the band which reformed in 2005 for artistic reasons, citing a lack of musical differences that left him with no choice but to rejoin the band.

The singer said he was “embarrassingly excited” about reuniting with his former group explaining, “there are not many overweight thirty-six year olds who get to join a boy-band, so I’m absolutely made up.”

“This is an amazing opportunity for me to spend a lot of time with people I don’t like very much for the sake of millions and millions of Take That pounds. Fans. Sorry, I meant fans.”

Change

However, the move has demoted Jason Orange from his recently-held position of fourth most popular Take That member, a role he has made his own over the last few years.

There are rumours that such a demotion might even force Orange to leave the band, a move which would make absolutely no difference to anyone at all.

A band insider explained, “Jason has got used to being the fourth most popular member of Take That. It’s how he introduces himself at parties. So this is a kick in the teeth.”

“There’s a big jump down from fourth to fifth. It’s like missing out on the Champions League by one place, to put it in terms non-Take That fans might understand.”

“Leaving is something he’ll have to think long and hard about though. He got left at a service station in 2008, and the boys ended up doing four gigs without him. No-one noticed.”

Fuente: News Arse

"Never mind Jason, someone will recognise you soon"

Piers Morgan, jurado del programa "Britain's got talent" comenta un encuentro casual con Jason el día 5 de Mayo que resultó ser bastante anecdótico. Esto es lo que nos cuenta:

"...I stumbled into an organic vegetarian restaurant in Kensington, where they serve platefuls of hot gruel (I never have a clue what I'm eating but it invariably tastes delicious) and was greeted by a familiar grinning face.

'Hello, Mr Morgan,' smiled Jason Orange from Take That. (As I said on Britain's Got Talent recently, I was the band's official biographer and knew them all before they'd ever had a hit.)
'Fancy joining me for a co ffee?' he suggested, so I did, and we sat basking in the glorious mid-afternoon sunshine, chewing the fat about life, the universe and the perils of fame.

Sir Paul McCartney was in the papers today revealing how he had a rulebook for dealing with fans ('I don't sign things or do pictures if I'm eating or in B&Q,' he said, to which Jason observed, 'I agree with him, but I'd love to know if he really goes into B&Q.')
'It's funny how things have changed for you since we first met,' he said. 'You used to be the one writing about celebrities, now you are one yourself.'
At which point, a young teenage girl asked me for an autograph.
'What are you doing here?' she asked.
'I'm auditioning this guy for Britain's Got Talent,' I replied, pointing at Jason. She looked at him, didn't show a flicker of recognition, thanked me and walked off . As we both laughed at the irony of this moment, she returned.
'She's worked out who you are,' I whispered. But she hadn't. She just wanted a picture of me as well.

As I posed, two lads in a lorry shouted out, 'Oi, Piers, we've got talent!' at the top of their voices. Again, not an eyebrow raised towards the international pop superstar sitting with me.
'Never mind, mate,' I consoled Jason. ' Someone will recognise you soon.'

As if on cue, a middle-aged lady walked up to him.
'Excuse me?' Jason turned and flashed his best celebrity smile.
'Could you look after my dog while I go inside?' We both burst out laughing.
'Of course,' he replied politely, as she tethered her terrier to the door. 'No problem.'

Minutes later, a lady in a light pink tracksuit jogged past, slammed to an abrupt halt, ripped out her iPod earplugs, and exclaimed at me: 'Not you! You're bloody everywhere!'
It was, by sublime coincidence, Stella McCartney. She sat down with us.
'What on earth are you two doing?'
'We're playing a game of Who's More Famous?' I replied. 'And I'm winning.'
'Try, Who's More Popular? and see how you get on,' she suggested.
After an amusing few minutes (Stella's remarkably down-to-earth given her absurdly legendary parentage), she sprang to her feet and began running o ff again.
'Does my bum look all right?' she shouted back.
I examined the relevant body part closely as it wiggled o ff down the High Street and shouted my verdict: 'Looks fabulous from here!'
Then a sudden thought flashed into my head. 'By the way, does your old man ever go into B&Q?' But, alas, she'd gone.

As Jason and I said our goodbyes, a man in a motorised wheelchair passed us, stopped a few feet on, and performed a slow U-turn.
'This is it,' I said, excitedly. The man wheeled back towards us, then diverted at the last minute into the restaurant.
Jason sighed. 'I'll never live this down.'..."

Fuente: TheInsider

Jason Orange & mystery brunette

TAKE That steady, Jase!

This is the moment I caught JASON ORANGE leading a mystery brunette to his hotel room in Los Angeles.

The single singer clutched a glass of red wine as they walked towards his suite at the posh Chateau Marmont hotel.

They'd been drinking at the bar for about three hours so it looked like a date to me.

But the lads' entourage are keeping quiet about whether the Orange was unpeeled.

Fuente: News Of The World

It´s so cold these days

Los chicos llegando al ensayo de Children in Need

Boda de Laura Bowley

Future's Orange at new Cheshire bar

Forget champagne - it was all about Orange at the launch of new Cheshire bar Boca.

Namely, a certain Take That heart-throb Jason Orange - who headed to the bash to support twin brother Justin Orange, the bar's resident DJ.

Jason dashed to the swanky do from a modelling shoot in London, but then was Up All Night partying with his bro at the South American-themed bar in Wilmslow.

Acclaimed DJ Justin has been drafted in to entertain the Cheshire Set crowd with a weekend residency at the new bar, run by husband and wife team Janet and David Rivett.

Janet was, needless to say, delighted with the event.

"Justin and Jason are very close and go out a lot together, so I hope we'll be seeing more of him," says Janet.

Fuente: MEN