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Calvin Harris reportedly reminded Ellie Goulding "how high she used to sing".

The 'Lights' hitmaker reflected on how working with the DJ on her new collaboration 'Miracle' helped her reconnect with the way she sang earlier in her career.

In an interview with 'Capital Dance', the artist said: "I've always had this higher pitch and when I was recording my first album, if I was listening to my old music - not that I would listen to my old music on a regular basis - I remember how high I used to sing and I've always been influenced by singers who sang exceptionally high, I would then go down a vocal range which I felt was cooler and maybe better suited to the pop records sometimes need I just want someone to say to me, 'You can do that' — that sounds really lame.

When I first heard that, I was like, 'There's no way I can sing that.'" The 36-year-old singer also revealed, that it has been "a sheer delight" for her to return to the dance music world, saying she hopes to spend more time with Calvin at his Ibiza farm in the future.

Oldman is a child of the British working class. His father was an alcoholic who left the family early.

After a difficult start to his career - he worked as a shoe seller and in a slaughterhouse to finance his acting studies - Oldman established himself as a theater actor and was a member of the renowned Royal Shakespeare Company for a year from 1985.

Oldman became a star as punk legend Sid Vicious (1957-1979) in the cult biopic "Sid & Nancy" (1986) directed by Alex Cox (68). According to the actor, he almost didn't accept the iconic role - but it offered a small foretaste of the following decade, when Oldman seemed to be typecast as a psychotic villain in major film productions.

The villains he often played, Oldman once told the New York Times, would "burn from the first bar, they're like rock 'n' roll."

After moving to the United States in the early 1990s, Oldman appeared in a series of successful film projects such as "State of Grace" (German title: "Im Vorhof der Hölle", 1990), "JFK: Tatort Dallas" (1991), "Bram Stoker's Dracula" (1992), and "True Romance" (1993).

Oldman's most well-known roles from the nineties are probably those of the drug-addicted DEA agent Norman Stansfield in Luc Besson's (63) classic film "Léon - Der Profi" (1994) and the villain Jean-Baptiste Emanuel Zorg in Besson's brilliant sci-fi "The Fifth Element" (1997). Especially the embodiment of the last two mentioned villains seemed to be downright thieving fun for the actor, who is also known for his overacting.

British actress Lily Collins is celebrating her 34th birthday (March 18) abroad, in Japan to be precise. From there, the "Emily in Paris" star keeps his followers up to date on Instagram. It started for her and her husband, US director Charlie McDowell (39), in Moominvalley Park, about 40 kilometers from the capital Tokyo, as her first post shows.

Captioning six photos of her enjoying pancakes decorated with chocolatey Happy Birthday lettering or posing with Moomin characters, she captioned: "I landed in Japan where my birthday was a little early in this time zone! The celebrations have already begun – first stop: Moominvalley Park …” Among other things, US actress Shailene Woodley (31) congratulated under the post: “Happppppppppy birthday!!!!”, she wished the daughter of musician Phil Collins (72) .

Next stop Tokyo?
The next series of photos shows selfies by Collins and McDowell on a train. "Round 2 for my 34th birthday with my 1..." she wrote. She has not yet revealed exactly where she is going, but her followers are certain: "Lily in Tokyo" can be recognized.

Among the many well-wishers under this post is the American music star daughter Sofia Richie (24) – she also sends "Happy Birthday!!!!" and four emojis with hearts in their eyes.

Lily Collins and Charlie McDowell confirmed their relationship in November 2020. The couple has been married since September 2021.

New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known from the hit movie "Jurassic Park", has made his leukemia disease public.

New Zealand actor Sam Neill, known from the hit movie "Jurassic Park", has made his leukemia disease public. In his upcoming autobiography Did I Ever Tell You This, Neill writes that he has been treated for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma since March last year and may die from it.

Required chemotherapy until the end of his life
In an interview with the "Guardian", the 75-year-old said that despite the success of the treatment, he would undergo chemotherapy until the end of his life. "I can't pretend the last year hasn't had its dark moments," said Neill. He was "grateful for every day and immeasurably grateful for all my friends".

Neill's long acting career began in the 1970s and has garnered him dozens of roles in film and television, including the series Peaky Blinders and the films The Hunt for Red October and The Piano. In 2022, he reprized the role of paleontologist Dr. Alan Grant.

Pink Floyd co-founder Roger Waters (79) has again issued a statement after allegations of anti-Semitism and a possible cancellation of his concerts in Frankfurt and Munich. "My lawyers are taking steps to ensure that my concerts in Munich and Frankfurt in May 2023 take place as contractually agreed," he is quoted as saying in a statement from his management.

Human rights and freedom of expression for all people, as provided for in German law, must be enforced. That's why he's taking this step "to make sure that the will of a few doesn't prevent me from performing in Frankfurt and Munich," emphasizes Waters.

He wanted to take legal action to protect himself "from the unconstitutional measures" of two authorities "which appear to be based on a fundamentally false accusation made against me, namely that I am anti-Semitic". He wanted to make it clear once and for all "that I am not anti-Semitic and have never been anti-Semitic and nothing anyone can say or publish will change that".

"Anti-Semitism is abominable"
The musician further explains: "My well-known views relate solely to the policies and actions of the Israeli government and not to the people of Israel. Anti-Semitism is abhorrent and racist and I condemn it as unreservedly as I do all forms of racism." He was confident that truth and justice would prevail and that the authorities would not succeed in "denying me one of my fundamental human rights."

The city of Frankfurt had announced that it would ban a performance by Waters planned for May 28, citing his "continued anti-Israel behavior". According to media reports, the city of Munich is planning something similar. There, the city council should deal with a possible cancellation of the concert on May 21 in the Olympic Hall next Wednesday. Roger Waters has announced further performances in Germany for May, including Hamburg (May 7), Cologne (May 9) and Berlin (May 17/18).