Willy Wonka: Celebs Rumors

Bluey fans were left thoroughly disappointed following a disastrous event that has been likened to the Willy Wonka ‘Chocolate Experience’ in Glasgow.Last weekend, in an attempt to capitalise on the popularity of the Australian animated kids series, Dirt Dog hot dog restaurant in Las Vegas hosted a Bluey Day, promising attendees a marathon of episodes, a meet and greet with the characters, face painting and special themed treats.However, when people arrived at the restaurant, they were soon left disappointed by what was actually on offer. After 3,000 people responded to the event, concerns were quickly raised about the capacity and crowd control.

Timothée Chalamet was in good company during a visit with fans this weekend, where he was more than likely asked to call them by his name.

EXCLUSIVE: After helping bring the Paddington franchise and a new Willy Wonka movie to life, director Paul King has his sights set on another iconic character as sources tell Deadline King has come on to direct a new Prince Charming movie at Disney. Simon Barnaby and Jon Croker are co-writing along with King.

2019 movie “Uncut Gems” starring Adam Sandler, and the 2017 thriller “Good Time” starring Robert Pattinson. According to Variety, “Marty Supreme” is a fictional story inspired by the real professional ping pong player Marty Reisman, who won several medals at the World Table Tennis Championships between the late 1940s and the 1960s.

JB Gill has revealed that his wife thought he'd kissed his dance partner Amy Dowden during their latest Strictly Come Dancing performance as they both hit back at claims they didn't show a 'connection'.

Move over, Fyre Festival and the Willy Wonka experience! A Bridgerton-themed ball thrown in Detroit over the weekend is now in the middle of the storm!!

Tool bassist Justin Chancellor dressed up in a Willy Wonka disguise to prank the band’s support act on tour – watch the footage below.Californian alt-rock trio Night Verses were the victims while wrapping up their support duties on their European tour in June.Yesterday (August 20), Tool posted a video on social media of Chancellor wearing a Willy Wonka disguise alongside members of the band’s crew in animal costumes as they invaded the stage during an instrumental breakdown in Night Verses’ set.Understandably, the band members were a little confused to see Chancellor carrying a cane onstage and trying to conduct them – though, to their credit, they didn’t seem too bothered by the antics and were able to complete the song without missing a beat. Check out the moment here.A post shared by Tool (@toolmusic)Given Tool’s track record of pulling light-hearted pranks on their support bands, Night Verses may well have been expecting some tomfoolery.During Blonde Redhead’s last opening set for Tool in 2022, the band’s frontman Maynard James Keenan stormed the stage along with crew wearing blonde and red wigs.

Emma Corrin is teasing their new role in the Deadpool & Wolverine film, where they star opposite Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman.

EXCLUSIVE: Netflix’s plan to cook up a Willy Wonka reality competition series has moved to the next part of the factory.

Willy Wonka children’s event that took place in Glasgow earlier this year is to be turned into an Edinburgh Fringe show – and two of the original actors from the 1971 film will be there.Earlier this year, an experience event for children that was based on Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonks And The Chocolate Factory book and the Timothée Chalamet movie, Wonka, went viral after receiving dozens of complaints from parents.What appeared to be an immersive, Wonka-themed attraction, disappointed many members of the Glasgow public after being held in an abandoned warehouse using cheap props, costumes plus an AI-generated script.The £35 a ticket event was quickly shut down after receiving dozens of complaints from angry parents, many of whom demanded their money back and called the police.Now, Julie Dawn Cole and Paris Themmen, who played Veruca Salt and Mike Teevee respectively in the 1971 movie starring Gene Wilder, will co-narrate a new show at Edinburgh Festival based on the debacle.Willy’s Candy Spectacular: A Musical Parody will also see some of those involved in the original event in Glasgow will also take part, including Kirsty Paterson, who became a viral hit after pictures emerged of her as a sad Oompa Loompa.

Barbie was named Favorite Movie and its star Margot Robbie Favorite Movie Actress at the 2024 Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards tonight. Other big winners included Percy Jackson and the Olympians as Favorite Kids TV Show, along with the show’s Walker Scobell as Favorite Male TV Star (Kids). Young Sheldon and star Iain Armitage also took top honors as Favorite Family TV Show and Favorite Male TV Star (Family), respectively. Spider-Man: Across The Spiderverse landed Favorite Animated Movie, while the long-running SpongeBob SquarePants took the Favorite Cartoon trophy. Timothée Chalamet snagged the Favorite Movie Actor honor for his role as Willy Wonka in Wonka. Olivia Rodrigo took the Favorite Female TV Star (Kids) trophy for her role as Nini in High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. Taylor Swift snagged three awards including Favorite Female Artist and Travis Kelce was named Favorite Male Sports Star. See the full list below.

Alesha Dixon's outfit was the talk of the night at the BGT semi-finals, stealing the spotlight usually reserved for Amanda Holden's daring ensembles. The Britain's Got Talent judge dazzled viewers in a vibrant top paired with a near-identical purple blazer on on Thursday 30 May, drawing comparisons to the iconic Quality Street chocolates.

EXCLUSIVE: Willy Wonka, the eccentric founder of the Wonka Chocolate Factory from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, has been played by Gene Wilder, Johnny Depp and Timothée Chalamet on the big screen.

Wall Street Journal, O’Connor – who stars in Challengers alongside Zendaya and Mike Faist – revealed that the one character he would like to play given the chance is a “darker version” of Willy Wonka.However, O’Connor was quick to note that Timothée Chalamet most recently had a turn as the iconic character: “I think probably, I’d love to play Willy Wonka, but like a dark Willy Wonka. I know they just made a Wonka film with Timothée Chalamet, but I would really like to play a sort of darker version of him.”Chalamet isn’t the only actor O’Connor noted to take on the mantle of Wonka.

Josh O’Connor is currently starring in Luca Guadagnino’s Challengers and recently revealed what character he would love to play in the future.

A child star’s transition into adulthood is an age-old right of passage, and one only a handful have ever truly managed it successfully.For every Miley Cyrus and Selena Gomez, there’s been a Victoria Justice and a Haley Joel Osment; stars who have failed to evolve their brand and flourish into fully-fledged celebrities.Now, it’s former Dance Moms star JoJo Siwa’s turn, and she’s going down the classic good girl gone bad route that worked so well for the likes of Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera back in the early 2000s.Sadly for Siwa, who still drives around Los Angeles in a car emblazoned with her face on the paintwork with the interior covered in colourful rainbow stickers, the attempted rebrand appears anything but genuine to audiences who don’t seem to be falling for it.Siwa has amassed more than 30 million TikTok followers since she rose to fame on Dance Moms in her early teens.She quickly made a name for herself and became one of the show’s biggest breakout stars, with millions of pre-teen girls falling head over heels for her child-friendly, unicorn-loving, rainbow-colored persona.She began to build her career around her signature high-ponytail with a bow, and quickly morphed into a Wiggles-style entertainer.However, criticism soon began to follow her from all corners of the internet, with social media poking fun at the star for appearing to dress and act far younger than she actually was, with fake social media rumors even emerging of her being trapped in a contract that was forcing her to act such a way.After years of channelling the spirit of Willy Wonka, Siwa has finally now decided to break out of her childlike fantasy realm and embrace who she truly is at heart; which, according to her new image, is a

The organisers behind a US version of Glasgow’s Willy Wonka Experience have apologised to customers after admitting no big name stars have signed up to appear.

Timothée Chalamet's newest movies have helped him reach record-breaking status. In the late '70s, John Travolta had two top-grossing films come out within eight months of each other. "Saturday Night Fever" came out in December 1977 and "Greece" came out in June 1978.

Timothée Chalamet is taking on one of the most exciting and challenging roles of his career. He’ll be playing Bob Dylan in “A Complete Unknown,” a biopic that follows Dylan in the ‘60s, as his career rose to prominence and he changed the landscape of music and songwriting. Did Timothée Chalamet attend the Kardashian-Jenner Christmas Eve party with Kylie?How Zendaya helped Timothée Chalamet with his first apartment in New York CityThe film recently entered production, with Chalamet spotted hanging around New York in costume.

Last night a new documentary exploring the planning and execution of the viral Glasgow Willy Wonka experience aired on Channel 5 which got many people talking.

Katcy Stephan After a disastrous Willy Wonka “immersive” experience in Glasgow set the internet ablaze, the fiasco is getting the musical satire treatment. The creative team behind “Willy Fest: A Musical Parody” includes Emmy nominee Riki Lindhome (Garfunkel and Oates, “Another Period”), Emmy winners Tova Litvin and Doug Rockwell (“High School Musical: The Musical: The Series,” “Julie & The Phantoms”), TikTok songwriter Daniel Mertzlufft (“Ratatouille: The TikTok Musical” “Grumpy Monkey: The Musical”) and Broadway songwriters Alan Zachary and Michael Weiner (“First Date,” ABC’s “Once Upon a Time”).

A team of top film, television and stage songwriters have joined forces to create a musical satire inspired by the recent, ill-fated Willy Wonka knockoff fiasco in Glasgow, Scotland that became a social media phenomenon.

A 16-year-old has said going viral for playing mysterious masked figure The Unknown at a botched Wonka event has “totally changed my life” and helped her to fulfil a “dream” of working with the London Dungeon.

A mural paying tribute to the scandal-hit Willy Wonka experience has appeared in Glasgow.

which went viral last month, was advertised as “a celebration of sweetness and imagination” that was inspired by the hit movie Wonka and the Roald Dahl book behind it. Outraged parents began demanding a refund shortly after it opened, describing it as a “farce” run by “cowboys”.The event’s organisers, House of Illuminati, decided to pull the plug just hours into its opening day.

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went viral on social media.Advertised as “a celebration of sweetness and imagination” that was inspired by the hit movie Wonka and the Roald Dahl book behind it, outraged parents began demanding a refund shortly after it opened, describing it as a “farce” run by “cowboys”. The event’s organisers, House of Illuminati, decided to pull the plug just hours into its opening day.Channel 5 have now confirmed to The Independent that they will be making a standalone documentary titled Willy Wonka: The Scandal That Rocked Britain.

An hour-long documentary about the disastrous Willy Wonka event in Glasgow is due to air on Channel 5.The scandal went viral on social media and has featured on several TV shows, including Good Morning Britain. Channel 5 has created a programme about the chaotic event, titled Wonka: The Scandal That Rocked Britain.The documentary will land on TV screens on Saturday, 16 March.

It wouldn't be truly World Book Day unless we spied adorable children in the cutest outfits - and this year was no different - and it wasn't just the kids getting involved either. Stars including Rochelle Humes and Kerry Katona were clearly up before their alarms this morning to help their sweet children get ready for a day of dressing up fun at school to celebrate some of the world's biggest stars. The Hitlist host Rochelle was first to share adorable pictures of her two youngest children, Valentina, six, and Blake, three dressed as very convincing Oompa Loompas from Roald Dahl classic Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.

taking the internet by a storm over the last week, was advertised as an immersive interaction, based on the movie Wonka.Willy’s Chocolate Experience was advertised as “a celebration of sweetness and imagination”, but members of the public were left sorely disappointed at the low-budget production and AI-generated script, causing the event to be shut down on the day it opened.Kirsty Paterson was an actor involved in the performance, playing one of Willy Wonka’s trusted servants, the Oompa-Loompas. She was hired for the event in Glasgow by the organisers, House of Illuminati, and was reportedly offered £500 for working two days of the event.As per a video posted on the official Cameo Instagram page, and a post on Paterson’s TikTok page, she is now taking requests for personalised video and audio messages for fans.That’s me on cameo! Ready to take on requests from your Scottish Oompa Loompa.

By now, you’ve likely seen the “Willy Wonka Experience” going viral throughout the Internet.

The biggest event disaster since the Fyre Festival concert fiasco has drawn a second apology from its promoters.

An actress who played an Oompa Loompa at a disastrous Willy Wonka event that went viral has revealed she wanted to walk out of the 'immersive' experience in Glasgow. The Oompa Loompa actress broke her silence about the widely-criticised Willy Wonka chocolate factory event as she appeared on Good Morning Britain on Friday alongside a fellow actress.The events company, which promised a world of pure imagination, has since cancelled the show after parents, who paid £35 a ticket, turned up to find a sparse warehouse.

Ja Rule did in the wake of the Fyre Festival, he also felt “hustled, scammed, bamboozled, hood winked, lead astray.”An actor hired to work at the recent, disastrous Willy Wonka-themed event in Scotland feels his golden ticket was a scam.Paul Connell, who played the part of Wonka at “Willy’s Chocolate Experience” at the Box Hub Warehouse in Glasgow, said the viral event was an “absolute mess” and one of the “most embarrassing things” he’s ever seen, South West News Service reported.The calamity, which cost $45 a person, promised guests a “journey filled with wondrous creations and enchanting surprises” — but instead ended with kids in tears and furious parents.Guests arrived on Saturday, Feb. 24, to a “dirty,” near-empty warehouse — which Connell further described as a “health and safety nightmare” — with a printed AI background, a sad bouncy castle and lackluster props.There was also virtually no candy at the “Chocolate Experience,” and Connell said he was told to give kids one single jelly bean each and a quarter of a glass of lemonade upon arrival.Red-headed Connell admitted that an immediate “red flag” came when he was asked to portray Willy Wonka, rather than an Oompa Loompa — which he felt he better resembled.“The first red flag for me was when I was cast as Willy Wonka.

Willy Wonka at a widely criticised chocolate factory experience has spoken out about the nightmare acting gig.The Glasgow event went viral on social media after images emerged of an empty warehouse sparsely decorated with a few plastic mushrooms and pictures attached to the walls.Willy’s Chocolate Experience organiser Billy Coull apologised for his “vision of the artistic rendition of a well-known book that didn’t come to fruition” and offered 850 people their money back before closing the experience on Saturday (February 24).Now, Paul Connell, one of the actors hired to impersonate Willy Wonka, has revealed how the disastrous event unfolded, leading to furious parents trashing the set and demanding refunds.“The script was 15 pages of AI-generated gibberish of me just monologuing these mad things,” Connell told The Independent.“The bit that got me was where I had to say, ‘There is a man we don’t know his name. We know him as the Unknown.

'Willy Wonka Gate' has taken over the internet this week following the disastrous immersive experience held in Glasgow.