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    FFXIV Endwalker early access release date, server maintenance start time update https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/1529558/FFXIV-Endwalker-early-access-release-date-server-start-time-maintenance
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    <div><img src=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/143/750×445/1529558.jpg” class=”ff-og-image-inserted”></div><div readability=”58″><p><strong>UPDATE:</strong> Final Fantasy XIV Server maintenance for the launch of Endwalker early access starts at 9am GMT on Decembr 2 and will end at the same time on December 3 with the release of the new expansion.</p><p>More news on server congestion and possible gameplay issues this week can be found below for gamers across PC and PlayStation platforms.</p><p><strong>ORIGINAL:</strong> Square Enix has a busy week ahead as they prepare to launch FFXIV Endwalker into early access before the full server launch later in December. The good news is that Final Fantasy fans have already been informed about the upcoming server maintenance and how long the game will be offline.</p><p>The bad news is that Square Enix is also predicting trouble ahead for returning Final Fantasy XIV gamers, so things could run less smoothly than expected. And that’s not just during the server maintenance and lengthy downtime being planned, but also during FFXIV Endwalker early access and the full release date.</p><p>It means that there could be a busy and frustrating week ahead for those hoping to delve into the exciting new content planned for the hugely popular MMO. As you might expect, many of these problems will be down to lots of gamers trying to jump back into the game at around the same time.</p><p>Such a jump in traffic is likely to cause congestion, with Square Enix warning this week: “Since the launch of a new expansion is when a large number of players will be playing for extended periods of time, we are expecting far more simultaneous logins compared to usual.</p></div><div readability=”61″><p>“Furthermore, following a dramatic increase in the player base in all regions since this summer, we are currently experiencing record numbers of active users, and therefore are expecting a number of logins that is yet to be seen since the launch of FFXIV.</p><p>“In preparation for these predictions, we optimized our servers ahead of the expansion’s launch in order to increase login caps.</p><p>“On the other hand, due to the ongoing global shortage of semiconductors we have previously mentioned, we were unable to add new Worlds before the release of Endwalker. The addition of new Worlds will still be considered as we procure the necessary server machines.</p><p>“As such, there is a high likelihood of congestion that will result in Worlds reaching maximum login capacity and lengthy wait times when logging in. We would like to apologize for making this sort of announcement at a time when many of you are looking forward to the expansion, as well as for inconveniences that may be caused by congestion.”</p><p>The lack of New Worlds is a huge blow for those hoping to jump in without major issues being a possibility, but gamers are pretty well-versed when it comes to server instability during big launches.</p><p>Square Enix has also released a plan for how long servers will be down and when to expect Endwalker access to begin.</p></div><div readability=”56″><p><strong>FFXIV ENDWALKER EARLY ACCESS START TIME</strong></p><p>The FFXIV Endwalker early access release date has been set for 9am GMT on Friday, December 3, 2021.</p><p>As noted above, lengthy maintenance is also expected to last 24-hours before the early access period begins.</p><p>The Final Fantasy 14 server downtime is scheduled to start at 9am GMT on December 2 and end with the launch of Endwalker early access on December 3.</p><p>During this time, Final Fantasy 14 will not be playable and different parts of the game and additional websites will drop during maintenance.</p><p>This includes services tied to Mog Station and the game Companion App, so there will be a lengthy blackout concerning most of the game this week.</p><p>For gamers in North America, early access for Endwalker starts at 1am PDT on December 3, the same date as in Europe.</p></div> Thu, 02 Dec 2021 00:30:00 +0000 Gary Jones
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    Battlefield 2042 UPDATE 3 release time, patch notes, downtime news for HUGE download https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/gaming/1530100/Battlefield-2042-update-3-release-time-patch-notes-downtime-news-HUGE-download
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    <div class=”photo changeSpace”><p class=”withoutCaption”><picture> <source type=”image/webp” srcset=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/143/590x/Battlefield-2042-update-1530100.webp?r=1638398990116″ data-srcset=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/143/590x/Battlefield-2042-update-1530100.webp?r=1638398990116″> <img src=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/143/590x/Battlefield-2042-update-1530100.jpg?r=1638398990116″ data-src=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/143/590x/Battlefield-2042-update-1530100.jpg?r=1638398990116″ alt=”Battlefield 2042 update” width=”590″ height=”350″></picture><meta itemprop=”image” content=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/143/590x/Battlefield-2042-update-1530100.jpg?r=1638398990116″></p><span class=”newsCaption”>Battlefield 2042 gets a huge new update on December 2 <span class=”caption”>(Image: EA)</span></span></div><!–googleoff: all–><div class=”affiliate-links” readability=”8.1891891891892″> This article contains affiliate links, we may receive a commission on any sales we generate from it. <a data-link-tracking=”InArticle|Link” href=”https://www.express.co.uk/life-style/science-technology/1078812/Daily-Express-Information-on-Affiliate-links”>Learn more</a></div><!–googleon: all–>
    <div class=”text-description” readability=”72″><p>The new Battlefield 2042 update might be the biggest patch we’ve ever come across. Battlefield 2042 update #3 has a December 2 release date on PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC. According to a recent tweet by Electronic Arts, the update will be available to download at 8am GMT. Best of all – and perhaps surprising given the size of the update – the new patch doesn’t require any server downtime. Of course, there’s a chance this could change once the update goes live, and things potentially go wrong. Stay tuned to Express Online for any further updates regarding downtime.</p><p>As for the update itself, the new Battlefield 2042 patch is the game’s biggest yet. The new update makes over 150 gameplay improvements across the entire roster of maps.</p><p>”Throughout several areas of the game we’ve introduced improvements to make your experience while interacting within maps feel smoother,” EA explains.</p><p>”This includes over 150 individual fixes, small changes, and improvements across all of our Maps where we noticed they were detracting from gameplay, such as spawning, visual glitching or collision issues.</p><p>”Audio, rendering and interaction improvements and fixes for weapons, vehicles and Specialists are also included.”</p><p>Even better, however, is the addition of Weekly Missions, which come with their own cosmetic rewards. Battlefield Portal adds new game mode layouts for Rush, while additional templates are available in Builder.</p><p>You can see a selection of the Battlefield 2042 update #3 patch notes below…</p></div><div class=”box two-related-articles clear”> <header><h3>Related articles</h3> </header></div><div class=”text-description” readability=”88″><p><strong>Battlefield 2042 Update 0.3.0 patch notes…</strong></p><p><strong>Fixes, Changes, and Improvements</strong></p><p><strong>General</strong></p><p>• The Recent Players screen now include everyone from previous matches to allow for easier user reporting</p><p>• Made improvements to the “Interaction” system by switching the default “INTERACT” text on multiple interactions to reflect the action you are about to do, i.e. “OPEN CONTAINER”, “CALL ELEVATOR”</p><p>• Resolved Kaleidoscope server room lighting issue</p><p>• Resolved an issue related to the velocity / trajectory while spawning in jets</p><p>• Improved helicopter animation in level fly-bys during insertion</p><p>• Improvements to address an issue where players killed in vehicles would fall beneath level geometry</p><p>• Improvements to streaming assets in deploy screen presentation</p><p>• Player no longer gets stuck in a zipline/rope after exiting a vehicle after entering it too close to a zipline or rope</p><p>• Exiting an open seat early in the enter animation no longer causes your aim pitch to lock up</p><p>• Correct field of view is applied immediately following insertion sequences</p><p><strong>User Interface</strong></p><p>• Improved the Collection screens, making them easier to use and clear as to what you’re interacting with</p><p>• Improved the ways in which you’re able to manage your attachments via the Collection screen to reduce the number of interactions you need to have when building your loadouts</p><p>• Enhancements to our Player Card screen and End of Round (EOR) to provide additional polish</p><p>• Added new markers to make your newly unlocked items easier to find</p><p>• Improved screen transitions when entering and returning to the Main Menu</p><p>• Improved Report a Player flows, specifically around toxicity and cheating reports</p><p>• The in-game scoreboard now properly scales to match screen safe-zone settings</p><p>• Fixed instances where the scroll function didn’t work in the Options screens</p><p>• Implemented Focus restoration for screens so the focused button is remembered when re-entering a screen</p><p>• Fixed visual effects remain on screen during End of Round</p></div><div class=”p402_hide htmlappend”><p><iframe width=”674″ height=”379″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/ASzOzrB-a9E” title=”YouTube video player” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen>[embedded content]</iframe></p></div><div class=”text-description” readability=”77″><p><strong>CommoRose</strong></p><p>• Improved responsiveness of CommoRose opening</p><p>• Fixed inactive objectives showing in the CommoRose for defenders in Rush &amp; Breakthrough</p><p>• Fixed objectives not showing in the CommoRose for attackers in Rush</p><p><strong>Matchmaking &amp; Friends</strong></p><p>• Improved the experience between EOR and the Main Menu</p><p>• Improved Matchmaking reliability and reduced instances of Matchmaking failed</p><p>• Improved Crossplay invite flows</p><p>• Fixed Rich presence update issues, ensuring that your friends are better able to track where you are in Game</p><p>• Addressed servers getting stuck in unresponsive game states, where rounds fail to properly start</p><p>• Fixes to Friend Invitations for players on PC</p><p>• Fixed an issue where the friends list was sometimes not fully up to date</p><p><strong>Progression and Unlocks</strong></p><p>• Introduction of weekly missions, providing set challenges that reward cosmetic unlocks</p><p>• Added 1st match bonus of 1000 Dark Market Credits for Hazard Zone</p><p>• Improved overall XP/Rank tracking and reliability</p><p>• Improved Mastery rank tracking</p><p>• Improved reliability of Player card tracking</p><p>• The required level to unlock an item is no longer visible once the item is unlocked</p><p>• Fixed a bug where Mastery Badges weren’t displaying within the Portal Collection menu</p><p>• Fixed an issue that was not properly awarding XP for Angel resupplies</p><p>• 3D preview of vehicles now displays the correct customizations in the Collection menu</p><p>• Added a notification when reaching a new Player Card Badge tier</p><p>• Added a notification when reaching a new Mastery tier</p></div><div class=”text-description” readability=”74″><p><strong>Rendering</strong></p><p>• Addressed a variety of visual flickering and stuttering issues</p><p>• Improvements to water rendering when Aiming Down Sight (ADS)</p><p>• Added sight definition for iron sights to allow correct ADS for the VCAR</p><p>• Leaving ADS is now smoother than before on Xbox One and PlayStation 4 consoles</p><p>• Addressed multiple graphical issues affecting water reflections</p><p>• Addressed an issue with character rendering for players joining a match in progress</p><p>• Made improvements to artifacts affecting DLSS implementation</p><p>• Fixed flickering in the oasis water in El Alamein on deploy</p><p>• Fixed animations sometimes glitching when picking up a weapon from the ground</p><p>• Fixed Aircrafts sometimes showing up with wrong landing gear visuals</p><p>• Fixed issue that would cause incorrect bullet impact effects when shooting near water</p><p>• Fixed Ju-87 Stuka Gunner Seat firing visual effects not aligning properly with the airplane</p><p>• Shifted PSO-1 Scope forward on AN94 to prevent clipping into screen while idle</p><p>• Fixed skinning issues for several PP-29 Weapon Skins</p><p><strong>Maps</strong></p><p>• Over 150 individual fixes, small changes, and improvements across all of our Maps</p><p>• Improved level geometry issues across all levels addressing issues such players getting snagged or trapped</p><p>• Resolved multiple spawning issues</p><p>• Resolved visual glitches such as lens flare, visible seams in skydome</p><p>• Resolved a large number of collision and placement issues</p><p>• Addressed issues affecting local audio placement in multiple Maps</p></div><div class=”box related-articles clear”> <header><h3>Related articles</h3> </header></div>
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    Secret tapes reveal big screen tough guy James Coburn was a closet hippie https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1530089/James-Coburn-tough-guy-secret-hippie
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    <div class=”photo changeSpace”><p class=”withoutCaption”><picture> <source type=”image/webp” srcset=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/James-Coburn-1530089.webp?r=1638395116162″ data-srcset=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/James-Coburn-1530089.webp?r=1638395116162″> <img src=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/James-Coburn-1530089.jpg?r=1638395116162″ data-src=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/James-Coburn-1530089.jpg?r=1638395116162″ alt=”James Coburn” width=”590″ height=”350″></picture><meta itemprop=”image” content=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/James-Coburn-1530089.jpg?r=1638395116162″></p><span class=”newsCaption”>American actor James Coburn stars as Sheriff Pat Garrett in the film ‘Pat Garrett &amp; Billy the Kid’. <span class=”caption”>(Image: Silver Screen Collection/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)</span></span></div><div class=”text-description” readability=”37″><p>Cigar clenched in the corner of his mouth, riding tall in the saddle with his steely eyes set in a face that might have been carved from the granite hills, his sonorous voice deep as the ocean, James Coburn was the iconic cool Hollywood action hero.</p></div><div class=”box two-related-articles clear”> <header><h3>Related articles</h3> </header></div><div class=”text-description” readability=”62″><p>Starring in more than 70 films including The Magnificent Seven, The Great Escape, and Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, he was also America’s answer to James Bond as the suave secret agent in Our Man Flint.</p><p>Whether driving fast cars with Steve McQueen or training in martial arts with Bruce Lee, even off-screen he appeared to be the archetypal movie tough guy.</p><p>Yet a fascinating memoir published today, compiled from 50 hours of secret tape recordings left by the screen legend, tears away the Tinseltown facade to reveal a Coburn the public never knew a secret hippie who embraced the look, the philosophy and even the hallucinogenic drugs of the flower power era.</p><p>”He was a very different man from his Hollywood persona,” says his daughter-inlaw Robyn Coburn, 60, who compiled the memoir from the actor’s cache of tapes, private letters, journals and interviews with family and friends.</p><p>”He was a closet hippie, a New Age seeker before his time, always seeking spiritual enlightenment.</p></div><div class=”photo changeSpace”><p class=”withoutCaption”><picture> <source type=”image/webp” srcset=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/theme/Mobile/img/page/placeholder-horizontal.gif” data-srcset=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/secondary/James-Coburn-and-Kirk-Douglas-in-Draw-3788436.webp?r=1638395121581″> <img class=”lazy” src=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/secondary/James-Coburn-and-Kirk-Douglas-in-Draw-3788436.jpg?r=1638395121581″ alt=”James Coburn and Kirk Douglas in Draw!” title=”James Coburn and Kirk Douglas in Draw!” width=”590″ height=”350″></picture></p><span class=”newsCaption”>Coburn, right, with Kirk Douglas in 1984 western comedy Draw!. <span class=”caption”>(Image: PONOPRESSE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images))</span></span></div><div class=”text-description” readability=”65″><p>”In movies he was a tough guy, but in reality he wouldn’t hurt a fly. He studied martial arts with Bruce Lee, but he was extremely gentle. He’d rather talk than fight.”</p><p>In confessional tapes, Coburn admits experimenting with hallucinogens including LSD, smoking marijuana, and snorting cocaine, while studying Eastern mysticism and writing lyrical romantic poetry.</p><p>He also admits to his failings as a negligent father and an unfaithful husband.</p><p>On screen Coburn would be equally at home on horseback in dusty Westerns, or playing urbane fashion-forward sophisticates.</p><p>Yet away from the cameras he would relax in flowing North African kaftans, his home filled with Asian and Indian art and carvings, Kama Sutra paintings, drums and Chinese gongs, his memoir reveals.</p><p>He had already tried peyote, a Mexican plant containing the psychedelic drug mescaline, several times when in 1959 he first took LSD.</p><p><span>”It was phenomenal,” he raved. “I love it… It opened your mind to seeing things in new ways, in a new depth.”</span></p></div><div class=”photo changeSpace”><p class=”withoutCaption”><picture> <source type=”image/webp” srcset=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/theme/Mobile/img/page/placeholder-horizontal.gif” data-srcset=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/secondary/James-Coburn-3788437.webp?r=1638395121778″> <img class=”lazy” src=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/secondary/James-Coburn-3788437.jpg?r=1638395121778″ alt=”James Coburn” title=”James Coburn” width=”590″ height=”350″></picture></p><span class=”newsCaption”>Coburn, pictured in 1970, confessed to having multiple affairs. <span class=”caption”>(Image: Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images)</span></span></div><div class=”text-description” readability=”60″><p>Robyn recalls: “He used a lot of drugs in different ways, but mostly marijuana when it was highly illegal and risky.”</p><p>In the 1960s, Coburn became obsessed with Islamic mysticism, and proposed titling his memoir Dervish Dust, believing that his life was like a whirling dervish whose spinning induced a transformative state.</p><p>”My life would be the spinning of the dervish, and the dust would be my memoirs,” he said.</p><p>Says Robyn: “He was ahead of his time as a New Age thinker.” Coburn campaigned to legalise marijuana, practised meditation, and was an early hugger in an era of handshakes.</p><p>Yet he failed those he loved, including his first wife Beverly and their children Jimmy and Lisa. “I was a terrible parent,” Coburn confessed. “I was a failure at all of that stuff. I loved to get out of the house and go on location and be involved with something else rather than the familial stuff. I was out of the house as much as I could possibly be.”</p><p>Even when home, Coburn could be woefully neglectful.</p></div><div class=”photo changeSpace”><p class=”withoutCaption”><picture> <source type=”image/webp” srcset=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/theme/Mobile/img/page/placeholder-horizontal.gif” data-srcset=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/secondary/James-Coburn-and-family-3788435.webp?r=1638395121836″> <img class=”lazy” src=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/secondary/James-Coburn-and-family-3788435.jpg?r=1638395121836″ alt=”James Coburn and family” title=”James Coburn and family” width=”590″ height=”350″></picture></p><span class=”newsCaption”> Coburn – with first wife Beverly and children Jimmy and Lisa – admitted he was a ‘terrible parent’. <span class=”caption”>(Image: ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)</span></span></div><div class=”text-description” readability=”70″><p>One afternoon, while he was meant to be watching five-year-old Jimmy play in the pool, his wife Beverly found the actor “snoozing on a lounger and Jimmy’s tiny body inert at the bottom of the pool”, says Robyn. Miraculously, the actor managed to rescue and revive his son.</p><p>Jimmy later lamented that Coburn’s two pet woolly monkeys “received the lion’s share of his parents’ limited attention,” says Robyn.</p><p>Coburn was an equally neglectful husband, having serial affairs, but Beverly turned a blind eye to his adultery.</p><p>According to Robyn: “She didn’t want to know what happened when he was alone on location, provided he was discreet and didn’t involve his family. It’s ironic that for a spiritually advanced man he had so little empathy for his wife’s suffering.”</p><p>Coburn’s home became “infamous,” she says. “There were drugs, and there were girls… It was a party house.”</p><p>But after 19 years of marriage, Coburn left Beverly in 1979, igniting a bitter divorce battle. “She took him to the cleaners,” says Robyn. Coburn gave up their house and art, Rolls Royce and Mercedes, half his movie royalties, corporate assets, property, a motel, a Cessna aircraft and more.</p></div><div class=”photo changeSpace”><p class=”withoutCaption”><picture> <source type=”image/webp” srcset=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/theme/Mobile/img/page/placeholder-horizontal.gif” data-srcset=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/secondary/James-Coburn-at-home-3788444.webp?r=1638395121928″> <img class=”lazy” src=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/590x/secondary/James-Coburn-at-home-3788444.jpg?r=1638395121928″ alt=”James Coburn at home” title=”James Coburn at home” width=”590″ height=”350″></picture></p><span class=”newsCaption”>Coburn at home in California in 1991. <span class=”caption”>(Image: Paul Harris/Getty Images)</span></span></div><div class=”text-description” readability=”67″><p>”I just said: ‘Take it! Take it!'” he recalled. “I was raging inside because she got the house and all the good art, and I got nothing. I was busting my ass, and I didn’t have any bread. She kept everything, and I just wanted to get out.”</p><p>Robyn revealed: “His rage and resentment festered, eating away at him, and he believed it triggered crippling rheumatoid arthritis.” The illness gnarled his hands and stiffened his legs.</p><p>”Acting was next to impossible because every time I stood up, I would break into a sweat,” Coburn said. “It was my own fault. That was the rage I couldn’t let go. It took me a long time to get over that.”</p><p>He tried experimental treatments and homeopathic remedies, as well as marijuana and cocaine for pain relief.</p><p>”I knew cocaine was probably terrible, but it made me feel good while I was doing it,” he said.</p><p>Unlike many Hollywood memoirs, Coburn has only fond memories of his celebrity friends. He recalled taking acting classes alongside James Dean – “Dean would just blow your mind” – and getting stoned onset with Steve McQueen: “The first thing he asked me was, ‘Do you want to smoke a joint?’ I said, ‘Sure, why not?'” Cary Grant was “a groovy guy,” while Audrey Hepburn “was fantastic, and we had a lot of fun” filming Charade.</p></div><div class=”p402_hide htmlappend” readability=”4.8837209302326″><div class=”text-description” readability=”26.046511627907″><p><b><i><span>What is happening where you live? Find out by adding your postcode or <a data-link-tracking=”InArticle|Link” rel=”nofollow” href=”https://www.inyourarea.co.uk”>visit InYourArea</a></span></i></b></p> </div></div><div class=”text-description” readability=”62″><p>Marlon Brando was “probably one of the funniest human beings I’ve ever met.” Bruce Lee sent Coburn sprawling with his famed “one-inch punch,” and then they became lifelong friends.</p><p>After his divorce, Coburn dived into a turbulent romance with British singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul, 20 years his junior.</p><p>”We’re soul-mates,” said the blonde beauty. “We touch the essence of each other.” But after three volatile years they split in 1981.</p><p>”She wanted things that Jim couldn’t give her, namely a family and marriage,” says friend Rob Harabedian.</p><p>Coburn tried applying his spirituality to his craft, saying: “You cannot act with an ego, and you can’t work with an ego”, with questionable results.</p><p>”It may be that his quest to eliminate ego had the effect of, ironically, making him more self-involved, more selfcentred, rather than less,” says Robyn.</p></div><div class=”text-description” readability=”56″><p>After a career lull, Coburn enjoyed a series of hits, including roles in The Nutty Professor with Eddie Murphy, and Eraser with Arnold Schwarzenegger, before winning an Oscar playing Nick Nolte’s abusive alcoholic father in the 1997 drama Affliction.</p><p>But by the time he shot his last movie – 2002 mystery American Gun – he was in constant pain.</p><p>”He couldn’t walk, he couldn’t work, and it preyed on his mind,” says Robyn. “It was very frustrating.”</p><p>Coburn died of a heart attack in November, 2002, aged 74.</p><p>Despite being a faithless husband and negligent father, he died believing in a simple credo: “The key to our purpose … is to understand ourselves, and to learn love. Love is the answer.And it truly is.”</p><ul><li><strong>Dervish Dust: The Life and Words of James Coburn by Robyn Coburn (Potomac Books, £28.99) is out today</strong></li></ul></div><div class=”box related-articles clear”> <header><h3>Related articles</h3> </header></div> Wed, 01 Dec 2021 21:45:15 +0000 Peter Sheridan
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    Back to the Future: Michael J Fox’s huge change of heart to how he sees Marty McFly movie https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1530055/Back-to-the-Future-Michael-J-Fox-Marty-McFly
    https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1530055/Back-to-the-Future-Michael-J-Fox-Marty-McFly
    <div><img src=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/36/750×445/1530055.jpg” class=”ff-og-image-inserted”></div><div readability=”38″><p>Back in the 1980s, Michael J Fox was already a huge star in TV’s Family Ties. But after Eric Stoltz was fired as Marty McFly in new comedy Back to the Future, he was invited to juggle both the time travelling teen and sitcom at the same time. Famously, Fox would shoot the show in the day and then sleep on the way to night shoots on Robert Zemeckis’ movie.</p></div><div readability=”44.299450549451″><p>Little did Fox and Doc Brown co-star Christopher Lloyd know, but <a data-link-tracking=”InArticle|Link” href=”https://www.express.co.uk/latest/back-to-the-future” target=”_blank” rel=”tag”>Back to the Future</a> would go on to be a huge hit, earning over $388 million worldwide on a budget of just $19 million.</p><p>Universal Pictures were ecstatic and convinced Zemeckis and co-creator Bob Gale to make two sequels.</p><p>Since then, Back to the Future has gone down as one of the best-loved movies of all time, being selected by the United States Library of Congress for preservation in the National Film Registry in 2007.</p><p>Now 60-year-old, the Marty McFly star cannot escape the love his fans have for the trilogy and he recently has had a change of heart towards the sci-fi classic himself.</p><p><strong>READ MORE:&nbsp;<a data-link-tracking=”InArticle|Link” href=”https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/1486454/Back-to-the-Future-the-Musical-Bob-Gale-Roger-Bart-Alan-Silvestri-Glen-Ballard-Marty-McFly” data-name=”Back to the Future the Musical: The West End’s about to hit 88mph” target=”_blank”>Back to the Future the Musical: The West End’s about to hit 88mph</a></strong></p></div><div readability=”13.314573459716″><div class=”text-description” readability=”49″><p>Fox has lived with Parkinson’s disease for over two decades, which saw him step back from acting.</p><p>And when asked by AARP what has helped him get his groove back, the Marty McFly star said: “Back to the Future! It’s amazing — more people, of all ages, approach me now about that movie than ever before. I’m not sure I understood why.</p><p>“Then I came across it on TV last Christmas. And I thought I was really good in it, better than I thought I’d been. More important, I got the spirit of the movie.</p><p>“I understood it was just a big giggle and that we all need… to take credit for what we’ve done and the lives we’ve touched and to occasionally step back a bit and appreciate that much of life has been great and that there’s a lot more to live.”</p></div></div><div readability=”47.702573879886″><p>Fox also shared how boxing legend Muhammad Ali has helped him have a positive view of life despite the disease.</p><p>He said: “I used to avoid watching myself on the TV shows I did when I was much younger, because I was healthier then and showed no signs of Parkinson’s. But I wondered about Ali, whom I had become friendly with. He’d been such a beautiful athlete before Parkinson’s.</p><p>“So, after he died, I asked his wife, Lonnie, if he ever watched recordings of his fights. ‘He watched for hours,’ she said. ‘He loved it!’ And I thought,&nbsp;Yeah, I should love it, too.&nbsp;It’s a legacy, some graffiti that leaves a message of positivity.”</p><p>When asked what he hoped his legacy would be, Fox shared how he was surprised to find he’d influenced future music stars.</p><p><strong>DON’T MISS<br><a data-link-tracking=”InArticle|Link” href=”https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1526487/Next-James-Bond-auditions-Daniel-Craig-No-Time-To-Die” data-name=”Next Bond auditions ‘wide open’ – MGM on 007 future after Daniel Craig” target=”_blank”>Next Bond auditions ‘wide open’ – MGM on 007 future after Daniel Craig</a>&nbsp;[NEXT BOND]</strong><br><strong><a data-link-tracking=”InArticle|Link” href=”https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/films/1528863/Spider-Man-4-Tom-Holland-Sony-Amy-Pascal-Tom-Hardy-Venom” data-name=”Spider-Man: New trilogy in the works – Sony speak on Tom Hardy Venom” target=”_blank”>Spider-Man: New trilogy in the works – Sony speak on Tom Hardy Venom</a>&nbsp;[SPIDER-MAN]</strong><br><strong><a data-link-tracking=”InArticle|Link” href=”https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/theatre/1510079/Back-to-the-Future-Day-Huey-Lewis-Bob-Gale-Back-to-the-Future-the-musical” data-name=”Back to the Future Day: Huey Lewis’ emotional moment at musical WATCH” target=”_blank”>Back to the Future Day: Huey Lewis’ emotional moment at musical WATCH</a>&nbsp;[BACK TO THE FUTURE]</strong></p></div><div readability=”51.675338189386″><p>The 60-year-old said: “This is kind of a vanity thing — a lot of really great guitarists have come up to me over the years and said they picked up the guitar because of the Johnny B Goode scene in&nbsp;Back to the Future.&nbsp;If I did anything in this life, I got John Mayer to pick up the guitar!”</p><p>Earlier this year, the star had a chance to see a recording of Back to the Future the Musical, which has opened in London’s West End.</p><p>He said in a statement: “I’m buzzing from what is a truly great show. It captures the entire BTTF Experience through&nbsp;sensational casting, effective story edits, great Techwork &amp; Special FX. The actors were impeccable, with an energy and passion commensurate with us originals.&nbsp;</p><p>“And the music is freaking great,&nbsp;from the Huey&nbsp;Lewis songs to the Silvestri score and all the new songs and set pieces.&nbsp;It really is a small miracle. Congratulations to all of the amazing people involved. It looks like a hit to me!”</p><p><a data-link-tracking=”InArticle|Link” rel=”nofollow” href=”https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/celebrities/info-2021/michael-j-fox.html” target=”_blank”>SOURCE</a></p></div> Wed, 01 Dec 2021 20:15:00 +0000 George Simpson
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    Beatles: Elvis Presley song that saw Paul McCartney burst into tears – ‘I was blown away’ https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1530023/The-Beatles-Paul-McCartney-tears-Elvis-Presley
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    <div><img src=”https://cdn.images.express.co.uk/img/dynamic/35/750×445/1530023.jpg” class=”ff-og-image-inserted”></div><p>According to Reverb, during a 1994 interview with guitar writer Tony Bacon, Paul shared which Elvis song made him burst into tears as an adult.</p><p>Reflecting back on The King’s 1950s Sun Studio records, Macca said: “Yeah. I heard them this summer – haven’t heard them for years – and I was blown away.</p><p>“I suddenly realised the last time I listened to this thoroughly was before&nbsp;The Beatles, before all that happened to me, and it just stripped it all away.</p><p>“It was like I was a kid playing snooker again and listening. It actually got me crying,&nbsp;pow. Really did it to me.”</p> Wed, 01 Dec 2021 19:11:00 +0000 George Simpson
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