Archive for January 31st, 2012
‘Woman in Black’ star opens up to MTV News about his ‘really weird’ dreams — and his constant anxiety too.
By Kevin P. Sullivan, with reporting by Josh Horowitz
Daniel Radcliffe
After finally facing off against Voldemort and then going head-to-head with the Woman in Black, Daniel Radcliffe shouldn’t have much to worry about. But at the age of 22, he has already become one of the most recognizable faces on the planet, and with that amount of recognition comes some worries.
When the actor spoke with MTV News’ Josh Horowitz, he opened up about his anxiety. Radcliffe’s energy comes across clearly during interviews, speaking quickly throughout and touching on many topics in a short amount of time, something the actor’s aware of. “Anxiety, yeah, a lot just because you’ve met me and you know what I’m like,” Radcliffe told Horowitz. “I’m a pretty anxious, high-energy person. I think that goes along with it.”
It should come as no surprise that Radcliffe has more than a busy schedule, which factors into his anxiety. “I’ll always worry about something, and if I don’t have something to worry about, I’ll worry about that,” he said.
Radcliffe also talked for a while about his dreams. He said he doesn’t dream often, but that when he does, they’re often pretty strange. “I very rarely remember dreams anymore. Over the last year, I haven’t had one that I remembered,” Radcliffe said. “My dreams are always really weird. I remember I was talking to someone a while ago who was telling me about their dream. They said it was mental. ‘I was at work. All this stuff needed getting done. I couldn’t do it all in time.’ I was like, ‘That is the most mundane dream in the whole world.’ ”
When he does dream, however, his subconscious takes on appropriately epic proportions. “My dreams are always, like, I have to save something or save the world or something,” Radcliffe said. “It’s pretty exciting, but it only happens about once a year.”
Even if he is dreaming about saving the world, it’s not as his most famous character, a fact he’s grateful for.
“Before I did the run of ['How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying,'] I was dreaming about being Finch and what it would be onstage and those kind of anxiety things,” he said. “No, I’ve never dreamed as Harry, thank God. If I had said ‘yes’ to that question, there would be a lot of people all over the Internet going, ‘Oh, my God, he needs therapy.’ ”
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Singer has not performed since undergoing vocal cord surgery in November.
By Christina Garibaldi
Adele
Photo: Jon Furniss/ WireImage
After months of vocal rest, Adele is returning to the stage for her first live performance, and she’s doing it at the Grammys. The six-time Grammy nominee will grace the stage live on February 12 for the first time since undergoing surgery to stop bleeding from a polyp on her vocal cords in November.
Adele broke the good news to her fans on Tuesday (January 31) via Twitter. “Ima be, Ima be singing at the Grammys.
It’s been so long I started to forget I was a singer!” Adele tweeted.
“I can’t wait, speak soon xx.”
This will be the second time that Adele has graced the Grammy stage.
She performed her hit song “Chasing Pavements” in 2009 at the annual awards show. That same night, Adele took home two awards, for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for “Pavements.”
In a statement on Tuesday afternoon, the U.K. singer expressed gratitude. “I’m immensely proud to have been asked to perform at this year’s Grammy Awards,” she said. “It’s an absolute honor to be included in such a night and for it to be my first performance in months is very exciting and of course nerve-racking, but what a way to get back into it all.”
This year, Adele has plenty of company from other A-list nominees set to sing at the show. Rihanna, Coldplay, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, Foo Fighters, Bruno Mars, Kelly Clarkson, Jason Aldean and Nicki Minaj will all perform live at the 54th Annual Grammys, which will be hosted by LL Cool J, the first time in seven years that the show has featured a host.
Earlier this month, Adele expressed her excitement about the awards, tweeting, “Looking forward to @theGRAMMYs on Feb 12! #WeAreMusic.”
Adele is up for six awards this year, including Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Album of the Year for her record-breaking 21. Just last week, the “Rolling in the Deep” singer’s second album marked its 17th non-consecutive week at #1 on the Billboard albums chart.
The singer will follow her performance at the Grammys by taking the stage on February 21 at the Brit Awards, where she has three nominations. Earlier this month Adele took to her Twitter about the nominations. “F—ing happy, thank you for the nods xx,” she tweeted.
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