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HOLLYWOOD mega-star Morgan Freeman is in Mallorca, and surprised a local restaurant when he stepped in to order a pasta bolognese. Freeman is among other Hollywood stars, including Nicole Kidman, who are on the Balearic Island as shooting started this week for Lioness, a series created by Taylor Sheridan for Paramount+. The staff at Sandro restaurant in Palma couldn’t believe their eyes when Freeman ordered a meal from them. They took to social media to document what happened. “Actor whose voice you recognise! We cannot believe it! Thanks for the surprise, we’ll never forget it! So amazing,” a staff member from the restaurant posted. The series is being shot around Mallorca between the middle of January until the end of February.
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Little sprinkle of Hollywood Lioness is based on true events and tells the story of a young marine recruited by the CIA to befriend the daughter of a terrorist group in order to bring down the organisation from within. There will be various locations across the island, which will benefit from an estimated 12,000 extras overnight stays. The Lioness cast will also include Laysla De Oliveira, Zoe Saldaña, Jill Wagner, Dave Annable, LaMonica Garrett, James Jordan, Austin Hebert, Hannah Love Lanier, Stephanie Nur and Jonah Wharton.
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Homeless man paid to have stag’s name tattooed on his forehead by drunk Brits finally having it removed… but STILL no apology! EXCLUSIVE By Walter Finch
PAIN: Tomek Matuszewki puts on a brave face after his horror night
A HOMELESS man paid to have a groom’s name tattooed on his forehead in Benidorm is finally getting it removed. Every two months for the past year, Tomek Matuszewki, 39, has undergone an excruciating four-minute procedure to have the Brit’s name removed. Now the majority of the tattoo has been erased, although the Polish national still has three sessions to endure, as forehead skin is too thin to have it removed all at once. “It’s the worst pain ever in my life,” he told the Olive Press. “It is like a really hot iron pressing into your forehead every second - a tooth abscess is nothing compared to this.” Tomek had been the victim of one of the worst examples of British tourists abroad, when he came across the group of stags in 2018. The trained chef had been living on the streets of the resort, when the drunken gang offered him €100 to get the tattoo. Desperate and starving - having walked to
TREATMENT: Tomek is having tattoo removed and (right) on his rounds
Spain after a painful split from a fiancee at home in Poland - it seemed like a godsend and he willingly accepted. But it was only the following morning when he woke up with the name ‘Jamie Blake’ on his forehead that the full realisation of the humiliation dawned on him. “It was terrible afterwards - I felt everyone looking at me. I had to go everywhere in a hat. I was even getting calls from friends in Poland who had read about it in the news,” he said. News of the cruel stunt prompted an uproar, both in Spain and abroad, with the Benidorm British Business Association branding it ‘ut-
terly inhumane and akin to abuse.’ But Tomek has revealed that he has received ‘zero apology’ from Blake or any of his pals. He now wants Blake, based in Tyneside, to apologise publicly and foot the removal bill, which has cost €1,500 so far. Fortunately the cost of the removal is being funded and supported by the Costa Blanca homeless charity Despite the upturn in his life, Tomek was recently Project4all.
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diagnosed with osteonecrosis in both hips, meaning he struggles to walk and is unable to work as a chef. To help raise €9,500 for two operations, Project4all is organising a 24-hour 100km walk on February 4, around Benissa. The charity has raised €2,400 so far and the ‘El Paseo de las Caderas’ (Walk of the Hips) hopes to raise the rest. Get in touch at the website.
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The charity has helped him get off the streets and conquer his drinking problem. He now helps to deliver food, clothing and support to rough sleepers on the 130km ‘food-run’ along the Costa Blanca, including Javea, Calpe, Altea, Albir and Benidorm. “I’ve got my own room, and every day I help people on the streets, to let them know they’re not alone,” he explained.
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