

Naughty By Nature adds, "We are honoured to have Rita Wilson recite our song. I’m forever grateful for their generosity of spirit and for being able to raise money together for MusiCares® COVID-19 Relief Fund.” What a joy to be doing this remix with legends of the Hip-Hop world. When Naughty By Nature commented about it, I couldn’t believe it. I thought it would be fun to put it on my Instagram to show people I was doing okay and to make them smile. When I was quarantined and recovering from COVID-19 I wanted to see if I still remembered it, kind of like a brain exercise. The rhythms and tempos are so unique and creative. It took me a month to learn because it’s so complex and nuanced it was like training for a marathon. I originally learned the song for one of the most fun roles I ever played in the film Boy Genius. Wilson explains, “’Hip Hop Hooray’ is like modern day Shakespeare. The new and surprising, tongue-in-cheek remix of the multi-platinum 1992 hit was born out of a set of unexpected circumstances. For more information visit their website here. COVID-19 Relief Fund to help those in the music community affected by the Coronavirus pandemic. Net profits from the recording will be donated to the MusiCares® Foundation Inc. The track, which can be streamed here will be released widely on all digital/streaming platforms this Friday, April 10 and accessible here then. The new album Rita Wilson: Now & Forever Duets is out now ( ritawilson.Singer/songwriter, actress and producer Rita Wilson has teamed up with Hip-Hop icons Naughty By Nature for “Hip Hop Hooray (Remix),” via Tommy Boy Music, and available exclusively on YouTube. Just don’t take it personally if they totally ignore it. Mine are grown-up now, but I still try to guide them. Never stop offering your kids advice, whether or not it’s requested. I take a moment to set out what I’m thankful for – however big or small. I say a prayer of gratitude first thing in the morning. There’s no need to justify your decision. I said no to things before being too easily convinced against my instincts. For too long I always tried to explain myself.

We did travel as a family a lot for work, but it’s a shame that never happened.
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I wanted us all to take a year off work and live abroad, to immerse ourselves in a different culture, free from day to day responsibilities. I regret not taking a sabbatical when the kids were young.

We never took them on red carpets and took legal action to protect them when necessary. They hadn’t chosen to be in this industry. I fought to provide privacy for my kids when they were young. It taught me that life is finite, and to do things – and be with people – that I love dearly. When you don’t know whether you’ll survive, it’s impossible not to consider your mortality and legacy. It must have been so awkward for her, that happening every time she needed the toilet.īreast cancer followed by a bilateral mastectomy changed how I think about time. When she got up from the table everyone stared and went silent. I was pregnant at the time, and she kept checking I was comfortable. At dinner afterwards I sat on her left, Tom on her right. I first met her in London at a small Apollo 13 screening. Princess Diana was truly a star: iconic, kind, funny. Stay interested in your partner, and make sure to really listen. You have to allow each other to evolve and grow you need communication and curiosity. Tom Hanks and I have been married more than 30 years – we’re not the same people as when we first met decades earlier. Marriages are multiple relationships, really, between two people who are always changing. I’m naturally restless – I need that time to breathe and be present. Even if only for five minutes, I try to find a moment to sit in silence outdoors, without my phone or computer. Spend time being still outside every day. I’d heard the stories, but this made it real. Do you have a boyfriend? Are you a virgin? I was shocked.

I was sitting on a couch when he beckoned me closer. Mum was waiting outside when a casting director left me alone with him. I was only 16 when a Hollywood producer propositioned me, at a call-back for a part in Funny Lady.
