Why I Left the Bright Lights of Hollywood to Bring My Songs to Glasgow; Showbiz Special: Musical Dream Comes True for Star Actress Minnie Driver

Evening Times › October 14, 2004

Linked as:

Summary

Minnie Driver was a Marlene Dietrich-inspired Russian country and western singer in Bond movie GoldenEye, wrote a song for Good Will Hunting, and was a Clash-daft DJ in Grosse Pointe Blank.

But the 34-year-old actress will be taking centre stage as a musician when she comes to the Royal Concert Hall on Sunday supporting the Finn Brothers, playing songs from her debut album, Everything I've Got In My Pocket, which is out on Monday.

See the full content of this document

Extract

Why I Left the Bright Lights of Hollywood to Bring My Songs to Glasgow; Showbiz Special: Musical Dream Comes True for Star Actress Minnie Driver

Minnie, who lives in Los Angeles, says she can't wait to come to Glasgow because she has already fallen in love with two of our musical groups.

"Snow Patrol and Franz Ferdinand are brilliant! There are so many good bands now."

Even though she has starred in numerous Hollywood movies, she say...

See the full content of this document