An open letter to Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt MP, demanding a debate and vote in Parliament on compensation for Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign, has been signed by more than 156,000 people in just 10 days.
14.03.2024 - 23:17 / variety.com
Lisa Kennedy Exploring the nuances of romance isn’t as easy as laying waste to cities, as proven by “French Girl,” a new rom-com written and directed by “Independence Day: Resurgence” scribes James A. Woods and Nicolas Wright. The duo quickly establish a frisky, fond intimacy between longterm couple Gordon (Zach Braff) and Sophie (Evelyne Brochu) before putting it in jeopardy when an old flame, Ruby (Vanessa Hudgens), enters the picture, leaving Braff’s killjoy protagonist miserable as he tests Sophie’s patience and doubts her devotion to him.
The 48-year-old actor is an amiable performer, and “French Girl” should hardly be the his swan song as a leading man, but this role serves as a warning that hapless, puppyish charm doesn’t wear quite as snuggly after a certain age. If playing the ingenue has an expiration date, so, too, does inhabiting the boyish beau. At the start of “French Girl,” Gordon, a middle-school English teacher, attempts to cook breakfast for his love.
Alas, the boyfriend is a disaster in the kitchen. Gordon’s failure to brunch, so to speak, could be chalked up, at least in part, to being intimidated: Sophie is a gifted chef. In fact, Sophie she’s at the top of her game, to the point of her being scouted to move from New York to Quebec City to serve as executive chef at a luxury hotel.
Brochu plays the eponymous French girl with an appealing, authentic intelligence that would seem to belie the film’s moniker. Hudgens is Ruby, the old friend turned haute celebrity restaurateur who comes back into Sophie’s life. (The singer-actor even belts a song.) Quebec City is the former couple’s old stamping grounds and the hometown of Sophie’s family.
An open letter to Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt MP, demanding a debate and vote in Parliament on compensation for Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign, has been signed by more than 156,000 people in just 10 days.
Coming off a well-deserved first-ever Oscar nomination, Bill Nighy has a new worthwhile movie to add to his highly impressive filmography. The Beautiful Game is, on its surface, another well-worn story of a ragtag team of misfits coming together for validation not just in their football (i.e. soccer) skills but, more importantly, in their lives. And even though we have seen countless underdog stories like this one set on a playing field, we actually haven’t seen one quite like this in terms of the welcome spotlight it puts on the homeless population among us. The timing is particularly pertinent as many major cities seem to a war going on with the homeless, a complete lack of empathy toward what gets a person to this point in life and a solution for lifting them out of it.
Netflix has unveiled an untitled French-language thriller starring Vincent Cassel as a jaded DJ alongside a cast also featuring YouTube star and rapper Mister V and music producer Kavinsky, best known for the Drive track Nightcall.
Ashley Tisdale is pregnant and expecting her second child with her husband Christopher French!
Nine months after his split with Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu, Love Island star Davide Sanclimenti has sparked rumours he’s seeing someone new. Ekin-Su, who just appeared on Celebrity Big Brother, and Davide split earlier this year. However, there could be romance on the horizon for Davide as he and reality star Niccci Hernestig have been rumbled by fans as they shared pictures from the same venue on their social media.
Dr Alex George has had an incredible journey since we first saw him slapping on the Factor 50 on Love Island in 2018. Since then, the softly-spoken Welshman, 33, has become one of the country’s best-loved ambassadors for mental health, during the pandemic appearing on TV - while working as an A&E doctor - almost daily, to help update the nation. Here, Alex, who has been the UK's Youth Mental Health Ambassador since 2021, opens up on how his experiences in life have changed him, including the tragic death of his younger brother, Llyr in 2020.
Paige Turley rose to fame following her stint on Love Island four years ago. Since then she has been fairly quiet, however is set to come back with a bang in her new debut on the small screen.
Prime Video is in post-production on UK Original romantic-comedy, Picture This, starring Simone Ashley (Bridgerton) and Hero Fiennes Tiffin (After).
Former French Culture Minister Frédéric Mitterrand, who was a high-profile and sometimes controversial figure on France’s cultural scene, died on Thursday at the age of 76, his family announced.
Naman Ramachandran Prime Video is launching U.K. original romantic comedy film “Picture This,” starring Simone Ashley (“Bridgerton”) and Hero Fiennes Tiffin (“After”). The film is based on Prime Video’s Australian original film “Five Blind Dates,” written by Shaung Hu and Nathan Ramos-Park.
Quite alarmingly, the fifth entry in the Ghostbusters series — following straight on from the unexpectedly charming Afterlife — starts by quoting all 51 words of Robert Frost’s 1923 poem Fire and Ice, which posits two very different apocalyptic scenarios for the end of the world. Has the franchise suddenly fallen prey to the glum Christopher Nolanization of what we used to think of as bubblegum entertainment? Is Paul Feig’s controversial 2016 all-female iteration about to be frozen out of the canon? Will it be worthy and… boring?
Luxury cruise line Fred. Olsen has announced its 2025/2026 from Liverpool. Holidaymakers can sail to destinations including the Norwegian fjords, Italy and Iceland from the north west port.
Alan Carr has managed to grab headlines over the years due to his rocky personal life.The popular UK comedian and TV presenter, known for hosting a range of programmes – including BBC's Interior Design Masters and Amanda And Alan's Italian Job – has not had an easy ride when it comes to love and relationships. Although his career has been flourishing, on the personal side things have been quite challenging.
He's been a familiar face on our TV screens for decades but Sir Lenny Henry is about to host Comic Relief for the last time.
The chair of the Women Against State Pension Inequality (WASPI) campaign has indicated that the final report from the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman (PHSO) into ‘injustice caused by the maladministration’ of changes to the State Pension age, “is set to be released within weeks”.
Jake Gyllenhaal and girlfriend Jeanne Cadieu look so in love in these rare new photos!
Let me state right out that I am a sucker for dog movies. I still can’t get over My Dog Skip. I learned valuable lifelong lessons from Old Yeller. I consider Lassie a personal friend. I took selfies at the Oscar nominees luncheon with Messi, the French border collie I was pushing for Best Supporting Actor from Anatomy of a Fall. So yes, I am probably the right audience for the latest in the genre, Arthur the King, and its title star.
Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent German director Volker Schlöndorff, who won the Cannes’ Palme d’Or and an Oscar for his 1979 drama “The Tin Drum,” is set to direct a film about how Antonio Vivaldi — the 18th-century Italian composer of “The Four Seasons” — formed what is touted as the world’s first all-female orchestra. Schlöndorff’s still-untitled depiction of this lesser-known aspect of Vivaldi’s career is based on a book by German writer Peter Schneider, which has been adapted for the big screen by Italian scribe Francesco Piccolo (“My Brilliant Friend”) along with the director.
Declan Donnelly has been happily married since 2015 and is a proud dad to two adorable kids. He first popped up on our TV screens in the 1980s as part of the Byker Grove gang. Dec, along with his best mate Ant McPartlin, has since become a household name on British telly, presenting hit shows like Saturday Night Takeaway and Britain's Got Talent.
In February 2022, Ant McPartlin and Declan Donnelly's drag act on their hit show Saturday Night Takeaway received 59 Ofcom complaints.The hosting duo returned for the first show of the 18th series as they donned wigs and sparkly dresses to perform in drag. While the End Of The Show Show was celebrated by many, some viewers were outraged and claimed the performance was 'misogynistic'.The UK's broadcasting regulator Ofcom said it received 59 complaints related to a drag routine and eight complaints related to a prank made against Jeremy Clarkson.