Friends director brands Emily star Helen Baxendale 'not funny' and wanted to recast her

Today officially marks the one year anniversary since the death of the late Queen Elizabeth II which plunged the devastated nation into a period of mourning for the country's longest reigning monarch.

It’s official, Laura Anderson is now a proud mum to a bouncing baby girl! The 34 year old Love Island star revealed the happy news that her daughter had arrived safely on Instagram, as she shared a slew of images that showed the adorable tot alongside her elated parents. The reality star, who shared her pregnancy journey exclusively with OK!, revealed the happy news that she and former flame Gary Lucy had welcomed their daughter, named Bonnie Rose Lucy Anderson on 2 September, with the little one weighing just 6.10lbs.

EXCLUSIVE: The Veterans is launching international sales on upcoming UK period comedy Fackham Hall at Toronto and has unveiled first members of the ensemble cast.

Chris O’Dowd is penning a Sky comedy-drama starringChristina Hendricks andPaddy Considine about a Hollywood production that disturbs the peace in a fictional town in Ireland.

Gogglebox star Izzi Warner said 'it's unbelievable' as she and co-star Sophie Sandiford were flooded with messages. It followed the show's triumph at the National Television Awards.

died last year at the age of 96 and served on the British throne for seven decades. Now, one year after the Queen’s death, her longtime pal Gyles Brandreth divulged what job the sovereign would have wanted to do if she didn’t hold the crown.Brandreth, 74, revealed to Times Radio that the Queen would have liked to be a comic impressionist in a different life, according to express.co.uk.Her dream career was inspired by actor and comedian George Formby, who visited Windsor Castle during World War II.The “Elizabeth: An Intimate Portrait” author hilariously claimed that she would often sing his tune “When I’m Cleaning Windows” and would impersonate him.

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief Abacus Media Rights has pre-sold the feature documentary “The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee,” to Sky Arts, SBS Television Australia; to NonStop Entertainment for Scandinavia, Iceland and the Baltics and to Movistar for Spain. Lee is known as the Dracula character and for transitioning from 1960s Hammer horror films to a distinguished acting career that encompassed James Bond films, the “Star Wars” and “Lord of the Rings” franchises. Less well-known are his aristocratic Italian roots, a close family connection to James Bond novelist Ian Fleming, Lee’s wartime experiences in the British and Finnish military, post-war Nazi-hunting adventures and a side career as a heavy metal rock singer. As an actor, Lee achieved a Guinness world record for the highest number of screen appearances. Produced in association with the British Film Institute and Trigger Films by Canal Cat Films, “Life and Deaths” is an innovative documentary which uses fresh interviews, archive material and multiple forms of traditional and cutting-edge animation, including marionation, to bring one of the world’s leading actors back to life on screen.

Christopher Vourlias Academy Award nominee Agnieszka Holland follows the harrowing ordeal of a refugee family trapped on the margins of the E.U. in “Green Border,” a gripping drama from the prolific Polish director that plays in competition at the Venice Film Festival.

Meghan Markle will not want to return to the UK in the future and face curtseying to the Princess of Wales, a royal biographer has suggested. Andrew Morton, who collaborated with Diana, Princess of Wales on his 1992 book Diana: Her True Story, ruled out a move back from the US for Meghan and the Duke of Sussex.

Paramount+ has announced it will premiere William Friedkin’s last film The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial in all international markets where the service is currently live.

Nick Vivarelli International Correspondent British Hollywood director Simon West (“Con Air,” “Lara Croft:Tomb Raider”) is set to direct Saudi Arabia-set epic “Antara” that will be shot in Neom, the sprawling production hub in Saudi Arabia’s northwestern corner. The English-language blockbuster based on Arab history is the tale of Antara ibn Shaddad, a slave warrior who was propelled to mythical status in the sixth century after winning his freedom and becoming a beloved knight and a widely celebrated Bedouin poet in the region. “Antara,” which was announced during the Venice Film Festival – where there is a strong Saudi industry presence – is co-produced by Irish entrepreneur, writer and producer Alexander Amartei.

It’s hard to believe that it’s now over 60 years since Roman Polanski teamed up with Jerzy Skolimowski for the landmark 1962 Polish thriller Knife in the Water. But it’s even harder to believe that these two giants of international cinema reunited more recently to pool their braincells and come up with the most terrible, joyless farce since the heyday of the ’70s British sex comedy. Forget for a moment, if you can, the furor surrounding Polanski’s controversial status as a fugitive from justice and concentrate instead on the fact that the Venice Film Festival, in its infinite wisdom, went ahead and booked this entirely dreadful offering anyway, deeming it somehow worthy of a prestigious Out of Competition slot.

British author Roald Dahl has long been referred to as one of the best storytellers for children of the 20th century, a seemingly flattering but objectively flawed observation. Dahl is, after all, not just one of the best storytellers for children of the 20th century.

Friends director James Burrows has revealed which star from the show was the hardest to work with.In his new memoir, Directed by James Burrows, he admitted that he struggled to work with guest star Helen Baxendale — who played Ross’ English wife Emily — due to her not being “particularly funny”.Of the episode ‘The One with All the Rugby’, Burrows recalled: “She was nice but not particularly funny. [David] Schwimmer had no one to bounce off.

the Daily Mail reported. Director James Burrow had a lot to get off his chest when he admitted that UK actress Helen Baxendale, who played Emily Waltham in 14 episodes of the show, couldn’t gel with other cast members because she wasn’t as comedic.

Legendary sitcom director James Burrows is throwing some serious shade toward this actress!

welcome Andrew, 63, with open arms.The Duke of York was recently profiled in a scathing A&E doc called the “Secrets of Prince Andrew” about his escapades with convicted now-dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein.A source recently dished to the Mirror how the monarch, 74, has “overruled” William by forcing the family to not shut out Andrew any longer while vacationing at Balmoral Castle.The Duke of Cambridge was spotted driving his uncle to church in Scotland last weekend, an act that Charles requested, according to the insider.A separate eyewitness alleged that Andrew’s appearance alongside William and his wife Kate Middleton, “while knowing they would all be photographed, has been seen as a major boost in the York camp towards the Duke’s rehabilitation.”This “public declaration of support from William and Kate” is “more than [Andrew] could have wished for.”However, despite the Prince of Wales being seen out and about with Andrew at events such as Charles’ coronation this past May, he has “absolutely no desire to be seen with the Duke in public.” There is also one former member of the Windsor clan who has been brought as a “broker” to help escort Andrew back into the royal fold: his ex-wife Sarah Ferguson.Ferguson, who is also affectionately known as Fergie, has been staying at Balmoral Castle in Scotland alongside the family to help ease her ex back into the family’s good graces.An insider divulged to the Mirror that the Duchess of York, 63, “has been the life and soul of family gatherings” at the summer residence.She has even “been seen talking to the King and Prince William on several separate occasions.”This summer marks the British royals’ first return to Balmoral since the death of the Queen last September.

A Place In The Sun's Danni Menzies issued a desperate plea to a UK airline to 'get my pregnant pal home' after they got stuck in Mallorca amid the chaos of the air traffic control outage that occurred on Monday, August 28.The issue caused thousands of flights across the world to be cancelled, with many travellers left stranded in foreign countries and unable to get another flight home for days, if not weeks. Scottish TV and radio presenter Danni, 31, is one of those people, and she took to Twitter to keep her followers updated with her experience as she waits to find a flight.

Helen Flanagan has been asking a question like many other holidaymakers as the recent travel chaos left her 'stranded' abroad with her three children. The actress ditched the UK last week with her three children and a pal to soak up the last of the summer holidays.

Gareth Richards died in a car crash in April of this year. Now he has been honoured at the Edinburgh Comedy Fringe Festival in Scotland, UK, becoming the first ever recipient of the Victoria Wood award.