Anna Tingley If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission.Hollywood stars are fundraising for Ukraine on Cameo.As Russian troops continue to attack major Ukrainian cities, displacing more than a million refugees from their homes, actors such as Olivia Colman, Busy Philipps, Denise Richards and Maggie Wheeler have committed to donating a portion of their proceeds from the video-sharing platform to the organization Choose Love.The nonprofit will use the funds to support projects providing vital aid and services to those still in and fleeing Ukraine, including emergency medical care, food, shelter, clothes, legal support, support for the LGBTQIA+ community and mental health resources.More than 400 stars have joined the platform’s fundraising efforts, such as John Bradley West, Jay Sean, Montell Jordan, Dule Hill and Carson Kressley. Starting at $100, fans can buy personalized messages from the site’s long list of bold-faced names, a portion of which, for a limited time, will go to Choose Love’s relief efforts.
Holby City hall of fame - superstar careers launched from Jodie Comer to Olivia Colman
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BBC axe. Among others to get a leg-up from the show were X Men stars Nicholas Hoult and Michael Fassbender. Michael, then 25, appeared in series four as a patient having his spleen removed.
He recalled: “They were filming the scene over and over, focusing on all the doctors, and I was lying there with my eyes closed. “I just drifted off. I woke to hear someone whispering, ‘He’s asleep’.
”Comic Paul O’Grady, already a well-known TV face, played cancer patient Tim Connor in 2013 for three episodes – but says it was all so real it convinced him he truly was ill. Paul said: “I’d lie in bed all day with tubes on me, then I’d go in the next day and they would put even more tubes on me. “They make you look ill.
After 14 hours of that every day I came home and had to tell myself I wasn’t actually ill. “I literally had to tell myself to stop it, to remember I was just playing a character. ” It was a common phenomenon – Kym Marsh reveals she was relieved not to have been cast as a patient when she appeared on Holby in one of her first roles after making the switch from pop star.
She said: “The character I played was called Myrna. To be honest, she was a bit of a rough old bird. “I’m glad I wasn’t the patient.
Everyone tells me that after a while you really start to feel ill. ” Kym credits the show with helping her go on to become a regular in Coronation Street – just like fellow Holby alumni Angela Griffin. Angela, who played staff nurse Jasmine Hopkins for the first three series, said: “In one scene I ended up with my hands in a chest cavity, full of blood and gore, handling a pig’s heart.
I never thought I’d be able to do it. “Holby taught me so much and I met two of my best friends, Lisa Faulkner and Nicola Stephenson. But I
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Ricky Gervais mocks celebs who cry over their ancestors on Who Do You Think You Are?
BBC programme, which sees famous faces - including Kate Winslet, Charles Dance, Daniel Radcliffe and Danny Dyer - trace their ancestry with the help of experts. Ricky was full of disdain for the celebrities who have appeared on the show, and have wept over distant relatives they have never met. “I like the way the actors cry.
2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards: And the Winners are…
The 28th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards took place Sunday night in 15 categories, including film and TV.
Lady Gaga embraces A Star Is Born pal Bradley Cooper at SAG Awards reunion
Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper gave each other a warm embrace when they were reunited at the 2022 SAG Awards on Sunday 27 February. The duo were nominated for a host of awards for their performance together in 2018 film A Star Is Born, but didn't win at the SAG awards in 2019 after losing out to Glenn Close (The Wife) and Rami Malek (Bohemian Rhapsody). Lady Gaga, real name Stefani Germanotta, won a Critics Choice Awards for her performance, however.
Sam Mendes Starts Production On ‘Empire Of Light’; Tom Brooke & Hannah Onslow Join Cast Of Searchlight Pic
EXCLUSIVE: Sam Mendes has begun principal photography on the south coast of England for his upcoming feature, Empire Of Light. From Searchlight Pictures, the drama is written by Mendes — his first solo screenplay — and stars Olivia Colman, Micheal Ward, Colin Firth, Toby Jones, Crystal Clark and Tanya Moodie.
SAG Awards 2022 - Complete Winners List Revealed!
The 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards just wrapped up, and there are so many amazing winners this year!
Jessica Chastain Was Truly Shocked by Her Best Actress Win at SAG Awards 2022 - Watch Her Speech!
Jessica Chastain was not expecting to win at the SAG Awards!
Maggie Gyllenhaal Looks So Happy at SAG Awards 2022
Maggie Gyllenhaal looks so happy at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday (February 27) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.
Jennifer Hudson Is Pretty In Pink at the SAG Awards 2022
Jennifer Hudson poses on the red carpet at the 2022 Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday (February 27) at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif.
2022 SAG Awards: The Complete Winners List
Screen Actors Guild Awards, SAG-AFTRA minted a new class of winners.Honoring the best in film and television — as well as stunt people in both — this year's top nominees in TV are no surprise, with and leading the way with five apiece, including favored nods for Outstanding Ensemble.
Russell T Davies Drama ‘It’s A Sin’ Picks Up Six BPG Nominations; Jeremy Clarkson, Olivia Colman, Stephen Graham Also Recognized
Russell T Davies’ It’s a Sin has been nominated six times for the UK’s prestigious Broadcasting Press Guild (BPG) Awards next month, with Jeremy Clarkson, Olivia Colman and Stephen Graham also picking up nods.
‘Great Expectations’: Olivia Colman, Fionn Whitehead & Matt Berry Join FX/BBC Limited Series From Steven Knight
The work of Charles Dickens always seems prescient and allows for multiple incarnations when it’s adapted for the stage, big screen, and television. Another version of his classic love story “Great Expectations” is coming from FX and BBC as the two are teaming for an ambitious new series from Steven Knight (“Peaky Blinders“).
Olivia Colman, Matt Berry Among Cast for FX & BBC’s ‘Great Expectations’ Series
Joe Otterson TV ReporterFX and BBC have announced the main cast for the upcoming “Great Expectations” limited series, Variety has learned.The six-episode version of the Charlies Dickens classic will star: Olivia Colman (“The Favourite,” “The Crown”) as Miss Havisham, Fionn Whitehead (“Dunkirk,” “Bandersnatch”) as Pip, Ashley Thomas (“Them,” “The Night Of”) as Jaggers, Johnny Harris (“London to Brighton,” “This Is England ’86”) as Magwitch, Shalom Brune-Franklin (“Roadkill,” “Line of Duty”) as Estella, Hayley Squires (“I, Daniel Blake,” “The Electrical Life of Louis Wain”) as Sara, Owen McDonnell (“Killing Eve,” “Women on the Verge” as Joe, Trystan Gravelle (“A Discovery of Witches,” “The Terror”) as Compeyson, and Matt Berry (“What We Do in the Shadows,” “Toast of London”) as Mr. Pumblechuck. Steven Knight is writing and executive producing the series.
Olivia Colman To Star As Miss Havisham In FX/BBC’s ‘Great Expectations’; Fionn Whitehead & Matt Berry Also In Cast
Great Expectations has cast its Miss Havisham. Oscar winner Olivia Colman will star as the wealthy, wedding dress-wearing spinster in the FX and BBC limited series adaptation of the Charles Dickens’ novel, which comes from Steven Knight.
Why Maggie Gyllenhaal ‘Burst Into Tears’ When She Heard the Oscar Nominations
Congratulations. Were you watching the live stream this morning?Yes, we were. Often, in the past, I have tricked myself into not knowing when nominations are being announced.